The Yazoo Whig and political register., 1841-12-17
AN ORDINANCE

ADOPTED IN lieu thereof:
AN ORDINANCE
TO appoint Committee of Charty-to define its
| duty, and for other purposes.
&c IL Ordained By the President and SelectnIeH
Of YasOO City, That a Committee consisting oi
three Selectmen shall be appointed at the regular
meeting next after the passage Of this Ordinance,
and at the regular meeting in the month of Feb
ruary annually thereafter, to whom all poor, midi
| gent or afflicted paupers shall apply for maintain
ance, food, raiment, medicine or medical attend
ance.
! SEc. 2. And it shall be the duty of the said
| Committee or majority of them when application
is made by any person claiming relief under this
Ordinance of them, to examine into the condition
OF the applicant, and if they, the said ommlttee,
shall deem the applicant pauper, they shall fur
nish such food, raiment, medicine or medical at
tendance as they shall deem necessary to the
health and comfort of said pauper and report their
acts to the next meeting Of the seectmGn.
SEC. 3. And it shall be the further duty of said
Committee it they have good reason to believe or
suspect that any person is in want of the necessa-
res of life, of medicine or medical attendance.
! though the person shall not have applied for the
benefits of this Ordinance, TO make dlligent en-
quiry and if they deem such course just and prop
er, proceed precisely as they would if said person
had made application for relief
SEC 4. And all persons who may have an ac-
count against the Corporation for food, ralment,
lodging, medicine, medical attendance cofia
furnished for pauper, or for burylng pauper,
authorised by said Committee, where no specific
bargain was made by the person claiming and
said Committee, the person so claiming shall
swear TO the truth and justice OF the demand be-
fore the President of the Selectmen or some JUS
tice of the Peace.
SEC 5. 1t any person commanding or owning
any boat navigating the YaZoo River, shall import
into this town any person who NAV be Judged
ikaly -, CbnrOa 70 tba
per, it shall be lawful for the Mayor or any Justice
of the town to compel such person commanding
such vessel or owning The same, any other per-
son or persons so importing, forthwith to give sui-
hclent security to indemnify the Town against
any expenses which may accrue or be brought up
il by reason Of the introduction of such persons
or otherwise to transport beyond the limits of the
county, under penalty, for failure of entering in
to bond of indemnify aforesaid, or Of transport
ing such person Aforesaid, OF Twenty Dollars
with Costs, to be recovered before the Mayor or
any Justice of the Peace.
On molten of the President (who relinquished
the chair for the PurPose) seconded by selectman
Barnett,
ResOtred, That hereafter the Yeas and NAYS of
the President and Selectmen Of Yazoo City be
published and accompany the passage or rejection
of all ordinances, amendments and preambles
thereto, resolutions for repeals thereof together
with the Yeas and Nays upon all resolutions or
OLuSlS SuOHlAItS0 AOA 0PPlOPAldtlOhS VI upllC
| Monies.
The said resolution was adopted. Yeas-Presi-
dent Patterson, Barnett, Harrison, Jackson and
| Allen.
The following Preambles and Resolution were
offered by the President and seconded by select
man Allen:
| WHEREAS, heretofore to w.t. on the 7th day OF
June last, the President Of the Seectmen did in
discharge of public duty, introduce for the con-
sideratlon OF the Board of Council, an Ordinance
| enutled,-"s4R Ordinance to preUeat Iice and I'M
RloraFty."-AmOng the provisions of which, said
| Ordinance, were those IN accordance with estab-
| Iseed Lac, TO restrain further continuance OF
the prevailing custom of transactng business OF
secular character upon the seventh day OF the
week commonly known as Sunday, as also the
playing at Billiards on said day; which said Ordi-
| nance after due deliberation met the unanimous
| assent of members then constituting the Board OF
Selectmen, and accordingly became a law to gov
| ern and regulate On part) the munich pal affairs
| and good order of society.
| And whereas, the prOpriety and eTpedience OF
said Ordinance, seem to be questioned by certain
constituents, as being improper exercise Of Of
tciat duty, UnCarrantable interference of per-
sonat right, and a UioIation of long established
usages. Now, therefore, in consideration of the
agency thus assumed by the President aforesaid,
and in view of desire to present an opportunity
20 repair imaginary injuries done indiriduaLs and
society generally, also test Public sentiment by
Yeas and Nays through their chosen representa-
tves, in the correction of real injuries, as connect
ed with the police and faithful administration OF
the laws, and thereby fix just personal responsible
ty, with reference TO the matters complained off,
The President submits for reconsideration the fol-
lowing, TO witt
''ResoLUed, That so much of said Ordinance al
luded to as relates to the grievances complained
of and set forth in the Preamble, be and the same
are hereby repealed"
The question being put ''shall this Resolution
Pass'' was decided by yeas and nays, negatively.
| Y eas-H. Harrison. Nays. M Allen & Presl-
dent Patterson. Selectmen jackson and Barnett
declined voting.
Selectman Barnett stated, that he was in favor
of the law and opposed to its repeal. but declined
voting because he believed the Preambles and
Resolution unnecessary.
On motion of selectman Allen, the following
Resolution was unanimously adopted:-
ResOiued, That the owners of the Lot bounding
on the south side of Bayou-street be forthwith re-
qured to pave the sidewalk in front of the same,
Of the width of nine feet.
An account in favor of DR.. Leake for medical
attendance on pauper was referred to the Com.
mittee on Accounts BY unanimous vote.
The Meeting then adjourned,
/ pAT'TER CON M.u.