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AN ORDIIONCE TO B3 ENTITLED " AN ORDINANCE TO REGULATE THE KEEPING OF \
HOGS , CATTLE , HORSES , MULES , GOATS , AND F017LS ^ITHIN THE CORPORATE v
LIMITS OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLE; ARKANSAS , AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES . "
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FAYETTEVILLId , ARK :
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Sec . 1 . That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person , persons ,
firm or corporation to keep any pig or swine of any kind or description
whatsoever within the corporate limits of the City of Fayetteville ,
Arkansas .
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of three monuhsA n any une city lot within the corporate limits of
the City of Fayetteville , Arkansas , unless a minimum of one-half
acre of space be provided each additional cow .
Sec . 3 . That hereafter it shall be unlawful to permit any cattle
or horses to run at large or graze upon any of the streets or alleys
within the corporate limits of said City of Fayetteville , Arkansas ,
Sec . 4 . That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person , firm or
corporation to permit any cattle , horses , mules , or goats to be kept
nearer than forty ( 40 ) feet from the residence or business house of
any other person , persons , firm or corporation within the City of
Fayetteville , Arkansas ,
Sec . 5 . All stables , yards , and enclosures where horses , cattle ,
mules , goats or fowls are kept within the corporate limits of the
City of Fayetteville , Arkansas , shall be kept . free from filth and
shall bInaintained in a sanitary condition .
Sec . 6 . By sanitary condition is meant :
auu-division A • All manure wnen removed from the stalls
of barns and stables must be collected and kept dry in
bins completely enclosed on top , bottom and sides from
the let day of April until the let day of November of
each year and must be kept constantly screened from flies ,
Sub-division B . All manure bins shall be entirely emptied
and thoroughly cleaned at least once per month .
Sub- division C . Droppings shall not be permitted to
accumulate to the extent that it shall create bleeding
places for flies or taint the atmosphere with odors .
Sec . 7 . That upon complaint of any person to the sanitary officer or
City Health Officer or if either of them shall have reasonable grounds
to believe that any person is violating any of the provisions of this
Ordinance it shall become the duty of the banitary police -- or the City
Health Officer to at once inspect the premises of such owner or
occupant , and if the stable , yard , or enclosure of such premises are
in a filthy and unsanitary condition , or if more than the prescribed
number of cattle are being kept without sufficient space as herein
provided , it ohall be the duty of the sanitary officer or the City
Health Officer to report the same to the Police Court of the City
of Fayetteville , which Court shall issue a notice to the owner or
occupant of the house setting forth what grounds of this ordinance
have been violated and commanding that the terms of this ordiance
be comped with within five days from the date of service of said
notice ,
Sec . 8 . Any person , persons , firm or corporation rho fails or re-
fuses to comply with the provisions of this Ordinance after having
been notified as herein provided shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in any sum not exceed-
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ing Twenty-five Ib liars (25 . 00 ) , and each day the terms of this
Ordinance are violated after the expiration of five days from the
date of the service of notice as herein provided shall constitute
a separate offense.; and in addition to the fine herein provided,
the Court may order an unsanitary condition abated , and may further
order the removal from the corporate limits of the City of
Fayetteville , Arkansas , of such horses , cattle , mules , goats , or
fowls as may have contributed to the unsanitary condition , or a
violation of the terms of this Ordinance ,
Sec . 9 . Ordinances numbered 293 , 391 and 451 are hereby expressly
repealed and all ordi�nces and parts of ordAnces in conflict here-
with be and the seine are hereby revealed, and this ordPince being
necessary for the preservation of the public health , peace and safety
of the residents of the City of Fayetteville , an emergency is hereby
declared and this oraiwcnce shall take effect and be in force from
and after its passage ,& approval , and publication .
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