Fremont weekly freeman. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1850-1853, 1852-05-29

i authority of any municipal corporation
b anG il shall be The duty Of of such ow.
e ner or owners, his, her, or their agen
o or attorney, after service of copy ol
!, the said resolution or after a publica
e ton of the same in some newspaper O.
J general circulation in such municipa
, corporation, for four successive w eks, t.
5 comply with the directions of such res
, olui N, within the time therein speci
: fed. and in case of failure or refusal
to do so. It may be done at the expense
of such municipal corporation, and the
amount Of money SO expended shall bs
debt due to said municipal corpora
don from The owner or owners of suci
lot or lots IN proportion to the amount
} expended on the lot or lots owned by
him, her or them, respectively, TO be re-
covered before a justice of the peace or
other court of competent jurisdiction
and shall moreover from the time o.
the adoption of such resolution, be 9
lien on such lot or lois, which may be
enforced if need be. either after OF
without previous proceeding at law,
by suit in equity in the court of COM
mon pleas of the proper county, and
ike proceedings may be had as he rein
before directed in relation 70 the i'm.
iprovemeu, Of streets or as in other
cases at law, or in equity.
i Sec. 80. Il shall be the duty Of tue
court Of common pleas of the proper
county, to take and exercise the iuris.
diction authorized by this act, for the
collection OF any charge or debt. or the
enforcement of any lien, notwithstan-
ding the amount involved shall be less
than that to which the Jurisdiction ol
the court may be limited in other cases;
and any court of common pleas may
make such special rules as TO the class
of cases authorized to be brought under
this act, as viii tend 10 expedite their
disposition, and prevent unnecessary
costs.
Sec. "a. Municipal corporations
shall have power to make and publish,
from timeto time, bylaws or ordinances,
not inconsistent with the laws of the
State. for carrying into effect, or dis
charging the powers or duties confer
red OF required under this act; and il
is hereby made the duty of municipal
corporations, to make and publish such
y-laws and ordinances as shall be nee
essary to secure such corporations and
their inhabitants against injuries by FIRE.
thieves. robbers. burglars and all othes
persons violating the public peace, for
the suppression Of riots and gambling,
and indecent and disorderly conduct;
for the punishment of all lewd and lac
civious behavior in the streets, and 9TH
er public places; and they shall have
power to make and publish such by
laws and ordinances as to them shall
seem necessary to provide for the safety
preseFe the health, promote the pros
perity, and improve the morals, order.
comfort and convenience Of such eorpor
ations. and the inhabitants thereof.
Sec. So. Bylaws and ordinances of
municipal corporations, may be enfor-
ced By the imposition of tines,f ,forfei,ures
and penalties, on any person or persons
offending against. or violating such by
laws, or ordinances, or any of them; and
the fine, penalty, or forfeiture, may be
prescribed in each particular bylaw or
ordinance, or by general bylaw or
ordinance made for that purpose and
municipal corporations shall have pow
er to provide, in like manner. for the
prosecution, recovery and collection Of
such fines, penalties or forfeitures.
Sec. SO. Fines, penalties and for
FIXTURES, which shall not exceed the
sum of twenty dollsrs for any one speci-
fed offence, or violation of the bylaw
or ordinance. .ordouble that sum for each
repetition of such offencce. or violation,
or which shall not exceed FIVE dollars,
for each day, where the thing prohibit
ted or rendered Unlawful is in its nature
continuous in respect to time. shall be
deemed reasonable and proper. But
where. in any bylaw or ordinance, a
crater fine, penalty or forfeiture is i'm
posed. than as above specified. it shall
and may bs lawful, in any suit or pros
ecution for the recovery thereof, to re-
duce the same to such amount ns shall
be deemed reasonable and proper, and
to permit recovery, or render judg-
ment accordingly.
Sec. 81. Fine, penalties and forfeit
ures may. in all cases, and ia addition
to any other mode provided, be recov-
cred by suit, or action, before any jus
tice of the peace, or other court of com
petent jurisdiction, in the name of the
proper municipal corporation, and for
its use; and in any such suit or action
where pleading is necessary. it shall
be sufficient to declare generally. for the
amount claimed to be due in respect ct
the violation of the bylaw or ordinance,
referring to its title, and the date of its
adoption, or passage, and showing. rs
near as may be, the true time of the
alledged violation.
Sec. 50. All suits or prosecutions
for the recovery of any such fines. pen
allies and forfeitures, or for the com
mission of any offence made punishable
by any bylaw or ordinance of any mu-
nicipal corporation as hereinafter, pro-
vided, shall be commenced within one
year after the violation of the ordinance
or commission of the offence, and not
afterwards
Sec. SO. The printed copies Of the
bylaws or ordinances of any municipal
corporation. published under its author.
Iity and transcripts of any bylaws or
ordinances. or of any act or proceeding
of any municipal corporation, recorded