Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-12-22
DOINGS OF THE CITY DADS
Stock Law Finally Agreed Upon
to Suit All.
LICENSES FOR NEXT YEAR
Garbage Contract Let to Wheeler & Co-Re-
port of Market Committee Adopt
ed as Reported

The board of aldermen met in special
session last night to take action on the
city license for the year 1897, and to hear
from the market committee and to take
up the special ordinance allowing stock
to run at large as noted in the proceed
ings Of the last meeting.
On call of roll all of the aldermen an
swered to their names.
Alderman Altman moved that the
board take up the stock law question.
Mayor Evans presented the following
ordinance which he stated would cover
the demands made on the question of
stock law. The ordinance is as follows
and after much debate pro and con- was
adopted with a slight amendment:
AN ORDINANCE.
An ordinance to prohibit live stock from
running a large in certain parts of the
city of Birmingham:
BE it ordained by the mayor and alder
men of birmingham, That it shall be UNI
lawful for any horse, mule, hog, goat
sheep, COW or any animals of the cow kind
TO run at large at any time upon the
streets, avenues, parks or alleys of that
part of the city bounded as follows
On the Northside between the Alabama
Great Southern railroad and Eighth ave-
nue. and between Thirteenth and Twenty
seventh streets; and on the Southsde be-
tween the Alabama Great Southern rail-
road and Avenue H. and between TWen-
ty-third and Sixteenth streets.
BE it further ordained, That II shall be
unlawful for any horse, mule, hog, goat,
sheep, COW or any animal of the COW kind
to run at large in or upon any of the
Streets avenues, parks or alleys of the
city in the night time except that part of
the city south of the Alabama Great
Southern railroad and east of Twenty
third street, and that part of the city on
the north side of the Alabama Great
Southern railroad and west of Thirteenth
street, and that part of the city north of
Eighth avenue from the western corpor
ate limits to Sixteenth street. and that
part of the city east of Sixteenth street
and north of Ninth avenue and that part
of the city north of the Alabama Great
Southern railroad and east of Twenty
seventh street. and that part of the city
north of Eighth avenue and east of Twen-
ty-siXth street.
Be it further ordained That any per-
son having the custody or control of such
animal permitting the same to run at
large in violation of this section shall be
fined not less than One Dollar C$1.00) nor
more than One Hundred Dollars &100)
Be it further ordained, That any person
who drives into the pound limits from
any part of the city or any place out
. side of the city limits any animal above
mentioned for the purpose of impounding
the same, making it subject to the pro-
visions of this ordinance. shall be fined
not less than Five Dollars G50O nor more
than One Hundred Dollars ($100)
Be it further orda ned, That all ordi-
nances or laws in conflict with this ordi-
nance be and the same are hereby re-
pealed.
Speaking to the above ordinance AL
derman Harrington called attention to
the fact that the board should consider
the fact that the butterflies Craze on the
beautiful green at times while the cows
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thought parties who love and invest in
rare flowers should have equal reeogni-