The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1870-06-03
AN ORDINANCE
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Be IL ordained By the Manor and Cougcil,Dep
OF the cffy Of E'RpOrid:
SECTION l. Any person who shall deposit or
cause 10 De deposited, any dead animal upon
any ground within the limits of this city, shall
DC suelect 10 penalty of not less than i've nor
more than twenty-five dollars.
SEC = ANY person, the owner of any dead
animal which shall be found living upon any
GROUND wlthin the limits Of this city, who shall
neglect or refuse to remove the same within
one day after notice to remove the same shall
have been given by the Marshal. shall be sub
Ject TO penalty of not less than five nor more
than twenty-five dollars.
SEC 3- The owner of any privy in this CITY,
or the owner of any lot in this city upon which
any privy is or may be erected, which is or may
tecome offensive to persons residing in the
nelghborhood, shall remove or cleanse, or cause
the same TO be removed or cleansed within five
days after notice shall be served upon him bV
the City Marshal to remove or cleanse the same;
and any person who shall neglect or refuse to
remove or cleanse any privy as aforesaid, shall
De subject TO penalty of not less than five nor
more than fifteen dollars.
SEC. 4. Any slaughter house which now is,
or may hereafter be erected within the limits
OF this city, which is or shall become offensive
to the inhabitants of the neighborhood, shall
be removed out ofthe bounds of this city with
in ten days after notice shall be given TO re-
move the same Ey the City Marshal. Any per-
son or persons, the owner owners of any
slaughter house, as above mentioned, who shall
neglect or refuse TO remove the same within
the time above specified, shall be subject to a
penalty of not less than ten nor more than
twenty-five dollars.
SEC. 3. Any person who shall deposit any
eXcrement, or filth, or refuse, or any vegetable
or animal matter, or any substance whatsoever,
which is or may become offensive, in any street
or place within the limits of this city, shall be
liable to Il penalty of not less than two or more
than ten dollars; and all persons who shall or
may have deposited any eXcrement or filth, or
refuse. or any vegetable or animal matter, Is
aforesaid, are required to remove the same
within one day atterreceiving notice 10 remove
the same, from the City Marshal under a pen
atty of not less than two nor more than five
dollars.
SEC. 6. 1t shall be the duty of the City Mar
shall, in ali eases of nuisance committed under
the provisions of this ordinance, where the Of
Tending party is not known, or cannot be found,
to remove and abate, or cause to be removed
or abated, all nuisance committed within
a reasonable time, at the expense of the city;
and in all cases where such offending party is
known or can be found, but who neglected or
refuses TO obey the provisions OF this ordinance,
the City Marshal shall remove and abate, or
cause to be removed and abated, such null
sances, at the cost and expense OF the party SO
neglecting or refusing TO abate or remove the
same.
SEC. :. The City Marshal shall have author
ity, and it shall be his duty, to notify persons
to abate and remove nuisances described in
section two, three, fouC and five of this ordi-
nance, only upon written complaint made Of
the existence and continuance of such nuisance,
by five residents of the city.
SEC. s. Whoever shall, within the city, dis
charge any firearms, except by permission OF
the Mayor, or when mustered for drill or re-
view, or otherwise acting under the command
or by permission of some. commissioned officer,
or except when done in self-defence, or for the
protection of gardens from destructive animals,
shall be, upon conviction thereof, fined not less
than five dollars.
SEC. 8. Any person who shall in this city have
or carry concealed or partially concealed, upon
his person, any pistol, bowie knife, or other
deadly weapons, shall, on conviction, be fined
not less than one nor more than ten dollars;
Pr0rided, This section shall not apply to peace
officers of the city or State. The carrying of a
weapon in holster, exposed to full view, shall
not be deemed "a concealed or partially con-
cealed weapon under this section.
SEC. 10. This ordinance shall be in force and
take effect from and after its publication.
Approved June ist, 1870.
II. c. CROSS, Mayor.
1 hereby certify that the above and foregoing
is a true and correct copy of the original ordi-
nance ON file in my office. In testimony where
of do hereunto set my hand this LIST day of
June, 4. ID. 1870. IL. w. MCCUNE,
City Clerk.