The Anti-Vagrancy Act, also known as the Greaser Act, was enacted in 1855 in California, legalizing the arrest of those perceived as violating its anti-vagrancy statute.
The law is sometimes referred to as the Greaser Act because the law uses the word "Greaser", found in section two, to refer to individuals of "Spanish and Indian blood."
Section 2 identifies people by ethnoracial background by referring to "all persons who are commonly known as 'Greasers' or the issue of Spanish and Indian blood... and who go armed and are not peaceable and quiet persons."
In case y'all didn't know a beaner is a greaser, which California described in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greaser_Act
The Anti-Vagrancy Act, also known as the Greaser Act, was enacted in 1855 in California, legalizing the arrest of those perceived as violating its anti-vagrancy statute.
The law is sometimes referred to as the Greaser Act because the law uses the word "Greaser", found in section two, to refer to individuals of "Spanish and Indian blood."
Section 2 identifies people by ethnoracial background by referring to "all persons who are commonly known as 'Greasers' or the issue of Spanish and Indian blood... and who go armed and are not peaceable and quiet persons."