The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-10-15
Ordinance No. 352.
Published October Is. 1897 /


An ordinance providing for the numbering Of
the houses in the city of lola, Kansas.
BE 1T ORDAINED By the Mayor and Council
men of the City of lola, Kansas.
SECTION l. That all houses fronting on any
shall be numbered.
SEC. 3 said numbering shall be done under
ami in accordance with The following system :
The center OF the public square shall be used
as basis for mum bering. All streets running
east and west in said city east of North and
South streets shall be numbered, commencing
at the north west corner of the blocks abuttiEg
on said streets and numbering thence east in
alternate numbers, the odd numbers being
placed on the south side of the streets and the
even numbers ON the north; and all streets
running east and west-west of north and south
streets -shall be numbered commencing at the
northeast corners of the blocks abutting on
said streets and mum bering thence west in al
ternate numbers, the odd numbers being placed
Oh the south side and the even numbers on the
north side of said Streets aud all streets run
ming north and south-sOuth of East and West
streets--shsll be numbered in a similar man.
ner commencing at the northwest corner of the
blocks abutting on said streets and numbering
thence south, the odd numbers being placed on
side of said streets; and on all streets run
ming north and sOuth-north of East and
West sIreets-shall be numbered in q similar
manner commencing at the southwest corner
OF the blocks abutting on said streets and thence
numbering north, placing the odd numbers on
the east side and the even numbers on the west
side of said streets. However, said numbering
being so arranged as to make each block reced-
ing from the public square number 100 more
than the preceding block, and allowing each
q feet to one number.
eEC. 8. 1t shall be the duty of the owners or
agents of any house or houses within the city
limits not properly numbered to put up and
keep upon and in front of their house or houses
q number corresponding with the number
shown upon the plat to be kept on file in the
Othce of the City Clerk, sufficiently large and
plain to be easily read from the opposite side Of
the street upon which the house is situated
said nu -lber to be put up within 80 days after
the passage Of this ordinance.
SEC. /. Whom any person shall build upon a
vacant lot on any of the streets within the city
limits, ne shall within ten days after the Oecu-
pancy Ot said building comply with section
of this ordinance.
SEC : The City Clerk shall prepare or pro-
cue aud keep in his office plat of the city
showing the number that each % feet OF ground
facing upon any street is entitled to, and shall,
upon application by the owner or agent of any
building inform him Of the number such build
ing is entitled to
SIC. 6. If the owner of any building, after
the expiration of 30 DAYS from the passage of
this ordinance, shall have failed to comply with
its provisions in causing their house Or houses
to be properly numbered the city may cause
the same to be done aud charge the same to the
premises so numbered ami collect the cost of
the same as other city taxes are collected
SEC. Any person violating the provisions
Of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a
and UDpn conviction may be
fined IN any sum not more than ten dollars for
each and every Ofcusv
SEC s This ordinance shall ne in force aud
effect from sud after its publication once in the
lola Register.
Approved October :, 1897.
Attest: MAYOR
W. a. CowAH. Clerk