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THE OHABTEB, 
 
 GENERAL ORDINANCES, &c., 
 
 OF THE 
 
 COMPILED AND PUBLISHED 
 
 I 
 
 BY AUTHORITY OF 
 
 THE COMMON COUNCIL 
 
 OF SAID CITY. 
 
 
 EVAUSVILLE : 
 
 EVANSVILLE COURIER, STEAM BOOK AND JOB PRINT. 
 
 1871. 
 
OFFICERS OF THE CITY: . 
 
 tfflLSEEJ'Sf’' <OB> — '*22'' 
 
 MAYOR : 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER. 
 
 j First Ward 
 
 Second Ward , ... 
 Third Ward ... 
 Fourth Ward... 
 
 Fifth Ward 
 
 /SfcctfA Ward 
 
 Seventh Ward.. 
 Eighth Ward.. 
 Ninth Ward... 
 
 COUNCILMEN : 
 
 AUGUST ELLES. 
 
 E.G. VAN RIPER. 
 
 M. MUEIILHAUSEN. 
 
 HENRY R I CIIARI) T. 
 
 ...W. CARPENTER. 
 
 .; CHARLES SCPIAUM. 
 
 ...THOMAS KERTH. 
 
 WM. HEILMAN. 
 
 C. A. DOUGHTY. 
 
 CLERK : 
 
 WM. HELPER, 
 
 RECORDER : 
 
 NATHAN WILLARD. 
 
 COLLECTOR : 
 
 WM. MAYNARD. 
 
 TREASURER : 
 
 SAMUEL BACHARACH. 
 
 MARSHAL : 
 
 CHRIS. WUNDERLICH. 
 
 SURVEYOR : 
 
 JAS. D. SAUNDERS. 
 
 SCHOOL TRUSTEES I 
 
 C. L A.UENSTEIN. 
 WM. F. PARRETT. 
 
 H. W. CLOUD. 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
 
 A. M. GOW. 
 
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 The original Charter of the City of Evansville was passed 
 inuary 27th, 1847, and in the schedule to the present Consti- 
 ution of this State, this charter was, with other municipal 
 charters, continued in force. The fourth clause of said scheduel 
 is in these words : 
 
 ~ 3 “ Fourth : All acts of incorporation for municipal purposes 
 r^shall continue in force under this Constitution until such time 
 IT as the General Assembly shall, in its discretion, modify or 
 repeal the same.” 
 
 The following pages contain the original charter of the city’ 
 and subsequent enactments in modifications thereof ; the in- 
 tention being to present the charter as it now is. 
 
 i ' >•' — -jLO* 
 
AN ACT 
 
 Granting to the Citizens of the Town of Evansville , in the 
 County of Vanderburgh , a City Charter ; 
 
 APPROVED JANUARY 27, 1847. 
 
 (See Local Acts of 1846—7, page 3. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly t of Bonn a 
 the State of Indiana, That the boundaries of the city of riesotclty ' 
 Evansville shall be the same as the boundaries of the 
 present town of Evansville, omitting Goodsell’s En- 
 largement of said town ; that is to say, the bounds of 
 said city shall include all the territory embraced within 
 the original plan of said town, as the same is recorded 
 in the .Recorder’s office of Warrick County, and all the 
 territory embraced within the following enlargements 
 of "said town, viz : The Donation Enlargement, the 
 
 Lower (or McGary’s) Enlargement, the Upper Enlarge- 
 ment, and the Eastern Enlargement, according to the 
 plats of said several enlargements, as made by the sev- 
 eral proprietors of said enlargements, and recorded in 
 the Recorder’s office of Vanderburgh County * and 
 other territory may from time to time be annexed to 
 and included within the hounds of said citv, as herein- 
 after provided.! 
 
 * The boundaries have been altered by the annexation of Lamasco and the 
 addition of other territory— See appendix, A. 
 
 t As to annexation of territory, see Act of March 6, 1805 (amending Charter), 
 
 Sec. 1, 2, and 3— post. 
 
6 
 
 'CHARTER OF THE 
 
 General 
 powers of 
 corpora- 
 tion. 
 
 Sec. 2. From and after the first Monday in April, A. 
 D. 1847, the people residing in the territory mentioned 
 in the first section of this act shall become and be a 
 body politic and corporate, by the name, style and 
 title ot “ The City of Evansville,” and in and by such 
 name shall be able and capable in law and equity to 
 contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, com- 
 plain and defend in any court of competent jurisdic- 
 tion; they shall have power to make, have, and use a 
 common seal, and the same to alter, destroy, and renew 
 at pleasure; to take, purchase, hold, and convey such 
 real and personal estate as the purposes of the corpora- 
 tion may require ; to survey, mark, and establish the 
 boundaries of said city, and all future enlargements of 
 the same ; to ordain, establish, enforce, and put in ex- 
 ecution such rules, by-laws, ordinances, and regulations 
 as shall be deemed proper and necessary for the good 
 government of said city and the well-being of the in- 
 habitants thereof, and generally to do all other acts and 
 things which the good of the inhabitants of said city 
 may require, not inconsistent with the Constitution of 
 the United States or the Constitution and Laws of this 
 State, and consistent with the objects of the corpora- 
 tion.* 
 
 Powers Sec. 3. Tim powers of said corporation shall be ves- 
 vested ted in and exercised; by a Mayor and Councilmen, to 
 be elected by the qualified voters of said city, and such 
 other and inferior officers, to be appointed by the Com- 
 mon Council, f as are hereinafter named, or as may 
 from time to time be appointed by the Common Coun- 
 cil, in pursuance of the rules, ordinances, and regula- 
 tions to be made, ordained, and established as afore- 
 said. I 
 
 * See Act of December 21, 1865, and of March 11, 1867— post, 
 f See Acts of 1862— post. 
 
 X Mayor , Recorder, Clerk, Treasurer, Collector, Councilmen, Marshal, Street 
 Commissioner, Surveyor, and Assessor made elective by the people. See Acts 
 of 1852— post. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 7 
 
 Sec. 4. The territory of said city shall be divided in- 33 ™ 1011 
 
 ^ ^ of terri- 
 
 to six wards, as follows,* viz : All that part of said ter- tory into 
 ritory lying south and east of Walnut street shall be the wards - 
 First Ward ; all that part of said territory lying be- 
 tween Walnut and Locust streets shall be the Second 
 Ward; all that part of said territory lying between 
 Locust and Main streets shall be the Third Ward; all 
 that part of said territory lying between Main and Syc- 
 amore streets shall be the Fourth Ward; all that part 
 of said territory lying between Sycamore and Vine 
 streets shall be the Fifth Ward ; and all that part of 
 said territory lying north and west of Vine street shall Number of 
 be the Sixth Ward; and each ward shall be represented^^' 11 ' 
 by one Councilman, who shall reside therein, and shall 
 be elected by the qualified voters of such ward. 
 
 Sec. 5. The Mayor shall be elected by the qualified 
 
 * " Mayor, 
 
 voters of the whole city, and shall hold his office for the Low 
 
 ^ 7 . elected 
 
 term of three years from the date of his election, and an term of 
 
 J < 7 office. 
 
 until his successor shall be elected and qualified, except 
 where he is elected to fill a vacancy, in -which case he^g^Jfor 
 shall hold his office until the expiration of the term for councii an(l 
 which his predecessor was elected, and until his sue- Sfary of 1 
 cessor is elected and qualified ; and a Councilman shall both ‘ 
 hold his office for the term of one year, and until his 
 successor is elected and qualified, except where he is 
 elected to fill a vacancy, in which case he shall hold his 
 office until the expiration of the term for which his 
 predecessor was elected, and until his successor is elec- 
 ted and qualified. FTo person shall be eligible to the 
 office of either Mayor or Councilman unless he is a 
 freeholder of said city, and a qualified voter therein. f 
 The Common Council may provide by ordinance for 
 the payment of a stated salary to the Mayor and Coun- 
 cilmen : Provided , That for the first year after the or- 
 ganization of the corporation under this act, the salary 
 
 * As to the power of the Council to alter the numbers and boundaries of the 
 wards, see Act of February 4, 1848, Sec. 4— post. 
 
 t Altered; see Act of JuneiOth, 1852— post. No property qualifications re- 
 quired for any city office. 
 
8 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 of the Councilmen shall not exceed fifty dollars each, 
 nor that of the Mayor one hundred and fifty dollars, in 
 addition to his fees as a judicial officer; nor shall any 
 ordinance increasing the stated salary of Councilmen 
 take effect until after the next general election of 
 Councilmen after the passage thereof. 
 
 Elections, Sec, 6. All elections shall be by ballot, and all elec- 
 
 how and . ^ 7 
 
 wheaheid tions (except elections to fill vacancies) shall be held 
 of voters 011 first Monday in April annual ly.f A poll shall be 
 opened in each ward for the reception of votes ; and 
 every free white male citizen of the age of twenty-one 
 years, who has resided in this State one year, and in 
 said city six months, and in the ward in which he offers 
 his vote one month next preceding such election, shall 
 be entitled to a vote in the ward in which he resides, 
 and not in any other ward.J 
 
 fraudulent Sec. 7. Each qualified voter, according to the next 
 votmg. preceding section of this act, shall be entitled, to vote 
 once, and no more, at each election, in his own ward. 
 And if any person, being under the age of twenty-one 
 years, shall vote or attempt to vote, or if any person 
 shall vote or attempt to vote more than once, or shall 
 knowingly vote or attempt to vote for a Councilman in 
 a ward in which such person has not been a bona fide 
 resident for one month next preceding such election, 
 or shall designedly hand in two or more tickets folded 
 together, or shall otherwise fraudulently vote at any 
 election to be held in said city, or any ward thereof, 
 every person so offending shall, for every such offence, 
 forfeit aud pay any sum ot money not exceeding fifty 
 dollars, to be recovered in an action of debt or case, in 
 the name of the city of Evansville, and for the use and 
 benefit of said city, before any court of competent juris- 
 diction ; and every person against whom judgment 
 
 t As to the power of the Council, in the regulation of times and places of 
 holding city elections, see Act of February 4, 1848, Sec. 2, and of March 11th, 
 1867— post. 
 
 t As to qualifications of voters, see Acts of March 10th, 1852, April 23d, 1852, 
 Sec, 2, June 10th, 1852, Sec. 2, March 1L, 1867, Sec, 1, and May 13, 1860 — post. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 9 
 
 shall be rendered in any such action shall be incapable 
 of voting or being elected to any office at any city elec- 
 tion for three years next after the rendition of such 
 judgment.* 
 
 Sec. 8. The polls for all elections shall be opened be- Elections, 
 tween nine and ten o’clock a. m. and continued °P en aSdctosed 
 until four o’clock p. m. and closed before five o’clock 
 p. m. of the same day. 
 
 Sec 9. Every ticket handed in shall contain the tickets? 1 
 name of every person intended to be voted for, either 
 written or printed, and designate the office to which 
 such person named is intended to be elected ; and if 
 any ticket designates more than one person as voted for 
 for the same office, as to that office such ticket shall 
 not be counted; but no ticket shall be lost for want of 
 form, if the Judges and Inspectors of the Election can 
 satisfactorily ascertain, from an examination of the 
 ticket, the person voted for and the office intended, f 
 
 Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the Common Council election, 
 to designate some particular place in each ward { for natedfana 
 
 officers of 
 
 holding elections, which place may be changed from election, 
 
 • „ _ r, , . , howap- 
 
 time to time as the Common Council may think proper .pointkd. 
 It shall also be the duty of the Common Council an- 
 nually to appoint for each ward in said city, from 
 among the qualified voters of such ward, an Inspector 
 of Elections, who shall hold his office until a successor 
 is appointed, and whose duty it shall be, on every day 
 when an election is to be held, to attend at the proper 
 place for holding elections in Lis ward, and take to his 
 assistance, previous to opening the polls, two qualified 
 voters of his ward, who, together with himself, shall 
 constitute the Judges of the Election then about to be 
 held in such ward, which Judges shall appoint two 
 
 * See note on preceding section as to qualification of voters, and also, Act 
 of June 14, 1859, Sec. 59, as to punishment oi illegal voting, Gavin &. Hord, 
 Vol. 11, page 473. 
 
 t See Act of March 11, 1867, Sec. 13— Acts of 1857, page 120. 
 t See Act of February 4, 1848, and of March 11, 1867— post. 
 
10 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 I nspectors 
 now ap- 
 pointed 
 when pre- 
 vious ap- 
 pointee is 
 absent, 
 
 Poll- 
 books, 
 how made 
 out; elec- 
 tion, how 
 opened. 
 
 Duties of 
 officers in 
 receiving 
 votes 
 
 suitable persons Clerks of said election; and said In- 
 spector, Judges, and Clerks shall, before entering upon 
 the discharge of their duties, take an oath (which may 
 be administered by the Inspector to the Judges and 
 Clerks, and by one of the Clerks to the Inspector) 
 faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties as- 
 signed them. || 
 
 Sec. 11. Should the regular Inspector of any ward 
 fail to attend and open the polls by ten o’clock a. m. of 
 any day on which an election is to be held in his ward, 
 or if, after having opened the polls, he should from any 
 cause be unable to remain and continue to discharge 
 his duties as Inspector, then it shall be lawful for the 
 qualified voters of such ward present to appoint, viva 
 voce , and by a plurality of voices, an Inspector for the 
 occasion, who shall be governed in all things by the 
 same rules as the regular Inspector. 
 
 Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the 
 Common CounciL before the dav of the election, to 
 make out and, on request, to deliver to the Inspector 
 of each ward a poll-book for such ward, together with 
 suitable tally papers. Every election shall be held at 
 the particular place in each ward designated by the 
 Common Council ; and before receiving any votes, the 
 Inspector shall proclaim, or cause it to be proclaimed 
 aloud, without the house, that the polls are opened. 
 The polls being opened, the Judges and Inspector shall 
 proceed to receive the votes, and and when a vote is 
 presented, the Inspector shall call out the name of the 
 voter, and if there be no objections, and he be a 
 qualified voter, the Inspector shall receive his ticket, 
 and, in the presence of the other Judges, put it 
 in the ballot-box, and the Clerks of said election shall 
 record the name of every person voting upon their res- 
 pective poll-books, numbering the names of the voters 
 consecutively, as their votes are given. 
 
 D See Act of May 13, 1869, Sec 7— post. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 11 
 
 Sec. 13. If any Inspector or Judge of any election 
 shall receive at such election the vote of any person election 
 who is known to such Inspector or Judge not to be 
 qualified voter, or if any Judge, Inspector or Clerk 
 shall attempt to pry into or find out the name or 
 names of any person or persons on any folded ticket 
 prior to putting it in the ballot-box, or expose such 
 ticket to the inspection of any other person, or place 
 any mark on it with a view to identify it afterwards, 
 he or they so offending shall, for every such offense, 
 forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars, to be 
 sued for and recovered in an action of debt, or, case, 
 in the name and for the use of the said city of Evans- 
 ville. 
 
 Sec. 14. If any doubt arises as to the right of any Right of 
 person to vote, it shall be settled by the Judges aud^jngto^ 
 Inspector, who, in order to do so, may examine other determm- 
 witnesses, as well as the person offering his vote, or 
 either, at discretion ; the witnesses and the voter so ex- * 
 amined being first sworn by the Inspector, who, when 
 any person is sworn in relation to his own qualification 
 to vote shall administer to him the following oath : 
 
 “ You do solemnly swear (or affirm) that you are, to 
 the best of your knowledge, information and belief, 
 not less than twenty-one years of age, that you have 
 resided in this State one year, in this city six months, 
 and in this ward one month next preceding this time, 
 and that you have not voted at this election.”* And 
 any person who shall be sworn by the Inspector, as in 
 this section mentioned, and shall swear falsely and cor- 
 ruptly, shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and, upon 
 conviction thereof, shall be punished accordingly. 
 
 Sec 15. When the polls are closed, the Inspector and Duties of 
 Judges shall proceed to canvass and estimate the votes election 
 given. The canvass shall be public, and shall be com- ing vote 
 menced by a comparison of the poll-books or lists, and 
 
 * Altered ; see Acts of 1852, March 11 , 1867, and May 13, 1869— post. 
 
12 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 a correction if any mistakes found therein, until they 
 shall be made to agree. The tickets shall then be 
 counted unopened, except so far as to ascertain that 
 two or more tickets have not been handed in folded to- 
 gether, and if two or more tickets are found folded to- 
 gether, or attached to each other in such a manner as 
 to present the appearance of but one ticket, and the 
 Inspector and Judges are clearly of opinion that the 
 same were handed in as one ticket, they shall be re- 
 jected and destroyed , then if the tickets shall be found 
 to exceed in number the whole number of voters whose 
 names are on the poll-books, they shall be replaced in 
 the ballot-box and thoroughly shaken, and then one 
 of the Judges shall publicly draw out and destroy so 
 many unopened tickets as shall be equal to the excess. 
 The tickets and poll-books being found or made to 
 agree, the tickets shall then be taken out, one by one, 
 by the Inspector, who shall open them and read aloud 
 the name of each person on each ticket, and the office 
 for which such person is voted for, and shall then hand 
 it to one of the Judges, who shall string it on a thread. 
 As the Inspector reads the tickets, each Clerk shall 
 mark on a tally-paper the votes each individual shall 
 
 How suc- 
 cessful 
 candidate 
 declared 
 elected, 
 and certifi- 
 cate of 
 election ; 
 tie vote, 
 how de- 
 cided. 
 
 receive and the office he is voted to fill. 
 
 Sec. 16 . When the votes are all counted and read ofi 
 as aforesaid, the Inspector shall declare the person who 
 has received the greatest number of votes for Council- 
 man duly elected Councilman for that ward, and shall 
 make and deliver to him a certificate to that effect, 
 signed by the Inspector and attested by both the 
 Clerks. But should two or more persons be found to 
 have received an equal and the highest number of votes, 
 then the Inspector and Judges shall determine by lot, 
 in a fair and impartial manner, -who of such persons 
 shall be Councilman, and give him a certificate as afore- 
 
 said. 
 
CITY OF EVEESVILLE. 
 
 13 
 
 Sec. 17. In cases of election for Mayor, the Inspector ^'Vayor 
 and Judges of each ward shall make out and sign a 
 certificate, stating in wards at full length the names of 
 the several persons voted for for Mayor, and the num-iesuit da de? 
 her of votes received by each, which certificate shall be ciared ‘ 
 placed in the hands of one of the Judges or tlie Inspec- 
 tor who have signed the same; and on the Wednesday 
 next succeeding such election, between 10 o’clock A. M. 
 and 3 o’clock p. m., the Judges or Inspectors of the sev- 
 eral wards holding such certificates shall meet at the 
 Court House in Evansville, or such other place as may 
 be designated by the Common Council, and compare 
 their several certificates, and the person having the 
 highest number of all the votes given, according to said 
 certificates, shall be declared duly elected Mayor, and 
 the said Judges and Inspectors shall give him a certifi- 
 cate accordingly; but should two or more persons be 
 found to have received an equal and the highest num- 
 ber of votes, it shall be the duty of the Inspectors and 
 Judges, convened as aforesaid, to determine by lot who 
 of such persons shall be Majmr, and give him a certifi- 
 cate of his election under their hands as aforesaid. 
 
 Sec. 18. The Judges of every election shall complete ^en^r- 
 the canvass of votes, and make out the certificates §e e made to 
 hereinbefore required to be made, by 4 o’clock p. m., of havered • 
 the day next succeeding the day of the election ; and S^how 8 
 the certificate of the election of Councilman shall be preserved ' 
 delivered to him, or left at his usual place of residence 
 within three days thereafter. Within the same period 
 the Inspector of each ward shall leave one of the poll- 
 books and tally papers of his ward with the Clerk of 
 the Common Council, to be by him filed and preserved ; 
 and the other poll-book and tally paper with the tick- 
 ets, shall be kept and preserved by the Inspector for 
 the term of three months, subject at all reasonable 
 hours of every day to the inspection of any voter in 
 the city wishing to examine the same. 
 
14 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 Exeinp 
 tion from 
 
 Sec, 19. No qualified voter of the city shall be arrested 
 day of° n witliin the city on the day on which an election is 
 election "held in his ward, except for a crime or misdemeanor 
 against the laws of the State, or an offence against the 
 penal laws, ordinances or regulations of the city, made 
 or ordained by the Common Council by authority of 
 this act. 
 
 Bribery Sec. 20. If any person shall use anv threats, force or 
 offences violence, or attempt to awe, or by any other means 
 
 against . J J . 
 
 purity of restrain any voter m his freedom of choice, or if any 
 
 election ^ # . J 
 
 ]^ pun - person shall give any bribe, fee or reward, in meat, 
 drink, or otherwise, in order to induce any voter to 
 vote contrary to his inclination, or shall on the day of 
 election, give any public treat in meat or drink, or di- 
 rect any person to do so in his behalf, with a view to 
 obtain any vote or votes for himself, or any other per- 
 son or persons, every person so offending shall forfeit 
 and pay any sum not less than fifty dollars, nor more 
 than one hundred dollars, to be recovered in an action 
 of debt, or on the case, in the name and for the use of 
 the city of Evansville, before any court of competent 
 jurisdiction. 
 
 Miscon- Sec. 21. If any Judge, Inspector or Clerk of an elec- 
 officers of tion, having taken upon himself the performance of the 
 how 1 pun- duties herein required of him, shall willfully or fraud- 
 ulently neglect or refuse to discharge the same, or slial 
 be guilty of any fraud or corruption in doing such du- 
 ties, he shall forfeit and pay any sum of money not ex- 
 ceeding one hundred dollars for every such wrongful 
 act of commission or omission, to be sued for and re- 
 covered in an action of debt, or on the case, in the name 
 and for the use of the city of Evansville, before any 
 court of competent jurisdiction. 
 
 Sec. 22. The Common Council shall cause a sufficient 
 number of ballot boxes to be provided and deposited 
 preserved. w ith the Clerk, who, when an election is about to take 
 place, shall deliver one of said boxes to the Inspector of 
 
 Ballot- 
 boxes, 
 how fur 
 nished and 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 15 
 
 each ward, who, after the election is concluded, shall 
 return the same to the Clerk at the same time he de- 
 livers to the Clerk the poll-books and tally papers. 
 
 Sec. 23. Every Mayor and Councilman, before enter- Mayor and 
 ing upon the discharge of his duties as such, shall take men. 
 an oath before some competent authority faithfully and 
 impartially to discharge his duties, which oath shall be 
 certified on the certificate of his election. 
 
 Sec. 24. The Mayor and Councilmen, elected and who to^ 
 qualified as herein required, shall constitute the Com- qSorcm- 
 mon Council of the city of Evansville, but a majority ^igeof* 
 of the whole number of Councilmen shall be at all times Sons fi of a ~ 
 necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of tS e Sep S ’ 
 business. They shall be judges of the election returns, record ‘ 
 and of the qualifications of their own members : shall 
 determine the rules of their own proceedings, and keep 
 a record thereof, which shall be open to the examina- 
 tion of every citizen, and may compel the attendance of Mayor to 
 absent members of the Council, in such manner and under when he 
 such penaltv as they shall by by-law or order establish Preside nV 
 
 T r. —1 ™ 1 1 11 of Council 
 
 and prescribe. lhe Mayor, when present, shall pre-protem. 
 side at all meetings of the Common Council, and in 
 ease of a tie on any question or proposition, shall give 
 the casting vote, except that in making laws and ordin- 
 ances he shall have no vote, under any circumstances, 
 nor in any other case, except where there is a tie. In 
 the absence of the Mayor, the Councilmen shall elect 
 one of their own body to preside for the time being, 
 
 who, as President, shall possess the same power as the 
 Mayor, while acting in that capacity, and the additional 
 power of voting on all questions, whether there is a tie 
 or not. 
 
 Sec. 25. It shall be lawful for the Mayor and Com-™^ 0 f 
 
 mon Councilmen, respectively and individually, at any men to 
 
 qualify. 
 
 time after being elected and qualified as aforesaid, to 
 
16 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 enter upon their respective duties ; Provided, That if 
 any Mayor or Councilman elect shall fail, for the space 
 of thirty days after his election, to qualify himself to 
 enter upon the discharge of his duties, such neglect 
 shall be deemed and taken to be a refusal to qualify, 
 and a renunciation of the office to which he was elected. 
 
 Meetings Sec. 26. The Common Council shall annually meet 
 noticeof 1 ' on the Second Monday in March, and at such other 
 meetings, stated times as by resolution, by-law or ordinance they 
 shall appoint, and meetings of the Common Council 
 may be called at any time by the Mayor, or, in his ab- 
 sence, by a majority of the Councilmen, and the Com- 
 mon Council, when met, may adj'ourn as well to any 
 other time as to the regular time for a stated meeting, 
 but in all cases of called meetings, notice thereof shall 
 be given to each Councilman in writing, personally 
 served, if practicable, or left at his usual place of res” 
 idence; Provided , That where a meeting is called by 
 the Councilmen, it shall not be necessary to notify the 
 Councilmen calling the same. If a quorum of Council- 
 men do not attend at any time and place appointed for 
 a meeting, whether regular or called, it shall be the 
 duty of the Clerk to adjourn such meeting from day to 
 day until a quorum shall attend, or to the next regular 
 time of meeting, or to any particular time prior thereto, 
 bek°ept*° as circumstances may require. The Common Council 
 appoint^ shall keep a full and fair record of all their proceedings, 
 oahbbond and for this purpose shall appoint some person not of 
 their body a Clerk, who, before entering upon the dis- 
 charge of his duties as such, shall take an oath of of- 
 fice, and give bond with security, to the acceptance of 
 the Common Council, to secure the proper performance 
 of his duties.* The Clerk shall attend all meetings of 
 the Council, and make and keep a record of their pro- 
 ceedings ; and the minutes of the proceedings of each 
 
 and 
 duties. 
 
 * See Acts of 1852— post. 
 
CITT OF EVANSVILDE. 
 
 17 
 
 meeting being recorded, shall be read over in the pres- 
 ence of the Council, and if incorrect, corrected ; and 
 when found correct, or made so, shall be signed by the 
 Mayor, or other presiding officer of the meeting, and 
 attested by the Clerk, or other person acting as such. 
 
 Sec. 27. It shall also be the duty of the Clerk to 
 safely keep and preserve all records, books, and papers preserve 
 belonging to the city of Evansville, and appertaining to andde- 
 
 00 J m 7 0 liver same 
 
 or deposited in his office, entire and without injury or to his suc- 
 
 r 7 0 . cessor, 
 
 mutilation, and to hand them over, together with allf nd P er - 
 
 7 .... 7 0 form 
 
 other property of said city in his hands, to his successor, 
 and to do and perform all other things and duties that §ounciL y 
 he may be required to do by the by-laws, ordinances, 
 rules, and regulations to be passed, ordained and estab- 
 lished by said Common Council. This act shall be 
 deemed and taken to be a public act, and as such may 
 
 T?iiis £tot <sl 
 
 be read as evidence in any Court, without being pleaded public act. 
 
 1/7 0 A Printed. 
 
 or particularly referred to in pleading ; and the printed by-iaws_ 
 by-laws and ordinances passed and ordained by said nances, 
 
 J 1 *' and certi- 
 
 Common Council, purporting to be printed by the fledc °P ies 
 
 * r & . r J evidence, 
 
 order and under the authority of said Common Council, 
 shall be received and read in all Courts as prima facie 
 evidence, without being specially pleaded or referred to 
 in pleading; and transcripts of the records and pro- 
 ceedings of the said Common Council, certified by the 
 Mayor, under the corporate seal, shall be evidence in 
 all Courts, in like manner as the original would be, 
 without other proof or authentication than such cer- 
 tificate and seal. 
 
 Sec. 28. The Mayor and each Councilman shall present 
 to the Clerk, at the first meeting of the Common Coun- certifi- 
 ed they may attend after being elected, their certificates election to 
 of election, which, with the endorsements of qualifica- £| record 
 tion thereon endorsed, shall be spread at full length 
 upon the records. 
 
 Sec. 29. If the Mayor shall remove from and reside 
 out of the city, except temporarily, and not exceeding 
 
18 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 M?y?r ° f wee ^ 8 one time, his office shall thereby become 
 cnmen UU ’ an d vacau t , and if any Councilman shall remove 
 cScc? by" from and reside ont of the ward which he was elected 
 vacancy’ to represent, except temporarily, and not more than 
 how fined. g * x wee ]^ s one time, his office shall thereby become 
 and be vacant; and in case of a vacancy by death, re- 
 moval, resignation, or refusal to qualify, or any other 
 means whatsoever, in the office of Mayor or Council- 
 man, such vacancy shall be filled by a special election 
 to be held at such times as shall be appointed by the 
 Common Council, of which due public notice shall be 
 given by publication in a newspaper, or in such other 
 manner as the Common Council shall order, and such 
 special election shall be conducted in all respects as 
 regular annual elections.* 
 
 council to Sec. 30 . The Common Council shall have the control 
 finances, and management of the finances and of all the property 
 etc.oi city. rea | an( j personal, belonging to said city, and shall have 
 
 council— full power and authority, for and within said city, to 
 make, establish, publish, alter, modify, amend and re- 
 peal by-laws, ordinances, rules and regulations, for the 
 following purpose and on the following subjects, to-wit : 
 
 fi ? bH r °am First. To restrain and prohibit all kinds of gaming, 
 iug; and every kind of fraudulent or immoral practice or 
 device within said city. 
 
 To pro- Second, To restrain and prohibit the selling or bar- 
 sale oi in- tering of any spirituous liquors or ardent spirits, or 
 drinks beer, porter, ale, cider, or wine, drank m or about 
 
 without . \ \ 1 
 
 license, the house, store, shop, grocery, out-house, yard, or 
 
 garden of the person selling the same, unless licensed to 
 do so according to the by-laws and ordinances passed 
 
 and ordained by said Common Gouncil.f 
 
 To pro- Third . To restrain and prohibit the selling, bartering, 
 
 sale ot in- or giving away of any ardent spirits or intoxicating 
 l iqu ors to liquors to any person already intoxicated, or who may 
 
 * See Act of April 23. 1852, Sec. 3— post. 
 
 fSee License Law of March 3, 1859, Sec. 16, and Act of March 6, 1865, Sec. 
 4— post. 
 
CITY OF EVEESVILLE. 
 
 19 
 
 be known to be in the habit of getting drunk, or to any §j£ nkards 
 person less than twenty-one years of age, without the 
 consent of his or her parents, guardian, master, or 
 mistress.f 
 
 Fourth. To prohibit all shows, exhibitions, and amuse- Jib^tcer- 
 ments which, in the opinion of the said Common Coun- 
 cil, are demoralizing to society, or calculated to detract 
 from the peace and good order of said city, 
 
 Fifth. To prevent drunkenness in the streets, public ^u^kln- 1 
 indecency and riot, noise, disorder, disturbance, and dis- 
 orderly assemblies. cency » etc. 
 
 Sixth. To suppress and restrain disorderly houses ofTores- 
 
 A A ^ train dis- 
 
 ali kinds, whether taverns, groceries, coffee-houses, or orderly k 
 
 houses 
 
 any other kind of house, houses of ill-fame, billiard and and °tker 
 other gaming tables, nine or ten pin alleys, and ball 
 alleys, and to authorize the demolition and destruction 
 of all instruments of gaming. 
 
 Seventh. To compel the owner of any piece of ground, To compel 
 grocery, tallow chandlery, soap factory, tannery, stable, gJSSSd Sf of 
 barn, privy, slaughter house, sewer or other place, tOciean°the 
 cleanse the same from time to time, as often as may be same * 
 deemed necessary for the health, comfort or conveni- 
 ence of the inhabitants of said city, and to remove, abate 
 or destroy the cause which renders such house or place 
 unhealthy or uncomfortable. 
 
 Eighth . To direct the location of ail powder houses, To direct 
 
 J 1 9 location of 
 
 slaughter houses, tallow chandlers, shops, soap factories, houfe 1 ^ 61 
 distilleries, and all other houses, factories and shops, 
 that may detract from the health or comfort of the in- 
 habitants of said city, and if thought necessary, to pro- 
 hibit altogether the erection or continuance of all or 
 any such shops, factories, houses, and establishments 
 
 f 
 
 within the limits of said city. 
 
 t See License Law of March. 3, 1859, Sec. 16, and Act of March 6, 1865, Sec. 
 4— post. 
 
20 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 To regu- 
 late keep- 
 ing gun- 
 powder 
 etc. 
 
 To pre- 
 vent im- 
 proper use 
 of horses, 
 etc, in 
 streets. 
 
 To pre- 
 vent en- 
 cumbering 
 of streets, 
 etc. or in- 
 juring 
 same. 
 
 To regu- 
 late bath- 
 ing in 
 river, &c. 
 
 Ninth . To regulate the keeping and conveying of 
 gunpowder, and all other combustible and dangerous 
 
 materials, and the use of candles and lights in barns and 
 stables. 
 
 Tenth. To prevent horse-racing and immoderate rid- 
 ing or driving of horses or other animals in the streets, 
 and to prohibit persons having the charge ot horses or 
 mules from leaving them in the streets while in gears, 
 without first unfastening or unhitching the chains, tra- 
 ces, or yoke by which they draw or hold up the tongue 
 or shafts of the dray, wagon, cart, sled, carriage, buggy, 
 hack, coach, gig, or other vehicle or carriage to which 
 any such horse or mule may be hitched or attached, or 
 without by some other means securing such horses or 
 mules so that they cannot run away with any such 
 vehicle or carriage. 
 
 Eleventh. To prevent the encumbering of the streets, 
 lanes, alleys, sidewalks, wharves, landings, market pla- 
 ces, and public grounds and buildings with carriages 
 drays, carts, boxes, barrels, lumber, timber, fire-wood, 
 coal, or any other substance or material whatsoever, and 
 to prohibit persons from trespassing upon or injuring 
 public grounds and buildings, and from riding, leading, 
 hauling, or driving animals, wagons, carts, drays, car- 
 riages, and other things upon, along, or across side- 
 walks, or in any other manner injuring the same, and 
 from digging up the streets, alleys, lanes, landings, 
 wharves and public commons, or in any other wise un- 
 necessarily injuring the same. 
 
 Twelfth . To regulate and determine the times and 
 places of bathing and swimming in the Ohio river and 
 Pigeon creek, and in the canal, and to prohibit bathing 
 and swimming in the Ohio river opposite said city, and 
 within one-half mile above and below the limits thereof, 
 and in Pigeon creek within half a mile of the limits of 
 
 said city, and in the canal within said city, and within 
 half a mile beyond the limits thereof, if the Common 
 Council shall deem it proper to prohibit the same. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 21 
 
 Thirteenth. To restrain and punish vagrants, mendi- Torestmin 
 cants, street beggars, and common prostitutes. &c ’ 
 
 Fourteenth. To restrain, regulate or prohibit the run '^ e r ®|g" 
 ning at large of cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, geese, ™£-ge S ot 
 ducks, turkeys, chickens, and other animals, and to|£ imals ’ 
 authorize distraining, impounding and selling the same 
 for the penalty incurred and costs of proceeding. 
 
 Fifteenth. To prevent, restrain and regulate the run- D °s s < &c - 
 ning at large of dogs and bitches, and to authorize the 
 destruction of the same when at large contrary to the 
 by-laws and ordinances of the city. 
 
 Sixteenth. To prohibit all persons from bringing, de-Jopro^ 
 positing, or keeping within the limits of said city, or nuisance 
 within one-half mile thereof, anv dead carcass or other 
 offensive or unwholesome substance, and to require and 
 compel the destruction or removal thereof by any per* 
 son who shall be the owner thereof, or by his own act 
 or consent have the same upon or near his premises, 
 whether the same be a dead animal or any part of one, 
 putrid or unsound beef, pork, hides, fish, or skins of 
 any kind, or other unsound or unwholesome substance 
 whatever, and on the default of such person, to authorize 
 the destruction or removal thereof at his expense, by 
 the proper officer or person. 
 
 Seventeenth. To prohibit the rolling of hoops, dying Jibitthe 
 of kites, playing at ball, or long bullets, shooting, or k[^ s &c 
 using firearms or fire-crackers, or unnecessarily using 
 any other thing, instrument or practice, having a ten- 
 dency to annoy, or endanger, or injure, or destroy per- 
 sons or property within said city, or to frighten teams 
 or horses within said city. 
 
 Eighteenth. To compel all persons to keep the snow, to compel 
 mud, ice, and dirt, and trash of all kinds off the side to be kept " 
 
 clean 
 
 walks, and to clean and keep clean the gutters and 
 streets in front of, and the gutters and alleys in the rear 
 of the premises by them occupied or owned. 
 
22 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 hibitdis- Nineteenth. To prevent the disorderly blowing of 
 noises 7 h° rns > ringing of bells, crying of goods or other things, 
 and all other unnecessary noises to the disturbance of 
 the citizens. 
 
 what shall Twentieth . To abate and remove nuisances, and to 
 sancesand declare what shall be deemed nuisances, and punishing 
 same. the by suitable penalties the person or persons causing or 
 continuing the same, or suffering the same to remain on 
 his, her, or their premises, or both abate and punish, at 
 discretion ; and for the purpose of declaring what 
 shall be deemed nuisances, and abating the same, or 
 causing and compelling the same to be abated, and 
 punishing persons for causing, continuing, or suffering 
 the same as aforesaid, the Common Council shall have 
 jurisdiction over both land and water one mile beyond 
 the limits of the city in all directions.* 
 
 To regu- Twenty -first. To restrain and regulate carriers and 
 
 late carri- a J ° 
 
 ers, run- runners to and from steamboats, canal boats, and stages. 
 
 ners, &c. J 70 
 
 Twenty -second. To regulate and license drays, wagons, 
 late 1 and carts, hacks, and carriages, which may be kept in said 
 drays, &c. city to be hired or used for hire or reward. 
 
 To survey 
 and estab- 
 lish 
 
 bounda- 
 ries of 
 streets,&c. 
 
 Twenty -third. To ascertain, by survey, and mark and 
 establish the boundaries and limits of said city, and all 
 enlargements thereof, and of the streets, alleys, lots and 
 blocks therein. 
 
 to re°u- Twenty -fourth. To regulate the burial of the dead, to 
 
 ofdead rial purchase and provide common burying grounds, hearses, 
 and other things necessary to burial, and appoint one 
 or more sextons, and prescribe his or their duties. 
 
 Twenty-fifth. To provide for the keeping of bills of 
 
 To provide J J v r 0 
 
 for bills of mortality, and returning the same at times and places 
 ’ appointed for that purpose, and to impose suitable 
 fines or penalties upon physicians, sextons, and others 
 for any default in keeping or returning the same. 
 
 ^Twentieth, As to power of Council to drain swamps, &c., within two 
 miles of the city. See Act of Jan. 15, 1850— post. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 23 
 
 Twenty -sixth. To regulate gauging, the place andTo regu- 
 manner of selling and weighing hay, the place and ^ ghing 
 manner of selling and measuring or weighing wood for 
 fuel, lime and coal, and to appoint suitable persons to 
 superintend and conduct the same. 
 
 Twenty -seventh. To regulate the quality of bread, and j^° e regu ~ 
 to provide for the seizure and forfeiture of bread baked bread, y &c. 
 contrary thereto. 
 
 Tie enty- eighth. To make, establish and regulate public 
 wells, cisterns, reservoirs and pumps, and to prevent terns ’ &e - 
 the unnecessary waste of water. 
 
 Twenty -ninth. To provide for the furnishing of the To pro- 
 
 ^ ^ ^ vide W£lt€ 
 
 said city and the inhabitants thereof with water.* works. 
 
 Thirtieth. To establish and regulate public pounds. Toest’ush 
 Thirty-first. To prevent the firing of guns, pistols and Toreguate 
 all other firearms and fireworks within said city. arms! file ~ 
 
 Thirty -second. To prohibit and prevent the erection Toreg , late 
 
 of wooden buildings in such parts of said city as they wooden oi 
 may think proper. buildings. 
 
 Thirty -third. To erect and establish market houses, 
 market places, a hospital, a Council house, a city jail, lish and 
 engine houses, and houses for common schools,! 
 regulate and govern, and from time to time e 
 repair, remove and rebuild the same, or build new ones, 
 and to prescribe rules and regulations for the use and 
 management thereof, and to prescribe the time and 
 manner of vending produce and provisions in such 
 market houses and market places, and to prohibit the 
 sale, by retail, of meat, vegetables, eggs, butter, chick- 
 ens, turkeys, geese, ducks and other fowls during mar- 
 ket hours at any other place than the market houses 
 and market places so established and erected. 
 
 Thirty -fourth. To restrain and prevent forestalling 
 and regrating. 
 
 * See Acts of March 6, I860, and March 11, 1867— post. 
 
 fSee Acts of March 6, I860, (General School Law)— Sec. 4 and 5, and of March 
 11th, 1867-post. 
 
 1 . uxu tv 
 
 and tO markets, 
 
 , hospitals, 
 
 nlarge, jails, &c. 
 
24 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 To estab- 
 lish fire 
 depart- 
 ment. 
 
 Police. 
 
 To compel 
 attend- 
 ance of 
 members, 
 &c. 
 
 To ap- 
 point offi- 
 cers and 
 prescribe 
 their du- 
 ties. 
 
 Fees and 
 salaries. 
 
 Thirty-fifth . To prevent and guard against damage by 
 fire ; to purchase fire engines and fire apparatus ; to 
 organize fire companies, and regulate and govern the 
 same, and to prescribe and regulate the duty and con- 
 duct of the members of fire companies, and of other 
 persons, in relation to fires, and property removed into 
 the streets or elsewhere, to prevent its destruction by 
 fire. 
 
 Thirty-sixth . To regulate the general police of said city. 
 
 Thirty-seventh. To compel the attendance of the mem- 
 bers of the Common Council; to appoint all officers 
 and agents they may deem proper and necessary to 
 carry into full effect the powers hereby conferred, and 
 to prescribe their powers and duties and to require 
 them, or any or either of them, to give bond, with 
 security, for the faithful discharge of such duties, and 
 all officers and agents so appointed shall hold their 
 offices during the pleasure of the Common Council. 
 
 Thirty -eighth. To regulate and establish and provide 
 for the payment of the fees and salaries of all officers 
 and agents by them employed. 
 
 Torcgu- Thirty-ninth. To regulate the streets, alleys, and side- 
 streeum- wa ^s, and all improvements and repairs thereof;* and 
 meilts, &c. the said Common Council shall have the exclusive 
 right and power of taxing persons residing in said city, 
 and real and personal property situated therein, for the 
 purpose of making such improvements and repairs, 
 whether such improvements or repairs consist of grad- 
 ing, paving, ditching, or anything else ; and no person 
 residing in said city shall be compelled or required to 
 work on any road without the city, nor shall any prop- 
 erty lying or being within the city be taxed for the 
 purpose of making, opening, improving, or repairing 
 any road or bridge without the limits of said city: 
 Provided , That nothing herein contained shall prevent 
 
 * See Act of March 6, 1865, in reference to railroads, &c.— post. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 25 
 
 the Board of Commissioners of Vanderburgh County 
 from making such appropriations of the revenue of the 
 county as are or may be authorized by law for the 
 building, purchase, or repair of bridges, either within 
 or without said city. 
 
 Fortieth.* To take stock in any chartered company to take 
 
 J . stock in 
 
 for making roads to said city, or for watering said city, ™adan<^ 
 and in any company authorized or empowered by the panies * 
 Board of Commissioners of Vanderburgh County, to 
 build a bridge on anv road leading to said city ; and to 
 establish, maintain, and regulate ferries across the Ohio 
 Biver from the public wharves of said city : Provided 9 
 That no stock shall be subscribed or taken by the Com- 
 mon Council in any such company, unless it be on the 
 petition of two-thirds of the residents of said city, who 
 are freeholders of the city, distinctly setting forth the 
 company in which stock is to be taken, and the number 
 and amount of shares to be subscribed ; And provided l 
 also , That in all cases where such stock is taken, the 
 Common Council shall have power to borrow money, 
 and levy and collect a tax on all real estate (either in- 
 clusive or exclusive of improvements, at their discre- 
 tion), for the payment of said stock. f 
 
 Forty-first. To borrow money for the use of the city Borrow 
 
 of Evansville. 
 
 money. 
 
 Forty-second. To lay out, open and make new streets Tolay 
 
 and alleys, highways, and wharves, and to alter, con- etc. str< 
 
 tract, widen, or discontinue any street, alley, or public 
 
 wharf now made or hereafter to be made in said citv 
 
 * 7 , 
 
 subject to the rules and regulations hereinafter contained 
 
 Forty-third. To prohibit or permit and regulate theToregu- 
 
 ^ ^ ^ la.t6 8/iid, li~ 
 
 sale of horses and other animals, and merchandise, and cense auc- 
 
 tioneers. 
 
 all other kinds of property, real or personal, at 
 auction in the streets, stores, shops, or elsewhere within 
 
 -'Amended ; see Act of December 21, 1365, Sec. 1, and of March 11, 1867— post. 
 fFoRTiKTH. As to Evansville and Illinois Railroad Company, see Act of 
 1849-post. 
 
 4 
 
26 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 Wharves 
 and whar- 
 fage. 
 
 To levy 
 revenue. 
 
 Robbers, 
 
 <fcc. 
 
 Board of 
 health . 
 
 City 
 
 watch. 
 
 Taverns, 
 
 groceries, 
 
 &c. 
 
 the city, and to appoint and license auctioneers, and 
 regulate their conduct. 
 
 Forty-fourth? To regulate all wharves on the shore of 
 the Ohio River in front of or adjoining said city, 
 whether the same be public or private, and the amount 
 of wharfage to be charged at or for the use of the same. 
 
 Forty-fifth. To levy and collect a revenue for the use 
 of the city of Evansville, in the manner hereinafter 
 prescribed. 
 
 Forty -sixth. To prevent injuries to the inhabitants of 
 the said city, or their property, from thieves, robbers, 
 burglars, and all pther persons violating the public peace. 
 
 Forty-seventh. To establish a Board of Health for said 
 city, and to invest it with such powers and impose upon 
 it such duties as may be deemed necessary or proper to 
 preserve the health of said city, and to secure the in- 
 habitants thereof from the evils, distress, and calamities 
 of contagious, infectious, or malignant diseases, by the 
 adoption and execution of such rules, orders, and regu- 
 lations as may be deemed by such Board of Health 
 proper to prevent the commencement, continuance, or 
 spread of any such disease ; to provide for the proper 
 organization of such Board of Health, and the election 
 or appointment of the officers thereof, and to make 
 such by-laws and rules for its government and support 
 as shall be required for the prompt performance of its 
 duties and the lawful exercise of its powers. 
 
 Forty -eighth. To establish, organize, and maintain a 
 city watch, and define the powers and prescribe the 
 duties thereof. 
 
 Forty-ninth. To regulate all taverns, groceries, coffee- 
 houses, and ale and porter shops, houses, and cellars, 
 and all other houses and places where beer, ale, porter, 
 wine, or cider is sold by retail, or where spirituous 
 liquors are sold by a less quantity than a quart, and all 
 other houses of public entertainment in said city, and 
 all theatrical exhibitions and concerts, and all exhibi- 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILDE. 
 
 27 
 
 tions of whatever name or nature to which admission is 
 obtained by the payment of money, or any other re- 
 ward,* and to regulate all ferries across the Ohio River 
 from said city, or from in front thereof to the opposite 
 shore. 
 
 Fiftieth. The said Common Council shall have the Licenses, 
 exclusive power to grant licenses to tavern-keepers, inn- 
 keepers, retailers of spirituous liquors by a less quantity 
 than a quart, keepers of ale, porter, cider, and wine 
 shops, houses, and cellars, and all other houses and 
 places of public entertainment; and showmen and 
 keepers and managers of theatrical exhibitions, con- 
 certs, menageries, circuses, and all other exhibitions for 
 money or other reward ; and auctioneers, keepers of 
 ferries across the Ohio River, from or from in front of 
 said city ; and persons vending, at retail, goods, wares, 
 merchandise, or personal property of any kind or 
 description, at or upon boats or water crafts of any kind 
 lying in the canal within said city, or in the Ohio River 
 between said city and the middle of said river, whether 
 such boat or water craft be resting upon or in anywise 
 fastened to the shore or bottom of the river, or floating 
 and anchored, or otherwise made stationary in the river; 
 and in granting such licenses as by this act the Common 
 Council are authorized to grant, said Common Council 
 shall charge such sum or sums of money as they may 
 think fit and reasonable, and annex to such licenses such 
 terms and conditions as in their opinion the peace, good 
 order and general interests of the city may require ; 
 and if any person so licensed shall be convicted of vio- 
 lating any such condition, or suffering it to be done by 
 any person in his employ, whether such conviction be 
 upon information and proceedings had thereon to prove 
 and establish such violation dnly, or in an action brought 
 to recover the penalty prescribed for such violation, the 
 Mayor, or other officer acting as such, shall have full 
 
 * See License Law of March 5 f 1859, Sec. 16, and Act of March 6, 1865— post. 
 
28 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 Construc- 
 tion of 
 chimneys. 
 
 Obedience 
 to ordi- 
 nances, 
 how en- 
 forced. 
 
 Ordi- 
 nances 
 how pub- 
 lished, ard 
 when in 
 force. 
 
 power and authority to suspend, for a limited time, or 
 wholly annul such license, and enter up judgment ac- 
 cordingly.* 
 
 Fifty -first. To regulate and prescribe the manner of 
 the construction of chimneys, fire places, stove pipes 
 and hearths, and to compel the alteration of such as are 
 improperly constructed, and to make and enforce all 
 such rules, by-laws and ordinances as may be proper or 
 necessary to prevent the destruction of property by the 
 careless or improper use of fire and lights, or by im- 
 properly or carelessly placing hay or any other highly 
 combustible substance so near to a chimney, fire place 
 or stove, or other place where fire is kept or used, as to 
 make it liable to be burned ; and in order to enforce 
 such rules, by-laws and ordinances, the Common Coun- 
 cil shall have power to appoint fire wardens, and define 
 their powers and prescribe their duties. 
 
 Sec. 31. Obedience to and observance of all rules 
 by-laws, ordinances and police regulations made in 
 pursuance of this act, shall be enforced (except as herein 
 otherwise provided) by imposing suitable penalties upon 
 the person or persons violating the same, to be recov- 
 ered, together with the costs of suit, in an action of 
 debt, or an action on the case, in any court of compe- 
 tent jurisdiction. 
 
 Sec. 32. Unless otherwise provided by the Common 
 Council, every ordinance, by-law or police regulation of 
 a general nature, or effecting the whole city, or relating 
 to the conduct of the people generally, and imposing any 
 penalty or forfeiture for a violation of its provisions, shall 
 take effect and be in force from and after its publication 
 in a newspaper printed and published in the city ; but 
 until it is so published at least once, no such ordinance, 
 by-law or regulation shall under any circumstances take 
 effect or be in force, and the affidavit of the printer or 
 publisher of any such newspaper, made before any officer 
 
 "See License Law of March 5, 1859, Sec, 16, ahd Act of March 6, 1865— post. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 29 
 
 authorized to administer oaths, and filed with the Clerk 
 of the Common Council, shall be sufficient evidence of 
 the fact of such publication, and the time, place and 
 manner thereof, and the Common Council shall cause to 
 he entered on their record, at the conclusion of each and 
 every such ordinance, a statement of the fact that the 
 same has been published as aforesaid ; and the time of 
 such publication, and the printed statement immediately 
 after the title or at the conclusion of any such ordinance, 
 by-law or regulation, purporting to be printed by autho- 
 rity of said Common Council, of the fact that the same 
 was published and took effect, or was in force at a par- 
 ticular time ; shall be r prima facie evidence in all courts of 
 such publication, and the time such by-law, ordinance 
 or regulation took effect. All other laws, ordinances, 
 rules, regulations and orders shall take effect and be in 
 force from and after their passage, unless otherwise di- 
 rected by the Common Council. * 
 
 Sec. 33. All actions brought to recover any penalty in- Actions, 
 curred under this act. or the ordinances, by-laws, rules and brought; 
 
 7 7 J 1 penalties, 
 
 regulations made in pursuance thereof, shall be brought j^coi-^ 
 in the name of “The City of Evansville,” and all fines p^ocSy 
 and penalties, when collected, shall be paid into the treas- practice 
 ury of said city : The first process in every action shall charter, 
 
 be a warrant or capias, commanding the proper officers 
 to arrest the defendant or defendants in such action, and 
 bring him, her or them forthwith before the Mayor, or 
 such other person as may at the return of such writ be 
 acting as M%or, then and there to answer the charge 
 made against such defendant or defendants in such ac- 
 tion : The trial of any such action may be postponed, 
 
 if justice require it, but in such case the defendant may 
 he required to give bail in a reasonable sum to appear at 
 the the time and place appointed for the trial, and not 
 depart without leave, and in default of giving such bail 
 when required as aforesaid, the defendant shall be com- 
 mitted to prison by order of the Mayor or other officer 
 acting as such, there to remain until the time fixed for 
 
30 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 the trial, unless before that time such bail be given : The 
 bail bond or recognizance to be taken for the appear- 
 ance of every such defendant, shall be taken and ap- 
 proved by the Mayor or other person acting as such, and 
 shall be made payable to the City of Evansville, and the 
 mone) therein specified may be sued for and recovered 
 in the name and for the use of said city, if the condition 
 or conditions thereof shall be broken. Where judgment 
 is entered against any defendant for any penalty or for- 
 feiture above in this section specified, it may be made a 
 part of the judgment that the defendant stand commit- 
 ted until the judgment and costs are paid or replevied, 
 and the defendant shall be committed to prison accord- 
 ingly; or judgment may be entered and execution en- 
 forced as in ordinary actions of debt or assumpsit before 
 justices of the peace, and all such judments on the May- 
 or’s docket may be replevied by giving- sufficient secu- 
 rity to the satisfaction of the Mayor or other person act- 
 ing as such, in the same manner that judgments in civil 
 cases on the dockets of justices of the peace are or may 
 be replevied, and after the stay of execution has expired, 
 such judgments may be collected upon execution in like 
 manner as justices’ judgments are or may at the time 
 be collected. 
 
 Compe- 
 tency of 
 jurors, 
 witnesses, 
 &c. 
 
 Sec. 34. No person shall be incompetent as a judge, 
 juror or witness in any action in which said city is a 
 party or interested, by reason of such person’s being an 
 inhabitant, citizen or freeholder of said city. 
 
 Power to Sec. 35. For the purposes of revenue, the Common 
 
 levy and r r 7 
 
 cohect tax. Q ounc -j g^p p aV e power to levy and cause to be as- 
 sessed and collected, once in each year, an ad valorem 
 tax upon all property, real and personal, within said 
 city, and on all money and capital within said city, 
 which is or may be subject to taxation for county pur- 
 poses, whether such money or capital be actively em- 
 ployed or not, and on all money bearing interest and 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 31 
 
 payable to any inhabitant of said city;* and also a poll 
 tax of not exceeding one dollar upon every male inhabi- 
 tant of said city of the age of twenty-one years or up- 
 wards, and sane and not a public charge as a pauper; 
 also a specific tax on dogs and bitches; Provided , That 
 such ad valorem tax shall not exceed three-fourths of 
 one per cent, upon the value of the property, capital or 
 money taxed; Provided , also , That in assessing such 
 tax, the improvements or parts thereof on real estate, 
 may be iucluded or excluded at the discretion of the 
 Council and a portion of said revenue, and all or part 
 of the penalties to be collected under this act and the 
 laws and ordinances made in pursuance of it, may be 
 appropriated at the discretion of the Common Council, atiom^-ar 
 tor the support of the common schools within said city. Scllools * 
 
 Sec. 36. After the second Monday in April, and before Assessor, ^ 
 the first Monday in May (or as soon thereafter as it can how ap- 
 
 \ pointed j 
 
 conveniently be done) in each year, the Common Coun- his oath 
 
 . 7 .* /7 tip and bond. 
 
 cil of said city shall appoint an assessor, who, before 
 entering upon the discharge of his duties, shall take an 
 oath to truly, faithfully and impartially discharge his 
 duties as assessor, and also give a bond with freehold 
 security, payable to the city of Evansville, and condi- 
 tioned for the faithful discharge of such duties, which 
 bond shall be to the satisfaction of and approved by the 
 Common Council: Provided , That the Common Coun- 
 cil may appoint more than one assessor if they deem it 
 expedient to do so ; and if more than one assessor be 
 appointed, they shall act either in conjunction or sever- 
 ally, as the Common Council shall order or direct. f 
 
 Sec. 37. It shall be the duty of the assessor or asses- Assessor's 
 sors to proceed forthwith to make out a full and fair dutles ’ 
 list or lists of all persons, and all real and personal 
 estate, and all polls to be taxed, placing the names of 
 persons in alphabetical order, setting opposite the name 
 
 * See Act of March 6, 1865— post, 
 t See Act of March 10, 1852— post. 
 
32 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 of each person the value of his or her personal estate 
 subject to taxation, according to the thirty-fifth section 
 of this act, and also a description of all lots and parts 
 of lots owned or claimed by such person, and the value 
 thereof, including improvements thereon, unless other- 
 wise directed by the Common Council. He shall also, 
 unless otherwise directed as aforesaid, make out a sepa- 
 rate list of such of the following things as are taxable 
 or required to be licensed according to the orders* or 
 ordinances of said Common Council, placing the names 
 of the owners, keepers or managers thereof in alpha- 
 betical order, and placing opposite the name of each 
 those things for which he or she is liable to pay tax or 
 procure a license, that is to say : All dogs and bitches? 
 
 carts, wagons, drays, hacks and carriages, taverns, inns, 
 groceries, and other houses and places where spirituous 
 liquors are sold by a less quantity than a quart, ale 
 porter, cider, beer, and wine shops, houses and cellars, 
 and other houses and places of public entertainment, 
 shows, menageries, circuses, theaters, concerts and other 
 exhibitions for money or other reward, ferries, and 
 boats or water crafts lying in the Ohio River or on the 
 shore thereof, or in the canal, on or at which merchan- 
 dise or personal property of any kind is sold at retail ; 
 which list shall be appended to and returned with the 
 assessment roll ; and the said assessment roll and list 
 shall be completed and returned by the assessor to the 
 Clerk of the Common Council by the first Monday in 
 July next after the appointment of such assessor, unless 
 further time be given him by order of the Common 
 Council.* 
 
 • Sec. 38. In order to ascertain the value of the personal 
 duties, estate taxable as herein before provided, it shall be the 
 duty of the assessor to require each person owning, 
 possessing or controlling the same, to state to him under 
 oath, in writing or orally, (at his discretion, or as shall 
 
 * See act of March 7, 1857— post. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 33 
 
 be ordered or required by the Common Council or their 
 ordinances,) the value of each several kind or species 
 of personal estate taxable as aforesaid, and belonging 
 to, possessed or controlled by such person, according to 
 the best of his knowledge, recollection and belief, 
 which oath such assessor is hereby authorized to admin- 
 ister; and any person who shall knowingly and wil- 
 fully swear falsely when so sworn by any such assessor, 
 shall be deemed guilty of perjury, and on conviction 
 thereof shall be punished accordingly ; and in case any 
 person shall fail or refuse when called on for that pur- 
 pose, to state to the assessor, under oath as in this sec- 
 tion provided, the value of the personal estate taxable 
 as aforesaid, and owned, possessed or controlled by such 
 person, it shall be the duty of the assessor to affix, from 
 the best information he can get, a fair valuation of the 
 personal estate owned, possessed or controlled by such 
 person, and the valuation so fixed may be increased by 
 the Common Council, but they shall Yiot decrease it, 
 unless it shall appear that the assessor has intentionally 
 and knowingly fixed such valuation too high.f 
 
 Sec. 39. The value of personal estate fixed under oath Assessors 
 
 . . . duties. 
 
 by the person owning, possessing or controlling the 
 same, as provided in the thirty-eighth section of this 
 act, shall be final and conclusive. Where any person 
 owning, possessing or controlling personal estate is 
 absent and cannot be found and required to state the 
 value thereof under oath, the assessor shall fix the value 
 thereof according to the best information he can get, 
 and the value so fixed may be altered by the Common 
 Council, either by increasing or decreasing it, if they 
 think it incorrect, and the assessor shall note on the 
 assessment roll opposite the names of such absent per- 
 sons, the fact of such absence, and opposite the names 
 of persons owning, possessing or controlling personal 
 estate which has been valued by the assessor in conse- 
 
 tSee Act of March 6, 1865, (amending Charter,) Sec. 5, 6 and 7 — post. 
 
34 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 Rate of 
 t ax when 
 fixed. 
 
 Clerk’s du- 
 ties as to 
 assess- 
 ment, as- 
 sessment 
 roll and 
 duplicate. 
 
 quence of the refusal to swear to the value thereof, the 
 fact of such refusal, in order that the Common Council 
 may know the personal estate the value of which they 
 
 mav alter. 
 
 •/ 
 
 Sec. 40. After the return of the assessment roll or 
 rolls, and by the third Monday in July in each year, if 
 such roll or rolls have been returned in time, (and if 
 not then as soon thereafter as practicable), the Common 
 Council shall fix the rate of tax to be levied on real 
 and personal estate, and polls, dogs and bitches, and the 
 amount to be charged for licenses of all kinds.* 
 
 Sec. 41. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Com- 
 mon Council to calculate and carry out on said assess- 
 ment roll or rolls, the amount of tax chargeable against 
 each person named therein, and against each piece of 
 property listed to persons unknown, according to the 
 rate fixed in pursuance of the fortieth section of this 
 act, and within one monthf after the rate of taxation 
 is fixed as provided in said fortieth section, said Clerk 
 shall make out and deliver to the collector a complete 
 copy or duplicate of such assessment roll or rolls, and 
 also of the list of persons taxable for dogs, bitches and 
 licenses, to which shall be annexed a precept signed by 
 the Mayor, with the corporate seal of the city annexed 
 thereto, commanding the collector to collect and make 
 the taxes in such duplicate specified, by distraining and 
 selling the goods, chattels, lands and tenements of each 
 person therein named, for the taxes charged against 
 such person, including the taxes on dogs and bitches; 
 and also to collect the sums charged in the aforesaid 
 list for licenses. But before such duplicate is made out, 
 the Common Council shall appoint some time and 
 place (of which notice shall be given by advertisement 
 at least one week previously) to sit and examine said 
 assessment roll or rolls, and while so sitting at the time 
 and place appointed as aforesaid, the said Common 
 
 * See Act of March 6, 1865. (amending Charter,) Sec. 5, 6 and 7— post. 
 
 f See Act of March 7, 1857— post. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 35 
 
 Council shall have power to correct all errors in said 
 assessment roll, as to the names of persons, or as to 
 description or ownership of property, and clearly estab- tion * 
 lished mistakes of the assessor in stating the value of 
 personal estate sworn to by any person, and errors as to 
 the value of personal estate valued by the assessor in 
 consequence of the absence of the person owning or 
 having possession or control thereof, or in consequence 
 of the refusal or failure of such person to swear to the 
 value thereof, subject, however, to the provisions of the 
 thirty-eighth section of this act; also, to equalize the 
 valuation of real estate, by increasing or decreasing the 
 valuation fixed in said assessment roll or rolls on any 
 lot or lots, piece or pieces of ground mentioned therein ; 
 and for the purpose of making such corrections and. 
 equalization, the Common Council shall sit at least three 
 days, and their presiding officer shall have power to 
 swear and examine persons making complaint, as well 
 as other witnesses, touching any alleged error. 
 
 Sec. 42. No irregularity as to the time of appointing irreguiari- 
 an assessor, or making and returning an assessment roll, 
 or duplicate and precept, or appointing a collector, nor Sent!’ 
 any mere irregularity or informality in the appointment 
 or qualification of any assessor or collector, shall effect 
 the validity of any such assessment of taxes, or any 
 duplicate or precept, or prevent the collection of such 
 taxes. 
 
 Sec. 43. All taxes upon real estate shall, from the Taxes, 
 time the assessment roll is made out and completed, bewhafeS^ 
 a lien on such real estate to the same extent as judg~ tent lieu ®' 
 ments of Courts of Record, and continue a lien until 
 such taxes are paid, and have a preference of all private 
 claims, and all taxes on personal estate shall have a 
 preference of all private claims. 
 
 Sec. 44. As soon as practicable after the assessment ap- or ’ 
 roll is made out and completed, the Common Council 
 shall appoint some suitable person Collector, to collect deputies d 
 
« 
 
 36 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 I) uty of 
 collector 
 in collect- 
 ing and 
 paying 
 overtaxes 
 
 the revenue assessed, who, before the duplicate and tax 
 list and precept are delivered to him, shall be sworn by 
 some competent officer to faithfully discharge his duties 
 as Collector, and also enter into bond, with freehold 
 security to the acceptance of the Common Council, in a 
 penal sum not less than twice the amount of the revenue 
 by him to be collected, and conditioned for the faithful 
 performance of his duties; and such Collector may 
 appoint deputies, being responsible for their acts. 
 
 Sec. 45. As soon as the tax duplicate and precept are 
 placed in the hands of the Collector, he shall proceed 
 .forthwith to collect the revenue according to the man- 
 date of the precept, and complete such collection, and 
 pay over to the Treasurer the revenues so collected, and 
 return such duplicate and precept to the Common 
 Council, or their clerk, by the first Monday in Novem- 
 ber following the appointment of such Collector.* 
 
 iu a officeof Sec. 46. In case of the death, resignation, inability, 
 orassessor or refusal of any Assessor to make or complete and 
 hmv fined. re t urn an assessment, or of any Collector to commence 
 or complete the collection of the revenue, the Common 
 Council shall appoint another Assessor or Collector (as 
 the case may be), who shall be governed in all respects 
 by the same rules as if he were the regularly appointed 
 Assessor or Collector. 
 
 Taxes on Sec. 47. Taxes on personal estate, polls, dogs, and 
 ?vhen^o\- y bitches may be collected by the Collector at any time 
 
 lected and. 
 
 Row. prior to the second Monday of March next after his 
 appointment, and also money charged in the list deliv- 
 ered to him for licenses; which collections, if made 
 after the first Monday of November, shall be made upon 
 and by virtue of a copy of his delinquent list, certified 
 by the Mayor and attested by the Clerk, under the cor- 
 porate seal, to which shall be attached a precept similar 
 to the one required to be attached to the tax duplicate. 
 
 -See Act of March 7, 1857— post. 
 
37 
 
 • ■ 7 X t . 
 
 CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 Sec. 48. The Common Council shall have full power Party 
 to regulate the building of party walls of stone or brick 
 houses within the city, and the quality of materials to 
 be used in such walls, and the depth below the surface 
 of the earth at which such walls or the foundations 
 thereof shall commence, and the thickness and length 
 of such walls and the foundations thereof, and the 
 height to which the same shall be built above the sur- 
 face of the earth ; and in accordance with the by-laws 
 and ordinances of the Common Council, passed in pur- 
 suance of this section of this act, it shall be lawful for 
 any person or persons about to build any stone or brick 
 house of any kind on any piece of ground within the 
 city of Evansville, which is bounded on any side or end 
 by the private property of any other person or persons, 
 to build his, her, or their wall or walls on any line 
 dividing his, her, or their ground from that which 
 adjoins it as aforesaid, placing such wall lengthwise 
 along said line, and one-half of such wall on each side 
 of such line; and when any such wall shall be so built 
 of brick or stone, of the height, depth, breadth, and 
 thickness, and in the manner and of the quality of 
 materials prescribed by such by-laws and ordinances, it 
 shall be a party wall, and the persons owning the 
 ground on either side thereof shall have the right to 
 use the same in any lawful manner: Provided , That no 
 person other than the person building such wall shall 
 be compelled to maintain or keep the same in repair, or 
 to pay any part of the expenses of building, repairing, 
 or maintaining the same until such wall or some part 
 thereof shall be used by such other person, by attaching 
 another house to it, or making it constitute one side or 
 wall, or part of one side or wall, of another house of 
 some kind, erected on the ground adjoining that of the 
 person who erected such wall ; and when any person 
 
 other than the person who may have erected any such 
 party wall may desire to use such wall by attaching 
 another house of any kind to it, or by making such 
 
38 
 
 CHARTER OP THE 
 
 Pa.ity 
 wall 8. 
 
 party wall part of any such other house, or one wall or 
 part of one wall of such other house, such person so 
 desiring to use such wall shall first pay to the person 
 or persons who built the same, or his, her, or their heirs 
 and assigns, one -half of the full value of such wall, i 
 the same be demanded by the person entitled thereto, 
 personally, or by agent or attorney ; and after such 
 demand is made, no person shall attach any other house 
 to such party wall, or proceed any further in erecting 
 or finishing the same, or commence or proceed any 
 further in erecting or finishing any such other house of 
 which said party wall will in any wise form a part or 
 one wall, or a part of a wall thereof without first pay- 
 ing to the person or persons who built such party wall, 
 or his, her, or their heirs or assigns, one-half of the full 
 value of such party wall ; but after making such pay- 
 ment such party wall shall be the joint property of the 
 persons owning the houses between which such party 
 wall forms a partition ; and the Common Council shall 
 appoint three freehold citizens of the city surveyors to 
 view and estimate the value of party walls, when the 
 parties interested cannot agree; and such surveyors 
 when requested to do so by any person interested, shall 
 proceed to view and carefully examine any such party 
 wall, and after such view and careful examination, to 
 appraise and fix a value upon the same, which appraise- 
 ment and valuation being made in writing, and verified 
 by the affidavits of such surveyors, or a majority of 
 them, shall be final and conclusive ; but before such 
 examination and appraisement, all the parties interested, 
 or their agents, attorneys, or guardians, shall be noti- 
 fied, if practicable, of the time of making the same, in 
 such manner as the Common Council shall prescribe by 
 ordinance or by-law. The Common Council shall have 
 power to make such rules for the government of such 
 
 surve}mrs, in the discharge of their duties, as they may 
 deem proper, not inconsistent with this act. Such sur- 
 veyors, when so appointed, shall have and exercise all 
 
CITY OF. EVANSVILLE. 
 
 39 
 
 the powers and perform all the duties of fence-viewers 
 within said city, and for their services shall be entitled 
 to such fees as the Common Council shall by ordinance 
 direct.* 
 
 Sec. 49. All taxes shall he collected, if practicable, Taxes, ^ ^ 
 and paid over to the City Treasurer by the first Monday how^col- ^ 
 of November of each year.f Taxes on polls, personal final set- 
 estate, and dogs and bitches remaining unpaid after when 
 that time shall be collected, as far as practicable, and 
 paid over to the City Treasurer, by the second Monday 
 in March following, at which time the Collector shall 
 make a final settlement with the Common Council of 
 his doings and business as Collector, unless further time 
 shall be given him by the Common Council to any day 
 between that time and the first Monday in the next 
 April thereafter, in which case he shall make settlement 
 at the time allowed and appointed therefor by the Com- 
 mon Council. When the duplicate and precept are 
 placed in the hands of the Collector, he shall give pub- 
 lic notice thereof, by advertisement, two weeks succes- 
 sively, in a newspaper printed and published in the 
 city, stating also in said notice where his office is, and 
 calling upon the people to pay their taxes. He shall 
 not be required to make a demand of taxes from any 
 person charged therewith, but shall keep his office open 
 for the reception of taxes for one month next before 
 the first Monday in October in each year, between ten 
 o’clock a. m. and five o’clock p. m, of every day except 
 Sunday, and at such other times as he mav think proper.. 
 
 At any time after the first Monday in October the Col- 
 lector may collect taxes on polls, personal estate, dogs 
 and bitches by seizing and selling the goods and chat- 
 tels of the persons whose taxes remain unpaid. 
 
 Sec. 50. After the first Monday in October, and by sale of 
 the first Monday in November in each year,;]; the Col- Sr taxes, 
 lector shall make the taxes assessed on real estate either thereo°c 3Ce 
 
 * Sec. 48, See Act of February 4, 1848. Sec. 4— post, 
 t See Act of March 7, 1857, 
 
 X See Act of March 7, 1857— post. 
 
40 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 property ^7 the seizure and sale of the goods and chattels of the 
 a ud notice °. wner or claimant thereof or by selling the lot or piece 
 thereof, 0 f g roun( j itself upon which the taxes remain unpaid, 
 or so much thereof as may be necessary to pay such 
 taxes and the cost of advertising and sale, giving six 
 days’ notice of the time and place of selling goods and 
 chattels, by written advertisement set up in three of the 
 most public places in the city (one of which shall be in 
 the ward where the sale is to take place), and giving- 
 three weeks’ notice of the time and place of selling real 
 estate, by advertisement for three weeks successively in 
 a newspaper printed and published in the city : Pro- 
 vided, That real estate so sold shall remain subject to 
 any lien which the State or the county of Vanderburgh 
 may have thereon for taxes, or by mortgage, judgment, 
 or recognizance. 
 
 Real es- 
 tate, liow 
 sold for 
 taxes, and 
 certificate 
 of pur- 
 chase 
 thereof. 
 
 Collector’s 
 return of 
 ieal estate 
 sold for 
 taxes. 
 When and 
 how real 
 estate may 
 be redeem- 
 ed. 
 
 Sec. 51. In selling real estate for taxes, the Collector 
 shall sell the least portion of any lot or piece of lot 
 that any bidder will take and pay the taxes due there- 
 on, with the costs of advertising and selling; and when 
 any person shall bid for a less quantity than the whole 
 lot, the Collector shall declare publicly the manner in 
 which the lot or piece of ground shall be divided, and, 
 if practicable, he shall so divide it as not to make it 
 necessary to sell the same piece or part of lot for State 
 or county taxes. Having made a sale of any real estate, 
 the Collector shall make, acknowledge, and deliver to 
 the purchaser a certificate thereof, particularly and ac- 
 curately describing the property sold, the amount it was 
 sold for, and stating the time within which it may be 
 redeemed.* 
 
 Sec. 52. It shall be the duty of the Collector to return 
 to the City Treasurer, on or before the second Monday 
 in November, f a statement of all lots and parts of lots 
 sold for taxes by such Collector, giving in such state- 
 ment the name of the person to whom each lot or piece 
 
 * See Act of March 7, 1857— post. 
 
 t Sec. 51. Modified by Act of February 4, 1848, Sec, 3— post. 
 
CITY OP EVANSVILLE. 
 
 41 
 
 of lot sold was listed, the amount of tax and cost paid collector's 
 by the purchaser, and the day when the same was sold, ^ ^ tate 
 and also a particular description of each lot or part of and 
 lot sold. And the owner or claimant of any lot or ^t?te may 
 piece of lot sold as aforesaid, or any person on behalf dlemed. 
 of such owner or claimant, may redeem the same at 
 any time within two years from the day on which it 
 was sold, by depositing with the Treasurer aforesaid, 
 for the use of the purchaser, the taxes and costs so paid 
 as aforesaid, together with interest thereon at the rate 
 of one hundred per centum per annum from the day of 
 sale to the day of making such deposit and redemption. 
 
 Sec. 53. After the expiration of two years from the After two 
 
 ** years 
 
 day on which any lot or piece of lot is sold for taxes, it treasurer 
 
 J J r 1 to indorse 
 
 shall be the duty of the Treasurer to endorse on the certificate 
 
 * / # of pur- 
 
 certificate of the sale thereof given by the Collector, on ehase^and 
 the application of any person holding the same, a state • ^sed^to 
 ment of the fact that the lot or piece of lot mentioned adeed? as 
 in such certificate has not been redeemed; which state- 
 ment or certificate of the Treasurer shall be by him ac- 
 knowledged before some competent officer, and such 
 certificate of the Treasurer, acknowledged as aforesaid, 
 together with the certificate of the Collector, made and 
 acknowledged as aforesaid, shall inure and have the 
 effect to vest in the person who purchased the property 
 therein described at the Collector’s sale, or his heirs or 
 assigns, from the day of such sale, an absolute and in- 
 defeasible title and estate in fee simple to and in the lot 
 or piece of lot of ground in such certificate described, 
 and shall be admitted to record in like manner and 
 with like effect as other conveyances of real estate, and 
 shall be conclusive evidence of the regularity of the 
 Collector’s sale, and shall not be set aside, annulled, or 
 held invalid in any Court, except upon proof of one or 
 more of the following facts, viz.: First — That the lot or 
 piece of lot in such certificate described was not subject 
 to be taxed ; Second — That the taxes charged or prop- 
 
 L 6 
 
42 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 erly chargeable thereon were actually paid to the Col- 
 lector or his deputy, or tendered and refused before the 
 
 What will it . •» mi i •. i • 
 
 invalidate sale ; Third — That the same was redeemed as herein 
 
 title. 7 
 
 provided within two years from the day on which it 
 was sold by the Collector. 
 
 Property Sec. 54. At any time before the sale for taxes of any 
 
 released ^ # J 
 
 men? be- P r0 P er ty real or personal, the owner or claimant thereof, 
 surplus 6 or an y person on his behalf, may release the same by 
 from 11 sale P a yiug the taxes due and costs so far accrued. And 
 posed d of’ whenever any balance from the sale of goods and chat- 
 tels, after payment of the taxes and costs for which the 
 same were sold, shall remain in the hands of the Col- 
 lector, he shall pay the same over to the proper person, 
 if demanded, before he pays the same into the treasury; 
 after which the Treasurer shall pay the same to the per- 
 son entitled thereto, on demand; to enable him to do 
 which the Collector shall give to the Treasurer, when 
 he pays the same over, a statement of such balance and 
 the owners thereof. 
 
 collector’s Sec. 55. In the returns of the Collector, to be made to 
 
 return 
 
 what it the Common Council, or their clerk, on or before the 
 
 shall con- 
 tain, and ;fi rs t Mondav in November, and on or before the second 
 
 hnquen-’ Monday hi March, he shall state fully and accurately the 
 added* t? aggregate amount of taxes and licenses by him collected 
 caS. dlipli ' anc ^ the aggregate amount of taxes remaining unpaid, 
 and also the names of the defaulters and the amount due 
 from each defaulter, and the reason wliv the sum due 
 from each defaulter was not collected; and such returns 
 shall be verified by the affidavit of the Collector; and to 
 the tax list of any succeeding year it shall be lawful to 
 add the taxes remaining unpaid for any year, and col- 
 lect the same in the same manner as if they had been 
 assessed during such succeeding year. 
 
 Appoint- Sec. 56. The Common Council shall appoint some dis- 
 
 ment, A A 
 
 Son llfiC nd cree t person City Treasurer,* whose duty it shall be to 
 Treasurer receive, keep, and disburse all money and revenue be- 
 
 * See Act of March 10, 1832— post. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 43 
 
 longing to the city of Evansville, or raised and collected ^g° int " 
 by virtue of this act, or by virtue of the by-laws and Son Ufi a C mi 
 ordinances made in pursuance of it. He shall keep Measurer, 
 accurate accounts, in such manner as shall be directed 
 by the Common Council, of all moneys by him received 
 and disbursed, and perform such other services as shall 
 be required of him by the Common Council. Before 
 entering upon his duties, every such Treasurer shall take 
 an oath of office and give bond payable to the city of 
 Evansville, with freehold security to the satisfaction of 
 the Common Council, in a penalty not less than double 
 the amount of money that may be likely to be in his 
 hands at any one time, and conditioned for the faithful 
 performance of his duties as Treasurer, and the faithful 
 keeping, paying over, and accounting for all money and 
 property that may come into his hands as Treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 57. All money that may be raised, recovered, Revenues 
 
 J J . 7 * to be paid 
 
 received or collected for any tax, license, forfeiture, or intotreas - 
 
 * 7 7 7 7 ury, and 
 
 penalty, or which may belong or be payable to the city £Srsed is ~ 
 of Evansville, shall be, when collected, paid over to the 
 City Treasurer, to be appointed as aforesaid ; and no 
 money shall be paid out or disbursed by such Treasurer 
 except upon orders to be drawn by authority of the 
 Common Council, signed by the Mayor, or, in his ab- 
 sence, one of the Councilmen, and attested by the Clerk. 
 
 The Treasurer shall receive all money belonging to the 
 city; also, the list returned by the Collector of lots or 
 parts of lots sold, and the list of balances due persons 
 for property sold for taxes, and to receive all money 
 that may be offered or paid by or on behalf of any owner 
 or claimant for the redemption of any lot or piece of 
 lot sold for taxes, and give a receipt therefor, specifying 
 therein the lot or piece of lot redeemed. 
 
 Sec. 58. Whenever the owners of lots or parts of lots street, 
 
 ....... . L alley, and 
 
 snail desire to have any improvements or repairs made? idewalk 
 
 . * xl i im pro ve- 
 
 in or upon any street or alley, or part of any street or“ Q e ^J_ 
 
 alley, in front or rear of or adjoining such lots or parts made. and 
 
44 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 Street, 
 alley, and 
 sidewalk 
 improve- 
 ments, 
 how or- 
 dered and 
 made. 
 
