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Year: 1862

SEC l. The deposIting OF filth Of any nature or
kind in or upon the borders Of Rich Ravine
along the line of Valley Street, or upon any Of
the lots or beneath any house along the line OF
said Ruvine or street is hereby declared public
nuisance; and any person offending against the
provisions of this section shall upon conviction
thereof before any Justice of The Peace having
jurisdiction. shall be fined in any sum not less
than ten nor more than fifty dollars.


SEC. g. The filth now deposited in said Ravine
and upon the lots and beneath the houses named
in the foregoing section is hereby declared Il
public nuisance, and it is hereby ordered that the
occupants OF said house and lots remove said
ilth before the lst day of April. 1862, and any
such occupant negecting or refusing 10 comply
with the provisions Of this sect on shall upon
conviction be punished in the same mtnner as
provided for the violation OF section No. Of this
ordinance.
Year: 1862

collect the remainder of said taxes by the first OF
April, A. D. 1862, and if by said tine there shall
remain upon said list any delinquent tax payers
he shall make out u correct list thereof with
description of the property. amount OF assess
ment and amount of taxes due, and return the
same to the Clerk or the Board of Trustees.


SEC. 5. 1t shall be the duty OF the President
of the Board of Trustees, upon the order OF the
Board, to proceed after the return Of s,id deln-
uuent list. to file in the Justices Court of Town.
ship No. 3, proper complaints against said deln-
quents. each separately setting forth the fact of
the levyng of the tax the assessing of the prop
erty, the demand for payment OF said tax. and
the refusal or failure 50 to do, and to prosecute
the same to judgment; said suits being prosecu-
ted in the name OF "Me inhabitants ofHe To,cn
of .Auburn, and to procure the issuing OF execu-
tion thereon, and the collection of said Judgment
in the mode and manner prescribed by the laws of
this State, and the judgments thus acquired
shall be q lien upon all the real estate of the
parties delinquent, but Of personal property (if
anyO shall first be exhausted of said delinquent
before the enforcement Of said lien against the
real property Of said delinquent.


SEC. 5. All of the general provisions of the
general revenue laws of this State, so far as they
can practically be applied to the assessment and
collecting Of the taxes heretofore mentioned, aud
which do not conflict herewith. are hereby adopt
ed and made p,rt of this ordinance.


SEC. s. All moneys collected by the Marshal
shall be by him paid over to the Town Treasurer
by the first day of April. 1862, taking receipt
therefor, and said receipt shall be filed with the
Town Clerk to entitle him to credit the amount
to said Marshal's account.


Sec. 7. This Ordinance to be in force and
effect from and after its passage.
Year: 1862

leans, Empire and American Hotels, to Sacra-
mento st shall be known as Washington street.
The street commencing at the Odd Fellows Hall
and running toward Spanish Flat shall be known
as Nevada street. The street commencing at the
Plaza and running in front of the center block to
Nevada street shall he known as Main street.
The steeet commencing at the Plaza between the
brick buildings erected by j. M. Vanmater and
VIM. H. Hardy, and running past the cemetery to
Auburn Ravine shall be known East street
The street commencng at the junction of Main
and Washington streets and running past the
Court House to East street Shall be known as
Court street. The street commencing at the
Crescent City Hotel and running towards Illinois
town shall be known as High street


The street running from East street past the
Church of St. Theresa to High street shall be
known as Broad street.


The street commencing at Washington street
and running through center block past the Tenn
pie and in the rear Of the Court House lot to East
street, shall be known rs Commercial street.


The street commencing at the Pioneer Stable
and running from Commercial street to the Ha-
vine Turnpike, shall be known as Cross street.


The street running from the Ravine Turnpike
past the lands Of John c. Boggs, to East street
shall be known rs Union street.


The street running from Washington street
southerly by the lands of John Atkinson shall be
called Ophr street


So much of the Auburn Ravine Turnpike as is
within the Corporate limits, is hereby declared a
street, and shall be known as Placer street.
street. commencing opposite the House OF George
Bishop. shall be called Vine street.


The street running along the line of Rich Ra-
vine past the Brewery to Vine street. shall be
called Valley Street.


Passed, April 10th. 1861.
Year: 1862




The Trustees of the Town of Auburn do ordain
as iollows


SEC. l. tax of Two Dollars per annum is
hereby levied on every Dog owned within the
corporate limits Of the Town of Auburn. found at
large within said Town, on and after the first day
of April. 1862.


