Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-06-12
Ordinance No. So

An Ordinance of the City of East Las Ve-
gas, County of San Miguel, Territory of
| New Mexico, to protect the streets and
| alleys within said City, from being un-
| lawfully fenced, and to prevent The un-
| lawful maintenance of fences across
streets and alleys, and other purposes
| properly connected thorewlth.
Be it Ordained, bg the City Council, of the
CITY Of East Las Vegas aforesaid, as
| .folloiUs: ,s.s
| SECTION /. 1t shall be unlawful, and a
violation of thissOrdinance ce for any person,
hereafter, to erect, construct, or hereafter
to continue, or keep up, or maintain any
wire fence, CT any fence or o ,struction
across any OF the streets or alleys, plated
and laid out as such. on any grounds now
lying and being within the city limits Of
the said City of East Las Vegap.
SEC. 2. II shall be unlaw ul, and vic.
lationof this Ordinance, for any person,
hereafter. to erect or construct, or hereaf.
ter to maintain, OF keep up, or continue,
or TO have any wire fence across any street
or alley of any addition, heretofore laid
out or made, to the town OF Las Vegas:
or across any street or alley of any addi-
tion heretofore made to the town Of East
Las Vegas; or across any street or alley OF
any addition. at any time, made to the
City Of East Las Vegas; aud in any prose-
cution for violation of this Ordinance, it
shall be sufficient evidence upon which to
convict, for such violation, to prove that
the alley or alleys, street or streets alleged
to be fenced across, was, at the time of
such fencing, street or alley appearing
on the plat OF said town OF East Las We
gas. or on the plat Of any addition to the
town OF Las Vegas, or appearing on the
plat of any addition to the town OF East
Las Vegas.
SEC 3.Eachdsy during which any fence
is kept up or maintained, asdescribed in the
foregoing sections, shall be deemed and
held to be separate and distinct offense,
and violation OF this Ordinance, and the
persons so maintaining the same shall be
liable to be proceeded against, and pun
ished, for each day Of such maintenar ce,
after be has been notified by the City Mar
shal, of the said City OF East Las Vegas,
to remove such obstruction; and any per.
son violating this Ordinance, or any OF
the provisions thereof, for each vic alton,
shall be deemed and he'd to be guilty OF
obstructipg streets or alleys, as the rase
may be, and for such ofPense shall be fined
from One to One Hundred dollars, and.
in addition thereto. may be imprisoned for
ten days. in the discretion OF the Court
finding such person guilty.
SEC. 4. AIRY fence erected, constructed,
kept up, or maintained, IN violation Of this
Or dinaDce, is hereby declared to be pub
lie nuisance; and 1t is hereby made the
duty OF the City Attorney, when hN shall
be directed so to do, by the City Council,
of said City of East Las Vegas, to bring
proceedings, before any. Court having
power to punish for violations OF the ordi.
nances Of the said citys against the per-
sons so erecting or maintaining said fence
to have the same declared a public nuis-
ance, under this Ordinance, and ~abated
and removed as such; and 1t shall be suffi-
cient, Ia such pr. ceedings, to describe the
locality OF such fence, and describe, In
general way, the streets or alleys obstruct-
ed thereby, and t. ask that the same bo
declared a public nuisance and abated;
and on proof OF such violation, t,e COURT,
trying the same, may order an abafemant
Of any nuisance found To exist under tie
provisions of this Ordinance, and upon
any such order by this Court, IL shall be
the duty Of the City Marshal to abate such
nuisance; in addition to the punishment
provided for 10 Sect on 8, Of this Ordi-
nance, for violation thereof, the Court,
trying any charge for violation of the Or
dinance, may, II il find the person charg-
sd guilty, order and direct. upon a finding
OF guiIky, that such offense snail be re-
moved and discontinued, and may order
that the City Mashal shall carry out the
jude demelf OF the Court, and upon any such
Judgment being entered, It shall be the
duty OF the City Marshal to carry out such
judgment, and remove such obstruction.
SEC .. This Ordinance shall be in force
from ana after rye dpss Hfer the pubIi-
cati III 'rsof,
Duly ordslned and passed, this June
11th, A. d. B8
[sEAL 2. X. OLNEY.
Attest, Mayor.
J. r. NOoRE. CITY Cl,rk.
Publi'hed in the Las Vegas DAILY OPr1c,
june 18th, 1896.
Bead 6rsf time, June llth, 1895. Rules
suspended a99 read BY title, aud passed,