Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-27
EAGLES MERE BOROUGH
ORDINANCES.
STREET COMMISSIONER

BE 1t ordained etc, that the town coun.
Gil shall annually at their first regular
meeting, on the first Monday of March,
in each year, or within 30 days thereafter
select some suitable person TO be Street
Commissioner of the Borough of Eagles
Mere and shall there and then fix the
compensation to be paid to such Street
Commissioner.
SECTION .. That the said Street Com
missioner shall have charg of all streets
and public highways within the limits Of
the Borough; and it shall be his duty as
such to properly repair and maintain the
same in good condition; to remove all
mud from all street corners; to erect and
repair all bridges;to repair and keep clean
all cutters, water courses and culverts;
to remove all Instructions from said
streets; to keep and submit to the Town
Council whenever so required detailed
and accurate account of the expenses of
his department. to have and take proper
care Of all shovels and other tools used in
his department and belonging to the said
Borough; to hire and employ under the
direction of the Chief Burgess and Town
Council, the necessary teams and laborers
required to perform the above mentioned
work and to keep detailed and accurate
account OF the time OF the same as en-
ployed and to submit such account to the
said Town Council for approval and pay
ment, when so required.
SEC. 8. 1t shall be the further duty OF
said Street Commissioner to perform all
such other duties as may be imposed up
on him by any other ordinance of the
said Borough now enacted or may here
after be enacted, or that may otherwise
require OF him by the Chief Burgess or
the Town Council, from time to time and
to be further subject at all times to the
direction and control Of the Chief Burgess
and Town Council.
March %, 1899.
i. V. INGHAM, Chief Burgess.
Attest; A. DUNHAM. Clerk OF Council.
METHOD or PROCEDURE
Be it ordained ETC.. that all actions.
prosecutions, complaints and proceedings
at law for the violation of the ordinances
regulations and resolutions OF the Borough
OF Eagles Mere,and for the fines, penalties
and forfeitures imposed and enacted there.
by shall be brought before the Chief Bur
CESS or any Justice-oft the Peace Of said
Borough, upon complaint OF any officer or
citizen of the Borough, in the corporated
name ot;-''Ilre Borough OF Eagles Mere
and such fines, penalties and torieitures
shall be paid to the Treasurer OF said
Borough, except In such cases where the
law specifically provides otherwise, and
that the cost OF the said Burgess or Justice
shall be paid by the person fined in pur-
suance OF the ordinances OF said Borough
in addition to the fines, penalties and
torfeitures.
SEC. > That all actions prosecutions,
complaints and proceedings for violation
OF Borough ordinances and for collection
OF fines and penalties imposed thereby
may be commenced by warrant or bv
summons at the discretion of the Chief
Burgess or Justice .of-the- Peace OF said
Borough before whom the complaint is
made, or the proceedings begun, but no
warrant shall be issued except upon com.
plant on oath or affirmation. specifying
the ordinance Tor the violation of which
the same is issued, and all proceedings
shall be directed to and be served bv any
constable or policeman OF the said Boro-
ugh who shall execute the same any
where within the Borough. or in the
County Of which it is part, or elsewhere
in the State as may he provided by lay
Warrants shall he returned forthwith and
upon such return the like proceedings
shall be had in all cases are or NAV he
directed by law in relation TO summary
convictions with the same right OF appyov-
al from any final Judgment entered there
in except when otherwise provided by ex-
listing laws When any personis arrested
upon view, a complaint on, oath or afiir-
nation shall be Immediately made where.
upon the like proceedings shall he had
as upon a warrant Issued
SEC. ,. That any person arrested for
the violation of any Borough ordinance
may be committed TO the Borough lock-
up or place in which to detain prisoners
pending Il hearing or trial, but in case
there is no suitable lookup or place to
detaln prisoners the person arrested may
be com mitteed to the county jail. Upon
Judgment against any person by summary
conviction or by proceedings 10y summons
on default Of payment of fine or penalty
imposed by said judgment and the costs,
the defendant may be sentenced and com
mitted to the Borough lookup for period
not exceeding five days, or TO the county
jail for period not exceeding thirty DAYS:
Provided, however, that no fine or penalty
shall exceed one hundred dollars for any
single violation OF any ordinance. and
provided further that in case the defend
ant has goods or property of any kind
whatsoever out of which such judgments
and costs can be collected by execution.
capias or other process, the plaintiff in
the action may elect TO proceed to collect
the said judgment Tor fine or penalty and
costs by said proceedings
March %, 1899.
+. V. INGHAM, Chiet Burgess.
Attest: A. DUNllAM, Clerk of Council