SEC. 2 Annually on the last Monday in March,
it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Board Of
Trustees to deliver to the Town Treasurer. rs
many brass or copper tags as may be necessary
and being numbered from one up to the highest
number, delivered to the Treasurer; and said tags
shall be altered annually in shape to be e,,-
silly designated from the tags issued the preced-
ing years.


SEC. 3. On or before the first Monday in April
in each year it shall be the duty Of the Town
Marshal to draw from the Treasurer us many tags
as he may be able to dispose Of giving a receipt
for the same, one of which he shall deliver TO
any inhabitant of the town Of Auburn, upon pay
ment OF two dollars.


SEC. 4. Every dog that shall be found run
ming ut large within sld town after the 10th day
Of April, 1861 not having one of these tags fur
nshed by the Marshal according to section two
OF this Ordinance, attached to collar upon his
n ok. shall be liable to be killed by any person
and it is hereby made the duty Of the Marshal
to pat to death any dog so at large without said
tag. All moneys collected under this Ordinlnce
snail be paid over by the Marsh II to the Treasurer
on the first Monday Of each month"; less his per
centage Tor collecting the same, which is hereby
fixed ut one dollar for each tag sold And it
shall be the further duty of the Town Marshal to
file n report with the Clerk, on the first Monday
in each month. containing a list OF those citizens
who have purchtsed no tags the preceding month.
SEC ). Ordinance No. 3, in hereby repealed.
and this Ordinance shall he in force from and
after its passage.
Year: 1862

SEC l. That from and after the 18th day OF
June, A. D. 1860, every stove pipe within said
town which passes throu gh the roof OF any house,
not fire proof, or through any cloth, or wooden
partition. or ceiling. shall be made and secured
as follows: The stove pipe joints shall be riveled
in sections of two more, and on a one story
building there shall be two sections. and an ad-
ditional section for each additional story. And
the sip,jonts of such pipe passing through the
roof shall not be less than two feet from the cell


ing and in all cases when the pipe shall pass
through the ceiling q floor of any house. it shall
be encased in ventilator. and when said pipe
passes through the roof, there shall be a water
proof Joint OF pipe, through which the stove pipe
shall pass, and the said water proof joint shall
he at least one half inch greater in diameter than
the stove-pipe. And all stove-ppes passing
through the roof OF any buildings shall extend
up the distance of at least two !eet above the
hi CHEST part of the roof. and where the same
passes through the side of any house. the said
pipe shall be run up by the side OF the building
to the extent aforesaid.


SEC. 2. That the owner or occupant Of any
house in said town. in which after said 18th day
Of June. 1860, there shall be found a stoveppe
not made and secured in the manner above stated
or in some manner equally sale against fire, and
approved by the Board of Trustees as hereinafter
set forth, shall be deemed guilty of Il mislemean
or. and shall upon conviction before any magis-
trate in the county, be fined not exceeding twenty
five dollars. and may be imprisoned in the county
Jail until the fine he paid.


SEC. g. No other mode o. making and securing
stove pipes except that provided in section first
shall be deemed equally safe against fire. unless
a certificate to that effect shall be given to the
owner or occupant, signed by three members Of
this Board.
Year: 1862

SEC. /. The owners OF property upon the
western side Of the street. extending from the
Auburn ravine Turnpike to the American Hotel
are hereby empowered to construct a sidewalk
not exceeding eight feet in width from the front
walls of the buildings. along the lots between the
said Turnpike and American Hotel


SEC, 2. Said Sidewalk. so lar as at present
constructed, may remain ut its present width and
grade-but from the southern corner of Odd
Fellows Hall to where it will connect with the
northeast corner Of the building of Jas Ho Is,
ton, the grade shall be gradual and uniform
without abrupt ascents or descents, and with Il
rise'or fall not exceeding five and one, half inches
to the rod-and from the south east corner OF the
Empire Hotel to the north east corner of the
American Hotel the grade shall also be gradual
and uniform without abrupt ascents or descents
and with rise or fall not exceeding three inches
to the rod and the grade Of the sidewalk as estab-
lished in this section shall be permanent.


