Section 1. (Amd.) Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of New Orleans, That hereafter it shall be unlawful for any person to spit on the floor or platform of street cars in the City of New Orleans, or the cabin of any ferry-boat operating on the river in front of New Orleans. (As Amd. by Ordinances 14.056 C and 16,036 C.) Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That any person violating the provisions of this ordinance, or any conductor or driver of any street car who fails to report such violation, shall upon conviction before the Recorder of the district in which the offense has been committed, be fined in a sum not exceeding five dollars, or imprisonment in the parish prison for a term not exceeding ten days. Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That one-half of the fines received from the violations of this ordinance, shall be paid by the Treasurer of the City, to any person who shall furnish information which will lead to the conviction of the offender. Sec. 4. (Amd.) Be it further ordained, That there shall be posted in every street car and ferry cabin in this city a notice conspicuously placed and sufficiently large to be easily read by the passengers, the sign "Do not spit upon the floor under penalty of the law", and it shall be the duty of the officers of corporations or persons operating said street cars or ferry-boats to post such notice and maintain same under the same penalty as herein before provided. (As amd. by Ordinance 16,036 C.) (See Ordinance 612 N. C.) ORDINANCE 13,194 C. S. (Adopted March 30, 1897.) WHEREAS, The use of Cocaine and its salts as a deliriant and intoxicant among certain of our inhabitants of this city has assumed large and serious proportions and is daily increasing to such an extent as to threaten to be a menace to public health and morality, and whereas; certain persons have aided and encouraged the cocaine habit by the indiscriminate sale of the drug, therefore Be it ordained, That it shall be unlawful for any person in the City of New Orleans to sell cocaine or its salts to any person except to the bearer of a prescription of a regular practicing physician, or to a regular practicing physician. Provided the terms of this ordinance shall not apply to the legi timate sale of the drug by the wholesale druggists of the City, or to the sale of medicines which contain the salt of cocaine in recognized therapeutic doses, but it shall apply to the combinations of drugs which may be now or hereafter made wherein the ingredient cocaine is in such proportions as to make its deliriant or intoxicant effect the main reason for their use. Be it further ordained, That any person or persons violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined Twenty-Five Dollars or imprisonment for a period of Thirty days, recoverable before any recorder of competent jurisdiction. ORDINANCE 13,267 C. S. (Adopted April 20, 1897.) WHEREAS, The draught caused by a moving street car is at times a source of serious danger to persons of immature age and those not in robust health; and, WHEREAS, The street car service is practically the only means of travel to and from their homes of a great majority of people; and, WHEREAS, A slight and temporary increase of comfort to the robust should not be obtained at the risk of serious and permanent injury to others; Therefore, Be it ordained that the various street car companies of the city be, and the same are hereby required to keep closed all the year, the front glass windows of their cars, on each side of the doors. The front door or doors to be closed at any time on the request of a passenger. ORDINANCE 13,335 C. S. (Adopted May 4, 1897.) Section 1. Be it ordained, That from and after the adoption of this ordinance it shall not be lawful for any person to establish any dairy within the following limits: Beginning at the intersection of Protection street and the Levee, out Protection street, both sides, to Green street, along Green street and Bore street to South Claiborne street, along South Claiborne street south side, to the New Basin Canal, along the New Basin Canal, east side, to S. Hagan avenue, along S. Hagan avenue to Cleveland street, along Cleveland street to Alexander street, along Alexander street to north side of Metairie road, along north side of Metairie road to Moss street, along Moss street to Castiglione street, and along Castiglione street to Gentilly road, and along Gentilly road to river side of apeyrouse street, along Lapeyrouse street to the intersection of North Claiborne and St. Bernard avenues, along Claiborne avenue, both sides, to Press street, along Press street to St. Claude street, along St. Claude street, both sides, to Delery street, along Delery street to river, along river to point of beginning. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all dairies now existing within the aforesaid limits by virtue of any previous ordinances of this City Hall shall be removed within ten years from the promulgation of this ordinance. Sec.. Be it further ordained, That all dairies now established, or which may hereafter be established, shall be operated and conducted in accordance with such rules governing their sanitation, construction and maintenance, as may be prescribed by the Board of Health, and approved by the City Council, shall have full force and effect. Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the foregoing provisions, be and they are hereby repealed. Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That any person, firm or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction before any Recorder of competent jurisdiction, be sentenced to pay a fine of twenty-five ($25) dollars, and in default thereof, shall be imprisoned for a period of thirty (30) days, or both. at the discretion of the court. Promulgated in Daily States May 8, 1897. J. Murat vs. City of New Orleans, 119 L-(44 So. Rep. 279). ORDINANCE 13,346 C. S. (Adopted May 11, 1897.) (As amended by Ordinance 13,827 C., adopted December 14, 1897.) Section 1. (Amd.) Be it ordained, etc., That receivers of potatoes, onions, cabbage, apples, pears and other perishable goods are prohibited from selling the same at railroad depots and public landings in any but original packages, or eight barrel lots (provided that this restriction shall not apply to the above goods when received in bulk in carload lots), and they are prohibited from selling the same to any persons except to licensed dealers in such commodities. (As amd. by Ordinance 13,827 C.) Sec. 2. Be it ordained, That it shall be unlawful for those who purchase said commodities at railroad depots and public landings, to re-sell any such goods at said depots or landings, but they must remove same and sell them only at a regular place of business. Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That it shall be unlawful for any person to sell such commodities at any other depot or landing than at the depot or landing where the same were originally received. Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction, be fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, and in default of payment suffer imprisonment in the parish prison for not less than five, nor more than thirty days. Provided, that nothing herein contained shall apply to itinerant vendors who peddle fruits from baskets around within railroad passenger depots and steamboat landings. Sec. 