Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1851-03-21
CORPORATION ORDINANCES.
By AUTHORITY.
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MOI.
An ORDINANCE, TO regulate the pay
men. Of demands against tie I0Un,
md for other purposes. IA
SEC. LIST Be IT ORDAINED. BY the
President and Trustees of the Iowa
of Ctiunpa; That no money shall oe
paid out of the Town Treasury, except
upon appropriation by an Ordinance,
Resolution. or order of the Board Of
Trustees; which Ordinance, Resolution,
or order shall specify The sum appropri-
sted, and the object for which it is made.
Src. 2nd. When money previously
appropriated is TO be drawn from the
Treasury, the President of the Board of
Trustees shall make his order on the
Treasurer in writing, specifying the
sum TO be drawn, to whom paid, and
from what appropriation TO be paid,
which order shall be countersigned and
! numbered By the Clerk, and by him reg
D istercd in a book TO be kept for tina, pur.
pose; and said orders shall be transfera-
bic without assignment.
SEC. Sd. All orders, drawn as spcci-
fed in section two of this Ordinance,
shall be receivable, as par, in pay ment
4 for all taxes, fines foriei,ures licenses,
and dues payable iato the Town Treas
ury, except such fines, taxes, and for
FIXTURES as belong TO the fund for the
improvement Of the streets ana alleys,
which shall in ali cases be paid in Cash.
or in work on the streets and alleys at
seventy-fve cents per day.
SEC. 4th. When an order shall be pres
en,ed 10 the Treasurer for payment, and
there shall be no money in the Treasury,
the Treasurer shall endorse the fact, and
date of the presentation of The order on
the back thereof, and the order shall
then draw interest at the rate of six per
cenium, per annum from that time until
paid. GEORGE GILLASPY, Pres't.
Attest. BERTRAND JONES, Clerk.
/ Passed March llih, 1851.
| STATE OF Iowa, &c.
l Town OF OTTuMwA. ) - T. a.
3 l do hereby certify the foregoing 10
be true copy of the original Ordinance
ton file in my Office. Given under my
hand, this l4lh day Of March, 1881.
DE IL "A IN ~ JoINlSSy ONu
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AN ORpISAxcE, for the prevention and
A. abatement of nuisances, and the re-
moral Of distractions to The streets
and alleys. .s p. ,
SEC. LIST. BE Ir ORDAINED, BY The
President and Trustees Of the Torn
OF Onunma; Tha, all dead bodies of
animals. and decaying Vegetable substan:
ces, which are Of sufficient quantity to
create an unpleasant stencil; and all ar
tiiicial distractions Of the streets or al
leys of the Town, are hereby declared
nuisanccs.
SEC 2nd. In all cases where any an
imal shall die within the bounds of the
Corporation, the body shall be removed,
by the owner of said animal, out Of, and
at least three hundred yards beyond
The limits of the Incorporation, within
twenty. fonr hours after the death of said
animal; and upon failure TO do SO il shall
be the duty Of the Marshal to direct the
sud owner 10 remove said nuisance; for
which service the Marshal shall receive
from said owner tie sum Of fifteen cents:
and if the said owner, when so notified,
shall still neglect or refuse to remove
said nuisance for the further space Of
ASSaSe hours, i! shall be the duty of the
MARSHAL to cause said nuisance TO be
"a emoved out of the limits OF the Town
Sabove directed, at the least possible
expense, for which he shall be allowed
the sum actually paid out, together with
the additional sum of one dollar, out ct
the Town Treasury: and which shall be
recovered of Of the said owner bv an
action of debt, or assumpsit, before any
Court of competent Jurisdiction, in the
name of the President and Trustees Of
the Town of Ouumwa, and which shall
um per annum, from the time of pay
meni by the Town, by Cash. or an Or
der. until paid by said owner. ...,
SIC. Sd. Any person who shall OBJ
s.ruct the streets, alleys, or sidewalks
Of this Town, oy throwing wood, lum-
her, stone, brick, or any thing which is
calculated 10 obsiruct the free use Of
said streets, alleys, or sidewalks, for each
day said obstruction shall remain, shall
prltlt dtu pay ihto uho Town iieasuiy
The sum of not less than one, nor more
than five dollars, together with all ac,u-
al damages which may accrue to any
person from said distractions; said first
named forfeiture to be recovered in the
i name OF the President and Trustees OF
| the Town Of Ottumwa, for the use of
said Town.
SEC. 4ih. If the person causing the
obstruction shall not remove the same
within twenty -four hours after the same
1 is created, the Marshal shall remove said
"a obstruction: and shall be allowed the
amount actually expended, together with
the sum Of fifty cents, to be paid out of