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Newspaper
Freeport Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1868
Page
3
The text outlines city penalties for blocking sidewalks, selling goods publicly on streets, and obstructing pedestrian rights. It details fines from one to ten dollars per offense, duties of police and city officials, and enforcement actions for violations including displaying signs, tying horses, pushing vehicles on sidewalks, and unauthorized projections from buildings.
City Council of Freeport enacts rules for recording publishing and enforcement of ordinances. The revised and republished volumes define when ordinances take effect repeal effects and mayoral duties. The ordinance lists chapters from City Seal to Rail Roads and sets April 1 1868 as the operative date.
City ordinance requires heads of families with small pox or varioloid to post a conspicuous notice and maintain it while the case exists. Violations carry fines from ten to one hundred dollars per offense and per day. Physicians must report cases to the Mayor within twenty four hours or face fines from twenty to one hundred dollars.
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