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48,	REVISED	ORDINANCES.
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3.	To address any abusive or insulting language to’another.
4., To keep a disorderly house, "by making,, causing or allowing to be made therein, loud or improper noises, or by collecting-therein drunken, noisy and.disorderly persons:	v
5.	To employ any device, noise or performance tending to , the collection of persons on the streets or at the public places,to
the obstruction of the.same’ or to ■exhibit wttho’ut a special,per-, mit from the Mayor, an^ tJicks of ledgerdemain, or .other de-, vices 'of like kind.	!	-	*
!■;>:	6. To willfully give or nlake, or cause to be given qr^nade a*
Vjjf1 false alarm of fire.	.	,	.
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' ARTICLE III.—Offenses Affecting Public ’Safety*-
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Sec. .67*. It\shall b$ unlawful to do or cause tp be done, any of .the following	acts;	and any person convicted'ther-eof shall be
fined not more	than	fifty dollars, pr imprisoned not exceeding'
=5 thirty,days, or both, at the’di'scretion of the Mayor*. *	.
1.	*To* ride on horseback, or to drive any. vehicle along the-
>	streets qf the city, at any gait faster than a common trot, or pace,.
; v! or slo\v gallop.	*	■	■
’	2.1*- To becornb intoxicated, or to go to sleep while driving, or
in charge of any1 vehicle on tjie streets.
•■3. _ To drive.through \he*streets in a careless or recliles^"man-; ’ ner. -'	'
^	• 4.. , To throw	ix\issiles, discharge fireworks, or do any act or
!	make (iny iioke	likely,	;to" frighten horses or alarm or. injure per-
““".,*sons, or impede the-fr^e! passage of vehicles r\nd foo'tmen along the streets.„	.	..	(t	.	■*	^	■'	'
^'■r	5; -To suffer any sidewalk in frontof on'^s premises to become,
or continue so broken as to endanger life or limb, or to permit any excavation,.lo remain open and uncovered, to the-danger of' others/	4	,	*	,	- ■	^
6.	To leave standing any*fence or^wall, building'or awning,'
owned by him or them, which shalfc be dangerous to,passers by,, after twelve hours notice to remove the same. •	;	'
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ARTICLE IV.-^-Offenses ^ffecting^Pubuc Property, -
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Sec. ,68. It shall be unlawful tq do Pr cause' to’,be.done, any of the following acts; and any*person convicted thereof shall be t.fined not. more than fifty* dblfars, or imprisoned not1 exceeding ‘‘-thirty days, or both, at. th<;'discretion of the Mayor	"	>
1.	To’break down, destroy/injure or remove, any tree or,any' , ‘ of the b"oxes enclosing thie»samef*on .any street pr public square..
' .' 2. Ta-fasten or. hitch any horse or other animal to any sign, t. lamp-pbst, aWning-pcist,.shade tree or box inclosing such tree, onr-, or near the 'bahquetto or side* walks, or any streets, so'as to in-' terrupt tlve free passage along the same; or to ride, on horseback'.;
IN tfKLATIOI* 'JfO NUISANCES.	'49
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, or drive any vehiple*on any of the banquettes, or sidewalks in the ; , city..	.•	*
j5. To sink,'alter or cut any street or public square, or remove i—-- therefrom, or deposit therein, any dirt>iubbish of other material,
<	without permission f^pm the Mayor and Aldermen ; but any per* son while erecting or repairing any building fronting on any street,
•	. may use so mudh of such street or public way, as shall not ex-'
J ceed the front of the lot on which such building.or repairs are to be made, and pne-half of the width of such street; Provided,
That said dirt, rubbish or building material, may. at any time be removed ljy order of the Mayor and Aldermen at the expense of . the builder. '	•	,
g 4.. To throw or deposit any.shavings, straw, brush,-pr other, „
(. thing likely tq \>e set on fire, at or near : the* wall or fence of . a’a^ dwelling house, storehouse, business house,or out-house.
5; To place-or deposit upon the streets, banquettes or side '• walks,jany lumber, bricks,-fire wood,4 postsf boxes, barrels, or ' any other* thing calculated to injufe, obstruct' or deface said . streets, banquettes ot side walks, except when receiving and" forwarding goods, wares, merchandise dr ether ■ things, and Jhen ’.only for twelve hours at a-time.- *	*	*■	[	,	"	>	*
-< *	ARTICLE	V.—Nuisances. ' * v .
Sec. 69. It shjill be unlawful to do or cause to Ije done, any of / the following acts;, and any person ^convicted thereof shall be, fined not more than fifty dollars, or be imprisoned no^exceeding, , thirty days, or both;, at-the discretion of the Mayor:
.1. To erect a jakes or privy.in any. placfe where the.sJime shalp be offensive to persons, or to p'ersqns passing along the stre^e^or .•highways. .	.	.	.	"••**'	'■	,	..-li?*	'''	y
3.	To keep a slaughter house or butqherypeq wh^rej{beev?s or*’
, other animals are slaughtered, without a,special pernpit from' the-
f .board of Mayor and Aldermen,,'	;	'
'3,. 'To throw any stones, ’sticks, 'branches of. -trees,';scrapa.'pf.:. leather,-tin, glass or glass bottles, scraps frois kitchens, ,'eook-At.' ■ ■houses or eating houses', or any offal/filth or trash v^hs,tev^r, 'fin* •' ■» ■ or upon,any street, banquette or side walk, or-public plate, pr oh^ j,' ■* the pi'operty of'others, or into a<fy qul verts'or gutters.	>•	y
4,	To disturb the quietudeyof the c|ty by boisterous and. wah'-v-' , '^ ton or maliciotis knocking at or near.thq door,or window of-any residence, store house or bu^ness lipuse j -or-to.cast into thfrgaH.y leries, -dodrs or windows of 'the '‘same; ;any. stick, stpne, bat Qr,^| other missile, or to place in-, on or near.,; the same- any offensive matter; .or to p]ace any obstruction**before jhe. same, or in jipy 'stree^or-io- wantonly soil with mud,.p»inf, ink ;or otjier^ub^t^'v
r, window^'wall, fence or awping, o* tp."tear,^'^a
stance,'.any sign, door,
pull down, break, er deface the Same.. <-	,	..^3-	.
5.	,To fail to keep the banquettes’pr:side- walks •'m. frept .pft' ^i^'.


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