The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1889-05-17
SOME OF THE SECTIONS
of the Revised Laws of the
City Of Corvallis.
ARE THEY ENFORCED?
Look at Some of the Streets anC
Answer this Question-The
Cow Bells.

The following are few of the sec
tions of the city ordinances of Cor
wallis, and are here published just
simply to let people know that were
even these enforced it would add
greatly towards making this healthy
city in which to reside and at the same
time would help materially'in beautify-
ing the streets:
Sec. and s, page 46, say: Any person
or persons vino shall throw into the streets
or alleys, any bottles, glass, crockery, nails,
or any substance whatever. whereby the
feet of horses or other animals may be in
iured, or shall throw or place iii the streets
or alleys. any hay, straw or manure or any
offa OF rubbish " hatever, without the per
mission of the Marshal first obtained, shall
on conviction thereof before the Recorder,
be fined in any sum not less than five nor
more than twenty dollars for each otfense.
Any person Or persons who shall haul or
put upon any street or any public grounds
of this city any timber, lumber, cordweod,
brush, rubbish or refuse matter, or place
any obstruction material thereon, without
til:. per.nissi III of the Marshal first had and
obtained. shall on conviction thereof before
the Recorder. be fined in any sum not less
than five nor more than twenty dollars for
each offense.
Sec 10, page 81 says: No person or per-
SONS shall permit suffer to accumulnte
in or upon any yard, lot, place or premises.
or upon any street, alley or sidewalk adj
jacent to or al,utting upon any lot, block,
place premises owned or occupied by him
or them or for which he or they may be
agent or agents, any sta2nant or impure
water, refuse vegetables, amy bones. putrld,
; unsuund or refuse meat of any kind, or any
hides or SKINS the whole or part ofs any
dead animal, fish or foul or any decayed or
decaying substances, garbage, offal, filth of
any kind, OF any pig sty, nor suffer such
yard, lot, place or premises, street, alley or
sitIe-w walk to he or remain in such condition
as to create uoisome or offensive smell or
.tmns phere, or thereby to become unhealthy
or cause or create Il public nuisance. Any
person or persons violating any of the pro-
visnus of this section shall on conviction
thereof before the Recorder be fined in any
sum not less than ten dollars nor more than
one hundred dollars and adjudged TO the
expenses nf abating such nuisance as herein
after provided, or imprisonment i'll the city
Jail not exceeding twenty days or both at
the Iii scrstion OF the Recorder; Prori.ted,
that nu person shall be prosecuted for a
violation OF this section, unless such viola
tiuu shall continue for twenty-four hours
after he or they have received the notice
J hereinafter prnviled. Whenever the City
Marshal shall he Informed Of the existence
of any nuisance prohibited by this section
or the same shall come to his knowledge by
his own observation or otherwise, he shall
immediately mike or cause to he made all
examination of the yard, place or premises,
alley or street on which it is charged that
such nuisance is suffered or permitted and
if any nuisance is found to exist thereon, he
shall forthwith give or Cause to be given to
the owner, occuptnt or agent of-such prem
] ises written notice to remove or abato
such nuisance, aud if such nuisance be not
removed or abtted within twenty four hours
after such notice the City Marshal shall
cause the same tH,e removed or abated
aud he shall be and iS authorized to remove
any obstructlons that may be necessary to
remove in ur,ler to reach and remuve ol
abate such nuisance. The expense of THE
removal or abating any nuisance by the City
M ,rshsl shall he paid by the city in the
first instance, bat the same may be recover
ell by ths city from the owner, agent or oc.
cupant notlti ii AZ herein before provided
Prooifiefl further, that when property Il
towned by one person or as agent for th
owner either as tenant otherwise, TIN
notice and proceedings herein provided fo
shall be had against the occupant.
Sec. II, page 81 snys: 1t shall not b.
lawful for any person to he drunk or In
, toxicated upon the streets or i'll any public
E business place, or Ia any other public plac'
within the corporate limits of said City q
Corvallis; any person violating any provision
of this se.tipn shall, upon conviction there
"f before the Recorder, lie tine'l not les
than five nor more than twenty dollars
or imprisoned in the city j.il not exceedin
ten days at the discretion of the Recorder.
Sec. 20. page 55, says: That it shall b
, unlawful for any person or persons with
the corporate limits of the City of Corvalli
, To throw, carry or in any manner cnnve
: into the streets, alleys or cutters within
:, said city limits any slop or filthy, dirty Q
unwholesome water or liquids of any kind
5 Any person who shall violate any of th
provisions nf this ordinance, upon convictio
thereof before the Recorder, shall be fine
not less than five nor more than twenty do
lars for each ntfense.
Sec. 81, page Sc says: 1t shall be unla"
, full for the owner OF any animal to permi
s such animal to wear a bell within the col
!, porate limits of the City of Corvallis. An
Lperson violating this section shall be fine
net less than five nor more than tweHt
dollars
Sec. 8, page 70, says: The wearing be
t upon any animal within the limits of tn
K city is declared nuisance, and the Ma
: shall, his deputy, or the nigl.twatch man,
t hereby authorized to remove the same tro
: any animal.