The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-10-31
ORDINANCE NO. Y,
SANITARY:

SANITARY;
Be II Ordained by the City Council OF
the City of Tucumeari.
Section l. II any person shall permit
or suffer any ground, building or other
premises within the city of Tucumrarl.
owned or occupied by him, or OF which he
shall be the agent having charge OF the
same. TO become offensive, nauseouS, or
dangerous to the nelghborhood or travellers,
OF by reason OF stagnant water dead ami
mails. or from any other cause, or causes,
he shall be punished as hereinafter provid-
ed.
Section : The owner or person IN
charge Of any animal that shall die within
the City ~ Tucuncari. shall. within TWEEN
ty.iour hours cause the carcass 10 be re-
moved. at least Two miles beyond the lin.
It's OF the city, unless said person shall
bury said animal at some place outside the
limits OF the city at a depth OF not less than
SiX feet In no case shall any carcass be
buried within the limits OF the city. nor
shall any such person permit such carcass
10 remain N the open air IN the city until
II becomes offensive in smell provided.
that the said person may burn the carcass
OF the said animal outside the limits OF said
city. Any person offending against this
section shall be punished as hereinafter
provided
Section ! II any person shall throw,
place, deposit. or conduct into aay street,
alley avenue, or lot within the city o; Tu.
cumcari any beet, pork, meat, hsh, hides
or skins OF any kind. or any filth, ofial
dung Nth or bloody water, dead animals,
vegetables or other unsound putrld or OF.
tensiye substance whatever, or anything
likely to become offensive OF shall permit
TO emaln upon any premises, or in any
Clubhouse, priyy or stable, or other place,
within the city Of Tucumcarl, owned BY
him or her, Or under his or her charge. so
as 10 become offensive TO any person re-.
siding in the vicinity, or any such NTH. OF.
ial or other offensive substance as aforr
said, such person shall be punished as
hereinafter provided.
Section 5. II any person shall throw.
place OF deposit into any street, alley
avenue, or vacant lot in the City OF Tu.
cumcarl any wrapping paper, was:e pa
per. old clothes, hats. boots, shoes, bottles,
cans. broken glass or other substance OF
filth. ~ who shall sweep from his or her
place Ut business into any street or alley
any straw or paper any Nth, litter OT 9TH
er refuse stuff such person shall be pun.
shed as hereinafter provided,
Section D. II any person shall allow
any pen, place ~ premises within the lin.
It's oi the city OF TucumcATi in which Is
kept any dogs shoats, pig, hog, COW horse
% other animal 10 become offensive or an
annoyance to any person, such person shall
be punished as hereinafter provided.
Section 7, Any person offending against
any OF the foregoing provisions shall be
punished Tor each oflense by a fine in any
srm no, less than five dollars, nor more
than nifty dollars. or by imprisonment in
.he CITY Jail for a period not exceeding
thirty days. or by both such hne and i'm.
prisonment, in the discretion Of the trial
court
Section \. II shall be the duty ~ the
Marshall to ascertain and TO report 10 the
City Council the existence Of any and all
nuiAances herein specified, and whenever
Il shall appear that such nuisance or nui-
sances exist, no Mayor OF the city Of Tu.
cumcari may direct the same 10 be abai,
ed and removed by such officer, officers.
person or persons, as may be designated.
and II such nuisance he found on private
property, the oiicer or person shall order
the owner, agent, or occupant thereof. TO
remove and abats the same within TWEEN
iy-touT hours, and II any such owner,
agent or occupant shall fail, refuse or nsg-
lect to comply with the requirements OF
any such order, the said officer OF person
may cause such nuisance to be removed
and abA;ed. and the cost, Of removing or
abating said nuisance shall be recovered