Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-06-29

ORDINANCE.
An ordinance in revision Of the ordinances Of the Town
Be il Il Ordained by The Board Of Trustees Of tie Town Of
Custer City, South Dakota:
CHAPTER !.
Organization, Rules. Regulations and Order Of Business
Sec. /. On the first regular meeting night after the can.
election, the members elect, shall meet and qualify, after
which they shall organize by slecting one OF their number
Sec. :. The + regular =. meetings aas ~ Of Il the e Board snail be- held
at the hour Of 7:So p. m. on the Second Monday night in each
Special meetings may be called at any time by the clerk
i"rI R,ss Of sss Sds sns s %Sieh u as%.a sse sh %fIt staie a tse objec 81 q of the
meeting and shall be entered in full upon the journal as au'
ING may 'G be- ' siye nol psrsoD rs sy1 to @ essh %smb aS. or the same may
be posted 10 a public ? place or published dG q, q new a,, "a su ,%a
purpose for which the same is called.
/. Sec. 8. A majority Of the board shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction Of business, but q minority may adjourn
from time to time and compel the attendance OF absent men,
bers. =,
Sec. 4. At the hour appointed for the meeting, the board
shall be called to order by the president. or in the absence OF
IL the sb president sOaeG s BY the ss els s1sst in Which t6 s, Latter = = ,eS 9ase; sU% sh %s :
and If a quorum be present. the board shall proceed to the
LIST. Reading Of the minutes Of the last meeting, amend.
ment and approval Of same.
End. Presentation OF petitions.
3rd. Report of Standing Committees.
4th. Report of Special Committees. 4,
9th. Unfinished business of preceding meeting. !
7th. Miscellaneous business, motions, resolutions, notices.
The rules of procedure and order of business shall be
riiy suspended by a two. thirds vote of the members present,
Sec. s. An ordinance may be introduced at any regular
shall be read at length, and may be referred to the proper
standing committee, or a special committee appointed o that
purpose. The same shall lay over for at least one week
provided, that by unanimous consent of all members Of the
Board OF Trustees said ordinance may be Immediately placed
A majority vote OF all members elected shall be necessary
to the passage Of any ordinance; a.. ANNA sh,uhs
published in one issue n of the Official ;i newspaper Of Of the the Town;
a" and na ten days after ,ssrs sas t hsn ssm wa' sb ,Ge b seT IN e fFsat OF the PROOF
Sec. 8. The president of the board shall preside at all
vote shall determine the action of the board upon any matter
before it. He shall preserve order and decide all questions OF
Sec. I. Immediately upon his election the president Of
the board shall appoint the following standing committees Tor
named to bs chairman thereof:
LIST. The Committee on Finance.
3rd. Committee of Fire Wardens.
4th. Committee on Printing.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty Of the fire wardens to organ
Ice fire companies; to provide the necessary apparatus Tor the
extinguishment Of fires to construct and preserve reservoirs,
thereof, and to establish other general measures OF prudence
for the prevention and extinsnishment OF hres as 'hey may
trustees, for their approval, all provisions which they deem
pense thereof They shall attend all fires and give their per.
sonal supervision in extinguishing the same. and shall execute
all orders given BY the board of trustees in relation to the fire
The committee on streets and alleys shall act as street
commissioners and perform the duties usually required of such
It shall be the duty of all standing committees to act
under the direction Of the board. and to investigate and report
to the board with promptness and fidelity.
Sec. 8. The following rules are hereby adopted for tho
Rule /. In the absence of a quorum at the hour fixed for
the meeting and for fifteen minutes thereafter. those. present
shall have the power to send the town marshal, or other OH
GERS, and compel the attendance OF absent members.
Rule 2. The style Of the ordinance shall De. be II or'
dained by the Board of Trustees of the Town OF Custer City.
etc.
and reports shall be addressed to the President and Board OF
Trustees ofthe Town Of Custer City.
Rule A. Committees shall be appointed by the presldent
Of the board or acting chairman unless otherwise PROVIDED III
the motion or resolution therefor . ia on
fct with the town ordinances or foregoing rules, are herepy
adopted as governing the deliberations of the board.
Rule 6. These rules may be amended at any regular
meeting of the Board of Trustees by a %two-thirds vote ofthe
members present, the same having, been presented in writ
ing and read at a previous meeting OF the board, ana TN NIX
" 8 Sec. 10. II shall be the duty of each member of the Board
of Trustees, the Town Marshal and Town Clerk to attend all
meetings of the board, but none except trustees shall take part
In the deliberations of the board.
CHAPTER U-LICENsES.
Sec. J.. There shall be levied and collected licenses upon
persons transacting or carrying on the following kinds OF ousi'
a. Omnibusss, carts, drays, wagons and other vehicles
used in the town for pay twelve dollars per annum' payable
b. For each peddler, street hawker or itinerant salesman;
excepting of his own production) two dollars per day.
C. For each auction store, five dollars per day.
d. For each auctioneer, three dollars per day.
g. For each circus company, for each performance. ten
pay, for each az porformanee. I've dollars.
f. For theatrical performances Except local amateur en-,
tertainments), FIVE dollars for the hrst day, ana TWO o0iIarS
and fifty cents for each day thereafter; except whsn such per-
formances are given in a licensed opera house.
g. For each shooting gallery, five dollars per week..
h. For each laundry, operated by a person not a citizen
Of the United States. who has not declared his intention to
become such, one dollar per month. ~.
l. Selling intoxicating liquors to be drunk on the prem
ises, four hundred dollars per year, payable annually in adj
vance. yn.,.
j. For each opera house, six dollars per year, payable
annually in advance.
k. For bill poster, four dollars per year payable quarter
ly in advance.
Sec. 2. License money shall be payable in advance to the
towp aosn and tha town treasurer9 receipt fpcltlng the
purpose of the payment, when countersigned by the president
ofthe Board of Trustees, or in his absence or disability oy the
chairman of the finance committee, and attested by the town
clerk under his seal shall operate as a license hereunder.
Sec. 3. Any person, persons or corporation violating any
of the provisions OF this chapter. shall, upon conviction there
of, be punished by a fine of not less than ten, nor more than
fifty dollars, or by Imprisonment in the town jail not more
than thirty days, or by both such Gne and imprisonment, be-
sides the costs Of the prosecution, provided. however, that up
on payment of the license money herein specified, together