The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1851-05-15
An O:dinaugC

For the appointment of City supervisors ami pre-
scribing their duties.
SIC. / BE il Ordained BY tie Chy Cogqcil Of
- the city Of Lt7cGster, That there shall here
after, on the FIRST Monday in May, in each year, be
appointed a Supervisor for each Ward ofsaid City.
SEC 2. That it shall be the duty of the ~Supervi-
sors so chosen after having received a Certificate o
their appointment, at such times as the st Get com.
mi,tee maj direct, to notify all persons, who by law
are required t, perform two days labor on the
! pablo high WAYS, to perform the sane within the
limits of said Ward under the direction of the Super
visors aforesaid, Pr0rided, That whenever any per.
sonEy reason OF sickness, absence from the city, Of
otherwise cannot perform said labor within the time
sp Gifted by tn Supervisors in said notice. tn Y are
hereby au horiLed 10 require said labor to be perform.
ed, at any tina during the year And it Is hereby
Sp icirlly nal. the duty of the Supervisors. TO see
tat the labor required in their respective wards be
faithfully performed.
SE,. j. Tat sail Supervisors shall within ten
DAYS alter having been required by the street com
mittAe 50 to DO cause all persons, reSiling IN their
respective Wards, aud liable by law 10 work on the
road. {, be Motif u at lea i, three days previous OF the
i'm, and place of meeting, which notice may be Civ
en- either in person ~ bv written notice left at his
place Of re id 'nra, AMI all persons so notified, shall
appear at tn. tiina and place, and with such tools as
tiay The SInerviSors ma designate.
SEC. 1 Hany person or persons altar having been
notified a. a~iIrs5tl. ,ht n gIoct Ortall at the tiins
of II, n notice. or N TIE day wh N ralulrsd to perform
labor, TO produce To the III IervisOr lsgal eviiency by
certif n q or o!heryiie, of his or heir exemption
IRON ltj1r on IA, Public high ways, or shall neglect
or reiu 90 to att N by hin eli or substitute, tothe ac-
ceptince of thi Supervisor on the day and at the
| thi tin, an plaza directed by the Supervisor, or
h,ying att nj ID, shall refuse to obiy the dire 'finnS Of
the SuJ 'rtislr, or shall spen his tim, in idlehess or
inittnntiln to the duties assign II him or tn IN, every
such ielin "a mt shall forfeit ali pa for neglect to at
tend for auv Of thl offences above specified, the sum OF
ON, d ,llar to b, recovered by action Of deht before
a.. NI,,-,r ne in hi lh-aurn p inalIltv the CITY Il Tk
at thu sui Of tn. Sup ,rvi,O:, within whose Ward
such dalin Iuent may reside, and the money SO recov-
ered, shdl be paid by tha Supervise within ten davs
after the same Shall have been received by him into
the city Treasury IA be expended on the streets Sc'
within the Wand in which such d. l'nlaen' may have
reSii,d at the tims he received ~no.i,e.
SEC. 5. Every psrson liable TO perform two days
labor und n the provisions of the city charter. may
discharge the same, by paying annually in'o the city
Treasury, the sum of one dollar and fifty cents, and
all mnniy so paid in place of labor shall b. eXplniad
by the city council in improving the streets, alleys
lin.s and side walks within the Wards, IRON which
the same was received. Aud the city Treasurer Shall
annually, on or before the second Monday in April IN
zach year, report to the city council. the names OF all
parsons whose paid money into the treasury undo
thi3 ordinance, and the city Supervisors shall, aud II
is hereby made their special duty, also to report to
the city Council, the names of all persons within III III
respective Wards, who shall have performed their two
days labor according to the provisions Of TINS orlln-
ance-an also 10 report 10 tue mayor oi san" V'N
the nam IS oil all persons liable to perform labor as a.
foreslid, and who have refused orna i 'cted to PR
form tn, slmn, or shall have failed to produce the
Treasurers receipt. for the amount OF molS IN sInu
Of said work. AMI upon said return, itshall be the
duty of the Sup 'Ivisors aforesaid, TO proceed against
said d 'liu IA 'nts by action OF debt, AMI collect the
s,ms ac o ding TO law.
SEC. q. That if any person or persons, snail ihler
modest or pr1vsnt said Suporvisa rS or eth n OF tlen
from dischlr5ins any of tn, duties required OF them
or either Of them, under thu provisions OF this ordtn.
ance, he, she or they, shall upon conviction hereof
forfeit and pay for every such offence, not loss mar
ten dollars, nor more than fit dollars to b. recovered
before the Mayor, OF in his abj1nco the city CLERK
with costs Of prosecution. .,
SIC. Z. That if either Of slil Sup ,ryiSors. sal
neglect or refuse, faithfully 10 dlIchtrSet IN s'Ni ral
duties elgendered upon him by this ordnance OF
shall. und)r any p%retence whatev y, giVeor slsu away
receipt or Certificate. purpDrting 70 be a receipt Oh
certificate, for labor or WORK performed, or mon
ey paid, unless thu labor shall have been perform
ed,or money paid prior to tha giving or signing OF snen
receipt or certificate, every Supervisor - oteh IN!
shall forfeit for every such offence, not less tam ;
nor more than fifty dollars, to be recovered by ACTOR
of debt before the Mayor, or in his absence or INABILITY
before the city CLERK and shall NOR, over b. liable Il
be removed from office at the pleasure OF the Colnrlil
See. s. Tn Supervisors OF the several ward
shall receive for tn ,ir services such compensation a.
the city Council shall determine.
SEQ. o That so much OF the o din nee ~eniitleda'
ordnance "~relating to labor On streets ami alleys
p,ss,l by the Town Council of Lancaster, Mag .
io4S, and an ordinance for the appointm' M OF Com
mi,,ion,rs of streets aud alleys pissed May II, 1917
as conflict with this ordnance be AMI til, SAM Is here
by repealed. E.
'SEd. 10. This orln1nca is to take effect AMI be II
full force from and after its legal publication.
Passed March 10. 1851 WI ?. CREED, Mayor.
Attest. b. REED, City Clorl.
Lancaster. May -. =