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<br />and secure condition that such matter shall not be scattered or
<br />suffered to fall on any of the streets aforesaid, under a penalty
<br />of $5.00 for each offense.
<br />Sec. 176. Fruit peels or other slippery articles on the
<br />streets.
<br />No person shall throw upon any sidewalk or street crossing,
<br />any rind, skin or peeling of any fruit or vegetable, or any other
<br />article liable to make a person slip or fall. For any violation of
<br />this section the offender shall be fined not less than $1.00 nor
<br />more than $5.00 for each offense.
<br />Sec. 177. Spitting on sidewalks, in street cars or public
<br />places.
<br />No person shall expectorate on any sidewalk or street cross-
<br />ing, or in any church or public building or on the steps or door-
<br />ways thereof, or the steps or doorway of any store or office
<br />building, or on the floor or pavement of any railroad station or
<br />in any street car or other public places. For any violation of this
<br />section the offender shall he fined not less than $1.00 nor more
<br />than $5.00 for each offense.
<br />Sec. 178. Coasting, snowballing, etc.
<br />No person shall slide or coast upon the ice or snow in any
<br />street or streets. No person shall throw any snowballs in the
<br />streets. For a violation of this section the penalty shall not be
<br />less than $1.00 nor more than $5.00.
<br />Sec. 179. Unlawful assemblages in streets or elsewhere.
<br />The assembling and collecting together of persons on the streets,
<br />sidewalks or other public places, in such manner as to block up
<br />and obstruct free passage shall not be permitted, and it shall be
<br />the duty of the police to disperse such assemblages.
<br />The assembling or collecting of persons on private premises
<br />in such unusual numbers as to excite suspicion shall not be per-
<br />mitted, and it shall be the duty of the police to disperse such as-
<br />semblages, and to arrest such members of the assemblage as have
<br />been guilty of disorder.
<br />Premises whereon such assemblages gather shall, when ten -
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<br />ants of near -by houses are disturbed, or for similar reasons, be
<br />deemed disorderly, and the owner may, and the occupants shall,
<br />be held responsible under penalties not exceeding $5.00 for each
<br />offense.
<br />Any and all persons refusing to disperse after being required
<br />to do so by any officer shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more
<br />than $20.00.
<br />Sec. 180. Loafing and loitering on the streets.
<br />It shall not be lawful for any person to loaf or loiter on any
<br />street, pavement or sidewalk of the City to the annoyance of
<br />the occupant of any property along the same or to the annoyance
<br />of persons passing on the same.
<br />Any person found so loafing or loitering shall, upon the com-
<br />plaint of any person so annoyed, be arrested by the police and
<br />upon conviction shall be fined not less than $1.00 nor more than
<br />$10.00 for each offense.
<br />Sec. 181. Political processions -parades and flag poles.
<br />No flag pole shall be erected in any of the streets of the City
<br />except flags for decoration purposes which have been, or may
<br />hereafter be authorized by the Mayor. No political procession
<br />shall be allowed in the City and no parade or procession of any
<br />kind shall be allowed in the City streets without permission of
<br />the Mayor or City Manager. Any person violating the provision
<br />of this section shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than
<br />$50.00 or by confinement in jail for a period of not less than 30
<br />days or both.
<br />Sec. 182. Selling or trading or speeding animals in the
<br />streets.
<br />If any person shall trade, or show, or offer for sale, or sell any
<br />stock of any kind in the streets or alleys of this City, or speed
<br />therein any animals exhibited for sale or exchange he shall be
<br />fined not less than $1.00 nor more than $5.00 for each offense.
<br />Sec. 183. Auction sales in streets.
<br />No person shall sell, or offer for sale, at public auction, on the
<br />streets or sidewalks of the City any goods, wares, merchandise,
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<br />household furniture or other article or thing whatsoever, except
<br />real estate. The penalty for violating this section shall not be
<br />less than $2.50 nor more than $10.00.
<br />Sec. 184. Unattended teams and animals on the streets.
<br />If the owner or driver, or the person having charge of any
<br />wagon, dray, cart, carriage or other vehicles shall suffer the
<br />horse or horses, or other animal attached thereto, to run away
<br />with the same in the City through negligence or want of proper
<br />care; or shall suffer such animal or animals to stand upon any
<br />street or alley of the City without being properly fastened by
<br />the bridle or reins, or without having some person to watch the
<br />same and prevent their starting, every person so offending shall
<br />be fined not less than $1.00 nor more than $10.00 for each of-
<br />fense.
