The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-05-28
AN ORDINANCE

10 reqU'rc Sme Walks or PdUemcnts to
De mn0e on certain Streets in the VII
loge Of Lancaster.
SEC. /. Be it ordained by the Gntcndant
and Town Council Of the Village of Lnncos-
ter, and by the authority of the same. That
all owEcrs of Lots, pieces or parcels of
Land, and all Trustees of Churches. Schools
and Academies, as well rs the Commission
crs of Public Buildings, in the corporate
limits of the Village of Lancaster, which
Lois, parcels or pieces Of Land may be, or
front, on any of the Streets of the said Viii
lagc be, and they are hereby required, With
IN The tine. and after the manner hcreiuaf>
ter prescribed, to make or cause to be made,
put in good order and kept in repair, the
Side Walks or Pavcments fronting on their
Lot or Lots, or those under their legal su.
pervision respectively.
SEC. Q. And be it further ordained by the
authority aforesaid, That the Streets upon
which the Side Walks or Pavrments are
hcreinbefore required to be made. be the
following, namely: Broad Street in its whole
length, except from Meeting to Barr Street.
Gav and Dunlap Streets from White Street to
their western extremity and the Side Walks
in front Of all Lots on the following Streets.
built upon, and designed either for dwellin rs
or public buildings, the houses on which
front on said Streets, namely: Catawba.
French, White, Market, Meeting and Arch
Streets.
SEC. 3. And be it further ordained by
the authority aforesaid, That ihe owners or
legal supervisors of the Lots, pieces or par
cells of Land in the Village of Lancaster as
aforesaid be, and they are hereby required,
TO procure hcwed or sawed timber ten inches
SCARE, Of heart pine or oak, for the curbing
OF such Pavements or Side Walks. to Law
said timber down on line with the Street
in front of, and eleven feet from, the line Of
their Lot or srcspcctivcly,O on Broad Street
and nine feet from the line of their Lot or Lots
respectively, on all other Streets to remove
all trees, (cXccpt such us may not, on view
ct lntendant or any of the Ward.ns, be re-
| garded rs nuisancc,D stumps, roots, or 9TH
er obstrnctions from the Walks; and to fill
| up the same with such material rs will be
best calculated to form firm Pavement.
! The top to be graded and gravelled, 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 as 10
extend to the owners of any Lots, pieces or
parcels OF Land, lying on any Of the Streets
which are not built upon, or if 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 cnrbing laid down, and the Pavement
made-such owner shall be required only TO
put the same in good order, SO rs to make
the Pavement conform to the prescribed re-
quisitions of this Ordinance in breadth, in
clination, &c.
SEC. 4. And be il further ordained by the
authority aforesaid, That the owners and
legal supervisors of such Lot or Lots, pieces
and parcels of Land before mentioned, 'front.'
ing on which, the Pavcments or Sidewalks,
hereinbefore required to be made, put in
good order. and kept in repair, be, and they
are 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 ia fined IN double the
tax imposed upon such oflenGer's real estate
Tor the year 1856
| Done and ratified in Council, in Council
| Chamber, this 18th day oE May, ia The yea.
OF our Lord, cne thousand eight hundred
and fifty.sir, and in the eightieth wear O,
the Independence of the United States OF
America.
J. ADAMS. Intendant. T c. l..
| JOHN &, SFCRYaT. Clerk