The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1907-05-04


official entrusted with the keeping of the town
records, aud certificate be first issued to the
party applying for the same, and the same ap-
proved by the town council.
Sec. IS. The owner owners of any building
or part therein upon which any violation OF
this title may be placed, or sbiftt exist and any
architect builder, carpenter or mason who may
be employed or assist III the commission OF any
such violation, and any and all persons who
shall violate any OF the provisions OF this title,
or fail to comply Herewith, or any requirement.
therein, or who shall violate or fail to comply
with any order any regulat lonimade there
under, shall seVeraIy, Tor each and every sneh
violation and noncompliance, restrictionalty
forfeit and pay a penalty in the sum of fifty
dollars for every offense. and for second otfeRse
any builder, architect or snail forfeit
his license. But if said violation shall be re-
moved, or be in process of removal within ten
days after the service of a notice as hereinafter
prescribed, the liability for such penalty shall
cease, aud said department shall discontinue
any action pending to recover the same upon
such removal or the completion thereof within
a reasonable time.
CONCEALED WEAPONS.
Sec. /. Be it ordained, That it shall be IN
lawful to carry concealed weapon within the
town limits of the town OF DonaidsonYlIIe. or
to shoot gun, pistol, rifle or any other ire
arms within said limits.
dinance shall be fined. upon conviction before
the mayor. not exceeding fifty dollars or i'm
prisonment not exceeding twenty days, or both,
at the discretion OF the mayor
GUNPOWDER.
Sec. l. Be it ordained. That it shall be IN
lawful for merchants, grocers or other persons
whomsoeyer to keep in any one store, house or
warehouse, or other building whatever. gun
powder in greater quantity than fifty (50l
pounds without first obtaining license, and
any merchant, grocer or other person who may
ba convicted before the mayor of violating the
provisions of this section shall be- lined in the
sum of not exceeding twenty-five dollars or ten
days in jail.
FLUEs, DEFECTIVE, ETC.
Sec. /, Be it ordained, That all fues shall be
constructed of the best quality of burnt brick
laid fat in good mortar and supported by iron
stirrups well secured and properly suspended,
the chief wood supports to be not less than Ike
inches. They shall be topped out at least six
to twelve inches above the cone of the roof
through which they project They must be pro-
yided with patent ventilated galvanized iron
thimbles, which must have at least one inch
than four inches into the brick work. There
must be no obstruction by ceiling, papering or
anything else to the free circulation OF air bout
the air chamber All hues that enter through the
side walls of buildings are strictly prohibited;
no other such shall be permitted and those now
SO constructed are declared public menace
and after due and reasonable notice by the
mayor they shall be removed by the owner or
occupant of such houses.
sec g. ANY builder, contractor or owner who
shall hereafter construct any hue IN violation
OF the foregoing specification and any owner
or occupant of a house failing to comply with
these regulations, shall, upon conviction before
the mayor, besides being forced to remove same
without delay and cause the new hue to con-
form to these specifications be fined not ex-
ceeding twenty-five dollars or be imprisoned not
exceeding ten days: Provided, further, that
for persistent refusal to comply with these re-
quirements the penalties may be doubled until
the same are complied with.
Sec g. And it shall be the duty of the chief of
police, through one or more of the police force,
to examine and report all hues now in use that
seem to be dangerous or defective, to the mayor,
who shall cause the came to be inspected by
to order any such defective Hue TO be corrected
and made to conform to the rules herein within
reasonable time, and the owner, agent or rep
resentative of such owner failing or refusing to
comply, shall be liable to the fines and penalties
hereinbefore prescribed.
Sec, 4. Upon the notification to the chief of
police by the chief or any of the officers of the
ire department or any other reputable citizen,
he shall cause an investigation and report to
be made of any fue reported to be defective or
Sec 5. Hereafter. all galvanized iron and
clay fues shall be strictly prohibited.
NUISANGES.
Sec I. Be it ordained, That all persons are
forbidden from allowing, keeping, throwing,
dropping or depositing any ordure, excrement,
offaI filth manure, foul, and offensive matter,
stagnant corrupt or putr1d water, dead ami
mails or fowls, hay, straw. kitchen stuff, paper,
cloth or any substance of any kind which may
be offensive to the smell or injurious to health,
in any yard, lot, room or building or on any ban
quette, street, alley, wharf, leVee any public
under penalty of fine Of not less than five
nor more than twenty five dollars for each and
every offense, provided that ordinary refuse,
sweeplngs and Kitchen offa may De deposited
BILE receptacfes to be placed on the outside of
the bapQuette. convenient to be taken away by
the offal CART
Sec. q No person shall impede or obstruct
the passage or flow of water of any gutter,
ditch or drain in the city or in any manner dam
the same, under penalty OF not less than i've
&hax, yaTpfyf firyn1 he
prisoned not less than five nor more than
twenty days, upon conviction before the mayor.
Sec. 8. All persons shall be required to re-
move or abate all nuisances or Instructions
which they may have perpetrated or which
may have been placed in any of the streets.
highways or landing places within the town by
them, and every person who shall refuse me-
elect to do so when notified by the mayor or
chief of police shall be fined not exceeding ten
dollars, nor less than two dollars, for each day
such nuisance may continue, and in default
of payment of said fine shall be imprisoned for
period not exceeding twenty days, at the dis
cretion of the mayor, provided always. that
sufficient time shall be allowed for compliance
with the requirements of the ordinance.
.'NIGGER SHOOTERS
Sec l. Any person or persons who may be
guilty of using "nigger shooter or air gun
within the town limits shall be punishable by
fine not e!eeeding i've dollars or not exceeding
and the niger shooter shall be destroyed by
the police department on the order of the
mayor.
SCATTERING PAPER, RUBBISH, ETC.
Sec 1. It shall be unlawful to scatter paper
debris, rubbish or any unsightly matter or SUBJ
stance upon the public streets, or to deposit
the same in such places, exceptit be in boxes
or receptacles specially prepared FOR such pur-
poses, and all such boxes and receptacles shall
be deposited as far as possible, in alleys or on
back streets. Violations of this section shall
be punishable by fine Or imprisonment, not ex-
seeding five dollars or two days
MOVING HOUSES
Sec. /. It shall be unlawful for any person or
persons to move, roll OR in any manner trans
port any house or houses through the streets
or alleys of the town without first obtaining
permission from the mayor
Sec, 2. Any person or persons desiring to
move roll or in any manner transport house
or houses through any of the streets or alleys of
the town, shall apply to the mayor for permits
sion to do So and in said petition shall mention
the locality of the house or houses to be moved
streets to be used for said purpose.
Sec. 8. In every instance whenever it may be
deemed necessary to leave a house or houses
in any street or streets of the town over night,
the person or persons responsible therefor are
hereby REQUIRED to place red light at sach end
ordinance snail be punishable by a fine of not
less than ten dollars or five days in jail or both,
at the discretion of the mayor.
Sec. f. It shall be unlawful to move houses
from one location to another in that part OF the
town embraced in the fire limits as fixed and
Limits" or to move houses from any part of
the town into the said ire limits, and all per-
sons are hereby prohibited from moving any
house into said fire district or from any portion
of said district to another. Provided that own
ers of houses may move them from one part of
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