dispose of, any impure, unwholesome, adulterated or diluted milk in said city, under a penalty of not less than twenty-five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each offense.

27. DISORDERLY CONDUCT-PENALTY.] Any person who shall make, aid, countenance, or assist in making any improper noise, riot, disturbance, breach of the peace, or diversion, or shall use threatening or abusive language toward any other person, tending to a breach of the peace, in the streets or elsewhere in the city, and all persons who shall collect in bodies or crowds for unlawful purposes, or for any purpose to the annoyance or disturbance of citizens or travelers, shall be severally subject to a fine of not less than one dollar, nor exceeding one hundred dollars.

28. DISTURBING WORSHIP-PENALTY.] Any person who shall disquiet or disturb any congregation or assembly met for religious worship, by making a noise, or by rude and indecent behavior, or profane discourse within their place of worship, or so near the same as to disturb the order and solemnity of the meeting, shall be subject to a fine of not exceeding fifty dollars.

29. FALSE ALARM-STREET NOISES-PENALTY.] Any person who shall willfully give or make a false alarm of fire or watch, or who shall employ any bellman, or use or cause to be used any bell, horn, or bugle, or other sounding instrument, or who shall employ any device, noise or performance tending in either case to the collection of persons in the streets, sidewalks or other public places, to the obstruction of the same, for any purpose whatsoever, without permission of the mayor in writing, shall be subject to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars.

30. BIRD KILLING-PENALTY.] Every person who shall kill or wound, or attempt to kill or wound, by the use of fire-arms, bow and arrow, pelting with stones, or otherwise, any bird within the city limits, or shoot an arrow or throw a stone or club, or other missile, at any bird within any private grounds, or public parks, squares or grounds (such bird not being the property of the person so offending), or enter upon any private inclosure or public ground belonging to the city, for the purpose of doing any act prohibited in this section, shall forfeit and pay not less than five dollars nor more than ten dollars for each offense. Every person who shall be convicted for a second time of any offense in this section mentioned, who is under the age of sixteen years, may, in the discretion of the court, be sentenced to the reform school.

31. CARS IN MOTION-LEAVING OR ENTERING-PENALTY.] Ord. May 27, 1872. No person shall get upon or off, or attempt to get upon or off, any locomotive, engine, tender, car or train of cars (or any platform or step thereof) while the same, or either of them, are in motion, without first having obtained from the person or persons in charge thereof express permission so to do. Any violation hereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than two dollars nor more than fifty dollars for each offense.

32. BILL POSTING, WHERE PROHIBITED-PENALTY.] Ord. May 30, 1872. No person or persons shall, within the limits of the city of Chicago, post or paint an advertisement upon any private wall, door, gate or fence (without consent in writing first obtained of the owner of such wall, door, gate or fence), or upon any curb-stone, flagging, gutter-stone, sidewalks,

gateways, telegraph poles, fire plugs, wooden or iron railing, or fence of any public grounds or buildings, of the announcements for sale or barter of any description of drugs, merchandise or medicine, or of the nature of treatment of any disease, of any public amusement, or lottery, or notices of a general public character, without the previous written permission of the mayor. Any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall be liable to a penalty of twenty dollars for each and every offense, to be collected as other penalties for violation of city ordinances.

33. THROWING STONES IN THOROUGHFARES-PENALTY.] No person shall throw or cast any stone or any other missile upon or at any building, tree or other public or private property, or upon or at any person in any street, avenue, alley, lane, pnblic place, or inclosed or uninclosed ground in this city, or aid or abet in the same, under a fine for each offense of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars.

34. THROWING STONES IN THOROUGHFARES-PENALTY.] No person shall throw or cast any stones or other missiles in, from or into any street, avenue, alley or lane, public place or uninclosed grounds in this city, under a penalty of five dollars for each and every offense.