 Real es- 
 tate how 
 sold to pay 
 expense ot 
 such im- 
 prove- 
 ment. 
 
 of lots, by grading or paving, graveling, curbing, gut- 
 tering, or in any other way, and the owners of five- 
 eighths of the whole number of feet of ground on 
 each side of the street or alley, or part of street or 
 alley, proposed to be improved, shall by themselves or 
 their agents express their desire by petition to the Com- 
 mon Council, stating in such petition distinctly and 
 plainly the improvement or repairs desired to be made, 
 it shall be the duty of the Common Council to cause 
 such improvements or repairs to be made in the best 
 and most economical manner, and the expenses thereof 
 shall be assessed and charged against all lots and parts 
 of lots fronting on or adjoining the street or part of 
 street, or alley or part of alley, so improved or repaired 
 as aforesaid, equally per front foot, or according to the 
 value of such lots or parts of lots; and in order that it 
 may at all times be seen whether the subscribers to such 
 petition represent the requisite number of feet, the Clerk 
 shall enter upon the record of the minutes of the pro- 
 ceedings of the Common Council the petition upon 
 which any such improvements or repairs are ordered to 
 be made, stating on the record the names of the peti- 
 tioners and the number of feet represented by each ; 
 and the Common Council may provide by general ordi- 
 nance for the collection of the costs and expenses of any 
 such repairs and improvements, and provide also by 
 such ordinance for the sale of the fee simple or any 
 other estate in any lot or part of lot on which any such 
 expenses remain unpaid, and for the conveyance of the 
 lot or part of lot or the estate therein so sold to the 
 purchaser, and such sale and conveyance shall vest a 
 good and indefeasible title in the purchaser to the estate 
 or interest so sold. Public notice of the time and place 
 of every such sale shall be given by publication in a 
 newspaper printed and published in the city, for at least 
 two weeks successively next before the sale : Provided , 
 
 That the expenses of making such improvements or 
 repairs shall not be assessed on lots or parts of lots 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 45 
 
 fronting on the street or alley improved or repaired, aiieySimi 
 according to the value of such lots or parts of lots, ^prove- 
 unless three-fourths of all the Councilmen shall concur £i^or- 
 in ordering the same to be so assessed, nor shall the im- made. amI 
 provement on any lot or part of lot be considered in 
 making any such ad valorem assessment : And provided 
 also , That the Common Council, with the concurrence 
 of three-fourths of all the members thereof, may order 
 and require any and all such improvements and repairs 
 of streets and alleys to be made without petition, and 
 either charge and cause all or anj part of the expenses 
 thereof to be collected as above in this section provided, 
 or cause such expenses or part thereof to be paid out of 
 the general revenue of the city ; And provided also , 
 
 That the word “ street ” or “ streets,” wherever the 
 same is used in this section, shall be construed to in- 
 clude sidewalks. 
 
 Sec. 59. No street, lane, alley or public landing shall 
 be discontinued without the consent of the owner of ^cation 
 the adjoining property, to be given in writing and alleys * &c ' 
 spread upon the records of the Common Council ; nor 
 shall any new street, lane, alley or public landing be 
 made by order of the Common Council through private 
 property, nor any street or alley made wider, without 
 first paying to the owner or owners of the property to 
 be appropriated in making or widening any street, lane, 
 alley or landing, (if such payment be demanded,) the 
 full amount of the real injury such owner or owners 
 may sustain thereby; and in order that such demand 
 may be made, it shall be the duty of the Common 
 Council to give six weeks public notice by advertising 
 in some public newspaper printed in said city, of their, 
 intention to make or alter any such street, alley, lane 
 or landing, and any person aggrieved may, at any time 
 within said six weeks, apply to the Common Council 
 for redress, by petition or remonstrance in writing, left 
 with the Clerk of the Common Council, and containing 
 
46 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 Laying 
 out and 
 vacation 
 of streets, 
 alleys, &c, 
 
 Official 
 bonds 
 payable t 
 city, not 
 void for 
 want of 
 form. 
 
 County 
 jail may 
 be used. 
 
 a statement of the injuries complained of, and the 
 amount demanded therefor; and if three-fourths of the 
 members of the Common Council shall concur in order- 
 ing the amount so demanded to be paid, the same shall 
 be paid out of the common treasury of the city, other- 
 wise the Common Council shall appoint two disinter- 
 ested freeholders of the city, and the applicant for 
 damages shall appoint two like disinterested freeholders 
 of said city, and the four thus appointed shall choose a 
 fifth, and the five persons thus appointed and chosen 
 shall view, and on actual view and examination, assess, 
 at its true value, the damage which the person demand- 
 ing damages as aforesaid will sustain by the making 
 and establishing any such new street, lane, alley or pub- 
 lic landing, or widening any street, alley or lane already 
 established; after such assessment is made and returned 
 in writing, signed and sworn to by a majority of the 
 assessors to the Common Council, it shall be final and 
 conclusive as to the amount of such damages, and the 
 damages so assessed shall be fully paid out of the com- 
 mon treasury before any such new street, lane, alley or 
 public landing is made or opened, or before such street, 
 lane or alley already established shall be widened. If 
 the four freeholders first selected and appointed as 
 aforesaid cannot agree on choosing the fifth, then the 
 Common Council shall appoint him. 
 
 Sec, 60. All bonds given in pursuance of this act or 
 the by-laws, ordinances, or orders of the Common 
 Council, by any agent or officer except the Mayor and 
 Marshal, shall be made payable to the city of Evans- 
 ville, and no such bond shall be void or ineffectual for 
 want of form or any matter in the absence of which 
 the intention of the makers thereof is clearly manifest. 
 
 Sec. 61. Until a city jail shall be erected, the city of 
 Evansville shall be allowed to use the common jail of 
 Vanderburgh county, and the Sheriff of said county 
 and the keeper of said jail shall receive, keep and dis- 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 47 
 
 charge such persons as may be committed to said jailj^may 
 by authority of this act, or the by-laws, and ordinances be used * 
 made in pursuance of it, at all times and in such man- 
 ner and under such rules and restrictions as shall be 
 prescribed in such by-laws and ordinances, unless such 
 person shall be otherwise discharged by due course of 
 law. 
 
 Sec. 62. The Common Council shall have power, by council 
 
 1 7 17 mayestab- 
 
 ordinance or by-law, to establish one or more steamboat lish and, 
 landings in front of said city, and prohibit the landing wharves, 
 of other water crafts thereat, and to prohibit the load- 
 ing or unloading of sheep, cattle, hogs, horses, and 
 fowls, or other offensive or unwholesome commodity 
 upon or from boats of any kind, and to prohibit boats 
 having such lading from landing or lying at or near the 
 shore of the Ohio River on the Indiana side thereof, 
 opposite or in front of said city, or within one-half 
 mile above said city; and for these purposes the Com- 
 mon Council shall have jurisdiction over the Ohio 
 River and the Indiana shore thereof in front of said 
 city, and all process issued by the Mayor may be served 
 and executed anywhere on the Ohio River opposite the 
 county of Vanderburgh. 
 
 Sec. 63. The Mayor shall cause laws and ordinances. Powers 
 
 , . 7 and duties 
 
 rules and regulations, made m pursuance of this act, to°fmayor. 
 be duly observed, enforced and executed, inspect the 
 conduct of all officers and agents appointed by the 
 Common Council, and cause all negligence, carelessness, 
 and positive violation of duty by them to be promptly 
 punished. He shall keep the seal of the city, and sign 
 all licenses, permits, and commissions which may be 
 granted by [him] or by authority of the Common Coun- 
 cil. He shall keep an office in some convenient place 
 in the city, and shall have power, as Mayor, to take and 
 certify, under the corporate seal of the city, all ac- 
 knowledgments and proofs of deeds of conveyance, 
 powers of attorney, and all other deeds and instruments 
 
48 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 of writing, according to the law and usages in such 
 and duties cases j also, to take and certify depositions and affida- 
 of Mayor. j n a p ca9es whatever, and deeds and other instru- 
 ments of writing, and depositions and affidavits ac- 
 knowledged or taken before him as aforesaid, and cer- 
 tified under the corporate seal of the city, shall be re- 
 ceived as evidence, without further authentication, in 
 all courts and places, in like manner and with the same 
 effect as if the said acknowledgments, affidavits, proof, 
 and depositions had been taken and certified by any 
 other officer authorized by law to take and certify the 
 same. He shall have such powers and discharge all 
 such duties as shall be lawfully given to or imposed 
 upon him by the Common Councillor by their ordi- 
 nances. The Mayor shall also, as Mayor, be a judicial 
 officer, and as such shall have exclusive original juris- 
 diction to hear and determine all suits, actions, and 
 legal proceedings for the violation of any ordinance or 
 ordinances, rules or regulations of said city, and for 
 ✓ that purpose to cause witnesses and jurors to be sum- 
 
 moned, and compel them to attend in the same manner 
 and under like circumstances as justices of the peace 
 have or may have power to do, and to punish contempts 
 committed by attorneys, witnesses, parties, jurops and 
 other persons in the same way, and to the same extent 
 as justices of the peace have or may have power to 
 punish the same. He shall also have power to issue 
 final process, and compel the payment of judgments 
 and costs on his docket in the same manner as justices 
 of the peace are or may be authorized to compel the 
 payment of judgments and costs on their dockets. 
 From any judgment rendered by the Mayor in any 
 such action or suit as is above in this section mentioned, 
 an appeal may be taken to the Circuit Court of Van- 
 derburgh county at any time within ten days after the 
 rendition thereof, in the same manner and subject to 
 the same rules and restrictions, and with the same effect 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 49 
 
 that appeals are taken in like cases from judgments of ^aSties 
 justices of the peace. In the trial of causes the Mayor of M ' ,yor ' 
 shall be governed by the same rules which shall for the 
 time being govern justices of the peace. The Mayor 
 shall, ex officio , be a justice of the peace, and as such 
 shall within said city have and exercise the same powers 
 and jurisdiction in all civil and criminal cases that other 
 justices of the peace shall for the time being have or 
 may lawfully exercise within their respective townships, 
 and he shall also be subject to the same responsibilities 
 and perform the same duties as other justices of the 
 peace. Before entering upon the discharge of his duties 
 in his judicial capacity, he shall also give bond, payable 
 to the State of Indiana, in like manner and in the same 
 penalty as justices of the peace [may] at the time of his 
 election, be required to, and when actiog in his judicial 
 capacity, he shall be entitled to the same fees justices of 
 the peace are or may be entitled to for like services, and 
 in addition thereto he shall receive annually a salary to 
 be fixed by ordinance or by-law, and paid out of the 
 city treasury by quarter-yearly installments, and after 
 the first ordinance fixing such salary shall take effect 
 and be in force, no ordinance decreasing such salary 
 shall take effect until the next regular election for Mayor, 
 or until the office of Mayor shall become vacant. The 
 Mayor shall sign or sign and seal (as the case may be) 
 all process issued by him in the same manner that 
 justices of the peace sign or sign and seal process of the 
 same kind issued by them. He shall also, when re- 
 quired by any person interested, his agent or attorney, 
 give certified transcripts of judgements and proceedings 
 on his docket, which shall be received in evidence in 
 like manner as certified transcripts of the judgments of 
 justices of the peace, and when properly recorded in the 
 Clerk’s office, shall bind and be a lien on real estate in 
 the same manner that transcrips of the judgments of 
 justices of the peace do, and for such and all other ser- 
 vices of a ministerial character relating to his business 
 
 7 
 
50 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 as a judicial officer, the Mayor shall receive the same 
 fees as justices of the peace receive for like services at 
 the time such services are rendered. The Mayor shall 
 keep a docket such as justices of the peace are required 
 to keep, and such other books and records as by law or 
 by the ordinances of the Common Council he may be 
 required to keep ; and in case of the absence of the 
 Mayor, or in case of his sickness or inability to act, he 
 shall deposit his docket with some justice of the peace 
 who resides and keeps his office in said city, who shall, 
 during such absence, sickness, or inability of the Mayor, 
 be vested with and exercise and perform all the powers 
 and duties of the Mayor in his judicial capacity, and 
 shall act upon his docket and upon any new case arising 
 under the ordinances of the city as if he were Mayor. 
 Actions against the Mayor himself, for violations of the 
 ordinances of the city, may be commenced and prose- 
 cuted before any justice of the peace in said city, and 
 when it shall be made to appear, by affidavit filed with 
 the Mayor, that he is a material and competent witness 
 in any case pending before him in which, as Mayor, he 
 has exclusive original jurisdiction, he shall grant a 
 change of venue in such case, to and before some dis- 
 interested justice of the peace of said city, who shall 
 have full power and authority to hear and determine 
 the same as if he were Mayor, and such change shall be 
 effected and all subsequent proceedings had in the same 
 manner and subject to the same rules and restrictions 
 as changes of venue from one justice of the peace to 
 another: Provided , That the city of Evansville shall 
 
 not be required to pay or secure or suffer judgement for 
 cost in order to procure such change. In case of a 
 vacancy in the office of Mayor, the Common Council 
 shall cause the Mayor’s docket to be placed in the hands 
 of some justice of the peace of the city or of Vander- 
 burgh county, who shall, from the time such docket is 
 placed in his hands, be invested with all the judicial 
 powers of the Mayor, and continue to serve as such until 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 51 
 
 such vacancy is supplied. All constables shall be minis- Powers ^ 
 teriai officers of the Mayor’s court in like manner as ofMayor - 
 they are justices’ courts, and shall be bound in the same 
 manner to execute process issued by him. The Mayor 
 may from time to time be required to give additional 
 bond and security, and may be removed from office in 
 the same manner and for the same causes that justices 
 of the peace may be.* 
 
 Sec. 64. The Common Council shall appoint a Marshal ment, lut " 
 of the city,f who shall be the chief ministerial officer ofSSS^pow- 
 the Mayor’s court, and as such shall execute all process duties of 
 issued and delivered to him by the Mayor, and for that 
 purpose he shall have all the powers of a sheriff and 
 constable, and be entitled to the same fees as sheriffs 
 and constables receive for like services, and subject to 
 the same penalties and amercements ; and the Marshal 
 or any constable having process issued by the Mayor in 
 any case for a violation of any by-law, ordinance, or 
 regulation, passed, ordained, or established in pursuance 
 of this act, may execute the same anywhere in Vander- 
 burgh county, or on the Ohio river opposite said county, 
 whether such process be mesne or final process. It shall 
 be the duty of the Marshal to suppress all fights, riots, 
 disturbances, and breaches of the peace, and to appre- 
 hend and take before the Mayor all rioters, disorderly 
 persons, and disturbers of the public peace in said city, 
 and all persons in the act of committing any offence in- 
 dictable by the laws of the State, or fieeing from justice 
 after committing any such offence, and if he may deem 
 it necessary for that purpose, he may call to his assist- 
 ance all bystanders and other persons in the vicinity, 
 and when any such person is so brought before the 
 Mayor, he shall examine and inquire into the charge 
 made against him or her, and commit, discharge or let 
 to bail such person, as in other cases. The Marshal shall 
 
 * Sec. 63. The Recorder possesses all the judicial powers of the Mayor con” 
 currently with him. 
 
 See Act of March 10, 1852— post. 
 
52 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 me£t iut ‘ a ^ S0 P er f° rm such other duties as may be required of 
 tion li pow bim hy ^he by-laws, ordinances and regulations of the 
 Sutfesof an( ^ be paid therefore as the Common Council shall 
 marshal. ( -p irec t by ordinance or otherwise. He may appoint one 
 or more deputies, being always responsible for the cor- 
 rect discharge of their duties. Before entering upon the 
 discharge of his duties, he shall give bond with free- 
 hold security to the acceptance of the Common Council, 
 payable to the State of Indiana, and continued for the 
 faithful performance of his duties as Marshal, and for 
 the faithful keeping and paying over of all money that 
 may come into his hands as such; and any person ag- 
 grieved by a breach of the condition of said bond may 
 cause suit to be brought thereon in the name of the 
 
 Qualifica 
 tion of 
 voters. 
 
 State for the use of such person, whether a natural 
 person or a body politic or corporate. Such bond shall 
 be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Common Coun- 
 cil and carefully preserved, and copies thereof certified 
 by the Mayor under the corporate seal of the city, shall 
 he good evidence in all courts. The Marshal shall also 
 take an oath of office to be endorsed on said bond before 
 it is filed. 
 
 Sec. 65. After this act takes effect as hereinafter pro- 
 vided, no person shall have the right to vote at any 
 election held by virtue of this act, or the ordinances 
 passed in pursuance of it, who has not paid all taxes and 
 assessments levied and charged against him for city 
 purposes within twelve months next before such elec- 
 tion, and due and payable at the time of such election.* 
 Sec. 66. The Common Council may erect and establish 
 i5sh y wo?k’in said city a house of correction and work house, or 
 and S house either of them, and authorize the Mayor on the failure 
 
 of C01T6C- 
 
 tion. and of any person to pay or replevy a fine or penalty that 
 
 Govern the •/ x. ** * . A .* / , 
 
 same. may be entered against him or her for a violation of any 
 by-law, ordinance or police regulation of the city, to 
 commit such delinquent to such work house or house of 
 
 Council 
 
 * Sec. 65. See Acts of 1852, as to qualification o t voters, and Acts of March 11* 
 
 1867, and May 13, 1869. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 53 
 
 correction instead of the iail ; and the Common Council council 
 shall have power to appoint such officers and adopt such iiou.s^°an<i 
 rules and regulations to govern such officers and the^ouseof 
 
 person committed to such house as they may deem govern 1 * 1 
 necessary, not inconsistent with the laws of this State ; the same ' 
 
 and as well before as after the establishment of such 
 
 work house or house of correction, the Common Council 
 may authorize the Mayor, on failure of any person to 
 
 pay or replevy any such fine or penalty and cost, to re- 
 quire such delinquent to perform any amount of labor 
 equivalent in value to such fines and costs, using such 
 means to prevent his escape as may be deemed necessasry. 
 
 Sec. 67. For collecting taxes without distress or sale, 
 the collector shall be allowed such a per centum upon 
 the whole amount collected as the Common Council 
 think proper, to be paid out of the general revenue, and 
 for every sale of personal property for taxes he shall be 
 entitled to one dollar, together with reasonable and 
 proper charges for removing and keeping property dis- 
 trained, and fifty cents for each sale of real estate and 
 giving a certificate thereof, and twenty-five cents for ac- 
 knowledging such certificate, to be added to and esti- 
 mated with the taxes for which such real or personal estate 
 was sold, and paid out of the proceeds of such sale. 
 
 Fees of 
 CDllector. 
 
 The Treasurer shall be allowed for his services such a Fees of 
 per centum upon the whole amount received and dis- 
 bursed by him as the Common Council may think 
 proper, and twenty-five cents for each certificate of the 
 fact that a lot or part of lot sold for taxes has not been 
 redeemed, and twenty-five cents for acknowledging the 
 same, to be paid by the person demanding such certfi- 
 cate, and twenty-five cents for each certificate of the re- 
 demption of a lot or part of lot sold for taxes, to be paid 
 by the person redeeming the same, and for other ser- 
 vices such fees or compensations as the Common Coun- 
 cil may allow. 
 
 The Clerk shall prepare and make ready for the sig- 
 
54 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 Herk S and na ^ ure ^ ie Mayor a ^ orders upon the treasury, all 
 ius lees, commissions and licenses, and all copies of the records 
 and papers in or appertaining to his office, upon the re- 
 quest of the person entitled to the same, and for copy- 
 ing each record or paper not exceeding one hundred 
 words he shall be entitled to fifteen cents, and for all 
 over one hundred words he shall receive at the rate of 
 ten cents for each hundred words, and in estimating the 
 number of words three figures shall be counted as one 
 word. Such fees shall be paid by the person demanding 
 such copy. In addition to the fees above specified, the 
 Clerk shall be allowed and paid a stated annual salary, 
 of such amount as the Common Council may deem 
 proper, to be paid by quarter-yearly installments, as the 
 services are! rendered. 
 
 other°offi All other officers and agents employed by or by au~ 
 cers. thority of the Common Council shall be allowed and 
 paid such reasonable fees or compensation as the Com- 
 mon Council may deem proper. 
 
 Fees of The Mayor shall be entitled to receive for each cer- 
 
 mayor. " 
 
 tificate and seal to the copy of any record or paper in 
 the Clerk’s office twenty-five cents, and for each certifi- 
 cate with the corporate seal annexed to any other docu- 
 ment or instrument of writing fifty cents, and for taking 
 and certifying affidavits and the proof or acknowledge- 
 ment of deeds and other instruments of writing, and 
 depositions, he shall be allowed the same fees as justices 
 of the peace are or may be allowed for like services 
 when certified by him as a justice of the peace, and 
 twenty-five cents in addition thereto when such certifi- 
 cate is made by him as Mayor, under the corporate seal 
 of the city. 
 
 The Sheriff shall receive the same fees for receiving, 
 keeping, and discharging prisoners committed to jail by 
 the Mayor for the violation of penal ordinances of the 
 city that he receives for like services in other cases ; and 
 when any person shall be so committed, the Sheriff shall 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 55 
 
 report to the Mayor his fees and charges, which shall be 
 taxed and collected as part of the cost in the cause in 
 which such person may have been committed. 
 
 Sec. 68. Every Clerk and Treasurer may, with the frea^rer 1 
 advice and consent of the Common Council, appoint a^iJ t ap “ 
 deputy. Every such appointment shall be in writing, how! ties ’ 
 and be entered on the records of the minutes of the admuns- 1 ' 
 Common Council. The Clerk and his deputy shall have tei oaths ‘ 
 full power to administer oaths in all cases whatsoever 
 in relation to the business that may at any time be be- 
 fore the Common Council, and also all official oaths to 
 be administered to officers and agents appointed by the 
 Common Council ; and the Deputy Clerk and Deputy 
 Treasury shall be competent to discharge all the duties 
 of their respective principals. 
 
 Sec. 69. No Mayor or Councilman, during his con- Jnd Y coun- 
 tinuance in office as such, shall be appointed by the toSfii? ot 
 Common Council to the office of Clerk, Treasurer, Col- Strict 111 
 lector, Marshal, or Attorney for the city of Evansville, Strand 
 or be a party to or be directly or indirectly interested in eligible to 
 any contract made or entered into by or with the Com- offlce? ther 
 mon Council.* 
 
 Sec. 70. It shall be the duty of the President and S^stees of 
 Trustees of the town of Evansville to appoint some£°^ e of 
 suitable person in each w~ard ot said town an Inspector vme ps 
 of Elections, and appoint a place in each of said wards 
 to hold an election on the first Monday in April, 1847, 
 for the election of Mayor and Councilmen, which elec- 
 tion shall be governed in all things by the provisions of 
 this act ; and as soon as the Mayor and Councilmen shall 
 enter upon the discharge of their duties, the corporation 
 known as “ The President and Trustees of the town of 
 Evansville ” shall cease to exist ; but all books, papers, 
 and property, real and personal, and all money and 
 choses in action belonging to or held and possessed by 
 “ The President and Trustees of the Town of Evansville 
 
 ❖ See Acts of 1852— post. 
 
56 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 Duties of 
 trustees of 
 former 
 town of 
 Evans- 
 ville. 
 
 City to 
 succeed 
 to rights 
 and lia- 
 bilities of 
 said town. 
 
 Annex- 
 ation of 
 adjacent 
 territory. 
 
 shall vest in and become the property of, and to all in- 
 tents and purposes belonging to, the corporation hereby 
 created by the name and style of “ The City of Evans- 
 ville ; ” and all suits pending, and judgements rendered 
 in favor of or against “ The President and Trustess of 
 the town of Evansville ” may be continued, prosecuted, 
 and defended by or against “ The City of Evansville/’ 
 by placing its name on the record as plaintiff or de- 
 fendant, as the case may require, by order of the proper 
 Court, after notice given the Mayor or City Attorney, 
 in case where the city of Evansville shall be made a de- 
 fendant. The city of Evansville is to he responsible for 
 the performance of all contracts, and liable for all debts 
 and demands, entered into by, or due and payable from, 
 the President and Trustees of the town of Evansville ; 
 and shall have the right, by suit in its own name or 
 otherwise to inforce the performance of all contracts 
 and the payment of all demands entered into with or 
 payable to the President and Trustees of the town of 
 Evansville, and all other rights and liabilities of the 
 President and Trustees of the town of Evansville shall 
 vest in and devolve upon the city of Evansville. 
 
 Sec. 71.* At any time after this act takes effect, any 
 territory adjoining the city of Evansville, which is or 
 may be laid out in streets and lots, and the plat thereof 
 recorded, or any part of any such territory so laid out 
 in streets and lots, may be annexed to and included 
 within the limits of the city of Evansville, in the man- 
 ner shereinafter provided, viz.: Whenever three-fourths 
 of the adult inhabitants of any such adjoining territory? 
 who are freeholders therein and own one-third of such 
 territory, shall desire to have the same annexed to and 
 included within the limits of said city, or whenever the 
 owners in fee of one-half of any such territory, whether 
 inhabitants thereof or not, shall desire to have the same 
 annexed to or included within the limits of said city, 
 
 *See Act of March 6, 1865 (amending Charter), Sec. 1, 2 and 3— pos t. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 57 
 
 and shall express such desire by a written petition, 
 signed by three-fourths of such freehold inhabitants or feSory 
 the owners of one-half of such territory, expressing 
 therein distinctly the territory intended or desired to 
 be annexed to and included within the fruits of said 
 city, the Common Council, upon such petition being 
 presented to them, shall, if they think proper, enter 
 such petition at full length upon their records, and 
 order the territory described in such petition to be an- 
 nexed to and included within the limits of said city ; 
 and thenceforth such territory shall be deemed and 
 taken to be annexed to and within the limits of said 
 city, and the inhabitants thereof members of the cor- 
 poration hereby created, to all intents and for all pur- 
 poses whatever, and the territory so annexed shall con- 
 stitute one or be divided into two or more wards of the 
 city of Evansville, as shall be provided by an ordinance 
 or ordinances of the Common Council, and such ward 
 or wards shall be represented in the Common Council 
 in the same manner as other wards of the citv ; and the 
 Mayor, and the Common Council, and all other officers 
 of the city shall have the same jurisdiction over and 
 exercise the same powers within any territory so an- 
 nexed as they may have or exercise within the limits of 
 the city of Evansville, as herein defined and prescribed, 
 and also over and upon the Ohio River and the shore 
 thereof in front of such annexed territory : Provided , 
 
 That no revenue assessed, collected, or raised without 
 any territory so annexed as aforesaid shall be expended 
 for any improvements or repairs of streets, alleys, 
 wharves, or landings within or in front of such terri- 
 tory, or for any labor or service done or rendered in or 
 for the benefit of such territory or the inhabitants 
 thereof; nor shall any revenue raised, levied, or col- 
 lected within such territory be expended except in such 
 territory and for the benefit of the same or the inhabi- 
 tants thereof, until the Common Council shall other- 
 wise direct by a general ordinance, which ordinance 
 
 8 
 
58 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 < 'barter, 
 when in 
 toive. 
 
 shall not be passed without the consent of all the mem- 
 bers of the Common Council representing such terri- 
 tory, if there be less than three, or a majority of them, 
 if there be three or more.* 
 
 Sec. 72. This act shall take effect and be in force from 
 and after its passage: Provided, That if at the first 
 election for Mayor and Councilmen to be held as herein 
 provided, a majority of the qualified voters voting at 
 such election should vote against the adoption of this 
 act, by writing on their tickets before voting, these 
 words : “ Against a City Charter,” or other words of a 
 similar import, then and thenceforth this act shall 
 become and be null and void, and of no effect whatever. 
 And the right is hereby reserved to the Legislature to 
 amend or repeal this act at any and all times hereafter, 
 saving to individuals their rights to property and choses 
 in action acquired under it, and their rights to recover 
 and receive debts and demands due them from the city 
 of Evansville : And provided further , That unless this 
 act is published in some public newspaper printed and 
 published in the town of Evansville, at least one week 
 before the first Monday in April next, it shall cease and 
 be of no effect. And in order that such publication 
 may be made, it shall be the duty of the Secretary of 
 State to forthwith transmit by mail to “ The President 
 and Trustees of the Town of Evansville” a duly certi- 
 fied copy of this act. 
 
 ROBERT K CARNAL, 
 
 Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
 
 PARIS 0. DURRIKG, 
 
 President of the Senate. 
 
 Approved January 27th, 1847. 
 
 JAMES WHITCOMB. 
 
 * Sec. 71 , See Act of 1857— post— providing for annexation of towns to cities. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE 
 
 59 
 
 State of Indiana, ss. 
 
 I, John H. Thompson, Secretary of State for the 
 State aforesaid, certify that the above and foregoing 
 thirty-three pages contains a correct and complete cop}' 
 of the act of which it purports to be a copy, taken 
 from the enrolled act on file in my office. 
 
 In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, 
 and affixed the seal of State, at Indianapolis, the 12th 
 day of February, A. D. 1847. 
 
 [l.s.] ’ JOHN H. THOMPSON, 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 

 Size, form 
 and 
 bound- 
 aries of 
 wards, 
 how alter- 
 ed, Ac. 
 
 TO THE CHARTER. 
 
 AN ACT to amend an Act entitled “An Act granting to the citizens of the 
 town of Evansville a city charter,” approved January 27, 1847. 
 
 [Approved February 4 , 1848 .] 
 
 Section 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the 
 State of Indiana , That the Common Council of the city 
 of Evansville shall have full power and authority from 
 time to time, and as often as they may deem it expe- 
 dient, to alter the size, form, and boundaries of the 
 present wards of said city, and to subdivide the same or 
 any of them, and make additional wards thereof, and at 
 all times hereafter to subdivide the territory which may 
 be within said city, and constitute thereof as many 
 wards as said Council may deem proper, and of such 
 sizes and forms as said Council may think necessary for 
 the convenience and well-being of said city, and from 
 time to time to alter the number and boundaries thereof : 
 Provided , That the size or boundaries of no ward once 
 established shall be altered without the concurrence of 
 two-thirds of all the Councilmen of the city. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 61 
 
 Sec. 2. The Common Council of said city shall have 
 full power and authority, at their discretion, by ordi- 
 nance, to require all votes to be given at any city elec* 
 tion to be given in any one or more wards of said city, 
 and at such place or places as the Common Council 
 may from time to time appoint, and to pass and adopt 
 all such ordinances, regulations, and orders in relation 
 to the times and places of holding elections in said city 
 for city officers, as said Common Council shall deem 
 expedient.* 
 
 Sec. 3. When any person shall fail to pay his or her 
 taxes within the time prescribed for the payment thereof 
 by the act to which this is an amendment, if he or she 
 own, or be charged with the taxes on several lots or 
 portions of real estate upon which such taxes have not 
 been paid, the Collector shall advertise the whole as de- 
 linquent ; but he shall, if practicable, make all the taxes 
 charged against such person by the sale of one lot or 
 part thereof, and sell no more lots or parts of lots than 
 will be sufficient to pay the taxes charged against such 
 person, together with the costs of advertising and sale- 
 
 Sec. 4. Any person using a party wall built by another 
 person shall be compelled to pay for one-half of such 
 part thereof only as may be actually used in the man- 
 ner specified in the forty-eighth section of the act to 
 which act this is an amendment : Provided , That the 
 height of the part so used shall be ascertained by meas- 
 uring from the bottom of the wall or foundation ; and 
 if the two buildings of which said wall forms part be of 
 equal or nearly equal height, that part of the wall 
 which extends above the roof shall be included in esti- 
 mating the height of such wall. 
 
 Sec. 5. The Common Council shall have power to 
 expel and vacate the office of any Mayor or Council- 
 man who shall offer or accept any bribe, or act cor- 
 ruptly, or attempt to induce any other member of the 
 
 Council 
 may es- 
 tablish 
 election 
 precincts, 
 and fix 
 time of 
 elections. 
 
 Advertise- 
 
 ment 
 
 and sale of 
 real estate. 
 
 Party 
 
 walls. 
 
 Council 
 may expel 
 mayor or 
 council- 
 men. 
 
 * See Act of March 11, 1867— post. 
 
62 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 may^expei Council to act corruptly in the discharge of his duty as 
 coum5i- r a m e m ^er of the Common Council ; and ako any mem- 
 men. b e r |.] ie Common Council who shall have been con- 
 victed subsequently to his election of any crime pun- 
 ishable by imprisonment, and also any member of the 
 Common Council who shall be directly or indirectly a 
 party to or interested in any contract, express or im- 
 plied, to which the Common Council or the city of 
 Evansville is a party : Provided , That no member of the 
 Common Council shall be expelled or have his office 
 vacated as aforesaid, unless three-fourths of all the 
 members of the Common Council shall concur therein, 
 nor without being heard by himself and Council, if he 
 desire it, and fairly tried by the Common Council ; and 
 the accused shall have notice of the trial at least one 
 week before the time fixed therefor, and he shall have 
 the right to demand a copy of the charge or charges 
 made against him. 
 
 Sec. 6. The Mayor, or President pro tem, of the Com - 
 mon Council, shall have power to issue process for, and 
 compel witnesses to attend and testify upon, any trial 
 had in pursuance of this act, in the same manner that 
 justices of the peace may compel witnesses to appear 
 and testify before them. 
 
 Sec. 7. This act shall be in force from and after its 
 passage. 
 
 Council 
 authorized 
 to take 
 stock. 
 
 The following sections are a part of the Charter of the Evansville and Illi- 
 nois Railroad Company. 
 
 [Approved January 2, 1849.] 
 
 (See local laws of 1848-9, page 273.) 
 
 Sec, 26. The Common Council of the city of Evans- 
 ville may, in the name and on behalf of the said city, 
 subscribe for and take stock in said company, which 
 shall be done in the following manner, to-wit : The said 
 Common Council shall pass and cause to be recorded in 
 the minutes of their proceedings an order or resolution 
 substantially as follows : 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 “ Resolved , That the city of Evansville will and does ^SthorLed 
 
 hereby subscribe for and take shares of stock 
 
 (specifying the number of shares subscribed) in the 
 Evansville and Illinois Railroad Company.” And 
 thereupon it shall be the duty of the Clerk of said city 
 to make out and attest a copy of said resolution, and 
 deliver it to the Mayor of said city, who shall certify 
 the same under the corporate seal of the city, and 
 deliver it to the person or persons authorized to receive 
 subscriptions for said stock; and at the same time the 
 said Mayor shall, in the name and in behalf of said city, 
 enter upon the proper subscription book a subscription 
 for the number of shares specified in such resolution. 
 
 Sec. 27. ETo stock shall be subscribed for or taken in ^ote^tobc 
 the name or in behalf of said city as aforesaid, unless it geription 
 shall have been ascertained, by means of an election o1 stock * 
 held for the purpose, that a majority of the qualified 
 voters of said city are in favor thereof; and for that 
 purpose one or more elections may be held at such time 
 or times and place or places in said city as the Common 
 Council shall appoint; and said election shall be con- 
 ducted in such manner as said Common Council shall 
 
 If stock bo 
 taken, 
 council 
 may issue 
 bonds or 
 borrow 
 money for 
 payment. 
 
 order and prescribe. 
 
 Sec. 28. If stock shall be taken in said company in 
 behalf of said city, as above prescribed, the Common 
 Council of said city may, in the name of said city, issue 
 bonds or borrow money for the payment thereof, in the 
 same manner as hereinbefore provided in cases where 
 stock is taken in behalf of counties, and shall pledge 
 the faith and credit of said city for the payment of 
 such bonds or borrowed money, and interest on the 
 same. 
 
 Sec. 29. When bonds are issued or money borrowed Tax to be 
 
 u levied to 
 
 in the name of said city in pursuance of this act, it meet in- 
 
 J r 7 terest and 
 
 shall be the duty of the Common Council of said city^g®| 
 to provide for the payment of the principal and interest p^y d p? in . 
 on such bonds or borrowed money by ad valorem taxa- bondsf 
 
64 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 tevtecfto* ^ion rea ^ or P ersona l estate subject to taxation 
 
 ?e rest* and Ba ^ city f° r c ^y purposes; and in addition to the 
 sinking payment of the interest on said bonds or borrowed 
 pay d prin- money as the same becomes due, the Common Council 
 boi?ds? f shall provide a sinking fund for the payment of the 
 principal by annually setting apart the dividends and 
 profits derived from said road and such a portion of the 
 taxes aforesaid as that all the sums thus set apart annu- 
 ally, with accruing interest thereon, will be sufficient to 
 pay the principal of said bonds or borrowed money 
 when the same shall be due. And the sinking fund 
 thus created shall be a permanent fund, and be applied 
 to no other purpose than the payment of said bonds or 
 borrowed money. And the said Common Council shall 
 have power to make such laws, rules and regulations 
 for the collection, safe keeping, loaning and disbursing 
 the same; Provided , however , That said sinking fund 
 shall not, nor shall any part thereof be loaned for any 
 greater rate of interest than seven per cent, per annum, 
 nor unless the repayment of the same is secured by 
 mortgage upon unincumbered real estate, within this 
 State, of at least double the value of the sum loaned. 
 
 such tax Sec. BO. The taxes to be levied and collected in pur- 
 additkm 111 suance of this act shall be in addition to the taxes now 
 Immfa/as- authorized to be levied and collected for county and 
 segment, c n.y p Ur p 0seS j and taxes assessed under the provisions 
 
 of this act, by order of the Board of Commissioners 
 shall be levied and collected with and as a part of the 
 annual ad valorem tax levied and collected for county 
 purposes, and subject to the same rules and regulations; 
 and the taxes levied in pursuance of this act, by order 
 of the Common Council shall be levied and collected 
 with and as a part of the taxes regularly and annually 
 assessed and collected for city purposes, and subject to 
 the same laws and regulations. 
 
 Sec. 31. Nothing in this act contained shall be so 
 construed as to affect the powers granted to the Com- 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 65 
 
 mon Council of the city of Evansville bv the fortieth Nothing 
 
 ** this act 
 
 clause of the thirtieth section of the charter of said to affect 
 
 fortieth 
 
 city, entitled “An act granting to the citizens ot the clause of 
 
 town of Evansville in the county of Vanderburgh asccuonof 
 city charter, approved January 27th, 1847,” but the charter * 
 powers hereby granted shall be deemed cumulative, and 
 in addition to those granted by the said fortieth clause 
 of the thirtieth section. 
 
 AN ACT to amend the Charter of the City of Evansville. 
 
 [Approved January 15, 1850.] 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of ^ Council 
 State of Indiana , That the Common Council of the city 
 of Evansville shall have full power and authority totw^miies 
 cause all ponds, swamps and wet lands lying within two ofthecit *’ 
 miles of the corporate limits of said city to be drained 
 at the expense of said city, and of the owners of such 
 ponds, swamps, and wet land; and for that purpose 
 shall have full power and authority to make, or cause 
 to be made, all needful surveys and examinations ; and 
 also, full power and authority to cause to be dug, made, 
 constructed, and kept in repair at the expense of such 
 owners, all ditches, drains, sewers, culverts, and aque- 
 ducts which to the said Common Council shall seem 
 needful or expedient for that purpose; and all struc- 
 tures of earth, wood, stone or other materials, which 
 may be found necessary to preserve and keep in repair 
 such ditches, drains, sewers, culverts and aqueducts, and 
 prevent the water flowing therein from doing injury to 
 private or public property. 
 
 Sec. 2. The said Common Council shall have full Time and 
 power to determine and prescribe the time and mode of determin- 
 draining any such ponds, swamps, and wet land, and council, 
 the materials of which any of the above named struc- 
 tures shall be made, and the location, form and dimen- 
 sions of every such structure : Provided , That no un- 
 necessary injury shall be done to private property by 
 
 9 
 
66 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 shai? fix ^h e construction thereof, and every person shall have 
 Smfofcost the right to recover from the city of Evansville all 
 a^etobe damages which such person may sustain over and above 
 each by the benefits derived from the construction thereof. 
 lice 1 there- Sec. 3. After any ditch, drain, sewer, culvert, or aque- 
 given. duct is constructed or repaired as above provided for, 
 the said Common Council shall ascertain, order and fix 
 the proportion of the cost thereof to be paid by the 
 owner of each tract or piece of land drained thereby, 
 whether such land lie within tw T o miles of said citv or 
 not, and cause notice thereof to be given by publication 
 at least once in each week for three successive weeks in 
 some public newspaper printed and published in said 
 city. 
 
 ninety lin Sec. 4. If within ninety days after such notice is 
 notfce a ob- as aforesaid, no objection be made to the pay- 
 rmideto ot ment of any amount or proportion of the cost of any 
 ment, no such structure or repairs so fixed by the Common 
 eanbe lon Council as aforesaid, each and every owner of property 
 
 subse- J r J 
 
 quentiy affected thereby shall be deemed to have assented to the 
 
 made. , . 
 
 order of the Common Council in fixing: the amount to 
 
 be paid by him or her, and thenceforth every such owner 
 shall be debarred from objecting thereto, and shall pay 
 the amount so ordered to be paid by him or her, to 
 such officer as may be authorized by the Common 
 Council, or by the by-laws of said city to receive the 
 same. 
 
 ifobjec- Sec. 5, If within ninety days after notice is given, as 
 within provided for in the third section of this act, the owner 
 assess 16- an y property affected thereby shall, by himself or 
 jnent how hi s agent, file with the Clerk of the said Common 
 Council objections in writing to the payment of the 
 amount fixed and ordered to be paid by him as above 
 provided, the said Common Council shall cause a writ 
 to be issued by the Mayor of said city, directed to the 
 Marshal of said city, or the Sheriff of Vanderburgh 
 county, commanding him to summon twelve disinter- 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 67 
 
 esied freeholders of the neighborhood to assess and fixifobjec- 
 
 ° tion made 
 
 the proportion of the cost of any such structure or ninety 
 repairs made as aforesaid, to be paid by each person 
 whose real estate is drained by means of any such ditch, SaaSe. hovr 
 drain, sewer or aqueduct ; and it shall be the duty of 
 the twelve freeholders so summoned to proceed, on a 
 day fixed by the officers summoning them, of which he 
 shall notify the person filing his objections as aforesaid, 
 to view the real estate drained as aforesaid, and after 
 such view to fix the amount to be paid by each owner 
 as aforesaid, and make report thereof in writing, under 
 their hands, to the officer summoning said freeholders 
 as aforesaid, who shall return such report to the Clerk 
 aforesaid, to be by him filed and preserved, and the 
 Common Council shall order the payment of the cost of 
 such structure and repairs according to the report of 
 said freeholders. 
 
 Sec. 6. The amount fixed and ordered to be paid by ^ssed to 
 any person as aforesaid, shall be a lien on his land £n land! 
 which is drained as aforesaid, and shall be collected and enforced, 
 paid into the city treasury of the city of Evansville, in 
 the same way, and subject to the same rules and regu- 
 lations in all respects as the cost of abating a nuisance 
 caused by a pond or pool of water within said city, is 
 authorized to be collected and paid by the charter of 
 said city, and the by-laws made in accordance with said 
 charter. 
 
 Sec. 7. Nothing in this act contained shall be so con- council 
 
 & not to 
 
 strued as to authorize [the] said Common Council to drai i 1 " y 115 
 
 l J pond, &c. 
 
 drain, as aforesaid, any mill pond caused by a dam law- 
 fully erected or maintained, without first obtaining the 
 consent of the owner thereof, nor shall said Common 
 Council have power to cause any such sewer, ditch, 
 culvert, or aqueduct to be constructed as aforesaid, 
 within the corporate limits of any other incorporated 
 town or city, without first obtaining the consent of the 
 corporate authorities of said town or city. 
 
68 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 Sec. 8. This act shall be in force from and alter its 
 passage, and it shall be deemed a public act, and as 
 such shall be taken notice of by all courts and persons. 
 
 AN ACT in relation to Lamasco City. 
 
 [Approved January 15 , 1850 .] 
 
 lies of a ~ Section 1 . Be it enacted- by the General Assembly of the 
 Lamasco. State of Indiana , That the town of Lamasco, in the 
 county of Vanderburgh, which was incorporated in the 
 year eighteen hundred and forty-seven, according to 
 the provisions of the first article of the twenty -fifth 
 chapter of the Revised Statutes of Indiana, shall em- 
 brace the following corporate limits and bounds as fol- 
 lows, to- wit : The western boundary of said corporate 
 
 limits shall be Pigeon Creek, the northern boundary 
 shall be Eighth street to the north line of the same, 
 the southern boundary shall be the Ohio River, includ- 
 ing within its corporate limits all the land and ground 
 embraced or contained between Pigeon Creek and a line 
 drawn due south from the east end of said Eighth street 
 
 to the Ohio River, and not included within the cor- 
 
 ✓ 
 
 porate limits of the city of Evansville. 
 
 AN ACT to amend the Charter ol the City of Evansville. 
 
 [Approved January 16 , 1850 .] 
 
 council Section 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the 
 ^ t P o°di- r ‘ State of Indiana , That the Common Council of the city 
 recordertoof Evansville may, at any time hereafter, at their dis- 
 hfs^owers cretion, by a by-law or an order entered upon the record 
 'of their proceedings, order the election of a Recorder 
 of said city, who shall be a judicial officer and a con- 
 servator of the peace, and shall also discharge all such 
 executive duties as may be required by the ordinances 
 of said city, not inconsistent with the constitution and 
 laws of this State. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 69 
 
 Sec. 2. The Recorder, when elected as aforesaid, and 
 qualified as hereinafter provided, shall possess all the ®^ is _ 
 powers and jurisdiction of a justice of the peace of the justice 1 Sr 
 county of Vanderburgh, and in addition thereto, he anddis- 
 shall possess and discharge all the judicial powers, jur- judicial 
 isdiction, duties and functions of the Mayor of said city, of mayor, 
 concurrently with the Mayor. 
 
 Sec. 3. The Recorder shall he sworn and give bond as Hisoatll 
 the Mayor is required to do, and subject to the same and bon0, 
 liabilities, and he shall hold his office for three years 
 and until his successor is elected and qualified. 
 
 Sec. 4. This shall be deemed a public act, and shall 
 be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 AN ACT providing for the election of town and city officers, and prescribing 
 the qualifications of voters in such elections. 
 
 [Approved March 10, 1852.] 
 
 (See Acts of 1851-2, page 124.) 
 
 Section 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the city offi- 
 
 cers to bo 
 
 State of Indiana , That the qualified voters of each and elected by 
 
 A the people. 
 
 every city or incorporated town that may have the fol- 
 lowing officers, viz.: Mayor, recorder, city judges, sec- 
 retaries or clerks, treasurers, collectors, councilmen, 
 trustees, marshals, street commissioners, surveyors and 
 assessors, shall at such times as now provided by law to 
 hold their annual elections, elect the above named offi- 
 cers, who shall hold their respective offices for the terms 
 of time, and of each of the above named officers such 
 number as are now provided by law, and in all munici- 
 pal elections in this State, no other or different qualifi- uon 1 of' a " 
 cations shall be required of voters than that which shall % ° 
 entitle them to vote at any township, county, or State 
 election, except that their residence shall be in the ward 
 of the city or town where such election shall be holden. 
 
70 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 Act of 
 March 10, 
 1852, de- 
 clared to 
 apply to 
 certain of- 
 ficers. 
 
 Construc- 
 tion to be 
 given to 
 said act 
 limited 
 and de- 
 clared. 
 
 Vacancies 
 how certi- 
 fied and 
 filled. 
 
 AN ACT explanatory to the act entitled “ An act providing for the election 
 of town and city officers, and prescribing the qualifications of voters in 
 such elections,” approved March 10, 1852, and to provide for filling vacan- 
 cies in the office of councilman or trustee. 
 
 [Approved April 23, 1852.] 
 
 (See Acts of 1851-2, page 125.) 
 
 Section 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the 
 State of Indiana , That the act entitled “ An act for the 
 election of town and city officers, and prescribing the 
 qualifications of voters in such elections,” approved 
 March 10, 1852, shall be construed to apply to all in- 
 corporated cities and towns having any or all the offi- 
 cers named in said act. 
 
 Sec. 2. That said act to which this is explanatory, 
 shall not be so construed as to change or affect any pro- 
 vision of any such act of incorporation in any other 
 manner whatever, than to make all the officers of anv 
 such corporation included within enumeration of offi- 
 cers in the above entitled act, elective by the legal 
 voters of any such corporation, or of the wards thereof, 
 as may be provided for in any such act of incorpora- 
 tion; and to extend the right of suffrage as in the 
 above entitled act specified, and in all other respects 
 each provision of every such act of incorporation shall 
 still remain unimpaired and in full force. 
 
 Sec. 3. When a vacancy occurs in the office of coun- 
 cilman or trustee, it shall be certified to the mayor or 
 president of the proper city or town by the clerk or 
 secretary thereof, who shall issue a proclamation fixing 
 the time of the election to fill such vacancy by the 
 legal voters of such corporation or the proper ward 
 thereof, as may be provided for in the act incorporating 
 such city or town. 
 
 AN ACT touching the qualifications of officers of municipal incorporations’ 
 and also the qualifications of electors at municipal elections, and repealing 
 all laws inconsistent with this act. 
 
 [Approved June 10, 1852.] 
 
 (See Revised Statutes of 1852, vol. I, page 373.) 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 71 
 
 State of Indiana, That no property qualification shall g^aimca- 
 be necessary to render any citizen eligible to hold any officers?^ 1 - 
 office of any municipal incorporation in the State. fined ’ 
 
 Sec. 2. That in all municipal elections under town or Quaimca- 
 city charters in this State, no other qualification shall voters, 
 hereafter be required of any voter than such as is made 
 necessary under the constitution of the State, except 
 that the voter shall reside in the ward or district where 
 he may offer to vote. 
 
 Sec. 3. All laws or parts of laws contravening the ^®5se lhlg 
 provisions of this act be and the same are hereby re- 
 pealed ; and as an emergency exists for the immediate 
 taking effect thereof, it is declared to be in force from 
 and after its passage and publication in the Indiana 
 State Sentinel. 
 
 AN ACT to enable the Common Councils of the several incorporated cities of 
 this State to prescribe, by ordinance, the time within which the annua i 
 assessments for city purposes shall be made, and the rolls thereof returned ; 
 and the time within which the city tax rolls or duplicate shall be made 
 and delivered to the collecting officers ; and, also, the time within which 
 such collecting officers shall make their collections and returns. 
 
 [Approved March 7, 1857.] 
 
 (See Acts of 1857, page 24.) 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the 
 State of Indiana, That from and after the passage of 
 this act it shall and may be lawful for the Common 
 Council of any incorporated city within this State to 
 provide and prescribe, by a general ordinance, the time 
 within which the annual list or assessment roll of per : 
 sons, things, and property subject to taxation for city 
 purposes shall be made and returned by the proper 
 officer or officers ; also the time within which the tax 
 roll or duplicate of such city shall be annually made 
 and delivered to the collecting officer, and the time 
 within which such collecting officer shall collect the 
 taxes charged in such roll or duplicate, and the time 
 within which personal and real estate, or either of them, 
 
 Common 
 Council 
 of any in- 
 corporated 
 city may 
 pass ordi- 
 nance 
 as to time 
 of return- 
 ing assess- 
 ment list. 
 Tax dupli- 
 cate deliv- 
 ered to 
 collecting 
 officer. 
 When as- 
 sessments 
 to be col- 
 lected, and 
 when col- 
 lecting of- 
 ficer to re- 
 turn de- 
 linquent 
 list. 
 
72 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 may be distrained and sold by such collecting officer, 
 for the purpose of collecting such taxes; and also the 
 time or times at or within which any such collecting 
 officer shall make any return, or statement, or delin- 
 quent list, now required by law to be made by such 
 officer. 
 
 I’he things . 
 
 enumer-° Sec. 2. Until the times for doing the several things 
 
 a ted in o o 
 
 sec. i to be contemplated by the first section of this act shall be 
 
 done as . *■ •' 
 
 now re- prescribed as therein provided, such things shall respec- 
 
 quired by 1 r . 7 ° r 
 
 sucil otdi-i fi ye ^y be done at or within the times now provided by 
 may C be ^ aw f° r the doing thereof. 
 
 passed. 
 
 nouobe Sec. ^ u thing in this act contained shall be so con- 
 to em- ued 8 f rue( l as to empower the Common Council of any city 
 common t° change the manner in which the taxes of such city 
 change the are required to be assessed and collected, or the manner 
 co?iect e ing f in which the assessing or collecting officers are required 
 cityTasre-to make their returns. 
 
 quired by 
 
 Saw. . . . ' 
 
 Sec. 4. The completion of his collections by the col- 
 
 Collec- . * * 
 
 tions and lecting officer of any such city, and his final return, 
 deferred 6 s b a h not be prolonged, by virtue of anything in this act 
 beyond contained, beyond the second Monday of March next 
 
 second . ^ 
 
 Monday ° f succeeding the election or appointment of such collect- 
 suing. j n g officer. 
 
 Emergen- Sec. 5. An emergency is hereby declared to exist, re- 
 quiring that this act shall take effect immediately after 
 its passage ; and it is, therefore, enacted that this act, 
 shall take effect and be in force from and after its 
 passage. 
 
 The 16th section of the License Law of March 5, 1859, (Acts of 1859, page 205), 
 
 reads as follows : 
 
 Sec. 16. All laws and parts of laws coming in conflict 
 with any of the provisions of this act be, and the same 
 are hereby, repealed ; but nothing in this act shall be 
 so construed as to prohibit the Common Councils of 
 cities and the Boards of Trustees of incorporated town 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 73 
 
 from demanding and enforcing a fee for license from all 
 keepers of coffee-houses or other places where intoxi- 
 cating liquors are sold and drank within the limits of 
 their respective corporations. 
 
 AN ACT to provide tor the annexation of incorporated towns to incorpora- 
 ted cities, and for the consolidation or union of incorporated towns and 
 incorporated cities. 
 
 [Approved February 16, 1867.] 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the *J t c ^ rp0 * 
 State of Indiana, That where an incorporated town and c?t!S S ad- 1 
 an incorporated city adjoin each other, they may be^^con- 
 consolidated or united, or the town annexed to the city : unite, to 
 Provided , a majority of the qualified voters of the town by a a ma* e<1 
 and a majority of the qualified voters of the city shall Voters? 
 vote in favor thereof, at elections to be held as herein- 
 after provided. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Common Council of the city and the ^JJncii U of 
 President and Trustees of the town shall first agree on JiSteesof 
 the terms and conditions upon which such union, con- ^ee on 
 solidation, or annexation shall take place, and also upon consoifda- 
 a day when an election shall be held for the people of voters to 
 such town and city to vote upon the question of union, thesame. n 
 consolidation, or annexation, upon the terms specified 
 in such agreement. 
 
 Sec. 8. Such agreement shall be made public at least Agree- 
 
 ° # r ment or 
 
 three weeks before the time agreed upon for such elec- {^made 
 tiou, by publishing the same at least three times in each Notice IS 
 newspaper printed and published in the county where plJTTn 
 such town and city are situated, and by posting printed andby 7 
 hand-bills containing said agreement in three of the buis! ns 
 most public places in each ward of such town and city. 
 
 Sec. 4. The election above provided for shall be held Election to 
 at the time agreed on, as above provided, and at the time, 
 
 i . , L . ’ place, and 
 
 places where other city and town elections are usually day agreed 
 
 . J on, and to 
 
 held in such city and town respectively, and be gov- jjego- ^rn- 
 
 erned by the laws and regulations governing other city 
 
 and town elections in such city and town respectively. electioas, ‘ 
 
 10 
 
74 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 Those Sec. 5. Those who vote in favor of anion or annexa- 
 
 voting for 
 
 , \ ni 1 ° l n . tion according to the agreement aforesaid shall have on 
 ont^eir ” their tickets the word “Union,” and those who vote 
 and tiiose again at it shall have on their tickets the words “Xo 
 uScm “ No Union ” or equivalent words. 
 
 Union” on 
 i heir 
 tickets. 
 
 The in- Sec. 6. The Inspectors and Judges of the Election 
 and judges shall report to the Common Council and President and 
 port to the Trustees respectively the result of such election, and 
 
 Common 
 
 Council the report of the Inspectors and Judges of the town 
 Trustees 1 e ^ ec ^ on shall be entered on the records of the President 
 fy S Sie t re-" an d Trustees, and a certified copy thereof delivered to 
 sucVeiec- the Clerk of the city, and the report of the Inspectors 
 such re- and Judges of the city election shall be entered on the 
 enteretum records of the Common Council, and a certified copy 
 common 1 thereof delivered to the Clerk of the town ; and if a 
 councn, ma j or ity of the votes given in the town as well as a 
 majority of the votes given in the city are in favor of 
 union or annexation, then the President and Trustees 
 and the Common Council shall meet at the Council 
 Chamber of the City Council, and by resolution declare 
 that the town is annexed to the city or the two united, 
 as the case may be, according to the agreement afore 
 said, and such resolution shall be entered on the records 
 of the City Council, and such record and certified cop- 
 ies thereof shall be conclusive evidence of such union 
 or annexation, and a copy of such resolution shall also 
 be recorded in the Recorder’s office of the county where 
 such city is situated, and copies of such record shall be 
 good evidence in all Courts. 
 
 If voters Sec. 7. If the agreement aforesaid should be to annex 
 
 able to V am the town to the city, and the election and resolution 
 then the’ aforesaid shall be in favor thereof, then the town shall 
 
 town to be . 
 
 deemed be deemed a part of the city to all intents and purposes, 
 and the city shall continue its corporate name and ex- 
 istence. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 75 
 
 Sec. 8 . If the agreement aforesaid be to unite or con- ifagree- 
 
 o ment be to 
 
 solidate, then the agreement aforesaid shall contain also 
 a stipulation as to the name of the consolidated orjjgj^ 
 united town or city. name 9 /° 
 
 consoli- 
 dated city 
 or town. 
 
 Sec. 9. When a town and city shall be consolidated 
 or united as aforesaid, they shall constitute one city by 
 the corporate name agreed on as aforesaid. 
 
 When 
 town and 
 city con- 
 solidate to 
 constitute 
 one city by 
 corporate' 
 name 
 agreed on. 
 
 Sec. 10. In case of annexation as aforesaid, the city mease or 
 
 shall be liable for all debts, contracts, and liabilities of 
 the town, and shall be entitled to all the rights, credits, 
 moneys, effects, and property of the town, and may sue 
 and be sued in relation thereto in the name of the city ; 
 and in case of a union or consolidation, the new city 
 shall be liable for all debts, contracts, and liabilities of 
 
 annexa- 
 tion, city 
 to be liable 
 lor all 
 debts, Ac. 
 of town, 
 and enti- 
 tled to all 
 rights, Ac. 
 of the 
 town, Ac . 
 
 the town and city consolidated, and be entitled to all 
 the rights, credits, moneys, effects, and property of the 
 town and city consolidated or united, and may sue and 
 be sued in relation thereto in the name agreed on and 
 
 adopted for the consolidated city as aforesaid ; and in 
 case of either annexation or consolidation, all actions 
 pending may be prosecuted to final judgment and exe- 
 cution, and all judgments heretofore rendered may be 
 executed and enforced without any change of the parties 
 and without any change of the name of the plaintiff or 
 defendant. 
 
 Sec. 11. Whereas, there is no act now in force on this Emergen- 
 cy. 
 
 subject, therefore an emergency is hereby declared, re- 
 quiring that this act should take effect immediately after 
 its passage ; it is, therefore, enacted that this act shall 
 take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
 

 ANNEXING THE TOWN OF LAMASCO CITY TO 
 THE CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 See Records of the Common Council of the City of Evansville ot March 28, 
 A.D. 1857 ; also, Deed Records of Vanderburgh County, Book No. 4, page 
 606, etc. 
 
 Joint con- B e # remembered , That on the twenty-eighth day of 
 the com-° f March, A.D. 1857, the Mayor and Common Council of 
 council of the city of Evansville and the President and Trustees 
 Evans^ of of the town of Lamasco City met at the Council Cham- 
 Board of ber of the Common Council of the city of Evansville, 
 
 Xrustt36s 
 
 towrf of ^alf-past seven o’clock p.m. of said day, in pursuance 
 
 ?’f™ asco ^ ie re( l u i renien t s °f an act of the General Assembly 
 
 of the State of Indiana, entitled “ An Act to provide 
 for the annexation of incorporated towns to incorpora- 
 ted cities, and for the consolidation or union of incor- 
 porated towns and incorporated cities, approved Feb- 
 ruary 16, 1857 when present, John Ilewson, Mayor of 
 the city of Evansville, and Matthew W. Foster, James 
 Scan tl in, jr., George W. Rathbone, Frederick W. Cook, 
 Samuel Orr, Joseph Setchell, George Venneman, and 
 William Hunnel, Councilmen of the city of Evansville, 
 and Peter Sharpe, President and one of the Trustees of 
 the town of Lamasco City, and George Wolflin, Archi- 
 bald Sullivan, William Warren, Thomas Bolus, Louis 
 Daum, and John Kramer, Trustees of the town of La- 
 masco City. 
 
AGREEMENT OF 
 
 77 
 
 On motion, Mayor llewson was appointed to preside 
 over the meeting ; after which the following preamble 
 and resolutions were unanimously adopted by the said 
 Common Council of the city of Evansville and by the 
 President and Trustees of the town of Lamasco City, 
 so in joint convention assembled as aforesaid : 
 
 Whereas, The Common Council of the city of Ev- Preamble, 
 ansville and the President and Trustees of the town of 
 Lamasco City did, on the second day of March, 1857, in 
 pursuance of an act of the General Assembly of the 
 State of Indiana, approved the 16th day of February, 
 
 A.D. 1857, and entitled “An Act to provide for the 
 annexation of incorporated towns to incorporated cities, 
 and for the consolidation or union of incorporated 
 towns and incorporated cities, 5 ’ make the following 
 agreement, that is to say : 
 
 In pursuance of an act of the General Assembly of 
 the State of Indiana, approved February 16, 1857, enti- 
 tled “An Act to provide for the annexation of incor- 
 porated towns to incorporated cities, and for the con- 
 solidation or union of incorporated towns and incor- 
 porated cities It is hereby agreed by and between the 
 Common Council of the city of Evansville and the 
 President and Trustees of the town of Lamasco City, 
 that the said town of Lamasco City be annexed to the 
 city of Evansville, on the following terms and condi- 
 tions, to~wit : 
 
 First. The town of Lamasco City shall become a part Terms of 
 
 , . ■*- annexa- 
 
 of the city of Evansville to all intents and purposes tion - 
 upon the ratification of this agreement by a majority of 
 the qualified voters of said city and town respectively, The cit of 
 under the provisions of said act, and the city of Evans- ^succeed 
 ville shall succeed to, and become possessed of, and en- ^ghtsland 
 titled to, all the property, real and personal, and all the s&fefSi 
 rights, credits, moneys, and effects of the said town, and&c?,o e f tSe 
 said city shall be liable for all the debts, contracts, and Lamasco 
 liabilities of said town. 
 
78 
 
 ANNEXATION. 
 
 Trustees of Second. Upon the ratification of this agreement by 
 titied e ?o the voters of said city and town as aforesaid, and upon 
 the^com- consummation of the annexation of said town to 
 Council of said city, under the provisions of said act, the Trustees 
 i'>ans tyof of the town of Lamasco City shall be entitled to seats 
 in the Common Council of the city of Evansville, as 
 members thereof ; and each ward of the present town 
 of Lamasco City shall be and constitute a ward of the 
 city of Evansville, until the wards of the city of Evans- 
 ville shall be changed by the Common Council of the 
 city, in pursuance of the charter thereof; but it is un- 
 derstood, however, that the wards of said city? shall 
 never be so arranged or constituted as to deprive any 
 part of the united city of its due weight in the Com- 
 mon Council according to its population. 
 
 stock° ad Third. The stock in the Evansville and Crawfords- 
 city l of Ev- ville Railroad Company now owned and held by the 
 how man- present city of Evansville shall, after the annexation, be 
 controlled, held by the Common Council of the united city in trust 
 for the benefit of that part of the united city which 
 constitutes the present city of Evansville ; and the 
 members of the Common Council representing the ter- 
 ritory or w^ards constituting the present city of Evans- 
 ville, or a majority of them, shall control said stock 
 and all questions in relation thereto; and no property ? 
 persons, effects, or things within the territory or wards 
 of the present town of Lamasco City, and not now tax- 
 able by the corporate authorities of the city of Evans- 
 ville, shall ever be taxed to pay any of the principal or 
 interest of the debt contracted by the city of Evansville 
 to pay her subscription to the capital stock of said rail- 
 road company. 
 
 oebtcon-^ Fourth. After the said annexation of the said town to 
 payment said city shall have been consummated, the taxes which 
 
 of said i ....... 
 
 paid^ ^ ow may he necessary to meet the principal and interest of 
 the debt contracted by the city of Evansville to pay her 
 subscription to said capital stock of said railroad com- 
 
AGREEMENT OF 
 
 79 
 
 pany shall be levied, assessed and collected upon all 
 other persons, property, effects and things, which are or 
 may hereafter become subject to taxation by the cor- 
 porate authorities of the united city, saving and except- 
 ing the property, persons, effects and things expressly 
 exempted from such taxation by the next preceding 
 section of this article. 
 
 Fifth. ISTothing in the third article of this agreement 
 shall be so construed as to exclude the councilmen of 
 any territory which may be added to or incorporated 
 into the city after the annexation of said town to said 
 city shall be consummated, from having a voice in the 
 control of said railroad stock; but the intention of this 
 
 Represen- 
 tatives of 
 territory 
 hereafter 
 annexed 
 to have 
 voice in 
 control of 
 said stock. 
 What per- 
 sons, pro- 
 perty. &c.. 
 
 agreement is that the people of any such territory shall taxation 10 
 have the same rights in said railroad stock, and be sub- menfof 
 ject to the same burdens with the people of the present |nd in - W 
 city of Evansville. terest ‘ 
 
 Sixth. That an election be held on the twenty-sixth Q Uestiori 
 day of March, 1857, under the provisions of said act t/on G oi a S- 
 for the people of the city of Evansville and of the town m?tted S to b 
 of Lamasco City, to vote upon the question of the an- the people, 
 nexation of said town to said city, upon the terms spec- 
 ified in this agreement. 
 
 Seventh. It is further agreed and understood between Taxes of 
 
 . , Lamasco 
 
 the parties aforesaid, that until the town of Lamasco unpaid at 
 
 1 _ time of an- 
 
 City is annexed under the act providing for the annex- ^ y at ^ n - 
 ation of incorporated towns to incorporated cities, ap- leeted - 
 proved February 16, 1857, that the Marshal of the town 
 of Lamasco City shall proceed to collect- all taxes, de- 
 linquent or otherwise ; but after the annexation of said 
 town of Lamasco City to the city of Evansville, the 
 delinquent taxes due for the years 1855 and 1856 and 
 any previous year, shall be carried on to the duplicate 
 tax list of the city of Evansville, and collected by the 
 
 collector of taxes for the city of Evansville, in the 
 same manner as the delinquent taxes of said city are 
 now collected by law, and paid into the city treasury of 
 Evansville. 
 
80 
 
 ANNEXATION. 
 
 Publica- 
 tion of 
 agree- 
 ment of 
 annexa- 
 tion. 
 
 Election 
 It ekl in 
 Evans- 
 ville and 
 Lamasco. 
 
 And Whereas, The said agreement was made public 
 by publishing the same in all the newspapers printed in 
 Vanderburgh county three times, three weeks before 
 the twenty-sixth day of March, 1857, and by posting 
 printed handbills containing said agreement in three of 
 the most public places in each ward of the city of Ev- 
 ansville, and in each ward of the town of Lamasco 
 City, as required by the third section of said act : And 
 whereas , An election was held on the said twenty-sixth 
 day of March, 1857, in said city, as well as in said town, 
 at the places where other city and town elections are 
 usually held in said city and town respectively, which 
 election was held in pursuance of said act and of the 
 aforesaid agreement : And tohereas , The inspectors and 
 
 judges of the election so held in the city of Evansville 
 reported to the Common Council of said city, on the 
 twenty-seventh day of March, 1857, that there were 
 three hundred and ninety-two votes cast in said city at 
 said election, of which three hundred and seventy were 
 in favor of, and twenty-two against the annexation of 
 the town of Lamasco City to the city of Evansville, 
 Evans- n m which report was entered on the records of said Com- 
 Y,ll °* mon Council, and a certified copy thereof wa3, on the 
 twenty-eighth day of March, 1857, delivered to the 
 Clerk of the town of Lamasco City : And whereas , 
 
 The judges and inspectors of said election so held m 
 the town of Lamasco City, did also, on the twenty- 
 eighth day of March, 1857, report to the president and 
 trustees of the town of Lamasco City that there were 
 two hundred and sixty-eight votes cast in said town at 
 
 election in said election, of which two hundred and thirty-nine 
 
 Earaasco. J P t , , . 
 
 votes were in favor of, and twenty-nine votes were 
 against the annexation of said town to said city, which 
 last mentioned report was entered on the records of the 
 
 president and trustees of the town of Lamasco City, 
 and a certified copy thereof was on the same day deliv- 
 ered to the Clerk of the city of Evansville. 
 
 Result of 
 
ANNEXATION. 
 
 81 
 
 And in pursuance of the premises, the Mayor and 
 Common Council of the city of Evansville, and the 
 President and Trustees of the town of Lamasco City, 
 in joint convention assembled at the council chamber 
 of the Common Council of the said city, do now here 
 unanimously — 
 
 Resolve and declare , That the town of Lamasco City‘R eHOlu - 
 te and the same is hereby annexed to the city of Evans- 
 ville, upon the terms and conditions specified in the cft™to C the 
 said agreement made by and between the Common ans\?iie. v ’ 
 Council of the citv of Evansville and the President and 
 Trustees of the town of Lamasco City, as aforesaid, and 
 that this resolution and the foregoing preamble shall be 
 entered at large on the records of the Common Coun- 
 cil of the city of Evansville, and that the Mayor and 
 Clerk furnish to the Recorder of Vanderburgh county 
 for record a duly certified copy of the proceedings of 
 this meeting. 
 
 11 
 
CHARTEK OF THE 
 
 AN ACT to amend the seventy-first section of an act entitled “An act 
 granting to the citizens of the town of Evansville, in the county of Van- 
 derburgh, a city charter,’ 7 approved January 27, 1847, and to add supple- 
 mental sections to said act. 
 
 [Approved March 6, 1865.] 
 
 (See Acts of 186-5, page 113.) 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the 
 State of Indiana , That the seventy-first section of an 
 act entitled “An act granting to the citizens of the 
 town of Evansville, in the county of Vanderburgh, a 
 city charter,” approved January 27, 1847, which sec- 
 tion reads as follows, viz.: 
 
 “ Sec. 71. At any time after this, act takes effect, any 
 territory adjoining the city of Evansville, which is or 
 may be laid out in streets and lots, and the plat thereof 
 recorded ; or any part of any such territory so laid out 
 in streets and lots, may be annexed to and included 
 within the limits of the city of Evansville, in the man- 
 ner hereinafter provided, viz.: Whenever three-fourths 
 of the adult inhabitants of any such adjoining territory, 
 who are freeholders therein, and own one-third of such 
 territory, shall desire to have the same annexed to and 
 included within the limits of said city; or whenever 
 the owners in fee of one-half of any such territory, 
 whether inhabitants thereof or not, shall desire to have 
 the same annexed to or included within the limits of 
 said city, and shall express such desire by a written 
 petition, signed by three-fourths of such freehold in- 
 habitants, or the owners of one-half of such territory, 
 expressing therein distinctly the territory intended or 
 
CITY OF’ EVANSVILLE. 
 
 83 
 
 desired to be annexed to and included within the limits ^ti"! 
 
 recited 
 
 of said city, the Common Council, upon such petition 
 being presented to them, shall, if they think proper, 
 enter such petition at full length upon their records, and 
 order the territory described in silch petition to be an- 
 nexed to, and included within the limits of said city ; 
 and thenceforth such territory shall, be deemed and 
 taken to be annexed to and within the limits of said 
 city, and the inhabitants thereof members of the cor- 
 poration hereby created, to all intents and for all pur- 
 poses whatever, and the territory so annexed shall 
 constitute one, or be divided into two or more wards of 
 the city of Evansville, as shall be provided by an ordi- 
 nance or ordinances of the Common Council, and such 
 ward or wards shall be represented in the Common 
 Council in the same manner as other wards of the city ; 
 and the Mayor and the Common Council, and all other 
 officers of the city shall have the same jurisdiction over, 
 and exercise the same powers within any territory so 
 annexed, as they may have or exercise within the limits 
 of the city of Evansville, as herein defined and pre- 
 scribed, and also over and upon, the Ohio River, and 
 the shore thereof in front of such annexed territory: 
 Provided , That no revenue assessed, collected or raised, 
 without any territory so annexed as aforesaid, shall be 
 expended for any improvements or repairs of streets, 
 alleys, wharves or landings within or in front of such 
 territory, or for any labor or service done or rendered 
 in or for the benefit of such territory or the inhabitants 
 thereof ; nor shall any revenue raised, levied or col- 
 lected within such territory be expended except in such 
 territory and for the benefit of the same, or the inhabi- 
 tants thereof, until the Common Council shall other- 
 wise direct by a general ordinance, which ordinance 
 shall not be passed without the consent of all the mem- 
 bers of the Common Council representing such terri- 
 tory, if there be less than three, or a majority of them 
 if there be three or more,” — • 
 
84 
 
 CHARTER OF- THE 
 
 How 
 
 amended. 
 
 Annexa- 
 tion of 
 contigu- 
 ous terri- 
 tory when 
 platted 
 and re- 
 corded. 
 
 Be and the same is hereby amended to read as fol- 
 lows, viz.: 
 
 Sec. 71. Whenever there may be, or shall have been 
 lots laid off and platted adjoining said city of Evans- 
 ville, and a record of the same is made in the Recorder’s 
 office of Vanderburgh county, the Common Council of 
 said city may, by resolution, extend the boundaries of 
 said city so as to include such lots with the streets and 
 alleys thereof, or any part or portion of the same, and 
 the lots, streets and alleys thus annexed shall thereafter 
 form a part of said city, and be within the jurisdiction 
 of the same. The resolution of the Common Council 
 annexing such lots shall refer to the recorded plat of 
 such lots, and if the resolution shall not annex all the 
 lots contained in such plat, it shall define the bounda- 
 ries of the part or portion of said lots so annexed, and 
 the Common Council of said city shall, within ten days 
 from and after the adoption of any such resol ution 
 cause a copy thereof, certified by the Mayor under the 
 seal of the city, to be filed in the office of the Recorder 
 aforesaid, and the same shall be recorded in said office. 
 
 Sec. 2. When said city shall desire to annex contigu- 
 ous territory thereto, not platted or laid off*, the Com- 
 
 Annexa- 
 lion of 
 contigu- 
 
 tory 1 when mon Council shall present to the Board of County 
 tea 1 and^e- Commissioners of said county a petition setting forth 
 
 corded. . ' . , . , 
 
 the reasons for such annexation, and shall accompany 
 the same with a map or plat, accurately describing by 
 metes and bounds the territory proposed to be attached? 
 wdiich shall be verified by affidavit. 
 
 Such Common Council shall give thirty days’ notice, 
 by publication in one or more newspapers of the city, 
 of. the intended petition, stating in such notice the 
 territory to be annexed. 
 
 Duty of s E c. 3. The Board of County Commissioners, upon 
 sSnSs S ’on the reception of such petition, shall consider the same, 
 o1pe P ution. ail( ^ hear the testimony offered for or against such 
 annexation; and if, after inspection of the map, and of 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 85 
 
 all the proceedings had in the case, such Board is of the 
 opinion that the prayer of the petition should be 
 granted.it shall cause an entrv to be made in the order- 
 book, specifying the territory annexed, with the bound- Eiitvv to 
 aries of the same, according to the survey, and they bemadein 
 shall cause an attested copy of entry to be filed with 
 the Clerk of the Circuit Court of such county, which gopy to be 
 shall be conclusive evidence of such annexation in all circuit^ 
 courts of this State; and the Common Council shall court ' 
 cause a plat of the annexed territory to be recorded ; piat, to be 
 Provided, That twenty days’ notice of the pendency of 
 such petition shall be sufficient ; which notice, in the Proviso, 
 absence of any person owning property proposed to be 
 annexed, may be served on his agent, or by publication 
 in some newspaper printed and published in said city. 
 
 Sec. 4. The Common Council of said city shall have power to 
 power to pass ordinances, to regulate all inns, taverns, intis, ^w- 
 
 • • eras 6t<'. 
 
 or other places used or kept for public entertainment; 
 also all shops and other places kept for the sale of arti- 
 cles to be used in and upon the premises. 
 
 Sec. 5. If any real or personal property within said Property 
 city, or any money or capital within said city, which is ^assess- 
 or may be taxable under the provisions of said act ofg®^Jj s at 
 January 27, 1847, shall be omitted from the assessment 
 rolls of said city for any year, it shall be lawful for the 
 Common Council of said city, at any time before the 
 time limited for the making of the collecting officer’s 
 final return of his duplicate and proceedings, to cause 
 such property, money, or capital to be assessed and 
 added to the assessment roll of said year, and to be car- 
 ried forward to the duplicate in the hands of the col- 
 lector, with the proper amount of taxes charged to the 
 owner, under such rules and regulations as said Council 
 may, by general ordinance, prescribe; and said taxes 
 may be collected in like manner, and to the same 
 extent, as if such property, capital, or money had been 
 included in the original assessment roll, and regularly 
 
86 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 carried forward to the duplicate at the proper time : 
 proviso. Provided, however, That when auy assessment shall be 
 made under 'the provisions of this section, the owner, 
 or his agent, shall, whenever practicable, be notified of 
 such assessment, so that he may appear before the Com- 
 mon Council and have such assessment corrected, mod- 
 « * ified, or equalized ; and it shall be lawful for the Com- 
 
 mon Council to make such corrections, modification, or 
 equalization of such additional assessments as the facts 
 may require. 
 
 M Sec. 6. Every person who shall own, or have in his 
 
 tm-Sshow possession, or subject to his control, any personal prop- 
 made. e rty within said city subject to taxation under said act 
 of January 27, 1847, with authority to sell the same, 
 which shall have been purchased either in% or out of 
 this State, with a view of being sold at an advanced 
 price or profit, or which shall have been consigned 'to 
 him from any place out of this State, shall be held to 
 be a merchant, and at all times when he shall, in pur- 
 suance' of the said act of January 27, 1847, or of the 
 ordinances made, or to be made, in accordance there- 
 with, be required to make out and deliver to the As- 
 sessor of said city a statement of his other personal 
 property, he shall state and attest on oath or affirmation 
 the value of such property appertaining to his business 
 ♦ as a merchant ; and in estimating the value thereof, he 
 shall take as a criterion the average value of all such 
 articles of personal property he shall have had from 
 time to time in his possession, or under his control, 
 during the year ending on the thirty-first day of March 
 next previous to the time of making such statement, if 
 so long he shall have been engaged in business, and if 
 not, then during such time as he shall have been so en- 
 gaged, and the average shall be made up by taking the 
 amount in value on hand, as nearly as may be, in each 
 month of the said next preceding year in which the 
 person making such statement shall have been engaged 
 
 t 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 87 
 
 in business, adding together such amounts, and dividing 
 the aggregate amount thereof by the number of months 
 that the person making the statement may "have been in 
 business during the preceding year : Provided , That no 
 consignee shall be required to list for taxation the value 
 of any property, the product of this State, ‘which shall 
 have been consigned to him for sale, or otherwise, from 
 any place within this State, or the value of any prop- 
 erty consigned to him from any other place for the sole 
 purpose of being stored or forwarded: Provided , He Prov]SO ’ 
 shall, in either case, have no interest in such property, 
 nor in any profit to be derived from its sale ; and the 
 word “ person,” as used in this and the next succeeding 
 section, shall be held to mean and include firm, com- 
 pany, or corporation. 
 
