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CITY OF YPSILANTI.
INCORPORATION-CITY AND WARD BOUNDARIES.
Section 2. The People of the State of Michigan enact, That so much Boundaries.
of the township of Ypsilanti, in the county of Washtenaw, as is in-
cluded in the following description, to wit: beginning on the north
bank of the Huron river, on the line between sections four and five,
in said township, thence south to the northeast corner of lot number
eight of the subdivision of said section five; thence west to the north-
west corner of lot number six, in said subdivision; thence south to the
center of the Ann Arbor road; thence north 80 degrees 10 minutes
west along the center of said Ann Arbor road thirty chains and twenty-
five links; thence south 39 degrees 50 minutes west along the center
of what is known as the South Ann Arbor road eleven chains and forty-
one links; thence south 18 degrees 10 minutes east thirty-six chains
and five links to the center of the highway leading westerly from the
west end of Congress street; thence south 66 degrees 20 minutes
west along the center of said highway two chains to the northeast
corner of Ed Crane's land; thence south 18 degrees 10 minutes east
along the east line of said Crane's land extended to the center of the
Chicago road; thence easterly along the center of the Chicago road
to the present city limits; thence south to the south line of the
William Watling farm; thence in a northeasterly direction along the
south line of said Watling farm to the center of the Monroe road;
thence northerly along the center of the Monroe road to the south
limits of the city as now located; thence east to the Huron river;
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Body corporate.
Seal.
Wards.
First.
Second.
Third.
Fourth.
Fifth.
Board of regis-
tration,
thence down the west bank of said river to the southeast corner of
the west half of the northwest fractional quarter of section fifteen, in
said township; thence north to the north line of the southwest quarter
of section three, in said township; thence west to the east line of
River street; thence northerly on the east line of said street to the
north line of Highland Cemetery, protracted east; thence west to the
northwest quarter of section four; thence south to the southeast cor-
ner of said quarter section; thence west to the north bank of the
Huron river; thence up the said river to the place of beginning, be
and the same is hereby set off from the said township of Ypsilanti,
and declared to be a city by the name of "The City of Ypsilanti," by
which name it shall hereafter be known.*
Sec. 3. The freemen of said city, from time to time, being inhabi-
tants thereof, shall be and continue a body corporate and politic to be
known and distinguished by the name and title of The City of Ypsi-
lanti, and shall be and are hereby made capable of suing and being
sued, of pleading and being impleaded, of answering and being an-
swered unto, and of defending and being defended in all courts of law
and equity, and in all other places whatever; and may have a com-
mon seal which they may alter and change at pleasure, and by the
same name shall be and are hereby made capable of purchasing,
holding, conveying and disposing of any real or personal estate for
said city.
Sec. 4. The said city shall be divided into five wards, to wit: the
first ward shall embrace all that portion of said city lying west of
the Huron river and south of the south line of Congress street, ex-
tending westerly to the west limits of said city. The second ward shall
embrace all that portion of said city lying west of the Huron river
and north of the south line of Congress street, extending westerly to the
city limits and north to the center of The Ann Arbor road, and the
north line of Ellis street projected easterly to the Huron river. The
third ward shall embrace all that portion of said city lying west
of the Huron river and north of second ward. The fourth ward shall
embrace all that territory lying north of the north line of Cross
street and east of the Huron river. The fifth ward shall embrace
all of that territory lying east of the Huron river and south of said
fourth ward.*
REGISTRATION.
Sec. 5. The aldermen of said city shall constitute the board of
registration thereof.
*As Amended by Act 110 of the Laws of 1891.
1877.]
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CITY OF YPSILANTI.
Sec. 6. The board of registration, at their session previous to the Re-registration.
general election in November, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and eighty, shall make a re-registration of the qualified voters of their
respective wards, in books of the form provided by law. The same
rules shall be observed in such registration as are provided by law
for registration in cities; and a like registration of the electors of
each ward shall be made at the session of the board next preceding
the general election in the year eighteen hundred and eighty-four,
and every fourth year thereafter. When such new registry shall be New registry.
made the former registry of electors shall not be used, nor shall any
person vote at any election in such ward after such re-registration unless
his name shall be registered in such new register. Notice that such
re-registration is required to be made shall be given with the notice
of the meeting or session of the board at which it is to be made.
ELECTIONS.
electors.
Sec. 7. The inhabitants of the said city being electors under the Qualification of
constitution of the State of Michigan, and no other, are declared to be
electors under this act, and qualified to vote at the elections held
virtue of this act; and each person offering to vote at any such elec-
tion, if challenged by an elector of the ward where such vote is
offered, before his vote shall be received, shall take one of the oaths
now provided by the laws of this state, approved June twenty-seventh,
eighteen hundred and fifty-one, entitled an act to provide for holding
general and special elections, which oath shall be administered to
him by one of the inspectors of election; and if any person shall swear Swearing false-
falsely, upon conviction thereof he shall be liable to the pains and
penalties of perjury; but the common council of said city are hereby
authorized and empowered to provide by general ordinance, from time
to time, to so change the form of the oath or oaths to be administered to
such elector (if challenged) as to conform to the constitution and laws
of the State which may from time to time be in force.
ly perjury.
Challenge.
Sec. 8. On the day of election, held by virtue of this act, Opening and
closing polls.
the polls shall be opened in each ward, at the several places desig-
nated by the common council, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, and
remain open continuously until five o'clock in the afternoon, at which
time they shall be closed.*
Sec. 9. The two aldermen of each ward shall constitute the board Board of inspec-
of inspectors of election, and such one of their number as they shall tors.
appoint shall be their chairman; said board shall also appoint two
*As Amended by Act 370 of the Laws of 1899.
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Clerks of elec-
tion.
Inspectors of
election for
State officers,
etc.
Provision for
electing inspec-
tors.
Annual Ward
election.
Officers elected.
Greatest num-
ber of votes to
elect.
Tie.
competent persons to be clerks of election; each of said persons so
appointed shall take the constitutional oath of office, to be administered
by either inspector of said board, who are hereby authorized to ad-
minister the same.
Sec. 10. Inspectors of election, as specified in the preceding sec-
tion, shall be inspectors of election held in said wards respectively,
as well for the election of State, district and county, as for the city
and ward officers.
Sec. 11. At an election held under this act, if from any cause,
either or all inspectors of election shall fail to attend any such elec-
tion at the appointed time and place, his or their place may be sup-
plied for the time being by the electors present, who shall elect any
of their number tira roce, who when so elected, shall be duly sworn
by an officer authorized to administer oaths, to a faithful performance
of their duties.
Sec. 12. An election shall be held in each ward annually, on
the first Monday in April, at such place as the common council shall
appoint, by posting notices of the holding of said election in at least
three of the most public places in each ward, at least six days pre-
vious to said election.
Sec. 13. There shall be elected on the first Monday in April, in
the year nineteen hundred six, and every second year thereafter, by
the qualified electors of the whole city, voting in their own wards,
one mayor, to hold his office for the term of two years. There shall
be elected on the first Monday in April, in the year nineteen hundred six,
and every fourth year thereafter, by the qualified electors, as aforesaid,
one justice of the peace, to hold his office for the term of four years.
There shall be elected annually, in the first, second and third wards,
which wards shall constitute the first judicial district, one supervisor
and one constable, to hold their respective offices for the term of one
year. There shall be elected annually in the fourth and fifth wards,
which wards shall constitute the second judicial district, one super-
visor and one constable, to hold their respective offices for the term
of one year. There shall also be elected annually, in each ward,
by the electors thereof, one alderman, to hold his respective office
for the term of two years.*
Sec. 14. The person receiving the greatest number of votes for
any office in said city, district or ward, shall be deemed to have been
duly elected to such office; and if any officer, except alderman and
justice of the peace, shall not have been chosen by reason of two
*As Amended by Laws of 1905,
1877.]
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or more candidates having received an equal number of votes, the
common council shall, by ballot, elect such officers from the two
candidates having the highest number of votes.
in office of alder-
man or justice.
Sec. 15. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of alderman Filling vacancy
or justice of the peace by the refusal or neglect on the part of such
alderman or justice of the peace to take the oath of office within
the time required by this act, by the resignation, death, ceasing to
be an inhabitant of the ward or district for which such alderman or
justice of the peace shall have been elected, by removal from office,
or by the decision of a competent tribunal, declaring void the election
of such alderman or justice of the peace, or for any other cause, the
common council of said city shall immediately appoint a special elec-
tion, to be held in the ward or district for which such officer was
chosen, at some suitable place or places, not less than five nor more
than fifteen days from the time of such appointment:
That in case such vacancy shall occur in the office of alderman
within three months before the first Monday in April, it shall be op-
tional with the common council to order a special election or not.
Provided, Proviso.
Sec. 16. In case a vacancy shall occur in any of the offices in Vacancies ex-
this act declared to be elective or appointive, except alderman and
justice of the peace, the common council may, in their discretion,
fill such vacancy by the appointment of a suitable person, who is an
elector, and if appointed for a district or ward, who is also a resident
of the ward or district for which he shall be appointed; and any officer
appointed to fill vacancy, if the office is elective, shall hold by virtue
of such appointment, only until the first Monday of May next succeed-
ing.
cept aldermen
and justice.
Sec. 17. Whenever a special election is to be held, the common Special
council shall cause to be delivered to the inspectors of election in elections.
the ward or district where such officer is to be chosen, a notice, signed
by the clerk, specifying the officer to be chosen, and the day and place
at which such election is to be held; and the proceedings at such
elections shall be the same as at the annual or general election; such
notice shall also be published in a newspaper of the city at least once
before the day of such special election.
Sec. 18. The electors shall vote by ballot, and each person offering vote to be by
to vote shall deliver his ballot, so folded as to conceal its contents, ballot.
to one of the inspectors, in the presence of the board; the ballot shall
be a paper ticket, which shall contain written or printed, or partly
written and partly printed, the names of the persons for whom the
elector intends to vote, and shall designate the office to which each
person so named is intended by him to be chosen; but no ballot shall
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What ballot to
contain.
Electors to vote
in ward where
they reside.
Votes to fill va-
cancy to be des-
ignated on Bal-
lots.
How votes re-
ceived by in-
spectors.
Canvass of
votes.
Manner of
Canvassing.
contain a greater number of names of persons, designated for any
office, than there are persons to be chosen at the election to fill such
office.
Sec. 19. The ballot shall contain the names of persons designated
as officers for the city, and as officers for a district and ward.
Sec. 20. At the city elections every elector shall vote in the ward
where he shall have resided twenty days next preceding the day of
election.
The residence of an elector, not a householder, shall be deemed to
be where he lodges.
The qualifications of electors under this act shall be those pre-
scribed by the constitution and laws of this State.*
Sec. 21. If at any annual election to be held in said city, there
shall be one or more vacancies to be supplied in any office, and at
the same time any person is to be elected for the full term of said
office, the term for which each person voted for, for said office, shall
be designated on the ballot.
Sec. 22. It shall be the duty of the inspectors of election, on re-
ceiving the vote as specified in section eighteen, to cause the same,
without being opened or inspected, to be deposited in the proper box
provided by the common council for that purpose; the said board shall
also write down or cause to be written down, the name of each elector
voting at such election, in a poll list to be kept by said inspectors of
election, or under their direction.
Sec. 23. Immediately after the closing of the polls, the inspectors
of election shall, without adjournment, publicly canvass the votes
received by them, and declare the result; and shall on the same or on
the next day make a certificate stating the number of votes given for
each person for each office, and shall file such statement and certificate
on the day of election, or on the next day, with the clerk of the city.
Sec. 24. The manner of canvassing said votes shall be as follows:
the inspectors shall proceed to count the ballots, unopened, and if the
number of ballots so counted shall exceed the number of names of electors
contained in the poll list, one of the inspectors shall draw out and destroy
as many as the number of ballots exceeds the number of electors con-
tained in said poll list; and if two or more ballots are found rolled
or folded up together, they shall not be counted; they shall then
proceed to count and estimate said votes as provided in the preceding
section.
*As Amended by Local Act 370 of the Laws of 1899.
1877]
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election.
Sec. 25. The expenses of any election to be held as provided by Expenses of
this act, shall be a city charge, and defrayed in the same manner as
the other contingent expenses of the city.
termine and cer-
elected.
Sec. 26. The common council for the preceding year shall convene Council to de-
on the Thursday next succeeding each annual election, at two o'clock tify what persons
in the afternoon, at their usual place of meeting, and shall determine
and certify in the manner provided by law, what persons are duly
elected at the said election to the several offices respectively. Such
certificates shall be made in duplicate, one of which shall be filed
with the clerk of the city, and the other with the clerk of the county of
Washtenaw.
APPOINTMENT, QUALIFICATION, OATH, BOND OF OFFICE.
pointed.
Sec. 27. The following officers shall be appointed by the mayor Officers ap-
at the first meeting to be held on the first Monday in May of each
year, viz.:
One health physician, one fire warden from each judicial
district, one pound master for each judicial district. The mayor
shall also on the first Monday in May, eighteen hundred ninety-one,
appoint, subject to the approval of a majority of the members elect
of the common council, three commissioners of public works, two
of whom shall be residents of the first judicial district, one a resident
of the second judicial district; one to hold office for the term of
one year, one to hold office for the term of two years and one for the
term of three years. There shall also be appointed in the same man-
ner annually thereafter one commissioner of public works, to hold
his office for the term of three years, but at no time shall more than
one of said commissioners be residents of the second judicial district,
or more than two be residents of the first judicial district. The mayor
shall also on the first Monday in May, nineteen hundred one, appoint,
subject to the approval of a majority of the members elect of the
common council, three commissioners of police, two of whom shall
be residents of the first judicial district; one a resident of the second
judicial district, one to hold office for the term of one year, one for
the term of two years and one for the term of three years; at all
times the two political parties having cast the greatest number of
votes at the preceding city election shall be represented by
members of the same upon said board. There shall also be appointed
in the same manner annually thereafter one commissioner of police to
hold office for the term of three years, but at no time shall more
than one of said commissioners be residents of the second judicial
district or more than two residents of the first judicial district. The
mayor shall also on the first Monday in May, nineteen hundred and
five, appoint, subject to the approval of a majority of the members
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elect of the common council, three commissioners of the fire depart-
ment, two of whom shall be residents of the first judicial district,
one a resident of the second judicial district, one to hold office for
the term of one year, one for the term of two years and one for the
term of three years. There shall also be appointed annually thereafter,
in the same manner, one commissioner of the fire department, to hold
his office for the term of three years, but at no time shall more than
one of said commissioners be residents of the second judicial district,
or more than two residents of the first judicial district. The mayor
shall also on the first Monday in May, nineteen hundred five, appoint,
subject to the approval of a majority of the members elect of the
common council, three commissioners of parks, two of whom shall
be residents of the first judicial district, one a resident of the second
judicial district, one to hold office for the term of one year, one for the
term of two years and one for the term of three years. There shall also
be appointed annually thereafter in the same manner, one commissioner
of parks, to hold his office for the term of three years, but at no time.
shall more than one of said commissioners be residents of the second
judicial district, or more than two residents of the first judicial dis-
trict. The common council shall appoint on the first Monday in May
of each year, one city clerk, one city treasurer, one city attorney, one
street commissioner, one city surveyor, and also one deputy city
clerk, on the recommendation of the city clerk. The common council
shall also at the same time elect one of their number president of
the council, who shall, in the absence of the mayor, preside at all
meetings, and in the absence of the mayor from the city, shall act as
and have the powers of the mayor. The appointments made by the
mayor, except commissioners of public works, commissioners of police,
commissioners of fire department and commissioners of parks, shall
be absolute, the mayor to be responsible therefor, and the power is
hereby granted him to remove his own appointees at his pleasure and to
appoint others in their places, the mayor to report all removals or
appointments by him made at the first regular meeting of the council
thereafter. The common council may also, from time to time, pro-
vide by ordinance for the appointment and appoint for
such term as may be provided in any such ordinance, such
other officers whose election or appointment is not herein specially
provided for, as the common council shall deem necessary for the
execution of the powers granted in this act, and may remove the same
at pleasure. The powers and duties of all such officers shall be pre-
scribed by ordinance. Any appointment which shall not be made
on the day named may be made at any subsequent regular meeting or
special meeting of the common council.*
*As Amended by Act 156 of the Laws of 1905.
1877.]
CITY OF YPSILANTI.
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elected.
Sec. 28. No person shall be elected or appointed to any office unless Officers to be
he be an elector of the city, and if elected, or appointed for a ward
or district, he must be an elector thereof; and no person shall be elected
or appointed to any office in the city, who has been or is a defaulter Defaulters not
to hold office.
to the city, or to any board of officers thereof, or to any school district,
county or municipal corporation of the State. All rotes for, or any
appointment of, any such defaulter, shall be void.
Sec. 29. Every person chosen or appointed by the common council, Acceptance of
before he enters upon the duties of his office, and within five days office.
after being notified of his appointment, shall cause to be filed in the
office of the city clerk a notice in writing, signifying his acceptance
of such office.
Sec. 30. It shall be the duty of the city clerk, as soon as practica- City Clerk to
ble, and within five days after their election, to notify the officers re- notity officers
spectively of their election.
elected.
Sec. 31. If any person elected or appointed under this act shall what deemed a
not take and subscribe the oath of office and file the same as herein refusal to serve,
directed, or shall not cause a notice of acceptance to be filed as herein.
directed, or if required by the common council to execute an official
bond or undertaking shall neglect to execute and file the same, in the
same manner and within the time prescribed by the common council,
such neglect shall be deemed a refusal to serve, unless before any
step is taken to fill any such office by another incumbent, such oath
shall be taken or such acceptance be signified as aforesaid.
of officers.
Sec. 32. At the expiration of twenty days after any election or Clerk to deliver
appointment of any officer or officers in the city, the clerk of the said to council a list
city shall deliver to the common council a list of the persons elected
or appointed, and of the offices to which they are chosen, therein
specifying such as shall have filed with him the oath of office or notice
of acceptance required by this act, and such as shall have omitted to
file the same within the time herein prescribed.
Sec. 33. The clerk shall report to the common council the names List of officers
of such officers as shall have neglected to give the bond and security neglecting to
give bond.
required by the provisions of this act.
upon When officers
enter upen
Sec. 34. All officers elected as herein provided shall enter
the duties of their respective offices on the first Monday of May duties of office.
next following such election, unless otherwise herein provided. The
supervisors of said city shall enter upon the duties of their office
immediately after election, and upon filing their oath of office with
the city clerk.
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Term of office.
Resignations.
Justices of the
Peace, oath of
office.
Security.
Sufficiency of
sureties.
New official
bonds.
Sec. 35. Any person elected or appointed to any office under this
act shall continue to hold the same until his successor shall be elected
or appointed and qualified; and when a person is elected to fill a
vacancy in any elective office, he shall hold the same only during the
unexpired portion of the regular term limited to such office, and
until his successor shall be elected and qualified.
Sec. 36. Resignations by any officers authorized to be chosen or
appointed by this act shall be made to the common council, subject
to their approval.
Sec. 37. Justices of the peace elected in said city shall take and
file an oath of office with the county clerk of the county of Washtenaw,
within the same time and in the same manner as in cases of justices
of the peace elected in townships.
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Sec. 38. Every justice of the peace, within the time limited for
filing his official oath, shall file with the county clerk of said county
the security for the performance of the duties of his office required
by law in the case of justices of the peace elected in townships, except
that said official bond or security may be executed in presence of, and
be approved by the mayor; and in case he shall enter upon the execu-
tion of his office before having filed his official oath and bond or
security, and such other bond or security to the city as may be required
by law, or by any ordinance or resolution of the council, he shall be liable
to the same penalties as are provided in cases of justices of the peace
elected in townships.
Sec. 39. The council, or the mayor, or other officer whose duty
it shall be to judge of the sufficiency of the proposed sureties of any
officer or person of whom a bond or any security may be required
by this act, or by any ordinance or direction of the council,
shall inquire into the sufficiency of such sureties, and examine them
under oath as to their property, such oath may be administered by
the mayor, or any alderman, or any other person authorized to ad-
minister oaths. The examination of any such surety shall be reduced
to writing, and signed by him, and annexed to and filed with the bond
or instrument to which it relates.
Sec. 40. The council may also at any time require any officer,
whether elected or appointed, to execute and file with the mayor new
official bonds in the same or in such further sums, and with new or
such further sureties as said council may deem requisite for the in-
terest of the corporation. Any failure to comply with such requirement
shall subject the officer to immediate removal by the council.
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CITY OF YPSILANTI.
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DUTIES OF OFFICERS.
Sec. 41. The mayor shall be the chief executive of the city. He Mayor, duties of
shall, from time to time, give the council information concerning the
affairs of the corporation, and recommend such measures as he may
deem expedient. It shall be his duty to exercise supervision over the
several departments of the city government, see that the laws of the
state, and the laws relating to the city, and the ordinances and regu-
lations of the council, are enforced. In case of a tie in the council
the mayor may cast the deciding vote, except in appointments of
officers hereby delegated to the common council.*
Sec. 42. The mayor shall be a conservator of the peace, and may Idem.
exercise within the city the powers conferred upon sheriffs to suppress
disorder; and shall have authority to command the assistance of all
able-bodied citizens to aid in the enforcement of the ordinances of the
council, and to suppress riots and disorderly conduct.
ALDERMEN.
Sec. 43. The mayor, when present, shall preside at the meetings who to preside
of the common council, and in his absence, the president of the council at meetings of
shall preside.*
council.
alderman.
Sec. 44. The aldermen of the city shall be members of the council Duties of
and attend the meetings thereof, and act upon committees when
thereunto appointed. As conservators of the peace, they shall aid in
maintaining quiet and good order in the city, and in securing the
faithful performance of duty by all officers of the city. No alderman
shall be appointed to any other office in the city during the term
for which he was elected as alderman.
CITY CLERK.
1ļ Sec. 45. The city clerk shall keep the corporate seal, and all the docu- Clerk, duties of
ments, official bonds, papers, files, and records of the city not by this act
or the ordinance of the city entrusted to some other officer; he shall
be clerk of the council; shall attend its meetings, record its proceed-
ings, ordinances and resolutions, and shall countersign and register
all licenses granted; he shall, when required, make and certify, under
the seal of the city, copies of the papers and records filed and kept
in his office; and such copies shall be evidence in all places of the
matter contained, to the same extent as the original would be; he
shall possess and exercise the powers of township clerk so far as
the same are required to be performed within the city; and he shall
*As Amended by Act 110 of the Laws of 1891.
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To be general
accountant of
city.
Sec. 46. The city clerk shall be the general accountant of the city,
and all claims against the corporation shall be filed with him. He
shall report the same, with all accompanying vouchers and counter
claims of the city to the council for allowance and when allowed shall
draw his warrant upon the treasury for the payment thereof, desig-
nating thereon the fund from which payment is to be made, and to
take proper receipts therefor; but no warrant shall be valid until
countersigned by the mayor, nor be drawn upon any fund after the
same has been exhausted. When any tax or money shall be levied,
amount of tax to raised or appropriated, the city clerk shall report the amount thereof
To report
c.ty treasurer.
to the city treasurer, stating the objects and funds for which it is
levied, raised or appropriated, and the amounts thereof to be credited
to each fund.†
have authority to administer oaths and affirmations. He shall be
clerk of the commissioners of public works, unless objected to by a
majority vote of the commissioners.*
To have general
'supervision
over city reven-
Sec. 47. The city clerk shall exercise a general supervision over
all officers charged in any manner with the receipt, collection and
ue'and property disbursement of the city revenues, and over all the property and assets
of city.
of the city; he shall have charge of all books, vouchers and documents
relating to the accounts, contracts, debts and revenues of the cor-
poration; he shall countersign and register all bonds issued, and keep
a list of all property and effects belonging to the city, and of all its
debts and liabilities: he shall keep a complete set of books, exhibiting
the financial condition of the corporation in all its departments,
funds, resources and liabilities, with a proper classification thereof,
Monthly state-
ments.
Keep an account showing the purpose for which each fund was raised; he shall
with treasurer.
also keep an account with the treasurer in which he shall charge
him with all moneys received from each of the several funds of the
city, and credit him with all the warrants drawn thereon, keeping a
separate account with each fund; when any fund has been exhausted,
the city clerk shall immediately advise the council thereof.
Account on oath
for money rc-
ceived.
Sec. 48. The city clerk shall report to the council on the first
Monday of each month, a statement showing the condition of all the
funds of the city, and whenever required, a detailed statement of the
receipts, expenditures, and financial condition of the city, of the debts
to be paid, and the moneys required to meet the estimated expense
of the corporation, and shall perform such other duties pertaining to
his office as the council may require.
Sec. 49. The city clerk shall account on oath to the council, at
the first meeting in each month for all moneys [received] by him
*As Amended by Act 110 of the Laws of 1891
†As Amended by Act 400 of the Laws of 1881.
1877.
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belonging to the city, and shall make such disposition thereof as the
council shall by resolution direct.
CITY TREASURER.
bond.
Sec. 50. The treasurer shall, before entering upon the duties of his Trea urer's
office, file with the city clerk his bond, conditioned for the faithful per-
formance of his duties as treasurer, in such amount, with such sure-
ties as the common council shall require and approve; and such
treasurer shall give to the treasurer of the county of Washtenaw such
other security as is or may hereafter be required by law of the town-
ship treasurers of the several townships of this State; and for the
purposes of the return of all such taxes, and the return of property
delinquent for the non-payment of taxes, the treasurer shall possess
all the powers and perform all the duties of the several township
treasurers of this State, as prescribed by law: Provided, however, That Proviso.
the marshal of said city may make the oath required by law respect-
ing the return and non-payment of delinquent taxes to the county
treasurer.
Sec. 51. The treasurer shall perform all such duties in relation to General duties.
the collection of taxes as the council may prescribe. He shall have
the custody of all moneys, bonds, mortgages, notes, leases, and evi-
dences of value belonging to the city. He shall receive all moneys
belonging to and receivable by the corporation, and keep an account
of all receipts and expenditures thereof. He shall pay no money out
of the treasury except in pursuance of and by authority of law, and
upon warrants signed by the city clerk and countersigned by the
mayor, which shall specify the purpose for which the amounts thereof
are to be paid. He shall cancel such warrants, when paid, by legibly
writing across the face thereof, the word "paid," and enter in a book
to be kept by him, the number, date, amount, and time of payment of
each warrant. He shall keep an account of and be charged with all
taxes and moneys appropriated, raised or received for each fund of
the corporation, and shall keep a separate account of each fund, and
shall credit thereto all moneys raised, paid in, or appropriated there-
for, and shall pay every warrant out of the particular fund constituted
or raised for the purpose for which the warrant was issued, and hav-
ing the name of such fund indorsed thereon by the city clerk.
Sec. 52. The treasurer shall render to the council on the first Monthly report.
Monday of every month, and oftener if required, a report of the
amounts received and credited by him to each fund, and on what
account received, and the amounts paid out by him from each fund
during the preceding month, and the amount of money remaining in
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each fund on the day of his report, and at the time of rendering such
report shall exhibit to the city clerk vouchers for all money so paid
out during such preceding month. He shall also exhibit to the council
Annual Report. annually, on the third Monday in April, and as often and for such
period as the council shall require, a full and detailed account of the
receipts and disbursements of the treasury since the date of his last
annual report, classifying them therein by the funds to which such
receipts are credited, and out of which such disbursements are made,
and the balance remaining in each fund, which account shall be filed
in the office of the city clerk, and shall be published in one of the
newspapers of the city.
To keep city
moneys sepa-
rate from his
own money.
Penalty.
Marshalls
security.
Duties.
Chief of Police.
Superintendent
of Poor.
}
Sec. 53. The treasurer shall keep all moneys in his hands belonging
to the city separate and distinct from his own moneys; and he is
hereby prohibited from using, either directly or indirectly, the cor-
poration moneys, warrants, or evidences of debt in his custody or
keeping, for his own use or benefit, or that of any other person. Any
violation of this section shall subject him to immediate removal from
office by the city council, who are hereby authorized to declare the
office vacant, and to appoint his successor for the remainder of his term.
CITY MARSHAL.
Sec. 54. The city marshal or chief of police shall, before entering
upon the discharge of the duties of his office, give such security
for the faithful performance of his duties as the board of police
commissioners shall direct and require, and he shall be the chief
of police. And the city marshal shall collect all city taxes remaining
unpaid on the first day of August, and all State, county and school
taxes and all other taxes and assessments remaining unpaid after
the first day of January.*
Sec. 55. The city marshal or chief of police shall also act
as city superintendent of poor, and shall perform the same duties
that the supervisors of townships, under the general laws of the
State, are required to perform in regard to the support of the
poor, and the supervisors of said city are excepted from the general
laws of the State relating to the support and maintenance of poor
persons, so far as the same relates to the support of poor persons
having a settlement in said city. The common council may
make such regulations as they shall deem expedient for the support
and relief of poor persons residing in said city, and for that purpose
may prescribe by ordinance the duties of the marshal relating to
the same.*
*As Amended by Local Act 374 of the Laws of 1901.
B
1877.]
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and duties as
treasurers.
Sec. 56. The marshal is hereby invested with and shall possess Same powers
all the powers and perform all the duties of the several township township
treasurers of this State, in enforcing the collection of all assessments
on tax rolls placed in his hands for collection, remaining unpaid
on said rolls when he shall receive the same.
etc.
Sec. 57. He shall suppress all riots, disturbance, and breaches Suppress riots
of the peace, and for that purpose may command the aid of the
citizens in the performance of such duty. He shall arrest all disor-
derly persons in the corporation, and pursue and arrest any person
fleeing from justice in any part of the State. He shall arrest upon
view, and with or without process, any person found in the act of
committing any offense against the laws of the State, or the
ordinances of the city, and forthwith take such person before the
proper magistrate or court for examination or trial, and shall arrest
and imprison persons found drunk in the streets, or other public
places, until they shall become sober.
Sec. 58. He shall report in writing, and on oath, to the board Monthly report.
of police commissioners on the first Monday in each month, all
arrests made by him and the cause thereof and all persons dis-
charged from arrest during the month, and the amount of all fines
and fees collected by him. All money collected or received by him
shall be paid into the city treasury, within two days after the same
shall have been received, and the treasurer's receipt therefor shall
be filed with the city clerk.*
CITY ATTORNEY.
and attorney for
Sec. 59. The city attorney, in addition to other duties prescribed Legal advisor
in this act, shall be the legal adviser of the council and of all the council, etc.
officers of the city, and shall act as the attorney and solicitor of the
corporation in all legal proceedings in which theh corporation is
interested; he shall prosecute for offenses against the ordinances
of the city, and shall attend the meetings of the common council
when required.
SUPERVISORS
supervisors of
Sec. 60. The supervisors for each judicial district are hereby To perform
authorized and required to perform the same duties in their same duties as
respective districts that the supervisors of townships, under the townships.
general laws of the State, are required to perform in relation to
the assessing of property and levying of taxes for State, county, and
school purposes, and they shall also issue their warrant to the warrant te
marshal
*As Amended by Local Act 374 of the Laws of 1901.
}
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List of jurors.
Duties.
Duties.
marshal of the city for the collection of such taxes in the same
manner as the supervisors of townships issue warrants to the
treasurers of townships for the collection thereof; they shall also
represent their several districts in the board of supervisors of the
County of Washtenaw, and shall be entitled
and shall be entitled to all the rights,
privileges, and powers as the members of said board of supervisors.
They shall select and return lists of grand and petit jurors to the
clerk of the county, in the same manner and within the same time
as the like duty is required to be performed by township officers.
COMMISSIONERS OF PUBLIC WORKS.
1.
Sec. 61. The commissioners of public works, under the general
direction of the common council, shall have charge of the water-
works, electric lights, parks, and such other public property as may
be put in their charge by the common council They shall superin-
tend the running of the waterworks and electric light, shall employ
and superintend all help necessary to run the same; said commis-
sioners shall have the supervision of collecting all water rates,
and shall deposit all money collected by them with the city treasurer
at least once each week, and take his receipt therefor, and the clerk
of said commissioners shall file a report, in writing, under oath,
on the first of each month, with the common council, showing the
amount of money collected during the preceding month with the
treasurer's receipt for the same thereto attached; they shall keep
all public property under their control in good repair, and report
to the common council on the first and third Mondays of each month,
in writing, giving an exact statement of all labor performed by
them or under their supervision, and the charges therefor, the amount
of material used and the expense thereof, and the place where
such material was used or labor performed, and further showing
the items and purposes of all expenses incurred since their last
preceding report; and no payment for material furnished, services
performed, or for expenses incurred, shall be made until reported
Said com-
as aforesaid, and ordered paid by the common council.
missioners shall perform all other duties that may be required of
them by ordinance or resolution of the common council.*
STREET COMMISSIONER.
Sec. 62. The street commissioner shall, under the general direc-
tion of the common council and the senior alderman for each ward,
superintend all work to be done or performed, ordered or required
to be done or performed, upon or in relation to any of the public
*As Amended by Local Act 374 of the Laws of 1901.
1877.]
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streets, walks, bridges, or public pounds, and shall perform such
other duties as may be required by ordinance or request of the
common council. He shall make a report to the council, in writing,
and on oath, twice in each month, giving an exact statement of all
labor performed by him or under his supervision, and the charges
therefor, the amount of material used and the expense thereof, and
the streets or places where such material was used or labor per-
formed, and further showing the items and purposes of all expenses
incurred since his last preceding report, and no payment for labor
or services performed, or for expenses incurred by him, shall be made
until reported on oath as aforesaid, and ordered paid by the common
council.*
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
laws.
Sec. 63. The justices of the peace elected in said city under
Same jurisdiction
the provisions of this act shall have and exercise therein and within and powers as
are given to jus-
the county the same jurisdiction and powers in all civil and criminal tice by general
matters, causes, suits, and proceedings, and shall perform the same
duties in all respects, so far as occasion may require, as are or
may be conferred upon or required of justices of the peace by the
general laws of the State: Provided, That all actions within the Proviso.
jurisdiction of justices of the peace may be commenced and prose-
cuted in said justices' courts whenever the plaintiffs or defendants,
or one of the plaintiffs or defendants, reside in either the said city
or in the townships of Ypsilanti, Augusta, Pittsfield, Salem, Superior,
Saline, and York, in said county; they shall have exclusive juris-
diction, except in cases where jurisdiction is given by this act to jurisdiction.
some other court, and within the limits prescribed by law to hear,
try, and determine all actions and prosecutions for the recovery
or enforcing of fines, penalties and forfeitures for violations of this
act or any law of this State within the city of Ypsilanti, and for
encroachments upon, and injuries to, any of the streets, alleys, and
public grounds within the city. They shall have authority to hear, try,
and determine all suits and prosecutions for the recovery or enforcing
of fines, penalties, forfeitures imposed by the ordinances of the city,
and to punish offenders for violations of such ordinance, as in the
ordinances prescribed and directed, subject only to the limitations
prescribed in section ninety-eight of this act.f
When exclusive
Sec. 64. The proceedings in all suits, actions, and prosecutions Proceedings
before said justices, and in the exercise of the powers and duties ed by law for
conferred upon and required of them, shall, except as otherwise justices of the
same as prescrib-
peace.
*As Amended by Act 110 of the Laws of 1891.
†See also section 303 and 317, House Enrolled Act 156 of the Laws of 1905.
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Docket.
When fines, etc.,
to be paid to
treasurer.
Monthly report.
Fines for violation
of penal laws.
Bond.
provided in this act, be according to, and governed by, the general
laws applicable to courts of justices of the peace, and to the pro-
ceedings before such officers.
Sec. 65. Every justice of the peace shall enter in the docket kept
by him the title of all suits and prosecutions commenced or prose-
cuted before him for violation of the ordinances of the city, and all
the proceedings, and the judgment rendered in every such cause,
and the items of all costs taxed or allowed therein; and also the
amounts and date of payment of all fines, penalties, and forfeitures,
moneys and costs received by him on account of any such suit or
proceeding. Such docket shall be submitted by the justice at all
times to the examination of any person desiring to examine the
same, and shall be produced by the justice to the council whenever
required.
Sec. 66. All fines, penalties, and forfeitures collected or received
by any justice of the peace for or on account of violations of the
penal laws of the State, and all fines, penalties, forfeitures, and moneys
collected or received by such justice, for or on account of violations
of any ordinances of the city, shall be paid over by such justice to
the city treasurer on or before the first Monday of the month next
after the collection or receipt thereof. And the justice shall take
the receipt of the city treasurer therefor and file the same with the
city clerk.*
Sec. 67. Every such justice shall report, on oath, to the council,
at the first regular meeting thereof in each month, the name of every
person against whom a prosecution has been commenced, or judg-
ment rendered for any of the fines, penalties, or forfeitures mentioned
in the preceding section, and the amount of all moneys received by
him on account thereof, or on account of any such suit or prosecution,
and the amount thereof paid to the city treasurer since the last
preceding report.
Sec. 68. All fines recovered for the violation of the penal laws
of the State, when collected and paid into the county treasury, shall
be disposed of as provided by law. The expenses of prosecutions
before justices of the peace of the city for violations of said criminal
laws, and in punishing the offenders, shall be paid by the county of
Washtenaw.
لو
Sec. 69. Each justice of the peace, in addition to any other
security required by law to be given for the performance of his
official duties, shall, before entering upon the duties of his office,
*Sec also section 314, House Enrolled Act 156 of the Laws of 1905.
1877.]
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give a bond to the city in the penal sum of one thousand dollars.
with sufficient sureties to be approved by the mayor, which approval
shall be endorsed upon the bond, conditioned for the faithful per-
formance of the duties of justice of the peace within and for the
city.
misconduct in
Sec. 70. Any justice of the peace who shall be guilty of mis- Penalty for
conduct in office, or who shall willfully neglect or refuse to perform office.
or discharge any of the duties of his office required by this act or
any of the ordinances of the city, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and punishable accordingly, and upon conviction thereof
by a court of competent jurisdiction, may be suspended from office
by the council during its pleasure.
seized.
Sec. 71. Every justice of the peace of the city shall account on Account for stol-
oath to the council, at their meeting in each month, for all such en property
moneys, goods, wares, and property seized as stolen property, as
shall then remain unclaimed in his office, and shall make such dis-
position thereof as shall be prescribed by the ordinances of the city.
Sec. 72. Appeals from their judgments may be made to the Appeals.
circuit court for the county of Washtenaw, in the same manner as
appeals from justices' judgments in townships are made, and in all
cases of judgments rendered by a justice of the peace of the city,
either party may remove such judgment by a writ of certiorari into
the circuit court for Washtenaw county, in, the same manner as
justices' judgments in townships are removed.
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CONSTABLES.
Sec. 73. The constables of the city shall have the like powers Powers and
and authority in matters of civil and criminal nature, and in relation authority.
to the service of all manner of criminal process, as are conferred by
law upon constables in townships, and shall receive the like fees for
their services. They shall have power also to serve all process issued
for breaches of the ordinances of the city. They shall obey all law-
ful orders of the mayor, aldermen and marshal, and of any court or
justice of the peace exercising jurisdiction in causes for breaches
of the ordinances of the city; and shall discharge all duties required
of them by any ordinance, resolution, or regulation of the council;
and for any neglect or refusal to perform any duty required of him,
every constable shall be subject to a penalty of not less than five nor
more than fifty dollars. Every constable, before entering upon the duties
of his office, shall give such security for the performance of the security
duties of his office as is required of constables in townships, or as
may be required by the council, and file the same with the city
clerk.
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[1877.
CHARTER OF THE
1
Powers of council
as to duties of
officers.
Duties of School
inspectors per-
formed by
school board.
Supervisors.
Justice of the
peace, etc.
Of other officers
determined by
council.
General powers,
Sec. 75. In addition to the rights, duties, powers, and liabilities
duties and liabil- of officers prescribed in this act, all officers, whether elected or
ities of officers.
appointed, shall have such other rights, powers, duties and liabilities,
subject to and consistent with this act, as the council shall deem
expedient, and prescribe by ordinance or resolution.
Increasing or
diminishing
salary.
GENERAL PROVISIONS.
Sec. 74. The health physician, fire wardens, common criers,
pound masters, inspectors of firewood, and weigh masters, shall per-
form such duties, and shall file such securities as the common
council shall by ordinance direct.
Sec. 76. The duties of school inspectors for said city shall be
hereafter performed by the school board of district number four,
and the secretary of said board shall make the annual report to the
county clerk, in the same manner as the same is required to be
made by township school inspectors.
COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS.
Sec. 77. The supervisors for their services in assessing the
property and copying the tax rolls, and for extending the taxes there-
on, shall receive such compensation as the common council shall
annually determine within the following limitations:
to the super-
visor of the first judicial district, a sum not exceeding two hundred
dollars per annum; to the supervisor of the second judicial district,
a sum not exceeding one hundred and eighty dollars per annum.
And for all other services performed by them, they shall receive the
same compensation as is by law allowed supervisors of townships
for the time actually employed. Justices of the peace and officers
serving process and making arrests may, except as herein otherwise
provided, when engaged in causes and proceedings for violations of
ordinances of the city, charge and receive such fees as are allowed
to those officers for like services by the general laws of the State.*
All other officers elected or appointed in the city shall, except as
herein otherwise provided, receive such compensation as the council
shall determine.†
Sec. 78. The salary or rate of compensation of any officers elected
or appointed by authority of this act shall not be increased or
diminished during his term of office, except by a three-fourths vote
of all the aldermen elect, and no person who shall have resigned or
vacated any office shall be eligible to the same office during the
*See also section 304 and 317, House Enrolled Act 156 of the Laws of 1905,
†As Amended by Act 400 of the Laws of 1881.
1877.]
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term for which he was elected or appointed, when during the same
time the salary or rate of compensation has been increased.
mine salary of
Sec. 79. The common council shall annually determine the salary council to
or compensation to be paid to the following named officers of said annually deter-
city within the limitations hereinafter prescribed, and which shall officer.
be as follows, viz.: To the mayor a sum not exceeding one dollar
per annum; to the city clerk, in addition to his fees and perquisites pre-
scribed by law, a sum not exceeding six hundred dollars per annum;
which shall be in full for all services performed by him; to the city
treasurer a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars per annum; to
the city attorney a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars per annum;
to the street commissioner a sum not exceeding four and eighty dol-
lars per annum; to the health physician a sum not exceeding one
dollar per annum; to the chief of fire department a sum not exceeding
one hundred dollars per annum. The compensation of each alderman Compensation
is hereby fixed as follows: For services as inspector at any general
or special election, the sum of two dollars per day; for services upon
the city board of registration, the sum of two dollars per day; for
services on the board of review, the sum of two dollars per day; for
services on the board of health, the sum of twenty dollars per year;
for all other duties of aldermen, either under the provisions of the
charter or under the State laws, the sum of one dollar per annum.*
of aldermen.
COMMON COUNCIL.
Legislative
Sec. 80. The legislative authority of said city shall be vested in
a common council consisting of the two aldermen from each ward, authority.
and the mayor.
Sec. 81. The city clerk shall be clerk of the council, but shall
have no vote therein. He shall keep a full record of all the proceedings
of the council, and perform all such other duties relating to his office as
the council may direct. In the absence of the city clerk the council
shall appoint one of their number to perform the duties of his office
for the time being.
Clerk.
Sec. 82. The aldermen, each of whom shall be entitled to a vote Vote.
in all the proceedings of the council, are required to attend at the
meetings and sessions thereof, and to serve upon committees whenever
appointed thereon.
Sec. 83. The council shall hold regular stated meetings for the Meetings,
transaction of business, at such times and places within the city as
it shall prescribe, not less than two of which shall be held in each
month. The mayor may appoint special meetings thereof, notice of
*As Amended by Local Act 374 of the Laws of 1901.
Special meetings.
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Quorum.
When two-
thirds vote
required.
Money, how
appropriated.
Majority vote
on resolutions.
etc.
Manner of con-
ducting business.
Publication of
proceedings.
Power over its
members and
other city officers.
which, in writing, shall be given to each alderman, or be left at his
place of residence, at least twelve hours before the meeting.
Sec. 84. All meetings and sessions of the council shall be in
public. A majority of the aldermen shall make a quorum for the
transaction of business; a less number may adjourn from time to
time, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such a
manner as shall be prescribed by ordinance. But no office shall be
created or abolished, nor any tax or assessment be imposed, street
or alley, or public ground be vacated, real estate or any interest be
purchased, sold of disposed of, or private property be taken for public
use, unless by ordinance or resolution of the common council, and a
concurring vote of two-thirds of all the aldermen elect; nor shall any
vote of the common council be reconsidered or rescinded at a special
meeting, unless there be present as many aldermen as were present
when such vote was taken. No money shall be appropriated except
by ordinance or resolution of the council; nor shall any resolution be
passed or adopted except by a vote of a majority of all the aldermen
elected to office, except as herein otherwise provided.
Sec. 85. The council shall prescribe the rules of its own proceed-
ings, and keep a record or journal thereof. All votes shall be taken
by yeas and nays when by the provisions of this act a two-thirds vote
is required, and also when called for by any member of the council,
and be so entered upon the journal as to show the names of those voting
in the affirmative, and those in the negative; and within one week
after any meeting of the council, all the proceedings taken thereat
shall be published in one of the newspapers of the city, unless the
council otherwise direct.
Sec. 86. The council may compel the attendance of its members
and other officers of the city at its meetings in such manner, and may
enforce such fine for non-attendance, as may by ordinance be pre-
scribed; and may by ordinance prescribe punishment for any misbe-
havior, contemptuous or disorderly conduct, by any member or any
person present at any session of the council.
City officers to
when required.
Sec. 87. The city attorney, commissioners of public works, street
give information commissioner, marshal, city surveyor, and engineer of the fire de-
partment, shall give opinions and information on all subjects relating
to their respective departments when required. Said officers may be
required to attend the meetings of the council in the same manner
as members, but without the power to vote.*
*As Amended by Act 110 of the Laws of 1891.
1877.]
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Sec. 88. The council shall have control of the finances, and of Control of
all the property, real and personal, of the city corporation, except
as may be otherwise provided by law.
finances and
property.
**
legal powers.
Sec. 89. Whenever by this act or any other provision of law, Execution of
any power or authority is vested in, or duty imposed upon, the cor-
poration or council, the council may enact such appropriate ordinances
as may be necessary for the execution and exercise of such power and
authority, and to regulate the performance of such duty.
committees.
Sec. 90. The mayor may appoint standing committees of the coun- Standing
cil, who shall perform such duties, investigate, have charge of, and
report upon such matters as may be properly referred to them.
ited.
Sec. 91. The council shall cause all the records of the corporation, Records, reports,
receipts, etc..
and all proceedings of the council, and all books, documents, reports, where depos-
contracts, receipts, vouchers, and papers relating to the finances and
affairs of the city, or the official acts of any officer of the corporation,
unless required by law to be kept elsewhere, to be deposited and
kept in the office of the city clerk, and to be so arranged, filed and kept,
as to be convenient of access and inspection, and all such records,
books, and papers shall be subject to inspection, by any inhabitant of
the city or other person interested therein, at all reasonable times,
except such parts thereof, as, in the opinion of the council, it may be
necessary for the furtherance of justice to withhold for the time
being. Any person who shall secrete, injure, deface, alter, or destroy Penalty for
any such books, records, documents, or papers, or expose the same to injuring, etc.
loss or destruction, with intent to prevent the contents, or true meaning
or import of any part thereof from being known, shall, upon conviction
thereof, be punished by imprisonment in the State prison not longer
than one year, or by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars or by
both such fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
interested
Sec. 92. No member of the council, or any officer of the corporation, City officers
shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in the profits of any contract, prohibited from
job, work, or services, other than official services to be performed for in contract.
the corporation. Any member of the council, or officer of said city
herein specified, offending against the provisions of this section, shall,
upon conviction thereof, be fined not less than five hundred nor more
than one thousand dollars, or be imprisoned in the county jail not less
than one nor more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the
court, and shall forfeit his office.
Penalty
office.
Sec. 93. Any person appointed to office by the council by authority Removal from
of this act, may be removed therefrom by a concurring vote of two-
thirds of all the aldermen elect; and the council may expel any alder-
man, or remove from office any person elected thereto, by a concur-
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CHARTER OF THE
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Proviso.
Investigation of
charges against
officers.
Power conferred
for purpose of
investigation.
Auditing of
accounts and
claims against
city.
ring vote of two-thirds of the aldermen elect.
In case of elective
officers, provision shall be made by ordinance, for preferring charges
and trying the same; and no removal of an elective officer shall be
made unless a charge in writing is preferred, and an opportunity given
to make a defense thereto: Provided, That the provisions of this
section shall not apply to the mayor or justices of the peace.*
Sec. 94. To enable the council to investigate charges against any
officer or such other matter as they may deem proper to investigate,
the mayor or any justice of the peace of the city is empowered, at the
request of the council, to issue subpoenas or process of warrant, to
compel the attendance of persons, and the production of books and
papers, before the council, or any committee thereof.
Sec. 95. Whenever the council, or any committee of the members
thereof, are authorized to compel the attendance of witnesses for
the investigation of matters which may come before
come before them, the
mayor or chairman of such committee for the time being, shall have
power to administer the necessary oath; and such council or com-
mittee shall have the same power to compel the witness to testify
as is conferred on courts of justice of the peace.
Sec. 96. The council shall audit and allow accounts chargeable
against the city, and when required by the common council, every
account shall be accompanied by an affidavit of the person rendering
it, to the effect that he verily believes that the services or property
therein charged have been actually performed, or delivered to the
city, that the sums charged therefor are reasonable and just, and that
to the best of his knowledge and belief no set-off exists, nor payment
has been made on account thereof, except such as are endorsed or
referred to in such account or claim. And every account shall exhibit
in detail all the items making up the amount claimed, and the
true date of each. It shall be sufficient defense in any court, to any
action or proceeding, for the collection of any demand or claim against
the city, that it has never been presented to the council for allowance;
or that the claim was presented without the affidavit aforesaid, and
rejected for that reason; or that the action or proceeding was brought
before the council had a reasonable time to investigate and pass
upon it.
ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS.
Sec. 97. The style of all the ordinances shall be, "The common
passage and time Council of the city of Ypsilanti ordain." All ordinances shall require
Style; vote on
of taking effect.
for their passage, the concurrence of a majority of all the aldermen
*As Amended by Act 110 of the Laws of 1891.
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elect. The time when any ordinance shall take effect shal. be
prescribed therein. Such time, when the ordinance imposes a penalty,
shall not be less than ten days from the day of its passage.
Sec. 98. When by the provision of this act the council of said city Fines and
penalties.
has authority to pass ordinances for any purpose, they may prescribe
fines, penalties and forfeitures not exceeding one hundred dollars,
unless a greater fine or penalty is herein authorized, or imprisonment
not exceeding ninety days, or both, in the discretion of the court,
together with the costs of prosecution, for each violation of any of
said ordinances; and may provide that the offender, on failing to pay
any such fine, penalty, or forfeiture, and the costs of prosecution, may
be imprisoned for any term not exceeding ninety days, unless payment
thereof be sooner made; and may direct such imprisonment to be in
the Detroit house of correction, or in the county jail of the county
of Washtenaw, or in such other prison or place of confinement in the
State as the council may prescribe; and that the offender be kept
at labor during such imprisonment. Such fine, penalty, forfeiture, and
imprisonment for the violation of any ordinance shall be prescribed
therein.
...
mayor.
Sec. 99. On the same day, or on the next day after the passage Approval of
of an ordinance, the clerk of the common council shall present the ordinances by
same to the mayor or other person performing the duties of mayor,
for his approval. No ordinance shall be of any force without the
written approval of the mayor or other person performing for the
time being the duties of his office, unless he omit to return it to the
city clerk with his objections within six days after its presentation
to him, or in case of the absence of the city clerk, to the common
council at its next regular meeting; in case of his approval or failure
to return as aforesaid, it shall be regularly enacted. If, after the return
of the ordinance with the objections thereto, as aforesaid, the same
shall be passed or re-enacted by a vote of two-thirds of all the alder-
men elected, the ordinance shall be regularly enacted, and the time
of its re-enactment shall be deemed to be the time of its passage:
Provided, however, That no resolution passed by the common council
shall have any force or effect for one week, unless sooner approved
by the mayor. If the mayor, or other officer legally discharging the
duties of mayor, shall within one week after the passage of such reso-
lutions, lodge in the office of the city clerk his reasons, in writing,
why the same shall not go into effect, the same shall not go into
effect, unless at a subsequent council it shall be passed by
a majority of two-thirds of all the aldermen elected, and if so re-
passed, shall go into effect according to the terms thereof.
Proviso.
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Duty of clerk
Sec. 100. At the time of presenting any ordinance to the mayor for
relative to date his approval, the city clerk shall certify thereon, and also in the
of presentation of
ordinances for
approval.
journal or record of the proceedings of the council, the time when
the same was so presented, and shall also certify thereon, and in
such journal or record, the time of the return of such ordinances, and
whether approved or with objections, and shall at the next meeting of
the council, report any ordinance returned with objections thereto.
Revival and
amendment of
ordinances.
Record of
ordinances.
Publication of
ordinances.
Certificate of
publication.
Time and place
for commence-
ment of
prosecutions.
Sec. 101. No ordinance shall be amended unless the whole, or
so much as is intended to be amended, shall be re-enacted. When any
section of an ordinance is amended the whole section is amended,
and shall be re enacted.
Sec. 102. All ordinances, when approved by the mayor, or when
regularly enacted, shall be immediately recorded by the city clerk
in a book to be called "the record of ordinances," and it shall be the
duty of the mayor and city clerk to authenticate the same by their
official signatures upon such record.
