Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-05-06
CITIZENS CAN
KEEP PICS IN
CITY LIMITS
Ordinance Cited at Council
Meeting.
PENS MUST BE
KEPT SANITARY
Police Force VIII he Increased and
CITY Ordinances Will BE
Enforced Soon.

! The city council decided last night
That insofar as there was a city or
dinance which provided that people
OF the city might be allowed to keep
pigs within the city limits, they would
not then be forced to dispose of their
swine. The ordinance which covers
the matter is Section Thirty, of
Woods Digest, and was read and in
| terpreted by City Attorney A. x.
/ Cooper. The ordinance provides that
| those persons who do keep pigs or
goats within the city limits, shall,
upon complaint to the chief of police
of any one to whom the same shall
be an offense, be warned by the chief
OF police to turn out the same and
cleanse the premises within twenty
four hours, and upon failure to do
so, shall be punishable.
A motion was introduced and
passed, providing that pig pens be
kept in a sanitary condition to be
pronounced so by the sanitary Off
GER, and viOlators of same should be
vigorously prosecuted.
Allow Sidewalk Changes.
motion was passed allowing the
liza Bennitt Cotton company permits
oiO'I W IIldhC curtain CHdHRGS Ill the
sidewalk on Chestnut street between
BarraQue and Second avenue for the
| purpose OF facilitating the entrance
of automobiles into garage at the
back of the company's building. The
| motion was introduced by Alderman
Mcbride, and amended by Alderman
| McGehee to provide that $100-bond
be put up by the Ziba Bennitt COM
pany as security that the sidewalk
would be put In it's former conditions
should the company vacate the pres
ent quarters. A 800 bond will be
demanded in all like cases in the flu.
, ture.
Emile Hershey, 916 East Third ave.
nue.. was granted permission to build
a sidewalk along certain of his prop
erty in extension of sidewalk al
ready laid.
Alderman Means brought the cOun-
ellis attention to automobiles running
with cut-outs opened. He said this
was nuisance peculiar to the city
every day in the week, but was par
ticularly offensive on Sundays when
the motorists disturbed the Sundah
| services at churches with the noise
of their machines.
10 Enforce Traffic Laws.
| Mayor Hollis mentioned in that
connection, the regulation regarding
DINNERS on lights. He stated that
the city was unfortunate in being
| shOrt-handed in the police depart
ment, and violations Of such regula-
tons could not be absolutely enforced.
He promised the council however,
that in ten days more or less, the pO-
lice force would be increased, and
the regulations could be enforced.
Alderman McGibbony spoke in this
connection OF boys riding on the back
of automobiles fast driving of auto
mobiles. and boys placing tOrpedoes
on the street car tracks on West Sixth
avenue. He asked that the police de-
partment be instructed to put stop
to the practice.
"The police department will be
glad to comply at the earliest pos
sible moment Mayor Hollis said.
He didn't state when the earliest
i possible moment would be. He
did say however, that at no late
date. the city would be provided with
motorcycle policeman who would be
enabled to cover such cases.
Discuss Fire Hydrant.
! The question of a hydrant on Fir
street, for the use Of the Fort Scott
sorghum plant, was brought up by
the mayor. The question was re-
ferred to the fire committee, which
with the advice of the chief of the
fire department., would have power
to act
| Two vetoes by the mayor were sus-
tanned. The first, to purchase street
between Main and State street at
about 10th avenue, and the second,
the authorization of the payment for
the street.
| Mayor Hollis vetoed these ordin-
ances, as was stated to the council,
because the property was incorrectly
| described
An ordinance amending Section 4o6,
Woods Digest, providing for the sal
airy of the city sanitarian to be fixed
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