The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1898-10-25
BUILDINGS ON WHEELS.
Proposed Ordinance Regulating
Their Removal.

At yesterdays meeting of the Cham
Der OF Commerce the Public Improve
ments Committee submitted the follow
ing draft of an ordinance to regulate
the removal Of buildings through the
city streets. The ordinance received
the approval Of the Chamber of Com
merce, and was last night presented to
the City Trustees for action by that
body. 1t reads:
An Ord nance Prohibiting the Movingn
Hauling or Transporting of Houses,
Parns. Stables Shops, or other
aIong or Throags
nue., Alley or other Public Thorough
fare of the City of Sacramento With
out Permission from the Board of
Trustees, and Providing Penalty
The Board of Trustees of the City of
Sacramento do ordain follows:
Section l. 1t shall be unlawful for any
person. firm or corporation to move, haul
or transport through, over, along or upon
any street "a avenue ef i alley or other public
any house, barn, stable, shop or other
building or structure without first obtain
ing permission so to do from the Board
of Trustees.
Section 2. Any person, firm or corpora
ton desiring TO move, haul or transport
any house, barn, stable, shop or other
building or structure over, along or upon
any street avenue alley or other public
thoroughfare of the City of Sacramento,
SHALL make application in writing to the
Board of Trustees of the city at regu ar
meeting of such board Such application
shall describe the character ard dimen-
SonS or the house, barn. stable, shop or
other building, or structure desired to be
moved hauled or transported the Local
ton thereon; and the lot or part of lot 10
which it is desired to move haul or trans
pot the same, together with a descrip-
application shall be filed with the City
Board OF Trustees sooner than the next
regular meeting thereof, and not until
notice of such application shall have been
given by the City Clerk by publication In
one or more issues of some daily news
paper published in the City of Sacra-
mento; the expense of such publicatil n
mission shall be given in any event until
the applicant shall execute and deliver
to the City Clerk good and sufficient
Trustees, payable to the City of Sacra-
mento, conditioned for the payment to
the city ana any person who may be
damaged by any act performed in and
about the moving, hauling or transport
ing of such house, barn. stable, shop or
other oq h d;so6 or structure; such bond
but be subject to as many recoveries as
there may be parties injured, not to ex-
coed in the aggregate the amount of the
bond. The amount of such bond shall
be fixed in each instance by the Board of
Trustees
.oeclIoH D. any person, nrm or corpora
ton who shall move, haul or transport
any house. barn. stable, shop or other
building or structure over, along or upon
any street, avenue, alley or other pub ic
thorouehfare of the Guy of Sacramento
without complying with the provisions of
dem amor, and upon conviction thereof.
shall be punished by a fine - not IS
than Fifty Dollars, nor more than One
Hundred Dollars, or by Imprisonment in
the City Prison for not less than five
days nor more than fifty days, or by both
such fine and Imprisonment
Section 4. This ordinance shall be in
force Immediately after its final approval.