Sec. 103. Immediately after passage of any ordinance, the same
shall be published once in some weekly newspaper printed and circu-
lated within the city, and the city clerk shall immediately after such
publication enter upon the record of ordinances, in a blank space
to be left for such purpose, under the recorded ordinance, a certificate
stating in what newspaper and of what date such publication was
made, and sign the same officially; and such certificate shall be
prima facia evidence that legal publication of such ordinance has been
made.
Proof of ordinan-
Sec. 104. In all courts having authority to hear, try, or determine
ces, etc., in court. any matter or cause arising under the ordinances of said city, and
in all proceedings in such city relating to or arising under the ordi-
nances or any ordinance thereof, judicial notice shall be taken of
the enactment, existence, provisions, and continuing force of the
ordinances of the city. And whenever it shall be necessary to prove
any of the laws, regulations, or ordinances of said city, or any reso-
lutions adopted by the council thereof, the same may be read in evi-
dence in all courts of justice, and in all proceedings, First, From a
record thereof kept by the city clerk; Second; From a copy of such
record, certified by the city clerk under the seal of the city. Third,
From any volume of ordinances purporting to have been written or
printed by authority of the council.
ENFORCEMENT OF ORDINANCES.
Sec. 105. Prosecutions for violations of the ordinances of said city
shall be commenced within two years after the commission of the
offense, and shall be brought within the city.
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forfeitures.
Sec. 106. Whenever a pecuniary penalty or forfeiture shall be Recovery of
incurred for the violation of any ordinance, and no provision shall penalties and
be made for the imprisonment of the offender upon conviction thereof,
such penalty or forfeiture may be recovered in an action of debt, or an
assumpsit; and if it be a forfeiture of any property, it may be sued
for and recovered in an action of trover, or other appropriate action.
And whenever a corporation shall incur a penalty or forfeiture for the
viclation of any ordinance, the same shall be sued for in one of
the actions aforesaid.
Sec. 107. Such action shall be brought in the name of The City Idem.
of Ypsilanti, and shall be commenced by summons. The form, time
of return, and service thereof, the pleadings and all the proceedings
in the case shall, except as otherwise provided herein, conform to and
be the same, as nearly as may be, as in like actions provided by law
for the recovery of penalties for the violations of the laws of the
State. Upon the rendition of judgment against the defendant, exe-
cution shall issue forthwith, and excepting when against a corpora-
tion, shall require, if sufficient goods and chattels cannot be found to
satisfy the same, that the defendant be committed to prison, there
to remain for a period not exceeding ninety days, unless such exe-
cution be sooner paid, or he be discharged by due course of law;
but imprisonment without payment shall not operate as a satisfaction
of the judgment, nor shall costs be allowed to the defendant in any
such action.
Sec. 108. Prosecutions for violations of the ordinances of the suits commenced
city may also, in all cases, except against corporations, be commenced by warrant.
by warrant for the arrest of the offender.
Sec. 109. Such warrant shall be in the name of the people of the
State of Michigan, and shall set forth the substance of the offense
complained of, and be substantially of the form, and be issued upon
complaint made, as provided by law in criminal cases recognizable
by justices of the peace. And the proceedings relating to the arrest Proceedings.
and custody of the accused during the pendency of the suit, the plead-
ings and all proceedings upon the trial of the cause, and in pro-
curing the attendance and testimony of witnesses, and in the ren-
dition of judgment, and execution thereof, shall, except as otherwise
provided by this act, be governed by and conform as nearly as may
be to the provisions of law regulating the proceeding in criminal causes
cognizable by justices of the peace.
Form of warrant.
Sec. 110. If the accused shall be convicted, the court shall render Rendit on of
judgment thereon, and inflict such punishment, either by fine or
judgment.
imprisonment, or both, not exceeding the limit prescribed in the
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Execution of
judgment.
Process to
whom directed.
Setting forth of
ordinances in
complaints.
pleadings, etc.
ordinance violated, as the nature of the case may require, together
with costs of prosecution.
Sec. 112. Said city shall be allowed the use of the jail of the
House of Correc- county of Washtenaw for the confinement of all persons liable to
Use of county
jail, Detroit
tion, etc.
imprisonment under the ordinances thereof, or under any of the
provisions of this act, and any person so liable to imprisonment may
be sentenced to and committed to imprisonment in such county jail
or in the Detroit house of correction, or other place of confinement
provided by the city, or authorized by the ordinances of the city, and
the sheriff or other keeper of such jail, or other place of confinement
or imprisonment, shall receive and safely keep any person committed
thereto as aforesaid, until lawfully discharged.
Statement of
cause of action
in complaint, etc.
Sec. 111. Every such judgment shall be executed by virtue of
an execution or warrant of commitment specifying the particulars of
the judgment. If the judgment be for the payment of a fine only,
with or without costs, execution of the form prescribed in section one
hundred and seven of this act shall issue forthwith. If the judgment
be for both fine and imprisonment, a warrant shall issue immediately
for the commitment of the defendant until the expiration of the term
mentioned in the sentence, and an execution shall issue at the same
time against the goods and chattels of the defendant for the collection
of the fine or forfeiture imposed; but in neither case above mentioned
shall the imprisonment without payment operate as a satisfaction of
the fine and costs imposed. In cases where a fine, and imprisonment
in default of payment thereof, or where imprisonment alone is im-
posed, a warrant of commitment shall issue accordingly, in the
former case, until the expiration of the sentence, unless the fine and
costs be sooner paid, and in the latter for the term named in the
sentence.
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Sec. 113. All process issued in any prosecution or proceeding for
the violation of any ordinance of the city, shall be directed "To the
marshal of the city of Ypsilanti," or "to the sheriff or any constable
of the county of Washtenaw," and may be executed in any part of the
State by said officers.
Sec. 114. It shall not be necessary in any suit, proceeding, or
prosecution, for the violation of any ordinance of the city, to state
or set forth such ordinance, or any provisions thereof, in any com-
plaint, warrant, process or pleading therein; but the same shall be
deemed sufficiently set forth or stated by reciting its title and the
date of its passage or approval. And it shall be a sufficient statement
of the cause of action in any such complaint or warrant, to set forth
substantially, and with reasonable certainty as to time and place,
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the act or offense complained of, and to allege the same to be in
violation of an ordinance of the city, referring thereto by its title
and the date of its passage or approval, and every court or magistrate
having authority to hear or determine the cause, shall take judicial
notice of the enactment, existence and provisions of the ordinance
of the city, and the resolution of the council, and of the authority of
the city to enact the same.
Trial by and
Sec. 115. In all prosecutions for violations of the ordinances of the
city, either party may require a trial by jury. Such jury, except where forming of jury.
other provision is made, shall consist of six persons; and in suits
as in
commenced by warrant, shall be selected and summoned
criminal cases cognizable by justices of the peace, and in suit com-
menced by summons as in civil causes triable before such magistrates.
No inhabitant of the city shall be incompetent to serve as a juror in
any cause or proceeding in which the city is a party, or interested,
on account merely of such interest as he may have in common with
the inhabitants of the city in the result of the suit.
circuit court.
Sec. 116. Any party convicted of a violation of any ordinance of
the city, in a suit commenced by warrant, as aforesaid, may remove Appeal to
the judgment and proceedings into the circuit court for the county
of Washtenaw, by appeal or writ of certiorari; and the proceedings
the
therefor, and the bond or security to be given thereon, and
proceedings and disposition of the cause in the circuit court, shall Bond of Security
and proceedings.
be the same as on appeal and certiorari in criminal cases cognizable
by justices of the peace; and in suits to which the city shall be a
party, brought to recover any penalty or forfeiture for such
violations, either party may appeal from the judgment, or remove the
proceedings by certiorari, into the circuit court, and the like proceed-
ings shall be had therefore and thereon, and the like bond
or security shall be given, as in cases of appeal and certiorari in civil
causes, tried before justices of the peace, except that the city shall
not be required to give any bond or security thereon. The circuit
court of said county shall also take judicial notice of the ordinances
of the city, if paid before the accused is commited, shall be receivd
thereof.
+
Sec. 117. All fines imposed for the violation of the ordinances Fines by whom
of the city, if paid before the accused is committed, shall be received receivable.
by the court or magistrate before whom the conviction was had. If
any fine shall be collected upon execution, the officer or person re-
ceiving the same shall immediately pay over the money collected to
such court or magistrate. If the accused be committed, payment of
the fine and costs imposed shall be made to the sheriff or other
keeper of the county jail, or to the keeper of the Detroit house of cor-
rection, who shall, within thirty days thereafter, pay the same to said
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court or magistrate; and the court or magistrate receiving any such
fine, or penalty, or any part thereof, shall pay the same into the city
into city treasury, treasury on or before the first Monday of the month next after the
Monthly payment
receipt of the same, and take the treasurer's receipt therefor, and
file the same with the city clerk.
Cases of neglect
to pay over fines.
Penalty for
neglect.
Disposition of
fines paid into
city treasury.
Security for costs.
Power and
authority and
exercise thereof.
Prevention of
vice, etc.
Vagrants, etc.
Nuisances.
Sec. 118. If any person who shall have received any such fine,
or any part thereof. shall neglect to pay over the same pursuant to
the foregoing provision, it shall be the duty of the council to cause
suit to be commenced immediately therefor, in the name of the city
and to prosecute the same to effect. Any person receiving any such
fine, who shall wilfully neglect or refuse to pay over the same as
required by the foregoing provisions, shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall be punished accordingly.
Sec. 119. Fines paid into the city treasury for violations of ordi-
nances of the city, shall be disposed of as the council may direct.
The expenses of the apprehension and punishment of persons violating
the ordinances of the city, excepting such part as shall be paid by costs
collected, shall be defrayed by the city.
Sec. 120. In all prosecutions for violations of the ordinances of
the city, commenced by any person other than an officer of the city,
the court shall require the prosecutor to file security for the payment
of the costs of the proceedings, in case the defendant is acquitted.
GENERAL POWERS OF THE COMMON COUNCIL.
Sec. 121. The common council of said city shall, in addition to
such other powers as are herein conferred, have the general powers
and authority in this chapter mentioned: and may pass such ordin-
ances in relation thereto, and for the exercise of the same, as they
may deem proper, viz.:
First. To restrain and prevent vice and immorality, gambling,
noise, and disturbance, indecent or disorderly conduct or assemblages,
and to punish for the same: to prevent and quell riots; to preserve
peace and good order, and to protect the property of the corporation,
and of its inhabitants. and of any association, public or private cor-
poration or congregation therein, and to punish for injuries thereto,
or for unlawful interference therewith;
Second, To apprehend and punish vagrants. drunkards, disorderly
persons, and common prostitutes;
Third, To prevent injury or annoyance from anything dangerous,
offensive, or unhealthy; to prohibit and remove anything tending to
cause or promote disease; to prevent and abate nuisances, and to
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punish those occasioning them, or neglecting or refusing to abate,
discontinue, or remove the same; and generally to determine and
declare what shall be called nuisances;
houses.
Fourth, To prohibit and suppress all disorderly houses and places, Disorderly
houses of ill-fame, assignation houses, gaming houses, and all places
where persons resort for gambling, or to play at games of chance,
and to punish the keepers thereof;
Fifth, To regulate, license, prohibit and suppress billiard and Billiard tables.
pigeon-hole tables, nine or ten pin alleys or tables, and ball-alleys,
and to punish the keepers thereof;
Sirth, To prohibit and suppress every species of gaming, and to Gaming.
authorize the seizure and destruction of all instruments and devices
used for the purpose of gaming;
Seventh, To regulate, prohibit and suppress ale, beer, and porter Ale-Houses.
houses, and all places of resort for tippling and intemperance, and to
punish the keepers thereof; and all persons assisting in carrying on
the business thereof, and to require all places to be closed on the
Sabbath day, and upon such other days, and during such hours of
every night as the council shall prescribe;
Eighth, To prevent the selling or giving of any spirituous, fer- spirituous
mented, or intoxicating liquors to any drunkard or infemperate person, liquors, etc.
minor, or apprentice, and to punish any person so doing;
Ninth, To regulate, license, restrain, and prohibit all sports, exhi- shows, etc.
bitions of natural or artificial curiosities, caravans, circuses,
menageries, theatrical exhibitions, shows, and all exhibitions of what-
ever name or nature, for which money or other reward is in any
manner demanded or received, lectures or historic, literary or scien-
tific subjects excepted:
Tenth, To prevent and punish violations of the Sabbath day, and violation of
the disturbance of any religious meeting, congregation, or society, Sabbath.
or other public meeting assembled for any lawful purpose; and to
require all places of business to be closed on the Sabbath day;
Eleventh, To license auctioneers, auctions, and sales at auction; Auctions, etc.
to regulate or prohibit the sale of live or domestic animals at auction
in the streets or alleys, or upon any public grounds within the city;
to regulate or prohibit the sale of goods, wares, property, or anything
at auction, or by any manner of public biddings or offers by the
buyers or sellers after the manner of auction sales or Dutch auctions.
and to license the same, and to regulate the fees to be paid by and
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Peddlers, pawn-
brokers, etc.
License of
public houses.
Hacks, etc.
Inspection of
meats, etc.
Inspection of
wood, lumber,
etc.
Weights and
measures.
Vaults, cisterns,
etc.
Obscenity.
athing.
Purity of streams,
ponds, etc.
Offensive places.
to auctioneers; but no license shall be required in cases of sales
required by law to be made at auction or public vendue;
Twelfth, To license hawkers, peddlers, and pawnbrokers, and
hawking and peddling, and to regulate, license or prohibit the sale
or peddling of goods, wares, merchandise, refreshments, or any kind
of property or thing (things) by persons going about from place to
place in the city for the purpose, or from any stand, cart, vehicle, or
other device, in the streets, highways, or in or upon public grounds
or buildings in the city;
Thirteenth, To regulate and license all taverns and houses of pub-
lic entertainment; all saloons, restaurants, and eating houses;
Fourteenth, To license and regulate all vehicles of every kind.
used for transportation of persons or property, for hire, in the city;
Fifteenth, To provide for and regulate the inspection of meats,
poultry, fish, butter, cheese, lard, vegetables, flour, meat and other
provision's.
Sixteenth, To regulate the inspection, weighing, and measuring
of brick, lumber, firewood, coal, hay, and any articles of merchandise;
Seventeenth, To provide for the inspection and sealing of weights
and measures;
Eighteenth, To enforce the keeping and use of proper weights and
measures by venders;
Nineteenth, To regulate the construction, repair, and use of vaults,
cisterns, areas, hydrants, pumps, sewers, and gutters;
Twentieth, To prohibit and prevent, in the streets or elsewhere
In said city, indecent exposure of the person, the show, sale, or
exhibition for sale, of indecent or obscene pictures, drawings, engrav-
ings, paintings and books and pamphlets, and all indecent or obscene
language, exhibitions, and shows of every kind;
Twenty-first, To regulate or prohibit bathing in the rivers, ponds,
streams, and waters of the city;
Twenty-second, To provide for clearing the rivers, ponds, and
streams of the city, and the races connected therewith, of all drift-
wood and noxious matter; to prohibit and prevent the depositing
therein of any filth or other matter tending to render the waters
thereof impure, unwholesome, and offensive;
Twenty-third, To compel the owner or occupant of any grocery,
tallow-chandler shop, soap or candle factory, butcher shop or stall,
slaughter house, stable, barn, privy, sewer, or other offensive,
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nauseous, or unwholesome place or house, to cleanse, remove or abate
the same whenever the council shall deem it necessary for the health,
comfort, or convenience of the inhabitants of the city.
Twenty-fourth, To regulate the keeping, selling and using of gun- Gunpowder, etc.
powder, firecrackers, and fireworks, and other combustible materials,
and the exhibition of fireworks, and the discharge of firearms, and to
restrain the making of lighting of fires in the streets and other open
spaces in the city;
Construction of
etc.
Twenty-fifth, To direct and regulate the construction of cellars,
slips, barns, private drains, sinks, and privies; to compel the owner cellars, drains,
or occupant to fill up, drain, cleanse, alter, relay, or repair the same,
and to pull down or remove any building, fence, or structure which
may be unsafe or liable to fall and injure persons or property, or to
cause the same to be done by some proper officer of the corporation,
and to assess the expense thereof on the lot or premises having such
cellar, slip, barn, private drain, sink, or privy thereon;
Twenty-sixth, To prohibit, prevent, and suppress mock auctions, Mock-auctions,
and every kind of fraudulent game, device, or practice, and to punish etc.
all persons managing, using, practicing or attempting to manage, use,
or practice the same, and all persons aiding in the management or
practice thereof;
Twenty-seventh, To prohibit, prevent, and suppress all lotteries for
the drawing or disposing of money, or any other property whatsoever.
and to punish all persons maintaining, directing, or managing the
same, or aiding in the maintenance, directing or managing the same;
Lotteries.
Twenty-eighth, To license and regulate solicitors for passengers, Hackmen,
or for baggage for any hotel, tavern, public house, or railroad; also runners, etc.
draymen, carmen, truckmen, porter, (porters), runners, drivers of
cabs, hackney coaches, omnibuses, carriages, sleighs, express vehicles,
and vehicles of every other description used and employed for hire,
and to fix and regulate the amounts and rates of their compensation;
Twenty-ninth, To provide for the protection and care of paupers, Paupers.
and to prohibit and prevent all persons from bringing to the city from
any other place any pauper or other person, likely to become a
chare upon said city, and to punish therefor;
Thirtieth, To provide for taking a census of all inhabitants of Census.
the city, whenever the council shall see fit, and to direct and regulate
the same;
Thirty-first, And further, the council shall have authority to enact General
all ordinances, and to make all such regulations, consistent with authority.
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Granting
licenses.
Bond.
License
revocable.
When two-
thirds vote
required.
Terms of license
and enforcing
the taking out
thereof.
Disposition of
money received
for license.
Crossing of
streets by
railroads.
the laws and constitution of the State, as they may deem necessary
for the safety, order, and good government of the city, and the general
welfare of the inhabitants thereof; but no exclusive rights, privileges,
or permits shall be granted by the council to any person or persons,
or any corporation, for any purpose whatever, except to build and
operate gas works, water works, and street railroads.
Sec. 122. The council may prescribe the terms and conditions
upon which licenses may be granted, and may exact and require
payment of such sum for any license, as they may deem proper. The
person receiving the license shall, before the issuing thereof, execute
a bond to the corporation in such sum as the council may prescribe,
with one or more sufficient sureties, conditioned for a faithful
observance of the charter of the corporation and the ordinances of
the council, and otherwise conditioned as the council may prescribe.
Every license shall be revocable by the council at pleasure, and when
any license shall be revoked for non-compliance with the terms and
conditions upon which it was granted, or on account of any violation
of any ordinance or regulation passed or authorized by the council,
the person holding such license shall, in addition to all other penalties
imposed, forfeit all payments made for such license, and no new
license for a similar purpose shall be granted to such person there-
after, except by a vote of two-thirds of all the members of the
council.
Sec. 123. No license shall be granted for any term beyond the
first Monday in June next thereafter, nor shall any license be trans-
ferable. And the council may provide for punishment by fine or
imprisonment, or both, of any person who, without license, shall
exercise any occupation or trade, or do anything for or in respect to
which any license shall be required by any ordinance or regulation
of the council.
Sec. 124. All sums received for licenses granted for any purpose
by the city or under its authority shall be paid into the city treasury
to the credit of the contingent fund.
Sec. 125. The council of said city shall have authority to permit
any railroad company to lay its track and operate its road with steam
locomotives, in or across the public streets, highways, or alleys of
the city, as the council may deem expedient, upon such terms and
conditions, and subject to such regulations to be observed by the
company, as the council may prescribe; and to prohibit the laying
of such track, or the operating of any such road except upon such
terms and conditions.
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railroads and
Sec. 126. The council shall have power to provide for and change Regulations
the location and grade of street crossings of any railroad track, and with regard to
to compel any railroad company to construct street crossings and running trains.
bridges in such manner, and with such protection to persons crossing
thereat as the council may require, and to keep them in repair; also
to require and compel railroad companies to keep flagmen or watch-
men at all railroad crossings of streets, and to give warning of the
approach and passage of trains thereat, and to light such crossings
during the night; to regulate and prescribe the speed of all locomotives
and railroads trains within the city; but such speed shall not be
required to be less than four miles per hour; and to impose a fine
of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars upon the company,
and upon any engineer or conductor violating any ordinance regulating
the speed of trains.
Sec. 127. The council shall have power to require and compel Idem as to
any railroad company, and any street railway company, to make, ditches, etc.
keep open and in repair, such ditches, drains, sewers, and culverts
along and under or across their railroad tracks, as may be necessary
to drain their grounds and right of way properly, and in such manner
as the council shall direct, and so that the natural drainage of adjacent
property shall not be impeded. If any such railroad company shall
neglect to perform any such requirements according to the directions
of the council, the council may cause the work to be done at the
expense of such company, and the amount of such expense may be
collected at the suit of the city against the company in a civil action
before any court having jurisdiction of the cause.
Sec. 128. The council is authorized to enact all such ordinances
and laws as it may deem proper relative to the building, rebuilding,
maintaining, and repairing of partition fences by the owners and
occupants of adjoining lots, inclosures, and parcels of land in said
city; and relative to the assigning to the owners or occupants of
such adjoining pieces of land the portion of such partition fences to
be maintained by them respectively; and may provide for the record-
ing of such assignments and divisions when made; and may provide
for the recovery of damages from any owner or occupant who shall
fail to comply with the provisions and requirements of any ordinance
relative to such partition fences. And the council may appoint fence-
viewers, and prescribe their duties and mode of proceeding in all
cases relating to partition fences in said city.
PUBLIC HEALTH,
Partition fences.
Fence viewers
Provisions for
Sec. 129. The council of said city may enact all such ordinances
as may be deemed necessary for the preservation and protection of pro ection of.
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[1877.
Provisions as to
mill-dams,
ponds, etc.
Abatement of
nuisances.
Cleaning or
draining un-
wholesome place.
Collection of
expense of re-
movals, etc., by
city in case of
neglect.
the health of the inhabitants thereof, and to prevent the introduction
of malignant, infectious, or contagious diseases within the city, or
within one mile thereof; and for the removal of persons having such
diseases, or whom, from exposure thereto or otherwise, may be
suspected or believed to be liable to communicate the same, either
beyond the city limits, or to such hospital or place of treatment within
the city as the council may prescribe, or the public safety may require.
And the power and authority to exercise such power, by appropriate
regulations (regulation) and ordinance, is hereby vested in said
common council to so govern, regulate, and control any and all mill-
dams, and the mill-ponds, appurtenant thereto, within the corporate
limits of the said city, and the owner or owners, occupant or
occupants of said mill-dams and mill-ponds, as that they may not
injuriously affect the health of the people of said city, or any of
them. And said common council shall have power, by regulation and
ordinance, imposing suitable fine and penalty upon the owner or
owners, occupant or occupants of the mill-dams which regulate the
height of water in such mill-ponds, to forbid, and wholly prevent the
use of water at such mill-dams during the months of June, July,
August, and September in each year, in such manner as to alternately
use or draw out the water in said ponds, and then cease from any
use, and allow them to fill up; or in any other manner, which shall
injuriously affect the health of the people of said city, or any of them.
Sec. 130. The council shall have power to prevent and remove
or abate all nuisances dangerous to life or health within the city;
and may require any person, corporation, or company causing such
nuisance, and the owner or occupant of any lot or premises upon or
in which any such nuisance or cause of disease may be found, to
remove or abate the same, upon such notice, and within such time,
and in such manner as the council may by ordinance or resolution
direct.
Sec. 131. If any cellar, vault, lot, sewer, privy, drain, place, or
premises within the city shall be damp, unwholesome, offensive, or
filthy, or be covered during any portion of the year with stagnant
or impure water, or shall be in such condition as to produce unwhole-
some or offensive exhalations, the council may cause the same to be
drained, filled up, cleaned, amended, or purified; or may require the
owner or occupant, or person in charge of such lot, premises, or place,
to perform such duty.
Sec. 132. If any person, corporation, or company shall neglect
to remove or abate any nuisance, or to perform any requirement
made by or in accordance with any ordinance or resolution of the
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council, or by the board of health of the city, for the protection of
the health of the inhabitants, and if any expense shall be incurred
by the city in removing or abating such nuisance, or in causing such
duty or requirement to be performed, such expense may be recovered
by the city in action of debt or assumpsit against such person, con-
poration, or company. And in all cases where the city shall incur
any expense for draining, filling, cleansing, or purifying any lot, place,
or premises, or for removing any unsafe building or structure, or for
removing or abating any nuisance found upon any such lot or prem-
ises, the council may in addition to all other remedies provided for
the recovery of such expense, charge the same or such part thereof
as they shall deem proper, upon the lot or premises upon or on
account of which such expense was incurred, or from which such
nuisance was removed or abated, and cause the same to be assessed
upon such lot or premises, and collected as a special assessment.
Sec. 133. The council may purchase the necessary lands, and erect Establishment
of hospitals and
thereon, or otherwise provide, one or more hospitals, either within detention of
or without the city limits, and provide for the appointment of the persons having
contagious
necessary officers, attendants, or employees, and for the care and diseases.
management thereof, and for the care and treatment therein of such
sick and diseased persons as to the council or board of health shall
seem proper; and, by direction of the council or board of health,
persons having any malignant, infectious, or contagious disease, may
be removed to such hospital, and there be detained and treated, when
the public safety may so require; and the council may provide such
restraints and punishments as may be necessary to prevent any such
person from departing from such hospital until duly discharged.
Sec. 134. The council shall also have and exercise within and Council vested
with powers as
for the city all the powers and authority conferred upon boards of board of health.
health by the general laws of the State, so far as the same are
applicable and consistent with this act; and they may enact such
ordinance as may be proper for regulating the proceedings and mode
of exercising such powers and authority.
Sec. 135. The council, when deemed necessary, may establish a Board of health.
board of health for the city and appoint the necessary officers thereof,
and provide rules for its government, and invest it with such power
and authority as may be necessary for the protection and preservation
of the health of the city; and in addition thereto the board shall
have and exercise all the powers conferred on boards of health by
the several laws of the State, so far as they may be exercised con-
sistently with the provisions of this act. And the council may
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CHARTER OF THE
[1877.
Protection of
church
cemeteries, etc.
Burials in East-
ern Cemetery.
Poundmaster
and impounding
animals, etc.
Fees and
penalties
Erection and
regulation of
markets, etc.
Rules to prevent
fraud and
preserve order.
etc.
prescribe penalties for the violation of any lawful order, rule, or
regulation, made by the board of health or any officer thereof.
CEMETERIES.
Sec. 136. The council shall have power to pass all ordinances
deemed necessary for the preservation and protection of any cemetery
or burial place within the city, belonging to or under the control of
any church, religious society, corporation, company, or association,
and for the protection and preservation of the tombs, monuments, and
improvements thereof, and the appurtenances thereto.
!
Sec. 137. The common council shall have power by ordinance to
forbid and prevent further burials in the Eastern Cemetery in the city,
whenever the council shall by a two-thirds vote of all the aldermen
elected, resolve that such burials are injurious to the public health.
POUNDS.
J
Sec. 138. The council may provide and maintain one or more
pounds within the city, and may appoint pound masters, prescribe
their powers and duties, and fix their compensation; and may author-
ize the impounding of all beasts, geese, and other fowls found in the
streets or otherwise at large, contrary to any ordinance of the city.
Sec. 139. The council may also prescribe the fees for impounding,
and the amount or rate of expenses for keeping, and the charges to be
paid by the owner or keeper of the beasts, geese, or fowls impounded;
and may authorize the sale of such beasts, geese, and fowls, for the
payment of such fees, expenses and charges, and for
penalties incurred, and may impose penalties for rescuing any beast
or thing impounded.
MARKETS.
Sec. 140. The council of said city shall have the power to erect
market houses, establish and regulate markets and market places for
the sale of meats, fish, vegetables, wood, hay, and straw, and other
provisions and articles necessary to the sustenance, convenience and
comfort of the inhabitants; to prescribe the times for opening and
closing the same; the kind and description of articles which may be
sold; and the stands and places to be occupied by the vendors.
Sec. 141. The council may adopt and enforce such rules and regu-
lations as may be necessary to prevent fraud, and to preserve order in
the markets; and may authorize the immediate seizure, arrest, and
removal from the market of any person violating its regulations,
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together with any articles in his or their possession; and may authorize
the seizure and destruction of tainted, unsound, or unwholesome
meats, or other provisions exposed for sale therein, or elsewhere in
said city.
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND PARKS,
Sec. 142. Said city may acquire, purchase, erect, or lease all such Acquisition, use
and disposi-
public buildings as may be necessary for the use of the corporation, ion of.
and may purchase, acquire, appropriate and own such real estate as
may be necessary for public grounds, parks, markets, public buildings,
and other purposes necessary or convenient for the public good, and
the execution of the powers conferred in this act; and such buildings
and grounds or any part thereof, may be sold, leased, and disposed of as
occasion may require.
Sec. 143. The council have authority to lay out, establish, and Parks.
enlarge or vacate and discontinue public grounds and parks within
the city, and to improve, light, and ornament the same, and to regu-
late the care thereof, and to protect the same and the appurtenances
thereof from obstructions, encroachment, and injury, and from all
nuisances.
SEWERS, DRAINS AND WATER-COURSES.
Sec. 144. The council of said city may establish, construct, and Establishment
maintain sewers and drains wherever and whenever necessary, and and construction.
of such dimensions and materials, and under such regulations as they
may deem proper for the drainage of the city, and may regulate and
maintain those already constructed; and private property, or the use
thereof, may be taken therefor in the manner prescribed in this act
for taking such property for public use. But in all cases where the
council shall deem it practicable, such sewers and drains shall be
constructed in the public streets and grounds.
Care and
Sec. 145. The common council of said city shall have the care
and management of all sewers and drains, and the charge of their con- management.
struction.
Sec. 146. Whenever it may become necessary in the opinion of Plan for
the council to provide sewerage and drainage for the city or any part drainage.
thereof, it shall be their duty to so declare by resolution, and cause a
plan of drainage to be prepared for the whole city, or for such part
thereof as they shall determine.*
*As Amended by Act 110 of the Laws of 1891.
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[1877.
CHARTER OF THE
Main sewer
district.
Plats.
Special Sewer.
Manner of pay-
ing for various
kinds of sewers.
Diagrams and
estimates of cost
of sewers to
be built.
Notice of
intention to
construct.
Resolution to
construct.
Record of plat.
Sec. 147. Such plan shall be formed with the view of the division
of the city into main sewer districts, each to include one or more
main or principal sewers, with the necessary branches and connections;
the districts to be numbered and so arranged as to be as nearly inde-
pendent of each other as may be. Plats or diagrams of such plan,
when adopted, shall be filed in the office of the city clerk.
Sec. 148. Main sewer districts may be subdivided into special
sewer districts in such manner that each special district shall include
one or more lateral or branch sewers connecting with a main sewer,
and such lands as in the opinion of the council will be benefited by
the construction thereof. When deemed necessary, special sewer
districts, to include one or more local or branch sewers, and such
lands as in the opinion of the council will be benefited by the construc-
tion thereof, may be formed of territory not included in any main
sewer district.
Sec. 149. The cost and expense of any main district sewer, or of
the cost of any lateral, branch, or local sewer constructed within a
special sewer district, shall be defrayed by special assessment upon
all the taxable lands and premises included within the main or special
sewer district as the case may be, in proportion to the estimated
benefits accruing to each parcel respectively from the construction of
the sewer.
Sec. 150. Before proceeding to the construction of any district
sewer, the city surveyor, by direction of the common council, shall
make a diagram and plat of the whole sewer district, showing all
the streets, public grounds, lands, lots, and subdivisions thereof in
the district, and the proposed route and location of the sewer; and
the depth, grade, and dimensions thereof, accompanied by an estimate
of the cost thereof, and report the same to the common council. And
the city clerk shall give notice, by publication, for at least two weeks,
in one of the newspapers of the city, of the intention to construct
said sewer, and where said diagram and plat may be found for exami-
nation, and of the time when the council will meet and consider any
suggestions and objections that may be made by parties interested
with respect to such sewer.
Sec. 151. When the council shall determine to construct any such
district sewer, they shall so declare by resolution, designating the
district, and describing by reference to the plat and diagram thereof
mentioned in the preceding section, the route and location, grade,
and dimensions of the sewer; and they shall cause such plat and
diagram as adopted to be recorded in the office of the city clerk.
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4.
Sec. 152. Special assessments for the construction of sewers shall Special
be made by the board of assessors in the manner provided in this assessments.
act for making special assessments.
construction of
Sec. 153. Whenever the council shall deem it necessary for the Ordering
public health they may require the owner and occupants of lots and private drains.
premises to construct private drains therefrom to connect with
some public sewer or drain, and thereby to drain such lots and prem-
ises; and to keep such private drains in repair and free from ob-
struction and nuisance; and if such private drains are not constructed
and maintained according to such requirement, the council may direct
the work to be done by the city marshal at the expense of such owner
or occupant, and the amount of such expense shall be a lien upon
the premises drained, and may be collected by special assessment
to be levied thereon.
Expense thereof.
Sec. 154. The owners or occupants of lots and premises shall have Connection of
the right to connect the same, at their own expense, by means of pri- premises.
vate drains, with the public sewers and drains, under such rules and
regulations as the council shall prescribe.
Sec. 155. Such parts of the expenses of providing ditches, and Special assess-
improving water courses as the council may determine, may be defrayed ments for
improving
by special assessment upon the lands and premises benefited thereby, ditches, water
in proportion to such benefits.
courses, etc.
Expenses of
Sec. 156. The expenses of repairing public sewers, ditches, and
water courses, may be paid from the contingent, or street fund. The repairing and
reconstructing.
expense of reconstructing public sewers shall be defrayed in the
manner herein prescribed for paying the expenses of the construction
thereof.
Sec. 157. The council may enact such ordinances as may be neces- Protection and
sary for the protection and control of the public drains and sewers, control of
and to carry into effect the power herein conferred in respect to
drainage of the city.
public sewers.
STREETS AND PUBLIC GROUNDS.
Sec. 158. The council shall have supervision and control of all Control and
public highways, bridges, streets, avenues, alleys, sidewalks, and public repairs.
grounds within the city, and may cause the same to be kept in repair,
and free from nuisance.
Sec. 159. But the city shall not appropriate any money for the Care of streets
care, improvement, or repair of any street or alley laid out or dedi- not accepted
cated to public use by the proprietors of any lands which had not
been actually accepted, worked, and used by the public as a street or
by council.
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CHARTER OF THE
[1877.
Survey and
record of streets.
Grales of streets.
Expense of
change of grade
when not
asked for.
Damage result-
ing by change
of grade
Authority for.
alley before the passage of this act, nor for the improvement and
repair of any street or alley laid out or dedicated by any such pro-
prietor after the passage of this act, unless the dedication shall be ac-
cepted and confirmed by the council by an ordinance or resolution
specially passed for that purpose.
Sec. 160. The council may cause all public streets, alleys, and
public grounds to be surveyed, and may determine and establish the
boundaries thereof, and cause the surveys and descriptions thereof
to be recorded in the office of the city clerk, in a book of street
records; and they shall cause surveys and descriptions of all streets,
alleys, and public grounds opened, laid out, altered, extended, or
accepted and confirmed by the council, to be recorded in like manner;
and such record shall be prima facia evidence of the existence of such
streets, alleys, or public grounds as in the records described.
Sec. 161. The council shall have authority to determine and
establish the grades of all streets, avenues, alleys, and public grounds
within the city, and may change or alter the grade of any street,
alley, or public ground, or any part thereof, whenever in their opinion
the public convenience will be promoted thereby. Whenever a grade
shall be established or altered, a record and diagrams thereof shall
be made in the book of street records, provided by the common
council, which shall be kept in the office of the city clerk.
Sec. 162. Whenever any pavement shall have been constructed on
any street, alley, or highway, in conformity to grades established
by authority of the city, and the expenses thereof shall have been
assessed upon lots and lands bounded by or abutting upon such
street, alley, or public highway, the owner or owners of such lots or lands
shall not be subject to any special assessment occasioned by any sub-
sequent change of grade in such pavement, street, alley, or public
highway, unless such change be asked for by a majority of the
owners of such lots or lands; but the expense of all improvements
occasioned by such change of grade shall be chargeable to and paid
for by the city.
Sec. 163. If any damage shall result to any owner by a change
of the established grade of any street, alley, or sidewalk, the council
shall levy and collect the amount thereof by special assessment upon
the lots benefited thereby, and therewith pay the same; but the city
shall incur no liability by reason of anything in this section contained.
PAVING AND IMPROVEMENTS.
Sec. 164. The common council shall have power to cause the high-
ways, streets, avenues, lanes and alleys of the city to be graded, paved,
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planked, graveled, curbed, and otherwise improved and repaired, and
the gutters paved. The term "paved" shall be deemed to include
Each of
the necessary crosswalks, gutters, curbing and ballasting.
the wards of said city of Ypsilanti, shall constitute a separate highway
district, of said city, numbered correspondingly with said wards
severally, and each district shall have its separate highway fund,
and it shall not be lawful to expend any portion of the highway tax,
authorized by this act, except in the highway districts in which it was
raised.*
of paving, etc.
Sec. 165. Such part of the expense of improving any street, lane, Apportionment
or alley by paving, planking, graveling and curbing, and of repairing
the same, as the common council shall determine may be paid from
the respective highway district funds; or the whole or such part of
the expense of such improvement as the council shall determine, may
be defrayed by special assessments upon lots and premises included
in a special assessment district, to be constituted of the lands fronting
upon that part of the district or alley so improved, or proposed so to
be; or constituted of lands fronting upon such improvement, and such
other lands as in the opinion of the council may be benefited by the
improvement.†
of
improvement.
Sec. 166. When expenses for any such improvement or repairs Apportionment
shall be assessed in a special assessment district, and there shall when public
be lands belonging to the city or public buildings or public grounds property fronts
not taxable, fronting upon such improvement, such part of the expense
of such improvement as in the opinion of the council or board of
assessors making a special assessment, would be justly apportionable
to such public grounds, buildings and city property, and to any
interior squares or spaces formed by the intersection of public streets
and alleys, were they taxable, shall be paid from the contingent fund of
said city, as the council shall determine to be just, and the balance
of such expenses shall be assessed upon the taxable lots and premises
included in the special assessment district, in proportion to their
number of feet frontage upon such improvement, or if the special
assessment district shall include other lands not fronting on the
improvement, then upon all the lands included in such special assess-
ment district, in proportion to the estimated benefits thereto from
the improvement. When such assessment is to be made upon lots in
proportion to their frontage upon the improvement if from the shape
or size of any lot an assessment thereon in proportion to its frontage
would be unjust and disproportionate to the assessments upon other
lots, the council or board of assessors making the assessment may
*As Amended by Act 400 of the Laws of 1881.
As Amended by Act 400 of the Laws of 1881.
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CHARTER OF THE
[1877.
Obstructions
and
encroachments.
Shade trees.
Regulations as
to use of streets.
Stands for
vehicles.
assess such lot for such number of feet frontage as in their opinion
will be just.*
Signs.
Digging in
Sec. 169. The common council may, by ordinance, regulate the
streets for laying manner of making of all openings in, and removals of, the soil of
gas pipes, etc.
public streets, for the laying or repair of sewers, drains, tunnels, gas-
pipes, waterpipes, or for any other purpose; and may prohibit and
prevent all such openings and removals of the soil, except by express
permission of the council, and at such times, and upon such terms
and regulations as they may prescribe.
Immoderate
driving.
Gathering of
crowds.
STREET REGULATIONS.
Sec. 170. The council may regulate the use of public highways,
streets, avenues, and alleys of the city, subject to the right of travel
and passage therein. They shall have authority to prescribe the
stands for all vehicles kept for hire, or used for the transportation of
persons or property for hire; to designate the places where loads of
Wood and Hay Wood, coal, hay, and other articles may stand for sale, to regulate
Market.
traffic and sales in the streets and upon sidewalks; to regulate or
prohibit the display, use, or placing of signs, advertisements, and
banners, awning posts, and telegraph poles, in or over the streets;
to prohibit immoderate riding or driving in the streets, or over bridges,
to regulate or prohibit all such sports, amusements, proceedings, and
gathering of crowds in the streets as may interfere with the lawful
use thereof, or to render travel or passage therein inconvenient or
unsafe; to prohibit and prevent the running at large of horses, cattle,
Running at large swine, dogs, geese, and other domestic animals or fowls in the streets,
of animals,
fowls, etc.
or elsewhere in the city, and to impose penalties upon the owners or
keepers thereof permitting the same, and to require and authorize the
*As Amended by Act 400 of the Laws of 1881.
Sec. 167. The council shall have power to prohibit and prevent
obstructions and incumbrances in the public highways, streets, and
alleys of the city, and to remove the same, and to prohibit encroach-
ments upon any public street, alley, or highway; and to punish those
who shall obstruct, incumber, encroach, or maintain any encroach-
ments upon or in any such highway, street, or alley, and to require
all such persons to remove every such obstruction, incumbrance, or
encroachment.
Sec. 168. The council may provide for and regulate the planting of
shade and ornamental trees in the public highways, streets and avenues
of the city, and for the protection thereof; and may cause the streets
and public grounds to be lighted, and regulate the setting of lamp-
posts therein, and protect the same.
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destruction of dogs found at large contrary to the ordinances of the Dogs.
city; to cleanse and purify the streets; and to prohibit, prevent,
remove, and abate all nuisances therein, and to require the authors
and maintainers thereof to remove the same, and to punish them; Cleaning and
and generally to prescribe and enforce all such police regulations over nuisances.
and in respect to the public streets, as may be necessary to secure
removing
good order, and safety of persons and property in the lawful use General
thereof; and to promote the general welfare; and in addition to all authority.
other powers herein granted, the council shall have the same authority
and powers over and in respect to the public streets of the city, as
are conferred by law upon highway commissioners in townships.
Sec. 171. When the council shall deem it advisable to vacate, vacating streets.
discontinue, or abolish any street, alley, or public ground, or any part
thereof, they shall by resolution so declare, and in the same resolution
shall appoint a time, not less than four weeks thereafter, when they will Notice of
meeting to hear
meet and hear objections thereto; notice of such meeting with a copy objections.
of said resolution shall be published for not less than four weeks
before the time appointed for such meeting in one of the newspapers Filing objections
of the city. Objections to such proposed action of the council may be with City Clerk.
filed with the city clerk in writing, and if any such shall be filed, the
street, alley, or public ground, or any part thereof, shall not be vacated Effect of filing,
or discontinued except by a concurring vote of two-thirds of all the
aldermen elect.
SIDEWALKS.
}
Sec. 172. The city council shall have control of all sidewalks in Control.
the public streets and alleys of the city, and may prescribe the grade
thereof, and change the same when deemed necessary. They shall Construction.
have power to construct and maintain sidewalks and crosswalks in
the public streets and alleys and charge the expense of sidewalks upon Expense.
the lots and premises adjacent to and abutting upon such walks.
Sec. 173. The council shall also have authority to require the Idem.
owners and occupants of lots and premises, to construct and maintain
sidewalks in the public streets adjacent to and abutting upon such
lots and premises, and to keep them in repair at all times, and to con-
struct and lay the same upon such lines and grades, and of such
width, materials and manner of construction, and within such time as
the council shall by ordinance or resolution, prescribe. When a cement
walk is ordered by the common council, one-third of the expense of
laying said walk shall be paid by the city and two-thirds by the owner
of the abutting property. Whenever a property owner desiring
a cement walk shall deposit with the city clerk two-thirds of the cost
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CHARTER OF THE
[1877.
Removal of
snow, ice, etc.
Filth in
gutters, etc.
Proceedings in
cases of neglect.
Expense a
special tax on
property.
Regulations as
to signs, awn-
ings, etc.
Lot owners liable
for injuries re-
sulting from
their neglect.
of laying the same the city shall pay the remaining one-third of the
expense and do the work of laying said walk.*
Sec. 174. The council shall also have power to cause and require
the owners or occupants of any lot or premises to remove all snow
and ice from the sidewalks in front of or adjacent to such lot and
premises, and to keep the same free from obstructions, encroachments,
encumbrances, filth and other nuisances, and to cause and require
the owners or occupants of any lot or premises to remove all filth and
obstructions from the gutter adjacent to such lot or premises, and to
keep the street in front of their premises clear from noxious weeds.
Sec. 175. If the owner of occupant of any lot or premises shall fail
to construct or maintain any particular sidewalk as mentioned and
prescribed in the last two sections, or shall fail to keep the same in
repair, or to remove the snow, ice, and filth therefrom, or to remove
and keep the same free from obstructions, encroachments, encum-
brances, or other nuisances, or shall fail to keep the gutters clear of
filth or obstructions, or to keep the street in front of his lots or
premises clear from noxious weeds, or shall fail to perform any
other duty required by the council in respect to such sidewalks,
gutters, or streets adjacent to or abutting upon his lots or premises,
within such time and in such manner as the council shall require, the
council may cause the same to be done and such sidewalk to be
constructed and repaired, or such gutter to be cleared, or street to
be cleared of noxious weeds, at the expense of such owner or occupant
and the amount of all expenses incurred by the council thereby, with
ten per cent added, shall be levied as a special assessment upon the
lot or premises adjacent to and abutting upon such sidewalk.
ད
Sec. 176. The council shall have power to regulate and prohibit
the placing of signs, awnings, awning posts, and of other things upon
or over sidewalks, and to regulate or prohibit the construction and use
of openings in the sidewalks, and of all vaults, structures, and excava-
tions, under the same, and to prohibit and prevent obstructions, en-
cumbrances, or other nuisances upon the sidewalks.
Sec. 177. If any owner, occupant, or person in charge of any lot
or premises shall neglect to repair any sidewalk in front of or adja-
cent to such premises, or to remove any snow or ice therefrom, or to
keep the same free from obstructions and incumbrances, in accordance
with the requirements of the ordinances and regulations of the council,
he shall be liable to the city for the amount of all damages which
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shall be recovered against the city for any accident or injury occurring
by reason of such neglect.
APPROPRIATION OF PRIVATE PROPERTY.
Sec. 178. The common council of the city of Ypsilanti shall have Power of com-
full power to lay out, establish, open, extend, widen, straighten, alter, mon council.
close, fill in, or grade, vacate or abolish, any highways, streets, avenues,
lanes, and alleys, public grounds or spaces in said city, and if in so
doing it shall be necessary to take or use private property, the same
may be taken in the manner in this act provided for taking private
property for public use. The expense caused by the exercise of the How expense
powers of the council in this section conferred, or a portion thereof,
may be paid by special assessments upon the property adjacent to,
or benefited by the improvement in the manner in this act provided for
levying and collecting special assessments, or in discretion of the
council, a portion or all such cost and expenses may be paid from the
highway district funds.
paid.
which private
property may be
Sec. 179. Private property may be appropriated for public uses Purposes for
in said city, for the purposes of opening, widening, altering, and
extending streets, alleys, and avenues; for the construction of bridges; appropriated.
for buildings and structures for the fire department, and for market
places; for sewers, drains, and ditches; for water works, and for neces-
sary public buildings, hospitals, pest houses, and public cemeteries;
but such property shall not be taken therefor unless the necessity for Manner of
acquiring.
using such property and just compensation thereof shall be ascertained
by a jury of twelve freeholders residing in the vicinity of such prop-
erty. The common council may, however, acquire such property by Council may
negotiation and purchase.
aquire by
purchase.
Selection of
Sec. 180. When the common council shall seek to take or use Proceedings.
private property not acquired by purchase, they shall so declare by
resolution, specifying the purpose for which it is to be taken, and
describing each parcel of land designated to be taken, by metes and
bounds, giving the names of the owners or persons interested therein, justice for im-
so far as known, and shall in the same resolution designate when paneling jury.
application will be made to a justice of the peace of said city for
impaneling a jury to ascertain the necessity of taking said land, and
the just compensation to be made therefor.
when seizure
is necessary.
Notice of
Sec. 181. Upon the passage of the resolution mentioned in the
preceding section, a certified copy thereof shall be filed with the application
justice of the peace designated in said resolution, before the time
named in said resolution for the impaneling of said jury, and the city
for jury.
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CHARTER OF THE
[1877.
Service of
notice.
Return of
officer, when
and where filed.
Effect of notice
Interest of
infants or in-
competent per-
son, how
protected.
Impaneling of
jury.
clerk shall give notice of the time and place of making said application,
by publishing a copy of the said resolution for two weeks in one of the
newspapers of the city, the first publication of which shall be at least
twenty days before the time fixed for impaneling said jury, with a notice
signed by the city clerk published therewith, that the said resolution
was on a certain day passed by the common council. A printed copy
of said resolution and notice shall be served personally by the city
marshal or any constable of said city, at least one week before the time
for said application, upon each owner and person interested in said lands,
so far as known, and upon the guardian of any minor or incompetent
person interested therein, if to be found within said city or elsewhere
in the county, and if any such guardian, owner, or persons interested
in the premises shall not be found within the city or county, a copy
of said resolution and notice shall be posted upon the premises to be
taken, at least one week before making such application. A return
by the marshal or constable of the service or posting of copies of said
resolution or notice, which return shall be conclusive as to the matters
therein stated, and an affidavit of the publication of said resolution and
notice shall be filed with said justice before or at the time of making
said application, and after the publication and service or posting of said
resolution and notice as aforesaid, the owner and all persons interested
in any of the lands sought to be taken for the purpose specified in said
resolution shall take notice of and be bound by all subsequent proceed-
ings without further notice except as herein otherwise provided.
Sec. 182. At the time of making the application to the justice of
the peace for the impaneling of the jury, and at all subsequent
proceedings, any infant or incompetent person may be represented
by his guardian appointed under the laws of the State; but if there
shall be no guardian, or if no guardian shall appear to represent such
infant or incompetent person, the justice of the peace, before proceed-
ing with the matter, shall appoint some disinterested person as
guardian ad litem, to protect the interests of the person for whom
he is so appointed.
Sec. 183. At the time appointed therefor in said resolution, or at
such other time as the proceedings shall be adjourned to, the justice
of the peace shall, upon the application of the city attorney, cause
the marshal or any constable or said city to make a list of twenty-four
disinterested freeholders residing in the vicinity of such property,
and competnet to serve as jurors. From said list the city attorney shall
strike off six names, and the owner or owners and persons interested in
said lands shall strike off six, or upon their failing so to do, the justice
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of the peace shall strike off such names for him or them; and thereupon
the justice of the peace shall issue a venire directed to the marshal or
any constable of said city, to summon the twelve persons whose names
remain upon said list, to appear before said justice at a time and
place in said renire to be named, not less than three nor more than six
days from the date thereof, to make a jury to inquire of and determine
the matters referred to in said resolution; and shall then adjourn the
further proceedings in the matter to the return day of said venire.
Said venire shall be served by the marshal or any constable of said
city, as in other cases of venire; said jurors shall be liable for non-
attendance the same as jurors summoned to appear in justices' courts,
and may be excused for the same causes as jurors in those courts.
panel of jury.
Sec. 184. If upon the return of said renire a sufficient number of Completing
competent jurors shall not attend in answer to the summons, or if any
shall be excused or set aside, the justice of the peace shall require
the marshal or any constable of said city to summon immediately a
sufficient number of other competent freeholders residing in the
vicinity of such property until a panel of twelve qualified jurors shall
be obtained. Each party, and every person having any interest in
Right of
any of the lands, shall have the right to challenge any juror for cause, challenge.
and the justice of the peace shall determine as to the competency of
the juror. Such jury shall be sworn to ascertain and determine the
necessity of making such proposed improvement, and of taking the
parcel or several parcels of land sought to be taken for the purpose
set forth in said resolution, and if taken, to determine and award to
each person entitled thereto the just compensation to be allowed for
his or her interest in the land so taken,
Oath of juror.
be given jury.
Sec. 185. When the jury shall have been sworn, the city attorney Copy of notice.
shall deliver to them a copy of the said notice and resolution of the etc., and plat to
council, and a map or plan of the land sought to be taken, showing
the location and boundaries of each parcel of such land, and its
position in relation to adjoining lands. And any person claiming an Statement of
interest in any of the lands sought to be taken, although not named parties not
in said resolution as an owner or party interested, may then file with resolution.
the justice of the peace, a statement of his interest in, and a description
of the property in respect to which he claims compensation, and a
copy of the same shall be delivered to the jury.
named in
Sec. 186. The jury shall then, or at such other time as the justice Jury to examine
of the peace shall direct, proceed to examine the premises sought to premises, etc.
be acquired, and testimony may be produced before them under the
direction of the court as in cases of ordinary jury trials before justices
of the peace, so far as applicable. Upon closing the testimony, the
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CHARTER OF THE
[1877.
Determination
and award.
Report of jury.
Entry of report
by justice.
Disagreement
of jury.
Appointment in
place of jurors
unable to dia-
charge dutie:
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justice of the peace shall instruct the jury as to the provisions of
this act relating to their duties. The jury shall consider upon each
parcel of land described in the resolution of the council separately. If
they shall find it necessary to make such improvement and to take
such parcel of land for the purpose of making said improvement, they
shall determine and award the compensation to be made therefor. If
only a part of any lot or parcel of land shall be taken, they shall esti-
mate the whole damages occasioned thereby. If several persons shall
have separate claims upon the same lot or parcel of land, as owners,
mortgagees, lessees, or otherwise, they shall apportion to each such
share of the damages awarded as shall be just. Damages for taking
the lands of any deceased person may be awarded to the estate.
