People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1896 — Page 3

graves and Two and one half dollars for childrens graves; and should said Sexton charge any more thau the sums named or fail to pay the same to the Secretary within reasonable time, he shall, on conviction be fined in the sum of twenty dollars, with costs of prosecution. Sec. 15. It shall be the duty of said Sexton to dig every grave to the depth of four feet. Sec. 16. No vehicle shall be driven faster than a walk within the Cemetery gates, nor on or over any lot, but shall be confined to the regular driveway. Sec. 17. No obscene language or loud or profane conversation shall be allowed within the cemetery. Sec. 18. All persons are forbidden to pick flowers or to break any tree or shrub within the Cemetery walls. Sec. 19. No horse or horses shall be [eft unattended by a driver while within the gates, nor shall any person while in a stage of intoxication be permitted to drive within the gates, nor shall any person be permitted to remain in the cemetery after having been ordered by the Sexton to leave —such person being in a state of intoxication. Seci 20. AH persons are forbidden to write upon, cut. bruise, break, discolor or otherwise deface or injure any tree, stone, monument or fence. Sec. 21 All persons are forbidden to discharge any fire arms within the Cemetery, except at military funerals and during the exercises on Decoration day. Sec. 22. a For the purpose of enforcing any and all of the provisions of the above ordinance, police powers are hereby conferred on the keeper of city cemeteries, and he is hereoy ordered to arrest and bring before the Mayor any and every person violating any portions of this ordinance. Sec. 23. That no person owning or controlling a lot in Weston Cemetery shall have the privelege of planting any shade tree, ornamental tree, evergreen, shrub or rose bush on lus or her lot in said Cemetery—except rare plants in pots, or small flowering plants on graves; nor in anyway change the grade or surface of any lot in said Cemetery, without first obtaining the permission and consent of the Cemetery Trustees. Any person violating any of tnis section therefor be fined in any sum not less than five nor more tjiau ten dollars, and in the further sum of ten dollars for every day such violation shall be continued after such conviction. iSec. 24. The Cemetery Trustees shall have the control and may contract for the sale of all unsold, platted lots, at sucn price, not less than $15.00 each, as may be agreed upon oy them and the purchaser. All sales of lots snail be reported by the Cemetery Trustees to the Common Council at the earliest meeting thereafter, and said Common Council shall, if such sale be approved, order a deed to be executed by the Mayor, which deed shall vest in the grantee thereof the exclusive right to occupy such cemetery lot for burial puUjposes, subject to such rnles and regulations for the management of said Cemetery as now exist or may hereafter be ordained and subject to the statutes in force with reference thereto. fciee. 25. That any person having bought a lot in Weston Cemetery ana failing to pay for the same in ninty days from tne date of said purchase, shall forfeit the same to the City of iiensselaer, whether said lot has been used for burial purposes or not, and the Cemetery Trustees are hereby nnpowered to disinter any bodies buried in any such unpaid for lot, and to re inter the same in any unplatted portion of said Cemetry. !Sec. 26. The Cemetery Trustees are hereby empowered to direct the Sexton to remove any trees or shrubbery that may be necessary lor the protection of any monument or neccessary for the preservation of any grave, or that will in any way interfere with the laying out, or beautifying of any lot pr avenue in or upon said cemetery grounds. 27, That it shall be the duty of the sexton at all times to keep ail the graves in said cemetery in good condition and to keep the grass cut -short: .on all the lots in said cemetery, and otherwise keep said lots clean and in good order, except that said sexton shall not be required to mow, clean or care for any lot owned by any person, who fails to p. y to the Cemetery Trustees SI,OO per year therefor. Sec. 28. That any person owning a burial lot in Weston snail be allowed to erect thereon any head stone or slab over two feet in tuigut aid not less than four iaches in thickness, And Provided: That all large monuments shall be erected upon a firm foundation, which foundation shall be built of stone well laid and at such depth below the surface of the gfound, as will meet with the approval of the Cemetery Trustees. Sec. 29. No person or persons owning any burial lot in said cemetery will be permitted to erect any kind of a fence or inciosure around his or her lot, except such as may be permitted by the said Cemetery Trustees. Sec. 30- No person will be permitted to enter upon or occupy any unplatted portion of said Cemetery except such part as may be designated by the Cemetery Trustees upon proper application therefor aud are hereby prohibited from entering upon or occupying any other or more ground in said unplatted part, other than such ground as may be so designated by-metes and bounds, by such permit, which said pernu stiaii be issued by said Trustees and a record kept of the same by the Secretary lhareof. Sec. 31. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance to which a specific penalty is not attached shall be tined upon conviction in auy sum not exceeding ten dollars. Sec. 32. W ’hereas: An emergency exists, this ordinance shall oe in force two weeks from and after its passage and publication iu the Ordinances of the City of Rensselaer.

Animals Running at Large. An Ordinance concerning the ruuniug at large of animals within the City of Rensselaer, and repealing all ordinances in conflict therewith, and declaring an emergency. (Ordained and established June 22nd 1896,) Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana: Sec. 1* That it shall be unlawful for any person owning or having charge of any cattle, hogs, horses, or muless asses or goats to allow, sufier or permit the same or auy of them to run at large or be herded upon any.of the street, alleys or unclosed {ands of said City, or stake out in or upon any of the streets and alleys of said City any such animals. And any person violating any provisions of this section shall be lined iu any sum not exceeding Ten (810.00; dollars upon conviction before the Mayor, Sec. 2 That it shall be the duty of the Marshal to impound any animals found at large or staked out as prohibited by Sec. 1 of this ordinance, and immediately give notice in give notice in writing to the owaer of such animal, if known to him and of the location of the pound; if not he shall give notice by posting up in three public places iu the city a notice in writing, requiring the owner to redeem the same by a day named in the notice, not less than ten days after such »mpounding, by paying the penalties thereon and the costs and expenses incident to the seizure and keeping of the animal or animals so impounded, or the said animals will be sold at public auction. Sec. 3. At the time and place appointed in said notice the Marshal shall- the said animals at public auctions to the highest cash bidder and after real izing enough of the pro.

Ordinance No. 37.

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ceeds to pay the expenses of seizing, keeping and sale and the penalties incurred, and he shall pay the balance to the owner of said animals when ascertained, provided claims be made within thirty days after such sale; and if claim be not made in that time the Marshal shall pay the said balance and penalties to the Treasurer of said City. Sec. 4. The Marshal in addition to the expenses of feeding and caring for the animrl or animals impounded and giving natice shall be allowed a fee of 25 cents per animal for seizure and driving to pound and a fee of ten cents peranimal for services in selling same and a fee of one ($1.00) dollar for makiug report of his proceedings as herein after provided. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of said Marshal to make qulartery reports to the Mayor and Common Council of said City under oath, specifically setting forth therein his acts and doings under this ordinance, which report it shall be the duty of the City Clerk to spread upon the records of said City. Sec. 6- This ordinance shall be in force two weeks from and after its passage and publication in the ordinances cf the City of Rensselaer.

Slaughter-Houses. An Ordinance regulating the location and operation of slaughter-houses and soap factories, providing penalties for its violation and declaring an emergency. (Ordained and Established June 22nd, 1896.) Sec y 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Rensselaer, Indiana: That it shall be unlawful for sny person to locate, erect, continue or operate, any slaugh-ter-house, soap factory, or other place for the rendering of animal fat except for domestic use in private family within one hundred feet of the corporate limits of said City, and any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be fined in any sum not exceeding Ten ($10.00) dollars and each day the same shall continue shall constitute a seperate violation of this ordinance. Sec. 2. This ordinance shall be in force two weeks from and after its passage and publication in the Ordinances of the City of Rensselaer.

