12. HOGS, ETC., AT LARGE-PENALTY.] If any person, being the owner of any hog, shoat or pig, shall suffer the same to run, or be, at large, or to be found at large, he shall be subject to a penalty of two dollars in every

case.

13. POSTING BILLS-WHEN UNLAWFUL-PENALTY.] Any person who shall stick or post any handbill or placard, of any description, upon any public or private house, store or other building, or upon any fence, without the permission of the owner or occupant of the same, shall be subject to a fine of not less than three dollars and not exceeding twenty-five dollars in every

case.

14. POLICE TO BE DETAILED-REPORTS-POWER OF.] For the purpose of carrying the foregoing provisions into effect, it shall be the duty of the board of police, to cause to be detailed a sufficient number of the police force, not less than two from each division of the city, and said force to be under the control of the health officer, to make, from time to time, and as often as may be requisite, a thorough and systematic examination of the city, and to ascertain and report to the proper authority, for prosecution, all violations of this chapter; and for this purpose they shall be permitted at all times to visit and enter into or upon any building, lot or grounds, within the jurisdiction of the city, and to make examination thereof.

15. NUISANCES TO BE ABATED BY BOARD OF HEALTH.] Whenever any nuisance shall be found on any premises, within the city, contrary to any ordinance, the board of health are hereby authorized, in their discretion, to cause the same to be summarily abated, in such manner as they may direct. 16. PROCEEDINGS TO ABATE.] In all cases where a nuisance shall be found in any building, or upon any ground or other premises within the jurisdiction of the city, twenty-four hours notice may be given in writing, signed by the board of heath, or by some officer of said board, or by the acting health officer, to the owner or occupant of such building or other premises, where he is known and can be found, to remove such nuisance, and in case of his neglect or refusal to abate the same in accordance with such notice, he shall be chargeable with the expenses which may be incurred in the removal thereof, to be collected by suit or otherwise, in addition to the fine or penalty.

17. INFORMER-MOIETY OF FINE, ETC.] Any person or persons, other than members of the police force, who may hereafter give information that shall lead to the conviction of any person or persons guilty of a violation of this chapter, shall be entitled to one-half the fine imposed for such violation, to be paid when the same shall be collected, upon the certificate of the clerk of the police court, stating the person who gave such information, and the time when it was given.

18. OBSTRUCTION OF RIVER-PENALTY.] Every pile, timber or stone which may have been or shall be driven, placed or laid, or projected in, along or across the Chicago river or its branches, below low water mark or any water line which may be established by the common council, for the purposes of a wharf, or otherwise shall be deemed a nuisance. And every person who shall drive or place any pile, timber or stone, as aforesaid, or be the owner of any premises on which the same shall be so driven, placed or erected, shall

be subject to a fine of not less than twenty dollars and not exceeding one hundred dollars for every violation hereof, and to a like fine for every three days such nuisance shall continue after notice to abate the same.

1. TO BE RECORDED-HOW ORIGINALS FILED.] Rev. Ord. 1866. All ordinances passed by the common council shall be recorded by the clerk in the book of ordinances. The originals shall be filed in the clerk's office, and due proof of the publication of all ordinances requiring publication, by the affidavit of the printer or publisher, shall be procured by the clerk and attached thereto, or written and attested upon the face of the record of such ordinances.

2. WHEN TO TAKE EFFECT.] All ordinances passed by the common council, requiring publication, shall take effect from and after the due publication thereof in the corporation paper, unless therein otherwise expressly provided; ordinances not requiring publication shall take effect from their passage, unless therein otherwise expressly provided.

3. EFFECT OF MODIFICATION OR REPEAL-SAVING CLAUSE.] Whenever an ordinance shall be repealed or modified by a subsequent ordinance, the ordinance or part of ordinance thus repealed or modified shall continue in force until the due publication of the ordinance repealing or modifying the same, when such publication shall be required to give effect thereto, unl ess therein otherwise expressly provided. But no suit, proceeding, right, fine or penalty, instituted, created, given, secured or accrued under any ordinance previous to its repeal, shall in anywise be affected, released or discharged, but may be prosecuted, enjoyed and recovered as fully as if such ordinance had continued in force, unless it shall be therein otherwise expressly provided.

4. Two PENALTIES-ELECTION-ONE RECOVERY ONLY.] In all cases. where the same offense may be made punishable, or shall be created by different clauses or sections of the ordinances of the city, the prosecuting officer may elect under which to proceed; but not more than one recovery shall be had against the same person for the same offense.

5. REPEAL OF SUBSEQUENT ORDINANCE NOT TO REVIVE OLD ORDINANCE.] When any ordinance repealing a former ordinance, clause or provision, shall be itself repealed, such repeal shall not be construed to revive such former ordinance, clause or provision, unless it shall be therein so expressly provided. 6. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION-PROVISO.] Whenever any words in any ordinance importing the plural number shall be used in describing or referring to any matters, parties or persons, any single matter, party or person shall be deemed to be included, although distributive words may not be used. And when any subject matter, party or person shall be referred to in any ordinance by words importing the singular number only or the masculine gender, several matters, parties or persons, and females as well as males and bodies corporate, shall be deemed to be included: Provided, that these rules of construction shall not be applied to any ordinance which shall contain any express provision excluding such construction, or where the subject matter or context of such ordinance may be repugnant thereto.

7. PENALTY WHEN NONE ORDAINED.] Whenever in any ordinance the doing of any act, or the omission to do any act or duty, is declared to be a breach thereof and there shall be no fine or penalty declared for such breach, any person who shall be convicted of any such breach shall be adjudged to pay a fine of not less than three dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.