SEC. B. II shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to deposit, or cause to be deposited
along the line Of said street. within the distance
named in Section ls of tais Ordinance any dirt.
stone. gravel, or other material, except with the
written permission Of the Marshal.


SEC. 4. Any person or persons violating the
provisions of this Ordinance shall he deemed
guilty Of misdemeanor, and upon conviction of
the same before any magistrate in this county.
shall be fined in sum nnt exceeding fifty dollars,
and be imprisoned until the fine be paid.


SEC. 5. This Ordinance shall 90 into effect
and he Of full force from and after Saturday the
Sth day Of December, 1861
Year: 1862

[ORDINANCE No. y.


Ordinance establishing the width, and
grade of a Sidewalk from the toll House
on the Auburn Ravine to the American
Hotel, and to regulate the grade of tn e
street along the Inc of said Side walk.
Year: 1862

THERE is no malady of deeper importance,
l either in n medical or moral point of view.
to which the human family is more liable than
TINT arising from impure connections


AS medical man it is the duty of every PLY.
sician to look at disease as it affects health and
life, and his sole object should be to mitigate, as
far as in his power, their bodily suffering Hu-
man nature is at best but fral; but all are liable
to misfortune.


OF all ills that affect man, none are more terri
BILE than those of a private nature. Dreadful as
it is in the person who contracts it, frightful as
are its ravages upon his constitution, ending fire.
quently in destruction and loathsome grave. it
becomes Of still greater Importance when it is
transmitted to an innocent offspring Such being
the case, how important it becomes that every one
having the least reason to fear that they have
contracted the disease should attend to it at once
by consulting some physician, whose respectable
ity and education enables him to warrant safe
speedy, and permanent cure. In accordance with
this necessity, DR.. Young feels called upon to
state that by long study and extensive practice,
be has become perfect master of all those diseases
Year: 1862

The Trustees Of the Town Of Auburn do or
dain as follows:


SEC. l. There shall be, and is hereby levied
upon all assessabc and tux bic property within
the corporate limits Of the Town OF Auburn a
Tax OF Two Dollars and Twenty-Five cents upon
each one hundred dollars Of astes3able property
in accordance with an act of the Legislature of
California. entitled An Act to authorize the
Town OF Auburn to take and subscribe Fifty
Thousand Dollars to the Capital Stock of the
Sacramento. Placer and Nevada Railroad Com
pany. and to provide for the payment of the
same Approved April 23d, 1860


SEC. 2 1t shall be. and is hereby made the
duty OF the Town Assessor, to proceed imncd-
atcly after the first publication of this
Ordnance with assessing the real and personal
property within the corporate limits of said town.
lie shall take down alphabetically, the name of
each person and describe the property Of every
description assessed, with the amount of the val
uation thereof. and he shall complete stid assess
ment, and return his assessm Mt roll to the Town
Clerk on or by the 18th day of March A. D. 1862


SEC. 3. 1t shall be the duty of the Town
Clerk to furnish 10 the Marshal correct copy of
said Assess ment Roll with the amount Of taxes
correctly computed TO each person, and the whole
amount OF said taxes shall be by him added up,
and the total amount thereof charged against
said Marshal. in IN account to be by said Clerk
kept; and the Clerk shall from time to time credit
the Marshal with the amounts paid by him to the
Treasurer.


Sec, A. 1t shall be the duty of the Marshal to
collect from each and every person the amount of
taxes hereby assessed, and for that purpose he
may accompany the Assessor and demand from
each citizen at the time OF being assessed the
amount OF taxes thus levied. and when the dupli-
cate copy of said roll is furnished him. he shall
mark thereon the word "paid," opposite the name
OF each person thus paying, and shall proceed to
Year: 1862

The following are selected from volumnious
accumulation OF testimonials Of the press of the
United States, and from eminent Professors OF
our institutions where the practice of medicine
is taught
Year: 1862

good and bod. and destroying what is base
and corrupt, has been long in use with
great success, and is well known as the
mortar and pestle; though It is understood
that in some cases all its power will be en-
ployed IN vain, for We are told that if you
bray fool in mortar with a pestle,
his folly will not leave him. But
there have been 1nortars invented in
Cur day Of such prodigious size, and
pest1es Of such tremendous pounding and
basterfng power, that they will hammer
the folly Of secession out Of the fools into
whom it has entered, or beat them to pieces
and grind them to powder. And We are
glad to feel that with all these means for
purifying, reforming, and saving our corn-
Try, We may hope that it will soon be
pErged from much that is false and evi1,
that secession and treason will disappear,
and the Union and the Constitution be
cherished with purer and t1uer loyalty and


