The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1889-02-16
ORDINANCE NO. 5,
An ordinance defining, and Furnishing persons
guilty of maintaining nuisances within the City
of Livingston

An ordinance defining, and Furnishing persons
guilty of maintaining nusances within the City
of Livingston.
SEC. l. Any person or persons who shall here
after within the limits of the City of Livingston
keep or maintain any pen enclosure, corral, stable
or building for swine cattle, horses, or other
animals, in such filthy condition as to be Of
fensive to the nelghborhood or passers by OF
injurious to the health of the nei hborhOod, such
person or persons shall be deemed guilty of
maintaining nuisance, and on conviction there
of shall be fined in sum not less than one dollar
or more than twenty dollars and the continuance
of the same for every day. after being notified By
the city marshal or policeman to abate the same,
shall be regarded a separate ofense to be
punished by like fine
SEC 2 If any person shall suffer any cellar
vault, private drain, privy sewer or grounds upon
any premises belonging to or occupied by him or
her to become foul offensive or injurious to any
person such person shall be deemed guilty of
maintaining nuisance, and on conviction shall
be fined not less than one dollar or more than
| twenty dollars and costs of prosecution, and the
continuance of the same for every day after due
notice bv the city marshal or policeman, to abate
the same, shall be deemed a separate offense
punishable by like fine.
SEC 3. 1t shall be the duty of the owner of
any animal dying within the limits of this city,
forthwith and before the same becomes offensive
from decomposition, to remove the same beyond
the city limits and burn or bury the same, any
remove and burn or bury the same, after reason
able notice. or who shall throw or leave any such
dead animal in any public way or on any private
grounds or in any water courses or in any pit or
vault unburied, such person shall be deemed to
have maintained nuisance, and upon conviction
thereof they shall be fined not less than one dollar
nor more than twenty dollars, and if the owner
of such animal shall not abate such nuisance it
shall be done by the city marshal and the expense
thereof may be recovered in an action before the
police magistrate, in addition to the penalty
he ieinbefOre provided for.
SEC. 4. If any person shall throw place or con-
duct or suffer any member of his or her family to
throw place or conduct into any street, alley, or
lot any putrid or decaying meat fish fowl hides,
or skins of any kind, or any kind of filth offal
dung dead animals vegetables or fruit, or other
decaying offensive matter whatever or anything
likely to become, SO or shall allow such filth offal
dung or offensive matter as aforesaid to be or
| remain upon his or her premises, or in any build
ing clubhouse stable privy or other place occupied
by him or her, or In any street or alley In rear OF
offensive to the neighborhOod offensive or
injurious TO any person, every such person shall
be fined in sum not less than one dollar nor
more than twenty dollars and costs of suit.
SEC. 5. If any person shall slaughter or kill
any cattle calves sheep or swine within the city
limits, or occupy or use any yard pen enclosure
or building for the purposes aforesaid, without
written permission from the city council, every
such person shall be deemed guilty of maintain
ing nuisance and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined, not less than one dollar nor more than
twenty dollars.
| SEC. 6. 1t shall be the duty of the occupant Of
any premises within the city limits to keep the
| sidewalks in front of and adjoining the premises
so occupied, clean and safe for pedestrians, and
such occupant shall with all reasonable despatch
| remove boxes, barrels snow, ice slush mud OF
| other impediment to safe and convenient foot
| travel, and prevent the continuance and accumu
| lation of the same. Every person failing to com
ply with the provisions of this section shall be
deemed to have committed nuisance, and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not less than one
dollar. nor more than twenty dollars and cost:
of suit, and like sum for each day that such
nuisance is continued.
| SEC. Z. If any person shall hereafter within
the limits of this city throw or deposit loose OF
waste papers straw hay waste clothing hats, boots
| empty cans boxes or other coarse or infiammaDle
rubbish in any of the streets or alleys or allow
| the same to accumulate upon premises occupiet
| by him or her as to become dangerous to sncl
or to adjoining premises, such person shall b'
| deemed to have committed nuisance, and upor
conviction thereof, shall be fined not less thar
one dollar nor more than ten dollars and cost
| of prosecution.
| SEC g. If any person shall hereafter, dunn
| empty or throw manure tin cans or other coars
| rubbish, or any dead animal into any well open o
/ covered water ditcn fume or natural water cours
within the limits of this city such person shall b.
| deemed to have committed nuisance, and upol
conviction thereof shall be fined not less than on