Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-06-01
ORDINANCE NO. So.

An Ordinance 20 Prohibit the Keep
ing OF swim. aud Providing for
the Arrcst OF thr snnn. Within the
. IncorporRfc Limits of the Town
OF Gold Hill, Passed March Odd,
a. ID. 1850.
rTHE 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,
penIinS or feeding the same within ono hundred
yards OF any private residence or place OF bus
mess other than the residence or place OF bust.
ness OF the person or persons owning Oh keeping
the same, shall be guilty of a 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 aud not less
than thirty dollars, United States gold coin ;
and II such fine be not paid, shall be imprisoned
In the town jail ut 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 vagrant within the limits of the
own Of Gold Hill, and conflne them in some
secure place, To be provided by himat the cost
OF the town. They may also be taken up by any
other person, who shall commit them TO the Gus
tody OF the Marshal or any policeman Of the
town Of Gold Hill.
SEC. 3. The Marshal shall keep a true and
faithful 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 NJ the entrance
Of the yard, stable, bara or place where the said
animals are secured, a list OF all such animals
as are therein contained.
SEC. 4. All such animals taken into custody
under the provisions Of this Ordinance, II not
reclaimed within three days thereafter, shall be
advertised in n newspaper published within the
town of.Gold Hin, for two days, and after such
advertisement the Marshal shall sell, or destroy
II found worthless, all such animals not re-
claimed.
SIC. ). The Marshal shall provide all neccssa
ry subsistence for all such animals while in his
custody. The owner OF any such anima taken
up and kept In custody by the Marshal may at
any time, before the sale, or after disposition
thereof, redeem the same, by paying TO the Mar.
shall his proper fees and charges for arresting
and keeping and costs OF advertising, as herein
provided. If not so redeemed. the Marshal shall
sell and dispose OF such ami nal or animals, after
advertisement, and OUT OF the proceeds from
such sale, after payment OF the cost OF adyertis-
Ing, retain the fees 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; II not so claimed, to be placed In the
Contingent Fund OF said town Of Gold Hill.
SEC. T.. The charge upon such animals shall be as
follows: Forcach hog, for keeping, per day, NIFTY
cents; for arrestinS and driving, one dollar and
my cents Ohc said one dollar and my cents TO
be paid 10 the person making the arrcst): and
fifty cents for the benefit Of the town, TO defray
incidental expenses.
SIC. !. II shall be the duty OF the Marshal or
any policeman OF the town TO report to the Town
Attorney any violation OF the provisions con.
tanned In Section I 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 Hin, shall be fined in any sum not
exceeding five hundred dollars. and not less than
thirty dollars. in United States gold coin.
SIC. 5. This Ordinance shall take effect on the
lst day OF May, 4. ID. 1863.
WM. d. C. GIBSON, President.
III. c. MANNING. Clerk.
Gold lInl, March ed fSG9. mh2J-1w