Chapter 640. To regulate the construction of barbed-wire fences in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes
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Chap. 640: To regulate the construction of barbed-wire fences in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. Chapter 640 30 Stat. 724 1898-07-08 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 2 30 public chap. 640.— An Act To regulate the construction of barbed-wire fences in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
July 8, 1898. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United, States of America in Congress assembled*, That no fence, barrier, orDistrict of ColumbiaBarbed-wire fences.—prohibited within fire Limits. obstruction consisting or made, in whole or in part, of what is commonly called barbed wire shall be erected, constructed, or maintained along the line of or in or upon any street, avenue, alley, road, or other public walk, driveway, or public or private parking within the tire limits of the District of Columbia.
Sec. 2. That no fence, barrier, or obstruction made, in whole or in—outside fire limits, permits. part, of what is commonly called barbed wire shall lie erected, constructed, or maintained within the said District of Columbia, outside of the tire limits, along the line of or in or upon any street, avenue, alley, road, or other public walk, driveway, or public or private parking without a permit therefor from the Commissioners of said District. Sec. 3. That whenever, under the provisions of the above sections,Notice to remove etc. any barbed wire now in use in whole or in part, for a fence, barrier, or obstruction, along the line of or in or upon any street, avenue, alley, road, or other public walk, driveway, or public or private parking within the District of Columbia is required to be removed, said wire shall be removed by the owner of the building or other property upon which such fence, barrier, or obstruction exists, or his or her agent, within thirty days from the service by the inspector of buildings ofFIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
Sess. II. Ch. 640, 641. 1898.725 said District of a notice, served in like manner as notices in regard to assessment and permit work are required by law to be served, directing the owner, agent, or other person or persons owning or controlling the land, structure, or other property upon which such fence or barrier exists to remove the same. Sec. 4. That any person violating any of the provisions of this ActPenalty. shall, upon conviction thereof in the police court of said District, be lined not more than ten dollars for each day such violation shall continue.
Sec. 5. That in case the owner, agent, or other person or persons inNotice by publication. control of the property along which such fence, barrier, or obstruction unlawfully exists can not be found within five days after the issue of such notice, the Commissioners shall publish such notice twice a week for two successive weeks in one daily newspaper of general circulation published in the District of Columbia. If within five days after theRemoval by inspector of buildings. last publication of said notice the fence, barrier, or obstruction therein described be not removed, the inspector of buildings of said District shall immediately cause such fence, barrier, or obstruction to be removed, and the expense of such removal shall be paid out of the assessment and permit fund; and the cost of such removal, together—costa. with the cost of said advertising, shall be assessed against said property and collected as general taxes in said District are assessed and collected; and the funds from which said payments are made shall be reimbursed from such collections.
Approved, July 8, 1898.
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