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Show AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING THE OB-struction OB-struction of water ditches- -Be it ordained by the City Council of Salt Lake City as follows: Section L It shall be unlawful for any person to drive any wagon or other vehicle across any public water ditch or canal within the corporate limits of said Salt Lake City other than at a regular reg-ular crossing, or place any pole, board or any other obstruction whatever, in any such public ditch or canal for any purpose, or in any way interfere in-terfere with the free and unobstructed flow of water in such ditch or canal. Sec. 2. Any person uesiiing to drive across any public water ditch or canal at any place other than at a public crossing, shall, before doing so, place over said ditch or canal a good and substantial substan-tial bridge, or in said ditch or canal a good aud substantial covered flume, as the City Water Master may direct and decide, sufficiently high, and of sufficient capacity, so as not to interfere with, or prevent the free and unobstructed flow of w ater in said ditch or canal, said bridge or flume to be constructed under the direction of the Water Master of said city. Sec. 8. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be punished pun-ished by a fine in any sum not less than five nor mere than twenty-five dollars. Sec. 4. This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage and publication. Passed and approved May 9, lfeBL R. N. BASKIN, Mayor. Attest: C. E. STANTON, Seal. City Recorder. United States of America, ) Territory of Utah, vgs. County and City of Salt Lake. I, C. E. Stanton, Recorder in and for Salt Lake City, Utah, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and eoicect copy of "An Ordinance Prohibiting the Obstruction of Water Ditches,"' passed and approved by the Cit- Council of Salt Lake City, Utah, May St, 1812, as appears of record in my office. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Corporate Seal of Salt Lake City this 13th day of May. A.D., 1S92. C. E. STANTON, City Recorder. |