The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-11-26
ORDINANCES.

| any ODen cellar ways with or without
railings, or bulk or projecting win
dows or buildings Of any kind any
| where within the prescribed limits of
| any Davements, sidewalks, street or
| alley, and all persons convicted of the
| same shall pay a fine not exceeding
Hve dollars. with costs, and said nuis-
ance shall be Immediately abated.
| Section s. All owners and occupants
| OF property shall preserve and keep in
repair and proper condition, the pave
ments and sidewalks and curbng in
| front of their respective premises after
the same shall have been completed.
Section g. The High Constable shall
| inspect the paVements or walks in the
| borough. and when said paVements or
walks are found defective or in need of
| repair shall notify the owners or occu-
| pants of the property on which pave
| mentS or walks respectively front, to
| remove such defects or repair the same
| forthwith; he shall make a memoran-
| dunn of the date of said notice and the
| necessary particulars thereof, and If,
| after twentv-four hours have elapsed
| from the time of the giving of said
| notice, such defects have not been re-
moved or repairs made, he shall make
| the same or cause the same to be made,
| and the expense of the same shall be
collected from the owner or occupant
| of the property aforesaid. and said
and all damages and costs that may
be caused to the borough by reason of
said defective DaVements or sidewalks.
Section 10. The High Constable shall
make report monthly to the Burgess
and Town Council of the general con-
ditions of the pavements and side
walks throughout the borough, the re-
pairs which have been made under his
direction and the repairs yet required,
and may receive for his services as the
Town Council may from time to time
determine.
TITLE NI.
Dogs.
Section l. No dog or bitch shall be
permitted to run at large within the
limits of the borough at any time with
out strap or collar around its neck
with the owners name thereon in plain
letters. and from the 25th day of June
to the 25th day of September of each
year without wearing a suitable wire
muZzle
Section 3 No bitch shall be per-
mitted to run at large within the linn
its of the borough, except as hercin-
before provided, and the High Con-
stable and the policemen of the bOr-
ough shall take into custody and con-
Vey to the pound all dogs and bitches
so found running at large in violation
of these ordinances; and if such dog
or owners thereof within twenty-fOur
hours thereafter, by paying the sum of
two dollars to the person taking the
same into custody, the High Constable
or policeman shall kill and bury the
said dog or bitch, for which service he
shall receive the sum of one dollar.
Section 3. Every person or persons
within the borough owning or keeping
dog. dogs, or bitch, shall be taxed in
the following manner: For one dog,
one dollar: for each and every dog
above that number, two dollars: for
every bitch, two dollars; said taxes to
be collected in like manner as other
taxes are recovered by law for the use
of the borough And all taxes col
lected under this ordinance may be ap-
propriated for the support and main
tenanCe of any public library that may
he established in this borough, accord
ing to the Act of Assembly approved
the 23rd day of May, A. D. 1887.
Section 4. Every dog or bitch run
ming at large within the limits of the
borough from the Goth day of June to
the 10Th day of September in each and
every wear, shall have good, strong,
substantial muzzle, made of wire or
leather, enclosing the whole mouth so
as to effectually prevent them from
biting or swapping; and it is hereby
made the duty of the High Constable
or any regular policeman to forthwith
XIII all dogs and bitches found run
ming at large contrary to the prOVis-
ions of this section. and to bury or
cause them to be buried at the expense
OF the owner or harbOTer and in case
no owner or harborer can be found.
then the Borough to pay the actual
necessary expense for so doing, not to
exceed in any case one dollar.
TITLE XII.
Animals Running at Large.
Section /. 1t shall be unlawful for
any horse, mule, goat, sheep, swine
geese, or reat cattle, to run at large
within the limits of said Borough: and
any animals so found running at large
shall be Immediately seized by the
High Constable or any policeman and
taken to the Borough pound and there
in confined.
Section >. The High Constable shall
have the custody of all animals so
taken and confined and shall take all
needful care of them when so con-
fined, and shall keep a proper register
setting forth the description. time of
detention, and release, and in case Of
sale thereof, of the price received and
the name of the purchaser.
Section 3. The High Constable shall !
within forty-eight hours after the seiz- |
ure and detention Of any animal as
aforesaid, the same not having been |
redeemed by the owner, advertise the |
same by posting not less than five
printed or written hand bills one on |
or near the entrance to the pound, and |
the rest in public and conspicuous |
places throughout the Borough, fully |
describing the animal or animals, and |
fixing dav and hour not less than |
five days thereafter for the public sale |
thereof.
Section 4. In case no owner shall |
appear on or before the time fixed for |
the sale,o pay or caused. to be paid |
the necessary expenses ofkeeping the |
same and the legal fees of the High |
Constable for the seizure and detention |
of said animal or animals, shall be sold |
and delivered to the purchaser thereof, |
and the High Constable shall first de-
duct, out or the price received, all law
tul charges and expenses, and pay over
the balance to the Treasurer of the
Borough.
TITLE XIII.
Amusements.
Section l. Any person of persons
holding or attempting to hold any pub
lie exhibition in the Borough, without
first procuring a license therefor shall
be arrested and brought before the
Burgess, and on conviction thereof
shall forfeit and pay a fine not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars and costs. Pro-
vided, if in the opinion of the Burgess.
any public exhibition shall be for the
of any literary, moral or
cause, or for any worthy !
cause or purpose, he may i'm his dis
nretion, waive or remit all fees, as here
in required.
Section 2. All gift enterprises or lot
teries, or travelling auction, or travel
ing merchants, selling or vending their
goods or wares within the limits of the
in rented room, or place, or
upon the street. DV daV nipht shall |