 Sec. 7. Every person who shall purchase, receive, or Manufac- 
 hold personal property of any description subject to llow 
 taxation, under said act of January 27, 1847, for the 
 purpose of adding to the value thereof by any process 
 .of manufacturing, refining, rectifying, or by the 'combi- 
 nation of different materials, with a view of making 
 gain or profit by so doing, shall be held to be a manu- 
 facturer, and shall at all times when, by virtue of the 
 said act of March 27, 1847, , or of the ordinances made 
 in pursuance thereof, he is required to make out and 
 deliver to the* Assessor of said city a statement of the * 
 amount or value of his other personal property subject 
 to taxation under said act, also state the average value 
 estimated, as provided in the preceding section, of all 
 articles purchased, received, or otherwise held for the 
 purpose of being used, in whole or in part, in any pro- 
 cess or operation of manufacturing, combining rectify- 
 ing, or refining, which from time to time he shall have 
 had on hand during the year next previous to the time 
 of making such statement, if so long he shall have been 
 engaged in such manufacturing business, and if not, 
 then during the time he shall have been so engaged 
 
 • 
 
 i 
 
88 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 within said city, and such statement shall be attested on 
 oath ; but in determining the value of all articles man- 
 ufactured by him and remaining on hand unsold, the 
 cost of the materials entering into their combination or 
 of which they were made, with the cost of the mate- 
 rials used or consumed in the process of manufacturing, 
 combining, rectifying, or refining, shall be taken as the 
 criterion of value for the purpose of taxation. 
 
 General 
 jaw incor- 
 porating 
 cities not 
 to be 
 adoptedby 
 tlie com- 
 i noncoun- 
 cil. ' 
 
 Emergen- 
 
 cy. 
 
 Proof of 
 publica- 
 tion. 
 
 Sec. 8. It shall not be lawful for the Common Coun- 
 cil of said city, from and after the taking effect of this 
 act, to adopt the general law for the incorporation of 
 cities, approved March 9, 1857, and thereby surrender 
 its present charter, without first obtaining the consent 
 of a majority of the qualified voters of said city to such 
 adoption, to be ascertained by an election to be held 
 under such regulations as may be prescribed by a gen- 
 eral ordinance of said city ; of which election, and the 
 object and purpose thereof, at least fifteen days’ pre- 
 vious notice shall be given by publication in all the 
 newspapers of said city. 
 
 Sec. 9. An emergency is hereby declared for the im- 
 mediate taking effect of this act, and the same shall 
 therefore be in force from and after its passage ; and the 
 Secretary of State shall forward a copy thereof to the 
 Mayor of said city, who shall cause it to be published in 
 some newspaper of said city. 
 
 State of Indiana, 
 
 Vanderburgh County, y ss . 
 
 City of Evansville, 
 
 F. M. Thayer, one of the publishers of the Evansville 
 Daily Journal, a newspaper printed at said city, being 
 duly sworn, says, that the foregoing'act, entitled “ An 
 Act to amend the seventy-first section of an act en- 
 titled ‘ An Act granting to the citizens of the town of 
 Evansville, in the county of Vanderburgh, a city charter, 7 
 approved January 27, 1847, and to add supplemental 
 sections to said act,” was published in said Evansville 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 89 
 
 Daily Journal, and that its first insertion was in the 
 paper issued on the 16th day of March, 1865. 
 
 F. M. THAYER. 
 
 Subscribed and sworn to this 20th day 
 of March, 1865, before me. 
 
 W. Baker, Mayor. 
 
 AN ACT to amend the fortieth clause of section thirty of an act entitled “ An 
 Act granting to the citizens of the town of Evansville, in the county of 
 Vanderburgh, a city charter,’ approved January 27th, 1847, and declaratory 
 of the meaning ol the second section of the same act.* 
 
 [Approved December 21, 1865.] 
 
 Section 1. Whereas, section thirty of an act entitled 
 “An Act granting to the citizens of the town of Evans- 
 ville, in the county of Vanderburgh, a city charter,” ap- 
 proved January 27, 1847, reads as follows : f 
 
 “Sec. 30. The Common Council shall have the con- 
 trol and management of the finances and of all the 
 property, real and personal, belonging to said city, and 
 shall have full power and authority, for and within said 
 city to make, establish, publish, alter, modify, amend, and 
 repeal by-laws, ordinances, rules and regulations, for the 
 following purposes and on the following subjects, to-wit : 
 “ Fortieth . To take stock in any chartered company 
 for making roads to said city, or for watering said city, 
 and in any company authorized or empowered by the 
 Board of Commissioners of Vanderburgh County to 
 build a bridge on any road leading to said city ; and to 
 establish, maintain, and regulate ferries across the Ohio 
 River from the public wharves of said city : Provided , 
 That no stock shall be subscribed or taken by the Com- 
 mon Council in any such company unless it be on the 
 petition of two-thirds of the residents of said city, who 
 are freeholders of the city, distinctly setting forth the 
 company in which stock is to be taken, and the number 
 and amount of shares to be subscribed: And provided 
 
 *Amended. See act of March II, 1867.— post. 
 fFor section 30 entire, see ante. 
 
 Section 
 
 recited. 
 
90 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 also , That in all cases where such stock is taken, the 
 Common Council shall have power to borrow money 
 and levy and collect a tax on all real estate (either in- 
 clusive or exclusive of improvements, at their discretion) 
 for the payment of said stock.” 
 
 And whereas, It is deemed expedient to amend the 
 fortieth clause of said section thirty, therefore, 
 
 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of 
 Indiana , That the said fortieth clause of section thirty 
 of said act be amended so as to read as follows : 
 
 How 
 
 amended. 
 
 Common 
 Council 
 may con- 
 struct wa- 
 ter- works. 
 
 May take 
 stock in 
 company 
 to make 
 road. 
 
 Or in com- 
 pany to 
 purchase 
 lands for 
 cemeteries 
 parks, wa- 
 ter works, 
 etc. 
 
 Proviso. 
 
 Fortieth. The Common Council of the city of Evans- 
 ville shall have power to construct or provide for the 
 construction of works for furnishing said city and its 
 inhabitants with water, and to furnish water for public 
 and private use in said city, or cause the same to be 
 furnished ; and to take stock in any chartered company 
 organized under the laws of the State, for the purpose 
 of constructing such works and furnishing water as 
 aforesaid, or for the purpose of making a road of any 
 kind to said city, or for the purpose of building a bridge 
 on any road leading to said city; and to purchase, hold 
 and regulate the use of lands within or without the 
 limits of the city for cemeteries, public parks, or grounds 
 for the amusement and recreation of the people, and for 
 water works, and to lease, sell and convey the same at 
 their discretion : Provided , That no stock in any such 
 
 company shall be taken unless the Common Council be 
 requested in writing to take the same by two-thirds of 
 the residents of said city who own real estate wthin 
 said city, or unless a majority of the qualified voters of 
 .said city, who shall have paid a city tax within twelve 
 months next before voting, shall vote in favor of taking 
 such stock, at an election held for the purpose of voting 
 on that subject exclusively, in pursuance of an order of 
 the Common Council fixing the time and place of hold- 
 ing such election, and the manner of conducting the 
 same, and the notice to be given thereof ; and whether 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 91 
 
 a majority of such qualified voters are in favor of taking 
 such stock or not, shall be determined by the legal votes 
 actually cast at such election : Provided , further , That Proviso, 
 
 in all cases where stock shall be taken as above pro- 
 vided, the Common Council shall have power to borrow 
 money, issue bonds and levy and collect taxes in addi- 
 tion to the ordinary revenue, to pay for such stock. 
 
 All taxes so levied shall be ad valorem, and taxes levied 
 to pay for stock subscribed for, in pursuance of the 
 written request of two-thirds of the residents owning 
 real estate, as above provided, shall be levied upon real 
 estate only ; but taxes levied to pay for stock taken in 
 pursuance of an election held as above provided, shall be 
 levied upon all the real and personal estate subject to 
 taxation in said city, for city purposes, and all such 
 taxes shall be levied and collected with and as a part of 
 the taxes regularly and annually assessed and collected 
 for city purposes, and subject to the same laws and 
 regulations; and the Common Council aforesaid shall 
 have power to establish, maintain and regulate ferries 
 across the Ohio river from the public wharves of said 
 city. 
 
 Sec. 2. That Section 2 of said act, which reads as fol- e , . 
 lows, viz : “ From and after the first Monday in April, recited - 
 A. D. 1847, the people residing in the territory mentioned 
 in the first section of this act shall become and be a 
 body politic and corporate, by the name, style and title 
 of the City of Evansville, and in and by such name shall 
 be able and capable in law and in equity to contract and 
 be contracted with, sue and be sued, complain and de- 
 fend in any court of competent jurisdiction ; they shall 
 have power to make, have and use a common seal, and 
 the same to alter, destroy and renew at pleasure ; to 
 take, purchase, hold and convey such real and personal 
 estate as the purposes of the corporation may require ; 
 to survey, make and establish the boundaries of said city 
 and all future enlargements of the same ; to ordain, es- 
 tablish, enforce and putin execution such rules, by-laws, 
 
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 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 Meaning 
 
 declared. 
 
 Emergen- 
 
 cy, 
 
 orf .s and regulations as shall be deemed proper 
 l essary for the good government of said city, and 
 
 t’ ell-being of the inhabitants thereof, and generally 
 t do all other acts and things which the good of the 
 inhabitants of said city may require, not inconsistent 
 with the constitution of the United States, or the con- 
 stitution and laws of this State, and consistent with the 
 object of the corporation,” is hereby declared to include 
 and have included the power to provide and furnish said 
 city and the inhabitants thereof with gas lights, either 
 by erecting gas works or by making a contract or con- 
 tracts with any person or persons, or company or com- 
 panies, for the furnishing of said city and the inhabitants 
 thereof with gas lights, on such reasonable terms as may 
 be or may have been agreed upon between said city and 
 such person or persons; and no contract heretofore 
 made by the corporate authorities of said city with any 
 person or persons, firm or corporation, providing for the 
 furnishing said city and the inhabitants thereof with gas 
 lights, shall be construed or held to.be invalid on the 
 ground of a want of power on the part of said city to 
 make the same ; but all such contracts heretofore made 
 by said city for that purpose, which do not grant to the 
 person or persons, firm, company or corporation with 
 whom made, the exclusive privilege, for more than fifty 
 years from the date thereof, of laying pipes for con- 
 ducting gas under the streets, lanes, alleys, public 
 grounds and thoroughfares of said city, are, so far as 
 concerns the power of said citj to make the same, legal- 
 ized, and shall be deemed as valid as if made after the 
 passage of this act. 
 
 Sec. 3. An emergency is hereby declared for the im- 
 mediate taking effect of this act, and the same shall 
 therefore be in force from and after its passage. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 93 
 
 AN ACT to amend the first section of an act entitled “ An Act to amend the 
 fortieth clause of section thirty of ‘ An act granting to the citizens of the town 
 of Evansville, in the county of Vanderburgh, a city charter,’ approved 
 January 27th, A. D. 1847, and declaratory of the meaning of the second sec- 
 tion of the same act,” approved December 21st, 1865, so as to authorize the 
 Common Council of said city of Evansville to subscribe for and take stock 
 in the Evansville, Hender’son and Nashville Railroad Company, or any 
 other company or corporation organized under and by virtue of the laws 
 of the Commonwealth of Kentucky for the purpose- of constructing a 
 railroad leading from Nashville, in the State of Tennessee, to a point on 
 the Ohio River, at or near Evansville, Indiana. 
 
 [Approved March 11 , 1867 .] 
 
 Section 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the 
 State of Indiana, That the first section of said act, 
 which reads as follows, viz.: 
 
 “ Sec. 1 . Fortieth. The Common Council of the city ofsecuon i, 
 Evansville shall have power to construct, or provide for 
 the construction of, works for furnishing said city and 
 its inhabitants with water, and to furnish water for pub- 
 lic and private use in said city, or cause the same to be 
 furnished ; and to take stock in any chartered com- 
 pany organized under the laws of this State, for the 
 purpose of constructing such works, and furnishing 
 water, as aforesaid, or for the purpose of making a road 
 of any kind to said city ; and to purchase, hold and 
 regulate the use of lands within or without the limits 
 of the city, for cemeteries, public parks, or grounds for 
 the amusement and recreation of the people, and for 
 water-works, and to lease, sell and convey the same at 
 their discretion ; Provided , That no stock in any such 
 company shall be taken, unless the Common Council be 
 requested, in writing, to take the same, by two-thirds 
 of the residents of said city, who own real estate within 
 said city, or unless a majority of the qualified voters of 
 said city, who shall have paid a city tax within twelve 
 months next before voting, shall vote in favor of taking 
 such stock, at an election held for the purpose of voting 
 on that subject, exclusively, in pursuance of an order of 
 the Common Council, fixing the time and place of 
 holding such election, and the manner of conducting 
 the same, and the notice to be given thereof ; and 
 
94 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 Section 1, 
 as amen- 
 ded. 
 
 Power of 
 the Com- 
 mon 
 Council. 
 
 whether a majority of such qualified voters are in favor 
 of taking such stock or not, shall be determined by the 
 legal votes actually cast at such election; Provided , 
 further , That in all cases where stock shall be taken as 
 above provided, the Common Council shall have power 
 to borrow money, issue bonds, and levy and collect 
 taxes, in addition to the ordinary revenue, to pay for 
 such stock. All taxes so levied, shall be ad valorem , 
 and taxes levied to pay for stock subscribed for, in pur- 
 suance of the written request of two-thirds of the resi- 
 dents owning real estate, as above provided, shall be 
 levied on real estate only; but taxes levied to pay for 
 stock taken in pursuance of an election, held as above 
 provided, shall be levied upon all the real and personal 
 estate, subject to taxation, in said city, for city pur- 
 poses, and all such taxes shall be levied and collected 
 with and as a part of the taxes regularly and annually 
 assessed and collected for city purposes, and subject to 
 the same laws and regulations ; and the Common Coun- 
 cil aforesaid shall have powder to establish, maintain, 
 and regulate ferries across the Ohio River, from the 
 public wharves of said city',” be and the same is here- 
 by amended to read as follows, viz.: 
 
 [Sec. 1 .] Fortieth. The Common Council of the city 
 of Evansville shall have power to construct, or provide 
 for the construction of, works for furnishing said city 
 and its inhabitants with water, and to furnish water 
 for public and private use in said city, or cause the 
 same to be furnished, and to take stock in any char- 
 tered company organized under the laws of this State, 
 for the purpose of constructing such works, and fur- 
 nishing water as aforesaid : or for the purpose of mak- 
 ing a road of any kind leading to said city, or for the 
 purpose of building a bridge on any road leading to 
 said city, and to subscribe and take stock in the. Evans- 
 ville, Henderson and Nashville Railroad Company, a 
 corporation created by the Legislature of the Com- 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 95 
 
 mon weal tli of Kentucky, or any other company or cor- 
 poration, organized under and by virtue of the laws of 
 said Commonwealth of Kentucky, for the purpose of 
 constructing a railroad from Kasbville, in the State of 
 Tennessee, to a point on the Ohio River, at or near 
 Evansville, Indiana; and to purchase, hold and regu- 
 late the use of lands within or without the limits of the 
 city, for cemeteries, public parks, or grounds for the 
 amusement and recreation of the people, and for water- 
 works, and to lease, sell and convey the same at their 
 discretion ; Provided , That no stock in any such com- 
 pany shall be taken, unless the Common Council be re- 
 quested, in writing, to take the same, by two-thirds of 
 the residents of said city, who own real estate within 
 said city, or unless a majority of the qualified voters of 
 said city attending and voting, who shall have paid a 
 city tax within twelve months next before voting, shall 
 vote in favor of taking such stock, at an election held 
 for the purpose of voting on that subject, exclusively, 
 in pursuance of an order of the Common Council, fix- 
 ing the time and place* or places, of holding such elec- 
 tion, and the manner of conducting the same, and the 
 notice to be given thereof; Provided , further , That in 
 all cases where stock shall be taken, as above provided, 
 the Common Council shall have power to borrow 
 money, issue bonds, and levy and collect taxes in addi- 
 tion to the ordinary revenue, to pay for such stock, or 
 for the interest accruing on such borrowed money, or 
 bonds, or to provide a sinking fund for the payment of 
 such bonds when they shall be due. All taxes so levied 
 shall be ad valorem , and taxes levied to pay for stock 
 subscribed for, in pursuance of the written request of 
 two-thirds of the residents owning real estate only ; but 
 taxes levied to pay for stock subscribed for, in pursu- 
 ance of an election held, as above provided, shall be 
 levied upon all the real and personal estate subject to 
 
 taxation, in said city, for city purposes, and all such 
 taxes shall be levied and collected with, and as a part 
 
96 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 Emergen- 
 
 cy, 
 
 -Section <j 
 recited. 
 
 Section 0, 
 ns amen- 
 ded. 
 
 Elections, 
 time of. 
 
 of the taxes regularly and annually assessed and col- 
 lected for city purposes, and subject to the same laws 
 and regulations; and the Common Council aforesaid 
 shall have power to establish, maintain and regulate 
 ferries across the Ohio River, from the public wharves 
 of said city. 
 
 Sec. 2. An emergency is hereby declared for the im- 
 mediate taking effect of this act, and the same shall 
 therefore be in full force from and after its passage. 
 
 AN, ACT to revive and amend the sixth section of an act entitled “ An act 
 granting to the citizens of the town of Evansville, in the county of Van- 
 derburgh, a city charter,” approved January 27tli, 1847. 
 
 [Approved March 11, 1867.] 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the 
 State of Indiana , That the sixth section of an act enti- 
 tled “An act granting to the citizens of the town of 
 Evansville, in the county of Vanderburgh, a city char- 
 ter,” approved January 27, 1847* which section reads as 
 follows, viz.: 
 
 “Sec. 6. All elections shall be by ballot, and all elec- 
 tions (except to fill vacancies) shall be held on the first 
 Monday in April annually. A poll shall be opened in 
 each ward for the reception of votes, and every free 
 white male citizen of the age of twenty-one years, who 
 has resided in this State one year, and in said city six 
 months, and the ward in which he offers' his vote one 
 month next preceding such election, shall be entitled to 
 a vote in the ward in which he resides, and not in any 
 other ward,” be and the same is hereby revised and 
 amended to read as follows : 
 
 Sec. 6. All elections shall be by ballot, and (except to 
 fill vacancies) shall be held on the first Monday in 
 April, annually, at such place in each ward or election 
 precinct, as the Common Council shall designate, of 
 which place at least fourteen days notice shall be given 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 97 
 
 by advertisement in some newspaper printed and pub- Notice of 
 
 / . place shall 
 
 lished in said city, and every person entitled to vote at be given 
 State and county elections, under the Constitution and 
 laws of this State, and who shall have resided within who enti _ 
 the limits of this city, six months next preceding such a t e su?h° te 
 election, and shall have paid all taxes of every descrip- electlons - 
 tion due from him to said city, and none others, shall 
 be entitled to vote (except as hereinafter provided), and 
 the receipt of the Collector of the Revenues of said 
 city, for all taxes due as aforesaid, or the Collector’s 
 certificate that no tax stands charged against him, shall 
 be received by the judges of any election, as proof that 
 all taxes against the party applying to vote have been 
 paid, and in the absence, or for wmnt of such receipt or 
 certificate, the person applying to vote shall be required 
 to swear or affirm, positively, that all such taxes have 
 been fully paid by him, or that he has applied to the 
 Collector and was assured by him that there were no 
 taxes charged against him on the duplicate, and for the 
 purpose of enabling the officers of such election faith- 
 fully to discharge their duties, and to guard against Inspector 
 imposition, the Inspector of such election shall admin- ^ a e ^ e ^ 1 . on 
 ister an oath or affirmation to any person who may offer 
 to vote at such election without exhibiting such receipt fering to 
 or certificate as aforesaid, and interrogate him, uuder uaerro^ 
 oath, touching the payment of such taxes, and also Sc? him ’ 
 touching all his other qualifications, and any person Persons^ 
 testifying falsely upon such examination respecting his ^lseiy to 
 aforesaid qualifications, shall be guilty of perjury, and^and^ 
 shall be liable to be indicted, convicted and punished *° rperju " 
 therefor, under the general laws of the State of In- 
 diana for the punishment of the crime of perjury. The inspector 
 Inspector of any election may, also, require any and'^J/any 
 every person, of whose legal right to vote the Judges of fer^to 1- 
 such election may have doubts, to answer, under oath, swerquel- 
 
 -m . *i . . . tions un- 
 
 all questions touching his qualifications to vote at such der oath, 
 election ; and any person answering such questions 
 falsely, shall be guilty of perjury, and, upon conviction 
 
98 
 
 CHARTER OF THE 
 
 Persons thereof, shall be punished under the laws of the State 
 
 answering A 
 
 falsely un- °f Indiana for the punishment of the crime of perjury ; 
 guilty °of 6 however, That no person otherwise qualified to 
 
 anS pun- vote unc ^ er the provisions of this section, shall he pre- 
 ished. vented from voting on the ground of having failed to 
 Jontrover- P a y his taxes, where their i3 a bona fide controversy 
 taxes. to between him and the city pending in any court of com- 
 petent jurisdiction, as to the amount or legality of such 
 taxes, or any part thereof. 
 
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AN ACT 
 
 Repealing all general laws now in force for the incorporation of cities, pro- 
 viding for the incorporation of cities, prescribing their powers, rights and 
 duties, and the manner in which they shall exercise the same, and regula- 
 ting other matters properly connected therewith, and repealing certain 
 acts therein specified. 
 
 [Approved December 20 , I860.] 
 
 (See Acts of 1865, Special Session, page 39.) 
 
 Section 95. Nothing in the act approved March 9th, 
 1857, entitled “An act to repeal all general laws now 
 in force for the incorporation of cities, and to provide 
 for the incorporation of cities, prescribe their powers 
 and rights, and the manner in which they shall exercise 
 the same, and to regulate such other matters as properly 
 pertain thereto,” shall be deemed or construed to have 
 repealed an act entitled “ An act to enable the Common 
 Council of the several incorporated cities of this State 
 to prescribe, by ordinance, the time within which the 
 annual assessments for city purposes shall be made, 
 and the roll thereof returned, and the time within 
 which the city tax roll or duplicate shall be made and 
 delivered to the collecting officers ; and also the time 
 within which such collecting officers shall make their 
 collections and returns,” approved March 7th, 1857, so 
 far as the provisions of said act relate to cities opera- 
 ting under special acts ot incorporation, nor shall any 
 thing in this act be construed to repeal said act of 
 March 7th, 1857, so far as it applies to cities operating 
 under such special charters. 
 
A List of the Several Enlargements which Constitute the City of 
 Evansville, Showing the time when each of said En- 
 largements became a part of said City, 
 
 1. Original Plan, Donation Enlargement, Lower or 
 McGary’s Enlargement, Upper Enlargement and Eastern 
 Enlargement, incorporated as the City of Evansville, 
 1847. 
 
 2. Baker’s Addition, annexed 1854, 
 
 3. Lamasco, including Fourth Enlargement, Stock- 
 well’s Enlargement, Greek’s Enlargement, Sharpe’s En- 
 largement, Northern Enlargement, Carpenter Place, 
 Battelle Place and Huston’s Addition, annexed 1857. 
 
 4. Crescent Enlargement, annexed 1857. 
 
 5. Union, Ashland and Avon Places, annexed 1865. 
 
 6. Seminary Enlargement, annexed 1865. 
 
 7. Orr and Harrison’s Enlargement, annexed 1865. 
 
 8. Lilleston’s Enlargement, annexed 1865. 
 
 9. Garvin’s Addition, annexed 1865. 
 
 11. Lilleston & Lockhart’s Enlargement, annexed 
 1865. 
 
 12. Holzgrafe’s Enlargement, annexed 1865. 
 
 13. Isabella Place, annexed 1865. 
 
 14. Southern Enlargement, annexed 1865. 
 
 15. Lilleston and Larahee’s Enlargement, annexed 
 1865. 
 
 16. Mclnnerney’s Enlargement, annexed 1865. 
 
 17. Elliott’s Addition, annexed 1865. 
 
 18. H. Brinkmeyer’s Enlargement, annexed 1865. 
 
102 
 
 APPENDIX A. 
 
 19. F. W. Brinkmeyer’s Enlargement, annexed 1865. 
 
 20. Bray’s Enlargement, annexed 1865. 
 
 21. Carpenter Field Enlargement, annexed 1865. 
 
 22. Bull’s Head Enlargement, annexed 1865. 
 
 23. Hubbard’s Addition, annexed 1865. 
 
 24. Main Street Enlargement, annexed 1865. 
 
 25. Hortbeastern Enlargement, annexed 1865. 
 
 - 26. Dixon’s Addition, annexed 1865. 
 
 27. Goodsell’s Enlargement, annexed 1866. 
 
 ’28. Southeast quarter section 19, township 6, south 
 of range 10, west ; known as Brinkmeyer’s Enlarge- 
 ment, annexed 1866. 
 
 29. All that part of fractional section Ho. 31, town- 
 ship 6, south of range 10, west; known as Union Place, 
 annexed 1866. 
 
 30. All that part of southwest quarter of section No. 
 29, township 6, south of range 10, west, (Blackford’s 
 Grove) ; also, all that part of territory situated east of 
 Eighth street and southwest of Tenth street, (Ingle’s 
 Addition), annexed 1866. 
 
 31. All that part of the southeast quarter of section 
 19, township 6, south of range 10, west, (Archer’s Ad- 
 dition), annexed 1866. 
 
 32. The southwest quarter of section No. 20, town- 
 ship 6, south of range 10, west, (Goodsell’s Enlarge- 
 ment), annexed 1866. 
 
 33. German Building Association Tract, annexed 
 1868. 
 
 34. Ileinlein’s First Addition, situate between Eleventh 
 and Fourteenth streets, annexed 1868. 
 
 35. All that part of Decker’s First Addition which is 
 situate between Eleventh and Thirteenth streets, an- 
 nexed 1868. 
 
 36. All that part of Bockwell’s Addition which is 
 situated between Eleventh and Thirteenth streets, an- 
 nexed 1868. 
 
 37. All that part of Jacobsville which is situated 
 
APPENDIX A. 
 
 103 
 
 between Eleventh and Fourteenth streets, annexed 
 1868. 
 
 39. All that part of the southeast quarter of section 
 19, township 6, south of range 10, west; known as the 
 Longworth Tract, annexed 1868. 
 
 40. All that part of Heinlein’s Addition which is sit- 
 uated north of Third street, and extending to the north 
 side of Nineteenth street, annexed 1870. 
 
 41. All that part of Morgan’s Addition, (by which 
 name it is known), annexed 1870. 
 
 42. All that part of Lamasco east of Pigeon creek ; 
 also, all that part of Lamasco west of Pigeon creek 
 called Independence, annexed 1870. 
 
 43. All that part of the town of Springdale, annexed 
 1870. 
 
 44. All that part of the German Building Association 
 extending from Thirteenth street to Nineteenth street, 
 annexed 1870. 
 
 45. That tract of land known as Parrett’s Enlarge- 
 ment of Goodsellville, situated on that part of section 
 32, township 6, south of range 10, west, annexed 1870. 
 
 46. That tract of land known as Ewing’s Addition, 
 situated on the east side of section 31, township 6, 
 south of range 10, west, annexed 1870. 
 
 47. That part of addition known as Garvin & 
 Brower’s Addition, annexed 1870. 
 
 48. Shanklin’s Addition, annexed 1870. 
 
 49. Part of Jaeobsville, annexed 1870. 
 
 50. Mill’s Addition, annexed 1870. 
 
 51. Independence, annexed 1870. 
 
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 
 STATE OF INDIANA RELATING TO 
 INCORPORATED CITIES. 
 
 CITY PRISONS. 
 
 AN ACT to authorize incorporated towns and cities to erect prisons, and to 
 aUthoiize the imprisonment therein of persons convicted of offences 
 against the laws of such incorporation, or of offences against the penal 
 laws of this State, and, also, persons charged with offences punishable by 
 indictment Or presentment, temporarily, and to provide for the use of 
 county jails by such incorporation in certain cases. 
 
 [Approved June 1 , 1861 .] 
 
 (See Acts of Special Session of 1861, page 21.) 
 
 Section 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the 
 State of Indiana , That any incorporated town or city 
 shall have power to erect a prison within the limits of 
 such town or city; and it shall be lawful to imprison 
 therein persons convicted of offences against the laws 
 of such incorporation, or for offences against the penal 
 laws of this State, and, also, persons charged with 
 offences punishable by indictment or presentment, tem- 
 porarily, until they can be conveniently removed to the 
 county jail. So far as the same shall be applicable, the 
 law governing county jails shall be the law of such 
 town or city prison; and in all cases where the county 
 jails are convenient, they may be used for town pur- 
 poses until a town or city prison shall be erected. 
 
 street railroads. 
 
 AN ACT to provide for the incorporation of street railroad companies. 
 
 [Approved June 4 , 1861 .] 
 
 (See Acts of Special Session of 1861, page 75,) 
 
 Section 1 . Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the 
 State of Indiana , That any number of persons, not less 
 
 14 
 
106 
 
 ACTS OF THE 
 
 Five per- 
 sons may 
 form com- 
 pany. 
 
 Directors 
 to be 
 elected. 
 
 Subscrib- 
 ers to arti- 
 cles of as- 
 sociation 
 to form 
 body poli- 
 tic. 
 
 Corpora- 
 tion may 
 bold and 
 convey 
 property. 
 
 Evidence 
 of incor- 
 poration. 
 
 than five, being subscribers to the stock of any contem - 
 plated street or horse railroad company, may be formed 
 into a corporation for the purpose of constructing, 
 owning, and maintaining street or horse railroads, 
 switches or side-tracks upon and through the streets of 
 the cities and towns within the State, by complying 
 with the following requirements: Whenever stock to 
 the amount of at least ten thousand dollars shall have 
 been subscribed, the subscribers to such stock shall 
 elect directors for such company from their own num- 
 ber, and shall severally subscribe articles of association, 
 in which shall be set forth the name of the corporation, 
 the amount of capital stock of the company, the num- 
 ber of shares of which said stock shall consist, the 
 number of directors and their names to manage the 
 affairs of the company, and the city or town in which 
 it is proposed to construct such road. 
 
 Sec. 2. The articles of association formed in pursu- 
 ance of the provisions of the preceding section, and 
 thereupon the persons who have subscribed the same, 
 and all persons who shall become stockholders in said 
 company, and their successors, shall be a body politic 
 and corporate, in perpetuity, by the name stated in the 
 articles of association, and shall be capable of suing and 
 being sued, and may have a common seal, the same to 
 alter at pleasure. 
 
 Sec. 3. The said company shall be capable of pur- 
 chasing, holding and conveying any real or personal 
 property whatever necessary for the construction and 
 equipment of the road, switches and side-tracks, and 
 for the erection of all necessary buildings and yards, 
 and may buy, own and sell any kind of property that 
 may be necessary to properly conduct or carry on the 
 business of such road. 
 
 Sec. 4. A copy of any articles of association filed in 
 pursuance of this act, and certified to be a correct copy 
 by the Secretary of State, or his deputy, shall in all 
 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 
 
 107 
 
 courts or places be evidence of the incorporation of 
 such company, and of the facts therein stated. 
 
 Sec. 5 . Such company may construct their track, ^ons as to 
 switches, side-tracks or turn-outs upon the streets of {Jacks, &c. 
 said cities or towns under the following conditions and 
 restrictions : The said track shall be constructed upon 
 
 the center or side of said streets, and shall conform 
 exactly to the established grade of such street. The 
 free passage of the streets of such city or town, occu- 
 pied or used by said company, shall be impeded or ob- 
 structed by such company only to the extent necessary 
 for the purposes for which said company was organized ; 
 the points where such track shall intersect and cross 
 the streets of such city or tuwn shall be so arranged by 
 said company as to render the crossing as passable and 
 in as good condition as any other portion of the street; 
 the track shall be from four to live feet in width. 
 
 Sec. 6. Such company may from time to time borrow Maybor- 
 
 rowmon- 
 
 such sums ot money as may be necessary tor completing ey and is- 
 
 ** nJ x. O t>GlldS 
 
 or operating their railroad, and may issue and dispose 
 of their bonds for any amount so borrowed for such 
 sums and for such rate of interest as is allowed bv the 
 
 %j 
 
 laws of the State where the contract is made, and 
 mortgage their corporate property and franchises to 
 secure any debt contracted by such company. 
 
 Sec. 7 . The said subscribers $to the stock of such officers to 
 
 ^0 elected 
 
 contemplated road shall, as soon as the number named 
 in the first section shall have signed the same, proceed 
 to the election of directors, who shall serve for the 
 term of one year, and the said directors shall elect the 
 following officers, to-wit: President, Vice-President, 
 
 Secretary and Treasurer, whose term of office shall be 
 for one year and until their successors are elected and 
 qualified. 
 
 Sec. 8 . There shall be an annual meeting of the stock- Annual 
 
 ^ meeting 
 
 holders held at the office of such company, for theandeieo- 
 election of directors to serve for the ensuing year ; not 
 
108 
 
 ACTS OF THE 
 
 Directors 
 may adopt 
 by-laws. 
 
 Stock 
 
 transfera- 
 
 ble. 
 
 Powers of 
 cities not 
 restricted 
 by this act. 
 
 Stock- 
 holders in- 
 dividually 
 liable. 
 
 less than three nor more than seven directors shall be 
 chosen at such meeting of such stockholders, by ballot, 
 and by a majority of the stockholders present in person 
 and by proxy, and every such stockholder being so 
 present, shall be entitled to give one vote for every 
 share of stock owned by him. No person shall be a 
 director unless he shall be a stockholder, owning stock 
 absolutely in his own right, and qualified to vote for 
 directors at the election at which he shall be chosen. 
 
 Sec. 9. The directors of such company shall have 
 power to make by-laws for the management and dispo- 
 sition of stock, property and business affairs of such 
 company not inconsistent with the laws of this State, 
 and prescribing the duties of officers, artificers and ser- 
 vants that may be employed, and for the appointment 
 of all officers for the carrying on all business within 
 the objects and purposes of such company, and for 
 regulating the running time, fare, &c., of said road or 
 roads. 
 
 Sec. 10. The stock of such company shall be trans- 
 ferable in the manner prescribed by the by-laws of the 
 company, and shall be considered personal property. 
 
 Sec. 11. This act may be amended or repealed at the 
 discretion of the Legislature. 
 
 Sec. 12. Nothing in this act contained shall be so 
 construed as to take away from the common councils 
 of incorporated cities the exclusive powers now exer- 
 cised over the streets, highways, alleys and bridges 
 within the corporate limits of such cities ; and all street 
 railroad companies which may be organized under the 
 provisions of this act shall first obtain the consent of 
 such Common Council to the location, survey and con- 
 struction of any street railroad through or across the 
 public streets of any city before the construction of the 
 same shall be commenced. 
 
 Sec. 13. The stockholders in such company or cor- 
 poration shall be individually responsible to an amount 
 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 
 
 109 
 
 over and above their stock equal to their respective 
 shares of stock, for all debts or liabilities of said com- 
 pany or corporation. 
 
 AN ACT authorizing street or horse-car railway companies to use State, 
 county or township roads, or other public highways, for their railway 
 track, under certain conditions and regulations. 
 
 [Approved March 6, 1865.] 
 
 (See Acts of 1865, page 63.) 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the streetraii- 
 
 ^ ^ . way naay 
 
 State of Indiana, That any street or horse-car railway be ext end - 
 
 ' ** ed beyond 
 
 companv organized under the laws of the State of In- limits of 
 
 1 •> © __ __ town or 
 
 diana, and operating such road within any of the incor- cit y- 
 porated towns and cities of the State, and desiring to 
 extend their road beyond such town or city limits, on 
 any State or county road, or other public highway, may 
 do so after procuring the consent of the Board of 
 County Commissioners of such county. 
 
 Sec. 2. If such road or highway is graveled or in tase of 
 
 ° •' ° improved 
 
 planked, and being tolled by a gravel or plank road per- 
 company, such street or horse-car railway company be granted 
 shall also be required to procure the consent of such 
 gravel or plank road company to run their road over 
 such gravel or plank road, which consent, when given, 
 shall not be revoked by such gravel or plank road 
 company. 
 
 Sec. 3. Such street or horse-car railway company, 
 operating such road outside of such town or city limits, 
 shall have the same protection, and in its running be 
 governed by the same regulations prescribed for it 
 within such town or city. 
 
 Sec. 4. Such street or horse-car railway company Track to 
 shall, in all cases in which any road or highway shall in center 
 be used by them for the purposes expressed in this act, 
 locate their track in the center of said road or highway, 
 as near as may be, and shall complete the same within 
 a reasonable time from commencing the same, and in 
 
no 
 
 ACTS OF THE 
 
 Emergen- 
 
 cy. 
 
 Company 
 to con- 
 struct wa- 
 ter works 
 may be 
 formed. 
 
 all cases they shall leave the road or highway in a 9 
 good repair as the same was found by them at the com* 
 mencement of the building of the railway. 
 
 o %j 
 
 Sec. 5. Whereas, an emergency exists for the imme- 
 diate taking effect of this act, it is therefore declared 
 that it shall take effect and be in force from and after 
 its passage. 
 
 AN-ACT to allow cities and towns to permit.the location of railroads on the 
 streets and alleys, for the purpose ol conveying coal into and through said 
 cities and towns. 
 
 [Approved March 6, 1865.] 
 
 (See Acts of 1865, page 51.) 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the . 
 State of Indiana , That the Trustees of any town, or the 
 Common Council of any city, may grant to any person, 
 or corporation, or company, the right and privilege to 
 locate and run a railroad track through said town or 
 city, on the streets or alleys thereof, for the purpose of 
 convening coal into or through said town or city, under 
 .such restrictions and regulations as the Trustees or 
 Common Council may require. 
 
 Sec. 2. And whereas an emergency exists for the im- 
 mediate taking effect of this act, it shall he in full 
 force from and after its passage. 
 
 WATER WORKS. 
 
 AN ACT to authorize the formation of companies for the construction of 
 water works in and for incorporated cities, to enable such cities to sub- 
 scribe stock in such companies, and to issue and sell bonds for the pay- 
 ment thereof. 
 
 [Approved March 6, 1865.] 
 
 (See Acts of 1865, page 103.) 
 
 * 
 
 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the 
 • State of Indiana , That whenever the City Council of 
 any incorporated city in the State of Indiana shall by 
 resolution declare that it is expedient to have con- 
 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 
 
 Ill 
 
 structed works for the purpose of supplying such city 
 and the inhabitants thereof with water, but that it is 
 inexpedient for such city, under the powers granted in 
 its act of incorporation, to build such works, it shall be 
 lawful for the inhabitants of any such city and others 
 to organize a company for the construction of such 
 water works. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any number of persons not less than twelve, company 
 desirous of forming a company for such purpose, shall formed, 
 make, sign and acknowledge, before some officer au- 
 thorized to take acknowledgments of deeds, a certificate 
 in writing, which shall state the corporate name adopted 
 by the company, the amount of capital stock, the * 
 term of its existence, not, however, to exceed fifty 
 years, the number of directors, the names of those who 
 shall manage the affairs of the company for. the first 
 year, or until their successors are elected and qualified, 
 and the name of. the city in and for which such works 
 are to be constructed and the basin ess of the company 
 .carried on. Such certificate shall be filed in the office certificate 
 
 where to 
 
 of the Recorder of the county in which such city is be filed, 
 situate, ‘ and shall be then placed upon record, and a , 
 duplicate thereof shall be filed in the office of the 
 Secretary of State. 
 
 Sec. 3. When the certificate shall have been filed as subset - 
 aforesaid, the persons who shall have signed and ac- a body 
 knowledged the same, and their successors, shall be a 
 
 _ T 
 
 body politic and corporate, and by their corporate name 
 may take, hold and convey all such real estate as shall ^Ycon- d 
 
 be necessary to carry on the operations and effect the estate* 1 
 objects and purposes of said company, and it shall be 
 lawful for such company to enter upon any lands for 
 the purpose of examining and surveying the same, for propriate 
 the site or sites of water works, reservoirs and line 0 f ltUlds * 
 water pipes of such company, and to take and appro- 
 priate so much thereof as may be deemed necessary for 
 the same, and to that end and purpose said company 
 
112 
 
 ACTS OF THE 
 
 shall be entitled to the writ of assessment of damages 
 provided by law. 
 
 oftUrect- Sec. ^he business of said company shall be man- 
 aged by a board of not less than nine nor more than 
 thirteen directors, who shall .be stockholders therein, 
 and a majority of whom shall be residents of such city, 
 and a majority of the directors chose# shall be a quo- 
 Eiectioaof rum. There shall be an election of directors within 
 
 officers. ■ 
 
 one year from the tiling of the articles of association, 
 and annually thereafter, at such time as shall be fixed 
 by the by-laws of such company; three weeks notice 
 thereof shall be given by publication in a newspaper of 
 general circulation in such city ;» the stockholders shall 
 be entitled to vote, either in person or bjr proxy. 
 
 Sec. 5. The officers of such company shall be a presi- 
 dent, who shall be one of the directors, a secretary and 
 treasurer, and such other officers, agents and servants as 
 the board of directors shall deem necessary for the 
 transaction of the business of the company. Such offi- 
 cers shall be electee! annually by the directors, and shall 
 all be required to give bond, with penalty and surety to 
 the approval of said board of directors, conditioned for 
 the faithful discharge of their respective duties, and 
 shall also take an oath of office. ' 
 
 Sec. 6 . The amount of the capital stock shall be fixed 
 by the company, but may be increased by a vote of the 
 
 stockholders at any annual meeting, and such capital 
 
 ♦ 
 
 stock be divided into shares of not more than one hun- 
 dred dollars each. 
 
 cit v m-iy Sec. 7. Any such city may become a stockholder in 
 u tee stock. an y such company, whenever the Common Council 
 shall so direct, by resolution duly entered upon their 
 minutes. Such resolution shall specify the- number of 
 shares to be taken, and shall require the Mayor to 
 carry out the direction by subscribing for the number 
 of shares indicated upon the books of the company y 
 and any railroad company of this State may subscribe 
 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 
 
 113 
 
 \ 
 
 for and own stock in such company, and shall he enti- 
 tled to all the rights and privileges of other stock- 
 holders ; and to provide for the payment of such stock 
 subscription, it shall he lawful for any such city to issue 
 bonds, payable at such times as the Common Council 
 shall direct, and bearing interest at any rate not ex- 
 ceeding seven per centum per annum, and to negotiate 
 the same upon the best terms they can obtain. 
 
 Sec. 8 . When any such company shall have been or- 
 ganized under the provisions of this act, and after at 
 least one-half of the capital stock authorized by its 
 articles of association shall have been subscribed, it 
 shall be the duty of the Common Council of the city in 
 or for w T hich such company may propose to erect water 
 works, by resolution duly passed and entered upon its 
 minutes, to grant to such company such right to the 
 use of the streets, alleys, wharves, and public grounds 
 of such city as shall be necessary to enable such com- 
 pany to construct the proper works for the supply of 
 water for the use* of such city and its inhabitants : 
 Provided , That the Common Council of such city may 
 in such grant impose such just and reasonable terms, 
 restrictions, and limitations upon such company, in 
 reference to the manner in which such streets, alleys, 
 wharves, and public grounds are to be used, and in 
 reference to the charging and collecting of tells, water- 
 rents, or other compensation for the supply of water to 
 be furnished by such company to such city and its in- 
 habitants, as shall be necessary to guard against the 
 improper use of such streets, alleys, wharves, and pub- 
 lic grounds, and to protect said city and its inhabitants 
 from the imposition of any undue or excessive rates or 
 charges for the supply of -water; but no restriction 
 shall be imposed by said Common Council which will 
 prevent such company realizing upon its capital stock 
 an annual income or dividend of ten per cent., after 
 paying the cost of all the necessary repairs and ex- 
 penses. 
 
 Oily may 
 take stock. 
 
 Council to 
 grant the 
 use of 
 streets, &c. 
 to such 
 company. 
 
 Re- 
 
 strictions. 
 
 
 15 
 
114 
 
 ACTS OF THE 
 
 my eil )u!- Sec. That f rom and after tlie expiration of twenty- 
 pelify and^ ve y ears f rom the time of the organization of any 
 r?gi?£ r of e such company, the Common Council of the city in or 
 company. f or vvhich such company' may have erected its works 
 shall have the right and privilege of purchasing from 
 sudh company all the buildings, -fixtures, apparatus, and 
 property of such company, with all its corporate rights 
 and privileges, at such price as may be agreed upon be- 
 ' tween the Common Council of such city and the Board 
 of Directors of such company ; and in case of disagree- 
 ment between the parties, the price to be ascertained 
 and determined by' five disinterested persons, non-resi- 
 dents of such city, two of whom to be chosen by said 
 Common Council and two by the Board of Directors of 
 such company, and the fifth by the four so chosen : 
 Provided , That the right of such city to purchase such 
 works shall accrue immediately, if at the end of twelve 
 years from the time of the organization of such com- 
 pany, or at the expiration of any year thereafter, it 
 shall appear that such company has imposed and col- 
 lected such rates or charges for the supply of water as 
 shall have caused the average annual income or divi- 
 dends of such company upon its capital stock to exceed 
 ten per cent., after paying the cost of all necessary re- 
 pairs and expenses, and exclusive of one and a half 
 per cent, per annum, which may he set apart and re- 
 served as a surplus or contingent fund. 
 
 * water Sec. 10. Such company shall have power and au- 
 fixeci. thority to charge and collect from such city and the 
 inhabitants thereof, and all others, such rates for the 
 water so furnished as shall be fixed by its by-laws, rules, 
 and regulations, subject only to the restrictions imposed 
 by such Common Council as aforesaid. 
 
 Sec. 11. Such company shall annually, at least ten 
 days before the election of directors, make out a full 
 and complete exhibit of all the operations of the com- 
 pany during the current year, containing a correct ac- 
 count of all the receipts and disbursements thereof? 
 
 Company 
 to make 
 annual 
 exhibit. 
 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 
 
 115 
 
 also showing the amount of capital stock subscribed, 
 the amount of such capital stock actually paid in, the exhibit, 
 amount paid out during the year in the construction \ 
 and repair of the works, the amount paid out in the 
 ordinary expenses -of the company ; classifying the 
 expenditures, and giving the, amount paid out under 
 each classification, as the same appears on the books of 
 the company, the amount collected from such city, and • « 
 the amount collected from individuals for water sup- * 
 plied ; the amount placed to the credit of the reserve 
 fund; the amount of dividends declared, and the * 
 
 amount of such dividends drawn ; which exhibit shall 
 be verified by the oath of the President and Secretary, 
 and published in some public newspaper 'of general 
 circulation in such city ten days successively before 
 such annual election. 
 
 Sec. 12. It is hereby declared that an emergency ®“ ergen * 
 exists for the immediate taking effect of this act, and 
 that the same shall take effect and be in force from and 
 after its passage. 
 
 COMMON SCHOOLS. 
 
 AN ACT to provide for a general system of common schools, the officers 
 thereof and their respective powers and duties, and matters properly con- 
 nected therewith, and prescribing the fees for certain officers therein 
 named, and for the establishment and regulation of township libraries, 
 and to repeal all laws inconsistent therewith; providing penalties therein 
 prescribed. 
 
 [Approved March 6 , 1865.] 
 
 (See Acts of 1865, page 3.) 
 
 Sec. 4. Each civil township, and each incorporated 
 town or city in the several counties of the "State, is 
 hereby declared a distinct municipal corporation for 
 school purposes, by the name and style of the civil 
 township, town, or city corporation respectively, and 
 by such name may contract and be contracted with, 
 sue and be sued in any Court having competent juris- 
 diction ; and the Trustees of such township, and the 
 Trustees provided for in the next section of thi 3 act, 
 
116 
 
 ACTS OF THE 
 
 shall, for their township, town, or city, ‘be School Trus- 
 tees, and perform the duties of Clerk and Treasurer for 
 school purposes. 
 
 Sec. 5. The Common Council of each incorporated 
 city and the Board of Trustees of each incorporated 
 town of this State shall, at their first regular meeting 
 in the month of April of the present year, and bien- 
 nially thereafter, elect three School Trustees, who shall, 
 before entering upon the duties of their office, take and 
 subscribe an oath and give bond, similar to the oath 
 and bond required of Township Trustees; and such 
 Trustees shall be allowed such reasonable compensation 
 per diem for their services as to the authorities of such 
 incorporated cities and towns may be deemed just, to 
 be paid out of the special tax raised in such cities or 
 towns. 
 
 AN ACT to authorize cities and towns to negotiate and sell bonds, to procure 
 means with which to erect and to complete unfinished school buildings 
 • and pay debts contracted for erection of such buildings, and authorizing 
 the levy and collection of an additional special school tax for the payment 
 of principal and interest of such bonds. 
 
 [Approved March 11, 1867.] 
 
 when city Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the 
 
 or in cor- . 
 
 porated State of Indiana , That any city or* incorporated town 
 
 town may J . 
 
 issue and j n this State which shall, by the action of its School 
 
 finish ltl ° r Trustee or Trustees, have commenced, or may hereafter 
 
 buildings, commence, the erection of any building or buildings for 
 school purposes, or which shall have, by its School 
 Trustee or Trustees, contracted any debts for the erec- 
 tion of any such building or buildings, and such Trus- 
 tee or Trustees shall not have the necessary means with 
 which to complete such building or buildings, or pay 
 such debt, may, on the filing by the School Trustee or 
 Trustees of said city or incorporated town, of a report 
 under oath, with the Common Council of such city or 
 the Board of Trustees of such incorporated town, show- 
 ing the estimated cost of any such building or build- 
 
GENERAL ASSEMBLY. 
 
 117 
 
 ings, or the amount required to complete such building 
 or buildings, or the amount of such, debt, on the pas- 
 sage of an ordinance authorizing the same, by the 
 Common Council of such city or the Board of Trustees 
 of such incorporated town, issue the bonds of such city 
 or town to an amount not exceeding in the aggregate 
 thirty thousand dollars, in denominations not less than 
 one hundred, nor more than one thousand dollars, and 
 payable at any place that may be designated in such 
 bonds, the principal in not less than one year nor more 
 than twenty years after the date of such bonds, and the 
 interest annually or semi-annually, as may be therein 
 provided, to provide the means with which to complete 
 such building or buildings and to pay such debt, and 
 such Common Council or Board of Trustees may, from 
 time to time, negotiate and sell as many of such bonds 
 as may be necessary for such purpose, in any place, and 
 for the best price that can be obtained therefor in cash : 
 Provided , That such bonds shall not be sold at a price 
 less than ninety-four cents on the dollar. 
 
 The 
 
 amount of 
 bonds 
 shall not 
 exceed 
 $30,009, of 
 $100 each. 
 How 
 payable. 
 
 Bonds 
 may be 
 sold for 
 cash, but 
 not less 
 than 94 
 cents on 
 the dollar. 
 
 Sec. 2. The proceeds of the sales of such bonds shall 
 be paid to the said School Trustee or Trustees to enable th!boSS f 
 them to erect or complete such building or buildings School 
 and pay such debt; but before payment to them, such Xu 
 School Trustees shall hie with the County Auditor afo^ap- 1 
 bond payable to the State of Indiana, in a sum not less the™udi£ 
 than the full amount of the said money so to be paid 01 ’ 
 to them, and with security, to be approved by said 
 Auditor, conditioned for the faithful and honest appli- 
 cation of such money to the purpose for which the 
 same was provided ; and such Trustee or Trustees, and 
 their surety or sureties, shall be liable to suit on such 
 bond for any waste, misapplication or loss of such 
 money, in the same manner as now provided for waste 
 or loss of school revenue. 
 
 Sec. 3. In addition to the levying the tax by cities or 
 incorporated towns for general purposes now author- 
 
118 
 
 ACTS OF THE 
 
 fax°may lze( ^ ^7 l aw > Common Council of any such cities, 
 and e cot? an d Board of Trustees of any such incorporated towns, 
 painter- as shall avail themselves of the provisions of this act, 
 iH-iucipai a^e hereby authorized and required to levy, annually, a 
 felling special additional tax, at the same time and in the same 
 manner as other taxes of such city or towmare levied, 
 sufficient- to pay the interest and principal of said bonds 
 falling due, which additional special tax. shall be col- 
 lected as other taxes of such city or town are collected ; 
 special an( f Bi e Treasurer of such city or town^shall.keep accu- 
 conlcted7 ra, t e accou nts of the revenue arising from such special 
 o?freas- es f ax 5 and shall, in his reports, and when required by the 
 iaSonto 6 " city or town authorities, show the amount thereof re- 
 the same. ce i ve( ^ the am ount disbursed, and^the amount thereof, 
 if any, remaining delinquent; he shall pay out the same, 
 only by the authority of the Common Council of such 
 city or Board of Trustees of such town, and shall per- 
 mit the same to be applied to no pther purpose than 
 the payment of the principal and interest^ of such 
 bonds ; and official bonds of City and Town Treasurers 
 shall be construed to cover and include revenue arising 
 from this sourcfe : Provided, always , That the additional 
 special tax hereby authorized shall not, in any one year 
 
 exceed fiftv cents on each one hundred dollars of taxa- 
 «/ 
 
 ble property, and one dollar on each poll. 
 
 Sec. 4. The advancement of the cause of' education 
 requiring that this act' shall take immediate effect, 
 therefore, an emergency exists, and? this act shall take 
 effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
 
 Amount 
 of special 
 -tax shal 
 not ex- 
 ceed, <fcc. 
 
 Emergen- 
 cy de- 
 clared. 
 
GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 OF THE' CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 •S 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to provide for the election of three Assessors, and pre- 
 scribing their duties. » 
 
 * [Passed January 22 , 1866 .] 
 
 (Published and. in force January 24,1866.) 
 
 1. Three Assessors to be elected. 
 
 .2. Improvements to be assessed at fair cash value. 
 
 8. Duties of Assessors to be apportioned by Council. 
 
 4. Assessment roll of real estate, how made and returned. 
 
 5. Assessment roll of personals, &c., how made and returned. 
 
 G. Schedules of personal property, how made and returned, and duties of 
 Assessor in relation thereto. 
 
 7. Form of assessment roll. 
 
 8. Assessment rolls, when to be returned. 
 
 9. Repeal of certain ordinances. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of 
 the City of 'Evansville, That at each annual* election of 
 Oouncilmen hereafter to be held, there shall be elected 
 by the qualified voters of said city three Assessors, 
 each of .whom shall give bond and be sworn as required 
 by the thirty-sixth section of the City Charter. 
 
 Sec. 2. That from and after the passage of this ordi- 
 nance, it shall be the duty of the Assessor or Assessors, 
 in assessing the real estate of the city, to.in elude in the 
 valuation thereof the- entire fair cash value of all im- 
 provements thereon; and the Commoif Council, in as- 
 sessing taxes either for general revenue or 'for railroad 
 purposes, will not exempt any portion *of the value of 
 improvements on real estate. 
 
120 
 
 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 Sec, 3. It shall be the duty of the Common Council, 
 as soon as practicable after the election of Assessors, to 
 designate one of said Assessors as the Assessor of real 
 estate of the city, and the other two of said Assessors 
 as the Assessors of the personal property, polls, &c., of 
 the city ; and the Council may,, if they think proper, 
 divide the city into two districts for the assessment of 
 personal property, polls, &c., assigning one of said As- 
 sessors of personal property to each of said districts, or 
 they may require the assessment of the personal prop- 
 erty, polls, &c., to be made by said Assessors without 
 dividing the city into districts ; and in case of a va- 
 cancy caused by the resignation, death, Or other disa- 
 bility of any one of the Assessors, the Council may 
 either require the two remaining Assessors to complete 
 the entire assessment, or they may order a special 
 election to fill such vacapcy. 
 
 Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of one or more of the 
 Assessors, as the Council may indicate in the distribu- 
 tion of their duties, as soon as practicable after their 
 election, to proceed to make out a full and fair list or 
 lists of all real estate to be taxed, with the names of 
 the owners or claimants arranged in alphabetical order ; 
 and they shall, in making said*lists, set opposite to the * 
 name of each owner or claimant a description of each 
 lot or parcel of real estate owned or claimed 'by him, 
 and the value thereof, and also the value of the im- 
 provements thereon ; which list or lists shall be made 
 and returned according to the requirements of the 
 Charter and the ordinances made or to- be made in 
 pursuance thereof ; and said list or lists shall be desig- 
 nated as the assessment roll of real estate for the proper 
 year, and the said Assessor or Assessors, before return- 
 ing said roll, shall make, sign, and append thereto a 
 certificate that it is such assessment roll of real estate 
 for the proper year, which year shall be designated in 
 the certificate. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 121 
 
 Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of one or more of the 
 Assessors, as the Council may indicate in the distribu- 
 tion of their duties, as soon as practicable after their 
 election, to proceed to make out a full and fair list or 
 lists of all persons, and all personal estate, and all dogs 
 and bitches, and all polls to be taxed, placing the names 
 of persons in alphabetical order, setting opposite the 
 name of each person the value of his or her personal 
 estate subject to taxation ; and in making and return- 
 ing said list or lists, the Assessor or Assessors shall in 
 all things be governed by the provisions of the City 
 Charter and the ordinances made or to be made in pur- 
 suance thereof. Said list or lists shall be designated as 
 the assessment roll or rolls of personal property for the 
 proper year ; and the Assessor of Assessors, before re- 
 turning the same, shall make, sign, and append to each 
 such list a certificate that it is such assessment roll for 
 the proper year, which year shall be designated in the 
 certificate. 
 
 Sec. 6 . It shall be the duty of the Assessor or Asses- 
 sors to require each merchant, manufacturer, or other 
 person owning, possessing, or controlling personal 
 property taxable for city purposes, to* make and sub- ’ 
 scribe a written or printed statement, verified by his 
 affidavit ; which statement and affidavit '"shall be in 
 accordance with the provisions of the first section of an 
 ordinance passed April 24, 1865, entitled “An Ordi- 
 nance in relation to the assessment of personal prop- 
 erty.” Blank printed statements, according to the 
 forms prescribed in said ordinance, shall be furnished 
 by the Assessor or Assessors to the several persons re- 
 quired to make such statements ; and should any per- 
 son, firm, or corporation owning, possessing, or con- 
 trolling any property taxable for city purposes fail or 
 refuse, when called on for that purpose by the Assessor, 
 to make and verify by affidavit the statement hereby 
 required, it shall be the duty of such Assessor to affix, 
 
 16 
 
122 
 
 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 from the best information he can obtain, a fair valua- 
 tion of the personal estate owned, possessed, or con- 
 trolled by such person, firm, or corporation, according 
 to the thirty-eighth section of the City Charter. 
 
 Sec. 7. Each assessment roll, besides the column in 
 which the value of real or personal property is placed 
 by the Assessor, shall have another column or columns 
 in which the Board of Equalization shall place their 
 valuation of the same property, in the event of their 
 adding to or taking from the valuation fixed by the 
 Assessor. 
 
 Sec. 8. The assessment roll shall be returned to the 
 Clerk of the Council by the second Monday of June of 
 each year, unless further time is given by the Common 
 Council ; and the Clerk shall endorse on each assess- 
 ment roll the date of the returning and filing thereof. 
 
 Sec. 9. All ordinances in relation to Assessors and 
 their duties heretofore passed, except the said ordinance 
 of April 24, 1865, entitled “ An Ordinance in relation 
 to the assessment of personal property,” be, and the 
 same are hereby, repealed. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE 
 
 123 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to the assessment of personal property. 
 
 [Passed April 24, 1865.] 
 
 [Published and in force May 1, 1865.] 
 
 1, Form of Schedule. 
 
 2. Repeal of certain Ordinances. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of 
 the City of Evansville , That the statements or schedules 
 of personal property to be made out and returned by 
 tax-payers shall be as follows, viz : — The statements or 
 schedules to be made out and returned by merchants 
 shall be in the following form, viz : 
 
 A Statement of Personal Property appertaining to Mer- 
 chandizing, taxable for City Purposes , held , owned , 
 possessed, or controlled by . 
 
 N. B.— Nothing is to be placed in this statement except personal property, 
 and effects appertaining to merchandizing, and property, credits, and assets 
 belonging to the mercantile establishment or business of the person or firm 
 making the statement. 
 
 ASSESSABLE PROPERTY. | 
 
 VALUE OP SUCH PROPERTY HEED, OWNED POSSESSED, OR 
 
 CONTROLLED 
 
 During the month ending April 30, 186— 
 
 ... ... May 31, 186 — 
 
 ... ... June 30, 186— 
 
 July 31, 186— 
 
 ... ... August 31, 186— 
 
 September 30, 186— 
 
 October 31, 186— 
 
 ... ... November 30. 186— 
 
 ... ... December 31, 186— 
 
 ... ... January 31, 186— 
 
 ... ... February 28, 186— 
 
 ... ... March 31, 186— 
 
 Divide by the number of months 
 
 to 
 
 a 
 
 •H 
 
 o 
 
 a 
 
 -(-a 
 
 A 
 
 +-> 
 
 < 
 
 1. Assessable value of stock 
 
 2. Money on hand or on deposit 
 
 3. Money at interest 
 
 4. Solvent demands against others (over and above 
 
 indebtedness 
 
 5. Value ot all stocks and bonds issued by bodies cor- 
 
 porate, by States, or by the United States, except 
 such as are exempt by Act of Congress 
 
 6. Value of wagons, coaches, hacks, carriages, carts, 
 
 drays, and other vehicles : 
 
 7. Value of clocks, watches, and other timepieces 
 
 8. Number and value of horses, mules, and cattle 
 
 9. Value of ships, steamboats, canal-boats, and flat- 
 
 boats 
 
 10. Value of all other property not above specified 
 
 11. The number of dogs owned, possessed, or harbored 
 
 within the last twelve months 
 
 Total 
 
 Dollars. 
 
 Cts. 
 
 Signed and dated this 
 
 day' of 
 
 186—. 
 
 
124 
 
 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 State of Indiana, Vanderburgh County, 1 1 
 ■ ' City of Evansville, / * 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ’ 
 
 , one of the members of the tirm of , 
 
 being sworn, says, that to the best of his knowledge, 
 recollection, and belief, the above is a true and correct 
 estimate of the true cash value of all the personal prop- 
 erty and effects appertaining to the business of mer- 
 chandizing held, owned, possessed, or controlled by the 
 
 said at the times therein mentioned, and that 
 
 the said sum of $ is the correct average value of 
 
 said property and effects for the time therein stated, as 
 
 nearly as the same can be ascertained. . 
 
 Signed and sworn to before me, the City Assessor, 
 
 this day of , 186 — . , Assessor. 
 
 And the statement or schedule to be made out and return- 
 ed by manufacturers shall be inthe following form, viz : 
 
 A Statement of Personal Property appertaining to Manufacturing , taxable for 
 City Purposes, held, owned , possessed, or controlled by . 
 
 NT. B.— Nothing is to be placed in this statement except personal property, 
 and effects appertaining to -manufacturing, and property, credits, and assets 
 belonging to the manufacturing establishment or business of the person or 
 tirm making the statement. 
 
 ASSESSABLE PROPERTY. 
 
 VALUE OF SUCH PROPERTY HELD, OWED POSSESSED, OR. 
 
 CONTROLLED 
 
 During the month ending April 30, 186— 
 
 May 31, 186— 
 
 June 30, 186— 
 
 July 31, 186— 
 
 August 31, 186— 
 
 September 30, 186— 
 
 October 31, 186— 
 
 November 30, 186— 
 
 December 31, 186— 
 
 January 31, 186 — 
 
 February 28, 186— 
 
 March 31, 186— 
 
 Divide by the number of months. 
 
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 o3 
 
 03 
 
 4) 
 
 A 
 
 SC 
 
 a 
 
 "5 • 
 
 35 ~ j 
 
 s © 
 
 V 
 
 +3 
 
 1. Assessable value of stock .. 
 
 2. Money on hand or on deposit 
 
 3. Money at interest 
 
 4. Solvent demands against others (over and above 
 
 indebtedness 
 
 5. Value of all stocks and bonds issued by bodies cor- 
 
 porate, by States, or by the United States, except 
 such as are exempt by Act of Congress 
 
 6. Value of wagons, coaches, hacks, carriages, carts, 
 
 drays, and other vehicles 
 
 7. Value of clocks watches, and other timepieces 
 
 8. Number and value of horses, mules, and cattle 
 
 9. Value of ships, steamboats, canal-boats, and flat- 
 
 boats 
 
 10. Value of all other property not above specified... 
 
 11. The number of dogs owned, possessed, or harbored 
 
 within the last twelve months 
 
 Total. 
 
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 186—. 
 
 Signed and dated this day of 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 125 
 
 State of Indiana, Vanderburg County, \ 
 
 City of Evansville, , / 
 
 , one of the members of the firm of , be- 
 ing sworn, says, that to the best of his knowledge, rec- 
 ollection, and belief, the above is a true and correct 
 estimate of the true cash value of all the personal prop- 
 erty and effects appertaining to the business of manu- 
 facturing held, owned, possessed, or controlled by the 
 
 said at the times therein mentioned, and that the 
 
 said sum of $ i3 the correct average value of said 
 
 property and effects for the time therein stated, as nearly 
 as the same can be ascertained. 
 
 Signed and sworn to before me, the City Assessor, 
 this day of , 186 — . 
 
 = , Assessor. 
 
 And the statement to be made out and returned by all 
 persons other than merchants and manufacturers shall 
 be in the following form, viz. : 
 
 A Statement of — , Personal Property , taxable for City 
 
 Purposes by the Common Council of the City of Evans- 
 ville , and held , owned , possessed , or controlled by him at 
 the date thereof . 
 
 ASSESSABLE PROPERTY. 
 
 1. Money on hand or on deposit 
 
 2. Money at interest 
 
 3. Solvent demands against others (over and above indebt- 
 
 edness 
 
 4. Value of all stocks and bonds issued by bodies corporate, 
 
 by States, or by the United States, except such as are 
 exempt by Act of Congress .. 
 
 5. Value of wagons, coaches, hacks, carriages, carts, drays, 
 
 and other vehicles 
 
 6. Value of clocks, watches, and other timepieces 
 
 7. Value of musical instruments 
 
 8. Value of household furniture 
 
 9. Number and value of horses, mules and cattle 
 
 10. Value of all ships, steamboats, canal-boats, and flat-boats 
 
 11. Value of all personal property, money, and solvent de- 
 
 mands (deducting indebtedness), held as executor, 
 administrator, guardian, factor, consignee, trustee, or 
 agent 
 
 12. Value of all other personal property not above specified 
 
 13. The number of dogs owned, possessed, or harbored with- 
 
 in the last twelve months 
 
 Total amount, 
 
 'Dollars. 
 
 Cts. 
 
 Signed and dated this 
 
 day of , 186—. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 State of Indiana, Vanderburgh, County, ] ss 
 City of Evansville, j 
 
 , being sworn, says, that to the best of his 
 
 knowledge, recollection, and belief, the above contains a 
 true, full, and fair list, with the true cash value thereof, 
 of the several items of personal property and effects . 
 therein named, and now owned, possessed, or controlled 
 
 by him. . 
 
 Signed and sworn to before me, the City Assessor, 
 this day of , 186 — . 
 
 , Assessor. 
 
 Sec. 2. That all ordinances and parts of ordinances in 
 conflict with the provisions of this ordinance be, and 
 the same are hereby, repealed. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 Attest : A. M. McGriff, Clerk, 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE to regulate auctions and auctioneers, and to repeal all 
 ordinances heretofore passed and now in force in relation thereto. 
 
 [Passed July 26, 1859.] 
 
 [Published and in force July 29, 1859.] 
 
 1. Auctioneers must procure license. 
 
 2. Auctioneers classified. 
 
 3. Time when license must expire. 
 
 4. Class, &c. , must be stated in license. 
 
 5. How application for license to be made. 
 
 6. License how granted. 
 
 7. Price of license. 
 
 8. License how issued ; bond, &c. 
 
 9. Action on bond. 
 
 10. Auction-room, and books to be kept. 
 
 11. License not transferable. 
 
 12. Effect and scope of license. 
 
 13. Certain sales prohibited without license ; penalty. 
 
 14. License required in certain cases ; penalty. 
 
 15. Effect of license of Class 2. 
 
 16 and 17. Penalty. 
 
 18. Sidewalks must not be obstructed ; penalty. 
 
 19. License when not required. 
 
 20. Repeal of former ordinances. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That it shall be unlawful for auy per- 
 son to sell any property, real or personal, or any article 
 or commodity whatever, at public auction or outcry 
 within the city of Evansville, without first obtaining a 
 license so to do according to the requirements of this 
 • ordinance. 
 
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 Sec. 2. All auction licenses issued by the city are 
 hereby divided into three classes, to be known and des- 
 ignated as “Class No. 1,” “Class No. 2,” and Class No. 3.” 
 Class No, 1 shall consist of such auctioneers as are or 
 shall be provided with a house or room or rooms in 
 which to store and keep goods, wares, merchandise, and 
 ‘ other personal property entrusted to them to sell. Class 
 No. 2 shall consist of the following persons, to-wit : 
 First . Merchants and shopkeepers who may desire to 
 sell at public auction their stock in trade, or any part 
 thereof, at or in some other house or place within the 
 city than the house or room named in the license of 
 some licensed auctioneer of Class No. 1; Second. All 
 persons who shall bring or cause to be brought to the 
 city, for sale, any merchandise, furniture, or article or 
 articles of property suitable to be entrusted to an auc- 
 tioneer of Class No. 1, a^id suitable to be stored in his 
 auction-house or auction-room, and who shall desire to 
 sell such merchandise, furniture, or article or articles of 
 property at auction, at or in some house or place other 
 than the house or room named in the license of an auc- 
 tioneer of Class No. 1. Class No. 3 shall consist of 
 such auctioneers as are not embraced in either of the 
 foregoing classes, and who are employed by the day or 
 job to sell household furniture and other property real 
 or personal. , 
 
 Sec. 3. No license granted under this ordinance shall 
 run longer than the first day of August next succeeding 
 the issuing thereof. 
 
 Sec. 4. Every license issued under this ordinance shall 
 designate the class to which the person licensed belongs ; 
 and if the person licensed belongs to class No. 1, the 
 license shall also state the house or rooms in which his 
 business is to -be carried on; if the person licensed be- 
 longs to Class No. 2, it shall not only state the house or 
 
 place where the auction-sales are to be made, but shall 
 also designate the merchandise, stock, or property to 
 be sold. 
 
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 Sec. 5. Any person wishing to become an auctioneer, „ 
 or wishing to take out a license under this ordinance, 
 
 - shall make his application in writing to the Common * 
 Council, stating the class to which lie desires to belong, " 
 and the length of time for which he wishes a license, * 
 and if he desires to belong to Class Ncr. 1, stating also 
 the house or room or rooms in which his business is to * 
 be carried on, and the surety or sureties^he proposes to* , 
 give on his bond ; if said applicant desifes to belong 'to- 
 Class No. 2, he shall state in his application not only 
 the house, room, or place at or in which he proposes to 
 sell, but shall also designate the stock or property pro-**'' 
 posed to be sold. 
 
 Sec. 6. If the Council are satisfied that the applicant 
 is a suitable person to be licensed, and that the sureties 
 (in a case where a bond and security is required) pro- 
 posed are go<3d, said Council may, in its discretion, order 
 that a license*be issued to him upon his complying with* * 
 the requirements of this^ ordinance, specifying in sucji 
 order the time such license shall run, the class to.whiph 
 the applicant shall belong; and if Iqe shall bel‘ong*to * 
 Class No. 1, the order shall also state the house or room 
 or rooms in which the business is to be carried on, and 
 if sucli applicant shall belong to Class No. 2, such order 
 shall state the house or room or rooms where the sales 
 are to be made, and shall designate the goods or prop- 
 erty to be sold, and shall also specify the price to be 
 paid for the license. 
 
 Sec. 7. The price of a license of Class No. 1 shall be 
 fifty dollars for one year, and thirty-five dollars for six 
 months, qr for any shorter period; the price of a license 
 of Class No. 3 shall be thirty dollars for one year, and 
 twenty dollars for six months, or for any shorter period ;• 
 the price of all licenses of Class No. 2 shall be fixed by 
 the Council in the order grafting the application. , 
 
 . Sec. 8. Before any license shall be issued under the 
 provisions of this- ordinance, the applicant shall pay to 
 
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 -t the.- city treasurer the price of such license, and shall file 
 
 * .the treasurer’s .receipt with the clerk of the city, who 
 ■ v shall charge the treasurer therewith, and if said appli- 
 cant -belongs to Class No. 1, he shall also file with the 
 clerk his bond in the penal sum of not less than five 
 thousand dollars, with security to the acceptance of the 
 Council, conditioned that he will faithfully discharge his 
 
 ‘.duties as such auctioneer, conform to the ordinances of. 
 the city enacted or to be enacted in relation to auctions 
 and auctioneers, and pay over and deliver all moneys 
 .^and property on demand which shall have come to his 
 ihands as such auctioneer to the person or persons enti- 
 tied to receive the same ; and upon complying with these 
 requirements, a license shall be issued reciting the order 
 
 # . of the Council and the compliance of the applicant with 
 . its requirements, which license shall be sjgned by the 
 
 Mayor, attested by the Clerk, and sealed*with the cor- 
 
 • . porate seal of the city. * 
 
 • , . Sec. 9. If any auctioneer or Class.No. 1 shall violate 
 . -tbe-condition of his bond, he shall be liable to an action 
 on "such bond, and where such violation shall'be to the 
 injury of ‘any person or persons other than the city, the 
 ; party injured may prosecute an action in the name of 
 the city for his use ; but before such action shall be com- 
 
 • . menced, an undertaking shall be filed with the Clerk 
 
 with security to the acceptance of the Mayor, condi- 
 tioned that the party for whose use the action is to be 
 brought shall protect and indemnify the city from all 
 costs which may accrue in such action. 
 
 S^c.'lO. Every auctioneer belonging to Class No. 1* 
 aforesaid, shall provide a convenient room or house in, 
 which all goods, wares, merchandise, and other personal ' 
 property entrusted to him for sale, (except live stock, 
 wheeled vehicles and such -other articles as may be un- 
 . suitable to be stored in suck house,) shall be kept, and 
 /' such auctioneer shall also keep a book in which'shall be 
 entered, as soon as practicable after the receipt of any 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 goods, commodity or property, a schedule thereof, with 
 the name of the owner or consigner, and the date of 
 the receipt thereof, and when such goods, commodity or 
 property is sold, an accurate account of sales shall be 
 entered in said book, or in some other book to be kept 
 for that purpose ; and said book or books, when re- 
 quired, shall be submitted to the inspection of the 
 Council or to any committee appointed for that purpose 
 by the Council. 
 
 Sec. 11. No license granted under the provisions of 
 this ordinance shall be transferable, nor shall any person 
 other than the auctioneer named in the license be per- 
 mitted to use such license, nor shall any license protect 
 any person in the exercise of the functions of an auc- 
 tioneer of either of said classes, or from incurring the 
 penalties prescribed by this ordinance, except the person 
 named therein to whom it was issued. 
 
 Sec. 12. When a license of Class No. 1 shall be issued 
 to one person, such license shall authorize the person 
 licensed to exercise all the functions of an auctioneer of 
 Class No. 3, as well as the functions of Class No. 1, but 
 when a license of Class No. 1 is issued to a firm, it shall 
 authorize any and all the partners of the firm to exer- 
 cise the functions of an auctioneer at or in the house, 
 room or rooms named in the license as the place of busi- 
 ness of said firm, but not elsewhere. In such case, how- 
 ever, there shall, at the request of said firm, be issued to 
 any one member of said firm an additional license of 
 Class No. 3, without the payment into the city treasury 
 of any additional price therefor, and such license shall 
 protect the person named therein, but no other person? 
 in exercising the functions of an auctioneer at anj place 
 within the city. 
 
 Sec. 13. It shall not be lawful for any merchant or 
 shop-keeper, either by himself or by a licensed auctioneer, 
 to sell out his stock in trade or any part thereof at public 
 auction at or in any other house or place within the 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 city than the house or room named in the license of 
 some licensed auctioneer of Class No. 1, without first 
 procuring a license of Class No. 2, and any person who 
 shall violate the provisions of this section shall forfeit 
 and pay any sum not less than ten dollars nor more than 
 fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 14. Whenever any stock of merchandise, furni- 
 ture, or article of property suitable to be entrusted to an 
 auctioneer of Class No. 1, and suitable to be stored in 
 his auction house or auction room, shall be brought to 
 the city for sale, it shall not be lawful for any licensed 
 auctioneer or other person to sell such merchandise, 
 furniture, or article of property at public auction at or 
 in any other house or place within the city than the 
 house or room named in the license of some licensed 
 auctioneer of Class No. 1, without first procuring a 
 license of Class No. 2, and any person who shall violate 
 the provisions of this section shall forfeit and pay any 
 sum not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than fifty 
 dollars. 
 
 Sec. 15. A license of Class No. 2 shall not authorize 
 the sale at auction of any stock in trade, furniture or 
 property except such as may be designated or indicated 
 in the license. 
 
 Sec. 16. Every person who shall violate the first sec- 
 tion of this ordinance shall for every such offence, forfeit 
 and pay any sum not less than twenty dollars nor more 
 than fifty dollars, and upon conviction ©f a second or 
 any subsequent violation of said section by the same 
 person, said penalty may be increased to any sum not 
 less than fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 17. Any auctioneer of Class No. 1, who shall 
 violate any condition of his bond, shall forfeit and pay 
 any sum not less than one dollar nor more than twenty- 
 five dollars. 
 
 Sec. 18. No auctioneer licensed under this ordinance 
 shall obstruct, or suffer or permit any person or persons 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCS 
 
 attending upon any auction held by him to obstruct, 
 more than five feet in width of the side walk in front 
 of or adjacent to the place where such auction may be 
 held, and any auctioneer who shall violate the provis- 
 ions .of this section shall forfeit and pay any sum not 
 less than fifty cents nor more than five dollars, and all 
 licensed auctioneers are hereby authorized and empow- 
 ered to command and require all persons attending such 
 auctions to observe the requirements of this section, 
 and if any person shall refuse to observe the directions 
 which may be so given by any such auctioneer, the per- 
 son so refusing shall, by such refusal, himself incur the 
 penalty prescribed by this section. 
 
 Sec. 19. Nothing contained in this ordinance shall 
 prevent any sheriff, constable, marshal or other officer 
 from selling, by himself or deputy, at public auction, 
 any property, real or personal, under judicial process; 
 nor shall anything herein contained prevent any execu- 
 tor, administrator, guardian, or commissioner from 
 selling property at auction which his official duty may 
 require to be thus sold; but no person shall act as auc- 
 tioneer at any auction sale contemplated by this section, 
 except such sheriff, constable, marshal or other officer 
 or his regularly appointed deputy, or such executor, ad- 
 ministrator, guardian or commissioner, or some licensed 
 auctioneer employed by the officer or person making 
 the sale. 
 
 Sec. 20. All ordinances in relation to auctions and 
 auctioneers heretofore passed and now in force are hereby 
 repealed, but this repeal shall not invalidate any license 
 issued or bond given under such ordinances, and all 
 offences heretofore committed: against such ordinances 
 may be punished as if this ordinance had not been 
 passed. 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE to amend an ordinance passed July 26, 1859, entitled “An 
 
 Oi'dinance to regulate auctions and auctioneers, and to repeal all ordinances 
 
 heretofore passed and now in force in relation thereto.” 
 
 • [Passed December 17, 1859.] 
 
 [Published and in force December 20, 1859.] 
 
 1. Who maybe licensed as Auctioneers of Class No. 2. 
 
 2. Monthly reports and payments to be made by Auctioneer of Class No. 1. 
 
 3. Auctioneer of Class No. 1 may employ deputy. 
 
 4. 5. Penalty. * 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That hereafter no license shall be 
 granted to any person as an auctioneer of Class No. 2, 
 unless such person be a resident of the city of Evansville. 
 
 Sec. 2. That hereafter all goods, merchandise or other 
 property which may be brought to the city of Evans- 
 ville by any person other than a citizen of said city, and 
 sold at auction by any auctioneer of Class No. 1, shall be 
 subject to a license of one per centum upon the amount 
 of such goods, merchandise or other property sold at 
 auction, which license shall be paid by the auctioneer of 
 Class No. 1, selling the same ; and alb auctioneers of 
 Class No. 1 shall, on or before the second Saturday in 
 each month, deliver to the city Clerk a statement veri- 
 fied by the oath of such auctioneer, showing whether 
 any, and if any, what amount of goods, merchandise or 
 other property was sold by him during the preceding 
 month for or on account of persons other than citizens 
 of said city; and such auctioneer shall at the same 
 time deliver to said clerk the receipt of the city treas- 
 urer for the amount of the license due on the same. 
 
 Sec. 3. That hereafter, any auctioneer of Class No. 1 
 may allow the owner of any goods, merchandise or other 
 property to sell the same at auction in the auction house 
 or auction room of such auctioneer of Class No. 1, at 
 any time when such auctioneer of Class No. 1 may not 
 himself be acting as auctioneer, either in such house or 
 room, or elsewhere in the city. 
 
