The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-07-12
An Ordinance Concerning Streets i'm the
Town Of OpeIOusag.

may deem necessary to keep the streets. bridges
and crossings clean and free from al obStruc-
tons that may prevent a free, safe and com
mOdlOus passage over the same, and to keep
the bitches under the crossings i'll such a CON
ditiOn as at all times to admit a free passage of
water.
ART. II. The owner and occupant of any
house or lot shall be bound to keep clean and
i'll good order the sidewalks in front thereof
so as to offer at all times Il free and safe passage
for persons on foot, under a penalty Of five dol
lars for each neglect,
ART. Ill. The owner or occupant OF any
house OF lot shall be bound to keep clean and
in good order the bitches or drains In front
thereof, so as to admit free passage OF the wa
ter therein, to the satisfaction of the supervisor,
under Il penalty of five dollars for each neglect.
ART. N. If any person shall in any manner
obstruct the free passage OF any OF the streets,
sidewalks or bridges SAID person shall be COM
PEELED to pay II fine not exceeding ten dollars,
and forfeit the materials thereof to the benefit
OF said town, said materials to be removed at
the expense OF said offender.
ART. V. Ali buildings and fences in said town
shall be erected i'll such a manner as not to DO
over their proper lines, either at the base or at
the top; and no verandah, swinging sign or
other projection over the sidewalk shall be less
than nine feet over the surface of the walk, it
being understood that they shall be constructed
in such a manner us to be safe and durable, and
not to obstruct a free passage along the side
walk. Penalty for non compliance, 81 so to S25.
ART. VI. Whenever any building, fence or
other erection shall become deCayed or be in
any danger Of falling wholly or i'll part into
the street or upon any adjoining lot, the owner
thereof shall he bound, upon receiving notice,
either to pull down such building, fence or 9TH
er erection, or cause the same to be firmly Sc
cured so to prevent the falling thereof. Penal
ty for neglect, one dollar per day after due no.
tlhcatlOn.
ART. VII. Whenever it shall become necessa-
ry to place in amy OF the streets of SaidtOWn any
materials to be used i'll building or repairing,
said materials shall be disposed OF SO as not to in
terrupt the t1Ow OF water i'll the cutters, and to
leave Il safe and free passage along said streets,
and OIL the and within q reasonable
time after the completion OF the said building or
repairing, all the remaining materials, dirt, rub
biSh, etc, shall be removed, and the streets,
cutters, and OOtWays left clean and in good
order, and whoever shall neglect to comply
with the provisions of this article shall pay u
fine of ten dollars after each notification,
ART. VII. All merchants, retailers Of goods,
wares or merchandise, inn keepers, keepers Of
cOttee-hOuSes and bar rooms and keepers of any
kind Of public entertainment, shall be bound
to erect and keep i'll good order, a horse rack in
the street fronting their respective public
houses, which rack shall be OF sound and durable
materials, to be apprOvedby the supervisor, who
shall determine the position, height and length
OF the said rack,
be planted at not less than One. foot nor more
than two feet from the edge of the sidewalk,
and all pillars or posts, for the support OF any
Verandah, awning or swinging sign shall be
placed on the edge Of the sidewalk i'll such q
manner as not to cause the Crumbling OF fall
ling into the ditch OF the same or of the mate
rails of the sidewalk, the trees shall be
trimmed i'll such Il manner as to afford Il free
passage, and as far as possible to prevent acct
dents from ulSn WINGS OF 1GOIl the FALLING or
any Of the limbs or branches. ANY person who
shall neglect the observance of this article shall
pay IL fine of five dollars.
ART. X. Any COmbustible materials of any
kind, which may be left on the sidewalk or in
the streets until after sunset, shall be removed
at the expense of the owner who shall forfeit
and pay Il fine of five dollars.
ART. XI. Whenever any sick, dying or dead
animals shall be found in the streets, bitches or
drains or on the bridges or sidewalks, every
such animal shall be removed by the Town
Council to q proper place at the costs of the
owner thereof, should said owner neg
lect to cause said removal.
ART. XII. 1t shall not be lawful to erect any
kind OF mud chimney, or to employ any kind
OF unsafe or cOmbustible materials in the erec-
ton of chilnneys, nor to make fire in any
cracked, dilapidated or unfinished chimney,
oven, furnace or stove. Every person offend
ing against the provisions of this article shall
be compelled to pay a fine of twenty-five dol
lars.
