Mexico weekly ledger., 1889-10-03
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line MpOS Tor the Dreacn OF THESE Or
any other town ordinance, shall be
punished as set out in Article s, Sec
tion IS, with the addition that the ball
and chain shall be worn while at labor,
or upon a refusal to labor, unless some
responsible person gives bond in suffi-
Client amount to the inhabitants of said
town, determined by the Marshal and
conditioned that the defendant viii
work out his fine, and not depart
without leave.
ART. X. SEC. /. 1t shall be law
full for the Board of Trustees of said
town by order directed to the Marshal
to abate and remove any nuisance
(which is in itself a %nuisaneel in said
town, by a total pulling down, destrue-
ton, obliteration, or removal thereof
with as little damage to the owner
thereof as practicable.
2. That all stables, houses, things
or places being used, kept or maintain
ed anywhere in said town in any
manner whereby the health Of the
people is endangered, or the property
of others endangered by fire thereby,
may be declared nuisances and aDated
by the Trustees as in the next section
provided.
8. Any tax-paying citizen of said
town may make under oath a written
information describing las nearly as
practicable such stable, house, place
or thing in Section 2 mentioned, and
embracing in such complaint a state
ment of the facts which the complain
ant may deem as constituting the same
q nuisance, and file the same al any
time before the Chairman of the Board
of Trustees.
Said N,nfp.,,r - ,Ixnf III fhnr, foa.nn
q summons as near as practicable like
the summons in a Justice Court, with
the addition that the same shall con-
tain the substance of the information
filed, directed to the Marshal, or a
Constable, and commanding him to
Summon the person owning, superin-
tending or controlling the nuisance, to
appear before said Trustees to answer
and defend. The defendant always to
have at least five days to answer in
after service of summons, which shall
be served by a copy as other sum-
mOnses-both parties to havethe right
to summon witnesses; the trial to be
conducted by a majority of the Trus-
tees, and in every particular as neal
as may be like the proceedings of a
Justice Court.
5. The Trustees, after hearing the
evidence, may consult and render
their verdict in private, a majority
ruling, which shall explicitly state the
finding, whether the thing complained
of is q nuisance or not; and shall, if
found to be a nuisance, issue an order
for its abatement by the Marshal with
out delay.
6. No appeal shall be made; and,
in all instances, the town shall pay
half the costs of trial, and the losing
party the other half; the wner to re-
move or pay costs of removal of the
nuisance; the costs the same as in
Justice Courts, and such as the Trus-
tees may decide. A judgment to be
entered on the minutes in accordance
with the finding, and an execution to
issue for costs signed by the Chairman
of the Board of Trustees. Audit shall
be the duty of the Town Clerk to make
out all necessary papers and conduct
the cause for the complainant, if order
ed or requested by the Chairman of
the Board of Trustees, and receive
such pay therefore as the Board may
award.
3 Z. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person to let any pigeon go at large in
the town of Benton City. They shall
be taken and declared a public nui-
sance, and it shall be the duty of the
town Marshal, upon his own know1-
edge or information, to catch or kill all
such pigeons, and for this purpose the
Marshal is authorized to empower any
person to shoot, catch or destroy any
such pigeon, as he may deem best.
ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE.
ART. XI. Sec. /. 1t shall be I'M
lawful for any horse, mare, mule, ass,
jennet, gelding, FLY or colt to run at
large within the corporated town of
Benton City, Missouri, from and after
the first day of November, and before
the first day of May of each year,
except that all unweaned young of
any such animals under the age of
twelve months shall be at liberty.
q 2. The Marshal shall impound all
such animals as oon as he shall discover
the same, or be informed thereof, in a
pound to be prepared by him.
8. The Marshal shall have a fee
of fifty cents for impounding such an
imal, and fifty cents per day for water
ing and feeding each of such animals.
And, if the person entitled to the pos
session thereof, does not within two
days thereafter pay all such just
charges to the Marshal and take such
animals, he shall proceed to sell the
| Sdlu6 ~ tlt hlgIltSU uluutI lOl CASH.
first having posted up two notices of
two days before the sale, and shall
have fifty cents as fee for each animal
sold.
4. Out of the proceeds of such
sale, the Marshal shall first be paid
the costs, and the balance of the pur-
chase money, if any, shall be placed in
the town Treasury and charged to the
Treasurer, to be paid out by warrant
to the proper person entitled thereto, .
on satisfying the Board of Trustees
that the claim thereto is just.
5. No person shall suffer by rea-
son of n such animals accidentally
breaking loose from the person in
charge if they will continue in contin-
ued pursuit of such animal until
caught.
FLUEs AND FIRES.
ART. XII. Sec. /. All houses in
which fire is used, situated in Benton
City, shall be provided with good and
safe fireplaces or 1ues, constructed of
brick or stone and mortar, or of stone
ware. And no ordinary or insuffici-
ent pipe shall be used to convey sparks
or smoke through any root, wall or par
tition, except a pipe may he used in
passing through a floor or partition
when the same is properly and thor
oughly guarded by ventilators or other
safe means 80 as to prevent all prob
} ability of setting fire to the house.
S 2. The office of Fire Commissioner
is hereby created, whose duty it shall be
to Inspect all fiues, pipes and firepiaces
aforesaid, and shall in writing notify
all persons, their agents or tenants, if
known, to repair or erect fiues in ac-
cordance with this ordinance, within
five days after such notice; and on
their default to comply with said no
tice, they shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, on conviction, shall
be fined at the rate of one dollar for
each day of said default, to be recov
{ cred as other fines.
Il z3. The Collector shall be ex-officio
: Fire Commissioner, and shall, on, the
verbal request of any citizen, land
such request shall in all cases be pre-
, sumed TO have been made), inspect any
such fiues. and shall receive therefor
|. --cent out of the treasury.
4. Any person refusing to open
their house to such Commissioner for
| inspection, shall be fined two dollars
) for each refusal.
STREET WORK.