35. BATHING PROHIBITED-WHERE.] Rev. Ord. 1866, Chap. 25, § 2. No person shall swim or bathe in the river or its branches, or in the lake within one mile of the shore thereof, except as herein provided for, and except as follows, to-wit: At any place in the south division of the city of Chicago, between the south pier and the north line of Randolph street, and at any place south of the south line of Twenty-fifth street produced; also at any place in the north division, from a point two hundred feet north of the north pier and south of Indiana street, and at any place north of the south line of the Catholic cemetery. Any violation hereof shall subject the offender to a fine of not less than two dollars and not exceeding twenty dollars.

36. SALE AND EXPOSURE OF INDECENT BOOKS, ETC. PENALTY.] Ord. Apr. 29, 1872. No person or persons shall expose, circulate, offer for sale, sell, or distribute within the limits of the city any obscene, scandalous or libellous newspaper, book, print, pamphlet, circular. or periodical, caricature, picture, drawing, statue, or other object whatever of any immoral or scandalous nature, or calculated to excite scandal, immorality, or disturbance of the peace, or public tranquility, under a penalty of ten dollars for each and every offense, to be collected as other penalties for violation of city ordinances are collected.

37. ADDITIONAL PENALTIES IN CERTAIN CASES.] In all cases arising under this chapter, punishable as misdemeanors by the laws of this state, the court or magistrate before whom conviction may be had shall have power, in addition to the penalty or fine, to cause the offenders to be imprisoned for a period not exceeding three months, in his or their discretion.

1. CATTLE AND SWINE KEPT IN CITY-LIMIT TO NUMBER-Offense— PENALTY.] Rev. Ord. 1866; act Leg. March 9, 1867. Any person or persons who shall own, keep or use any yard, pen, place or premises within the city of Chicago, in or upon which more than ten cattle or swine shall be confined or kept at any one time, and any person or persons who shall own, keep or use any yard, pen, place or premises, in or upon which a less number of cattle or swine than ten shall be so kept as to be offensive to those residing in the vicinity, or an annoyance to the public, shall be deemed the author of a nuisance, and, on conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars in every case, and to a like fine for every day he or they shall neglect or refuse to abate such nuisance, when notified by the mayor or board of health to abate

the same.

2. DISTILLERY, SLAUGHTER AND RENDERING HOUSES-PROHIBITED WHERE PERMIT-PENALTY.] Any person or persons who shall carry on, occupy or use any distillery, slaughtering establishment or establishments for steaming or rendering lard, tallow, offal, dead animals, or other substances of like nature, within the limits of the city of Chicago, or within the distance of four miles therefrom, without permission of the common council, to be granted in the manner hereinafter provided, shall be deemed the author of a nuisance, and, on conviction, shall be subject to a fine of not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars in every case, and to a like fine for every day he or they shall neglect or refuse to abate such nuisance when notified by the mayor or board of health to abate the same.

3. LICENSE-HOW OBTAINED-BOND.] Any person desirous of obtaining a permit under the provisions of this chapter, shall make application therefor to the common council in writing, stating the business he is desirous of pursuing, and specifying the premises whereon the business is to be conducted. If such application shall be granted, the applicant shall thereupon

be required to enter into a bond, with one or more sureties, to be approved by the mayor, in the penal sum of not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five thousand dollars, conditioned that the said applicant will faithfully comply with all the requisitions of this chapter, and such other ordinance or ordinances as may be hereafter passed by the common council upon this subject. And, upon the execution and delivery of said bond, it shall be the duty of the mayor and clerk to issue a license to the applicant, under the corporate seal, which license shall continue in force for the period of one year from and after the date thereof, and no longer, and the clerk shall keep a register of all licenses which shall be issued.

