Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-04-09
TO QUICKSILVER MINERS
NO. 5s.

An Ordinance TO Prohibit the Keep
Ing OF Swine, mud Providing for
thc Arrest OF the Anme. Within lie
Incorporate Limits Of the TowM
OF Gold Hill, Passed March 23d,
A. ID. 1869.
VHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
tow OF Gold Hill do ordain:
SEC. ]. Any person or psrsons. owning or lInv.
ing In his possession any swine. and keeping,
pcnning or feeding The same within one hundred
yards oil any privatc. residence or place OF bus
mess other than the residence or place OF bust.
the same, shall be guilty Of u nuisance. and on
conviction before any Justice OF the Peace OF
the town Of Gold Hill, shall be fined IN any sum
not exceeding five hundred dollars and not less
than thirty dollars, United States gold coin
and II such fine be not paid, shall be imprisoned
In the town Jail at tho rate OF one day for each
two dollars OF said fine.
SEC. 2. The Marshal md all policemen under
his direction shall arrest and lake into custody
all swine found yngrnnt within the limits Of the
town OF Gold Hill, and conflno them In some
secure place, to be provided by him at the coat
OF the town. They may also be taken up by any
other pcrson, who shall commit them TO the Gus
tody OF tho Marshal or any policeman OF the
town OF Gold Hill.
SEC. 8. The Marshal shall keep a truo and
faithful record Of the numbera and description OF
all swine taken or brought into bis custody, and
tho date and manner Of their disposal and he
shall keep conspicuously posted al the entrance
Of tho yard, stable, barn or place where the said
animals arc secured, q list OF all such animals
rs are therein contained.
SIC. 4. All such animals taken into custody
under the provisions Of this Ordinance, " not
reclaimed Within three days thereafter, shall be
advertised In q newspaper published within the
town OF Gold Hill, for two days, and after such
advertisement the Marshal shall sell, or destroy
II found worthless, all such animals not re.
claimed.
SEC. 5. The Marshal shall provide oil necesss
~ subsistence for all such animals while in his
custody. The owner OF any such animal taken
up and kept In custody by the Marshal may at
any time, before the sale, or after disposition
thereof. redeem the samc, by paying 10 tho Mar
shal his proper fees and charges for arresting
and keeping and costs OF advertising, as herein
provided. fnot so redeemed, the Marshal shall
sell and dispose OF such animal or animals, after
advertisement, and out OF the proceeds from
such sale, after payment OF the cost OF advertis-
Ing, retain the iees and charges herein author.
lied, and pay the balance remaining in bis
owners Of said animals, II claimed within three
months II not so claimed, to be placed In the
Contingent Fund OF said town OF Gold Hill.
SEC. Q. The charge upon such animals shall be as
cents for arrcsting and driving, one dollar and
hty cents (the said one dollar and my cents TO
be paid to the person making the arrest) and
my cents for the benefit OF tho town, to defrny
incidental expenses.
SEC. Z. It shall be the duty Of the Marshal or
any policeman OF the town 10 report to the Town
Attorney any violation Of the provisions con.
tained In Section ] OF this Ordinance, who shall
cause the arrest OF the person so violating.
Any oehecr named herein refusing, TO enforce
tho provisions contained In this Ordinance, on
conviction before any Justice Of the Peace ofthe
Of Gold Hill, shall be fined in any sum not
exceeding i've hundred dollars, and not less than
thirty dollars, In United States gold coin.
SIC. .. This Ordinance shall TAKE effect on the
WIN PC. GIBSON, President.
Gold Hill, March "a, 1854. nhss-fv