from said pound upon exhibiting to such pound-keeper a receipt of the city clerk, showing that the tax hereby imposed has been paid for such dog and the payment to such pound-keeper of a pound fee of three dollars, and also twenty cents per day for each and every day such dog shall have been impounded. 8. POUND FEE-REPORT OF.] Every such pound-keeper is hereby authorized to collect a pound fee of three dollars upon every such dog that shall be so impounded, and twenty cents per day for every such dog that shall be so impounded; and every such pound-keeper shall keep a register of such dogs, and shall account for and pay into the city treasury all moneys received under this chapter, in the same manner that he is required to account for and pay over other moneys received by him as such poundkeeper. 9. FEE TO IMPOUNDERS-PENALTY FOR FRAUD.] Ord. Aug. 7, 1871; amend. Aug. 12, 1872. It shall and may be lawful for every such poundkeeper to pay to any person (other than members or assistants of the police force and pound-masters) bringing to such pound any dog liable to be impounded, the sum of fifty cents out of any moneys that come into his possession under this chapter; but any person or persons who shall remove the collar with the metallic plate attached thereto, required by this chapter to be worn around the neck of such dog, from the neck of any dog, for the purpose of causing such dog to be impounded, or who shall cause to be impounded any such dog, knowing that the collar has been removed from such dog for the purpose of causing the same to be impounded, or any person who shall bring any dog into the city for the purpose of causing the same to be impounded, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not less than ten nor more than fifty dollars, in the discretion of the justice or court before whom such conviction shall be had. 10. DANGEROUS DOGS AT LARGE-PENALTY.] Ord. Aug. 7, 1871. If any owner or possessor of a fierce or dangerous dog shall permit the same to go at large in the city, to the danger or annoyance of any of the inhabitants, he, she, or they shall forfeit and pay, for the first offense, a sum not exceeding ten dollars; and upon a second conviction of the same offense, the superintendent of police shall immediately cause the dog upon account of which the conviction takes place, to be slain and buried. 11. DOG IN HEAT AT LARGE-PENALTY-" DOG" DEFINED.] If any owner or possessor of any female dog shall knowingly permit her to run at large while in heat, he, she, or they shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars; and it shall be the duty of the police of the city to slay, or cause to be slain, any female dog running at large at such a time, and its body to be buried. The word dog, whenever used in this chapter without qualifica tion, shall be intended to mean a female as well as a male dog. 12. PROCLAMATION TO MUZZLE PENALTY.] Whenever it shall be made to appear to the mayor that there are good reasons for believing that any dog or dogs within the city are mad, it shall be the duty of the mayor to issue a proclamation requiring that all dogs shall, for a period to be defined in the proclamation, wear a good and substantial wire gauze or leathern muzzle, securely put on, so as to prevent them from biting; and any dog going at large, during the period defined by the mayor, without such muzzle, shall be killed and buried, or the carcass otherwise disposed of; and it shall be the duty of the police, and such other persons as the mayor may designate, to carry out the provisions of this section. 13. DOG BITING PROCEEDING.] Rev. Ord. 1866, § 8. Whenever affidavit shall be made before either of the justices of a police court of the city of Chicago, that any dog has bitten a person in said city, and that the person so bitten was not, at the time, trespassing upon the person or property of the owner or possessor of said dog, the said justice shall issue an order directing the owner or possessor of said dog to kill him within forty-eight hours after having received such order. 14. VIOLATION OF ORDER TO SLAY-PENALTY.] The owner or possessor of any such dog who shall refuse or neglect to kill him within forty-eight hours after having received such order, shall be fined in any sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars, and the further sum of two dollars for every twentyfour hours thereafter, until such dog shall be killed. And it shall be the duty of any police officer to destroy said dog, whenever he shall be found at large in said city, forty-eight hours after the service of said order. CHAPTER 10. FEES OF CITY OFFICERS. SECTION 1. Fees authorized to be charged. 1. FEES TO BE COLLECTED.] Rev. Ord. 1866. Any city officer upon whom the duty devolves is hereby authorized to demand and receive as fees, for the use of the city (except where provision is herein made to the contrary): For issuing each license, one dollar. For transferring each license, one dollar. For taking bond on such transfer, one dollar. For each deed for real estate issued by the city, two dollars. For the use of the corporate seal on any attestation, acknowledgment or other certificate, fifty cents. For each certificate not under the corporate seal, twenty-five cents. For canceling each tax or other certificate of sale, twenty-five cents. For certified copies of any record, each seventy-two words, twenty-five cents. 1. FIRE LIMITS DESCRIBED-NO BUILDING WITHOUT PERMIT-FEEPROCEEDING TO EXTEND.] Ord. Feb. 12, 1872. The fire limits of the city of Chicago shall begin at the water line of the shore of Lake Michigan, at the commencement of Thirty-ninth street; thence running west on the centre line of said street to the west line of the lots fronting east on State street; thence north on the west line of said lots to the south line of the lots fronting north on Twenty-sixth street; thence west along the south line of said lots to the centre of the Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago railway tracks; thence north along said centre line to the south line of the lots fronting north on Twenty-second street; thence west along the south line of said lots to the west line of the lots fronting east on South Jefferson street; thence north along the west line of said lots, to the centre line of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, and Chicago and Northwestern railway tracks; thence west along said centre line, to the west line of the lots fronting east on Throop street; thence north along the west line of said lots, to the south line of the lots fronting north on Twelfth street; thence west along the south line of said lots, to the west line of the lots fronting east on Ashland avenue (Reuben street); thence north along the west line of said lots to the south line of the lots fronting north on West Van Buren street; thence west along the south line of said lots to the west line of the lots fronting east on Western avenue; thence north, along the west line of said lots, to the north line of the lots fronting south on West Lake street; thence east, along the north line of