The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1893-09-29

sioners.
No. I2-Be it enacted, That it shall not
be lawful for any person or persons to
place or leave in any of the streets or on
any of the sidewalks i'll the borough of
Rising Sun for longer period than twelve
consecutive hours, any fire-wood, coal,
boxes, carts, wagons, plows, harrows,
planks, lumber, stones, bricks or other ar
ticle whatever, calculated to obstruct the
streets or sidewalks, except by written
permission of the President and Commits
sioners, and that any person so offending
shall be fined not less than one dollar nor
more than ten dollars. That the Bailiff
be and he is hereby required to take
charge of any of the articles enumerated
struct said streets or sidewalks and re-
naming on said streets or on said side
walks for over twelve consecutive hours
without the permission of said President
and Commissioners, and remove the same
whenever practicable. That unless the
owner or owners of said article or articles
come forward and redeem the same by
paying to the Bailiff the fine which may
be imposed and fee of one dollar in each
case to the Bailiff for taking the same and
all costs of removal, it shall be the duty
of said Bailiff to advertise said article or
articles for sale, by written notice stuck
up at two of the most public places i'll the
borough of Rising Sun, describing said
article or articles in said notice, and spec
flying the place and time of sale, which
time shall not be less than three days from
the day of advertisement That it shall
be lawful for the owners of said article or
articles, or any person for them, to redeem
the said article or articles at any time be-
fore the actual sale thereof, by paying to
the Bailiff the fine and fee aforesaid and
the cost of taking and advertising said ar
ticle or articles. If the said article or ar
ticles be not redeemed but actually sold,
as provided for, after dedu6ting all costs
and the fine and fee above imposed, the
Bailiff shall pay over the balance of the
proceeds of sale to the Treasurer of the
Board of Borough Commissioners, who
shall hold the same subject to the order
of the owner of the article or articles sold
Provided that i'll no instance shall any
person or persons obstru9 said streets or
sidewalks so as to impede or hinder travel
or passage thereupon, but shall i'll such
cases be liable to the penalties described
in this ordinance.
No. I3-Be it enacted, That any person
or persons throwing or placing in the
streets or on the sidewalks in the borough
of Rising Sun, any ashes, straw, hay,
paper, litter, scraps of tin or leather, or
any dirt or filth of any kind whatever, or
burning of the same upon the streets, shall
be fined, on conviction, not less than fifty
cents nor more than five dollars, together
with the costs of prosecution in each and
every case.
No. I4-Be ii enacted, That any person
or persons riding or driving at high rate
of speed, or racing or driving reck1essly
through the streets of the borough, shall,
on conviction thereof, be fined not less
than two dollars nor more than ten dollars
and the costs of prosecution, in each and
every case, one-half of which fine shall be
paid to the Bailiff or other person who
shall give information to the President
aforesaid or any Justice of the Peace OF
said borough. And in case any person so
offending shall be intoxicated so as to ren-
der it unsafe to permit him to drive through
the streets the Bailiff shall remove said
person, together with the horse and We
hicle, without the limits of the borough,
or shall deposit said horse and vehicle in
some place of safety until the offender
shall be sober and any expense incurred
by the Bailiff in carrying out the provis-
ions of this ordinance shall be paid to the
Bailiff by the owner or driver thereof be
fore he shall be entitled to receive the
same.
No. I5-Be it enacted, That any person
or persons who shall obstruct or injure
any of the cutters, bitches, drains or sew
ers of said borough, or shall cause the
same to become offensive to the neighbor,
hood, shall, on conviction thereof, be
fined not less than one dollar nor more
than ten dollars and costs of prosecution
for each and every offense.
No. I6-Be ii enacted, That the sale
Board, shall annually, on or before the Isl
day of July, determine the rate of borough
taxes to be paid upou property situated
within the limits of said borough and levy
the same.
No. I7-Be ii enacted, That the Treas
urer aforesaid shall once a month COLES
from said President and Justices of the
Peace all fines which have been imposed
and collected for any violation of any o
, the ordinances of said borough.
No. IS-Be ii enacted, That it shall no
be lawful for any person or persons O
body corporate to erect or build, or caus,
to be erected or built any building or ad
dition to building, within the limits o
, said borough, except such as shall be per
mitted to be erected or built under tn
; provisions of Articles nineteen, twenty
: twenty-one, twenty-five, twenty-three
twenty-four and twenty-five of these Ordi
names