Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-04-21
An Ordinance

Providing for the payment of the cost of clean
ing off and removing snow and ice accumu-
lated on certain sidewalks built PURSUANT to
resolutions of the Mayor and Council, aud
also ordering the levy and collection of q
special tax therefor.
Be it O damned by the Mayor and Council of
the city of Yankton.
Section 1. that whereas, by p~ecti,n IL of
chapter II, of the resised ordinances OF SAID
city, the owners, occppants or p fraons bavlng
in charge Of any lot, house or building IN front
of which q sidewalk has been constructed are
required during she cold .eaeon 10 clean OH
and remove from such sidewalk all snow ana
ice which .Enli hav accumul ted thereon,
Neutrality-suspicious. hours after the ces alton
of any snow storm and rn case any such owner,
occupapt or person having in charge any sucl
lots or tGilding shall1als or neglectto emove
any such snow or zee, hs provided III sa, d ordt
nance IL sh II be the dut of the city marshal
to forthwith remove. or cause % be removed,
ali such snow or ice. and report the expeuse OF
renewing the sane to The city counclS az their
uext melting thereafter, and the couRGit shau
thereupon levs a special tax on such lot or
lots sufficient tn pay the eA Expense. OF such re.
moval e9d cieaning off sldew ks, and shall
cause such ;xss to be collected rs other special
taxes are collected; and
WHEREAS, the owners and occupants of the
lots ana b 1,ldinsa hereinafter mentioned and
described, did fail ana neglect 10 clean off and
remove HI e sne W ana ice rom the sidewalks in
front of the lots and buildings hereinafter
described, as required by said ordinance and
it became the office and duty of the city
marshal to remove and cause to be removed all
auoh snow and ice from the sidewalks in front
of the lots and buildings hereinafter named;
and said city marshal did remove and caused
be removed snow and ice from the sidewalks
in front of the lota and buildings hereinafter
described, and did expend and report to the
city council the expense of removing the same
as required BY said ordinance. rs follows:
Lot /, block IL, W~itkerspoon's Yankten, the
sum of 81 %, Lot 10 block %, Witherspoon's
Yankton, the sum VI 1875 cents. Lot 10. black
81, Withersp lon's Yankton, the sunl of 1886
centa; Lot II, block 81, Withe rspoon's fank-
ton, the sum of ss3s cents. Lot 70, block 81.
Witherspoon'e Yankton, the sum S8n cents.
Lot Is. block 81, Witherspoon's Yankton, the
sum of SsB cents. Lot IS, block 81, Wither.
spoon, Y1nkton. the sum ct ssh cents. Lot is
ssh cents, Lot H.. block 81, Witherspoon,s
Yankton, the sum Of sSh5 cents. Lot l8. block
81, M~isheGsp9o ms sYhhn9 a < a The sum Of s.:
the sum of 80 oents. West SO feet. lots I and 2,
block ID. Todd's Yankton. the sum of so cents
West y of east Il of lots 10 and IL, block 25
Todd's Yankton, the sum of rs cents, Lots Il
and IL, block SO, Todd's Yankton. the sum Of
81 90. Lots l and 2, block Lower Yankton
The sum of 50 cents. Lot 8, block 4, Lowe,
Lower Yanktoa, the sum of S1.0. Lot 4. blocl
I, Lower Yankton, the sum of 81 .bo, North "
of lot 10, block 2, Lower .Yankton, the sum o.
9l.oo.. South u of lot ID. block 2, Lower Yank
ton, the sum of 80 cents; and
WHEREAS, in pursuance of and by authoTit.
of the Ordinances and resolutions of the mayo
and council of said CITY, and the charter of eait
CITY, the owners and occupants of all the lot
and parts of lots bounding and abutting upol
said sidewalks, and the lots and pieces o
ground, hereinafter named and described, di,
not clean off and remove the snow and 10
thereon such sidewalks 10 declared to b
necessary, and ordered to be done. and required
to be done by the city marshal aforesaid; ant
WHEREIN. the said walks so built along tn
streets opposite the lots and pieces of groun,
hereinafter described. nave been cleaned o
snow and ice in dus form of law and havs bee
cleaned of snow and ice az ordered by said cit
marshal, and in accordance with the charte
and ordinances and resolutions of the mayo
and council of tne said city, passed and adopt
ed in that behalf; and as such nave been dull
reported and the expense thereof TO the cit
%ceuncil and confirmed by the mayor and coun
Gil, and thereby it becomes necessary to levy
a spec,a! tax ppoR the property and lots an
parts of lots, abutting the sidewalks, so q
aforesaid cleaned of snow and ice to defra
and !iouidate the cost of cleaning off and re
moving the snow therefrom as aforesaid.
Now therefore, be it ordained as aforesaid
for the purposes aforesaid, and pursusut to tn
charter of said city. and the ordinances an
resolutions thereof, that a special tax of lively
and 75-10o dollars, be and the same is hsreb
levied upon the, following described lots an
pieces of ground situate in said city of Yank
SIN, end aeSor;; bed as follows. Id. wit: