Piney Woods planter and Amite union literary reflector. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1838-1838, 1838-06-30
ORDINANCES.

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Il ton of the Town of Liberty, met at the
Court House on the 5th day of June, 1888 #.
| W. Pound, President, w. c. Harroll, u. p But
Ter and E. A. Bacon, Selectmen-W. d. Smith
was al tent. The Board endeavored to obtain
the Laws of the Corporation and the minute
book, but failed, consequently, they had to draft
a new code of Laws, which they did, as follows,
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| Be it ordained By the Board of Selectnen for the
Corporation Of the TOeom of Liberty, That if any
person shall hitch or tie any horse, mare, geld
| ing or mule, to any shade tree which may have
been planted for that purpose, or to any bannis
ter along the side walks, or wlfully ride on any
side walks or pavements within the limits of
said town. The offender shall forfeit and pay
the sum of one dollar.
BE it further ordained, That if any person shall
shoot any gun or pistol, within the limits of the
Corporation, unless Tor the purpose of killing a
beef or hog; he shall forfeit and pay the sum Of
one dollar.
Be it further enacted, That if any parson shall
wilfully leave any dead animal within the Cor.
poration, which he or she of right should remove,
so that it becomes nuisance, he or she shall
forfeit and pay the sum of one dollar.
BE 1t further ordained, That if any person shall
be guilty of fighting, quarrelling, or making use
of unbecoming language, or lie drunk in the
streets, as to disturb the peace of the inhabi-
| tants, he shall be fined in sum not exceeding
| ten nor less than one dollar.
BE it further ordained, That if any Hawker or
Pedlar shall sell any goods, wares or merchan-
die within the limits of the Corporation, shall
pay tax of five dollars.
Be further ordained, That all Theatres, Cir
cuses, and exhibitions of every kind, which may
perform for money, shall pay tax of five dol
lars for each performance.
Be it further ordained, That if any negro slave
| shall be found lettering about town, off his mas
| tiers or employers premises without a written
pass, he or she so offedding shall be punished at
| the discussion of the patrol, not exceeding fif
| teen strpes-and if any shall be found lettering
about town after the hour of a o'clock, P. M,
on Sunday, shall be dealt with as though he
had no pass.
| BE it further ordained, There shall be appoin-
ted by the Board, one Captain and three Patrols,
| whose duy it shall be to patrol the streets two
nights in every week, for the purpose of enforc-
ing the above section. They shall hold their APP
pointment one month from the time they are
notified of the fact; any person appointed as a
bove, who shall fail or refuse to serve, shall be
| fined in sum not exceeding ten nor less than
FIVE dollars; and shall make their returns on
oath.
Be it further ordained, That the Board shall
elect one Secretary, whose duty it shall be to
keep record of all the proceedings of the Board,
record the same in we'll bound book to be sc
lected by the Secretary, and pay for it out OF
the funds of the Corporation, he shall also be
| Treasurer, and keep true record of all moneys
received and how paid out--in case of vacan-
cy, the Board shall forthwith proceed to elect
another. The Secretary on retiring from office
shall hand over to his successor, or to the Pre-
sident, or some one of the Selectmen, all books,
papers, moneys, &C., which may be in his hands
and in case they are given to the President or
one Of the Selectmen, he shall hand the same to
| the next elected Secretary, upon application the
| Secretary and Treasurer shall give bond and
security in the sum of FIVE hundred dollars, for
faithful performance Of his duty.
Be il further ordained, That the Board shall e.
lect one Constable, whose duty it shall be to take
notice of all offenders Of the laws, and he Is
| hereby authorised and empowered to arrest all
such, and bring them forthwith before the Pre-
sident, or some other justice of the peace to be
dealt with according to the laws, and in case of
| the nonpayment of any fines or forfeitures, the
person failing to pay shall be imprisoned not
| less than one nor more than twenty-four hours.
He shall pay over all fines by him collected with
in twenty days, and shall be allowed the same
| fees as are by law allowed to Constablos of the
State of Mississippi.
These laws shall be in full force and effect
from and after ten days from the time of publ
cation. i. w. POUND,
f. A. BACON, President
Secretary.
June .. 1856