 Sec. 4. If any auctioneer of Class No. 1 shall neglect 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 to make and deliver to the city Clerk the verified state- 
 ment required by section second of this ordinance, or 
 if he shall neglect to procure and deliver the Treasurer’s 
 receipt as required by said section, he shall forfeit and 
 pay any sum *not exceeding one hundred' dollars. 
 
 Sec. 5. If any auctioneer of Class No. 1 shall sell any 
 property at auction, either in his own auction rooms or 
 elsewhere in the city at the time when he Fs perpiitting 
 the owner of any property to sell the same at auction in 
 his auction house or auction rooms, such auctioneer 
 shall for every such offence forfeit and' pay any sum not 
 exceeding one hundred dollars. • ~ \ 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER, Mayor, 
 Attest: P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE concerning the duties of Clerk and Collector. 
 
 [Passed March 9, 1850.] * • 
 
 * 
 
 1. Duplicate of Collector’s return to Treasurer to be delivered to the Clerk 
 and by him recorded. . • 
 
 Transfers of certificates of purchase to be reported to Clerk, and by him 
 Entered. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained, by the Common Council of *the 
 City of Evansville , That hereafter it shall be the duty of 
 the Collector to return to the City Clerk, on or before , 
 the second Monday in November in each year, a dupli- 
 cate of the statement of lots and parts of lots sold, by 
 him for taxes, required by the fifty-second section of the 
 city charter to be Returned by him to the City Treasurer ; 
 and that thereupon it^shall be the duty of the City Qlerk 
 to enter and record said statement or return in a proper 
 book to be kept and preserved for ’that. purpose ; and 
 no transfer or assignment of any certificate. of purchase 
 of real property sold for taxes shall be^ valid, so as to 
 entitle the holder thereof to a deed, unless said transfer 
 or assignment, or an abstract thereof, shall within thirty 
 days after the making of such transfer be furnished said 
 
CITY OP EVANSVILLE. 
 
 135 
 
 Glerk, whose duty it shall he to enter the same in said 
 book, so that he may at all times he able to inform the 
 owners of property so sold who may be the holders of 
 
 certificates thereof. * 
 
 JAMES G. JOKES, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: John J. Chandler, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to tlie collection of the taxes of the city of^ 
 Evansville. - , 
 
 . [Passed May 3 , 1862 .] 
 
 (Published and in force May 7, 1862.) 
 
 1. Abatement of taxes— three per cent, on all taxes paid in full within first 
 period- of thirty days. 
 
 One and onerhalf per cent, on all taxes paid in full within second period 
 of thirty days. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of ^Evansville, That any person or persons who may 
 hereafter be charged or assessed with city taxes, and 
 who shall, by themselves, their agents or attorneys, 
 caure said taxes to be fully paid within thirty days from 
 ■ the time when the duplicate of said taxes shall have 
 b^n placed in the hands of the Collector, shall be en- 
 titled to a deduction *of three per cent, of the amount 
 of si^ch tax ; and all persons who shall in like manner 
 ‘ cause their taxes to be paid after the expiration of said 
 - thirty days,, and within sixty days from the time of the 
 delivery of the duplicate to said Collector, shall be en- 
 titled to a deduction of one and a h$lf per cent, of the 
 amount of. said taxes: Provided ,^ That nothing herein 
 contained shall be so construed as fo prevent the Col- 
 lector from proceeding, previous to the expiration of 
 said sixty days, to collect any such tax, by advertise- 
 ment and sstle of -property, agreeably to the charter and 
 ordinances of' said city. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to Collector's sales. 
 
 [Passed October 25, 1862.] 
 
 # 
 
 [Published and in force October 29, 1862.] 
 
 1. Purchaser at tax sale to make payment immediately after sale. * 
 
 On failure of payment, property to be sold on next succeeding day. 
 
 2. Collector to give receipt to purchaser. 
 
 % 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by tine Common Council of the 
 
 City of Evansville , That .at all sales of property which 
 may hereafter be made by the Collector for the payment 
 of delinquent taxes or other charges or assessments, the 
 terms or conditions of such sale shall require that all 
 purchasers at such sale shall pay the amount of their 
 * respective purchases at or immediately after the com- 
 pletion of the sale ; and all property sold and not paid 
 for agreeably to said terms and conditions shall be again 
 offered for sale on the next day thereafter, at two o’clock 
 p. m., at the door of the court-house in said city, to 
 which time and place such sale shall be adjourned ; and 
 
 4 
 
 ail advertisements of Collectors’ sales shall contain a 
 clause giving notice of such adjournment. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Collector shall give to the several pur- 
 chasers receipts for the sums paid by them respectively,- 
 which receipts shall be returned to the Collector upon 
 the completion and delivery of the certificates of pur- 
 chase. 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to the duties of the Clerk of the city of Ev- 
 ansville. . . 
 
 [Passed March 15, 1851.] - 
 
 * 1. City Clerk to make annual report. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That it shall be the duty of the City 
 Clerk, annually hereafter, on or before the second Sat- 
 urday in April next, after the annual election of Qoun- 
 eilmen, to prepare and report to the Counciba full and 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 137 
 
 complete statement of the receipts and expenditures of 
 the city for the year ending on the first Monday of April 
 preceding said report. 
 
 JAMES G. JOKES, Mayor. 
 •Attest : John J. Chandler, Clerk, 
 
 • 
 
 AN ORDINANCE prescribing the time in which, and the time when the 
 tax duplicate shall be issued, and the duties of the Collector and Clerk as to 
 the same, and the fees of the Clerk ; and also prescribing the time and 
 manner of» reports of the Collector and Clerk, and repealing former ordi- 
 nances. , , 
 
 [Passed September 5, 1870.] 
 
 1. Clerk shall make out duplicate by first Monday in November, and man- 
 
 ner in which same shall be made out. 
 
 2. Clerk’s duty in making out and altering the duplicate. 
 
 3. As to property burned without insurance. 
 
 4. The city, school, railroad, poll, water-works and other taxes to be esti- 
 
 . mated separately, and the manner of charging the same on the 
 
 duplicate. 
 
 5. Copy of ‘duplicate to be delivered to the* Collectoi by the first Monday 
 
 of November, or as Council order. 
 
 6. Clerk to certify to the Council a statement of all property listed in the 
 city, and the valuation of the same, &c. 
 
 , 7. Clerk to correct errors In the duplicate ; and the method and record of 
 the same, 
 
 8. Collector to make no alterations in the duplicate. 
 
 9. Duties of the.Collector under this ordinance. 
 
 10. Collector to make a return on the Tuesday following the first Monday 
 
 of March, 
 lli Clerk fees. 
 
 12. Repeal of ordinances in conflict. 
 
 Section 1. Beit ordained by the Common Council of the 
 oity of Evansville , That it shall be the duty of the Clerk 
 on or before the first Monday of November in each 
 ye'ar to make out a duplicate list of taxes assessed in 
 said city of Evansville, and in so doing he shall enter 
 in separate columns all lands, lots, parts of lots, and 
 blocks, with the names of the owners in alphabetical 
 order, the value of lands, lots or blocks without im- 
 provements,, and opposite to this the value of improve- 
 ments,, and opposite to this the value of lots and lands 
 with improvements, next all personal property liable to 
 taxation, together with the tax on polls, and lastly he 
 shall number each name in regular progression. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 Sec. 2. The Clerk, in making out such duplicate* * • 
 shall be careful to enter upon the same all the lands- 
 and lots returned by the Real Estate Assessor of said *: 
 city, and also all such lands and lots as may be found 
 omitted by such Assessor, with such valuation as shall 
 be fixed thereto by the Assessor, and he shall enter the 
 personal property omitted according to the previous 
 Assessor, giving a correct description of all the property ^ 
 thus entered on his duplicate, and shall also carry into 
 effect all alterations which shall be made in the Asses- 
 
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 sors list by the City Board of Equalization, as, also, all 
 deductions and erroneous assessments ordered *by the * 
 Common Council. ‘ . 
 
 Sec. 3. When any building or personal property (not 
 insured) shall be consumed by fire or otherwise de- 
 stroyed, the Clerk, on being satisfied thereof by suffi- 
 cient proof (affidavit of parties interested) shall strike 
 the same from his duplicate* or deduct the proper, val- ^ 
 uation from such property with which f^e same may be 
 charged on the duplicate; in all su<!h cases* his action"* 
 
 shall be subject to the approvakof the Common Council. 
 
 ■* - • 
 
 Sec. 4. The Clerk shall estimate, in dollars and cents, 
 (rejecting fractions) and set down iri such duplie&te, in 
 separate columns, the city, school, railroad, poll, water 
 works or other taxes chargifabte .on* -property listed on 
 his duplicate, as also the number and a*mounts of de- 
 linquent taxes of previous years, and adding such 
 penalty as -shall be fixed by Counc^, and shall, carry out 
 the amount in a column of totals-, and sha^ddd tip and 
 set down on each page of such. duplicate, $the number,- 
 valuation of lands, lots, improvements, personal prop- 
 erty, polls, and other taxes, and delinquents charged, 
 carrying such amounts forward frtfm page fo page* and 
 proving, each page, and at the end thereof gfve a tabu- 
 lar statement of all taxes charged and -’assessed, and. 
 attach thereto - his signature and the corporate seal of 
 the city. * . • • 
 
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 - Sec. 5. He shall cause a copy of such duplicate to be 
 delivered to the City Collector on or before the first 
 Monday of November in each year, or on such other 
 ‘day as the Council may order. 
 
 Sec. 6 . The Clerk shall also make out and certify to 
 the Common Council of said city of Evansville afore- 
 said, a full, complete and aggregate statement of all 
 property listdd in said city, the valuation thereof, the 
 number of polls, amount of each kind of tax, the aggre- 
 gate amount thereof, and also the amount assessed for 
 Lamasco City property, under the annexation of 1857, 
 and for the % city of Evansville proper, until the year 
 1871, (when the terms of annexation of Lamasco City 
 to Evansville in regard to the E. & C. Railroad taxes 
 cease.) ' 
 
 Sec. 7 ., The Clerk shall, from time to time, correct all 
 errors which Jje may discover in his duplicate, either in 
 the' name of £he person charged with taxes, the de- 
 scription ^Of the property, or the amount of tax charged, 
 and wheii such- correction is made after the duplicate 
 has been delivered to the Collector for collection, the 
 Clerk. shall give, to the person benefitted thereby, a cer- 
 tificate bf such correction, under the seal of the city, to 
 be presented to the Collector, who shall, on presentation 
 of such certificate, make the like correction on his du- 
 plicate, and shall keep such certificate as a voucher on 
 settlement with the Common Council, and it shall also 
 be the ‘duty of th# r Clerk,.*on his discovering any omis- 
 sions of real estate Or personal property, or polls, from 
 ’ the duplicate, to cause such assessment to be made in 
 , regular form by the ^proper assessor,, and on such assess- 
 ment beipg made, to certify the same to tide Collector, 
 who shalhenter the same on his duplicate, and shall be 
 charged* by the Clerk therewith, and in case of the 
 death or absence of any assessor from the* city the 
 Clerk shall make such assessment and the Collector 
 -shall chargfe the same in like form on his duplicate. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 Sec. 8. It shall be unlawful for the Collector of taxes 
 of the city of Evansville to make any alterations or 
 deductions on his duplicate, except on the certificate of 
 the Clerk, under the seal of the city. . - 
 
 Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the City Collector to 
 collect all taxes and moneys due to the city, and he 
 shall on the first da^ of .each and every month during 
 his continuance in office, pay over to the Treasurer all 
 sums of money remaining in his hands at the end of 
 each and every month, and shall also on the first day 
 of each and every month during his term of office file 
 in the office of the City Clerk a report setting forth the 
 name and amount of each and every person paying 
 such taxes, the total amount paid cash, the amount 
 paid in city orders, and also amount deducted by 
 Council for the prompt payment of taxes,, and such 
 Clerk shall then mark on the duplicate and strike » out 
 from the same all such names of persons so reported 
 to have paid their taxes, and shall also report such ac- 
 tion to the Common Council. 
 
 Sec. 10. Such Collector shall also, annually, * on the 
 Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in March of each 
 year make out, file and return to the City Clerk a list 
 of all persons remaining delinquent for taxes, as also a 
 hst of real estate advertised and sold by him for delin- 
 quent tax, and he shall also file a copy of such list with 
 the City Treasurer, duly verified, and such Clerk shall 
 make out a copy of such delinquent list for the use of 
 the Collector, and any persons paying taxes on such 
 delinquent list shall file the Collector’s receipt in the 
 office of the Clerk, who shall then give a quietus to the 
 person, and make a registry of all such receipts, and 
 charge such Collector with the amount thereof. . 
 
 Sec. 11. The Clerk’s fees, for work performed by him 
 under this ordinance, shall be as follows : 
 
 Making duplicate, per 100 words, and counting three fig- 
 
 ures as one word • 12>£ cents per 100 
 
 Each certificate and seal 50 cents. 
 
 Each assessment 25 cents. 
 
 Each quietus and registering receipt 1 10 cents 
 
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 And no other, fees shall be allowed the Clerk or Col- 
 lector for any official services as prescribed in this ordi- 
 nance. 
 
 Sec. 12. All ordinances in conflict with any provi- 
 sions of the foregoing sections be and the same are 
 hereby repealed. 
 
 E. G. VAN RIPER, Mayor, ad interim . 
 
 Attest: .William Helder, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to Fire Escape Ladders. 
 
 [Passed November 28, 1870.) 
 
 1. Provision for protection of Fire Escape Ladders. 
 
 2. Penalty for violation of provisions of this ordinance. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 
 City of Evansville , That in all cases where any person, 
 
 ^ * 
 
 firm or joint stock company may erect a permanent 
 fire escape ladder or ladders within said city, as a pre- 
 cautionary measure against fires and accidents resulting 
 therefrom, such fire escape ladder or ladders shall, in 
 case of fire upon the premises upon which they are 
 ereeted, or in the immediate vicinity thereof, be for the 
 sole use and convenience of the fire department of said 
 city, but in all other cases, and at all other times, it 
 shall be unlawful for any person or persons to ascend 
 or attempt to ascend such fire escape ladder or ladders, 
 or deface, injure or interfere with the same, without 
 the knowledge and express consent of the owner or 
 owners thereof. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any person violating any of the provisions of 
 this ordinance shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay not 
 less than five nor more than ten dollars for everv such 
 offense. 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER, Mayor. 
 Attest: William Helder, Clerk. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 AN ORDINANCE In relatloi^to nine-pin and ten-pin alleys, and billiard 
 / and bagatelle tables. 
 
 [Passed July 23, 1859.] 
 
 (Published and in force July 25, 1859.) 
 
 1. Billiard tables and bowling alleys not to be kept without license. 
 
 2. Price of license. • 
 
 8. License how issued ; bon$ to be given. 
 
 4. Two tracks under same roof require separate licenses. 
 
 5. Saloon or Upwling alley to be closed on Sundays. 
 
 6. License to be procured for each table. 
 
 7. Boys not to be allowed to frequent. 
 
 8. Penalty. 
 
 9. Kinds of tables include d. . . v ■ 
 
 10. Repeal. ^ % 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That hereafter it shall not Jie lawful 
 for the owner, keeper, occupier, or j^ssessoj* * of any nine 
 or ten-pin or howling alley, or of. any billiard or baga- 
 telle table, within said city, to suffer or^allow the- same 
 to be used for hire or reward of any description or kind- 
 whatever, until a license so to use such alley or table 
 shall have been obtained according to the provisions of 
 this ordinance. ' ’ . 
 
 Sec. 2. The price of a license to keep or .use auy such, 
 nine or ten-pin or bowling allejr shall be £fty dollars for 
 one year or any shorter period,* and the price of a license 
 to keep or use any such billiard or bagatelle table shall 
 be fifty dollars for one year or a’ny shorter period ; and 
 no license shall be granted under this ordinance for any 
 period less than the time intervening <between the time 
 of the application and the first daj ofi August next 
 succeeding.* • *• 
 
 Sec. 3. Every person wishing to obtain a license under 
 this ordinance shall pay the price thereof to the Treas- 
 urer of the city, and take his receipt therefor, which * 
 receipt shall be filed in the Clerk’s office; and upon the 
 filing of the said receipt, the Clerk' shall charge the 
 Treasurer with the amount thereof, and shall make out 
 and attest a license, which shall be signed by the Mayoiv 
 and delivered to the applicant ; but before the Mayor 
 
 *The price of a license fora bagatelle table re'ducedto t&n dollars. See post* 
 The price of a license for a billiard table reduced to tRirty dollars. See post . 
 
 * The price of a license tor a billiard i able reduced to fifteen dollars. See post * 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 sliall sign any such license, the applicant therefor shall 
 execute a bond, with security to be approved by the 
 Mayor, in the penal sum of two hundred dollars, paya- 
 ble to the city of Evansville, and conditioned that no 
 gaming or disorderly conduct of any description shall 
 be suffered or permitted in or about such nine or tempin 
 or bowling alley, or in or about the room .or place in 
 which such billiard or bagatelle table may be k$pt, or 
 in or about the premises occupied by the owner or 
 keeper o£ sueh alle,y pr table, and conditioned further 
 that the personjicensed will observe, abide by, keep, and 
 performiall the provisions and requirements of this ordi- 
 nance, and that* he and his sureties will be responsible 
 to said city ‘for each and every violation of the forego- 
 ing .conditions* b'y any and all persons in or upon the 
 premises occupied b^ him, and that he will in all things 
 conform to such rules and regulations as are or may be 
 established by the Confmon Council relative to such 
 tables or alleys. 
 
 «Sec. ; 4., ”W*hen£ver two or more tracks of any nine or 
 ten-pin err howling alley shall be erected or kept under 
 the same roof or TYithin 'the same enclosure, each track 
 shall be deemed* and taken to be a separate alley under 
 the, provisions of this ordinance, and shall require a sep- 
 arate license. . 
 
 Sec. 5. Every "such nine or 'ten-pin or bowling alley, 
 a3 well as Qveryf^room, saloon, or place in which any 
 such billiard or bagatelle table shall be kept or used, 
 shall be closed at or before twelve o’clock (midnight) 
 every Saturday night, and shall remain closed until five 
 o’clock a. m. on the Monday jiext succeeding ; and be- 
 tween the hours aforesaid it shall not be lawful for the 
 owner, possessor, or" keeper of such alley or table to 
 allow or suffer the sarne to be played upon or used, or 
 to keep the room or place in which the same may be’ 
 
 situated open for visitors, nor shall it be lawful between 
 said hours for any person or persons whomsoever to use 
 or play upon such alley or table. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 Sec. 6. Whenever the owner, keeper, or possessor of 
 any billiard or bagatelle table contemplated by this 
 ordinance shall own, keep, or possess more than one 
 such table, a separate license must be procured for each 
 •&n,d every table ; and where such owner, keeper, or 
 possessor shall have a license for one or more such table 
 or tables, it shall not be lawful for him to keep or, allow 
 to remain in the same room, or in or upon or about the 
 same premises where such licehsed table or tables may 
 . be kept any additional or unlicensed billiard or bagatelle 
 table. 
 
 Sec. 7. It shall not be lawful for the keeper, owner, 
 occupier or possessor of any nine or ten-p‘in or bowling 
 alley, or billiard or bagatelle table, licensed under the 
 provisions of this ordinance, to suffer, fallow, or permit 
 any boy or boys under the age of eighteen years, except 
 such boy or boys as it may be necessary to employ’ to 
 set up pins in such alley, to visit o^ remain in any such 
 alley, or in the* room or place in which any such table 
 may be kept, or to use or -play upon such alley or table. 
 
 Sec. 8. The owner, keeper, occupier, or possessor of 
 any nine or ten-pin or bowling alley, of billiard or bag- 
 atelle table, who Shall' violate any provision of this 
 ordinance, shall, for every such offence forfeit and pay 
 any supa not less than five dollars nor more than one 
 hundred dollars, in addition to any liability which may 
 thereby accrue on his bond; and any other person who 
 shall violate any provision of this ordinance shall for 
 every such offence forfeit and pay any sum not less than 
 five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 9. The several provisions of this ordinance rela- 
 tive to billiard tables shall be held and construed to 
 include all billiard 'tables of whatever kind, whether 
 with or without pockets. 
 
 Sec. 10, All ordinances heretofore passed and now in 
 force on the subject of nine or ten-pin or bowling alleys, 
 and^bibiard or bagatelle tables, are hereby repealed; 
 but such repeal shall not effect any license granted or 
 any bond given under such ordinance; nor shall such 
 
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 repeal prevent the collection of any penalty heretofore 
 incurred under such ordinance. * 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 •Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. •. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to reduce the price of a license to keep a bagatelle table. 
 
 [Passed August 11, 1859.] 
 
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 Section 1.* Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That the price of a license for each 
 bagatelle table shall, from and after the passage of this 
 ordinance, be ten dollars for one year or for any shorter 
 period. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: B. Burke, Clerk. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE to reduce the price of license for keeping billiard tables. 
 
 [Passed August 27, 1859.] 
 
 Section 1. Be it drdained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That the price of a' license for a 
 billiard table shall, from, and after the passage of this 
 ordinance, be thirty dollars for one year or for any 
 shorter period. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. * 
 
 * 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to reduce the price of license of nine and ten-pin alleys 
 
 [Passed May 5, I860.] 
 
 [Published and in force May 17, I860.] 
 
 1. Price of license ; penalty. 
 
 2. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That from and after the first day of 
 August, 1860, the price of a license for each nine or 
 ten-pin alley shall be thirty dollars for. one year or any 
 shorter period of time: Provided , however , That if the 
 keeper of any nine or ten-pin alley shall fail to pay the 
 license therefor for ten days from the time the same 
 ought to be paid, the price of license for the same shall 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 be thirty-five dollars for one year or any shorter period, 
 and five dollars shall be added to the price of license for 
 each nine or ten-pin alley for every additional ten days 
 that the keeper thereof shall fail to pay the license 
 therefor. 
 
 Sec. 2. That five dollars shall be added to the price of 
 the license of each billiard table, if the keeper of the 
 same shall fail to pay the license therefor for ten days 
 from the time the same is due and payable; and that 
 five dollars shall be added to the price of the license for 
 eg,ch table for every additional ten days that the keeper 
 thereof shall fail to pay the same. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to Jenny-Lind tables, pigeon-hole tables, and 
 all other tables upon which games are played with sticks or balls, either 
 for amusement, gain or reward. 
 
 [Passed November 21, 1863.] 
 
 [Published and in force November 25, 1863.] 
 
 1. Certain tables not be used without license. 
 
 2. Price of license. 
 
 3. License, how procured. 
 
 4. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That hereafter it shall not be lawful 
 for the owner, keeper, or possessor of any Jenny-Lind 
 table, pigeon-hole table, or any other table upon which 
 games are played with sticks or balls, either for amuse- 
 ment, gain or reward, to suffer or allow the same to be 
 used for hire or reward of any description or kind what- 
 ever, or for the purpose of deciding or determining who 
 of two or more persons shall be liable to pay for any 
 refreshments or other article, until a license so to use 
 such table shall have 'been procured according to the 
 provisions of this ordinance. 
 
 ►Sec. 2. The price of a license so to use such table 
 shall be ten dollars for one year or any shorter period, 
 and no license shall be granted under this ordinance for 
 any period less than one year, or less than the time in- 
 
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 tervening between the time of making the application 
 and the first day of August next ensuing: Provided , 
 That any person or persons now owning, keeping, or 
 possessing any such table, and wishing to procure a 
 license to use the same, may make application for such 
 license at any time on or before the 15th day of De- 
 cember, 1863, 
 
 Sec. 3. Any person or persons wishing to procure a 
 license under this ordinance, shall pay the price thereof 
 to the city Treasurer and take his receipt therefor, which 
 receipt shall be filed with the city Clerk, who shall 
 thereupon make out and attest a license, which shall be 
 signed by the Mayor and delivered to the applicant. 
 
 Sec. 4. Any person or persons who shall violate any 
 provision of this ordinance, shall for every such violation 
 forfeit and pay any sum not less than fifteen nor more 
 than fifty dollars. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : A. Pfafflin, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to reduce the prices of license for billiard tables. 
 
 [Passed August 16, 1866.] 
 
 Section 1. Beit ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That from and after the passage of 
 this ordinance, the price of a license for keeping a 
 billiard table shall be fifteen dollars for one year, or 
 any shorter period. 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to regulate the depositing of building materials in the 
 streets of the city. 
 
 [Passed September 10, 1853.] 
 
 [Published and in force September 15, 1853. ] 
 
 1. How building materials maybe deposited in streets; gutters not to be 
 
 obstructed. 
 
 2. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville, That it shall be lawful for any per- 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 son engaged in the erection of anj building to occupy, 
 for a reasonable time, as a depository for the materials 
 to be used in the erection of such building, one-half of 
 the width of the street opposite to the site of such 
 building; but where two buildings shall be in course of 
 erection at the same time opposite to each other, on the 
 same street, then the owner or person engaged in the 
 erection of each of said buildings shall only be entitled 
 to occupy, as aforesaid, one-fourth of the width of the 
 street; but nothing herein contained shall authorize the 
 obstruction of any of the gutters of said city. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any person who shall obstruct any street or 
 gutter of the city with building materials contrary to 
 the provisions of the last section, shall for every such 
 offence forfeit and pay not more than fifty dollars nor 
 less than one dollar. 
 
 JOHN S. HOPKINS, Mayor. / 
 
 Attest : George H. Todd, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE for the regulation and protection of turn-table or pivot 
 
 bridges. 
 
 [Passed November 12, 1859.] 
 
 [Published and in force November 14, 1S59.] 
 
 1. Pivot bridges must not be left open. 
 
 2. Must not be opened or closed by animal power. 
 
 3. Inscription must not be defaced. 
 
 4. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That whenever any person or persons 
 may have occasion to opeu any of the turn-table or pivot 
 bridges within the city, for the purpose of passing any 
 boat, or for any other purpose, it shall be the duty of 
 such person or persons to close the same immediately. 
 
 Sec. 2. It shall not be lawful for auy person or per- 
 sons to attach or hitch any horse, mule, ox, or other 
 animal to the lever or to any other pgrt of any of said 
 bridges, for the purpose of opening or closing the same, 
 or in any manner to open or close any such bridge by 
 such animal power. 
 
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 Sec. 3. It shall not be lawful for any person or' per- 
 sons to injure, deface, destroy or remove any index or 
 inscription which- the Common Council may cause to be 
 placed upon any such bridge. 
 
 Sec. 4. Every person who shall neglect any of the^ 
 duties prescribed by, or violate any of the provisions of 
 this ordinance, shall for every such neglect or violation, 
 forfeit and pay not less than five nor more than fifty 
 dollars 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE for the protection and government of Oak Hill Cemetery.' 1 
 
 [Passed May 19, 1856.] 
 
 1. Rules to be observed by sexton : 
 
 First — Record to be kept. 
 
 Second— No interment without certificate. 
 
 Third— Physician’s certificate. 
 
 Fourth— Coroner’s certificate. 
 
 Fifth— Mayor’s certificate. 
 
 2. Duty of members of Board of Health. 
 
 3. Fences; their description and height. 
 
 4. Penalty. 
 
 5. Fences heretofore erected to be made to conform to this ordinance. 
 
 6. Hunting, &c., in cemetery prohibited ; penalty. 
 
 / 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That the sexton of Oak Hill Cem- 
 etery shall observe the following rules in making or 
 permitting interments in said cemetery : 
 
 First. He shall, as far as practicable, ascertain and 
 make a record of the name, age, last place of residence, 
 nativity, time and cause of death of every person whose 
 remains may be offered for burial in said cemetery. 
 
 Second. The sexton shall not suffer or permit the 
 corpse of any person to be interred in said cemetery 
 without a certificate stating the cause of the death of 
 such person, from some one of the persons authorized 
 by this ordinance to give such certificate. 
 
 Third. Whenever the deceased shall have had an at- 
 tending physician during his or her last illness, such 
 certificate shall be from such attending physician ; but 
 
 ’"Extended to Locust Hill Cemetery. See li a ances of September 20, 1859 
 —post, page 110. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 if there shall be no attending physician, then such cer- 
 tificate shall be from the Board of Health or from some 
 member thereof. Whenever the corpse shall have beeu 
 landed from a steamboat, canal-boat, or other vessel, 
 such certificate shall be from the master, captain or 
 clerk thereof. 
 
 Fourth . Whenever an inquest shall be held on the 
 body ottered for burial, the certificate of the coroner, or 
 other officer acting as coroner, setting forth in substance 
 the finding of the jury, shall be a sufficient certificate 
 under the requirements of this ordinance. 
 
 Fifth . If the Mayor of the city, after a careful inquiry 
 into the facts, shall be satisfied that from any cause the 
 certificate required by this ordinance cannot be obtained, 
 he may give the sexton a statement in writing, setting 
 forth the reason why such certificate cannot be obtained, 
 and such statement shall be a sufficient authority to 
 justify the interment. 
 
 Sec. 2. Whenever it shall be reported by the sexton, 
 or by any other person, to any member of the Board of 
 Health, that a person whose body may be offered for 
 burial had no attending physician during his or her last 
 illness, it shall be the duty of such member of the Board 
 of Health immediately to inquire into the cause of the 
 death of such person, and give the certificate contem- 
 plated bj this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 3. The following rules shall be observed in the 
 erection of fences within said cemetery, to-wit : 
 
 First . Every fence within said cemetery, or enclosing 
 any lot therein, shall be an open fence, so that the view 
 from without may not be obstructed. 
 
 Second . Ho fence constructed of wood shall be more 
 than two and a half feet high, and the spaces between 
 the slats or bars shall not be less than ten inches wide. 
 
 Sec. 4. Any person who shall erect any fence in said 
 cemetery in violation of the last section, shall forfeit 
 and pay any sum not less than five nor more than ten 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 dollars ; and the sexton shall moreover remove any 
 fence which may hereafter be erected in violation of 
 this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 5. In all cases in which any fence shall have 
 been heretofore erected in said cemetery, and does not 
 conform in its structure to the requirements of this or- 
 dinance, it shall be the duty of the owner or claimant 
 of the lot or lots enclosed by such fence, within ninety 
 days from the first publication of this ordinance, to so 
 alter such fence as to make it conform to the require- 
 ments of this ordinance, and on failure so to do, such 
 owner or claimant shall be subject to the penalty men- 
 tioned in the last section, and such fence mav be re- 
 moved by the sexton. 
 
 Sec. 6 . It shall not be lawful for any person to hunt 
 or to drive or chase any game within the enclosure of 
 said cemetery,, or to shoot or discharge any firearms 
 therein, or to ride or drive any horse or other animal 
 over, upon or across any lot in said cemetery, or to 
 hitch or fasten any horse or other animal to any tree in 
 said cemetery, or to the fence enclosing any lot therein, 
 or to deface, pencil, desecrate or otherwise defile or in- 
 jure any monument, tomb-stone dr grave-stone in said 
 cemetery, or to injure or destroy any tree, shrubbery or 
 plant in said cemetery ; and any person violating any 
 provision of this section shall forfeit and pay any sum 
 not less than one dollar nor more than one hundred 
 dollars. J OHN HE WSON, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: Well, H. Walker, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to extend to Locust Hill Cemetery the provisions of an or- 
 dinance passed May 19, 1856, entitled “An ordinance for the government 
 and protection of Oak Hill Cemetery.” 
 
 [Passed September 20, 1859.] 
 
 [Published and in force September 21, 1859.] 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville, That the provisions of the ordinance 
 
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 mentioned in the title of this ordinance, be and the 
 same are hereby extended to Locust Hill Cemetery ; 
 and all the provisions of said ordinance shall, from and 
 after the passage of this ordinance, apply to the^said last 
 mentioned cemetery, as fully as if the same were re-en- 
 acted, and the words “Oak Hill Cemetery” erased 
 wherever they occur in said ordinance, and the words 
 “Locust Hill Cemetery” inserted in their place. 
 
 * WILLIAM BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 A SUPPLEMENT to an ordinance passed May 19, 1856, entitled “An ordi- 
 nance for the protection and government of Oak Hill Cemetery .” 
 
 [Passed March 17, I860.] 
 
 [Published and in force March 22, I860.] 
 
 1. Dilapidated fences to be removed. 
 
 2. Funeral processions must follow route indicated by the sexton. 
 
 3. Gate to be kept .closed. . 
 
 4. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1. Beit ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville ,' . That whenever any fence, enclosing 
 any lot in said cemetery, falls down from decay, or be- 
 comes so dilapidated as- to be useless or unsightly, it 
 shall be the duty of the owner of the lot enclosed by 
 such fence to cause the same to be repaired or recon- 
 structed, and upon failure to .do so, the sexton of said 
 cemetery shall remove such decayed or dilapidated 
 fence : Provided , That no fence shall he removed by 
 
 the sexton in pursuance of the provisions of this ordin- 
 ance, until the committee of the Common Council on 
 cemeteries shall order its removal. 
 
 Sec. 2. That all funeral processions entering said 
 cemetery shall follow, the route which may be indicated 
 by the sexton, or any person who may he acting as his 
 assistant, and all the carriages in suclTprocession shall 
 follow the route taken by the front of the procession ; 
 and upon leaving the cemetery, all the carriages shall 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 take such route as will enable them to leave without 
 driving over, upon or across any lot in said -cemetery. 
 
 Sec. 3 k It shall be unlawful for any person or per- 
 sons going to or coming from said cemetery, to leave the 
 gate thereof open, but every person having occasion to 
 pass said gate, shall immediately close the same. 
 
 Sec. 4. Any person violating any provision of the 
 second or third sections of this ordinance, shall for ev- 
 ery such offence forfeit and pay any sum not less than 
 one nor more than ten dollars. 
 
 "W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 A FURTHER SUPPLEMENT to an ordinance passed May lg, 1856, entitled 
 
 “An ordinance for the protection and government of Oak Hill Cemetery.” 
 
 '[Passed March 18, 1864.] * 
 
 [Published and in force March 23, 186-1.] 
 
 1. No horse or other animal permitted in cemetery, except such as are in 
 
 funeral processions. 
 
 2. Large gates to he kept closed and fastened. 
 
 3. Penalty. . 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That hereafter it shall be unlawful 
 for any person or persons to ride or lead any horse or 
 other animal within the enclosure of Oak Hill Cemetery, 
 or Locust Hill Cemetery, nor shall any horse or other 
 animal be permitted within the enclosure of either of 
 said cemeteries, except such animals as may be used in 
 drawing vehicles attending funeral processions, and 
 such as may be required in repairing the roads and 
 managing said cemeteries respectively. 
 
 Sec. 2, That it shall be the duty of the sextons of 
 said cemeteries respectively to keep the large gates of 
 said cemeteries closed and fastened, and to cause the 
 same to be opened only for the purpose of admitting 
 
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 funeral processions and such vehicles as may be re- 
 quired to pass within said enclosure for the purpose of 
 preparing for interments, or keeping said cemeteries in 
 repair. 
 
 Sec. 3. Any person or persons violating any provis- 
 ion of this ordinance, shall, on conviction, forfeit and 
 pay any sum not exceeding ten dollars. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : A. Pfafflin, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE concerning dogs, hogs, and other animals.* 
 
 [Passed September 13, 1859.] * 
 
 (Published and in force September 19, 1859.) 
 
 1. All dogs to be reported to Assessor for taxation. 
 
 2. Dogs running at large must wear collar, with owner’s name marked 
 
 thereon. 
 
 3. Dogs, how returned and taxed after return of assessment roll. 
 
 4. Collar must not be removed. 
 
 5. Council may order dogs to be confined. 
 
 Council may prohibit persons from bringing dogs to the city. Duty of 
 Marshal. 
 
 6. Order of Council ; how to be published. 
 
 7. Bitches not permitted to run at large. Duty of Marshal. 
 
 8. Dogs running at large contrary to this ordinance may be killed. Duty of 
 
 Marshal. 
 
 9. Penalty. 
 
 10. Hogs not permitted to run at large ; penalty. 
 
 11. Hogs running at large to be Impounded and sold by the Marshal. 
 
 12. Fees of Marshal. 
 
 13. Impounded animals may be redeemed ; when . 
 
 14. City not liable for fees. 
 
 15. Proceeds of animals sold, how disposed of. 
 
 16. Repeal. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , &c. 
 
 [Sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8 repealed. See post.] 
 
 Sec. 3. Should any person become the owner of any 
 dog or bitch after the return of the assessment roll, 
 such person shall report such dog or bitch to the Col- 
 lector, who shall thereupon place tlje same upon his 
 list of dogs and bitches subject to taxation, and collect 
 the tax thereon ; and it shall also be the duty of such 
 
 *See ordinance as to markets, &c., passed December 26, 1859, for regulation 
 as to dogs in the markets. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 person to put a collar marked witli the owner’s name 
 around the neck of such dog, and cause the same to be 
 securely fastened and kept around the neck of such dog. 
 
 Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful, from and after the pas- 
 sage, of this ordinance, under any pretence whatever, 
 for any person to suffer or permit a hitch to run at 
 large within the city, and if any bitch shall be found 
 running at large within the city, she may be lawfully 
 •killed by any person ; and it shall be the duty of the 
 Marshal to cause such bitch to be killed, if she is not 
 killed by any other person. 
 
 Sec. 9. Every person who shall neglect to perform 
 any duty required of him by the foregoing sections of 
 this ordinance, or who shall violate any of the provi- 
 sions of said sections, shall for every such offence for- 
 feit and pay not less than one dollar nor more than ten 
 dollars ; and all ordinances in relation to dogs and 
 bitches heretofore enacted are hereby repealed. 
 
 Sec. 10. That hereafter it shall not be lawful for any 
 person to suffer or permit any hog, swine, pig, or goat 
 to run at large within the city ; and any person offend- 
 ing against the provisions of this section shall for every 
 such offense forfeit and pay any sum not less than one 
 dollar nor more than ten dollars. 
 
 Sec. 11. Whenever any animal contemplated by the 
 last preceding section shall be found running at large 
 within the city, the Marshal shall (or any person who 
 may be annoyed by such animal may) seize the same, 
 and it shall be the duty of the Marshal to impound 
 such animal in some convenient place to be provided 
 for that purpose, where the same shall be kept until it 
 is sold under the provisions of this ordinance. All 
 sucb sales shall be at public auction, and may be on any 
 day of the week (Sundays excepted), commencing at 
 four o’clock p. M. 
 
 Sec. 12. The Marshal, for impounding each hog, pig, 
 or goat, shall be allowed fifty cents, and for selling the 
 
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 same twenty-five cents, to be paid out of the proceeds 
 of the sale of such animal (or hy the owner thereof, if 
 the same is redeemed before sale), and not otherwise. 
 
 Sec. 13. The owner of any animal which may. be im- 
 pounded under this ordinance may, at any time before 
 the sale thereof, redeem such animal from sale hy pay- 
 ing to the Marshal the minimum penalty prescribed by 
 the tenth section of this ordinance, together /with the 
 Marshal’s fee for impounding such animal. 
 
 Sec. 14. The city shall not in any event be liable for 
 the Marshal’s fees for impounding or selling any ani- 
 mal under this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. To. The surplus arising from the sale of any 
 such animal, after paying the Marshal’s costs and the 
 
 minimum peualty aforesaid, shall he paid into the city 
 
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 treasury, and shall be paid out to the owner of the ani- 
 mal whenever the Council (upon being satisfied as to-* 
 who was the owner) shall so order and direct. 
 
 Sec. 16. All ordinances heretofore passed -in relation 
 to the* animals enurfterated in the tenth section ot this 
 ordinance, and all ordinances in relation to'fov^ls, are 
 hereby repealed. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: P. Burke, Clerk.' 
 
 AN ORDINANCE concerning dogs. 
 
 [Passed April 22, 1867.] 
 
 Section 1.* Beit ordained by t /«. Common Council of Vie 
 city of Eronsville, That from and after the 15tli day of 
 May, A. JD. 1867, it shall be unlawful for any person or 
 persons to own, possess, or harbor, or to ^iaye the care 
 of any animal of the dog kind within* said city, or -to 
 
 suffer or permit any animal of the dog kind to run at 
 
 • 
 
 large in any of the streets, alleys, public grounds, mar- 
 kets, market spaces, wharves, or commons of said city, 
 without first obtaining a license therefor, and comply- 
 ing with the provisions of this ordinance. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 Sec. 2. The prrce of a license to own, possess, or 
 harbor any animal of the dog kind, or to permit such 
 animal to run at large within said city, shall be a3 fol- 
 lows, viz.: for a clog, for any period not exceeding one 
 year, the sum of five dollars; and for a bitch, for any 
 period not exceeding one year, the sum of ten dollars: 
 Provided , That a license for a bitch shall not be held or 
 understood as a permit for such animal to be allowed 
 , to rutr at large, but only as permission or authority to 
 keep such animal ; and no license shall be paid under 
 this ordinance for any period longer than until the 1st 
 day of January, ensuing the date of such license. 
 
 Sec. 3. That' the Clerk shall issue, or cause to be is- 
 sued, to each applicant, on demand, a written or printed 
 .license, whereby the dog or bitch owned, possessed, or 
 . harbored by the applicant shall be licensed to be kept, 
 and permitted to run at large within said city, for the. 
 period of time mentioned in such license : Provided , The 
 applicant for Such license, during such period, shall 
 fai th ml Jy observe and comply with all the provisions of 
 this ordinance, and orders of the Common Council of 
 said city relating to dogs. The Clerk shall also furnish 
 and deliver to each applicant a check, of iron, brass, or 
 copper, marked and numbered to correspond with the 
 license. lie shall cause a register to be kept, in which 
 shalkbe entered the name of the applicant, the number 
 of the license and check, the amount paid therefor, and 
 time of expiration of the same. For each license and 
 check the applicant therefor shall, at the time of receiv- 
 ing the same, deliver to the Clerk the receipt of the 
 Treasurer for the amount required to be paid therefor, 
 a.s fixed by^this ordinance, lie shall also pay to the 
 Clerk a fee of fifty cents. 
 
 !Sec. 4 . ,T hat it shall be unlawful for any person or 
 persons to own, possess, or harbor, or to have the care 
 of any animal of the dog kind, or to permit any such 
 - animal *to run at large within said city, without a sub- 
 
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 stantial collar of leather, iron, brass, or copper, or other 
 durable material, to which the license check, referred 
 to in the third section of this ordinance, shall be se- 
 curely attached ; and it shall be unlawful for any per- 
 son or persons to suffer or permit any animal of the 
 dog kind to wear any license check other than the 
 identical one issued by the Clerk for such animal , and 
 in case of the loss of any such check, a duplicate may 
 be issued by the Clerk, at the expense of the applicant. 
 
 Sec. 5. That it shall be unlawful for any person or 
 persons to remove either the collar or the check from 
 any licensed animal of the dog kind, unless done by 
 consent of the owner of such animal. 
 
 Sec. 6. That it shall be unlawful for any person or 
 persons owning, possessing, or harboring, or having the 
 care of a vicious or fierce dog or bitch, to suffer or per- 
 mit such animal to be unconfined or run at large any- 
 where within the limits of said city, either with or 
 without such license collar and check. 
 
 Sec. 7. That it shall be unlawful for any person or 
 persons to harbor, keep or permit about his or their 
 premises, or elsewhere within the limits of said city 
 any animal of the dog kind, which, by loud and fre- 
 quent, or habitual barking, howling, or yelping, shall 
 cause annoyance or disturbance to the neighborhood, or 
 any portion of the inhabitants of the neighborhood ; 
 and any person who shall allow or permit any animal 
 of the dog kind habitually to remain and be lodged or 
 fed within his or her house, store, stable, or enclosure, 
 shall be considered as harboring the same, within the 
 meaning of this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 8. That whenever the Common Council of said 
 city may apprehend that there is danger of the exist- 
 ence or spread of hydrophobia within or near said city, 
 they may, by resolution or otherwise^ authorize or re- 
 quire the Mayor to issue a proclamation, ordering and 
 requiring all persons owning, possessing, or harboring. 
 
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 or having the care of any animal of the dog kind, either 
 to confine or muzzle such animal, for a term not less 
 than thirty, nor more than ninety days ensuing the date 
 of each proclamation ; and upon the issuing of such 
 proclamation it shall be the duty of all persons owning, 
 possessing, or harboring, or having the care of any ani- 
 mal of the dog kind, during the time mentioned in such 
 proclamation, to confine such animal securely to his or 
 her house, or outhouse, storehouse, or premises, so as 
 to prevent such animal from biting, or being bitten by 
 other animals, or to cause such animal to be securely 
 and effectually muzzled ; and no muzzle shall be lawful 
 unless it be made of wire, and of such form and strength, 
 and so attached and fastened, as will effectually prevent 
 such animal from biting; and during the time men- 
 tioned in such proclamation, any animal of the dog 
 kind which may be found running at large within the 
 city without being so muzzled, is hereby declared a 
 nuisance. 
 
 Sec. 9. That it shall be the duty of the Marshal and 
 Policemen of the city to kill every auimal of the dog 
 kind found running at large within the limits of the 
 city, at any time after the said 15th day of May, 18G7, 
 without the collar and license check required by this 
 ordinance ; and it shall be lawful for any person or 
 persons to kill any or all such dogs found running at 
 large after said time, without collar and check. 
 
 Sec. 10. That upon the issuing of any such proclama- 
 tion by the Mayor, in pursuance of the 8th section of 
 this ordinance, it shall be the duty of the Marshal and 
 Policemen, respectively, to kill any animal of the dog 
 kind found running at large within the city, during the 
 time mentioned in such proclamation, without being 
 securely and effectually muzzled, as required by this 
 ordinance ; and it shall be lawful for any other person 
 or persons to kill any and all such unmuzzled dogs, 
 during such time. 
 
 Sec. 11. That it shall be unlawful for any person or 
 
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 persons to cause or incite dogs to fight ; and it shall he 
 the duty of the Marshal and Policemen of the city to 
 prevent dog fights; and, for tins purpose, they may 
 kill any dog or dogs found fighting within said city, if 
 they find .it impracticable otherwise to prevent the 
 same. 
 
 Sec. 12. Any person or persons owning,. possessing or 
 harboring any animal of the dog kind, and permitting 
 the license check to remain. or be kept upon the collar 
 or neck of such animal after the expiration of the time 
 mentioned in the license accompanying such check, or 
 using any false check, in imitation of the check re- 
 quired by this ordinance, shall, on conviction, forfeit 
 and pay not less than twenty, nor more than fifty dol- 
 lars. 
 
 Sec. 13. Any person or persons owning, possessing? 
 harboring, or having the care of any animal of the dog 
 kind, without obtaining a license therefor, and affixing 
 and keeping the collar and check upon the neck of 
 • such animal, shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay* -not 
 less than ten, nor more than thirty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 14. Any person or persons neglecting any other 
 duty, or violating any provisions of this ordinance, 
 shall forfeit and pay not less than ten, nor more than 
 thirty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 15. The first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth 
 and eighth sections of an ordinance concerning dogs, 
 hogs, and other animals, passed September 13th, 1859, 
 are hereby repealed. W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to amend tlie second section of an ordinance, passed April 
 22, 1857, entitled “An Ordinance Concerning Dogs.” 
 
 [Passed December 16, 1867.} 
 
 * Section 1. Beit ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That from and after the first day of 
 
CITY OP EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 January, 1868, the price of a license to own, possess or 
 harbor any animal of the dog kind, shall be as follows, 
 viz : for a dog, for any period not exceeding one year, 
 three dollars, and for a bitch, for any period not ex- 
 ceeding one year, five dollars, instead of the rates fixed 
 by the second section of said ordinance, of April 22, 1867. 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER,' Mayor. 
 
 Attest : A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to amend “ An Oidinance establishing ten election pre- 
 cincts within the city of Evansville, and prescribing the places at which 
 the voters of the several Wards shall vote at city elections, and fixing the 
 place for the meeting of the Return Judges, and repealing former ordi- 
 nances.” 
 
 [Passed November 9, 1870.] 
 
 1. Amending ordinance of November 9, 1870 ; describing the precincts and 
 
 designating places for holding elections. 
 
 2. Return Judges shall meet at Council Chamber. 
 
 3. Repeal of ordinances in conflict. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That an ordinance, entitled as above, 
 passed by the Common Council, on the 9th day of No- ' 
 vember, A. D. 1870, be and the same is hereby amended, 
 so as to read as follows, to-wit : 
 
 Sec. 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That the city of Evansville be and 
 the same is hereby divided into ten (10) election pre- 
 cincts, to be known and designated as the First, Second, 
 Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth 
 and Tenth Precincts of the city of Evansville. 
 
 The First Precinct shall consist of the First Ward of 
 the city, and the place for holding city elections shall 
 be at the store of Henry Kirchof, on the corner of Canal 
 and Eighth streets, the same being within said First 
 Ward. 
 
 The Second Precinct shall consist of the Second 
 Ward of the city, and the place for holding city elec- 
 tions shall be at the store of A. J. Gillette, on the cor- 
 ner of Fourth and Oak streets, the same being within 
 said Second Ward. 
 
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 The Third Precinct shall consist of the Third Ward 
 of the city, and the place for holding city elections 
 shall be at the Court House, where the Circuit and 
 Common Pleas Courts hold their sessions, on the corner 
 o^ Main and Third streets, the same being within said 
 Third Ward, 
 
 The Fourth Precinct shall consist of the Fourth 
 Ward of said city, and the place for holding city elec- 
 tions shall be at the residence of Philip Negele, on the 
 corner of Fifth and Sycamore streets, the same being 
 within said Fourth Ward. 
 
 The Fifth Precinct shall consist of the Fifth Ward 
 of said city, and the place for holding city elections 
 shall be at the store of John Dannetell, on the corner 
 of Ingle and Market streets, the same being within 
 said Fifth Ward. 
 
 The Sixth Precinct shall consist of all that part of 
 the Sixth Ward of said city lying on the east side of 
 Pigeon Creek, and the place for holding city elections 
 shall be at the Engine House, situate on the corner of 
 Fourth and Walker streets, in that part of Evansville 
 formerly known as Lamasco City, the same being 
 within said Sixth Ward. 
 
 The Seventh Precinct shall consist of the Seventh 
 Ward of said city of Evansville, and the place for 
 holding city elections shall be at the store of William 
 Lerche, on the corner of Third avenue and Seventh 
 streets, the same being within said Seventh Ward. 
 
 The Eighth Precinct shall consist of the Eighth 
 Ward of said city, and the place for holding city elec- 
 tions shall be at the store of Charles Schraeder, on 
 Oakley street, between Sixth and Franklin streets, the 
 same being within said Eighth Ward. 
 
 The Ninth Precinct shall consist of the Ninth Ward 
 of said city, and the place for holding city elections 
 shall be at the Pottery Warerooms of A. & L. Uhl, on 
 
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 the corner of Ninth and Main streets, the same being 
 in the Ninth Ward. 
 
 The Tenth Precinct shall consist of all that part of 
 the Sixth Ward of said city lying on the west side of 
 Pigeon Creek, and the place for holding city elections 
 shall be at the store of William Alexander, on the cor- 
 ner of Fourth street and Ninth avenue, (Independence), 
 the same being within said Tenth Ward. 
 
 Sec. 2. On the Wednesday next succeeding any city 
 election, between the hours of 10 o’clock a. m. and 4 
 o’clock p. m. of said day, the Judges and Inspectors- of 
 the several Wards or Election Precincts, who hold the 
 certificates of the result of any election in said Wards 
 or Precincts, shall meet at the Council Chamber of said 
 city, for the purpose of comparing their certificates and 
 discharging the duties imposed by the several sections 
 of the Charter. 
 
 . Sec. 3. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in 
 conflict with this ordinance shall be and the same are 
 hereby repealed. 
 
 E. G. VAN PIPER, Mayor ad interim. 
 
 Attest : William Helder, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE defining the limits within which no frame, wooden, or 
 other combustible building shall be erected, and within which no lumber- 
 yard or wood-yard shall be established or continued. 
 
 [Passed April 30, 1859.] 
 
 (Published and in force May 17, 1859.) 
 
 1. Fire limits defined, 
 
 2. Certain structures prohibited. 
 
 8. Lumber-yards prohibited ; proviso. 
 
 4. Permit may be granted. 
 
 5 and 6. Penalty. 
 
 7. Repeal. 
 
 Section 1.* Be it ordained, by the Common Council of 
 the City of Evansville , That the following portions of 
 the city of Evansville shall be known and designated as 
 “ the fire limits of the city of Evansville,” to-wit : The 
 
 * Section 1 amended. See ordinance of March 5, 1866, Section 1— post. 
 
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 whole of the Lower (or McGary’s) Enlargement of said 
 city, and also so much of said city as is included within 
 the following boundaries, to-wit : Beginning at the 
 
 corner of Water and Cherry streets, and running thence 
 along Cherry street to Fourth street, thence along 
 Fourth street to Chestnut street, thence along Chestnut 
 street to the canal, thence along the south-west side of 
 the canalto Division street, thence along Division street 
 to Water street, and thence along Water street to the 
 place of beginning. 
 
 Sec. 2. That hereafter no dwelling-house, shed, 
 kitchen, store-house, warehouse, carpenter-shop, black- 
 smith-shop, or any other house, building, or shed of 
 any kind or description whatever, except the same shall 
 be built of stone or brick, shall be erected, removed to, 
 or placed upon any lot or lots or parcel of ground 
 within said lire limits, as defined in the first section of 
 this ordinance. 
 
 - Sec. 3. That hereafter it shall not be lawful to estab- 
 lish or continue, on any lot or parcel of ground within 
 the said fire limits, as defined by the first section of this 
 ordinance, any lumber- yard or wood-yard, or to deposit 
 or keep for sale on any such lot or parcel of ground 
 atfy wood, lumber, boards, shingles, or other combusti- 
 ble materials : Provided , however , That any person who 
 may now keep any lumber or wood-yard within said 
 fire limits ’shall be allowed six months from the publi- 
 cation of this ordinance within which to remove or 
 discontinue the same; and during that time such per- 
 sons shall not’ be subject to the penalties hereinafter 
 prescribed for continuing such lumber or wood-yard. 
 
 Sec. 4. The Common Council may, by a vote of two- 
 thirds of all the Councilmen, and upon petition, grant 
 any person or persons permission to establish or con- 
 tinue a lumber-yard or wood-yard, or to erect a wooden 
 or other combustible building within the fire limits 
 aforesaid.* 
 
 * See ordinance of May 30, 1863— post. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 Sec. 5. Any person or persons who shall violate the 
 provisions of the second section of this ordinance shall 
 for every such offense forfeit and pay not less than fif- 
 teen nor more than one hundred dollars, and shall also 
 forfeit and pay not less than five nor more than twenty 
 dollars for each week during which he shall suffer or 
 permit any such house, out-house, shed, or other build- 
 ing (erected contrary to the provisions of said second 
 section) to continue within said fire limits. 
 
 Sec. 6. Any person or persons who shall violate the 
 provisions of the third section of this ordinance shall 
 forfeit and pay not less than five nor more than fifty 
 dollars, and shall also forfeit and pay for every day 
 during which such lumber-yard or hoard-yard shall be 
 continued within said fire limits the further sum of not 
 less than five nor more than fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 7. The ordinance entitled “An Ordinance defin- 
 ing the limits within which no frame or wooden build- 
 ing shall he erected,” passed May 1, 1847, and all ordi- 
 nances passed subsequently defining the fire limits of 
 the city, are hereby repealed : Provided , however , That 
 nothing herein contained shalb prohibit the city from 
 punishing any infraction of any ordinance hereby re- 
 pealed which may have occurred prior to the passage 
 of this ordinance, but for the purpose of punishing all 
 
 such infractions said former ordinance shall remain in 
 
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 force as if this ordinance had not been passed* 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to amend the first section of an ordinance passed April 30, 
 1869, entitled “ An Ordinance defining the limits within which no frame, 
 wooden, or other combustible building shall be erected, and within which 
 no lumber-yard or wood-yard shall be established or continued.” - 
 
 [Passed March 5, 1866.] 
 
 [ Published and in force March 7, 1866,] 
 
 1. Fire limits defined. 
 
 2. Repeal. 
 
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 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That the following portions of the 
 City of Evansville shall hereafter be know and desig- 
 nated as “ the fire limits of the City of Evansville/ 7 
 to-wit :A11 that portion of said city embraced within 
 the limits, viz. : Beginning on the Ohio River at Cherry 
 
 street, and running thence by Cherry to Fifth street; 
 thence by Fifth street to Locust street ; thence by Locust 
 to Seventh street; thence by Seventh to Sycamore 
 street; thence by Sycamore to Fourth street; thence by 
 Fourth to Division street ; thence by Division to Market 
 street; thence by Market to Ingle street; thence by 
 Ingle to Carpenter street; thence by Carpenter to Center 
 street; thence by Center to Leet street; thence by Leet 
 street to the Ohio River; and thence by the river to the 
 place of beginning. 
 
 Sec. 2. That all ordinances passed subsequently to the 
 30th day of April, 1859, fixing or changing the fire limits 
 of the city, be, and the same are hereby, repealed. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to further amend the first section of an ordinance passed 
 April 30, 1859, entitled “ An Ordinance defining the limits within which 
 no frame, wooden or other combustible building shall be erected, and 
 within which no lumber-yard or wood-yard shall be established or con- 
 tinued. 
 
 [Passed September 26, 1870.] 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That the “ Fire limits of the City of 
 Evansville,” as established by the first section of the 
 ordinance, to which this is an amendment, be so ex- 
 tended as to include within said fire limits the following 
 described territory, to-wit : 
 
 Block Ko. nine (9) in Stockwell’s Enlargement of 
 the city of Evansville, said block being bounded by 
 Division, Fifth, Ingle and Canal streets of said city. 
 
 E. G. YAK RIPER, Mayor ad interim. 
 
 Attest : William Helder, Clerk. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE concerning the Fire Department. 
 
 [Passed May 7, 1847.] 
 
 [ Published and in force May 25. 1847.] 
 
 5. Duty of Marshal. 
 
 6. Duty of all Other persons present at fires. Penalty. 
 
 7. Must not delay or obstruct fireman in the discharge of their duties. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 8. Water must not be taken from public cisterns. Penalty . 
 
 9. Hearths ; how they must be constructed. 
 
 10. Stove-pipes; how to be put up. 
 
 11. Chimneys and fire-places ; how to be constructed . 
 
 12. Firewardens; their duties. Penalty. 
 
 13. Fire wardens must not be resisted. Penalty. 
 
 14. Penalty. 
 
 Sections 1, 2, 8 and 4, repealed. 
 
 Section 5. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville, That it shall be the duty of the Marshal 
 and his deputies, on every alarm of lire, to repair to the 
 place where such fire may happen, for the preservation 
 of the public peace ; and when there, the Marshal and 
 his deputies shall remove all suspicious persons or other 
 persons not usefully employed in the extinguishment of 
 such fire, or the preservation of property. 
 
 Sec. 6. Every able-bodied male inhabitant of the city 
 who is not a fireman, when present at any fire that shall 
 take place therein, shall there do and peform every 
 reasonable thing considered necessary and ordered to 
 be done by the Mayor, chief director of the fire depart- 
 ment, or foreman of any company, for the arrest and ex- 
 tinguishment of such fire, and the care and preservation 
 of property; and if any such person shall neglect or 
 refuse to obey the direction of either of the officers afore- 
 said, or at the time of such fire be guilty of any dis- 
 orderly or improper conduct, such person shall forfeit 
 and pay not less than one nor more than fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 7. If any person (not a fireman) shall in any 
 manner assume the direction or control of any engine 
 or other fire apparatus, or give any order to any fire- 
 man, or delay or obstruct any fireman in the discharge 
 
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 of his duty in time of any fire, or during any fire 
 deface, brake, injure, tread on or ride or drive any 
 animal over or upon any of the fixtures, apparatus, hose, 
 hooks or ladders of any of said fire companies, or in any 
 way whatever improperly touch or meddle with any 
 of the same, without being directed so to do by one of 
 the officers aforesaid, such person so offending shall for 
 every such offense forfeit and pay any sum not exceed- 
 ing fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 8. If any person shall take away or use water 
 out of or from any of the public cisterns, except for 
 the purpose of extinguishing fires, or for washing, 
 cleansing or exercising the public engines or other ap- 
 paratus belonging to the fire department, or open and 
 leave uncovered any of said cisterns, every person so 
 offending shall, for every such offense, forfeit and pay 
 any sum not exceeding ten dollars. 
 
 Sec. 9. Every hearth hereafter built within the city 
 shall be constructed on a stone or brick arch ; and in 
 all cases when the back of the fire-place shall be three 
 feet or more wide, the hearth shall extend at least, 
 twenty-two and one-half inches in front beyond the 
 jambs, and when the back of the fire-place shall be less 
 than three feet wide, the hearth shall extend not less 
 than eighteen inches in front beyond the jambs. 
 
 Sec. 10. Every stove-pipe now up, at its intersection 
 with any floor, partition, roof, or side of a house, shall 
 be made to pass through a crock, or if it pass through a 
 window it shall be enclosed with tin or sheet-iron ; and 
 hereafter no stove-pipe shall be put up unless the same 
 passes into a chimney or flue, and no such stove-pipe 
 hereafter put up shall pass through any floor, partition^ 
 roof, window or side of a house. 
 
 Sec. 11. Every chimney or flue hereafter built in any 
 house in the city, shall have its foundation either upon 
 the earth or first floor of such house, and shall extend 
 above the roof or side of such house at least three feet, 
 
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 and in all cases there shall be in the fire-place at least 
 thirteen inches of brick or stone between the inside of 
 such fire-place and any timber or other combustible ma- 
 terial in such house, and in every flue there shall be at 
 least four inches of brick or stone between the inside of 
 every such flue and any wood or other combustible mate- 
 rial in such house, and when any flue is started from the 
 first floor of any house, there shall be at least twelve in- 
 ches of solid stone or brick work between such floor and 
 the first opening for a stove-pipe* 
 
 Sec. 12. The Common Council shall annually appoint 
 one fire warden in each ward of the city, whose duty it 
 shall be to examine all fire-places, grates, stoves, furn- 
 aces, chimneys, stove-pipes, flues, and other places used 
 for the passage of smoke, or in which fires are made, at 
 least once during the months of November and January, 
 and at such other times as may be necessary, and when 
 requested so to do by any person interested; and if any 
 place used for the passage of smoke, or in which fires are 
 made, is in a dangerous and exposed situation, to notify 
 the person or persons using or occupying the same to alter 
 or repair it, so that in all things it shall conform to the 
 requirements of the ninth and tenth sections of this ordi- 
 nance. And if any person or persons, after being notified 
 as aforesaid, shall not forthwith proceed to alter or repair 
 the same according to the requirements of said sections, 
 such person or persons shall forfeit and pay not less than 
 one nor more than ten dollars. 
 
 Sec. 13. Should any person or persons resistor prevent 
 any fire warden from entering any house or other build- 
 ing or place between the hours of ten o’clock a. m., and 
 four o’clock p. m., for the purpose of discharging any duty 
 imposed on him by any ordinance, by-law or order of the 
 Council, such person or persons shall for every such 
 offense, forfeit and pay not less than one dollar nor more 
 than twenty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 14. Every person who shall neglect any of the du- 
 
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 ties prescribed by,, or violate any of the provisions of the 
 ninth, tenth or eleventh sections of this ordinance, shall 
 for every such neglect or violation forfeit and pay not 
 less than one nor more than twenty dollars. 
 
 JAMES G. JONES, Mayor. 
 
 Attest ; John J. Chandler, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE establithing a fire department, and for preventing and 
 
 extinguishing fires. 
 
 [Passed September 20 , 1859 .] 
 
 [ Published and in force September 23, 1859. J 
 
 1. City divided into two districts. • 
 
 2. Fire department, what to consist of. * 
 
 3. Chief and assistant engineers, their, term of office and duties. 
 
 4. Form of certificate of appointment. 
 
 5. Oath of office. ' 
 
 6. Companies, how organized, &c., 
 
 7. Board of supervisors, their powers and duties, 
 
 8. Duties of engineers . 
 
 9. Authority and duties of chief engineer, 
 
 10. Duty of assistants, in absence of chief engineer. 
 
 11. Member of department not to be discharged except for cause specifically 
 
 assigned in writing. 
 
 12. Duties of captains of companies. 
 
 13. Duties of officers and members of companies.. 
 
 14. Badges and other insignia. 
 
 15. Company must not leave the city without permission. 
 
 16. No association allowed except by permission of Council. 
 
 17. Companies under control of Council. 
 
 18. Annual appropriation. 
 
 19. Constitution of companies. 
 
 20. Repeal. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That the said be, and the same is 
 hereby, divided into two fire districts, as follows : The 
 first district shall consist of all that part of the city which 
 is situated below or on the western side of Vine Street, 
 extended through to the northern boundary of the city ; 
 and the second district shall consist of all that part of the 
 city not included in the first district. 
 
 Sec. 2. The fire department of the city shall consist of 
 one chief engineer for the city at large, and two assist- 
 
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 ants, one for each of said districts, an‘d of such regularly 
 organized' steam engine, hand engine, hook-and-ladder 
 and hose companies as may be received into actual ser- 
 vice by the Common Council, 
 
 Sec. 3. There shall be chosen by the Common Council, 
 immediately after the taking effect of this ordinance, a 
 chief engineer and two assistants, who shall serve until 
 the first regular meeting of the Council in May, 1880, and 
 until their successors are chosen ; and at the said first 
 meeting of the Council in May, 1860, and annually there- 
 after, a chief engineer and two assistants shall be chosen 
 by the Council, and shall hold their respective offices for 
 the term of one year, and until their successors are chosen 
 and qualified, unless the Council for good cause should 
 sooner remove them or either of them from office. The 
 said assistant engineers are to act as chief engineer in 
 their separate districts in the absence of the chief engi- 
 neer, and shall act as fire wardens in their respective dis- 
 tricts, and shall have such other powers and perform such 
 other duties as may be legally devolved upon them. 
 
 Sec. 4. Each engineer shall, upon his appointment, 
 receive a certificate, in the following form, to- wit : This 
 
 certifies that is appointed chief engineer (or as- 
 sistant engineer for the district) of the fire depart- 
 
 ment of the city of Evansville, and is entitled to all the 
 powers and immunities belonging to said office : to be 
 signed by the Mayor and attested by the clerk of the 
 Council, and sealed with the seal of the city. 
 
 Sec. 5. The chief engineer and each assistant engineer 
 shall, before receiving said certificate, take and subscribe 
 an oath, to be filed with the clerk of the city, that he will 
 faithfully and honestly perform the duties of his office 
 during his continuance in such office. 
 
 Sec. 6 . Any steam engine, hand engine, or hook-and- 
 ladder company now in existence or hereafter to be or- 
 ganized may be received into actual service by the Com- 
 mon Council. Each volunteer company shall consist of a 
 
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 captain and such inferrior officers as its constitution may 
 prescribe; and each hand engine company and each 
 hook-and-ladder company shall be composed of not less 
 than forty active working members, and before being 
 received into actual service shall present to the Council 
 and file with the clerk a copy of its constitution, and a list 
 or roll of all its officers and members; and if said company 
 is received into actual service, said constitution and list 
 shall be filed and preserved by the clerk. 
 
 Sec. 7. The chief and assistant engineers, the committee 
 of the Common Council on the fire department, and the 
 captains of the several companies, shall form a Board of 
 Supervisors ; and said Board shall appoint one of their 
 own number President and another Secretary, and may 
 make such rules and regulations for their own govern- 
 ment as they may see fit. Said Board shall be responsible 
 for the decipline, good order, and proper conduct of the 
 whole department, both officers and men, and for the care 
 of the houses, engines, hose-carriages, and other furniture 
 and apparatus thereunto belonging. They shall have the 
 superintendence and control of all the engine and other 
 houses used for the purpose of the fire department, and 
 all the furniture and apparatus thereunto belonging, and 
 of the engines and all other fire apparatus belonging to 
 the city, and over the officers and members of the several 
 companies attached to the fire department, and over all 
 persons present at fires ; and they may make such rules 
 and regulations for the better government, discipline, and 
 good order of the department, and for the extinguishment 
 of fires, as they may from time to time think expedient, the 
 same not being repugnant to the laws of this State or to 
 any ordinance of the city, and being subject to the ap- 
 proval of the Common Council. 
 
 Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the engineers, whenever 
 a fire breaks out in the city, to immediately repair to the 
 place of such fire, and to carry with them a suitable staff 
 or badge of their office, and to take proper measures that 
 
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 the several engines and other apparatus be arrangeddn 
 the most advantageous situations, and only worked for 
 the effectual extinguishment of fires, to call for assistance, 
 if need be, from all persons present at any fire, as well as 
 members of the department, to assist in extinguishing fire, 
 removing goods or other merchandise from any building 
 on fire or in danger thereof, and to appoint guards to 
 secure the same, and also in pulling down or demolishing 
 any house or building if necessity require, and further to 
 suppress all tumults or disorder. It shall also be the duty 
 of said engineers to cause order to be preserved in going 
 to, working at, and returning from fires, and at all other 
 times when companies attached to the department are on 
 duty. 
 
 Sec. 9. The chief engineer shall have the sole com- 
 mand at fires over all other engineers, all members of the 
 fire department, and all other persons who may be present 
 as such fires; and he shall take all proper measures for 
 the extinguishment of fires, the protection of property, the 
 preservation of order, and to cause the laws, ordinances, 
 and regulations respecting fires and the fire department 
 to be observed ; and it shall be the duty of said chief engi- 
 neer to examine into the condition of the engines and all 
 other fire apparatus, and the engine and other houses be- 
 longing to the city used for the purpose of the fire depart- 
 ment, and the companies attached thereto, as often as the 
 circumstances may render it expedient, or whenever di- 
 rected so to do by the Common Council or by the Board of 
 Supervisors, and annually to report the same to the 
 Council; also to cause a full description of the same, to- 
 gether with the name of the officers and members of the 
 fire department, to be published annually, in such manner 
 as the Common Council shall direct ; and whenever the 
 engines or other fire apparatus, engine or other houses 
 used by the fire department, require alterations, additions, 
 or repairs, the chief engineer, under the directoin of the 
 Common Council, shall cause the same to be made ; and 
 it shall moreover be the duty of the chief enginear to re- 
 
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 ceive and transmit to the Common Council all returns of 
 officers, members, and fire apparatus made by the re- 
 spective companies, as hereinafter prescribed, and all 
 other communications relating to the officers of the fire 
 department; to keep fair and exact rolls of the respective 
 companies, specifying the time of admission and discharge, 
 and the age of each member, which he shall report in 
 writing to the clerk of the Council, who shall file said 
 report in his office ; and said engineer,, if directed so to do 
 by the Common Council, shall report all accidents by fire 
 which may happen within the city, with the causes there- 
 of, as well as can be 'ascertained, and the number and 
 description of the buildings destroyed, as near as can be 
 ascertained, together with the names of the owners or 
 occupants thereof. 
 
 Sec. 10. In case of the absence of the chief engineer, 
 the assistant engineer in whose district the fire may occur 
 shall exercise all the duties and possess all the powers of 
 that officer ; and if the assistant engineer in whose district 
 the fire may occur shall also be absent, the other assistant 
 engineer shall act as chief engineer for the time being. 
 
 Sec. 11. No officer or member shall be discharged from 
 the fire department on account of his religious or political 
 opinions, nor for any cause not specifically assigned to him 
 in writing. 
 
 Sec. 12 . It shall be the duty of the captains of the several 
 fire companies to see that the engines and apparatus 
 committed to their care, and the several buildings in which 
 the same are deposited, and all things in or belonging to 
 the same, are kept neat and clean, and in order for im- 
 mediate use. It shall also be their duty to preserve order 
 and dicipline at all times in their respective companies, 
 and require and enforce a strict compliance with the city 
 ordinances, the rules and regulations of the department, 
 and the orders of the Board of Supervisors. They shall 
 also keep, or cause to be kept, fair and exact rolls, specify- 
 ing the. time of admission, discharge, and age of each 
 
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 member, and accounts of all the city property entrusted 
 to the care of the several members, and of all absence and 
 tardiness among the same, in a book provided by the city 
 for that purpose, which roll and record-book shall always 
 be subject to the order and inspection of the Board of 
 Supervisors* 
 
 Sec. 13. It shall be the duty of the officers and mem- 
 bers of the several companies, whenever a fire shall break 
 out in the city, to repair forthwith to their respective 
 houses, and to convey their engines and the' carriages 
 containing their apparatus to the' place of the fire as 
 speedily and in as orderly a mann'er as possible, and in 
 conformity with the directions of the chief or other en- 
 gineers ; to exert themselves in the most orderly manner 
 possible in working and managing the engines, hose, 
 hooks and ladders, and other apparatus belong to each 
 company respectively, and in performing any duty that 
 they may be called upon to do by the chief engineer or 
 either of his assistants ; and upon permission of the chief 
 or other engineer, acting as chie'f engineer, each company 
 shall, in an orderly and quiet manner, return its engine, 
 carriage, and other apparatus to their respective places 
 of deposit : Provided , That in the absence of the chief 
 engineer and both his assistants, the Mayor of the city, if 
 present, may designate one of the captains to act as chief 
 engineer for the time being ; and if the Mayor is absent, 
 such designation may be made by a majority of the cap- 
 tains present. 
 
 Sec. 14. The officers and members of the several com- 
 panies shall wear such caps, badges, or other insignia as 
 the Board of Supervisors may from time to time direct, 
 and no other person or persons shall be permitted to wear - 
 the same. 
 
 Sec. 15. Ko company shall leave the city, in case of a 
 fire in the neighorhood of the city, except by the express 
 order of the chief engineer or one of the assistant engi- 
 neers; and no company shall leave the city on an excur- 
 
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 sion, or appear on the streets as fireman except in case of 
 an alarm of fire or on funeral occasions, unless by express 
 direction or permission of the Common Council, 
 
 Sec, 16, No association or organized club or society of 
 firemen, as such shall be allowed except by the express 
 permission of the Common Council. 
 
 Sec. 17. Every company which may be received in- 
 to actual service shall in allthings be under the control o f 
 the Council, and subject to be disbanded on accuont of im- 
 proper conduct, or whenever the interest or convenience 
 of the city may require it. 
 
 Sec. 18. That for the purpose of enabling the several 
 hand engine fire companies which may be received into 
 actual service to pay for fuel, oil, and other ordinary ex- 
 penses, there is hereby appropriated to each of said com- 
 panies the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars per annum, 
 payable quarterly. 
 
 Sec. 19. The constitution, of each hand engine com- 
 pany shall contain a provision that, if the city pays the 
 entire appropriation made by the eighteenth section of 
 this ordinance to such company, no member of such com- 
 pany shall, for the year for which such appropriation may 
 be received, claim any exemption Irom taxation by reason 
 of his being a member of such company. 
 
 Sec. 20. The first, second, third, and fourth sections of 
 an ordinance passed may 7, 1847, entitled “An Ordi- 
 nance concerning the fire department,” and all other 
 ordinances inconsistent with this ordinance, be, and the 
 same are hereby, repealed ; but the remaining ten sec- 
 tions of said ordinance of May 7, 1847, are continued in 
 force. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE to protect the hose and other apparatus of the city for the 
 
 extinguishment of fires. 
 
 [Passed’ May 7, I860.] 
 
 (Published and in force May 10, 1860.) 
 
 1. Hose, when laid in streets, not to be run over or injured. 
 
 2. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That, whenever any hose belonging 
 to the city, or to any hose or fire company within the 
 city, may be laid down in any street or alley, at the 
 time of any fire or alarm of fire, or at any other time 
 by order of the Common Council, the Mayor, or the 
 chief or other engineer of the fire department of the 
 city, it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to 
 lead, ride, or drive any horse or other animal over or 
 upon the sam'e, or to drive or haul any vehicle over or 
 upon the same, or in any other manner to injure such 
 hose, or any engine or other apparatus belonging to the 
 city, or to any fire or hose company within the city. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any person or persons who shall violate any 
 of the provisions of this ordinance shall, for every such 
 offense, forfeit and pay not less than five nor more than 
 fifty dollars. 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to prevent steam fire engines, hose carriages, and hook 
 and ladder carriages from being hindered or delayed while proceeding to a 
 fire. 
 
 [Passed May 31, 1870.] 
 
 1. Ordinance as to fast driving not to apply to officers of fire department in 
 
 case of fire. 
 
 2. Drivers of vehicles to give way to engines, &c., and penalty for hinder- 
 
 ing the same . 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That, whenever a fire breaks out in 
 said city, it shall and may be lawful for the steam fire 
 engines, hose carriages, hook-and-ladder carriage, and 
 ail other apparatus of the city for the extinguishment 
 of fires to be hauled through the streets of the citv at 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 such rate of speed as may seem necessary and proper 
 to the officers in charge thereof, and the ordinance 
 against fast driving shall not be held to apply to the 
 said officers on such occasions. 
 
 Sec. 2. That all drivers of all vehicles shall be re- 
 quired to give place and room to the steam fire engines, 
 hose carriages, hook-and-ladder carriages, and all other 
 fire apparatus, when they are proceeding to a fire, and 
 it shall be unlawful for any person or persons to ob- 
 struct, hinder, delay or fail to give room and place to 
 the said engines, carriages and fire apparatus, when 
 they are proceeding to a fire, and all persons who shall 
 violate this ordinance or any of the provisions thereof 
 shall, for every such offense, forfeit and pay not less 
 than five nor more than fifty dollars. 
 
 WILLIAM H. WALKER, Mayor. 
 Attest : William Helder, Clerk. 
 
 
 A SUPPLEMENT to an ordinance passed April 30,1859, entitled “An ordi- 
 nance defining the limits within which no trame, wooden or other com- 
 bustible building shall be erected, and within which no lumber-yard or 
 wood-yard shall be established or continued.” 
 
 [Passed May 80, 1863.] 
 
 (Published and in force June 6, 1863.) 
 
 1. Permission to erect wooden buildings within fire limits, how procured. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That hereafter, permission to erect a 
 wooden or other combustible building within the fire 
 limits of the city shall not be granted by the Council, 
 unless the applicant shall have given at least two weeks 
 public notice in two newspapers of the city, of his in- 
 tention to make such application, stating in said notice 
 the place where, and the size and character of the 
 building proposed to be erected. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : A. Pfafflin, Clerk. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE to prohibit the making of fires and throwing of fire-balls 
 
 or other ignited substances in the streets, alleys, or grounds of the city. 
 
 [Passed April 17, 1847.] 
 
 (Published and in force May 8, 1847.) 
 
 1. Burning of shavings, &c., in streets and alleys. 
 
 2. Throwing fire-balls, &c . , prohibited. Proviso. 
 
 3. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That it shall be unlawful for any 
 person or persons to kindle, or cause to be kindled, any 
 lire for the purpose of burning shavings or other com- 
 bustible matter in any street, alley or open lot in the 
 city of Evansville, at any other time than between day- 
 light and four o’clock p. m., or at any time, in any street, 
 alley or open lot within the city, within twenty feet of 
 any building therein. 
 
 Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons 
 to throw fire-balls, fire-brands, or any other ignited 
 substance or substances, or aid, abet or assist in throw- 
 ing the same, any where within the limits of the city : 
 Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be con- 
 strued to prohibit the use and exhibition of any fire- 
 works on the fourth day of July, Christmas day, the 
 first day of January, the eighth day of January, the 
 twenty-second and twenty-third days of February. 
 
 Sec. 8. Any person or persons violating the provisions 
 of this ordinance shall, for every such offense, forfeit 
 and pay, for the first offense, fifty cents, and for every 
 subsequent offense three dollars. 
 
 Sec. 4. This ordinance shall be in force from and 
 after its publication. 
 
 JAMES GL JONES, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : John J. Chandler, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to regulate the inspection, storage and sale of petroleum, 
 and other inflammable oils and fluids.* 
 
 [Passed June 1, 1868.] 
 
 ^Sections 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 repealed December 7, 1838. See pest. 
 
180 
 
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 1. Unlawful to store or keep petroleum, &c., except as provided by this or- 
 
 dinance. 
 
 2. Unlawful to draw benzine, &c., between twilight and sunrise^ 
 
 3. Five barrels of refined coal or carbon oil may be kept, under restrictions. 
 
 4. More than five barrels may be kept under restrictions. Duty of Fire 
 
 Wardens. 
 
