Dewey County advocate. [volume] (Timber Lake, S.D.) 1910-1913, 1911-05-05
Ordinance Of The Town Of Timber Lake
South Dakota.
No. Five.

BE 1t Ordained BY The Board of Trustees OF
The Town of Timber Lake, South Dakota:
Section l.. 1t shall be unlawful for any per
son to throw drop, deposit or leave any dead
Carcass carbon fish. entrals, filth, OF any
nauseous, offensive or unwholesome sub
stance or matter upon any public street, al
ley. sidewalk or any other public place or
grounds In said town.
Section 2. No person shall pile or deposit
any shavings, sawdust, leaves, ashes, manure,
| hay. straw, papers, or other rubbish of any
kind i'll or upon any public street, road, alley
or other public grounds i'll said town. Provi-
ded, however, that such papers, shavings,
leaves or other rubbish, except manure or
| other matter which the burning thereof shall
| be offensive, may be burned If so burned in
iron burners made for that purpose or other
wise If placed not less than thirty feet from
any building, house, barn, shed or other in
| flammable substance or thing and when
guarded until thoroughly and completely put
out and i'll such a manner that fire therefrom
shall not lie communicated to any house.
store, barn shed or other building. or intiim-
mable substance or thing.
| Section 3. 1t shall be unlawful for the own
| er or occupant OF any lot land adjoining
on any sidewalk i'll said town, to permit or
| suffer any snow or ice to be, or remain upon
any such sidewalk for a longer period than
ten hours, and it is hereby made the duty OF
amy such owner or occupant, to remove such
snow or ice within the time aforesaid, and up
on his failure or neglect to do SO, the marshal
OF said town may remove, or cause the same
to be removed, and the cost thereof shall be
made a lien upon such lot or land.
Section 4. No person shall place, leave or
Keep on any public street, road, alley, side
walk or other public ground in said town, any
wagon, dray, cart, stage, sleigh. carriage,
automobile or other vehicle, horse or mule,
In any manner SO as to obstruct or hinder the
free use OF such street, road alley, sidewalk or
other public ground, nor shall any sucn wa
gon. dray, cart, stage, sleigh. carriage, auto
mobile Or other vehicle, be driven over or up
on, or horse or mule attached to any such
vehicle be SO tied that such animal may pass
over OF stand upon any sidewalk in said town
except the regular cross walks, and no such
vehicle above named, horse OF mule shall
Fest, stand or be allowed to remain upon any
such cross walk i'll any way that shall inter-
fere with Tie proper use thereof Dy persons
on foot.
Section 5. The President of the Board OF
Trustees is authorized to grant permission in
writing to any person to deposit and keep
lumber, stone, brick OF other material for
building, i'll any public street. road or ALLEY,
adjacent to the building to be erected or re-
paired thereby, for a Space OF time not to eX-
coed three consecutive months. Provided,
however, that such permission shall not ex-
cuse the obstruction or occupancy with such
material or more than one-third the width o
said street. road or alley.
Section &. Every person to whom per-
mission may be granted as i'll the foregoing
section provided, shall cause all such ma
terial, and the rubbish resulting thereIronl,
to be removed from such street, road or alley
at the expiration OF the time named III the
permit, unless the time for good cause shalt
have been extended by said President: ana
any person depoSltlng and keeping any build |
ing material i'll any street, road alley under
such permit, shall during every night while
the same shall there remain, keep one or
more lighted lanterns SO placed that such ma
tefial may be easily seen by persons passing !
along such street, road or alley.
Section7 1t shall be unlawgul for any per- |
son, owner or occupant of any lot or parcei oi
land within said town, to make or cause to |
be made any excavation ON said lot or parcel |
OF land adjacent to any street, public or tray
eied path OF roadway, except the same be Sc
curely guarded SO as to prevent the injury OF
any person or persons on animals passing up
on or along said street, alley, public OF tray
eled path or roadway.
Sections. No,persorf shall place any goods
or merchandise for sale OF exhibition upon |
any sidewalk, or suspend any goods over the |
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thereon, or cause OF suffer to be deposited |
thereon, any cask, barrel, case, box or other
package. so as to in any manner obstruct said |
walk or prevent the Tree use thereof by pas
sers-by.
Section 3. No person shall construct any |
wooden awning or sned in front OF, in or over
any street, alley OF sidewalk i'll said town, or
drop any awning OF any material, or suffer
the same to approach nearer the surface OF the
sidewalk than seven feet.
Section 10. The owner of any building In
said town having a stairway leading from an
adjoining sidewalk to the cellar or basement
OF such building shall guard such stairway
with substantial railing not less than three
feet high, and the entrance to such stairway
shall be at right angles to the street from
which entry is made; and any person who
shall make or cause to be made any perma-
lient opening in said sidewalk for the purpose
OF letting light into any basement or cellar
or for any other purpose, shall guard the
same with a substantial railing not less than
three ieeL high, or with Il substantial iron
CRATE or other strong and substantial cover,
but no such railing shall occupy more than
two feet OF the sidewalk, measuring from the
inner side thereof
Section II. No person shall place or main.
tain on any street any pipe leading from the
caves Of amy building in such IA position that
the water discharged therefrom may flow up
on or over any public sidewalk.
Section II. Any person corporation
any az the provisions OF this ordi-
nance, shall upon conviction thereof, be
punished by a fine Of not less than five nor
more than fifty dollars.
Passed first reading April Fl, 1911.
Passed second reading and ordered pub
lished May B. 1911.
II. T. ifoIIHAN.
President Of Board.
.lttcl: Y. =. WATERBURY,
Clerk.