The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-10-08
AN ORDIN A NOE

AIN ONOlN A-!N CG
An ordinance to prevent and abate nuisances and
prevent and regulate the slaughtering ofanimals
within the city OF Manitowoc.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and Board of Alder
men of the city of Manitowoc:
Section L. No person persons shall keep any
slaughter house place of butchering animals with
in this city, shall any person or persons slaugh-
ter butcher any CATTLE calves, sheep swine,
| boil any lard or talow within this city,
Pfouided that citizens Of this city may with the
consent ofthe Mayor of said city, subject to such
restrictions and regulation he may require and
prescribe slaughter on their own premises, CATTLE
calves, sheep or swine intended for private use.
Any person persons violating any of the pro-
visions of this section, shall be subject to fine not
exceeding twenty-five dollars besides costs of prose-
cution.
Sec. g No person or persons engaged in the bust
of dstiller, tanner, brewer, meat pacl glue
maker, soap boiler, tallowchander dyer any
keeper keepers ofvery stables cattle hog yards
nor dealer dealers in meat, vegetables hides
SKINS shall discharge out of permit to be discharg
ed off flow from his her their still house
| tannery, brewery, packing house, mandatory,
stable, hog cattle yard or pen shop store packing
house or other premises, any foul or nauseous
liquids or substances whatever, into any adjacent
lot, grounds or building, occupied or owned by any
other person, upon any dock, wharf slip, street.
lane, alley public grounds into the Manitowoc
river or any stream except Shermans creek, or any
sewer emptying into said river.
Sec. 8. No tallow chandler, soap, gluee oil man.
uacturer butcher dealer in hides, SKINS groceries
kept used any stale putrid shrinking pot grease
meat hides or skins any decaying, putrid ami
NAL or vegetable substance, nor shall undressed
hides skins be allowed suffered to remain
any sidewalk or in any street, lane, alley public
place for longer time than is indspensably ncces-
sary for receiving, delivering, loading or unloading
the same.
Sec, f. No owner, occupant, tenant agent of
any premises shall suffer- allow permit any dwell
ing, factory store, shop grocery, cellar, basement
vault, private drain, pool, privy or sewer, slaugh-
ter house, candle or glue factory, tannery distery
pork or beef packing house, butcher shop, stall,
market livery stable, barn pig premises, grounds
or places of keeping hides skins, snail suffer or
allow the same to become or continue in such con-
diton to be offensive, Injurious to the
health of any person or the public.
Sec. s. No owner or possessor of any dead animal
shall suffer allow the carcass of the any
lie ground street, lane alley wharf, dock private
lot in any waters within the jurisdiction of this
city, upon the bank shore of the same nor
shall any person throw such carcass any part
thereof any vegetable animal matter, any
sops or filth whether solid or fluid, into the Mani
towoc river any cistern, well, reservoir, pond
pool of water in this city.
Sec. 6. No person persons shall erect, maintain
or continue any privy within ten feet OF any adjoin
ing lot, such being built shall be kept in good
order aud cleansed so as not to be offensive to the
neighbor or passers by said premises on which SAME
is located.
Sec. Z. Any person or persons who shall do or
allow to be done continued within the city of
Manitowoc, anything which is forbidden by the End,
3D. 4th, 5th and 9th sections of this ordinance,
shall neglect refuse to cleanse, remove discontinue
or abate anything within this city, which is
seous offensive injurious health or obey all the
rules regulations and requirements of said 2nd 3D.,
4th 9Th and 9th sections when lawfully required
to do shall be deemed guilty. of having caused. per-
mitted or continued nuisance and conviction
thereof shall be punished by fine not exceeding
twenty-five dollars besides the costs of prosecution
Sec. s. Each and every owner, lessee, occupant
agent of property in this city SHALL whenever requir
ed permit the Mayor Aldermen health officer, city
physician, Marshal and policemen, to have free
cess at ali times to any and every place where any
NO nnu 70 hnaIt "a
is alleged to exist. Any printed written
order, direction or requirement, any of said
officers shall or may give or make for the
cleaning of any premises, or the removal
discontinuance or abatement of any nuisance to
stop any act or proceedings which if persisted in
would occasion a nuisance, shall be forthwith COM
piled with by such owner lessee occupant agent
of property without cost expense to the city
In any such owner, lessee, occupant or agent
of property, shall neglect refuse to comply with
the said order, direction requirement then the
Mayor or any two Aldermen cf the city, the
mittee sanitary affairs may such nuisance
to be summariy removed discontinued or abated at
the expense of the city and for that purpose shall
have control of the entire police force of the city
and the services of the street commissioners and of
the men, teams. and utensils Cnder their direction
and control, and such other assistance as may be
necessary; and the expense thereby incurred shall
be charged against such owner, lessee occupant or
agent, and also against the property which such
nuisance may be found and shall be forthwith in
detail reported to the Board of Aldermen But the
express authority of the Board of Aldermen shall
be required in each to fill up or drain any lot
or land where the expense will exceed twenty-five
dollars.
Sec. 9. Any person persons who shall neglect
or refuse to remove. discontinue abate nuisance
on premises under his or her control when required
to do so in pursuance of section eight S) of this
dinance, who shall unlawfuly obstruct or hinder
any officer or agent of the city, in the performance
of any act authorized by section eight of this ord
nance, on conviction thereof shall be fined in any
not less than ten dollars besides the costs Of
| prosecution.
Sec. 10. No person or persons shall within the
limits of this city, in any manner, throw drop place
or deposit or cause authorize any filthy foul
liquid or any ashes, sweepngs litter, shavngs dirt
earth, manure or substance of any kind or nature
to be thrown dropped, placed deposited in or upon
any street sidewalk ditch lane alley other public
ground, or into the Manitowoc river. Lake Michi-
gan, any other waters within the limits of this
city without permission of the Board of Aldermen
expressed by resolution written permission of the
Mayor Any person or persons so offending shall be
deemed guilty of an oense, and conviction there
of shall be deemed guilty of an ofense and on
vlction thereof shall be punished by fine not ex-
ceedng twenty dollars and the of removing the
nuisance, besides the costs of prosecution
Sec. II. Any person or persons who shall within
the limits OF this city, dig or to be dug anT
sewer ditch, DRAIN or other excavation whatsoever
in any street, alley, lane other public ground
without written permission of the Mayor the
proper street commissioner, on conviction thereof
shall be deemed guilty of ofense and on convic-
ton thereof, shall be punished by fine not exceed
ing twenty dollars and the costs of Prosecution
Sec. - Any person or persons who shall within
the limits Of this city, throw place - deposit or
cause, authorize or permit to be thrown placed
deposited any wood stone, straw other article into
any sewer, ditch or drain of said CITY in a manner
to obstruct or injure the said sewer ditch OF drain
on conviction thereof, shall be deemed guilty of an
offense, and on conviction thereof shall be punished
by fine not exceeding twenty dollars and costs of
prosecution.
Sec. 49, All ordinances parts of ordinances
conflicting with any of the provisions Of this ord
nance are hereby repealed.
Sec. IA. This ordinance shall take effect and be
In force from and after Its passage ami publication
Adopted September q, A. D. 1874.
Atses. AID. JONES, Mayor,