 10. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville, That it shall be unlawful for any 
 person or . persons to store or keep, or suffer to be stored 
 or kept, within the corporate limits of the city of Evans- 
 ville, any crude petroleum, or rock oil, or any illumi- 
 nating oil or compound, that shall not bear a tempera- 
 ture of one hundred and ten degrees Fahrenheit with- 
 out ignition or explosion, except as is otherwise pro- 
 vided by • frhis ordinance : Provided , That any person 
 or persons may keep in any cellar in said city, any 
 quantity not exceeding one barrel of benzine, gasoline, 
 or naptha, in metal cans or cases, to be used or sold for 
 manufacturing purposes, and not otherwise. 
 
 Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful to draw or take from 
 any can or case any quantity of benzine, gasoline, or 
 naptha, between twilight in the evening and sunrise in 
 the morning. 
 
 Sec. 3. That it shall not be unlawful to store or keep 
 any quantity not exceeding five barrels, at any one 
 time, in any locality in said city, one barrel of which 
 may be kept on the first or ground fioo*r of any store, 
 in metallic cans or cases, of refined coal or carbon oil : 
 Provided , The same be of the standard of 110 degrees 
 Fahrenheit, and that the four additional barrels be kept 
 in a cellar, so that in case of breakage or leakage of 
 the vessels, the contents thereof will not be liable to 
 run out into or upon the adjoining premises.* 
 
 Sec. 4. That it shall not be unlawful to keep within 
 the corporate limits of said city a greater quantity than 
 five barrels of refined coal or carbon oil, of the legal 
 standard, or any of the products of crude petroleum : 
 Provided , That after the first day of September, 1868, 
 
 -Amended December 7, 1SG8. See post. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 the same be kept and stored in vaults or cellars, nine 
 feet in depth, below the surface of the earth, walled 
 around with stone or brick walls, at least nine inches in 
 thickness, and completely arched with not less than a 
 nine inch brick arch ; said arch to be covered over with 
 six inches or more of earth or sand, with a doorway 
 leading into said vault, enclosed by a heavy sheet-iron 
 door, to fit so closely as to make said vault as nearly air- 
 tight as possible. And it shall be the duty of the Fire 
 Wardens to examine and inspect any and all of said 
 vaults or cellars, at least once in every three months, 
 and report to the Council the result of such examina- 
 tion, and the Mayor may inspect said vault^ or cellars 
 at pleasure.* 
 
 Sec. 10. That any person or persons who shall violate 
 any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, for each 
 and every such offense, upon conviction thereof, forfeit 
 and pay not less than ten dollars, nor more than one 
 hundred dollars.* 
 
 This ordinance to take effect and be in force from 
 and after its publication. 
 
 WILLIAM H, WALKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to amend sections 3, 4 and 10, and to repeal sections 5, 6, 7, 
 
 8 and 9 of an ordinance entitled “ An ordinance to regulate the inspection, 
 
 storage and sale of petroleum, and other inflammable oils and fluids,” 
 
 passed June 1, 1868. 
 
 [Passed December 7, 1868.] 
 
 1. Fifty barrels may be kept, with restrictions. 
 
 2. More than fifty barrels may be kept, with restrictions. 
 
 3. Dealers to keep testing implements. 
 
 4. Penalty. 
 
 5. Repeal. , ^ 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That it shall not be unlawful to store 
 or keep any quantity, not exceeding fifty barrels, at any 
 one time in any locality in the city of Evansville, of 
 refined coal or carbon oil ; five barrels of which may be 
 
 f _ 
 
 ^Amended December 7, 1868. See post. 
 
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 kept on the first or ground floor of any store, and, 
 when for retail, in metallic cans or cases : Provided , The 
 same be of the standard of one hundred and ten de- 
 grees Fahrenheit ; and that forty-five barrels be kept in 
 a cellar, so that, in case of breakage or leakage of ves- 
 sels, the contents thereof will not be liable to run into 
 or upon the adjoining premises. 
 
 Sec. 2. That it shall not be unlawful to keep within 
 the corporate limits of said city, a greater quantity 
 than fifty barrels of refined coal or carbon oil, or any 
 of the products of crude petroleum of the legal stand- 
 ard : Provided , That from and after the first day of 
 December, 1868, the same is to be kept and stored, 
 while on hand, in vaults or cellars nine feet in depth 
 below the surface of the earth, walled around with 
 stone or brick walls, at least nine inches in thickness, 
 and completely arched with not less than a nine inch 
 stone or brick arch ; said arch to be covered over with 
 six inches more in depth of earth or sand, with a door- 
 way, leading into said vault, enclosed by a heavy sheet- 
 iron door, to fit so closely as to make said vault as nearly 
 air-tight as possible. It shall be the duty of the Fire 
 Wardens to examine and inspect any and all of said 
 vaults or cellars, at least once in every three months, 
 and report to the Council the result of such examina- 
 tion, and the Mayor may inspect such vaults or cellars 
 at pleasure. 
 
 Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of every wholesale 
 dealer in coal oil, or in any of the products of crude 
 petroleum, to keep a testing instrument upon his prem- 
 ises, the instrument adopted by the United States Gov- 
 ernment for testing coal and carbon oils, so that every 
 person w T ho may purchase a barrel of oil or burning 
 fluid may have the same tested in his own presence. 
 
 Sec. 4. That any person or persons, who shall violate 
 any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall, for each 
 and every such offense, upon conviction thereof, forfeit 
 
CITY OP EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 and pay not less than ten dollars nor more than one 
 hundred dollars, and that any person who shall sell coal 
 or carbon oil, or any of the products of crude petro- 
 leum, or any burning fluid used for burning, below the 
 test of one hundred and ten degrees Fahrenheit, within 
 the limits of said city, shall, for each and every such 
 offense, upon conviction thereof, forfeit and pay a fine 
 of not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than 
 five hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 5. That sections 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of said ordi- 
 nance, to which this is an amendment, be and the same 
 are hereby repealed. 
 
 Sec. 6. This ordinance to take effect and be in force 
 from and after its passage. 
 
 WILLIAM H. WALKER, Mayor, 
 
 Attest : A. M. McGtiiff, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE regulating the measurement and sale of fire-wood, 
 
 [Passed December 5, 1864.] 
 
 (Published and in force January 1, 1865.) 
 
 1. City divided into districts. 
 
 2. Appointment of wood measurers. 
 
 8. Wood markets, or places where wood may be offered for sale. 
 
 4. Duty of wood measurer. 
 
 5. Measurement of wood. 
 
 6. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That the city be and the same is 
 hereby divided into two districts for the measurement 
 and sale of fire-wood, to be designated as the first and 
 second, districts ; the first district to consist of all that 
 part of the city situate above Main street, and the 
 second district to consist of all that part of the city not 
 included in the first district. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Common Council shall, at their first 
 meeting after the passage of this ordinance, and annu- 
 ally thereafter, at their first meeting after the election 
 of Councilmen, or as soon as practicable after said 
 
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 election, appoint one wood measurer for each of said 
 districts, who shall take and subscribe an oath for the 
 faithful and honest performance of his duties, and who 
 shall continue in office until the next annual election of 
 Councilmen, and until his successor shall have been ap- 
 pointed and qualified. And in case of a vacancy in 
 either of said offices, by reason of death, sickness, ina- 
 bility to serve, or from any other cause, the Mayor shall 
 have power to fill such vacancy until the next -regular 
 meeting of the Council, at which meeting the Council 
 shall fill such vacancy. 
 
 Sec. 8. The following shall be the only wood market 
 or wood stand in and for the first district, to-wit ; 
 Fourth street, between Cherry and Oak streets ; and the 
 following shall be the only wood market or wood-stand 
 in and for the second district, to-wit: the space of 
 grounds bounded by Elm, First, Division and Second 
 streets, or so much of said space as may at any time be 
 unenclosed. And it shall not be lawful for any person 
 having wood for sale, to sell or offer the same for sale 
 at any place within the city except at one or the other 
 of said wood stands or wood markets, nor shall it be 
 lawful for any person to drive or haul such wood 
 through any street or streets of the city in search of a 
 purchaser, but all wood brought to the city for sale 
 - shall be taken to one or the other of said wood stands 
 or wood markets, and there exposed for sale : Provided , 
 however, that if such wood shall have been sold or en- 
 gaged before it was loaded in any wagon, sled or other 
 vehicle, nothing herein contained’ shall require it to be 
 taken to either of said wood stands, but in that case it 
 may be taken directly to the purchaser • and provided, 
 also, that if any person shall be on his direct or usual 
 route to either of said stands with a load of wood, he 
 may, if any person offers to purchase it, sell the same to 
 the person so offering, and deliver the same, when 
 measured at the wood stand ; but he shall not loiter by 
 
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 the way to procure a purchaser, or offer the same for 
 sale, before reaching one or the other of said wood 
 stands, unless first accosted by some person proposing 
 to purchase. 
 
 Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of each of said wood 
 measurers to measure and inspect all fire^wood brought 
 to the stand in his district, immediately on its arrival, 
 and give to the owner or possessor thereof a certificate, 
 setting forth the quantity of wood and the date of in- 
 spection, making a fair and reasonable allowance for 
 crooked and uneven wood, and for each load so mea- 
 sured and inspected he shall charge and receive the sum 
 of five cents, to be paid by the seller of such wood. 
 
 Sec. 5. The standard .measure for fire-wood within 
 the city is and shall be as follows, viz : one hundred 
 and twenty-eight cubic feet to the cord, that is, a cord 
 of wood shall be in length eight (8) feet, in width four 
 (4) feet, including in the measurement the one-half of 
 the kerf, and in heighth four (4) feet, well and closely 
 packed, and any quantity less than a cord shall be 
 described in the certificate, either fractionally or by 
 cubic feet. 
 
 Sec. 6 . Any person who shall violate any provision, or 
 fail to comply with any requirement of this ordinance, 
 shall, on conviction thereof, forfeit and pay not less 
 than one nor more than ten dollars. 
 
 Sec. 7. This ordinance shall take effect on the first 
 day of January, A. D. 1865, and be in force from and 
 after that day. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest ; A. Pfafflin, Clerk. 
 
 By A. M. McGtiiff, Deputy. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE regulating the purchase and sale of stone coal. 
 
 [Passed Octobert 3, 1867.] 
 
 1. Unlawful to buy or sell stone coal except such as weighed at public scales. 
 
 2. Bushel shall be 80 pounds ; price for weighing. 
 
 3. Penalty. 
 
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 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville, That from and after the 8th day of 
 October, 1867, it shall not be lawful for any person or 
 persons to purchase, or sell, deliver, or receive, within 
 the limits of the city of Evansville, any stone coal, 
 except stone coal purchased or sold by -the barge load 
 or cargo, unless the same shall have been weighed upon 
 some one of the public scales of the city, and a ticket, 
 stating the quantity in bushels and fractions of a bushel, 
 issued by the weighmaster, and delivered by the seller 
 to the purchaser of the coal. 
 
 Sec. 2. That a bushel of stone coal shall consist of 
 eighty (80) pounds avoirdupois, and the price to be 
 charged for weighing shall be as follows, viz : for a 
 load not exceeding twenty-five bushels, five cents ; and 
 for a load exceeding twenty-five bushels, ten cents. 
 
 Sec. 3. Any person or persons violating any* provi- 
 sions of this ordinance, either by purchasing or selling 
 any stone coal, without first causing or requiring the 
 same to be weighed, as provided by this ordinance, 
 shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay. not less than five, 
 nor more than ten dollars. 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: A. M. McGriff, Clerk. • * 
 
 AN ORDINANCE concerning the wharf of the city of Evansville, and re- 
 pealing lormer ordinances. 
 
 [Passed July 28, 1864.] 
 
 (Published apd in force August 1, 1864.) 
 
 1. Port and wharf defined'; proviso. 
 
 2. All steamboats. &c., governed by provisions of this ordinance. 
 
 3. Boats not employed to give way to boats receiving or. discharging 
 
 freight, &c.; penalty. , 
 
 4. Repealed, June 7, 1870. 
 
 5. Rates of wharfage on barges, &c. 
 
 Barges, &e., to give way to steamboats; penalty. 
 
 6. Steamboats, Ac., landing above or below the city wharf, to pay wharf- 
 
 age at one-half the rates fixed by .this ordinance. 
 
 7. Wharfage on lumber and shingles. 
 
 8. Repealed, March 12, 1866. 
 
 9. Wharfage on wharf-boats . 
 
 10. Boats at anchor, or lying outside of other boats, to pay .full wharfage. .. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 it. Wharfage on Bodiam Mining Company. 
 
 12. Persons using Wharf as place of storage to pay wharfage or rent; 
 
 > penalty. 
 
 18. Two wharf-masters to be appointed. 
 
 Wharf-masters to be sworn and give bond. 
 
 Duties of wharf-masters. Shall have powers of policemen. 
 
 14. Duties of wharf-masters, continued. 
 
 15. Wharf- masters may be removed. 
 
 16. Penalty for injuring wharf. 
 
 17. Provisions of tbis ordinance extended to Lamasco Wharf. 
 
 18. Where barges. <fcc., may be sunk or beached. 
 
 ' 19. Filth, cinders, &c., not to be thrown from boats at wharf. 
 
 20. This ordinance not to apply to any part of the landing owned by indi- 
 
 viduals. 
 
 21. Penalty. 
 
 22. Repeal. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the common council of the 
 city of Evansville , That the wharf, landing, and bank of 
 . the Ohio River in front of that part of the city of Evans- 
 ville lying between the upper side of Walnut street and 
 the middle of Division street, in said city, shall hereafter 
 be the only port of said city of Evansville : Provided , how- 
 ever, , That it shall be competent for any person to contract 
 for the delivery of any freight or commodity at that part 
 of the wharf or landing known as the Lamasco Wharf. 
 
 Sec. 2. That all steamboats, rafts, flat-boats, or other 
 vessels coming to or landing in front of the city shall be 
 governed by the rules and regulations established by this 
 ordinance. „ 
 
 Sec. 3. That boats not receiving or discharging cargo 
 shall give place to boats ready to receive or discharge 
 cargo ; and every master, captain, or owner of any empty 
 or idle boat, or other person having charge of such boat, 
 refusing or failing to give place as aforesaid, when di- 
 rected to do so by the wharf-master, shall forfeit and pay 
 for ever such offence the sum of twenty-five dollars. 
 
 Sec. 4. Repealed June 7th, 1870. 
 
 Sec. 5. That keel-boats, flat-boats, barges, and rafts 
 coming to or landing at said wharf shall pay at the rate 
 of one cent per foot in length of such boat, barge or raft 
 for every day or fraction of a day of the stay of such boat, 
 not exceeding five days; and whenever any such boat, 
 barge, or raft shall ramain at said wharf more than five 
 
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 days, double the above rates shall be charged per day for 
 any excess over five days; and all keel-boats, flat-boats, 
 barges, and rafts shall give place to steamboats, and any 
 captain, owner, or other person having charge of any 
 such boat or raft, and who shall fail or refuse to give place 
 and remove the same when ordered to do so by any 
 wharf- master, shall forfeit and pay for each such offence 
 the sum often dollars; and no raft shall be landed at 
 said wharf except for the purpose of being drawn out of 
 the water, and every raft so landed shall be forthwith re- 
 moved by the wharf- master. 
 
 Sec. 6. That hereafter all steamboats, barges, flat-boats, 
 or other water-craft which may come to, remain at or 
 use any part of the river bank or landing, either above 
 or below the city wharf, from the upper line of Chestnut 
 street to the lower line of Fifth avenue, shall be required 
 to pay for the use of said river bank or landing one-half 
 of the amount or fee required to be paid by such boat or 
 water-craft for landing at and using any part of the city 
 wharf. 
 
 Sec. 7. That fifteen cents per one thousand feet shall be 
 charged on all lumber, and three cents per thousand on all 
 shingles, delivered at said wharf, except such as may be 
 delivered by steamboat. 
 
 Sec. 8. Repealed, March 12, 1866. 
 
 Sec, 9. That two dollars per foot in length shall be 
 charged on all wharf-boats per annum, which shall be 
 paid monthly. 
 
 Sec. 10. That any boat, raft, or other water-craft anch- 
 oring in front of said wharf, or lying alongside of any 
 other boat or raft which may be in front of said wharf, 
 shall be charged and required to pay the same wharfage 
 as if such boat, raft, or other water-craft was fastened to 
 said wharf or shore. 
 
 Sec. 11. There shall hereafter be charged to and col- 
 lected from the Bodiam Mining Company the sum of one 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 hundred dollars per annum, which shall entitle them to 
 the use of the wharf for their coal-boats; said annual 
 wharfage to be payable in monthly payments of eight 
 dollars and thirty-three cents. 
 
 Sec. 12. That hereafter any person or persons wishing 
 to use any part of said wharf as a place upon which to 
 store or deposit any goods, merchandise, produce, or other 
 property or freight, shall make application to a wharf- 
 master for permission to do so, and shall pay to such 
 wharf-master for such permission at the rate of sixty dol- 
 lars per year, payable monthly in advance : Provided , 
 That no charge shall be made in any case where goods, 
 merchandise, or other property is not allowed to remain 
 on said wharf longer than ten days ; and if any person 
 or persons shall place any goods, merchandise, produce, 
 or other property or freight on said wharf, and allow the 
 same to remain on said wharf longer than ten days, with- 
 out having procured permission and paid wharfage as 
 provided for in this section, such person or persons shall 
 forfeit and pay, for ever such offence, any sum of money 
 not less than ten nor more than twenty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 13. That the Common Council shall from time to 
 time, at their discretion, appoint two wharf-masters, to 
 serve until the first Monday in April then next ensuing, 
 and until their respestive successors are appointed and 
 qualified, who shall, before entering upon the discharge 
 of the duties of their offices, respectively give bond in 
 such sum as the Council may from time to time fix and 
 require, and with such security as the Council may ap- 
 prove, for the faithful discharge of the duties of their 
 offices respectively. Said wharf-masters shall severally 
 take and subscribe an path (before some officer authorized 
 to administer oaths) for the faithful discharge of their re- 
 spective duties. They shall be subject to the ordinances 
 of the city and the orders of the Council, and shall be 
 allowed such salary or compensation as shall from time 
 to time be fixed by the Council. They shall see that ail 
 
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 boats and rafts chargeable with wharfage pay the same, 
 and that the provisions of the ordinances of the city re- 
 lative to the wharf are complied with. They shall have 
 power to cause all boats and rafts to moor and lie at said 
 wharf in such manner .as may in their opinion best pro- 
 mote the convenience of all boats lying at or near, or 
 coming to, said wharf. They shall, in their discretion, 
 cause empty boats and small craft to be removed, to give 
 place to other boats. And the said wharf-masters are 
 hereby vested with the power of police officers of said 
 city for the suppression of riots and disorderly conduct at 
 the river, and on or about said wharf, or upon any boat 
 or water-craft lying at said wharf, or elsewhere within 
 said city. 
 
 Sec. 14. Said wharf-master shall keep, in some ’con- 
 venient place at or near said wharf, a book or register, in 
 which they shall enter the name and tonnage of every 
 steamboat coming to or landing at said wharf, the time 
 of the arrival of such boat, the place of departure and 
 % destination of such boat (if known), and the amount of 
 
 wharfage chargeable to and paid by such boat ; they shall 
 
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 also register all flat-boats, barges, rafts, and other water- 
 craft, with the wharfage chargeable to and paid thereon, 
 as well as. an account of all wharfage chargeable to and 
 collected upon lumber, shingles, wharf-boats, and all other 
 revenue which may accrue from the use of ‘said wharf; 
 which book or register shall be exhibited to the Common 
 Council, or any committee or person appointed by them, 
 as often as may be required by the Council. Reports of 
 the amount of revenue accruing from the use of the 
 wharf and landing shall be made to the Common Council 
 by the wharf-master, weekly or oftener, as the Council 
 may from time to time require, and in such form as the 
 Council may prescribe or approve : and said wharf-mas- 
 ters shall, at least once in every week, pay over to the 
 City Treasurer all wharfage collected by them respect- 
 ively. 
 
 Sec. 15. The Common Council may at any time, in 
 
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 CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 their discretion, remove any wharf-master, and appoint 
 another in his stead. 
 
 Sec. 16. Any person or persons who may hereafter dig 
 any hole or holes in the wharf, or break through the gravel 
 or paved surface thereof, by sparring off or removing any 
 boat, or in any other manner, shall for ever such offence 
 forfeit and pay any sum not less than twenty nor more 
 than fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 17. All the provisions of this ordinance in relation 
 to the city wharf, and all penalties herein fixed and pre- 
 scribed, shall apply to the Lamasco wharf. 
 
 Sec. 18. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons 
 hereafter to cause or permit any flat-boat, barge, or other 
 watercraft to be sunk or beached at any point upon the 
 wharf or landing within the city of Evansville, except at 
 the following places, viz: The spaces between Walnut 
 and Cherry streets, and between Fulton avenue and Fifth 
 . avenue ; and whenever any such boat or water-craft 'may 
 be sunk or beached at any point or place* upon said wharf 
 or landing, the owner or claimant of such boat or water- 
 craft shall be required to pay the fee or rate of wharfage 
 or landing charge fixed by this ordinance for every day 
 such boat or water-cralt may remain at said landing or 
 wharf, until it shall be removed. 
 
 Sec. 19. It shall hereafter be unlawfuUfor any captain, 
 owner, or other person having charge of or commanding 
 any steamboat moored to or lying at either of said 
 wharves, river bank, or landing, to cause or permit the 
 furnaces or grates of such boat to be cleaned while lying 
 at or opposite said wharves or landing, or to cause or per- 
 mit any cinders, ashes, or other rubbish to be thrown from 
 such boat while at or near said wharves or landing. 
 
 Sec. 20. None of the provisions of this ordinance shall 
 be held to apply to any part of the river bank or landing 
 which may be owned by parties other than the city of 
 Evansville. 
 
 Sec. 21. Any person or pejrsons who may neglect any 
 of the duties or violate any of the provisions of this or- 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 dinance shall forfeit and pay, for ever such violation or 
 neglect, not less than ten nor more than three hundred 
 dollars, except in the case of such omissions or violations 
 as are specifically provided for. 
 
 Sec. 22. All ordinances in relation to either of said 
 wharves heretofore passed are hereby repealed, and this 
 ordinance to take effect and be in force from and after the 
 first day. of August, A. D. 1864. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: A. Pfafflin, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to amend an ordinance passed July 28, 1864, entitled “ An 
 
 Ordinance concerning the wharf ot the city of Evansville, and repealing 
 
 former ordinances. ” 
 
 [Passed March 24, 1865.] 
 
 (Published and in force March 28, 1865.) 
 
 1. Repealed March 12, 1866. 
 
 2. Repealed May 12, 1865. 
 
 8. Captain or owner falsely pretending that boat is in Government service" 
 Penalty. 
 
 4. No city wharf-master to be employed as wharf-master for any private 
 
 individual. 
 
 5. Repeal. 
 
 6. Penalty. , 
 
 Section 3. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That any owner, captain, clerk, or 
 other person having charge of any steamboat or other 
 water-craft which may come to or use any part of said 
 wharf or landing, who shall falsely allege or pretend 
 that such boat or water-craft is owned or chartered by 
 the Government of the United States, and by reason 
 thereof claim to be exempt from the payment of 
 wharfage, and thereupon neglect or refuse to pay 
 wharfage at the rate specified and fixed by the ordi- 
 nances of the city, shall for every such offense forfeit 
 and pay any sum not exceeding one hundred dollars 2 
 Provided , That steamboats and other water-craft be- 
 longing to, or chartered by the Government of the 
 United States, shall not be required to pay any wharfage. 
 
 Sec. 4. That it shall be unlawful for any wharf-master 
 of the city of Evansville to be engaged or employed as 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 wharf-master or wharf superintendent for any person 
 or persons owning any part of the wharf or river land- 
 ing, nor shall it be lawful for any wharf-master of the 
 city of Evansville to collect any w T harfage except such 
 as may accrue to the city of Evansville upon boats, &c., 
 landing at either of the wharves belonging to said city. 
 
 Sec. 5. So much of said .ordinance of July 28, 1864, 
 as is in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance, is 
 hereby repealed. 
 
 Sec. 6. Any person or persons who may neglect any 
 of the duties prescribed by the first, second or fourth 
 sections of this ordinance, or violate any of the provi- 
 sions of the same, shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay 
 any sum not less than twenty-five nor more than fifty 
 dollars, 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: A. Pfafflin, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to wharfage to be charged on tobacco, at the 
 wharf of the city of Evansville . 
 
 ■ [Passed May 12, 1865?] 
 
 (Published and in force May 19, 1865.) 
 
 1. Tobacco remaining on wharf more than seven days to pay wharfage. 
 
 2. Repeal. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville, That if any tobacco hereafter dis- 
 charged at said wharf shall be permitted to remain on 
 said wharf for more than seven days, from the time of 
 its delivery, such tobacco shall be charged wharfage at 
 the rate of five cents per hogshead for each day or 
 fraction of a day such tobacco may remain upon said 
 wharf after the expiration of seven days from the time 
 of its delivery upon said wharf; and ,anv owner or 
 consignee of any tobacco placed upon said wharf, and 
 permitted to remain there for more than seven days, 
 and failing to pay wharfage on the same as fixed and 
 prescribed by this ordinance, shall forfeit and pay a^r 
 sum not less than five nor more than twenty dollars. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 Sec. 2. That the second section of an ordinance 
 passed March 24, 1865, entitled “ An ordinance to 
 amend an ordinance passed July 28, 1864, entitled 4 An 
 ordinance concerning the wharf of the city of Evans- 
 ville, and repealing former ordinances,’ ” be and the 
 same is hereby repealed. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to prohibit steamers from blowing or sounding their 
 whistles at the wharf or landing of the city of Evansville. 
 
 [Passed March 2, 1868.] 
 
 1. Unlawful for steamers to blow their whistles at the wharf. 
 
 2. Penalty. 
 
 3. To take effect. 
 
 ‘ Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That it shall hereafter be unlawful 
 for the master, owner, pilot or other officer or person 
 having the charge or command of any steamer coming 
 to or remaining at either of the wharves, or at any 
 point of the river bank or landing in front of said city, 
 to cause, permit, or allow the whistle of such steamer 
 r’to be blown or sounded at any time when such steamer 
 is moored or placed at either of said wharves, or at any 
 part of the river bank or landing in front of said city. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any persoiuor persons violating the provisions 
 of this ordinance shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay 
 any sum not less than ten dollars, nor more than twenty- 
 five dollars. 
 
 Sec. 3. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in 
 force from and after the ninth day of March, 1868. 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
 A SUPPLEMENT to an ordinance passed July 28, 1864, entitled “An Ordi- 
 nance concerning the Wharf of the city of Evansville, and repealing for- 
 mer ordinances.” 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 195 
 
 [Passed June 28, 1869.] 
 
 1. Unlawful to place any building on the wharf. 
 
 2. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That it shall hereafter be unlawful 
 for any person or persons to erect, build or place, or 
 cause to be erected, built or placed, any house, store- 
 house, shop, shed, or building on any wharf of said 
 city, or on the shore of the Ohio river, whether the 
 same be a public or private wharf, between Water 
 street and said river, or between Front street and said 
 river, in front of or adjoining. said city. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any person or persons violating the provi- 
 sions of this ordinance shall, on conviction, forfeit and 
 pay the sum of one hundred dollars, and shall also for- 
 feit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars for each 
 and every day during which any such person or per- 
 sons shall suffer or permit any such house, building or 
 structure (erected contrary to the provisions of this or- 
 dinance) to remain upon any such wharf or shore of 
 said river. 
 
 WILLIAM H. WALKER, Mayor.: 
 
 Attest : A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to private and public wharves, and the shore 
 of the Ohio river in front of the city of Evansville, declaring certain 
 things thereon erected or placed to be nuisances, and providing for the 
 establishment of a water line, as high water mark. 
 
 [Passed February 17, 1870.] 
 
 1. Any structure erected on the wharf declared a nuisance. 
 
 2. Penalty. 
 
 3. Surveyor to report the water line. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Coundil of the 
 City of Evansville , That any house, store-house, ware- 
 house, shop, shed, "or structure of any kind whatsoever, 
 or any part thereof, hereafter erected or placed on any 
 private or public wharf, or on any place for the landing 
 of boats or water crafts of any kind whatever, naviga- 
 ting or brought to said city, upon the waters of the 
 Ohio river, or on any part of the shore of said river, 
 
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 below the line of' high water mark, at any place within 
 the corporate limits of the city, of Evansville, is hereby 
 declared to be a nuisance. 
 
 Sec. 2. That any person or persons who shall erect or 
 place, or cause to be erected or placed, any house, 
 store-house, ware-house, shop, shed or other building or 
 structure of any kind whatsoever, or any part thereof, 
 below high water mark, at any point, upon any private 
 or public wharf or any part of the shore of the Ohio 
 river, within the corporate limits of the city of Evans- 
 ville, contrary to the provisions of this ordinance, shall, 
 on conviction, forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred 
 dollars for every such offense, and the further sum of 
 one hundred dollars for each day during which any 
 such house or structure shall be permitted to remain' 
 upon such wharf or river shore, below high water 
 mark, as aforesaid. 
 
 Sec. 8 ". That it shall he the duty of the City Sur- 
 veyor, as soon as practicable after the passage of this 
 ordinance, to survey and mark the line of high water 
 mark, upon and along the wharves and shore of said 
 Ohio river, in front of and within the corporate limits 
 of the city of Evansville, and return to the Common 
 Council of said city, a report of said survey, with a plat 
 or diagram of the same, showing at or opposite all 
 street intersections, the distance from the upper line of 
 Water street and the line of Front street to the line of 
 high water mark ; said line to be designated and known 
 as the Water Line of the city of Evansville. 
 
 WILLIAM H. WALKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDIDANCE to amend section 4 of an ordinance passed July 28, 1854, 
 entitled *• An Ordinance concerning the Wharf of the city of Evansville,” 
 and repealing former ordinances. 
 
 [Passed June 7, 1870.] 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. ' 197 
 
 City of Evansville , That the following shall be the rates 
 of wharfage which shall be charged on all boats of 
 every kind which may come to or use said Wharf, viz : 
 For landing, receiving, or discharging freight or pas- 
 sengers, and remaining at said Wharf any length of 
 time not exceeding twenty-four hours : 
 
 The Steamboats of less than 50 tons 
 
 burthen 
 
 
 
 
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 “ 50 to 75 
 
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 “ 75 to 100 
 
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 “ 100 to 150 
 
 44 
 
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 44 
 
 “ 150 to 200 
 
 44 
 
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 4 4 
 
 44 
 
 “ 200 to 250 
 
 4 4 
 
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 “ 250 to 300 
 
 44 
 
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 ** 300 to 350 
 
 44 
 
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 “ 350 to 400 
 
 44 
 
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 “ 400 to 500 
 
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 “ 500 to 600 
 
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 “ 600 to 700 " 
 
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 “ 700 to 800 
 
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 And for each additional twenty-four hours, or fractional 
 part thereof, one half of above charges. 
 
 Sec. 2. So much of section 4 of the ordinance passed 
 July 28, 1864, as is in conflict with this ordinance, is 
 
 hereby repealed. 
 
 WILLIAM H. WALKER, Mayor. 
 Attest: William Helder, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE amending section 11 of an ordinance entitled “ An Ordi- 
 nance concerning the wharves of the city of Evansville,” and repealing 
 former ordinances. 
 
 [Passed June 20, 1870.] 
 
 1. In relation to that portion of the Wharf set aside for coal boats, and the 
 
 wharfage of such boats. 
 
 2. Repealing ordinances in conflict with this. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That a certain portion of the City 
 Wharf be set aside, under the direction of the Wharf 
 Committee of the Council, for the use of, and laying up 
 of coal boats, and that the sum to be charged on same 
 for use of the Wharf as above, will be three ($3 00) dol- 
 lars per lineal foot per annum, when engaged by the 
 year, otherwise, one dollar and fifty cents ($1 50) for 
 each and every day occupied by said class of boats ; 
 and in case any coal dealer should fail to provide him- 
 
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 self with a space on the City Wharf as above, there 
 shall be collected from each and every coal boat landed 
 at the Wharf or on the outside of any steamboat or 
 wharf-boat, the sum of one dollar for every time landed. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any ordinance conflicting with this be and is 
 hereby repealed. 
 
 WILLIAM H. WALKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : William Helder, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to provide for lighting the City of Evansville with gas. 
 
 [Passed June 4, 1852.] 
 
 (Published and in force June 15, 1852 ) 
 
 1. Exclusive privilege granted to Jeffrey & Co. 
 
 Pipes not to interfere with grade or drainage . 
 
 2. Notice of intention to break ground to be given to Council. 
 
 {Streets not to be unnecessarily obstructed. 
 
 Grantees to repave and repair streets. 
 
 3T Quality and quantity of gas to be furnished. 
 
 4. City to pay half price for gas. ' 
 
 5. Lamps, posts, &c. , to be furnished at expense of city. 
 
 6. Quality and quantity of gas to be furnished for private use. 
 
 Maximum price thereof. 
 
 7. Gas how measured. 
 
 8. How city may extend gas pipes. 
 
 9. Conditions annexed to grant of privileges. 
 
 10. Gas works not to become a nuisance. 
 
 11. After thirty years, city may purchase gas works. 
 
 12. Ordinance when in force. 
 
 13. First section how to be construed . 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That from and after the passage of 
 this ordinance, there is and shall be granted and secured 
 to John Jeffrey & Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio, and asso- 
 ciates, their successors and assigns, the exclusive priv- 
 ilege of laying pipes for conducting gas under all the 
 streets, lanes, alleys and public grounds and thorough- 
 fares, which are now or may hereafter be in the city of 
 Evansville, for the period of fifty years from the first 
 day of June, A. D. 1852 : Provided , That the said pipes 
 shall be so laid as not to interfere with the drainage or 
 sewerage of said city, or with the grade or form of the 
 streets, alleys, lanes, public grounds or thoroughfares- 
 
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 aforesaid, as the same may be from time to time fixed, 
 ordered or established bv the said Common Council, or 
 other competent authority. 
 
 Sec. 2. That whenever the said John Jeffrey & Co., 
 and associates, their successors and assigns, shall desire 
 to open or break up the surface of any such street, lane, 
 alley, public ground or thoroughfare, for the purpose 
 of laying down gas pipes, they shall give notice thereof 
 to the Common Council aforesaid, three days previous 
 to the commencement of the work, and they shall not, 
 during the progress of the work, unnecessarily or un- 
 reasonably obstruct the passage of persons, or drays* 
 carts or other vehicles to or along any such street, lane, al- 
 ley or thoroughfare or public ground; and they shall pro- 
 ceed, with all reasonable diligence, to lay the said pipes 
 where the surface is so opened or broken up; and with- 
 in a reasonable time, not exceeding twenty days after 
 the pipes are laid, repave and repair the streets, lanes, 
 alleys, public grounds and thoroughfares opened or bro- 
 ken up as aforesaid, in such manner as shall be ap- 
 proved by said Common Council or other competent 
 authority. 
 
 Sec. 3. That the said John Jeffrey & Co., and asso- 
 ciates, their successors and assigns, shall from time to 
 time, and at all times, furnish to the city of Evansville, 
 for the public use and benefit, such quantities of gas of 
 the most approved quality for lighting cities, upon the 
 several streets, lanes, alleys and thoroughfares, in which 
 gas pipes shall be laid, and upon the public grounds and 
 in public buildings adjacent thereto, as may be from 
 time to time required by the Common Council afore- 
 said, or other competent authority. 
 
 Sec. 4. For the gas furnished and consumed for the 
 public benefit, as provided for in the last preceding sec- 
 tion, the city of Evansville will pay to the said John 
 Jeffrey & Co., and associates, their successors and as- 
 signs, one-half the price per cubic foot at which gas 
 
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 shall be furnished by them to citizens of Evansville for 
 private consumption, as hereinafter provided. 
 
 Sec. 5. All public lamps and lamp-posts, and fittings 
 and fixtures belonging thereto, will be provided and 
 erected at the expense of the city of Evansville, and 
 the necessary service pipes leading to and connecting 
 therewith, shall be supplied by and at the expense of 
 the said John Jeffrey & Go., and associates, their sue- 
 cessors and assigns. 
 
 Sec. 6 .' The said John Jeffrey & Co., and associates, 
 their successors and assigns, shall at all times supply 
 the inhabitants of the city of Evansville for private use, 
 in the most approved manner, with a sufficient quantity 
 of , gas of the most approved quality, at as low a price 
 per cubic foot of gas consumed as the same quality of 
 gas shall be furnished for the same purpose to the in- 
 habitants of any city or town in Ohio, Kentucky or In- 
 diana, of equal or greater population than the city of 
 Evansville, similarly situated: Provided, That the price 
 to be charged to the inhabitants of the city of Evans, 
 ville for gas so provided, shall in no case exceed three 
 dollars per thousand cubic feet of gas consumed : And 
 provided, also, That the said John Jeffrey & Co., and as- 
 sociates, their successors and assigns, shall not be re- 
 quired to provide gas as aforesaid for private consump- 
 tion to persons whose premises are not within a reason- 
 able distance of a supply pipe already laid, nor to any 
 person who will not pay for gas monthly in advance, if 
 required:, por shall they be required, after laying the 
 three miles of pipe hereinafter provided for, to extend 
 the supply pipe, unless the demand for gas to be sup- 
 plied thereby shall afford a reasonable prospect of fair 
 remuneration. 
 
 Sec. 7. The amount of gas consumed shall be ascer- 
 tained by metre measurement in the usual way. 
 
 Sec. 8. If the Common Council should at any time 
 wish to light with gas anv street, public building or 
 
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 other place not adjacent to or within a reasonable dis- 
 tance of any pipe at the time already laid, and where 
 the said John Jeffrey & Co., and associates, their suc- 
 cessors and assigns, would not be required to lay pipe 
 according to the true intent and meaning of this ordi- 
 nance, and the said John Jeffrey & Co., and associates, 
 their successors and assigns, should refuse to lay and 
 supply the necessary pipes for that purpose, then the 
 City Council shall have the privilege of extending the 
 gas-pipes and erecting such number of public gas-lamps 
 for the purpose aforesaid as they shall deem proper, and 
 the said public lamps shall be furnished with gas on the 
 same terms as .the other public gas-lamps of the city, 
 and the main gas-pipes laid down at the expense of the 
 city, shall not directly or indirectly be used for furnish- 
 ing gas except far public city uses, nor shall other gas- 
 pipes be laid down within the same portions of said 
 streets, lanes, alleys or other public grounds by said 
 John Jeffrey & Co., and associates, their successors 
 and assigns, until the whole amount expended by the 
 City Council in laying gas-pipes, be refunded to the City 
 Council, when the said pipes shall become the property 
 of said Jeffrey & Co., and associates, their successors 
 and assigns. 
 
 Sec. 9. That the privileges granted by this ordinance 
 to said Jeffrey & Co., and associates, their successors and 
 assigns, are upon this condition, that they shall, on or 
 before the first of January, 1854, have completed the 
 requisite apparatus for manufacturing gas, and shall 
 have laid in connection therewith three miles of main 
 pipe in the streets of Evansville, and shall further lay 
 from time to time additional main pipe each succeed- 
 ing year thereafter in all - the streets .and alleys, when- 
 ever the same shall be required- as above provided. 
 
 Sec. 10. ‘That the work and operations of said gas ’ 
 
 works shall be so constructed and arranged that there 
 
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 shall be occasioned no injury to the health or comfort 
 of the citizens of Evansville. 
 
 Sec. 11. That at any time after the expiration of 
 thirty years from the first day of June, 1852, the said 
 City Council shall have the right and privilege of pur- 
 chasing of the said Jeffrey & Co., and associates, their 
 successors and assigns, all the pipes, buildings and ap- 
 paratus constituting the gas works, at such prices as 
 may be ascertained and determined by five disinterested 
 persons, citizens of Kentucky, two of whom shall be 
 chosen by the City Council, and two by said Jeffrey & 
 Co., and associates, their successors and assigns, and 
 the fifth by the four so chosen. 
 
 Sec. 12. That this ordinance shall take effect and be 
 binding upon the city of Evansville so soon as the 
 said Jeffrey & Go. shall signify their assent thereto in 
 writing. 
 
 Sec. 13. The first section of this ordinance shall be so 
 construed that where gas pipes shall be laid in any part 
 of the city where the grade and sewerage of the city 
 shall have been established at the time, and so laid as 
 not to interfere with the grade, sewerage or drainage so 
 established, if the Council shall afterwards so change 
 the grade, sewerage or drainage as to thereby render 
 necessary any alteration of the pipes in position or oth- 
 erwise, the expense of making such change shall be 
 paid by the city of Evansville. 
 
 JAMES G. JOKES, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: John J. Chandler, Clerk. 
 
 We, John Jeffrey & Co., the firm named in the above 
 ordinance, do assent to the above ordinance, and agree 
 to erect gas works, lay pipes, and furnish gas as pro- 
 vided for in said ordinance, and upon the terms and 
 conditions therein specified. 
 
 Witness our hands the fifteenth day of June, A. D. 
 1852. JOHN JEFFREY & CO. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE for the protection of the public gas-lights within the city 
 
 of Evansville. 
 
 [Passed September 10 , 1853 .] 
 
 (Published and in force September 15, 1853.) 
 
 1. Penalty for injuring gas-lamps. 
 
 2. Penalty for violating rules of gas company. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That if any person shall intention- 
 ally or unnecessarily injure or destroy any of the pub- 
 lic gas-lamps, posts, or lanterns within said city, or any 
 portion of the gas-works of the Evansville Gas-Light 
 Company, or any portion of the fixtures thereunto be- 
 longing, situated within the corporate limits of said 
 city, the person or persons so offending shall, for every 
 such offense, forfeit and pay any sum not less than five 
 nor more than fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 2. If any person shall willfully open a communi- 
 cation into any gas-pipe of said company, situated 
 within the corporate limits aforesaid, or who shall, 
 within said city, let on gas in any building or lamp after 
 it has been stopped according to the printed rules of 
 said company, the person or persons so offending shall, 
 for every such offense, forfeit and pay any sum not less 
 than twenty-five nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 JOHN S. HOPKINS, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : Georoe H. Todd, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE supplemental to an ordinance passed June 4th, 1852, enti- 
 tled An Ordinance to provide for lighting the city of Evansville with 
 gas.” 
 
 [Passed August 1 , 1857 .] 
 
 (Published and in force August 14, 1857.) 
 
 1. Terms on which gas-pipes may be extended. 
 
 2. Gas company to place amount advanced to credit of city. 
 
 3. Monthly bills to be rendered to city by gas company. 
 
 4. When this ordinance to take effect. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That whenever the Common Council 
 of said city shall desire to extend the gas-pipes to or 
 
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 along any street, lane, alley, public grounds, or thor- 
 oughfare of said city, or to any point in such street, 
 lane, alley, public grounds, or thoroughfare, and shall 
 furnish and advance to the gas company mentioned and 
 designated in the original ordinance to which this is a 
 supplement, by the name of John Jeffrey & Co., or the 
 successors or assigns of said gas company, a sum of 
 money sufficient to defray the reasonable cost and ex- 
 pense of procuring such gas-pipes and laying them 
 down along the proposed line of extension, it shall be 
 the duty of said gas company, without any unnecessary 
 delay, to lay down gas or service pipe along such street, 
 lane, alley, public grounds, or thoroughfare, or to such 
 point therein as the Common Council may direct, the 
 city furnishing the means to procure and erect the pub- 
 lic lamps, lamp-posts, and fittings and fixtures, as pro- 
 vided for in said original ordinance, and the said gas 
 company shall furnish to the city, along such line or 
 extension, gas to be consumed for the public benefit, at 
 the same rate at which it is or may be furnished for 
 the like purpose in other parts of the city, and the 
 said gas company shall also furnish gas for private con- 
 sumption along such line of extension at the same rate 
 at which it is or may be furnished to private consumers 
 in other parts of the city. 
 
 Sec. 2. The city shall be credited on the books of 
 said gas company with the amount advanced for each 
 and every such new line of extension, and shall be 
 charged on said books with all the gas consumed on 
 such line, both by the city and by private consumers, 
 and whenever the amount thus consumed equals the 
 cost of procuring and laying down the service pipe 
 along any such new line, the pipe along such line shall 
 become the property of said gas company, in the same 
 manner and to the same extent as if it had originally 
 been purchased and laid down with the means of the 
 gas company; and until such pipe so becomes the prop- 
 
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 erty of the gas company, the city shall be entitled to 
 collect and receive from private consumers along such 
 line the price of all gas used by them, or the city may, 
 at its option, require said gas company to make the col- 
 lections from private consumers along such line, and 
 account to the city for the same : Provided , That any 
 advance made by the city under this ordinance shall not 
 bear interest, and shall not be payable otherwise than 
 in gas, as above provided, unless the gas cbmpany 
 should fail within a reasonable time after receiving the 
 advance to furnish gas along the proposed line of ex- 
 tension, according to the provisions of the first section 
 of this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 3. Until the service pipe on any new line con- 
 templated by this ordinance shall have become the 
 property of the gas company under the provisions of 
 the last section, the said company shall render to the 
 city monthly bills or accounts of the gas used on such 
 line, showing how much gas was used by the city, and 
 how much by each private consumer on such line during 
 the previous month. 
 
 Sec. 4. This ordinance shall not take effect or be 
 binding upon the city of Evansville until the said gas 
 company shall file with the City Clerk the assent of 
 said company thereto in writing ; and upon the filing 
 of said assent, this ordinance shall take effect and shall 
 be published by said Clerk. 
 
 JOHN HEWSON, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : Well. H. Walker, Clerk. 
 
 Evansville, August 13, 1857. 
 
 In the name of and for the Evansville Gas-Light 
 Company, I hereby accept the terms of the ordinance 
 set forth upon this page. 
 
 C. G. KEATS, 
 
 President Evansville Gas-Light Company. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE to provide for the extension of gas-lights within the city 
 
 of Evansville. 
 
 [Passed August 1, 1857.] 
 
 (Phblished and in force August 4, 1857 .) 
 
 1. Terms upon which parties interested may have gas extended. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That whenever any person or per- 
 sons interested in extending the gas to any point in the 
 city will advance to the city fifty (50) per cent, of the 
 amount necessary to procure and lay down the service 
 pipe to such point, or along the proposed line of exten- 
 sion, the city will thereupon, without any unnecessary 
 delay, cause such pipe to be laid down along such line, 
 and cause gas-posts to be erected along such line, and 
 will furnish to individual consumers along such line, 
 who may have made such advances, gas for private 
 consumption at the same rates at which it is or may be 
 furnished by the gas company to their private consum- 
 ers, until the amount furnished to each person making 
 any such advance shall be equal to the amount ad- 
 vanced by such person : Provided , how ever , That the city 
 shall not be liable for interest on any such advance, and 
 shall not be required to refund or repay the same other- 
 wise than in gas, as above in this section provided for. 
 
 Sec. 2. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 
 from and after its publication. 
 
 JOHN HEWSON, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: Well. H. Walker, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE supplemental to an ordinance to provide for the exten- 
 sion of gas-lights within the city of Evansville, passed August 1,1857, 
 
 [Passed February 28, 1870.] 
 
 (Published and in force March 11, 1870.) 
 
 1. Provision for extension of gas, when 50 per cent, is advanced. 
 
 2. When in force. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That whenever any person or per- 
 
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 sons, interested in extending the gas to any point in 
 the city, shall make it appear to the Common Council 
 of said city, that he or they have advanced or secured, 
 to the satisfaction of the Evansville Gas Company, 50 
 per cent, of the' amount necessary to procure and lay 
 down the service pipe to such point or along the pro- 
 posed line of extension, the city will, thereupon, and 
 without any unnecessary delay, furnish and advance the 
 residue of said cost or necessary amount, according to 
 the terms of a supplemental ordinance to an ordinance 
 to provide for lighting the city of Evansville with gas, 
 passed August 1, 1857, and accepted by said Evansville 
 Gas-Light Company, and cause such pipe to be laid 
 down along such line, and cause gas-posts to be erected 
 along such line, and thereupon the said Evansville Gas 
 Company shall furnish to individual consumers along 
 such line, who may have made such advances, gas for 
 private consumption at the same rates at which it is or 
 may be furnished to their private consumers, until the 
 amount furnished to each making any such advance, 
 shall be equal to the amount advanced by such person : 
 Provided , however , That said Gas Company shall not 
 be liable for interest on any such advance, and shall 
 only be required to repay the same in gas, as above 
 provided. 
 
 Sec. 2. That this ordinance shall be in force from 
 and after its publication. 
 
 WILLIAM H. WALKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE providing for the appointment of inspectors of flour, 
 
 whisky, &c. 
 
 [Passed November 19, 1850/j 
 
 (Published and in force November 28, 1850.) 
 
 1. Inspector of flour, domestic spirits, &c„ to be appointed. 
 
 Term aud oath of office. 
 
 2. Duty of inspector as to domestic spirits. 
 
 3. Duty of inspector as to flour, tobacco, &c. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the common council of the 
 City of Evansville , That there shall annually be appoint- 
 ed by the Common Council one or more inspectors of do- 
 mestic spirits, flour, tobacco, beef, pork, butter, and lard, 
 which said inspectors shall hold said office for one year, 
 and until their successors are appointed and qualified^ 
 and shall, before they enter upon the duties of said office, 
 take an oath faithfully and impartially to execute the 
 duties of said office, which oath shall be filed in the City 
 Clerk’s office. 
 
 Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of said inspector or 
 inspectors, immediately, when called upon for that pur- 
 pose, to gauge any and each barrel or cask of domestic 
 spirits, and examine the quality or proof thereof, and 
 mark on the barrel or cask the true quantity contained 
 therein, in wine gallons, and the quality or proof of such 
 spirits, together with the name of the inspector and place 
 of inspection. 
 
 Sec. 3. It shall also be the duty of said inspector or in- 
 spectors to inspect and mark flour, tobacco, beef, pork, 
 butter and lard, when put up in kegs, barrels, casks, or 
 hogsheads, whenever such inspection shall be called for 
 or necessary. 
 
 Sec. 4, That said inspector or inspectors shall provide 
 the most approved instruments for ascertaining the ca- 
 pacity of a barrel or other cask, and the quality or proof 
 of spirituous liquors, and for the marking of barrels or 
 casks. 
 
 Sec. 5. That said inspector or inspectors shall be en- 
 titled to receive and collect from persons employing them 
 as aforesaid, for gauging and inspecting a single barrel 
 
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 or cask, fifteen cents, and when the number of barrels or 
 casks in one lot exceeds one and is less than six, ten cents, 
 and when the number in one parcel exceeds six, five 
 cents for each barrel or cask. 
 
 JAMES G. JONES, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : John J. Chandler, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to nuisances created by stagnant water situated 
 on any lot or parcel of ground within the city of Evansville. 
 
 [Passed April 24 , 1858 .] 
 
 (Published and in force April 27, 1858.) 
 
 1. Lots upon which water stagnates declared nuisances. 
 
 Owner may be required to abate such nuisance. 
 
 2. Copy of order how issued and served, and return how made and filled. 
 
 3. When ordered to be published . 
 
 4. If owner of lot fails to comply, Marshal to execute order. 
 
 Statement of expense to be made by Marshal, and recorded by Clerk. 
 
 How to be collected. 
 
 5 and 6. Penalty, 
 
 7. Reports to be made by the Clerk. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville, That whenever any lot or parcel of 
 ground in said city is or shall be so situated that water 
 does or shall collect and remain stagnant thereon, such 
 lot, while so situated, shall be deemed and taken to be a 
 nuisance, and the Common Council may direct and re- 
 quire the owner or occupier of the premises to abate such 
 nuisance by draining or filling up such lot or parcel, of 
 ground, in such manner and within such reasonable time 
 as the said Council may order and direct. 
 
 Ssc. 2. It shall be the duty of the Clerk to issue to the 
 Marshal duplicate certified copies of any order made in 
 pursuance of the last section, and the Marshal shall forth- 
 with, or as soon as practicable, deliver one of said copies 
 to the owner or occupier of the premises mentioned in 
 said order, or to the agent of such owner or occupier, and 
 said Marshal shall return the other copy of said order to 
 the Clerk, stating in his return the time and manner of 
 service and on whom served, and the Clerk shall file and 
 preserve said copy and return. 
 
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 Sec. 3. If the said copy shall be returned “Not found” 
 by the Marshal, the Clerk shall forthwith publish a copy 
 of said order in some newspaper printed and published 
 in the city of Evansville. 
 
 Sec. 4. If, after service or publication of a copy of said 
 order as aforesaid, the owner or occupier of such lot or 
 parcel of ground shall neglect or fail to drain or fill up 
 the same within the time and in the manner required by 
 said order, it shall be the duty of the Marshal, immedi- 
 ately upon the expiration of the time mentioned in such 
 order, to proceed to drain or fill up such lot or parcel of 
 ground according to the requirements of such order, and 
 the Marshal shall, within ten days from and after the 
 time when said draining or filling up shall be completed, 
 make a statement in writing detailing the expenses of 
 said draining or filling up, which statement shall be veri- 
 fied by the affidavit of said Marshal, and shall be by him 
 filed with the Clerk, and the Clerk shall record said state- 
 ment in a book to be kept for that purpose: the amount 
 charged in said statement shall be a debt against the 
 owner or occupier of said lot or parcel of ground, and 
 shall be a lien on such lot or parcel of ground; and the 
 said debt may be collected by action against the owner or 
 occupier of the lot or parcel of ground, or said lien may 
 be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction. 
 
 Sec. 5, If any owner of any lot or parcel of ground 
 who shall have been personally served with a copy of 
 any order made in pursuance of this ordinance shall fail 
 or neglect to comply with said order within the time which 
 may be specified in such order, such owner shall for such 
 offense forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding ten dollars 
 nor less than one dollar. 
 
 Sec* 6. If the Clerk or Marshal shall neglect or fail to 
 perform any duty required of him by this ordinance, such 
 Clerk or Marshal shall for such offence forfeit and pay not 
 less than five nor more than fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 7* The Clerk shall, at the first meeting of the 
 
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 Council in the months of July, October, and January of 
 each year, report to the Council in writing a statement of 
 all sums which may remain due and unpaid for filling up 
 or draining any and all lots or parcels of ground under 
 this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 8. This ordinance shall be in force from and after 
 its publication. JOHN HEWSON, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: A. Lemcke, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE supplemental to an ordinance passed April 24, 1858, enti- 
 tled “ An Ordinance in relation to nuisances created by stagnant water 
 situated on any l*t or parcel of ground within the city of Evansville.” 
 
 [Passed May 8, 1858.] 
 
 (Published and in Ibrce May 13, 1858.) 
 
 1. Precept to be issued, and Marshal charged therewith. 
 
 2. If owner refuses to pay, precept to be returned and suit commenced. 
 
 ' Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That whenever any lot or parcel of 
 ground shall have been filled up or drained by the 
 Marshal, and a statement of the expense thereof shall 
 have been filed as required by the third section of the 
 said ordinance of April 24, 1858, it shall be the duty of 
 the Clerk forthwith to issue a precept to the Marshal, 
 returnable within twenty days from the date thereof, 
 requiring the Marshal to collect the amount chargeable 
 against such lot or parcel of ground, including costs, 
 from the owner or occupier of such lot, and the Clerk 
 shall, upon the issuing of such preeept, charge the 
 Marshal with the amount thereof ; and when the Mar- 
 shal collects the money, he shall pay it to the Treasurer, 
 and file the Treasurer’s receipt with the Clerk, who 
 shall thereupon credit the Marshal and charge the 
 Treasurer with the amount of such receipt; all of 
 which shall be done within twenty days from the date 
 of the precept. 
 
 Sec. 2. If the owner or occupier, or his agent, shall 
 refuse to pay the Marshal the amount of such precept^ 
 
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 including costs, the Marshal shall forthwith return the 
 precept to the Clerk, setting forth in his return the 
 grounds of such refusal, and thereupon the Clerk shall 
 credit the Marshal with the amount of the precept, and 
 place the claim in the hands of the City Attorney for 
 collection by suit. 
 
 JOHN HEWSOST, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: A. Lemcke, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to nuisances. 
 
 [Passed July 20, 1850.] 
 
 (Published and in force July 23, 1850.) 
 
 1. Slaughter-houses, soap- factories, &c., must not be established within the 
 
 city except by permission of the Council. 
 
 2. Such permission may afterwards be revoked. 
 
 3. Penalty. 
 
 4. Duty of Marshal. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That hereafter it shall not be lawful 
 for any person or persons to keep a slaughter-house, or 
 keep or use for the purpose of soap-boiling, or slaught- 
 ering any animal or animals of any kind, usually sold 
 in the market-house for food, any house, shed, or pen, 
 or any other place within the corporate limits of the 
 city of Evansville, or within one half mile thereof, 
 without permission from the Common Council of said 
 city so to do. 
 
 Sec. 2. When a license or permit shall be granted as 
 contemplated by the first section of this ordinance, the 
 Common Council shall have the right and full power at 
 any time to revoke the same, and thenceforth it shall be 
 unlawful to use any such house, shed, or pen for the 
 purpose of slaughtering or soap-boiling. 
 
 Sec. 3. Every person who shall violate any provision 
 of this ordinance shall forfeit and pay any sum not less 
 than one dollar nor more than five dollars for ever such 
 offense, together with the costs of suit. 
 
 Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Marshal to take 
 
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 notice of the existence of every nuisance, and cause the 
 same to be abated. 
 
 JAMES. G. JONES, Mayor. 
 Attest: John J. Chandler, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to amend an ordinance passed April 17, 1817, entitled “An 
 ordinance declaring what are nuisances in the city of Evansville, and au- 
 thorizing the removal thereof.” 
 
 [Passed December 13 , 1853 .] 
 
 (Published and in force December 15, 1853.) 
 
 1. Trees on certain streets and sidewalks declared nuisances. 
 
 May be removed by the Marshal. Proviso. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That all trees situated or growing 
 upon any sidewalk or street in any business part of the 
 city of Evansville, and all trees situated or growing upon 
 any street or sidewalk of said city, so as to obstruct 
 such street or sidewalk, be and the same are hereby de- 
 clared to be nuisances, and any such nuisances may be 
 abated or removed by the Marshal : Provided , however, 
 that the Marshal shall not cut down or remove any tree 
 under or by virtue of this ordinance, until directed so 
 to do by an order of the Common Council, nor until the 
 owner or occupier of the premises shall have received 
 ten days previous notice to remove such tree. 
 
 JOHN S. HOPKINS, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : Geo. H. Todd, Clerk. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE declaring certain things to be nuisances, and authorizing, 
 the abatement thereof, and repealing certain ordinances.* 
 
 [Passed May 16, 1859.] 
 
 (Published and in force June 2, 1859.) 
 
 1. N uisances defined, 
 
 2. Definition continued. 
 
 3. Duty of owner or occupant of premises on which nuisances may be 
 
 found. (Dead animals.) 
 
 Duty of Marshal. Expense of abating nuisances, how collected. 
 
 Penalty for failure to remove certain nuisances, on notice. 
 
 On repetition of nuisance, no notice required ; penalty. 
 
 4. Penalty for causing nuisance in streets, &c. 
 
 5. Certain establishments not to be erected without permit from Council. 
 
 6. Proceedings to abate; penalty. 
 
 7. Marshal may examine premises. 
 
 8. Repeal 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That all nuisances at common' law 
 shall be deemed and taken for nuisances in the city of 
 Evansville, and that standing ponds of water, dead car- 
 casses, putrid flesh, fish, hides or skins, standing slop 
 and water, or slop and water flowing or running from 
 kitchens, wash-houses, out-houses, and all other houses, 
 every dam or other obstruction in any ditch, gutter, 
 water-course, or sewer, every slaughter-house, soap^ 
 factory, distillery, tallow or candle factory, pork-house, 
 or privy, built, used, or occupied without a strict ob- 
 servance of the ordinance or ordinances of the citv re- 
 specting the same, also slop water, vegetable or other 
 unwholesome or offensive matter or substance what- 
 ever, turned into or placed or exposed in any street, 
 alley, sidewalk, or other place within the city, every 
 hog, sow, or pig, and every hog, sow, or pig pen which 
 may in any way annoy any of the citizens of said city, 
 are hereby declared to be nuisances. 
 
 Sec. 2. All manure or other unwholesome or offensive 
 matter or substance whatever, and all obstructions of 
 whatever kind deposited or placed on any street or alley, 
 or on the public wharf of the city of Evansville, or placed 
 upon the bank of, or thrown over the bank of, the Ohio 
 
 *See, also, ordinance passed February 17, 1870, in relation to steamers at the* 
 wharf. Ante, 
 
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 River within the limits of the city, or within one mile 
 above said limits, or deposited or placed on any of the 
 public grounds of the city, or in any market-house or 
 market-place within said city, or in the canal within the 
 limits of the city, or within one mile above the limits of 
 said city, are hereby declared to be nuisances. 
 
 Sec. 3. In all cases where a nuisance is found upon any 
 person’s premises, or premises occupied by him or her 
 within the limits of the city, or within one mile in any 
 direction beyond the limits of the city, or when it may be 
 ascertained that any person or persons have deposited or 
 caused any such nuisance as defined in the first section of 
 this ordinance, such person or persons shall forthwith re- 
 move the same : Provided , That the owner of any dead 
 animal shall remove the same whether it shall be found 
 on or about his own premises or anywhere else within said 
 city, or within one mile thereof. And if any such person 
 or persons shall neglect or refuse to remove the same 
 within ten hours after a written notice from the Marshal 
 of the city or his deputy so to do, served upon or left at 
 the place of abode or business of such person, the Mar- 
 shal shall cause the same to be removed in such man- 
 ner as will most speedily and effectually accomplish the 
 abatement of such nuisance, and immediatelly cause suit 
 to be commenced in the name of the city of Evansville 
 for the expenses of such removal against the person or 
 persons upon whose premises such nuisance may be found, 
 or against the owner of any such dead animal, or against 
 the person or persons who may have deposited or caused 
 such nuisance (as the case may be) ; and any person or 
 persons upon whose premises any such nuisance may be 
 found, or who shall as aforesaid deposit or cause any 
 such nuisance, or own any such dead animal, and who 
 shall fail, neglect, or refuse to remove the same after notice 
 so to do given by the Marshal or his deputy as aforesaid, 
 shall for each and every hour he shall so fail, neglect, or 
 refuse, forfeit and pay any sum not less than one dollar 
 nor more than fifty dollars : Provided , That the provisions 
 
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 of this section shall not apply to the removal of any dead 
 animal from any unoccupied lot when the owner of such 
 dead animal cannot be ascertained ; And provided, That 
 upon the repetition of a nuisance at any time which may 
 have been previously abated in compliance with or after 
 notice served by the City Marshal or his deputy, as pro- 
 vided for in this section, no new notice to remove the 
 same shall be required, but the Marshal or his deputy 
 shall proceed forthwith to remove the game, and cause 
 suit to be brought against the person or persons on whose 
 premises such nuisance may be found, or who may have 
 deposited or caused the same, and upon proof of such pre- 
 vious notice and abatement and of the repetition of such 
 nuisance, such person or persons shall forfeit and pay, in 
 addition to the expense of the removal of such nuisance, 
 any sum not less than one dollar nor more than fifty dol- 
 lars. 
 
 Sec. 4. Any person or persons causing any nuisance by 
 depositing or placing any manure or any other unwhole- 
 some or offensive matter or substance whatever, or any 
 obstructions of any kind, on any street or alley, wharf, 
 river bank, public grounds, market-house, market-place, 
 or canal, as defined in the second section of this ordi- 
 nance, shall forfeit and pay any sum not less than two 
 dollars nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 5. Hereafter there shall not be erected or i^ed any 
 slaughter-house, soap-factory, tallow-chandler, or distil- 
 lery within the limits of the city of Evansville (except 
 those already in use), without first applying to the Com- 
 mon Council for privilege to erect and use such house, 
 and complying with any order or ordinance that said 
 Council may pass or adopt relative thereto ; and if any 
 such house or factory shall be erected contrary to the pro- 
 visions of this section, such house or factory shall be 
 deemed a nuisance, and the person or persons erecting 
 the same shall forfeit and pay any sum not less than five 
 dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and ten dollars- 
 
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 in addition thereto for every day such nuisance shall be 
 continued* 
 
 Sec. 6. Slaughter-houses, soap-factories, tallow-chand- 
 leries, distilleries, and other buildings, as well as those 
 now erected and in use as those which may hereafter be 
 erected and used, in which any business is or shall be 
 so carried on as to injure the health, comfort, or conven- 
 ience of any portion of the inhabitants of the city, may 
 be abated by order of the Common Council ; but before 
 such abatement shall take place, the Common Council 
 shall summon the owner or occupier thereof to appear 
 before the Council at a particular time and place, at which 
 time and place the Council shall investigate the matter 
 and hear testimony relative thereto ; and if the Council 
 shall be of the opinion that the business carried on in 
 such building is injurious to the health, comfort, or con- 
 venience of any portion of the inhabitants of the city, it 
 may declare the same a nuisance, and require the owner 
 or occupier of such building to remove the same beyond 
 the limits of the city, or to discontinue the business car- 
 ried on in said building, and which shall have been com- 
 plained of, within a specified time ; and if such owner or 
 occupier shall refuse or neglect to obey the order of the 
 Council relative thereto, after a copy thereof shall have 
 been served upon him, her, or them by the Marshal, such 
 owner or occupier, for each day he shall so neglect or re- 
 fuse, shall forfeit and pay any sum not less than one dol- 
 lar nor more than fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 7. It shall be lawful for the Marshal or his dep- 
 uty, at any time between the hours of eight o’clock a. 
 m. and four o’clock p. m., to enter into any cellar, soap- 
 factory, or othe place where nuisances are likely to be 
 engendered, or where he may have been informed that 
 any nuisance exists (first making application to the 
 owner or occupier thereof, if to be found), and examine 
 the same ; and it shall be the duty of the Marshal, by 
 himself or deputy, to enter into any soap-factory, 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 slaughter-house, tallow-chandlery, distillery, or other 
 place, whenever complaint is made concerning g,ny such 
 place, and examine the same,, and make report of- the ’ 
 condition thereof to the Common Council at its next 
 regular meeting. * . , ' 
 
 Sec. 8. An ordinance entitled “An Ordinance de- . 
 
 daring what are nuisances in fhe city of Evansville, and 
 
 authorizing the removal thereof,” passed April 17th, 
 
 1847, and an ordinance entitled “An Ordinance to amend 
 
 an ordinance entitled ‘An Ordinance declaring what 
 
 are nuisances in tile city of Evansville, and authorizing 
 
 the removal thereof,’” passed June 9th, 1849,' and an 
 
 ordinance entitled “An Ordinance in relation to nui- 
 
 ^ * 0 
 sances,” published and in force July 23d, 1850, are 
 
 hereby repealed: Provided , however , That nothing here" 
 in contained shall prohibit the city of Evansville from 
 punishing any infraction of any ordinance hereby re- 
 pealed which 4 may have occurred prioi; to the passage 
 of this ordinance,- but for the purpose of punishing all . 
 such infractions said ordinances shall remain in force as* 
 if this ordinance had not been passed. . 
 
 Sec. 9. .Nothing contained in this ordinance shall be . 
 construed as a repeal of any other ordinance not in-eon- * 
 sistent therewith, except the three ordinances repealed »■ 
 in express terms by the last section. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. f 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 A SUPPLEMENT to an ordinance passed May 16, 1859, entitled “An Ordi- 
 nance declaring certain things to-be nuisances, and authorizing the abate- 
 ment thereof, and repealing certain ordinances. ” 
 
 [Passed February*26, 1864.] 
 
 » (Published and in force March 4, 1864.) 
 
 . *• 
 
 1. Uncovered cisterns, pits, &c v declared nuisances. 
 
 2. Duty of the Marshal in relation to such nuisances. 
 
 8. Penalty. , 
 
 ’V* 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That all open or uncovered cisterns, 
 cellars, wells, pits, or vaults situate in any open or un- 
 fenced lot or place within the city of Evansville, are 
 hereby declared to'be nuisances. 
 
 Sec. 2. In all 'cases where any such nuisance may he 
 found upon any premises, it shall be the duty* of the 
 Marshal to serve written notice upon the owner or oc- 
 cupant of such^premisesf requiring such owner or occu- 
 pant to abate such nuisance within twenty-four hours 
 of the time of service of such ’notice, qither by filling 
 up such nuisance or by fencing or covering the same in 
 a permanent* and substantial manner; and if the owner 
 or * occupant of such premises cannot be found, said 
 notice shall be posted upon said premises; and if the 
 owner* or occupant of such premises shall refuse or 
 neglect to abate such nuisance within twenty-four 
 hours after such notice shall have been served or posted, 
 the. Marshal shall cause the same to be abated, and shall 
 ’immediately thereafter cause a suit to be commenced 
 in the Dame of the city of Evansville against the owner 
 or occupant of such premises for the recovery of the 
 amount of the cost and expenses of the abatement of- 
 such nuisance, and for the recovery of the fine pre- 
 scribed by this ordinance. , ' - 
 
 Sec. 3. Any person or persons owning o.r occupying 
 any'open or unfenced lot of ground or premises within 
 said ci*ty having thereon any open or uncovered cistern, 
 
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 cellar, well, pit, or vault, shall forfeit and pay any sum 
 not less than ten nor more than one hundred dollars. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : A. Pfafflin, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to nuisances, and defining certain offenses. 
 
 [Passed November 20, 1865.] 
 
 (Published and in force November 24, 1865.) 
 
 1, 2 and 3. Nuisances defined. 
 
 4. Manure, how to be secured and disposed of. 
 
 5. Slop-water, how to be disposed of 
 
 6. Wagons and other vehicles not to be left on streets. 
 
 7. Fire-wood must not remain on street more than forty-eight hours. 
 
 8. Stone-coal must not remain on street more than twenty-four hours. 
 
 9. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That slop-water, wash-water, waste 
 water, or filth or garbage of auy kind whatever, which 
 may he caused or permitted to flow from any house or 
 premises into or upon any street, alley, or gutter of the 
 city of Evansville, and all slop-water, wash-water, 
 waste water, or filth, offal, or garbage of any kind 
 whatever, which may be thrown or placed in or upon 
 any street, alley or gutter of said city, are hereby de- 
 clared to be nuisances. 
 
 Sec. 2. All manure, ashes, cinders, and rubbish of 
 any kind whatever, which may be thrown or placed 
 upon any street or alley or in any gutter of said city, 
 or which may be so deposited as to fall into or upon 
 any street, alley, or gutter of said city, are hereby de- 
 clared to be nuisances. 
 
 Sec. 3, All lumber, timber, logs, or blocks, and all 
 other obstructions of every kind whatever, placed upon 
 any street, alley, gutter, or sidewalk of said city, are 
 hereby declared to be nuisances. 
 
 Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons 
 hereafter to place -or cause to be placed any manure in 
 
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 or upon any open area or space adjoining or near any 
 street or alley, without confining such manure in such 
 manner as to prevent the same from falling into or upon, 
 or being scattered or spread over or upon, such street 
 or alley; and all persons keeping or harboring any 
 horse, mule, cow, hog, or cattle of any kind whatever, 
 shall be, and hereby are, repaired to cause all manure 
 which may accumulate from such horse, mule, &c., to 
 be kept securely in close bounds, in such manner as will 
 prevent it from being dragged or scattered from such 
 place of deposit into or upon any street, alley or gutter 
 of said city. 
 
 Sec. 5. All persons having slop-water, wash-water, 
 waste water, or other filth or garbage accumulating 
 upon their premises, shall be, and hereby are, required 
 to dispose of the same either in proper sinks to be con- 
 structed upon their own premises, or by causing all such 
 slop-water, &c., to be kept in casks or other vessels, and 
 deposited in some suitable place outside the corporate 
 limits of the city. 
 
 Sec. 6 . It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person 
 or persons to permit any wagon, dray, or other vehicle, 
 when not in use, to be placed or remain upon any street 
 or alley of said city. • • 
 
 Sec. 7. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person 
 or persons to place or deposit, or to allow to be placed 
 or deposited, any fire-wood upon any street, alley, or 
 sidewalk of said city, and permit the same to remain 
 upon such street, sidewalk, or alley more than forty- 
 eight hours from the time of its deposit. 
 
 Sec. 8. It shall hereafter be unlawful for any person 
 or persons to place or deposit, or allow to be placed or 
 deposited, any stone-coal upon any street, alley, or side- 
 walk of said city, and permit the same to remain upon 
 such street, alley, or sidewalk more than twenty-four 
 hours from the time of its deposit. 
 
 Sec. 9. Any person or persons causing any nuisance, 
 
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 as defined by this ordinance, or violating any of the 
 provisions of this ordinance, shall, upon conviction, 
 forfeit and pay not less than five nor more than one 
 hundred dollars. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 Attest : A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
 A SUPPLEMENT to an ordinance passed May 16th, 1859, entitled “An Or- 
 dinance declaring certain things to be nuisances, and authorizing the abate- 
 ment thereof, and repealing certain ordinances.” 
 
 [Passed January 20, 1868.] 
 
 1. Houses of ill-fame, &c., the inmates; gambling houses, Ac., declared nui- 
 
 sances. 
 
 2. Penalty for keeping. 
 
 3. Unlawful to visit said places ; penalty. 
 
 4. Police may enter such places at any time, &c. 
 
 5. Marshal or Chief of Police may summon assistants, &c. 
 
 6. Unlawful for police to be found in said houses, except on duty ; penalty. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That all houses of ill-fame, houses of 
 assignation, houses of prostitution, or whoredom, and 
 all whores and prostitutes, and keepers, or proprietors 
 of houses of ill-fame, or houses of assignation, pros- 
 titution, or whoredom, and all persons visiting any such 
 house or houses for the purpose of prostitution or whore- 
 dom, and all gambling houses, keno tables, faro banks, 
 and all other gaming or gambling tables, or apparatus of 
 any kind whatever, are hereby declared to be nuisances. 
 
 Sec. 2. That any person or persons, being the owner, 
 keeper, proprietor, or superintendent of any such nui- 
 sances, as defined by the first section of this ordinance, 
 shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay any sum not less 
 than fifty dollars, nor more than five hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons 
 to occupy, visit, or use any gambling table, or apparatus 
 for the purpose of gaming or gambling, or to occupy or 
 visit any house of ill-fame, or house of prostitution or 
 
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 whoredom, for the purpose of prostitution or whoredom, 
 and any person or persons violating any provisions of 
 this section, shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay any sum 
 not less than ten dollars, nor more than one hundred 
 dollars. 
 
 Sec* 4. For the purpose of suppressing gaming and 
 gambling houses, and houses of ill-fame, it' shall be law- 
 ful for any police officer of the city of Evansville, either 
 with or without process, to enter at any time, any gaming 
 or gambling house, or house of ill-fame, within the limits 
 of the city, or within one mile thereof, and arrest the 
 occupants thereof ; and all persons found therein who 
 shall have visited the place for the purpose of gaming or 
 gambling, or for the purpose of prostitution or whoredom, 
 and any person found in a gaming or gambling house, 
 shall be presumed to be there for 'the purpose of gaming 
 or gambling : and every person found in a house of ill- 
 fame, house of assignation, or house of prostitution, shall 
 be presumed to be there for the purpose of prostitution or 
 whoredom. 
 
 Sec* 5.. For the purpose of further suppressing gaming 
 and gambling houses, it shall be lawful for the City 
 Marshal, or any Chief of Police, to summon to his aid 
 suitable and necessary assistance, and to seize all keno 
 tables, keno boxes, faro banks, gaming or gambling 
 .tables, or gaming or gambling apparatus of any kind 
 whatever, and secure the same, so that they cannot be 
 used for gaming or gambling purposes ; and, if resisted 
 in the discharge of his duty, under this section, such offi- 
 cer or officers may destroy all such implements or ap- 
 paratus,. 
 
 Sec. 6* It shall be unlawful for any police officer to be 
 found in any gaming or gambling house, or house of ill- 
 fame, or house of assignation, prostitution or whoredom, 
 except in discharge of his duty as such police officer, for 
 the purpose of making arrests, or quelling riots, or dis- 
 turbances of the peace, or preventing violation of city 
 ordinances; and any person or persons violating any of 
 
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 the provisions of this section shall, on conviction, forfeit 
 and pay not less than ten dollars, nor more than one hun- 
 dred dollars. 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER, Mayor. 
 Attest : A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to provide for the removal and burial of dead animals. 
 
 [Passed December 23, 1865.] 
 
 [Published and in force December 29, 1865.] 
 
 1. Contract to be made annually for removal of dead animals. 
 
 2. Notice of Dead animals to be left at Clerk’s office. 
 
 3. Owner of dead animal may remove within ten hours. 
 
 4. Duty of the party contracting to remove dead animals. 
 
 5. No person to remove dead animal except the owner or party having the 
 
 contract. 
 
 6. When owner prohibited from removing dead animal. 
 
 7. Police to give notice of dead animal. 
 
 8. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville, That it shall be the duty of the 
 Council, in the month of January of each year, to con- 
 tract with some responsible person or persons, at a 
 reasonable compensation, for the removal from the city 
 of all dead animals found within the city ; and the per- 
 son or persons so contracted with shall have the right 
 to convert to his or their own use the hides, tallow, 
 horns, and bones of such dead animals. The contract 
 shall be made with such responsible party as will pay 
 the highest bonus for the same, if any bonus can be ob- 
 tained : Provided, That such contractor shall not be 
 allowed to maintain any glue or soap factory within 
 one mile of the limits of the city. 
 
 Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of every person desiring 
 the removal of any such dead animal, or having knowl- 
 edge of any dead animal lying in any vacant lot, street, 
 or alley of the city, to give immediate notice thereof in 
 writing at the Clerk’s office, stating where such dead 
 animal may be found, and the kind thereof. 
 
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 Sec. 3. Nothing in this ordinance shall be held or con- 
 strued to prevent the owner of any such dead animal 
 from removing the same from within the city limits, if 
 done within ten hours (not including the night-time) 
 from the time of the death of such animal. 
 
 Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the party so contracted 
 with to call at the office of the City Clerk at least twice 
 every day (Sundays excepted) to receive notice of the 
 whereabouts of any such dead animals, and to remove 
 the same within ten hours next after receiving such no- 
 tice; and for any failure to comply with the provisions 
 of this section, such party shall, on conviction, forfeit 
 and pay any sum not exceeding ten dollars. 
 
 Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons 
 other than the one contracted with, except the owner of 
 such animal, to remove any dead animal or appropriate 
 the same, or any part thereof, to his own use ; and any 
 person or persons violating the provisions of this sec- 
 tion shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay any sum not 
 
 ss than ten nor more than fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 6. Any person, being the owner of any animal 
 dying within the city, who shall cause notice to be 
 
 given at the Clerk’s office as aforesaid, shall not appro- 
 priate any part of said dead animal to his or her own 
 use ; and for a violation of the provisions of this sec- 
 tion, the offender shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay 
 any sum not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the city police to give 
 notice of the existence of any dead animals within the 
 city as soon as the same shall come to their knowledge. 
 
 Sec. 8. Any person violating any of the provisions of 
 this ordinance, or neglecting to perform any of the 
 duties required, to which there is not a specific penalty 
 attached, shall, on conviction, be fined in any sum not 
 exceeding twenty dollars. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 AN ORDINANCE defining offences, and prescribing punishment therefor. 
 
 [Passed September 13 , 1859 ,] 
 
 [Published and in force September 16, 1859.] 
 
 1. Drunkenness. 
 
 2. Common prostitutes, 
 
 3. Indecent conduct or language. 
 
 4. Harboring prostitutes. 
 
 5. Carousals, &c. 
 
 6. Indecent exposure of person. 
 
 7. Indecent words or gestures. 
 
 8. Noise, disorder, &c. 
 
 9. Cruel treatment of animals. 
 
 10 Malicious injury or destruction of property. 
 
 11. Resisting city officers. 
 
 12. Obscene books, pictures, &c. 
 
 13. Playing quoits, &c., on Sunday. 
 
 14. Exhibiting goods on sidewalk on Sunday. 
 
 15. Processions and parades on Sunday. 
 
 16. Bands performing on Sunday. 
 
 17. Theatres, &c., on Sunday. 
 
 18. Dances, carousals, &c., on Sunday. 
 
 19. Assault, and assault and battery. 
 
 20. Immoderate riding, driving, &c. 
 
 21. Assignation houses, gambling houses, &c. 
 
 22. Tallow-chandleries, soap-factories, &c. 
 
 23. Gunpowder. 
 
 24. Lighted candle, lamp, cigar, &c., in barnes or stables. 
 
 25. Animals hitched to vehicles in the street. 
 
 26. Drays and carts to have lock-chain. 
 
 27. Buildings projecting into streets, alleys, &c. 
 
 28. Obstructing streets, sidewalks, alleys, &c. 
 
 29. Injuring or defacing buildings, grounds, &c. 
 
 Riding or driving over sidewalks. 
 