Sec. 187. The jury shall make a report of their determinations and
awards in writing. If they shall find such improvement necessary to
be made they shall so state in their report, and shall describe therein,
by metes and bounds, each piece or parcel of land which they shall
find it necessary to take for the purpose of said improvement, and
state the whole amount of damages occasioned by taking the same, the
name of the owner, and of any person having separate claims thereon,
by mortgage, lease, or otherwise, to whom damages are awarded, and
the amount awarded to each, and the date and description of any
mortgage, lease, or lien, by virtue of which such claim is made. When
conflicting claims are made to any damages awarded, the jury, without
deciding between the claimants, shall report the fact, their names, and
the amount awarded for the land. They shall report the lands, if
any, as to which they fail to agree. Said report, signed by each juror,
shall be returned to the justice of the peace within ten days after im-
paneling the jury.
Sec. 188. The justice of the peace shall enter said report, and all
the proceedings had in the cause before him, and shall record a
certified copy of the resolution of the council, and all affidavits and
returns of the officers, and other papers relating to said matter, in a
docket to be provided for that purpose.
Sec. 189. A disagreement of the jury as to one or more distinct
parcels of land shall not affect the awards and reports in which they
have agreed; and upon any such disagreement the justice of the peace
may, upon the motion of the city attorney, impanel a new jury in the
same manner as provided for drawing the original jury, and like
proceedings shall thereupon be had as to the lands concerning which
there was a failure to agree, and a new jury may in like manner be had
as often as necessary. If any juror, during the course of the proceed-
ings,.. shall be unable to discharge his duties, the justice of the peace
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may appoint another in his place, who shall have the like qualifications
and be sworn, and exercise the same duties as the other jurors of the
panel.
council.
Judgment of
Sec. 190. Upon filing the report and award made by any jury with Copy of report.
said justice of the peace, a copy thereof may be taken by the city etc., for use of
attorney for the use of the council, and at any time thereafter, and
within sixty days after impaneling the jury making the report, the
justice of the peace, upon the application of the city council, shall confirmation.
enter judgment of confirmation of the determination and awards therein
made. Unless such application and confirmation shall be made within When not made
said sixty days, all proceedings upon that report and award shall be days.
at an end, and a new proceeding may be had as in the case of a
disagreement of the jury. All parties interested in such report shall
take notice of the confirmation thereof. Any such judgment of con-
firmation shall be final and conclusive as to all parties not appealing
therefrom within the time prescribed in the next section.
within sixty
circuit court.
Sec. 191. Any party aggrieved by the judgment of confirmation Appeal to
mentioned in the preceding section may, within ten days after the
entry thereof, appeal therefrom to the circuit court of the county, by
filing with the justice of the peace a claim of appeal, in writing, in
which he shall set forth a description of the land in which he claims
an interest, his interest therein, and all the errors relating to the
proceedings and judgment of which he complains, and his objections,
if any, to the amount of damages awarded, and at the same time filing
with the justice of the peace a bond to the city in the penal sum of
not less than three hundred dollars, with sureties to be approved by
said justice of the peace, conditioned that he will prosecute his appeal
to effect and pay any costs that may be awarded against him in the
circuit court, and paying to the justice of the peace the sum of three
dollars for making his return to the appeal: Provided, Such appeal
shall not prevent the city from taking possession of and occupying the
lands therein described, for the purpose of the proposed improvement,
the same as if the appeal had not been taken.
Sec. 192. At the time of filing said claim of appeal the appellant Bill of
shall present to the justice a statement in the nature of a bill of excep exceptions.
tions, containing so much of the evidence and other proceedings in
the matter as shall be sufficient to present the question to be raised
upon the errors and objections alleged in the claim of appeal, and
shall at the same time serve a copy thereof and of the claim of appeal
upon the city attorney, who may propose amendments to said bill.
Within ten days after said bill is presented, said justice of the peace
shall, if necessary, cause the same to be corrected according to the
Correction by
justice.
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CHARTER OF THE
[1877.
Filing of tran-
facts of the case and sign the same; and within ten days thereafter
script of docket, said justice of the peace shall make and certify a return to said appeal,
etc., with clerk
of court.
setting forth a transcript from his docket of all the proceedings and
the judgment of confirmation entered therein, and shall attach thereto
the report of the jury, and all notices and papers filed with him,
together with the bond and claim of appeal and said bill of exceptions,
and filed [file] the same with the clerk of said circuit court.
Proceedings in
circuit court.
Trial.
Appeal of one
person not to
affect others.
Judgment.
Costs.
Record and
copies of
judgment,
evidence of
Sec. 195. Certified copies of any judgment of confirmation of the
circuit court or of the justice after the same has become final, and of
the report of the jury thereby confirmed, shall be presumptive evidence
proceedings, etc. Of the matters therein contained, and of the regularity of all the pro-
regularity of
ceedings to appropriate the property sought to be acquired, and to
confirm the same.
Damages.
Payment.
Sec. 193. Upon filing the return of the justice of [the] peace as
mentioned in the preceding section, the circuit court shall have
jurisdiction of the case, and upon the hearing thereof, shall first
consider the errors alleged in said claim of appeal, and if the proceed-
ings are found invalid as to the party appealing on account thereof,
the court shall remand the case as [so] far as affects the appeal, to said
justice, and a new jury may be called, and the like proceedings had
as upon the original application for a jury. If no error affecting the
merits shall be found in the proceedings, the parties may proceed to
trial by jury at the same term, upon the question as to the amount of
damages awarded; but the finding of the jury before the justice as
to the necessity of making the improvement and of taking the land,
shall be held to be conclusive. The appeal of one or more persons
interested in any judgment of confirmation, shall not in any way
affect said judgment as to the other persons interested therein who
do not appeal.
Sec. 194. Upon the dismissal of the appeal, or rendition of judg-
ment after the trial in the circuit court, said court shall confirm the
proceedings, and the right of the city to take and appropriate the lands.
of the appellant for the purpose mentioned in the resolution of the
council, and a certified copy of the proceedings of the circuit court
shall be
be filed in the office of the justice and recorded in
his docket. And unless the appellant shall recover judgment for at
least thirty dollars more than the amount awarded to him before the
justice, he shall pay costs to the city, otherwise the court may award
such costs to him as shall be just.
Sec. 196. Within three months after the judgment of confirmation
by the circuit court, or after the judgment of confirmation by the
justice of the peace shall become final, the council shall pay or tender to
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.
1
when person un-
the respective persons the several amounts of damage and compensa-
tion awarded to them, as finally confirmed. And in case any such Where deposited
person shall refuse the same, be unknown, or a non-resident of the known or in-
city, or be not found therein, or shall be incapacitated from receiving capacitated.
his or her amounts, or the right to any sum awarded be disputed or
doubtful, the council may deposit the amount awarded in such case,
with a statement of the facts relating thereto, in the treasury of the
city, to the credit of the person or persons entitled thereto, and the
same shall be paid on demand to any person entitled to receive it. No
delay in making any award of damages, or in taking possession of
any property, shall be occasioned by any doubt as to the ownership
of the property, or as to the interest of the respective parties making
claims thereto.
When right to
in city.
Evidence of
Sec. 197. Upon the payment, tender, or deposit mentioned in the
preceding section, the fee of the land sought to be taken, with the property vests
appurtenances, and the right to occupy the property sought to be
used, shall vest in the city, and the council may convert and use the
same. A certificate of the city treasurer, of such payment, tender, or
deposit, or a record of such certificate in the docket of the justice, ownership, etc.
or a certified copy thereof shall be presumptive evidence in [of]
the matters therein stated, and of the ownership of the city in the
lands and property taken. Provided, That in the case of an appeal being Proviso.
taken by any party, no tender of the damages awarded by the jury
shall be necessary to authorize the city to take and occupy such lands.
Sec. 198. In all cases where any real estate, subject to a lease Effect of judg-
or agreement shall be taken for public use, all the covenants and ment on leases.
stipulations therein shall end upon the judgment or confirmation in
the circuit court, or upon the confirmation by the justice, when the
same shall become final. If a part only of such real estate shall be
taken, the said covenants and agreements shall be discharged only
as to such part.
COSTS OF IMPROVEMENTS. SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS.
general fund.
Sec. 199. The cost and expense of the following improvements, Improvements
including the necessary land therefor, viz.: for city hall and other paid for from
public buildings, and offices for the use of the city officers, engine
houses and structures for the fire department, for water-works, market
houses and spaces, cemeteries and parks, watch-houses, city prisons
and work-houses, shall be paid from the proper general funds of the
city. When by the provisions of this act the cost and expenses of Special
any local or public improvement may be defrayed in whole or in part assessments.
by special assessment upon lands abutting upon and adjacent to, or
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CHARTER OF THE
(1877-
Proceedings
after
confirmation.
Board of
assessors,
compensation
and duties.
Estimates, plats,
etc., deposited
with clerk.
Notice of
meeting to
consider
objections.
What costs and
expenses to
include.
Special
assessments
levied before
making improv-
ments.
otherwise benefited by the improvement, such assessment may be
made as in this act provided.
Sec. 200. Within two months after the judgment of confirmation
by the circuit court or after the judgment of confirmation by the
justice shall become final, if the common council shall determine to
defray the whole or any part of the cost and expenses of any improve-
ment, including therein the total damages and compensation awarded
by a jury for taking the land necessary therefor by special assess-
ment, they shall so declare by resolution stating the improvement and
what part or portion of the expenses thereof shall be paid by special
assessment, and what part if any, has been appropriated from the
highway district funds of the city, and shall designate the district upon
which the special assessment shall be levied.*
Sec. 201. There shall be a board of assessors in the city consisting
of three members, who shall be freeholders and electors in the city
to be appointed by the council. Their compensation shall be prescribed
by the council. Special assessments authorized by this act, other than
those provided for under subdivision one of section two hundred and
twenty-eight, shall be made by said board. If a member of the board
shall be interested in any assessment, the council shall appoint some
other person to act in his stead in making the assessment, who, for
that purpose, shall be a member of the board of assessors.
Sec. 202. Before ordering any part of the expenses of any improve-
ment or repair to be defrayed by special assessment, the council shall
cause estimates of the expenses thereof to be made, and also plats
and diagrams, when practicable, of the work, and of the locality to be
improved, and deposit the same with the city clerk for public exami-
nation; and they shall give notice thereof, and of the proposed assess-
ments [assessment], and of the districts to be assessed, by publication
for two weeks at least, in one of the newspapers of the city, and of
the time when the council will meet and consider any objections there-
to. No such special assessment shall be ordered except by the con-
currence of two-thirds of the aldermen elect.
Sec. 203. The costs and expenses of any improvements which
may be defrayed by special assessments shall include the costs of
surveys, plans, assessments, notices, advertising, and costs of con-
struction.
Sec. 204. Special assessments to defray the cost of any improve
ment other than sewers and paving shall be levied before the making
of the improvement, or as soon as the improvement is completed and
the expense thereof determined, except when the council by resolution
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shall allow the same to be paid in installments, when at least one-
quarter of the cost thereof shall be assessed and collected immediately
after the making of said improvement, or before, as the council shall
determine, and the balance at such times and in such amounts as the
council shall fix upon, with interest not to exceed five per cent upon
all deferred payments.*
board as to
Sec. 205. When any special assessment is to be made pro rata Directions to
upon the lots and premises in any special district according to front- special
age, or benefits, the council shall, by resolution, direct the same to be assessments.
made by the board of assessors; and shall state therein the amount to
be assessed, and whether, according to frontage or benefits; and de-
scribe or designate the lots and premises, or locality constituting the
district to be assessed.
Sec. 206. Upon receiving such order and directions, the board of Assessment roll.
assessors shall make out an assessment roll, entering and describing
therein all the lots, premises and parcels of land to be assessed, and
the valuation thereof, with the names of the persons, if known,
chargeable with the assessments thereon; and shall levy thereon and
against such persons the amount to be assessed, in the manner
directed by the council and the provisions of this act, applicable to
the assessment; and when such assessment is completed, they shall council when
Report to
report the same to the council.
completed.
frontage.
Sec. 207. If the assessment is required to be according to frontage, Assessments
they shall assess to each lot or parcel of land such relative portion of according to
the whole amount to be levied as the length of front of such premises
abutting upon the improvement bears to the whole frontage of all
the lots to be assessed, unless on account of the shape or size of any
lot, an assessment for a different number of feet would be more equita-
ble. If the assessment is directed to be according to the benefits they According to
shall assess upon each lot such relative portion of the whole sum to
be levied as shall be proportionate to the estimated benefit resulting
to such lot from the improvement, and in making said assessments they
shall take as the basis of their assessment the value of all lots,
premises, and parcels of land, as valued and assessed for State and
county taxation, in the last preceding district tax rolls.
benefits.
Sec. 208. When any special assessment shall be reported by the Filed with city
board of assessors to the council, as in this act directed, the same shall clerk.
be filed in the office of the city clerk and numbered. Before adopting
the assessment, the council shall cause notice to be published for one
week at least, in some newspaper of the city, of the filing of the
*As Amended by Act 370 of the Laws of 1899.
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CHARTER OF THE
[1877.
Review, correc-
tion and dispo-
sition of roll.
Confirmation
by council.
Lien on land
and charge
against person.
Division into
installments.
First installment
due on
confirmation.
Assessment roll
for each
installment.
same with the city clerk, and appointing a time when the council will
meet to review the assessment. Any person objecting to the assess-
ment may file his objection thereto in writing with the city clerk.
Sec. 209. At the time appointed for that purpose as aforesaid, the
council shall meet, and then, or at some adjourned meeting, review
the assessment; and the council shall correct the same if necessary,
and confirm it as reported, or as corrected; or they may refer the
assessment back to the board for revision, or annul it and direct a new
assessment; in which case the same proceeding shall be had as in
respect to the previous assessment. When a special assessment
shall be confirmed, the city clerk shall endorse a certificate thereof
upon the roll, showing the date of confirmation.
Sec. 210. When any special assessment shall be confirmed by the
council, it shall be final and conclusive; but no such assessment shall
be confirmed, except by a concurrence of a majority of the aldermen
elect.
Sec. 211. All special assessments shall, from the date of the con-
firmation thereof, constitute a lien upon the respective lots, or parcels
of lands assessed, and shall be a charge against the persons to whom
assessed, until paid.
Sec. 212. Upon the confirmation of any special assessment made
for the purpose of defraying the expenses of constructing sewers or
repairing thereof, the amount thereof shall be divided into five equal
installments, one of which shall be collected each year, at such time
as the council shall determine, with annual interest at a rate not
exceeding five per cent upon the second, third, fourth and fifth install-
ments; and upon the confirmation of any special assessment, made
for the purpose of defraying the expenses of paving, or repairing there-
of, the amount thereof shall be divided into ten installments, one of
which shall be collected each year, at such time as the council shall
determine, with annual interest at a rate not exceeding five per cent
upon the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and
tenth installments.*
Sec. 213. All special assessments, except such installments thereof
as the council shall make payable at a future time, as provided in the
preceding section, shall be due and payable upon confirmation.
Sec. 214. If any special assessment shall be divided into install-
ments, a special assessment roll shall be made for each installment,
as the same shall become due, with accrued interest upon all unpaid
installments included and assessed therein. Such special rolls may
be made and confirmed without notice to the persons assessed.
*As Amended by Act 370 of the Laws of 1899.
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amounts in case
lots.
Sec. 215 Should any lots or land be divided after a special assess- Apportionment
ment thereon has been confirmed and divided into installments, and of uncollected
before the collection of all the installments, the council may require of division of
the board of assessors to apportion the uncollected amounts upon the
several parts of lots and land so divided. The report of such appor-
tionment when confirmed, shall be conclusive upon all the parties,
and all the assessments made thereafter upon such lots or lands shall
be according to such division.
case of a
Sec. 216. Should any special assessment prove insufficient to pay Additional
for the improvement or work for which it was levied and the expenses assessments in
incident thereto, the council may make an additional pro rata assess- deficiency.
ment to supply the deficiency; and in case a larger amount shall have
been collected than was necessary, the excess shall be refunded ratably
to those by whom it was paid.
Sec. 217.
in case of
Whenever any special assessments hereafter made shall, New assessments
in the opinion of the council, be invalid by reason of irregularity or irregularity.
informality in the proceedings, or if any court of competent jurisdiction
shall adjudge such assessment to be illegal, the council shall, whether
the improvement has been made or not, or whether any part of the
assessment has been paid or not, have power to cause a new assessment
to be made for the same purpose for which the former assessment was
made. All the proceedings on such re-assessment and for the collection
thereof shall be conducted in the same manner as herein provided for
the original assessment, and whenever any sum or any part thereof
levied upon any premises in the assessment so set aside has been paid
and not refunded, the payment so made shall be applied upon the
re-assessment upon said premises, and the re-assessment shall to that
extent be deemed satisfied.
Sec. 218. No judgment, or decree, nor any act of the council vacat- Lien for
ing a special assessment, shall destroy or impair the lien of the city charges not
equitable
upon the premises assessed, for such amount of the assessment as may impaired by
by equitably charged against the same, or as by regular mode of assessments.
degree vacating
proceeding might have been lawfully assessed thereon.
Sec. 219. Whenever any special assessment shall be confirmed and Levy and
be payable, the council may direct the supervisor to levy the sum collection of
therein mentioned upon the respective lots and premises to which assessments.
special
they are especially assessed, and against the persons chargeable there-
with as a tax in the city tax roll next thereafter to be made, in a
column for special assessments, and thereupon the amounts so levied
in said city tax roll shall be collected and enforced with other taxes
in the city tax roll, and in the same manner; and shall continue to be
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CHARTER OF THE
[1877.
Idem.
Seizure and sale
of goods by
marshal.
Disposition of
proceeds of sale.
Cost of sale.
. Disposition of
money by
marsha! and
return of roll.
Renewal of
warrant.
a lien upon the premises assessed until paid, and when collected shall
be paid into the city treasury.
Sec. 220. When any special assessment shall be confirmed and
be payable as herein before provided, the council, instead of requiring
the assessments to be levied in the city tax roll, as provided in the
preceding section, may direct the assessment so made in the special
assessment roll to be collected directly therefrom; and thereupon the
city clerk shall attach his warrant to a certified copy of said special
assessment roll, therein commanding the marshal to collect from each
of the persons assessed in said roll the amount of money assessed
to and set opposite his name therein; and in case any person named in
said roll shall neglect or refuse to pay his assessment upon demand,
then to levy and collect the same by distress and sale of the goods and
chattels of such persons [person]; and that he pay the money so
collected to the city treasurer, and return said roll and warrant,
together with his doings thereon, within sixty days of the date of
such warrant.
↓
Sec. 221. Upon receiving said assessment roll and warrant, the
marshal shall proceed to collect the amounts assessed therein. If
any person shall neglect or refuse to pay his assessment upon demand,
the marshal shall seize and levy upon any personal property found
within the city, or elsewhere within the country, [county] belonging
to such person, and sell the same at public auction, first giving six
days' notice of the time and place of such sale, by posting such
notices in three of the most public places in the city where such prop-
erty may be found. The proceeds of such sale, or so much thereof
as may be necessary for that purpose, shall be applied to the payment
of the assessment, and for the cost and expenses of said seizure and sale
and the surplus, if any, shall be paid to the person entitled thereto.
Sec. 222. The marshal shall pay the moneys and all the costs and
expenses collected by him to the city treasurer, and file a statement
He shall also make return of said as-
thereof with the city clerk.
sessment roll and warrant to the city clerk according to the require-
ments of the warrant, and if any of the assessment in said roll shall
be returned unpaid, the marshal shall attach to his return a statement,
verified by his affidavit, containing a list of the persons delinquent,
and a description of the lots and premises upon which the assessments
remain unpaid, and the amount unpaid on each.
Sec. 223. Said warrant may be renewed from time to time by
the city clerk, if the council shall so direct, and for such time as
they shall determine, and during the time of such renewal the warrant
shall have the same force, and the marshal shall perform the same
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duties, and make the like returns, as above provided. In case any Assessments
returned unpaid
assessment shall be finally returned by the marshal unpaid, as
re-assessed.
aforesaid, the same shall then be re-assessed by the supervisor, with
interest included at the rate of fifteen per cent from the date of the
confirmation of the assessment in the next city tax rolls, and be collected
and paid in all respects as provided in section two hundred and nine-
teen aforesaid.
collected by suit.
Sec. 224. At any time after a special assessment has become paya- Special assess-
ble, the same may be collected by suit in the name of the city, against ments may be
the person assessed, in an action of assumpsit, in any court having
jurisdiction of the amount. In every such action a declaration upon
the count for money paid, shall be sufficient. The special assessment
roll and a certified order or resolution confirming the same, shall be
prima facia evidence of the regularity of all the proceedings in making
the assessment, and the right of the city to recover judgment therefor.
FINANCE AND TAXATION.
Sec. 225. The fiscal year of the city shall commence on the first Fiscal year.
Monday of May in each year, unless otherwise provided by ordinance.
money by
Sec. 226. The council of the city shall have authority within the Authority of
limitations herein prescribed, to raise annually, by taxation within council to raise
the corporation, such a sum of money as may be necessary to defray taxation.
the expenses and pay the liabilities of the city and to carry into
effect the powers in this act granted. They shall not contract any
debt to an amount exceeding the sum of ten thousand dollars, or sell
any property belonging to the city of the value of ten thousand dollars
or upwards, in any one year, without first submitting the same to a
vote of the electors. Provided, howevrer, that this shall not affect the
provisions of sections 243, 244 and 245, and money raised for the
purposes mentioned in said three last mentioned sections shall not be
used or applied to any other purpose.*
Sec. 227. The revenues raised by general tax upon all the property Division into
in the city, or by loan to be repaid by such tax, shall be divided into
the following general funds:
general funds.
First, Contingent fund, to defray the expenses and liabilities in- Contingent.
curred by the city for the payment of which from some other fund,
no provision is made;
Second, Poor fund, to defray the expenses and liabilities incurred Poor.
by the city for the support of the poor having a settlement in the city;
Third, Interest and sinking fund, for the payment of the public interest and
debt of the city and the interest thereon;
sinking.
As Amended by Act 110 of the Laws of 1891
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CHARTER OF THE
[1877.
Other general
fund.
Special funds.
Highway dis-
trict fund.
District sewer.
Special assess-
ment.
Aggregate
amount council
may raise by
general tax.
Priviso as to
street fund.
Amount in
sewer and
special assess-
ment districts
for local im-
provements.
Fourth, Such other general funds as the council may from time
to time constitute.*
Sec. 228. Revenues and moneys raised by taxation in special
districts of the city shall be divided into the following special funds:
First, A highway district fund for each highway district, to defray
the expenses of opening, widening, extending, altering and vacating
streets and alleys, and for grading, curbing, graveling and otherwise
improving, repairing and cleaning the streets and alleys of the city,
and for the construction and repair of sidewalks and crosswalks and
for the care thereof;
Second, A district sewer fund for each main sewer district, for
the payment of the costs and expenses of sewers and drainage in and
chargeable to the main sewer districts, when the city shall be
divided into such districts;
Third, Special assessment funds; any money raised by special
assessment, levied in any special district, or special sewer district
to defray the expenses of any work, paving or improvement, or repairs,
or drainage therein, shall constitute a special fund for the purpose for
which it was raised.*
Sec. 229. The aggregate amount which the council may raise by
general tax upon the taxable real and personal property in the city,
for the purpose of defraying the general expenses and liabilities of
the corporation, and for all purposes for which the several general
funds mentioned in section two hundred and twenty-seven of this
act are constituted, exclusive of taxes for schools and school house
purposes, shall not, except as herein otherwise provided, exceed in
any one year three and one-quarter per cent on the assessed value of
all the real and personal property in the city made taxable by law:
Provided, however, That the council shall not raise by general tax upon
the taxable real and personal property in the city, in any one year,
for the poor fund more than one-quarter of one per cent, for the con-
tingent fund more than one per cent, for the interest and sinking
fund more than two per cent, on the assessed value of all the real and
personal property in the city made taxable by law.*
Sec. 230. In addition to the above amounts the council may raise
by special assessment in each highway district, sewer district, and
special assessment district, for highway purposes, and for the purpose
of creating and replenishing the funds provided for in section two
hundred and twenty-eight of this act, and paying the same, such sum
as they shall deem necessary, but not exceeding in any one year one
per cent on the assessed value of the property in the highway district,
*As Amended by Act 400 of the Laws of 1881.
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and five per cent on the assessed value of the property in the sewer
district, or special assessment district, as the case may be, as shown
by the last preceding assessment rolls of the city.*
Sec. 231. A tax or assessment of not more than two dollars per year Tax for use of
may be levied upon each lot or premises drained by a private sewer public sewer.
or drain, leading into any public drain or sewer.
Sec. 232. It shall be the duty of the council to cause estimates to Estimates of
be made in the month of May in each year, of all the expenditures expenditure.
which will be required to be made from the several general funds
of the city during the next fiscal year, for the payment of interest and
debts to fall due, or for lands to be acquired, buildings to be erected
or repaired, for the support of the fire department, and for defraying
the current expenses of the year, and for any other purpose for which
any money will be required to be paid from any of the several general
funds during such fiscal year.
assessments.
Sec. 233. The council shall also in the same month determine the Determination
amount or part of any special assessment which they require to be of special
levied or re-assessed in the next general tax rolls of the city upon the
taxable real and personal property in the several highway districts
and upon lands in any main sewer or special assessment districts, or
upon any parcel of land, or against any particular person, as a special
assessment.*
Sec. 234. The common council shall also, on or before the second
Annual appro-
Monday in June in each year pass or adopt a resolution to be termed priation bill.
the annual appropriation bill, in which they shall make provisions for
and appropriate the several amounts required to defray the expendi-
tures and liabilities of the corporation for the next fiscal year, payable
from the several general funds as estimated and determined upon as
provided in section two hundred and twenty-seven of this act, and
order the same, or so much of such amounts as may be necessary to
be raised by tax with the next general tax levy, and to be paid into
the several general funds; but the whole amount so ordered to be
raised by tax shall not, except as herein otherwise provided, exceed
the amount which the city is authorized by section two hundred and
twenty-nine of this act to raise by general tax during the year. The
council shall specify in such resolution the objects and purposes for
which such appropriations are made, and the amount appropriated
for each object or purpose, and to each of the general funds.
The council shall also designate in the appropriation bill the sums,
if any, required to be levied by tax in each highway district for highway
purposes and the sums if any required to be levied to meet any
deficiency for the curent year, and the amount or part of any special
assessment or other sum which they require to be levied or re-assessed
*As Amended by Act 400 of the Laws of 1881.
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CHARTER OF THE
[1877.
No money used
not in annual
appropriation.
Idem.
Moneys credited
to the funds for
which raised.
How money
drawn from
treasury.
with the next general tax, as mentioned in section two hundred and
twenty-three of this act, and the disposition to be made of such
moneys, and may designate in said bill any local improvements which
they may deem advisable to make during the next fiscal year, to be
paid for, in whole or in part, by special assessments and the estimated
cost thereof, and shall at the same time, by resolution, levy the aggre-
gate of the taxes mentioned in such appropriation bill, upon the taxable
property within the city.*
Accounts of
officers to be
Bettled at close
Mf year:
Sec. 235. After the passage of the annual appropriation bill, no
further sums shall be used, raised, or appropriated; nor shall any
further liability be incurred for any purpose, to be paid from any
general fund during the fiscal year for which the appropriation was
made.
Sec. 236. No expenditure shall be made, money be paid out of
any general fund, except the contingent fund, for any purpose, unless
appropriated for that purpose in said bill
Sec. 237. All moneys and taxes raised, loaned, or appropriated
for the purpose of any particular fund, shall be paid in and credited
to such fund, and shall be applied to the purpose for which such moneys
were raised, and received, and to none other; nor shall the moneys
belonging to one fund be transferred to any other fund or be applied
to any purpose for which such other fund is constituted, except when
there shall be a surplus in any general fund, at the close of any
fiscal year.
In such case the surplus may be transferred to the sink-
ing fund, should there be a deficiency in that fund, otherwise the
council may apply such surplus as they shall deem proper. Moneys
not received or appropriated for any particular fund shall be credited
to the contingent fund.
Sec. 238. No money shall be drawn from the treasury except in
pursuance of the authority and appropriation of the council, and upon
the warrant of the clerk countersigned by the mayor. Such warrant
shall specifiy the fund from which it is payable, and shall be paid
from no other fund.
Warrant not to
Sec. 239. No warrant shall be drawn upon the treasury after
be drawn after
fund is exhausted the fund from which it should be paid has been exhausted, nor when
the liabilities outstanding and previously incurred and payable from
such fund are sufficient to exhaust it.
Sec. 240. Immediately upon the close of the fiscal year the coun-
cil shall audit and settle the accounts of the city treasurer and other
*As Amended by Act 400 of the Laws of 1881!
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65
statement.
officers of the city, and the accounts also, as far as practicable, of
all persons having claims against the city, or accounts with it not
previously audited; and shall make a statement in detail of the Annual financial
receipts and expenditures of the corporation during the preceding
year, which statement shall distinctly show the amount of all taxes
raised during the preceding year for all purposes, and the amount
levied by special assessments, and the amount collected on each;
and the amount of money borrowed, and upon what time and terms,
and for what purpose; also the items and amounts received from all
other sources during the year, and the objects thereof, classifying the
expenditures for each purpose separately. Said statement shall also
show the amount and items of all indebtedness outstanding against
the city, and to whom payable, and with what rate of interest; the
amount of salary or compensation paid or payable to each officer of
the city for the year, and such other information as shall be necessary
to a full understanding of all the financial concerns of the city.
•
with clerk and
Sec. 241. Said statement, signed by the mayor and clerk, shall Statements filed
be filed in the office of the city clerk, and a copy thereof published in published.
one of the newspapers of the city previous to the third Monday in
May in the next fiscal year.
Sec. 242. If any officer of the corporation shall, directly or in- Appropriation of
public money to
directly appropriate or convert any of the moneys, securities, evi- private use
dences of value, or any property whatsoever belonging to the corpora- prohibited.
tion or any board thereof, to his Own use, or shall directly or
indirectly and knowingly, appropriate or convert the same to any
other purpose than that for which such moneys, securities, evidences
of value, or property may have been appropriated, raised, or received,
or to any purpose not authorized by law, he shall be deemed guilty of
willful and corrupt malfeasance in office, and may be prosecuted,
tried, and convicted therefor, and on conviction may be punished by Penalty.
fine not exceeding one thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in the
State prison for a period not exceeding three years, or both, in the
discretion of the court.
CITY BONDS.
when payable,
Sec. 243. The Common Council of the city of Ypsilanti is hereby May issue bonds,
authorized to issue bonds of said city in such sums and for such Rate of interest,
amounts as it may deem necessary, not to exceed two per cent of the etc.
assessed valuation of the property assessed therein, for the purpose
of constructing and repairing bridges over the Huron river, in said
city; and like bonds for the purpose of the fire department of said
city; said bonds shall bear a rate of interest not exceeding five per
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[1877.
Sewer bonds.
Proviso.
Street Paving
bonds.
Bonds to satisfy
judgment
against city.
Payments of
bonds.
cent, such bonds shall be payable in not more than ten years from
date thereof, and not to exceed five thousand dollars payable in any
one year. Said Council shall also have power to issue bonds of
said city or sewer orders in such terms and for such amounts as it
may deem necessary, not exceeding the sum of twenty thousand
dollars, which bonds or orders shall bear a rate of interest not
exceeding five per cent per annum, and payable in not more than
five years from date thereof, for the purpose of paying the cost of
constructing a sewer or sewers, in any special or local sewer district
or districts, and the amounts thereof shall be collected from such
special or local sewer district or districts to repay said bonds and
sewer orders with interest on all deferred payments, at a rate not
exceeding five per cent per annum: Provided, however, That, at no
time, shall there be outstanding to exceed twenty thousand dollars
of said bonds or orders.
Said Council shall also have the power to issue bonds of said
city in such sums and for such amounts as it may deem necessary,
not to exceed two per cent of the assessed valuation of the property
therein, as shown by the assessment rolls of the preceding year, for
the purpose of paving the streets of said city, which bonds shall bear
a rate of interest not exceeding five per cent per annum, and shall
be payable in not more than ten years from date thereof. The amount
of such bonds to the extent of all special assessments made for paving,
as determined by the board of assessors, shall be respectively paid
from the several districts, with interest at a rate not exceeding five
per cent per annum, on all deferred payments as assessed and
payable for paving.
At no time shall any bonds of said city be sold at less than par
or face value.*
Sec. 244. The common council of the city shall also have the
power and authority whenever a judgment shall have been rendered
against the city, and there shall not be in the hands of the treasurer
to the credit of the sinking fund sufficient moneys to pay said
judgment, to issue the bonds of the city in such sums and for such
amounts, not exceeding the amount of such judgment, for the purpose
of satisfying the same; said last mentioned bonds shall bear a rate
of interest not exceeding eight per cent; and shall be payable in not
more than five years from the date of said bonds.
Sec. 245. The common council may provide for the payment
of the principal and interest of any outstanding legal bonds of the
city at the time this act shall go into effect, by the issue of new
*As Amended by Act 370 of the Laws of 1899.
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bonds, at a rate of interest not exceeding eight per cent per annum,
and for such sums each, and for such length of time as the common
council shall direct; such bonds shall have attached thereto the
necessary and usual interest coupons, corresponding in dates and
numbers with the bonds to which they are attached. Such bonds
shall be executed by the mayor and city clerk, under the seal of the
city: Provided, however, That no such new bonds shall be issued Proviso.
except by a concurring vote of two-thirds of the aldermen elect.
to increase
Sec. 246. Such new bonds may be issued in such a manner as New bonds not
merely to change but not to increase the indebtedness of the city. indebtedness.
And the council shall have the power to sell the same in the market
at no less than par value, and place the proceeds thereof to the
credit of the sinking fund, to be used and expended as provided in the
next section.
Sec. 247. It shall be the duty of the common council, when sinking fund.
the sinking fund shall have been collected, to appropriate the same;
first, for the payment of any judgment against the city; second, for
the payment of any annual interest of the debts, and outstanding
bonds of the city; and third, for the purchase or extinguishment of
such outstanding bonds of the city as the common council shall
direct.
Sec. 248. A record showing the dates, numbers, and amounts of Record of bonds.
all bonds issued, and when due, shall be kept by the city clerk.
ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION OF TAXES.
duties of super-
Sec. 249. The supervisors of said city shall, in each year, make Assessment of
and complete an assessment of all real and personal property within property and
their respective districts liable to taxation under the laws of the visors.
State; and, of all the property of any person liable to be assessed
therein in the same manner and within the same time as required
by law for the assessment of property in the townships of the State:
and in so doing, they shall conform to the provisions of law governing
the action of supervisors of townships performing like services and
in all other respects within their respective districts they shall unless
otherwise in this act provided, conform to the provisions of law
applicable to the action and duties of supervisors in townships, in
the assessment of property, the levying of taxes and the issuing of
warrants for the collection and return thereof.
assessments,
Sec. 250. The supervisors of the several districts, together with Board to review
the senior alderman from each ward, shall constitute a board of power and duties.
review of assessments. At the time appointed by law for the review
of assessments made by supervisors of townships, the said board of
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CHARTER OF THE
[1877.
Notice of time
of meeting.
Board to certify
corrected assess-
ment roll.
Further power
board.
Supervisors to
make copy of
roll.
Apportionment
of taxes to
districts.
Special assess-
ment rolls.
review shall meet at the place of meeting of the common council and
there proceed to review and correct the assessments made by the
supervisors in the several districts; and for that purpose said board
shall have the same powers and perform the same duties in all
respects as supervisors of townships in reviewing and correcting
assessments made by them. Said board shall continue in session one
day, for the purpose of completing such review. Notice of the time
and place of the meeting of said board for the purpose aforesaid shall
be given by the city clerk by publication in one of the newspapers of
the city, at least one week before the time for (the) review.*
Sec. 251. When the board shall have reviewed and corrected the
assessments rolls of the several districts, they shall, in addition to
the certificate required to be made by the supervisor, add their own
certificate to each roll, signed by at least a majority of them,
showing that they have reviewed the roll. The board of review shall
have authority to equalize, alter, amend and correct any assessment
or valuation, or description, and to place upon the assessment roll
of the proper district any taxable property, real or personal, not
already assessed, held or owned by any person or persons, and to
strike from said roll any property wrongfully thereon. The con-
currence of a majority of the board shall be sufficient to decide any
question in altering or correcting any assessment or description.
Sec. 252. When such assessment rolls shall be completed they
shall be delivered to the respective supervisors, who shall immediate.
ly proceed to make therefrom a full and complete copy of the assess-
ment roll for their respective districts as corrected and revised, which
shall be deemed the, general assessment roll of the city for that year.
for their respective districts, and which shall be used for State,
county, city and school taxes, and such other taxes and assessments
as hereinafter directed.†
Sec. 253. It is hereby made the duty of the supervisors to
apportion the city tax to the two judicial districts, as equalized by
the board of review, for such year.
Sec. 254. The supervisors, shall, immediately after making the
copy of the rolls mentioned in section two hundred and fifty-two of
this act, make another copy of the rolls for their respective districts,
as corrected and equalized by the board of review, and which shall
be deemed the special assessment roll of the city for their respective
districts for that year, and shall assess therein the city taxes that have
been levied by the council for the year upon the taxable property of
the city, according and in proportion to the individual and particular
*As Amended, by Act 110 of the Laws of 1891:
TAs Amended by Act 400 of the Laws of 1881.
1877.)
CITY OF YPSILANTI.
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estimate and valuation, as specified in the revised assessment rolls
of the city for that year, and shall, on or before the first Monday in
July in each year, deliver to the city treasurer their special assess-
ment roll of the city, with the taxes for the general funds of the
city for the year annexed to and carried out in a column thereof,
and if there be other taxes assessed than for said general funds, they
shall be carried out in separate columns, and all special assessments
required by the common council, or the provisions of this act, to be
assessed in such rolls against any description of land shall be carried
out in separate columns thereof; and the total amount of taxes and
assessments shall be carried out in the last column of such rolls.
What warrant
Sec. 255. Before the supervisors of said city shall deliver to the Supervisor to
treasurer their several special assessment rolls for the city, as attach warrant
o roll.
mentioned in the preceding section, each supervisor shall attach to
the roll for his respective district a warrant under his hand, com-
manding the marshal within thirty days from the first day of August
in said year, to collect from the persons named in said roll the several
sums set opposite their respective names, and pay the same to the
city treasurer, to the credit of the several funds for which the tax
was levied, or the assessment made; and the said warrant shall
authorize the city marshal, in case any person named in the assess- to authorize.
ment roll shall neglect or refuse to pay his tax, to levy the same by
distress of the goods and chattels of such persons (person), which
said warrant shall confer upon the marshal the same powers and
authority for the collection of taxes as the warrant of the supervisors
of townships confer upon the township treasurer; and when such
special assessment rolls for the city are delivered to the city treasurer
as aforesaid, he shall notify the taxpayers of the city by publishing
such notification in a newspaper published in the city for at least Notice to tax
one week, and after notification it shall be the duty of each and
every person against whom taxes are assessed to pay the same at
the office of the city treasurer.
payers.
When assess-
Sec. 256. Said assessment roll shall remain in the hands of the
city treasurer until the first day of August in said year, on which ment delivered
day he shall deliver the same to the marshal, who shall proceed to to marshal.
collect the taxes unpaid therein, adding thereto the sum of five per
cent for expenses of collection. While said assessment roll shall
remain in the hands of the treasurer any person may pay his taxes
without percentage. Such assessments (assessment) roll shall not Marshal's bond.
be delivered to the marshal until he has filed with the city clerk a
bond for the faithful performance of his duties as marshal, in such
amount and with such securities as shall be approved by the common
council, and with a condition to pay to the treasurer all moneys
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[1877.
Proceedings of
marshal when
personal prop-
erty is levied on.
Taxes a lien on
property.
Provisions of
law applicable.
collected by him within forty-eight hours after he shall receive the
same.
Sec. 258. The taxes so levied for city and highway purposes shall
be and remain a lien upon the property on which the same was levied,
in like cases, and to the same extent as taxes required by law to
be levied on property in the several townships in this State are liens
upon property. And within thirty days after the expiration of the
time named for the collection of such taxes in section two hundred
common council. and fifty-five, the treasurer shall return a list of all such unpaid taxes
Treasurer to
return list of
unpaid taxes to
to the common council, and the common council shall direct the
supervisors to carry into their next assessment rolls for State, county
and school purposes all such delinquent taxes so returned in their
respective districts, with a penalty of ten cents on each dollar of
the sum total of taxes assessed to each particular description of land,
or assessment on personal property, and which penalty shall be carried
out opposite to each such particular description of land in a column
provided for that purpose, and all provisions of the law respecting
the return and sale of property for the non-payment of taxes
for State, county and township purposes shall apply to the
return and sale of property for the next non-payment of such city
and highway taxes, except as herein otherwise provided.*
etc., to super-
visor.
Sec. 257. When the marshal shall have levied upon any personal
property for the non-payment of any tax or assessment in this act
provided, he shall proceed to advertise and sell the same, in the same
manner, and upon like notice, as required by law in the levy and sale
of personal property for non-payment of taxes by township treasurers.
Sec. 259. It shall be the duty of the city clerk, on or before the
Clerk to certify
amount for local second Monday of June in each year, to certify to the proper super-
improvements,
visor the amount to be raised for local improvements and the persons
liable to be taxed therefor, and also to certify the amount to be raised
by tax for city and highway purposes; and it shall also be his duty, on
or before the first day of October in each year, to certify to the
supervisor of each district for assessment therein all amounts which
the council require to be assessed or re-assessed in any district,
drain or special sewer district, or other special district assessment,
or upon any parcel of land, or against any particular person as a
special assessment, or as the delinquent taxes mentioned in section
two hundred and fifty-eight in this act, or otherwise within this
district, together with a designation of the districts, or description
of the land or person upon which or within which the several sums
are to be assessed or re-assessed, with such further description as
*As Amended by Act 400 of the Laws of 1881.
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will enable the supervisors to assess the several amounts upon the
property and persons chargeable therewith.*
certain taxes.
Sec. 260. The county clerk, as clerk of the board of supervisors County clerk to
of the county, shall apportion the amount to be raised for State and apportion
county taxes among the two districts in the city, according to the
valuation of the property appearing upon the general assessment rolls
of said district of the city for such year, and to certify to the super-
visors of the several districts, for assessment therein, the amounts
apportioned to their respective districts, within five days after the
board of supervisors of the county shall have completed the equali- supervisors.
zation of the value of the property in said districts for the year.*
Certify to
Sec. 261. Each supervisor, at the time of levying State and county Levy of tax by
taxes in his district for the year, shall levy in the roll for State and supervisors.
county taxes, upon all the taxable property in the district, the amounts
certified to him by the clerk of the board of supervisors, as provided
in section two hundred and sixty of this act, to be raised for State,
county, school and library purposes, placing the school, library, two-
mill, and school-house taxes in one column; and he shall also levy in
the same roll upon the lands, property, and persons chargeable there-
with, all special assessments, and delinquent city taxes in his district,
and such sums reported to him by the city clerk as provided in the same
section for assessment or reassessment, in districts, main or special
sewer districts, or for other special assessments, placing the same in
separate columns, and shall place the state and county taxes in
other columns. The amount of the several taxes so levied upon
each valuation shall be carried into another column, and a collection
fee of five per cent on the tax entered in another column, and the
aggregate of taxes and fees shall be carried into the last column of
the roll.
What supervis-
to treasurer and
clerk.
Treasurer's
Sec. 262. The supervisors, upon completing their rolls, shall certify
to the city treasurer the amounts levied in their respective rolls for ors shall certify
State and county purposes, and for collection fees, and to the city clerk
the amounts levied therein for city, highway and school taxes, special
assessments and other purposes. The city treasurer shall give bonds
to the county treasurer in the same manner as township treasurers bond.
are required to do; and thereupon, and on or before the first Monday
in December, the several supervisors shall delivered certified copies
of the general tax-rolls of the city, with the taxes extended therein as of rolls to be
aforesaid, to the city treasurer, with their warrants for the collection deliverd to
of the taxes therein annexed thereto.*
Certified copies
treasurer.
Sec. 263. The warrants annexed to each roll shall state the several
amounts levied therein to be paid into the city and county treasuries
*As Amended by Act 400 of the Laws of 1881.
What warrant
to state.
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Tax a lien on
land.
Notice by
treasurer.
How given.
Treasurer to
receive taxes.
Collection of
taxes unpaid to
treasurer.
New warrants.
respectively, and shall command the city marshal to collect from the
several persons named in said roll, the several sums named in the
last column thereof opposite to their respective names, remitting upon
all taxes paid before the first day of January next thereafter, the
percentage added for collection fees, and pay over and account for
all moneys collected, and specified in the roll as in said warrant
directed, on or before the first day of February then next; and the
warrant shall authorize the marshal, in case any person shall neglect
to pay his tax, to levy the same by distress and sale of the goods and
chattels of such person.
Sec. 264. All taxes levied upon any district tax rolls shall be and
remain a len upon the lands upon which they are levied until paid.
Sec. 265. Upon receiving the several district tax rolls as above
provided, the city treasurer shall give notice immediately to the tax-
payers of the city that such rolls have been delivered to him, and that
the taxes therein levied can be paid to him, at his office, at any time
before the first day of January next, without any charge for collection;
but that five per cent collection fees will be charged and collected
upon all taxes remaining unpaid on said first day of January. Said
notice shall be given by publishing the same one week in one of the
newspapers of the city; and it shall be the duty of the treasurer to
be at his office at such times previous to the said first day of January
as the council shall direct, and there receive payment of such taxes
as may be offered to him. He shall remit the collection fees upon all
taxes paid to him before the said first day of January; but in all other
cases the marshal shall collect both the tax and the percentage for
collection added in the roll. All such percentage for fees collected
shall be paid in to the city treasurer, to the credit of the general fund,
and the treasurer's receipt therefor shall be taken and filed with the
city clerk, who shall charge the treasurer with the amount thereof.
Sec. 266. For the collection of all taxes remaining unpaid on the
first day of January, the city marshal shall proceed in the same
manner as township treasurers are required by law to do for the
collection of taxes in townships, and shall for that purpose have all
the powers and authority conferred by law upon township treasurers
for such purpose, and shall, when necessary, enforce the payment or
the tax against any person by distress and sale of his goods and
chattels, if any such can be found anywhere within the county.
Sec. 267. The county treasurer may issue new warrants to the
city marshal for the collection of taxes in the same manner and in
the same cases, and with the same effect, as such new warrant may
be issued to township treasurers. The city marshal may, and it
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shall be his duty to proceed by suit in the name of the city, for the
collection of unpaid taxes in the same cases, and under like circum-
stances in which township treasurers are authorized to proceed in that
manner; and all the provisions of law applicable to suits and evidence
therein brought by township treasurers in the name of their township
for such purpose [purposes], shall apply to suits brought by the city
marshal as aforesaid.
Sec. 268. For the purpose of assessing and levying taxes in the Judicial districts
city, for State, county, school, and library purposes, each judicial same township.
district shall be considered the same as a township, and all provisions
of law relative to the collection of taves levied in townships shall
apply to the collection of taxes levied and assessed by the supervisors
in the city, except as herein otherwise provided. For the purpose of
collecting taxes, and returning property for non-payment thereof, the
city marshal shall perform the same duties and have the same powers
as township treasurers, except as herein otherwise provided.
marshal.
Sec. 269. The marshal shall pay to the city treasurer all moneys Payment of
by him collected within forty-eight hours after he shall receive the money by
same, and shall take the treasurer's receipt therefor, showing the
amounts paid for city, highway, school and special assessment taxes
respectively, and file the same with the city clerk, and the city clerk
shall charge the amount of all such taxes to the city treasurer.*
Sec. 270. The treasurer shall within one week after the time for that Payment by
purpose specified and directed in said warrants, pay to the county treasurer.
treasurer the sums required in said warrants to be so paid, either in
delinquent taxes, or in funds then receivable by law, and all lands upon
which any unpaid tax shall be returned, shall be sold therefor the
same as lands returned for delinquent taxes by township treasurers.
respect to delin-
Sec. 271. All the provisions of law respecting delinquent taxes City same as
levied in townships shall apply to all taxes levied in the city, except township in
as herein otherwise provided, and be returned as delinquent to the quent taxes.
county treasurer; and the city in respect to taxes levied and returned
to the county treasurer as delinquent shall, except as herein otherwise
provided, be considered and treated as a township; and all the pro-
visions of law for the sale of lands for the payment of taxes levied
for State, county and township purposes, and returned delinquent,
shall apply to the return and sale of property for the non-payment of
delinquent taxes levied in the city, except as herein otherwise provided.
Sec. 272. The council shall have power and authority to make and General power
establish all the necessary by-laws for the collection of said taxes and of council as to
assessments. Every local, special, or general assessment or tax
taxes.
*As Amended by Act 110 of the Laws of 1891.
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Fire apparatus,
Sec. 273. Subject to the authority hereby given to the common
Establishment
and maintenance council to enact all such ordinances as shall be deemed necessary to
of
Engine houses.
etc.
Chief engineer
duties, etc.
Assistant
engineers.
lawfully imposed by said common council on any lands, tenements,
hereditaments, or premises whatever in the city, shall be and remain
a lien on such lands, tenements, hereditaments, and premises, from the
time of imposing such tax or assessment until paid, and the owner or
occupants, or parties interested respectively in said real estate shall
be liable on demand to pay every such tax and assessment to be levied
as aforesaid.
Authority to
command assis-
tance at fires.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
guard against the occurrence of fires and to protect the persons and
property of inhabitants against accidents and damage resulting there.
from, the board of fire department commissioners, under the general
direction of the common council, shall have the power to establish and
maintain a fire department; to organize and maintain fire companies;
to employ and appoint firemen; to make and establish rules and
regulations for the government of the department, the employees,
firemen and officers thereof, and for the care and management of the
engines, apparatus, property and buildings pertaining to the depart-
ment, and prescribing the powers and duties of such employees, fire-
men and officers.*
Sec. 274. The board of fire department commissioners may purchase
and provide suitable fire engines and such other apparatus, instruments,
horses and means for the use of the department, as may be deemed
necessary for said fire department; and make all necessary provisions
for a convenient supply of water for the use of the department.*
Sec. 275. The said board may also provide or erect, suitable
buildings for keeping the engines, carriages, teams, lodging of firemen,
and fire apparatus of the department.*
Sec. 276. The said board shall appoint a chief engineer of the
fire department, who shall give his entire time to the duties of the
fire department, and, subject to the orders, rules and regulations of the
board, shall have the supervision and direction of the department and
the care and management of the fire apparatus and property. And the
said board may appoint such assistant engineers and other officers of
the department as may be necessary.*
Sec. 277. The chief engineer, mayor, city marshal, and any alder-
man or officer of the fire department may command any person present
at a fire to aid in the extinguishment thereof, and to assist in the
protection of property thereat. If any person shall willfully disobey
*As Amended by House Enrolled Act 156 of the Laws of 1905.
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any such lawful requirement or other lawful order and direction of
any such officer, the officer giving the order may arrest or direct any
policeman or citizen to arrest such person and confine him temporarily
until the fire shall be extinguished, and in addition thereto he shall
be punished in such manner as may be prescribed by the ordinances of
the city.
duties.
Sec. 278. The council may provide by ordinance for the appoint- Fire warden's
ment of, and may appoint, such number of fire wardens as may be
deemed necessary, and for the examination by them, from time to
time, of the stoves, furnaces, and heating apparatus and devices in
or near all the dwellings, buildings, and structures within the city,
and in all places where combustible or explosive substances are kept.
and to cause all such as are unsafe with respect to fire, to be put in
a safe condition.
Sec. 279. The council may prescribe by ordinance from time to Fire limits.
time limits or districts within which wooden buildings and structures
shall not be erected, placed or enlarged, and to direct the manner of
constructing buildings within such districts, with the respect to pro-
tection against fire, and the materials of which the outer walls and
roofs shall be constructed.
etc.
Sec. 280. The council may also prohibit, within such places or Location of
districts as they shall deem expedient, the location of shops, the lumber yards,
prosecution of any trade or business, the keeping of lumber yards, and
the storing of lumber, wood, or other easily inflammable material, in
open places, when in the opinion of the council the danger from fire
is thereby increased. They may regulate the storing of gunpowder, Gunpowder,
oils, and other combustible and explosive substances, and the use of oils, etc.
lights in buildings, and generally may pass and enforce such ordinances
and regulations as they may deem necessary for the prevention and
suppression of fires.
Sec. 281. Every building or structure which may be erected, placed, Buildings
enlarged, or kept, in violation of any ordinance or regulation made for erected in
the prevention of fires, is hereby declared to be a nuisance, and may ordinances a
be abated or removed by the direction of the council.
violation of
nusiance.
Sec. 282. The officers, firemen and employees of the fire depart- compensation
ment shall receive such compensation as the said board, subject to or firemen.
the confirmation by the common council, may prescribe, and during
their terms of service shall be exempt from serving on juries.*
Sec. 283. The engineer in charge of the department at any fire, Power to pull
with the concurrence of the mayor, or any two aldermen, or any two down buildings.
members of said fire commission, may cause any building to be pulled
*As Amended by Act 156 of the Laws of 1903.
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Service of
process.
Acts apealed.
Proviso.
Acts repealed.
Proviso.
down or destroyed, when deemed necessary in order to arrest the
progress of a fire, and no action shall be maintained against any person,
or against the city therefor.*
MISCELLANEOUS.
Sec. 284.
All process against the city shall run against the same in
the corporate name thereof, and may be served by leaving a certified
copy with the mayor or city clerk.
