Smyrna times., 1895-10-30
TO ABOLISH HOG PENS.
Board OF Health Petitions the Town COunci
Trouble of the Bicycle Ordinance

Trouble of the Bicycle Ordinance.
Meeting called to order with Jobn
Cosgriff in the chair. Absent Presi-
dent Hoffecker
The following bills were read and al
lowed; Westinghouse Electric Com
pany, $G8.3S; Helios Electric Companv
$@l.64; VIM, McClain, S1O.5O; G. II
Boyer, $3.50; II. $. Anthony. SIS A.
Total, S13G
Reports of Light and Water Depart-
ments under charge Of Supt II. S
anthony were read and filed The re-
celpts from Electric Lights the past
month were $154.32.
b. A. Hazel, member of the BOARD
OF Health, was present and made
speech to the Council in reference TO
the sanitary conditions of the town. He
recommended the abolishing of all hog
pens, and presented set of resolutions
adopted by the Board of Health at its
last meeting. The following are the
resolutions:
WHEREAS of all the nuisanccs that have
confronted the Board of Health during the
past summer months, the pig pen stencil has
been paramount, and
WHEREAS, The Board of Health has been
repeatedly lmpOrtuncd bv citizens SUFFERING,
IIom offensive and unhealthy odorS from
pig pens 10 abatc such nulsances and as the
best efforts of the Board of Health to do SO
have been ha1lled, therefore be it
Resolved, That the Board Of Health de-
clare the keeping of, or raising hogs within
lhr Town HmltS IA nuisance and menace. to
public health.
kesolved, Further, that in order 10 free
the atmosphere from this noisone stencil
and to keep the town in better sanitary CON
dition in the future, the Board OF iInalfb
respectfully petitions the Town Council to
pass an ordinance, which shall Danish tb,
l'l% pen and prohibit amy person or persons
from keeping or raising hogs within the
town limits after january. 1896.
JOS; Il: MCCAUsLAND, President.
l.. VI. PRICE, Secretary.
On motion the communication was
received and filed for future considera-
ton. Some thought there was also an
ordinance covering this nuisance.
whereupon II. d. Boyer moved com
mite OF three be appointed to ascertain
If there was such law, and, if not, to
give one at the next meeting The
committee appointed was W. A. FAIRIES.
DR.. I. c. Moore and VIM. NJ Lewis.
The Moore bicycle ordinance being
law, Il question was raised as to why
the said ordinance was not copied
gentle reply came that the Alderman.
who has for years been copying the
ordinances refused to do it unless il was
signed by 4 majority Of the members.
and it was not an ordinance unless this
process was followed out. The father
OF the Moore ordinance moved that il
should he copied by the secretary of the
Board with the names signed A slight
discrepancy being made in the original.
and IN as much as Alderman Budd is
quoted as saying it was not an or
dinance, II. d. Boyer gave notification
OF new ordinance to be read at next
meeting
The police question came up and was
discussed slightly. w NJ. Lewis stated
thaU D. '. Weldon, who has been act
ing as special on Saturday nights.
would be willing to he sworn in as an
officer to be on duty every Saturday
night and to hold himself in readiness
at all times when called upon during
the week, but not to be on active duty
any other but Saturday night. He
asked for 81 a week There seems to
be disposition not to re-elect W. b.
Grant. In reviewing the work done in |
the forty-tiye days III which he has been
out of office the Board believes that
Charles Boyer with the assistance Of
two men as he wanted them and b. V |
Weldon as special police the town has
gotten more work done than the two |
policemen did in a year previously. |
The matter was deferred until a meeting
OF the full board. Meeting adjourned. |