 Injury to streets, alleys, wharves, &c. 
 
 30 Bathing in river or canal in daytime. 
 
 31. Rolling hoops, flying kites, &c. 
 
 32. Discharging fire-arms, squibs, &c. 
 
 33 Throwing stones, &c. , at houses. 
 
 34. Injury to cisterns. 
 
 35. Throwing dead animals into river or canal. 
 
 36. False alarm of fire. 
 
 37. Injury to houses, trees, &c. 
 
 38. Ashes kept in barrels, boxes, &c. 
 
 39. Removing earth from public ground. 
 
 40. Destroying advertisements, notices, <fcc. 
 
 41. Horses, &c., how to be hitched. 
 
 42. Ditches or drains. 
 
 . 43. Stopping vehicles over or across foot-ways. « 
 
 44. Vagrants, common prostitutes, and street beggars. 
 
 45. Possessing burglars’ or counterfeiters’ tools, &c. 
 
 46. Attempt to commit a felony. 
 
 47. Neglect to procure license. 
 
 48. Disturbing religious worship. 
 
 49 and 50. Penalty. 
 
 51. Repeal. 
 
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 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That it shall be unlawful for any per- 
 son to be found drunk in any street, alley, or public place 
 within the city. 
 
 Sec. 2. It shall be unlawful for two or more common 
 prostitutes to walk together, or be in company, on any 
 sidewalk, street, alley or other public thoroughfare during 
 the night season, or for any person, during either the night 
 or day, to stop on any street, sidewalk, alley, or other pub- 
 lic thoroughfare and hold familiar conversation with any 
 common prostitute, knowing her. to be such. 
 
 Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to commit 
 or perpetrate any indecent, immodest, lewd, or filthy act 
 in the presence or view of any other person, or in such a 
 situation that a person passing or repassing might ordi- 
 narily see the same, or to utter or speak any bawdy, lewd, 
 or filthy words or discouse within the hearing of any other 
 person. 
 
 Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful for any person to harbor or 
 keep about his or their premises any strumpet or whore, 
 and permit her to follow a lewd course of life. 
 
 Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful to get up dances or carous- 
 als for idle and dissolute persons, or to attend or frequent 
 the same. 
 
 Sec. 6. It shall be unlawful for any person to make any 
 i ndecent or immoral exhibition or exposure of his or her 
 person, or to cause or procure any person or persons to 
 do the same in the presence or view of any other person 
 or persons. 
 
 Sec. 7. It shall be unlawful for any person to address 
 any wanton, obscene, or lewd language or words to an- 
 other, or exhibit any wanton, lewd, or obscene gestures 
 or conduct. 
 
 Sec. 8. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons 
 to make any noise, disorder, or tumult, to the disturbance 
 of the peace of the city, or to the annoyance of any of 
 its inhabitants, or to permit such noise, disorder, or tumult 
 to be made in or about his, her, or their house or prem- 
 
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 ises ; and for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of 
 this section, it shall be lawful for xhe Marshal or his dep- 
 uties to enter any house, out-house, garden, or any place 
 of amusement, to arrest any person violating the same. 
 
 Sec. 9. It shall be unlawful to beat, injure, or treat any 
 animal whatever in an immoderate, cruel, or unnecessary 
 manner. 
 
 Sec. 10. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons 
 maliciously or intentionally to injure, deface, mutilate, or 
 destroy any public property of the city, or any house, 
 building, tree, plant, shrub, fence, railing, fixture, or other 
 structure, or any goods and chattels the property of any 
 other person or persons. 
 
 Sec. 11. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons 
 to resist or molest any city officer in the execution or per- 
 formance of his duty. 
 
 Sec. 12. It shall be unlawful for any person to print, 
 engrave, make, sell, or offer for sale, or exhibit as for sale, 
 or for any other purpose, any indecent, immodest, or las- 
 civious book, pamphlet, paper, picture, or statuary. 
 
 Sec. 13. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons 
 to play at marbles, quoits, or other game or sport, on the 
 first day of the week, commonly called Sunday. 
 
 Sec. 14. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons 
 to expose for sale any article of merchandise by hanging 
 the same outside the door or window of any house, or by 
 placing the same upon any sidewalk or street within the 
 city on the first day of the week, commonly called 
 Sunday. 
 
 Sec. 15. It shall be unlawful for any company of per- 
 sons, society, or association to hold or conduct any pro- 
 cession or parade on the first day or the week, commonly 
 called Sunday; and every person participating in such 
 procession or parade shall be deemed a violater of this 
 section ; but this section shall not be so construed as to 
 include funeral processions, or any procession of any 
 church or religious society, or congregation engaged in 
 
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 the performance of any ceremony of their religion or 
 worship. 
 
 Sec. 16. It shall be unlawful for any band of instru- 
 mental musicians to perform on the first day of the week, 
 commonly called Sunday; and every person who shall 
 participate in such performance shall be deemed to have 
 violated this section ; but this section shall not be so con- 
 strued as to prohibit any church or congregation from 
 using instrumental music of any kind while engaged in 
 worship or in the performance of any ceremony of their 
 religion. 
 
 Sec. 17. It shall be unlawful to keep open for visitors, 
 or to visit, any theatre, show, circus, or other exhibition 
 on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday. 
 
 Sec. 18. It shall be unlawful for any person to engage 
 or participate in, or to allow or permit about his premises, 
 any dance, carousal, or odier disorderly conduct, on the 
 first day of the week, commonly called Sunday. 
 
 Sec. 19. It shall be unlawful for any person to commit 
 an assault, or an assault and battery, or to be engaged in 
 any riot or affray within the city. 
 
 Sec. 20. It shall be unlawful for any person or persons 
 to run, or knowingly suffer to be run, his, her, or their 
 horse or other animal, in what is commonly called a horse- 
 race, or to immoderately lead, ride, or drive any horse or 
 other animal in or along any street, alley, or other public 
 place within the limits of the city, except in cases of ur- 
 gent necessity. 
 
 Sec. 21. It shall be unlawful for any person to keep a 
 house of assignation, or a house of ill- fame, or a gam- 
 bling-house or gaming-table, or a disorderly inn, tavern, 
 coffee-house, or other disorderly house of any kind. 
 
 Sec. 22. It shall not be lawful for any person owning 
 or occupying any piece of ground, grocery, tallow-chan- 
 dlery, soap-factory, tannery, stable, barn, privy, slaughter- 
 house, sewer or other place or structure within the city, 
 
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 to .suffer or allow the same to become or remain unclean 
 or filthy, or in such **a condition as to offend the senses, 
 injure the health, or detract from the comfort of any por- 
 tion of the inhabitants of the city. 
 
 Sec. 23. It shall not be lawful for any person to keep 
 within the limits of the city any gun or blasting powder, 
 in any quantity greater than twenty-five pounds at one 
 time ; and it shall not be lawful to keep twenty-five pounds 
 of such powder, or any less quantity, in any other vessel 
 than a tin* Canister, with a proper cover or stopper, and 
 labelled with the wtfrds “gunpowder nor shall it be 
 lawful for any person to sell any such powder after twi- 
 light, or by candle or gas light. 
 
 Sec. 24. It shall not be lawful for any person to use 
 any lighted candle, lamp, match, or other artificial light 
 not enclosed in a lantern, or to smoke or handle any 
 lighted cigar or pipe, in any barn or stable containing 
 hay, straw, or other matter which is easily ignited. 
 
 Sec. 25. It shall not be lawful for any person having 
 charge of any animal or animals which may be hitched 
 or attached to any vehicle to leave the same in any 
 street, alley, or other place within the city, without un- 
 hitching or unfastening the chains, traces, or yoke by 
 which such vehicle may be drawn, or without otherwise 
 effectually securing each such animal so that it cannot 
 run away with such vehicle; but the provisions of this 
 section shall not apply to licensed carts or drays. 
 
 Sec. 26. It shall not be lawful for any person to use 
 or drive a licensed dray or cart within the city without 
 having a sufficient lock-chain attached thereto; nor 
 shall it be lawful for any person having charge of such 
 cart or draj to suffer the same to stand with a horse or 
 horses or other animal or animals attached thereto, or 
 to lay down the lines with which such horse or horses 
 or other animal or animals shall be driven, and go out 
 of the reach of the same, without locking the wheel of 
 such dray or cart, and also fastening the lines to said 
 
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 wheel or to some other object, so as to prevent the aiii- 
 mal or animals attached from running away therewith. 
 
 Sec. 27. It shall not be lawful for any person to erect, 
 place, or continue, or cause to be erected, placed, or 
 continued, any private dwelling-house or other building 
 in, or upon, or projecting into or upon, any public 
 ground, common, street, alley, or sidewalk of the city ; 
 nor shall it be lawful for any such person to fail, neg- 
 lect, or refuse to remove such house or- other building 
 after notice from the Marshal so to do. 
 
 Sec. 28. It shall not be lawful for any person- .to em 
 cumber or obstruct any street, alley, sidewalk, market- 
 place, public ground or building of the city with any 
 carriage or carriages, dray or drays, cart or carts, box 
 or boxes, barrel or barrels, lumber, timber, firewood, 
 coal, manure, or other substance, thing, or material 
 whatever: Provided , That the occupancy of three feet 
 of any sidewalk adjoining the buildings by merchants, 
 shop-keepers, and others during the daytime shall not 
 be deemed to be an incumbrance or obstruction within 
 the meaning of this section. 
 
 Sec. 29. It shall not be lawful to injure or deface any 
 public building or grounds, or their appurtenances, at- 
 tachments, or fixtures, belonging to the city ; or to 
 lead, ride, or drive, or cause to be led, rode, or driven, 
 any horse, mule, or ox, or any wagon, dray, or other 
 vehicle, upon, along, or across any sidewalk, or in any 
 other manner to injure the same ; nor shall it be lawful 
 to dig up any part of any alley, street, landing, wharf, 
 or public common, or in any wise unnecessarily to 
 injure the same, or to injure any property, real or per- 
 sonal, belonging to the city. 
 
 Sec. 30. It shall not be lawful for any person to bathe 
 in the Ohio River in front of the city, between the 
 mouth of the little bayou above the city and the mouth 
 of Pigeon Creek, or in any part of the canal within the 
 limits of the city at any time during daylight. 
 
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 Sec, 31. It shall not be lawful for any person to roll 
 a hoop, fly a kite, play at ball or long bullets, or throw 
 any stone, brickbat, stick, or other hard substance, 
 along, across, or over any street, alley, or sidewalk, 
 within the city, or to indulge in any other practice 
 having a tendency to annoy any person,- or endanger 
 life or property, or to frighten teams, horses, or other 
 animals. 
 
 Sec. 32. It shall not be lawful for any person to dis- 
 charge any cannon, swivel, rifle, or other fire-arms ; or 
 to set off any fire-cracker, squib, or other fire-works, 
 within the city, except upon the first day of January, 
 the twenty-second day of February, the fourth day of 
 July, and Christmas Day : Provided , That nothing 
 herein contained shall prohibit the discharge of fire- 
 arms by the military, when on parade or engaged in 
 training: And 'provided also , That the Mayor and any 
 two Councilmen may authorize the discharge of fire- 
 arms or cannon in commemoration of any important 
 event. 
 
 Sec. 33. It shall not be lawful for any person to 
 throw, or cause or procure to be thrown, any stone, 
 brickbat, water, or any other substance, at, upon, or 
 against any house, fence, out-house, or other building 
 or structure within the city, with the intention of in- 
 juring the same, or with the intention of injuring, an- 
 noying, or alarming any other person or persons. 
 
 Sec. 34. It shall not be lawful to put any filth or 
 rubbish of any description into any cistern belonging to 
 the city, or in any manner to injure the same, or to ob- 
 struct or injure any sewer or drain within the city. 
 
 Sec. 35. It shall not be lawful for any person to put 
 any dead animal into the Ohio River opposite to the 
 city, or within one mile above the same, or into the 
 canal within the city, or within one mile above the same. 
 
 Sec. 36. It shall not be lawful for any person to cause, 
 or assist in causing, a false alarm of fire to be given, 
 
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 with an intent to deceive any portion of the inhabitants 
 of the city. 
 
 Sec. 37. It shall not be lawful for any person wan- 
 tonly to injure any private building, market-house, 
 seminary, or any edifice whatever, or any shade or 
 ornamental tree (or the box or protection around the 
 same) planted in any street or public ground within the 
 city. 
 
 Sec. 38. It shall not be lawful for any person to keep 
 ashes in a barrel, box, or other combustible vessel, 
 within twenty feet of any dwelling-house, or store, or 
 business house, or within ten feet of any out-house or 
 fence. 
 
 Sec. 39. It shall not be lawful to dig or remove, or 
 carry away, for private use, any earth or sand from any 
 part of the bank of the Ohio River in front of the city, 
 and not owned by private individuals, without the per- 
 mission of the Common Council first obtained so to do. 
 
 Sec. 40. It shall not be lawful for any person to pull 
 down, deface, or destroy any written or printed adver- 
 tisement or notice posted up at any proper place within 
 the city by any officer of the city in the performance 
 of his official duties. 
 
 Sec. 41. It shall not be lawful for any person to hitch 
 any horse or other animal without securing the same 
 so that it cannot go upon or over any sidewalk wfithin 
 the city, nor shall it be lawful to hitch any such animal 
 to any shade or ornamental tree in such a manner that 
 such animal can injure the same. 
 
 Sec. 42. It shall not be lawful for any person to dig, 
 or cause to be dug, any ditch or drain, for the purpose 
 of conducting water over the bank of the Ohio River 
 in front of the city, unless by the direction or with the 
 permission of the Common Council. 
 
 Sec. 43. It shall not be lawful for any person having 
 the care or control of any dray, cart, wagon, carriage, 
 
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 buggy, or other wheeled vehicle, to allow or cause the 
 same to b6 stopped over or across any gunwale or foot- 
 path, at the intersection of any streets, or at the inter- 
 section of any street and alley, so as to obstruct the 
 passage of foot-passengers along or over such gun- 
 wale or foot-path. 
 
 Sec. 44. Every vagrant, every street beggar, and every 
 common prostitute found within the city shall be sub- 
 ject to the penalty hereinafter prescribed for a breach of 
 any of the provisions of this ordinance,. Every person 
 who shall, within the city, get his livelihood by gaming, 
 and every able-bodied person who may be found loit- 
 ering and wandering about the city, and not having 
 wherewithal to maintain himself or herself by some vis- 
 ible property or means, and who doth not betake him- 
 self or herself to labor or some honest calling to pro- 
 cure a subsistence, -and every person who shall be 
 guilty of habitual drunkenness, without any visible 
 means of support, shall be deemed and taken to be a 
 vagrant. Every female resident in the city who shall 
 gain her livelihood in whole or in part by the promis- 
 cuous prostitution of her body shall be deemed and 
 taken to be a common prostitute. Every person who 
 shall obtain his or her livelihood, either in whole or in 
 part, by street begging within the city, shall be deemed 
 and taken to be a street beggar. 
 
 Sec. 45. It shall be unlawful for any person to have 
 or possess within said city any of the tools, implements, 
 or apparatus of a burglar, counterfeiter, or pickpocket, 
 unless the person possessing the same can affirmatively 
 show that they were not procured and are not held for 
 dishonest purposes. 
 
 Sec. 46. It shall be unlawful for any person within 
 the city of Evansville to attempt to commit a felony, or 
 to attempt to do or commit any act which, if consum- 
 mated, would render such person guilty of a felony by 
 and under the laws of the State of Indiana. 
 
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 Sec. 47. It shall be unlawful for any person, either by 
 himself or agent, to transact any business, or do any 
 act, without procuring a license from the city authori- 
 ties therefor, when such license is required by any ordi- 
 nance of the city heretofore passed or hereafter to be 
 passed. 
 
 Sec. 48. It shall be unlawful for any person or per- 
 sons to remain, assemble, or congregate at or near the 
 door or window of any. church, house, or building-used' 
 or occupied for the purpose of religious worship, and 
 make any noise, either by conversing or otherwise, to 
 the annoyance or disturbance of any person or persons. 
 
 Sec. 49. Any person or persons who shall offend 
 against any provision or provisions of this ordinance 
 shall, for every such offense, forfeit and pay any sum 
 not exceeding fifty dollars, and for each subsequent 
 conviction after the first forfeit, such forfeiture may be 
 increased by the officer trying the cause to any sum 
 not exceeding one hundred dollars. 
 
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 Sec. 50. Whenever any act or omission is rendered 
 unlawful by any ordinance of the city heretofore passed, 
 or hereafter to be passed, and no penalty is prescribed 
 by such ordinance for such act or omission, the penalty 
 prescribed by the last preceding section of this ordi- 
 nance shall apply. 
 
 Sec. 51. All ordinances inconsistent with the provi- 
 sions of this ordinance, as well as all ordinances within 
 the purview of this ordinance, are hereby repealed; but. 
 offenses heretofore committed against such ordinances 
 may be punished as though this ordinance had not been 
 passed. W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
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 A SUPPLEMENT to an ordinance passed September 13, 1859, entitled “An 
 ordinance defining offenses, and providing punishment therefor. ” 
 
 . [Passed June 16 , 1865 .] 
 
 [Published and in force June 20 1865.] 
 
 1. Wearing of rebel uniforms, &c., prohibited. 
 
 2. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That it shall be unlawful for any per- 
 son within the limits of said city to wear upon his or her 
 person any rebel uniform, or any part of the uniform re- 
 cently in use in the army of the traitors, or any badge or 
 insignia, such as was used or worn by said traitors, or to 
 exhibit any banner or flag similar to those recognized and 
 used by said traitors, and acknowledged as the flag or 
 banner of the so-called Confederate States of America. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any person or persons offending against any 
 provision of this ordinance, shall forfeit and pay not less 
 than five nor more than fifty dollars for the first offense, 
 and for any subsequent offense not more than one hundred 
 dollars. 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE prohibiting the tearing down of handbills, posters, pro- 
 grammes, and other public notices and advertisements, and prescribing 
 punishment therefor. 
 
 [Passed October 25 , 1862 .] 
 
 [Published and in force October 29, 1S62.] 
 
 1. Handbills, posters, &c., must not be torn down. Proviso. 
 
 2. Penalty. 
 
 3. Proviso. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That it shall be unlawful for any per- 
 son to tear down any handbill, poster, programme, or 
 other public notice attached to any house, fence, wall, or 
 
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 other structure, for the purpose of advertising any article 
 of merchandise, any lawful assembly to be held, or any- 
 thing else to be done that is not prohibited by law : 
 Provided , That the owner or owners of such house or 
 fence, or other structure, and the person who caused 
 such public notice to be posted up, shall not be included 
 in this ordinance : And provided further , That no adver- 
 tisements or notices, as above described, except religious 
 notices, or notices pertaining to the interment of deceased 
 persons shall be attached to houses of worship, or within 
 the enclosure of cemeteries. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any person violating the provisions of this or- 
 dinance shall be fined not less than one nor more than ten 
 dollars for each offense of which he or she shall have 
 been duly convicted. 
 
 Sec. 3. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to 
 prevent the destruction of obscene advertisements or no- 
 tices, nor shall this ordinance be construed to interfere 
 with the execution of sections forty and fifty of an ordi- 
 nance entitled “An ordinance defining offenses, and 
 prescribing punishment therefor,” passed September 13, 
 1859. W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest ; P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE for the protection of the public property of the City of 
 
 Evansville. 
 
 [Passed June 6, 1863.] 
 
 (Published and in force June 8, 1863.) 
 
 1. No cow, horse, hog, or other animal to be permitted in any cemetery or 
 
 other enclosed public ground. 
 
 2. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That it shall hereafter be unlawful for 
 any person or persons to place, or cause or permit to be 
 placed, any cow, horse, hog or other animal in any park ? 
 
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 school-house lot, graveyard cemetery or other lot belong- 
 ing to the city. 
 
 Sec. 2, Any person or persons violating the provisions 
 of this ordinance, shall forfeit and pay for every such 
 offense any sum not exceeding ten dollars. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : A. Pfafflin, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE concerning the mode of trial in certain cases before the 
 
 Mayor. 
 
 [Passed June 16 , 1847 .] 
 
 (Published and in force June 17, 1847.) 
 
 1. Defendant in Mayor’s Court may be tried by Mayor or jury, or may be 
 recognized to appear at next Circuit Court. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That whenever any person shall be 
 arrested at the suit of said city, and charged with the 
 commission of any offense punishable by any ordinance 
 passed by the Common Council, and which is also made 
 indictable by any statute of the State of Indiana, such 
 person shall be tried by the Mayor or by a jury, as he or 
 she may elect, or such person may, without a trial, choose 
 to be recognized to appear and answer to the charge in 
 the next Circuit Court of Vanderburgh county, and enter 
 into recognizances accordingly ; and when any such per- 
 son shall so elect to be recognized, it shall be the duty of 
 the Mayor to cause such person to enter into recognizance 
 in the manner which the statute in force at the time may 
 require justices of the peace to take recognizances of per- 
 sons charged with crimes before them. 
 
 JAMES G. JONES, Mayor. 
 
 Attest; John J. Chandler, Clerk, 
 
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 CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE to require fines and costs for breaches of the ordinances 
 of the city to be satisfied by labor, if not paid or replevied. 
 
 [Passed January 16, 1858.] 
 
 (Published and in force January 18, 1858.) 
 
 1. Fines and costs to be satisfied by labor. 
 
 2. Labor to be performed under supervision of Mayor or Street Commis- 
 
 sioner. Ball and chain may be used. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That whenever any person shall be 
 adjudged to pay any fine for a breach of any ordinance 
 of said city, and shall, for twenty-four hours after the 
 judgment shall have been rendered against him, fail to 
 pay such fine with all the costs adjudged against him, 
 it shall be the duty of the Mayor of the city to cause 
 and require such person to labor on the streets or other 
 public works of improvement of the city, one day for 
 every sixty cents of such fines and costs, until the same 
 shall be fully satisfied ; from eight to ten hours labor to 
 constitute a day. 
 
 Sec. 2. Such labor may be done under the immediate 
 supervision of the Mayor, or he may direct it to be done 
 under the direction of the Street Commissioner ; and in 
 either case it shall be lawful for the Mayor or Street 
 Commissioner to require the party convicted to labor 
 with a ball and chain attached to his leg or ankle in 
 such manner as to prevent his escape, and said Mayor 
 or Street Commissioner may use such corporeal punish- 
 ment as may be necessary to compel any person con- 
 victed as aforesaid to perform the required labor. 
 
 JOHN HEWSON, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : Well. H. Walker, Clerk. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 A SUPPLEMENT to an ordinance passed January 16, 1858, entitled “ An or- 
 di nance to require fines and costs for breaches of the ordinances of the city 
 to he satisfied by labor, if not paid or replevied.’' 
 
 [Passed September 1, I860.] 
 
 (Published and in force September 5, 1860.) 
 
 1. Labor may be performed under supervision of person appointed by the 
 Mayor. 
 
 • Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville j That whenever, in pursuance of the 
 provisions of the said ordinance of January 16, 1858, 
 any person shall he required to perform any labor in 
 satisfaction of any judgment rendered against him for 
 the violation of any ordinance of the city, such person 
 may be required to perform such labor under the super- 
 vision of any person who may he appointed by the 
 Mayor, and the person so appointed shall have all the 
 power and authority conferred upon the Mayor and 
 Street Commissioner by the second section of said ordi- 
 nance. W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE concerning officers and the filling of vacancies, • 
 
 [Passed April 16, 1847.] 
 
 (Published and in force May 8, 1847. ) 
 
 1. Certain officers to give bond with security. 
 
 Security to be approved by the Mayor. 
 
 Amount of security to be fixed by the Council, 
 
 Oath of office to be endorsed on bond. 
 
 2. Vacancies in certain offices, how filled. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That all officers whose office is created 
 by any by-law, ordinance, rule or regulation of the 
 Council, except wood measurers, shall, before entering 
 
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 upon the duties of their respective offices, severally 
 give bond with security, to be approved by the Mayor, 
 and in such sum as the Council shall direct, payable to 
 the city of Evansville, and conditioned for the faithful 
 discharge of the duties pertaining to their respective 
 offices ; and also to take an oath (to be endorsed upon 
 the bond) before the Mayor, or some other competent 
 authority, for the faithful discharge of such duties. 
 
 Sec. 2. Whenever a vacancy shall happen in any 
 office (except Mayor or Councilmen), created by the 
 charter, or any by-law, ordinance, rule or regulation of 
 the Common Council of the city, by reason of death, 
 removal, sickness or inability to act, or otherwise, the 
 Mayor, and in his absence the Clerk, and in the absence 
 of both Mayor and Clerk, then one of the Common 
 Council shall appoint some suitable person to fill such 
 vacancy until the next meeting of the Council, at which 
 meeting said Council shall proceed to fill such vacancy. 
 
 JAMES G. J ONES, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : John J. Chandler, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to prohibit officers of the city of Evansville from pur- 
 chasing city orders for less than their par value, and for other purposes . 
 
 [Passed June 3 , 1848 .] 
 
 (Published and in force June 10, 1848.) 
 
 1 . City officers must not purchase city orders at a discount. 
 
 2. Collector to keep separate account of money and orders received. 
 
 3. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That hereafter it shall not be lawful 
 for the Mayor or any member of the Common Council 
 of said city, the Clerk, Treasurer, Marshal, Collector, 
 Market Master, Wharf-master or Weigh Master, either 
 directly or indirectly, to purchase, or receive in payment 
 or exchange, any demand against the city, or any city 
 
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 order for any claim allowed by the Council, for a less 
 amount than that expressed on-the face of such demand 
 or order. 
 
 Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the City Collector 
 to enter upon the tax duplicate the several amounts of 
 money and of city orders which he shall receive in the 
 collection of taxes, and to enter upon a book to be kept 
 by . him for that purpose, the several amounts of money 
 and of city orders which he shall from time to time re- 
 ceive from any and all sources other than the yearly 
 tax ; and it shall further be his duty, in his returns to 
 be made to the Common Council or their Clerk, on or 
 before the first Monday in November, and on or before 
 the second Monday in March, to state the aggregate 
 amount received by him from each source of incidental 
 revenue, and to show separately the aggregate amount 
 collected by him from all sources, in money and in city 
 orders. 
 
 Sec. 3. Every officer named in the first section of this 
 ordinance who shall violate any of the provisions there- 
 of, shall for every such violation forfeit and pay any 
 sum not less than ten dollars nor more than five hun- 
 dred dollars. 
 
 JAMES Gr. JONES, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : John J. Chandler, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE regulating the building of party walls. 
 
 [Passed April 21, 1847.] 
 
 (Published and in force May 8, 1847.) 
 
 1. Surveyors of party walls, how appointed and term of office. 
 
 2. Surveyors to make out and deliver to Marshal notice of surv ey. 
 
 Service and return of such notice. 
 
 3. Notice must be served three days, previous to*the time fixed for the ap- 
 
 praisement. 
 
 4. Notice, how given to non-residents. 
 
 5. Valuation, how made and returned. 
 
 6. Dimensions of party walls. ? 
 
 7. Surveyors’ fees * 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of ' Evansville , That' annually the Council shall elect 
 
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 three surveyors to view and estimate the value of party 
 walls hereafter to be built within the city, who shall 
 hold their office for the term of one year from and after 
 their election, and until their successors are elected, and 
 qualified. 
 
 Sec. 2. Before such surveyors shall proceed to view 
 and estimate the value of any such party wall, they 
 shall make out and sign a written notice, specifying the 
 time and place, when and where such view and estimate 
 will be made, and also a particular description of the 
 lots or parts of lots between which such party wall is a 
 partition, and deliver the same to the Marshal, who 
 shall serve such notice personally upon or by leaving a 
 copy thereof at the residence or business place of the 
 owner or owners of any lot or lots, or part of lot, upon 
 the line of which such wall is built, which notice, with 
 the fact and manner of such service, shall be forthwith 
 returned to the City Clerk, who shall file and preserve 
 the same in his office. 
 
 Sec. 3. Every notice required by the second section of 
 this ordinance shall be served in the manner therein 
 pointed out, at least three days before the time fixed by 
 such surveyors for the view and valuation of such party 
 wall. 
 
 Sec. 4. Whenever it shall be made known to said sur- 
 veyors, by the Marshal’s return to any such notice, or 
 by any other means whatever, that the owner or owners 
 of any lots, lot or part of lot, upon the line whereof 
 any such party wall is erected, is or are a non-resident 
 of the county of Vanderburgh, and that there is no 
 agent of such owner or owners residing in said county, 
 it shall be the duty of said surveyors to notify such 
 owner or owners by publication* for four weeks succes- 
 sively in some newspaper printed in the city (if any 
 such there be), of the time and place, where and when 
 such view and valuation will be made ; and a copy of 
 such printed notice, with the affidavit of the proprietor 
 
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 or publisher of such newspaper attached thereto, shall 
 be procured by such surveyors, and deposited with the 
 City Clerk, to be by him tiled and preserved in his 
 office. 
 
 Sec. 5. Said surveyors, after having given notice as 
 aforesaid, shall meet at the time and place appointed, 
 and proceed to view and value such party wall, and 
 they shall have power to adjourn from day to day until 
 they shall have completed such view and valuation ; 
 and whenever the same is completed, and reduced to 
 writing and verified in the manner pointed out by the 
 charter of said city, they shall deposit it with the Clerk 
 of the city, to be by him filed and kept in his office. 
 
 Sec. 6 . Whenever any party wall is to be built on any 
 line dividing any lots or parts of lots, when the same is 
 to be built of stone or bricks, it shall be unlawful for 
 any person to build any such wall unless the founda- 
 tion thereof shall be at least nine feet below the level 
 of the side-walk in front of and adjoining such lots or 
 parts of lots, as the same shall be fixed by the City Sur- 
 veyor, and at least eighteen inches in thickness from 
 the bottom thereof up to the first tier of joists, and 
 unless such foundation shall be faced on both sides, and 
 unless such wall above the first tier of joists up to the 
 square of the building shall be at least thirteen inches 
 in thickness, and in length not less than twenty nor 
 more than ninety feet.* 
 
 Sec, 7. Such surveyors shall be entitled to receive, 
 for viewing and estimating any such wall, one dollar 
 each, to be paid by the person claiming their services. 
 
 JAMES G. JONES, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : John J. Chandler, Clerk. 
 
 *See ordinance of May 21, 1853— post. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE to amend an ordinance entitled “An ordinance regula- 
 ting the tmilding of party -walls,” passed April 21, 1847. 
 
 [Passed May 21, 1853.] 
 
 (Published and in force May 25, 1853.) 
 
 1. Repeal of part of former ordinance. 
 
 2. Dimensions of party walls. 
 
 3. Parties may vary dimensions by agreement. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville, That so much of the sixth section of 
 said ordinance as limits the length of party walls to ninety 
 feet, be and the same is hereby repealed. 
 
 Sec. 2. That party walls hereafter built in pursuance of 
 said sixth section, shall be at least twenty-two inches in 
 thickness from the bottom thereof up to the first tier of 
 joists, and at least eighteen inches in thickness from the 
 first up to the second tier of joists, and at least thir- 
 teen inches in thickness above the second tier of joists 
 up to the square of the building; and such party walls 
 shall be constructed according to the provisions of said 
 sixth section, except so far as said provisions are changed 
 by this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 3. Nothing contained in this ordinance, or in the 
 said ordinance passed April 21st, 1847, shall be so con-* 
 strued as to prevent the building of any party wall of any 
 thickness, when all the owners each side of the dividing 
 line shall agree in writing touching the thickness of such 
 walls. 
 
 JOHN S. HOPKINS, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: Geo. H. Todd, Clerk. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE concerning peddlers. 
 
 [Passed April 26, 1847.] 
 
 (Published and in force May 29, 1847.) 
 
 1. Peddlers must obtain license. 
 
 2. Price of license. 
 
 3. License, how obtained. 
 
 4. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That hereafter it shall be unlawful for 
 any traveling merchant or merchants, peddler or peddlers, 
 to vend or offer for sale any goods, wares, merchandise, 
 jewelry, drugs, clocks, medicines, or any other article of 
 value, except produce and provisions, within the city, 
 until a license so to do has first been obtained under 
 the provisions of this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 2. The price of license under this ordinance 
 shall be, for foot peddlers or merchants, five dollars per 
 month ; for peddling from wagons, carts or other ve- 
 hicles, ten dollars per month; and no such license shall 
 be granted for less than one month, nor longer than to 
 the first Monday of August next following.* 
 
 Sec. 3. Any person wishing to procure a license under 
 this ordinance, shall produce to the city Clerk the Col- 
 lector’s receipt for the price of such license, who shall 
 thereupon make out and attest such license, and deliver 
 the same to the applicant, who shall thereupon procure 
 the signature of the Mayor thereto. 
 
 Sec. 4. Any person or persons vending or offering to 
 sell any goods, wares, merchandise, jewelry, drugs, 
 clocks, medicines or other articles of value, "except pro- 
 duce and provisions, without first having procured a 
 license according to the requirements of this ordinance, 
 shall for every such offense forfeit and pay five dollars. 
 
 JAMES G. JONES, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: John J. Chandler, Clerk. 
 
 *See Ordinance of November 19, 1853— post. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE to amend an ordinance passed April 26th, 1847, entitled. 
 
 “An ordinance concerning peddlers.” 
 
 [Passed November 19 , 1853 .] 
 
 (Published and intorce November 22, 1853.) 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That hereafter the price of license 
 under said ordinance of April 26th, 1847, shall be for 
 foot peddlers or merchants, not less than five nor more 
 than twenty-five dollars per month ; for peddling from 
 wagons, carts or other vehicles, not less than ten dollars 
 nor more than thirty dollars per month : and it shall be 
 the duty of the City Treasurer to fix the amount of 
 every such license when application is made for his re- 
 ceipt for the license money. 
 
 JOHN S. HOPKINS, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : Geo. H. Todd, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE further to amend an ordinance passed April 26, 1847, enti- 
 tled “ An Ordinance concerning peddlers.” 
 
 [Passed December 19, 1870.] 
 
 (Published and in force December 21, 1870.) 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That it shall hereafter be unlawful 
 for any peddler, or any other person or persons to an- 
 nounce publicly or cry out, upon any street or side- 
 walk of the city, any goods, wares or merchandise, 
 which he or they propose to sell, or upon any pretense 
 whatever, to invite or solicit a collection or crowd of 
 persons upon any such streets or sidewalks : Provided , 
 That announcements made by or for auctioneers, mer- 
 . chants or other persons, stating the time or place, when 
 or where any goods, wares or merchandise will be sold, 
 either at auction or otherwise, shall not be held or con - 
 
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 strued as an infringement of the provisions of this or- 
 dinance. 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER, Mayor. 
 Attest : William Helder, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to the police force of the city of Evansville. 
 
 . [Passed March 19, 1866.] 
 
 (Published and in force March 21, I860. ) 
 
 1. Police force, what to constitute. 
 
 2. Distribution of duties. 
 
 3. Policemen to take and subscribe oath. 
 
 4. Duties of policemen. 
 
 5. Police force, how regulated, who may be appointed, and how policemen 
 
 may be removed. 
 
 6. Duties of Chief of Police. 
 
 7. Policemen must not resign without giving notice. 
 
 8. Policemen must receive no fee other than their regular salary. 
 
 9. Chief of Police to assign policemen to duty. 
 
 10. Other duties of policemen. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That the police force of the city shall 
 consist of the Marshal, the Deputy Marshal, a Chief of 
 Night Police, and such number of policemen as the 
 Common Council may from time to time fix and de- 
 termine ; said policemen to be appointed by the Coun- 
 cil, to serve during the pleasure of the Council, and 
 to receive such compensation as the Council may fix 
 and determine. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Marshal and his deputy or deputies, and 
 the day Wharf-master, shall constitute the day police 
 force of the city, and the Chief of Police and all the 
 other policeman shall constitute the night police force 
 of the city. 
 
 Sec. 3. That upon the appointment by the Common 
 Council of any member of such police force, it shall be 
 the duty of the City Clerk to issue to him a certificate 
 of such appointment, and each person receiving such 
 certificate shall immediately take and subscribe an oath 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. , 249 
 
 to support the Constitution of the United States, and 
 the Constitution of the State of Indiana, and to dis- 
 charge faithfully all their duties, which oath shall he 
 endorsed upon their certificate of appointment and 
 filed with the City Clerk. 
 
 Sec. 4. The members of the police force, during their 
 hours of service, shall keep strict watch within and 
 throughout their respective districts or beats, observe 
 the conduct and movements of all suspicious persons, 
 suppress all disturbances, riots and unlawful assem- 
 blages, and arrest, with or without process, and bring 
 before the Mayor or Recorder of said city, any person 
 discovered or caught in the act of violating any ordi- 
 nance of said city, or penal law of the State of Indiana, 
 and to notify parties ignorant of the laws or ordinances 
 regulating the use of streets, alleys and side-walks, that 
 they are violating the law, and if such offenders shall 
 persist in so offending, to arrest them and bring them 
 before the Mayor or Recorder without process, or else 
 commit such persons to jail until complaint for such 
 offense can be made before said Mayor or Recorder: 
 Provided , That no person shall be confined to jail, by 
 virtue of such arrest and commitment, longer than 
 until two o’clock p. M. of the next succeeding day, un- 
 less such succeeding day be Sunday, in which case such 
 confinement shall continue only until ten o’clock of the 
 forenoon of the following Monday. 
 
 Sec. 5. That the qualification and distribution of 
 duties, mode of trial and dismissal from service of each 
 member of the police force, shall be particularly defined 
 and prescribed by rules and regulations of the Common 
 Council, in accordance with the Constitution and laws 
 of the United States and the State of Indiana applica- 
 ble thereto : Provided , That no person shall be so ap- 
 pointed, or hold any position in the police force afore- 
 said, who shall ever have been convicted of crime, or 
 borne arms in the service of the traitors in their war 
 
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 250 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 • 
 
 against the Union : And Provided , /itr£/^r, That no per- 
 son shall be removed from the police force aforesaid, 
 except upon written charges preferred against him to 
 the Common Council, and after an opportunity shall 
 have been offered him of being heard in his defense. 
 
 Sec. 6. The Chief of Police, having just cause to 
 suspect that any felony has been, or is being, or isabout* 
 to be committed within any building within said city, 
 may enter upon the same at all hours of the day or 
 night, to take all necessary measures for the effectual 
 prevention or dectection of all felonies, and may take 
 then and there into custody all persons suspected of 
 being concerned in such felonies, and also may take 
 charge of all property which he or they shall have then 
 and there just cause to suspect has been stolen. 
 
 Sec. 7. That no member of the police force, under 
 penalty of forfeiting the pay which may.be due to him? 
 shall withdraw or resign from the police force, unless 
 he. shall have given ten days’ notice thereof, in writing, 
 to the Chief of Police; and no person who shall have 
 been removed, for “cause, from the police force estab- 
 lished by this ordinance, shall be re-appointed to any 
 position in the said police force. 
 
 Sec. 8. That no member of the police force shall re- 
 ceive, or share in, for his o\Vn benefit, under any pre- 
 tense whatever, any present, fee, or emolument, for 
 police services, other than the regular salary and pay 
 provided by this ordinance, except by consent of the 
 Common Council. 
 
 . • 
 
 Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of the Chief of Police to 
 assign the several policemen to such districts as he may 
 select ; and all memb'ers of the police force of the city 
 shall, in the discharge of their several duties, be gov- 
 erned by such rules and regulations as the Common 
 Council may from time to time fix and adopt. 
 
 Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of all the members of the 
 police force, whether in the day-time or in the night- 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 ' time, to assist the Mayor, Marshal, and Chief of Police 
 in preserving order and suppressing riotous and disor- 
 derly conduct, especially upon public qpcasions, and to 
 arrest all persons found in the act of violating any law 
 of the State or ordinance of the city. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 . Attest : A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE concerning the building of privies within the city of 
 
 Evansville. 
 
 * 
 
 [Passed September 10, 1853.] 
 
 « 
 
 (Published and in force September 15, 1853.) 
 
 1. Privy vaults to be at least twelve feet deep. 
 
 How walled. 
 
 Penalty. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That no privy shall hereafter be 
 built, constructed or erected within the limits of said 
 city, unless the pit or vault thereof is sunk or dug to 
 the depth of at least twelve feet below the surface of 
 thg ground, and walled with brick or stone ; said wall 
 to be nine inches in thickness, unless the pit is circu- 
 lar ; and any person who shall violate the provisions of 
 this ordinance shall, for ervery such offense, forfeit and 
 pay not more than twenty dollars, nor less than five 
 dollars. 
 
 JOHN S. HOPKINS, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : Gio. H. Todd, Olerk. 
 
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 A SUPPLEMENT to an ordinance passed September 10, 1853, entitled “ An 
 Ordinance concerning the building of privies within the city of Evans- 
 ville,” 
 
 [Passed February 17 , 1868 .] 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That no privy shall hereafter be 
 built, constructed or erected within the limits of said 
 city, unless the pit or vault thereof is dug to the depth 
 of twenty feet below the surface of the ground, and 
 walled with brick or stone ; said wall to be nine inches 
 in thickness, unless the pit is circular, in which case 
 the wall shall not be less than four inches in thickness ; 
 and any person who shall violate the provisions of this 
 ordinance shall, for every such offense, forfeit and pay 
 any sum not less than ten dollars, nor more than fifty 
 dollars. 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE in relation to sidewalk improvements and repairs, and 
 providing for the assessment and collection of the costand expenses of such 
 improvements and repairs, and for the sale and conveyance of real 
 estate charged with any portion of such cost and expenses.* 
 
 [Passed December 23 , 1865 .] 
 
 ( Published and in force December 30, 1865. ) 
 
 1. Sidewalks classified. 
 
 2. Sidewalks of class No. 1, how made. 
 
 Description of curbing; width of sidewalks. 
 
 3. Class No. 2, how constructed. 
 
 4. Grade, how ascertained and fixed. 
 
 5. Sidewalk improvements, how ordered. 
 
 6. Order to be published. 
 
 When owner of real estate may construct sidewalk. 
 
 When owner of real estate may not construct sidewalk. 
 
 If improperly constructed to be removed. 
 
 7. Sidewalks not made by owner, to be made by direction of Council. 
 
 When made, Mayor to make a report of cost, &c. 
 
 8. When approved by Council, report to be recorded. 
 
 Assessment of cost and expenses. 
 
 9. When precept to be issued to Collector. 
 
 When separate precept to be issued against each lot. 
 
 10. Advertisement and sale under precept. 
 
 Collector’s duty under precept. 
 
 Redemption of real estate sold under precept. 
 
 Treasurer’s duties. 
 
 When deed to be made for real estate sold. 
 
 Provisions of ordinance of June 3, 1859, made applicable to sidewalk im- 
 provements. 
 
 11. Duties of Clerk and Collector. 
 
 12. Curbing to be of plank unless otherwise stated in order. 
 
 13. Repeal. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That all sidewalks within the city 
 shall be divided into two classes, one of which shall be 
 designated as Class No. 1, and the other as Class No. 2. 
 
 Sec. 2. All sidewalks of Class No. 1 shall be construct- 
 ed of good, hard, well-burned bricks, laid in a bed of good 
 sand not less xhan three inches in depth, and covered with 
 a sufficient quantity of good sand to fill all the spaces be- 
 tween the bricks. The curbing shall be of either stone 
 or plank, as the Council may, in the order requiring the 
 improvement to be made, direct. If the curbing be of 
 
 -'•Amended April 20, 1870. See post. 
 
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 stone, it shall be not less than six inches thick, by at least 
 eighteen inches deep, with a base equal to three-fourths 
 of the top, dressed square to the depth of at least six in- 
 ches on each end, firmly set, closely adjoining each other, 
 with even surface at the top, and dressed four inches from 
 the top on the side next to the gutter, and three inches 
 from the top on the side next to the pavement, and no 
 stone to be less than three feet in length. If the curbing 
 be of plank, it shall be of good sound white oak, not less 
 than two and a half inches thick, nor less than twelve 
 inches wide, and shall be well secured to good, sound 
 white oak posts, not less than four inches square, well se- 
 cured in the ground to the depth of at least two feet, and 
 not more than six feet apart. The width of all sidewalks 
 of class No. 1 shall be as follows, to-wit : On Main and 
 
 Water streets, twelve feet; on Fulton avenue and Frank- 
 lin street, fifteen feet ; on all other streets which are eighty 
 feet wide, the width of such sidewalks shall be twelve 
 feet, and all other streets ten feet, except streets less than 
 sixty feet in width, in which cases the sidewalks shall be 
 eight feet wide. 
 
 Sec. 3. All sidewalks of Class No. 2 shall be construct- 
 ed of good, sound, two-inch oak, pine, poplar or hemlock 
 plank, square-edged, laid down upon and safely secured 
 to good, sound oak cross-ties, not less than four by four 
 inches in thickness, and not more than four feet apart. 
 The portion of each street set apart for sidewalk purposes 
 shall be the same in width as prescribed in the last pre- 
 ceding section ; but when a sidewalk of class No. 2 is di- 
 rected to be made, the space planked shall be at least 
 four feet in width, and shall be placed in or near the mid- 
 dle of the space set apart for sidewalk purposes. 
 
 Sec. 4. Whenever the Common Council shall direct the 
 sidewalk in front of or adjoining any lot or part of a lot, 
 or other piece of ground, to be graded and paved, or when- 
 ever the owner or owners of such premises shall signify 
 to the Mayor or City Surveyor a wish to grade and pave 
 the sidewalk in front thereof, it shall be the duty of the 
 
CITY OP EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 City Surveyor and Mayor to fix the proper grade for such 
 sidewalk orsidewalks, and all sidewalks shall be according 
 to the grade thus furnished. 
 
 Sec. 5. Whenever the Common Council shall, in pur- 
 suance of the charter of the city, order and require any 
 sidewalk to be made or repaired, an order shall be passed 
 directing and requiring such sidewalk to be made or re- 
 paired ; and if the order require a new sidewalk to be 
 made, said order shall state whether such sidewalk shall 
 be of Cl ass No. 1 or Class No. 2. Said order may include 
 any number of lots or parts of lots, or other pieces or par- 
 cels of ground on the same street, or each order may, in 
 the discretion of the Council, only include a single parcel 
 of ground; and the order shall designate the parcel or 
 parcels of ground in front of or adjoining to which, such 
 improvement or repairs are to be made, either by the 
 number of the lot or block, or by specifying certain points 
 on the street on which such sidewalk or sidewalks may 
 be situated. 
 
 Sec. 6 . It shall be the duty of the Clerk, as soon as 
 practicable after the passage of such order, to cause a 
 notice thereof to be published in some newspaper 
 printed and published in the city, and at an} T time 
 within thirty days from the publication of such notice 
 the owner or claimant of an}’ lot or parcel of ground 
 embraced therein may make the improvement or re- 
 pairs required to be made by such order in front of or 
 adjoining the premises of such owner or claimant; but 
 such improvement or repairs shall be made in strict 
 conformity to the requirements of this ordinance and to 
 the requirements of such orders ;- and if thus made 
 within the thirty days aforesaid, no further action of 
 the Council as to the premises of such owner or claim- 
 ant shall be based upon such order : Provided, however, 
 That if such owner or claimant shall have, within said 
 thirty days, made a bona fide commencement to do the 
 work required, and shall be diligently prosecuting the 
 same, the Council may, in its discretion, grant to such 
 
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 owner or claimant further time for the completion 
 thereof ; but if such owner or claimant shall not, within 
 said thirty days, have commenced to do the work re- 
 quired by such order, it shall be unlawful for him to do 
 said work, or cause it to be done, or in any manner in- 
 terfere with the person or persons who may be em- 
 ployed by the city to do the same : And provided , fur- 
 ther , That if any such owner or claimant shall construct 
 or cause to be constructed any sidewalk, or make any 
 repairs thereon, in pursuance of any such order, either 
 before or after the expiration of the said thirty days, 
 and such improvement or repairs shall not be in accord- 
 ance with the requirements of such order and the pro- 
 visions of this ordinance, it shall be the duty of the 
 person or persons who may be employed by the city to 
 make such improvements or repairs to remove such 
 sidewalk and construct a sidewalk instead thereof in 
 strict accordance with such order and the provisions of 
 this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 7. If any owner or owners, or claimant or claim- 
 ants, of any lot or lots, or other parcel or parcels of 
 real estate, included or embraced in such order, shall 
 n-ot make the improvement or repairs required by such 
 order within the thirty days aforesaid, then the Com- 
 mon Council shall cause such improvements or repairs 
 o be made, under the direction of the Mayor and City 
 Surveyor, within six months from and after the expira- 
 tion of the thirty days aforesaid; and as soon as prac- 
 ticable after the completion of said work, the Mayor 
 shall make to the Council a report in writing, appor- 
 tioning the entire cost and expenses of making said 
 improvement or repairs, among all the lots or parcels 
 of real estate chargeable therewith, equally per front 
 foot, setting forth the whole length of sidewalk made 
 or repaired by the city under said order, the aggregate 
 amount of the actual cost thereof, and the cost per 
 front foot, and the amount chargeable to each separate 
 lot or parcel of real estate, with the name of the owner 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 257 
 
 or claimant of each such lot or parcel, where the name 
 of such owner or claimant is known; and if the name 
 of such owner or claimant is unknown to the Mayor, 
 the fact shall be stated in said report; and said report 
 shall also contain a description of each separate lot or 
 parcel of real estate charged with any portion of said 
 cost and expense of making said improvement or re- 
 pairs. 
 
 Sec. 8. The said report or apportionment, after being 
 submitted to and approved by the Common Council, 
 shall be recorded by the Clerk in the minute-book of 
 the Council, and the Council shall thereupon pass an 
 order assessing and charging against each lot or parcel 
 of real estate the share or proportion of the cost and 
 expenses of making such improvement or repairs with 
 which such lot or parcel of real estate is chargeable 
 under the provisions of this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 9. If any owner or claimant of any lot or other 
 parcel of real estate shall not within thirty days from 
 and after the making of the assessment contemplated 
 by the last preceding section pay the amount which 
 may have been assessed against the lot or lots, or parcel 
 or parcels of real estate, owned or claimed by him, it 
 shall be the duty of the Mayor to issue a precept against 
 such lot or parcel of real estate to the Collector of the 
 city, which precept shall be signed by the Mayor, at- 
 tested by the Clerk, and sealed with the corporate seal 
 of the city; and after stating the fact that said assess- 
 ment was made, and the amount thereof, and referring 
 to the record thereof, and setting forth a description of 
 the lot or other parcel of real estate so assessed, and the 
 name of the owner or claimant thereof (if such name 
 be known), shall command said Collector to sell and 
 convey the lot or parcel of real estate therein described, 
 or so much thereof as may be necessary for the payment 
 of the amount so assessed and charged against the same ; 
 and said precept shall be returnable within forty days 
 
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258 
 
 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 from the date thereof, and the Collector shall in his re- 
 turn state his proceedings under the precept. A sep- 
 arate precept shall issue against each lot or other parcel 
 of real estate, except where there is more than one lot 
 or other parcel of real estate assessed to the same owner 
 or claimant, and then all the lots or parcels assessed to 
 the same owner or claimant shall be included in one 
 precept. 
 
 Sec. 10. The premises mentioned in said precept shall 
 be advertised in the same manner and for the same time, 
 and said premises, or so much thereof as may be neces- 
 sary, shall be sold in the same manner prescribed by the 
 eighth section of an ordinance passed June 3, 1859, 
 and entitled “ An ordinance in relation to improvements 
 and repairs on the streets and alleys of the city, and pro- 
 viding for the assessment and collection of the cost and 
 expenses of such improvements and repairs, and for the 
 sale and conveyance of real estate charged with any por- 
 tion of said cost and expenses and the Collector shall, 
 in relation to such sale, do all the acts and perform all the 
 duties mentioned or prescribed in the ninth section of the 
 same ordinance, and the owner or claimant of any lot or 
 parcel of real estate which may be sold under this ordi- 
 nance, may redeem such premises on the same terms, in 
 the same way, and within the same time prescribed by the 
 tenth section ol .said ordinance of June 3, 1859. The 
 Treasurer shall, after the expiration of one year from the 
 day on which any lot or parcel of real estate shall have 
 been sold, under this ordinance ( if it shall not have been 
 redeemed), upon the delivery to him of the certificate of 
 purchase, make, execute, acknowledge and deliver to the 
 holder of such certificate of purchase a deed for the premi- 
 ses described in such certificate, which deed shall have 
 the same force and effect, and be conclusive evidence of 
 the same facts, as if the same had been made under the 
 eleventh section of said ordinance of June 3, 1859, and 
 said deed shall not be annulled or held invalid in any 
 court, except upon proof of one or more of the three facts 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 required to be proved to annul or invalidate a deed made 
 under the said eleventh section of said ordinance ; and it 
 is hereby declared that all the provisions of the said eighth, 
 ninth, tenth and eleventh sections of said ordinance of 
 June 3, 1859, shall be as applicable to proceedings under 
 this ordinance, as if the same were re-enacted as a part 
 of this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 11. Whenever a precept is issued under this ordi- 
 nance, or under the said ordinance of June 3, 1859, the 
 Clerk shall charge the Collector with the amount of such 
 precept, and the Collector shall, whenever he makes any 
 collections on any such precept, pay the same over to the 
 Treasurer and take his receipt and file it with the Clerk, 
 who shall give the Collector credit for the amount of such 
 receipt. 
 
 Sec. 12. Whenever an order shall be passed directing 
 a sidewalk of Class Ko. 1 to be made, and such order 
 shall omit to staje whether the curbing is to be of plank 
 or of stone, such order shall not for that reason, be invalid, 
 but the same shall be deemed and taken to be an order 
 requiring plank curbing to be used. 
 
 Sec. 13. An ordinance passed September 13, 1859, enti- 
 tled “An ordinance in relation to sidewalk improvements 
 and repairs and providing for the assessment and collec- 
 tion of the cost and expenses of such improvements and re- 
 pairs, and for the sale and conveyance of real estate 
 charged with any portion of such cost and expenses,” and 
 an ordinance amending said ordinance, passed December 
 27, 1862, are hereby repealed, but all orders for sidewalks, 
 improvements or repairs, now in force and not executed, 
 and all proceedings pending or improvements commenced 
 under any former ordinance now in force, shall be con- 
 ducted and completed under the provisions of such former 
 ordinances, which are for that purpose continued in force. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE to amend the ordinances passed December 23d, 1865, and 
 
 November 15th, 1869. 
 
 [Passed April 20, 1870.] 
 
 (Published and in force April 22, 1870.) 
 
 1. All sidewalks divided in four classes. 
 
 2. Class No. 1, how constructed ; curbing, how dressed, and dimensions. 
 
 3. Class No. 2, how constructed ; curbing of wood ; material and dimensions. 
 
 4. Class No. 3, how constructed. 
 
 5. Class No. 4, how constructed. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That all sidewalks in the city shall be 
 divided into four classes ; the first shall he designated 
 as Class No. 1; the second shall be designated as Class 
 No. 2 ; the third shall be designated as Class No. 8, and 
 the fourth one as Class No. 4. 
 
 Sec. 2. All sidewalks of Class No. 1 shall be con- 
 structed of good, hard, well-burned bricks, laid in a bed 
 of good sand, not less than three inches in depth, and 
 covered with a sufficient quantity of good sand to fill 
 the spaces between the bricks. The curbing to be of 
 stone, not less than six inches thick by at least twenty 
 inches deep, with a base equal to three-fourths of the 
 top, dressed square to the depth of at least six inches on 
 each end, firmly set, closely adjoining each other, with 
 even surface at the top, and dressed four inches from 
 the top on the side next to the gutter, and three inches 
 from the top on the side next to the pavement, and no 
 stone to be less than three feet in length. 
 
 Sec. 8. Ail sidewalks of Class No. 2 shall be construct- 
 ed in the manner prescribed for Class No. 1, except 
 that the curbing shall be of good, sound white oak, not 
 less than two and a half inches thick, nor less than 
 twelve inches wide, and shall be well secured to good, 
 sound white oak posts, not less than four inches square, 
 set two feet in the ground, anchored at the bottom by 
 spiking a piece of good, sound oak plank, one and a 
 
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 half inches thick by six inches in width and twelve in- 
 ches in length ; the posts to be not more than six feet 
 apart. All sidewalks of Class Nos. 1 and 2 shall have a 
 raise or inclination from the curb of half an inch to the 
 foot. The outside of the curbing of all sidewalks shall- 
 be placed from the building lines of streets as follows : 
 On Main and Water streets, twelve feet; on Fulton av- 
 enue and Franklin street, fifteen feet ; on streets that 
 are eighty feet wide, twelve feet; and on all other 
 streets, ten feet, except streets less than sixty feet in 
 width, in which cases the outside of the curb shall be 
 only eight feet from the building line. 
 
 Sec. 4* All sidewalks of Class No. 3, shall be construct- 
 ed as prescribed for Class No. 2, except that they shall 
 be of the width of five feet from the curb inwardly. 
 
 Sec. 5. All sidewalks of Class No. 4 shall be construct- 
 ed of good, sound two-inch oak, pine, poplar or hem- 
 lock plank, square edged, four feet in width, laid down 
 upon and safely secured to good, sound oak cross-ties, 
 not less than four inches square, and to be not more 
 than four feet apart, placed as nearly as practicable in 
 the middle of the space allotted for sidewalks. 
 
 WILLIAM H. WALKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : William Helper, Clerk. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE concerning the payment of the revenues of the city into 
 the city treasury, and relative to the duties of certain officers therein men- 
 tioned. 
 
 [Passed May 21, 1853.] 
 
 ( Published and in force May 25, 1853. ) 
 
 1. Revenue to he paid into city treasury in same kind of funds in which it 
 
 was received. 
 
 2. Receipt to be given, contents thereof, and when and where to be filed. 
 Clerk to give quietus and charge the Treasurer. 
 
 3. Collector to make and file with Treasurer monthly reports and make 
 
 monthly payments. 
 
 4. Treasurer to deposit city funds. 
 
 Treasurer to account for interest allowed him on such funds. 
 
 5. License money to be paid directly into treasury. 
 
 Receipt to be filed with Clerk. 
 
 Receipt must state whether paid in money or orders. 
 
 6. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville, That all the revenues of the city, de- 
 rived from any source whatever, which may be collected 
 by any officer of the city, shall be paid by such officer into 
 the city treasury in the same kind of funds in which the 
 collection was made, that is, all sums collected in money 
 shall be paid in money, and all sums collected in city or- 
 ders shall be paid in city orders. 
 
 Sec. 2. Whenever any officer of the city shall pay any 
 sum into the city treasury, the Treasurer shall give him a 
 receipt, setting forth the date of the payment, and on 
 what account it was collected and paid, and the propor- 
 tion or amount of money and city orders received, and, 
 the officer obtaining such receipt shall, within three days 
 thereafter, file said receipt with the Clerk, who shall give 
 the officer filing such receipt a written acknowledgment 
 thereof, and the Clerk shall thereupon charge the Treas- 
 urer with the amount of such receipt, setting forth the pro- 
 portions of cash and city orders as stated in such receipt. 
 
 Sec, 3. It shall be the duty of the Collector of said city, 
 on the first Monday of every month hereafter, to make 
 and file with the Treasurer of said city a report in writing, 
 
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 setting forth the amount of revenue received or collected 
 during the preceding month, on what account the same 
 was received, and what proportion thereof was received 
 in money, and what amount in city orders, and the said 
 Collector shall at the same time pay the amount thus re- 
 ported to the city Treasurer, and take and file his receipt 
 with the City Clerk, as required by the second section of 
 this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 4. Whenever the Treasurer shall hereafter receive 
 any money in his official capacity, or belonging to the 
 city, amounting to fifty dollars or upwards, he shall, un- 
 less otherwise directed by the Common Council, deposit 
 the same with the Evansville Insurance Company, pay- 
 able on call, with such interest as said company may al- 
 low on such deposits, and the Treasurer, upon his final 
 settlement with the Common Council, shall account for 
 the 'interest which may accrue and be received by him on 
 all such deposits. 
 
 Sec. 5. That all the revenue of the city derived from 
 licenses of every kind shall be paid directly into the city 
 treasury by the persons applying for license, and the re- 
 ceipt of the Treasurer shall be filed by the person to whom 
 it is given with the City Clerk, who shall thereupon issue 
 the proper license and charge the Treasurer with the 
 amount thereof, and the Treasurer shall in all receipts for 
 licenses state whether the amount was paid in money or 
 orders. 
 
 Sec. 6. Should any officer of the city violate any pro- 
 vision of this ordinance, or fail to perform any duty hereby 
 required of him, he shall for every such violation or fail- 
 ure forfeit and pay not less than five nor more than fifty 
 dollars. 
 
 JOHN S. HOPKINS, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: Geo. H. Todd, Clerk, 
 
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 0 
 
 AN ORDINANCE prescribing rules for the government of the Common 
 
 Council. 
 
 [Passed December 26, 1859.] 
 
 (Published and in force December 29, 1859.) 
 
 1. Annual meetings ; stated meetings. 
 
 Mayor or two members may send for absent Councilmen. 
 
 2. Questions of order, how decided. 
 
 3. Mayor shall preserve order. 
 
 When and how member may be called to order. 
 
 4. Member must vote unless interested or excused. 
 
 5. Motion must be in writing, if required. 
 
 6. When motion may be withdrawn. 
 
 7. When division may be called. 
 
 8. Member to address the Chair. 
 
 9. Member shall not speak more than twice, &c. 
 
 10. Motion to adjourn, when in order. 
 
 11. Division of the question. 
 
 12. Yeas and nays. 
 
 13. Filling blanks. 
 
 14. Committees, how appointed. 
 
 15. Member may leave Council, how. 
 
 16. Personalities, &c., prohibited. 
 
 17. Member shall not vote when interested. 
 
 18. Ordinances, how passed. 
 
 19. Of privileged motions. ~ 
 
 20. The previous question, how called. 
 
 . 21. Order of business. 
 
 Fine for non-attendance. 
 
 Rules, how altered and suspended. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 •City of Evansville , That the annual meeting of the 
 Council shall be held on the second Monday in March 
 in every year, and the stated meetings at such times as 
 may from time to time be fixed upon by resolution or 
 order of Council; and the following shall be the stand- 
 ing rules of the Council, for the preservation of order 
 and the dispatch of business : • 
 
 Rule 1. The Mayor shall take the chair at the hour 
 appointed for the meeting of the Council, and shall 
 immediately call the members to order, and may, at the 
 request of any two members present, order the attend- 
 ance of any absent member, and in the absence of the 
 
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 Mayor, «any two Councilmen may order the attendance 
 of absentees. 
 
 Rule 2. The Mayor shall decide all questions of order, 
 subject to an appeal to the Council. 
 
 Rule 3. The Mayor shall preserve order, and if any 
 member transgress the rules of the Council, the Mayor 
 shall, or any member may, call him to order, in which 
 case the member called to' order shall immediately sit 
 down and be silent, unless permitted to explain, and 
 tire Council, if appealed to, shall decide the matter ; if 
 there be no appeal to the Council, it shall be decided by 
 the Mayor; but in either case without debate. 
 
 Rule 4. Every member present when a question is 
 put shall vote, unless interested or excused by the 
 Council. 
 
 Rule 5. Every motion or proposition shall, if the 
 Mayor or any member require it, be reduced to writing. 
 
 Rule 6. Any motion orTesolution may be withdrawn 
 by the mover, at any time before amendment or decision. 
 
 Rule 7. In all cases where it is doubtful whether a 
 motion has prevailed, the Mayor may direct, or any 
 member may call for, a division. 
 
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 Rule 8. When a member is about to speak, he shall 
 rise and address himself to the Mayor, and the Mayor 
 shall announce the name of the member entitled to the 
 floor. 
 
 Rule 9. hfo member shall be allowed to speak more 
 than twice at the same meeting, on any one question, 
 without leave of Council. 
 
 Rule 10. A motion to adjourn shall always be in 
 order, except when a member is addressing the Council, 
 or the Council is engaged, in voting; and the motion to 
 adjourn shall be decided without debate. 
 
 Rule 11. Any member' may call for a division of the 
 question when the same shall admit of it. 
 
 Rule 12. The yeas and nays shall be taken and re- 
 corded upon any question before the Council, upon the 
 call of any two members. . 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 Rule 13. In filling blanks, the question on the largest 
 sum and most distant date shall be put first. 
 
 Rule 14. All committees shall be appointed by the 
 Mayor, unless otherwise directed by the Council at the 
 time. 
 
 Rule 15. No member shall leave the Council while it is 
 in session, without the consent of the Mayor. 
 
 Rule 16. No personalities, or reflections injurious to the ‘ 
 feelings of any member of the Council, shall be indulged in. 
 
 Rule 17. No member of the Council shall vote when 
 personally interested in the question before the Council. 
 
 Rule 18. Every ordinance shall receive at least two 
 several readings, and no ordinance shall be finally passed 
 at the same session of Council at which it was first read, 
 unless the Council shall by a vote of two-thirds of the 
 members present suspend this rule for that special purpose. 
 
 Rule 19. No business regularly before the Council shall 
 be interrupted except by a motion 
 
 For adjournment ; 
 
 For the previous question (namely, “Shall the main 
 question be now put ? ”) ; 
 
 For postponement ; 
 
 For commitment ; or . 
 
 For amendment. 
 
 Rule 20. The previous question shall not be moved by 
 less than three members, and shall be determined without 
 debate; but when the previous question has been called 
 and sustained, it shall not cut off any pending amend- 
 ments, but the vote shall be taken without debate on the 
 amendments in their order, and then on the main question. 
 
 Rule 21. The following shall be the established order 
 of business, at the regular meetings of the Council, viz : 
 
 I. Reading and amendment of the minutes of the 
 preceding meeting. 
 
 II. Unfinished business. 
 
 III. Presentation and allowance of accounts. 
 
 IV. Presentation of petitions and remonstrances. 
 
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 V. First reading of ordinances. 
 
 VI. Second reading and action on ordinances. 
 
 VII. Resolutions. 
 
 VIII. Appointment of committees. 
 
 IX. Reports of committees. 
 
 X. Miscellaneous business. 
 
 Sec. 3. If the Mayor or any Councilman shall absent 
 himself from any regular or called meeting of the Council 
 without being able to render a satisfactory excuse to the 
 Council, such Mayor or Councilman shall forfeit and pay 
 any sum not exceeding five dollars. 
 
 Sec. 3. None of the foregoing rules shall be altered or 
 suspended except by a vote of two-thirds of the members 
 present at any meeting of the Council. 
 
 Sec. 4. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in relation 
 to rules for the government of the Common Council here- 
 tofore passed and now in force are hereby repealed. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor, 
 
 Attest : P,. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE concerning City Scales, and defining the duties of Weigh - 
 . masters. 
 
 [Passed February 18, I860.] 
 
 (Published and in force February 23, 186()t) 
 
 1. Weigh -master, his election, bond and oath. 
 
 2. Duties of Weigh-master. 
 
 3. To make monthly payments. 
 
 4. Hay must not be purchased or sold without being weighed. 
 
 5. Weigh-master may be removed. 
 
 6. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That annually hereafter, at the first 
 meeting of the Council after the first Monday in April, 
 or as soon thereafter as practicable, the Common Coun- 
 cil shall elect one person as Weigh-master for each of 
 
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 the public scales of the city; and the persons so elected 
 shall, before they enter upon the discharge of their du- 
 ties, severally give bond to said city, in such sum as may 
 be fixed by the Council, and with such- security as the 
 Council may approve, and they shall also severally take 
 
 and subscribe an oath of office, which shall be indorsed 
 
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 on or annexed to, said bond. 
 
 •Sec.' 2. Each of the public scales of the city shall be 
 in charge of the person elected as Weigh-master for 
 such scales, and said Weigh-master shall keep the same 
 in good order and repair. He shall weigh all hay, straw, 
 and fodder, or produce or other property, which may be 
 brought to the scales for that purpose, and when the 
 same is in or upon any wagon or other vehicle, he shall 
 take down the gross weight of said vehicle and contents 
 and when such vehicle shall have been unloaded of its 
 contents and returned to said scales, said Weigh -master 
 shall weigh the same, and deduct the weight thereof 
 from the w.hole weight of such vehicle and contents, 
 and shall give the person procuring the same to be 
 weighed a certificate thereof, upon the payment by such 
 person of twenty-five cents for each load or part of a 
 load weighed. 
 
 Sec. 3. Every Weigh-master of the city of Evansville 
 shall pay over to the city Treasurer, on or before the 
 first Monday in every month, all the money belonging 
 to the city which may have come into his hands during 
 the preceding month, and he shall immediately file with 
 the Clerk the Treasurer’s receipt for the same. 
 
 Sec. 4. It shall not be lawful for auy person or per- 
 sons to buy or sell within the limits of the city, or to 
 deliver or receive any hay, except pressed or baled hay, 
 without having the same weighed on some one of the 
 public scales of the city. 
 
 Sec. 5. The Common Council may at any time, at 
 their discretion, remove any Weigh-master, and appoint 
 another in his stead. 
 
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 Sec. 6. Any person or persons who shall neglect any 
 of the duties prescribed by, or violate any of the pro- 
 visions of this ordinance, shall, for every such neglect 
 or violation, forfeit not less than one dollar nor more 
 than twenty dollars. 
 
 , W. BAKER, Mayor, 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE concerning fees and saleries, 
 
 [Passed May 31, 1847.] 
 
 (Published and in force June 3, 1847.) 
 
 Section 1 . Repealed. 
 
 Section 2. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville, That the City Clerk shall be allowed 
 the following fees, in addition to his per annum salary : 
 
 For issuing each license required by any ordinance of 
 the city, fifty cents. 
 
 For each deed made under any ordinance of the city 
 or provision of the city charter, one dollar. 
 
 For every certificate under the seal of the city (ex- 
 cept when called for by the Council), fifty cents. 
 
 For every transcript of any ordinance, by-law, order, 
 rule, or proceeding of the Council, and for every precept, 
 for every one hundred words, twelve and a half cents. 
 
 For entering any transfer of any tax certificate or 
 dray, twenty cents ; and in all other cases when the 
 City Clerk shall render services for any individual, he 
 shall be allowed the same fee that is allowed to the 
 Clerk of the Circuit Court for similar services. 
 
 Sec. 3 and 4 repealed. 
 
 L. L. LAYCOCK, President 'pro tern . 
 
 Attest: John J. Chandler, Clerk. 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 AN ORDINANCE concerning the duties and salaries of the Mayor, Record- 
 er, Collector, Marshal, Wharf-master, Market-master, Treasurer, Clerk 
 
 and appointees of the city ot Evansville. 
 
 [Passed May 31, 1869.] 
 
 1. Duty of officers to pay money over to the Treasurer weekly, and file 
 
 receipt with the Clerk. 
 
 2. The Treasurer shall file statement with the Clerk monthly. 
 
 3. The Clerk shall make a statement to the Council quarterly. 
 
 4. The Clerk shall report the accounts of officers, for allowance, monthly. 
 
 5. Office hours of the Mayor. 
 
 6. Salaries of Mayor, Clerk, &c. 
 
 7. Number of firemen and their pay. 
 
 8. Number of police and their pay ; other officers and their pay. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That the Mayor, Recorder, Collector, 
 Marshal, Wharf-masters, Market-masters and Weigh- 
 masters, shall each and every one of them pay over 
 weekly to the City Treasurer,. all moneys and city or- 
 ders received during the week on account of the city, 
 and take the Treasurer’s receipt therefor, which receipt 
 shall be immediately filed with the City Clerk. 
 
 Sec. 2. The Treasurer shall, on the last secular day of 
 every month, make out and file with the City Clerk, for 
 the use and inspection of the Common Council, a full 
 and complete report, showing the amount in money 
 and the amount in city orders received during the 
 month ; on what account and from whom received ; the 
 amount of disbursements made during the month; on 
 ■what account and to whom the disbursements have been 
 made; and also the amount in money and amount of 
 city orders remaining in the treasury. 
 
 Sec. 3. The City Clerk shall, on the first Monday in 
 June, September, December and March of every year, 
 make out and submit to the Common Council a full and 
 complete statement of the financial condition of the 
 
 citv. 
 
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 Sec. 4. The City Clerk shall, on the first Monday in 
 every month, make out and report to the Council, for 
 allowance, the accounts of the officers of the city and 
 the appointees of the Council, for the preceding month. 
 
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 Sec. 5. The Mayor shall attend at his office from 9 
 o’clock a. m. to 12 m., and from 2 o’clock p. m. to 4 p. m, 
 of every secular day, unless absent therefrom in the 
 discharge of official duties or by reason of sickness. 
 
 Sec. 6. That there shall be allowed to the several offi- 
 cers of the city, and appointees of the Common Council 
 of the city, hereinafter mentioned, the following annual 
 salaries, to be paid monthly : 
 
 To the Mayor, per year $2,000 00 
 
 “ Clerk, per year 1,500 00 
 
 “ Deputy Clerk, per year 500 00 
 
 “ Marshal, per year 1,000 00 
 
 “ Treasurer, per year 1,000 00 
 
 ** To the Chief of Police, per day 2 50 
 
 “ Chief of the Fire Departmet, per year 500 00 
 
 “ Engineer of Engine No. 1, per year 1,200 00 
 
 “ Engineer of Engine No. 2, “ 1,200 00 
 
 “ Engineer of Engine No. 3, “ 1,200 00 
 
 Sec. 7. There shall be twenty-one Firemen, each of 
 whom shall receive one hundred and fifty dollars per 
 annum, to be paid in quarter yearly installments of 
 thirty-seven and one-half dollars, at the expiration of 
 each quarter : and at least one of the Firemen shall be 
 constantly in attendance on each engine. 
 
 Sec. 8. There shall be fourteen regular night and day 
 police, each of whom shall receive $2.00 per day, to 
 be paid in monthly installments at the expiration 
 of each month. One Street Superintendent, who shall 
 receive $3.00 per day. One Wharf-master ( night ) $60 
 per month. One Wharf-master ( day ) $50 per month. 
 
 Upper Weigh-master, $300 per annum. 
 
 Upper Market-master, $300 per annum. 
 
 Lower Market and Weigh-master, $300 per annum. 
 
 For hauling Engine No. 1, and Hose Reel, $75 per 
 month. 
 
 For hauling Engine No. 2 and Hose Reel, $50 per 
 month. 
 
 For hauling Engine No. 3 and Hose Reel, $75 per 
 month. 
 
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 The salary of the Lamp-lighter shall be fixed at $65 
 per month. 
 
 The salary of the city Surveyor shall be fixed at $5 
 per day, and $2 per day for assistants, the amount to be 
 allowed each when actually employed. 
 
 Wm. H. WALKER, ‘Mayor. 
 
 Attest . A. M. McGrief, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE concerning Shows, Exhibitions, &c. 
 
 [Passed April 30, 1859.] 
 
 (Published and in force May 17, 1859.) 
 
 1. Exhibitions not allowed without license. 
 
 2. Price of license. * / 
 
 3. How procured. ' . ■ 
 
 4. Sunday performances prohibited. . . 
 
 5. Penalty for exhibiting without license. . 
 
 6. Penalty for Sunday exhibitions. * 
 
 7. Repeal, - , t 
 
 Section 1. Be it- ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That it shall be unlawful for any car- 
 avan, animal, menagerie, or other collection of animals, 
 or show of any figures or other work of art, any circus^ 
 theater, museum or other .show, exhibition or amusement 
 to be shown, exhibited or performed within the limits of 
 the city, or in or upon any wharf-boat, flat-boat, store- 
 boat, steamboat or other water craft lying in the canal 
 withjn the city, or on the Ohio River in front of the city, 
 or between the cijy aiid the middle of the river, until a 
 license so to do has first been obtained according to the 
 
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 provisions of this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 2. That the price' of such license shall be as.follows, 
 viz: For any circus, caravan or menagerie, not less than 
 fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, for each 
 day such circus, caravan or menagerie is shown or per- 
 formed, at the discretion of the Mayor, and in his absence 
 the Treasurer, and in the absence of both Mayor and 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 273 
 
 Treasurer, then in the discretion of any two of the Coun- 
 cilmen, and for any animal, or show of any figures or 
 other work of art, any theater, museum, or other show, 
 exhibition or amusement, not less than three dollars nor 
 more than twenty dollars for each day such animal, or 
 show of any figures or other work of art, theater, museum, 
 or other show, exhibition or amusement is shown or per- 
 formed, at the discretion of the Mayor, and in his absence, 
 of the Treasurer, and in the absence of both Mayor and 
 Treasurer, thten of any two of the Councilmen, 
 
 ►Sec. 3. Any person who may wish to obtain a license 
 under this ordinance shall pay the price thereof to the 
 city Treasurer, and take' his receipt therefor, which he 
 shall deposit with the Clerk, who shall thereupon make 
 out and attest such license, which, after being signed by 
 the Mayor, Treasurer or Councilmen fixing the rate of 
 such license, shall be delivered to the applicant. 
 
 Sec. 4. It*shall be unlawful for any caravan, animal, 
 men.agerie, or other collection of animals, .or show of anj^ 
 figures or other work of art, any circus, theater, museum 
 or other show, exhibition or amusement to be shown, ex- 
 hibited or performed within the limits of the city, or in or 
 upon atiy wharf-boat, flat-boat, store-boat, steamboat or 
 other water craft, lying’ in the canal within the city, or 
 in the Ohio river ki front of the city, and between the 
 city and the middle of the river, on the first day of the 
 week. commonly called Sunday. 
 
 Sec. 5. Should any person or persons exhibit or .per- 
 form, or aid or assist, or in any way or manner partici- 
 pate in the show, exhibition, or performance of any cara- 
 van, animal menagerie or other collection of animals, or 
 show of any figures or other work*of art, any circus, thea- 
 ter, museum, or other show, performance or exhibition for 
 which a license is required by any of the provisions of 
 this ordinance, without . having previously procured a li- 
 cense so to do, such person or persons shall for each and 
 every such offense forfeit and pay not less than six dollars 
 nor more than forty dollars, except in the case of any cir~ 
 
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 GENERAL ORDINANCES 
 
 cus or menagerie, in which case the fine shall be not less 
 than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dol- 
 lars. 
 
 Sec. 6. Any person or persons violating the provisions 
 of the fourth section of this ordinance, or aiding or assist- 
 ing, or in any way or manner participating in such viola- 
 tion, shall forfeit and pay not less than ten dollars nor 
 more than two hundred dollars. 
 
 Sec. 7. An ordinance entitled “An ordinance concern- 
 ing shows, exhibitions, &c.,” passed April 24, 1847 ; and an 
 ordinance entitled “ An ordinance amending an ordinance 
 concerning shows, exhibitions, &c.,” passed July 15, 1848 : 
 and the second section of an ordinance entitled ‘ 6 An or- 
 dinance concerning wharf-boats and other water-crafts/’ 
 passed April 24, 1847, be and the same are hereby re- 
 pealed. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 A SUPPLEMENT to an ordinance passed August 30, 1850, entitled “An Or- 
 dinance concerning shows, exhibitions, &c.” 
 
 [Passed March 19, 1866.] 
 
 (Published and in force March 21, 1866.) 
 
 1. Theater or museum license. 
 
 2. Repeal. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That hereafter the price to be charged 
 for a license for a theatre or museum shall be as fol- 
 lows, viz : For three months, the sum of fifty dollars ; for 
 six months, the sum of seventy-five dollars ; and for 
 one year, the sum of one hundred dollars — in all cases 
 payable in advance; and for any length of time less 
 than three months, the price of such license shall re- 
 main as fixed and provided by the ordinance to which 
 this is a supplement. 
 
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 Sec. 2. That an ordinance passed December 26, 1864, 
 entitled “A Supplement to an ordinance passed August 
 80, 1859, entitled ‘An Ordinance concerning shows, ex- 
 hibitions, &c.,’” be, and the same is hereby repealed. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 Attest : A, M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE concerning signs, awnings, and cellar-doors. 
 
 [Passed May 15, 1847.] 
 
 (Published and in force May 25, 1847.) 
 
 1. Signs must not project over sidewalk ; penalty. 
 
 2. Certain signs must be taken down ; penalty. 
 
 3. Awnings, &c. , prohibited. 
 
 Certain awnings must be removed. 
 
 4. Awning-posts, <fcc., how constructed. 
 
 5. Cellar-doors on sidewalks, how to be constructed. 
 
 Cellar-doors otherwise constructed to be changed ; penalty. 
 
