People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1896 — Ordinance No. 10. [ARTICLE]

Ordinance No. 10.

To Prevent Ttajns Running Away. An Ordinance to prevent horses, mules or oxen being left untied while fastened to any wagon, carriage or other vehicle, in the City of Rensselaer. [Ordained and Established June 22, 1896. J Sec. 1. Be it Ordained by the Common Council of the City of Rensselaer: That any owner or driver of any team of horses, mules or oxen, leaving the same untied while hitched or fastened to any wagon, carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, by the traces or other means of fastening, for the purpose of driving within the corporate limits of the City of Rensselaer, unless the same is under the immediate control of the owner or driver, or some other person capable of controlling the same, shall, upon conviction thereof be fined in any sum not less than One [sl.oo] Dollaror more than Twen-ty-five [525.00] dollars. '"Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be in force two weeks from Sftid after its passage and publication in the Ordinances of of Rensselaer.