Pine river, within the limits of the city of St. Clair, so as to binder, impede, or obstruct the free navigation thereof of ships, boats, and vessels which may be passing up and down said river, except so far as the same may be necessary and unavoidable in transporting, rafting and booming saw-logs, lumber and timber, up and down said river; nor shall any person or persons, for the purpose of rafting or booming any saw-logs or timber, be permitted to place any piles or other permanent obstructions in or across said river so as to obstruct the navigation thereof; and any persons who may be floating or rafting any logs, timber or lumber on said river which shall temporarily obstruct the navigation thereof for ships, boats, or vessels, shall remove the same without unnecessary delay whenever it is necessary to pass any ship, boat or vessel, up or down said river.

SEC. 2. It shall be the duty of the marshal, upon knowledge or information that the navigation of said river is obstructed or impeded, to require the person or persons so obstructing the same, or the owner or owners of any such obstruction, to remove the same forthwith. Every person who shall neglect, or refuse to remove such obstructions; and every person wilfully offending against this, and section 1 of this ordinance, shall, on conviction thereof, before any justice of the peace in said city, be punished by fine not exceeding one hundred dollars and costs of suit, or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding three months, or both, in the discretion of the court.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the city attorney to prosecute all offenders against this ordinance in behalf of said city in an action of trespass, upon no tice and complaint of the city marshal that any person has violated any of the provisions thereof.

SEC. 4. All fines collected under and by virtue of

this ordinance shall be paid over to the city treasurer, and be by him held and credited to the contingent fund of the city.

SEC. 5. This ordinance shall not be construed to hinder or prevent any person from prosecuting for any private damages which he may sustain by reason of any obstruction which may be placed in said river.

AN ORDINANCE RELATIVE ΤΟ THE REGULATION OF THE CEMETERY.

It is hereby ordained by the mayor and common council of the city of St. Clair:

SECTION 1. That any person who shall wilfully and maliciously walk or run over or upon any lot in the cemetery of this city, except he or she may be legally entitled so to do, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding five dollars and the costs of prosecution, or imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding ten days for each offense.

SEC. 2. The justices of the peace of this city shall have jurisdiction of all actions arising under this ordinance.

AN ORDINANCE RELATIVE TO FAST DRIVING IN

CITY OF ST. CLAIR.

THE

It is hereby ordained by the mayor and common council of the city of St. Clair:

SECTION 1. No person or persons shall run or race any horse or horses, or drive any carriage or other vehicle of any kind, within the limits of the

city of St. Clair at a faster rate than six miles an hour.

SEC. 2. Any person violating the provisions of section one of this ordinance shall forfeit and pay to, for the use of the city of St. Clair, for each violation of the same, a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars and the costs of prosecution.

SEC. 3. Any justice of the peace of this city shall have jurisdiction of all cases arising under this ordinance.

AN ORDINANCE RELATIVE TO

GEESE AND GOSLINGS

RUNNING AT LARGE.

It is hereby ordained by the mayor and common council of the city of St. Clair:

SECTION 1. It shall not be lawful for geese or goslings to run at large in any of the public streets or public grounds of, or within the limits of the city. of St. Clair, in the county of St. Clair, Michigan. SEC. 2. All geese or goslings found at large in violation of section one of this ordinance may be placed in the city pound by any person or persons, whose duty it shall be to notify the marshal, or one of the deputy marshals, who shall retain and take care of and feed the geese and goslings so distrained, and not deliver the said geese and goslings to any person until the owner or keeper of such geese and goslings pay, or cause to be paid, for the use of said city, five cents for each one of said geese and goslings so impounded, together with fifty cents as marshal's fee and the proper charges for keeping the said geese and goslings so impounded.

SEC. 3. It shall be the duty of the person or persons impounding any geese or goslings as aforesaid, to immediately and within aasonable time notify

the owner or owners of the impounding of such geese or goslings, if such owners be known, and if not known then within twenty-four hours, to put up one notice at the postoffice in said city, which notice shall give the number of the geese and the number of the goslings so impounded, together with the date of said impounding; Provided, Said geese and goslings are not called for, and the charges as provided for in section two of this ordinance be not paid within forty-eight hours from the time of impounding as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the marshal, or his deputy to give notice (to be posted in not less than three public places in said city) of the sale of such geese and goslings so impounded, giving at least five days' notice before such sale.

SEC. 4. From the proceeds of such sale as aforesaid, the officer selling such geese and goslings shall retain the amount provided for in section two, together with his fees, for the sale of such geese and goslings, which shall be the same as constables are allowed for notice and sale of goods and chattels by virtue of execution and levy sales.

SEC. 5. The surplus, if any there be, from such sale, shall be paid to the owner or owners, if known, if not known, to be deposited by the officer making sale with the treasurer of the city; Provided, That if the owner or owners shall establish their ownership to such geese and goslings within six months from the time of the sale as aforesaid, the treasurer shall refund the said surplus so deposited to said owner or owners, retaining one per cent. as his fees; Provi ded, the said ownership is not established within six months, the said surplus shall be forfeited and placed in the contingent fund of said city.

AN ORDINANCE

RELATIVE

FENCES AND SHADE TREES

OF PRIVATE RESIDENCES.

TO THE USE OF POSTS,
OPPOSITE OR IN FRONT

It is hereby ordained by the Mayor and common council of the city of St. Clair :

SECTION 1. That no person or persons shall be permitted to hitch a horse, horses, or other team or teams to the fence, hitching-post, or shade trees of any private residence or premises in the city of St. Clair, or to hitch or leave standing any horse, or horses or other team on the lawn in front of or adjacent to any private residence or premises, inside of the worked portion of the street or highway in said city, without the consent of the owner or occupant of such private residence or premises.

SEC. 2. Any person or persons violating the conditions of this ordinance shall be liable to pay a fine not to exceed five dollars for each and every offense and the costs of prosecution, or to be imprisoned in the county jail for a period not to exceed five days; and the justices of the peace of this city shall have jurisdiction of all cases arising under this ordinance.

AN ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH FIRE LIMITS, ETC.

It is hereby ordained by the mayor and common council of the city of St. Clair :

SECTION 1. All that part of said city lying east of Second street and extending north from the north bank of Pine river to the north line of Vine street shall hereafter be known and designated as the fire limits of said city.

SEC. 2. It shall not be lawful (after the time of this ordinance taking effect) for any person or per sons to erect, build, or construct any wooden build