Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-06-12
Ordinance No. 65.
Concerning Eutsances.
tFirst t,nl,lisl,..,, Jnne (. ,sss. |,

First published June 8. 1881
Re II ordained by tho mayor and counciiu1ed
OF the city of Medicine lodge.
See. I. Any person or persons maintaining
or keeping pens or yars.s of pigs Keeping
swine on any lot or lots in the city of Medic.ns
Lodge, between Cherry aad Walnut streets,
shall DO deemed Co commit nuisance and he
fined in any sum not less than ten nor moro
than nifty dollars.
See. g That any person Or persons occupy
ing any house part of any house, or WHO
SHALL have control OF any house, clubhouse;
sardcn, back yard, cellar. priyy, stable or pig
pen within the limits of the city, who shall sufs
fer. permit or allow .hc same to become n,tby
or unwbolesome or annoying 10 any of the in;
habitants of the city. shall DC liable 10 fine
not exceeding twcnty-ivo doliars.
See. 3. II any person, owner or agent shall
place or permit 10 remain or his or her preniz
scs, in this city. any nlih offal, dcraying vege-
table or animal matter, or any excremcnt, or
any stagnan. or standing water, so as to- cause
or create am foul, unhealthy or offensive
smell in the vicinity, or II any person shall en-
gage iii or carry on any business on his or her
premises, or ON any premises occupied by such
person, that shall cause or produce loxi.us,
unhealthy or d,sagrecable and offensive smell
Ia the neighborhooi to the annoyance OF per-
sons in the vicinity, he or she shall be deemed
To he guilty Of creating or maintaining nuts;
ancc in the city and shall be fiaed for the first
o!fense not exceeding fifty dollars, and shall be
subject to ike fine FOR every Ave days there
after such nuisance shall continue, and the
police court may order any such nuisance
abatcd, and all costs thereof may be taxed To
the person maintaining such nuisance, not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars, and To stand committed
until such costs are paid.
Sec 4. The owner of any animal that shall
die within the city shall within twenty-four
hours, cause the carcass 10 be removed beyond
the city limits and in no case shall such owner
permit such carcass to remain in the open air
in the city until il becomes offensive in SMELL
Any person violating this section shall be fined
| not less than five nor more than fifty dollars
Sec. 5. If any person shall own. keep or use
any yard, pen or place on his or her premises,
or premise under his or her control; in or upon
which any number OF cattle, swine or other
animals shall be kept in such II manner as 10
be or become offensive 10 those residing In the
vicinity or annoying to the public, he shall b5
deemed To maintain nuisance i'm the city and
shall be fined in any sum not exceeding nifty
| dollars.
See. @. Any person who, in this city, shall
cause or suffer any offal, manure, filth, or suf
fer any animal or vegetable matter or refuse;
or any foul or nauseous liquid to he dis charged
out of or flow from the premises occupied by
him or to be thrown into, deposited or loft in or
upon any street, alley, public avenue or vacant
lot Or any other place IN this city. shall nc 1ncd
! in any sum not less tsan Ave nor more than
fifty dollars.
Sec. Z. Any person who shall suffer or per.
NIT any cellar, vault, private drain, pool, privy;
sewer or sink, upon his or her premises. or
| promises under his or her chnrge in this city;
to become nauscous, FOUL offensive or inJuri-
Gus to public health, shall be deemed guilty of
maintaining nuisance and fined i'm any sum
not less than i've or more than fifty dollars.
| Sec. 9. Whoever shall empty or cause to be
enptied any prity vanlt or sink at any other
| time than between the hoiirs OF 10 O'Clock p. M.
and O'clock a. M, shall be dcefied guilty of
| comm ting nuisance and shall be fined In any
sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars.
| See. &. The maintaining of a slaughter house
for elauehtc any cattle, sheep, swine OF
other animals within the limits of this city, il
hereby prohibited AMI declared public nuis-
ance; and any person who shall maintain or
cause to be maintained any slaughter house for
| the Strengthening of animals In this city, SHALL on
| conviction, be fined In the sum of not less than
! twenty dollars nor more than one hupdred dol
! lars, and in the same sum for every dry such
| maintaining shall be donc or permitted; and
the police court shall order as part of the
! judgment, in all tile cases mentioned In this
| ordinance, the abatement OF such nuisance by
the marshal or police.
See. S. This ordinance shall be in force from
and after its publication u, the Barber county
INDEX. Sc. Stone, mayor.
Attest: A. l.. NOZZLE, city clerk.