4. OFFAL, ETC.-HOW TO BE DISPOSED OF-PENALTY.] No person who shall obtain a license for any business, employment or purpose mentioned in the two preceding sections, or who shall conduct or carry on any such business or employment within the limits of the city, or within the distance of four miles therefrom, or upon the Chicago river or either of its branches, or within one hundred rods thereof, shall allow or suffer any blood, bones, offal, still slops, or other offensive matter to run, fall or get into the Chicago river, or into either of the branches thereof, or any of the canals or slips connected therewith, or place, cause, or permit to be placed, or permit or suffer to remain on his premises, as aforesaid, any blood, bones, offal, filth, still slops, or other offensive matter for a longer period than twenty-four hours at any one time, from the first day of March to the first day of November in any year, or exceeding forty-eight hours during any other part of the year; but the same shall be collected in tubs or vats, constructed as the health officer may direct, and removed within the time above prescribed, to a distance of at least forty rods from said river and its branches and from Lake Michigan, and a like distance from any dwelling, or public street, or highway, in covered and tight boxes as the health officer may direct, and shall then be buried in the ground and covered with a layer of earth at least twelve inches in depth, so as not to become a nuisance or a matter of offense. And every such person shall, at all times, keep his premises in a clean, healthy and inoffensive condition. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars for each and every offense, and the license so granted to him, if any license shall have been granted, may be revoked at the pleasure of the common council.

5. DISCHARGE OF OFFAL, LIQUID, ETC., FROM PREMISES-PENALTY.] Any distiller, tanner, brewer, butcher, pork and beef packer, soap boiler, tallow chandler, dyer, livery stable keeper, or other persons whatsoever, who shall cause or suffer any offal, manure, rubbish, filth, still slops, or any refuse animal or vegetable matter, or any foul or nauseous liquid, to be discharged out of or flow from any premises owned or occupied by him, or to be thrown into, deposited or left in the Chicago river, or either of its branches, or any of the slips or canals connected therewith, or into Lake Michigan, or into any slough within the jurisdiction of the city, or in or upon any street, alley, public square, vacant lot, wharf or dock, river bank or lake shore, shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars, for every offense.

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6. OFFAL, FILTH, ETC., NOT TO REMAIN ON PREMISES-PENALTY.] No person shall permit or suffer any substance of the nature mentioned in the preceding section, which is liable to become putrid or offensive or injurious to the public health, to remain on any premises owned or occupied by him for a longer period than twenty-four hours at any one time, from the first day of March to the first day of November in any year, or exceeding fortyeight hours during any other part of the year, but the same shall be removed and buried within the time above designated, in the manner and according to the requisitions prescribed in like cases in the fourth section of this chapter. Any person who shall violate any provision of this section, shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars for every offense, and a further penalty of twenty-five dollars for each day the same shall be allowed to remain after a conviction for the first offense.

7. RENDERING ESTABLISHMENTS-WHEN A NUISANCE-PENALTY.] No person shall steam, or boil, or in any way render any offal, tainted or damaged lard or tallow, or steam or render any animal substance in such a manner as to occasion any offensive smell, or which will, by undergoing such process, so taint the air as to render it unwholesome or offensive to the smell, within the limits of the city, or within the distance of two miles therefrom. Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of this section shall be subject, for each offense, to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars, in the discretion of the court.

8. OFFENSIVE PREMISES-PENALTY.] Any owner or occupant of any tallow chandler's shop, soap factory, tannery, distillery, livery stable, cattle yard or shed, barn, packing house, slaughter house, or rendering establishment, who shall suffer the same to become nauseous, foul or offensive, shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars and not exceeding one hnndred dollars in every case.

9. OFFENSIVE GROUNDS-PENALTY.] If any person shall own, occupy or keep any grounds or other premises in such condition as to be offensive and a nuisance to the neighborhood, he shall be subject to a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars, and not exceeding one hundred dollars, and to a like fine for every day such nuisance shall continue after the first conviction.

10. PRIVIES-VAULT-PENALTY.] If any person shall erect or continue any privy forty feet from any street, or the dwelling, shop, or well of any other person, unless the same be furnished with a substantial vault, six feet deep and made tight, so that the contents cannot escape therefrom, and sufficiently secured and enclosed, he shall incur a penalty of ten dollars, and a like penalty for every week he shall continue the same after the first conviction.

11. CELLAR, DRAIN, ETC., OFFENSIVE-PENALTY.] If any person shall suffer or permit any cellar, vault, private drain, pool, privy, sewer or sink upon any premises belonging to or occupied by him to become nauseous, foul, offensive or injurious to the public health, he shall be subject to a fine of not less than five dollars, and not exceeding fifty dollars in every case, and to a like fine for every day the same shall continue after notice to remove and abate such nuisance.