Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-05-31
ORDINANCE NO. SO.

An G%rdIrnucc to Prohibit the Keep
ing OF swin-. aud Providing for
tac Arrest of the Snnc. Within the
Incorporate Limits of the Town
of Gold fIiii, Passed March Odd,
=. -. 1869.
rrHE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
l. town OF Gold Hill do ordain:
SEC. l. Any person or persons, owning or hav-
ing in his possession any swine, and keeping.
pcnning or feeding the same within one hundred
yards of any private residence or place OF bus
mess other than the residence or place OF busi-
ness OF the person or persons owning or kecping
the same, shall be guilty Of a nuisance, ard on
conviction before any Justice of The Peace OF
the town OF Gold Hill, shall be lined In any sun
not exceeding live 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 the rate OF one day FOR each
two dollars OF said fine.
SEC. >. The Marshal and all policemen under
his direction shall arrest and take into custody
all swine found yagrant within the limits OF the
town OF Gold Hill, and confne them in some
secure place, to be provided by him ut the cost
OF the town. They may also be taken up by any
| other person, who shall commit them to the Gus
toby OF the Marshal or any policeman Of the
town OF Gold Hill.
Syc, 3, The Marshal shall keep q true and
faithlnl record OF the number and description Of
all swine taken or brought into his custody, and
the date and manner of their disposal; and he
shall keep conspicuously posted at the entrance
OF the yard, stable, barn or place where the said
animals arc secured, a list OF all such animals
Us are therein contained.
SEC. 4. All such animals taken into custody
under the provisions OF this Ordinance, IT not
reclaimed within three days thereafter, shall be
advertised In n newspaper published within the
town of Gold Hill, for two days, and amer such
advertisement the Marshal shall sell, or destroy
If found worthless, all such animals not re-
claimed.
SEC. ). The Marshal shall provide all neccssa
~ 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 NJ
any time, before the salc, or after disposition
thereof, redeem the same, by payin. TO the Mar
shall his proper fees and charges for arresting
and keeping and costs of advertising, rs herein
provided. If not 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-
ins. retain the ices and charges herein author.
lied. and pay the balance remaining in his
hands TO the Town Treasurer, for the use Of the
owners of said animals, If claimed within three
months: If not 40 claimed. to be placed in the
Contingent Fund of said town of Gold Hill.
SEC. q. The charge upon such animals shall be as
follows: For each hog, for keeping, per day, ffty
cents for arrcsi:ng and driving, one dollar ana
ffty cents uhc said one dollar and my cents TO
be paid TO the person making the arresD and
any cents for the benefit Of the town, TO dclray
incidental expenses.
SIC. :. 1t 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:
tanned III Section l OF this Ordinance, who shall
cause the arrest OF the person so violating.
ANY officer named herein refusing TO enforce
the provisions contained in this Ordinance, on
conviction before any Justice Of the Peace OF the
town of Gold Hill, shall he fined In any sum not
cxccedin. five hundred dollars, and not less than
thirty dollars, in United States gold coin.
Spg - This ordinance shall fnkn effect on the
LIST day of May. 4. d. 1869.
WIN. d. C. GIBSON, President.
ii. c. MANNING. Clerk.
Gold Hill, March I'D. 1869. mh25-1w