The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1877-03-22
CHAPTER XIII.

The council OF the village OF lied
wood Falls do Ordain, Sc:
SEC. l. No person shall throw or leave
or sufr+r his or her servant. child or fami
Iy, to throw, place or leave any dead car
cass, carriou, fish entraiis, dry water
dirt, filth, stra~ or other rubbish, or an,
nauseous, offensive or unwholtsome sub
stance or matt er, on any street sidewalk
alley, or upon any lot or public ground @
this village.
| SEC. 2. No owner or occupant Of any
tenement or lot in this village, shall per.
nit any dead carcass, carr ion, fish entrails
or any nauseous, offensive or unwhulc
some substance to be or remain upon said
tenement or lot, or between the same, and
the center Of the street, Or alley adjoining
the same, and each and every twenty-tou1
hours that such owner or occupant shall
permit any such substance to bc or remain
upon such tenement, lot, street. or alley
shall be deemed separate and distinct
violation Of this Ordinance.
SEC. 3. No person or persons shall per.
nit or suffer, on his, her or their premises
or on premises o; which he. she or they
may be the occupant or occupants, any
nuisance, either by exercising any I'M
wholesome or offensive trade. calling ol
business, Or 10y suffering or having or per.
hitting any building, clubhouse, sewer, Oh
sink to become offensive by i'll stenches o,
otherwise, or by permitting any putrid o,
unsound beef, pork, fish, hides or skins, OF
any other unwholesome substance or thing
whatever, to be or remain on the premise.
Of which he, she or they are the owner, OIL
owners, occupant, or occupants. And i
shall, he the duty Of the village Constable
CIR any member of the Board OF Health, Il
give notice to such person or persons, tt
remove such nuisance forthwith; and il
The owner or owners, occupant or oceu'
ants Of the lots or premises on which said
nuisance shall be situate, shall neglect 81
of twenty. -four hours after such notice shat
be given, the village Constable shall cause
the same to be abated, and the owner OIL
owners, occupant or occupants, so failing
or refusing to remove or abate such hui.
sance, shall in addition to the fine or pen
atty provided by this Ordinance, be liable
to the village for the cost OF such removal
or abatement, to be recoved i'll civil ac'
ton before any Justice of the Peace in said
village having jurisdiction.
| SEC. 4. Those oienses not enumerated
heretofore which are known to the com
mon law Of the land, and the statutes o
the State of Minnesota as nuisances, may
in case the same exist within the village
limits, be treated as such, as in this Or
dinance provided, or by any other Law
which shall give the officer trying the same
Jurisdiction.
SEC. 5. The village Constable and any
member OF tie Board OF Health, shall have
!ull authority to enter into aud examine
at any time between SUNRISE and sun-se
of each day, any building or any par
thereof, or amy lot or ground, which the,
may know or believe to be ioui, offensive
or prejudicial to the public health. and
they may direct the cleansing Of the same
and the removal Of all nuisancss in and
about the premises by the owner or occu'
pant thereof; aid any person who shall
resist Or obstruct such officer in his duty
or shall neglect or refuse to remove any
such nuisance when so directed, shall Ii
subject to fine Of not less than five no'
more than twenty .fve dollars for each Of
tense.
SEC. 6. Any person violating any o
the provisions Of this Ordinance, not all
ready provided tor, shall upon conviction
thereof he pun ishcd for each and every
ofense by fine Of not less than five MOI
more than one hundred dollars. Or by im'
prisonment for not less than five days, no.
more than ninety days.
Ordained, passed, and ordered publish.
ed this sixth day Of March, A. D. 1877.
F.v. HoTcuKIss.
Attest, President
w. A. swIsaER,
| Recorder.