Bill from George W. Harris and Others, circa 30 January 1843
Source Note
Committee to Prepare Code of Criminal Laws [, , and ], Bill, to Nauvoo City Council, , Hancock Co., IL, ca. 30 Jan. 1843; handwriting of ; endorsement in handwriting of ; docket in handwriting of ; eleven pages; Nauvoo, IL, Records, 1841–1845, CHL.
No person shall throw, place or deposite or suffer any person in his in or her employ to place or deposite any dead animal carraion putred meat or fish or decayed vegetables or nuisances of any kind in any street, alley Public square in s[ai]d , any person who shall violate any of the prohibitions of <contained in> this section shall for each offence forfeit and pay a penalty of two Dollars
Sec. 2 No owner or occupant of any lot or in said , shall cause or permit any nuisance to be or remain in or upon the same lot or tenement or between the same and the centre of the Street adjoining, upon the pain of forfeiting the penalty of two dollars for each and every twenty four hours during which the same nuisance shall be or remain on the same lot or tenement or are such <part of the> streets adjoining as aforesaid but no single recovery shall exceed the sum of twenty five Dollars
sec 3 Every Butcher or other person immediately after killing any beeves calves, sheep or other animals shall destroy the offal. garbage and other offensive and useless parts thererof or convey the <same> into some place where the same shall not be injurious or offensive as aforesaid to the inhabitants under a penalty of twenty Dollars for every offence
sec 4 Wenever any dead carcass putrid or unsound meat of any kind, fish, hides or skins of any kind or any other putrid or unsound substance, shall be found in any part of the , it shall be the duty of Supervisor of streets to cause the same to be destroued or to be disposed of in [p. [7]]