People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1896 — Ordinance No. 37. [ARTICLE]

Ordinance No. 37.

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.

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.