The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-10-11
Ordinances of the Town of Clarence

BE it ordained by the Town Council
of the town Of Clarence, that the follow
ing Ordinances are hereby enacted as
the Public Municipal Laws of said town
to this date, hereby revoking all ordin-
ances inconsistent Herewith.
Article LIST, That the regular meetings
of this Council shall be held on the sec
ond Monday Of every month, and the
Mayor and Recorder, or any three menu
bers of the Council may call q special
meeting, which special meeting, and all
adjourned meetings, shall be considered
regular meetings for the transaction of
business. IN r. . ~ ~ So 38G s u
sha1 st or this Interpretation shalfbe elect.
cd 1T the same time, and in the same
manner, and he subject to the same laws
in relation TO taking the oath OF office,
as the other corporation officers; Pro
ridea, that all vacancies may be filled by
appointment by the Council, and that
within five days after notice of appoint
ment, a bond shall be given to the May or
for the faithful performance of duty, by
the Marshal, in the sum of five hundred
dollars, and by the Treasurer, in double
come into his hands ..ess4
= Article Sd. Any person guilty of dis
orderly conduct, or making disturbance
by boisterol,s proceedings or noises at
unusual hours, Of the night or by
threats, or by drunkenness, or who shall
endanger the public safety by the run
ming of horses or teams through the
streets of the town, shall be fined in any
sum not less than three dollars, nor more
than twenty five dollars for each offence.
Article 4th. The Council shall appoint,
at their annual meeting on the second
Monday in March, of their number or
other citizens, one person as Street and
Sanitary Commissioner, who shall give
bonds in the sum Of one hundred dollars
for the faithful performance of his du-
ties, whose duty it shall be to examine
the streets and alleys of the town once
each month, and as much oftener as may
he necessary, and if any distractions of
any kind, or any putrid or odious sub
stances that would be deleterious to the
health, or interfere with the rights and
privileges of any citizen, shall be found
within any street or alley, or in any lot,
or on any land within the incorporation,
he shall give five days notice to the per-
son owning or having charge of the
premises where such obstruction or
nuisance is found, or to the person caus-
ing such obstruction or nuisance, to re-
move said obstruction or nuisance:
PrOvided, that when the nature of the
case requires notice for immediate re-
moval, it may be given.
Article 5th. If any person whose duty
1t j. to remove any obstruction or nuis-
ance, and being notified US in the fore
going section, shall fail to comply with
such requisition, it shall be the duty Of
the said Commissioner to cause said OBJ
struction or nuisance to be removed, and
file bill of all expenses incurred in such
removal, with the Treasurer, whose
duty it shall be to proceed to collect said
bill, adding to it one hundred per cent
um as fine, which is hereby imposed
upon the person whose duty 1t was to
remove the obstruction or nuisance.
Article 9th. That all persons or parties
owning town lots on either side Of Third
street, between Lombard street on tile
north and the school house on the south;
also all persons owning town lots on
either side of Lombard street, between
Fourth street on the east, and Second
street Oh the west; also, all persons or
parties owning town lots on the north
side of Lombard street between Second
street and the west corner Of Mink's
inclosure; also, all persons or parties
owning town lots on the north side Of
Smith street between Fourth street on
the east and Second street on the west;
also, all persons or parties owning town
lots on the east side of Second street,
between Lombard street on the north,
and the south side of lot number twelve
in block number nineteen, on the south;
lots on either side Of Fourth street. be-