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ORDINANCE NO. 692
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AN ORDINANCE Or' THE CITY OF BOZ1~MAN FOR THE CONTROLAND FROTECTION OF
BOZEMAN CREEK WITHIN THE LIMITS OF' THE CITY AND REPEALING ORDINANCE
Nl~BER 105 OF SAID CITY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN:
Section 1. That the channel of Bozeman Creek throughout its course within the
corporate limits of The City of Bozeman shall be preserved and kept at a minimum width
of twelve (12) feet in the clear and kept free of all obstruction unless and until it
shall be otherwise ordered or permitted by the City Commission by ordinance or resolution
duly adopted.
Section 2. Any person or persons, f:rm, corporation or association who shall directly
or indirectly or by any means whatever or at all confine the said Bozeman Creek in any
part of its course through the corporate 11mi ts of 'rhe C1 ty of' Bozeman to a narrower
chann~l than is prescribed in Section 1 hereof; or who shall alter, change or turn the
same from its natural channel, or alter its course at any point within the corpoarate
limits of The City of Bozeman, except in pursuance of andin accordance witl1 an ordinance
or resolution of the City Commission duly passed and adopted; or who shall buIld, throw,
deposit or in any manner or at all place any obstruction in the channel of said creek
within the corporate limits of said City, shall be deemed guilty of a violation of tilis
ordinance.
Section 3. Nor person, firm, corporation or association nor any employee or agent
of any person, firm, corporation or association, shall throw, conduct, conveyor deposi t,
or cause to be thrown, conducted, conveyed or de~)oslted into the channel of said Bozeman
Creek in its course through the corporate limi ts 0 f The Ci ty of 130zeman or any part
thereof, any paper, offal,- rubbish, rags, filth, manure, hay, straw, tin cans, hides,
dead animals or anything whatever causing or tending to cause an obstruction or pollution
of said Bozeman Creek within the corporate limits of The City of' Bozeman.
Section 4. Any person, firm, corporation or association or employe or agent thereof
Vllh 0 shall viola te any provision of this ordinan ce shall, 1J.pon convic tion thereof in the
police court of The City of Bozeman be punished by a fine in a sum not less than five
dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or be imprisoned :in the city or coun ty jail
not less than one day nor more th;-m slxty days, or b;;- both such f2.ne and IJ'"prisonrnent.
If the punishmen t be R flne only and the same is not pa i:.'l, the person so fined shall
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serve out the same by imprisonment in the city or county jail one day for each two
dollars of such fine.
See tion 5. Ordin9Dce No. 105 of The Gi ty of BOZ8:r.1an and all ordinances and parts
of ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
Passed and adopted by the Comn:ission of ~rhe City of' Bozeman r-. t a rce;ul,sr session
of said Co::nmis;:1ion held on the 18th da~r of AUGust, 1939,
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Published in Bozeman Daily Chronicle on the 20th day of August, 1939.
Sta te of Montana
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County of Gallatin
I, L. G. Shadoan, Clerk of the Commission of The Ci ty of Bozeman do hereby
certify that the forecoine; Ordinance was published by title and number in the Bozeman
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Daily Chronicle, a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in said
City in the issue of August 20th, 1939, and that d1Je proof is on file in my office.
IN WITKESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and affix the seal of my office
thi s 21s t da::r of AUf>lK! t, 1939.
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Clerk of the Commission
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