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith, be, and the same are hereby repealed. ORDINANCE 13,487 C. S. (Adopted July 6, 1897.) (As amended by Ordinance 13,689 C., adopted October 6, 1897.) Section 1. Be it ordained by the Council of the City of New Orleans, That from and after the passage of this ordinance it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, to sell, or offer for sale, or deliver, the meat of any animal not considered game, intended for human food, within the City of New Orleans, without same having been first inspected and passed upon, approved by the officers appointed and empowered for such duty by the Board of Health. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That such meat when so inspected, passed upon and approved, shall be marked or tagged by said inspectors, the same shall not be allowed upon the stalls of any market, whether public or private, unless so tagged or marked, after having been inspected by said inspectors of the Board of Health. Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That this ordinance shall not in any manner affect the sale of salt, pickled, smoked or canned meats of any kind. Sec. 4. (Amd.) Be it further ordained, That any person or persons, corporation or corporations, who shall counterfeit any stamp or tag provided for in Section 2, or who shall use such counterfeit stamp or tag, shall upon conviction be fined not less than five dollars or more than twenty-five dollars, or in default of payment, impris onment for not less than five days nor more than thirty days for each offense, at the discretion of any Recorder of competent juris diction. Sec. 5. (New sec.) All parts of or ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed, and any and all violations of the provisions of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars, nor more than thirty days imprisonment in the parish prison. (As amd. by Ordinance 13,689 C.) (See Ordinance 14,807 C., and 14, 548 C.) ORDINANCE 14,307 C. s. (Adopted June 7, 1898.) (As amended by Ordinance 3564 N. C. S., adopted March 13, 1906.) Section 1. (Amd.) Be it ordained, That sixty days from the promulgation of this ordinance it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to keep a hog or hogs, nor permit the same to run at large, within the following described limits: Beginning at the intersection of Protection street and the levee, out Protection street, both sides to Green street, along Green street and Bore street to South Claiborne street, along South Claiborne street, south side, to the New Basin Canal, along the New Basin Canal to the Metarie Road to Bayou St. John, along Alexander to north side of Metairie road, along north side of Metairie road to Moss street, along Moss street to Castiglione street, along Castiglione street to Gentilly road, along Gentilly road to river side, to Lapeyrouse, along Lapeyrouse street to the intersection of N. Claiborne and St. Bernard avenues, along Claiborne, both sides, to Press street, along Press street to St. Claude, along St. Claude, both sides, to Delery, along Delery to river, along river to the point of the beginning. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That there shall also be established a hog limit for the Fifth District (Algiers) as follows: Beginning at Whitney avenue and the river, thence along Whitney avenue to Slidell avenue; along Slidell avenue to Nunez street; along Nunez street to the Parish line; along the Parish line to the River; along the River to the point of beginning. Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That it shall be unlawful to keep a hog or hogs on any premises, except under regulations satisfactory to the Board of Health. Sec. 4. Be it further ordained, That any person or persons violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall, upon conviction before any Recorder of competent jurisdiction, be sentenced to pay a fine of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25) nor less than five dollars ($5), and in default of payment thereof shall be impris oned for a period of not more than thirty days nor less than ten days, or both, at the discretion of the court. Sec. 5. Be it further ordained, That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith be and the same are hereby repealed. ORDINANCE 14,378 C. S. (Adopted June 28, 1898.) Be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of New Orleans, That each and every person having a well upon his or her premises, or upon lots owned or rented by him, shall cover the same with good, substantial covering, in such manner as to prevent any person or animal falling in same. Be it further ordained, etc., That any person, be he owner or tenant, violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be fined, upon conviction, a sum not exceeding $25.00, and in default of payment thereof, imprisonment not exceeding thirty days, or both, at the discretion of the court. (See Ordinance 327 N. C.) ORDINANCE 14,503 C. S. (Adopted August 2, 1898.) Be it ordained by the Common Council that from and after the completion of the repairs to the French fruit and vegetable markets, stands in said markets can only be enclosed by a wire screen. Be it further ordained that any person or corporation violating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall on conviction before any recorder of competent jurisdiction be fined not less than five nor more than twenty-five dollars, and in default of payment of said fine be imprisoned for a period of not less than ten days nor more than thirty days. ORDINANCE 14,548, C. S. (Adopted August 30, 1898.) Be it ordained by the Council of the City of New Orleans: Sec. 1. That all livers, lungs (lights), spleens (melts) and tongues of all animals, slaughtered at any abattoir or slaughterhouse within the Parish of Orleans shall be hung on racks provided for that purpose, immediately after the slaughtering and removal from the carcasses of the animals, and shall there remain until the meat inspector of the Board of Health shall have examined and inspected the same, and shall not be removed therefrom except by permission of said inspector, and all such organs shall be marked by the butchers on placing them on the rack in such manner that the said organs can be easily identified with the carcasses from which they have been removed. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That at least one inch of the diaphram or skirt of all carcasses of all slaughtered animals shall be left on the animal slaughtered, until the meat inspector shall have examined, inspected and passed the same, and that all the parietal pleurae, or the lining of the chest cavity and the parietal peritoneum or casing of the abdominal cavity, ordinarily removed in the process commonly known as "stripping" shall be allowed to remain upon the carcasses, and shall not be removed therefrom by the process known as "stripping" until after the inspection of the meat inspector. Sec. 3. Be it further ordained, That no person shall urinate, defecate or commit any nuisance whatsoever in the slaughtering pens of any abattoir or slaughterhouse, or within fifty feet thereto. |