Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1882-04-20
Mayors Proclamation.

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cations are respected. Every citizen
in consideration of the benefits de-
rived as a member of the aggregate
community, must, and should cheer.
fully do so, surrender some of his reaI
or fancied rights" as an abstract indi
vidual. To accomplish these objects
of corporation government, the
council OF the Incorporated Village Of
Napoleon has enacted certain ordi,
nances, to the provisions of some OF
which | call attention.
An ordinance passed July 8, 1878,
provides:
Sec. g. That no person or persons
now, or hereafter, owning or having
the control of any hog pen, priyy,
yard, or any private drain within the
limits of said village shall suffer the
same to become filthy, noxious or un,
clean, or shall cause, suffer or permit
any manure, offal or refuse matter OF
any kind to remain on their lots, or to
throw the same into the streets, alleys
or adjacent grounds or streets, nor
shall suffer any green hides, sheep
pelts or skins of any animal to remain
on any street, sidewalk, alley or
ground, or be suspended In frcnt of
any store within said village longer
than shall be necessary for receiving
and delivering or loading and unload
ing the same.
An ordinance passed July 3. 1869,
provides:
SEC l. That it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons to make a
clamor or noise in the night season
within the limits of said village. to be
in state of drunkenness, to fight at
fisti-cufs, to use obscene or profane
language in the streets OF other public
place 70 the annoyance of any citizens
of said village, or otherwise to violate
the public peace oy indecent or dis
orderly conduct or by lewd or las
clvious behavior.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person or persons to be guilty OF
vagrancy, of common street begging,
of common prostitution, of habitual
disturbance of the peace.
| An ordinance passed Sept. I, 1874
provides:
SEC. X That if any person OF per-
sons, by agent or otherwise, shall keep
within the limits of said Incorporated
Village, his, her or their house, shop,
store, building, saloon, grocery OF
other place, excepting drug stores)
where any kind OF spirituous, vinous
or malt liquors are kept to be sold or
furnished In any quantity, open in
front, rear or side on the first day of
the week, commonly called Sunday, or
shall arrange said place or places, or
permit them or any of them to be SO
arranged that the public or any part
thereof can have access thereto on
said first day Of the week, commonly
called Sunday, he, she or they shall,
on conviction thereof, be fined in any
sum not exceeding fifty dollars.
Sec. 3. That if any person or per-
sons, by agent or otherwise, shall open
his, her or their saloon, reading-room,
club,room, house, store, Except drug
stores) grocery, Office, shop or place
of resort for the public or any portion
thereof, where beer, ale, porter or any
other kinds of intoxicating liquors are
habltually kept to be given away, sold
or in any manner dispensed to others,
after the hour of eleven o'clock p. NJ,
and before the hour Of five o'clock A.
NJ. of any day within the limits Of the
Incorporated Village Of Napoleon,
Ohio, he, she or they shall upon con-
viction thereof, be fined In any sum
not exceeding fifty dollars.
An ordinance passed Apri. S, 1876,
provides:
SEC. l. That it shall be unlawful
for any proprietor or keeper Of any
ale, beer or porter house or shop, or
the keeper of any bowling alley, bill
lard room, or other place of entertain
ment where ale, beer Or porter is kept
to be sold, or whore any device or
apparatus for gaming. IS kept, within
the limits of said village, to allow
minors to congregate or remain in or
about any of said premises or places,
or to engage in any of the games car
ried on at the places aforesaid.
Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful
for any minor to frequent any Of the
places designated in section one Of this
ordinance.
Section l746 of the Revised Stat
utes of Ohio IN prescribing the duties
Of a Mayor Of an Incorporated Vii.
lage, provides that ''it shall <be his
special duty to see that all ordinances,
bylaws and resolutions of the Council
are faithfully obeyed and enforced" F."
This duty I have sworn to do and |
propose to do so. If the ordinances
are wrong, oppressive or fail to ac-
complish the purposes designed, the
remedy is with the Council, which
has power to change, modify, amend
or repeal.
Every citizen is therefore hereby
requested % doand perform all things
by said ordinances enjoined upon him
to be done, and on failure. after proper