<br />Sec. 186. Feeding in the streets.
<br />No person shall feed his animals in the streets of the City.
<br />Any violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of $1.00.
<br />Sec. 186. Backing up wagons to sidewalks.
<br />No wagon, truck, or other vehicle shall be allowed to back up
<br />to the sidewalk except for the purpose of loading or unloading,
<br />and all the time said vehicle shall remain backed up to said side-
<br />walk over and above such time as may be necessary for the pur-
<br />pose the driver or owner of such vehicle shall be fined not less
<br />than $1.00 nor more than $5.00 for each hour or part of that
<br />flour that it shall stand so backed up. And no person shall be
<br />allowed to obstruct the streets while loading or unloading said
<br />vehicle, when required to move out of the way; and for failure
<br />to do so such person shall be fined to the same extent as hereto-
<br />fore provided.
<br />Sec. 187. Excavations -private lots.
<br />All holes, depressions, excavations or other dangerous places
<br />upon private lots that are below the grade of the adjoining street,
<br />shall be properly enclosed with fences or walls, or filled up by
<br />the owners or occupants of said lots, so as to prevent persons or
<br />animals from failing therein. It shall be the duty of the Chief of
<br />newspapers, hand bills, dirt, filth, shaving, manure, offal, ashes,
<br />vegetables, fruit, broken glass, tacks, tin cans, or any matter or
<br />substance or thing calculated to render the streets or premises
<br />unclean or unsightly, or unsafe to any person or vehicle using
<br />the streets, or liable to injuriously affect the health of the com-
<br />munity. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall
<br />be fined not less than $1.00 nor more than $5.00.
<br />Nor shall any garbage, offal or filth be removed from private
<br />premises and deposited within the City limits at any place ex-
<br />cept such as may be designated by the City Manager as a public
<br />dumping ground.
<br />Sec. 174. Removal of trash, garbage, ashes, etc., by the
<br />City.
<br />Such trash, garbage, ashes, etc., as the City elects to remove
<br />shall be separated, by the citizens desiring to dispose of same,
<br />into two classes, one of burnable matter such as trash, garbage,
<br />tin cans, etc., and the other of non -burnable materials, such as
<br />ashes, old metal, glass, etc. Each shall be placed in separate non -
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<br />leaking receptacles, which. shall not be filled within four inches
<br />of the top and placed along the edge of the sidewalk on such days
<br />and at such hours as may be prescribed in rules and regulations
<br />issued by the City Manager.
<br />All such receptacles shall be removed from the sidewalk by
<br />the owner thereof as soon as emptied.
<br />The City Manager is hereby empowered to adopt and put into
<br />force such rules and regulations governing the removal of ashes,
<br />garbage and trash as he may deem necessary. And such regula-
<br />tion after approval by the Council shall have the force and effect
<br />of an ordinance.
<br />Any person violating this section or any regulation which
<br />may be prescribed shall be fined not less than $1.00 nor more than
<br />$5.00 for each offense.
<br />Sec. 176. Hauling earth, garbage, etc., over the streets.
<br />The owner or operator of every cart or other vehicle employed
<br />in removing or carrying dirt, sand, coal, manure or filth or of-
<br />fensive matter of any kind or description, along or over any of
<br />the streets of the City, shall have and keep the same in such tight
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<br />and secure condition that such matter shall not be scattered or
<br />suffered to fall on any of the streets aforesaid, under a penalty
<br />of $5.00 for each offense.
<br />Sec. 176. Fruit peels or other slippery articles on the
<br />streets.
<br />No person shall throw upon any sidewalk or street crossing,
<br />any rind, skin or peeling of any fruit or vegetable, or any other
<br />article liable to make a person slip or fall. For any violation of
<br />this section the offender shall be fined not less than $1.00 nor
<br />more than $5.00 for each offense.
<br />Sec. 177. Spitting on sidewalks, in street cars or public
<br />places.
<br />No person shall expectorate on any sidewalk or street cross-
<br />ing, or in any church or public building or on the steps or door-
<br />ways thereof, or the steps or doorway of any store or office
<br />building, or on the floor or pavement of any railroad station or
<br />in any street car or other public places. For any violation of this
<br />section the offender shall he fined not less than $1.00 nor more
<br />than $5.00 for each offense.
<br />Sec. 178. Coasting, snowballing, etc.
<br />No person shall slide or coast upon the ice or snow in any
<br />street or streets. No person shall throw any snowballs in the
<br />streets. For a violation of this section the penalty shall not be
<br />less than $1.00 nor more than $5.00.
