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Show S.U.P.S Observe "Know Your Utah Week"; Show Life 100 Years Ago The local chapter No. 18 of the Sons of Utah Pioneers is coop-crating coop-crating this week with the state organization In the'observance of "Know Your Utah Week". Radio programs and special Sunday services in the individual wards have been arranged. Reprinted below are ordinances which were enacted in 185-1 and 1855 by the city fathers of Cedar Ce-dar City. They have been obtained ob-tained through the efforts of William Wil-liam R. Palmer, historian for the Cedar City SUP. These ordinances besides being humorous, show a little of the life in Cedar City almost 100 years ago. Public Sanitation An Ordinance to Preserve Purity Puri-ty of Water, and Define What Shall be Nuisances. Sec. 1. Be it Ordained by the City Council of Cedar City, that any person or persons who shall foul or filth the water in any of the sects running through this city by throwing into them any dead carcasses, row hides, dirty clothes, or the contents of wash tubs, chamber pots, slop buckets, or wash their hands or feet, or any other thing that Is of a filthy nature, by which the water is rendered impure shall be fined in a sum not less than Five nor more than One Hundred Dollars, collectable before any court having hav-ing Jurisdiction. Sec. 2. All persons owning ducks or geese and will suffer them to wash or play in any part 01 the streams running through this city by which the waters used by any part of the citizens is fouled and rendered unfit for use shall be fined in a sum not less than One nor more than Ten Dollars for each offense, of-fense, collectable before any court having Jurisdiction. Sec. 3. All pig pens, hen, duck or goose coops, back houses, horse, cow or sheep pens pens that are built on or near any of the water sects running through this City by which the water is poluted or fouled in any way, shall be considered nuisances and shall be removed, after due notice by the City Marshall at the expense of the owners, and they be fined in a sum not exceeding ex-ceeding Five Dollars, collectable before any court having Jurisdiction. Jurisdic-tion. Sec. 4. Be it also Ordained that all cow or sheep pens, horse stables, hoe or Die pens, that are built on or between the lines of house and streets fronting them, are hereby declared nuisances and are liable to be dealt with according to Section 3. Sec. 5. All animals that die within the limits of this city plat or in any of the water Sects that run through this City, and he owners of such animals when advised of the fact, shall refuse or neglect to remove such carcasses, car-casses, then the City Marshal shall cause all such carcasses to be removed at the expense of the i i owners, and in case no owner I can be found, then the Corpora, tion shall bear the expense, and all carcasses shall bp removed Eighty Rods from the City walls, and not within Ten Rods of any v nter sect or stream. Approved by the City Council cf Cedar City. January 17. 1SS1. Cedar City at that time was a walled city, the people- living in the Old Fort a mile northwest r,f the present city. The Fort was rne hundred rods square. There Were Bad Boys in Those Days Too "An Ordinance to rrevent Mutilating Mutil-ating or Defacing Public Notices or Public Property" Sec. 1. Be ordained by the City Council of Cedar City that any person or persons who shall tear down, remove, mutilate or deface any notice posted for the benefit bene-fit of the inhabitants of this city shall be fined in a sum not less than Five nor more than One Hundred Dollars at the discretion dis-cretion of the Court. Sec. 2. Be it further Ordained 'hat any person or persons who shall disfigure, scribble, mark any character or unseemly words upon any public house or property proper-ty belonging to the public, or tipon any Wall around this City, or the Gates shall be fined in a sum not exceeding One hundred Dollars for each offense, collectable collect-able before any court having Jurisdiction. Ju-risdiction. Approved January 27, 1854. Do We Now Hare Sufficient Police Po-lice Protection. How Many Policemen Police-men Have We? An Ordinance Creating a Police for Cedar City. Defining their Duties Du-ties and the Duties of the City Marshal. See. 1. Be it ordained by the City Council of Cedar City that there shall be a Police estab lished in this city to consist of . sixteen men to be chose by the City Council; said policemen to take an Oath of Office to support sup-port the Constitution of the United Unit-ed States, the laws of this Territory, Ter-ritory, and of this City. Sec. 2. It shall be their duty to suppress all riots, and arrest all disorderly persons either with or without process and take them before the Mayor or Alderman of this city for Examination. Sec. 3. It shall further be their duty to act as peace officers and obey all orders and instructions that they may receive from time to time from the Mayor or City Council. Sec. 4. Be it further Ordained that the . Mayor or City Council are hereby authorized to increase the number of said police as they may deem it necessary for the public safety. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Marshal to act as Captain of said police, to see that they faithfully perform their duty, and they shall receive One Dollar and a Half for each watch not exceeding ex-ceeding six hours. Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Marshal to serve all processes pro-cesses and execute all orders that he shall receive from the Mayor or Aldermen, or from the Municipal Court of this city, and act as peace officer in supress-ing supress-ing all riots and arresting disorderly dis-orderly persons and bring them before the Mayor or Alderman for examination. Sec. 7. Any policeman refusing to act when called upon found remiss m the discharge of his duties shall be fined in a sum not exceeding Twenty-five Dollars Dol-lars at the discretion of any court having Jurisdiction. Approved August 4, 1855. This Law Should be Re-enacted An Ordinance to Prohibit Smok Ing in Stackyards and Alleys Be it enacted by the City Coun-cil Coun-cil of Cedar City that any per son or persons who shall b known to smoke a pipe or cigai of any kind within or near any stackyard or alley within this city shall be liable to pay a fine of not less than Five Dollars for each offense, and all danv ages that may acrue therefrom before any court having Jurisdic fon. Approved November 4, 1854 |