deFotion than ever before.
Year: 1862

1he country WOuIQ no doupt DC ool1geQ
to some member Of the Committee Of Ways
and Mems for an explanation Of the causes
which made that Committee disappoint the
well grounded expectation, that in looking
about for sub bjccts Of taxation, small bank
notes would be the first things upon which
3 burden would be laid. We say "wel
grounded expectation u because the conyic-
tion is as universal as it is just, that,


/ Small bank notes serve no good pur-
pose in the general economy, their pres
erce in the channels Of trade being the
cause Of the great scarcity Of specie, and Of
unmeaEuTed losses to the people, by their
frequent depreciation in value.


=. II: They are issued mainly upon mar
TOW basis; and yield profit
to those who make them from
ten to fifteen per cent, even when they
are eventually redeemed, and hence can
afford to bear taxation


III They are notmoney; but evidences
Of debt due from the banks to the people,
upon which debt the banks arc drawing,
not paying, interest. Ono who gets inter
est on what he owes can afford to. pay a
part Of that Tor the common defense. Put
all the West On that footing, and the West
ern people would carry the whole burden
Of the war:


". The need Of the revenue to be
derived from the tax which We propose, is
pressing.


r. The tax, if heavy, would restore .
large amount OF specie to the hands Of tho
people, by driving the small notes out
necessity that in times Of public danger
ought not to be overlooked. !:
VI. The withdrawal Of all bank notes
Of a less denomination than ten dollars,
would be the withdrawal Of half the bank


circulation Of the country, and conse-


quently the opening Of channel in which


say twenty-five millions of dollars of Gov
ernment paper would be sure to flow, thus
enabling the, Government to borrow that
! amount from the people, without interest
consideration Of come moment when the


interest account is prospectively so large.
But. We need enumerate- no more


reasons for the measure. These, though


not all, are convincing, and VIC hope when


the discussion Of the tax bill comes up that


some man from the West will take occa.


sion to put the matter in its true light, and


thereafter to test the sense Of the House.


The people will not willingly believe that


the bank interest in Congress is SO strong


that legislation necessary to the public


veal can be defeated and the burdens ol


the WAT be thrown exclusively upon those


who are the least able TO bear them


Let The banks bear their share!
Year: 1862

E Petitions for the appointment Of Hkics-
sou, the inventor and constructor ofthe fa-
nous Monitor, to the position of chief engf-
neer Of u special department Of the navy for
the building Of the iron-clad gunboats, arc al
ready in extensive circulation.
Year: 1862

Lest the allopathic world may not fully IN
derstand the above caption, We explain that
No. e. in the Tbompsonian practice. is 8
decidedly peppery compound. that allopaihists
sometimes deDounce SIS hellbroih." In the
Thompsonian practice it is used to agitate the
stomach of the patient, so that an emetic effect
nav be secured from the use OF lobelia. where
by the patient is enabled to throw of the bill
ious matter of an overloaded stomach.


1t is in this manner that We propose to use
it now, with view TO prepare the people TO
throw of the bilious secretions Of Republican
ism.


We never expected to indorse the Thompson
practice Of physic; bat The desperate condition
of our venerable Uncle Samuels purse, induces
Us to accept the following resolution from The
Republican platform, as applicable TO thl
times. 1t is true the Republicans claim that
their party is dead. and their total disregard
of the resolution in question, would seem tc
furnish direct evidence of the fact; but rebut
ting testimony establishes the legal fact that
they are only playing possum,' with The
hope and expectation of further fee and re
ward.


