ur t for the trial of a cause except
t he may, when in his opinion the
\ demand or make ft proper, open
or causes pending, at such times
e 0 r during sickness of the mayor,
.. e iect one of their number to
jercise his duties.
h-v of the mayor shall be SIO.OO
fuesday after the first Monday in
a t the mayor may designate, the
,eet with the mayor for the trans
town; hut the mayor may call a
£ any time upon
, j} oa rd may waive such notice,
having claims against the town
a t the regular meeting of the
n provided for, but the Board
r pass upon and audit claims at
i special.
£ ity of the mayor to issue his
feers against these ordinances
arnehas been reported by the
)ther reliable person, or the same
, other. Cleans, but he may, in his
sfcHrfficer or person,
rce of the town shall consist of a
deputy or subordinate policemen
may deem necessary for the prop
wpreservation of the peace; but
aphorized and empowered in his
r special policemen in cases of
t) and when such extra or special
e mayor hereunder, he shall des
r are appointed and their service
ation such time,
chief of police shall be
ich time as the mayor and town
erm of office as they may desig
ro chafer, subject to removal by
duct, or neglect of duty. The
e officers shall receive such sal
uncil shall determine and shall
be fixed for the efficient perfor
le the town marshal or
layor all violations of town ordin
-1 and to have all offenders against
efore the mayor for trial, and to
cute all warrants issued to him.
•shal or'"•chief of police shall at
;rs of the mayor, and he shall
irected to him by the mayor and
the peace of t\e town and to ar
iw to have them brought to
duty ifWie secretary and treas
ners of the town whenever said
ordinance to advertise the same
door of the mayor's office and
e town of Forest City, for the
shall at once, upon
s otherwise ordered by the town
; time of passage,
ilawful for any person to show
the town or to offer any indica
son who violates this ordinance
).00 or imprisoned twenty days,
ies of*all officials and employees
; of commissioners in such
ER xra
G SMELTS
* io shall obstruct the streets, side
(epositing thereon any plows, ma
g jies, wagons or merchandise for
n r as to the full and free
\ ihicles shall, on conviction, be
ays.
v ful to gather in crowds.or con
-2 ts in such manner as to obstruct
s obstruct the entrance to build
s, or to engage in sham fights or
n the corporate limits of the
e alk or dhlfey for private use, or
f in any way to obstruct any
t wn, or for any person to sweep
st res, business houses or private
ic walks or streets or alleys, and
ic shalL on conviction, be ftned
a; s. "
t'rowing any building material,
ts or sidewalks of thctowja with
-1 f any person who shall throw
of the town any rub-
W s^a^'on c ° nv^i|9n ' be
ur lawful for any person to con
o 'er or a>oss the sidewalks of the
(struct tne sidewalks or to cause
p ssing along the sidewalk, and
io' of this offense shall, on con
pr soned twenty days.
nl iwful to put up or use barbed
a ey, and every person who vio
on be fined $25.00 or im
nhwful for any person to ride a
ke machine or to drive an auto
he town, and every person riding
st eets of the town shall have a
ite ; all persons riding a bicycle,
le or driving an automobile on
i ti have a gong, bell or whistle
be the duty of all persons
gong, or whistle when ap-
time and distance from same
) ari y person or persons walking
of their approach. Every person
por conviction, be fined $25.00 or
» unlawful for any person, firm or
to stop or turn transporting
vehicles for the purpose of loading
i awy tf the stores of the city
y sich person, firm or corporation
cwiction, be subject to a fine of
sloo° or imprisonment for five days in the discretion of the
cornoratflhV 0 ' I' Sha " be Unlawful for any person, firm~r
d3w P " H any motor vehi «l® which is owned by said
street in front" C ° rporatlon for the purpose of storage on any
C itv fnp / °/, any business house in the town of Forest
and fir . Pen , ? Ber than thirty minut * a * any one time,
n ,0n 0f thiS ordinan «. the person, firm or
SlO OO nr h, - UP °", pay a fine of not than
*lO-00 or be imprisoned for a term of not more than ten days.
firm or 10n ' b e unlawful for any person, persons,
firm or corporation to use, pour or spray any water on any auto
rtandL° r V ! 6 WhUe au tomobile is parked or left
shall h j i a " y , eet ' allcy or driveway in said town, and it
shall be declared a violation of this ordinance to wash, polish or
fe rarkedTfW aUto ™° bile or other vehicle while the same
is parked in the town of Forest City.
