The daily sentinel., 1913-04-26
Additional Want Ads on Page 6.
LEGAL NOTICE.
PUBLIC NOTICE.

WHEREAS. Credible persons re-
ported to the County Health Officer
that certain gulch west of the Gun
nison River. at point south and
west OF the Gunnison Bridge near the
public highway known as the "Old
saw-mill road leading from the said
Gunnison Bridge to Pinon Mesa, is
and has been heretofore used as
dumping ground for the carcasses of
dead horses and other animals. and
that the same is and has been hereto
fore not only public nuisance but
menace to the public health, also;
and
WHEREAS, On the 22na day of
April, 1913, the said County Health
Officer and Chairman of the Board
of Health, did personally investigate
the alleged cause of said complaint
and found conditions even worse than
represented; that no person or per-
sons whether owners or parties in
terested in the disposal of such car
casses had made any attempt to either
destroy or bury them as provided by
law; and that they had merely dump
ed such bodies at their convenience,
upon an area OF possibly two acres
in extent, and that since this offal
IS in every stage of decomposition the
resultant danger to the public health
is such as to be Incompatible; and
WHEREAS, The attention of this
Board is also called to the fact that
at times people in various localities
within the county dispose of dead
animals in similar manner and
with no regard whatever for the pro-
visions of the statute for the protec-
ton of the public health;
THEREFORE, BE 1T RESOLVED,
That since sec. 5034, of Chap. 115 of
the Revised Statutes of Colo. 190S re-
cites,
If any person or persons shall put
any dead animal or part of the car
oass of any dead animal, into any
lake, river, creek, pond, road street.
alley, lane, lot, field or meadow or
common, or in any place within one
mile of the residence of any person
or persons, except the same and every
part thereof be burned or buried at
least two feet under ground, and if
the owner or owners thereof shall
! knowingly permit the same to remain
in any of the aforesaid places, to the
| injury of the health, or to the annoy
ance of the citizens of this state, or
! any of them, every person so Offend
| ing shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanoT, and upon conviction there
of shall forfeit and pay a sum not less
than five dollars nor more than fifty
dollars, together with the costs of
prosecution, and in default of the
payment thereof shall be imprisoned
in the county Jail of the county in
which such conviction may be had,
net exceeding ten days, to he imposed
| by any court OF competent jurisdic-
ton, and every twenty-four hours
said owner may permit the same to
remain after such conviction shall be
deemed an additional offense against
! the provisions of this act, and upon
conviction thereof, shall forfeit and
1 pay a further sum of not less than
/ ten dollars and not more than thirty
dollars, together with the costs of
prosecution, to be recovered as afore-
said, and in default of the payment
I thereof be imprisoned as aforesaid
not more than thirty days or be pun
ished by both such fine and imprison-
ment in the discretion OF the court"
PUBLIC NOTICE Is HEREBY
/ GIVEN TO Any AND ALL PER-
( SONS WHO ARE NOW OR MAY BE-
COME CONCERNED:
/ That on complaint being made,
I supported by credible evidence, that
any and all pcrsons failing to comply
/ with the law hereinbefore stated will
I be prosecuted thereunder."
/ BY ORDER OF THE COUNTY
BOARD OF HEALTH,
| APPROVED:
b. ]. SNYDER,
Chairman.
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