Sec. 285. All acts or parts of acts contravening the provisions of
this act, or inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed: Provided,
That this act shall not invalidate any legal act done by the mayor,
city clerk, and aldermen of the city of Ypsilanti, or by the common
council, or any officer of said city. All ordinances, by-laws, regulations,
resolutions, and rules of the common council of the city of Ypsilanti,
now in force, and not inconsistent with this act, shall remain in force
until altered, amended, or repealed by the common council under
this act, and after the same shall take effect. All property, real and
personal, and rights of property in law, or in equity, and all debts,
fines, penalties, forfeitures, rights, and causes of action, which belong,
have accrued, or may accrue, to the city of Ypsilanti, shall be fully and
absolutely vested in the said city, to be held subject to the provisions
hereof, and may be prosecuted for, recovered, claimed and maintained
by said city of Ypsilanti, in its own name or in any other lawful
manner, and all officers now holding office in said city shall hold the
same for the time for which they were elected, unless sooner removed
for cause as herein provided. All writs, prosecutions, actions and
causes of action, now in suit or instituted by or against, or in behalf
of the city of Ypsilanti, shall continue and may be prosecuted to the
end thereof, to the same effect as if this act had not been passed; and
said city of Ypsilanti shall pay and discharge all the debts, obligations,
contracts, and liabilities of the city.
Sec. 286. This act shall take immediate effect.
Approved May 5, 1877.
Sec. 287. All acts or parts of acts contravening the provisions of
this act or inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed: Provided, That
this act shall not invalidate any legal act done by the mayor, city
clerk, aldermen, other official or the common council of said city. All or-
dinances, by-laws, regulations, resolutions and rules of the common coun-
cil now in force, and not inconsistent with this act, shall remain in full
force until altered, amended or repealed by the common council under
this act, and the same shall take effect.t
*As Amended by Act 156 of the Laws of 1905.
†As Amended by Act 370 of the Laws of 1899.
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commission.
Sec. 288. The clerk of the commissioners of public works shall Duties of clerk
keep the papers, files and records and collect all sewer and paving of public works
taxes and perform such other duties and furnish such bonds as the
said commission may from time to time prescribe. Said clerk may be
the city clerk at the option of the city council.*
BOARD OF POLICE COMMISSIONERS.
Sec. 289. That all the powers and duties connected with and
incident to the government and discipline of the police department
of the city of Ypsilanti, shall be vested in and exercised by a board
of three commissioners, to be known as the "board of police commis-
sioners of the city of Ypsilanti," a majority of whom shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business.*
Powers and
duties of police
department, how
vested.
be removed.
Sec. 290. Any member of said commission may at any time be re- Members may
moved by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elect of the city council
of said city for sufficient cause, and the proceedings in that behalf
shall be entered on the journal of the council: Provided, That said Proviso.
city council shall previously cause a copy of the charges preferred
against such member sought to be removed, and notice of the time
and place of hearing the same to be served on him at least ten
days previous to the time so assigned, and opportunity to be given
to him to make his defense personally and by counsel.*
Sec. 291. Said commissioners shall serve without compensation, To serve without
and no person shall be eligible to appointment to said board unless
he shall then be an elector of said city.*
compensation.
oath.
Sec. 292. Immediately after their appointment said commissioners To subscribe
and their successors shall file with the city clerk of said city of
Ypsilanti an oath of office which such filing shall constitute an accept-
ance of the office, and said clerk shall report all such acceptances of
office to the city council at its next meeting.*
Sec. 293. As soon as said commissioners have qualified by filing To form
their oaths of office, they shall meet and organize by electing one of organization.
their number president of said board; whereupon they shall assume
control of the police department of said city and they and their
successors in office shall have and possess all the powers and authority
conferred upon them by this act. The board shall hold such regular Meetings.
and special meetings as they may from time to time provide; and shall
cause full and accurate record of the same, and of all business tran-
sacted by the board to be kept. They shall keep a separate account To keep
of expenditures ordered by the board on account of the police depart-
ment, and of all expenses incurred by the board in managing and
accounts.
*As Amended by Act 374 of the Laws of 1901.
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To report
quarterly, etc.
First appoint-
ments of board.
May appoint
marshal.
Sec. 294. The board of police commissioners shall have the power
of appointing the city marshal or chief of police at a salary of not
Depury marshal. exceeding fifty-five dollars per month. It shall also have the power
Salary.
Salary.
of appointing two deputy marshals at a salary of not exceeding forty
dollars per month for the first three years of service and fifty dollars
per month thereafter, and such other or additional policemen or
deputy marshals as may from time to time become necessary, subject
to such limitations and restrictions as to numbers, qualifications and
compensation as the common council may prescribe. Said board shall
accordingly have power, and it shall be its duty, on the second Monday
in May in the year nineteen hundred and five, or as soon thereafter
as may be, to appoint the city marshal or chief of police, who shall
hold his office during the pleasure of the board. They may also
appoint as many special police, with or without compensation, in time
of special emergency, or apprehended danger from riot or other cause
of alarm, as they may deem expedient. Said board, whenever it shall
seem to them discreet, may also, on application of any person or per-
sons showing the necessity thereof, appoint any number of special
police to do duty at any designated place or places within said city, at
the charge and expense of the person or persons by whom the applica-
tion shall be made, and the special police so appointed shall perform
duty only at the place or places designated by said board, and shall
continue in office at the pleasure of said board. No person while
holding the office of city marshal or deputy marshal shall fill any
other elective or appointive public office.*
Special police.
maintaining said department. The board shall report to the city
council quarterly the condition and needs of the police department and
the expense of conducting the same for the quarter. Said board shall
also, from time to time, certify to the city clerk of said city, all ex-
penses for or on account of said police department as shall have been
approved by the board, and the city clerk shall report the same to
the common council for payment as in other cases; but no claims or
accounts shall be paid by the city council unless certified by the board.*
Power and
authority of
marshal and
deputies.
Sec. 295. Said city marshal, deputy marshal and policemen shall
possess all the powers and privileges that are now conferred on like
officers by the charter of said city; they shall have the same power as
constables now have by law, except as to the service and return of
civil process and proceedings in civil cases, and shall be subject to
the same liabilities, except as otherwise provided by law. They shall
have power and authority to execute, serve and return all process
for the enforcement of all ordinances of said city and the provisions
of the charter of said city and of this act, and shall perform such other
*As Amended by Local Act 374 of the Laws of 1901.
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duties not inconsistent with this act or the charter of said city, as
the council shall by ordinance or otherwise prescribe.*
dismissals etc.
Sec. 296. Said board of commissioners may, whenever it shall Power of board
seem to them best, dismiss from the department and from service the relative to
chief of police or any member of the police force, with or without
charges or trial, and no such dismissed person shall be entitled to any
compensation after such dismissal, and said board may, at pleasure,
change any member of said police department from one grade of.
service to another at any time, and may suspend any member of the
department with loss of pay for such time as they may fix.*
Sec. 297. Said board shall have power, and it shall be their duty, To make rules
to make all such rules and regulations for the government and dis- and regulations.
cipline of said police department as they may deem best calculated to
secure thoroughness and efficiency. They shall prescribe suitable
uniforms and badges for the several members of the department; shall
establish proper regulations for the care and management of such police
stations as may be provided by the city council for the accommodation
of the police force for the lodging of vagrants and disorderly persons
and for the temporary detention of persons arrested for offenses. They purchase
shall purchase all supplies and materials needed for the use of the supplies, etc.
department. They may adopt such system of reports from members
of the force, of the chief and from the chief to the board, as they may
think desirable, and may, in their discretion, require a bond to the city
from the chief or any member of the department as security for the
proper performance of his duties. They shall prescribe the duties of To prescribe
the chief of police and of all regular and special police, and shall
provide for the preservation of the public peace, for the prevention of
crime, for the arrest of all offenders against the peace and good order
of the city, and all persons violating the ordinances of the city. They To provide for
shall provide for the protection of the rights of persons and property
and for the preservation of order at fires and at all railroad depots,
and shall enforce all ordinances proper to be enforced by the police
of said city. And it shall be the duty of said board at all times,
whenever consistent with the regulations of the board and the require-
ments of the act, to furnish all information desired, and comply with
all requests made by the city council of said city or by the mayor
thereof.*
duties.
protection of
property, etc.
Sec. 298. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby Repealing
repealed.*
clause.
This act is ordered to take effect May 1, 1901.
Approved April 4, 1901.
*As Amended by Local Act 374 of the Laws of 1901.
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CHARTER OF THE
When justice
to be elected.
Term of office.
Jurisdiction.
Laws to govern.
To have juris-
diction in
ordinance cases.
JUSTICE COURT.
Sec. 299. At the annual charter election held in the city of Ypsilanti
on the first Monday in April in the year nineteen hundred six, and at
such election once in four years thereafter, there shall be elected a
justice of the peace. Such justice shall be elected on the city ticket
in the manner provided by law for the election of other elective city
officers. The term of office of any person elected to the office of
justice of the peace under this act shall commence on the fourth day
of July next succeeding his election and shall continue for the term
of four years and until his successor shall have been elected and
qualified.
Sec. 300. Such justice of the peace shall have the exclusive juris-
diction to hear, try and determine all charges for offenses and mis-
demeanors alleged to have been committed within said city, and which
by the general laws of the State are within the jurisdiction of justices
of the peace.
He shall have the exclusive jurisdiction to hear and
examine all charges for crimes alleged to have been committed within
said city and which by the general laws of the State are examinable
by and before justices of the peace, and hold to bail or commit for
trial in the circuit court for Washtenaw county. He shall also have
concurrent jurisdiction with other justices of the peace of the county
of Washtenaw, as to all crimes, offenses and misdemeanors when
alleged to have been committed without said city but within the
county of Washtenaw.
Sec. 301. The general laws of the state relating to justices of the
peace, shall, in all things, apply to and govern the justice of the peace
hereafter elected in the city of Ypsilanti, except as otherwise pro-
vided in this act.
Sec. 302. The justice of the peace elected under this act shall
have jurisdiction to hear, try and determine all complaints for the
violation of any of the ordinances of the city of Ypsilanti, and all per-
sons convicted by or before such justice, of the violation of any of the
ordinances of said city, may by the justice before whom such con-
viction is had be ned or imprisoned, or both, in the discretion of such
justice, according to the terms of the ordinance under which such
trial and conviction was had, and if a fine be imposed it shall be with
the costs of prosecution, if the ordinance so provides, and an appeal
may be taken to the circuit court for the county of Washtenaw by
the person convicted, as in other criminal cases. All imprisonments
imposed under this act may be in the county jail for the county of
Washtenaw.
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and powers as are
Sec. 303. The justice of the peace elected in said city under the Same jurisdiction
provisions of this act shall have and exercise therein and within the given to justice
county the same jurisdiction and powers in all civil and criminal by general laws.
matters, causes, suits and proceedings, and shall perform the same
duties in all respects, so far as occasion may require, as are or may
be conferred upon or required of justices of the peace by the general
laws of the state: Provided, That all actions within the jurisdiction Proviso.
of justices of the peace may be commenced and prosecuted in sald
justices' courts whenever the plaintiffs or defendants, or one of the
plaintiffs or defendants, reside in either of the said city of Ypsilanti,
or in the townships of Ypsilanti, Augusta, Pittsfield, Salem, Superior
and York, in said county of Washtenaw; they shall have exclusive When exclusive
jurisdiction, except in cases where jurisdiction is given by this act to
some other court, and within the limits prescribed by law to hear, try
and determine all actions and prosecutions for the recovery or enforcing
of fines, penalties and forfeitures for violation of this act or any law
of this state within the city of Ypsilanti, and for encroachments upon
and injuries to any of the streets, alleys and public grounds within the
city. They shall have authority to hear, try and determine all suits
and prosecutions for the recovery, or enforcing of fines, penalties,
forfeitures imposed by the ordinances of the city and to punish
offenders for violation of such ordinance as in the ordinances pre-
scribed and directed.
jurisdiction.
fees.
Sec. 304. No justice of the peace hereafter elected in said city Not to receive
shall receive any fees for his own use, but in lieu thereof shall be
paid a salary by said city of sixty dollars per month, payable monthly. Salary.
Sec. 305. The common council of said city shall provide a court Court room etc.,
to be provided.
room and a jury room attached for the use of such justice of the
peace and his successors to be elected as herein provided, as the
same shall be required, and to furnish the same with tables, desk.
furniture, fuel, blanks and stationery and such other things as may
be necessary to properly carry on and furnish such justice court.
how commencˆå.
Sec. 306. Prosecutions under the ordinances of the city shall be Prosecutions.
commenced and carried on in the name of "The City of Ypsilanti“ etc.
and practice in all cases under this act shall, except as herein other-
wise provided, be the same, as near as may be, as in cases of like
character, cognizable by justices of the peace in townships.
Sec. 307. Said justice shall qualify in the manner provided by the Bonds, how
general laws of the state, but his official bond shall be presented to
approved.
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and be approved by the common council of said city before the same
shall be filed with the clerk of said county. He shall give such
other bonds as the common council may require.
Sec. 308. Proceedings in all prosecutions for violations of the
Proccedings,
same as provided ordinances of said city shall be the same as are now provided by
in special char-
ter.
the special charter of said city, except as herein otherwise provided.
Laws controlling
proceedings.
Sec. 309. Before any civil action or proceeding, except proceedings
Amount to be
mencement of
suits.
paid before com- in garnishment, shall be commenced before any justice hereafter
elected in said city, there shall be paid to said justice by the party
bringing the suit the sum of fifty cents, and before the trial of any such
action or proceeding shall be commenced, the further sum of fifty
cents, but in case of nonsuit, no judgment fee shall be required, and
proceedings in garnishment shall be treated as part of the original
case, and no additional fee therefor, as justices' fee, shall be charged
up to and including the entry of judgment therein, and the amount so
paid shall be in lieu of justice fees and security for costs may be
required as under the general laws of the state.
When to hold
sessions.
Sec. 310. All proceedings before such justices of the peace, both
in civil and criminal proceedings, in the issuance and service of
process, the trials, docket entries and records, the collection and
payment of fees and costs, appeals and certiorari and returns thereto,
shall be controlled by the general laws of the state applicable thereto,
except as herein otherwise provided, but this act shall in no way
affect the fees to which said justices may be entitled on performance
of marriage ceremonies, taking acknowledgements or administering
oaths in matters not connected with any litigation before said justice.
Sec. 311. As the terms of office of the justices of the peace in
To deliver dock-
sor.
ets, etc., to succes- said city shall expire, their docket, and the dockets then in their
possession, shall be turned over to and delivered to the justice who
shall have been last elected under this act, and said justice to whom
said docket shall be delivered and his successors in office shall be
authorized to issue executions or other process as is now, or may
be authorized by law, upon any judgment appearing thereon.
Sec. 312. The justices elected under this act shall hold a session
of court every day, Sundays and legal holidays excepted, and shall
have their court room open at least from nine o'clock a. m, until five
o'clock p. m.
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Sec. 313. In event of the absence or inability of such justice to Absence or ina-
act, any qualified justice of the peace of the township of Ypsilanti in act.
bility of justice to
said county may be called upon to perform the duties of the office.
In case of a vacancy in the office of justice of the peace for the said Vacancy in office.
city of Ypsilanti, the mayor of the said city, by and with the consent
of the common council, shall appoint some person who is duly qualified
under the provisions of this act to hold said office, to fill such vacancy
until the next annual city election thereafter, at which time the said
vacancy shall be filled by election.
to be paid to
treasurer.
Sec. 314. All fines, penalties and forfeitures collected or received When fines, etc.,
by any justice of the peace for or on account of violations of the penal
laws of the state, and all fines, penalties, forfeitures and moneys col-
íected or received by such justice for or on account of violations of
any of the ordinances of the city, and all fees shall be paid over by
such justice to the city treasurer on or before the first Monday of
the month next after the collection or receipt thereof, and he shall not
be entitled to receive his monthly salary until his account for the
preceding month has been fully settled, and also fees and costs
shall have been paid over as aforesaid.
Sec. 315. Summons may be signed in blank and delivered to at- Summons may be
torneys in said city, and the same may be filled up and used by them signed in blank.
in all proper cases, and shall have the same force and effect as if
filled up said justice.
certain fees.
Sec. 316. In all prosecutions before said justice for violations of
any of the general laws of the state, the county of Washtenaw shall Washtenaw
be liable for justice fees and other fees and costs, to the same extent county liable for
that it is liable under the general laws of the state for justice fees,
and the justice earning such fees shall make out and certify his bill
for such fees and present the same to the board of auditors for the
said county of Washtenaw at each of its regular sessions and such
board shall allow the same as in other cases of bills from justices
of the peace, and the amount of the order therefor shall be paid over
and delivered by such justice to the city treasurer in the manner herein
provided.
Sec. 317. All acts and parts of acts relative to justice courts and Repealing clause.
justices of the peace within the city of Ypsilanti, inconsistent with
this act, are hereby repealed.
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Commissioner of
parks.
COMMISSIONERS OF PARKS.
Sec. 318. The commissioners of parks, subject to the general
direction of the common council, shall have the care and manage-
ment of all public parks within the city of Ypsilanti, and shall have
such authority in the care of same as the common council shall by
ordinance or resolution ordain.
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REVISED ORDINANCES
OF THE
CITY OF YPSILANTI
Printed by Authority of the Common Council.
of the City of Ypsilanti.
1905.
ORDINANCES
OF THE
CITY OF YPSILANTI
No. 1.
An Ordinance to Define the Boundaries and Lines of Huron Street from
Cross Street South to an Alley Between Lots 328 and 329.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. That the lines of Huron street, from Cross street south
to an alley between lots 328 and 329 be, and the same are hereby
established pursuant to a survey and plan thereof made by C. S.
Woodard, April fifteenth, 1859, and which plan and survey are now
on file in the office of the city clerk; and said lines, as established by
said plan and survey, shall hereafter be deemed fixed and established
pursuant to said survey, as designated by the red lines on said plat.
Made and passed by the common council of the city of Ypsilanti,
this twentieth day of April, A. D. 1859.
C. JOSLIN, Mayor.
JOHN MCCREADY, Clerk.
No. 2.
An Ordinance to Vacate an Alley and Certain Lots in Hunter's Addi-
tion to the Village of Ypsilanti.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. That an alley beginnning on the east line of and between
lots 50 and 51, of Hunter's addition to the village of Ypsilanti, and
running thence west to the Michigan Central Railroad land, and lots
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34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52,
53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, CO, in said addition, be, and the same is hereby
vacated.
Made and passed in common council, at the city of Ypsilanti, this
twenty-ninth day of April, A. D. 1859.
C. JOSLIN, Mayor.
JOHN MCCREADY, Clerk.
No. 3.
An Ordinance to Regulate Runners, Peddlers, Draymen, Etc., on the
Railroad Premises.
Repealed November 3, 1903. See Ordinance No. 81.
No. 4.
An Ordinance to Change Location of Alley North of Pearl Street.
That an alley commencing ten rods north of Pearl street, on the
west side of Stuck street, and running from thence, west, parallel
with said Pearl street, to the west side of Stuck's addition be and
the same is hereby vacated; and that said alley is hereby laid out
and established one rod farther south and on the north end of lots
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, in said Stuck's addition to said city of
Ypsilanti.
Made and passed by the common council of the city of Ypsilanti,
this nineteenth day of April, A. D. 1869.
J. WILLARD BABBITT, Clerk.
PARMENIO DAVIS, Mayor.
No. 5.
An Ordinance to Punish Drunkenness.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. That any person who shall be drunk or intoxicated in
any hotel, inn, saloon, or place of public business, or in any assem
blage of people collected together in any place for any purpose, or in
any street, lane, alley or highway within the corporate limits of the
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said city of Ypsilanti, shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a
fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars and the costs of prosecution,
and on failing to pay the fine imposed forthwith, shall be imprisoned
in the county jail of Washtenaw county or in the Detroit house of
correction for a term not exceeding ninety days.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the marshal and constables of the
said city of Ypsilanti, whenever they shall find any person so drunk
or intoxicated, forthwith to arrest such person and bring him before
any justice of the peace of said city of Ypsilanti, to be dealt with
according to the provisions of this ordinance.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall be published by the city clerk one week
in the Ypsilanti Sentinel, and the Ypsilanti Commercial, weekly news-
papers published in the said city of Ypsilanti.
Made and passed in common council at the city of Ypsilanti, this
twenty-sixth day of January, A. D. 1874.
WATSON SNYDER, Mayor.
CHARLES M. WOODRUFF, City Clerk.
No. 6.
An Ordinance Relative to the Fees of the Justice of the Peace, of the
Constables, When Engaged in Cases for the Violation of the
Ordinances of the Said City of Ypsilanti.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section. 1. For the services mentioned in this ordinance, hereafter
done or performed, by the officers hereafter named when engaged
in cases for the violation of the ordinances of the said city of Ypsilanti,
the fees hereinafter prescribed shall be allowed.
FEES OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Sec. 2. The fees of the justices of the peace of the city of Ypsilanti
when engaged in cases for the violation of the ordinances of said city,
for any services herein specified to be rendered by them respectively,
shall be as follows, namely: For a summons, warrant, or venire,
fifteen cents; for trying each cause, one dollar for the first day, and
for each additional day the sum of one dollar; for entering any cause
upon the docket after return of process, twenty-five cents; for making
all other entries upon the docket in any cause not otherwise provided for,
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twenty-five cents; for each subpoena, not exceeding four, ten cents;
for swearing a jury, ten cents; for swearing each witness in a cause,
ten cents; for entering every final judgment, twenty-five cents; for
every continuance or adjournment at the request of the party, fifteen
cents; for drafting any bond or recognizance requisite in any case
arising under the ordinances of said city before a justice of the
peace, thirty-five cents; for approving any bond or recognizance, ten
cents; for reducing to writing the evidence, objections to evidence,
and exceptions taken by either party, upon the trial of any cause, ten
cents for each folio; for making and filing return upon appeal, one
dollar; for taking depositions or confessions, ten cents for each folio;
for entering a discontinuance or satisfaction, ten cents; for making
returns on special appeal or certiorari, two dollars; and no justice
of the peace of the said city of Ypsilanti shall receive any other fees
or compensation for any services rendered in any cause arising under
the ordinances of the said city, than such as are hereinbefore provided.
FEES OF CONSTABLES.
Sec. 3. For serving a warrant, fifty cents; for serving a summons,
twenty-five cents; for a copy of every summons delivered on request;
ten cents; for serving a subpoena, fifteen cents for service upon each
witness summoned by him; for serving an execution on the body,
or goods and chattels of the defendant, fifty cents; for committing
a defendant to prison on execution, fifty cents; for traveling in the
service of process, ten cents for each mile necessarily traveled from
the place of service to the place of return; for summoning a jury,
seventy-five cents; attending upon a jury; fifty cents; for collecting
and paying over money on executions, four per cent upon the sunis
collected; advertising sale of property, fifty cents; for selling prop-
erty, fifty cents; for making arrests without process, under ordinance
to prevent drunkenness, fifty cents; for making arrests without
process, in all other cases, fifty cents; for every commitment to city
lock-up, twenty-five cents; and no constable of the said city of Ypsi-
lanti shall receive any other compensation for any services rendered
in any cause arising under the ordinances of said city than such as
are herein prescribed.
Section 4. This ordinance shall be published one week in the
Ypsilanti Sentinel and the Ypsilanti Commercial, weekly newspapers
published in the said city of Ypsilanti.
Made and passed in common council at the city of Ypsilanti, on the
fourth day of May, A. D. 1874.
WATSON SNYDER, Mayor.
CHARLES M. WOODRUFF, City Clerk.
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No. 7.
An Ordinance Relative to Sidewalks and Gutters.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
¿
Section 1. That is shall be the duty of the owner or occupant
of any lot´or parcel of land in said city to keep the sidewalk adjoining
his lot or parcel of land in good repair.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of any lot
or parcel of land in said city to keep the gutter adjoining his lot or
parcel of land free from all grass, weeds, or other obstructions to the
free passage of water.
Sec. 3. In case any sidewalk shall become broken, or out of repair,
or any obstruction shall have accumulated in any gutter, it shall be
the duty of the city marshal to notify either of the aldermen of the
ward in which said sidewalk or gutter is located, and such alderman
and city marshal shall forthwith notify the owner or occupant of the
land adjoining such sidewalk or gutter to cause the same to be repaired
or cleaned within two days after the service of said notice.
Sec. 4. A notice signed by one of the aldermen of the ward where
such sidewalk or gutter is located, and the city marshal, and directed
to the owner or occupant of the land adjoining such sidewalk or gutter,
and containing a brief statement of the object of such notice, shall
be deemed sufficient legal notice under the provisions of this ordinance.
Sec. 5. If any person, after having been notified as herein pro-
vided, shall neglect or refuse to cause the sidewalk adjoining his prem-
ises to be repaired, or the gutter to be cleaned for two days after the
service of the said notice, then it shall be the duty of the city marshal
to cause the same to be done at the expense of said city, and shall
report the costs of the same to the common council of said city, and
the common council shall add such expense (not exceeding ten dollars
on any lot or piece of land in any year) to the amount of the general
tax on said land in the next general assessment rolls of said city.
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
Made and passed in common council this twenty-ninth day of
May, A. D. 1876.
LAMBERT A. BARNES, Mayor.
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Ordinance Relative to the Sale of Wood.*
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The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. That it shall be lawful for any person or persons to
sell or expose for sale any wood, hay, straw, or cornstalks, in any
quantity, at any time, in any public street, lane, alley, or other
public place whatever, within the limits of the city of Ypsilanti, ex-
cept upon the wood market established by the common council of
said city.
Sec. 2. The city marshal, under the control of the common council
of said city, shall have the care and superintendence of said market,
and it shall be his duty to enter complaints for any violation of this
ordinance.
Sec. 3. The wood market shall be kept open every day, (Sunday
excepted), from daylight till nine o'clock in the afternoon of each day.
Sec. 4. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall
be punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars, and on failing forth-
with to pay the fine imposed, shall be imprisoned in the jail of Washte-
naw county for a term not exceeding ten days.
Made and passed in common council this 18th day of December,
1893. To take effect January 1st, 1894.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
EMMA J. GARDNER, Deputy Clerk.
No. 9.
An Ordinance to Prevent Vice and Immorality.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. That no retail dealer of spirituous and intoxicating
liquors, or of brewed, malt and fermented liquors, within the limits of
the city of Ypsilanti, shall employ in his saloon, bar, or place of
business, any female, excepting his wife or daughter, as clerk, servant,
agent or waiter, or shall suffer any female, excepting as aforesaid, to
wait upon his customers, or assist in any manner in the sale of such
liquors.
*As Amended by the Common Council December 18, 1893.
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Sec. 2. No proprietor of any saloon, bar or place where spirituous
and intoxicating liquors, or brewed, malt and fermented liquors are
sold at retail, within the limits of said city, shall suffer any female
to be present at, or take part in any game, sport, diversion, theatricals,
entertainment, minstrel show, or varieties, had or held in his saloon,
bar or place where such liquors are sold, or shall suffer any female,
excepting his wife or daughter, to act as servant, or waiter in any
room, saloon, bar or place where such liquors are sold.
Sec. 3. No female, excepting wife or daughter of the proprietor,
shall act as clerk, servant, agent or waiter, or take part in any game,
sport, diversion, theatricals, entertainment, minstrel show, or varie-
ties, at any place in the city of Ypsilanti, where spirituous, malt or
fermented liquors are sold.
Sec. 4. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance, shall
be punished by a fine of twenty-five dollars, to be imposed by the
justice of the peace trying the offender. And on failing to pay said
fine forthwith, shall be imprisoned in the Detroit house of correction
for the term of ninety days.
Sec. 5. This ordinance shall be published by the city clerk one
week in the Ypsilanti Commercial.
Made and passed in common council at Ypsilanti, this fifteenth
day of January, A. D. 1877.
LAMBERT A. BARNES, Mayor.
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
No. 10.
An Ordinance to Provide for Removing Snow and Ice from Sidewalks.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. All resident owners of, or the occupant of, any lot
or premises in the city of Ypsilanti, shall remove or cause to be
removed from the sidewalks in front of, or adjacent to, such lot or
premises, before nine o'clock in the forenoon of each day, all snow
or ice that may have fallen or accumulated on such walk during the
twenty-four hours immediately preceding.
Sec. 2. Any person violating the preceding section of this ordi-
nance, shall upon conviction, be punished by a fine of five dollars,
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together with the costs of prosecution. And on failing to pay such
fine, and the costs of prosecution, may be imprisoned in the county
jail of the county of Washtenaw, for the period of five days, unless
such fine and the costs of prosecution be sooner paid.
Sec. 3. It is hereby made the duty of the city marshal to make
complaint for offenses against the provisions of this ordinance. Any
persons other than the officers of the city, may make such complaint,
providing that such person shall file security for the payment of the
costs of the prosecution in case the defendant is acquitted.
Sec. 4. In case the owner or occupant of any lot or premises in
said city shall neglect to remove any accumulation of snow or ice
from the sidewalk in front of or adjacent to such lot or premises within
the time prescribed in section one of this ordinance, then, immediately
after the expiration of such time, the city marshal shall cause the
same to be removed and keep an accurate account of the expense of
the same. The amount of all expenses incurred by the city marshal
thereby, with ten per cent added, shall be levied as a special assess-
ment upon the lot or premises adjacent to or abutting upon such
sidewalk, and the supervisor of the proper district shall assess such
amount upon the property chargeable therewith in the next special
assessment roll.
Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the city marshal to keep all side-
walks adjoining the property of the city, the footwalks across the
bridges on Congress street, Cross street and Forest avenue, and all
crossings from the outer lines of the streets to the usual beaten
carriage way, clear of all snow and ice and to keep a just and accurate
account of the expense of the same.
Sec. 6. This ordinance shall take effect after the expiration of
fifteen days from and after its passage.
Sec. 7. This ordinance shall be published once in the Ypsilanti
Sentinel, and once in the Ypsilanti Commercial, weekly newspapers,
printed and circulated within said city.
Made and passed in common council this third day of December,
A. D. 1877.
Approved December 4th, 1877.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
L. A. BARNES, Mayor.
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No. 11.
An Ordinance Relative to Throwing Stones, Snowballs, Pieces of Wood,
and Other Solid Substances.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. No person shall, in any public street or alley, or in
any public ground or place in said city, throw or hurl at or towards
any building, window, public or private street lamp, or at or toward
any person, animal or thing, any ball of snow, a mass of snow packed
together, or any piece of ice, or any stone, or any piece or block of
wood, or any solid substance whatever.
Sec. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance
shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one
dollar, nor more than five dollars, together with the costs of prose-
cution, and on failing to pay such fine and the costs of prosecution,
may be imprisoned in the county jail of the county of Washtenaw
for a term of not less than three nor more than thirty days, unless
such fine and the costs of prosecution be sooner paid.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effect after the expiration of
fifteen days from and after its passage.
Sec. 4. This ordinance shall be published once in the Ypsilanti
Sentinel, and once in the Ypsilanti Commercial, weekly newspapers
printed and circulated within said city.
Made and passed in common council, this third day of December,
A. D. 1877.
Approved December 4, 1877.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
L. A, BARNES, Mayor.
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No. 12.
An Ordinance Relative to the Powers and Duties of Fire Wardens,
and for the Prevention of Fires.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. The fire wardens of the respective districts shall notice
and make complaint of any violation of the laws and ordinances made
for the protection of the city from fires, in their own districts par-
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ticularly, and in the city generally, and shall severally report the
state and police of their respective districts, as respects danger from
exposure to fires, on the first Mondays of June and December in each
year.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duties of the fire wardens, or any one of
them, twice in each year, in the months of May and November, and
as much oftener as they may deem proper, between sunrise and
sunset, to enter into any house or building, yard or premises, in the
city, and examine the fire places, chimneys, stoves and pipes thereto,
and other apparatus likely to cause fire; and also all cellars, rooms,
buildings, sheds and structures, where ashes, boxes, paper, straw,
shavings or other combustible material, may be lodged, and to give
such directions in regard thereto, to the owner or occupant of such
premises, either for the removal, alteration, dr better care and
management thereof, as they may deem necessary to protect the
city from fires, and such directions shall complied with by the person
or persons to whom they shall be given, and at the expense of such
owner or occupant.
Sec. 3. If any person or persons shall neglect or refuse to
comply with such directions as either of said fire wardens may give
in the premises, or shall obstruct or hinder any fire warden in the
performance of his duty, the person so offending shall, upon convic-
tion, be punished by a fine not exceeding twenty dollars, together with
the costs of prosecution; and in case of any violation of any provision
of this ordinance it shall be the duty of the fire warden for the dis-
trict in which said violation occurred to make a complaint of said
violation.
Sec. 4. No pipe of any stove shall be put up or kept up, in any
building in said city, unless it be conducted into a chimney made of brick
or stone. It shall not be lawful to put the pipe of any stove through
any wooden partition, or through any partition made of lath and
plaster unless said pipe shall be carried through a good and sufficient
metallic ventilator. Any person who shall, after notice from either
of the fire wardens of said city, within the limits of said city, put up
or procure to be put up the pipe of any stove, or shall suffer the pipe
of any stove to remain up, contrary to the provisions of this section,
shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not less than five dollars
nor more than fifty dollars, together with the costs of prosecution.
Sec. 5. No person within the limits of said city, shall permit any
accumulation of any hay, straw, shavings, empty boxes, paper or other
combustible material, in the cellar of any building situated upon
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or adjoining the business portion of any public street in said city,
nor shall any person within said city, place or keep any empty boxes,
cases, barrels or other combustible materials, piled up against or within
two rods of any store in said city; Provided, That this section shall
not be so construed as to prevent a reasonable time for unpacking
goods and the removal of the boxes or packing cases. Any person
violating this section shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine
of not less than ten or more than one hundred dollars, together with
the costs of prosecution.
Sec. 6. No ashes, except at manufactories where ashes are used,
shall be kept or deposited in any part of the city, unless the same
be in a close and secure metallic or earthern vessel, or brick or stone
ash rooms. Any person violating the provisions of this section, shall,
upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not less than one dollar and
not more than ten dollars, together with the costs of prosecution.
Sec. 7. This ordinance shall take effect after the expiration of
fifteen days from and after its passage.
Sec. S. This ordinance, immediately after its passage, shall be
published once in the Ypsilanti Sentinel, and once in the Ypsilanti
Commercial, weekly newspapers printed and circulated within the
city of Ypsilanti.
Sec. 9. Any Offender failing to pay the fine imposed for a viola-
tion of any of the provisions of this ordinance and the costs of prose-
cution, may be imprisoned in the county jail of the county of Wash-
tenaw, for any time not exceeding thirty days, unless payment thereof
be sooner made.
Made and passed in the common council this eleventh day of
February, A. D. 1878.
Approved February 11th, 1878.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
L. A. BARNES, Mayor.
No. 13.
An Ordinance Prohibiting the Sale of Obscene, Immoral, Indecent and
Scandalous Books, Papers or Prints Within the City of Ypsilanti.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. It shall not be lawful within the city of Ypsilanti for
any person, firm or corporation, to print, publish, sell, offer for sale,
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give away, circulate or distribute any book, pamphlet, ballad, printed
paper or other thing containing obscene, immoral, indecent or scan-
dalous language, or obscene prints, pictures, figures or description,
or articles of advertisements of a scandalous, indecent or immoral
nature, tending to the corruption of the morals of the residents of
said city, or to introduce into any family, school or place of education,
or to buy, procure, receive or have in his possession, any such book,
pamphlet, ballad, printed paper or other thing, either for the purpose
of sale or exhibition, loan or circulation, or with intent to introduce
the same into any family, school or place of education.
Sec. 2. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more
than one hundred dollars, together with the costs of prosecution,
and on failing to pay forthwith such fine and costs, may be imprisoned
in the Detroit house of correction or the county jail of Washtenaw
county, for any term not exceeding ninety days, unless payment thereof
be sooner made.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its
passage.
Sec. 4. This ordinance, immediately after its passage, shall be
published once in the Ypsilanti Sentinel, and once in the Ypsilanti
Commercial, weekly newspapers printed and circulated within the
city of Ypsilanti.
Made and passed in the common council this eleventh day of
February, A. D. 1878.
Approved February 11th, 1878.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
L. A. BARNES, Mayor.
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No. 14.
An Ordinance Regulating the Use of the Public Streets and Other
Public Places By Persons Known as "Newsboys" in Plying
Their Trade or Business.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti, ordain:
Section 1. No boy or boys or other persons known as "newsboys,"
shall ply their trade or business in any of the streets, avenues, parks
or other public space within the city without a permit from the
city clerk, countersigned by the mayor, as hereinafter provided.
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Sec. 2. The city clerk is hereby authorized to grant permits in
writing to the class of persons known as "newsboys," to ply their trade
or business in the streets, avenues, alleys, parks or other public
spaces of this city. No permit granted under this ordinance shall last
for a period longer than one year, from the date of the issuing of such
permit.
Sec. 3. It is hereby made the duty of the city clerk to furnish
to each person to whom a permit is granted a number made of tin,
or other metal; he shall endorse such number upon such permit, and
shall keep correct record of the name of each person to whom a
permit is granted, with his place of residence, the trade or business
he is permitted to pursue under this ordinance and the number with
which he is supplied. He shall collect the sum of twenty-five cents
from each person to whom the number herein provided for is issued.
Sec. 4. Each person to whom a number is issued under the
preceding sections of this ordinance, shall while plying his trade or
business, wear said number on the front of his hat or cap or on the
breast of his coat, so that the same may be plainly seen.
or
Sec. 5. The mayor, the city clerk and the common council, or
either of them, may revoke the permit herein provided for; and it
shall be deemed a sufficient cause for such revocation that the person
whose permit has been revoked, has been guilty of using indecent
profane language or of committing any act of a disorderly or
dishonest nature; and the permit issued any "newsboy" may be
revoked as aforesaid, if he shall sell or offer for sale, circulate or
deliver or carry, any newspaper, pamphlet, magazine or printed matter
within said city, the sale or circulation of which, within said city, may
be, or shall have been prohibited by any ordinance, or by a resolution
of the common council of said city.
Sec. 6. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance, shall be punished by a fine, not to exceed two dollars, together
with the costs of prosecution, and on failing to pay forthwith such
fine and costs, may be imprisoned in the county jail of Washtenaw
county, for any term, not exceeding fifteen days, unless payment
thereof be sooner made.
Sec. 7. This ordinance shall take effect fifteen days after its
passage.
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Sec. 8. This ordinance, immediately after its passage, shall be
published once in the Ypsilanti Sentinel, and once in the Ypsilanti
Commercial, weekly newspapers printed and circulated within the
city of Ypsilanti.
Made and passed in common council this eleventh day of February,
A. D. 1878.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
L. A. BARNES, Mayor.
No. 15.
An Ordinance Prescribing the Duties of the Deputy City Marshal,
Deputy Clerk, and Special Deputy Marshals.
Repealed November 27, 1891. See Ordinance No. 52.
No. 16.
An Ordinance Relative to Public Pounds and to Animals and Fowls
Running at Large.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti, ordain:
Section 1. There shall be two or more public pounds in the city
of Ypsilanti, to be located in such places as may be designated by the
common council, and which shall be kept open during the entire year,
for the reception of all fowls and animals taken as hereinafter pro-
vided.
Sec. 2. Pound-masters shall be appointed by the common council,
and shall hold their office for the period of one year, subject however
to removal at any time, and shall receive for their services the fees
hereinafter provided.
Sec. 3. No horse, mare, colt, mule, jackass, cow, calf, bull, ox,
at
heifer, steer, swine, or geese, shall run or be permitted to run,
large anywhere within the limits of the city of Ypsilanti, or be
tethered, herded, or in anywise pastured in any street or alley in said
city, nor shall chickens or fowls of any kind be permitted, from April
15 to November 1 of each and every year, to run at large anywhere
within the limits of the city of Ypsilanti.*
*As Amended November 22, 1891.
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Sec. 4. It is hereby made the duty of the pound-masters, marshal
deputy marshal, special deputy marshals, and constables, and it
shall be lawful for any other person of the age of eighteen years and over
to take up and convey to one of the public pounds any animals or
domestic fowls, running at large or tethered, herded or pastured
contrary to the provisions of section three of this ordinance; and for
such service the person performing it, shall be entitled to receive
the sum of fifty cents for each animal, and twenty-five cents for each
fowl, so driven or taken to the pound.
Sec. 5. The pound-master shall receive, keep, tend, feed any
animal or fowl which may be brought to the pound, under the fore-
going provisions.
Sec. 6. It shall be lawful for the pound-master to demand and
receive as his fee, for taking in each and every such animal or fowl
so impounded by virtue of this ordinance, ten cents, which fee, to-
gether with the fees for driving such animal or fowl to pound
and the charges for keeping and feeding the same therein, (twenty-
five cents per day for each animal and ten cents per day for each
fowl) shall be paid to the poundmaster, by the owner thereof, or some
person for him, before such animal or fowl shall be released from
said pound; and if the owner of any such animal or fowl, impounded
as aforesaid, shall not pay the aforesaid fees, for driving to pound,
taking in, and keeping and feeding the same, within three days after
the same were impounded, then it shall be the duty of the city marshal
to sell such animal at public vendue, giving three days previous notice
thereof by advertisements posted up at the pound where such animal
or fowl was impounded, and at the post office; and from the moneys
accruing from such sale, to retain the aforesaid fees for the respective
parties who may be entitled to the same for the driving to pound, taking
in and keeping and feeding such animal or fowl, together with ten
per cent upon the avails of such sales for advertising and selling
animal, which ten per cent shall belong to said city, and be paid,
together with the surplus, into the city treasury, such surplus, how-
ever, subject to the order of the common council, who shall upon
proof restore the same to the owner of such fowl or animal.
Sec. 7. In no case shall the pound master deliver to any person
any animal or fowl, lawfully impounded, before receiving the estab-
lished fees, except by order of the marshal or any alderman.
Sec. 8. No person shall hinder, delay, or interfere with any one
who is driving or carrying any animal or fowl to the public pound.
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Sec. 9. No person shall break, or attempt to break, or assist in
breaking into any pound.
Sec. 10. No person shall take up, drive or carry to the public
pound any animal or fowl not legally liable to be impounded.
Sec. 11. If any animal or fowl, that may have been lawfully im-
pounded, shall escape or be rescued, any pound-master, or the marshal,
deputy marshal or any special deputy marshal or constable, may,
within seven days thereafter, retake such animal or fowl, and the
same may be held and sold, as if no escape or rescue had taken place.
Sec. 12. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one nor more than
ten dollars, together with the costs of prosecution, and on failure to
pay forthwith such fine and costs, may be imprisoned in the Detroit
house of correction or in the county jail of Washtenaw county for
any term not exceeding ninety days, unless payment thereof be sooner
made.
Sec. 13. An ordinance entitled "An ordinance relating to animals
running at large," made and passed October 7th, 1878, is hereby
repealed, such repeal to take effect from and after the twelfth day of
July, A. D. 1880.
Sec. 14. This ordinance shall take effect on the twelfth day of
July, A. D. 1880.
Sec. 15. This ordinance, immediately after its passage, shall be
published once in the Ypsilanti Commercial, a weekly newspaper
printed and circulated within the city of Ypsilanti.
Made and passed in common council this twenty-eighth day of
June, A. D. 1880.
Approved June 29th, 1880.
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
Attest:
EDWARD P. ALLEN, Mayor.
No. 17.
An Ordinance Relative to Public Carriages.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti, ordain:
:
Section 1. That no person who is a non-resident of said city of
Ypsilanti, shall keep for hire within the limits of said city, any public
carriage, cab, hackney-coach, omnibus or other public vehicle, without
a license therefor, as hereinafter provided.
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Sec. 2. No person who is a non-resident of said city, shall drive
or be permitted to drive, any public carriage, cab, hackney-coach,
omnibus or other public vehicle, without being licensed therefor as
hereinafter provided.
Sec. 3. No person shall drive or be permitted to drive any public
carriage, cab, hackney-coach, omnibus or other public vehicle, belong-
ing to any non resident of said city without being licensed therefor
as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 4. No person who is a non-resident of said city, unless licensed
as an owner or driver as herein provided, shall procure passengers
for, or charge or receive any fare for any public conveyance.
Sec. 5. The mayor or clerk are hereby authorized to grant licenses
for the purpose aforesaid, to any non-resident of the city of Ypsilanti,
upon payment into the city treasury, verified by the receipt of the
treasurer, to be filed with the clerk, of the sum of two dollars per day
for each carriage, cab, hackney-coach, omnibus or other vehicle.
Sec. 6. Any violation of, or failure to comply with the provisions
of this ordinance, shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor
more than fifty dollars, together with the costs of prosecution; and on
failing to pay forthwith such fine and costs may be imprisoned in the
county jail of Washtenaw county, or in the Detroit house of correction.
for any term not exceeding ninety days, unless payment thereof be
sooner made.
Sec. 7. This ordinance shall take effect on and after the tenth
day of October, A. D. 1881.
Attest:
Made and passed by the common council at Ypsilanti, this nineteenth
day of September, A. D. 1881.
Approved September 20th, A. D. 1871.
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
No. 18.
An Ordinance Relative to Official Bonds.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti, ordain:
Section 1. The official bonds of the officers of the city shall be
required in the following named amounts, to-wit:
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City treasurer, in the sum of fifteen thousand dollars.
City marshal, in the sum of one thousand dollars.
City clerk, in the sum of two hundred dollars.
Which bonds shall in all cases be given by said officers before enter-
ing upon the duties of their respective offices, and shall be approved
by the common council.
Sec. 2. The city marshal, before receiving from the city treasurer
the tax-rolls for the collection of taxes, shall give an additional bond
in such sums as the common council may by resolution require.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take immediate effect.
Made and passed in common council this twentieth day of February,
A. D. 1882.
Approved February 21st, A. D. 1882.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
No. 19.
An Ordinance Relative to the Construction of Sidewalks.
Repealed. See Ordinance No. 44,
No. 20.
An Ordinance Relative to Lamps and Lamp Posts.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti, ordain:
Section 1. The public lamps and lamp-posts of the city shall be
under the supervision of the committee on gas lights.
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Sec. 2. No person shall wilfully, maliciously or negligently, injure,
pull down, break, remove, or in any manner deface or injure any
public lamp, lamp-post, crotchet
gas light within the city of
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Ypsilanti.
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Sec. 3. No person shall light, or cause to be lighted, or extinguish,
or cause to be extinguished, any public lamp or gas light, without
being authorized so to do by the common council.
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Sec. 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall be punished by a fine not to exceed twenty-five dollars,
together with the costs of prosecution, and, on failing to pay forth-
with such fine and costs, may be imprisoned in the Detroit house of
correction, or in the county jail of Washtenaw county, for any term
not exceeding ninety days, unless payment thereof be sooner made.
Sec. 5. This ordinance shall take effect on the fourth day of
March, A. D. 1882,
Made and passed by the common council this twentieth day of
February, A. D. 1882.
Approved February 21st, 1882.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
No. 21.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
An Ordinance Relative to Railroads.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti, ordain:
Section 1. The rate of speed of engines and cars on railroads,
within the limits of [the] city, shall not exceed six miles per hour;
and any engineer, driver or conductor, having charge of an engine,
car, or train of cars, upon any railroad in said city, who shall suffer
or cause said engine, car or train of cars, to go over said railroad,
within said city, at a greater rate of speed than six miles an hour,
shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars, nor more
than fifty dollars, or by imprisonment not to exceed ninety days, or
by both said fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 2. No engine or cars on railroads, within the limits of the
city, shall be stopped and remain upon any street crossing for a
longer period than five minutes; and any engineer, driver, or con-
ductor, having charge of an engine, car, or train of cars, upon any
railroad in said city, who shall suffer or cause said engine, car or
train of cars, to stop or be stopped and remain upon any street cross-
ing, within said city, for a longer period than five minutes, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than fifty
dollars, or by imprisonment not to exceed ninety days, or by both
said fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
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Sec. 3. No person under the age of twenty-one years, unless he
is an employe of the company, shall get on or off any railroad train
while in motion, within the limits of the city of Ypsilanti, except at
the respective depots of the railroad companies in said city.
Sec. 4. Any person violating the provision of section three of this
ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars and
costs, and on failing to pay forthwith such fine and costs, may be
imprisoned in the Detroit house of correction or the county jail of
Washtenaw county, for any term not exceeding thirty days, unless
payment thereof be sooner made.
Sec. 5. This ordinance shall take effect on the fourth day of
March, A. D. 1882.
Made and passed in common council, this twentieth day of Febru-
ary, A. D. 1882.
Approved February 21st, 1882.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
No. 22.
An Ordinance Relative to the Public Health.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti, ordain:
Section 1. The aldermen of each ward whose term of office will
soonest expire, together with the health physician, shall be and are
hereby constituted a board of health in and for the city of Ypsilanti,
and any four of them shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business.
Sec. 2. At their first meeting, which shall be on the second
Monday in May of each year, they shall select from their number a
president and clerk, who shall hold their offices for the term of one
year; and in case of vacancy or temporary absence his place shall
be supplied by the election of a president or clerk pro tempore, as the
case may be.
Séc. 3. The board of health shall meet at the city hall, and after
their first meeting, at such time as they may deem proper.
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Sec. 4. The clerk of the board of health shall keep regular minutes
of their proceedings in books to be provided for that purpose.
Sec. 5. The board of health shall have power, and it is hereby
made their duty:
1st. To make, and direct to be made, diligent inquiry with respects
to all nuisances, of every description, in said city, which
or may be, injurious to the public health, and abate the same.
are,
2d. To stop, detain and examine, or direct to be stopped, de-
tained and examined, every person coming from a place infected
with a pestilential or infectious disease, in order to prevent the in-
troduction of the same into this city.
3d. To cause any person, not a resident of this city, who is in-
fected with any infectious or pestilential disease, to be sent back
to the place whence he or she came, or to the pest-house or hospital.
4th. To cause any person, a resident of this city, who is infected
with any pestilential or infectious disease, to be removed to the
pest-house or hospital, if in the opinion of the board of health, the
removal of such person is necessary for the preservation of the
public health; Provided, however, that such removal can be effected
with safety [to] the patient.
5th. To destroy any furniture, wearing apparel, goods, wares, or
merchandise, or articles or property of any kind which shall be ex-
posed to or infected with a contagious or infectious disease; Provided,
however, that such property before being destroyed shall be appraised
by two disinterested persons to be selected by the board of health.
6th. To rent or erect proper houses to be used as pest-houses or
hospitals.
7th. To employ such nurses, officers, agents, servants or assistants,
and provide the necessary furniture, medicines, articles and neces-
saries, for the use of the pest-house or hospitals, and the persons
therein confined as may be deemed necessary.
8th. To require the occupant of any dwelling house, store, shop
or other building in which there shall be any person sick with
small-pox, or varioloid, to put up and maintain in a conspicuous place,
on the front of such dwelling-house, store, shop or other building, a
card or sign to be furnished by the board, on which shall be written
or printed in large letters, the words "small pox," and in case of
the neglect or refusal of any person to comply with such requirement,
to remove the patient therein to the pest-house or hospital.
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9th. To exercise a general supervision over the health of the
city, and to make, from time to time, such recommendations
to the common council as they deem proper, to promote the cleanliness
and salubrity of the city.
To make and determine the rules of its own proceedings.
10th.
11th. The board of health shall provide and keep on hand a supply
of cards marked "small-pox," to be put upon any house in which there
may be a person sick of that disease or the varioloid, and such card,
upon application, shall be furnished without charge.
12th. Whenever, in their judgment, it shall be necessary for the
public health, to at once take possession of any building, factory, hotel,
dwelling-house, out-house, premises or grounds, upon which, in their
judgment, there exists any nuisance prejudicial to the public health;
and if the owner or occupant shall refuse or neglect to forthwith abate
such nuisance, in the manner directed by said board, said board may
cause the same to be abated forthwith in such manner as they may
deem proper.
The said board may also, when they deem it requisite
for the public health, at once, and by force, if necessary, close up
such houses, buildings, hotels and premises, and exclude all occupants
therefrom until such nuisance shall be fully abated and the air of
such building or premises is thoroughly purified. Any person who shall
resist the action of the board, or their agents under this subdivision,
shall be liable to the penalties provided for in section fifteen of this
chapter.
Sec. 6. Every physician, or person acting as such, who shall have
a patient sick of the small-pox, varioloid, diphtheria, scarlet fever or
other infectious or pestilential disease, shall forthwith report the fact
in writing to the president of the board of health, together with the
name of the street and number of the house, if any, where such
patient is treated; and the president shall report the same at the
next meeting of the board, and every keeper, superintendent or person
in charge of any pest-house within the corporate limits of the city
of Ypsilanti, or any other pest-house under the control of the authori-
ties of said city, to which any person, being a city charge, may be
brought sick with any infectious or contagious disease, shall at once
on the arrival of every such person, give notice thereof in writing
to the president of the board of health and to the health physician:
Provided, That if the person thus brought to such pest-house is a
county charge, the notice herein required shall be given to the county
physician, and to the president of the board of health.
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Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the occupants of any dwelling-house
or other building in which there shall be small-pox or varioloid, to
put up and maintain in a conspicuous place on the front of such
building a card, or sign, to be furnished by the board of health, on
which shall be written or printed the words "small-pox," and such
sign or card shall be kept on such building during all the time any
person so diseased shall remain therein, and until permission is ob-
tained in writing from the health physician to remove the same. No
person shall take down, or remove, injure or deface such card or sign
at any time during the time in which the same is required to be kept
up and maintained.
Sec. 8. All persons having small-pox, varioloid, or other contagious
or infectious disease, are hereby required to be kept closely confined
within their respective dwellings, or places of abode, and no person
who has been confined with such disease, shall leave his or her place
of abode, and go about the city, until, in the opinion of the health
physician, it can be done without danger of communicating the disease
to others.
Sec. 9. No person having the small-pox, varioloid or other con-
tagious disease shall go about the city.