Dangerous Amuseynewts. An Ordinance to prohibit certain dangerous amusements. (Ordained and established June 22nd, 1896.) Sec. 1. Be i„ ordained by the Common Council of the City of Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana: That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to throw and catch or to throw any ball, stone, clod board, stick or any other substance whatever, on any street, alley or sidewalk of s r aid City, either out of the hands of such person or persons, or from a sling or any other thing used for throwing of missiles; and every person convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this section shall be fiued in any sum not less than One nor more than Ten dollars. Sec, 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to play ball or explode any fire crackers, paper caps, toy pistols or fire works of any desejiption on any street bordering on Blocks Three (3) Four (4) Nine (9) Fourteen (14) and Fifteen in ihe Original Plat of the City and any person violating thts this section shall be fined not less thau One .nor more than Ten Dollars. Sec, 3. Whereas : An emergency exists, this' ordinance shall be in force from and after its publication according to law.

An Ordinanse regulating the height of smokestacks within the corporate limits of Rensselaer, and providing a penalty for violation thereof. Sec. 1. Be it ordained by s he Common Council of the City of Rensselaer, Indiana; That it shall be unlawful for the owner of any stationary boiler or engine of fifteen horse power or over, to operate the same within the corporate limits of the City of Rensselaer without first providing a smoke stack or flue at least fifty in height from the top of sujh boiler and that every such stack or flue shall stand in a perpendicular position in relation to such boiler. Sec. 2. Any person guilty of a violation of section lof this ordinance shall upon conviction thereof be fined in a sura not less than Five ($5.00) Dollars nor more than Twenty five ($26.00) Dollars for each and everv offence. gee. 3. Whereas: an emergsnc.y exists, this ordinance shall be in force from snd after its publication according to law.

An Ordinance granting a franchise to the Jasper County Telephone Company and providing certain restrictions. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Rensselaer; That the privelege of erecting telephone poles in the streets of the City of Rensselaer and maintaining a telephone exchange in said City is hereby granted to the Jasper County Telephone Company for the period of eight years ffoin August Sec. 2. That said Telephone Company shall set all poles as far practicable, at the outer edge of the sidewalk, between sidewalk and euro, and where said poles are set in alleys they shall be set as near the property line as practicable. All poles to be set in the grouu Ito a depth of not less than four feet and in all cases the worn is to be done to the approval of the City Marahat or Street Cotnissioner. That said Telephone Company shall maintain iaid poles in a good condition at all times and ahall be required to move all such poles at auy time it may become to improve the street or alley and shall place and maintain all wires at s height of not less than twenty feet from the surface grade of all streets aud wuerever practicable place such wires over existing wires already iu streets. That all wires shall be strung aud maintained as taut as is consistent with the proper tension of wires used for this purpose and that in uo case shall sucu wires be strung closer than Four feet from any wires charged with electricty for lightening purposes. Sec. 3. That the priveleges nerein granted are subject to the couseut of the abutting property owners, suen consent to be obtained by said Jarper County Telephone Com pany. Sec, 4. That said Jasper County Telephone Company shall not increase the present pnice charged for the use of their telephones during the continuance of this franchise, to wit; Twelve (812,90) per year for private use and Twenty Four (824,90) pea year lor commercial use. , Sec. 5. This ordmauce shall be in force two weeks from and after its passage and publication in the Ordinances of Rensseiaer, Indiana.

Ordinance No. 38.

Ordinance No. 39.

Ordinance No. 40.

Ordinance No 41.

Dog Ordinance. An Ordinance restraing viscious dogs and requiring all dogs to be muzzled during the months of July and August and declaring an emergency. (Ordained and Established June 29, 1896.) Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Rensselaer, Jaspea County, Indiana: Sec. 1. That it shall be unlawful for the owner of any dog, male or female, to allow the same to run at large without a muzzle during the months of July and August. Sec. 2. That any dog male or female, having any malignant or contagous disease, or that attacks or attempts to attack any parson or persons or runs at or barks at any child in a viscious manner shall be deemed a vicious and dangerous dog and it shall be unlawful for such viscious and dangerous dog to run at large in the street or alleys of the City of Rensselaer, without a muzzle at any time of the year. And the owner of any such daugerous or vicious dog who shall refuse or neglect to keep tied or muzzled any such dog, after notice from the Marshal, that such dog is vicious or dangerous, shall upon conviction be fined in any sum not exceeding twenty five dollars. Sec. 3. That it shall be lawful for the Marshal to kill any dog found off the premises of the owner and running at large in the streets of the City of Rensselaer, during the months of July and August, the same not being muzzled or accompanied by the owner; or any dangerous or vicious dog, after having notified the owner thereof that snch dog is dangerous, at any time during the year. Sec. 4. Whereas: an emergency exists, this ordinance, shall be in force from and after its publication according to law.

