Mac
Gold Member
Experts from the Village of Hamilton By-Laws, adopted May 1, 1866:
No person shall make,aid,construct or assist in making any riot, noise, or disturbance of any kind, including firing any cannon, gun, or other fire arm, fire cracker, or other combustible substance in any public street nor within five rods of any dwelling house, upon penalty of five dollars.
No person shall bring or have within the village any dead carcass or other unwholesome substance, or any putrid meat, fish, hides, or skins, upon penalty of fifteen dollars.
It shall be the duty of the Fire Wardens to inspect buildings, to examine stoves, fireplaces and thier fixtures, and to inquire into the manner of disposing and keeping of ashes, and to cause ashes or any other substance which they may deem dangerous, to be removed or kept safe; and the Fire Wardens are hereby empowered to enter any building, for the purposes above mentioned.
Any privy, slaughter house, decayed vegetables, and offal of any kind emitting a disagreeable, foul, or noxious odor are declared niusances, and shall be abated forthwith, under penalty of twenty five dollars.
No person shall go into the waters of the Chenango Canal for the purpose of bathing, between the hours of five oclock in the morning and eight oclock in the evening.
There's more, including the display of "natural curiosities, circuses, caravans, musical or theatrical entertainments" and don't "obstruct any gutter, sluiceway, sewer" etc.
Just a little glimpse into the past provides a perspective on what we do today.
No person shall make,aid,construct or assist in making any riot, noise, or disturbance of any kind, including firing any cannon, gun, or other fire arm, fire cracker, or other combustible substance in any public street nor within five rods of any dwelling house, upon penalty of five dollars.
No person shall bring or have within the village any dead carcass or other unwholesome substance, or any putrid meat, fish, hides, or skins, upon penalty of fifteen dollars.
It shall be the duty of the Fire Wardens to inspect buildings, to examine stoves, fireplaces and thier fixtures, and to inquire into the manner of disposing and keeping of ashes, and to cause ashes or any other substance which they may deem dangerous, to be removed or kept safe; and the Fire Wardens are hereby empowered to enter any building, for the purposes above mentioned.
Any privy, slaughter house, decayed vegetables, and offal of any kind emitting a disagreeable, foul, or noxious odor are declared niusances, and shall be abated forthwith, under penalty of twenty five dollars.
No person shall go into the waters of the Chenango Canal for the purpose of bathing, between the hours of five oclock in the morning and eight oclock in the evening.
There's more, including the display of "natural curiosities, circuses, caravans, musical or theatrical entertainments" and don't "obstruct any gutter, sluiceway, sewer" etc.
Just a little glimpse into the past provides a perspective on what we do today.