10n 12 A All persons violating this act shall be deemed
sT^Ofl 11163 " 1101 "' I°* ° ffeJlSe shall be fined not
exceeding SIO.OO or imprisoned not more than ten days.
««M- n ? x* K Sha " be unlaw f"l for any public transfer,
public car, or taxi to be parked on the public square or any of
principal streets of the said town or in front of any place
of business save for the purpose of taking on or discharging
passengers.
Section 74. That for the purpose of taking on or discharg
ing passengers any such public transfer, bus, or taxi may park or
come to a standstill for the purpose aforesaid for a period not
longer than ten minutes.
Section 75. It shall be unlawful for operators or drivers
of motor vehicles for hire including busses, jitneys, or other like
conveyances when the same are used for the transportation of
passengers and freight to park the same upon the streets of the
town of Forest City, within the fire limits of said town for a
period longer than ten minutes, unless the same be parked within
the parking lines provided around the Central Park Square be
tween Depot street and Mill street, at which point all such ve
hicles may be parked for such time as may be desired by the
drivers of same without the same constituting a violation of this
ordinance.
Section 76. Any person violating any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be subject to a fine of SIO.OO or a sentence
of ten days in the town jail for each and every offense.
Section 77. That the parking of any motor vehicle or any
horsedrawn vehicle, or any vehicle of any kind, on either side
of Cherry Mountain street between Main street and Blanton's
alley is hereby prohibted.
Section 78. That the parking of any vehicle as described
in sections 77 above on either side of Depot street between
Main street 4nd the alley immediately back of the old Farmers
Bank & Trust Company building~is hereby prohibited.
Section 79. That any person, firm or corporation violat
ing either of the next two preceding sections, to-wit, sections
77 and 78, shall, upon conviction, be fined SIO.OO or imprisoned
ten days.
Section 80. That in order to regulate the parking of said
automobiles mentioned in section 77 herein the North side of
East Main street from a point at the corner of Sinkoe's store
East to Powell street extension, including said extension, is here
by set aside and declared as a parking zone and district for all
such public cars and taxies. That any person or persons violating
any of the provisions of the foregoing act and ordinance is here
by declared guilty of a misdemeanor and punishable by a fine
of $5.00 for each offense, and the Mayor of said town may for
further viplations cause such person or persons' license to be
revoked.
CHAPTER XV
PRISON HOUSE AND PRISONERS
Section 81. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons
to destroy or damage in any way, the bedding, dishes or anything
of value in the town guard house, or injure in any way the build
ing inside or out used by the town for safe keeping of prisoners.
Any person or persons guilty of violating this ordinance shall
pay a fine of $25.00 or be imprisoned fifteen days.
Section 82. It shall be unlawful for any officer, policeman
or any other person to mistreat, insult unduly, exercise any un
due roughness or brutality, or in any way abuse, either by
throwing water or in any other way, any prisoner who may be
locked in the city jail or calaboose.
Section 83. That any person or persons violating section
81 above shall upon conviction be fined not more than $20.00 or
imprisoned not more than ten days, and in addition to the above,
in case such offender be a policeman of the town or other of
ficer of the town such offender or violator of this ordinance
shall be subject to removal from such office, in the discretion
of the court.
CHAPTER XVI
SANITARY AND PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATIONS
Section 84. For the preservation of the general health of
the town, it is ordained that all persons having privies or hogpens
upon their premises or upon the premises of others for their
own benefit must clean out and disinfect with lime or other, dis
infectant such privies or hogpens, every two weeks, and oftener if
necessary, and every person who allows any filthy or unhealthy
matter, vegetable or otherwise, to accumulate about his or her
premises, back lots, stalls, hogpens, privies or other outbuildings,
or shall cause any sink hole to be dug, or shall allow any pool
or mudhole containing filthy or stagnant water upon his or her
premises, who, after being notified by the mayor, town marshal!
or chief of police or any one of the commissioners of the town,
refuses or fails to remove the same within ten hours shall be
guilty of a violation of this ordinance and on conviction shall
be fined ten dollars or imprisoned twenty days. And it shall be
the duty of the mayor to have such nuisance removed or abated
at once upon the refusal or failure of such person or persons
to remove or abate same, and the cost of removing said nuisance
shall be paid by the party responsible for the same and shall con
stitute a lien upon the property where found.
Section 85. No person shall construct or use any privy or
hogpen within fifty feet of the residence or business place of
any other person, or within such distance of any public street
within the town, and any person violating this ordinance shall,
upon conviction, be fined ten dollars or imprisoned twenty
days.
