The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-12-12
AN ORDINANCE

Licensing and regulating Breweries Distilleries
Glucose Factories Slaughter House. Packing
Houses Soap Factories, Candle Factories, Lard
and Lard-oh Factories, Hide Stores, Meat Mar
kets and Livery Stables.
Be u Ordained By The city Council OF ae CITY Of
Rock Island
SECTION /. That it shall be unlawful for any per-
son or persons. company corporation. within the
city of Rock Island to carry on the business of
brewing making beer, distilling extracting
company or corporation within the city of Rock Is
land, within mile of the limits thereof, to
gage in the business of rendering the oal fat bones
scraps from dead animals any carcass any
dead animal matter whatever, or the cleaning
ture production of fertilizers glue or glucose IN
less he they shall have obtained license for such
business which license he or they shall pay to
the City Clerk the sum of One Hundred (1o0) Dol
lars per annum before such license shall be issued;
Pr0Dided that this section shall not apply to persons
rendering the offal fat bones or scraps of animals
of their slaughtering when fresh from the
slaughtered animal and in condition free from
person who shall violate this section shall be deem
ed guilty of misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be fined in not less than Twenty
Five Dollars nor more than One Hundred Dollars.
and Fifty Dollars a day for each and every day he
shall continue to carry on said business without a
license.
SEC. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person
persons, company corporation, within the city
of Rock Island, or within one mile of the limits
thereof to engage IN the business of slaughtering
animals for food, packing them for market, rem
derng the offa fat bones or scraps of such animals
to engage in the manufacture or production of
candles lard, taliOw lard OIL to
the business of buying, selling. storing curing
green salted hides, unless he or they shall have
obtained license for such business, for which Ii
he they shall pay to the City Clerk the
of Twenty Five Dollars per annum before such Ii
cense shall be ssned. Any person who shall violate
this section shall be deemed guilty of mlsdemean
or, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a
sum not less than Ten Dollars nor more than Fifty
Dollars and Twenty-Five Dollars day for each
and every day he shall continue carry said
without "a license.
SEC g. That it shall be unlawful for any person
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of Rock Island to SELL offer expose for sale any
fresh meat, excepting yenson poultry, fish or wild
game. in any quantity, to keep carry a
bic where horses are kept for hire and where Sta
bling is provided, unless he or they shall haye OBJ
tanned acense for such business, for which license
he or they shall pay to the City CLERK the sum of
Ten Dollars per annum; Pro0ided, that nothing
ether fresh meat by the quarter, any greater
less quantity. at any time or place iii the said city
provided the same is the produce of his or their
farm or his or their own raising. any person VINO
shall violate this section shall be deemed guilty of
fined in a sum not less than Five Dollars nor
than Twenty Five Dollars and Ten Dollars day for
each and every day he shall continue to carry on
said business without a license.
SEC A. That upon the written application of any
person persons for license to carry on any bust
ness described in this ordinance specifying tie bus
siness for which license is desired, and the place
where the same is to be carried on. it shall be the
| duty of the Mayor. upon the payment to the City
Clerk the proper amount provided in this ordi-
nance, to Issue him or them license which license
shall specify the business TO be carried on the place
at which shall be carried on and shall provide that
said license shall expire on the first day of May then
next following, and shall be signed by the mayor,
counersigned by the clerk Ind have the seal of the
city. thereto affixed
| SIC. g. That any person or persons to whom any
license may have been issued under the provisions
of this ordinance, may, with the permission of the
mavor ASSIGN and transfer the same to any other
ncrson or persons and the person or persons to
whom such license is issued or the assignee as
signees of such license may, with the permission OF
| the mayor surrender such license and have a new
license issued for the uneKpfred term of the old Ii
cense, authorizing the person or persons so surren
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occupation al such place as may be named in such
| new license.
receive fees for the of the city for trans
ferring each license the sum of three ($3) dollars,
said fees to be paid at the time of such transfer.
| SEC. 6. That when any license is issued under
the provisions of this ordinance prior to the first day
any year thereafter the shall be issued to the
person applying therefor as hereinbefore provided,
upon nus M fnereter for the oa aona IN
| the number of months which will elapse between
the date of the application for the license and the
day when under this ordinance the said LICENSE il
made to expire; Fropidsd. that in determining the
price TO be paid, the month in which the application
! is made shall be counted and included in the num-
Der of months to elapse; -And prorided further,
that person shall be entitled TO the benefit of this
/ section who shall be engaged in the business for
which he applies for license at the time of his ap-
SEC Z That whenever it shall appear to his sat
isfaction that any business which IL licensed, under
the provisions of this ordinance, is being conducted
in manner offensive to the public or without prop
that the party licensed shall have violated any
provision of any ordinance Of the city of Rock Is
land any statute law of the state of Illinois, rela
ting to the business for which such license is grant
ed, the mayor of the city may revoke such license
by giving the party licensed, any of his Their
agents employees. fssLd eI the place where said
business is being carried written notice OF suet
revocation and it shall be the duty of the mayor te
revoke any license 50 granted whenever requested
in writing so to do By the Commissioner of Health
to return said request to the city council at it
fnext meeting, ;sith his reasons in writing for no
reyokiug the same.
SEC. s. The Commissioner of Health. and any o
all of the officers of the city shall be permitted fre
and unrestrained entrance at all hours of the day o
night to all buildings used for the purposes specifics
in this ordinance, and TO free and unresrained ez
animation of all apparatus or utensils used incarry
ing on the business specified in this ordinance.
SEC. 0. This ordinance shall take effect tn
First day of January, A D. 1882. and all ordinance
| and parts of ordinances III conflict with this ord
nance are hereby repealed.
Passed Dec. 9Th, 1881.
Approved HENRY CARsE
| Attest; ~ hayaT.
g ROBERT. koEHLER, City Clerk 12ds
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