“Right in Pass By
Perminion, And Sobier To Control Of Owners:”
Thus perminioned, the lions & owls of Silver City
pass by stride & pass by wing
— Joseph Tate
The verse begins with a failed OCR rendering of text from Section 1008 of California’s Civil Code, as quoted on sidewalk plaques in downtown Los Angeles. “lions & owls” (permanently closed) and “Silver City” are names of businesses at the northwest corner of W. 5th Street and S. Olive Street, where one such plaque appears.
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