Section 86. Any person who shall remove or cause to be re
moved any dead body from his or her premises, or any person
who shall be employed to remove such dead body from the prem
ises of another and deposits the same within the corporate limits
of the town, shall bury the same so that it cannot be washed out
or uncovered by dogs or animals; and any person owning
an animal or beast of any kind which shall die within the limits
of the town and shall fail or refuse to remove same or pay for the
removal thereof, shall, upon conviction, be fined SIO.OO or impris
oned ten days.
Section 87. If any place of business, or the premises in
connection therewith within the town shall become unclean or
offensive from any cause, or for any reason become dangerous to
the good health of the town, the same may be declared a nuisance
by the mayor, and the owner or proprietor thereof shall, upon
notice, abate the same within twenty-four hours, and on his
CHAPTER XIV
PARKING REGULATIONS
THE FOREST CITY COURIER, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1928
failure so to do shall, upon conviction, be fined SIO.OO or imnris
oned ten days. \
, Section 88. No person shall keep a butcher pen or slaughter
house within the corporate limits of the town, and any person vio
lating this ordinance, on conviction, shall be fined $50.00 or im
prisoned thirty days: Provided, this ordinance shall not apply to
persons butchering on their own premises for private use.
Section 89. It shall be unlawful for any person to throw
or deposit in any of the streets or alleys of the town, or in any
back lot or other places not designated by the mayor for the
purpose, any rubbish, waste, vegetable matter or filth of any kind
that may be or may become dangerous or injurious to the health,
offensive to any of the citizens of the town, or that may in any
way obstruct the streets, alleys, walks or gutters, and any person
violating this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined $50.00
or imprisoned thirty days.
Section 90. It shall be unlawful to use or maintain any
residence or other building in the city of Forest City which is
located on a lot abutting on the city sewer line, said residence
or building being not more than two hundred feet from the same,
where one or more persons live or congregate, unless such resi
dence or building be provided with flush closet or closets con
nected with said sewer, provided water is available from the city
mains within two hundred feet from said residence or building;
all other properties or lots in the city of Forest City not includ
ed under this section shall be governed by the requirements of
the State Board of Health, Chapter 71, Public Laws of 1919.
Section 91. That any person, firm or corporation violating
the above section, to-wit: Section 90, shall, upon conviction, be
fined SIO.OO for the first one dollar for each additional
day the violation is continued, from the time specified in
official notice from the city.
Section 92. All occupants of any building, store-place, cafe,
restaurant, garage, shop or any other place or places of business
located within the fire limits of the said city of Forest City shall
provide and keep in some convenient place on said premises,
metal covered receptacle of the size and description hereinafter
mentioned, which shall be provided with a handle, and shall de
posit in the same ashes, broken ware and glass, tin cans, paper,
and all trash and garbage of like character, and have the said re
ceptacle in a convenient place for the city carts or trash wagons
to remove as often as the said city may deem necessary.
Section 93. It shall be the duty of the said owner or oc
cupant of any such building or place of business in the said city
to provide and keep for every such building at least one metal
covered receptacle which shall be provided with handles, and
said receptacle shall be not more than 18 inches in diameter or
30 inches in depth, and the said occupant shall deposit daily into
said receptacle all such trash and garbage as shall accumulate up
on said premises. And it shall be unlawful for any person to dump
or throw any live coals or lighted matches into said' receptacles
or in any way to cause a fire to be started therein.
Section 94. Any person, firm or corporation violating sec
tion 92 or 93 herein shall, upon conviction, be fined not more
than $20.00 or imprisoned not more than ten days.
Section 95. That all persons, firms or corporations situated
within a radius of one-half mile from the center of the Public
Square of the town of Forest City are hereby prohibited from
owning and maintaining any hogs or hog pens within the said
one-half mile area as shown on the official map of the said
town.
Section 96. That all persons and families keeping hogs or
maintaining hog pens within the said restricted area shall upon
personal notice from the city officials or the city health officer
be required to remove such hogs or hog pens at their own ex
pense, and to clean up their premises as directed by such offic
ials. Upon failure of such person or persons to remove their hogs
and hog pens, then and in that event the town of Forest City
may remove and dispose of same at the expense of such owner
or owners.
Section 97. That all persons violating sections 95 or 96,
or any part or clause of either shall be fined SIO.OO or imprison
ed five days for each offense.
