St. Paul daily globe., 1884-07-25

June 90, 1884.
ODINANCE No. 2.
An ordinance to require all the male in
habitants of the Village OF White Bear to per-
form poll tax labor on the streets. and high
ways of said village, and to prevent ohstruct-
ing the said streets and highways of the same.
The Village Council Of the Village of White
Bear do ordain as follows:
Section l. That all the male inhabitants
of the Village of White Bear, between the
ages of twenty-one (a1) and fifty (5O) years,
except such as are exempt by law, be and
they are hereby required whan necessary to
perform two days labor in each and every
year upon the streets, avenues, or public
roads within the village limits, under the d.
rection of the Street Commissioner or such
other person as may be appointed for that
purpose.
Sec. 2. Any person liable operform such
labor as provided in section one az of this
ordinance, may commute such labor by pay
Ing to the street commissioner or other
officer duly authorized to receive the same,
the sum of one dollar and fifty cents (S1. 5O)
for each day so required to be performed in
labor, which said payment shall be full
discharge from all liability to perform such
labor for that year.
Sec 3. The Village Recorder shall make
list of the names Of all persons in said VII
lage, as far as may be known to him, who
are liable to perform labor on the streets, ava
nues and roads as provided in section one o.
of this ordinance, and attach thereto a war
rant, signed by the President Of the Council,
attested by the Recorder, directing the Street
Commissioner to cause the persons whose
names appear on said list, and such other
persons as he may find residing in said Viii
lage of White Bear, to labor two (2) days, or
com mute such labor by paying three dollars
(s3).
Sec f. The Street Commissioner is hereby
required to give three (3) days notice to all
persons liable to perform labor under this
ordinance, of the time and place, when and
where their services will be required, and what
tools they are required to furnish with which
to perform such labor as required by sec
ton one % Of this ordinance, or to COM
mute as required by section 81 it shall be
the duty of the Street Commissioner to pros
ecute any person, or persons, who may neg
lect or refuse to labor or commute, for the
penalty as provided by law under the gen-
eral statute, and the Street Commissioner is
hereby authorized to receive money in COM
mutation of said labor, as required by this
ordinance.
Sec g. ANY person who shall obstruct
any Of the public streets, avenues, sidewalks,
or roads within the cooperate limits of said
village, by piling wood, lumber or other
material. or building fences or buildings
thereon, OF by preventing the free use thereof
by the public in any manner whatever, shall
be deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined in a
sum of not less than ten dollars $50, nor
more than fifty dollars $3.50, with the cost
of prosecution for each and every offense, or
be imprisoned in the county Jail not less
than ten Q0) days, nor more than twenty
five (25) days; provided, however, that the
Council may grant permits for the use Of
limited space on said streets, avenues or
roads for placing building material for the
erection of buildings, or such other pur-
poses as they may deem expedient. and for
period not exceeding sixty (6O) days unless
said permit be renewed.
Sec 6. Whenever it shall come to the
knowledge Of the Street Commission er that any
street. avenue, road, or sidewalk is obstructed
In any manner, as In section five (5) of this
ordinance, said Street Commissioner shall
notify the owner thereof, if known to him,
to remove the obstruction Immediately, and
in case Of his neglect or refusal to doso, it
shall be the duty of the Street Commissioner
to call out any, or all, persons liable to work,
poll tax sufficient to remove said ohstruc-
tions, and to Immediately remove the same.
Sec. z. Any person working on the
streets, avenues, Or roads, as aforesaid, shall
be entitled to the same compensation as IL
warned to work out his poll tax, and the
Street Commissioner shall give him re-
ccipt, stating the amount and the length of
time he has worked.
Sec. g. The cost of removal of such OBJ
struction shall become lien upon the prop
erty of the owner thereof, or upon the prop
erty of the person placing the same in the
streets, avenues, or highways, or upon the
sidewalks, and shall be collected in the fol-
lowing manner: in case the obstruction con-
sists of any material which Is valuable, the
Street Commissioner, after the removal
OF the same, shall report to the Council
the cost of such removal, whereupon
1t shall be the duty of the Council to order
the Village Marshal TO sell the same, or so
much thereof as may be necessary to realize
the cost OF said removal, together with the
costs of sale, upon giving ton Q0) days no
tice of such sale, by describing the property
to be sold, and giving the name OF the owner
thereof, if known, by posting notices of such
sale in three (3) OF the most public places in
the village, giving the time and place Of such
sale, and the amount to be realized.
Sec. 3. The amount so realized shall be-
come part of the fund for the repair of
streets, after deducting the Marshal's fees,
and shall be paid to the Village Treasurer.
Sec. 10. II the property, or obstruction,
so removed by the Street Com missioner, is
not of sufficient value to pay for the removal
of the same, then the cost of such removal
shall become a charge against the property of
the person or persons owning or placing the
same on such streets, avenues or highways,
and may be sued for and collected the same
as any other debt might bs sued and col
lected.
Sec. II. This ordinance shall take effect
and be in force from and after its passage.
JAS. C. MURRAY. President.
Attest: Jos. W. MILLER, Recorder.
June %, 1884.