The following resolution is No. - OF the
Chicago platform. 1t commends itself TO every
patriot in the land. II is one of the latent
beauties of that famous document, that is now
indorsed by everybody, and only rejected by
the practice Of those with whom it originated


" Rssoired, That the people justly view with
alarm the reckless extravaganza which per
vades every department of the Federal Gov
ernment, that return to rigid economy ant
accountability is indispensable 10 arrest tht
systematic punder of the public treasury by
favored parlizans, while the startling develop
ments Of frauds and corruptons at the Fedora
metropolis, show that an entire change of ad
mnistratlon is imperatiyely demanded"


We indorse it; ard now, where is the Re
publican who dare say We are not Union
man? Where the Republican who dare deny
that our " soul is marching on ?' We never
thought there was so much Unionism in tht
Chicago platform. Eureka glory halleluiah
How do the Reps Ike their No, 6?
Year: 1862

WEAr DOUGLAS SAID" know of no
mode by which loyal citizen may 50 well
demonstrate his devotion to his country as by
sustaining his Flag, the Constitution and the
Union, under all circumstances, and under
every administration, regardless Of party poli-
tics. against all assailants at home and abroad "


Have not the Democracy of California
cheerfully cordially and efectually, sustained
the flag, the Constitution and the Government,
under the present Republican Administration !?
Have not the Democracy of every loyal State
done it, and are they not doing it now, in
hunting rebels ard traitors in the swamps and
bayous of the South? Aud yet the Republi-
can press denounce as Secessionists and
rebel sympa'hisers' those loyal Democrats
who refuse TO assemble at the call of their
party committee Who but Republicans or
rebels would stoop to such bald defamation TO
secure party success?
Year: 1862

III DR.. H0STETTER'S STOMACH BITTERs
should he in the possession Of everybody in the
mining region. As a preventative Of the various
dangerous diseases TO which the gold seeker is a-
bic II has no superior, While it is quite palaiable
as beverage. it is speedy and powerful in its effect
upon the system. In all eases of DiarFhoa Dyseu-
terry and the prevading fevers consequent upon
exposure, the Bitters will be found invaluable as
corrective. Ne man should enter upon the exposed
camp life Of miner without being provided witA
Hostetters preventive of stomach disease. nor
should any Of those who engaged in the oooupa-
ton, fail 70 have recourse to the Bitters Sold by
all Druggists AMI dealers everywhere.
Year: 1862

No TELEGRAPH.-The Atlantic telegraph has
been down east of Salt Lake City, during the past
two weeks This is said 10 have been occasioned by
high water although it IS announced that the over
land stages running. It is possible that the
eastern portion Of the line may have been put up
in too hasty a manner. In consequence, The events
in the Atlantic States Of the past fourteen days are
vet sealed book to residents OF the Pacific coast.
The details of former news as received by steamer
mails furnish ample assurance that the backbone of
the rebellion Is broken and that law and order viii
be restored to the country 50 recently oyerrun and
devastated By rebel hordes. Should the telegraph
continue down, We may confidently expect that
the steamer viii bring US the news of the rebels
being driven from Virginia, in time for Us to
celebrate i on the approaching 4th.
Year: 1862

WHILE applying to the Democracy to save
them, the Republican party should remember
that, since the fall of Adam, the condition Of
salvation has been sincere repentance. They
acknowledge that the Democratic party of
California is Union party. Let them vote
with il, and they will be saved.
Year: 1862

TIE Republican county convention resolved,
if their offer of fusion was not accepted by the
Democratic county convention, to call Re
publican convention and appeal to The people.
They remind Us of the boy who called to his
mother" Ma, if you don't give NE lump of
sugar, III 60 and stub my sore toe"
Year: 1862

REPUBLICAN policy having produced the war,
they argue that it must become the policy of
the country. This is equal to the crazy man
who argued that because he could stir the
fire with his umbrella, he could shield his per-
son from the rain with a poker"
Year: 1862

PEKsoNAL.-Judge Stafford, of Chico, has been
visiting our city during the past few days, attend
ing theatres, and enjoying rides through our
magnificent streets. He was highly pleased with
his escape from the heat and dust of his country
home. The Judge is for the Union, and appeared
anxious to arrange a fusion of Chico and Butte
matters. The Judge is a splendid fellow, and was
Feather river the Hellespont he'd be Lender
Long may he flourish.
Year: 1862

TEE Republicans should furnish their new
converts with work on Republican Unionism,
which might be entitled, Every man his own
idiot or one hundred methods Of being a
political io1key1
Year: 1862

ABSooNDEp.-Ws are informed that a person left
in charge of the City Restaurant during the 40.
sence of the proprietor below, collected all the
loose change he could ind in the establishment,
and left for parts unknown. As he was on some
thing of drunk before leaving it is supposed that
he is still shouting Glory, glory, hallelujah -