Sec. 10. No person shall bring, or cause to be brought, into the
city of Ypsilanti, any person infected with the small-pox, varioloid
or other infectious or pestilential disease.
Sec. 11. The pest-house and hospitals of the city shall be under
the control and direction of the board of health.
Sec. 12. No owner, driver, or person in charge of any public hack,
carriage or conveyance, shall use, or permit the same to be used for
the purpose of conveying the body of any person who has died of
the small-pox or varioloid, or any person from any house, building or
place, in which any person is sick with, or has within two weeks died
of, either of said diseases.
Sec. 13. Every physician having a small-pox or varioloid patient,
immediately after each and every visit to the same, shall not visit
any other patient, except those affected with the small-pox or varioloid,
until he has changed his clothing and otherwise disinfected himself;
and every undertaker having in charge the body of any person who
has died of either of said diseases, immediately after the interment
thereof; and any person nursing or taking care of any person sick
with either of said diseases, before going upon the streets, shall
change his clothes and otherwise disinfect himself.
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Sec. 14. The members of the board of health, excepting the health
physician, shall be paid twenty dollars a year for all services rendered
by them upon such board.
Sec. 15. Any person violating or failing to comply with the pro-
visions of this ordinance, or failing or neglecting to comply with
any of the requirements of the board of health, shall be punished by
a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, together with the costs of
prosecution, and, on failing to pay forthwith such fine and costs, may
be imprisoned in the Detroit house of correction, or in the county jail
of Washtenaw county, for any term not to exceed three months, unless
payment thereof be sooner made.
Sec. 16. This ordinance shall take effect on the fourth day of
March, A. D. 1882.
Made and passed in common council this twentieth day of February,
A. D. 1882.
Approved February 21st, A. D. 1882.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
No. 23.
An Ordinance Relative to the Prevention of Small-Pox.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti, ordain:
Section 1. The keeper of any hotel, tavern, boarding, or other
public house, or the owner or occupant of any private house or resi-
dence in which any person may be sick with small-pox, varioloid or
other infectious disease, or the physician, or person acting as such,
who shall have a patient affected with any such infectious disease,
shall forthwith report the same to the president of the board of
health; and the keeper or keepers of said hotel, tavern, boarding or
public house, or the owner or occupant of said private residence as
aforesaid, shall thereupon immediately procure, put up and maintain
in a conspicuous place on the front of said premises a card or sign
with the word small-pox printed thereon in large letters, which card
shall not be removed, injured or defaced by any person, and shall
remain posted on the premises during all the time any person affected
with any infectious disease shall remain therein, and until the taking
down of such card is advised in writing by the physician attending
such diseased person.
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Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the keeper of any hotel, tavern,
boarding or public house, or the owner or occupant of any private
residence, wherein any person may be sick with the small-pox or
other infectious disease, to close said public house or private residence,
and keep it closed as against all lodgers, customers and persons
desiring to visit the same, and prevent the occupants of said public
house or private residence from leaving said premises, until such
time, as, in the opinion of the attending physician, or the president
of the board of health, expressed in writing, all danger of communicat-
ing the disease from the said house or residence, or from any of
the immates thereof, shall have passed. Provided, That the provisions
of this section shall not apply to the physicians or clergymen in
attendance upon such sick person or persons.
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Sec. 3. Immediately after the termination of a case of small-
pox, varioloid, or other infectious disease, by the convalescence or
death of the person or persons afflicted, it shall be the duty of the at-
tending physician, or in case of no regular physician has been in
attendance, then of the health physician, to examine the bedding,
clothing and wearing apparel of the convalescent or deceased person,
as the case may be, and shall order all such articles to be disinfected
by washing or the use of such disinfectants as may be necessary, and
to order the destruction by fire of such articles, as in his opinion,
cannot be disinfected; and upon request of the owner or other person
interested in any articles ordered to be destroyed, he shall first
appoint two disinterested persons to appraise the value of the articles
condemned, and to render an itemized statement thereof in writing
and verified by the affidavit of such appraisers.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the physician in attendance on
any person or persons sick with any contagious or infectious disease,
to give all necessary instructions regarding the thorough ventilation
and cleansing of the public house or private residence wherein such
person shall be sick, and it shall be the duty of the keeper of such
public house or owner or occupant of such private residence to follow
the instructions of the physician in attendance, as aforesaid, under
the penalty hereinafter provided.
Sec. 5. In case of the death of any person from the small-pox,
varioloid, or other infectious disease, the body of such deceased
person shall not be taken to or inside of any church, public building
or any other public place, nor to any private residence or building
other than that upon the premises where said death occurred, but
said body shall be conveyed to any proper cemetery between the
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hours of seven o'clock in the evening and seven o'clock of the follow-
ing morning, and therein buried, without any public demonstration
or public funeral services whatever.
Sec. 6. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars
together with the costs of prosecution, and, on failing to pay forthwith
such fine and costs, may be imprisoned in the Detroit house of cor-
rection, or in the county jail of Wastenaw county, for any term not
exceeding ninety days, unless payment thereof be sooner made.
Sec. 7. This ordinance shall take effect on the fourth day of
March, A. D. 1882.
Made and passed in common council, this twentieth day of Feb-
ruary, A. D. 1882.
Approved February 21st, 1882.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
No. 24.
An Ordinance Relative to Auctioneers.
City of Ypsilanti, ordain:
The Common Council of the
Section 1. No person shall exercise the business or trade of an
auctioneer, or sell property by public auction or outcry, without a
license from the mayor or clerk. This section shall not apply to any
person selling property by virtue of a legal process, or under a
mortgage, nor to sales of the goods, wares, chattels, merchandise,
or household furniture of any resident of the city of Ypsilanti, such
goods, wares, chattels, merchandise or household furniture having
been in actual use by such resident or having been assessed in the
city of Ypsilanti in the year in which such sale is made.
Sec. 2. The mayor or clerk is authorized to grant a license to
any resident of the city of Ypsilanti, of good character, or to any
non-resident or transient person of good character, on the conditions
prescribed in the following section.
Sec. 3. Any resident applying for a license, shall, before the
issuing thereof, pay into the city treasury the sum of ten dollars,
provided, however, that all such licenses shall terminate on the first
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Monday in June following. If he be a non-resident, he shall, before
the issuing of the license, pay the sum of three dollars into the city
treasury for each and every day he proposes to sell.
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Sec. 4. No bell or crier shall be used to collect bidders at any
auction.
Sec. 5. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor
more than twenty-five dollars, together with the costs of prosecution;
and on failure to pay forthwith such fine and costs, may be imprisoned
in the Detroit house of correction or in the county jail of Washtenaw
county for any term not exceeding ninety days, unless payment
thereof be sooner made.
Sec.6. This ordinance shall take effect on the fourth day of March,
A. D. 1882.
Attest:
Made and passed by the common council this twentieth day of
February, A. D. 1882.
Approved February 21st, 1882.
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
No. 25.
An Ordinance Defining the Duties of the City Attorney.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti, ordain:
Section 1. That it shall be the duty of the city attorney to draft
all bonds to be executed by the officers of this city for the faithful
performance of their duties; all deeds, bonds, contracts, and other in-
struments, which may be required to be executed by said city in
its corporate capacity, and which the city shall be at the expense
of drawing. He shall prosecute all suits and actions in behalf of the
city, in any court of said city or of this state; he shall institute and
conduct all prosecutions for the recovery of all fines, penalties and
forfeitures which may accrue for the violation of the ordinances of
this city; and defend all actions brought against the same, or any
officer thereof in his official capacity, before any court in this city
or state. Whenever required he shall render legal advice to the
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common council, or any member or committee thereof, on any sub-
ject touching the city government or the interests thereof: Provided,
That in all cases where suits are tried, or other business done, outside
the county, his expenses shall be paid from the city treasury.
Sec. 2. The city attorney shall keep an accurate account of all
suits tried, and all other transactions in which he shall be engaged
for said city, and which shall result in debit or credit to the treasury
thereof, and report the same to the common council of said city at
the end of every three months during the term for which he was
employed as attorney.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take immediate effect,
Made and passed in common council this twenty-seventh day of
February, A. D. 1882.
Approved February 28th, A. D. 1882.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
No. 26.
An Ordinance Relative to Hawkers and Peddlers.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti, ordain:
Section 1. No person shall follow the business or occupation
of a hawker or peddler of, or sell or peddle goods, wares, merchan-
dise, refreshments, fish, or any kind of property or thing, by going
about from place to place in the city for the purpose, or from any
stand, cart, vehicle, or other device, in the streets or highways within
the limits of the city of Ypsilanti, without a license from the mayor
or clerk.
Sec. 2. The mayor or clerk is hereby authorized to license any
person to follow any business or occupation specified in section one
of this ordinance, upon payment into the city treasury, verified by
the receipt of the treasurer, to be filed with the clerk, of not less
than one nor more than twenty dollars for each day, as shall be ordered
by said mayor or clerk upon application for such license.
Sec. 3. This ordinance is not intended to apply to any farmer
selling, or offering for sale the produce of his farm, or any person
selling meat from house to house.
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Sec. 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than
twenty-five dollars, together with the costs of prosecution, and, on
failing to pay forthwith such fine and costs, may be imprisoned in
the Detroit house of correction, or in the county jail of Washtenaw
county, for a term not exceeding ninety days, unless payment thereof
be sooner made.
Sec. 5. This ordinance shall take effect on the eleventh day of
March, A. D. 1882.
Made and passed in common council this twenty-seventh day of
February, A. D. 1882.
Approved February 28th, 1882.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
No. 27.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
An Ordinance Relative to Cemeteries.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. The cemeteries known as Highland, St. John's and
Eastern cemetery, are hereby declared to be public burial grounds,
and no person or persons, societies or congregations, shall establish
any other burying ground within the limits of the city of Ypsilanti.
Sec. 2. No interment shall be made in any other place within
the city of Ypsilanti than Highland and St. John's cemeteries herein-
before named, as burials in other localities are injurious to the public
health.
Sec. 3. The grave for an adult shall be at least six feet deep; and for
a child, at least five feet deep.
Sec. 4. No person shall commit any trespass by destroying, injuring
or defacing any grave, vault, tombstone, monument, enclosure, build-
ing, fence, basin, fountain, bridge, seat, tree, flower, shrub, or other
thing belonging to any cemetery.
Sec. 5. No vehicle or carriage shall be driven in any cemetery
at a greater speed than four miles an hour.
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Sec. 6. No animal shall be left unfastened or allowed to graze
or be pastured in any cemetery.
Sec. 7. No person shall disturb the quiet and good order of any
such place by noise or other improper conduct.
Sec. 8. No person shall enter or walk over any lot in any cemetery
without the consent of the owner or sexton, nor disturb the soil on
said premises without such consent.
Sec. 9. No body shall be disinterred in this city without the
written consent of the mayor or, in his absence, of the president of
the board of health.
Sec. 10. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance
shall be punished by a fine not exceeding fifty dollars, together with
the costs of prosecution; and on failing to pay forthwith such fine
and costs, may be imprisoned in the Detroit house of correction, or
in the county jail of Washtenaw county, for any term not exceeding
ninety days, unless payment thereof be sooner made.
Sec. 11. This ordinance shall take effect on the eleventh day of
March, A. D. 1882.
Made and passed in common council this twenty-seventh day of
February, A. D. 1882.
Approved February 28th, 1882.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
No. 28.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
An Ordinance Relative to Nuisances.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. No person shall, himself or by another, throw, place,
deposit or leave in any street, highway, lane, alley, public space or
square, any animal or vegetable substance, dead animal, fish, shells,
shavings, paper, dirt, rubbish, excrement, filth, ordure, slops, unclean
or nauseous water, liquor or gaseous fluids, hay, straw, ashes, cinders,
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soot, offal, garbage, swill, or any article or substance whatever.
the case of any alley or street where any substance above named shall
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exist, be or have been deposited, it shall be the duty of every owner
or occupant of any lot or premises, within twenty-four hours after
having been notified by the city marshal or board of health so to do,
to remove from the half of such alley or street adjoining such lot
or premises all such substance.
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Sec. 2. No person shall himself, or by another, discharge out of
or from any dwelling house, kitchen or other building, any foul
nauseous liquid, water, or other substance, into or upon any
highway, street, lane, alley, public space or square, or into any
adjacent lot or ground. No person or persons shall permit on his,
ner or their premises, within the boundaries of the city of Ypsilanti,
or within one-half mile therefrom, of which he, she or they may be
the occupant or occupants, agent or agents, a soap or candle factory,
or the exercise of any other unwholesome or offensive trade or calling,
or suffer any building, sewer, or other things whatsoever, to remain
on said premises until, in any manner, the same shall become offensive,
hurtful, dangerous, or unwholesome to the neighborhood or travelers.
Sec. 3. No person shall keep, place, or have, on or in any building,
lot or premises in the city of Ypsilanti, or within one-half mile distant
therefrom, any dead carcass, putrid, offensive or unsound beef, pork,
fish, hides, skin, bones, horns, stinking or rotten soap, grease, tallow,
offal, garbage, or other animal or vegetable matter of [or] substance,
which may cause any unwholesome, noisome or offensive smell.
Sec. 4. When any dumb animal shall die within the limits of the
city of Ypsilanti, the owner or person in possession of it shall, within
twelve hours thereafter, cause the carcass to be removed to some
place at least one-half mile beyond the city limits.
Sec. 5. No owner or occupant of any grocery, cellar, factory, tan-
nery, butcher shop, slaughter house, stable, barn, privy, sewer, or
other building or place, shall allow any nuisance to exist or remain
on his or her premises; nor shall any person, persons or corporation,
operating, owning, occupying or using any public or private street,
alley way, or any premises whatever, within the limits of the city of
Ypsilanti, create or maintain a nuisance thereon.
Sec. 6. Amended. See ordinance No. 57.
Sec. 7. Amended. See Ordinance No. 57.
Sec. S. Hereafter no person shall, himself or by another, post,
attach, place, paint or stamp any placard, showbill, or advertisement
of any description whatever (except such as may be expressly auth-
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orized by law), on any street, fence, sidewalk, lamp-post, post, box,
bridge or building, or on any other public place or object in the
city, (except on bill-boards expressly provided and used for such
purpose). It shall be the duty of the marshal, deputy marshal and
special deputymarshals of said city to see to the enforcement of this
section, and to make complaint against any person violating the
provisions thereof.
Sec. 9. No person or persons shall collect or confine hogs, cows,
or cattle, in herd, pen, enclosures, or otherwise, so as to become
offensive to his, her or their neighbor or neighbors, in any locality
within the limits of the city of Ypsilanti.
Sec. 10. No person shall place, deposit, throw, or keep, in the
waters of the Huron river, within the city limits, any manure, veg-
etables, perishable substance, excrement, carcass, meats, hides, offals,
garbage, or any unwholesome or decayed matter whatever.
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Sec. 11. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall be punished by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars, together
with the costs of prosecution, and on failing to pay forthwith such
fine and costs, may be imprisoned in the Detroit house of correction,
or in the county jail of Washtenaw county, for any term not exceeding
ninety days, unless payment thereof be sooner made.
Sec. 12. This ordinance shall take effect on the eleventh day
of March, A. D. 1882.
Attest:
Made and passed in common council, this twenty-seventh day of
February, A. D. 1882.
Approved February 28th, 1882.
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
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No. 29.
An Ordinance to Preserve the Public Peace and to Apprehend and
Punish Vagrants, Disorderly Persons, Mendicants,
and Drunken Persons.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti, ordain:
Section 1. All able-bodied persons who, not having visible means
of support, are found loitering or rambling about, or lodging or
loitering in drinking saloons, tippling houses, beer houses, houses
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of ill fame, houses of bad repute, sheds or barns, or in the open air,
and not giving good account of themselves, or begging in the street
or elsewhere, all keepers or exhibitors of any gaming table or device,
and all persons who, for the purpose of gaming, or for the purpose
of watch stuffing, travel about or go from place to place, and all
persons upon whom shall be found any instrument or thing used
for the commission of burglary, larceny, or for picking locks or
pockets, or anything used for obtaining money under false pretenses,
or who carry concealed firearms, dirk-knives, or other deadly
weapons, and who cannot give a good account of their possession of
the same, and all fortune-tellers, shall be deemed vagrants, and
upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding
fifty dollars, together with the costs of prosecution, and in default
of the immediate payment thereof, shall be committed to the Detroit
house of correction or the county jail of Washtenaw county until
such fine is paid, provided such time of imprisonment shall not exceed
the period of ninety days.
Sec. 2 Any person or persons who shall make or assist in making
any noise, disturbance or improper diversion, or any rout or riot,
by which the peace and good order of the neighborhood are disturbed,
or shall be guilty of disorderly conduct, shall be punished as here-
inafter provided.
Sec. 3. No person shall be guilty of using indecent or immoral
language, nor be guilty of any indecent or immoral conduct or be-
havior, or use any insulting or abusive epithets to any other person,
in any public street, lane, alley, square, or space in said city.
Sec. 4. All mendicants and drunken persons shall be punished
as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 5. Any person who shall, by talking, laughing, or otherwise,
interrupt the service in any place of Divine worship, shall be
punished as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 6. Persons shall not collect, stand in crowds, or remain
loitering on the sidewalk, or at the corners of the streets, so as to
hinder or impede the passage of pedestrians, or in front of any
church, or any public hall or place of worship, during service or the
gathering or departing of the congregation.
Sec. 7. No person shall make any indecent exposure of his or
her person in the streets, lanes, alleys, or public places of said city.
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Sec. S. No person shall show, sell, or offer for sale, or exhibit
any indecent or obscene picture, drawing, engraving, book or
pamphlet.
Sec. 9. Any violation of the provisions of this ordinance shall
be punished by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars, together with the
costs of prosecution, and in default of
of the immediate payment
thereof, the offender may be imprisoned in the Detroit house of
correction or in the county jail of Washtenaw county, for any term
not exceeding ninety days, unless payment thereof be sooner made.
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Sec. 10. This ordinance shall take effect on the eleventh day
of March, A. D. 1882.
Attest:
Made and passed in common council this twenty-seventh day of
February, A. D. 1882.
Approved February 28th, 1882.
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor
No. 30.
An Ordinance Relating to Disorderly Houses, Gambling Institutions
and Bucket Shops.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. No person shall keep, within the city of Ypsilanti,
any house of ill fame, house of assignation or house for the resort of
common prostitutes, or a disorderly saloon, barroom, tavern, beer
hall, grocery, theater, room or building for gaming with cards, dice,
billiards, nine or ten-pin alleys, wheels of fortune, boxes, machines
or other instruments or devices whatever, or shall in any manner
contribute to the support, carrying on or keeping of any such house
or place.
Sec. 2. No person shall knowingly let or lease any house, saloon,
bar-room, tavern, theater, store, room or building of any kind to be
used as a house of ill-fame, house of assignation, place for the resort
of common prostitutes or disorderly characters, or for the purpose
of gambling for money or other property, or as a disorderly house,
saloon, bar-room, tavren, theater or room, or, knowing his or her
house, building or place to be so used, shall willingly permit its further
use for any such purpose.
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Sec. 3. No person shall keep, carry on or maintain, or aid in
keeping, carrying on or maintaining, any lottery, policy, pool or
bucket shop or any like scheme or place for drawing or disposing
of any money or other property within the city.
Sec. 4. No person shall play, participate in, aid or encourage
within the ctiy limits any game, gambling, lottery, trick, device or
scheme, the purpose of which is to secure or obtain money or other
property by chance, fraud or deceit.
Sec. 5. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of
this ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred
dollars and costs of prosecution, and in case of failure to pay forth-
with such fine and costs may be imprisoned in the Detroit house of
correction or in the county jail of the county of Washtenaw until
such fine and costs be paid; provided, however, that the term of such
imprisonment shall not exceed ninety days.
Sec. 6. This ordinance shall take effect on the eleventh day of
March, A. D. 1882.
Made and passed in the common council this twenty-seventh day
of February, A. D. 1882.
Approved February 28, 1882.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
No. 31.
An Ordinance Relative to the Preservation of Public Property.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. No person shall destroy, injure, or in any manner
deface the city hall, any school building, fire engine house, fire
apparatus, street lamp, lamp-post, or any public building or property
'whatsoever, in the city of Ypsilanti, or the appurtenances, fences,
trees or fixtures thereunto belonging or appertaining.
Sec. 2. No person shall injure any public reservoir, or break,
or enter the same, or throw or deposit any substance therein, or
draw off any water therefrom, except in case of fire, or for the use of
the fire department, without authority from the common council, the
mayor of the city, or chief engineer of the fire department.
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Sec. 3. No person shall destroy, cut or injure, or in any way
deface, or hitch any animal or animals of any kind to any shade or
ornamental tree standing in any street, avenue, public space or square,
in the city of Ypsilanti. This section shall not be construed to pro-
hibit any person owning or occupying any lot in front of or adjacent
to which there may be any shade or ornamental trees from trimming
the same.
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Sec. 4. No person or persons shall ride or drive any horse or
horses, oxen or other animals, on, over or across any bridge in said
city, constructed of iron, or of wood and iron combined, faster
than a walk, nor drive on, over or across any such bridge,
at any one time, more than twenty head of cattle; nor shall any per-
sons congregate upon any bridge in this city to exceed fifty in number
at any one time; nor shall any person or persons injure, deface or
impair any bridge or any part of any bridge or its abutments in
said city.*
Attest:
Sec. 5. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall be punished by a fine of not less than five or more than twenty-
five dollars, together with the costs of prosecution, and on failing to
pay forthwith such fine and costs, may be imprisoned in the Detroit
house of correction, or in the county jail of Washtenaw county, for
any term not exceeding ninety days, unless payment thereof be sooner
made.
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Sec. 6. This ordinance shall take effect on the eleventh day of
March, A. D. 1882.
Made and passed in common council this twenty-seventh day of
February, A. D. 1882.
Approved February, 28th, 1882.
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
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H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
No. 32.
An Ordinance Relative to the Prevention of Fires.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. All that portion of the city of Ypsilanti included within
the following boundaries shall be constituted and known as the fire
limits of the city of Ypsilanti: Commencing on the west bank of the
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Huron river, in the center of Cross street, running thence along said
center of Cross street, to the center of Adams street; thence south
along the center of Adams street to the center of Pearl street; thence
west along the center of Pearl street to the center of Hamilton street;
thence south along the center of Hamilton street to the center of
Michigan street; thence east along the center of Michigan street
to the center of Adams street; thence south along the center of Adams
street to the center of Woodard street; thence east to the Huron
river, thence up the river following the same to the place of beginning;
also commencing on the river Huron at a point in a line in the center
of Mill street (now called Maple street) projecting westerly, running
thence easterly along said line to a point opposite an alley between
lots 437 and 438 in Norris addition to the city of Ypsilanti; thence
southerly at right angles with Mill (now Maple) street to the south
line of North street; thence westerly to the center of River street;
thence south along the center of River street to the center of Congress
street; thence west to the Huron river; thence up the Huron river
following the same to place of beginning.*
Sec. 2. No person shall erect or place any building, or part of
any building within the fire limits, or make any repairs to, or altera-
tions of, or remove any building in the fire limits, without having
obtained permission of the common council.
Sec. 3. No person or persons shall hereafter erect or place any
building within the fire limits of this city, unless the wall of such
building so erected shall be made of brick, stone, iron or earth, or
unless such building shall be less than nine feet square, and below
twelve feet in height, and in no instance shall said last mentioned
building be used for a smoke house or receptacle for ashes.
Sec.4. No person or persons shall raise or elevate from the
ground, any wooden building, now standing within said limits, by
constructing thereunder or thereon another story or part of a story,
or in any other way, increase the height or size of said wooden
building, by placing thereon or thereto any addition made of wood
or in any way enlarge any building made of wood, within the said
described fire limits.
Sec. 5. No person shall remove any building of wood larger than
nine feet square and twelve feet high, from one part or section of any
lot to any part or section of any other lot within the said fire limits.
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Sec. 6. The two last preceding sections shall not be so constructed
as to prevent the common council from granting leave to any person
or persons to erect any new building, or to add to or remove any
building, now standing within said limits, provided the same shall be
granted by a resolution adopted by a two-thirds vote of all members
of the common council.
Sec. 7. For each and every week in which a building erected,
placed, removed or repaired contrary to the provisions of. this or-
dinance, shall be allowed to remain, the owner of such building may
be complained of as for a distinct offense, and punished as herein-
after provided.
Sec. 8. Every chimney hereafter erected within the limits of the
city, shall be so constructed as to admit of being scraped, brushed or
cleansed.
Sec. 9. No pipes of any stove, chimney or fire place, shall be put
up or used, unless the same shall be conducted into a chimney of
stone or brick; and in all cases where stove pipe passes through the
wood work of a building, it shall be separated from such wood work
at least three inches, by metal or other incombustible material; and
all pipes from stoves, or fire places. over fifteen feet in length, shall
be riveted together at each joint, and when necessary for safety.
shall be supported and stayed by wire.
Sec. 10. No person shall use or occupy, within the limits of the
city of Ypsilanti, any building for the manufacture of turpentine,
camphene, fire-works, or other dangerous or easily inflammable or
explosive substances, or for the storage of gun-powder in larger
quantities than fifty pounds, or for the storage of fire-works of any
description whatever.
Sec. 11. No person shall kindle any fire, or furnish the material
for any fire. to be made or kindled in any street. alley. or vacant
place within the fire limits, unless by tinners, plumbers or other
mechanics pursuing a business requiring the use of a fire.
Sec. 12. No person shall fire or set off any squib, crackers, gun-
powder or fire works, or fire off any gun or pistol in any street, lane,
alley, or other public space. or in any yard, public or private, within
the limits of the city, unless by written permission from the Mayor;
and such permission shall specify the object, and limit the time of
such firing: nor shall any person fire a cannon or anvil in either of
the public or private spaces hereinbefore mentioned, without having
first obtained written permission from the mayor, which permission
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shall only be granted when it shall appear to the satisfaction of the
mayor that the firing of said cannon is to be under the supervision
of experienced gunners; Provided that save in case of using or firing
a gun or pistol, which is expressly prohibited, and the firing of any
cannon or anvil which is prohibited, except on permission granted as
herein provided, this section shall not be extended to the prohibition
of the usual demonstrations on the fourth of July, the twenty-second
of February, the seventeenth of March and the first of August; but
no such permission from the mayor as herein provided shall be con-
strued to incur, on the part of the city, any liability for damages by
reason of any accident caused by such firing.
Sec. 13. No person, corporation or company shall keep any shop.
mill or other building or premises, or carry on any business in the
city of Ypsilanti, in such a manner as to endanger said shop, mill, or
other building or premises from fire or explosions.
Sec. 14. Any person violating any of the provisions of this or-
dinance shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars,
together with the costs of prosecution, and, on failing to pay forth-
with such fine and costs, may be imprisoned in the Detroit house of
correction, or in the county jail of Washtenaw county, for any term
not exceeding ninety days, unless payment thereof be sooner made.
Sec. 15. This ordinance shall take effect on the eleventh day of
March, A. D. 1882.
Made and passed in common council this twenty-seventh day of
February, A. D. 1882.
Approved February 28th, 1882.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
No. 33.
An Ordinance Relative to Dogs.
Repealed. See Ordinance No. 70.
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No. 34.
An Ordinance Relative to Shows, Entertainments and Exhibitions.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. No person or persons, company or companies, shall
exhibit, in this city, any circus, menagerie, play, game or theatrical
exhibition, or give any concert, vocal of instrumental, or exhibit any
natural or artificial curiosity, or give any public entertainment of any
kind, for which pay is demanded or received, without a license from
the mayor or clerk; and for every license granted for any business,
object or purpose herein specified, there shall be collected from the
person or persons, company or companies receiving the same, as
follows:
1st. For a circus or menagerie, twenty-five dollars for the first
day upon which an exhibition shall occur, and fifteen dollars for each
subsequent day; for a circus and menagerie combined, thirty dollars
for the first day upon which any exhibition shall occur, and twenty
dollars per day for each subsequent day.
2nd. Upon a license for a play or theatrical exhibition, other than
minstrels, three dollars for the first day and two dollars for each
succeeding day.
3rd. Upon a license for a minstrel troop, five dollars for the first
day and three dollars for each subsequent day.
4th. Upon a license for a concert, vocal or instrumental, or
operatic performance, three dollars for the first day and two dollars
for each subsequent day.
5th. Upon a license for а. game, or the exhibition of any
natural or artifical curiosity, two dollars for the first day and one
dollar for each subsequent day.
6th. Upon a license for any public entertainment or amusement
not above designated, for which pay is demanded and received, two
dollars for the first day and one dollar for each subsequent day.*
Sec. 2. The mayor or clerk is hereby authorized to grant licenses
for the purposes aforesaid, on the payment of such sum of money
as is required for the particular purpose or purposes specified in
section one of this ordinance.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall not extend to any exhibition by the
pupils of any private or public school, or to any exhibition of painting,
*As Amended November 27, 1891.
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sculpture or fine art, executed by a citizen of Ypsilanti, or to any
concert or musical entertainment for the benefit of any church or
benevolent object.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of any person or company receiving
a license to keep good order in or about his or their place of amuse-
ment or exhibition.
Sec. 5. No license shall be deemed issued under the provisions of
this ordinance until the amount required for such license shall have
been paid to the city treasurer and his receipt therefor filed with the
city clerk.
Sec. 6. Any person violating any of the provisions of this or-
dinance shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than
twenty-five dollars, together with the costs of prosecution; and on
failing to pay forthwith such fine and costs, may be imprisoned in
the Detroit house of correction, or in the jail of Washtenaw county,
for any term not exceeding ninety days, unless payment thereof be
sooner made.
Sec. 7. This ordinance shall take effect on the eleventh day
of March, A. D. 1882.
Made and passed in common council, this twenty-seventh day of
February, A. D. 1882.
Approved February 28th, 1882.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
No. 35.
An Ordinance to Establish the Line on Which Certain Buildings May
Be Erected.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. No person shall erect any barn or outbuilding within
twenty feet of the line of any street without a permit from the com-
mon council.
Sec. 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance,
shall be punished by a fine of not less than three nor more than
twenty dollars, together with the costs of prosecution; and on failing
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to pay forthwith such fine and costs, may be imprisoned in the Detroit
house of correction or in the jail of Washtenaw county, for any term
not exceeding ninety days, unless payment thereof be sooner made.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effect on the twenty-fourth day
of March, A. D. 1882.
Made and passed in common council this thirteenth day of March,
A. D. 1882.
Approved March 14th, 1882.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
No. 36.
An Ordinance Relative to the Use of Streets and Alleys.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. No person shall permit any snow or ice to remain on
the sidewalk in front, rear or side of any house, premises, building or
lot, owned or occupied by him any longer than twenty-four hours after
the same has fallen or formed. And when ice has formed on any
sidewalk as aforesaid, such owner or occupant shall, within four hours
after the same has formed, cause a sufficient quantity of salt, saw-
dust, sand or ashes, to be strewn on the sidewalk, as aforesaid, in such
manner as shall render it safe for persons walking thereon.
Sec. 2. No person shall remove, or cause to be removed, or aid
or assist in removing any building, into, along, or across any street,
alley, or any other public space, without permission first obtained
from the common council; in granting which provision [permission]
the common council shall designate the route to be taken and the
time to be occupied in the removal of such building; and while in
transit such building shall be so moved as to least obstruct the street
and by the route and in time prescribed by the common council,
and at no time be left in any street crossing. Any person obtaining any
such permission shall file a bond to the satisfaction of the mayor,
conditioned that he will pay all damages to private or public property
that shall be caused by such removal.
Sec. 3. No person shall drive, lead or back any horse, mule, ox,
cow or other animal or team, cart or wheel carriage, or draw, push
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or otherwise propel any hand-cart, wagon, carriage, velocipede, swill
cart or other vehicle, except baby carriages and wheel-barrows, on or
along any sidewalk in any public street or other public place in said
city.*
Sec. 4. No person owning, building, or repairing any house or
other building, shall permit any lumber, brick, plaster, mortar, earth,
clay, sand, stone, or other material, to remain on the sidewalk after
sunset of the day upon which it was placed there, without permission
of the mayor.
Sec. 5. No person shall obstruct or encumber any public street,
alley or other public space, with any article or thing whatever, or
encroach upon or permit to remain, or maintain in any street, alley
or space, any building, structure or thing owned, occupied or used by
him or her. This section shall not be construed to prohibit merchants
and other business persons from using and occupying, for a width
of three feet, the sidewalk immediately in front of their places of
business, on all streets whereon the sidewalks are ten feet or more
in width, and for a distance of two feet on all streets where the side-
walks are less than ten feet in width, for the purpose of
displaying their goods and wares or merchandise, and exhibiting or
placing on said spaces their signs, images, bulletin boards, and other
insignia of the place or nature of their trade or business; nor shall it
be construed to prevent the moving of goods, wares or merchandise
across any sidewalk in the way of trade or for the use of families.
Sec. 6. No person shall leave any wagon, cart, or other vehicle
standing in any street, alley or other public space, without the same
is actually in use at the time. Provided, that this section shall not
be construed as prohibiting carriage-makers, blacksmiths, inn-keepers,
and keepers of livery and lodging stables from temporarily occupy
[occupying] the street for the space of six feet immediately in front
of the premises occupied by them, with vehicles undergoing imme-
diate repairs, or with vehicles from which horses have been unhitched ·
for the purpose of being shod, or with vehicles of farmers or other
persons temporarily lodging with said inn-keeper or keeper of livery
stable. Nor shall this section be construed to prohibit draymen,
expressmen or other persons from occupying the street or alley for
the space of six feet immediately in the rear Or front of
the premises occupied by them with such vehicles as are being actually
used by them in the prosecution of their several business callings.
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Sec. 7. No person shall place by himself or another, any stone,
timber, lumber, planks, boards, bricks, or other materials, in or
upon any street, alley or other public space, except for the purpose of
building, and not for that purpose, except under permission first ob-
tained from the mayor; and such material shall not be allowed to
remain in such street, alley, or other public space, after completion
of such building, or for a longer period than three months; and the
same shall not be allowed to occupy and obstruct more than one-half
of any street or alley, or any portion thereof other than that in
front of the lot or premises on which such material is to be used;
and after such building has been completed all building material,
dirt and rubbish arising therefrom shall be removed without delay;
and in cases where such permission is granted, as aforesaid, the
person or persons having the same, in cases where the sidewalk is
removed or entirely obstructed, shall provide and maintain a temporary
sidewalk not less than three feet in width between the line of the
lot or premises and such building material. Provided, always, that
any permission granted under this section shall not authorize any
person or persons to obstruct or in any manner prevent the free
passage of surface water through the gutter of any street, alley or
other public space in said city.
Sec. 8. No person shall leave any horse, mule, oxen, or team,
in any street, alley, or public space, without being sufficiently tied;
and no person shall halt any wagon, cart, carriage, sleigh or other
vehicle, on any crosswalk or footway.
Sec. 9. No person shall dig or tear up any pavement, side or
crosswalk, or dig any hole, ditch, drain or sewer in any street, alley
or other public space, without permission obtained from the mayor;
and it shall be the duty of any person digging or tearing up any
pavement, side or crosswalk, or digging any hole, ditch, drain or sewer,
in any street, alley, or other public space, as speedily as practicable
to repair and put the same in as good order and condition as before;
and in order to do this such person shall pound down the earth so as
to make it firm and solid; and if the earth shall settle, such person
shall fill the same from time to time, as may be necessary; and any
person digging in any street, alley or other public space, or the con-
tractor or Owner or owners of property for whose benefit such
digging may be done, for any of the purposes hereinbefore men-
tioned, or for any purpose whatever, shall erect and maintain a good
and sufficient fence, railing or barrier around such excavation in such
manner as to prevent accidents, and to place and keep upon such
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railing, fence or barrier, suitable and sufficient colored lights during
the night.
Sec. 10. No person shall herd together or detain in any street,
alley or other public space, any cattle, horses, hogs, sheep or goats.
Sec. 11. No person shall place or put any trough for feeding or
watering horses, cattle, or other animals, in any street, alley or other
public space.
Sec. 12. No person shall keep or maintain on any sidewalk any
wagon or stand for the sale of goods, wares or merchandise, vege-
tables or fruits, to project more than three feet from the wall of his
or her house or store, unless permission is granted in writing therefor
by the mayor under the authority of the common council.
Sec. 13. No person shall display or detain for exhibition any
stud-horse, or bull, in any street, alley or other public place.
Sec. 14. No person shall ride or drive any horse, carriage, sleigh
or other vehicle, through any street in this city at a faster rate than
eight miles an hour.
Sec. 15. No person shall erect any balustrade or balcony to extend
beyond the line of any sidewalk or street, and less than twelve feet
from the ground, without permission first obtained from the common
council; and iron braces and railings shall be used in the construction
of any such balustrades or balconies, and the same shall not project
beyond the line of the sidewalk more than three feet,
Sec. 16. It shall not be lawful to gather together in crowds on
any sidewalk or in [the] street, so as to obstruct travel therein, or en-
cumber the same.
Sec. 17. No person shall suspend from any house, shop or store,
into or over any street, alley or other public space, any goods, clothes,
wares or other articles or substance, so that the same shall extend
or project from the wall or front of such building more than three feet.
Sec. 18. In no case shall any person owning or controlling any
sign permit the same to be or remain in or over any street, alley or
public space for more than forty-eight hours after the passage by
the common council of a resolution directing the removal thereof; a
copy of which resolutions shall be served by the marshal upon such
person so owning or controlling such sign.
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Sec. 19. No person shall make or continue any cellar door, win-
dows or area, so that the same shall extend more than four feet be-
yond the line of any building or lot; and all areas shall be protected
by sufficient grating or illuminated pavement.
Sec. 20. Every entrance or flight of steps projecting beyond the
line of sidewalks, and descending into any cellar or basement stores
where such entrance or flight of steps shall be covered, shall be en-
closed with good iron railing on each side, permanently put up, not
less than three feet wide, with a gate opening inwardly, unless such
entrance steps be thoroughly lighted, so as to prevent accidents; and
steps and railings shall not occupy more than one-fifth of the width of
the sidewalk.
Sec. 21. No person shall swim or bathe in the waters of the Huron
river, within the city limits, unless such person is suitably attired,
and while swimming or bathing conduct himself in a decent, orderly
manner, and then only between the hours of eight p. m. and six a. m.
Sec. 22. Any cellar or other excavation left uncovered by the burn-
ing or removal of the buildings therefrom or otherwise, shall be sur-
rounded by the owner or occupant of the premises with a sufficient
fence or barrier to prevent accidents.
Sec. 23. No person shall indecently expose his or her person,
or show, sell of exhibit for sale, any indecent or obscene picture, drawing,
engraving, painting, book or pamphlet, or use any indecent or ob-
scene language, or give or aid in giving any indecent or obscene
exhibition or show of any kind, in the streets or elsewhere in the city.
Sec. 24. Hereafter no awning shall be erected over any sidewalk
in this city unless permission therefor has been granted by the com-
mon council.
Sec. 25. No wooden post for the support of any awning, shall
hereafter be erected or set up in any street or public space in said
city, and all iron posts erected in any street or public space for the
purpose of supporting awnings shall be not less than twelve feet
in height and be placed on the established line between the sidewalk
and street, and no framework used for connecting awning posts with
the buildings shall be less than twelve feet above the sidewalk. Pro-
vided, however, that cloth or canvas awning may hang within six
and a half feet of the sidewalk and not lower.
Sec. 26. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall be punished by a fine not to exceed one hundred dollars, to-
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gether with the cost of prosecution, and on failing to pay forthwith
such fine and costs, may be imprisoned in the Detroit house of correc-
tion, or in the county jail of Washtenaw county, for any term not
exceeding ninety days, unless payment thereof be sooner made.
Sec. 27. This ordinance shall take effect on the twenty-fourth day
of March, A. D. 1882.
Made and passed in common
March, A. D. 1882.
Approved March 14, 1882.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
council this thirteenth day of
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
No. 37.
An Ordinance Relative to the Fire Department of the City of Ypsilanti.
Amended. See Ordinance No. 48.
No. 38.
An Ordinance to Repeal Certain Ordinances.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Sec. 1. That the following ordinances, made and passed by the
common council of said city, be and the same are hereby repealed, viz:
"An Ordinance Relative to License," made and passed May 19,
1858, and all ordinances amendatory thereto; also,
"An Ordinance defining the Duties of the City Attorney," made
and passed May 24th, 1858; also,
"An Ordinance Relative to Streets and Alleys," made and passed
May 24th, 1858; also,
"An Ordinance Relative to the Observance of the First Day of the
week," made and passed May 26th, 1858, and all ordinances amendatory
thereto; also,
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"An Ordinance Relative to constructing Plank Walks," made and
passed June 2d, 1858, and all ordinances amendatory thereto; also,
"An Ordinance Relative to Ball Alleys, Billiards and other
Tables," made and passed June 7th, 1858; also,
"An Ordinance Relative to Dogs," made and passed June 22d,
1858; also,
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"An Ordinance to prevent improper assemblies and profane, vulgar,
insulting or abusive language or improper conduct," made and passed
June 22d, 1858; also,
"Ordinance to Punish Drunkenness," made and passed August
6th, 1858; also,
"An Ordinance to Prevent Fires," made and passed November
29th, 1858; also,
"An Ordinance to Establish the Line on which Buildings may
be Erected," made and passed January 17th, 1859; also,
"An Ordinance for the Protection of the Property of Citizens of the
City of Ypsilanti," made and passed August 17th, 1859, and all ordi-
nances amendatory thereto; also,
"An Ordinance to Prohibit the Sale of Diseased or Unwholesome
Meats and Vegetables," made and passed September 27th, 1859; also,
"An Ordinance to prevent the obstruction of Sidewalks by Snow,
Ice, &c.," made and passed December 3d, 1860, and all ordinances
amendatory thereto; also,
"An Ordinance to Establish and Regulate the Fire Department of
the City of Ypsilanti," made and passed February 11th, 1861; also,
"An Ordinance to Regulate Public Exhibitions and Entertain-
ments," made and passed February 18th, 1861; also,
"An Ordinance Relative to the Disinterment of Persons," made and
passed June 12th, 1865; also,
"An Ordinance for the Protection of Cemeteries," made and passed
June 12th, 1865; also,
"An Ordinance Relative to Sidewalks," made and passed June 29th,
1866; also,
"An Ordinance to Regulate the discharge of Fire-arms, throwing
of Fire-balls, or lighting of Bon-fires," made and passed May 28th,
1866; also;
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"An Ordinance Relative to Disorderly Houses and Houses of Ill-
Fame," made and passed August 12th, 1868; also,
"An Ordinance Relative to the protection of Shade and Ornamental
Trees," made and passed August 30th, 1868; also,
"An Ordinance Relative to City Auctioneer and to regulate the
sale of goods at Auction," made and passed November 15th, 1869;
also,
"An Ordinance for the protection of Iron Bridges in the City of
Ypsilanti," made and passed November 15th, 1869; also,
"An Ordinance Relative to Tavern Keepers, Inn Holders, Common
Victualers and Saloon Keepers," made and passed December 29th,
1873; also,
"An Ordinance Relative to the Closing of Saloons, etc., on Election
Days," made and passed March 23d, 1874; also,
"An Ordinance to forbid the selling of Intoxicating Liquors,"
made and passed January 26th, 1874; also,
"An Ordinance to provide for Removing Snow, Sleet and Ice, from
Sidewalks," made and passed November 29th, 1875; also,
"An Ordinance Relatives to Public Health, &c.," made and passed
June 12th, 1876; also,
"An Ordinance Prescribing the Duties of the Heath Physician,"
made and passed October 7th, 1878; also,
"An Ordinance to prohibit the use of Barbed Wire for Fences,"
made and passed September 19th, 1881; also,
"An Ordinance Relative to City Auctioneers, &c.," made and passed
September 19th, 1881; also,
"An Ordinance Relatives to Disorderly Houses and Houses of Il-
fame," made and passed September 19th, 1881; also,
"An Ordinance Relative to Public Carriages,” made and passed
August 25th, 1879; also,
"An Ordinance to Punish Violators of the order of the Board of
Health," made and passed October 7th, 1878.
Sec. 2. This ordinance shall take immediate effect.
Made and passed in common council this thirteenth day of March,
A. D. 1882.
Approved March 14, 1882.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk,
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
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No. 39.
An Ordinance to Amend Section One of An Ordinance Entitled "An
Ordinance Relative to the Prevention of Fires," Approved
February 28, 1882.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain that section one,
of an ordinance entitled "An Ordinance Relative to the Prevention
of Fires," approved February 28, 1882, be and the same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
Section 1. All that portion of the city of Ypsilanti included within
the following boundaries shall be constituted and known as the fire
limits of the city of Ypsilanti: Commencing on the west bank of
the Huron river, in the center of Cross street, running thence along
said center of Cross street to the center of Adams street; thence
south along the center of Adams street to the center of Pearl
street; thence west along the center of Pearl street to the center of
Hamilton street; thence south along the center of Hamilton street to
the center of Michigan street; thence east along the center of Michi-
gan street to the center of Adams street; thence south along the
center of Adams street to the center of Woodard street; thence
east to the Huron river; thence up the river following the same to
the place of beginning; also commencing on the river Huron at a
point in a line in the center of Mill street [now called Maple street],
projecting westerly, running thence easterly along said line to a
point opposite an alley between lots 437 and 438 in Norris' addition
to the city of Ypsilanti, thence southerly at right angles with Mill
[now Maple] street to the south line of North street, thence westerly
to the center of River street, thence south along the center of River
street to the center of Congress street; thence west to the Huron river;
thence up the Huron river following the same to the place of beginning.
Sec. 2. This ordinance shall take effect on the first day of Feb-
ruary, A. D. 1883.
Made and passed in common council this 8th day of January,
A. D. 1883.
Approved January 9th, 1883.
Attest:
P. W. CARPENTER, City Clerk.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
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No. 40.
An Ordinance to Amend Section Three of an Ordinance Entitled "An
Ordinance Relative to the Use of Streets and Alleys,"
Approved March, 14, 1882.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Sec. 1. That section three, of an ordinance entitled "An Ordinance
Relative to the use of Streets and Alleys," and approved March 14th,
1882; same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec. 3. No
person shall drive, lead or back any horse, mule, ox, cow or other
animal or team, cart, or wheeled carriage, or draw, push or otherwise
propel any hand-cart, wagon, carriage, velocipede, swill cart or other
vehicle except baby carriages and wheelbarrows on or along any
sidewalk in any public street or other public place in said city.
Sec. 2. This ordinance shall take effect on the first day of Feb-
ruary, A. D. 1883.
Made and passed in common council this 8th day of January, A. D.
1883.
Approved January 9th, 1883.
Attest:
P. W. CARPENTER, City Clerk.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
No. 41.
An Ordinance to Govern Railroad Crossings.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. It shall be the duty of all persons or corporations
operating railroads which pass through or enter the city, to keep
flagmen or watchmen at all railroad crossings of streets therein;
to give warning of the approach and passage of trains thereat; and to
light such crossings during the night; provided, however, that this
section shall only be operative on and after six days from the date
of the service upon such person or corporation, or upon their or its,
or upon any of their or its station agents, conductors of trains, or
engineers in charge of locomotive engines, of a copy of a resolution
of said common council ordering the performance by said persons
or corporations of the above requirements; and Provided further that
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the several requirements of this section shall be operative only so far
as shall be indicated by such resolutions of the common council.
Sec. 2. Any person or corporation operating railroads, violating
any of the provisions of section one of this ordinance shall forfeit
the sum of one hundred dollars and costs, which may be recovered
in an action of debt before any justice of the peace of said city.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effect from and after May 1st,
A. D. 1885.
Made and passed in common council this 20th day of April, 1885,
Approved April 21st, 1885.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.
No. 42.
An Ordinance Relative to the Amendment of An Ordinance Entitled
"An Ordinance Relative to the Preservation of Public Property."
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. That section four of ordinance number thirty-one,
being "An Ordinance Relative to the Preservation of Public Property,"
be and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: Sec.
5. No person or persons shall ride or drive any horse or horses,
oxen or other animals on, over or across any bridge in said city.
constructed or iron, or of wood and iron combined, faster than a walk;
nor drive on, over or across any such bridge at any one time more
than twenty head of cattle; nor shall any persons congregate upon
any bridge in this city to exceed fifty in number at any one time;
nor shall any person or persons injure, deface or impair any bridge,
or any part of any bridge or its abutments, in said city.
CHESTER L. YOST, Mayor.
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Sec. 2. This ordinance shall take effect on the 20th day of No-
vember, A. D. 1886.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLYN, City Clerk.
Made and passed in common council this 25th day of October,
A. D. 1886.
Approved October 28, 1886.
CLARK CORNWELL, Mayor.
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No. 43.
An Ordinance Relative to the Preservation of Public Property.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. No person, except one authorized by the common
council so to do, shall climb upon or ascend, in any degree, any electric
tower, pole, or mast arm whatsoever, in the city of Ypsilanti.
Sec. 2. No person shall destroy, injure, or in any manner deface
any electric tower, pole, or mast arm whatsoever, in the city of Ypsi-
lanti, or the wires or appurtances appertaining to the electric light
system in the said city of Ypsilanti.
Sec. 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten dollars, to-
gether with the costs of prosecution, and on failing to pay forthwith
such fine and costs, may be imprisoned in the Detroit house of correc-
tion or in the county jail of Washtenaw county, for any term not
exceeding thirty days, unless payment thereof be sooner made.
Sec. 4. This ordinance shall take effect on the 17th day of October,
A. D. 1887.
Made and passed in common council this 3rd day of October, 1887.
Approved.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLYN, City Clerk.
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No. 44.
An Ordinance Relative to the Construction of Sidewalks, and to Re.
peal Ordinance No. 19, Entitled, "An Ordinance Relative
To the Construction of Sidewalks," Made and Passed
in Common Council the Twentieth Day of
February, 1882.
Repealed. See Ordinance No. 79.
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No. 45.
An Ordinance Relative to Numbering Buildings and Spaces Fronting
On Public Thoroughfares in the City of Ypsilanti.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. Each frontage of 33 feet on all streets in the city of
Ypsilanti, and fractions over 122 feet, shall be allotted a number;
such number to be put up only in case the building now or hereafter
erected or put thereon, shall have an entrance, or the greater part
thereof, within such frontage.
Sec. 2. The numbering shall commence at Congress street for
all streets running northerly or southerly from Congress street and
in case such street does not cross or commence at Congress street
the numbering shall commence at the terminal point of such street
nearest Congress street, but with a number, however, which shall
correspond with the numbering of streets which cross or commence
at Congress street.
Sec. 3. The numbering shall commence at the Huron river for all
streets running easterly or westerly from the river; and in case such
street does not cross or commence at the river, the numbering shall
commence at the terminal point of such street nearest the river,
but with a number however, which shall correspond with the number-
ing of streets which cross or commence at the river.
Sec. 4. The numbering shall commence on the left at the initial
point as provided by sections 2 and 3 of this ordinance (at the river
and at Congress street with the number 1) and continue through the
block at which the numbering commences with consecutive numbers,
having the odd numbers on the left and even numbers on the right;
and where in the course of such numbering a street is met on one side
only, the consecutive numbering shall be continued opposite such
street entrance only until the street so met shall be passed.
Sec. 5. A block shall be considered as embracing all the frontage
from the river to a street or from one street to another (and in the
cases hereinafter mentioned from a street to an alley or from one
alley to another) subject to the following provisions: Provided,
however, that all the spaces numbering from the river to Huron street,
or from the river to River street, shall be considered as single blocks.
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And provided, further, that the numbers for all streets numbering west-
erly from the river, shall be governed by, and correspond with the
numbers on Cross street; that Congress street east of the river
shall have the governing numbers for all streets numbering easterly
from the river (the alley extending south from Lincoln street and
crossing Congress street being considered as a street); that Hamilton
street south of Congress street shall have the governing numbers
for all streets numbering southerly from Congress street
west of the river: that Hamilton street from Congress
street to Forest avenue, and Lowell street north of Forest avenue
shall have the governing numbers for all streets numbering northerly
from Congress street west of the river; that Grove street south of
Congress street shall have the governing numbers for all streets
numbering southerly from Congress street east of the river; and
that River street north of Congress street shall have the governing
numbers for all streets numbering northerly from Congress street east
of the river. And provided further, that in all cases where streets
are not intersected by streets which intersect or enter those having
the governing numbers, the frontage on the street not so intersected
shall be divided by the center lines of such non-intersecting streets
extended; and the center lines so extended shall be considered as
streets for the purposes of numbering under this ordinance, except
that in case a center line so extended shall run on or near the line
of an alley or other street, such alley or other street shall be con-
sidered such center line.
Sec. 6. Commencing at the initial points at the river and at
Congress street, the first 33 feet frontage on the left shall be number
one; the 33 feet frontage opposite number one shall be number two,
and so on through the first block. The next block shall be numbered
in the same manner as the first, except that 100 shall be added to
each number therein; the third block to be numbered in the same
manner as the second, except that another 100 shall be added to each
number in such block, and so on adding another 100 for each block
as the numbering progresses. Provided, however, that in cases of
single holdings or occupancies having a frontage of less that 33 feet
and exceeding 12% feet, they shall be entitled to a full number, and
that all single holdings or occupancies of 12 feet or less shall be
entitled to and shall have a half or other fractional
fractional number.
Provided further, that if any holding entitled to a whole number shall
be divided into two or more ground floor occupancies, the widest
(or in case they are equal, the first met) shall have a whole number,
and the others half or other fractional numbers.
