A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . or discharge any gun or pistol witliin said village, sueli personso offending shall, upon conviction, lie fined in any sum not exceedingfive dollars, nnr nndci- fifty cents. Inr tlie use of tlie said vil]ag(>. In ion 1815] \;A(iE AND TOWN 101 1820, ordinances were passed furhiddinji; the running of swine atlarge, or butchering within the limits of the village except under cer-tain regulation; prescribing permits for the giving of shows and pen-alties for allowing geese to run at large; forbidd
A history of Cleveland and its environs; the heart of new Connecticut, Elroy McKendree Avery . or discharge any gun or pistol witliin said village, sueli personso offending shall, upon conviction, lie fined in any sum not exceedingfive dollars, nnr nndci- fifty cents. Inr tlie use of tlie said vil]ag(>. In ion 1815] \;A(iE AND TOWN 101 1820, ordinances were passed furhiddinji; the running of swine atlarge, or butchering within the limits of the village except under cer-tain regulation; prescribing permits for the giving of shows and pen-alties for allowing geese to run at large; forbidding horse racing andfast driving, etc. In 1823, the i)lanting of shade trees in the streetswas regulated by ordinance. In 1825, a tax of one-fourth of one percent was laid on all the property in the village, and Canal Street,Michigan Street, Champlain Street, and a part of Seneca (now WestThird) Street were laid out. In 1828, a tax of two mills per dollarwas ordered and, when the village trustees appropriated $200 to putthe village in proper order, it was earnestly asked what on earth the. A. W. trustees could find in the village to spend two hundred dollars on?In 1829, the first fire engine was bought for $285, a market wasestablished and regulated by ordinance, and the delinquent tax listwas rather robust. In 1830, a village seal and a tax of half a millon the dollar were ordered. In 1831, Prospect Street from Ontario toErie ( Ninth) Street was laid out. In 1832, a tax of two millson the dollar was ordered; Dr. David Long and Orville B. Skinnerwere made a committee to buy a village hearse, harness and bier;and, in fear of the coming of the cholera, the first board of healthwas appointed as is set forth in the following record: At a meet-ing of the board of trustees of the village of Cleaveland, on the 24thof June, 1832. present J. W. Allen, D. Long, P. May, and S. Pease,convened for the appointment of a board of health, in pursuance of aresolution of a meeting
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