Weed Ordinance. An ordinance regulating the growth of weeds on vacant and unoccugied lots, and requiring them to be cut at the expense of the owner or occupant of the lot. . (Ordained and Established July 13. 1896.; Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana. Sec. 1, That it shall be unlawful for the owner or occu. pant of any vacant lot or enclosed and unimproved lot in the City of Rensselaer to permit any weeds of a noxious character, thistles, burdocks, sour dock* yellow dock, cockle burr, wild lettuce, prickly lettuce, wild mustard, hemp, wild sun flower, wild parsnip, rag weed, or butter weed, or any other noxious weeds to mature their seed or allow such weeds or plants to make a rank growth. Sec. 2. That after notice by the Marshal it shall be the d»ty of the owner or occupant of any such lot as described in section 1, of this ordinance to cut down all weeds, provided, that a/ter ten days notice to such owner as herein provided, should such owner fail or refuse to cut down and destroy all such weeds and noixous plants, that it shalli be the duty of the Marshal to have the same done at jtherexpense of the owuer or occupant thereof aud the cost of cutting and removing such weeds or noxious plants shall be certified by the said Marshal to ihe Common Council and shall be J)y them ordered to be placed upon the tax duplicate of such City nnd collected as other taxes are collected. Sec. 3, Should the owner or occupant of any lot be convicted of the violation of sections one and two of this ordinance, he shall be fined in any sum not exceeeing Ten ($10.) Dollars for each ofiense. Sec. 4. Whereas: An emergency exists, this ordinance shall be in force from and after its passage and publication according to law.

An Ordinance prohibiting the running of Traction Fngines on certain streets in the City of Rensselaer, ludiana(Ordained and Established August 10th, 1896.) Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Rensselaer, Jasper County, Indiana. Sec. A. That it shall be unlawful for the owner or owners of any traction or portable engine* to run the same over that part of Washington street in said City lying between Front street and Division street; or on Van Rensselaer and Cullen Streets between Angelica and Harrison Streets. Sec. 2. Any person convicted of a violation of Section 1 of this ordinance shall be fined not less than One (#1.00) nor more than Twenty five (#25.00) Dollars for each ottense. Sec. 3. Whereas; an emergency exists for the immediate taking effect of this ordinance, the same shall be in force from and after its passage and publication according to law.

U f i Are *>nll* In Equipped •< '““'{ligiißgtofpigh(fradq. Experienced select the Waverly becausethey have learned to know the difference between a wheel that Is actually high grade undone that It* simply claimed to be. Some others may be good but the Waverly is the highest of all high grade. Scorcher til heights) #BS 00. Belle SO and S 8 Inch $75.00 and ISS.oo. Go.. General Supply Co. lu<llana|iult». Ind. AGEITT. Jasper ® Tile ® Works. TWO MILES NORTH OF RENSSELAER. M ANUFACTUREKS of superior drain tile. Manufacture tile ■■■ sizes from 4to 16 inches in diameter. Will duplicate prices of auy person handling tile in the county for like amount, and same terms. * Works fitted up with latest improvements in machinery and kiln. Those contemplating using sizes from 12 to 16 in. in diameter call at works and get prices and leave order. A. E. & H. A. ALTER. • t-f f , V Subscribe for £ | THE PILOT. | ■■■■■■■ I ■.—■■ l

Ordinance No. 42.

Ordinance No. 43.

Ordinance No. 44.

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