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SEC. 13. - The said Irving Ballard and his assigns shall forfeit and be deemed to have abandoned all rights and privileges conferred by this Ordinance, unless they shall within thirty days after the approval of this Ordinance, file in the office of the City Clerk their written acceptance of the rights and privileges hereby conferred subject to the terms, conditions and restrictions herein contained.

SEC. 14. - All the rights and privileges hereby granted shall expire at the end of twenty-five years from the date of the approval of this Ordinance.

ORDINANCE NO. 199. TO AMEND SECTION ONE OF ORDINANCE NO. 186. Approved Oct. 10, 1879. (See Ordinance No. 186.)

ORDINANCE NO. 200. AN ORDINANCE TO PREVENT HORSES, MULES, GOATS, HOGS AND HORNED OR NEAT CATTLE FROM RUNNING AT LARGE. Approved Oct. 10, 1879.

The City of Seattle does ordain as follows[italics]:

SECTION 1. - Horses, mules, goats and hogs are prohibited from running at large in the public streets. Sec 3 - Horned or neat cattle are prohibited from running at large in the public streets between the hours of nine o'clock in the evening and five o'clock in the morning Q

Sec. 3 - It shall be the duty of any police officer and of the City Marshal to arrest and impound any animals found upon the public streets in violation of this Ordinance; and for each day or part of a day that any such animal shall be so impounded, the owner thereof shall pay to the officer arresting such animal, for the care and keeping thereof, fifty cents, and also the further sum of $2.50 for making arrest.

Sec. 4 - If at the expiration of two days, the amount so due shall not be paid, the City Marshal shall proceed to give at least five days notice, by publication in the official newspaper of the city, of the time and place when and where he will expose the said animal or animals to sale by public auction, at which time and place he shall at public auction, expose the said animal or animals to sale, and out of the proceeds shall pay all the expenes aforsaid and all other necessary expenses and pay the residue to the City Treasurer; the said notice shall describe the said animals or animals to belong, and if such owner's name is wholly unknown to the Marshal, that fact shall be stated in said notice. If such owner shall be known to the Marshal and can be found within the city, a copy of said notice shall be served upon him at least one day prior to the sale.

Sec. 5 - The Marshall shall file with the City Clerk

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within five days after any such sale a report in writing, setting forth all the above matters touching any such sale, and such report shall be signed by him and as affecting the validity of any such sale shall be absolutely conclusive of the facts therein stated.

SEC. 6. -- For all services not provided for in this Ordinance, the Marshal shall be allowed the usual fees for similar services, payable out of the proceeds of sale.

SEC. 7. -- The owner of any such animal or animals may have the same delivered to him at any time before the sale, by paying all accrued expenses; and at any time after such sale on application to the City Council, such owner shall be entitled to a warrant on the Treasurer for any surplus of such sale paid to said Treasurer, without interest.

SEC. 8. -- The owner of any such animal or animals may redeem the same at any time within thirty days after the sale, by paying to the purchaser the amonnt [sic] paid by him for such animal and in addition thereto, one per cent. per month thereon.

SEC. 9. -- Ordinance No. 171 entitled: "An Ordi"nance to prevent horses, mules, goats, hogs and "horned or neat cattle from ruuning at large," approved October 17th, 1878, is hereby repealed; and all other Ordinances or parts of Ordinances conflicting in any manner with the provisions of this Ordinance, are also repealed.

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SEC. 10. -- This Ordinance shall take effect and be in force at the expiration of five days after the same shall have been published.

ORDINANCE NO. 201. TO REPEAL ORDINANCE NO. 194. Approved Oct. 22, 1879. (This ordinance simply repeals Ordinance No. 184.) [italics]

ORDINANCE NO. 202 AN ORDINANCE IN RELATION TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF STREETS, ALLEYS AND HIGHWAYS. Approved Nov. 15, 1879.

The City of Seattle does ordain as follows: [italics]

SECTION 1. -- That hereafter it shall not be lawful for any person to break up, dig up, cut, excavate or fill in any street, alley or highway, or construct any sidewalk, crosswalk, plank gutter, plank roadway, or do any work in or upon any of the public streets, alleys or highways within the city limits, except as in this Ordinance provided.

SEC. 2. -- That any person or persons wishing to grade, lay sidewalks, cross-walks, plank gutters, plank roadways, or make any kind of improvement in or upon any street, alley or highway within the city limits, shall before commencing the same, procure from the Chairman of the Street Committee a permit specifying the number of lots and blocks, in front of or through which the work is proposed to be perform-