Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-05-03
NO. So

An Ordinance TO Prohibit the Keep
Ing Of swine, md Providing for
III Arrest OF the Snme. Within the
Incorporate Limits Of tho Town
OF Gold Hill, Passed March 23d,
A. ID. 1869.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE
l. town OF Gold Hill do ordain:
SEC. /. Any person or persons. owning or hay
ing in his possession any swine, and keeping,
penning or feeding the same within one hundred
yards OF any private residence or place OF bus
iness other than the residence ar place OF bgsi-
ness Of the person or persons owning or keeping
the same shall be guilty Of q 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 the rate Of one day for each
two dollars of said fnO.
SEC. .. The Marshal and all policemen under
his direction shall arrest and take into custody
all swine found vagrant within the limits OF the
town OF Gold Hill, and conlno them In some
secure place, to be provided by him at the cost
of tho town. They may also he 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 q 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 at the entrance
OF the yard, stable, barn or place where the said
animals arc secured, Il list Of all such animals
as arc therein contained.
Sec. 4. All such animals taken into custody
under the provisions OF this Ordinance, If not
reclaimed within three days thereafter, shall be
advertised In a 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. S. The Marshal shall provide all ncccssa
ny subsistence for all such animals while In his
custody. The owner Of any such animal taken
up and kept in custody by tho Marshal may at
any time, before the sale, or inter disposition
thereof, redeem tho same, by paying to the Mar
and keeping and costs OF advertising, as herein
provided. II not 80 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 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. 9. The charge upon such animals SHALL be as
follows: For each hog. for keeping, per day, fifty
cents; for arrcsting and driving, one dollar and
fifty cents (the said one dollar and iily cents to
be paid to the person making the nrrcst): and
fifty cents for The benefit OF the town, to dclray
Incidental expenses.
SEC. Z. It 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 / 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, ard not lcss than
thirty dollars. in United States gold coin.
SEC. 8. This Ordinance shall take effect on the
LIST day Of May, A. d. 1869.
WIN. d. C. GIBSON, President.
II. C.. MANNING, Clerk.
Gold Hill, March 23l. 1869. mh25-1w