 6. Cellar-doors to be kept in good order. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That it shall be unlawful for any per- 
 son or persons to put up any sign so that it will project 
 from the building, post, or other thing to which it may 
 be attached over any sidewalk or part of any sidewalk 
 within the city: Provided , That this section shall not 
 apply, during daylight, to the three feet of the sidewalk 
 next to any building ; and every person violating the pro- 
 visions of this section shall for every offense forfeit and 
 pay five dollars, and for each day such sign shall remain 
 up contrary to this ordinance, one dollar. 
 
 Sec. 2. Every sign which is now up, and projecting 
 over any sidewalk or part of any sidewalk, shall be 
 taken down within forty-eight hours after a written no- 
 tice to the owner or occupant, from the Marshal, so to 
 do; and should any sucb person or persons fail, neglect, 
 or refuse to take down any such sign within the time 
 
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 limited, after such notice, such person or persons so fail- 
 ing, neglecting, or refusing shall, for each day he, she, 
 or they shall so fail, neglect or refuse, pay one dollar. 
 
 Sec. 3. Hereafter no wooden awning or shed shall be 
 put up over any sidewalk or part of any sidewalk with- 
 in the city, nor shall any such awning or shed now up 
 and projecting over any sidewalk or part of any side- 
 walk be suffered to remain ; and it shall be the duty of 
 the Marshal to notify, in writing, the occupier or occu- 
 piers of the premises in front of or beside which there is 
 any such wooden awning or shed, to remove the same 
 within fourteen days ; and should any person or persons 
 so put up any such awning or shed, or fail, neglect, or 
 refuse to remove any such awning or shed now up, after 
 notice to remove the same, given as aforesaid, and within 
 the time hereinbefore limited, such person or persons 
 shall forfeit and pay not less than one nor more than ten 
 dollars ; and for each day such shed or awning is suf- 
 fered to remain after the same is so put up, or after 
 notice given as aforesaid to remove such shed or awning 
 now up, one dollar. 
 
 Sec. 4. The awning posts and rail of all cloth awn- 
 ings, as well those now up as those hereafter to he put 
 up, shall be at the outer edge of the sidewalk, at least 
 seven feet above the level of the sidewalk ; and if any 
 person or persons shall put up any such awning, or 
 suffer any awning to remain which is now up, contrary 
 to the provisions of this ordinance, he or they shall for- 
 feit and pay five dollars, and for each day such awning is 
 suffered to remain up contrary to this ordinance, one 
 dollar. 
 
 Sec. 5. It shall not be lawful for the owner or owners, 
 occupier or occupiers of any lot or part of any lot in the 
 city, to construct or suffer to be constructed, any cellar- 
 door or doors in or upon any sidewalk in front of or 
 adjoining any such lot or part of lot, unless the frame 
 of such cellar-door or doors shall be level with the sur- 
 face of such sidewalk ; and it shah be the duty of the 
 
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 owner or owners, occupier or occupiers of any such lot 
 or part of lot to cause the frame of any cellar-door or 
 doors which have already been constructed or put up, 
 and which is more than two inches above the level of 
 the sidewalk in front of or adjoining such lot or part of 
 lot, to be made level with the surface of such sidewalk 
 within twenty days after notice in waiting from the 
 Marshal so to do ; and if the same is not done within 
 the time herein limited, and after such notice, the per- 
 son or persons failing, neglecting, or refusing to have 
 the same done according to the requirements of this sec- 
 tion, shall forfeit and pay one . dollar for each day the 
 same remains undone. And should any person or per- 
 sons construct any cellar-door or doors contrary to the 
 provisions of this ordinance, such person or persons 
 shall forfeit and pay six dollars, and for each day the 
 same is suffered to remain, one dollar. 
 
 Sec. 6 . Every cellar-door now constructed or here- 
 after to be constructed upon any sidewalk shall be kept 
 in good order and repair, and sufficiently strong to bear 
 any burden likely to be placed thereon, and such cellar- 
 door or doors shall be closed and kept closed after 
 nightfall. 
 
 JAMES G. JOKES, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : John J. Chandler, Clerk. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE amendatory of an ordinance entitled “ An ordinance con- 
 cerning signs, awnings and cellar-doors,” passed May 15, 1847. 
 
 [Passed December 29, 1849. ] 
 
 ( Published and in force January 5, 1850. ) 
 
 1. Cellar-doors on sidewalk prohibited. 
 
 2. Certain cellar-doors must be kept closed at night. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That it shall not be lawful hereafter 
 for the owner or owners, occupier or occupiers of any 
 lot or part of lot in the city to construct or suffer to be 
 constructed any cellar-door or doors in or upon any 
 sidewalk, in front of or adjoining any such lot or part 
 of lot, and any person or persons who shall violate this 
 section shall forfeit and pay six dollars therefor, and 
 one dollar in addition for every day he, she or they 
 shall suffer any such cellar-door to remain, after notice, 
 as provided in the fifth section of the ordinance of 
 which this is an amendment. 
 
 Sec. 2. That any person or persons who shall permit 
 any cellar-door situated in the sidewalk in front of or 
 adjoining any lot or part of lot in the city, occupied by 
 such person or persons, to remain or be open after night- 
 fall, shall forfeit and pay for every such offense the sum 
 of five dollars. 
 
 JAMES G. JONES, Mayor. 
 
 Attest ; John J. Chandler, Clerk. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE relating to markets and market-houses, defining the duties 
 of Market-master, and repealing certain ordinances. 
 
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 [Passed December 26, 1859.] 
 
 (Published and in force December 29, 1859.) 
 
 1. Market-places of the city. 
 
 2. Market-houses— no sales to be made previous to the opening of the 
 
 market. 
 
 Forestalling and regrating prohibited. 
 
 No article remaining in market to be deemed sold. 
 
 3. Market-masters to be elected. 
 
 4. Duty of Market-masters. 
 
 5. Market-masters to sell stalls, and pay money into treasury. 
 
 6. Certain articles to be of specified weight ; penalty. 
 
 7. Market-master to examine certain articles. 
 
 8. Penalty for imposition in weight or measure. 
 
 9. Sale of unsound or spoiled provisions prohibited. 
 
 10. Butchers to keep stalls supplied with meats ; penalty. 
 
 11. Stalls, &c., to be kept clean. 
 
 12. Horses and vehicles to be placed as directed by Market-master. 
 
 13. Market-master may be removed. 
 
 14. Dogs not permitted in market. 
 
 15. Penalty. 
 
 16. Repeal, 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That Fourth street, between Locust 
 street and Oak street, and the market-house, market- 
 stands, and other improvements thereon erected, or which 
 may be hereafter thereon erected, shall be known as the 
 “Upper Market;” and Market street, between Ingle 
 street and Bond street, and the market-house and other 
 improvements now or hereafter to be thereon erected, 
 shall be known as the “ Central Market;” and that said 
 markets shall be hereafter used as the market-places of 
 the city of Evansville, for the sale and pur chase of provi- 
 sions, vegetables, and other articles necessary for the sub- 
 sistence, comfort, and convenience of the inhabitants of 
 said city, subject to the following and such other rules and 
 regulations as may hereafter be adopted by the Common 
 Council. 
 
 Sec. 2. Said markets shall be opened and kept open du- 
 ring such days or parts of days in every week as the 
 
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 Common Council may from time to time fix upon and di- 
 rect ; and it shall not be lawful for any person or persons 
 to purchase or sell, or to make any contract or agreement 
 for the purchase or sale of any meat, vegetables, or other 
 provisions or marketing, at either of said markets, pre- 
 vious to the opening of the same by the Market-master ; 
 nor shall it be lawful for any person or persons to pur- 
 chase any article or articles at either of said markets, 
 during market hours, for exportation or re-selling, nor 
 shall any person or persons sell or offer for sale at either 
 of said markets any article or articles which such person 
 or persons may have purchased or forestalled, at any place, 
 while on the way to, or designed or intended for, either of 
 said markets; and no article or articles brought to either 
 of said markets shall be deemed or considered as sold un- 
 til the same shall have been delivered to the purchaser ; 
 and it shall be the duty of all persons attending either of 
 said markets with provisions or articles of marketing for 
 sale to sell and deliver to any person or persons desiring 
 the same a reasonable quantity of any such provisions or 
 marketing brought by them to either of said markets, and 
 not previously sold and actually delivered to the purchaser 
 thereof. 
 
 Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Common Council 
 annually, at the first meeting of the Council after the 
 first Monday in April, or as soon thereafter as practica- 
 ble, to elect a Market-master for each of said markets, 
 who shall hold their offices respectively until the first 
 Monday in April next ensuing, and until their succes- 
 sors are elected and qualified. 
 
 Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of said Market-masters to 
 superintend their respective markets, and to keep them 
 thoroughly cleansed and in good order, and to report to 
 the Council such repairs, improvements and alterations 
 in or about such markets as they may deem necessary * 
 they shall, at the hour fixed upon by the Council' for 
 opening the said markets on market days, open the 
 same, and be in constant attendance and preserve good 
 
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 order during market hours ; they shall see that no ini' 
 position is practiced by the seller upon the buyer, or the 
 buyer upon the seller, and they shall have power at all 
 times to order suspicious persons, and idle or disorderly 
 boys, to leave said markets. 
 
 Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of said Market-masters 
 respectively, at such times as the Common Council may 
 appoint, to expose to sale the stalls and stands in said 
 markets and market-houses, for such length of time, 
 and on such terms and conditions as the Council may 
 prescribe ; and the money arising from such sales, and 
 all other funds belonging to the city which may be re- 
 ceived by said Market-masters, shall be paid over to the 
 city Treasurer, and his receipt therefor deposited with 
 the Clerk. 
 
 Sec. 6 . It shall not be lawful for any person to sell, 
 or offer or expose for sale, at either of said markets, any 
 butter in lumps or rolls, unless each of said lumps or 
 rolls be of some specified weight, and if any person shall 
 sell or offer or exhibit as for sale, any such lumps or 
 rolls at either of said markets, and on examination the 
 same shall fall short of such specified w r eight, such lumps 
 or rolls shall be forfeited to the city. 
 
 Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of said Market-masters 
 respectively, whenever they may suspect or be informed 
 that any butter or other article of provisions or mar- 
 keting, offered or exhibited for sale at either of said 
 markets, and purporting to be of a specified weight or 
 quantity, is deficient in weight or measure, to try the 
 same, and if upon such trial it should prove to be de- 
 ficient in weight or measure, they shall seize the same 
 for the benefit of the city, and sell it forthwith at public 
 outcry at said market to the highest bidder. 
 
 Sec. 8. If any person or persons shall sell any meat, 
 or any other article or articles by weight or measure, 
 at either of said markets, and such meat or other arti- 
 cles shall not be fully of the weight or quantity sold and 
 
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 paid for, such person or persons shall forfeit and pay 
 for every such offense the penalty prescribed by the fif- 
 teenth section of this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 9. It shall not be lawful for any person to sell or 
 offer to sell, or to expose or exhibit as for sale at either 
 of said markets or elsewhere in the city, any unwhole- 
 some, damaged or spoiled meat, vegetables or other pro" 
 visions of any description or kind whatever. 
 
 Sec. 10. If any person or persons shall rent or lease 
 any butcher stall or stalls in either of said markets, and 
 shall fail or neglect to supply such stall or stalls with 
 good fresh meats, on the regular market days, and du- 
 ring the regular market hours, for two weeks in succes- 
 sion, such stall or stalls shall revert to the city, and may 
 be disposed of to other persons : Provided , That if any 
 reasonable excuse can be given for such neglect or fail- 
 ure, the Council may continue such person in the pos- 
 session of such stall or stalls : And provided , That after 
 such failure or neglect, at least one week shall be allow- 
 ed such person to render such excuse. 
 
 Sec. 11. It shall be the duty of every butcher or oth- 
 er person selling meat at either of said markets, to 
 scrape and cleanse the blocks, benches, shelves and hooks 
 used by him and prevent the same from becoming foul 
 or offensive. 
 
 Sec. 12. It shall not be lawful for any person or per- 
 sons to permit or allow any cart, wagon, dray or other 
 vehicle, or any horse or other animal, to remain in the 
 street, or space or spaces in front of, or around either 
 of said markets during market hours, except such ve- 
 hicles and animals as may be employed in bringing pro- 
 visions or other articles to or from said markets, which 
 animals and vehicles shall, while they remain at either 
 of said markets, be under the direction of the Market- 
 master ; and the owners or persons having charge of 
 such vehicles and animals respectively, shall place and 
 arrange the same as the Market-master may direct. 
 
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 Sec. 13. The Common Council may at any time, at 
 their discretion, remove any Market-master and appoint 
 another in his stead. 
 
 Sec. 14. No dogs shall be permitted or allowed to 
 come to either of said markets during market hours, 
 unless the owner or person having charge of such dog 
 or dogs shall tie or otherwise confine such dog or dogs 
 in such a position as to be out of the way of all persons 
 attending said markets, and any dog found at either of 
 said markets, during market hours, and not tied or con- 
 fined as herein provided, may be killed by the Market- 
 master or Marshal of the city. 
 
 Sec. 15. Every person who shall neglect any of the 
 duties prescribed by, or violate any of the provisions of 
 this ordinance, shall, for every such offense, forfeit and 
 pay not less than one dollar nor more than fifty dollars. 
 
 Sec. 16. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in- 
 consistent with the provisions of this ordinance are 
 hereby repealed. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE to provide for the leasing of butchers’ stalls in the Upper 
 Market-house, situated on Fourth street, between Locust and Walnut 
 streets. 
 
 i - [Passed July 26, 1859.] 
 
 (Published and in force July 27, 1859.) 
 
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 1. Butcher stalls how leased. 
 
 2. Price, terms and conditions of lease. 
 
 3. Lease, how executed. 
 
 4. Annual rent, how and when assessed. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That the butchers’ stalls in said mar- 
 ket-house shall be leased for any period not exceeding 
 ten years from the first day of August, 1859, and that 
 the present occupant of each stall shall, if he desires it, 
 have a lease on such stall under this ordinance in pref- 
 erence to all other persons. 
 
 Sec. 2. The lessee of every such stall shall annually, 
 during his term, and on or before the first day of Au- 
 gust of each j 7 ear, pay to the city such rent for said stall 
 as the Council shall from year to year assess thereon, 
 and a failure to pay said rent for ten days after it be- 
 comes due, or a failure on the part of the lessee to con- 
 form to and comply with such rules, regulations and 
 ordinances as the Council may from to time adopt in 
 relation to markets, or in relation to said market-house, 
 shall give the Council the right, at their option, to de- 
 clare the lease forfeited, and re-let the stall for the unex- 
 pired portion of the term; and should said market-house 
 be destroyed or removed, or cease to be used as a market- 
 house, either by the act of the Council or otherwise, 
 then and from thenceforth the said lease shall be null 
 and void, and the lessee shall only be charged with the 
 rent of his stall in proportion to the time of his occu- 
 pancy thereof. 
 
 Sec. 3. Every lease made under this ordinance shall 
 be executed by the Mayor for and on behalf of the city, 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 and shall contain a statement that it is made subject to 
 all the provisions of this ordinance, and binding the 
 lessee to conform to and abide by said provisions. 
 
 Sec. 4. The rental of the stalls shall be assessed an- 
 nually by the Council on the last Monday in July of 
 each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, to take 
 effect from and after the first day of August. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to the markets and market-places of the City 
 
 of Eyansville. 
 
 [Passed May 10, 1862.] 
 
 (Published and force May 14, 1862.) 
 
 1, Venders at markets must rent stall, or pay fee for use of market. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That hereafter, any person or per- 
 sons vending or offering to vend any meat, vegetables, 
 provisions or other article or articles, at either of the 
 markets or market-places within the city of Evansville, 
 without first having rented or leased a stand or stall in 
 such market or market-place, and refusing to pay to the 
 Market-master the sum or fee fixed by the Common 
 Council to be paid by such venders as do not rent or 
 lease stands or stalls, shall forfeit and pay for every such 
 offense any sum not exceeding five dollars. 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE in relation to the sale of meat at the Market or Market' 
 
 places of the City of Evansville. 
 
 [Passed September 23 , 1867 .] 
 
 1. Rent to be paid unless the seller has a stand. 
 
 2. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That any person or persons who may 
 hereafter sell, or offer to sell, any meat, except salted 
 meat, at or in either of the markets or market-places of 
 the city of Evansville, not having a meat stand or stall in 
 such market, leased or rented from said city, shall be re- 
 quired to pay to the Market-master one dollar and fifty 
 cents, stand and stall rent, for every market morning such 
 person or persons may sell or offer to sell any meat, as 
 aforesaid. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any person or persons, except lessees or rent- 
 ers of meat stands or stalls, selling or offering to sell any 
 meat at either of said markets or market-places, and re- 
 fusing to pay, on demand, the stall rent required by this 
 ordinance, shall, on conviction, forfeit and pay not less 
 than five, nor more than ten dollars, 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to prevent paupers and other indigent persons from being 
 brought into and left within the City of Evansville, and fixing a penalty 
 for such offense. 
 
 [ Passed December 30 , 1867 .] 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That hereafter it shall be unlawful for 
 any person or persons to bring into and leave within the 
 city of Evansville any pauper or other indigent person, 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 without other means than alms, or public provision for 
 support* 
 
 Sec. 2. That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any 
 owner, master, clerk, mate, or other officer or employee 
 of any steamboat on the Ohio river, to permit any such 
 pauper or indigent person, as aforesaid, to be landed from 
 their steamer at or on the wharf of the city of Evansville, 
 and any officer or employee of any such steamboat, vio- 
 lating this ordinance, it shall be presumed to be done by 
 permission of the officer or person in command of such 
 steamboat. 
 
 Sec. 3. Any person or persons violating or offending 
 against any provision or provisions of this ordinance shalb 
 for every such offense, forfeit and pay any sum not ex- 
 ceeding fifty dollars ; and each pauper or indigent person, 
 as aforesaid, brought into and left or landed as aforesaid, 
 shall constitute a separate offense. 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER, Mayor, 
 
 Attest : A. M, McGriff, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE repealing an ordinance passed on the 15th day of No- 
 vember, A. D. 1869, entitled “ An ordinance in relation to the Oak Hill 
 and Locust Hill Cemeteries,” and substituting therefor the appointment of 
 new Trustees to govern said Cemeteries. 
 
 [Passed August 29, 1870.] 
 
 1. Repeal of ordinances in conflict with title. 
 
 2. Appointment of Board of Trustees ; and designating their term of office. 
 
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 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That any ordinance in conflict with 
 the title of this ordinance be, and the same is hereby 
 repealed. 
 
 Sec. 2. Resolved , That Hiram E. Read is hereby ap" 
 pointed a Trustee for the Cemeteries above named, to 
 serve for a term of three years, and Dr. Hiram W. 
 Cloud is appointed a Trustee of above named Ceme- 
 
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 teries, to serve for a term of two years, and William 
 Heilman is appointed a Trustee to serve for a term of 
 one year, and all of said Trustees are to be governed by 
 such rules and regulations to be adopted hereafter; and 
 it is hereby ordained that the said Hiram E. Head shall 
 act as Trustee of said Cemeteries, for a term of three 
 years, and Hiram W. Cloud for a term of two years, 
 and William Heilman for one year, or until their suc- 
 cessors are appointed and qualified; and on the 10th day 
 of September of each year, there shall be selected and 
 elected one Trustee to serve a term of three years. 
 
 WILLIAM H. WALKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : William Helder, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE supplementary to an ordinance passed August 29, 1870, en= 
 titled “An Ordinance repealing an ordinance passed on the 15th day of 
 November, A. D. 1869, entitled ‘An Ordinance in relation to the Oak and 
 Locust Hill Cemeteries,’ and substituting therefor the appointment of new 
 Trustees to govern said cemeteries . v 
 
 [Passed March 18, 1871.] 
 
 (Published March 15, 1870.) 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That the duties and authority of the 
 Trustees constituted by the ordinance of which this is 
 explanatory, shall be as follows, viz : 
 
 First , To assume and have the management and care 
 of said cemeteries. 
 
 Second , To have the direction and control of all ex- 
 penditures made on account of said cemeteries. 
 
 Third , To recommend to the Council from time to 
 time the name or names of a person or persons suitable 
 to be appointed as sexton of said cemeteries. 
 
 Fourth , To recommend to the Council, for adoption, 
 such rules and regulations as may in the opinion of the 
 Board be suitable for the government of said cemeteries. 
 
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 Fifth, To cause such needed repairs and improve- 
 ments to be made as the Board may deem proper, with 
 the consent of the Council. 
 
 Sixth, To recommend to the Council from time to 
 time a scale of prices for lots in said cemeteries, and reg- 
 ulations as to the method of selling said lots. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : Wm. Helper, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE entitled an ordinance creating a Sinking Fund from the 
 
 revenues of Water- works. 
 
 [Passed June 13 , 1870 .] 
 
 ( Published June 16, 1870. ) 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That from and after the erection and 
 completion of the Water- works in said city, and as soon 
 thereafter as any surplus fund shall appear from the reve- 
 nues thereof, in excess of all legetimate expenses, for the 
 general management of the works, or for repairs of same 
 or for extension of water-pipe, or for increase of power in 
 machinery, or for any necessary appliance that will prove 
 to the advantage of the works, a sinking fund of all such 
 surplus revenue shall be created, from which no part of 
 same can or shall be withdrawn for any purpose whatever, 
 except to pay interest on the bonds issued to pay for the 
 erection of said Water- works and to cancel same at 
 maturity. 
 
 The people of Evansville, through their representatives 
 in the City Council, at this time, do hereby solemnly pro- 
 test against the repeal or modification of this ordinance, 
 whereby the fund so created, shall be applied to any 
 other purpose than is indicated in this ordinance, until the 
 bonds that may be issued for the construction of Water- 
 works are cancelled. The Mayor of the city and the Fh 
 nance Committee of the Common Council, and the Trus- 
 
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 tees of the Water-works are hereby constituted and ap- 
 pointed Trustees of this fund, to invest same securely and 
 to best advantage. 
 
 WILLIAM H. WALKER, Mayor. 
 Attest: William Helder, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE providing for the government of the Water-works of the 
 
 City of Evansville. 
 
 [Passed March 13, 1871.] 
 
 (Published and in force March 15, 1871.) 
 
 1. Trustees to be elected ; term of office. 
 
 2. Compensation of Trustees. 
 
 3. Oath of office. 
 
 4. Contract and bond. 
 
 5. Duty of Trustees. 
 
 6. Trustees to report to the Council. 
 
 7. "Water-works never to be transferred. 
 
 8. Revenue how disposed of. 
 
 9. Quorum of Board. 
 
 10. Minutes of Board. 
 
 11. Allowances by the Trustees. 
 
 12. When in effect. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That there is hereby established a 
 Board of Trustees of the Water- works of said city, to 
 consist of (4) four members, to be elected by the Com- 
 mon Council at any meeting after the passage of this 
 ordinance. Said Trustees shall be elected for the terms 
 respectively of one, two, three, and four years, in such 
 manner that one Trustee shall be elected thereafter by 
 the Common Council in the month of March of each 
 and every year, to serve for four years, and until his 
 successor shall be elected and qualified ; and any va- 
 cancy may be filled by the remaining Trustees, for the 
 unexpired term of any such Trustees becoming vacant 
 for which he was elected. 
 
 Sec. 2. The compensation of said Trustees shall be 
 the sum of two hundred dollars each, except the Presi- 
 
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 dent of the Board of Trustees, who shall receive five 
 hundred dollars, payable quarterly, at the end of each 
 and every quarter, to be paid out of the revenue of the 
 Water- works. 
 
 Sec. 3. Said Trustees shall take and subscribe an oath 
 to faithfully perform their duties at the time they qual- 
 ify as such. 
 
 Sec. 4. Before entering upon the duties of their office, 
 each of said Trustees shall make a contract with the 
 Common Council of said city, on the part of said Trus- 
 tees, for the faithful performance of their duties as such 
 officers, and on the part of the city, for the fulfillment 
 of the obligations placed upon it by this ordinance, with 
 bond, by the Trustees, payable to the city of Evansville, 
 with tree-hold security to the satisfaction of the Com- 
 mon Council in a penalty not less than five thousand 
 dollars, conditioned for the performance of their duties 
 as Trustees, and the safe keeping, paying over and ac- 
 counting for all money and property that may come 
 into their hands or under their control in any manner 
 as such Trustees ; said contract and bond to be filed by 
 the Clerk, with his signature and seal. 
 
 Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of said Trustees to appoint 
 all employees, agents, and others necessary for the faith- 
 ful working of said Water-works in all its branches; to 
 require an oath of office with bonds and security, from 
 all holding a responsible position under them, and to 
 take care of all property belonging to said Water-works; 
 to establish by resolution the water rents, and to pro- 
 vide for the collection of same, to fix the compensation 
 of all employees under them, and to do such other acts 
 as may be necessary for the government, maintenance, 
 and regulation of the Water-works. The salaries, wages 
 and compensation of all such employees, agents and 
 officers, shall be paid by the said Trustees out of the 
 revenues of the Water-works. 
 
 Sec. 6 . The said Trustees shall semi-annually in the 
 months of March and September in each year, and at 
 
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 such other times as the Common Council may direct, 
 make out and submit to said Common Council a report 
 in writing, stating in detail the receipts of said Water- 
 works, from all sources, and the payments and for what 
 purposes, detailing specifically all the financial transac- 
 tions of the Board of Trustees and all the officers and 
 agents for and on account of said Water-works, which 
 report shall be verified by the affidavits of said Trustees. 
 
 Sec. 7. The said Water- works shall never be trans- 
 ferred, aliened, sold or leased, by the city or by said 
 Trustees, or by any authority whatever. 
 
 Sec. 8. The revenue arising from the use of and man- 
 agement of said Water-works shall be under the control 
 of said Board of Trustees, and all moneys in excess of 
 the running expenses of said works, and necessary ex- 
 tensions of or additions to the same, including the re- 
 pairs, and the payment of the interest on the Water- 
 works bonds of the city of Evansville, shall constitute a 
 Sinking Fund for the payment of the principal of said 
 bonds, and said Board of Trustees shall invest the same 
 in some safe bonds or security, and the proceeds o^ 
 which shall be applied to the payment of said Water- 
 works bonds until all are paid, and thereafter the same 
 shall be paid into the city Treasury ; Provided , That such 
 investment shall not be made unless the Common Coun- 
 cil shall concur with said Board as to the mode of in- 
 vestment. 
 
 Sec. 9. A majority of said Board of Trustees shall 
 form a quorum for the transaction of business. The 
 Board shall regulate its own times of meeting and enact 
 such rules and regulations as may be necessary. 
 
 Sec. 10. Regular minutes of the proceedings of the 
 Board shall be kept, which shall always be open to the 
 inspection of the public. 
 
 Sec. 11. All allowances made by the Board shall be 
 entered on record at the time when made, and written 
 receipts shall be taken' for all payments at the time 
 when they are made. 
 
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 Sec. 12. This ordinance shall be in force and effect 
 from and after its passage. 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER, Mayor. 
 Attest: William Helder, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to licenses. 
 
 [Passed June 7, 1862.] 
 
 (Published and in force June 14, 1862.) 
 
 1. All licenses to be taken out at proper time ; otherwise, fifty per cent. ad- 
 ditional to be paid. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That in all cases hereafter in which a 
 city license is required to be paid for and taken out by 
 any person or persons, for any purpose whatever, and 
 when said license shall not have been paid for and taken 
 out on or before the day on which the same was due and 
 payable, the person or persons applying for such license 
 shall be required to pay fifty per cent, in addition to the 
 price of such license, as the same may be fixed by the or- 
 dinances of the city for the time being. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE to regulate and license taverns, coffee-houses, restaurants, 
 
 drinking saloons, and all other places where intoxicating liquors are sold, 
 
 to be used or consumed on the premises. 
 
 [Passed June 5, 1865.] 
 
 (Published and in force June 6, 1865.) 
 
 1. Spirituous, vinous, or malt liquors not to be sold without license. 
 
 2. License, how applied for. 
 
 3. Length of time for which license may be granted. 
 
 4. Price of license. 
 
 5. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That it shall not be lawful for any per- 
 son or persons whomsoever, within the corporate limits of 
 the city of Evansville, to sell or barter any spirituous, 
 vinous, or malt liquors, or any intoxicating liquor what- 
 ever, where the same is to be used or consumed as a bev- 
 erage, in the house where sold, or in any out-house, yard, 
 garden, or premises belonging to or connected therewith, 
 without first procuring from the Common Council of said 
 city a license so to do. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any person or persons wishing to obtain a li- 
 cense to sell or barter any spiritous, vinous, or malt 
 liquors, to be used as a beverage on the premises where 
 sold, shall make application to the Common Council of 
 said city, by petition, designating the house, room, or 
 premises where he, she, or they propose to establish or 
 carry on said business. 
 
 Sec. 3. No license shall be granted under this ordinance 
 for a shorter period than six months, except as hereinafter 
 provided, and no license shall be granted for a longer pe- 
 riod than until the first day of August next after the 
 granting of such license : Provided , That when the time 
 intervening between the date of application and the first 
 day of August shall be less than six months, the license 
 may be granted until the said first day of August. 
 
 Sec. 4. The price of a license, under this ordinance, 
 
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 shall be fifty dollars for one year, twenty-five dollars for 
 six months ; and when the time intervening between the 
 making of the application and the first day of August 
 succeeding shall be less than six months, the price of li- 
 cense for such intervening time shall be five dollars for 
 every month or fraction of a month of such intervening 
 time : Provided, That licenses for the time intervening 
 between the passage of this ordinance and the first day 
 of August, 1865, may be applied and paid for at any time 
 on or before the 1 5th day of June, 1865. 
 
 Sec. 5. If any person or persons shall, after the said 
 15th day of June, 1865, sell or barter any spirituous, 
 vinous, or malt liquors, without first procuring from the 
 Common Council of the city of Evansville a license so to 
 do, such person or persons so offending shall, on convic- 
 tion, forfeit and pay the sum of fifty dollars for the first 
 offense, and for every subsequent offense the sum of one 
 hundred dollars. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE providing for the election of a City Surveyor, and pre- 
 scribing his duties, 
 
 [Passed November 12 , 1859 .] 
 
 ( Published and in force November 15, 1859. ) 
 
 1. A City Surveyor to be elected. 
 
 2. Surveyor to take and subscribe oath. 
 
 3. Duties of Surveyor in relation to lines, corners, grades, &c. 
 
 4. Surveyor to make report to Council of grades, corners, &c. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That at each annual election of Coun- 
 cilmen hereafter to be held, there shall be elected by the 
 qualified electors of the city, a City Surveyor, who shall 
 hold his office for one year, and until his successor is 
 elected and qualified. 
 
 
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 Sec. 2. Before entering upon the discharge of the du- 
 ties of his office, the Surveyor shall take and subscribe 
 an oath that he will faithfully discharge the duties of 
 his office, and that he will not, during his continuance 
 in office, either directly by himself or by another, be 
 concerned or interested in any contract or public work 
 of the city, or be security, or in any way bound or in- 
 terested for any contractor. 
 
 Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the City Surveyor, in 
 conjunction with the Mayor, under the direction of the 
 Council, to find and mark out the lines of all the streets, 
 lanes, alleys, sidewalks, market-spaces, public landings 
 and commons which are to be improved, and shall also 
 find and mark the proper grades of the same, and shall 
 find and mark the lines of improvements to be made. 
 He shall also carefully watch the improvements of all 
 streets and alleys, and see that the contractor, or person 
 or officer under whose superintendence the same is be- 
 ing done, conforms the work to the ordinances, orders 
 or resolutions directing the same to be done. And in 
 all cases of embankments and fills, he shall examine the 
 ground whereon the work is to be done, and suggest, if 
 the same be necessary, proper precautions against slides 
 or slips, and all the means necessary to insure the per- 
 manence and stability of the work. He shall from time 
 to time suggest to the Council the kind and quality of 
 materials to be used in all public works, and shall aid 
 them on all occasions, when required so to do, with his 
 professional knowledge and skill. 
 
 Sec. 4. The City Surveyor shall, as soon as practica- 
 ble, report to the Council locations, grades and corners 
 which he, in conjunction with the Mayor, shall have 
 fixed, and if approved by the Council, a record thereof 
 shall be made, and they shall be the fixed and estab- 
 lished locations, grades and corners, unless subsequent- 
 ly altered by authority of the Council. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE prescribing the time when the tax duplicate shall be issued, 
 
 and the time within which personal and real estate may be sold for the 
 
 payment of taxes, and the time for making the Collector’s returns. 
 
 [Passed October 1 , 1859.] 
 
 (Published and in force October 3, 1859.) 
 
 1. Tax duplicate, when to be made out and delivered to the Collector. 
 
 2. Duplicate and precept, when to be returned by Collector. 
 
 3. When certain statements to be made by Collector. • 
 
 4. When taxes on polls, personals, &c., may be collected. 
 
 5. When taxes on real estate may be collected. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That the tax duplicate of the city 
 shall be made out and delivered to the Collector by the 
 Clerk, by or before the third Monday of October of each 
 year. 
 
 Sec. 2. It shall be lawful for the Collector to return 
 the tax duplicate, w T ith the precept attached thereto, 
 to the Common Council, or to their Clerk, at any time 
 on or before the last Monday in February next follow- 
 ing the receipt by him of such duplicate. 
 
 Sec. 8. The statement required to be made and re- 
 turned by the Collector to the city Treasurer, by the 
 provisions of the fifty-second section of the original 
 charter of the city, may be made at any time on or be- 
 fore the second Monday in March next succeeding the 
 election or appointment of such Collector. 
 
 Sec. 4. It shall be lawful, at any time after the expi- 
 ration of one month from and after the receipt of the 
 tax duplicate, and before the last Monday in February, 
 for the Collector, by virtue of such duplicate and pre- 
 cept, to collect taxes on polls, personal estate, dogs and 
 bitches, by seizing and selling the goods and chattels of 
 the persons charged with such taxes respectively, or lia- 
 ble to be seized and sold for the payment thereof. 
 
 Sec. 5. It shall be lawful for the Collector, at any 
 time after the expiration of one month from and after 
 
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 the receipt of the tax duplicate and precept, and before 
 the last Monday in the next February thereafter, to 
 make the taxes assessed on any real estate by selling 
 either real or personal estate liable to be sold for the 
 payment of such taxes. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation t® improvements and repairs on the streets 
 and alleys of the city, and providing for the assessment and collection of 
 the costs and expenses of such improvements and repairs, and for the sale 
 and conveyance of real estate charged with any portion of such costs and 
 expenses. 
 
 [Passed June 3, 1859.] 
 
 (Published and in force June 6, 1859.) 
 
 1. Order of Council to designate what improvements or repairs are to be 
 
 made. 
 
 Advertisement, letting of contract, &c. 
 
 Contractor to give security. 
 
 2. Expenses of improvements, how to be assessed. 
 
 3. Apportionment of expenses, how made. 
 
 Apportionment, when approved by Council, to be recorded and assess- 
 ment made. 
 
 4. Owner may give security to pay his proportion in cash. 
 
 Contractor to receive securities thus taken. 
 
 5. Owners who give security and pay promptly, to receive eight per cent. 
 
 from city. 
 
 6. Mayor to report to the Council, and precept to issue. 
 
 7. Precept, what it must contain. 
 
 8. Sales under precept, how made. 
 
 9. Certificate of purchase. 
 
 10. Premises sold may be redeemed. 
 
 11. Deed, when and by whom to be made. 
 
 12. Proviso. 
 
 13. Repeal. . 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That whenever the Common Council 
 of said city shall, in pursuance of the charter of the city, 
 order and require any improvements or repairs to be made 
 in or upon any street or alley, or in or upon a part of any 
 street or alley within the city, by grading, paving, gravel- 
 ing, curbing or guttering, or otherwise improving the same 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 an order designating the improvements or repairs required 
 to be made, shall be passed by the Council, and thereupon 
 it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the city to advertise 
 for not less than twenty days (by publication in some 
 newspaper printed and published in the city), for sealed 
 proposals to do the work and furnish all the materials 
 necessary for the completion of the improvements or 
 repairs required to be made, and the job shall (unless 
 the Council shall see proper to defer the letting) be let 
 to the lowest responsible bidder, who will give secu- 
 rity to the acceptance of the Council for the performance 
 of his contract, and in all cases the name or names of 
 the proposed sureties of the bidder shall accompany the 
 bid, and the contract shall be executed by the party to 
 whom the work may be awarded, and his sureties within 
 five days from and after the time when the work may 
 be awarded to such party, unless by an order of Coun- 
 cil further time is given, and a failure so to execute the 
 contract shall be a forfeiture of the bid. 
 
 Sec. 2. The cost and expense of making any improve- 
 ments or repairs (including all the materials for the 
 same) contemplated by the preceding section, shall, un- 
 less otherwise ordered by the Council, be assessed and 
 charged against all lots and parts of lots fronting on or 
 adjoining the street or part of a street or alley or part 
 of an alley so ordered and required to be improved or 
 repaired equally per front foot, that is, every foot of real 
 estate fronting or abutting upon such street or part of a 
 street or alley or part of an alley on either side thereof, 
 shall be charged with an equal proportion of the entire 
 cost and expenses of making such improvement or re- 
 pairs, including the cost of all material used therein. 
 
 Sec. 3. Within five days from and after the contrac- 
 tor or contractors to whom the "work may be awarded 
 shall have executed the contract and given security as 
 aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Mayor and City 
 Surveyor to make to the Common Council a report in 
 
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 writing, apportioning the entire cost and expense (at the 
 contract price) of the improvement or repairs among all 
 the lots or separate parcels of real estate fronting on or 
 adjoining the street or part of a street or alley or part 
 of an alley ordered to be improved or repaired, accord- 
 ing to the principle of taxation established by the last 
 preceding section ; said apportionment or report shall 
 set forth the whole length of the street or part of a street 
 or alley or part of an alley so ordered to be improved or 
 repaired, the entire cost of the improvements or repairs 
 at the contract price, the entire number of feet of real es- 
 tate fronting on or adjoinging the same, and the amount 
 with which every such foot of real estate is chargeable, 
 together with a full description of each separate parcel of 
 such real estate, with the name of the owner or owners, 
 claimant or claimants thereof, and the sum to be charged 
 against each such parcel ; and where the Mayor and City 
 Surveyor cannot ascertain the name or names of the 
 owner or owners of any parcel of such real estate, they 
 shall designate such parcel as the property of unknown 
 owners, and the said report or apportionment, after being 
 submitted to and approved by the Common Council, shall 
 be recorded by the Clerk in the minute-book of the Coun- 
 cil, and the Council shall thereupon pass an order asses- 
 sing and charging against each lot or parcel of real 
 estate, the share or proportion of the costs and expenses 
 of making such improvements or repairs with which such 
 lot or parcel of real estate is chargeable under the pro- 
 visions of this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 4. At any time within three days from and after 
 the approval of the report, and the making of the assess- 
 ment mentioned in the third section of this ordinance, any 
 owner or claimant oftany lot or parcel of real estate 
 taxed by said assessment, may execute his undertak- 
 ing in writing, with security to the acceptance and 
 approval of the Mayor, payable to the contractor or con- 
 tractors to whom the work may have been awarded, 
 stipulating that such owner shall and will pay to such 
 
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 contractor or contractors the amount assessed and charged 
 as aforesaid against such lot or parcel of real estate, 
 and that the same shall be paid in three installments, 
 one-third whenever one-third of the entire job shall have 
 been completed according to the estimate of the City Sur- 
 veyor, another third whenever another third of the entire 
 job shall have been completed according to the like esti- 
 mate, and the remaining third on the completion of the 
 entire job and its acceptance by the Council ; and it shall 
 be a part of every contract made by the city with any 
 such contractor, that he will receive from the city the un- 
 dertakings aforesaid in payment or part payment on the 
 contract, and the Mayor, upon delivering an}^ such under- 
 takings to the contractor, shall take his receipt for 
 the amount thereof as a payment of that amount on the 
 contract. * 
 
 Sec. 5 . Any owner or claimant of any lot or parcel of 
 real estate, who shall in pursuance of the last preceding 
 section, execute an undertaking with security as afore- 
 said, and who shall pay the amount thereof to the per- 
 son entitled to receive it, at the times when payable, 
 shall be entitled to receive from the city eight per cen- 
 tum on the amount of said written undertaking. 
 
 Sec. 6. As soon as the contractor shall have complet- 
 ed his contract to the acceptance of the Council, it shall 
 be the duty of the Mayor to make a statement or report 
 to the Council, setting forth what undertakings of the 
 owners or claimants of lots were received by him and 
 handed over to the contractor, with the amount of each 
 undertaking and the lot or parcel of real estate for 
 which it was given ; and the Council shall thereupon 
 order a separate precept to be issued to the City Collec- 
 tor against each lot or parcel of real estate so assessed 
 as aforesaid, for the amount of such assessment, but no 
 such precept shall issue against any lot or parcel of real 
 estate, the assessment whereon has been previously paid 
 
 ^-Fourth section amended. See ordinance of June 7tli, 1859— post. 
 
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 either by a written undertaking of the owner or claim- 
 ant with surety as aforesaid or otherwise. 
 
 Sec. 7. The precept mentioned in the sixth section 
 of this ordinance shall be signed by the Mayor, and at- 
 tested by the Clerk, and sealed with the corporate seal 
 of the city, and after stating the fact that the assess- 
 ment was made, and referring to the record thereof, and 
 that the same is unpaid, and after referring to the order 
 directing the precept to be issued, and reciting the 
 amount of the assessment and a description of the lot or 
 parcel of real estate assessed, and stating the name of 
 the owner or claimant if known, said precept shall com" 
 mand the Collector of the city to sell and convey the lot 
 or parcel of real estate therein described, or so much 
 thereof as may be necessary for the payment of the 
 amount so assessed and charged against the same, and 
 said precept shall be directed and delivered to said Col- 
 lector, and shall be returnable within forty days from 
 its date, and the Collector shall, in his return, fully state 
 his proceedings under the precept. 
 
 Sec. 8 . It shall be the duty of the Collector to sell at 
 public auction to the highest bidder, at the door of the 
 Court-house in Evansville, the lot or parcel of real es- 
 tate described in and commanded to be sold by such 
 precept, first giving notice of the time and place of such 
 sale by publication for at least two weeks successively, 
 next before the sale, in some newspaper printed and 
 published in the city. 
 
 Sec. 9. The Collector upon making sale of any lot or 
 parcel of real estate by virtue of any such precept, or as 
 soon after such sale as practicable, shall upon receipt of 
 the purchase money, make and deliver to the purchaser 
 a certificate of purchase, which, after reciting the sub- 
 stance of said precept, and stating the manner of adver- 
 tising the sale, shall describe the property sold and state 
 the price for which it was sold, and the name or names 
 of the purchaser or purchasers, with the time within 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 which the premises may be redeemed and shall certify 
 that if said premises are not redeemed before the expi- 
 ration of that time, the purchaser, his heirs or assigns 
 will, at the expiration of the time allowed for redemp- 
 tion, be entitled to a deed for the premises. 
 
 Sec. 10. The owner or claimant of any lot or parcel 
 of real estate sold as aforesaid, or any person on his be- 
 half, may redeem the same at any time within one year 
 from the day of sale, by depositing with the Treasurer 
 of the city, for the use of the purchaser, the amount of 
 the purchase money paid by said purchaser for his cer- 
 tificate of purchase, together with interest thereon at the 
 rate of one hundred per centum per annum from the 
 day of sale to the day of making such deposit and re- 
 demption, and also by paying to said Treasurer, for the 
 use of such purchaser, all taxes paid by the purchaser 
 on the premises subsequently to the day of sale, with 
 interest at six per centum per annum, on such subse- 
 quent taxes from the time of the payment thereof to the 
 time of redemption. 
 
 Sec. 11. After the expiration of one year from the 
 day on which any lot or parcel of real estate shall have 
 been sold as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Treas- 
 urer of the city, provided such lot or parcel of real es- 
 tate shall not have been redeemed as aforesaid, upon the 
 delivery to him of the certificate of purchase, to make, 
 execute, acknowledge and deliver to the holder of the 
 certificate of purchase, a deed for the premises described 
 in such certificate, which deed shall be conclusive evi- 
 dence of the facts therein stated, recited or set forth, 
 and shall vest in the grantee a good and indefeasible 
 title to the premises conveyed by such deed, and said 
 deed shall not be set aside, annulled, or held invalid in 
 any court, except upon proof of one or more of the fol- 
 lowing facts, to-wit : First , That the premises in such 
 
 certificate described were not subject to be taxed for the 
 purpose for which the assessment ( upon which the sale 
 was based ) was made : Second , That the amount of 
 
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 the assessment wa3 paid to the Collector or his deputy, 
 or tendered and refused before the sale : Third , that 
 
 the premises were redeemed as herein provided for 
 within one year from the day of sale. 
 
 Sec. 12 The provisions of this ordinance shall not 
 apply to sidewalk improvements, but sidewalk improve- 
 ments, shall he made under existing ordinances the 
 same as though this ordinance had not been passed. 
 
 Sec. 11. All ordinances and parts of ordinances incon- 
 
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 sistent with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby 
 repealed. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor, 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to amend an ordinance passed June 3, 1859, entitled “An 
 Ordinance in relation to improvements and repairs on the streets and 
 alleys ol the city, and providing for the assessment and collection of the 
 costs and expenses of such improvements and repairs, and for the sale and 
 conveyance of real estate charged with any portion ot such costs and ex- 
 penses.” 
 
 [Passed June 7, 1859.] 
 
 (Published and in force June 9, 1859.) 
 
 1. Fourth section of ordinance of June 3, 1859, amended. 
 
 Obligations, how payable. 
 
 2. Work may be let in several contracts ; proviso. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That the fourth section of the ordi- 
 nance mentioned in the title of this ordinance be, and the 
 same is hereby, so amended as to require the written un- 
 dertaking mentioned in said fourth section to be payable 
 in installments as the work progresses, in such sumS and 
 at such times as the Common Council shall from time to 
 time order and direct ; and so much of said fourth section 
 as is inconsistent with the provisions of this ordinance is 
 hereby repealed. 
 
 Sec. 2. Whenever an order shall have been passed by 
 the Common Council for the improvement or repair o* 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 any street or part of a street, or alley or part of an alley, 
 and bids shall have been received therefor, the Council 
 may, if they deem it expedient, let the said work in sev- 
 eral contracts : Provided , That when there are several 
 contracts, no contract shall be for less than two hundred 
 and fifty feet in length of any such street or alley. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to protect the streets of the city from injury while under- 
 going improvements or repairs. 
 
 [Passed September 13, 1859.] 
 
 ( Published and in force September 14, 1859. ) 
 
 1. When streets may be obstructed. 
 
 2. Obstructions must not be removed, nor may street be used ; penalty. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville, That whenever any street of the city 
 is being paved or otherwise improved or repaired, it 
 shall be lawful for the Mayor or Street Commissioner to 
 cause obstructions to be placed across such street at such 
 points as maybe deemed necessary for'the preservation 
 of the work from injury during the progress thereof. 
 
 Sec. 2. After the placing of any such obstructions 
 across any such street, it shall be unlawful for any person 
 to remove the same, or to lead, ride or drive any horse, 
 mule, or other animal across or along any such street, 
 or any part of any such street, which has been thus ob- 
 structed, or to cause any vehicle of any kind to be haul- 
 ed across or along the same during the continuance of 
 such obstruction ; and any person violating the provi- 
 sions of this ordinance shall forfeit and pay any sum not 
 less than five dollars nor more than twenty dollars. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: P, Burke, Clerk. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE relative to certain streets of tbe city of Evansville. 
 
 [Passed February 11, I860.] 
 
 ( Published and in force February 15, 1860, ) 
 
 1. Ashes, filth, &c., must not be placed on Main street. 
 
 2. Certain gutters must be kept clean at all times. 
 
 3. Provisions of this ordinance extended to all bowldered or paved streets. 
 
 4. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That it shall hereafter be unlawful for 
 any person or persons to place or deposit any filth, 
 ashes, shavings, paper, rags, or garbage, or any other 
 matter or substance whatever, on any part of Main 
 street between First street and Third street. 
 
 Sec. 2. That all owners or occupants of lots or parts 
 of lots fronting on said street are hereby required to 
 keep the gutters in front of their premises perfectly 
 clean at all times, so that the drainage by said gutters 
 may never be interrupted. 
 
 Sec. 3. That whenever any street or part of a street 
 within said city shall hereafter be bowldered or paved, 
 the provisions of this ordinance shall immediately ap- 
 ply to such street or part of a street so bowldered or 
 paved. 
 
 Sec. 4. Every person who shall neglect any duty pre* 
 scribed bj, or violate any provisions of, this ordinance, 
 shall for every such neglect or violation forfeit and pay 
 not less than one nor more than five dollars. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 AN ORDINANCE to protect the streets and alleys of the city of Evansville. 
 
 [Passed March 16 , 1861 .] 
 
 (Published and in force March 25, 1861.) 
 
 1. Width of tire and weight of burden of vehicles prescribed. 
 
 2. No load or burden to be dragged over paved street. 
 
 3. Certain drays to be exempt from license. 
 
 4. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville, That from and after the first day of 
 April, 1861 , no two-wheeled vehicle of any description, 
 with felloes and tire less than four inches in breadth, shall 
 be permitted to be drawn or pass over the bowldered, 
 paved or Macadamized streets or alleys of the city with a 
 greater burden than two thousand pounds weight, and 
 that no four-wheeled vehicle of any description, with fel- 
 loes and tire less than four inches in breadth, shall be per- 
 mitted to be drawn or pass over any of said streets or 
 alleys with a greater burden than four thousand pounds 
 weight; and no wagon, dray, carriage, or vehicle of any 
 kind or description shall be permitted to be drawn or pass 
 over any of said streets or alleys with a greater burden 
 than four tons, unless the article to be drawn is of such 
 a nature that it cannot be separated ; and in such case, 
 in no instance shall it be drawn on or over any of said 
 streets or alleys in or upon any vehicle or carriage of 
 any kind, unless the felloes and the tire thereof be at 
 least six inches in width : Provided , That the restriction 
 contained in this section shall be applicable only to such 
 carriages and other vehicles as are usually kept and em- 
 ployed within the city, or within two miles thereof, and 
 shall not extend to wagons, carts, or vehicles of any 
 kind kept or attached to any farm, plantation, or estate 
 situate outside of the limits of the city, and not em- 
 ployed within the city, but occasionally passing over 
 the streets thereof : And 'provided , That hogsheads of 
 tobacco, or other single packages or parcels of produce 
 
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 or merchandise, weighing more than two thousand 
 pounds, may be hauled on drays similar to those now 
 used. 
 
 Sec. 2. That it shall be unlawful for any person or 
 persons to drag, or cause or permit to be dragged, by a 
 chain or other fastening, over or upon any of said 
 streets or alleys, any substance or thing whatever, or to 
 allow any part of the load or burden of any vehicle to 
 rub upon or touch the said streets or alleys. 
 
 Sec. 3. Every dray, having felloes and tire of the 
 breadth of four inches, and ready for use by the first 
 day of August, 1861, shall be exempt from the payment 
 of license for one year from said date. 
 
 Sec. 4. Any person violating any of the provisions of 
 this ordinance shall forfeit and pay any sum not ex- 
 ceeding fifty dollars. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to the laying out, opening, altering, contract- 
 ing, widening, or discontinuing of streets, lanes, alleys, or public landings 
 
 within the city of Evansville. 
 
 [Passed February 26, 1866.] 
 
 ) 
 
 (Published and in force February 28,1866.) 
 
 1. All orders of Council in relation to opening of streets, &c., to be pub- 
 
 lished. 
 
 2. Petition and map to be presented to Council and recorded by Clerk. 
 
 3. Claims for damages, how and by whom to be presented. 
 
 4. Repealed. 
 
 5. When Council to pass final order, &c. 
 
 6. In what cases petitioners to pay for advertising. 
 
 7. Repeal. 
 
 Section 1. Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That whenever the Common Coun- 
 cil may hereafter pass an order for the laying out, 
 opening, altering, contracting, widening or discontin- 
 uing any street, lane, alley or public landing within said 
 city, it shall be the duty of the Clerk to give notice of 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 the passage of such order by publication for six weeks 
 in some public newspaper printed and published in said 
 city. 
 
 Sec. 2. The petitioners or persons desiring the Coun- 
 cil to pass such order; shall present to the Council, with 
 their petition, an accurate map or plat of the block or 
 blocks, square or territory through or adjoining which 
 such street, lane, alley or public landing is proposed to 
 be laid out, opened, altered, contracted or widened, or 
 in or adjoining which such street, lane, alley or public 
 landing which is proposed to be discontinued is situated, 
 showing in said plat the position, width and length of 
 such street, lane, alley or public landing, which plat 
 shall be recorded by the Clerk in the minute-book of 
 the Council. 
 
 Sec. 3. All persons owning or claiming real estate 
 adjoining or abutting upon any street, lane, alley or 
 public landing proposed to be laid out, opened, altered, 
 contracted or widened, and feeling themselves aggrieved 
 by such order of the Council, may, previous to the 
 expiration of the time mentioned in the notice referred 
 to in the first section of this ordinance, apply to the 
 Council for redress, by petition or remonstrance in wri- 
 ting left with the Clerk, and containing a statement of 
 the injuries complained of, and the amount of damages 
 claimed therefor, and all persons failing or neglecting 
 to make such application within the time stated in such 
 notice, shall be debarred from thereafter presenting or 
 prosecuting any claim for redress or damages. 
 
 Sec. 5. After publication of notice as required by the 
 first section of this ordinance, and after the amount of 
 damages shall have been fixed and adjusted as required 
 by the charter and ordinances of the city, and after the 
 payment of the same to the claimants, the Common 
 Council shall pass a final order, declaring that said 
 street, lane, alley or public landing is laid out, opened, 
 altered, contracted, widened or discontinued, as the case 
 may be, and directing all fences or other obstructions 
 
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 to be removed from such street, lane, alley or public 
 landing so ordered to be laid out, opened, altered, con* 
 tracted or widened. 
 
 Sec. 6. All notices of the pendency of proceedings 
 for discontinuing any street, lane, alley or public land- 
 ing, shall be published at the expense of the petitioners. 
 
 Sec. 7. All ordinances heretofore passed in relation to 
 laying out and opening streets, lanes, alleys and public 
 landings, are hereby repealed, but all proceedings pend* 
 ing under any former ordinances now in force, shall be 
 conducted and completed under the provisions of such 
 former ordinances, which are for that purpose contin- 
 ued in force. 
 
 WILLIAM BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest: A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE in relation to the laying out, opening, altering, contract- 
 ing, widening or discontinuing of streets, lanes, alleys or pubilc landing 
 within the city of Evansville. 
 
 [Passed August 29 , 1870 .] 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That in all cases where application 
 may hereafter be made to the Council for the passage of 
 an order to lay out, open, alter, or widen any street or 
 alley in or through any territory within the corporate lim- 
 its of the city of Evansville, which was not laid out in 
 streets and lots and not platted and the plat thereof not 
 recorded previous to the annexation of said territory to 
 the city of Evansville or previous to the time at which 
 said territory became a part of the city of Evansville, 
 the final order to lay out, open, alter, or widen such 
 street or alley shall not be passed unless the petitioners 
 or persons desiring the same shall deposit with the City 
 Treasurer the one half of the amount of damages fixed 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 and ascertained agreeably to the provisions of the fifty- 
 ninth section of the city charter. 
 
 Sec. 2. Any proceedings had under the first section of 
 this ordinance shall strictly conform with the requirements 
 of sections one, two, three, five and six of “An ordinance 
 in relation to the laying out, opening, altering, construct- 
 ing, widening, or discontinuing of streets, alleys, lanes or 
 public landings within the city of Evansville,” passed Feb- 
 ruary 26, 1866. 
 
 WILLIAM H. WALKER, Mayor. 
 Attest: William Heldeb, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE dividing the city of Evansville into nine Wards and des- 
 ignating the boundaries of each of said Wards. 
 
 [Passed February 28 , 1870 .] 
 
 (Published and in force March 4, 1870.) 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That from and after the taking effect of 
 this ordinance, the territory situate within the* corporate 
 limits of said citv shall be divided into and consist of nine 
 Wards, as follows, viz : 
 
 The First Ward shall consist of all that part of the city 
 situate within the following boundary lines, viz : Begin- 
 ning at the intersection of Chestnut and Fourth streets, 
 and running thence by Chestnut street to Eighth street ; 
 thence by Eighth street to the Canal ; thence by the Canal 
 to the eastern boundary line of said city ; thence by the 
 eastern and southern boundary line of the city to the in- 
 tersection of Madison avenue and Putnam street ; thence 
 by Putnam street and across Blackford’s Grove to the 
 southern end of Sixth street ; thence by Sixth street to 
 Chandler street ; thence by Chandler and Gum streets to 
 Fourth street ; and thence by Fourth street to the place of 
 beginning. 
 
 The Second Ward shall consist of all of that part of 
 
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 the city situate within the following boundary lines, viz : 
 Beginning on the Ohio river at Walnut street and running 
 thence by Walnut street to Fourth street; thence by 
 Fourth street to Gum street ; thence by Gum and Chand- 
 ler streets to Sixth street ; thence by Sixth street and 
 across Blackford’s Grove to Putnam street ; thence by 
 Putnam street to the southern boundary line of the city ; 
 thence by said boundary line to the Ohio river ; and 
 thence by the river to the place of beginning. 
 
 The Third Ward shall consist of all of that part of the 
 city situate within the following boundary lines, viz : Be- 
 ginning on the Ohio river at Walnut street and running 
 thence by Walnut street to Fourth street; thence by 
 Fourth street to Main street ; thence by Main street to 
 Fifth street ; thence by Fifth street to Sycamore street; 
 thence by Sycamore street to Third street; thence by 
 Third street to Carpenter street ; thence by Carpenter 
 street to Center street ; thence by Center street to Leet 
 street; thence by Leet street to the Ohio river; and 
 thence by the river to the place of beginning. 
 
 The Fourth Ward shall consist of all that part of the 
 city situate within the following boundary lines, viz : Be- 
 ginning at the intersection of Fourth and Chestnut streets, 
 and running thence by Chestnut street to Eighth street ; 
 thence by Eighth street to Division street ; thence by Di- 
 vision street to Third street ; thence by Third street to 
 Sycamore street ; thence by Sycamore street to Fifth 
 street ; thence by Fifth street to Main street ; thence by 
 Main street to Fourth street ; and thence by Fourth street 
 to the place of beginning. 
 
 The Fifth Ward shall consist of all that part of the 
 city situate within the following boundary lines, viz : 
 Beginning at the intersection of Leet and Center streets, 
 and running thence by Leet street and third Avenue to 
 Sixth street ; thence by Sixth street and across F. W. 
 Brinkmeyer’s Enlargement to the west line of the 
 Northern Enlargement; thence by said line to Ann 
 street ; thence by Ann street to Ninth street ; thence by 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 Ninth street to Division street ; thence by Division street 
 to Third street ; thence by Third street to Carpenter 
 street; thence by Carpenter street to Center street; and 
 thence by Center street to the place of beginning. 
 
 The Sixth Ward shall consist of all that part of the 
 city situate within the following boundary lines, viz : 
 Beginning on the Ohio river at Leet street; and run- 
 ning thence by Leet street and Third avenue to Frank- 
 lin street; thence by Franklin street to Pigeon creek; 
 thence by Pigeon creek to the Ohio river ; and thence 
 by the river to the place of beginning. 
 
 The Seventh Ward shall consist of all that part of the 
 city situate within the following boundary lines, viz: 
 Beginning on Pigeon creek at Franklin street ; and run- 
 ning thence by Franklin street to Third avenue ; thence 
 by Third avenue to Sixth street ; thence by Sixth street 
 to Second avenue ; thence by Second avenue to Eleventh 
 street ; thence by Eleventh street to First avenue ; thence 
 by First avenue to the northern boundary line of the 
 city ; thence by said boundary line to Pigeon creek ; and 
 thence by Pigeon creek to the place of beginning. 
 
 The Eighth Ward shall consist of all that part of the 
 city situate within the following boundary lines, viz: 
 Beginning at the intersection of Sixth street and Second 
 avenue ; and running thence by Sixth street and across 
 F. W. Brinkmeyer’s Enlargement to the western line 
 of the Northern Enlargement ; thence by said line and 
 the Western line of Halzgrafe’s Enlargement to the 
 northern boundary line of the city; thence by said line 
 to its intersection with Second avenue ; thence by Second 
 avenue to the place of beginning. 
 
 The Ninth Ward shall consist of all that part of the 
 city siiuate within a the following boundary lines, viz : 
 Beginning at the intersection of the western line of 
 Holzgrafe’s Enlargement with the northern boundary 
 line of the city ; and running thence by the said west 
 line of Holzgrafe’s Enlargement and the west line of 
 
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 the Northern Enlargement to Ann street; thence by 
 Ann street to Ninth street; thence by Ninth street to 
 Division street ; thence by Division street to Eighth 
 street ; thence by Eighth street to the Canal ; thence by 
 the Canal to the eastern boundary line of the city ; and 
 thence by the eastern and northern boundary lines of 
 the city to the place of beginning. 
 
 WILLIAM H. WALKER, Mayor, 
 Attest : A, M, McGriff, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to regulate and license drays, wagons, carts, hacks, car- 
 riages and other wheeled vehicles which may be kept in the city of Evans- 
 ville to be hired or used for hire or reward. 
 
 [Passed July 26, 1859.] 
 
 (Published and in force J uly 28, 1859.) 
 
 1. All vehicles to be numbered. 
 
 2. Vehicles to be classified. 
 
 3. Vehicles to be reported and license paid. 
 
 License, how issued ; metallic plate furnished. 
 
 4. Register, how kept, and what it shall contain. 
 
 5. Plates to be of different shapes, and changed annually, 
 
 6. Sales of vehicles to be reported and registered. 
 
 7. Price of license of first class. 
 
 8. Price of license of second class. 
 
 9. Price of license of third class, and when license to expire, 
 
 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15. Penalty. 
 
 16. Repeal. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That from and after the passage of 
 this ordinance, every dray, wagon, cart, hack, carriage 
 or other wheeled vehicle which may be kept within 
 said city to be hired or to be used for hire or reward, 
 shall be numbered, registered and licensed according to 
 the requirements of this ordinance. 
 
 Sec. 2. The vehicles mentioned in the first section of 
 this ordinance shall be classified as follows, to-wit : 
 All wagons and other four-wheeled vehicles used for 
 the transportation of freight or property, shall be des- 
 ignated as Class No. 1 ; all carts, drays and other two- 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 wheeled vehicles used for the transportation of freight 
 or property, shall he designated as Class No. 2 ; and all 
 two-horse hacks, carriages and other wheeled vehicles 
 used for the transportation or carriage of persons or 
 passengers, shall be designated as Class No. 3. 
 
 Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the owner, keeper or 
 possessor of any vehicle contemplated by the first sec- 
 tion of this ordinance, to report the same to the City 
 Clerk, in order that the same may be registered, and he 
 shall thereupon pay into the city treasury the price of 
 a license for such vehicle, and take the Treasurer’s 
 receipt therefor, and file it with the Clerk, who shall 
 charge the Treasurer with the amount of such receipt, 
 and upon the filing of the receipt, the Clerk shall make 
 out and attest a license in pursuance of such receipt, 
 which license shall be signed by the Mayor, and sealed 
 with the seal of the city. The Clerk shall also deliver 
 to the person applying for and receiving the license, 
 the number of his vehicle, which shall be painted on a 
 metallic plate, which plate shall be attached to the 
 vehicle licensed, in some conspicuous part, in such man- 
 ner as to render the number distinctly visible. Said 
 license shall state the number of the vehicle, the class 
 to which it belongs, the name of the person to whom 
 the license was issued, and the time when it will expire. 
 
 Sec. 4. The Clerk shall keep a register, in which he 
 shall enter, at the time of issuing each license, the 
 number of the vehicle, the class to which it belongs, 
 the price paid for the license, the name of the person 
 to whom the license issues,' and the time when it will 
 expire. 
 
 Sec. 5. The metallic plates to be furnished by the 
 Clerk to the different classes of vehicles shall be differ- 
 ent in shape, so that the plates furnished for one class 
 may be readily distinguishable from those furnished for 
 either of the other classes, and said plates shall be 
 changed annually on the first Monday of August, so 
 
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 that the plates furnished for one year shall not be used 
 the next or any subsequent year. 
 
 Sec. 6. Whenever any vehicle contemplated by the first 
 section of this ordinance shall be sold or transferred, it 
 shall be the duty of the person to whom it is sold or trans* 
 ferred, to report the sale or transfer to the Clerk, who 
 shall note the transfer in the register, and on the produc- 
 tion of the license issued to the former owner or possessor, 
 shall endorse on such license a memorandum of the trans- 
 fer, and such endorsement shall continue the license in 
 force in favor of the transferee until the expiration thereof. 
 
 Sec. 7. The price of a license for any vehicle of Class 
 No. 1 shall be one dollar for one month or any shorter pe- 
 riod, three dollars for any period exceeding one month 
 and not exceeding six months, and five dollars for any 
 period exceeding six months and not exceeding twelve 
 months. 
 
 Sec. 8. The price of a license for any vehicle of Class 
 No. 2 shall be one dollar for one month or any shorter 
 period, three dollars for any period exceeding one month 
 and not exceeding six months, and five dollars for any 
 period exceeding six months and not exceeding twelve 
 months : Provided , That each cart shall be charged one- 
 half the above rates. * 
 
 -Sec. 9. The price of a license for any vehicle of Class 
 No. 3 shall be as follows, to- wit: For an omnibus, six dol- 
 lars for six months or any shorter period, and ten dollars 
 for any period exceeding six months and not exceeding 
 twelve months; for a two-horse hack or cab, or any other 
 vehicle of Class No. 3, four dollars for six months or any 
 shorter period, and seven dollars and fifty cents for any 
 period exceeding six months and not exceeding twelve 
 months ; and no license shall be granted under this ordi- 
 nance to run beyond the first day of August next suc- 
 ceeding the issuing thereof : Provided , however , That li- 
 censes may be taken out at any time in July, to commence 
 and take effect on the first day of August ensuing ; And 
 
 -The proviso in the eighth section repealed. See post. 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 provided , also , That the provisions of this ordinance shall 
 not be construed to embrace or include buggies and other 
 one-horse vehicles having only a single seat and kept by 
 livery-stable keepers to be hired out and used for trips or 
 journeys out of the city. 
 
 Sec. 10. Any person or persons who shall keep or use 
 for hire or reward within the city of Evansville, any ve- 
 hicle contemplated by the first section of this ordinance, 
 without having procured a license therefor according to 
 the requirements of this ordinance, shall for every such 
 offense forfeit and pay any sum not less than five dollars 
 nor more than twenty-five dollars. 
 
 Sec. 11 , Every person who shall fail or neglect to at- 
 tach to and keep upon any licensed vehicle contemplated 
 by this ordinance the metallic plate which may be fur- 
 nished to him bv the Clerk, so that the number of such 
 vehicle may be conspicuously visible, shall for every such 
 offense forfeit and pay any sum not less than three dollars 
 nor more than ten dollars. 
 
 Sec. 12. Any person or persons who shall purchase or 
 have transferred to him or them any vehicle licensed 
 under this ordinance, and who shall keep or use the 
 same for hire or reward within the city, without report- 
 ing the transfer to the City Clerk, and having the license 
 which may have been issued to the former owner or 
 possessor endorsed as required by this ordinance, shall 
 for every such offense forfeit and pay any sum not less 
 than one dollar nor more than five dollars. 
 
 Sec. 13. Any person or persons owning or possessing 
 any vehicle licensed under this ordinance, who shall, 
 after the first day of August in any year, suffer or per- 
 mit the metallic plate of the previous jear to remain 
 upon or attached to such vehicle, shall for every such 
 offense forfeit and pay any sum not less than three dol- 
 lars nor more than ten dollars. 
 
 Sec. 14. Any person or persons who shall remove the 
 metallic plate from any licensed vehicle, and place it on 
 an unlicensed vehicle, shall for every such offense for- 
 
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 feit and pay any sum not less than five dollars nor more 
 than fifteen dollars. 
 
 Sec. 15. Any person or persons who shall place upon 
 any vehicle requiring a license under the provisions of 
 this ordinance, a spurious or counterfeit metallic plate, 
 shall forfeit and pay any sum not less than ten dollars 
 nor more than twenty-five dollars. 
 
 Sec. 16. All ordinances to regulate and license ve- 
 hicles heretofore passed and now in force, are hereby 
 repealed, but this repeal shall not invalidate any license 
 heretofore issued under such ordinances, and all offenses 
 heretofore committed against such ordinances may be 
 punished as if this ordinance had not been passed. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE supplemental to an ordinance passed July 26, 1859, enti- 
 tled l, An ordinance to regulate and license drays, wagons, carts, hacks, 
 carriages and other wheeled vehicles which may be kept in the city of Ev- 
 ansville to be hired, or used for hire or reward. 
 
 [Passed September 20, 1859.] 
 
 (Published and in force September 22, 1859.) 
 
 1. Price of cart licenses. 
 
 27“Alternate cart license, how issued. 
 
 3. Penalty. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That the proviso in relation to the 
 price of license for carts contained in the eighth section 
 of said ordinance of July 26, 1859, be and the same is 
 hereby repealed; and hereafter each cart or other 
 wheeled vehicle of ' Class Ko. 2 shall be charged for 
 license the price designated in the body of said eighth 
 section. 
 
 Sec 2. Whenever any person shall have taken out or 
 shall hereafter take out a license or licenses for one or 
 more drays, such person may obtain a special license or 
 
CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
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 licenses for an equal number of carts, by paying twen- 
 ty-five cents for every such cart license, but every cart 
 so licensed shall be designated as the alternate of some 
 particular dray owned by the same person, the number 
 of -which dray shall be designated in the special license 
 of such cart, and such special license shall only author- 
 ize the use of such cart when and during such times as 
 its alternate dray shall be idle, and such special license 
 of such cart shall expire at the time of the expiring of 
 the license of such alternate dray. 
 
 Sec. 3. Any person who shall use, or suffer or permit 
 to be used, any cart for which such special license shall 
 have been obtained, during the same time that the 
 alternate dray mentioned in such special license shall 
 be employed or be in use, shall for every such offense 
 forfeit and pay the penalty prescribed by the tenth 
 section of said ordinance of July 26, 1859. 
 
 W. BAKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : P. Burke, Clerk. 
 
 AN ORDINANCE to provide for the inspection and weighing of Cotton, 
 and appointment of an Inspector thereof. 
 
 ♦ 
 
 [Passed November 30, 1868.] 
 
 1. Appointment of Inspector and oath of office. 
 
 2. Duty of Inspector. 
 
 Section 1 . Be it ordained by the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville , That there shall be appointed, an- 
 nually, in May, by the Common Council of said city, 
 an Inspector of Cotton, who shall hold his office for 
 one year, and until his successor shall be appointed and 
 qualified, and who shall, before entering upon the duties 
 of his said office, take and subscribe an oath faithfullv, 
 honestly and impartially to discharge the duties of his 
 said office to the best of his skill and ability, which 
 
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 oath shall he filed in the office of the City Clerk, who 
 shall preserve the same on the files of said office. 
 
 Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of the Inspector of 
 Cotton to properly inspect and weigh each bale or bag 
 of Cotton upon the arrival and storage of the same 
 within the city of Evansville, and to tare and mark the 
 weight of each bale or bag in legible figures, where 
 called upon and requested, by the owner or agent thereof, 
 to do the same, and for each bale or bag of Cotton, so 
 inspected by such Inspector he shall be allowed a fee of 
 twenty-five cents, to be paid by the owner, agent or 
 consignee thereof. 
 
 Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force 
 from and after its passage. 
 
 WILLIAM II. WALKER, Mayor. 
 
 Attest : A. M. McGriff, Clerk. 
 
-A-iPiPEiNriDrx: b : 
 
 Containing the names of the officers of the Town (now 
 City) of Evansville, from its commencement as a cor- 
 poration until the year 1870-71, and other statistics. 
 
 TOWN OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 The first meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Town 
 of Evansville, was held on Saturday, the 20th day of 
 March, A. D. 1819. 
 
 OFFICERS OF THE CORPORATION. 
 
 Trustees . — Hugh McGary, President ; Isaac Fairchild, 
 Everton Kennedy, Alfred O. Warner, and Francis J. 
 Bentley. 
 
 Elisha Harrison, Secretary and Lister; John Conner, 
 Treasurer; Alpheus Fairchild, Collector. 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1819, $191 28f. 
 
 Extract from the minutes of March 20th, 1819 : 
 
 Ordered that the following property be, and the same 
 is, hereby considered subject to taxation for corporation 
 purposes, and the lister of said corporation is hereby re- 
 quired to list and make a return of the same to this 
 Board within forty days, to- wit: real property in said 
 corporation, qualified voters for Trustees in said corpora- 
 tion , taverns, stores, groceries, grog-shops, ware-houses, 
 drays, wagons, carriages of two wheels and upwards , carts, 
 horses, ferries, and bound or hired servants of color* 
 
 41 
 
322 
 
 APPENDIX B. 
 
 1820. — March 14th. 
 
 Trustees. — John M. Dunham, President; Daniel F. 
 Goldsmith, Presley Pritchett, William MilL, Jr., and John 
 G. Chandler. 
 
 James A. Boiss, Secretary; Alanson Warner, Treas- 
 urer; George W. Lindsay, Collector. 
 
 There was no record kept from June 13, 1820, until 
 March 13, 1822. 
 
 1822. — March 13 th. 
 
 Trustees .--Robert M. Evans, President; Robert Arm- 
 strong, James Newman, Joshua V. Robinson, and Amos 
 Clark. 
 
 John W. Shaw, Secretary ; Daniel Avery, Jr., Treas- 
 urer ; Alanson Warner, Collector. 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1822, $238 27-J. 
 
 Clerk’s salary, $20 ; Treasurer’s salary $5 ; Asses- 
 sor’s salary, $3. 
 
 1823. — March 18th. 
 
 Trustees, — Robert M. Evans, President ; John W. 
 Shaw, William W. Vernon, Amos Clark, and Joshua V 4 
 Robinson. 
 
 Daniel Chute, Secretary ; Robert M. Evans, Treas- 
 urer ; Nathan Rowley, Collector. 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1823, $246 81. 
 
 Extract from the minutes, 1823, July 11 : 
 
 u Ordered, that the ordinance prohibiting the firing 
 of guns in the town of Evansville be suspended for thirty 
 days ; Provided , That nothing herein contained shall 
 justify any person in shooting except at dogs.” 
 
 1824. — March 20th. 
 
 Trustees. — Amos Clark, President ; Charles I. Battell, 
 Harley B. Chandler, Nathan Rowley, and Joshua V. 
 Robinson. 
 
 Joshua V. Robinson, Secretary ; John Conner, Col- 
 lector. 
 
 Valuation of real estate for 1824 : 
 
APPENDIX B. 
 
 328 
 
 Original Plan $21,681 00 
 
 Donation Enlargement 2,115 06 
 
 Upper Enlargement 2,690 00 
 
 Lower Enlargement 848 00 
 
 Total $27,734 00 
 
 From March 12, 1825, until January 28th, 1828, there 
 was but one meeting of the Board of Trustees, viz : on 
 the 14th of November, 1825, 
 
 1828. — March 20th. 
 
 Trustees. — John Shanklin, President ; John Conner, 
 Alanson Warner, Jav Morehouse and William Lewis. 
 
 Jay Morehouse, Secretary; John Conner, Treasurer; 
 John B. Stinson, Collector; Horace Dunham, Lister. 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1828, $107 28'J. 
 
 1829. — June 8th. 
 
 Trustees. — John Shanklin, President; John Conner, 
 William Lewis, Alanson Warner* and Jay Morehouse. f 
 *1829. — June 80th. — John B. Stinson elected Trus- 
 tee in the room, of Alanson Warner, resigned. 
 
 fl829. — August 5th. — Alexander Johnson elected 
 Trustee in the room of Jay Morehouse, resigned. 
 
 Jay Morehouse, Secretary ; A. M. Phelps, Collector. 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1829, $149 70f. 
 
 1830. — April 1st. 
 
 Trustees. — John Shanklin, President; Alexander 
 Johnson, John B. Stinson, William Lewis* and John 
 Conner.*)* 
 
 *1830. — May 13th.— Samuel Mansell elected Trustee 
 in the room of William Lewis, resigned. 
 
 fl830. — May 13th. — Nathan Rowley elected Trustee 
 in the room of John Conner, resigned. 
 
 Nathan Rowley, Secretary; Alexander Johnson 
 Treasurer ; Alexander M. Barnes, Collector. 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1830, $155 15. 
 
 1831. — May 16th. 
 
 Trustees. — Alanson Warner, President ; Alexander 
 Johnson, Silas Stephens and Nathan Rowley — one 
 vacancy. 
 
324 
 
 APPENDIX B. 
 
 Nathan Rowley, Secretary; Edward Hopkins, Col- 
 lector; Alexander Johnson, Treasurer. 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1831, §116 27J. 
 
 1832. — J une 4th. 
 
 Trustees . — Alanson Warner, President ; Alexander 
 Johnson, Silas Stephens, John Mitchell and W. T. T. 
 Jones. 
 
 W. T. T. Jones, Secretary; Alanson Warner, Treas- 
 urer; Edward Hopkins, Collector; Richard Jenkins, 
 Harbor Master. 
 
 1833. — March 16th. 
 
 Trustees. — Nathan Rowley, President ; Silas Ste- 
 phens, Francis Amory, John Lockwood and Marcus 
 Sherwood. 
 
 Francis Amory, Secretary; John M. Lockwmod, 
 Treasurer ; Edward Hopkins, Collector. 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1833, §179 32. 
 
 1834. — March 19 th. 
 
 Trustees. — John M. Lockwood, President ; William 
 Trafton, John Mitchell, A. P. Hutchinson and Francis 
 Amory. 
 
 Francis Amory, Secretary ; Horace Dunham, Treas- 
 urer; Joseph Neely, Collector. 
 
 1835. — May 22d. 
 
 Trustees. — Amos Clark, President; Alanson War- 
 ner, James Cawson, William M. Walker and Marcus 
 Sherwood. 
 
 Janies Cawson, Clerk; Nathan Rowley, Treasurer ; 
 Thomas Jefferson Ham, Collector ; James Lockhart, 
 Surveyor. 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1835, §471 67J. 
 
 1836. — June 10th. 
 
 Trustees. — Amos Clark, President; William* Mc- 
 Knitt, 1st ward; James Lockhart, 2nd ward; John M. 
 Lockwood,* 3rd ward; Edward Hopkins, 4th ward; 
 Amos Clark, 5th ward. 
 
APPENDIX B. 
 
 325 
 
 *1836, — August 15th. — A. P. Hutchinson appointed 
 Trustee for the 3rd ward, in the room of John M. Lock- 
 wood, resigned. 
 
 James Lockhart, Clerk ; Nathan Rowley, Treasurer ; 
 Isaac Hutchinson, Collector. 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1836, $1,208 81J. 
 1837. — June 7th. 
 
 Trustees . — Robert M. Evans, President ; James 
 Lockhart,f 1st ward ; Robert M. Evans, 2d ward ; Wil- 
 liam Walker,* 3rd ward; Edward Hopkins, 4th ward; 
 Abraham B, Coleman, J 5th ward. 
 
 *April 7th, 1838. — John Douglas, appointed Trustee 
 for the 3rd ward, in the room of William Walker, re- 
 signed. 
 
 f April 10th, 1838. — Thomas F. Stockwell appointed 
 Trustee for the 1st ward, in the room of James Lock- 
 hart, resigned. 
 
 JApril 10th, 1838. — Francis Amory appointed Trus- 
 tee for the 5th ward, in the room of A. B. Coleman, re- 
 signed. 
 
 Joseph Bowles, Clerk; James Cawson, Treasurer; 
 John S. Hopkins, Collector ; Amos Clark, Attorney. 
 
 Value of real and personal property assessed in 
 1837, $863,675 00. 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed in 1837, viz : 
 
 General levy 82,261 48% 
 
 Special levy 1,004 43 
 
 Total 83,266 06% 
 
 1838. — June 8th. 
 
 Trustees . — Alanson Warner, President; Abraham 
 B. Coleman, 1st ward; Alanson Warner, 2nd ward; 
 John Douglass, 3rd ward; Jerome B. Lanphear, 4th 
 ward; George B. Walker, 5th ward. 
 
 Joseph Bowles, Clerk, until October 2nd, 1838. 
 
 Benjamin F. Dupuy, Clerk, after October 2nd, 1838. 
 
 Joseph Bowles, Assessor; James Cawson, Treas- 
 urer; Joseph Bowles, Collector; H. P. Woodward, Sur- 
 veyor. 
 