said lots, to the west line of the lots fronting east on Ashland avenue; thence north, along the west line of said lots, to the north line of the lots fronting south on West Indiana street; thence east, along the north line of said lots, to the west line of the lots fronting east on North Carpenter street; thence north, along the west line of said lots, to the north line of the lots fronting south on Chicago avenue; thence east, along the north line of said lots, to the west line of the lots fronting east on North Wells street; thence north, along the west line of said lots, to a point one hundred and twenty-five feet southwest of the intersection of said North Wells street with Lincoln avenue; thence northwesterly, along a line one hundred and twenty-five feet from, and parallel to, said Lincoln avenue, to the centre of Fullerton avenue; thence east on the centre line of said avenue, to Lake Michigan; thence southerly, bounded by Lake Michigan, to the place of beginning. The lot lines herein mentioned shall be taken and held to be the lines of said lots, as shown by the recorded plat or plats thereof. No building shall hereafter be erected within said fire limits unless a permit for the erection thereof shall have first been obtained from the board of public works of said city: Provided, however, that the fee for issuing such permit shall not exceed fifty cents. Whenever the owners of a majority of the street frontage of any block or square, which is not included within the fire limits as prescribed by this chapter, shall present to the board of public works of said city a plat of such block or square, designating the owners (if known) of each and every lot, or part thereof, together with a statement in writing, signed by the owners (or their lawful attorneys) of a majority of such street frontage, stating the fact of such ownership, and that they, such owners, desire that such block or square shall be included within the "fire limits" of said city, it shall be the duty of said board to investigate the said statement, and if they find that such statement has been signed by a majority of the owners (or their lawful attorneys) of the street frontage of said block or square, the said board shall so certify on such written statement, and shall cause such statement and plat to be filed in the city clerk's office. The city clerk shall thereupon give a notice in the corporation newspaper that such block or square has been admitted within the "fire limits" of said city, and is subject to the provisions of this chapter. Upon the filing of such statement and plat (so certified) with the city clerk, and the publication of such notice for the same time as required for the publication of this ordinance, the fire limits of the city shall be held to be extended so as to include such block or square, and all the provisions of this chapter shall extend to and be in force so far as such block or square is concerned. 2. BUILDINGS IN FIRE LIMITS-CONSTRUCTION PRESCRIBED THICKNESS OF WALLS.] No building or structure of any kind or description shall be erected or constructed within the fire limits as defined in section one of this chapter, unless the outside and party walls thereof shall be composed of brick, stone, iron, or other incombustible material, and all buildings which shall, or may hereafter, be erected or constructed within said fire-limits, shall have outside walls of not less than one foot in thickness; and if any building shall be more than two stories in height (above the basement), the outside walls of the basement and first story shall not be less than sixteen inches in thickness: and the walls of the stories above the second shall not be less than twelve inches in thickness, and, with the exception of the front walls, shall extend at least twelve inches above the roof: Provided, that buildings erected and used as dwellings only may be constructed with walls in all cases four inches less in thickness than is hereby above specified: And provided, further, that any building, cottage, or barn, one story in height may be built with walls not less than eight inches thick, and that brick buildings, of one story, not exceeding sixteen feet in height, with walls resting on wooden sills placed not to exceed one foot above the ground, may be erected on streets where there are no sewers. Every building hereafter erected, in which partition walls supporting floor beams may be required, except churches, theaters, or other public buildings, shall have one or more stone, brick or fire-proof partition walls, which, when built of brick, may be four inches less in thickness than as first above specified: Provided, they are not more than sixty feet in height, or, in place of walls, there shall be brick piers, iron or wood columns, with girders sufficient to carry the weights of the floor with their super-imposed weights. In all buildings, over twenty-five feet in width, and not having either brick partition walls, or girders supported by columns or piers, the walls shall be increased an additional four inches in thickness for every additional ten feet in width of said building or any portion thereof. In every brick wall at least every sixth course shall be a heading course, except where walls are faced with pressed brick, in which case every fifth course shall be bonded into the backing, by cutting the course of the face brick and putting in diagonal headers behind the same, or by splitting the face brick in half and backing the same by a continuous course of headers. In all walls that are faced with their ashlar anchored to the backing, or in which the ashlar has not either alternate headers and stretchers in each course, or alternate heading and stretching courses, the backing of brick shall not be less than twelve inches thick. The backing in all walls, of whatever material it may be composed, shall be of such thickness as to make the walls, independent of facing, conform, as to thickness, with the requirements of this chapter. The full thickness of iron fronts shall be filled in with brick work. All posts, beams, and other timbers in outside and party walls of buildings, in said fire limits, shall be separated at least eight inches from each other, with stone or brick, laid in mortar or cement. No building which may be erected within the fire limits, shall have any bay or oriel window, constructed of wood, extending over three feet above the floor of the third story of said building; and no cornice of wood shall be placed on any building over two stories in height, not counting the basement (if any) as one story. All chimneys shall be carried at least three feet above the roof. Felt, tar or composition roofing may be allowed in the construction and erection of buildings within the fire limits: Provided, such felt shall be covered with distilled roofing cement, or other equally non-inflammable material, and well covered with gravel, or other non-combustible material. If a French or Mansard roof be placed on any building, the same shall be constructed, as to its outside surface, of fire-proof or non-ignitable material. |