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Sec. 7. All numbers used shall be not less than 24 inches high
and 14 inches wide, of metal, or painted on metal or glass, and put
in a conspicuous place, on or over the entrance entitled under the
ordinance to such numbering; and all numbers furnished by the city
to be of the same uniform pattern.
Sec. 8. All numbers shall in the first instance be prepared and
put up by, and at the expense of the city, provided the building or
buildings to be so numbered shall be fitted for occupancy on or be-
fore the first day of May, 1888.
Sec. 9. The owner or occupant of any building fitted for occu-
pancy after May 1, 1889, coming within the provisions of section one
of this ordinance, shall, upon notification by the city marshal, cause
such building to be numbered as provided by this ordinance; and all
numbering after said first day of May shall be maintained by the
owner and occupant of the building as herein provided.
Sec. 10. The word street or streets as used in this ordinance shall
be considered as embracing both streets and avenues.
Sec. 11. Any owner or occupant of any building entitled to a
number as herein provided, who shall neglect or refuse for ten days
after notification by the city marshal to affix or maintain the number
of such building in the manner prescribed by this ordinance, shall be
punished by a fine of one dollar for every 24 hours neglect or refusal
so to affix or maintain such number, together with the costs of
prosecution; and on failing to pay forthwith such fine and costs,
may be imprisoned in the county jail not exceeding five days.
Sec. 12. This ordinance shall take effect from and after the 20th
day of April, 1889.
Sec. 13. All ordinances or parts of ordinances contravening any
of the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Made and passed in common council the 9th day of April, A. D.
1889.
Approved April, 1889.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLYN, City Clerk.
F. P. BOGARDUS, Mayor.
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No. 46.
An Ordinance to Establish a Board of Water Commissioners in the
City of Ypsilanti, County of Washtenaw and State of
Michigan,. Defining Their Powers and Duties.
Repealed. See Ordinance No. 54.
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No. 47.
An Ordinance Relative to the Names of Certain Streets.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti, ordain:
Section 1. That the names of all streets running south from and
crossing Congress street be and the same are hereby changed by
adding the word South.
Sec. 2. That the names of all streets running east from and cross-
ing the Huron river be and the same are hereby changed by adding
the word East.
Sec. 3. That the street running from Factory street to Stewart
street, along the water works property, be and the same is hereby
named Race street.
Sec. 4. That the first street north of Cross street, running east
from the Michigan Central R. R. to the city limits, heretofore known as
Mill street and Helen street, be and the same is hereby changed to
Maple street, by which name it will be hereafter known.
Sec. 5. That Forest avenue east of Huron river be and the same
is hereby named Forest avenue east.
Sec. 6. That the street running south from Parsons street to
South street, between Grove and Park streets, be and the same is
hereby named Farmer street.
Sec. 7. That the street running west from Grove street to Park
street, between Congress street and South street, be and the same
is hereby named Parsons street, and considered an extension of
Parsons street.
Made and passed in common council this 21st day of October,
A. D. 1889.
Approved October 21, 1889.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLYN, City Clerk.
DANIEL PUTNAM, Mayor.
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No. 48.
An Ordinance Governing the Fire Department of the City of Ypsilanti.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. The fire department of the city shall consist of a
chief engineer, and as many companies as the common council
shall from time to time direct. Each company shall have one captain
and one lieutenant, and not less than six nor more than twenty
men to be recommended by the chief engineer, and appointed by
the common council.
Sec. 2. The chief engineer, officers, firemen and employes of the
department shall receive such compensation as the common council
may prescribe.
Sec. 3. The chief engineer shall in all cases of fire have the
absolute control of the fire department, and shall perform such
other duties as shall from time to time be required of him by the
common council. In the absence-of the chief engineer the captain of
hose Co. No. 1 shall perform his duties, and in his absence captain of
hose Co. No. 2 shall perform the duties of chief.
Sec. 4. Any person who shall willfully or knowingly raise or
circulate any false alarm of fire, shall be punished as hereinafter
prescribed.
Sec. 5. No person shall cross or run over any unprotected hose
with any vehicle while the hose shall be in use, anywhere in the
city of Ypsilanti, by the fire department. Any one violating the pro-
visions of this section shall be punished as hereinafter prescribed.
Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the chief engineer, upon an alarm
of fire, to repair immediately to the place where the fire may be,
and upon the arrival of the companies to locate the same, through the
captain in charge, and to direct such measures as he may deem most
proper and expedient for the speedy extinguishment of the fire and
the preservation of surrounding property. He shall also in the month
of April in each year, report to the common council all accidents
by fire that may happen in the city, with the cause thereof, as near
as can be ascertained, the number and description of buildings
destroyed or injured, the owners or occupants thereof, the estimated
loss of property at each fire, the amount of insurance thereon, and
the loss over the insurance.
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Sec. 7. No person shall at any fire willfully resist, hinder or
obstruct any officer or other person in the discharge of his duties
at such fire, or willfully injure any hose or apparatus belonging to
the fire department.
Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of all members of any company, upon
an alarm of, or the breaking out of any fire in said city, to repair
immediately to their respective fire apparatus and convey the same
to the place where such fire is, and under the direction of the chief
engineer and their several officers to work and manage their apparatus
belonging thereto for the extinguishment of the fire, and not remove
therefrom but by the direction of the chief engineer, and when so
directed they shall return with their apparatus to their several places
of deposit, and as soon thereafter as may be, wash, clean and properly
care for the same.
Sec. 9. The marshal, deputy marshal, special deputy marshal,
other police officers, and every constable in said city shall repair
immediately, on the alarm of fire, to the place where the fire may be,
and report himself to the officer in command, or any member of the
common council present, and aid and assist as well in extinguishing
the fire as in preventing any goods or property from being stolen or
injured, and in protecting, removing, and securing the same; they shall
also aid in the preservation of the public peace and in the arrest or
removal of any idle and suspected persons, and no such officer shall
neglect or refuse to obey any lawful order of the mayor or any mem-
ber of the common council, or officer in command of any fire.
Sec. 10. Any company or any person present at a fire shall, when
so directed by the chief engineer, or the acting chief engineer, and
the mayor or two members of the common council, cut or pull down
and remove any building, fence or other erection, for the purpose of
checking the progress of the fire.
Sec. 11. In all respects, not especially herein provided for, the
fire department of the city shall be governed by the rules and regu-
lations of the fire department as adopted by the common council,
and as the same may be amended or revised from time to time by
the common council.
Sec. 12. Any person who shall violate any provisions of sections
four, five and seven of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding ten dollars, together with the costs of prosecution, and,
on failing to pay forthwith such fine and costs, may be imprisoned
in the Dtroit house of correction or the county jail of Washtenaw
county, for any term not exceeding thirty days, unless payment thereof
be sooner made.
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Sec. 13. All ordinances or parts of ordinances heretofore passed,
inconsistent herewith, are hereby repealed.
Sec. 14. This ordinance shall take effect on the 18th day of
November, A. D. 1889.
Made and passed in the common council this fourth day of No-
vember, 1889.
Approved November 5, 1889.
Attest:
FRANK JOSLYN, City Clerk.
DANIEL PUTNAM, Mayor.
No. 49.
An Ordinance Relative to the Construction and Maintaining of Street
Railways in Ypsilanti City.
Repealed. See Ordinance No. 62.
No. 50.
An Ordinance Relative to Non-Resident Merchants.
Repealed. See Ordinances 58 and 59.
No. 51.
An Ordinance Relative to the Closing of Saloons, Bar-rooms, and All
Other Rooms or Places Where Intoxicating Liquors Are
Sold, Upon Sundays, Holidays, Election Days, and
During Certain Hours on All Other Days
of the Week.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. That all saloons, bar-rooms and all other rooms or places
within the limits of said city of Ypsilanti, where any spirituous and
intoxicating, malt, brewed, or fermented or vinous liquors are
sold or kept for sale, either at wholesale or retail, shall
be closed on the first day of the week, commonly called Sun-
day, on all election days, on all legal holidays, and until six
o'clock of the following morning, and on each week day night from
And after the hour of 10:30 o'clock p. m., until six o'clock of the
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morning of the succeeding day. The word closed in this ordinance
shall be construed to mean and apply to the back door or other
entrances as well as to the front door, and in prosecution under this
ordinance it shall not be necessary to prove that any liquor was sold.
Sec. 2. No person by himself, his clerk, agent or servant, shall
keep, permit or suffer his saloon, bar-room, or other place or room
where any liquors mentioned in section one of this ordinance are
kept for sale, to be open on any of the days or hours named in said
section one.
Sec. 3. The penal provision of this ordinance shall not apply
to druggists who sell liquors for chemical, scientific,
scientific, medicinal,
mechanical or sacramental purposes only, and in strict compliance
with section 3 of Act No. 313 of the public acts of 1887 of the State
of Michigan, which act was entitled, "An Act to provide for the taxa-
tion and regulation of the business of manufacturing, selling, keeping
for sale, furnishing, giving or delivering spirituous and intoxicating
liquors, and malt, brewed or fermented liquors, and vinous liquors
in this State, and to repeal all acts or parts of acts inconsistent with
the provisions of this act." In case druggists do not comply with
the provisions of said Act No. 313, the provisions shall apply to them.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of constables, marshals, and public
officers of said city of Ypsilanti, to close all saloons, houses or places
that shall be found open in violation of the provisions of this ordi-
nance, and to report forthwith all such violations to the mayor or
the acting mayor, whose duty it shall be to prosecute or order prosecu-
tion immediately for such violation.
Sec. 5. Any person or persons violating any of the provisions
of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten
dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, together with the costs
of prosecution, and on falling to pay forthwith such fine and costs,
may be imprisoned in the Detroit house of correction or in the county
jail of Washtenaw county for any term not exceeding ninety days,
unless payment of the fine imposed and all costs of prosecution thereof
be sooner made.
Sec. 6. This ordinance shall take effect on the fifteenth day of
December, 1891.
Made and passed in common council this 27th day of November,
1891.
Approved November 28, 1891.
Attest:
GEO, A. COOK, City Clerk
H. P. GLOVER, Mayor,
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No. 52.
An Ordinance Prescribing the Duties of the Marshal, Deputy Marshal,
Special Deputy Marshals or Police, and Deputy City Clerk.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. The city marshal shall be the chief of police, shall
do and perform all duties and shall have the same powers as are
conferred by Sections 54, 55, 56, 57, and 58 of the charter of the city
of Ypsilanti, and shall do and perform all other duties prescribed
therein, as well as all legitimate duties imposed by ordinance or
resolution of the common council, or by the mayor of said city.
Sec. 2. The deputy marshal, special deputy marshals, properly
appointed policemen or special police, shall have the same powers
and do and perform the same duties incumbent upon the city marshal,
by virtue of the charter or ordinances of said city, or by the lawful
order of the mayor, chief of police, or the common council of said
city, except being the chief of police, collecting of taxes, or acting as
superintendent of the poor.
Sec. 3. The marshal, deputy marshals, or policemen, while on
duty, shall not loaf, lounge, or loiter in saloons, billiard rooms, bowling
alleys, card rooms, or other places of resort, idling away their time,
and for violation of this section, or other flagrant dereliction of duty,
may be summarily removed from office, as provided in the charter
of said city of Ypsilanti.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the deputy clerk, in case of the
absence, death, or inability to serve of the city clerk, to perform all
the duties incumbent upon the city clerk, by virtue of the charter or
ordinances of said city.
Attest:
Sec. 5. An ordinance prescribing the duties of the deputy city
marshal, deputy clerk, and special deputy marshals, made and passed
in the common council of the city of Ypsilanti, the 7th day of October,
A. D. 1878, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 6. This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage.
Made and passed in common council of the city of Ypsilanti this
27th day of November, 1891.
GEO. A. COOK, City Clerk.
H. P. GLOVER, Mayor.
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No. 53.
'An Ordinance Relative to the Observance of the First Day of the Week
Commonly Called Sunday.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. No person shall keep open his shop, ware-house, or
workhouse, except only for works of necessity and charity, on the
first day of the week commonly called Sunday, nor be present at any
dancing or any public diversion, show or entertainment, or take part in
any sport, game or play within the limits of the city of Ypsilanti on
the said first day of the week.
Sec. 2. No saloon, bar, billiard room, bowling alley, card room or
cigar store, shall be kept open on the said first day of the week, and
no person shall on said day abide or remain in said house, room or
place, or in the buildings, yards, orchards or fields appertaining to
the same, drinking or spending their time idly or at play, nor shall
any person be present at any public assembly, excepting meetings for
religious worship or moral instruction, or concert of sacred music, on
said first day of the week.
Sec. 3. No person shall by talking, laughing, or otherwise interrupt
the service of divine worship, nor shall stand or remain loitering on
the sidewalk, steps, entrance or vestibule in front of or in any church,
public hall or place of worship during the service or the gathering
or departing of the congregation therein.
Sec. 4. No person shall disturb the quiet and good order of said
day by creating any unnecessary noise, or by rude and boisterous
conduct, or by using profane, vulgar or indecent language, or by
furious riding, driving, or shouting in the streets, or other places
within the limits of the city up said first day of the week.
Sec. 5. For the purpose of the provisions of this ordinance, the
first day of the week shall be understood to include all the time
between the midnight preceding and the midnight following the said
day.
Sec. 6. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this
ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars,
together with the costs of prosecution, and on failing to pay forthwith
such fine and cost, may be imprisoned in the Detroit house of correc-
tion or the county jail of Washtenaw county for any term not ex-
ceeding ninety days, unless payment thereof be sooner made.
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Sec. 7. This ordinance shall take effect on the fifteenth day of
December, 1891.
Made and passed in the common council of the city of Ypsilanti,
the twenty-seventh day of November, 1891.
Approved November 28, 1891.
Attest:
GEO. A. COOK, City Clerk.
H. P. GLOVER, Mayor.
No. 54.
An Ordinance Defining the Duties of the Commissioners of Public
Works.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Sec. 1. The commissioners of public works shall have power to
make and adopt all such by-laws and regulations, to be approved
by the common council, as they shall deem necessary and expedient
for the conduct of its business and for the interests of the water
works, electric lights, sewers, parks and such other public property
of said city as may be put in their charge by the common council,
and to appoint such officers and assistants as may be necessary for
the proper conducting of the above named public improvements and
property, and to prescribe and define the duties thereof, and the salary
and compensation of each, and the said commissioners shall control,
regulate and supervise the construction of the same and from time
to time the repairing thereof, but all powers herein granted by this
ordinance to said commissioners shall be subject to the approval of
the common council.
Sec. 2. Said commissioners shall have power subject to the pro-
visions of law in the statute provided, to construct, repair, and
maintain reservoirs, buildings, machinery, jets and fountains at such
localities in said city as the common council shall deem expedient
and shall direct, and lay and repair water mains and pipes in
and through all the streets, alleys and public places in said city, for
the purpose of furnishing a supply of water for public and private use
in said city, and control, regulate and supervise the same.
Sec. 3. The construction and repairing of any public work of said
city, or any work connected therewith, except ordinary repairs, shall
be done by said commissioners, by letting a contract to the lowest
bidder therefor, or in such other manner as may be approved by the
common council.
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Sec. 4. The said commissioners shall fix and assess the water rates
to be paid for having using water from said works. Such rates
shall be based as near as may be upon the water consumed and used
by the owner or occupant of each house, building or lot using water.
Sec. 5. The owner or occupant of the lot or premises against
which such water rates shall be assessed shall pay the same to the
city clerk, ex-officio clerk of said commissioners of public works, in
advance, on the first days of May and November in each year, except
at the commencement of the taking and using of such water, when
the advance payment shall be from such commencement to the fol-
lowing first day of May or November, as the case may be; and in
case of any default in such payment, and within thirty days from the
day the same shall become due and payable, the said board may collect
the same by a suit at law before any court of competent jurisdiction,
together with the costs and expenses of said suit, and may shut off
the water until the same is paid, said suit to be brought in the name
of the city of Ypsilanti.
Sec. 6. The city clerk of said city may be ex-officio clerk of said
commissioners, and acting under the directions of said commissioners,
shall keep a record book in which he shall record the proceedings
of said commissioners, and keep all other books and blanks for a
full and complete account of all the transactions of the said com-
missioners in connection with all public improvements and property
under its control.
Sec. 7. The said commissioners of public works and their agents
and servants may enter upon any public or private land or water
either within or without said city for the purpose of making all neces-
sary surveys and for maintaining their pipes, aqueducts and other works,
or doing any other act necessary to carry into effect the plans and
purposes of all public improvements of said city. The commissioners
may agree with all persons interested in private property as to the
compensation to be paid for taking and making use of the same for
the public use or benefit by said commissioners. And in case no agree-
ment can be entered into, the commissioners shall report the facts
to the common council, together with a description of the property
necessary to be taken, and the purposes for which it is to be used,
and thereupon the common council may direct the city attorney to
institute the necessary proceedings in the proper court to condemn
said property for such uses according to law.
Sec. S. The said commissioners of public works are also hereby
authorized to enter into and make arrangements to supply any person
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or parties who may put down mains, pipes and hydrants with water
from said water works mains and pipes under their control, and all
persons who desire sewerage, at such prices and upon such terms and
conditions as may be mutually agreed therefor. Provided that all
distributing pipes through which any water shall be supplied by said
commissioners, or which shall be used for the purpose of sewerage,
shall be subject to the rules, regulations and control of said com-
missioners, and form a part of the system of distributing pipes. They
shall also have such other and further powers and rights not herein
granted as are given to boards of public works by the general laws
of this state, and as are not inconsistent with the powers and rights
herein granted.
Sec. 9. If any person or persons shall willfully do or cause to be
done any act whereby any work, materials or property whatsoever
erected or used within or without the city of Ypsilanti by the said
commissioners, or by any person or persons acting under their au-
thority, for any public improvement of said city, shall be injured, or
shall willfully throw or place or cause to be thrown or placed any
carcass of any dead animal or person, or any other deleterious or
filthy substance whatever, in any reservoir, pipe or aqueduct of the
water works of said city through which water for public or private
use is conveyed, or do or cause to be done any other act to willfully
pollute said water, he shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one
"hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the county jail for a period not
exceeding three months, or both such fine and imprisonment in the dis-
cretion of the court before which the case is tried.
Sec. 10. If any person shall, without authority of the said com-
missioners, or their proper agents, perforate, or bore, or cause to be
perforated or bored, any distributing pipe, main or aqueduct belonging
to the water works or sewers, or cause to be made any connection or
communication with said pipes, mains, aqueducts, logs or other means
of conducting said water or sewerage, or meddle with or move the
same, or any machinery, apparatus, fixtures of said works and sewers,
or turn on the water when the same shall be shut off by order of the
rules and regulations of the commissioners of public works, or cause
the same to be done, or in any manner injure any public property
of such city, the person or persons so offending shall on conviction
be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or im-
prisonment in the county jail until such fine shall be paid, not ex-
ceeding three months. Any person or persons who shall willfully
break or cut an inlet pipe, main, distributing pipe, log, or aqueduct
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used by the commissioners for conducting said water, or for the pur-
poses of sewerage, or shall dig into or break up any reservoir filled
or partially filled with water, or shall break or injure any pumping
engine, or any property thereof, or any of the machinery connected
therewith belonging to said water works or sewers, or cause any of
said acts to be done, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
on conviction thereof shall be punished by imprisonment in the county
jail not more than three months, or by a fine not exceeding one hun-
dred dollars, or both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of
the court.
Sec. 11. Said commissioners shall hold regular monthly meetings,
and special meetings when necessary, and the action of said com-
missioners in fixing water rates, in fixing salaries, in constructing
reservoirs, buildings, machinery, jets and fountains, in the purchase
of real estate, and in the extension of mains and pipes, shall be subject
to the approval of the common council, and shall not be valid without
such approval, and the commissioners shall be subjected to and
governed by such further ordinances and resolutions as may be
adopted by the common council.
Sec. 12. The clerk of said commissioners and other officers and
employes receiving money, and having charge and control of prop-
erty, shall give bonds running to the city of Ypsilanti in such amount
as may be fixed by said common council, and conditioned to receive,
safely keep and pay or turn over all money and property which shall
come into the possession of such clerk and other officers by virtue
of their said offices, according to the rules and ordinances regulating
all public improvements, and shall take the constitutional oath of
office before entering upon their respective duties, and such bond shall
be renewed yearly or oftener if required by said commissioners.
Sec. 13. An Ordinance entitled, "An ordinance to Establish a Board
of Water Commissioners in the city of Ypsilanti, county of Washtenaw,
and State of Michigan, defining their duties and powers," made and
passed April 11, 1889, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 14. This ordinance shall take effect on and after December
15, 1891.
Made and passed in common council this 27th day of November,
1891.
Approved Nov. 28th, 1891.
Attest:
GEO. A. COOK, City Clerk.
H. P. GLOVER, Mayor.
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No. 55.
An Ordinance Relative to the Construction and Maintaining of a Street
Railway on the New Cross Street Boulevard.
Repealed. See Ordinance No. 62.
No. 56.
An Ordinance Relative to the Construction and Maintaining of a Street
Railway on South Washington Street in Ypsilanti City.
Repealed. See Ordinance No. 62 .
No. 57.
An Ordinance
to Prohibit the Use and Maintenance of Slaughter
Houses and the Slaughtering of Sheep, Swine and Cattle Within
the Limits of the City of Ypsilanti.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. No person or persons shall keep, maintain or use, or
permit to be kept, maintained or used, any slaughter house within
the limits of the city of Ypsilanti.
Sec. 2. No person shall slaughter any sheep, swine or cattle
within the limits of the city of Ypsilanti.
Sec. 3. It is hereby declared that the keeping, maintaining or
using of a slaughter house for the purpose of slaughtering sheep, swine
or cattle within the limits of the city of Ypsilanti is a nuisance.
Sec. 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than
twenty-five dollars, together with the costs of prosecution, and on
failing to pay forthwith such fine and costs, may be imprisoned in
the Detroit house of correction or in the county jail of Washtenaw
county, for any term not exceeding ninety days, unless payment
thereof be sooner made.
Sec. 5. This ordinance shall take effect on the 18th day of Octo-
ber, 1892.
Made and passed in common council this third day of October, 1892.
Approved October 4, 1892.
Attest:
GEO .A. COOK, City Clerk.
HENRY P. GLOVER, Mayor.
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Attest:
No. 58.
An Ordinance to Repeal Ordinance No, 50.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. That Ordinance No. 50 of the ordinances of the city
of Ypsilanti, entitled "An Ordinance Relative to Non-Resident Mer-
chants," made and passed in common council on the 18th of August,
1890, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. This ordinance shall take immediate effect.
Made and passed in common council this 15th day of January, 1894.
Approved January 16th, 1894.
C. P. MCKINSTRY, City Clerk.
An Ordinance Relative to
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
No. 59.
Non-Resident
Merchants.
Merchants or Temporary
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. That no person who is a non-resident of said city of
Ypsilanti, or who is residing in said city temporarily, shall sell goods,
wares or merchandise, of any kind at retail, from any store or other
place in said city, without a license therefor as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. The mayor or clerk of said city are hereby authorized to
grant license for the purposes aforesaid to any non-resident of the
city of Ypsilanti, or to any person who is residing in said city tem-
porarily, upon payment into the city treasury, verified by the receipt
of the treasurer, of not less than three dollars nor more than twenty-
five dollars for each day, which sum to be charged for said license is
to be in the discretion of the said mayor or clerk.
Sec. 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall be punished by a fine of not less than ten nor more than
fifty dollars, together with the costs of prosecution, and on failing to
pay forthwith such fine and costs, may be imprisoned in the Detroit
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house of correction, or the county jail of Washtenaw county, for any
term not exceeding ninety days, unless payment thereof shall be
sooner made.
Sec. 4. This ordinance shall take effect on the first day of February,
A. D. 1984.
Made and passed in common council the 15th day of January, 1894.
Approved January 16th, 1894.
Attest:
C. P. MCKINSTRY, City Clerk.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
No. 60.
An Ordinance Relative to the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. That whoever overdrives, overloads, drives when over-
loaded, overworks, tortures, torments, deprives of necessary suste-
nance, cruelly beats, mutilates, or cruelly kills, or causes or procures
to be so overdriven, overloaded, driven when overloaded, overworked,
tortured, tormented, deprived of necessary sustenance, cruelly beaten,
mutilated, or cruelly killed, any animal, and whoever having the
charge or custody of any animal, either as owner or otherwise, inflicts
unnecessary cruelty upon the same, or willfully fails to provide the
with
the
shelter or protection from
proper food, drink,
weather, shall, for every such offense, be punished by imprisonment
in jail not exceeding three months, or by fine not exceeding one hun-
dred dollars, or by both such fine and imprisonment.
same
Sec. 2. This ordinance shall take effect on the 18th day of Jan-
uary, A. D. 1895.
Made and passed in common council January 7th, 1895.
Approved January 8th, 1895.
Attest:
C. P. MCKINSTRY, City Clerk.
WM. B. SEYMOUR, Mayor.
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An Ordinance Requiring the Ways and Means Committee to Examine
the Office and Books of the City Clerk.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. That it shall be the duty of the ways and means com-
mittee of the common council of the city of Ypsilanti to thoroughly
examine, or cause to be examined, the office, books, papers, and each
and every matter pertainly to the office of city clerk of said city,
four times a year, the first examination to be made on the first day
of May, 1896, and every three months thereafter.
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No. 61.
Sec. 2 In the performance of the above mentioned examination
the said ways and means committee are hereby authorized to
employ whatever assistance they may deem necessary for the carrying
on of said work.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effect on the 1st day of April,.
1896.
Made and passed in common council of the city of Ypsilanti, March
16, 1896.
Approved March 18, 1896.
Attest:
GEO. A. COOK, City Clerk.
H. D. WELLS, Mayor.
No. 62.
An Ordinance Relative to the Construction and Maintenance of a
Street Railway in Ypsilanti.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti, ordain:
Section 1. That permission and authority be and the same is
hereby granted and vested in the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street
Railway Company, their successors and assigns, and any company
or corporation succeeding to their property rights, to locate, establish,
construct and maintain street railways upon any of the streets within
the city of Ypsilanti, with necessary and convenient tracks for turn-
outs, side tracks, switches, and to run and maintain thereon railway
cars for the carriage of passengers, baggage, express and mail, for
thirty years from the date thereof, subject to the following conditions:
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'Sec. 2. The said grantees, their successors and assigns, and any
corporation succeeding to their property rights, shall have the right
for a period of thirty years to maintain and operate street railways on
all the streets on which they shall construct or put in operation
street railways within eighteen months from date of this ordinance.*
Provided. nothing in this ordinance shall be construed as to prevent
the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Street Railway Company from continuing
the use of the present tracks as now laid, providing that the present
rail now in use shall be replaced with a girder rail or one equally as
good within six years from the date of the passage of this ordinance.
Sec. 3. The rails of said street railway shall be laid flush with
the surface of the street on which the same may be located, and
shall conform to the grade thereof as now or as may hereafter be
established, and shall be so constructed as least to inconvenience or
obstruct public travel thereon; and before entry upon any street the
said grantee, their successors or assigns, shall prepare and submit
to the common council for its approval a complete plan or diagram
showing the proposed line of its track or tracks in such street, the
form or kind of rails to be laid thereon, the location, character and
purpose of all sidetracks, turnouts, switches, curves, turn-tables and
other necessaries, and when such plans have met the approval of the
common council, the track or tracks shall be built in accordance
therewith, and shall be inspected as the work of building progresses
by the committee on streets and walks, and no change shall be made
in such plans unless with the approval of the common council; and
if the track is authorized to be laid upon any paved streets, only so
much of said pavement shall be removed as will allow the track to
be properly laid, and it must be without delay restored to as good
condition as it was before removal. Provided, That any street now or
which shall be hereafter occupied by said street railway company,
that they shall not vacate such street without the consent of the
common council.
Sec. 4. The said grantee, its successors and assigns, shall be
required to keep the surface of the street inside its rails and two and
one half feet outside its tracks in good order and repair and as
high as the tops of the rails of said track, and also keep its track and
space two and one half feet in width on each side thereof free from
dirt and rubbish or obstructions, and on unpaved streets to plank the
outside and inside of tracks and between tracks at all principal street
and highway crossings, and to plank in same manner such other
highway and street crossings as the city council may from time to
*Time extended by Ordinance No. 68;
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time order. Said grantee, its successors and assigns, shall restore
all pavements and street crossings removed or displaced in relaying
or making repairs on its track to its former condition as near as
may be al its own expense. In the streets where said grantee, its
successors and assigns, shall operate a double track, it shall be
required to keep the space between the rails and tracks in good order;
and whenever the city council shall order a street paved, it shall
be the duty of said railway company to pave in like manner and at
the same time as such street is paved, or to pay the expense of paving
in like manner between its rails and tracks and eighteen inches out-
side its rails, to maintain and keep such pavement in repair; said
company shall also remove or level all ridges or banks of snow or
ice that shall fall or be formed upon the rails and two and one half
feet outside their tracks; such snow and ice as is removed as afore-
said shell be evenly distributed over the surface of the street as
shall least obstruct public travel thereon; and in case the city council
shall deem it necessary to and does remove at any time a portion
of the snow and ice from any street through which said company
may be operating its street railway, then and in that case the said
street railway company shall bear so much of the expense thereof,
determined on the basis of the proportion of the width of the street
occupied by the track or tracks of the company compared with the
whole width of the streets; and if said company shall neglect to obey
any order which the city council shall make in relation to such
affairs, or any order relative to any repairs of the streets which the
said company by the provisions of such ordinance are obliged to
make, the said city council may cause the same to be made and
collect the expense thereof from said company. Provided: That the
said company may deposit or sprinkle salt upon the tracks of their
railway at all switch points, curves and turntables, and at and upon
other portions of said tracks. The salt in all cases to be deposited or
sprinkled on the surface of the rails only, and in such moderate
quantities and in such manner as to least impair the use of said
streets for public travel. Providing, they shall keep the bridge be-
tween the tracks and 18 inches each side of tracks in good repair.
Sec. 5. The common council shall have the right to regulate and
prescribe the fare for carrying passengers upon the several lines of
the road that may be operated by said grantee, their successors or
assigns; provided, that the fare shall be five cents for the carrying
of one passenger a continuous trip on their lines within the city
limits without the consent of said grantees, their successors and
assigns; provided, that they shall be at liberty to charge and collect
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double fare at and after ten o'clock p. m. upon cars not run on
schedule time but put on especially for the accommodation of public
meetings and entertainments.
Sec. 6. The cars shall be run regularly and frequently enough to
accommodate the public, but for no purpose other than to transfer
passengers and their ordinary baggage, express and mail and the same
shall for that purpose be at all times in style, equipment and ac-
commodation at least equal to those in use in other cities of like
size in the state. The said cars shall be provided with suitable ap-
paratus for warming same during the winter months. Provided, said
grantee. its successors and assigns shall have the right to transport
its own apparatus and material, at such time as not to inconvenience
public travel. Providing that the said Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti street
railway company be allowed to use only one car for express and mail.
Sec.. No cars shall be allowed to stop on crosswalks or in front
of any intersecting streets except to avoid collisions or prevent
dangers to persons or property in the street. And when the conductor,
driver or motorman of any car is required to stop at the intersection
of streets to receive or leave passengers, the cars shall be stopped so
as to leave the rear platform very slightly on the crossing. All cars
shall come to a full stop before crossing Congress street, and in no
case shall cross any intersecting street faster than ten miles per hour.
Prorid 1, That they may run faster from Ballard street west to enable
them to go up Normal hill.
2
Sec. S The said grantee, its successors and assigns, shall em-
ploy, careful, sober and prudent agents and motormen to take charge
of their cars while on the road, and it shall be the duty of all such
agents and motormen to keep vigilant watch for all trains and carriages
or persons on foot, especially children, either upon the track or moving
towards it, and for locomotives, engines and trains of cars at railroad
crossings, and at the first appearance of danger to such trains, car-
riages, footmen or children, or to the car itself or its occupants, the
car shall be stopped as quickly as possible, and every precaution taken
to avoid injury.
Sec. 9. The cars shall at all times be entitled to the right of
way over its tracks, and every vehicle upon the track of said railway
shall turn out when a car approaches, so as to leave the track un-
obstructed; and the driver of any vehicle neglecting so to do shall
be liable to a penalty of not exceeding five dollars and costs of prose-
cution, or fine, upon conviction before any justice of the peace of
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said city. Provided, That this section shall not apply to any fire ap-
paratus, engines, trucks or carts, nor be so construed to prohibit the
laying of hose across the track of said railway, nor the standing of
fire engines, trucks or carts thereon, if necessary. And provided further,
that a street car shall come to a full stop and remain in such position
upon the approach from any direction of any fire apparatus while
proceeding to a fire or in the direction from whence an alarm of
fire has been given, until such apparatus shall have passed such car.
And the driver, conductor or motorman of any car who shall neglect
or refuse to comply with this provision shall be liable to a penalty
of twenty-five dollars and cost of prosecution upon conviction before
a justice of the peace of said city, or to be imprisoned not to exceed
fifteen days in county jail, in the discretion of the court; but in no case
shall the city be liable for the cost.
Sec. 10. The cars after sunset shall be furnished with signal lights
on forward end of forward care and back end of last car. White lights
shall be used on forward car, and red lights on last car.
Sec. 11. Nothing in this ordinance shall be so construed as to pre-
vent the common council from authorizing the laying of water or
gas pipes, sewers or other conduits, or the repairing of the same, and
the grantee shall have no claims of damages therefor against the
city, or against any water or gas or electric light or power company,
or telephone or telegraph company, provided the work of laying such
water or gas pipes or sewers or other conduits, or the repair thereof,
shall be done in such a manner as not to unnecessarily damage or
injure such railways or their use.
Sec. 12. Said grantee, its successors and assigns, is hereby granted
the right to use, upon the whole or a portion of its tracks, as the
same are now or may hereafter be authorized or constructed, animal
or electric power; and if trolley wires are used (animal power shall
be used when some accident shall happen to the electrical machinery)
as a motive power supplied to the car by means of a single overhead
trolley wire, (permission is hereby granted to said grantee to use
steam as a motive power for eighteen months from the date of the
passage of this ordinance, providing only coke or hard coal is used
for fuc!) the electrical circuit being completed by the rails of the
road suitably connected at their ends, or connected with a supple-
mentary ground wire. And for this purpose, said grantee, its suc-
cessors and assigns, are hereby expressly authorized and empowered
to lay and connect said ground circuit as aforesaid, and to erect and
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maintain, in and along any and all of the public streets and highways
upon which the tracks of said railway are hereby or may in the future
be authorized and constructed, such posts, brackets, wires and fixtures
as may be required to support and maintain an overhead trolley
wire, posts and brackets to be set under the supervision of the com-
mittee on streets and walks. If cedar posts are used, they shall be
shaved and painted and reasonably straight and uniform in size.
Such posts shall be securely and firmly set at such depth in the
ground as to make their support substantial and adequate, and the
cross wires or brackets, as the case may be, for the support of the
trolley wire, shall be attached to said poles at such height as to main-
tain a trolley wire at every point not less than eighteen feet above
the surface of the street. All such posts, brackets, wires and fixtures
of said railway when completed shall be maintained by said grantee,
its successors and assigns, at all times in good order and condition
to the satisfaction of the common council of the city of Ypsilanti,
and in such a manner as not to interfere with shade trees or to impede
public travel, and as to best suit the public convenience and accom-
modate the inhabitants of said city. Poles of other persons, com-
panies or corporations may be used by said railway company on its
obtaining the consent of the owners thereof.
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Sec. 13. And said company must when possible procure the
right to use and make use of such poles already erected whenever
they are so located that they can be used by it, or whenever the loca-
tion thereof can be changed so as to be used by two or more persons
or companies. And the board of public works, or its successors, shall
determine as to the practicability of such joint use of such poles, and
as to where they shall be located. Whenever the trolley wires of
said company shall cross any other wires previously placed, good and
sufficient guard wires shall be maintained by said company at all
times.
Sec. 14. It shall be the duty of the engineer or motorman or per-
sons having charge of the forward end of the car running upon or
over said railway, to sound a bell upon said car at least five rods
before reaching a street intersection and to continue to sound said
bell until the car has passed such street intersection, and to sound
said bell at all times when necessary to warn persons or vehicles or
teams upon the track or driving or approaching towards the track
of said company.
Sec. 15. By the acceptance of the permission and authority hereby
given and granted, the said grantee, its successors or assigns, hereby
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agree to indemnify and save harmless the said city of Ypsilanti from
all loss or expense to which it may be subjected for any damage or
destruction or injury that may be done to or suffered by any one in
his, her or its person or property, by reason of the construction or
operation of said railway, or by
by the use of the motive power
thereon, or by reason of any negligence, carelessness or omission
of said grantee, its successors or assigns, or any of their officers,
agents or servants; and the said grantee, its successors and assigns,
shall be liable to said city of Ypsilanti for all costs and damages
suffered by or recovered against it in consequence of any act, neglect
or default of said company, its successors or assigns, or from a
breach of said company, its officers, agents or servants, of any of the
provisions of this ordinance.
Sec. 16. The common council shall hereby reserve all rights to
make further rules, orders and requirements as may from time to
time be deemed necessary to protect the interests, safety, welfare
and accommodation of the public in relation to said railway, not in-
consistent with the provisions of this ordinance; but they shall not
reduce the rate of fare herein provided for, or alter or repeal section
one of this act.
Sec. 17. If the said grantee, its successors or assigns, shall at
any time hereafter fail or neglect or refuse to regularly run cars for
a period of sixty days, unless occasioned by acts over which they
have no control, or fail to comply with the provisions of this ordinance
or any section thereof, or shall refuse, fail or neglect to observe,
keep and obey such rules, orders and requirements as said city council
may from time to time make, prescribe or ordain, to protect the
interests, safety, welfare or accommodation of the public in relation
to said railway, or the streets through which the same passes, except
as herein otherwise provided, then after sixty days' notice, the rights,
privileges, interests, permission and authority hereby granted shall
thenceforth cease and be forfeited, and the said city of Ypsilanti be
entitled to take possession of the streets over which the said railway
shall run, and also to hold possession of the property of said company,
such as tracks and cars and electrical appliances, as security that
said company will leave said occupied streets in good condition for
travel with such kind of improvements as may exist at the time said
company ceases to comply with the provisions of this ordinance. And
if said grantee vacates any street or parts of streets, the said grantee
shall immediately repair so much of said street, and make it as good
as the balance of said street.
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Sec. 18. This ordinance is accepted in lieu of all other ordinances
heretofore passed by said city in favor of Charles D. Haines, Elmer
T. Haines, and Andrew G. Haines, their successors and assigns, and the
rights accruing thereby and heretofore assigned to said grantee are
hereby surrendered. All ordinances or parts of ordinances conflicting
herewith are hereby repealed.
Sec. 19. This ordinance shall be void and of no effect unless the
grantee shall within one month from date of its passage notify the
common council in writing of their acceptance of the provisions and
agreements herein contained.
Sec. 20. This ordinance shall take immediate effect.
Made and passed in the common council of the city of Ypsilanti
the 17th day of August, 1896.
Approved August 18th, 1896.
Attest:
Geo. A. Cook, City Clerk.
H. D. WELLS, Mayor.
No. 63.
An Ordinance Granting Permission to the New State Telephone
Company of Michigan to Erect and Operate a Telephone
System in the City of Ypsilanti.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the common council of the city of
Ypsilanti, that consent, permission and authority are hereby given,
granted and duly vested, for a period of thirty years, to the New
State Telephone Company of Michigan, its successors and assigns,
to use the streets, avenues and alleys of said city for the purpose of
constructing, owning, using and maintaining a telephone system, and
setting poles and placing wires thereon; and all poles shall be of
wood or iron, and shall be kept painted, and no advertisement shall
be posted on said poles by said company nor by its consent. The poles.
shall be set so as not to impede the traffic in the streets, and are to
be placed at such places as the board of public works may direct.
Sec. 2. Said grantee, its successors and assigns, is hereby auth-
orized to place its wires and cables in conduits underground along
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and in said streets and alleys, and to provide manholes and openings
from the surface of the streets connected with such conduits. When-
ever and wherever any such conduits are constructed it shall be done
under the supervision and in such manner as to meet with the ap-
proval of the board of public works, and wherever there is any such
construction of conduits, the surface of the street shall be restored
without delay to the same condition it was in before the con-
struction of such conduits. Provided, That whenever the said city of
Ypsilanti shall decide to pave or repave any of its streets, lanes,
alleys or public places, it shall give the said New State Telephone
Company, or its successors, not less than thirty days' notice of such
intention; and when such notice is given, the said New State Tele-
phone Company shall, if the said New State Telephone Company,
its successors and assigns desire, to exercise the right of placing a
conduit for placing its wires and cables in said streets so to be paved
or repaved under the conditions of this ordinance, they shall place
such conduits in such streets, lanes or alleys before the expiration of
the said thirty days.
Sec. 3. Said grantee, its successors and assigns, may charge the
following rates for the use of its telephones within the city; When
the subscriber shall enter into a written contract for the use of the
telephone for a business place for a term of five years, twenty-four
dollars per annum; when the subscriber shall enter into a contract
in writing for the use of a telephone for a place used exclusively
as a dwelling for a term of five years, eighteen dollars per annum;
when no such contract is entered into, the said grantee, its successors
and assigns, shall be allowed to charge at the rate of twenty-eight dol-
lars per annum for the telephone in a business place, and at the rate
of twenty-four dollars per annum for the telephone in a dwelling, with
a rebate when telephones are used for an uninterrupted period of one
year, all rates to be paid quarterly in advance. Said grantee shall not
however, be required to put in a telephone for less than the rental of
one quarter of a year.
Sec. 5. It is further provided as one of the conditions of the
granting of this ordinance, that the said the New State Telephone
Company of Michigan, and its successors and assigns, shall during
all the time in which this ordinance and the privileges thereunder
granted is valid, keep a public office in the city of Ypsilanti, and a
duly authorized officer, agent or attorney in said city, upon whom
process and all legal notices can be served.
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Sec. 6. This ordinance is to be null and void unless it is accepted
by the said the New State Telephone Company within thirty days,
and the work of constructing the plant be commenced within sixty
days from date of acceptance.
This ordinance shall take immediate effect without pub-
Sec. 7.
lication.
Sec. S. The said the New State Telephone Company and its suc-
cessors and assigns shall, during all the time in which this ordinance
and the privileges thereunder granted is valid, furnish to the city of
Ypsilanti, free of charge, the use of six of the telephones of said the
New State Telephone Company in connection with the local exchange
of said the New State Telephone Company, said six telephones to be
distributed as the common council of the city shall direct.
Sec. 9. In the event of the failure of the said the New State
Telephone Company, its successors and assigns, to operate its Ypsilanti
plant for any continuous period of six months, the franchise hereby
granted shall become null and void, and the poles owned by said the
New State Telephone Company, which are then being used by the
wires of the city of Ypsilanti, shall become the property of said city
of Ypsilanti.
Sec. 10. Said city reserves the right to run six fire department
wires on the uppermost arm of all poles of the said the New State
Telephone Company, and said city for itself and for the Ypsilanti
Electric Company, reserves the right to use all the poles of said
the New State Telephone Company within the city of Ypsilanti for
the carrying of electric light wires, not over six in number, all to
be on one crossarm, not over twenty feet above the ground; and said
city for itself and the said Ypsilanti Electric Company, grants to the
said the New State Telephone Company the right to place its tele-
phone wires on any of the poles of said city and of said Ypsilanti
Electric Company; and all poles set by said city and by said Ypsilanti
Electric Company in the future shall be not less than thirty-five feet
long, and the electric light wires shall be not over twenty feet above
the ground. The suspension wires of electric lamps to be attached
to top of poles, and no telephone wires to be less than twenty feet from
the ground.
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Section 4 fully erased before passage of this ordinance.
Made and passed in the common council of the city of Ypsilanti,
Mich., the 23rd day of April, 1897.
Approved April 24th, 1897.
Attest:
P. W. CARPENTER, City Clerk.
H. D. WELLS, Mayor.
No. 64.
An Ordinance Relative to Drays and Conveyances For the Transpor
tation of Goods, Property or Substance, for Hire
in the Limits of the City of Ypsilanti.
Repealed. See Ordinance No. 65.
No. 65.
An Ordinance Relative to Drays and Conveyances for the Trans-
tation of Goods, Property or Substance, for Hire
in the Limits of the City of Ypsilanti.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. That hereafter, any person or persons who shall be
engaged in the business of draying or keeping a dray, vehicle or other
conveyance for the transportation of wares, merchandise or anything
or substance whatsoever for hire anywhere within the limits of the
city of Ypsilanti, shall keep said dray, vehicle or conveyance while
standing and waiting trade, on the east side of Huron street near
the sidewalk between a line adjacent to and parallel with the south
wall of Savings Bank building so called, and a line adjacent to and
parallel with the north wall of Engine House, so called, on said street,
and in no other place in said city. Provided, however, that this
ordinance shall in no wise conflict with, or restrain the rights of any
hotel keeper, merchant or tradesman keeping dray or delivery wagons
at his place of business. Nor shall it restrain drays, vehicles or
other conveyances for transportation of goods for hire, from standing
at the depots in said city.
Sec. 2. Any person or persons who shall violate any of the
provisions of this ordinance on conviction thereof shall be punished
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by a fine of not less than one or more than five dollars, or imprisoned
in the county jail not to exceed thirty days, or both fine and imprison-
ment in the discretion of the court.
Sec 3. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in any manner
conflicting with any of the provisions of this ordinance are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 4. This ordinance shall take effect from and after the 11th
day of June, A. D. 1897.
Made and passed by the common council of the city of Ypsilanti,
the 1st day of June, 1897.
Approved June 1, 1897.
Attest:
P. W. CARPENTER, City Clerk.
N. B. HARDING, Mayor.
No. 66.
An Ordinance to Regulate the Use of Bicycles and Other Vehicles on
the Public Streets Within the Limits of the City of Ypsilanti.
Repealed. See Ordinance No. 72.
No. 67.
An Ordinance Relative to Parks Within the Limits of the City of
Ypsilanti.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. No person shall destroy, cut, mar, injure or deface
any fence, seat, stool or bench or other apparatus or thing whatsoever
placed in the city of Ypsilanti.
Sec. 2. No person shall destroy, cut or injure or in any manner
deface or trample upon or over any flowers or flower beds, or shade
trees, or shrubbery located or being in any park nor shall they hitch.
horses to any of the trees therein.
Sec. 3. No person shall lounge and roll upon and mutilate, injure
or destroy the grass, flowers or shrubbery in any park.
Sec. 4. No person or persons shall play at the game of cards or
any other game of chance in any park.
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Sec. 5. No person or persons shall play ball on any park except
by permission of the common council, and then only on such part or
space in said park as the common council shall direct and in no
other places.
Sec. 6. No person or persons shall in any manner touch or directly
or indirectly meddle with any fountain or fixtures or appurtenances
belonging to the same, or with any pipes or appurtenances to turn
water off or on said fixtures in any park in the city of Ypsilanti
unless such person be duly authorized by the city.
Sec. 7. No person shall use any noisy, boisterous, profane, vulgar
or indecent language or commit any nuisance in any park.
Sec. 8. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed fifty dollars, to-
gether with the costs of prosecution, and on failing to pay forthwith
such fine and costs may be imprisoned in the county jail of Wash-
tenaw county for a period of not to exceed ninety days, unless pay-
ment thereof be sooner made.
Sec. 9. This ordinance shall take effect from and after the fifth
day of October, A. D. 1897.
Made and passed in common council this 20th day of September,
1897.
Approved September 21, 1897.
Attest:
P. W. CARPENTER, City Clerk.
N. B. HARDING, Mayor.
No. 68.
An Ordinance Relative to Extending the Time in Which Street Rail-
ways May Be Constructed in Ypsilanti Under Ordinance No.
62, Passed on the 17th Day of August, 1896, and
Approved or the 18th Day of August, 1896.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. That the time limit in which street railways may be
constructed and put in operation on the streets of Ypsilanti under
the terms of Ordinance No. 62, heretofore passed in this common
council, to-wit: on the 17th day of August, A. D. 1896, and approved
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on the 18th day of August, A. D. 1896, be and the same is hereby ex-
tended to the 15th day of June, A. D. 1898.
Sec. 2. In consideration of said extension the Ann Arbor and
Ypsilanti Electric Railway Company, the present owners by assign-
ment of the aforesaid ordinance and the rights and privileges granted
thereby, shall strengthen, maintain and widen, where necessary, as
directed by the common council, at said electric railway company's
expense, whatsoever bridge or viaduct shall be occupied by its tracks
under the terms of the grant contained in Ordinance 62 as extended,
and in the event any bridge, traversed by the tracks of the said rail-
way, becoming unfit for further travel and requiring renewal, the cost
of such renewal shall be borne equally by the city of Ypsilanti and
said Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Electric Railway Company, its succes-
sors and assigns.
Sec. 3. In further consideration of said extension the said Ann
Arbor and Ypsilanti Electric Railway Company, its successors and
assigns, shall immediately upon the completion of its lines between
the city of Ann Arbor and the city of Detroit, operate a route for local
service as follows: Beginning at the intersection of Cross street
with the right of way of the Michigan Central Railroad through
Cross street and through Washington street to Harriet street, which
said route shall be operated by being traversed by a car each way
at least once each quarter hour between the hours of 7 o'clock in the
morning and 9 o'clock in the evening.
Sec. 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon its acceptance by
the Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti Electric Railway Company, which ac-
ceptance shall be filed in writing with the city clerk of the city of
Ypsilanti within three days of the date of its passage and approval.
Made and passed in common council of the city of Ypsilanti this
7th day of February, A. D. 1898.
Approved February 8th, A. D. 1898.
Attest:
P. W. CARPENTER, City Clerk.
MILO B. SCHAFFER,
President of Council.
No. 69.
An Ordinance Relative to City Water Supply.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
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ARTICLE I.
Extensions of the City Water Mains.
Section 1. Extensions of water mains may be obtained by petition
to the common council, signed by owners of property adjoining the
proposed extension. Each signer must deposit with the clerk of the
board of public works two dollars and fifty cents, as a guaranty that
they will take water of the city.
Sec. 2. If an extension of the mains is not granted within forty-
five days after a petition has been presented to the council, the clerk
shall return to each signer his guaranty money.
Sec. 3. If an extension of the mains is granted by the council,
the board of public works shall retain the guaranty money, and apply
it on the water rates of each signer of the petition, according to sec-
tion 2 of Article V.
ARTICLE II.
Rules and Regulations for the Government of Plumbers.
Section 1. Any person wishing to do plumbing in the city of
Ypsilanti, must procure a license from the board of public works.
Applications for a license must be made in writing to the clerk of the
board, giving the firm name and the name of each member thereof,
and their place of business, consenting to be governed in all respects
by the laws, regulations and penalties now existing or that may here-
after be enacted by the city pertaining to plumbing.
Sec. 2. Before a plumber's license will be granted the applicant
must execute and deposit with the clerk of the board of public works
a bond, with two or more sureties, to be approved by the board, in
the sum of one thousand dollars, conditioned that they will indemnify
and save the city harmless from all damages caused by negligence in
protecting their work, or any inadequate work done by virtue of
their license; also that they will replace pavement and other material
removed by them to as good condition as it was before they removed
it, and will maintain the same to the satisfaction of the board of
public works for three months thereafter.
Sec. 3. Plumbers' licenses must be granted by resolution of the
board of public works and signed by the president and clerk.
Sec. 4. The fee for a plumber's license will be ten dollars for
the first year, and the same may be renewed for five dollars each
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year thereafter. The fee must be collected by the clerk before de-
livering the license.
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Sec. 5. Plumbers' licenses will only be granted to residents of
the city of good character and skilled in their occupation, or to
parties who will employ practical plumbers.
Sec. 6. If plumbers retire from business or remove from the
city, they will forfeit their licenses.
Sec. 7. To supply water to any premises a plumber must get
a permit from the clerk of the board of public works for each tap
required.
Sec. 8. A plumber must get a permit from the clerk of the
board of public works, to make any change in the number, kind, or
size, of fixtures on any premises; also if water is to be used for other
purposes than named in former permits.
Sec. 9. All plumbing must be done in the manner required by
the board of public works, subject to their inspection and approval.
All pipes and fixtures used will likewise be subject to the approval
of the board. No pipe laid under ground shall be covered until it
has been tested and approved by the board.
Sec. 10. All service pipes must be laid five feet below the surface
of the ground and where they enter a building there must be a stop
and waste cock to shut the water off in case of accident or frost.
Sec. 11. All pipes and fittings used in connection with the city
water works must be of lead or galvanized iron. If lead it must be
the grade known as extra strong and connected either with brass or
wiped joints.
Sec. 12. Work which in the estimation of the board is poor and
defective will be sufficient cause for the suspension or forfeiture of
a plumber's license.
Sec. 13. If plumbers find any pipes or attachments laid under
ground and connected to the city water works out of repair or not
the proper depth, it shall be their duty to repair and place them at
the proper depth, and charge the expense thereof to the owner of the
property upon whose premises such repairs are made.
Sec. 14. All tanks or cisterns connected with the city water works
must be fitted with float valves. The discharge shall not exceed one-
half inch in diameter.
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Sec. 15. No permit will be issued for taps between December
first and March first. except by approval of the board.
Sec. 16. Plumbers must make returns in writing to the clerk
of the board within forty-eight hours after they have completed a
job of plumbing, connected with the city water works, giving a
description of the premises, the number and kind of fixtures or appar-
atus supplied, and the use which they are intended for, together with
the name of the occupant and owner of the premises. For misrepre-
sentation or omission in these returns plumbers will be liable to
suspension or forfeiture of their license.
Sec. 17. All excavations made by plumbers in streets, alleys or
public places, must be protected by barricades and red lights kept
burning during the night.
