Ordinance Pertaining to Swine and Goats in the Borough of Norfolk

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Ordinance Pertaining to Swine and Goats in the Borough of Norfolk
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From The Ordinances of the Borough of Norfolk, 1829 (Norfolk, T.G. Broughton and Shields & Ashburn, 1829, p.156):
“An Ordinance concerning Swine and Goats – Be it ordained by the Common Council of the Borough of Norfolk in Common Hall

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assembled, That any Hog or Hogs, Goat or Goats, which may be seen going at large in any street, lane, alley, or uninclosed lot of this Corporation, (except as hereinafter contained) shall be considered a nuisance, and the Contables and Watchmen of the Corporation are severally authorised and empowered to seize and appropriate the same as their exlusive property, without being responsible to any person or persons whatsoever for and on account thereof.” A telling exception was made, however, for non-residents whose hogs or goats might be roaming “in or north of Queen-street,” today’s Brambleton Avenue, beyond which, presumably, was at that time considered “country.”