, 1921-06-23

! ing on the defendant throughout The
:. city in which it was issued: and any
: violations of the ordinance herein
: provided for shall be the penalty as
hereinafter provided.
| Section 3. The proceeding when
l brought shall be heard at any spe,
clal meeting or any regular meeting
= of the Board of Trustees after due
and timely notice has been given,
and in such proceeding evidence OF
the general reputation OF the place
shall be admissible for the purpose
of proving the said nuisance. II the
petition or complaint is filed by a
citizen it shall not be dismissed ex-
cept upon a worn statement made
by the complainant or his attorney,
If he has an attorney. setting forth
the reasons why the proceedings be
dismissed. and the dismissal ap-
proved by the Board OF Trustees. II
the Board of Trustees Is Of the
opinion that the proceeding ought
not to be dismissed. the Mayor or
any citizen of the City may be sub
stituted for the petitioner or COM
planning party, and proceed to final
action. II the action is brought by
a citizen and the Board of Trustees
find that there was no reasonable
ground or cause for such proceeding
or action, the proceeding may be
dismissed and the costs taxed against
such citizen.
Section 4. In case of the viola
ton OF any injunction granted under
the provisions Of this ordinance, the
Police Magistrate or Judge Of the
City Of Rawlins, Wyoming. may
summarily try and punish the Of
fender. The proceedings shall be
commenced by filing with said judge
a complaint under oath, setting out
the alleged facts constituting such
violation. upon which the said Judge
shall cause a warrant to be issued,
arrested. The trial shall be had and
conducted as nearly as possible as
other cases before said Judge. A
party found guilty OF violation of
any of the provisions Of this section
or who shall refuse or neglect to
comply with the provisions of this
section, shall be punished by a fine
OF not more than n hundred dol
lars. or by Imprisonment in the City
jail not more than three months, or
by both.
Section S. II the existence of the
nuisance be established in an action
as provided in this ordinance, or in
any criminal proceeding, the Board
OF Trustees shall direct the removal
from the building or place of all fur
niture, fixtures, musical instruments,
or movable property contained there
in used in conducting the nuisance,
n shall direct the sale thereof in
the manner provided for the sale OF
%c1artels under execution, and effec-
tually closing the building or place
against its use for all purposes and
so keeping 1t closed for a period OF
one year, unless o released. II
any person shall break and enter OF
use a building. erection or place Sc
directed to be closed, he shall be
punished by a fine not to exceed one
hundred dollars and costs, or by i'm
, prisonment not to exceed three
months, or both.
Section G. The proceeds of thu
sale Of the personal property as pro
vided in this ordinance. shall be APP
piled in payment of the costs of the
proceeding and abatement, and the
balance. If any. shall be paid to the
defendant. And the fees for selling
and removing and for closing ant
keeping the premises closed shall be
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stables or Sheriff for levying upon
and selling Xix property under exc,
cution.
Section Z. If the owner appears
and pays all costs of the proceeding
and files a bond with surety to be
approved by the Mayor, in the full
value OF the property. to be ascer-
tanned by the Board of Trustees or
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mediately abate said nuisance and
prevent the same from being estab-
lished or kept therein for a period of
n year thereafter, the Board Of
Trustees or the Mayor and the said
Police Judge. order the premises so
closed under the abatement pro-
cseding cancelled so far as the same
may relate to said property. The re-
lease of the property under the pro-
visions OF this section shall not re-
lease 1t from any judgment, lien. or
liability to which 1t may be subject
by law.
Section s. Whenever a perman-
ent injunction, as in this ordinance
provided. is issued against any per-
son for maintaining a nuisance as
herein defined. or against the owner
or agent of any building kept or used
for the purpose prohibited by this
ordinance there shall be assessed a
tax OF one hundred dollars against
the said building and the ground
upon which the same Is located and
against the person or persons main
tanning said nuisance, and the own
er or agent of said premises. The
assessment OF said tax shall be made
and collected in the same manner as
other city taxes Or assessments are
made, and shall be a perpetual lien
upon all property, both personal and
real, used for the purpose Of main
tanning said nuisance; and the pay
nient OF said tax shall not relieve tho
person or building from any other
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