The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1866-06-02


and the Recorder is authorized and required
on payment Of said sum or sums TO issue q
license to such person or persons for the
term Of one year, for which the applicant
shall pay an additional sum of one dollar to
said Recorder, his fee for issuing said
license, etc.
SEC. IS, Be it ordained, That all Circuses
or Circus and Animal shows combined shall
pay tax Of S25 for each day and night they
shall exhibit IN the town of Bolivar All
Animal shows SO for each day and nights
exhibition, all slight Of hand performances,
50, for each day ard nights performance,
and all travelling concerts S. for each day and
nights exhibition within the corporate limits
of the town Of Bolivar
SEC. l9, Be it ordained, That 1t shall not
be lawful for any person, the owner Of a
brute or animal which has died, to permit
the carcass Of such animal to lie in any street
alley or within the corporate limits of said
town exceeding "a hours under the penalty
of one dollar fine md the additional sum Of
one dollar for every subsequent "a hours said
carcass may remain after being notified by
the Town COnttable TO remove the same,
provided, however, that it shall be the duty
0frhe Town Constable to remove any nuisance
which may come within his knowledge (the
owner refusing) at the expense of the owner.
SEC. 20 Be it ordained, That the streets,
alley, pavements and sidewalks OF Bolivar,
shall be kept free Of distractions and not
blocked up with wood piles cotton bales,
goods boxes or other obstacles, so as to in
commOde the public or any citizen Of the
town. Any person violating this ordinance
shall pay the sum of one dollar for each day
after being notified by the Town Constable
to remove the same, until it be removed );
and when any CITIZEN al the town shall con-
laid D.
upon his application to the Town Constable
it shall be his duty to have the same removed,
either by the owner or at the owners ex-
pense.
SEC 81, Be it ord lined, That it shall be
unlawful for any person to butcher any ami
NAL for market, in any street or alley, or on
any lot within the corporation, without the
consent of the owner Of said lot. Any per-
son violating this ordinance shall pay fine
Of two dollars for each ofense.
SEC. D. Be it ordained, That to encourage
the paving Of sidewalks, in Bolivar, any per
son laying u good brick pavement not less
than 10 feet wide, in front of their property,
within the corporate limits Of said town,
shall be allowed the sum of S. for every
/ thousand of brick used IN said work Any
person who may wish to build plank walk
on any of the public sidewalks within the
limits of Bolivar, on application to the Mayor,
a permit will be granted, if the proposed
walk be considered of general utility, and
when said work is done, the corporation
will pay at the rate of cents per lineal foot
for double track and cents for single
track, to be built of cypress plank of good
quality, II inches wide, l6 feet long and 2
inches thick On double track the plank
to be laid feet apart on cross ties Of post
oak, white oak or cypress, four feet long and
4 inches square, the ties to be laid feet
from center to center, and to be let into the
ground 3 inches; the plank to be square at
the ends and well fitted against each other
and each plank to be nailed to the ties with
six twenty penny nails and the space be-
tween the plank to be filed with tanbark or
sawdust; single track to be laid with cy-
press plank before described, and well pinn-
ed to the ground with oak pins 2 inches in
diameter
SEC %, Be it ordained, That all taxes,
fines and forfeitures, imposed in the forego-
ing sections of these ordinances shall be re-
covered in the name of the Mayor and Al
dermen of the town of Bolivar before any
Jurisdiction having cOgnizance thereof, and
| it shall be the duty of the Town Constable
to demand and execute process, when nee
essary, for which he shall receive the same
fees as State officers are entitled to for like
services.
SEC. "a, Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the town Of Bolivar, That all
ordinances heretofore in force in this cor
pOratiOn, and in conflict with any of the
| above provisions be and the same are hereby
repealed, and that this ordinance take effect
from and after its passage
Passed May 30, 1866
T. b. Mcdowell, Mayor.
L. B. ADAMS, Recorder