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NCHS Bulletin April 2006
$1500 per year (but French monte and thimble rig games were
outlawed). “Hawkers and pedlers” selling goods in the public
thoroughfares paid only $5 a month, but for wagoners selling
from wagons on the streets it was $5 per day. Persons dealing
exclusively in vegetables were exempt. It was illegal to sell
liquor to be consumed on public streets. Auctioncers who
failed to purchase licenses could be fined between $25 and
$50 per sale; liquor, beer or wine merchants might be fined
between $10 and $25 per offense. Exhibitors and owners of
gambling houses were subject to $50 to $100 fines. Hawkers,
pedlers and wagoners could be fined $5 to $10 per sale.
Nevada City Election.
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MINER'S TICKET,
FOR MAYOR
Mosss F. Hor.
FOR ALDERMEN
Ordinance 19 provided for the removal of slaughter houses
or yards and “accumulated offal” from the city within 10 days
after publication of the ordinance. The penalty for slaughtering within the city limits was $100 per offense.
Ordinance 33 respecting disorderly houses and houses of
ill fame did not appear to be an abatement law so much as a
revenue-producing measure, for persons convicted of operat~~
ing such unlawful businesses were to be charged $50 to $100,
per offense, or go to jail for 5 to 10 days. ,
(To be continued in the July Bulletin)
About this Bulletin:
A Note from the Editor
THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY OF INCORPORATION?
Or is it? When does a town begin? These questions
have been topics of conversation in and around
Nevada City for the past few months, It has been like
comparing apples and oranges. The beginning of a
town or city, and the official incorporation of the City
of Nevada City—but which incorporation? Take your
pick first, second, third or fourth incorporation! How
did each impact the lives of the early-day residents of
E.E. Gardner, Cenfre Nevada. t ~~
N.H. Shepherd, “ « the town? Or did it?
J. O.Barker, “ a I have asked several avid local historians to write oo
T. W. Colburn, Cayvterille, about living in Nevada (City) from the beginning of
J. R. Crandall, « placer mining along the rivers, creeks and streams in om
J. L. Atkinson. “« 8 1849, and through the 1850s. In this and the next issue [. .
A. T. Laird, Little Deer Creck of the Bulletin Ed Tyson, Steve Cottrell, Wally Hagae * Bast Vonaa man, and David Comstock join me in describing a J. S. Allen. & Last Nevada, 8 in m
LP. Twist, Gol? Run. brief but very important period in the history of
B. Hamilton, North Nevada Nevada City.
Maria Brower
NEVADA COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY P.O. Box 1300, Nevada City, CA 95959
EXECUTIVE BOARD Searls Historical Library
President Priscilla van der Pas 214 Church Street, Nevada City (530) 265-5910
Vice President Bedford Lampkin Open 1-4 pm daily (except Sundays and holidays)
Executive Secretary Pat Chesnut Firehouse M
useum
Treasurer DIRECTORS Glenn Straight 214 Main Street, Nevada City (530) 265-5468
Firehouse Museum Wally Hagaman Summer: Open 11 am to 4 pm daily (except holidays)
North Star Mining Museum Pine Tones Winter: Friday-Sunday 12:00 noon to 3 pm (except holidays)
Searls Historical Library Ed Tyson North Star Mining Museum o~
Genealogical Research Maria Brower Allison Ranch Road, Grass Valley (530) 273-4255
NCNGRR/Transportation Museum Division Madelyn Helling Open May 1 to October 15 from 10 am to 5 pm
Palen ake Desmene eanener Railroad and Transportation Museum
Newslerre "ER Pat Chesnut 5 Kidder Court, Nevada City (530) 470-0902
Membershi Marilyn Dittmann May . to Oct. 31: Open Friday thru Tuesday 10 am to 4 pm oo
Director-at-Large ‘ in Dittmann Nov. . to April 30: Open Tuesday and Saturday 10 am to 4 pm A 4
Director-at-Large Brita Rozynski NCHS Books o
Director-at-Large William Durbrow 511 North Pine St., Nevada City 95959 (530) 265-4312
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