arising under the ordinances of said city than such as are herein prescribed.

Sec. 4. This ordinance shall be published one week in the Ypsilanti Sentinel and the Ypsilanti Commercial, weekly newspapers published in the said city of Ypsilanti.

Made and passed in common council at the city of Ypsilanti, on the fourth day of May, A. D. 1874.

WATSON SNYDER, Mayor.

CHARLES M. WOODRUFF, City Clerk.

No. 7.

AN ORDINANCE RELATIVE TO SIDEWALKS AND GUTTERS.

The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain :

Section I. That it shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of any lot or parcel of land in said city to keep the sidewalk adjoining his lot or parcel of land in good repair.

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the owner or occupant of any lot or parcel of land in said city to keep the gutter adjoining his lot or parcel of land free from all grass, weeds, or other obstruction to the free passage of water.

Sec. 3. In case any sidewalk shall become broken, or out of repair, or any obstruction shall have accumulated in any gutter, it shall be the duty of the city marshal to notify either of the aldermen of the ward in which said sidewalk or gutter is located, and such alderman and city marshal shall forthwith notify the owner or occupant of the land adjoining such sidewalk or gutter to cause the same to be repaired or cleaned within two days after the service of said notice.

Sec. 4. A notice signed by one of the aldermen of the ward where such sidewalk or gutter is located, and the city marshal, and directed to the owner or occupant of the land adjoining such sidewalk or gutter, and containing a brief statement of the object of such notice, shall be deemed sufficient legal notice under the provisions of this ordinance.

Sec. 5. If any person, after having been notified as herein provided, shall neglect or refuse to cause the sidewalk adjoining his premises to be repaired, or the gutter to be cleaned for two days after the service of the said notice, then it shall be the duty of the city marshal to cause the same to be done at the expense of said city, and shall report the cost of the same to the common council of said city, and the common council shall add such expense (not exceeding ten dollars on any lot or piece of land in any year) to the amount of the general tax on said land in the next general assessment rolls of said city.

Made and passed in common council this twenty-ninth day of May, A. D. 1876.

LAMBERT A. BARNES, Mayor.

FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.

No. 8.

ORDINANCE RELATIVE TO THE SALE OF WOOD.*

The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain :

Section 1. That it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to sell or expose for sale any wood, hay, straw, or cornstalks, in any quantity, at any time, in any public street, lane, alley, or other public place whatever, within the limits of the

* As Amended by the Common Council December 18, 1893.

city of Ypsilanti, except upon the wood market established by the common council of said city.

Sec. 2. The city marshal, under the control of the common council of said city, shall have the care and superintendence of said market, and it shall be his duty to enter complaints for any violation of this ordinance.

Sec. 3. The wood market shall be kept open every day, (Sunday excepted), from daylight till nine o'clock in the afternoon of each day.

Sec. 4. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be punished by a fine not exceeding ten dollars, and on failing forthwith to pay the fine imposed, shall be imprisoned in the jail of Washtenaw county for a term not exceeding ten days.

Made and passed in common council this 18th day of December, 1893. To take effect Jan. 1st, 1894.

H. R. SCOVILL, Mayor.

EMMA J. GARDNER, Deputy Clerk.

No. 9.

AN ORDINANCE TO PREVENT VICE AND IMMORALITY.

The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain :

Section 1. That no retail dealer of spirituous and intoxicating liquors, or of brewed, malt and fermented liquors, within the limits of the city of Ypsilanti, shall employ in his saloon, bar, or place of business, any female, excepting his wife or daughter, as clerk, servant, agent or waiter, or shall suffer any female, excepting as aforesaid, to wait upon his customers, or assist in any manner in the sale of such liquors.

Sec. 2.

No proprietor of any saloon, bar or place where spirituous and intoxicating liquors, or brewed, malt and fer

mented liquors are sold at retail, within the limits of said city, shall suffer any female to be present at, or take part in any game, sport, diversion, theatricals, entertainment, minstrel show, or varieties, had or held in his saloon, bar or place where such liquors are sold, or shall suffer any female, excepting his wife or daughter, to act as servant, or waiter in any room, saloon, bar or place where such liquors are sold.

Sec. 3. No female, excepting the wife or daughter of the proprietor, shall act as clerk, servant, agent or waiter, or take part in any game, sport, diversion, theatricals, entertainments,. minstrel show, or varieties, at any place in the city of Ypsilanti, where spirituous, malt or fermented liquors are sold.

Sec. 4. Any person violating any provision of this ordinance, shall be punished by a fine of twenty-five dollars, to be imposed by the justice of the peace trying the offender. And on failing to pay said fine forthwith, shall be imprisoned in the Detroit house of correction for the term of ninety days.

Sec. 5. This ordinance shall be published by the city clerk one week in the Ypsilanti Commercial.

Made and passed in common council at Ypsilanti, this fifteenth day of January, A. D. 1877.

LAMBERT A. BARNES, Mayor.

FRANK JOSLIN, City Clerk.

No. 10.

AN ORDINANCE TO PROVIDE FOR REMOVING SNOW AND ICE. FROM SIDEWALKS.

The Common Council of the City of Ypsilanti ordain :

Section 1. All resident owners of, or the occupant of, any lot or premises in the city of Ypsilanti, shall remove or cause

to be removed from the sidewalks in front of, or adjacent to, such lot or premises, before nine o'clock in the forenoon of each day, all snow or ice that may have fallen or accumulated on such walk during the twenty-four hours immediately preceding.

Sec. 2. Any person violating the preceding section of this ordinance, shall upon conviction, be punished by a fine of five dollars, together with the costs of prosecution. And on failing to pay such fine, and the costs of prosecution, may be imprisoned in the county jail of the county of Washtenaw, for the period of five days, unless such fine and the costs of prosecution be sooner paid.

Sec. 3. It is hereby made the duty of the city marshal to make complaint for offenses against the provisions of this ordinance. Any persons other than the officers of the city, may make such complaint, providing that such person shall file security for the payment of the costs of the prosecution in case the defendant is acquitted.

Sec. 4.

In case the owner or occupant of any lot or premises in said city shall neglect to remove any accumulation of snow or ice from the sidewalk in front of or adjacent to such lot or premises within the time prescribed in section one of this ordinance, then, immediately after the expiration of such time, the city marshal shall cause the same to be removed and keep an accurate account of the expense of the same. The amount of all expenses incurred by the city marshal thereby, with ten per cent added, shall be levied as a special assessment upon the lot or premises adjacent to or abutting upon such sidewalk, and the supervisor of the proper district shall assess such amount upon the property chargeable therewith in the next special assessment roll.

Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the city marshal to keep all sidewalks adjoining the property of the city, the footwalks -across the bridges on Congress street, Cross street and Forest avenue, and all crossings from the outer lines of the streets to