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Newspaper
Greeley Tribune
Location
Greeley, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1886
Page
3
City council enacts water distribution rules with a Water Commissioner to regulate canal gates and district allocations. It sets tax rates, penalties for gate obstruction, and a bond requirement for the commissioner. Passed November 29, 1886 and approved December 3, 1886.
The ordinance creates a city controlled fire department with a chief engineer and assistants, detailing appointment, apparatus care, and access restrictions. It mandates annual reports, inspections by the fire warden, ash and stove-pipe safety rules, and mandatory building chimneys to receive stove pipes.
The ordinance defines the fire limits surrounding the town and sets construction standards. It requires brick or stone exterior walls with specified thickness by story, end walls extending above roofs, fireproof roof coverings, and bans wooden buildings within limits without written city approval. Violations incur fines and penalties.
City ordinance restricts horses cattle mules sheep goats and swine from running at large or being housed on streets or private ground. Violations incur up to ten dollars plus costs. Pound Master to seize impounded stock and notify owners by court action or newspaper notice. pound fees detailed. sale proceeds go to city treasury. owners may reclaim before sale by paying fees with proof of ownership. record-keeping required for all pound transactions.
The ordinance requires Pound Masters to seize roaming or penned animals and imposes a $10 fine for neglect to impound. It sets penalties of $5 to $25 for breaking or aiding break of an end of the city and $10 plus costs for hindering drives to the pound, with 5 to 25 days jail for non payment. It also obligates the Pound Master to provide sustenance for impounded animals. Attest: F H McDonald City Clerk K H Abbott Mayor.
The ordinance requires physicians and others to record all births and deaths in Greeley with details and report quarterly to the City Clerk. The City Clerk will maintain records with names, ages, residences, and burial info. The coroner must report inquests within five days, with penalties of fines from five to twenty five dollars for noncompliance. Passed November 30, 1886.
Ordinance No 15 defines vagrants in Greeley and allows arrest, examination, and penalties. Magistrate may fine five to fifty dollars or imprison three to twenty days, with labor to repay fines and costs. City Marshal to arrest loafers and beggars and refer to the magistrate. Prisoners may be kept in jail or irons if they refuse to work. Signed by Mayor Abbott and City Clerk McDonato on December 3, 1586.
City ordinance 16 enforces rules against tying horses to trees and driving livestock on streets. It bans foot and horse racing and ball games on public streets except drill exhibitions, with penalties up to ten dollars and up to ten days in jail. Passed December 3, 1886, signed December 7, 1886.
Guardian Julia E. Luttenbacher announces a court supervised public auction of one half undivided interest in Lot 3, Block 87, Greeley, Weld County Colorado. Sale December 18 1886 at noon at the court house front doorway, cash with court confirmation.
The Times presents itself as a newspaper for intelligent readers with comprehensive coverage of important news and frank public commentary. It notes a weekly edition condensing daily dispatches, plus cultural topics, market reports, and farm prices for country readers.
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