Section 98. No person, firm or corporation shall build or con
struct a public sewerage system within the town without first ap
plying in writing to the mayor and town council or Board of Com
missioners for a permit to do so and obtaining a franchise there
for, filing with the said Council or Board specifications and plans
to be used for construction of the same, and any person, firm
or corporation violating the provisions of this section shall, on
conviction, be fined $200.00 or imprisoned ninety days. Any
sewerage system put in shall be under the control and supervis
ion of the town engineer or superintendent of water works.
Section 99. No person, firm or corporation shall be per
mitted to put in any private sewer or sewerage system except in
compliance with the following rules and regulations:
PIPE
(a) All sewer pipe shall be not less than four inches of
cast iron or terra cotta, and if of terra cotta, must be of best
quality, straight and free from flaws, and defects, perfectly
burned and well glazed over and perfect line on bottom and
sides, where possible, and on a solid entire outer surface, and
laid on botton. The joints to be made with Portland cement and
clean, sharp sand in the proportions of half and half. The in
terior must be mopped clean as the pipe is laid and any exposed
ends kept closed when work is not in progress to prevent the
entrance of foreign substances. All pipe must be laid on a grade
of not less than one-fourth inch per foot.
"Y" BRANCHES
(b) All such places as may be designated by the superin
tendent of water works "Y" will in general be four inches. Th«
"Y" branch thus inserted shall be closed by means of a vitrified
stone ware cover or plug plastered over with cement mortar on
cushion of sand.
MANHOLES AND FLUSH TANKS
| • (c) Where pipe lines follow the street, manholes must be
, built at every point where the lines changes direction or grade,
and on straight lines at intervals of not more than 400 feet for
I the purpose of cleaning sewer. Manholes to be of standard design
| with nine inch walls with iron steps spaced fifteen inches OC ex
-1 cept where depth exceeds ten feet, the thickness of the wall shall
| be twelve inches below that depth. They shall be of best quality
hard burned brick laid in cement mortar and plastered on the
' outside with one-half inch of cement plaster and provided with
cast iron rings and vented covers. Flush tanks must be provided
wherever deemed necessary by the superintendent of water works.
! BACK FILLING
(d) Loose fine earth or sand properly compacted with hand
rammers shall be used to give* the pipe a uniform solid bed for
one-third igch perimeter. The utmost care shall be taken not to
disturb the sewer pipe in filling the trenches; the • remainder
of the lower portions of the trench shall then be filled with earth
| and firmly compacted with proper tools until a depth of refilling
J of at least one foot above the top of sewer pipe has been attained.
■ The remainder of the filling must be well and thoroughly tamped
j as dirt is put in, no layer greater than nine inches being allowed
without tamping. „
| SEWER DEPTHS
(e) No sewer shall be constructed unless the pipe shall be
CHAPTER XVII
SEWER SYSTEM
buried so that the top of same will not be less than 12 inches be
low the surface of the ground; and terra cotta pipe may be used
at such points as may be thirty inches below the surface; No
sewer pipe shall pass within twenty-five feet of any well used for
drinking purposes.
WHERE SEWER MAY EMPTY
(f) No sewer shall be so constructed as to empty on the
surface of the ground within the corporate limits of the town, nor
into any cess-pool. Septic tanks may be used for sewerage pipes
to discharge in, but same shall be constructed at such places in
such manner as the superintendent of water works may desig
nate, and same shall be under his supervision. Sewerage pipes
may also be constructed as to discharge into running streams
when constructed according to the directions of the town engi
neer or superintendent of water works.
(g) In the construction of sewerage systems or laying of
sewerage pipes, streets' surfaces must be left in as good condition
as found. Any person, firm /ar ; corporation failing or refusing to
comply with the provisions of this section, and the preceding sec
tions of this chapter, shall be fined $50.00, or imprisoned thirty
Jays in the discretion of the court.
Section 99. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons
to be found loitering or loafing on the property or grounds of the
school buildings of the city; it shall be unlawful for any person
or persons to damage in any way the shade trees, well, or break
window lights or enter the said building in any manner except
by permission of the board of trustees; it shall be unlawful for
any person or persons to throw stones or other missiles or to
shoot sling-shots on said premises. Any person or persons fkmd
guilty of violating this ordinance shall be fined $50.00 or im
prisoned thirty days.
CHAPTER £IX .
