Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1857-10-13

to disturb quiet snI peaceable citizens resi-
ding IN the vicinity, every petson so offending
shall be fined in any sum not exceeding twen-
~ dollars nor less than tNo dollars.
SEC. 2nd. That il any person or persons Of
the age OF fourteen years and upwards SD Ill he
found, rioting, fighting, duarrelling or maxim
a noise to the disturbance of the citizens OF
the town, he or they, on conviction thereof,
Shai be fined in a sum not less than fifty cts.
nor more than five dollars. - 81
SIC. 3D. That IL any person or persons
shall at any time interrupt or molest any re
ligioui Or other Society,or any member thereof,
or any persons when met together for the pur-
pose OF worship, or perorma II re Of any of the
duties appertalnlng to them as me embers OF su ch
religious or other society, the person or per
sons so offending shall be fined in, any sum
MOI exceeding :wetty dollars. .stt'''H ~A,e
2 SEc' 9TH. Thatif any personshall be found
n the streets, or any StherpuJlic place with :
in the town, intoxicated, or so much excited
with intoxicating drink as to excite and bring
| around him crowd Of persons, such PERSON
shal! be, deemed guilty OF an in.mbfaty, and
may be committed to the jail or kept in cus.
tody, at the discretion Of the Mayor, until he
shall become duly sober, and shall be fined in
any sum mol exceeding five dollars. 'EH'.fI Z.
/ SEC. 9th. That ii ,wo or more persons shsl
assemble together and proceed with bells,
horLS, drums, OF in any OTTER manner, to ma X e
IOuu anu unpleasant NOISES calculated TO In =
tiInddte or annoy The citizens, or to distu ri
The peace an,l qu,et of the town, every per
son SO offending sLall, on conviction thereof
be fined III any sum not exceeding five doll ars,
nor less than one dollar and in cases arising
under this Ordinance, the person or perso IFS
convicted shall be liable to imprisonment q /
The discretion ot tue Mayor until The fine a nd
costs shall be paid, or until Otherwise dis
charged. X. b. WILSON, Mayor.
J. II. RIcE, Recorder! 'bll fi' ,.
An Ordinance to Prevent Indecent Expo
sure -..... . .,...
SEC. tst Be it ordained by the Town
Council of the town Of Middleport, That if
any person OF persons of ten years of age and
upwards be toun | bathing III the river uiI
clothed, between the hours of 5 o. clcck a. NJ.
and O'Clock r. NJ, or otherwise expos ing
their persons in an improper unbecoming
manner, such person or persons, upon convic-
lion theteofY Yshall be fined IN any sum, at the
discretion o. the Mayor, not less than fifty cts.
nor more than five dollars, to be collected by
the Marshall, and paid into the town Treas
urS.
SEC. I'd. That the property of parents and
guardians shall be llaule and subject 10 exc
cution aud sale i'll payment Of fines assessed
| against their chiidren opwards, for the above
ienccS. K. B. WILSON, Mayor.
J. II. RICE, Rec Ter.
An Ordinance to Suppress and Rest rain
Houses OF Lii Fsrle-- l" .... .a- ....
SEC. .;st' Be it ordained by the Town
Council Of the town of Middleport, That any
person or persons who shall Keep any bro thel
or house Of ill fame in the town OF Mid die
| port, by keeping therein any female person or
persons for the purpose Of PROSTITUTION, or suf-
fer any person 10 resort thereto, for that pur-
pose, or who shall knowingly let or lease any
dwelling house or other building for that pu =
pose, OF which he, she, OF they have the own
erSliIp, agency, or legal control, he she, or
they shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in
any sum not l. SIS than ten, nor more than one
hundred dollars.
SEC. I'd. That all female persons who shall
reside Ill any Urothel or house oil i'll fame, OF
resort thereto for the purpose Of PROSTITUTION,
who shall prostitute themselves. or use inde-
cent or lIcenuouS language gesture, OF beha-
yIor, to entice persons therein for the purpose
aforesaid, Shall, on conviction thereof, be
| hned III any sum not less than one nor more
| than twenty dollars.
| SEC. 3D. That any male person., Of the age
| Of fourteen and upwards, who Shall reside in
| any brouel or house of llt fame, or resort
thereto for the purpose OF aiding. assist ng,
IabettIng, or encouraging the owner or Keeper
of any such house, or TIE females who reside
| therein, Shall resort thereto ior the gatI ii
cation Of his lewd or lascivious practiceS
! shall on convection thereof, be fined III any
sum not less than one nor more than tw eIIt y
| dollars.
| SEC. 4th. That any person convicted of a anl
/ of the Offences Specific ! in tins Ordinance
| Shll be liable to Imprisonment III the jail o
| the county until such fine be pad, or unit
he Or she shall be discharged by the Mayor, y
| III due course CT law.
woo . RIB. WILSON, Mayor.
j X. RICE, Recorder. ..-. -s.f
An Ordinance for Protection agains)
/ FIRES .,...-.. .... ........ ....
SEC. lst. Be it ordained by the Tow
Council of the town of Middleport, That
is shall be unlawful for any person or per
sons, in constructing any Hue or chimney
for the purpose of conducting of smoke
in any dwelling house, store, or othe
erection within the Corporate limits OF til,
town OF Middleport, to permit any wooi
or other combuStible material to enter int
or be in any manner in contact with sucl
chimney or flue, without having and con
tinuing between the entire surface of sucl
wood or other combuSLible material ant
the inner surface Of such chimney or hue
brick or bricks, well laid in morter.
: SEC. Cd. That it shall be unlawful fo
any person or persons to erect or put u
any stove-pipe extending into or throug
any wooden partition, ceiling, or floor, o
outer wall OF any wooden building, roof Q
any aperture TO any building whatever
without providing in every such Partition
ceiling, roof, wall or aperture, a stone
brick, earthen or stone crock, tube, or 9th
Ell nonconducting substance in such man
ner as to surround such pipe, and kee
r the same at least two inches from all
s wood or other combustible substance.
:. Sec. Sd. That in every case when an
stove-pipe shall be passed through an
e outside wall ofany wooden dwelling hous,
= store or other building, the same shall b
y the person or persons erecting or putin
# up the same, be made to project and e.