The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-09-13
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adjoining lot, unless the owner OF the
adjoining lot shall otherwise agree, and
also the Same distance from every street
I or avenue Every owner or renter, OF
occupier of a tenement used as dwell
+ ing house, offending against the pro.
= visions of this section, shall forfeit aud
hpay for the, use ef the ,city, sum moi
ieS than FIVE dollarslnor more than ff.
teen dollars for each and every day he
| or they shall neglect to provide suita.
BILE privy as above provided for. $500.
SEC. 3. Every person, who shall
bring or cause to be brought within the
limits of the city any dead animal, and
leave the same to putrcfy or rot therein,
or whoever, being the owner or posses
sor of any animal which shall die there
in. and, knowing of its death, shall not
cause the same to be removed one. half
mile beyond the limits Of the city, shall
forfeit and pay for the use Of the city
not less than I've dollars nor more than
twenty dollars, for each and every Of
Tense and the city marshal shall cause
to be removed at the expense Of the
person offending, the fine and expense
to be collected as in other cases.
SEC. A. Each and every house Of i'll
fame, bawdy house, designation house,
or other house or place within the lin
its of the city Of Cairo, kept or main
tanned for the practice Of fornication, or
illicit commerce Of that character, is
hereby declared to be public nuisance,
and as such shall be subject to all the
laws enacted or in force for the abate-
ment, removal or suppression of the
same.
SEC. 5. 1t shall be and is hereby de-
clared to be unlawful for the owner Of
any house, place or tenement within
said city limits, or for his agent or at
torney to let or lease the same for the
use or purposes mentioned in the pre-
ceding section, or to knowingly suffer
any one who may be in possession
thereof, under any lease or agreement
with him, SO to use, occupy or possess
the same and every such owner, his
agent or attorney, who shall knowingly
lease or let any premises within the
limits of this city for such purpose, or
who shall knowingly suffer or permit
the use or occupancy thereoffor the same
shall forfeit and pay double the value
of the rents of such house or tenement
for the time it shall be so occupied,
used or possessed, to be recovered by an
action OF debt before any court having
jurisdiction of the same the one-halt
to the informer, the other half Of said
penalty to be paid to the city treasur.
er.
SEC. 6. 1t shall be lawful, and it is
hereby declared to be the duty of the
, city marshal and all police constables
of this city, to abate and remove nui
sances of every character from the city
limits, and to this end they are author
, lied to call to their aid any residents O.
the city deemed necessary by them fo
said purpose and for all reasonable ex
penses incurred by them in SO doing
they shall be reimbursed by the city
and shall be allowed besides at the rat
Of three dollars per day for the time 81
occupied, to be paid from the cit.
treasury.
SEC. Z. Whenever notice shall b,
given by any five residents to any owner
or agent of any tenement within the city
limits, as aforesaid, setting forth that any
house or tenement owned or let, OF
controlled by him, is occupied by and
for the purposes or any of them afore'
said, he may call to his aid the city
marshal or any police constable of SAID
city, whose duty it shall be to aid hin
in removing and abating said nuisance
by delivery Of possession Of said prem
ises to the owner or agent above, ant
ousting the occupants thereof, and TO
SO doing he shall be compensated ant
re .imbursed as aforesaid.
/ SEC. s. If any house or building
shall by decay, or rottenness Of its tim
bers, or from any other cause, be j
danger of falling or being blown dow
or Of taking fire, and shall thus becon
i dangerous to the safety of adjacer
property, it shall and may be lawful, 0
9 the petition of five or more Of the proper
II ty holders in the neighborhood of sue
g house or building, for the city counc
. of the city Of Cairo to condemn sue
house or building as a nuisance, pre-
c vided the owner or owners after notice
actual or constructive, shall fail TO re
. move the same within the time spec
fed in such notice, which notice shal
t be served, if the owner be a resident {
+ the city, by the city marshal, and if
a non-resi dent Of the city, by publicatio
d for ten days in the newspaper publish
ing the ordinances Of the city. Upo
the compliance of the owner
70 owners, ii shall be the duty of the CT
~ council, convened in joint session,
appoint three impartial se-holde
who shall be first sworn to examil
said house or building, and shall repc
to the said city council, whether in the
Of opinion the said house or building,
its condition, endangers adjacent pro
us erty, either by taking fire, or by tallir
be or by blowing down, and whether t
,et same is or is not nuisance, and up
,g, such report being filed and approx