The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1874-02-06
ORDINANCES OF THE CORPORA
TON OF BOLIVAR
xzz4rxs OF Tl.r poArD. RULES OF OaDEs. ETC.
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MEETING OF TIE BoAEDs RULES or oRDzE, ETC
Section ]. The regular meeting of the
Board Of Mayor and Aldermen of the
! Town of Bolivar shall be held on the last
/ Saturday eFeniag in each month
/ See. 2. In the absence of the Mayor,
! any two Aldermen eoneurring may call
a meeting Of the Board and appoint one
of their BODY to preside as Mayor protein.
Sec. At each meeting of the Board
/ the minutes of the preceding meeting
snail be read, and if approved, shall be
/ signed by the Mayor and countersignet
! by the Recorder.
! Sec 4. On all question coming before
the Board, the vote shall be taken by
/ ayes and nOes-the Mayor not voting
! but in case of a tie the Mayor shall give
! the casting vote.
Sec. 5 The Mayor may make his
own rules of order for transaeting the
/ business of the Board, and decide on
all ques ions of order subject to an ap-
| peal to the Board.
Sec. 6 All motions shall be reduced
to writing if required, and members shall
stand when addressing the chair.
Sec I. The Mayor, or any Alderman,
| for violation ef the rules of order, or
! for any disorderly or im proper conduct
/ whilst the Board is in session, for non
attendance at a regular or called meet
| ing, when duly notified, may, on mo-
/ ton of any member present, be fined,
at the discretion of the Board not ex>
/ ceeding five dollars; but fine for non
attendance may be RENTED at any subs
sequent meeting on good cause shown.
CHAPTER 2.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. oF-ABATEHENT OF.
Sec, / Whoever shall erect, create,
keep up or continue a nuisance, either
on hIs own premises or elsewhere, shall
I first be notified by the Town Constable
to abate it forthwith but if the offender
disregard such notice, the town Consta%
bic shall Immediately abate it at the ex>
pense of the corporation, and the cfend.
er shall be fined in a sum double the
amount of such expense
Sec 2. When nuisance exists and
the offender is not known, the town Con-
stable shall Immediately abate it at the
expense of the corporation
Sec. 3. When nuisance consists in
practice, habit or act, or in the doing
of thing, which, from its character or
nature cannot be readily abated by the
town Constable, then the offender may
be arrested either with or without war.
rant, and be fined by the Mayor not less
than two dollars nor more than fifty doI>
lars.
CHAPTER 8
TO PROTECT PLRs oNE. Property AND PRIVILEGES FROM
THE En- FEcTs OF cARELEssNEss AND EEoKLEssNEss
Sec. l. No person shall leave horse
OF other animal harnessed to a pleasure
carriage or other vehicle In this town,
without being SO hitched or guarded as
to prevent such animal from running
away.
Sec. 2. No person shall ride or drive
hOrse or other animal in a reckless
manner in this town.
Sec. 8. No person shall willfuliy
shoot, fire or discharge a gun, pistol, or
other fire arms in this town.
Sec f No person shall allow or suf-
fer unusual quantities of rubbish or
combustible matter to accumulate or be
accumulated on bis premises, by which
adjacent buildings or other property may
be jenpardized no one shall obstruct
or allow to be Obstructed, the sidewalk
in front of his premises, by placing or
suffering to be placed thereon, any goods,
wares, merchandise, lumber or rubbish,
except such articles as are to be removed
into the house, AID they shall be re-
moved as soon as practicable and should
such accumulation or distractions be
fourd they shall be T, moved as other
nuisanees provided for in sections one
and two Of chapter second.
Sec 5 No person shall use as a FIRE.
place, any chimney the hue of which
does not extend at least two feet above
the roof Of tie building to which it be.
longs
Sec. g. No person shall use fire, in a
stove, the pipe or hue of which comes in
i contact with wood or other combustible
matter, or the pipe or hue of which does
not extend at least two feet above the
roof through which it passes, or If the
pipe pass laterally through the WALL then
there shall be an elbow with a Perpen-
dicular part connected thereto extending
two feet above the building.
Sec. 7. No person shall keep fire in
any house, kitchen, stable or other
building, except smokehouse for the pur
pose of smoking meat unless it be in a
chimney or stove, with pipe or flUe as
described in sections i've aud six of this
chapter
Sec s. No person shall use light in
livery stable, or other stable, unless it be
enclosed in a lantern
Sec 9. No person shall throw FIRE
balls, or otherwise sport with fire or com
bustible matter to the jeopardy of per-
sons or property; but such sports may
I be practiced at some place designated by
the Mayor or town Constable.
Sec. 10. No person shall erect a kiln
for the purpose of drying lumber by fire
in the town; but such kiln, may be
erected by permission of the Mayor
and at a place designated by him.
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in this town
Sec - No person shall cut, hack or
otherwise mar or iniure or displRce or
carry away, any shade or ornamental
trees, or shrUbbery, or any species of
public property in this town; but any
one may remove trees in front of Sleir
property with the consent of the Mayor.
Sec Is. No person stall tie or hitch
any horse or other animal to any shade
tree, or ornamental tree, or to the en-
closure Of any lot, or upon any sidewalk,
lane or alley
Sec a. No person shall stop wagon
or team, or other vehicle upon any of the
crossings of the streets or ride or drive
on any sidewalk, or build FIRE on
street. or alley.
Sec. Is Persons, owning Goats, shall
not be allowed to let them run at
large upon the streets Of this corpora
ton.
Sec. 10. Whoever commits any of the
above offences forbidden in this chapter,
shall be fined not less than one dollar
nor more than fifty dollars.
CHHPTER f.
LEwDSEss AND OTHER ISDEcEXcIKs-
Sec. l. No person shall let OF put
stallion or jack to a mare or jenny in
this town.
Sec. ,. No person shall exhibit any
stallion or jack on the streets o. alleys
ia this town, bat the law shall not be
so construed as 20 prevent the owners
] Of s,.ch nrnrartu from ritinu or leading