Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1859-05-06

NHNI9 IAAKWH AND IONHN DUDNCAA VI
1883, OF THE INCORPORATED VII
LACE or FREMONT.
When The voters Of an Incorporated
town elect thslr municipal officers, il Is OK
pected thai tbe body Of men called tho
Town CoupciL will rightmlly and rigidly
at,cnd to al matters which may come before
them, in q right and proper manner, and in
strict conformity to the law of the State, by
which they derive their authority. If they
shirk this responsibility, or if by their cul-
psble nOgligeuce they fail to do their soorn
duty, il is plain and evident they should
never be entrusted With an official station
where they may again impose on the com
munity. We have been led to make these
remarks from an assertion made on the
street, that the "Hog Ordinance" passed by
the late Town Council, was good for moth
ing, and that those persons whohave during
the past few days been trying to enforce this
ordinance have bad their trouble and pains
at their own expense and those persons who
own hogs, that are rowing the streets at their
will, committing depredations on yards,
gardens, &c, laugh to think the ordinance
cannot be enforced
We have taken the trouble, with the as
sistance Of the present Recorder, 10 exam
inc the ordinances passed by the Council of
last year, to see what was enacted by them.
And we find that it can all be summed up
in one word-NOTHING
The statute regulating town Councils re-
quires that when an ordinance is passed,
the Mayor shall order the yeas and nays,
and tho vote SO given shall be placed upon
record. The ordinance is then to be signed
BY the Mayor and Recorder; it is then to
be published in a newspaper, or notices
stuck up in public places about the town; if
it is published, the Recorder is to certify on
the record that it has been published, I'm
til each Of these requirements are fulfilled,
an ordinance is not worth straw.
The council of this town for last year
was composed Of the following persons
John L. Greene, Mayor; Oscar Ball, Record
or; Councilmen, G. Doncyson, s. NJ Elm
wood, Casper Smith, Joseph Stuber and D,
Capper. We find that on the third day Of
May an ordinance regulating the building
Of sidewalks, was enacted, on the passage
of which ordinance tho yeas and nays were
not called, and it is not signed by the May
or. At the same session an ordinance or
drunkenness was enacted, which was left il
the same condition. May 4th, an ordi
nance regulating Auctions was passed; tho
yeas aud nays not called, but it is signed
May "a, an ordinance on the obstruction o
sidewalks; yeas aud nays not called but i
signed. June 2l, an ordinance to prohibi
the erection of wooden buildings; yeas anc
nays not calcd but signed. Aug. 10, al
ordinance prohibiting the running at large O
swine; yeas and nays called, but not sign
ed. Sept. 8, an amendment to the swim
ordinance; yeas and nays not called anc
not signed. Dec. 13, an ordinance relatin,
to the election Of Marshal; yeas and nay
not called, not signed. There were eight OF
dnanccs passed by the above named coun
Gil, and not ono Of them legal. The faul
of their illcgality rests on the Mayor, JohI
: L. Greene, and not on the Recorder or coun
cilmen. Every one of the ordinances wer
signed by the Recorder and three by th
Mayor. These ordinances were all pull
, lished in the Sandusky Democrat, with th
Mayors name attached, but his name
wanting in the Record book. The Recort
or however failed in Que particular, he di
not certify to their publication.
, Now, what is tho duty of the prcscr
Board! they have this business to do owe
again, and we hopo they will proceed to
at once, and do it in such manner tn,
| there will bc no loop hole to crawl out Q
Q and do it to the satisfaction and for the be-
r interests of the people of Fremont
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