Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-10-23
ORDINANCES NO.. So.

An Ordinance TO Prohibit tho Keep
Ing Of Swine. and Providing for
the Arrest of the same. Within the
Incorporate Limits Of the Town
OF Gold Hill, Passed March asa,
A. ID. 1869.
i town Of Gold Hill do ordain:
SEC, 1. ANY person or persons, owning or nav
Ing in his possession any swine, and keeping,
penning or feeding the same within one hundred
yards OF any private residence or place Of ous-
iness other than the residence or place OF busi-
meas OF the person or persons owning or keepins
the same, shall be guilty OF a nuisance. and on
conviction before any Justice OF the feace Oh
the town OF Gold Hill, shall be fined in any sum
not exceeding Ave hundred dollars and not iess
and II such fine be not paid, shall be imprisoned
In the town jail ut the rate OF one day Tor each
two dollars OF said fnc.
SEC. 9. The Marshal and all policemen under
his direction shall arrest and take into custody
ali swine found vagrant within the limits OF the
town Of Gold Hill, and conflne them In some
secure place, to be provided by him at the cost
OF the town. They may also be taken up ,oy any
other person, who shall commit them to.the Gus
tody OF the Marshal or any policeman of the
town Of Gold Hill.
SIC. 8. The Marshal shall keep a true and
faithful record Of the number and description OF
all swine taken or brought into his custody, and
tho date and manner Of their disposal and he
shall keep conspicuously posted al the entrance
OF the yard, stable, barn or place where the said
animals are secured, \ list of all such animals
~ 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 q newspaper published within the
town OF Gold Hill, for two days, and after such
advertisement the Marshal shall sell, or destroy
Il found worthless, all such animals not re-
claimed.
SIC. ). The Marshal shall provide all necessa
nv 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 sale, or after disposition
thereof, redeem tho same, by paying TO the Mar
shall his proper fees and charges for a~rresting
and keeping and costs OF advertising, as herein
provided. 1fnot 80 redeemed. the Marshal shall
sell and dispose OF such animal or animals, alter
advertisement, and out of the proceeds from
such sale, after payment OF the cost OF advertis-
Ing, retain the lees 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, II claimed within three
months il not so claimed, TO be placed in the
Contingent Fund OF said town OF Gold Hill.
SIC. 6. The charge upon such animals shall be as
follows. For each hog, for keeping, per day. nfty
cents: for arresting and driving, one dollar and
my cents uhe said one dollar and iity cents TO
DO paid to the person making the arrcsD: and
ffty cents for the benefit OF the town, To deiray
incidental expenses.
SEC. :. II 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 in Section 1 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 be fined In any sum not
exceeding 1--we hundred dollars, and not less than
thirty dollars, in United States gold coin.
SEC. S. This Ordinance shall take effect on the
LIST day Of May, A. ID. 1863.
WIN. d. GIBSON, President.
II. G.. MANNING. Clerk.
Gold Hill, March ed. 1869. mh25-1w