Sec. 18. Plumbers must not leave the city water turned on any
premises after they have tested their work, without a permit from
the clerk of the board of public works, except where they themselves
turned it off for the purpose of making repairs. Plumbers violating
this section will be liable to the city for any loss it may sustain by
the water being turned on to any premises without a permit from
the clerk. A violation of this section will be sufficient cause for the
forfeiture of a plumber's license.
Sec. 19. Meters must be placed secure from frost and convenient
to read. The pipes must be joined at each side of the meter with
square-faced unions. Ample working room must be left around meter.
There must be a stop and waste cock in the service pipe near the
meter to shut the water off in case of repairs.
Sec. 20. Plumbers must report to the clerk of the board any
pipes or fixtures disconnected from the city water works by them.
Sec. 21. Plumbers wishing to use water from the city water works
for backfilling ditches or trenches must pay for the same and get a
permit from the clerk of the board of public works before the water
is used.
Sec. 22. Plumbers must not permit their shut-off keys to be used
by any person for turning the city water on or off at the curb except
themselves and assistants. For a violation of this section, or Sec-
tion 21, plumbers will be liable to a suspension or forfeiture of their
license.
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ARTICLE III.
Tapping the City Water Mains.
Section 1. Only persons designated by the board of public works
will be permitted to tap the main pipes or insert ferrules.
No tap
shall be made until a permit has been issued for the same.
Sec. 2. Tapping the main shall be under the direction of the
superintendent, or some person designated by the board of public
works. The tapper must be given forty-eight hours' notice by the
plumbers before a tap is wanted.
Sec. 3. Connections must be made with the mains. Taps must
be in the body of the pipe, two feet from a joint and two feet apart.
Sec. 4. There must be used for each tap made in the main pipes
of the city, a corporation cock screwed into the main, and a service
cock with a cast iron box which shall be near the sidewalk, if in the
street; if in an alley, it shall be one foot outside of the fence. No
service cock must be placed in a street crossing or driveway.
Sec. 5. When water is supplied to more than one consumer through
one tap, there must be a service cock for each consumer.
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Sec. 6. The tapper must report in writing to the clerk of the
board of public works within twenty-four hours after making each tap.
ARTICLE IV.
Meters.
Section 1. The city will furnish a meter for any consumer free
of charge, the size required, up to and including one and one quarter
inch. Parties requiring larger meters than one and one-quarter inch
must pay the difference of cost between one and one-quarter inch and
the size required.*
Sec. 2. Water consumers, at their own expense, must arrange
their pipes so that all water used on their premises will pass through
the meter, and prepare a suitable place to set a meter.
Sec. 3. Meters must be set where they are easy of access to read
and repair. They must be properly protected from frost and other
damage.
Sec. 4. Water consumers will be responsible for any damage
to a meter set on the premises by frost, theft, or damage in any way
except the natural wear.
See Amendment passed May 21, 1900, Sec. 2.
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Sec. 5. Only persons in the employ of the board of public works
will be permitted to take out, repair or in any way meddle with a
meter.
Sec. 6. By resolution of the board of public works they may at
any time set a meter on the premises of parties using water from the
city water works and charge for the measured water. If the party
has paid for the water in advance at the regular fixed rates, there
will be a proportionate allowance made for the unexpired time which
will be applied as payment for the measured water as far as it will
pay.
Sec. 7. The clerk of the board of public works shall send written
notices to parties using water from the city water works upon whose
premises the board has resolved to set a meter, notifying them to
arrange their pipes and prepare a place to set a meter. If they neglect
or refuse to comply with the terms of such notice for thirty days,
the water will be turned off from their premises until such terms have
been complied with and one dollar paid for turning the water on.
Sec. 8. Meters must not be removed from any premises except
by order of the board of public works.
ARTICLE V.
Rules for the Government of Water Consumers.
Section 1. Applications for permits to take water from the city
water works must be made in writing before any excavating has been
done, upon blank forms furnished by the clerk of the board of public
works, fully describing the premises to be supplied, and setting forth
all purposes for which the water is to be used, the size and kind of
service pipe to be used, and naming the plumber to do the plumbing.
Applications must be signed by owners of the property or their auth-
orized agent.
Sec. 2. The clerk of the board of public works, upon receipt of
an application to take water from the city water works, properly made
and signed by the owner or agent of the premises to be supplied, and
two dollars and fifty cents to be applied on the first payment for water
supplied to the premises, as far as it will pay, will issue a permit for
the use of water on such premises. The city will tap the main and
lay a service pipe to the outside of the curb between the street and
sidewalk, furnish corporation and service cocks without expense to
the applicant, except in case of temporary use of water, when such
expense must be paid by the applicant.
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Sec. 3. Parties using water from the city water works do so at
their own risk, as the city will not in any case be liable or responsible
for damages occasioned or growing out of a stoppage of the water, or
an insufficient supply of the same, or for accidents or damages of any
kind caused by or growing out of the use or failure of such water.
Nor shall any payment be refunded, or abatement made for non-use,
or absence, or other cause. The city reserves the right to shut the
water off at any time for repairs or alterations.
Sec. 4. Parties using water from the city water works to supply
steam boilers, and not supplied with a tank, are hereby cautioned
against collapse, that may be caused by the whole or partial stoppage
of the water, as the city will not be liable for any damage caused by
such collapse.
Sec. 5. Tanks connected with the city water works must be fitted
with float valves, to stop waste of water by overflow.
Sec. 6. Waste of water through neglect of servants or agents, fix-
tures being out of order, or allowing water to be taken from the premises
by persons having no right to its use, will be sufficient cause for turn-
ing the water off from such premises and forfeiture of amount paid in
advance or the withholding of the water for such time as the board
may decide.
Sec. 7. Parties using water from the city water works wishing to
make any additions or alterations to the pipes or fixtures on any premises
must first get a permit to do so from the clerk of the board of public
works. Only licensed plumbers will be permitted to make such
changes.
Sec. 8. Parties using water from the city water works must keep
their pipes and fixtures in good repair and protected from frost at
their own expense.
Sec. 9. No reduction will be made for fixtures not in use unless
they have been disconnected from the service pipes by a licensed
plumber, and so reported to the clerk of the board of public works.
Sec. 10. Water must not be permitted to flow through any pipes
or fixtures connected with the city water works when not in actual use.
A continuous flow of water to guard against frost, or for any other
purpose, will not be permitted unless a meter is used.
Sec. 11. If hose, pipes or fixtures connected with the city water
works are found leaking or out of order, hose converted into a jet or
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in use at unauthorized hours, the water will be turned off without previ-
ous notice and will not be turned on until the proper repairs have been
made.
Sec. 12. No rebate will be made from rates for partial use of water
from wells or cisterns.
Sec. 13. Water rates once paid will not be refunded under any
circumstances, except where the consumer vacates the premises, and
moves beyond the limits of the city mains, and notifies the clerk of the
board of public works to turn the water off, in which event a rebate
will be allowed for the unexpired time less one dollar.
Sec. 14. During a fire all fountains, motors, lawn and street sprink
ling and other uses of water not absolutely necessary are positively
prohibited.
Sec. 15. The use of hose larger than three-fourths inch, hose
converted into a jet hose without a nozzle, or nozzle larger than one-
fourth inch in diameter is prohibited, except where a meter is used; or by
special permit granted by the board of public works.
Sec. 16. Parties using city water for street sprinkling must con-
fine themselves to the exact frontage they pay for and one half of the
street in front thereof.
Sec. 17. Parties paying the city for to be used for gardens, foun-
tains, sprinkling streets, lawns or yards, do so with the understand-
ing that the board of public works may restrict its use for such
purposes by changing or shortening the time of use; or by stopping
its use entirely for such purposes if in their judgment such restric-
tion is necessary to protect the ordinary consumption and maintain
the fire protection of the city. In no case will any money be refunded
on account of such restrictions or stoppage of use.
Sec. 18. If any parties using water from the city water works
for gardens, fountains, sprinkling streets, lawns or yards, upon re-
ceiving notice from the board of public works restricting or stopping
the use of water for such purposes, refuse to comply with such restric-
tion or stoppage of use the water will be turned off from their premises,
and will not be turned on again until they have satisfied the board
that they will comply with such restrictions or stoppage of use.
Sec. 19. When two or
When two or more parties using water from the city
water works, are supplied through one service cock, some one of the
party must become responsible for all the water rates assessed against
such service cock. No allowance will be made for partial vacancy.
The board of public works reserves the right to turn the water off.
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if any of the rates assessed against such service cock are not paid,
and the city will not refund any part of the money collected for
water rates through such service cock.
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Sec. 20. Members of the board of public works and their assistants
shall have free access at all reasonable hours, to all parts of premises
where' city water is used, to examine the pipes and fixtures.
Sec. 21. Parties using water from the city water works for build-
ing purposes must lay their pipes to the inside of the lot line, and
secure them against public use.
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Sec. 22. Builders or contractors wishing to use water from the city
water works will be required to make an estimate of the amount of
material to be used and pay for the water in advance.
Sec. 23. Parties who owe the city for water rates will not be
permitted to use water through any service cock until the amount due
has been paid.
Sec. 24. If proprietors of lumber yards, manufactories, stores,
hotels, halls, or public buildings, who use water from the city water
works, wish to lay pipes with hydrants or hose connections to be used
only in case of fire, they may have their pipes connected with the city
mains, by making application to the board of public works, and paying
the whole expense of making such connection, water to be used for
fire purposes only.
Sec. 25. Pipes placed in buildings for fire purposes must be sup-
plied with fire hose, kept constantly attached. Openings in such pipes
without attachments as aforesaid, or the use of hose for any other pur-
pose than the extinguishing of fire, is forbidden, and will be subject to
assessment for water rates.
Sec. 26. The board of public works may refuse to supply water
from the city water works to any premises where the plumbing has
not been done by plumbers licensed by them.
Sec. 27. Parties wishing to use water from the city water works
for backfilling ditches or trenches must pay for the same, and get a
permit from the clerk of the board of public works before the water
is issued.
Sec. 28. Parties using water from the city water works, permitting
water to be taken from their pipes or fixtures for backfilling ditches
or trenches, by any person, without a permit from the clerk of the
board of public works, except the superintendent of the water works,
or his assistants, will be liable to the city for the water used for such
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purposes. If upon receipt of a bill for the amount, they refuse to pay,
the water will be turned off from their premises.
Sec. 29. If parties using water from the city water works fail to
comply with any of the foregoing rules, or owe for water rates past
due, the water will be turned off from their premises, and it will be the
duty of the clerk of the board of public works in all cases where the
water has been turned off from any premises for violation of rules,
or water rates past due, to collect one dollar for turning the water on,
and any amount that may be due for water, before it will be turned on
again.
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ARTICLE VI.
Miscellaneous Rules.
Section 1. The free use of water for buildings occupied by the
city for public use does not include the right to allow its free use for
private purposes. For violation of this section, the water will be
turned off, subject to all the penalties to similar abuse by private
parties.
Sec. 2. Wrenches used for opening and closing public hydrants
and gate valves must be furnished by the city. Such wrenches must
be stamped C. W. W. and numbered. Wrenches will be delivered by
the clerk of the board of public works to the chief engineer of the
fire department, taking a receipt for the same. The clerk shall keep
a record of the wrenches delivered to the fire department.
Sec. 3. No person but the superintendent of the water works
and his assistants under instructions of the board of public works
will be permitted to open any fire hydrant, except for fire purposes
by the department, without a special permit from the board of public
works.
Sec. 4. Anyone obstructing access to a public fire hydrant shall,
in addition to the fine and penalties hereinafter provided, forfeit to
the City of Ypsilanti the sum of five dollars for each and every four
hours that such obstruction shall remain after the party has received
notice to remove such obstructions.
Sec. 5. Bills must be promptly paid when due. All officers of the
city water works are positively prohibited from allowing credit to
any one.
Sec. 6. The board of public works reserves the right to test the
quantity of water supplied to any premises by the application of a
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meter and charge or adjust the assessments on such premises to the
rate for measured water.
Sec. 7. Lawn sprinkling shall not be construed to mean the use
of water for gardens. Parties wishing to use water for wetting gar-
dens must pay the garden rate in addition to the lawn sprinkler rates.
Sec. 8. Parties taking water for lawn, yard, garden, fountain,
street sprinkling, or other summer use, must pay for the whole season.
Sec. 9. Parties using water from the city water works and paying
the domestic or fixture rates, will not be permitted to attach hose
to their pipes or fixtures, and use water for any purpose, except the
extinguishment of fire, unless they pay the sprinkling rates, or obtain
a permit from the clerk of the board of public works, and pay for
the water to be used. For a violation of this section the water will
be turned off from the premises and will not be turned on again during
the season, unless the sprinkling rates of one dollar additional is paid.
Sec. 10. The superintendent of the water works or his assistants,
before taking water from any premises for backfilling ditches, trenches,
or any other purposes, except in case of fire, must obtain permission
from the occupant before any water is taken.
Sec. 11. Parties violating any of the provisions of this section shall
be fined as in violation of other sections of this ordinance, and the
violation of each item stated in this section shall be a separate offense.
Plumbers loaning shut-off keys to others.
Plumbers leaving water turned on premises without authority from
the board of public works.
Turning water on or off at any service cock without authority
from the board of public works.
Loaning shut-off keys to others to turn water on or off at any
service cock.
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Opening fire hydrants without authority.
Taking off or breaking service boxes or covers.
Covering service boxes with earth or other material or obstructing
free access to the same.
Obstructing free access to fire hydrants.
Removing or breaking gate, valve, box covers.
Opening or closing gate or other valves without authority from the
board of public works.
Having in their possession a key for opening and closing gate
valves in the street, without authority from the board of public works.
Using city water for backfilling ditches or trenches without a per-
it from the board of public works:
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Using city water without permission from the board of public works.
Permitting others to take water from their premises without per-
mission from the board of public works.
Using city water for sprinkling during a fire.
ARTICLE VII.
Assessment and Collection of Water Rates.
Section 1. All assessments for water used from the city water
works will become due semi-annually in advance, on the first day of
May and November in each year, except where the water is measured
by meters or special assessments for a shorter period than one year.
Amounts accruing for the measured water and special assessments
will become due and payable at such time as the board of public works
shall designate. If any parties using water from the city water
works fail to pay their assessments before the first day of June and De-
cember in each year, it will be the duty of the clerk of the board of
public works to send them a written request for the amount with five
per cent added. If they fail to pay the amount within ten days there-
after the water will be turned off from their premises.
Sec. 2. The rates for water used from the city water works for
general domestic use, through one faucet in the kitchen of dwelling
or residence, is fixed at five dollars per year. Extra charges will be
made for bath tubs, water closets, urinals, wash basins and extra
faucets.*
Sec. 3. Lawn and street sprinkling, where a meter is not used,
shall only be done through a hose held in the hand. Sprinkling may
be done three hours per day, during the hours between 5:30 and 8:00 a. m.
and 5 o'clock and 7:30 p. m. Attaching hose to any object or laying on the
ground and allowing water to flow through it unless the nozzle is held
in the hand, will not be permitted. Sprinkling is prohibited after 7:30
p. m., with or without a meter. Lawn and street sprinkling rates are
for the season between May first and November first, for each
premises with a frontage not exceeding sixty-six feet in width and not
exceeding one hundred feet in depth, including one-half the width of
the street in front thereof, with hose not larger than three-fourths inch
and through one orifice or nozzle, not larger than one-fourth inch
in diameter, $4.00. For each additional foot frontage over sixty-six,
five cents. The use of lawn sprinklers will be allowed upon the pay-
ment of one dollar for each sprinkler in addition to the regular lawn
rates.
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Sec. 4. Meter rates. The rates for measured water will be for
the first eight thousand gallons or less, each term between May first
and November first, and between November first and May first, each
year, $2.50. For all water used over eight thousand gallons each term,
at the rate of 10 cents per 1,000 gallons.*
Sec. 5. The board of public works may collect for the water meas-
ured by meter each month, or the consumer may be required to make
an estimated average payment in advance, to prevent an accumulated
arrearage. Settlement to be made at the end of the term for the
water used.
Water Rates.
Section 1. As established by the board of public works and con-
firmed by the council.
Yearly charges otherwise specified.
months. No permit issued for less than $5.00
Ale Cellars
Bath tub, private
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Backfilling trenches or ditches 2 feet or less in width,
each foot deep ...
Backfilling trenches or ditches 3 feet or more than 2 feet,
each foot deep
Backfilling trenches or ditches 4 feet or more than 3
feet,, each foot deep
Backfilling trenches over 4 feet, proportionate rates.
Barber shop, first chair
each additional chair
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public in barber shop, first tub...
public in barber shop, each additional tub.
Bakeries average daily use for each bbl. flour.
But no bakery to be charged less than..
Banks, including wash basin.
Blacksmith shops, first fire..
each additional fire
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Butcher shop, first faucet
each additional faucet.
Bowling alleys
Builders' rates per perch of stone laid..
per 1,000 brick laid...
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per 1,000 brick wetting.
per 100 yards plastering, one coat..
per 100 yards
coats ......
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per 100 cubic feet of grouting.
per 100 square feet of concrete walk or
cellar bottom
Boarding houses family rate of..
Each person boarding and rooming same building ad-
ditional
Each day boarder or room additional.
Billiard halls, each table....
Confectioners (manufacturers)
Churches, including drinking faucets.
all other fixtures extra.
Cigar manufacturers, ten hands or under.
each additional hand
plastering, two or three
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Foundries, for moulding rooms....
Grocery stores, first faucet
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Cows each
Drug stores, first faucet
each additional faucet
Dwelling house for family, one faucet in kitchen..
two or more families in one house, one rate
for each family.
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each additional faucet.
Hotel kitchen and laundry faucets each..
billiard tables, each..
sprinkling streets and walks per foot...
Ice Cream saloons, season charge.
Laundries, first tub
each additional tub
Manufacturers, drinking and washing only, ten hands
or under
Manufacturers, drinking and washing each additional
hand
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Offices occupied by four persons or under, including
one wash bowl .
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Offices, each additional person.
occupied by four persons or under, obtaining
water from hall
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15
20
25
05
500
50
25
1.00
7 00 to 15 00
700
6 00
30
1 00
7 00
3 00
5 00
7 00 to 15 00
700
2 00
4.00
1.00
15
3 00 to 5 00
7.00
5 00
500
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500
30
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each additional person
Printing offices, employing 7 hands or less.
each additional hand
Photograph galleries
wash basin
Public bath house, each tub.
Pasturage per cow, season May 1st to October 31st.
Restaurants, domestic rate, and for each table seating
four persons extra
Restaurant having bar extra.
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Stables private one horse including buggy washing.
each additional horse
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livery and board each horse.
hotel, each stall
each vehicle used and washed with hose ex-
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cept private
street railways, each stall
street railways, each car used.
All charges except private based on average occupancy.
Saloon, ½-inch faucet
each additional faucet
billiard tables each.
Sprinkling front per foot..
Stores, dry goods and all other classes except drug
groceries and butchers, six hands or under...
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Stores, each additional hand..
Soda water fountains
Shops, 10 hands or under, drinking and washing only.
each additional hand
Sprinkling lawn 4-inch jet 66 feet or less front by 100
feet or less in depth, incluidng one-half the street
in front three hours per day.....
Sprinkling, each additional foot front.
carts, 1 horse use of water not to exceed
3,000 gallons per day, rate per month... . . .
Proportionate increase of rates for further consumption.
Steam boilers for heating buildings, each horse power..
water to test, per 1,000 gallons....
Steam engines, stationary, each horse power up to ten
hours per day
engines, over ten horse power, each horse power
Schools, private, each scholar...
Telephones and telegraph battery rooms.
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5 00 to
30
5000
30
6 00
3 00
10 00
1 00
100
5 00
3.00
200
1 00
1 00
1 00
1 00
4 00
+888
7900
300
100
15
6 00
30
7 00
5 00
30
4 00
05
15 00
75
30
150
1 50
50
5 00 to 25 00
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Urinals, private automatic closing.
hotel, saloon, restaurant, boarding, eating
house or public hall, automatic closing...
Wash basins, private
hotel, saloon, restaurant, boarding house,
eating house or public hall..
Water closets, private, pan or self-closing.
double acting valve
single acting valve or flowing..
hotel, saloon, restaurant, boarding house
or public hall, pan or self-closing......
hotel, saloon, restaurant, boarding house
or public hall, double acting valve....
hotel, saloon, restaurant, boarding house
or public hall, single acting valve
or flowing
Warehouses same as stores.
Aquariums
Bottling Works
Breweries
Cemeteries
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sprinkling per foot front.
Dairies
Dyers and Scourers
Engine and Boiler Makers.
Elevators
Fountains
Greenhouses and Graperies
Gardens
Gas Engines
Gas Works
Halls, Public
Hotels
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Livery Stables
Malt Houses
Motors
Paper Mills
Public Buildings
Pop Manufacturers
Railroad Depots
Railroad Engines
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Meter Rates.
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2.00
3.00
2.00
3.00
250
4.00
600
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7.00
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Saloons
Soap Factories
Sprinkling Carts
Schools
Tanneries
Troughs
Theaters
Urinals private, flowing
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hotel, saloon, restaurant, boarding house, eat-
ing house or public hall, flowing..
public trough……..
Water Closets, continuous flow..
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All rates not herein enumerated shall be estimated by the board
and charged proportionate to the water consumed.*†
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Sec. 2. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in any manner con-
flicting with any of the provisions of this ordinance are hereby re-
pealed.
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Sec. 3. Any person violating or failing to comply with any of
the provisions of this ordinance shall, in addition to all other fines,
penalties and forfeitures by this ordinance provided, be punished by
a fine not to. exceed fifty dollars, together with the costs of prosecu-
tion, and on failing to pay forthwith such fine and costs may be
imprisoned in the county jail of Washtenaw county for any term not
exceeding ninety days, unless payment thereof be sooner made.
Sec. 4. This ordinance shall take effect from and after the 22d
day of April, A. D. 1898.
Made and passed in common council this 11th day of April, 1898.
Approved April 15, 1898.
P. W. CARPENTER, City Clerk.
*See Amendment passed January 16, 1899.
†See Amendment passed May 21, 1900.
N. B. HARDING, Mayor.
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Amendment to Ordinance No. 69.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. That ordinance No. 69, made and passed by the Com-
mon Council on the 11th day of April, A. D. 1898, being an ordinance
relative to the city water supply be and the same is hereby amended
in regard to extra faucets and yearly rates and meter rates as follows,
to-wit:
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Sec. 2. That from and after May 1st, 1899, no charges shall be
made for extra faucets and extra closets in any private house occu-
pied by but one family.
Sec. 3. That from and after May 1st, 1899, the water rate for
domestic purposes for each family shall be the sum of three dollars
per annum.
Sec. 4. That hereafter the meter rate shall be the sum of eight
cents per thousand gallons for all amounts used in excess of eight
thousand gallons in each six months. Provided, however, that the rates
for measured water will be for the first eight thousand gallons or less
each term between May 1st and November 1st, and between November
1st and May 1st each year two dollars.
Sec. 5. This ordinance shall take effect from and after January
30th, 1899.
Made and passed in common council this sixteenth day of January,
1899.
Approved January 17th, 1899.
Attest:
J. E. MCGREGOR, City Clerk.
D. L. DAVIS, Mayor.
Amendment to Ordinance No. 69.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. That ordinance No. 69, made and passed by the
common council on the eleventh day of April, A. D. 1898, being an
ordinance relative to the city water supply, be amended by substi-
tuting the following sections for Section 1, Article VI., and Section
1, Article VIII.
Sec. 2. From and after the passage of this ordinance, meters
shall be set only upon the order of the board of public works.
Sec. 3. From and after the date of passage of this ordinance,
all changes, either by increase or reduction, of the water rates shall
be made by recommendation of such change by the board of public
works and resolution passed by the common council.
Sec. 4. This ordinance shall take effect on the second day of
June, A. D. 1900.
Made and passed in the common council this twenty-first day of
May, 1900.
Approved May 22d, 1900.
Attest:
JAMES E. MCGREGOR, City Clerk.
H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.
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No. 70.
An Ordinance Relative to the Licensing of Dogs and Regulating the
Running at Large and Slaying of Dogs.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to own, possess
or harbor, or have the care or keeping of any dog, male or female,
over the age of three months, within the city of Ypsilanti, without
first obtaining a license therefor from the said city of Ypsilanti.
The fee for which (said) license shall be: For a male dog and a
spayed female dog, one dollar; for a female dog, two dollars. No
license shall be granted for a period exceeding one year, and all
licenses shall expire on the first day of May succeeding their issue.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of every person owning or having
the possession or care of any dog, male or female, to cause such
dog to be registered in the office of the city clerk, in a register kept
by said clerk for that purpose, and to pay the license fee provided
in Section 1 of this ordinance, into the city treasury; and also pay
a fee of twenty-five cents to the clerk of said city for the issuing and
recording such license; also to obtain the city clerk's receipt for
said license so paid and the metallic plate or check hereinafter de-
scribed, under the penalties herein provided.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the clerk of said city to provide
such number of metallic plates or checks as may be necessary, of
such size and shape as he may deem expedient (the shape of such
check or plate to be changed each year), having stamped thereon
numbers indicating the year for which the tax is paid, the number
of the license and the letters Y. D. T., and to deliver one of these
metallic plates to each person so paying for a license upon any
such dog.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of such owner, possessor, keeper or
harborer of any such registered dog, to place or cause to be placed
around the neck of any such dog, a substantial collar, and on such
collar securely to attach or cause to be attached the metallic plate
or check so furnished by the clerk of said city; and if any
person shall place or cause to be placed upon the collar or around
the neck of any such dog, any counterfeit of the metallic plate or
check so furnished by the city clerk, or any such metallic plate without
the license for the keeping of such dog, having first been paid, he
or she will be liable to the penalties herein provided.
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Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the pound master of said city to
take up and impound any dog, male or female, found running at large,
contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, in the city of Ypsilanti,
not having a collar around its neck with the metallic plate or check
aforesaid attached thereto; and, if said dog shall not be redeemed
as hereinafter provided, within four days after such dog shall have
been impounded, it shall be the duty of the poundmaster to slay or
cause to be slain the same; or if the animal is worthy and valuable
the same shall be sold by the poundmaster, at the pound, by public
outcry, to the highest bidder, at the hour of noon next succeeding
the said four days. All moneys over and above the poundmaster's
fees, arising from the said sales, shall be paid to the city treasurer
by the said poundmaster within thirty days from said sales. But
it is hereby provided, that any such dog so impounded may be re-
deemed or taken from such pound, upon exhibiting to said pound-
master a receipt of the city clerk, showing that the license in this
ordinance imposed has been paid for such dog, and (upon) the pay-
ment to said poundmaster of a pound fee of one dollar and the further
sum of twenty-five cents per day for each and every day such dog
shall have been impounded.
Sec. 6. It shall be lawful for any person, and it shall be the duty
of the marshal and each patrolman of the city of Ypsilanti, to seize,
take up and deliver to the poundmaster any dog, male or female,
found running at large in said city in violation of any of the pro-
visions of this ordinance.
Sec. 7. The poundmaster of said city is hereby authorized to
collect the fees provided for in Section 5 of this ordinance, for all
dogs impounded, and he shall retain such fees as compensation for
his services as poundkeeper under this ordinance: Provided, That
when any dog which shall have been delivered to said poundmaster
by some person other than the marshal or a patrolman in said city
of Ypsilanti, shall have been redeemed in accordance with the pro-
visions of Section 5 of this ordinance one-half of such redemption
fee shall by said poundmaster be paid to the person who delivered
said dog to the poundmaster as provided in Section 6.
Sec. S. It shall not be lawful for any owner, possessor or person
having in charge or care, a fierce or dangerous dog, to permit or
allow the same to go at large at any time in said city, to the danger
or annoyance of any of its inhabitants. Whenever any person shall
have been convicted of violating the provisions of this section of
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this ordinance, and shall permit or allow such dog to run at large
after such conviction, it shall be the duty of the police authorities
of said city to kill such dog.
Sec. 9. It shall be unlawful for the owner, possessor, keeper or
harborer of any licensed female dog, knowingly to permit her to
run at large while in heat, and it shall be the duty of the police of
said city to seize, take up and deliver to the pound-keeper any such
dog running at large in said city at such time. It shall be the
duty of the poundmaster to serve upon the owner or keeper of such
dog a notice in writing of the impounding of such dog, at once, and
any such dog so impounded may be redeemed or taken from such
pound by the owner or keeper of such dog within forty-eight hours.
after service upon such owner or keeper of said written notice, upon
the payment to said poundmaster of the fees as provided in Section
5. In case the owner or keeper of any such dog so impounded shall
not have redeemed said dog as herein provided, it shall be the duty
of the poundmaster to kill the same, or in case said dog is worthy
and valuable the same shall be sold by the poundmaster, at the
pound, by public outcry, to the highest bidder, at the hour of noon
next succeeding the expiration of said forty-eight hours.
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Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful for any person to own, keep or har-
bor any dog which, by loud and frequent barking, howling or yelping,
shall cause serious annoyance or disturbance to any of the citizens of
said city.
Sec. 11. Whenever any danger shall be justly feared as likely to
result from hydrophobia, the mayor shall publish his proclamation
requiring all persons owning or having in charge or keeping any
dog or dogs, to muzzle them for a prescribed time, and any person who
shall omit to muzzle any dog owned or harbored or kept in charge by
him, or shall allow such dog to go unmuzzled, shall be liable upon
conviction before the proper tribunal, to the punishment provided in
Section 13 of this ordinance. During the time prescribed by the
Mayor's proclamation, any dog found running at large without a
muzzle in said city shall be forthwith slain.
Sec. 12. Whenever any person shall been convicted of owning,
possessing, keeping or harboring any dog that has bitten any person
within said city while peaceably walking or riding without the en-
closure of such owner, keeper or harborer, the justice of the peace
before whom such person shall have been convicted, shall issue an
order in writing directing such owner, keeper or harborer of said
dog to kill the same within six hours after service on him of such
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order. The owner, possessor, keeper or person having in charge
any such dog who shall refuse or neglect to kill it within six hours
after having received such order, shall on conviction before the
proper tribunal, be liable to the punishment provided in Section 13 of
this ordinance, and it shall be the duty of any police officer to de-
stroy such dog wherever he shall be found at large in said city
six hours after service of said order.
Sec. 13. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceed-
ing fifty dollars and cost of prosecution, and in the imposition of
such fine and cost, the court may impose a further sentence that the
offender be and remain imprisoned in the county jail of Washtenaw
county, until such fine and costs have been paid: Provided, that such
imprisonment shall not exceed thirty days.
Sec. 14. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in any manner
conflicting with any of the parts of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Sec. 15. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force on and
after the tenth day of May, A. D. 1898.
Made and passed in common council this 18th day of April, 1898.
Approved April 20th, 1898.
Attest:
P. W. CARPENTER, City Clerk.
N. B. HARDING, Mayor.
Amendment to Ordinance No. 70.
The Common Council ordain the following sections be added to
Ordinance No. 70, and that they be numbered Sections 13 and
14, also that the sections numbered 13, 14 and 15 be changed to
numbers 15, 16, 17 respectively:
Section 13. Whenever any person shall sustain a loss by the
killing or wounding of his sheep or lambs by a dog or dogs, he may
call on a disinterested justice of the peace of the city where such
killing or wounding occurred, not akin to such person, and not a
member of the common council, who shall proceed to view the sheep
or lambs so killed or wounded, and if, from such a view, he shall
be satisfied that the same were killed or wounded by a dog or
dogs he shall make a certificate thereof in writing, stating the amount
of damage sustained by such person, and shall deliver the same to
the clerk of said city, who shall file the same in his office and record
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it in the records of the city, the said justice shall receive for his
services in each case the sum of two dollars, to be paid out of the
contingent fund of said city.
Sec. 14. At the first meeting of the common council in April
of each year, the said council shall examine all certificates of dåmage
filed by the clerk, as aforesaid, during the preceding year, and if
satisfied that in any case or cases the certified damages are ex-
cessive, they may reduce the sum to such amount as they may con-
sider just, and may order the payment of all such loss as they may
consider just out of said contingent fund. Provided, that no payment
of loss shall be made as provided for in this section unless the party
applying for the same shall make it appear to the satisfaction of the
common council that he has made all due efforts and has not been
able to obtain satisfaction therefor from the owner or owners of the
dog or dogs which shall have done the damage.
Made and passed in the common council of the city of Ypsilanti
May fourth, 1900.
Approved May 5th, 1960.
Attest:
EDWARD P. ALLEN, Mayor.
JAMES E. McGREGOR, City Clerk.
No. 71.
An Ordinance for the Protection of Squirrels and Birds Within the
Limits of the City of Ypsilanti.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot, kill,
cripple, hunt, chase or in any way injure any squirrel or squirrels
within the limits of the city of Ypsilanti: Provided, this section shall
not apply to the common red squirrel,
Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to shoot, kill, cripple,
hunt or in any way injure any wild birds within the limits of the city
of Ypsilanti: Prorided, this section shall not apply to English spar-
rows, crows, or hawks.
Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to rob or tear down,
injure or destroy the nest of any wild bird within the limits of the
city of Ypsilanti: Provided, this section shall not apply to English
sparrows' nests.
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Sec. 4. Each and every bird or squirrel shot, killed, crippled,
hunted, chased or injured, and each and every bird's nest robbed,
torn down, injured or destroyed in violation of any provision of
this ordinance shall constitute a. separate and distinct offense.
Sec. 5. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordinance
shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not exceeding twen-
ty-five dollars and costs of prosecution, and in the imposing of such
fine and costs the court may impose the further sentence that the
offender be and remain imprisoned in the common jail of Washtenaw
until such fine and costs shall have been paid: Provided, the term
of such imprisonment shall not exceed the period of thirty days.
Sec. 6: This ordinance to take effect August fifteen, 1898.
Made and passed in common council this first day of August, 1898.
Approved August 2, 1898.
Attest:
W. S. CARPENTER, Deputy City Clerk.
D. L. DAVIS, Mayor.
No. 72.
An Ordinance to Regulate the Use of Bicycles and Other Vehicles on
the Public Streets Within the Limits of the City of Ypsilanti.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. No Bicycle or other vehicle shall be driven at a rate
of speed to exceed eight miles per hour upon any street within the
limits of the city of Ypsilanti.
Sec. 2. No person or persons shall ride any bicycle or other
vehicle on the sidewalk with the limits of the city of Ypsilanti.
Sec. 3. All vehicles turning a corner towards the right shall
keep close to the curb. All vehicles turning a corner to the left
shall leave room for another to pass between them and the curb.
Sec. 4. All bicycles and other vehicles shall slack up at all
cross walks when there are pedestrians passing upon them.
Sec. 5. All bicycles and other vehicles shall turn to the right
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Sec. 6. Not more than three (3) bicycles nor more than two (2)
carriages shall be driven abreast on any street within the limits
of the city of Ypsilanti.
Sec. 7. All bicycles shall be provided with bells and the same
shall be rung upon the approach of street crossings, when there is
danger of bicycles colliding with pedestrians; pedestrians at all times
to be given the preference to the use of crosswalks.
Sec. 8. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall be punished by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars, together
with the costs of prosecution, and on failing to pay forthwith such
fine and costs, may be imprisoned in the county jail of Washtenaw
county, for any term not exceeding ninety days, unless payment
thereof be sooner made.
Sec. 9. Ordinance number 66, being an ordinance to regulate the
use of bicycles and other vehicles on the public streets within the
limits of the city of Ypsilanti, is hereby repealed.
Sec. 10. This ordinance shall take effect from and after the twen-
tieth day of December, 1898.
Made and passed by the common council this fifth day of Decem-
ber, 1898.
Approved December 6th, 1898.
Attest:
J. E. MCGREGOR, City Clerk.
D. L. DAVIS, Mayor.
No. 73.
An Ordinance Relative to the Construction and Maintenance of a Street
Railway in the City of Ypsilanti.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. That permission and authority be and the same is
hereby granted and vested in Robert W. Hemphill and Henry P.
Glover, of the city of Ypsilanti, Michigan, their associates, successors
and assigns, to be hereafter organized into a street railway corporation
under the laws of the state of Michigan, and to such corporation, its
successors and assigns, grantees herein, to locate, establish, construct,
operate and maintain a street railway upon the street and avenue
hereinafter specified, within the city of Ypsilanti, with necessary
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and convenient tracks to connect with the Detroit, Ypsilanti and
Ann Arbor Railway, for turnouts and for side tracks and switches;
and to run and maintain thereon railway cars for the carriage of
passengers, baggage, packages, express and mail
for thirty years
from date hereof, subject to the conditions hereinafter specified.
Sec. 2. The street and avenue of said city to be occupied as
provided in section one of this ordinance shall be Congress street,
from the tracks of the Detroit, Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor Street Rail-
way Company, where the same crosses Congress street west, to its
intersection with Chicago avenue, and on Chicago avenue from its
intersection with Congress street west, to the west city limits.
Sec. 3. The tracks of said railway shall be four feet eight and
one half inches gauge, the trolley poles in said street shall be of iron
as far west as the west side of Adams street, and the rest of poles
to the city limits, west, shall be of cedar properly painted to be replaced
by iron poles, as fast as the city paves the said street and avenue.
The location and grade of said tracks, turnouts, switches and side
tracks, shall be as ordered by the common council at the time of laying
the tracks of said street railway upon said street and avenue; and
the said grantees, their associates, successors and assigns, at the time
of such laying of said tracks, shall plank the space between the rails
and the space for eighteen inches outside the same with three
inch plank, in front of all business places and street intersections, and
they shall maintain the same, and in the event of the said street or
avenue being paved by said city, then the said grantees, their asso-
ciates, successors and assigns, shall at the same time pave with the
same material as used in the street or avenue adjoining their tracks,
that portion of said street or avenue lying between the rails of said
tracks and eighteen inches on the outside of such rails and maintain
the same.
Sec. 4. Said grantees, their associates, successors and assigns
shall also remove or level all ridges or banks of snow or ice that shall
fall or be formed upon or between the rails and two and one half feet
outside their tracks; such snow and ice as is removed as aforesaid
shall be evenly distributed over the surface of the street as shall least
obstruct public travel thereon; and in case the city council shall
deem it necessary to, and does remove at any time a portion of the
snow, from any street, through which the said grantees, their asso-
ciates, successors and assigns may be operating their street railway,
then and in that case the said grantees, their associates, successors
and assigns shall bear so much of the expense thereof, determined on
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the basis of the proportion of the width of the street occupied by the
track or tracks as compared with the whole width of the streets;
and if said grantees, their associates, successors and assigns shall
neglect to obey any order which the city council shall make in
relation to such affair, or any order relative to any repairs of the
streets which by the provisions of this ordinance they are obliged to
make, the said city council shall cause the same to be made and
collect the expense thereof from the said grantees, their associates,
successors and assigns: Provided, that the grantees, their associates,
successors and assigns may deposit or sprinkle salt upon the tracks
of their railway at all switch points, curves and turntables, and at
and upon other portions of said tracks. The salt in all cases to
be deposited or sprinkled on the surface of the rails only, and in such
moderate quantities and in such manner as to least impair the use
of said streets for public travel: Providing they shall keep the space
between the tracks and two and one half feet each side of tracks
within the city limits in good repair and free from dirt, rubbish, weeds
and other obstructions.
Sec. 5. The said street railway to be constructed, operated and
maintained under this grant shall be operated by the overhead
trolley wire system of electricity, or such other manner of operating
with electricity as may be feasible, or by such other modern rapid
power as said grantees, their associates, successors and assigns
may from time to time deem expedient; provided, however, that
steam power shall not be used within said city without the con-
sent of the common council. The cars and other equipments shall
be comfortable and sufficient for the accommodation of the public.
The cars of said grantees, their associates, successors and assigns
shall at all times be entitled to the tracks, and any vehicle on said
tracks shall turn out without delay so as to leave said tracks unob-
structed. Provided, however, that this section shall not apply to
fire apparatus, engines, trucks or carts, which shall at all times be
entitled to the streets and tracks as hereinafter provided. Said
grantees, their associates, successors and assigns shall be entitled
to haul trains for construction, freight, or other purposes for general
traffic, provided the same shall not interfere with the regular pas-
senger traffic.
Sec. 6. Nothing in this ordinance shall be SO construed as to
prevent the common council from authorizing the laying of water or
gas pipes, sewers or other conduits or the repairing of the same, and the
grantees, shall have no claims of damages therefor against the city,
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or against any water or gas or electric light or power company or
telephone or telegraph company, provided the work of laying such
water or gas pipes, or sewers or other conduits or the repair thereof
shall be done in such a manner as not to unnecessarily damage or
injure such railways or their use.
Sec. 7. The fare to be charged for the carriage of any single pas-
senger for one continuous trip over said railway within the limits
of said city shall not exceed the sum of five cents, and transfer shall
be given without extra charge in case of consolidation with the
Detroit, Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor railway, or any other railways which
may be built within the said city.
Sec. 8. The rate of speed of car or cars on said railway shall
not exceed ten miles per hour. All agents and employes engaged in
operating said railway shall be sober, careful persons and attentive
to the wants of all patrons of said railway, and no conductors shall
knowingly permit any aged or infirm person, woman or child to go
from or get upon a car while the same is in motion, and it shall be
the duty of all agents, conductors or motormen to keep vigilant
watch for all vehicles, trains and pedestrians and for all obstructions
on the tracks and to exercise due care to avoid collisions. Conductors
may prohibit disorderly persons under the influence of liquor, from
entering the car, and shall have the right to eject such persons
therefrom, using therefor as little force as possible, and may call
on local peace officers to render such aid as may be necessary; and
it shall be the duty of such officers to render such aid.
Sec. 9. All cars shall be at all times entitled to the track and
work trains or construction trains may be run upon said railway
before the opening of the line for traffic and at such times thereafter
as shall not interfere with the regular business of the line; provided,
however, that this section shall not apply to any fire apparatus,
engines, trucks or carts, nor be so construed as to prohibit the
laying of hose across the tracks of said railway, nor standing of fire
engine, trucks, or carts thereon; and provided further, that a street
car shall come to a full stop and remain in such position upon the
approach, from any direction of any fire apparatus while proceeding
to a fire or in the direction from whence an alarm of fire has been
given until such apparatus shall have passed such car, and the
conductor or motorman of any car who shall neglect or refuse to
comply with this provision shall be punished by a fine of twenty-
five dollars together with the costs of prosecution upon conviction
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thereof, before any justice of the peace of said city, and on failure to
pay forthwith such fine and costs may be imprisoned any term, not
exceeding ninety days, in the county jail for Washtenaw county,
unless payment thereof be sooner made. Provided, also, that no car
shall be allowed to stop on crosswalks or in front of any intersec-
ting streets, except to avoid collision or prevent damage to persons
or property in the streets. And when the conductor or motorman
of any car is required to stop at the intersection of streets to receive
or leave passengers, the cars shall be stopped so as to leave the
rear platform very slightly on the crossing.
Sec 10. By the acceptance the permission and authority hereby
given and granted, the said grantees, their associates, successors or
assigns hereby agree to indemnify and save harmless the said
city of Ypsilanti from all loss or expense to which it may be sub-
jected for any damage or destruction or injury that may be done
to or suffered by any one, in his, her or its person or property by
reason of the construction or operation of said railway, or by the
use of the motive power thereon, or by the reason of any negligence,
carelessness or omission of said grantees, their associates, succes-
sors or assigns, or any of their officers, agents, or servants; and
the said grantees, their associates, successors and assigns shall be
liable to said city of Ypsilanti for all costs and damages suffered
by or recovered against it in consequence of any act, neglect or
default of said grantees, their associates, successors or assigns, or
from a breach by their officers, agents, or servants, of any of the
provisions of this ordinance.
Sec. 11. The common council shall hereby reserve all rights to
make further rules, orders and requirements as may from time to
time be deemed necessary to protect the interests, safety, welfare
and accommodation of the public in relation to said railway, not
inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance; but they shall
not reduce the rate of fare herein provided for, or alter or repeal
section one of this act.
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Sec. 12. If the said grantees, their associates, successors or as-
signs, shall at any time hereafter fail or neglect or refuse to regularly
run cars for a period of sixty days unless occasioned by acts over
which they have no control or fail to comply with the provisions of
this ordinance or any section thereof, or shall refuse, fail or neglect
to observe, keep and obey such rules, orders and requirements as
said city council may from time to time make, prescribe or ordain,
to protect the interests, safety, welfare or accommodation of the
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public in relation to said railway, or the streets through which the
same passes, except as herein otherwise provided, then after sixty
days' notice, the rights, privileges, interests, permission and authority
hereby granted shall henceforth cease, and be forfeited, and the said
city of Ypsilanti be entitled to take possession of the streets over
which the said railway shall run, and also to hold possession of the
property of said company, such as tracks and cars and electrical
appliances, as security that said company will leave said occupied
streets in good condition for travel with such kind of improvements
is may exist at the time said company ceases to comply with the
provisions of this ordinance, and of the said grantees, their associates,
successors and assigns vacates any street or parts of streets, the
said grantees, their associates, successors and assigns shall imme-
diately repair so much of said street, and make it as good as the
balance of said street.
Sec. 13. The said railway shall be constructed and put into
operation on or before the first day of April, 1900.
Sec. 14. The terms, conditions and agreements contained in this
ordinance shall constitute a valid and binding contract between said
city of Ypsilanti and said grantees, their associates, successors and
assigns, and this ordinance shall take effect ten days after its ac-
ceptance in writing by said grantees, their associates, successors or
assigns, if said acceptance be filed with the city clerk of said city
of Ypsilanti within two months after the date of its passage; other-
wise this ordinance shall be null and void at option of the common
council.
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Made and passed in common council this twenty-fifth day of Feb-
ruary, 1899.
Approved February 27th, 1899.
Attest:
J. E. MCGREGOR, City Clerk.
D. L. DAVIS, Mayor.
No. 74.
An Ordinance to Create the Office of Keeper of the City Lock-Up and
Defining His Duties.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. The mayor is authorized to appoint a keeper for the
city lock-up, to hold his appointment at the discretion of the mayor.
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Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of such keeper to reside in the build-
ing and to securely keep any person committed thereto by lawful
authority, for such time as is lawful.
Sec. 3. The city shall not be liable to such officer for any addi-
tional fees or expenses by virtue of this ordinance.
Sec. 4. This ordance shall take effect from and after its passage.
Made and passed by the common council this fifteenth day of May,
A. D. 1899.
Approved May 17th, 1899.
Attest:
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EDWARD P. ALLEN, Mayor.
JAMES E. McGREGOR, City Clerk.
No. 75.
An Ordinance to Provide for Special Watchman and Defining Their
Duties.
The Common Council Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. The mayor is authorized to appoint not to exceed
ten officers to be known as special watchmen.
Sec. 2. Said officers shall serve without pay, and be removed at
the discretion of the mayor.
Sec. 3. Said officers shall have the power of the city marshal to
arrest all disorderly persons, or persons caught in the act of com-
mitting crimes or misdemeanors, and shall forthwith bring such
arrested persons before a justice of the peace in said city, who shall
dispose of each case as the statute or any ordinance shall authorize.
Sec. 4. This ordinance shall take effect on and after its passage.
Made and passed by the common council this fifteenth day of
May, A. D. 1899.
Approved May 17th, 1899.
Attest:
JAMES E. MCGREGOR, City Clerk.
EDWARD P. ALLEN, Mayor.
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No. 76.
An Ordinance Granting to Washington I. Robinson, of Detroit, Michi.
gan, His Heirs, Successors, or Assigns, the Right to Build,
Construct, Maintain and Operate a Street Railway on
Certain Streets, Highways and Public Places
in the City of Ypsilanti, Washtenaw
County, State of Michigan.
Ordinance not accepted by grantee.
No. 77.
An Ordinance Relative to Smoke Nuisance.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti Ordain:
Section 1. The emission from any chimney or smokestack within
the city of dense smoke, or smoke containing soot or other substances
in sufficient quantity to permit the deposits of such soot or other
substances on any surface within the corporate limits of the city
shall be deemed and is hereby declared a public nuisance.
Sec. 2. Any owner, agent, lessee, or manager of any building,
locomotive or other structure in the city of Ypsilanti, who shall cause
or permit dense smoke or smoke containing soot or other substance
as above, to be emitted from such structure, or from any other place
which said soot or other substance shall damage the property or
injure the health of any person, or shall specially annoy the public;
on the complaint of any person so damaged or injured as aforesaid,
or on the complaint of any officer of the city, shall on conviction
be liable for each and every offense to a fine of not less than ten
dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or to imprisonment in
the county jail of the county of Washtenaw, not less than ten days
nor more than thirty days, or to both such fine and imprisonment,
in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 3. The provisions of this ordinance are to apply only when
either the owner, agent, lessee or manager of the property on which
the said nuisance shall be located shall have been given ten days'
notice, to abate said nuisance, by the city attorney.
Sec. 4. This ordinance shall take effect on the eighth day of March,
A. D. 1900.
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Made and passed in the common council in the city of Ypsilanti,
February eighth, 1900.
Approved February 20th, 1900.
Attest:
JAMES E. MCGREGOR, City Clerk.
EDWARD P. ALLEN, Mayor.
No. 78.
An Ordinance Relative to the Operation of Street Railway Cars and
the Sprinkling of Street Railway Tracks in the City of Ypsilanti.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. On any street railway within the city limits of the
city of Ypsilanti no conductor, motorman or other person in charge
of any car used or operated upon such track shall permit such car to
go a faster rate of speed than ten miles an hour within said city
limits.
Sec. 2. Every car operated or run on any street railway track
within the city shall be provided with a bell or gong, which the
motorman, conductor or person in charge of said car shall ring or
cause to be rung on the approach of said car to any street intersection.
Sec 3. Every car operated or run on any street railway track
within the city shall stop at every street intersection for the purpose
of taking on or letting off passengers, when requested to do so by
the usual sign.
Sec. 4. No car shall be permitted to stand in any street, on
any street railway track in the city for a longer period than three
minutes, except in case of accident, when it shall be moved at the
earliest possible moment.
Sec. 5. Any conductor, motorman or, person in charge of any
car who shall violate any of the foregoing sections shall be punished
by a fine of not to exceed fifty dollars, together with the costs of
prosecution, and on failing to pay forthwith such fine and costs, may
be imprisoned in the county jail of Washtenaw county for a period
of not to exceed ninety days, unless payment thereof be sooner
made.
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Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the manager or superintendent
of every street railway company or corporation operating a street
railway within the city to see that every street traversed by said
street railway shall be sprinkled between the tracks and eighteen
inches on each side, provided, however, that this shall apply only to
such streets or parts of streets as are kept sprinkled by a street
sprinkler.
Sec. 7. Any manager or superintendent of any street railway who
shall violate any of the provisions of the last foregoing section,
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars, together with
the costs of prosecution, and on failing to pay forthwith such fine
and costs may be imprisoned in the county jail of Washtenaw county
for a period of not to exceed ninety days.
Sec. 8. This ordinance shall take effect from and after the second
day of April, 1900.
Made and passed in the common council of the city of Ypsilanti,
Michigan, this nineteenth day of March, A. D. 1900.
Approved March 20th, 1900.
Attest:
James E. McGregor, City Clerk.
EDWARD P. ALLEN, Mayor.
No. 79.
An Ordinance Relative to the Construction of Sidewalks and to Repeal
Ordinance Number 44, Entitled, "An Ordinance Relative to the
Construction of Sidewalks," Made and Passed in the
Common Council the Seventeenth Day of Sep-
tember, 1888, and Amended November
Twenty-seventh, 1891.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. That the sidewalks on the several streets shall be, and
the same are hereby established of the following width, unless
otherwise authorized by resolution of the common council, to-wit:
On Congress street, between the river and Adams street, fifteen feet;
Cross street, between the railroad and Rice street, eleven feet, and
on all other streets ten feet.
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Sec. 2. That all sidewalks hereafter laid, constructed
or re-
paired in the city of Ypsilanti, shall be under the
direction of the common council, and whenever it appears necessary
to the common council to have any walk graded, constructed or
repaired, it may order the street commissioner to cause the same
to be done, and it may direct that the same to be constructed of stone,
flagging, cement, concrete, coal tar, pine, hemlock or oak plank,
and in the manner described in the following sections of this ordi-
nance.
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Sec. 3. All sidewalks hereafter laid in front of any business
property in said city shall be of stone flagging, or cement concrete,
in all cases whereby the terms of this ordinance the width of the
walk shall exceed six feet.
Sec. 4. The order for construction shall be in the form of a
resolution, and shall set forth the street or streets, upon which it is to
be constructed, the width, its termination, material, the number of
the abutting lot or name of owner or occupant thereof, and the time
in which the same shall be completed, which time shall not be less
than ten days.
Sec. 5. All sidewalks constructed of stone flagging, shall be laid
upon six inches of clean, clear sand, and the flagging shall not be less
than three inches in thickness, not less than three feet square and
dressed even on the sides, so as to form close and even joints. Curb
stone shall be laid for the purpose of supporting the flagging, and
such curb stones shall not be less than thirty inches in length, four
inches thick, and eighteen wide throughout, the top of the stone to
be beveled so as to correspond with the inclination of the sidewalk,
which shall be one in every six feet from inside of walk to curb,
the front of curbing to be cut smooth, the ends to be square. Such
curb stone to be set perpendicular and in conformity to the estab-
lished grade, and upon a proper curve at the intersection of streets
and alleys.
Sec. 6 All excavating for cement and coal tar walks shall not be
less than twelve inches, and for cement walks over six feet in width,
thirteen inches.
