The Yazoo Whig and political register. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1840-1842, 1841-12-24
AN ORDINANCE

adopted in lieu thereof:
AN ORDINANCE
| To appoint a Committee of Charity-to define its
| duty, and for other purposes.
| Be II Ordained By the President and SetectDlen |
| of Yqsoo 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
ruarv annually thereafter, to whom all poor, midi
gent or afflicted paupers shall apply for maintain
ance, food, raiment, medicine or medical attend
| ance.
SEC. Q. And it shall be the duty Of the said
Committee or a 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 PauPer' they shall iur-
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 meetingO OF the selectmnn.
Sec 3 And it shall be the further duty of said
Committee if they have good reason to believe or
suspect that any person is IN want OF the necessa-
ries of life, or of medicine or medical attendance,
though the person shall not have applied for the
benefits of this Ordinance, to make diligent en-
quiry and if they deem such course Just and prop
er, proceed precisely 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, raiment
lOugl0g, HeulClueS In6ulCul dtt6HUduC6 Ut COIllu
furnished for a pauper, or for burying pauper,
authorised by said Committee, where no specific
bargain was made by the person so claiming and
said Committee, the person claiming shall
swear to the truth and justice of the demand be-
fore the President of the Selectmeu o! some JUS
tice of the Peace.
SEC. 5. If any person commanding or owning
any boat navigating the YaEoo River, shall import
into this town any person who may be Judged
e likely to become charge to the town a pau
per, it shall be lawful for the Mayor any Justice
of the town to compel such person commanding
such vessel or owning the same, or any other per
son or persons so importing, forthwith TO give su-
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 transports
d ing such person as Aforesaid, OF Twenty Dollar
re with Costs, to be recovered before the Mayor o
20 any Justice of the Peace.
On motion of the President (who relnquishet
the chair for the purpose) seconded by selectmal
Barnett,
Resoired, That hereafter the Yeas and Nays O
= the President and Selectmen of Yazoo City b
}. published and accompany the passage orrejectio
of all ordinances, amendments and preamble
thereto or resolutions for repeats thereof togethe
with the Yeas and Nays upon all resolutions
orders submitted for appropriations Of Publ
Monies
T The said resolution was adopted Yeas-Pres
dent Patterson, Barnett, Harrison, Jackson an
Allen.
The following Preambes and Resolution wei
offered by the President and seconded by seec
man Allen:
ne WHEREAS, heretofore to wit, on the 9TH day
If June last, the President Of the Seectmen did
. discharge Of public duty, introduce for the CO.
sideraon of the Board of Council, an Ordinant
nor ntitled,-".An Ordinance toprerent Iice and In
10 hty.''-Among the provisions of which, sa
IA Ordinance, were those IN accordance with esta
ac- listed LGG, TO restrain further continuance
ler the prevailing custom of transactlng business OF
Sc secular character upon the seventh day OF Il
rk week commonly known as Sunday, as also Il
mr. playing at Billiards on said day; which said Orc
aid nance after due deliberation met the onaninlo
81 assent of members then constituting the Board
r Seectmen, and accordingly became law to 60
w ern and regulate (n parO the mumcpal alta
and good order of society.
And whereas, the prOpriety and eTpedience
;. said Ordinance, seem to be questioned by certa
# constituents, as being improper exercise Of
. fetal duty, understandable interference of p
sonal right, and Uiolation of long establish
Y usages. Now, therefore, in consideration of t
agency thus assumed by the President aforesa
and in view of desire to present an opportun
)nt- to repair imaginary injuries done individuals
society generally, also test Public sentiment
o Yeas and Nays through their chosen represen
D. tives, in the correction of real INJURIES, as come
NJ ed with the police and faithful administration
oKS the laws, and thereby fix just personal respons5
ad- ty, with reference to the matters complained of
and The President submits for reconsideration the
Dull lowing, TO witt
g. "ResoIued, That so much of said Ordinance
ign luded to as relates to the grievances complain
of and set forth in the Preamble, be and the sa
f. are hereby repealed"
- The question being put ''shalI this ResOlut
pass'' was decided by yeas and nays, negative
,bo Yeas-H. Harrison. Nays. NJ Allen & Pre-
HiO dent Patterson. Selectmen Jackson and Barn
ton, declined voting.
d to Selectman Barnett stated, that he was in ia
;ign the law and opposed to its repeal but declir
- voting because he believed the Preambles Q
Pe0l Resolution unnecessary.
u be On motion of seectman Allen, the follow
E. Resolution was unanimously adopted
If ResoiUed, That the owners of the Lot bound
. on the south side Of Bayou-street, be forthwith
quired to pave the sidewalk in front of the sal
of the width of nine feet.
III An account in favor of DR.. Leake for medi
nee attendance on pauper was referred to the CT
&c Of mittee Accounts by a unanimous vote.
sdnv The Meeting then adjourned,
, fGr A. PATTERSON, Mayor
o;noo d. w. NYE, Town Clerk.