326 
 
 APPENDIX B. 
 
 Census, April 24th, 1838: 
 
 Whites, males 567, females 621 1,188 
 
 Blacks, males 24, females 16 40 
 
 Total population 1,228 
 
 Yalue of real and personal property assessed in 1838, 
 $928,725. 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1838, $3, 219 75. 
 
 1839. — June 5th. 
 
 Trustees . — Alanson Warner, President; Abraham 
 B. Coleman, 1st ward; Alanson Warner, 2nd ward; 
 John Douglass, 3rd ward; Henry C. Gwathmey, 4th 
 ward; Dr. George B. Walker, 5th ward. 
 
 Benjamin F. Dupuy, Clerk; Benjamin F. Dupuy ? 
 Assessor; James Cawson, Treasurer; Mason O. New- 
 man, Collector until June 12th, 1839; Edward Hopkins, 
 
 Collector after June 12th, 1839. 
 
 Value of real estate assessed in 1839 $654,829 00 
 
 Value of personal estate assessed in 1839 185,125 00 
 
 Total $839,954 00 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed in 1839, $2,099 88 
 
 1840. — June 2nd. 
 
 Trustees . — John Mitchell, President until June 22nd, 
 1840. 
 
 „ Nathan Rowle}^ President after June 22nd, 1840. 
 
 John S. Hopkins, 1st ward; Marcus Sherwood, 
 2nd ward; John Mitchell, 3rd ward ; Frederick E. Good- 
 sell, 4th ward; Nathan Rowley, 5th ward. 
 
 Benjamin F. Dupuy, Clerk; Benjamin F. Dupuy, 
 Assessor; James Cawson, Treasurer; Benjamin F. Du- 
 puy, Collector; W. T. T. Jones and James G. Jones ? 
 Attorneys; Thomas Gedney, Marshal. 
 
 Value of real estate assessed in 1840 $599,296 00 
 
 Value of personal estate assessed in 1840 245,310 00 
 
 Total $814,606,00 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed in 1840, $4,065 93, 
 Number of inhabitants in 1840, 2,121, 
 
 1841. — June 11th. 
 
APPENDIX B. 
 
 327 
 
 Trustees . — G. M. Griffith, President until July 10th 
 
 1841. 
 
 Nathan Rowley, President after July 10th, 1841. 
 
 William M. Walker, 1st ward; Willard Carpenter, 
 2nd ward; C. M. Griffith,* 3rd ward; Frederick E. 
 Goodsell, 4th ward; Nathan Rowley, 5th ward. 
 
 *1841, November 13th. — John Mitchell appointed 
 Trustee for the 3rd ward, in the room of C. M. Griffith, 
 resigned. 
 
 Frederick E. Goodsell, Clerk; Benjamin F. Dupuy, 
 Assessor; Nathan Rowley, Treasurer; Thomas Gedney, 
 Collector; Thomas Gedney, Marshal; William M. Wal- 
 
 ker, Surveyor. 
 
 Value of real estate assessed in 1841 $561,675 00 
 
 Value of personal estate assessed in 1841 164,900 00 
 
 Total $726,575 00 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed in 1841, $3,051 07. 
 
 1842. — June 7th. 
 
 Trustees . — William M. Walker, President; Wil- 
 liam M. Walker, 1st ward; Jacob Hunnel, 2nd ward; 
 Thomas F. Stockweli, 3rd ward ; Samuel Orr, 4th ward; 
 John M. Stockweli,* 5th ward. 
 
 *1842, October 15th. — Lewis Howes appointed Trus- 
 tee for the 5th ward, in the room of John M. Stock- 
 well, resigned. 
 
 John M. Stockweli, Clerk; Benjamin F. Dupuy, 
 Assessor; Samuel Orr, Treasurer; James T. Walker, 
 Collector; Conrad Baker, Attorney ; William M. Wal- 
 ker, Surveyor. 
 
 Yalue of real and personal property assessed in 
 
 1842, $542,811 00. 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed in 1842, $1,843 11. 
 
 1843. — June 6th. 
 
 Trustees . — William M. Walker, President until 
 August 26th, 1843. 
 
 John Henson, President after August 26th, 1843. 
 William W. Walker 1st ward; Jacob Hunnel, 
 2nd ward; Yarner Satterlee, 3rd ward; John Hen- 
 
828 
 
 APPENDIX B. 
 
 son, 4th ward ; Lewis Howes, 5th ward; Thomas M. 
 Archer, 6th ward. 
 
 John M. Stockwell, Clerk ; Kichard Jenkins, As- 
 sessor; Samuel Orr, Treasurer ; James T. Walker Col- 
 lector; Conrad Baker, Attorney; James T. Walker, 
 Marshal ; William M. Walker, Surveyor. 
 
 Value of real and personal property assessed in 
 
 1843, $552,900 00. 
 
 Amount of Taxes assessed in 1843, $1,935 25. 
 
 1844. — June 4th. 
 
 Trustees . — Samuel Orr, President ; William M. Walker? 
 1st ward ; Jacob Hunnel, 2nd ward; Varner Satterlee, 
 3rd ward; Stephen Childs, 4th ward ; Joseph P. Elliott, 
 5th ward; Samuel Orr, 6th ward. 
 
 John M. Stockwell, Clerk until October 19th 1844. 
 John H. Kikendall, Clerk after October 19th, 1844* 
 Horace Dunham, Assessor; Samuel Orr, Treasurer? 
 Thomas M. Archer, Collector; John H. Kikendall, 
 Attorney; Thomas M. Archer, Marshal; William M- 
 Walker, Surveyor. 
 
 Value of real and personal property assessed in 
 
 1844, $555,200 00. 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed in 1844, $1, 323 24. 
 
 1845. — June 3rd. 
 
 Trustees . — James Laughlin, Jr., President; John 
 M. Stockwell, 1st ward; Jacob Hunnel, 2nd ward; 
 John Mitchell, 3rd ward; John J. Chandler, 4th ward; 
 Lewis Howes, 5th ward ; James Laughlin, Jr., 6th ward. 
 
 John H. Kikendall, Clerk; Z. B. Aydelott, Asses- 
 sor; James Laughlin, Jr., Treasurer; George W. 
 Amory, Collector; John H. Kikendall, Attorney; 
 George W. Amory, Marshal; William M. Walker, Sur- 
 veyor. 
 
 Value of real estate assessed in 1845 8387.882 00 
 
 Valu^ of personal estate assessed in 1845 99,565 00 
 
 Total 8487,447 00 
 
 * 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed in 1845, $3,530 22. 
 
APPENDIX B. 
 
 329 
 
 1846.— June 3rd. 
 
 Trustees— John M. Stockwell, President ; John M. 
 Stockwell, 1st ward ; James G, Jones, 2nd ward ; Joseph 
 P. Elliott, 3rd ward ; John J. Chandler, 4th ward ; Lewis 
 Howes, 5th ward; John Onyett, 6th ward. 
 
 John J. Chandler, Clerk ; Thomas E. Garvin, Asses- 
 sor ; Samuel Orr, Treasurer ; Thomas M. Archer, Col- 
 lector ; James E. Blythe, Attorney ; William M. Walker, 
 
 Surveyor. 
 
 Value of real estate assessed in 1846 $547,476 00 
 
 Value of personal estate assessed in 1846 270,585 00 
 
 Total. $818, 06L 00 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1846, $3,386 89. 
 
 ' CITY OF EVANSVILLE. 
 
 INCORPORATED JANUARY 27TH, A. D. 1847. 
 
 The first meeting of the Common Council of the 
 City of Evansville was held April 12.th, 1847. 
 
 James G. Jones, Mayor. 
 
 Councilmen — L. L. Laycock, 1st ward ; Silas Steph- 
 ens, 2nd ward; Willard Carpenter, 3rd ward; C. M. 
 Griffith,* 4th ward ; L. Howes, 5th ward ; John Hewson, 
 6 th ward. 
 
 *1847, Julv 24th. — Thomas Scantlin elected Coun- 
 oilman of the 4th ward, in the room of C. M. Griffith, 
 resigned. 
 
 John J. Chandler, Clerk; Wm. Bell, Assessor; Samuel 
 Orr, Treasurer ; Wm. Bell, Collector; James E, Blythe, 
 Attorney; Wm. Bell, Marshal; Wm. M. Walker, Sur- 
 veyor. 
 
 Value of real and personal property assessed in 
 1847, $901,324 00. 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1847, $3,319 97. 
 
 42 
 
330 
 
 APPENDIX B. 
 
 1848, March 7th. — Agreement made with John 
 Mitchell, Marcus Sherwood and Moses Ross for the con- 
 struction of the city wharf. 
 
 1848. — April 8th. 
 
 James G. Jones, Mayor. 
 
 Councilmen — J. M. Stockwell* 1st ward; Silas 
 Stephens, 2nd ward; Willard Carpenter, 3rd ward; M. 
 W. Foster, 4th ward; Isaac Hutchinson, 5th ward; Steph- 
 en Childs, f 6th ward. 
 
 ^August 14th, 1848. — James Steele elected Council- 
 man of the 1st ward, in the room of J. M. Stock well, 
 resigned. 
 
 j-January 13th, 1849. — John Hewson elected Council- 
 man of the 6th ward, in the room of Stephen Childs, re- 
 signed. 
 
 John J. Chandler, Clerk; William Bell, Assessor? 
 Samuel Orr, Treasurer; William Bell, Collector; John 
 J. Chandler, Attorney; William Bell, Marshal; William 
 M. Walker, Surveyor; P. G. O’Riley, Wharf-master; 
 W. H. Chandler, Chief Director of the Fire Depart- 
 
 ment. 
 
 Value of real estate assessed in 1848 $663,930 00 
 
 Value of personal estate assessed in 1848 397,560 00 
 
 Total i $1,061,490 00 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1848, §3,623 97. 
 
 1849. — April 7th. 
 
 James G. Jones, Mayor. 
 
 Councilmen — James Steel, 1st ward; Conrad Ba- 
 ker, 2nd ward ; Joseph P. Elliott, 3rd ward ; Philip 
 Decker, 4th ward; Crawford Bell, 5th ward; John 
 Hewson, 6th ward. 
 
 John J. Chandler, Clerk; William Bell, Assessor; 
 Samuel Orr, Treasurer; William Bell, Collector; John 
 J. Chandler, Attorney; William Bell, Marshal; Wil- 
 liam M. Walker, Surveyor; P. G. O’Riley, Wharf-master. 
 
 Value of real and personal property assessed in 
 1849, §1,347,000 00. 
 
APPENDIX B. 
 
 331 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1849, $6,139 00. 
 
 1850. — April 6th. 
 
 James G. Jones, Major. 
 
 Councilmen — Reuben B. Hart, 1st ward; John B. 
 Hannah,* 2nd ward; William Hunnel, 3rd ward; Joseph 
 P. Elliott, f 4th ward ; Philip Decker, 5th ward ; John 
 T. Walker, 6th ward; John Henson, 7th ward; Bayles 
 Bennett, 8th ward. 
 
 ^December 7th, 1850. — James M. Parvin elected 
 Councilman of the 2nd ward, in the room of John B. 
 Hannah, resigned. 
 
 fDecember 7th, 1850. — Thomas E. Garvin elected 
 Councilman of the 4th ward, in the room of J. P. 
 Elliott, resigned. 
 
 John J. Chandler, Clerk; William Bell, Assessor; 
 Soren Sorenson, Treasurer; William Bell, Collector; 
 John J. Chandler, Attorney; John S. Gavitt, Marshal; 
 William M. Walker, Surveyor until June 22nd, 1850; 
 P. H. Woodard, Surveyor after June 22nd, 1850; P. G. 
 O’Riley, Wharf-master until January 1st, 1851; John 
 E. Taylor, Wharf-master after January 1st, 1851. 
 
 Value of real and personal property assessed in 
 
 1850, $1,692,997 00. 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed in 1850, $7,279 80. 
 
 1851. — April 12th. 
 
 James G. Jones, Mayor. 
 
 Councilmen — Crawford Bell,* 1st ward; Thomas 
 Scantling 2nd ward; Silas Stephens, 3rd ward; Allen 
 C. Hallock, 4th ward ; M. Gavisk, 5th ward ; Matthias 
 Stohlhoefer, 6th ward; JohnHewson, 7th ward; Charles 
 Harrington, 8th ward. 
 
 *August 30th, 1851. — Joseph P. Elliottf elected 
 Councilman of the 5th ward, in the room of Crawford 
 Bell, resigned. 
 
 fEovember 22nd, 1851. — John S. Hopkins elected 
 Councilman of the 3rd ward, in the room of Joseph P. 
 Elliott, resigned. 
 
332 
 
 APPENDIX B. 
 
 ^September 27th, 1851. — John M. App elected Coun- 
 cilman of the 2nd ward, in the room of Thomas Scantlin, 
 resigned. 
 
 John J. Chandler, Clerk; William Bell, Assessor; 
 Soren Sorenson, Treasurer; William Bell, Collector; 
 John J. Chandler, Attorney; Joel F. Sherwood, Mar- 
 shal until August 30th, 1851; George W. Glover, Mar- 
 shal after August 30th, 1851 ; P. H. Woodard, Surveyor ; 
 JohnE. Taylor, Wharf-master; Nathan Rowley, Record- 
 er until August 17th, 1851 ; George H. Todd, Recorder 
 after August 17th, 1851. 
 
 Value of real and personal property assessed in 
 
 1851, $1,907,632 00. 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1851, $11,455 80. 
 
 1852. — April 10th. 
 
 James G. Jones, Mayor. 
 
 Councilrnen — John S. Hopkins, 1st ward; John M. 
 App, 2nd ward ; Silas Stephens, 3rd ward ; E. H. De 
 Garun, , rd; Richard Raleigh, 5th ward; Matthias 
 
 Stohlhoefer,* 6th ward; John Hewson, 7th ward; Wil- 
 liam Heilman, 8th ward. 
 
 *July 30th, 1852. — Philip Decker elected Council- 
 man of the 6th ward, in the room of Matthias Stohl- 
 hoefor, deceased. 
 
 John J. Chandler, Clerk ; George W. Glover, As- 
 sessor ; Soren Sorenson, Treasurer ; William Hughes, 
 Collector; John J. Chandler, Attorney; George W. 
 Glover, Marshal ; P. H. Woodard, Surveyor; John E. 
 Taylor, Wharf-master; John F. Crisp, Recorder. 
 
 Value of real and personal property assessed for 
 
 1852, $2,056,160 00. 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed in 1852, $16,564 20. 
 
 1853. — April 9th. 
 
 John S. Hopkins, Mayor. 
 
 Councilrnen — Allen C. Hallock, 1st ward; Francis 
 A. Linck, 2nd ward; James Laughlin, Jr., 3rd ward ; E. 
 
APPENDIX B. 
 
 333 
 
 H. De Garmo, 4th ward ; Richard Raleigh * 5th ward ; 
 ..Philip Decker, 6th ward; John Hewson, 7th ward; Boyd 
 Bullock, 8th ward; John Farrell, f 9th ward; William 
 Hunnel, 10i,h ward. 
 
 # November 26th, 1853. — Dr. D. A. Farnsley elected 
 Councilman of the 5th ward, in the room of R, Raleigh, 
 resigned. 
 
 •(■September 24th, 1853. — Reuben B, Hart elected 
 Councilman of the 9th ward, in the room of John Farrell, 
 resigned. 
 
 George H. Todd, Clerk; George W. Glover, Asses- 
 sor; Soren Sorenson, Treasurer ; William Bell, Collector; 
 Conrad Baker, Attorney; John Ward, Marshal; P. H. 
 Woodard, Surveyor ; John E. Taylor, Wharf* master until 
 September 1st, 1853, P, G. O’Riley, Wharf-master after 
 September 1st, 1853 ; John F. Crisp, Recorder. 
 
 Value of real and personal property assessed in 1853, 
 $2,537,965 00. 
 
 Amount ot taxes assessed in 1853, $29,799 
 
 1854. — April 8th. 
 
 John S. Hopkins, Mayor. 
 
 Councilmen — James Steele, 1st ward; Francis A. 
 Linck,* 2nd ward ; Silas Stephens, 3rd ward ; Joseph P. 
 Elliott, 4th ward ; H. J. Hart, 5th ward ; Philip Decker, 
 6th ward ; James Roquet, 7th ward ; Henry D. Allis, 8th 
 ward ; Richard Raleigh, 9th ward ; William Hunnel, 
 10th ward ; Michael Muentzer, 11th ward, 
 
 ^September 13th, 1854. — James Scantlin, Jr., elected 
 Councilman of the 2nd ward, in the room of F. A. Linck, 
 deceased, 
 
 George H. Todd, Clerk ; John J, Marlett, Assessor ; 
 Soren Sorenson, Treasurer; John Farrell, Collector 
 Conrad Baker, Attorney; John Ward, Marshal, P. H. 
 Woodard, Surveyor; P. G. O’Riley, Wharf-master; John 
 F. Crisp, Recorder. 
 
334 
 
 APPENDIX B. 
 
 Value of property assessed in 1854 : 
 
 Real estate „ $1,635,948 50 
 
 Improvements 458,915 00 
 
 Personals 515,748 00 
 
 m ■ — - 
 
 Total $2,610,611 50 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed in 1854, $37,331 83. 
 
 1855. — April 6th. 
 
 John S. Hopkins, Mayor. 
 
 Councilmen — James Steele, 1st ward ; James Scant- 
 lin, Jr., 2nd ward ; Silas Stephens, 3rd ward; Joseph F. 
 Elliott, 4th ward ; Christian Hedderich, 5th ward; Jacob 
 Kron, 6th ward; James Roquet, 7th ward; Christian 
 Kratz, 8th ward; Adin C. Pushee, 9th ward; William 
 Hunnel, 10th ward; Michael Muentzer, 11th ward. 
 
 Wellman H. Walker, Clerk; James Spaulding, As- 
 sessor; Soren Sorenson, Treasurer; John Farrell, Col- 
 lector; Conrad Baker, Attorney; Peter Burke, Marshal; 
 James D. Saunders, Surveyor; P. G. O’Riley, Wharf- 
 master ; John F. Crisp, Recorder. 
 
 Value of property assessed in 1855 : 
 
 Real estate $1,803,679 00 
 
 Improvements 364,905 00 
 
 Personals 839,900 00 
 
 Total $3,008,484 00 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1855, $33,582 85. 
 
 1856. — April 12th. 
 
 John Hewson, Mayor. 
 
 Councilmen — Matthew W. Foster, 1st ward ; James 
 Scantlin, Jr., 2nd ward; George W. Rathbone, 3rd 
 ward; Varner Satterlee, 4 th ward ; Frederick W. Cook, 
 5th ward; Samuel Orr, 6th ward; Joseph Setchell, 7th 
 ward; George Venneman, 8th ward ; Fielding Johnson, 
 9th ward; William Hunnel, 10th ward; Dennis Kin- 
 ney, 11th ward. 
 
 Wellman H. Walker, Clerk; James Spaulding, 
 Assessor; Soren Sorenson, Treasurer; John Wesley 
 Hughes, Collector; Conrad Baker, Attorney; James 
 
APPENDIX B. 
 
 335 
 
 B. Evans, Marshal ; James D. Saunders, Surveyor ; P. 
 G. O’Rilejr, Wharf-master ; Bracket Mills, Recorder. 
 
 Value of property assessed for 1856 : 
 
 Real estate $1,823,375 00 
 
 Improvements 417,010 00 
 
 Personals 945,776 00 
 
 Total ...$3,186,161 00 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1856, $43,353 94. 
 
 1857. — April 9th. 
 
 John IIewson, Mayor. 
 
 Councilmen — Matthew W. Foster,* 1st ward; James 
 Scantlin, Jr., 2nd ward; William E. French, 3rd ward; 
 Joseph P. Elliott, 4th ward ; Christian Hedderich, 5th 
 ward; M. Mclnnerney, 6th ward; Joseph Setchell, 7th 
 ward ; William In wood, 8th ward ; Bernard Hurre, 9 th 
 ward; William Hunnel, 10th ward ; Michael Muentzer, 
 11th ward; Francis D. Allen, 12th ward; Dr. Matthew 
 Muhlhausen, 13th ward ; Henry Schmutte, 14th ward : 
 Victor Bisch, 15th ward ; William Warren, 16th ward ; 
 Peter Sharpe, 17th ward ; Archibald G. Sullivan, 18th 
 ward ; Thomas Redmond, f 19th ward. 
 
 ^November 10th, 1857. — John S. Hopkins elected 
 Councilman of the 1st ward, in the room of M. W. 
 Foster, resigned. 
 
 f August 8th, 1857. — Patrick Dolan elected Coun- 
 cilman in the 19th ward, in the room of Thomas Red- 
 mond, resigned. 
 
 Wellman H. Walker, Clerk; Patrick Burke, As- 
 sessor; Soren Sorenson, Treasurer; George Wolflin, 
 Collector; Conrad Baker, Attorney; Edward S. Mar- 
 tin, Marshal; James D. Saunders, Surveyor; P. G. 
 O’Riley, Wharf-master; Bracket Mills, Recorder. 
 
 Value of property assessed for 1857 : 
 
 Lots. Improvements. Personals. Total. 
 
 Evansville $1,827,762 00 $524,725 00 $954,463 00 $3,306,950 00 
 
 Lamasco 798,320 00 179,625 00 114,145 00 1,092,090 0.0 
 
 Grand total $4,399,040 00 
 
336 
 
 APPENDIX B. 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1857 : 
 
 Evansville $45,558 98 
 
 Lamasco . . 12,726 23 
 
 Total $58,285 21 
 
 1858. — April 10th. 
 
 John Hewson, Mayor. 
 
 Councilmen — John S. Hopkins, 1st ward; Dr. 
 Hugh Ronalds, 2nd ward ; William Hubbell, 3rd ward ; 
 Joseph P. Elliott, 4th ward ; William Emery, 5th ward; 
 Thomas Redmond, 6th ward; Joseph Setchell, 7th 
 ward ; Christian Miller, 8th ward ; Reuben B. Hart, 9th 
 ward; William Hunnel, 10th ward; Michael Muentzer, 
 11th ward ; John S. Gavitt, 12th ward ; John A. Reitz, 
 13th ward ; Henry Schmutte, 14th ward ; Andrew J. 
 Hutcheson, 15th ward ; Barney Cody, 16th ward ; Peter 
 Sharpe, 17th ward; Archibald G. Sullivan, 18th ward ; 
 Herman AVayland, 19th ward. 
 
 Augustus Lemcke, Clerk; Patrick Burke, Asses- 
 sor; Soren Sorenson, Treasurer; George Wolflin, Col- 
 lector ; Conrad Baker, Attorney; Edward S. Martin, 
 Marshal ; James D. Saunders, Surveyor ; P. G. O’Riley, 
 Wharf-master ; Bracket Mills, Recorder. 
 
 Value of property assessed for 1858 : 
 
 Lots. Improvements. Personals. Total. 
 
 Evansville $1,504,937 00 $753,465 00 $1,070,705 00 $3,329,107 00 
 
 Lamasco 646,062 00 217,620 00 177,245 00 1,040,927 00 
 
 Grand total $4,370,034 00 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1858 : 
 
 Evansville $37,945 26 
 
 Lamasco 8,915 94 
 
 Total $46,861 20 
 
 1859. — April 9th. 
 
 William Baker, Mayor. 
 
 Councilmen — Z. H. Cook, 1st ward ; Joseph P. 
 Elliott, 2nd ward; Samuel Orr, 3rd ward; John S. Gavitt,* 
 4th ward; George Wolflin, 5th ward; Andrew J. 
 Hutcheson, 6th ward ; Archibald G. Sullivan, 7th ward; 
 Thomas Redmond, f 8th ward ; John IvinsonJ, 9th ward. 
 
APPENDIX B. 
 
 837 
 
 ^September 17th, 1859. — Augustas Kollenberg 
 
 elected Councilman of the 4th ward, in the room of J. 
 S. Gavitt, resigned. 
 
 •(■October 15th, 1859. — John H. Roelker elected 
 Councilman of the 8th ward, in the room of Thomas 
 Redmond, resigned. 
 
 '^February 18th, 1860. — William Mills elected Coun- 
 cilman of the 9th ward, in the room of John Ivinson, 
 resigned. 
 
 Patrick Burke, Clerk; Thomas McAvoy, Assessor . 
 Scren Sorenson, Treasurer; Peter Schmuck, Collector ; 
 C. Baker and Foster, Attorneys ; E. S. Martin, Marshal ; 
 James D. Saunders, Surveyor; P. G. O’Riley, Wharf- 
 master ; John Smith, Street Commissioner; Horatio Q. 
 Wheeler, William Hughes, Philip Hornbrook, School 
 Trustees; James Fitzwilliams, Market-master Upper 
 Market; Francis Schneider, Market-master Lower 
 Market. 
 
 Value of property assessed for 1859 : 
 
 Lots. Improvements. Personals. Total. 
 
 Evansville $1,765,312 00 $869,680 00 $1,170,733 00 $3,805,725 00 
 
 Lamasco 755,720 00 242,755 00 183,204 00 1,201,679 00 
 
 Grand total $5,007,404 00 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1859: 
 
 Evansville $41,277 97 
 
 Lamasco 10,266 90 
 
 Total $51,544 87 
 
 1860. — April 7th. 
 
 William Baker, Mayor. 
 
 Councilmen — Z. II. Cook, 1st Ward; John J, Chand- 
 ler, 2nd ward; Philip Decker, 3rd ward ; J. G. Sauer, 
 4th ward; John Bischman, 5th ward; Joseph J. Reitz, 
 6th ward; Henry L. Dannetell, 7th ward; John H. 
 Roelker, 8th ward ; George Foster, 9th ward. 
 
 Patrick Burke, Clerk; John W. Henson, Marcus 
 Sherwood, and Wrn. Dean, Assessors ; Soren Sorenson, 
 Treasurer; Christian Hedderich, Collector; Conrad Ba- 
 ker, Attorney; E. S. Martin, Marshal; James D. Saun- 
 
 43 
 
338 
 
 APPENDIX B. 
 
 ders, Surveyor; P. G. O’Riley, Wharf-master; John 
 Smith, Street Commissioner ; H. Q. Wheeler, P. Horn- 
 brook and Carl Schmidt, School Trustees. 
 
 Value of property assessed for 1860 : 
 
 Lots. Improvements. Personals. Total. 
 
 Evansville $1,868,320 $974,685 $1,668,065 $4,511,070 
 
 Lamasco 798,080 320,385 290,240 1,408,705 
 
 Grand total $5,919,775 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1860 : 
 
 City Tax. Railroad Tax. Total. 
 
 Evansville $35,665 72 $18,092 80 $53,758 52 
 
 Lamasco 12,185 89 12,185 89 
 
 Total Evansville and Lamasco $65,944 41 
 
 1861. — April 6th. 
 
 William Baker, Mayor, 
 
 Councilmen — William Hunnel, 1st ward; John J. 
 Chandler, 2nd ward; Robert Fergus, 3rd ward; E. Q. 
 Smith, 4tn ward ; John Hedderich, 5th ward ; Christian 
 Miller, 6th ward; William H. Klusman, 7th ward; John 
 A. Haney, 8th ward ; Michael Muentzer, 9th ward. 
 
 Patrick Burke, Clerk; William Dean, Adrian 
 Young and Marcus Sherwood, Assessors ; Soren Soren- 
 son, Treasurer; Christian Hedderich, Collector; E. S 
 Martin, Marshal; James D. Saunders, Surveyor; Z. H. 
 Cook and Chester O. Davis, Wharf-masters ; John Smith, 
 Street Commissioner; H. Q. Wheeler, Trustee; W. 
 Baker, Superintendent of Public Schools. 
 
 Value of property assessed for 1861 : 
 
 Lots. Improvements. Personals. Total. 
 
 Evansville $1,790,120 $1,020,775 $1,219,485 $4,030,380 
 
 Lamasco 741,960 359,875 253,455 1,355,295 
 
 Grand total $5,385,675 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1861 : 
 
 City Tax. Railroad Tax. Total. 
 
 Evansville $25,991 28 $8,060 76 $34,052 04 
 
 Lamasco 9,923 77 9,923 77 
 
 Total Evansville and Lamasco $43,975 81 
 
 1862. — April 12th. 
 
 William Baker, Mayor. 
 
 Councilmen — William Hunnel, 1st ward; Joseph 
 
APPENDIX R. 
 
 839 
 
 P. Elliott, 2nd ward; Robert Fergus, 3rd ward; Jona- 
 than Newman, 4th ward; John Hedderich, 5th ward; 
 Rudolph Kehr, 6th ward ; Marcus L. Johnson, 7th ward ; 
 John H. Roelker, 8th ward ; William Mills, 9th ward. 
 
 Patrick Burke, Clerk; William Dean, Marcus 
 Sherwood and Z. M. P. Carter, Assessors ; Anthony 
 Behm, Treasurer ; Joseph J. Reitz, Collector ; E. S. 
 Martin, Marshal; Henry Mursinna, Surveyor; J. T. 
 Cox andF. M. Humphrey, Wharf-masters ; John Vogel, 
 Street Commissioner ; H. Q. Wheeler, Trustee, and W. 
 Baker, Superintendent of Public Schools. 
 
 Value of property assessed in 1862 : 
 
 Lots. Improvements. Personals. Total. 
 
 Evansville $1,857,465 $1,173,515 $1,302,515 $4,333,495 
 
 Lamasco.... 763,255 404,975 198,400 1,366,630 
 
 Grand total $5,700,125 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1862 : 
 
 City tax. Railroad tax. Total. 
 
 Evansville $32,345 19 $27,859 96 $60,205 15 
 
 Lamasco 11,196 06 6,106 04 17,302 10 
 
 Total Evansville and Lamasco $77,507 25 
 
 1863. — April 11th. 
 
 William Baker, Mayor. • 
 
 Councilmen — William Dean, 1st ward; Joseph P. 
 Elliott, 2nd ward; J. A. Birkenbush, 3rd ward; Jona- 
 than Newman, 4th ward; Henry Schmutte, 5th ward; 
 Joseph Overell, 6th ward ; Adolph Hoelscher, 7th ward; 
 Frederick W. Cook, 8th ward; William Mills, 9th ward. 
 
 Adolph Pfafflin, Clerk; William H. Walker, John 
 W. Green, and J. M. Gleichman, Assessors ; James 
 Davidson, Treasurer; Wm. G. Boepple, Collector; 
 Hiram Helson, Marshal ; James D. Saunders, Surveyor ; 
 Chester 0. Davis and A. Tenvoorde, Wharf-masters ; 
 John Vogel, Street Commissioner; H. Q. Wheeler, 
 Trustee, and W. Baker, Superintendent of Public 
 Schools. 
 
340 
 
 APPENDIX B. 
 
 Value of property assessed for 1863 : 
 
 Lots. Improvements. Personals. Total. 
 
 Evansville §2,135,950 §1,300,020 §2,497,690 $5,933,660 
 
 Lamasco 806,815 444,885 371,490 1,623,190 
 
 Grand total $7,536,850 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1863: 
 
 City tax. Railroad tax. Total. 
 
 Evansville $4,8623 98 $29 518 56 $68,142 54 
 
 Lamasco 12,801 77 7,510 20 20,311 97 
 
 Total Evansville and Lamasco $88,454 51 
 
 1864. — April 8th. 
 
 William Baker, Mayor. 
 
 Councilmen — William Dean, 1st ward ; Samuel M. 
 Archer, 2nd ward; G-. II. Schmits, 3rd ward; Willard 
 Carpenter, 4th ward; John Hedderich, 5th ward; Jos- 
 eph J. Reitz, 6th ward; A. G. Sullivan, 7th ward; 
 Frederick W. Cook,* 8th ward; William Mills, 9th 
 ward. 
 
 *January 2, 1865. — John II. Roelker, elected Council- 
 man of the 8th ward, in the room of F. W. Cook, re- 
 signed. 
 
 Adolph Pfafflin, Clerk; John Schubert, John G. 
 Paine, and William Warren, Jr., Assessors; James 
 Davidsop, Treasurer; William G. Boepple, Collector; 
 Anthony Tenvoorde, Marshal ; A. T. Whittlesey, Sur- 
 veyor ; Jonathan Newman and Frank Morris, Wharf- 
 masters ; A. Kirkpatrick, Street Commissioner; II. Q. 
 Wheeler, Trustee, and W. Baker, Superintendent of 
 Public Schools. 
 
 Value of property assessed for 1864 : 
 
 Lots. Improvements. Personals. Total. 
 
 Evansville $2,587,745 $1,634,225 $3,233,735 $7,455,705 
 
 Lamasco 789,500 534,605 445,170 1,769,275 
 
 Grand total $9,224,980 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1864: 
 
 City tax. Railroad tax. Total. 
 
 Evansville $59,012 29 $15,900 36 $74,912 65 
 
 Lamasco 15,865 89 2,648 21 18,514 10 
 
 Grand total $93,426 75 
 
APPENDIX B. 
 
 341 
 
 1865. — April 11th. 
 
 William Baker, Mayor. 
 
 Councilmen — William Bean, 1st ward ; Isaac Cassel- 
 berry, 2nd ward ; Samuel Orr, 3rd ward ; William 
 Heilman, 4tli ward ; Anton Helbling, 5th ward ; Jacob 
 Showener, 6th ward; Henry Feldhacker, 7th ward; 
 William G. Boepple, 8th ward; Wm. J. P. Mills, 9th 
 ward. 
 
 Alfred M. McGrifF, Clerk ; Henry Habenicht, 
 Philip Euler, Jr., and Herman Junker, Assessors; James 
 Davidson, Treasurer; John Schubert, Collector; An- 
 thony Tenvoorde, Marshal ; A. T. Whittlesey, Surveyor ; 
 William Green and Philip Klein, Wharf-masters; A. 
 Kirkpatrick, Street Commissioner; Asa Iglehart, Isaac 
 Casselberry, and Emil Bischof, Trustees, and E. J. Bice, 
 Superintendent of Public Schools. 
 
 Value of property assessed for 1865 : 
 
 Lots. Improvements. Personals. Total. 
 
 Evansville 53,318,945 $1,842,295 $4,117,635 $9,278,875 
 
 Lamasco.... 814,900 614,385 459,120 1,888,405 
 
 Grand total $11,167,280 
 
 Amount of taxes assessed for 1865 : 
 
 City tax. Railroad tax. Total. 
 
 Evansville $73,218 58 $28,358 82 $101,577 40 
 
 Lamasco 17,163 15 1,429 36 18,592 51 
 
 Grand total $120,169 91 
 
 1866. — April 9th. 
 
 William Baker, Mayor. 
 
 Councilmen— William Ilunnel, 1st ward ; William 
 Dean, 2nd ward; Wm. J. P. Mills, 3rd ward ; John C« 
 Smith, 4th ward ; William Heilman, 5th ward ; Joseph 
 J. Reitz, 6th ward; John Miller, 7th ward; James W. 
 Wiltshire, 8th ward; John Torrance, 9th ward. 
 
 A. M. McGrift, Clerk; Philip Euler, Jr., Wm. 
 Warren, Jr., and James L. Dunning, Assessors ; S. K. 
 Leavitt, Treasurer; John Schubert, Collector; An- 
 thony Tenvoorde, Marshal ; A. T. Whittlesey, Sur- 
 veyor; Hiram Kelson, Recorder; William Green and 
 
342 
 
 APPENDIX B. 
 
 Philip Klein, Wharf-masters ; Asa Iglehart, Emil 
 Bischof, and Isaac Casselberry, Trustees, and E. J. Rice, 
 Superintendent of Public Schools. 
 
 Board of Health — George B. Walker, M.D., Presi- 
 dent; Madison J. Bray, M.D.; Oscar Kress, M.D.; Isaac 
 Casselberry, M.D., Secretary ; W. Baker, ex. of. 
 
 Value of property- assessed for 1866 : 
 
 Real estate. Personals. Total. 
 
 Evansville . $7,710,725 $5,010,810 $12,721,535 
 
 Lamasco 2,130,950 552,110 2,583,110 
 
 Grand total $15,304,645 
 
 Number of polls — 1866 : 
 
 Evansville 2,060 
 
 Lamasco .......1,190 
 
 Total 3,250 
 
 1867. — April 8th. 
 
 William Baker, Mayor. 
 
 Councilmen — Jacob H. Miller, 1st ward ; William 
 Bean, 2nd ward ; M. Muehlhausen, 3rd ward ; Fred. W. 
 Cook, 4th ward; William Heilman, 5th ward; Joseph 
 J. Reitz, 6th ward; William Kolle, 7th ward; James 
 Wiltshire, 8th ward ; John Kraft, 9th ward. 
 
 A. M. McGrifF, Clerk; Robert Rowland, Philip 
 Euler, Jr., and Samuel Wittenbach, Assessors; S. K. 
 Leavitt, Treasurer ; William G. Hazelrigg, Collector ; 
 Philip Klein, Marshal; Charles B. Bateman, Surveyor; 
 Hiram Kelson, Recorder; Wm. A. Daugherty and Wm. 
 W. Williams, Wharf-masters ; Asa Iglehart, John W. 
 Foster and Isadore Esslinger, Trustees, and Charles H, 
 Butterfield, Superintendent of Public Schools. 
 
 Value of property assessed for 1867 : 
 
 Real estate. Personals. Total. 
 
 Evansville $8,875,570 $4,012,765 $12,888,335 
 
 Lamasco 2,254,130 643,053 2,897,220 
 
 Grand total $15,785,555 
 
 Number of polls — 1867 : 
 
 Evansville 2,55$ 
 
 Lamasco 1,790 
 
 Total.. 4,34$ 
 
APPENDIX B. 
 
 343 
 
 1868. — April 15th, 
 
 William II. Walker, Mayor. 
 
 Councilmen- — H. E. Blemker, 1st ward; James 
 Steele, 2nd ward; Samuel L. Jones, 3rd ward ; Henry 
 Stockfleth, 4th ward; Henry Schriber, 5.th ward; John 
 A. Reitz, 6th ward; William Kolle, 7th ward; John 
 H. Roelker, 8th ward ; Henry Mesker, 9th ward. 
 
 A. M. McGriff, Clerk; Paul Dennison, Thomas 
 McKeever, and Jonathan Newman, Assessors; John D. 
 Roche, Treasurer ; T. J. Gavisk, Collector ; Nathan 
 Willard, Recorder; James D. Saunders, Surveyor; 
 Edward S. Martin, Marshal; Charles Lauenstein, W. F. 
 Parrett, and II. W. Cloud, Trustees, and A. M- Gow, 
 Superintendent of Public Schools. 
 
 Value of property assessed for 1868 : 
 
 Real estate. Improvements. Personals. Total. 
 
 $5,849,283 $3,800,825 $3,399,829 $13,099,937 
 
 1869. — April 12th. 
 
 William H. Walker, Mayor. 
 
 Councilmen— Albert Steinbach, 1st ward; John S. 
 Hopkins, 2nd ward; Peter Semonin, 3rd ward; Samuel 
 Orr, 4th ward; Michael Stumpf, 5th ward; John Hod* 
 son, 6th ward; R. W. Steineker, 7th ward; James 
 Wiltshire, 8th ward; Charles W. Doughty, 9th ward. 
 
 A. M. McGriff, Clerk ; Samuel Wittenbach, Otto 
 Pfafflin and John W. Collins, Assessors; Saunders B. 
 Sansom, Treasurer; John Greek, Collector; Nathan 
 Willard, Recorder; James D. Saunders, Surveyor; 
 Christian Wunderlich, Marshal; Samuel P. Havlin and 
 Phy. D. Viets, Wharf-masters; Charles Lauenstein, 
 W. F. Parrett, and II. W. Cloud, Trustees, and A. M. 
 Gow, Superintendent of Public Schools. 
 
 Value of property assessed for 1869 : 
 
 Real estate. Personals. Total. 
 
 Evansville $10,702,810 $3,201,365 $13,904,175 
 
 Lamasco 2,379,720 637,345 3,017,065 
 
 Grand total $16,921,240 
 
344 
 
 APPENDIX B. 
 
 1870. — April 11th. 
 
 William H. Walker, Mayor.* 
 
 Councilmen- — August Elies, 1st ward ; E. G. Van 
 Riper, 2nd ward; M. Muehlhausen, 3rd ward; Henry 
 Richardt, 4th ward ; Willard Carpenter, 5th ward ; 
 Charles Schaum, 6th ward; Thomas Kerth, 7th ward; 
 William Heilman, f 8th ward ; Chas. W. Doughty, 9th 
 ward. 
 
 *On the death of Mayor Walker, E. G. Van Riper 
 was appointed by the Council Mayor ad interim , and 
 served until IsTovember 12th, 1870, when William 
 Baker was elected at a special election. 
 
 ■fWm. Rahm, Jr., was elected January 10th, 1871, 
 in place of Wm. Heilman, resigned. 
 
 William Helder, Clerk; W. H. Elmendorf, Otto 
 Pfafflin and C. C. Schreeder, Assessors; Samuel Bacha- 
 rach, Treasurer; Wm. Maynard, Collector; Hathan 
 Willard, Recorder; James D. Saunders, Surveyor; 
 Christian Wunderlich, Marshal; John O’Meara and 
 James S. England, Wharf-masters ; Charles Lauenstein, 
 W. E. Parrett and II. W. Cloud, Trustees, and A. M. 
 Gow, Superintendent of Public Schools; Chas. W. 
 Doughty, Superintendent of Water- works. 
 
insriDimx 
 
 ABATEMENT OF TAXES— PAGE. 
 
 135 
 
 ACTIONS'— 
 
 How commenced, prosecuted, &c 20 
 
 ADJOURNMENT OF COUNCIL— 
 
 By the Clerk 16 
 
 ADVERTISEMENT— 
 
 Penalty for defacing or destroying 233 
 
 AGENTS, <fec — 
 
 How appointed , 24 
 
 ALLEYS— 
 
 Power to regulate, lay out and improve 34, 43, 45 
 
 . Improvement and repair of 305, 307, 308 
 
 Buildings must not project into 231 
 
 ANIMALS— 
 
 Running at large 21 
 
 Ordinance relative to 154 
 
 Cruel treatment of. 228 
 
 Attached to vehicles how to be secured... * 230 
 
 ANNEXATION— 
 
 Of adjacent territory 58, 82, 83, 84 
 
 Of Lamasco . 76 
 
 APPEALS— 
 
 To be taken within ten days 47 
 
 ASHES— 
 
 In wooden vessels 233 
 
 ASSAULT— 
 
 Assault, and assault and battery 229 
 
 ASSESSMENT OF REVENUE— 
 
 How and when made 32, 71, 85 
 
 Time of, may be changed by Council 71 
 
 Clerk’s duty in relation to.... 34 
 
 W hat to be assessed 30 
 
 Irregularity of, not to invalidate 35 
 
 Ordinance relative to 119, 123 
 
346 
 
 INDEX 
 
 ASSESSMENT ROLL— PAGE. 
 
 Form of, and when to be returned 31, 71, 119, 123 
 
 ASSESSORS— 
 
 How appointed or elected 31, 69, 119 
 
 Duties of. 31, 120, 123 
 
 Oath and bond 31 
 
 Vacancy in office, how filled 36 
 
 ASSIGNATION HOUSES— 
 
 Penalty for keeping 229 
 
 AUCTIONS AND AUCTIONEERS— 
 
 Power to regulate and appoint 26 
 
 Ordinance relative to 126, 133 
 
 AWNINGS— 
 
 Signs and cellar doors— ordinance relative to 275, 278 
 
 B 
 
 BAGATELLE TABLES— 
 
 Ordinance relative to 142, 145, 146 
 
 BAIL— 
 
 For appearance, when City is plaintiff. 29 
 
 For stay of execution 29 
 
 BALL- 
 
 Playing in the streets 21,232 
 
 BALLOT BOXES— 
 
 How furnished and preserved 14 
 
 BANDS OF MUSIC— 
 
 Must not perform on Sunday . 229 
 
 BATHING— 
 
 In river or canal 20, 231 
 
 BEEF, &c. — 
 
 Inspectors of. 208 
 
 BEGGARS- 
 
 21, 234 
 
 BILLIARD TABLES— 
 
 Ordinance relative to 142, 145, 146,147 
 
 BILLS OF MORTALITY— 
 
 Power to provide for keeping 22 
 
 BOARD OF EQUALIZATION — 
 
 Its powers and duties 25 
 
 BOARD OF HEALTH— 
 
 26 
 
 BONDS OFFICIAL— 
 
 To whom payable 46,47, 51 
 
 Not void for want of form 46 
 
 Of Clerk 16 
 
 Of Assessor 31 
 
 Of Collector 35 
 
 Of Treasurer 42 
 
 Of Mayor 47, 51 
 
 Of Marshal n 
 
INDEX 
 
 347 
 
 BORROW MONEY— PAGE. 
 
 Council may 25 
 
 BOUNDARIES— 
 
 Of the city .. 5 
 
 Power to survey and establish 6, 22 
 
 Of Lamasco 69 
 
 BREAD - 
 
 Power to regulate quality of ; 23 
 
 BRIBERY— 
 
 Threats, &c. , at elections— penalty for 14 
 
 BRIDGE COMPANIES— 
 
 Power to take stock in 25 
 
 BRIDGES— 
 
 Ordinances relative to . 148 
 
 BUILDING MATERIALS - 
 
 May be deposited in streets 147 
 
 BURGLARS— 
 
 Thieves, <£c 26, 234 
 
 BURIAL OF DEAD— 
 
 Power to regulate 22 
 
 BURYING GROUNDS— 
 
 Power to establish and regulate 22 
 
 BUTCHER STALLS— 
 
 Ordinance relative to 284 
 
 BUTTER, &c. — 
 
 Inspectors of.... „ „ 208 
 
 BY-LAWS— 
 
 Ordinances, &c., need not be pleaded 17 
 
 How published and when in force 28 
 
 Evidence of publication of. 28 
 
 C 
 
 CANAL — 
 
 Throwing dead animals in 232 
 
 CANDLES AND LIGHTS— 
 
 Improper use of 20, 28, 280 
 
 CAROUSALS— 
 
 227 
 
 CARRIERS AND RUNNERS- 
 
 Power to regulate. ..„ 22 
 
 CARTS, &c. — 
 
 Ordinance i*elative to 221,314, 318 
 
 Must have lock chain 230 
 
 CATTLE, &c — 
 
 Running at large 21, 154 
 
 CELLAR DOORS— 
 
 Signs and awnings, ordinances relative t<? 275, 278 
 
348 
 
 INDEX 
 
 CEMETERIES- PAGE, 
 
 Ordinance relative to 149, 151, 152, 153 
 
 CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION— 
 
 OfCouncilmen 12 
 
 Of Mayor. ...... ... 13 
 
 Oath to be indorsed on ID 
 
 To be recorded by Clerk ...... ID 
 
 CHARTER OF CITY— 
 
 A public act and need not be pleaded . .. 17 
 
 CHIMNEYS— 
 
 Construction of. , . 28, 168, 169 
 
 CIRCUSES, SHOWS, &c.— 
 
 Power to regulate and license 27 
 
 Ordinance relative to „ 272, 274 
 
 CISTERNS— 
 
 Wells, &c 23,168 232 
 
 CITY JAIL — 
 
 . 23, 105 
 
 CITY ORDERS— 
 
 Officers must not purchase at discount .. 241 
 
 CITY WATCH— 
 
 36, 26, 248 
 
 CLERK OF ELECTION— 
 
 Appointment and duties of 9, 10, 12 
 
 CLERK OF COMMON COUNCIL- • 
 
 How appointed or elected 10 
 
 To provide poll-books, &c 10 
 
 Oath and bond 10 
 
 To keep books, <fcc ID 
 
 To attend meetings and record proceedings 16 
 
 To adjourn Council when no quorum ... )6 
 
 To record certificates of election 17 
 
 To extend taxes on assessment roll 35 
 
 To make out duplicate of assessment roll 35 
 
 To attest delinquent list 36 
 
 To make out orders drawn on Treasury 43, 54 
 
 To make out licenses, commissions, etc 54 
 
 Fees and salary of ■. ..54,137, 157, 269, 271 
 
 May administer oaths 55 
 
 Deputies of, how appointed 55 
 
 Other duties of 270, 13S, 137, 241, 262, 298- 
 
 COVL, &c. — 
 
 Power to regulate weighing of.. 23- 
 
 COLLECTOR— 
 
 Appointment, bond and duties of 35, 69,, 134, 135 
 
 Vacancy in office, how filled 36 
 
 When to publish notice to tax-payers 39 
 
 When to sell for taxes on personals 39, 71, 279 
 
 “ “ “ “ “ “ real estate 40,71,279- 
 
 When to make return to Treasurer 40, 71, 279 
 
 Surplus money in hands of, how disposed of. 42 
 
 Return to Council, what it must contain 4 £ 
 
INDEX 
 
 349 
 
 Page. 
 
 Duties of. as to sale of real estate for taxes 60, 134, 136 
 
 Other duties of. 241, 298, 302 
 
 COMMON COUNCIL— 
 
 Of whom composed 
 
 Genei al powers of 
 
 Majority a quorum 
 
 To judge ol election returns 
 
 To keep a record of their proceedings 
 
 May compel attendance of members 
 
 Who to preside 
 
 Meetings of, stated and called 
 
 To have control of finances, etc 
 
 May increase Assessors’ valuation, when t 
 
 May not alter “ “ when 
 
 To fix rate of taxation 
 
 May establish and regulate wharves, etc 
 
 May appoint officers, etc 
 
 May take stock in E. & I. R. R. Co 
 
 Shall provide for payment of bonds 
 
 May cause ponds, etc., to be drained 
 
 May enact ordinances, etc., for the following purposes, viz : 
 
 To restrain gaming 
 
 To restrain the sale of liquors 
 
 To prohibit certain shows 
 
 To prevent and punish drunkenness 
 
 To suppress disorderly houses, etc 
 
 To promote health, etc 
 
 To regulate location of slaughter houses 
 
 “ “ the keeping and conveying of powder 
 
 To prevent immoderate riding, driving, etc 
 
 “ “ obstruction of streets, alleys, etc 
 
 To regulate bathing in public places 
 
 To restrain and punish vagrants 
 
 “ “ “ u prostitutes 
 
 To prohibit the running at large of cattle, dogs, hogs, etc 
 
 “ and abate nuisances 
 
 “ “ the flying of kites, rolling of hoops, &c 
 
 To compel the cleaning of side- walks, gutters, etc 
 
 To prohibit disorderly noises 
 
 To declare what shall be deemed nuisances 
 
 To regulate carriers, runners, etc .' 
 
 To license drays, wagons, etc 
 
 To ascertain and establish boundaries 
 
 To regulate the burial of the dead 
 
 To provide for keeping bills of mortality 
 
 To regulate gauging, weighing, etc 
 
 “ “ quality of bread 
 
 To establish and regulate cisterns, wells, etc... 
 
 To provide for supply of water 
 
 To establish pounds 
 
 To prevent the firing of guns, pistols, etc 
 
 To prevent erection of wooden buildings 
 
 To erect and establish markets 
 
 •“ “ “ “ hospital, council house, jail, etc 
 
 To establish engine houses and school houses 
 
 To restrain and prevent forestalling and regrating... 
 
 To establish Fire Department . ttrorm •••••* ••••••••* 
 
 15 
 
 6 
 
 15 
 
 15 
 
 15 
 
 15 
 
 15 
 
 16 
 18 
 
 32 
 
 33 
 33 
 
 26, 47 
 24, 52 
 62 
 
 63 
 
 64 
 
 18 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 19 
 
 19 
 
 19 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 20 
 20 
 20 
 21 
 21 
 21 
 21 
 21 
 21 
 22 
 22 
 22 
 22 
 22 
 22 
 22 
 23 
 23 
 23 
 23 
 23 
 23 
 23 
 23 
 23 
 23 
 
 23 
 
 24 
 
350 
 
 INDEX. 
 
 Page. 
 
 To regulate police 24 
 
 To compel attendance of members of Council 24 
 
 To appoint officers, etc .. 24 
 
 To regulate fees and salaries 24 
 
 “ “ streets and alleys 24 
 
 To levy and assess taxes 24 
 
 To take stock in chartered company 25, 00 
 
 To borrow money 25 
 
 To lay out and vacate streets, etc 25 
 
 To regulate auctions 25 
 
 To levy and collect revenue 20 
 
 To regulate wharves 20 
 
 To prevent injury from robbers, etc 20 
 
 To establish board of health 20 
 
 To establish city watch 20 
 
 To regulate taverns, etc 20 
 
 “ “ shows, etc 20 
 
 “ “ ferries, etc 20 
 
 To grant licenses 27 
 
 To regulate chimneys, etc 28 
 
 To prevent improper use*bf fire, lights, etc 28 
 
 To appoint fire wardens 28 
 
 COMMON SCHOOLS— 
 
 Power to establish and regulate 28 
 
 Revenue for 30 
 
 Trustees of 115 
 
 COMMUTATION OF PENALTIES - 
 
 52, 240 
 
 CONCERTS, &c.— 
 
 Power to regulate, etc .. 20 
 
 CONSTABLES— 
 
 Powers and duties of 50 
 
 CONTEMPTS - 
 
 How punished 47 
 
 CONTINUANCE— 
 
 20 
 
 CONTRACTS- 
 
 Power of Council to make 0, 55 
 
 Mayor and Councilmen must not be interested in 55 
 
 CONVEYANCE— 
 
 Of property sold for taxes 41 
 
 “ “ “ “ improvements 44, 303 
 
 CORNERS— 
 
 Grades, etc., how fixed 290 
 
 CORPORATE POWERS— 
 
 Enumeration of 0 
 
 In whom vested 0 
 
 CORRECTION — 
 
 House of, may be established 52 
 
 COUNCILMEN— 
 
 Number of 7 
 
INDEX 
 
 351 
 
 Page. 
 
 Who eligible ... 7,70 
 
 How elected and term of office 8 
 
 Oath of 15 
 
 When to qualify 15 
 
 Removal of. 18 
 
 Shall not hold certain offices... 55 
 
 Must not be interested in city contracts , 55 
 
 May be expelled, how 61 
 
 COUNTY JAIL— 
 
 May be used by city 52, 105 
 
 CROSSINGS— 
 
 Of streets and alleys must not be obstructed , 233 
 
 CRUELTY— 
 
 To animals ...... 228 
 
 D 
 
 DAMAGES— 
 
 Opening and widening streets, etc 45, 308 
 
 Draining of ponds ... 65 
 
 DANCES- 
 
 227 
 
 DEAD ANIMALS— 
 
 224, 232 
 
 DELINQUENT L1ST- 
 
 36, 42 
 
 When to be returned by Collector 42, 71 
 
 DEPUTIES— 
 
 Of Marshal, Clerk and Treasurer 51, 55 
 
 DISORDERLY HOUSES— 
 
 19, 229 
 
 DISORDERLY— 
 
 Conduct and noises 22, 227 
 
 DOCKET— 
 
 To be kept by Mayor 50 
 
 BOGS- 
 
 Power to restrain and tax 21 
 
 Ordinance relative to 154 
 
 Not allowed in market 283 
 
 BRAYS— 
 
 Hacks, etc., power to regulate and license 22 
 
 Ordinance relative to §14, 318 
 
 DRAYS AND CARTS - 
 
 Must have lock chain 230 
 
 DRUNKARDS— 
 
 Power to prevent sale of liquor to 18 
 
 DRUNKENNESS- 
 
 18, 227 
 
352 
 
 INDEX 
 
 DUPLICATE OF— ' Page. 
 
 Assessment roll, liow made out ... 34 
 
 Council may fix time of delivery to Collector. 71 
 
 When to be delivered and returned 297 
 
 £ 
 
 ELECTIONS— 
 
 How and when held 8 
 
 When to be opened and closed ... 9 
 
 Who may vote at 8, 69 
 
 Form of tickets 9 
 
 Fraudulent voting, how punished. 8 
 
 Poll books and tally papers 10, 13 
 
 To fill vacancies 70 
 
 Votes how received 10 
 
 Penalty for misconduct of officers . 11, 14 
 
 Places of holding.. 9, 61, 161 
 
 Qualification of voters, how determined 9, 69 
 
 Certificate of . .• 12, 13 
 
 In case of a tie vote, lots to be drawn 14 
 
 Bribery, threats, etc., how punished 14 
 
 Ballot boxes 14 
 
 Voters exempt from arrest 14 
 
 Officers of, see Judges, Inspectors and Clerks 
 
 ELECTIOM PRECINCTS— 
 
 ' 61,161 
 
 ELIGIBILITY OF OFFICE— 
 
 79 
 
 ENGINE HOUSES— 
 
 ( See public grounds ) 23 
 
 ENLARGEMENTS OF THE CITY— 
 
 How made 56, 8*2 
 
 EQUALIZATION BOARD— 
 
 Power and duties oi 34 
 
 EVANSVILLE & I. R. R. Co ... 
 
 Council may take stock in 62 
 
 EVIDENCE— 
 
 City charter, by-laws and ordinances 17 
 
 Transcripts of records 17 
 
 Documents certified by Mayor 47,52 
 
 EXHIBITIONS— 
 
 See shows, etc 26, 272 
 
 £ 
 
 FACTORIES, SHOPS, &c — 
 
 Power to regulate, etc., (see nuisances) 19 
 
 FALSE ALARMS- 
 
 Of fire 232 
 
 FEES AND SALARIES— 
 
 Power to regulate, etc 7, 24 
 
 Of Mayor 49,. 54, 279 
 
INDEX. 
 
 853 
 
 Page. 
 
 Of Collector, Treasurer and Clerk 52, 53, 270 
 
 Of Marshal and Sheriff. 52, 53, 270 
 
 Of Clerk 54, 269, 270 
 
 FELONY— 
 
 Attempt to commit 234 
 
 FERRIES— 
 
 Power to regulate and license „ 26 
 
 FINANCES OF CITY— 
 
 Under control of Council 18 
 
 FINES AND PENALTIES— 
 
 Commutation of 52 
 
 FIRE— 
 
 Fire companies, &c., power in relation to .... 24 
 
 To regulate chimneys, <&c .' 28 
 
 FIRE DEPARTMENT— 
 
 Ordinance establishing... *. „167, 170, 177 
 
 FIRE LIMITS — 
 
 {See wooden buildings) .. 23,178 
 
 FIRE ARMS- 
 
 Power to prevent improper use of, 23 
 
 Ordinance relative to. 232 
 
 FIRE WOOD- 
 
 Ordinance relative to ... ... 183 
 
 FIRE WARDENS— 
 
 28, 169 
 
 FIRE BALLS, Ac.— 
 
 Penalty for throwing 179 
 
 FIRE PLACES— 
 
 How to be constructed 169 
 
 ♦* 
 
 FIRES IN STREETS, Ac — 
 
 Ordinance relative to 179 
 
 FLOUR, Ac. — 
 
 Inspectors of. 208 
 
 FORESTALLING, &c.- 
 
 23, 280 
 
 FRAUDULENT VOTING- 
 
 Penalty for 8 
 
 FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE— 
 
 G- 
 
 GAMING— 
 
 Gaming houses, etc 18, 222. 229 
 
 GAS- 
 
 89 
 
 Ordinances relative to 198 
 
 Protection of public lights 203 
 
 Extension of pipes 203, 206 
 
854 
 
 INDEX, 
 
 GAUGING AND MEASURING— PAGE. 
 
 Power to provide for 23 
 
 GOATS— 
 
 154 
 
 GRADE, CORNERS, &c— 
 
 How fixed 296 
 
 GRADING— 
 
 And paving streets and alleys 46 
 
 Ordinances relative to 298, 304 
 
 (See side walks) 294 
 
 GRAVE YARDS— 
 
 (See burying grounds) 22 
 
 GROCERIES— 
 
 Taverns, etc 19, 26, 27, 294 
 
 GUNPOWDER- 
 
 20, 230 
 
 GUTTERS— 
 
 To be kept clean 21, 306 
 
 H 
 
 HACKS- 
 
 Carriages, etc., power to regulate and license. .. 22 
 
 Ordinances relative to 314 
 
 HAY, &c - 
 
 Power to regulate weighing 23 
 
 Must be weighed on public scales..... 268 
 
 HEALTH— 
 
 Board of. 26 
 
 HEARTHS, &c. — 
 
 How constructed 169 
 
 HOGS- 
 
 (See animals) 
 
 HOOPS- 
 
 Rolling of 21, 233 
 
 HORSES— 
 
 Horse racing, etc 20, 229 
 
 How to be hitched 232 
 
 HOSPITAL— 
 
 Power to establish and regulate.. 23 
 
 HOUSES— 
 
 Disorderly 19, 229 
 
 Gaming 19, 229 
 
 Of ill-fame 19, 229 
 
 I 
 
 IMMODERATE— 
 
 Riding and driving 229 
 
 IMMORAL PRACTICES— 
 
 Power to prohibit, see offenses ft* 
 
INDEX 
 
 355 
 
 INCORPORATED COMPANY— PAGE. 
 
 Power to take stock in 25 
 
 INDECENCY— 
 
 Public 19, 227 
 
 INJURY— 
 
 To private property 231 
 
 Public property 231, 237 
 
 INSPECTORS OF ELECTION— 
 
 When and how appointed.. . 9 
 
 Power and duties of. 9, 10, 12 
 
 INSPECTORS OF FLOUR— 
 
 Whisky, etc 208 
 
 J 
 
 JAIL, CITY— 
 
 Power to establish 23, 105 
 
 County, right to use.. 47, 105 
 
 JENNY LIND TABLES - 
 
 Ordinance relative to 146 
 
 JUDGE— 
 
 Citizen not incompetent as 30 
 
 JUDGES OF ELECTION— 
 
 Appointment of. ... 9 
 
 Duties of 9, 10, 12 
 
 JUDGMENTS— 
 
 How entered 29 
 
 How payment enforced 29 
 
 Reple viable 29 
 
 Appeals from 48 
 
 When a lien on real estate 48 
 
 JURISDICTION— 
 
 To abate nuisances, see Mayor, process, etc 
 
 JUROR— 
 
 Citizen not incompetent as 30 
 
 Jury trials 47 
 
 JUSTICE OF THE PEACE— 
 
 Mayor is ex. officio 48 
 
 K 
 
 KITES, FLYING— 
 
 And rolling of hoops 21, 232 
 
 L 
 
 LAMASCO- 
 
 Boundariesof 68 
 
 Annexed to Evansville 76 
 
 LANDINGS- 
 
 See wharves 
 
 LARD, &c. — 
 
 Inspectors of. 208 
 
352 
 
 INDEX, 
 
 LICENSES— 
 
 Power to grant 
 
 Penalty for neglecting to procure 
 
 To sell spirituous liquors, etc 
 
 LICENSE MONEY— 
 
 To be paid by applicant to Treasurer...., 
 LIEN— 
 
 Of the city, for taxes 
 
 Of transcripts of judgments 
 
 LIGHTS— 
 
 Candles, etc., power to regulate use of. 
 Oidinances relative to 
 
 LIME, <fec. — 
 
 Power to regulate sale 
 
 LOCK CHAIN— 
 
 r 
 
 Drays, etc., must be provided with 
 
 Page. 
 
 18, 25, 27 
 293,‘ 235 
 18, 27, 294 
 
 263 
 
 35 
 
 47 
 
 20, 28 
 230 
 
 23 
 
 230 
 
 M 
 
 MALICIOUS — 
 
 Destruction of property 228, 231 
 
 MANUFACTURERS - 
 
 How to be assessed 87, 124 
 
 MARKETS— 
 
 Ordinance relative to 184, 279, 284, 285, 286 
 
 MARKET HOUSES, &c.— 
 
 Power to establish and regulate 
 
 Ordinance relative to 
 
 Leasing butcher stalls 
 
 MARKET MASTERS— 
 
 Duties of. 2S1 
 
 MARSHAL— 
 
 Election of. 51, 69 
 
 Duties, compensation, deputies, bond and oath 51, 211 
 
 See animals, nuisances, party walls, lire department, dogs, . 
 hogs. &c 
 
 MATERIALS FOR BUILDINGS— 
 
 279, 285 
 284 
 
 May be deposited in streets 147 
 
 MAYOR— 
 
 When and how elected, and term of office 7, 13 
 
 Who eligible as 7 
 
 Salary of 8, 271 
 
 Oath of 15 
 
 President of Council 15 
 
 When he may vote 15 
 
 Must qualify within thirty days 15 
 
 His office, how vacated 18 
 
 To sign proceedings of Council 17 
 
 To sign precepts to Collector 34 
 
 To sign orders on the Treasury 43 
 
 Te enforce ordinances, etc 47 
 
 To keep the seal of the city 47 
 
 To sign licenses and commissions 47 
 
INDEX. 
 
 357 
 
 Page. 
 
 Must keep his office in the city 47 
 
 May take depositions and acknowledgements of deeds 47 
 
 His powers as a judicial officer 47, 48 
 
 In case of vacancy 49 
 
 Bond of, . 49 
 
 May be removed from office 49, 61 
 
 Fees of 7,54 
 
 Shall not hold certain city offices 55 
 
 Must not be interested in city contracts 55 
 
 May compel attendance of witnesses 51, 47, 55, 61 
 
 To give notice ot certain elections 70 
 
 In relation to grades, etc 294 
 
 See improvement of streets, etc 
 
 See improvement of side-walks 
 
 MEASURING WOOD - 
 
 Coal, etc., power to provide for 23 
 
 MEETINGS OF COUNCIL— 
 
 Stated and called 16, 264 
 
 May be adjourned by Clerk, when 16 
 
 MERCHANTS- 
 
 How to be assessed 82, 123 
 
 MINORS— 
 
 Power to prevent sale of liquors to 18 
 
 MONEY— 
 
 Power to borrow <. 25 
 
 N 
 
 NINE AND TEN-PIN ALLEYS— 
 
 Ordinance relative to 142, 145 
 
 NOISE— 
 
 Disturbances, etc 20,227 
 
 NOTICE— 
 
 Of election to fill vacancies 17, 70 
 
 Of called meetings of Council 16 
 
 Of the Collector that he is ready to collect 39 
 
 Of sales for taxes 39 
 
 “ “ for expense of improvements, &c 43, 257, 302 
 
 Of opening or altering streets, etc 45, 338 
 
 Penalty for destroying 233, 236 
 
 See nuisances, signs, awnings, etc 
 
 NUISANCES— 
 
 Power to prohibit 19 
 
 Compel abatement of 19, 20 
 
 Declare what shall be deemed is 
 
 Ordinances relative to 209,211, 212, 213, 214, 219, 220, 222 
 
 ( O 
 
 OATHS— 
 
 Official, ol officers of election 11 
 
 Of Mayor and Councilmen...7. 15 
 
 Of Clerk .* io 
 
 Of Assessor 31 
 
 Of Collector 35 
 
358 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Page. 
 
 Of Surveyor of party walls , 38 
 
 OfTreasurer 42 
 
 Of Marshal 51 
 
 Assessor may administer 32 
 
 Clerk and deputies may administer 55 
 
 See market-master, wharf-master, surveyor, &c 
 
 OBSCENE BOOKS— 
 
 Prints, etc 228 
 
 OFFENSES— 
 
 Ordinance defining 226, 236 
 
 OFFICERS OF THE CITY— 
 
 Who eligible as 70 
 
 Ordinance relative to. 240 
 
 Penalty f or resisti n g 228 
 
 Must not purchase city orders, etc., at discount 241 
 
 Must give bond and be sworn 240 
 
 OFFICERS OF ELECTION— 
 
 How appointed and sworn 9 
 
 Duties of 10, 11 
 
 Misconduct of, how punished 11, 14 
 
 Neglect, fraud, etc 14 
 
 OFFICERS AND AGENTS- 
 
 Ilow appointed 24, 52 
 
 Term of office 24 
 
 Fees of 53 
 
 OFFICIAL BONDS- 
 
 To whom payable 46, 47 
 
 Not void for want of form 48 
 
 ORDERS ON THE TREASURY - 
 
 Bj r whom drawn 43 
 
 ORDINANCES— 
 
 Power to enact..... 6,18 
 
 Need not be pleaded 17 
 
 How published, and when in force 28 
 
 Evidence of publication 28 
 
 Observance of how enforced 28 
 
 ORNAMENTAL— 
 
 And shade trees 233 
 
 P 
 
 PARTY WALLS— 
 
 Power to regulate 37, 61 
 
 Ordinance relative to 242, 245 
 
 PAVING— 
 
 See grading and paving 
 
 PEDDLERS— 
 
 Ordinance relative to 246, 247 
 
 PENALTIES— 
 
 Power to commute...! 52 
 
 Ordinance relative to 239, 240 
 
INDEX 
 
 359 
 
 PERJURY— • PAGE. 
 
 In swearing at elections 11 
 
 As to value of property 32 
 
 PIVOT BRIDGES— 
 
 Ordinance relative to 148 
 
 PLEADING— 
 
 Charter and ordinances need not be pleaded 17 
 
 POLICE— 
 
 Power to regulate 24 
 
 Ordinance relative to.... ....223, 248, 271 
 
 POLL BOOKS— 
 
 How furnished 10 
 
 How preserved 13 
 
 POLL TAX— 
 
 Power to levy... ... 30 
 
 PONDS AND SWAMPS— 
 
 Power to drain 65 
 
 PORK, &c. — 
 
 I nspectors of 208 
 
 PORTERS AND CARRIERS— 
 
 Power to regulate 22 
 
 POUNDS— 
 
 Public, power to establish 23 
 
 POWDER— 
 
 And powder houses, power to regulate 19 
 
 Ordinances relative to 230 
 
 POWERS OF CORPORATION— 
 
 In whom vested 6 
 
 PRACTICE— 
 
 Same in Mayor’s as in Justice’s Courts 29, 47 
 
 PRECEPT TO COLLECTOR- 
 
 HOW issued 34, 257, 262 
 
 PRISONERS— 
 
 To stand committed until fine and costs are paid or replevied. 30 
 
 May give appearance bail 30 
 
 PRIVIES— 
 
 19,229, 251, 252 
 
 PROCESS— 
 
 Mesne and final 29, 47 
 
 PROCESSIONS, <fcc. — 
 
 On Sunday 228 
 
 PROSTITUTES— 
 
 Power to restrain and punish ' 21 
 
 Ordinances relative to 227,234 
 
 PUBLIC INDECENCY— 
 
 19, 227 
 
 PUBLIC GROUNDS, &c.— 
 
 Power to prevent injuries to 20 
 
 Ordinances relative to 231, 233, 237 
 
360 
 
 INDEX 
 
 Page, 
 
 Q 
 
 QUORUM OF COUNCIL— 
 
 What number shall constitute *.... 15 
 
 Not attending, Clerk shall adjourn Council 16 
 
 R 
 
 REAL ESTATE- 
 
 HOW sold for taxes 40 
 
 Improvements and repairs 44, 253, 262 
 
 May be redeemed, when 42,253 
 
 What will invalidate title of purchaser 41 
 
 REBEL UNIFORM— 
 
 Penalty for wearing 236 
 
 RECOGNIZANCES— 
 
 See bail 29 
 
 RECORDER— 
 
 Council may order election of 69 
 
 His term of office, duties, oath and bond 69 
 
 RECORD— 
 
 Of proceedings of Council 16 
 
 To be read in presence of Council 16 
 
 To be signed by Mayor and attested by Clerk 16 
 
 RELIGIOUS WORSHIP— 
 
 Must not be disturbed 235 
 
 RESISTING CITY OFFICERS- 
 
 Penaltyfor .....I... 228 
 
 REVENUE— 
 
 Power to levy to pay for stock 25 
 
 Power to levy for other purposes i 30 
 
 On what to be levied 3u 
 
 How levied 30, 31, 32, 34 
 
 Irregularity of levy not to prevent collection of 35 
 
 When and how collected i. 36, 39, 262 
 
 Ordinances relative to 262 
 
 See board of equalization, Assessor, Collector, etc 
 
 RIOTS— 
 
 Power to prevent 19 
 
 RIVER— 
 
 Throwing dead animals in 232 
 
 ROADS, &c.— 
 
 Council may take stock in 25 
 
 Without the city, taxes not to be levied to make or repair 25 
 
 RULES— 
 
 For the government of Council 264 
 
 How altered or suspended 267 
 
 RUNNERS— 
 
 And carriers, power to regulate 22 
 
 S 
 
 SALARIES— 
 
 Mayor 8 
 
 Councilmen 8 
 
INDEX. 
 
 361 
 
 SALES— Page. 
 
 For taxes 39, 42, 60, 61, 134, 135, 136 
 
 What to be sold 39, 42, 60 
 
 Notice of.. 39,61 
 
 Certificate of purchase 39 
 
 Property sold for taxes, when redeemable 39 
 
 For expense of improvement and repairs 43, 253, 298 
 
 Ordinances relative to .....253, 304, 295 
 
 SALOONS— 
 
 Ordinance relative to . 293 
 
 SCALES- 
 
 Public, ordinance relative to 
 
 SCHOOLS- 
 
 Common, power to establish and support 
 SCHOOL CORPORATION — 
 
 Cities, &c., to constitute 
 
 SCHOOL TRUSTEES— 
 
 Election and duties of. 
 
 SEWERS AND DRAINS— 
 
 Injury to 
 
 SHADE- 
 
 And ornamental trees 
 
 SHERIFF— 
 
 To receive prisoners in county jail 
 
 Fees of , 
 
 SINKING FUND- 
 
 SHOOTING— 
 
 Power to prohibit 21 
 
 Ordinances relative to 232 
 
 SHOPS AND FACTORIES— 
 
 Power to regulate, (see nuisances) 19 
 
 Ordinance relative to 229 
 
 SHOWS— 
 
 Demoralizing, power to prohibit 19 
 
 SHOW'S— 
 
 Concerts, &c., power to regulate 19 
 
 Ordinance relative to - 272, 274 
 
 SIDE-WALKS— 
 
 Power to compel persons to keep clean 21 
 
 “ “ regulate 24 
 
 “ “ compel improvement of 43 
 
 SIDE-WALKS— 
 
 Must not be obstructed 131, 231, 233 
 
 Injury to 231 
 
 Ordinance relative to improvement and repair of 253 
 
 SIGNS— 
 
 Awnings and cellar doors 275,278 
 
 SINKING FUND- 
 
 Council to establish 62 
 
 SLAUGHTER HOUSES, &c — 
 
 267 
 23, 30 
 
 115 
 
 116 
 
 232 
 
 233 
 
 46 
 
 54 
 
 287 
 
 19, 229 
 
362 
 
 INDEX 
 
 SOAP FACTORIES, Ac.- Pagk. 
 
 — '. «... 19. 229 
 
 SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS— 
 
 (See drunkards and minors) , 
 
 STOCK IN INCORPORATED CO.- 
 
 Power to take............. 25 
 
 STONING HOUSES, Ac.- 
 
 232 
 
 STONE COAL— 
 
 185 
 
 stove PIPES— 
 
 Chimneys, Ac 28, 167 
 
 SL'REETS. Ac. — 
 
 Power to prevent obstructing, Ac 24 
 
 Power to regulate 24 
 
 Power to lay out, etc 24, 25, 43, 45 
 
 Power to compel improvement of 43, 45 
 
 Buildings must not project into 231 
 
 Must not be obstructed 231 
 
 Injury to 231 
 
 Ordinance relative to improvement and repair of 298, 304, 306, 307 
 
 STREET CROSSINGS— 
 
 Must not be obstructed 231 
 
 STREETS, Ac. — 
 
 Ordinance to open and lay out 308, 310 
 
 STREET RAILROADS— 
 
 1C6, 109 
 
 SUNDAY— 
 
 Relative to desecration of 228, 229 
 
 SURVEYOR OF THE CITY— 
 
 Election and oath of—. 69, 295 
 
 Duties of 295 
 
 Must not be interested in contract with the city ’ 295 
 
 SURVEYORS, OR PARTY WALLS— 
 
 [See party walls! 37 , 244 
 
 SWAMPS AND PONDS- 
 
 May be drained 66 
 
 T 
 
 TALLY PAPERS- 
 
 How furnished and preserved 10, 13 
 
 TAVERNS— 
 
 Groceries, &c .-. 19, 26, 85, 294 
 
 TAXES - 
 
 Exclusive power to levy for streets, etc 24 
 
 Not to be levied for roads without the city 24 
 
 For revenue, power to levy and collect 26 
 
 Rate of, when fixed 34 
 
 When and lo what extent a lien 35 
 
 When to he collected 36, 39, 71 
 
 Ordinance relative to 134, 135, 136, 297 
 
 To be levied to pay certain bonds , 63 
 
 How levied and collected 63 
 
 TAX DUPLICATE— 
 
 When to be issued and returned 71, 137, 297 
 
INDEX 
 
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 863 
 
 TAX TITLES- PAGE 
 
 Not void on account of irregularities 35 
 
 What will invalidate ... 42 
 
 How made , 40, 41 
 
 Real estate held by, may be redeemed 40, 41 
 
 TERRITORY ADJACENT— 
 
 Maybe annexed, how 56, 84 
 
 THEATRE - 
 
 (See Shows, Sunday, &c.) 
 
 THREATS— 
 
 Bribery, &c., at Election, penalty for... 14 
 
 THE VOTE- 
 
 At city election 13 
 
 In Common Council 15 
 
 TOBACCO, &c.— 
 
 Inspectors o 1 208 
 
 Wharfage on 193 
 
 TREASURER— 
 
 Election of 42, 69 
 
 Duties, oath and bond 40, 41, 42, 43 
 
 To receive redemption money 43 
 
 Compensation of 53 
 
 Deputies of 55 
 
 TREES ON SIDE WALKS— 
 
 Declared nuisances 213 
 
 TREES- 
 
 Ornamental, &c .. 233 
 
 TRESPASSES ON PRIVATE PROPERTY— 
 
 • 233 
 
 (see public grounds, wharves, streets, alleys, &c.) 
 
 TRIAL AND JUDGMENT— 
 
 (See practice,) 29 
 
 Before Mayor, mode of in certain cases 233 
 
 TRUSTEES OF SCHOOLS— 
 
 Election of 116 
 
 TRUSTEES OF WATER-WORKS— 
 
 Election and duties of 290 
 
 TRUSTEES OF CEMETERIES— 
 
 Appointment and duties of 287, 288 
 
 U 
 
 UNWHOLESOME MEAT- 
 
 Provision?, <fcc., penalty for selling or offering for sale 282 
 
 V 
 
 VAGRANTS— 
 
 21, 234 
 
 VACANCY IN OFFICE— 
 
 Mayor or Councilman 8, 15, 16,, 50, 70 
 
 Assessor or Collector 36 
 
 Other officers. 240 
 
364 
 
 INDEX, 
 
 VEHICLES- PaG£. 
 
 Power to regulate and license 22 
 
 Ordinance relative to..... 314, 318 
 
 Must not stop at street crossings 231 
 
 Must not be driven over any side-walks 231, 233 
 
 VENUE— 
 
 When and how changed 50 
 
 City not to pay costs on change of. 50 
 
 VOTERS— 
 
 Who qualified as 8, 52, 70 
 
 Illegal, how punished 8 
 
 Where, and how often to vote 9, 61, 161 
 
 Exempt from arrest on election day 14 
 
 Oath of. 11 
 
 W 
 
 WARDS— 
 
 Number and boundaries of. 7, 60, 311 
 
 WATCH- 
 
 City, power to establish 26 
 
 WATER- 
 
 Power to supply 23,110 
 
 Must not be taken from public cisterns for private use 168 
 
 WATER-WORKS— 
 
 Sinking fund from revenues . 289 
 
 Ordinance in relation to 290 
 
 WATER-WORKS COMPANY— 
 
 May be formed DO 
 
 WEIGH-MASTERS— • 
 
 Power to appoint 23 
 
 Appointment and duties of......... 267 
 
 WHARF-MASTER— 
 
 Appointment, oath and bond ...... 186 
 
 Duties and compensation of 186 
 
 WHARVES- 
 
 Power to establish and regulate 26, 47 
 
 Ordinance relative to... 186, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197 
 
 WHISKY, &c. — 
 
 Inspection of. 208 
 
 WITNESS— 
 
 Citizen not incompetent a? — 30 
 
 How summoned 47 
 
 Attendance of, may be compelled 62 
 
 WOOD, &c — 
 
 Power toregula e the measuring of -. 23 
 
 Ordinance relative to * 183 
 
 WOODEN BUILDINGS— 
 
 Power to prevent erection of. 23 
 
 Ordinance relative to - 163, 165, 166, 178 
 
 WORK HOUSES- 
 
 Power to erect and establish — * 52 
 
 WORSHIP — 
 
 Penalty for disturbing or annoying * 235 
 
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