Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1876 — Page 5 Advertisements Column 3 [ADVERTISEMENT]

ORDINANCE NO. 41— An Ordinance to Rett, ot.i the Pi nning ct Large of Cattle, Horace, Mules a,id Asses within the corporate li-nits of the Town qf Rensselaer, ind., providing penalties for the violation tnarrof, and pi‘esc. ibmg the duties of the MarshsU of said Town in relation thereto. ' , Bmcion 1. Da it ordained by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Rensselaer, That it shall be unlawful for any poison, or persons, being the owner, or owners of, or Laving in his, her, or their charge, any horse, mare, geldiug, fiiley, colt, mule or -ass to allow-them Ui isra at largo at any time of any year; and that it snail be unlawful for any person, or persons, owning any bull, bullook, steer, oow, heifer, or calf, to permit or suffer the same to run at Urge within the limits of the corporation of the Town of Rensselaer at any time between the first d*y oC December of any year and the first, day of April of the suc-i ceedtne year; and any such person or persons who shall permit or suffer any suoh animal to run at lav-ge in violation of the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined in any sum not less than one dollar nor moro than five dollars, for eaoh suoh offense, for the use and benefit of said Town. Section 2. Be it further ordained That it shall be the duty of the Marshal of said Town to take up and impound in the public pound of said Town, any suoh animal running at large contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, and unless the same shall be taken out, us hereinafter provided, by the expiration of five days thereafter ho shall proceed to give notice for not less than ten days, by posting up in not less than five public places in said Town notices that he inil on a day to be therein named, sell such llnimal or animals to the highest bidder at publit auction, aud at the time named shall proceed to sell the same at the door of the Court llouso in said Town, to the highest biddor, out of the proceeds of which he shall retain the fees and charges hereinafter prescribed, and shall pay over to the Treasurer of said Town tho remainder thereof, taking his receipt in duplicate, one of which receipts he shall place on file together with a report in writing of such sale with the Board of Trustees of said Town ; provided, that any person claiming any such animal or animals may at any time prior to such sale have tho same released on the payment of tho fees and charges accrued as hereinafter specified, and the owner or owners of ony such animal or animals shall at any time within one year from the day of suoh sale be entitled to receive the proceeds thereof which shall have been paid over to the Treasurer of said Town as hereinafter provided for, upon showing to the Board of Trustees of said Town by satisfactory ptoof of ownership as herein provided. The proceeds of Said sales which shall tomain unclaimed in the treasury of said Town for one year, shall forfeit to said Town. Nothing herein contained shall prevent said Marshal or other person from taking uj., as estiay, in the manner prescribed by the statutes of the state of Indiana, any-such animal so found running at large. Sec-iion 8. Be it further ordained, That tbe fee and charges of the Marshal of said Town for the services herein required shall be as follows: For takiog up and iiuprising each an’mal 50 cents; for keeping and feeding, inclusive of feed, for each bull, bullock, ox, steer, cow, heifer or calf, per day 25 cents. For keeping and feeding, including cost of feed, for each other auirnal herein named, 60 cents ; for delivering each such animal out of the pound 50 cents ; fur posting notices of sale, the same to include all such animals liable to sate at any one time, $1.00; for making sale, 5 per oentum of the proceeds thereof, i - «

Skit.ox 4. Be it fu’ther oi-duined, That this ordinance shall be in force and take effect from and after the first day of June, A. B. 1876. Sect:s» 4. Be it further ordained, That all otdinanoas or parte of ordinances heretofore passed by the Bbaid of Towu Trustees of said Towu and that are in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and the same are, hereby repealed. Passed in regular meeting April Bd, 1876 J. D. HOPKINS, President of the Boai d of Town Trustees Attest: N. W. Reeve, Towu Clerk. ORDINANCE NO. 42.— An Ordinance to regulate and license the sale of' spirituous, vinous, malt, and other intoxicating liquors within the corporate limits ojthe Town of ttensseher, Indiana ; prescribing penalties for tie Violation thereof; and to repeal all former ordinances regulating the license and sale of tuek intoxicating liquor*. Section 1. Be it ordained by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Kensselaer, Indiana, That it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to directly, or indirectly, sell, barter, or give away, within the corporate limits of said Town, for any purpose of gain, any spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors in less quantity tbau a quart at a time, without first procuring from the Board of Trustees of said Town a license as herein provided; nor shall any person without having first procured such license sell, or barter, any intoxicating liquor to be drank, or suffered to be drank, in his iiouse, outhouse, garden, or appurtenances thereto belonging, within the corporate limits of said Town. —^==s==*===

Section 2. Be it further ordained that the words “intoxicating liquors” shall apply to any spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors, or to any intoxicating liquors whatever which are used or may be used us a beverage. Section 3. Any male inhabitant over the - age of twenty-one years, desiring to obtain license to sell spirituous, vinous and malt liquors, in less quantities than a quart at a time, within the corporate limits of said Town, shall pay to the treasurer thereof the sum of * one hundred dollars ($100) as a license fee for one year, before such license shall issue to him ; and if be desire to sell only vinous, or malt liquors in quantities less than * quart at a time he shall pay the treasurer of said Town the sum of fifty dollars (S6O) as a license fee for one year, before said lirense shall issue to him; and he shall file with the Board of Trustees an application in writing, stating therein the prseise location of the premises in which he desires to sell, and shall also file the receipt of the treasurer of said Town for the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) if he desires to sell spirituous, vinous or malt liquors, or he shall file the receipt of said treasurer fbr the sum of fifty dollars ($.50) if he desires to sell vinous and malt liquors only, Said receipt specifying the purpose for which said sum has been paid, and describing the premises as the same are described in said application, whereupon said Board shall grant to such applicant a license to sell intoxicating liquors within the corporate limits of said Towq, upon the premises descibed in h(s application In less quantities than a quart at a time with the privilege of allowing the same to he drank on said premises, for the period of one year from the granting of such license. The license fee herein required to be for the use of said Town. Section 4. Any person or pesous violating any of the provisions of this ordinanoe, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not less than fi y dollars (S6O) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100). Section 6. All former ordinances of said Town regulating the sale of intoxicating liquors in said Town, are hereby < repealed. Section 6. This ordinance shall he ir. force and take effect on and after the fifth (stb) day o. June, A. D. 1876. Passed At a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees of said Town, April Bd, 1876. J. D. HOPKINB, President of the Board of Town Trustees/ Attest: N. W. R-peve, Town Clerk.