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ORDINANCE REGULATING THE NUMBERING OF HOUSES AND BUSINESSES IN THE CITY
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It shall be the duty of all persons, firms and corporations owning and occupying residences or other houses and places of business within the limits of the City to place in a conspicuous place at the entrance thereof in clear and distinct characters, the proper number of said residence or other house or place of business, the said number to be in conformity with the arrangement of such numbers, ordered and directed by the Council.
For the purpose of numbering houses as aforesaid, Main Street and the Cotton Belt right of way shall be considered the Base Lines, from which base lines the said property shall be numbered beginning with the number one hundred one (101), and numbering such property consecutively from 101 up to 200 for the first block, allowing one hundred for each block, placing the even numbers on the North and East sides of the streets.
Any person, firm or corporation failing or neglecting for a period of sixty days from the date of publication of the Mayor’s proclamation directing such numbering to place numbers on their houses or other property as herein provided for, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined not less than Five Dollars nor more than Twenty Dollars, and every day of such failure or neglect shall constitute a separate offense.
Passed and approved this 3rd day of June, 1903