The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-05-21
AN ORDINANCE

30 reqnFe SIDE Walks or Pdvemenfs
of made on certain Streets IN the vi
idDe Of Lancaster.
SIC. I. Be II ordained by the Intcndap
and Town Council Of the Village of I.ancas
Ter, and BY the authority of the same, Tha
all owners Of Lots, pieces or parcels o.
Land, and all Trustees Of Churches, School,
and Academies, "a we'll rs the Commission.
ers OF Public Buildings, in the corporate
limits OF the Village Of Lancaster, which
Lois, parcels or pieces of Land may be, OF
front, on aoy Of the Streets Of the said vii.
iage be, ana they are hereby required, " ith.
IN The time. md after the manner hereipaf.
ter prescribed, to make o, cause 80 Be made
put IN good order and kept in repair, tn,
side Walks or Pavcments fronting on thei,
Lot or Lots, or those under their legal su.
pervision respectively.
SEC. 2. And be it further ordsined BY the
authority aforesaid, That the Streets upon
which the Side Walks or Pavemcpts arc
hereinbcfore required to be made, be the
following, namely: B:oad Street in Its whole
length, except from Meeting to Barr Street.
and Dunlap from White Street to their we,'
tern extremity and the Side Walks in front
OF all Lots on the following Streets, built
upon, and designed either for dwellings or
public buildings, the houses on which front
on said Streets, namely: Catawba, French,
White, Market, Meeting and Arch Streets
SEC. ,. And be it further ordained by
the authority aforesaid, That the owners or
legal supervisors of the Lots, pieces or par.
cells of Land in the Village Of Lancaster ns
aforesaid be, and they are hereby required,
to procure hewcd or sawed timber ten inches
spare, OF heart pine or oak. for the curbine
sf such Psvements or Side Walks. to lny
said timber down on line With the STR G y,
IN 'front.' Of, and eleven feet from, the line Of
s'eir Lot or lo'srcspcctively,o ON Broad Sire, {
and nine feet from the line Of their Lot or I.ots
respectively, on all other Streets; to remove
all trees, Except such n may not, on view
OF lntendant or any Of the Wardrns, be re-.
gardsd n nuisance,) stun,ps, roots, or 9th.
er obstructions from the Walks; and to fill
up the same with such material "a will be
beat calculated to form firm Pavement.
The top to bs graded ahG sraye!ixl, giving
The Pavement two inches fall, SO as to allow
the water to flow freely into the Street Gut.
ter. Provided, nevertheless, That nothing
herein contained shall be so construed rs TO
extend to the owners Of any Lots, pieces or
parcels Of Land, lying on any of IN. Streets
which are no! huilt upon, or il built upon.
are not in actual use, or designed to be used
or occupied and provided, further. That
where the owner Of any Lot may already
have curbing laid down. and the Pavement
made--such owner shall be required only TO
put the snme in good order, 80 a. to make
the Pavement conform to the prescribed re-.
quisitions Of this Ordinance 10 breadth, in
clination, &c.
SEC. I. And be it further srdained by the
authority aforesaid, That the owners and
legal supervisors Of such Lot or Lots, pieces
aud parcels Of Land before mentioned, front
ing on which, tho Pavcments or Sidewalks g.
hsreinbtfore required to be mnde, put in
good order. and kept in repair, be, and they
arc hereby required TO finish and complete
the same, and have ready for inspection. on
or before the 10th (tenth) day Of October
next; and for refusal or neglect to comply
with the provisions OF this Ordinance, on
conviction thereof, before the Intendant and
Town Council, shall 10 fined IN double the
tax imposed upon such offenders real estate
for the year 1856.
Done and ratified 10 Council, in Council
Chamber, this 18th day Of May, in the Yea,
OF our Lord, cne thousand eight hundred
aad Fifty elk, aud in tho sighiir,i. year o.
the Independence Of the United States O
America.
J. ADAMS, Intcndant +. c. L.
JOHN e.. SECREsr, Clerk.