The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-06-02
BILLY MUST LOOK OUT.
THE MAYOR TAKES A HAND IN
TIE GOAT FIGRT.


An Order to Be Issued to the Police
Tomorrow to Enforce the Ordinance
Against the Nuisance-Straggltn
Goats to Be Impounded and Sold and
Whenever Found Destroying Public
Property to Be Killed-Lively Times
Ahead for the Police.
The goat nuisance Is to be abated The
general complaint has had its effect. Mayor
MeDonough will tomorrow issue orders to
the police to enforce strictly sections 1910
and 1871 OF the city code, which fully cover
the nuisance
There never was any real necessity for q
new goat ordinance. Section 1870, adopted
in 1857, and 1871, adopted In 1879. amply
provide for Just what Alderman Bailey was
aiming at when he introduced his
ordinance several weeks ago, which
caused such great hilarity in council.
For some reasons the foregoing sections
were not enforced. An effort was made to
enforce them by Gen. Anderson during bis
term of office as chief Of police, and resulted
In riot in the Old Fort. The police were
dubbed and brickbatted by the women and
were driven out Of the neighhprhood when
0fbT bu6J dbJoIuREbd u WIN tD0
goats, so that the order to enforce the or
dinance was withdrawn, and it has precti-
cally been dead letter ever since.
Mayor McDonough, however, proposes to
see that the law is enforced, at least while
he is In Office He doesn't care whether the
goats are q political factor or not. The
animals, he says, must be kept of the
streets. or the owners will have to take the
consequences.
Elnofton 1Or0 -oads - AnIlau-o. utaIl
not be lawful for any goat or goats to be OF
go at large within the limits Of this city.
and the owner or owners of every such goat
80 found at large shall forfeit the sum of 81
for each and every time such animal or
animals shall be found at large, to be COL
lected in the following manner: IL shall be
the duty Of the police Of the city to take
every such goat or goats, so found at large,
and impound the same until the said sum
and costs of impounding shall be paid; and
if such goat or goats be not claimed by the
owner or owners thereof within three days,
it shall be the duty Of the city marshal to
sell the same at the pound, having at
first given at least three days notice in one
of the public gazettes of the city Of the
time of such sale, and be shall pay the net
proceeds Of such sale. after deducting the
costs aforesaid, into the city treasury, sub
ject to the order Of the council, which may
aud shall direct the same, after deducting
the forfeiture aforesaid. to be paid to the
owner or owners of such animal or animals
when requested; and in every such case the
officer impounding such goat shall be Gu
titled TO one-half Of such forfeiture Any
person or persons whose property such goat
or goats SO running at large may destroy or
damage 10 authorized to kill the same and
have the body removed beyond the corpo-
rate limits"
Section 1871 reads: "Whenever any goat
or goats so running at large shall damage or
destroy the trees or any other property Of
the city it shall be lawful for any policeman
to kill the same"
The police will have picnic after to-moro
row in running goats to the pound. They
will find IL o much more difficult job to cap
ture the festive billy" ana nanny" than
to impound cow or horse. Nevertheless
they will have to do their duty.