8. WHO TO ACT IN ABSENCE OF MAYOR-WHAT IS REASONABLE TIME.] Whenever any power shall be vested in the mayor, or he shall be required to do any act or perform any executive function, in his absence it shall be the duty of the acting mayor for the time being to exercise such power and perform such act or executive function as fully as if expressly named in the ordinance, unless it shall be therein otherwise expressly provided, or such act would be in derogation of the charter. In all cases where any ordinance shall require any act to be done in a "reasonable time," or "reasonable notice" to be given to any person, such reasonable time or notice shall be deemed to mean such time only as may be necessary in the prompt execution of such duty or compliance with such notice.

9. PENALTY DOES NOT TAKE AWAY RIGHT OF RECOVERY FOR BREACHES.] Whenever in any ordinance the doing of any act or the omission to do any act or duty is declared to be a breach thereof, and damage, loss, expense or injury to the city, or to any person, is a result or consequence of such doing or omission, compensation for such damage, loss, expense or injury may be recovered from the offender by the party aggrieved.

10. REPEALING CLAUSE-SAVING CLAUSE.] All ordinances of the city of Chicago, heretofore passed in relation to the subject matter of, or inconsistent with, any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall be and the same are hereby severally repealed: Provided, that such repeal shall not affect any act done or any right accruing or accrued, or established, or any suit, action or proceeding had or commenced in any civil case before the time when said repeal shall take effect, nor any offense committed, nor any penalty or forfeiture incurred, nor any suit or prosecution pending at the time of such repeal, for any offense committed, or for the recovery of any penalty or forfeiture incurred under any of the ordinances so repealed.

1. NAMES ESTABLISHED.] Rev. Ord. 1866. The several public parks, squares and grounds in the city of Chicago, shall be known and designated by the names applied thereto respectively on the map of the city of Chicago published by Mr. J. Van Vechten in the year 1872.

2. GAMES IN PROHIBITED-PENALTY.] No person shall play at ball, cricket, or at any other game or play whatever, in any of the inclosed public parks or grounds in this city, under the penalty of five dollars for every offense.

3. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS-DUTY OF.] It shall be the duty of the board of public works to superintend all inclosed public grounds and keep the fences thereof in repair, the walks in order and the trees properly trimmed, and improve the same according to plans approved by the common council. They shall likewise cause printed or written copies of the prohibitions of this chapter to be posted in the said grounds or parks.

4. WALLS AND FENCES.] Ord. Jan. 11, 1869. No person shall enter or leave any of the public parks of the city of Chicago, except by their gateways; no person shall climb or walk upon their walls or fences.

5. ANIMALS TO BE EXCLUDED.] Neither cattle, horses, goats, swine or other animals, except as herein provided, shall be turned into any one of the said parks by any person.

6. FIREARMS AND MISSILES PROHIBITED-PROTECTION OF SHRUBBERY.] All persons are forbidden to carry firearms or to throw stones or other missiles within any one of the public parks. All persons are forbidden to cut, break or in any way injure or deface the trees, shrubs, plants, turf or any of

the buildings, fences, bridges, or other construction or property, within or upon any of the said parks.

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7. HINDERING EMPLOYES.] No person shall converse with, or in any hinder those engaged in their construction.

8. SPEED OF DRIVING.] No animal shall travel on any part of either of the said parks at a rate exceeding six miles per hour.

9. VEHICLES AND ANIMALS ON DRIVES.] No vehicle, or horse, or other animal shall be permitted on the foot walks, the same being devoted exclusively to pedestrians; nor shall any vehicle, horse or animal of burden go upon any part of either of the parks, except upon the carriage drives and upon such places as are appropriated for carriages at rest.

10. OBSTRUCTION OF WAYS.] No animal or vehicle shall be permitted to stand upon the drives or carriage roads of any of the public parks of the city, or any part thereof, to the obstruction of the way, or to the inconvenience of travel, nor shall any person solicit passengers within either of said parks.

11. HACKS, ETC., NOT TO PLY FOR HIRE.] No hackney coach, carriage' or other vehicle for hire, shall stand upon either of the parks of the city of Chicago for the purpose of taking in any other passengers, or persons, than those carried to the park by said coach, carriage or vehicle.

12. PEDDLING IS NOT ALLOWED.] No person shall expose any article or thing for sale upon any of said parks, except such person shall have been previously licensed by the board of public works, nor shall any hawking or peddling be allowed therein.

13. PROHIBITED VEHICLES.] No omnibus or wagon with or without passengers, nor any cart, dray, wagon, truck or other vehicle carrying goods, merchandise, manure, soil or other article, or solely used for the carriage of goods, merchandise, manure or other articles, shall be allowed to enter any part of either of the said parks. This, however, does not apply to vehicles engaged in the construction of such parks, nor private family wagons. 14. BOISTEROUS LANGUAGE-FORTUNE TELLING-GAMING-INDECENCY.] No threatening, abusive, insulting or indecent language shall be allowed therein whereby a breach of the peace may be occasioned. No No person shall be allowed to tell fortunes or play at any game of chance at or with any table or instrument of gaming, nor to do therein any obscene or indecent act.

15. POWER TO CLOSE PART OF PARKS.] In case of any emergency, where life or property is endangered, all persons, if required so to do by the superintendent or any of his assistants, shall remove from the portion of either of said parks specified by the superintendent or his assistants, and remain off the same until permission is given to return.

16. PARKS WHEN OPEN.] Lincoln park and Union park shall be open daily to the public during the months of December, January and February from seven o'clock in the morning until eleven o'clock in the evening; during the months of March, April, May, October and November from six o'clock in the morning until ten o'clock in the evening, and during the months of June, July, August and September, from five o'clock in the morning until eleven o'clock in the evening.

17. POWER TO OPEN AND CLOSE PARKS.] The superintendent may, for