<br />Sec. 179. Unlawful assemblages in streets or elsewhere.
<br />The assembling and collecting together of persons on the streets,
<br />sidewalks or other public places, in such manner as to block up
<br />and obstruct free passage shall not be permitted, and it shall be
<br />the duty of the police to disperse such assemblages.
<br />The assembling or collecting of persons on private premises
<br />in such unusual numbers as to excite suspicion shall not be per-
<br />mitted, and it shall be the duty of the police to disperse such as-
<br />semblages, and to arrest such members of the assemblage as have
<br />been guilty of disorder.
<br />Premises whereon such assemblages gather shall, when ten -
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<br />ants of near -by houses are disturbed, or for similar reasons, be
<br />deemed disorderly, and the owner may, and the occupants shall,
<br />be held responsible under penalties not exceeding $5.00 for each
<br />offense.
<br />Any and all persons refusing to disperse after being required
<br />to do so by any officer shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more
<br />than $20.00.
<br />Sec. 180. Loafing and loitering on the streets.
<br />It shall not be lawful for any person to loaf or loiter on any
<br />street, pavement or sidewalk of the City to the annoyance of
<br />the occupant of any property along the same or to the annoyance
<br />of persons passing on the same.
<br />Any person found so loafing or loitering shall, upon the com-
<br />plaint of any person so annoyed, be arrested by the police and
<br />upon conviction shall be fined not less than $1.00 nor more than
<br />$10.00 for each offense.
<br />Sec. 181. Political processions -parades and flag poles.
<br />No flag pole shall be erected in any of the streets of the City
<br />except flags for decoration purposes which have been, or may
<br />hereafter be authorized by the Mayor. No political procession
<br />shall be allowed in the City and no parade or procession of any
<br />kind shall be allowed in the City streets without permission of
<br />the Mayor or City Manager. Any person violating the provision
<br />of this section shall be fined not less than $5.00 nor more than
<br />$50.00 or by confinement in jail for a period of not less than 30
<br />days or both.
<br />Sec. 182. Selling or trading or speeding animals in the
<br />streets.
<br />If any person shall trade, or show, or offer for sale, or sell any
<br />stock of any kind in the streets or alleys of this City, or speed
<br />therein any animals exhibited for sale or exchange he shall be
<br />fined not less than $1.00 nor more than $5.00 for each offense.
<br />Sec. 183. Auction sales in streets.
<br />No person shall sell, or offer for sale, at public auction, on the
<br />streets or sidewalks of the City any goods, wares, merchandise,
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<br />household furniture or other article or thing whatsoever, except
<br />real estate. The penalty for violating this section shall not be
<br />less than $2.50 nor more than $10.00.
<br />Sec. 184. Unattended teams and animals on the streets.
<br />If the owner or driver, or the person having charge of any
<br />wagon, dray, cart, carriage or other vehicles shall suffer the
<br />horse or horses, or other animal attached thereto, to run away
<br />with the same in the City through negligence or want of proper
<br />care; or shall suffer such animal or animals to stand upon any
<br />street or alley of the City without being properly fastened by
<br />the bridle or reins, or without having some person to watch the
<br />same and prevent their starting, every person so offending shall
<br />be fined not less than $1.00 nor more than $10.00 for each of-
<br />fense.
<br />Sec. 186. Feeding in the streets.
<br />No person shall feed his animals in the streets of the City.
<br />Any violation of this section shall be punished by a fine of $1.00.
<br />Sec. 186. Backing up wagons to sidewalks.
<br />No wagon, truck, or other vehicle shall be allowed to back up
<br />to the sidewalk except for the purpose of loading or unloading,
<br />and all the time said vehicle shall remain backed up to said side-
<br />walk over and above such time as may be necessary for the pur-
<br />pose the driver or owner of such vehicle shall be fined not less
<br />than $1.00 nor more than $5.00 for each hour or part of that
<br />flour that it shall stand so backed up. And no person shall be
<br />allowed to obstruct the streets while loading or unloading said
<br />vehicle, when required to move out of the way; and for failure
<br />to do so such person shall be fined to the same extent as hereto-
<br />fore provided.
<br />Sec. 187. Excavations -private lots.
<br />All holes, depressions, excavations or other dangerous places
<br />upon private lots that are below the grade of the adjoining street,
<br />shall be properly enclosed with fences or walls, or filled up by
<br />the owners or occupants of said lots, so as to prevent persons or
<br />animals from failing therein. It shall be the duty of the Chief of
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