ART. XIII. No coal-pit or lime kiln shall be
fired OF burned within the limits of said town,
under d penalty of twenty-five dollars and for
feiturG OF the materials OF what said GOal-pit or
lime kiln may be composed.
ART. XIV. II Il flame shall be seen to issue
from the top of any chimney in said town, the
owner or occupant OF the building to which
such chimney may he attached, shallfOrfet and
pay IL fine of five dollars for each time that any
flame shall be seen to issue as aforesaid.
ART. XIV. Ii any person in said town shall
light or cause to be lighted, a fire i'll any build
ing, except in the chimney, oven, stove, fur
mace or other appropriate and secure place, at
Idcueu 10 SalU DuIIullS, OF III any enclosed or
unenClOsed lot, or in any other place 50 as to
endanger the property of the public or any in
diVidual, such person shall be liable to pay a
fine of five dollars for each offence. Andit snail
be the duty OF the supervisors OF wards, and Of
every leader of patrol to cause to he Immediate
ly eXtinguished all fires which they may in
their Judgment consider dangerous as atOre-
said.
X XVI. If any person shall take or carry
or caused to be taken or carried, any kind Of
light OF fire i'll the streets or in the fOOtways of
! said town, or into AnV stable or other nlnpp
containing cOmbustiblc materials of any dcs-
criptiOn, without having such light or fire safe
ly secured III a lantern or otherwise, such per
son shall forfeit and pay a tine OF five dollars.
ART. XVII. All stacks of fodder or grain
shall be placed in the lot in such d manner as
to be dis far removed as possible from the line
of the street and from all buildings in other
places wherein fire may be used and so secured
as to be out of LANCER from the fire or sparks
or spontaneous combustion. And il, from neg
lcct of this article, any stack OF fodder OF gram
shall take fire, the owner thereof shall forfeit
and pay a fine of five dollars.
r XIII. No person shall erect any hog
pen, fowl house, priVy, OF any other thing i'll
such a position as to be an annoyance to the
occupants OF any adjoining lots or to the pub
lie, and whenever it may be considered by the
public or by occupants OF adjoining lots that
a nuisance exists i'll any particular lot or place,
complaint may be made to the supervisor Of
the ward or to the town constable, either OF
whom shall cause notice to be given to the
owner, who shall cause such nuisance to DO im-
mediately removed at his own expense and
shall furthermore be compelled to pay q fine
not exceeding ten dollars for every neglect at
ter such notification.
ART. XIX. In all cases where no agreement
between the parties exists to the contrary.
FENCES held IN common, as referred to i'll article
1872 OF the civil code OF Louisiana, shall be
made i'll the following manner: Posts OF good
material, and of sufficient length to be at the
top even with the rest of the fence shall be
placed ~perpendtCularly on and along the divid-
ing line, having one end inserted in the ground
at least eighteen inches and at q distance from
each other OF not more than eight feet, across
which distance Iaths of sufficient strength shall
be firmly fastened to each post, one across near
the bottom and one across near the Ton. tO
which laths shall be firmly nailed; good and
approved cypress pickets, having one end in
serted i'll the ground at least six inches and
placed side by side so as to leave as little space
between the piCkets as may be necessary, the
whole to be OF good, sound materials, and to be
done In such a manner as to make a good and
substantial fence seven feet high. Hne said
fence, when finished to be xamined by the su-
pervlSOr of the ward, and if approved. to he
certified accordingly.
ART. Xxx. 1t shall not be awful, anditis here
by expressly prohibited within the limits of the
town OF OpelOusas:
SEC. l. To ride or drive horses or CATTLE of any
kind rur1Ously through the streets either fOT.
the purpose of to gentle to the harness, saddle or
otherwise.
SEC. 2. To hitch or fasten any animal ON or
across the sidewalk.
SEC. 3. To ride or drive any animal on Or
across a sidewalk, unless it be for the purDose
lot,
SEC. 4. To stop any vehicle or animals in the
streets in such a position as to Obstruct the free
passage thereof.
out properly securing said animal i'm such a
manner as to be safe.
SEC. 6. To fly q kite or to discharge any man
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