The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-04-24
AN ORDINANCE

To regulate and prohibit the running a
| large OF swine.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Coun
cilmen Of the city of Emporia:
SEC 1. No hog, pig, shoat or swine, o
! any kind or description shall be permit
ted to run at large within the corporate
| limits of the city of Emporia, Lyon coun
| tY, State Of Kansas
SIC. >. The marshal. assistant mar
| shall and policemen Of the said city oil
EmporIa are hereby declared and constf
| tuted eX-ofiiciO keepers of the pound,
pen, building or encl osure, used or oe
! cuPied for the impounding OF animals:
and 1t shall be and hereby is declared &c
be the duty of either or any of said per.
sons to take up and impound any and ali
the animals named in the first section oil
TINS ordinance, found run1ing at large
| within the corporate limits of the said
city Of Emporis, and coRnne them in such
pound, pen, building or enclosure as NAV
| be provided, without expense to the city,
by the city marshal of said city, for such
purpose, and any such officer so taking
up any such animals as aforesaid shall
provide suitable and necessary food and
water for such animals, the eest OF which
| shall be paid TO such officer before he
shall be compelled to relieve any such
animals.
SIC. 3. Any animal so taken uD and
impounded may be sold at public sale to
the highest bidder therefor by the mar
shall of said city at any time AFTER the ex-
piration of six days from the time of i'm
pounding the same: having first given
three days notice OF the time and place
OF selling such animal or animals by
causing written or printed notices thereof
TO be posted In three public places in said
city, which said notices shall also contain
description of such animal or animals,
and the excess of monies arising from any
such sale after deductinS the costs. char
ges and expenses allowed by this ordi-
nance, shsH be paid into the city treasury
by the said marshal.
SEC. 4. If the owner OF any animal or
animals so taken up and impounded I'M
der the provisions of this ordinance shall
apply to and pay the officer taking the
same up, his fees and charges, at any time
before the sale OF such animal or animals.
the same shall be released and surrender.
ed up TO such owner. II the owner Of
any such animal or animals shall aDpIy
to the marshal after such animal shall
have been sold, and prove the ownership
thereof to the satisfaction of the marshal
before the payment Of the excess of mon
les arising at such sale into the city treas
ury, the marshai SHAH pay such excess to
such owner. II the owner or owners of
any such animal shall apply to the mar
shall after the sale Of such animal, and the
payment OF the excess OF monies arising
at such sale into the city treasury. the
said marshal shall, upon being notified
animal, make n certificate OF such fact and
deliver the same to such person. and upon
the presentation Of such certificate to the
treasurer Of said. city at any time within
ninety days from the date of such sale the /
said treasurer shall pay the amount of
monies received into said treasury from
such sale, to the holder Of such certificate. |
SEC. D. Any person who shall in any
manner resist, impede, oppose, delay or 1
hinder any person from carrying Into
f. 81.
ordinance shall. upon conviction thereof, |
be fined in any sum not 10 exceed twenty
i've dollars.
SEC. 6. Any person breaking open.
pulling down, destroying or iDjaring any |
pound, place OF building or enclosure
used for the purpose of carrying out the
provisions OF this ordinance. or shall at
Tempt to take or drive therefrom any ami
mai or animals impounded therein under
lie provisions OF this ordinance shall. on
conviction therefor, be fined i'm anv sum
not exceeding one hundred dollars. L
SEC. Z. The following fees shall be nj.
owed under this ordinance:
For taking up and placing whiting the
pound, each animal, 30 ceHts.
For food furnished each animal per day
md taking care OF the same, 50 cts,
For posting notices Of sale in each case,
% cts.
For making sale, in each case, 80 cts.
SEC. s. This ordinance shall take effect
md be in force from and after its publ
alton. j. II. GRAHAM, Mayor.
Attest. 5. HuKD, CityCferk
Approved April 2oth, 1874. Ii