Section 5. Certain parades and processions forbidden; penalty

All
  processions or parades occupying or marching on any street of  any  city
  to  the  exclusion or interruption of other citizens in their individual
  right and use thereof, excepting the National Guard and the  police  and
  fire   departments,  and  the  associations  of  veteran  soldiers,  are
  forbidden, unless written notice of the object, time and route  of  such
  procession  or  parade  be  given by the chief officer thereof, not less
  than six hours previous to  its  forming  or  marching,  to  the  police
  authorities  of  such city; and such police authorities may designate to
  such procession or parade how much of the street in width it can  occupy
  with  especial  reference  to  crowded  thoroughfares through which such
  procession may move; and, when so designated, the chief officer of  such
  procession  or  parade  shall  be  responsible  that  the designation is
  obeyed; and it shall be the duty of the police  authorities  to  furnish
  such  escort  as  may  be  necessary to protect persons and property and
  maintain the public peace and order. A  person  wilfully  violating  any
  provision  of  this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable
  by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars or imprisonment not exceeding ten
  days, or both.