Sec. 7. The foundation of all cement walks six feet or less in
width shall consist of not less than eight inches of good, clean, hard
cinders, or clean, coarse gravel, thoroughly rammed and brought to
a uniform surface four inches below the grade, or top of finished
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walk. Upon this shall be laid a bed of concrete three and one-fourth
inches thick; and upon this shall be laid a top finishing course three-
fourth inches thick.
The foundation of all cement walks over six feet in width shall
consist of not less than nine inches of good, clean hard cinders, or
clean, coarse gravel, thoroughly rammed and brought to a uniform
surface four inches below the grade or top of finished walk; upon this
shall be laid a bed of concrete three and one-fourth inches thick;
and upon this a top finishing course one inch thick.
The concrete for all walks shall be made as follows: Namely, One
part of Portland cement, one of clean, sharp sand, and four parts of
small broken stones, or clean, coarse gravel, which shall be thor-
oughly rammed until the interstices are filled and free mortar
appears on the surface.
The top finishing course of all cement walks shall be made as fol-
lows: namely One part of Portland cement and two parts of clean,
sharp sand, or fine screened gravel, thoroughly mixed both wet and
dry, the least practicable quantity of water being used in the wet
mixture, and the same to be evenly and smoothly spread.
Joints shall be so made that no stone shall have more than thirty
feet or superficial area. All cement used must be of an approved brand
of Portland cement. All materials shall be of the best quality. The
mixing, laying and compacting shall be done in the most approved
and thorough manner. The walks shall be kept wet and covered for
the period of six days after being laid.
Whenever the construction of a cement walk shall be ordered by
the common council, one third of the expense of said walk shall be
paid by the city of Ypsilanti, and two-thirds thereof, by the abutting
property owner or owners. Any person desiring to have a cement
walk constructed in any street in this city, shall make written
application to the common council, stating therein the length,
breadth, and exact location of such sidewalk, and shall deposit with
the city clerk two-thirds of the cost of constructing the same, and
all applications so made shall be approved, modified or rejected by the
common council in the order of their filing.
All cement walks hereafter constructed in any street of this city
shall be constructed by, or under, the supervision of a competent
person selected and appointed by the common council, who, upon the
completion of any such sidewalk, shall certify in writing over his
signature and upon oath, that such sidewalk has been constructed
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in strict compliance with the requirements of this ordinance and
the specifications herein set forth, together with the true and item-
ized statement of the cost of construction of such sidewalks.
Whenever any cement sidewalk shall have been constructed in
compliance with the provisions of this ordinance, one-third of the
expense thereof shall be paid by the city of Ypsilanti, the balance
by the owner of the lot in front of, or adjacent to which, such walk
shall have been constructed, and thereafter such walk shall be main-
tained by such owner without expense to the said city of Ypsilanti.
It shall be the duty of the city clerk to, and he shall, keep a true
and accurate record book of all sidewalks hereafter constructed under
the provisions of this ordinance.
All sums paid by the city of Ypsilanti for the construction of
cement walks, pursuant to this ordinance, shall be paid from the
sidewalk fund of said city.
The provisions of this ordinance relative to the payment of one-
third the cost of the construction of cement sidewalks shall not apply
to or be binding upon the said city for the construction of any such
walk abutting any property owned by the state of Michigan, school
district No. 4, church property, nor any other property which is, by
law, exempted from the payment of taxes.
All cement walks hereafter constructed under the provisions of
this ordinance, if constructed under contract, shall be guaranteed
for five years, under bonds to be executed by such contractor in such
form and amount and sufficient sureties as the common council shall
direct, and such bonds shall be approved by said council.
Sec. 8. Coal tar walks shall have an excavation to the depth
of twelve inches, and the same foundation as cement walks, of clean
hard cinders or clean coarse gravel, tamped solid and evenly, to with-
in four inches below the grade, or top of finished walks; upon this shall
be placed the concrete course of four inches, composed of coarse sand
and fine gravel thoroughly mixed with coal tar by shoveling and
turning not less than three times before being put upon the walk;
the walks shall be rolled cross wise until it has a gradual crown of
three-fourths of an inch from curbing to the center; on this shall be
put, with a brush, a coat of clean coal tar, and when dry, another
heavy coat of clean coal tar, and upon this shall be sifted so much
clean sand as will adhere to the tar; such walks shall then be well
protected until sufficiently solid to be walked upon.
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All curbing for coal tar walks shall be of 2x4x8 paving brick.
Sec. 9. All brick walks shall be of the best vitrified brick, well
selected and laid on at least eight inches of good sand ballast brought
to the grade of the street and pitch of the walk, and when laid,
pounded down with a light rammer, using a board between the pounder
and brick.
Sec. 10. Plank sidewalks shall be constructed of good pine,
hemlock, or oak plank laid cross wise of the walk, and not less than
one and one half inches in thickness, nor more than twelve inches
wide, on oak or cedar sleepers, not less than four inches square, to
to placed not more than three feet apart, and the plank securely
spiked down.
Sec. 11. When the street commissioner shall, by an
by an order or
resolution of the council, construct, grade or repair any sidewalk, he
shall make an account thereof, stating where said sidewalk was con-
structed, graded or repaired, and, in front of whose premises, and
the expense thereof, and shall present the same to the council, and
they shall order the said account to be cancelled by drawing an order
upon the treasurer for the amount thereof, and charge the person
or persons in front of whose premises the same was constructed,
graded or repaired, the amount of the account, less such portion, if
any, to be paid by the city, together with a collection fee of 10 per
cent added to said account. Provided, however, that if the person
against whom the cost of such walk or walks is charged shall pay
the same within sixty days, then such collection fee shall not be
charged.
Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of the clerk to certify to the super-
visor of the district in which any such sidewalk was constructed all
delinquents, whether a resident or non-resident, in carrying out the
provisions of this ordinance, the names of such delinquent, if known,
the amount with which each has been charged, and the description
of the property on which, or adjacent to which, a walk or walks was
constructed, which amount, by said supervisor, shall be assessed
against such delinquents respectively, and collected as and with the
general tax of said city.
Sec. 13. Ordinance No. 44, entitled, "An Ordinance Relative to
the Construction of Sidewalks and to Repeal Ordinance No. 19, entitled
'An Ordinance Relative to the Construction of Sidewalks, Made and
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Passed in the Common Council the twentieth day of February, 1882,'
made and passed the seventeenth day of September, 1888," is hereby
repealed.
Sec. 14. This ordinance shall take immediate effect.
Made and passed in common council the fifth day of June, A. D.
1901.
Approved the tenth day of June, 1901.
Attest:
W. E. MCLEOD, City Clerk.
O. E. THOMPSON, Mayor.
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No. 80.
An Ordinance Relative to the Licensing of Draymen and to Regulate
the Use of Drays.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. Every sleigh and every cart, truck, wagon, dray, or
other vehicle,having two or more wheels, which shall be kept, used,
driven or employed for the transportation or conveyance of anything
whatsoever, from jlace to place within the city of Ypsilanti, for hire,
shall be deemed a "public dray," within the meaning of this ordinance,
and no person shall hire or keep for hire any such public dray without
a license therefor from the mayor or city clerk, as hereinafter pro-
vided.
Sec. 2. The mayor or city clerk is hereby authorized to grant a
license to any resident of the city of Ypsilanti to keep, maintain and
operate a public dray in and within said city, on such person paying
for every dray so licensed as follows: For every dray drawn by
one horse or other animal, five dollars per year; and for every dray
drawn by two horses, or other animals, eight dollars per year; and
also on condition that such licensee do execute and deliver to the
city of Ypsilanti, for the use of said city, and of all persons injured
in person or property, a bond with sufficient surety, to be approved
by the mayor or clerk, in the penal sum of two hundred dollars
($200.00), conditioned that such licensee, his agents and servants
shall at all times abide by the ordinances of said city, and shall
well and faithfully do and perform all and singular of his duties as
a common carrier of property, and shall pay to any person or persons
injured by such licensee, his, her or their agents, or servants, all
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such damages as such person shall sustain by reason of any neglect
or wrongful act of said licensee, his, her or their servants, agents
or employees.
Sec. 3. Every driver of any public dray shall wear a badge in
some conspicuous place upon his person upon which, in plainly,
legible characters, the number of his vehicle shall be displayed, and
no person, unless he wears such badge, shall procure baggage or
charge and receive any fee for the use of such public dray. Said
badge shall be furnished at the expense of the city.
Sec. 4. Every person licensed to use any cart, truck, wagon or
other vehicle for the transportation of any property for hire within
the city of Ypsilanti, shall be allowed to charge the following rates
for such transportation: For each load conveyed by dray drawn by
one horse, or other animal, to any part of the city, seventy-five cents.
($0.75); for each load conveyed by dray drawn by two horses, or
other animals, to any part of the city, one dollar ($1.00); for con-
veying any single article to any part of the city, twenty-five cents
($0.25). And no greater sum shall be demanded and received unless
by previous agreement of the parties interested.
Sc. 5. No drayman or person having a dray in charge, shall
drive or back the same on any sidewalk, or stop the same on any
crosswalk, so as to obstruct or hinder travel, or place the same cross
wise of any street or alley, except in loading or unloading, and not
then for a greater length of time than is necessary for such purpose.
Sec. 6. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine, not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars ($50.00), and costs of prosecution, and in the
imposition of such fine and costs the court may impose a further
sentence that the offender be and remain imprisoned in the county
jail of Washtenaw county until such fine and costs have been paid.
Provided, that such imprisonment shall not exceed thirty days.
Sec. 7. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in any manner
conflicting with any of the parts of this ordinance are hereby re-
pealed.
Sec. 8. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force on and
after the sixteenth day of October, 1903.
Made and passed by the Common Council this fifth day of Octo-
ber, 1903.
Approved the sixth day of October, 1903.
Attest:
W. E. MCLEOD, City Clerk.
C. R. HUSTON, Mayor.
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No. 81.
An ordinance to Regulate Runners, Peddlers, Hackmen, Draymen, and
to Regulate Jumping on Trains, Cars, or Locomotives, and to
Prevent Disturbances on Railroad Premises.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. No person shall peddle or expose for sale any candy,
fruit or vegetables, or other articles of traffic or merchandise in any
depot, passenger house, freight house, or railroad car, nor upon any
premises owned or occupied by a railroad company within the cor-
porate limits of the city of Ypsilanti, without the written permit of
the superintendent of the railroad company or the station agent of
the same.
Sec. 2. No hotel runner, hackmen, drayman, or other person
shall solicit custom for any hack, hotel, dray or livery, upon any
premises, or within any building, railroad car, or grounds of a railroad
company within the limits of the said city, except at such place or
places as shall be designated by the station agent of the railroad
company.
Sec. 3. No person shall be boisterous or quarrelsome, nor shall
make any noisy disturbance upon any premises, or within any building,
railroad car or grounds of a railroad company within the limits of
said city.
Sec. 4. No person, except railroad employes, shall jump or step
on board any railroad train, car or locomotive, for the purpose of riding
and jumping off, or riding from one point to another, within the limits
of said city.
Sec. 5. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance, shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not ex-
ceeding twenty-five dollars ($25.00) and costs of prosecution, and in
the imposition of such fine and costs the court may impose a further
sentence that the offender bo and remain imprisoned in the county jail of
Washtenaw county until such fine and costs have been paid. Provided,
that such imprisonment shall not exceed thirty days.
Sec. 6. All ordinances, and parts of ordinances in any manner
conflicting with any of the parts of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
Sec. 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force on and after
the twentieth day of November, 1903:
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Made and passed by the common council this second day of No-
vember, 1903.
Approved November 3, 1903.
Attest:
W. E. MCLEOD, City Clerk.
No. 82.
An Ordinance Relative to Blank Cartridges or Caps, Dynamite Canes,
Cannon Crackers, Toy Pistols, and Other Fire Works and Explosives,
C. R. HUSTON, Mayor.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain.
Section 1. No person shall within the limits of the city of Ypsilanti
buy, carry in stock, sell, use or explode, or cause to be exploded any
blank cartridges and caps in any form, dynamite canes, cannon
crackers, or pistols of any kind used for the explosion of dynamite
caps, dynamite cartridges, or blank caps or cartridges in any form.
Sec. 2. It is hereby made the duty of the city marshal or chief of
police, or any policeman, special police, and all other police officers
of the city of Ypsilanti, to enforce the provisions of section one of
this ordinance and to arrest any person violating the same.
Sec. 3. Any person violating any of the provisions of this ordi-
nance shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine, not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars, and costs of prosecution, and in the imposition
of such fine and costs the court may impose a further sentence that
the offender be and remain imprisoned in the county jail of Washtenaw
county for a period of not to exceed ninety days, unless payment there-
of be sooner made.
Sec. 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force on and
after the third day of July, 1904.
Attest:
Made and passed by the common council this twentieth day of
June, 1904.
Approved June 21, 1904.
S. DAMON, City Clerk
GEO. M. GAUDY, Mayor.
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ORDINANCES OF THE
No. 83.
An Ordinance Relating to Parks and Defining Duties of Board of Park
Commissioners.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. All real estate now owned by the city of Ypsilanti and
dedicated to park purposes, including all properties, buildings and im-
provements of every kind connected therewith, together with all
property that may hereafter be acquired for park purposes and
shade trees shall, subject to the general direction of the common
council, be under the control of the board of park commissioners of
the city of Ypsilanti. The members of said board shall devote all the
time necessary to a proper discharge of the duties of their offices,
and shall serve without pay. At the first meeting of the said board
after the first Monday in May of each year, after the year 1905, the
member whose term of office shall soonest expire shall be president
of the board for that year.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of said board to prepare and submit
to the common council for its ratification or amendment, on or before
the third Monday in May each year, estimates for the care, mainte-
ance, improvements or extensions of the said parks. Such estimates
shall specify in detail the objects of the expenditures, the sum de-
sired for each and any special reasons the board may have for de-
siring the same.
Sec. 3. The said board shall pay to the city treasurer all moneys
received from any source relating to said parks, who shall receive
said moneys and place the same in a fund to be called the park fund.
All expenses incurred by the board on account of parks shall be passed
upon by it, certified to by the president thereof, and filed with the
city clerk, who shall certify the same to the common council for pay-
ment.
Sec. 4. No debt or liability of any kind shall be created by said
board on account of the parks in excess of the annual budget, and
money in said park fund, unless specifically authorized to do so by
the majority vote of the common council. The said board may accept
donations or bequests of money or property, which shall be used for
the maintenance and improvements of said parks as contemplated by
such donation or bequest.
Sec. 5. Said board, subject to the general direction of the common
council, shall have power to engage or appoint all employes on the
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parks and fix their compensation. It shall have power to appoint
a superintendent of parks, who shall not be a member of said board,
and fix his salary. Such superintendent shall hold his position during
the pleasure of said board.
Sec. 6. Said board shall have control over all improvements
in any of said parks; also the construction of all public buildings and
the maintenance thereof within said parks, and the care and trimming
of all shade trees within same.
Sec. 7. The said board may make all needful rules and regulations
for the management, maintenance and care of parks and regulate
their use.
Sec. 8. The said board shall classify the various works under its
control, and keep an accurate account of the cost of each, and of the
amounts expended for the construction, repairs, superintendence and
salaries of employes, and also, detailed accounts of all other matters
under its charge and control, and upon the first Monday in May in the
year 1906, and on the first Monday in May in every year thereafter,
and oftener if required by the common council, shall submit to it a
statement, showing in detail, the progress and condition of all the
public improvements commenced or carried forward by said board,
the character and amounts of all contracts made by the board; the
moneys earned and paid thereon, and all other information necessary
to the full understanding of the business conducted by said board.
Sec. 9. All property on which is situated buildings under control
of the board of public works shall remain under the control of said
board of public works.
Made and passed by the common council this nineteenth day of
June, 1905.
Approved June 20, 1905.
Attest:
S. DAMON, City Clerk.
GEO. M. GAUDY, Mayor.
No. 84.
An Ordinance to Regulate the Presence of Children Under Sixteen.
Years of Age Upon the Streets or Public Places of the City of
Ypsilanti After Certain Hours of the Night, and Pro-
viding for a Signal or Warning Indi-
cating Curfew Hours.
The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain:
Section 1. That it shall be unlawful for any person under the
age of sixteen years to be or remain in or upon any of the streets,
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ORDINANCES OF THE
alleys or public places in the city of Ypsilanti after the hour of nine
o'clock p. m. from March first to August thirty-first inclusive of each
year, and from September first to March first inclusive of each year
after the hours of eight o'clock p. m unless such person is accompanied
by his parent, guardian or other person having legal custody and con-
trol of such minor, or unless such minor is in the performance of an
errand of duty directed by his parent, guardian or other person having
his care or custody, or where the employment of such minor makes it
necessary that said minor be upon said streets, alleys or public
places during the night time after said specified hours.
Sec. 2. It is hereby made unlawful for any parent, guardian or
other person having the legal care and custody of any minor under
sixteen years of age to allow or permit any such child, ward or other
person under such age, while in his legal custody to go or to be unac-
companied upon any of the streets, alleys or public places in said city
within the time prohibited in section one of this ordinance, unless
there exists a reasonable necessity therefor.
Sec. 3. Each member of the police force is hereby authorized to
arrest without warrant any person within his presence violating any
of the provisions of section one of this ordinance and retain such
person for a reasonable time until complaint can be made and warrant
issued and served. Be it further ordained that no child or minor per-
son arrested under the provisions of this ordinance shall be placed
in confinement until he or she has first been taken home to ascer
tain the parents' wishes or the wishes of such guardian or legal custo-
dian, and the said parents, guardian or legal custodian shall refuse
to be held responsible for the observance of this ordinance by said
minor person.
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the justice of the peace, upon the
arrest of any child or minor person where the parents, guardian or
legal custodian of such minor person refuse to become responsible
for such minor for the violation of the provisions of section one of
this act, to inquire into the facts of said arrest, the conditions and
circumstances of such child or minor person, and if it shall appear that
such child or minor person, for want of proper parental care, guar-
dianship or control, is growing up in mendicancy or vagrancy or is in-
corrigible, to cause the proper proceedings to be had and taken as
authorized by the laws of the state for such cases.
Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the mayor or police commissioners
to arrange with the owners of some manufacturing plant or plants to
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215
give on their whistles signal of curfew hours, of twenty seconds dura-
tion, at least five minutes before the curfew hours shall have been
reached.
Sec. 6. Any person or persons, either minors under the age of
sixteen years or the parent or parents, guardian or legal custodian of
said minor, who shall directly violate any of the provisions of this sec-
tion, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not to exceed five
dollars, and in the event of failure to pay such fine, may be sentenced
by the court or magistrate before whom the conviction may be had, to
the county jail of the county of Washtenaw until such fine and costs
shall have been paid for a period not to exceed five days.
Passed and approved by the common council of the city of Ypsilanti
in regular session held Monday evening, January 15, 1906.
It is further ordained that this ordinance take effect from and after
ten days from date of passage hereof.
Approved January 16, 1906.
Attest:
S. DAMON, City Clerk.
GEO. M. GAUDY, Mayor.
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Accountant, city clerk to be..
Accounts, clerk to keep with treasurer.
Acts repealed
INDEX TO CHARTER.
Aldermen, elected and term of office..
vacancy in office
Ale houses
Alleys, see "Streets."
Animals running at large.
Appeals
Assessments may be made.
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Auction
Audit, council shall
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duties as members of council.
compensation
•
A.
·
Attorney, city, to be appointed...
legal adviser of council.
give information
•
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for improving ditches and water courses.
Appointments of officers
Appropriation of private property, power of council.
how expense paid
•
• •
•
•
•
•
•
purpose for which, etc.
manner of acquiring
council may acquire by purchase...
proceedings when seizure is necessary.
selection of justice for call of jury...
application for jury and service of notice.
return of officers, when filed, and effect of notice....
interest of infants or incompetent persons.
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SECTION
46
47
285
13
15
44
79
121
170
72, 116, 191
149, 152
155
•
•
27
59
87
121
96
27
178
178
179
179
179
180
180
181
181
181
218
INDEX TO CHARTER.
1
Appropriation of private property (Continued.)
impaneling a jury
right to challenge and oath of juror.
copy of notice, and plat given to jury.
statement of parties not named, etc.
jury to examine premises and determine award..
report of jury
•
entry of report by justice.
disagreement of jury and appointment of.
copy of report for use of council.
judgment of confirmation....
when not made within sixty days.
appeal to circuit court..
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Ballot, what to contain.
of boxes
Bathing
Barns
Billiard tables
Board of registration
•
• •
bill of exceptions, correction by justice.
filing transcript with clerk of court.
proceedings in circuit court..
trial
appeal of one person not to affect.
judgment, costs
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•
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•
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•
•
B.
record of judgment, of regularity of proceeding..
damages, payment
•
•
·
•
powers and duties of....
members may be removed..
•
•
•
when deposited, person unknown or incapacitated..
when right of property vests in city...
evidence of ownership and proviso.
effect of judgment
to serve without compensation.
to subscribe oath
to form organization
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health
fire department commissioners, see "Fire Department."
park commissioners
police commissioners
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183, 184
184
185
185
186
187
188
189
190
190
190
191
192
192
193
193
193
194
195
196
196
197
197
198
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•
SECTION
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·
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•
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19
22
121
121
121
5
135
27,
318
27, 289
289
290
291
292
293
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219
Board of registration (Continued.)
meetings
to keep accounts
to report quarterly
may appoint marshal, deputy marshals, sepcial police,
salary
power and authority of marshal and deputies.
power of board relative to dismissals..
to make rules and regulations..
purchase supplies
Bonds of justice
treasurer
By-laws
Bnfires
Boundaries of city
wards
Canvass
Cattle
official
issuing of
•
to prescribe duties of chief.
to provide for the protection of persons and property.
•
Carriages, hacks, etc
Certificates of election
Chief of fire department.
Clerk, city, appointed
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Clerks of election
Cellars
Circuses, etc
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•
• •
•
•
D D
с
Clerk of commissioners of public work.
duties of
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•
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to notify officers
to deliver to council list of officers.
duties
to report amount of tax to treasurer.
general supervision over revenue, etc.
to countersign and register bonds..
to make monthly statement to council..
to account under oath for money received.
to be clerk of council...
D
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1
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G
•
4
•
SECTION
•
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38,
39, 40
243, 24S
121
2
4.
293
293
293
32,
294
295
296
297
297
297
297
69
50
•
272
27
30
33
45
46
47
47
48
49
81
45
61, 288
9
121, 131
121
24
170
121
23
27
220
INDEX TO CHARTER.
Cisterns
Contagious diseases, detention of persons.
Common criers
Compensation of officers, of supervisor.
Compensation of justice
other officers
Commissioners of parks
Commissioners of police
Commissioners of public works
Committees
Common council to certify elections.
aldermen
Commissioners of fire department, appointment, see "fire depart-
ment
Constables elected
may make regulations for relief of poor.
to determine salaries of officers..
legislative authority....
meetings, regular and special.
meetings, who shall preside.
of quorum
when two-thirds votes, etc.
majority on resolutions
manner of conducting business.
publication of proceedings
Corporate name
seal
•
power and authority
to give security
•
Costs, enforcement of ordinances
Curfew
·
power over members and other officers.
control of finances, etc..
execution of legal powers..
records, reports, etc., to be deposited.
power conferred for investigation..
auditing accounts, etc
general powers
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Deputy city clerk
Deputy marshals
Detroit house of correction, use of.
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•
•
•
•
•
SECTION
121
131
74
77
77
77
79
27
27, 318
27, 289, 297
27, 61, 87
82, 90
26
55
79
SO, 121
83
43
84
84
84
85
85
$6
88
89
91
95
96
74, 121, 272
13
73
73
3
27,
00 00
3
120
84
27
55
112
Disorderly houses
Disposition of money received for licenses.
Drains
·
cleaning
to establish and construct.
care and management
Debts of city, how paid..
Drains, plan for
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Dogs
Docket of justice
Drunkards
of private drains
expense
connection of premises
Defaulters, votes for void.
Disorderly persons
houses
•
Fire wardens
limits
works
•
個
​Execution of judgment
Exhibitions
Evidence
•
•
•
INDEX TO CHARTER.
•
•
•
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•
G
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+
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Election, when and where.
expense of
Electors, qualifications of
challenge
to vote by ballot
in ward where he has resided 20 days preceding.
Encumbrance in streets
E
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F
•
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a
•
•
4
apparatus
buildings
engineer
authority to command assistance
•
Fire department, establish, ect.
Fire department, establishment and maintenance of
• • •
•
•
D
•
SECTION
121
123
•
221
•
121
131
144
145
247
146
153
153
154
28
121
121
170
65
121
12
25
7, 20
7
18
20
167
111
121
195, 197
27, 74, 278
279
121
273
273
274
275
.87, 276
277
222
INDEX TO CHARTER.
Fire Department, establishment and maintenance of (Continued.)
fire warden's duties
fire limits...
location of lumber yards, storing of oil, etc..
buildings erected, etc., in violation of ordinance
compensation of firemen.
power to pull down buildings
Financial statement
Finance--Bonds, to satisfy judgment
renewal of
must be sold at par
must not increase indebtedness
record of kept with clerk
sewer bonds and orders
how paid
Finance, of fiscal year
raising of money by taxation
division into general funds
contingent fund
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•
•
&
•
·
晶 ​·
•
poor fund
interest and sinking fund
general street fund and proviso
other general funds
special funds
district sewer funds
special assessment fund
aggregate amount to raise by general tax
proviso as to street funds
amount in sewer and special assessment districts.
tax for use of public sewer
•
•
filing and publishing statement
appropriation of money to private use
penalty
*
•
•
•
estimate of public expenditures
determination of special assessment
annual appropriation bill
money used not in annual appropriation
money credited to fund for which raised
how money drawn from treasury
warrant not to be drawn after fund is exhausted..
accounts to be settled at close of year
annual financial statement
•
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•
·
•
•
•
#
7
•
•
·
·
278
279
280
281
282
283
52, 240
241
245
246
246
248
243
247
•
•
•
•
•
1
SECTION
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+
225
226
227
227
227
227
227
227
228
228
228
229
229
230
231
232
233
235
235
237
238
239
240
240
241
242
242
Fines, by whom receivable
of justice, when to be paid to treasurer
Gambling
Gaming
Grading, authority for
Gunpowder, etc
Fines for violation of penal laws
case of neglect to pay over
disposition of funds paid into treasury
Fence viewers, appointments and duties
G
•
Hacks, etc
Health physician
board of
Highways, use of
•
•
Houses of ill-fame, etc....
Horses and other animals
House of correction
Hospital, establishment of
Hay and wood market
INDEX TO CHARTER.
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animals running at large
·
•
•
Immoderate driving
Intoxicating liquors
Ice and snow, removal of
Infectious diseases
Inspectors of election in wards
fire wood
•
H
J
•
I
•
•
Jail of county, use of
Judicial district
Jury in improvements, trial by and forming of
•
schools, to be performed by school board
meat, etc
weights and measure
•
•
·
•
•
•
•
•
223
SECTION
117
66
68
118
119
128
•
•
121
121
165
121, 280
121
27, 74
135
170
170
121
121
112
133
170
•
133
9, 10, 11
74
76
121
121
170
121
174
112
13, 27
115
224
INDEX TO CHARTER.
Justice of the peace, when to be elected
filing oath of office
give security, bonds
jurisdiction and powers
proceedings same as prescribed by law
docket
fines, when to be paid to treasurer
monthly report
•
bond
fines for violation of penal laws
penalty for misconduct in office
account for stolen property
term of office
ordinance cases
cases, how appealed
imprisonments
Lotteries
•
License of public houses
hacks, etc
•
•
Mayor, when elected
duties of
•
•
•
Judgment, rendition and execution
•
enforcing and taking out
disposition of money
•
conditions of granting, etc
revocable
not to receive fees
salary
court room, etc., to be provided
prosecutions, how commenced
proceedings same as special charter
amount to be paid before commencement of suits...
laws controlling proceedings
to deliver dockets, etc., to successor
when to hold sessions
absence or inability of justice to act
vacancy in office
•
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M
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•
•
summons may be signed in blank
Washtenaw county liable for certain fees
repealing clause
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•
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O
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•
SECTION
13, 299
37
38, 307
63, 300, 303
64, 301
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·
65
66, 314
•
67
69
68
70
71
299
302
302
302
304
304
305
306
308
309
310
311
.312
313
313
315
316
317
110, 111
•
•
•
121
121
122
122
123
124
121
13
41, 42
INDEX TO CHARTER.
225
)
Mayor, when elected (Continued.)
approval of ordinances
to preside at meetings of council
Markets, erection, regulation of, etc
prevent fraud, preserve order, etc
Marshal, appointed
of security
duties
same powers as township treasurer
suppress riots, etc
monthly report
to give information to council when required
process for violation to be directed to
to be superintendent of poor
Meats, infection of
Mill races
•
Money, how appropriated
Mock auctions
•
•
Name of corporation
Nuisances
Monthly report of city clerk
treasurer
marshal
justice
justice
electors
jurors
•
•
•
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•
Oaths of office
Oaths, city clerk may administer
N
abatement of
collection of expense for removal, etc
•
•
Obscenity
Officers of city, to be elected
appointed
unless he is an elector
•
O
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D
filing acceptance
when to enter on duties of office
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•
•
•
•
SECTION
·
99
43
140
141
27
54
54
56
57
58
87
113
55
121
121
84
121
48
52
58
67
3
121
130
132
29
45
37
7
184
121
13
27
28
29
33
226
INDEX TO CHARTER.
Officers of city, to be elected (Continued.)
to hold until successor qualifies
resignation of
powers, duties, and liability of
power of council over
prohibited from being interested in contracts
removal from office
Office, defaulters not to hold
votes for void
investigation of charges
to settle at close of year
Official bonds, of justice
of office
new
of constable
•
when deemed vacant
·
•
•
•
Partition fences
Paupers, etc
Paved, what is included
Penalties of city treasurer
•
•
•
·
revival and amendments
to be published
proof in court, etc
enforcement of
setting forth in complaint, etc
statement of cause of action
•
for misconduct in office
for injuring, etc
Offensive places
Ordinances, style, vote, and time of taking effect
fines and penalties
presentation for approval by clerk
•
•
•
security for costs and cases under
Owners of lots to clear and drain
Ordinances, security for costs in cases under
P
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officers interested in contracts
forfeiture and recovery of
for neglect to pay over, etc..
•
•
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•
•
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Parks to be under control of board of commissioners of parks.
Pawnbrokers
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•
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•
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•
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SECTION
240
28
28
31
38
39
40
73
121, 131
97
98
100
101
103
104
105
114
114
120
131
120
•
35
36
74, 75
86
92
93
94
•
318
121
128
121
164
53
70
91
92
106, 107
118
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INDEX TO CHARTER.
227
Peddling and hawking
Perjury
Private property, see "Appropriation of."
Prosecutions for violations of ordinances, time and place of
commencement
Policemen
to be by warrant
form of warrant
Polls, in each ward.
when opened and closed
salary
special
power and authority of
may be dismissed
board to make rules and regulations
Proceedings, circuit court
President of the council
Prevention of vice
Poor, regulations for relief of
Process and service, to whom to be directed
Proceeding, time and place of commencement
suit to commence by warrant, form of
bond of security
Pound-masters
Plurality of votes to elect
Publication of ordinances
Purity of streams and ponds
Pounds, council to provide, etc
fees for impounding
•
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expense
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•
•
•
•
•
•
+
0
+
•
Public health, provision for protection
as to mill dams, ponds, etc
of unwholesome places
Public improvements, authority for
apportionment, etc
Public buildings, acquisition and use
grounds
•
•
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4
•
•
SECTION
121
7
105
108
109
27, 294
294
294
295
296
297
•
Co
•
Co
8
105
108, 109
116
55
113
193
27, 43
121
27, 74, 138, 139
14
103
121
138
139
129
129
131
164
165
166
142
142, 143
1
228
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INDEX TO CHARTER.
14
Quorum, majority to constitute
Railroads, crossing of streets
Real estate, may be purchased
Registration
Repeal of acts
Records, etc., where deposited
of ordinances
regulation of running trains
regarding ditches, etc
Resignations
Removal from office
Repair of streets
Riots, marshal to suppress
Runners
Salaries of officers
Sewers, cleaning of
·
•
• •
•
Q
·
Seal, corporate
Sealer of weights and measures
Special elections
Special assessments
R
•
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•
establishment, contract, management, etc
districts, plats, and diagrams
special districts
manner of paying for
diagrams, costs, and notice to construct
resolution to construct
record of plat
special assessment
expense of repairing, etc
protection and control
S
•
•
B
·
improvements from general fund
proceedings after confirmation
board of assessment, etc
·
*
•
• •
•
•
estimates, plats, etc., deposit with clerk.
notice of meetings to consider objections
0
•
SECTION
84
•
125
126
127
179
6
285
91
103
36
27, 93
158
57, 121
121
D
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•
77, 78, 79
131
144, 145
147
148
149
150
151
151
152
156
157
3
121
15, 17
199
199
200
201
202
202
•
•
INDEX TO CHARTER.
229
Special assessments (Continued.)
•
what costs and expenses to include
may be paid in installments
how made
•
confirmed
when due
roll .
levied before improvement, etc
direction of board as to
Special policemen, appointment of
Sinking fund
Sidewalks, control, etc
•
Streets, control and repairs
not accepted
survey and record
grade
• •
assessment roll and report to council
according to frontage and benefits
filed with city clerk
review, correction and disposition of roll.
confirmation by council
lien on land and charge against person
division into installments
expense of changing grade, etc
damage by change of grade
obstructions, etc
returned unpaid reassessments
may be collected by suit
•
•
203
204, 212
205, 206, 207
209, 210
212, 213, 214
214
204
205
206
207
208
209
210
211
212
213
214
215
216
217
218
219, 220
221
221
222
223
223
224
27
247
172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177
158
159
160
161
162
163
167
168
169
170
•
•
first installment due on confirmation
assessment roll for each installment
apportionment of uncollected amounts
additional amounts, in deficiency ...
new assessment roll in case of irregularity
lien for equitable charges, etc
levy and collection of ..
shade trees
digging in, for laying of gas pipes
regulations as to use of, etc
•
• •
•
•
seizure and sale by marshal
disposition of proceeds of sale and costs
return of money by marshal, and return of roll..
renewal of warrant
•
•
•
•
•
•
• ·
•
•
•
•
SECTION
•
•
230
INDEX TO CHARTER.
2
Streets, control and repairs (Continued.)
stands for vehicles
wood and hay market; signs
immoderate driving, and gathering of crowds
running at large of animals
dogs
cleaning, and removing nuisances
general authority of
vacating
effect of filing
Street commissioner
Snow and ice on walks
Supervisor, to be elected
notice of meeting to hear objections
filing objections with city clerk
•
•
•
•
duties same as township
issue warrant to marshal
of list of jury to county clerk
compensation
duties
·
•
+
apportionment to districts
special assessment rolls
•
Superintendents, marshal to be
Suits, penalty in name of city by warrant
Sureties, sufficiency of
Surveyor, city, give information to council
diagrams, etc., of sewers
T
► •
·
•
•
•
•
·
•
supervisor to attach warrant
warrant what to authorize
Taxes, when marshal shall collect
Taxation, assessment of property and duties of supervisor.
board to review assessment, etc
notice of time of meeting
board to certify to correct roll
further powers of board
supervisor to make copy of roll
+
•
4
·
•
·
备
​•
•
• •
notice to taxpayers
when assessment delivered to marshal
U
• •
251
251
252
253
254
255
255
255
256
marshal's bond
256
proceedings of marshal when property is leviel on.. 257
•
• ·
·
•
•
170
170
170
170
170
170
170
170
171
171
171
27, 62, 87
174
13
60
60
60
77
249
55
.108
39, 40
87
150
•
SECTION
•
·
D
•
·
•
•
54
249
250
250
•
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INDEX TO CHARTER.
231
Taxation, assessment of property and duties of supervisor (Continued.)
taxes a lien on property
treasurer, return list of unpaid taxes to council
provisions of law applicable
clerk to certify amounts for local improvements,
etc., to supervisor
county clerk to apportion certain taxes.
certify to supervisor
levy of tax by supervisor
supervisor, what to certify to treasurer and clerk
treasurer's bond
certify copy of rolls to treasurer
warrant, what to state
taxes a lien on land
notice by treasurer
how given, treasurer to receive taxes
cllection of taxes unpaid to treasurer
new warrants
Tie, proceedings in case of
Treasurer, city, appointment.
judicial districts same as townships
payment of money by marshal
treasurer
bond
general duties
monthly report
✦ annual report
Vagrants, etc
Vaults
Violation of Sabbath
•
Votes of defaulters void
Votes, each member entitled
two-thirds
Voters, who are qualified, etc
•
•
city same as township as to delinquent taxes
general power of council as to taxes
•
•
•
•
·
keep city money separate, etc.
monthly payment
*
V
•
•
•
•
•
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•
•
•
1
• •
·
•
•
SECTION
• •
·
258
258
258
259
260
260
261
262
262
262
263
264
265
265
266
267
268
269
270
271
272
14
27
50
51
52
52
53
117
121
121, 131
121
28
$2
84, 122
7
232
INDEX TO CHARTER.
Vacancies of aldermen
justice
Votes to fill vacancy to be designated on ballot
Vacancies, except alderman
Veto, power of mayor to
Vote, when mayor may vote on tie
Wards, city, division of
boundaries
separate street
Weights and measures
Wood, inspection of
and hay market.
•
funds
Warrants, form of for violation of ordinance
Weigh-masters
·
t
W
•
·
•
·
•
SECTION
15
15
21
16
99
41
•
4
4
227
109
74
121
121
170
INDEX TO ORDINANCES.
Abusive language prohibited
Alley in Hunter's addition vacated
in Stuck's addition vacated
Alley, use of
•
Animals, prevention of cruelty to
Animals not to run at large
A
Ashes, where not to be deposited or kept
Attorney, city, duties defined
Auctioneers to be licensed
Awnings not to be erected without permission
•
•
•
B
Barns not to be erected within twenty feet of line of
street
Bathing in Huron river
Balustrades and balconies regulated
Bells not to be used to collect bidders
Bicycle rules, regulating use of in city
not to be run on walk
Bridges, fast driving on
injury to
Board of health, constituted
Bonds, certain officers to give
official
•
•
•
•
• ·
•
•
Boundaries of Huron street
Boxes, empty, where not to be piled
Boys, getting on railroad trains
Buildings not to be removed, etc., without permission
Buildings and spaces, numbering of
NUMBER.
29
2
4
36
60
16
36
25
24
36
· •
35
36
36
24
72
72
42
42
22
18
18
1
12
81
36
45
SEC.
3
1
3
1
24
21
15
4
1
1
1
2
1
1 10
5
4
2
234
INDEX TO ORDINANCES.
Bucket shops prohibited
Burials only in cemeteries
Bulls not to be displayed in streets or alleys
Board of Commissioners of Parks
duties of
who shall be president
property under control of board
property excepted from control
estimates to be submitted to common council
what moneys to be paid to city treasurer
bills, how paid
what debt may be created
donations may be received
may engage employes and fix compensation
shall have control of park improvements
Cars, persons getting on
Candle factories
•
•
•
•
may make rules and regulations
statements to be submitted to common council
Birds, protection of
Buildings in fire limits
•
Cemeteries declared public burial grounds.
Chimneys, how to be constructed
Chief engineer of fire department
Circuses, shows, etc
City treasurer to give bond
City clerk to give bond
•
•
Cruelty to animals, punishment for
City Clerk's books to be examined
City attorney, duties of
City marshal, duties of
Constables fees
Concealed deadly weapons
Concerts
•
с
·
•
•
•
•
Combustibles not to be kept in certain places
Commissioners of public works
Cross-walks and crossings
Crossings, engines and cars not to stop on
Crowds not to collect
in streets
• •
•
•
·
•
•
•
•
·
•
•
·
•
NUMBER.
30
27
36
83
83
83
83
83
83
83
►
• •
•
· •
•
•
•
•
•
83
83
83
83
83
83
83
71
32
21
28
27
32
48
34
18
18
60
61
25
52
6
29
34
12
54
10
21
29
36
SEC.
43 1
2
13
1
1
CON Go to p
1
9
2
3
+ C4
3
4
4
LO GO ▷ ∞
5
6
7
8
3
Có ai r Co
2
1
8
1
1
1
I CO H
1
3
1
LO
5
LO N ☺
5
2
6
16
:
INDEX TO ORDINANCES.
235
·
Disturbance of peace
Disorderly houses, etc
Drains, ditches, etc
Deputy city marshal, duties of
Deputy city clerk, when may perform the duties of clerk..
Diphtheria, regulations concerning
Disorderly persons, how punished
Divine worship not to be disturbed
•
•
Ditches, drains, etc
Driving faster than eight miles an hour
Fast driving prohibited
Fees of pound-masters
Drunken persons, how punished
Drunkenness, punishment for
Draymen, license for
Fires, prevention of
Fires, prevention of
Fire limits ..
•
•
Drays and stand for same
Dogs, licensing and regulating their running at large
•
•
Explosive substance not to be stored
Epithets, abusive
Electric tower, not to climb
•
D
* *
Fire wardens, power and duties of
to make complaints, etc
justices of the peace and constables
•
E
•
Firing guns, crackers, etc
Fires in streets and other places
Fire department established
governing of
Fowls not to run at large
Fire, false alarm not to be given
Fireworks not to be stored
what not to be sold
D
F
•
•
•
•
•
·
•
•
·
•
•
NUMBER. SEC.
*
•
•
•
36
52
52
22
29
29
29
30
36
36
65
70
29
5
-SO
32
29
43
36
16
6
12
12
32
39
32
32
32
48
48
16
48
32
$2
9
2
A + ∞
4
6
1 1 2 HQ +
1
9
14
4
1
10
3
CO
14
6
O N N H
2
2
1
1
12
11
34
10
236
INDEX TO ORDINANCES.
Gambling institutions
Graves, depth of
Geese not to run at large
Gutters to be kept clean
•
Injury to trees
Hackmen soliciting custom
Hacks not to convey certain bodies
Hawkers and peddlers
Health physician, member of board of health
board of, who constitute
Justice, fees of
Lights
·
•
Hotel runners
Houses of ill-fame
Huron street, boundaries defined
Hunter's addition, alleys and lots vacated
1
G
Ice to be removed from walks
Ice not to remain on sidewalks
Ill-fame, houses of
Immoral books, etc
language, etc
Indecent books, pictures, etc
Interments to be made in cemeteries
Indecent exposure of person
compensation of members
• •
H
pictures, language, etc
Lamps and lamp-posts
injury to
Licenses for public carriages
newsboys
•
•
J
L
•
·
•
·
NUMBER.
·
•
•
•
•
•
•
30
27
16
7
81
2 2
22
26
22
22
22
81
30
T N
1
2
10
36
30
13
29
13
27
29
36
31
SEC.
20
31
17
14
20
− ∞ ∞ N
1
3
2
2
12
1
1
1
14
2
N 2
1-2 T CO IND
1
3
1
2
7
23
co
6 2
1
H✪ H
5
1
INDEX TO ORDINANCES.
237
Light Guard Hall license
Lotteries
License for auctioneers
draymen
hawkers and peddlers
•
shows
lockup, keeper of
Market, wood to be sold on
Marshal, duties of
Marshal to give bond before receiving rolls
+
Menageries
Mendicants
Merchants, non-resident
Minstrels
Minstrel shows
Meters and use and rates of same
+
M
•
• •
smoke
Numbering buildings and spaces
Obscene pictures, etc
Ordinances repealed
N
•
Non-resident merchants, licenses, etc
Newsboys regulated
Non-residents not to run hacks, etc., without license
Nuisances
•
P
·
·
O
Obscene books, prints, papers, etc
pictures, etc
Opera house license
Outbuildings not to be erected within twenty feet
of street
Plumbers, rules governing same
Parks, indecent language, destruction of shrubbery, etc.,
forbidden
*
NUMBER.
34
30
24
80
26
34
74
·
S
52
18
34
29
50
34
9
69
59
14
17
28
77
45
13
29
34
35
36
38
69
67
SEC.
7
3
yod pod
1
1
2
1
4
SP ON
3
2
1
1
1
S
♡
23
238
INDEX TO ORDINANCES,
Parks, regulation of
Prevention of cruelty to animals
Papers, scandalous, indecent, etc., prohibited
Peddlers at passenger houses, on cars, etc
and hawkers
Permit for newsboys
Pestilential diseases
Pest-houses
Prevention of small-pox
Preservation of public property
Preservation of public property
Preservation of public property
Prevention of fires
Prevention of fires
Posting bills, etc
Pounds public
Pound-masters
+
•
Public carriages of non-residents
health
Railroad crossings
Railroads, speed of trains
Railways, street
Reservoirs, injury to
Repealing ordinance
·
•
R
•
peace, to preserve
property, preservation of.
property, preservation of
property, preservation of
Physicians to report certain diseases
Physician, health, to be member of board of health
Riding faster than eight miles an hour
Routs and riots
•
•
•
•
•
engines and cars stopping on crossings
persons getting on trains while in motion
runners and peddlers on
persons getting on trains
Railroad premises, disturbance on
peddling on
·
А
•
NUMBER.
83
60
13
3
26
14
22
22
23
31
42
43
32
39
28
•
•
16
16
17
22
29
31
42
43
22
22
41
21
21
21
81
Z
81
$1
81
49
31
38
36
29
SEC.
1
1
1
1
6
CLO
5
1
Jaume
∞ = 0) —
S
1
2
1
1
6
1
09 10 Humnado
1
2
3
1
4
3
J 00
1
0
14
2
to
S
INDEX TO ORDINANCES.
S
Slaughter houses, slaughtering sheep and cattle
Slaughter houses, slaughtering sheep and cattle
Street railways
Street railways
Sale of wood
•
Saloons, bar-rooms, closing of on Sundays,etc
Saloons, females not to be employed in
Straw not to be kept in cellars
Shavings not to be kept in cellars
Small-pox, notice of on buildings
Scarlet fever, 'regulations concerning
Small-pox, prevention of ..
Slaughter houses to be white washed
Special deputies, duties and powers
Streets, changing names of
Streets and alleys, use of
Streets and alleys, use of
Streets not to be obstructed by building materials
Street railways
Sewers
·
+
•
↓
•
Sidewalks and gutters to be kept clean and in repair
Spirituous liquors, where not to be sold by females
Sidewalks, construction of
Sidewalks, animals and vehicles prohibited on
Sidewalks, animals and vehicles prohibited on
Signs, when not to remain over street
Swimming in Huron river
Shows
Snow and ice to be removed
Snow and ice to be removed
Stones, throwing prohibited
Snow-balls, throwing prohibited
Stores and stove-pipes
Soap factories
Stud horses, where not exhibited
Stuck's addition, alley in vacated
Sunday, observance of
Small-pox, prevention of
Sheep. killing of by dogs
Smoke nuisance
·
239
NUMBER, SEC.
•
•
28
57
62
68
S
51
9
12
12
22
22
23
28
15
47
36
40
36
49
36
ī
9
79
36
40
36
36
34
10
36
11
11
12
28
36
4
53
23
70
77
1 1 12 1-O
5
5
1
7
G
t- co
7
3
4
J S 01
9
Jud.
2
CU CO
3
1
18
21
1
1
1
1
4
2
13
1
13
ļ
240
INDEX TO ORDINANCES,
Squirrels, protection of
Sidewalks to be kept clean
space merchants, etc, may occupy
bicycles not to be run on
Street Railway, Ann Arbor & Ypsilanti, its successors, etc.
extension of time for construction of Aun
Arbor & Ypsilanti Street Railway
shall bear one-half expense of new bridge..
Saline branch
•
·
T
Telephone, New State, franchise of
Trees, injury to
U
Use of streets and alleys
Varioloid, See Small-pox
Vagrants
*
Vice and immorality
Vehicles, rules for in streets
68
68
73
speed of cars not to exceed 10 miles per hour 78
ringing of bells, etc
78
cars to stop at street intersections
time car may stand in street
when track shall be sprinkled
V
•
rates
rates, flat, and meter
penalty for non-compliance
Wagons not to be left in street, etc
Wood, sale of on market
consumers, rules governing
niscellaneous rules
assessment and collection of water
•
庸 ​•
•
•
•
W
Watchmen, special, mayor may appoint
Ways and means committee examine the books of city clerk
Water supply and rules governing same
extension of water mains
plumbers, rules for
tapping mains
meters, rules governing
•
•
•
NUMBER.
71
•
·
36
36
72
62
78
78
78
63
31
36
22
29
9
72
74
61
69
Art. 1 69
Art. 2 69
Art. 3 69
. Art. 4 69
Art. 5
69
Art. 6 69
8
Art. 7 69
. Art. 8 69
Art. 8 69
36
8
SEC.
4
4
quand
1
2
4 C to
3
6
3
6
1

T
Lov
License for
draymen
hawkers and peddlers
shows
lockup, keeper of
Menageries
Mendicants
Market, wood to be sold on
Marshal, duties of
Marshal to give bond before receiving rolls
•
•
Merchants, non-resident
Minstrels
Minstrel shows
Meters and use and rates of same
·
•
·
•
smoke
Numbering buildings and spaces
• •
M
J
N
Non-resident merchants, licenses, etc
Newsboys regulated
Non-residents not to run hacks, etc., without license
Nuisances
•
O
Obscene books, prints, papers, etc
pictures, etc
Opera house license
Outbuildings not to be erected within twenty feet
of street
Obscene pictures, etc
Ordinances repealed
4
P
•
Plumbers, rules governing same
Parks, indecent language, destruction of shrubbery, etc.,
forbidden
•
•
•
74
00
52
18
34
29
50
34
9
69
59
14
17
28
77
45
13
29
34
35
36
38
69
67
1
1
NA <<
1
4
1 00
1
qued
1
1
8
23
$
senger nouses,
hawkers
or newsboys
ential diseases
Posting bills, etc
Pounds public
Pound-masters
•
•
*
·
·
Pest-houses
Prevention of small-pox
Preservation of public property
Preservation of public property
Preservation of public property
Prevention of fires
Prevention of fires
•
Railroad crossings
Railroads, speed of trains
•
•
·
Public carriages of non-residents
health
peace, to preserve
of...
property, preservation of.
property, preservation of
property, preservation of
Physicians to report certain diseases
Physician, health, to be member of board of health
•
•
R
•
Railways, street
Reservoirs, injury to
Repealing ordinance
Riding faster than eight miles an hour
Routs and riots
•
•
engines and cars stopping on crossings
persons getting on trains while in motion
runners and peddlers on
persons getting on trains
Railroad premises, disturbance on
peddling on
•
D
·
•
•
·
•
·
· ·
•
•
•
•
·
13
26
14
22
22
23
31
42
43
32
39
28
16
16-
17
22
29
41
31
42
43
22
22
222 22
21
21
21
co co
81
81
81
81
3
49
31
38
36
29
∞ ∞ Henta
1
1
1
∞ - ∞ –
1
1
1
CO LO
1
2
2
2
14
2
6
5
1
♡
1
3
1
4
1
3
1

Slaughter house.
Slaughter houses, slaught
Street railways
Street railways
Sale of wood
Saloons, bar-rooms, closing of on Sundays,etc
Saloons, females not to be employed in
Straw not to be kept in cellars
Shavings not to be kept in cellars
Small-pox, notice of on buildings
Scarlet fever, regulations concerning
Small-pox, prevention of
Slaughter houses to be white washed
Special deputies, duties and powers
Streets, changing names of
Streets and alleys, use of
Streets and alleys, use of
Streets not to be obstructed by building materials
Street railways
Sewers
.
•
•
•
•
•
•
·
·
•
•
Sidewalks and gutters to be kept clean and in repair
Spirituous liquors, where not to be sold by females
Sidewalks, construction of
Sidewalks, animals and vehicles prohibited on
Sidewalks, animals and vehicles prohibited on
Signs, when not to remain over street
Swimming in Huron river
Shows
Snow and ice to be removed
Snow and ice to be removed
Stones, throwing prohibited
Snow-balls, throwing prohibited
Stoves and stove-pipes
Soap factories
Stud horses, where not exhibited
Stuck's addition, alley in vacated
Sunday, observance of
Small-pox, prevention of
Sheep, killing of by dogs
Smoke nuisance
•
•
Cattle
•
7
4
•
•
•
•
•
•
+
♦
·
•
·
•
·
•
•
8
51
9
12
12
22
22
23
28
15
47
36
40
36
49
36
7
9
79
36
40
36
36
34
10
36
11
11
12
28
36
1
53
23
70
77
T 10 10 1- O
1
5

5
7
1- 00
7
4
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2
CO H
3
1
18
21
1
1
1
1
4
2
C1
13
1
13
i

way, Ann Arbor &
mu, its successors, etc.
extension of time for construction of Aun
Arbor & Ypsilanti Street Railway
shall bear one-half expense of new bridge..
Saline branch
T
Telephone, New State, franchise of
Trees, injury to
U
Use of streets and alleys
Varioloid, See Small-pox
Vagrants
speed of cars not to exceed 10 miles per hour 78
ringing of bells, etc
78
cars to stop at street intersections
78
time car may stand in street
when track shall be sprinkled
Vice and immorality
Vehicles, rules for in streets
V
·
•
Wagons not to be left in street, etc
Wood, sale of on market
•
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rates
rates, flat, and meter
penalty for non-compliance
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Watchmen, special, mayor may appoint
Ways and means committee examine the books of city clerk
Water supply and rules governing same
extension of water mains
plumbers, rules for
tapping mains
meters, rules governing
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consumers, rules governing
niscellaneous rules
assessment and collection of water
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B
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A
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Art. 3
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72
62
68
68
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78
78
63
31
36
22
29
9
72
74
61
69
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69
69
69
69
69
69
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Art. 8
69
Art. 8 69
36
8
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6
1