The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-12-31

came up as Part Of the unfinished business OF !ne |
last meeting; was read, de0atea-SnG on motion
of Scloctman Allen, the following ordinance was
adopted in lieu thereof:
AN ORDINANCE
To appOint Committee Of Charity-to define its
duty and for other purposes.
Be q Ordained BIZ tbe President and Setectnlen
Of YasOO CITY, That Committee consisting OF
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 afflicted paupeTs shall apply for maintain
anco, fOod, Talment, medicine or medical attend
ance
See. g. And il shall be the duty Of the said
Committee or q 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 Ommittee,
shall deem the applicant a 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 selectmcn.
SEC. ,. And il shall be the further duty Of said
Committee il they have good reason to believe or
suspect that aRy person is in want of the necessa
ries of life, or Of medicine medical attendance,
though the person shall not have applied for the
benefits of this Ordinance, 10 make diligent en-
quFy and If they deem such course just and prop
er, proceed precisely as they would if said person
had made application Tor relief.
SEC. q. And all persons who may have an &C.
count against the Corporation for food, raiment,
lodging, medicine, medical attendance or coffin
furnished for pauper, or for burying 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.
SIC & If any DersOn commanding or owning
any boat navigating the YazOO River, shall import
into this town any person who may be Judged
| likely to become a charge to the town as a pau
per, il shall be lawful for the Mayor or any Justice
Of the town to compel such person commanding
such vessel or owning the same, or any other per-
son or persons importing, forthwith to give suf-
| fcient security to indemnify the Town against
any expenses which may accrue or be brought up
on it by reason Of the introduction of such persons
otherwise to transport beyond the limits Of the
county, under penalty, for failure of entering in.
!. to bond Of indemnity aforesaid, of transport
ing such person as Aforesaid, of Twenty Dollar.
with Costs, to be recovered before the Mayor Of
any Justice Of the Peace.
On motion of the President (who relinquisheC
the chair for the PurPose) seconded by selectmar
Barnett,
Resotped, That hereafter the Yeas and Nays o
the President and Seleetmen of YazOo City b
published and accompany the passage or rejection
Of all ordinances, amendments and preamble
thereto or resolutions for repeats thereof togethe
with the Yeas and Nays upon all resolutions o
orders submitted for appropriations Of Publ
| Monies.
The said resolution was adopted. Yeas-Presi
dent Patterson, Barnett, Harrison, Jackson an
| Allen.
The following Preambles and Resolution wer
offered by the President and seconded by select
man Allen;
e WHEREAS, heretofore to wit, on the 7th day {
nj June last, the President of the Selectmen did
: discharge of public duty, introduce for the cor
I sideration of the Board of Council, an OrdinanC
y entitled,-''.4n Ordinance tOprerent Iice and In
= rGhty."-Among the provisions OF which, sal
Ordinance, were those IN accordance with estaI
: lished Lao, to restrain further continuance
n the prevailing custom OF transaclng business OF
= secular character upon the seventh day OF n
( week commonly known Sunday, as also tn
r playing at Billiards on said day; which said Ord
a nance after due deliberatiOn met tho UlGninlo'
: assent of members then constituting the Board
Selectmen, and accordingly became law to GO
&c ern and regulate (In ParD the municipal altar
and good order Of society.
And whereas, the propriety and erpedience
said Ordinance, seem to be questioned by certa
constituents, as being an improper exercise Of Q
- fetal duty, an lrnWGTrGRtGble interference of pc
s0nal right, and a violation Of long estabsht
usages. Now, therefore, in consideration of Il
, agency thus assumed by the President atoresai
and in view Of desire to present an opportuni
IT, to repair imaginary injuries done ivdicidlGL'
society generally, also test Public sentiment
70 Yeas and Nays through their chosen represent
tves in the correction of real INJURIES as conneC
o. ed with the police and faithful administration
IS, the laws, and thereby fix just personal responsible
d. ty, with reference to the matters complained off,
nd The Resident submits for reconsideration the f
l. lowing, TO witt
"ResOLUed, That so much of said Ordinance
n luded to as relates to the grievances complains
Of and set forth in the Preamble, be and the san
are hereby repealed"
= The question being put ''shall this Resolutit
pass" was decided by yeas and nays, Degativel
| Yeas-H Harrison. Nays. M. Allen & Pres
nc dent Patterson. SeIectmen Jackson and Barne
m, declined voting.
to Selectman Barnett stated, that he was in fav
N. Of the law and opposed to its repeal. but decline
voting because he believed the PreambIes al
. Resolution unnecessary.
be On motion of selectman Allen, the folOwiI
Resolution was unanimously adOpted:-
Resolred, That the owners of the Lot boundil
- on the south side Of BayOu-street, be forthwith
qured to pave the sidewalk in front of the sam
7 Of the width of nine feet.
III An account in favor of DR.. Leake for medic
;e- attendance on pauper was referred to the Coz
of mittee on Accounts BY unanimous vote.
oo The Meeting then adjourned,
e. A. PATTERSON, Mayer.