STREETS AND STREET WORK
Section 100. The conduct of all,street wofk..within the
town, including the opening, construction and maintenance of the
streets of the town shall be under the control and supervision
of the mayor and Board of Commissioners, who shall have the
right and authority to designate such persons to have charge
of the same from time to time as in their judgment will be prop
er and necessary. And the mayor and board of town commissioners
are empowered to make such orders from time to time with ref
erence to the opening of new streets already opened as may ap
pear for the best interests of the town and to do all other things
with reference to the streets and streetwork as may be lawfql and
proper. * *
Section 101. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or
corporation to di'ive or cause to be driven any motor vehicle,
horse drawn vehicle or any vehicle of any kind from and out of
the alley between Horn's Cash store and Flack Hardware build
ings to Main street, it being the purpose of this ordinance to
make said alley a one-way street leading only from Said Main
street in and toward the back of said stores making said alley.
Section 102. Any person, firm or corporation violating this
ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
or confession in open court, shall be firied not more than SSJOO
or imprisoned not' more than ten days in the discretion of the
court.
CHAPTER XX
SUNDAY ORDINANCES
Section 103. No merchant, trader or dealer shall sell any
goods, wares or merchandise within the corporate limits of the
town on the Sabbath day; any one so offending shall, upoii con
viction, be subject to a fine of $50.00 or imprisonment of thirty
days: Provided, this ordinance shall not apply *6 drugs "ntfr deal
ers selling ice.
Section 104. Any person who shall keep open a barbershop
on Sunday for the accommodation of customers shall be subject
to a fine, upon conviction, of $50.00 or imprisonment fdr thirty
days. .. ', • s ♦•*' * •» ~ i
OPENING AND CLOSING HOURS OF CAFES " : - »
Section 104 (a) That, all cafes and restaurants in the cbiv
porate limits of the town of Forest City are prohibited from be
ing open for business between the hours of 12 mid night arid 6
a. m.: Provided that all said restaurants shall close al 11 o'clock
p. m., on Sunday nights.
Any person, firm or corporation violating this section shall,
upon conviction, be subject to a fine of SIO.OO or imprisonment
for 5 days, and for second or succeeding offense, shall be subject
to a revocation of license in the discretion of the court; • • ■ ' •
CHAPTER XXI
WATER WORKS AND ELECTRIC LIGHTS ;
• Section 105, On every person, firm or corporation engaged
in electric wiring other than the Town of Forest City, an femmaP
tax of. $25.00 shall be levied and collected. :l ,
Section 106. No person, firm or corporation who has a
house or building wired for the purpose of using electricity for
lighting or other purpose, shall connect the same with wires, of the
town until a written permit shall be secured from the town elec
trician, and any person, firm or corporation violating this ordin
ance shall, upon conviction, be fined $50.00 or imprisoned thirty
days.
Section 107. Any person, firm or corporation who shall
violate any of the ordinances, rules or regulations adopted by the
town for the purpose of controlling, regulating and protecting
the electric lighting and power plant and system, or which may
hereafter be adopted and in force at the time of the act com
mitted and which prescribes no punishment, shall, on conviction,
be fined $50.00 or imprisoned thirty days.
Section 108. Any person or persons who shall in any way
damage, injure or destroy any of the water pipes, mains, valves,
gates, boxes, hydrants, motors, pumps or fixtures connected with
the water works owned by the town of Forest City shall be guilty
of an offense and shall, on conviction, be fined $50.00 or im
prisoned thirty days.
Section 109. Any person Who shall place within the reser
voir connected with the water works, or the dams or streams con
nected therewith, or running into the reservoir or the source of
water supply, any filthy garbage, excrement or other substance
calculated to make the water impure or unwholesome, or who
shall negligently permit same to enter or to wash into the reser
voir or dam or any of the streams connected therewith, shall be
guilty of a violation of this ordinance and shall, on conviction,
be fined $50.00 or imprisoned thirty dayS.
Section 110. Any person who shall damage, injure or de
fect the reservoir, dam, manholes, walls, concrete, or waterways
connected with the water works of the town, shall, on conviction,
be fined $50.00 or imprisoned thirty days.
Section 111. It shall be unlawful to trespass upon the prem
ises of the water tank or pumping station, or reservoir, or to climb
on any of the buildings thereon, or to climb the standpipe on the
ladder or steps connected therewith or by any other means, and
any person convicted of a violation of, this ordinance shall, on
conviction, be fined $50.00 or imprisoned thirty days.
Section 112. The water works system and the electric light
ing and power plant, which are the property of the town, shall be
under the control of the mayor and Board of Commissioners of
the town, and the mayor and Board of Commissioners are hereby*
empowered and directed to manage and control same and to that
end to elect or appoint a superintendent of the water works and
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CHAPTER XVIII
SCHOOL BUILDINGS