Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-23
AN ORDNANCE.

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an Ordnance in relation % NltisaHces, and Defining
certain 06aiceS. p A. .s4 sl
SECTION l. Be il ordained by the Common Conn.
| cilNof the City of Evansville that slop water,
wRsh-water, wsate-water, or filth or garbage of
any klRd whatever, which may be cansed or per-
mitted to h2w from any house or premises, int or
upon any street, alley or gutter CT the city of Ev-
ansYille, and all slop- water, wash water, waste
water, or nth, offal or garbage o. any kind what
ever, which mey be thrown or placed In or upon
any street, alley or gutter Of said city, hereby
declGr d to be nuisancss. ~ fr1s7
SEC. 2. All manure, ashes, cinders and rubbish
OF any kind whatever which may be thrown or
placed upon any street or alley, or in any gutter
of said city, which may be so deposited IS to
fall into or upon any street, alley or gutter of said
city, are he.eby declared TO be nuisances. .-----
SEC. g. All lumber, timber, logs or blocks, and
ell other distractions Of every kind whatever,
placed upon any street, alley, gutter sidewalk
Of said city, are hereby declared to be nuisances
SEC. A. lt shall be unlawful for any person or
persons, herr after, to place or cause to be placed
any manure in or upon any cpen area or space ad-
joining or near any street or alley, without 40
conining such manure ia such manner as to pre-
vent the same frcm falling into or upon, or being
scattered or spread over upon such street or
alley and all persons keeping or harboring any
horse, mule, COW, hog or cattle of any kind what
evsr shall bs, and hereby are required to all
manure which may accuu ulate from such horse,
mule, &C., TO be kept securely in Close bounds, in
such ma ner as will prevent IL from being drag
gsd or scstteIed from such place of deposit, into
or u on any street, ALLEY or gutter Of said city.
SEC 5. Ali persons having siop-water wash.
water, waste-wa!er other filth or garbage accu.
mulating upon their premises, sha be and here
By are required 10 dispose Of the same, either in
proper sinks 10 be constructed upon their own
premises, or by causing all such slop- water, &C.,
to be kept in casks other vessels aud deposited
in some su table place outside the corpoEate imita
of the city.
SEC. 8. 1t shall hereafter be unlawful for any
person or persons to permit any wagon, dray or
other vehicle when not in use, to be placed or re-
main upon any street or alley Of said city,
SEC. Z. II skali hereafter be unlawful for any
person or persons to place Deposit allow to
be placed or deposited, any hre wood upon
any street, alley or sidewalk Of SAID city,
and permit the same to remain upon said street,
sidewalk or slley more than forty-eight hours
from the time of its deposit.
SFC. s. 1t shall hereafter he unlawful for any
person or persons to place deposit, OF allow to
be placed or deposited, any stone-coal upon any
street, alley, or sidewalk of said CITY, and per-
nit the same to remain upon such street, alley,
or sidewalk mora than twenty-four hours from
the tire of its deposit.
SCI. g. Any person or persons causing any nuis-
aRce, as defined by this Ordinance, or violating
any If the provisions of this Ordinance, shaHl
upon conviction, forfeit and pay not less than Eve
nor more than enc hundred dollars.
W. BAKER, Mayoa-
Attest: A. NJ. MeGRIFF, Clerk.
The above ordinance passed on the goth
day of Eovember, 1866, and ordered to be pub
lished, and that it be in forcefrom and afheF the
lst day of Dece mber next.
nov24 d2t W. BAKEB, Mayor.