The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1856-06-04
AN ORDINANCE

To require Side Waiks Or Paccments 10
be mdtlc on certain Streets az tie vi |
toge Of Lancaster.
SEC. L. Be it ordained by the Intcndant |
and Town Council Of the Village of I.ancas-
ter, and by the authority OF the same, That |
all owrcrs 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
Lots, parcels or pieces Of Land may lie, or
front, en- any Of the Streets of the said Viii
lagc be, and they are hereby required, With
in tho tiIrc. and after tic manner licreuaf>
ter prescribed, to make or cause 10 be made,
put in good order and kept in repair, the
Side Walks or Pavcmcnts fronting on their
Lot or Lots, or those under their legal SUI
pcrvision respectively.
SEC Q. And be it further ordained by the
authority aforesaid. That the Streets upon
" hich the Side Walks or Pavcmcnts are
hereinbcfore required TO be made, be the
following, namely: Broad Street in its whole
length, except from Meeting TO Barr Street,
Cav and Dunlap Streets from White Street. to
their western cxtrciniiv 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: CataW la,
French, White, Market, Meeting and Arch
Streets
SIC. 8 Aud be il further ordained by
the authority aforesaid, That !hc owners or
legal supervisors of the Lois, pieces or par
GELS of Land in the Village of Lancaster rs
.'T"r, said BE-, and they arc hereby required,
Ia procure hcwed or sawed timber ten inches
spare, of heart pine or oak, for The curbing
Of such Parcments or Side Walks. to lay
said timber down on line with the Street.
in front of, and eleven feet from, the line Of
their Lot or Lots respectirely,On Broao Street
and nine feet from the line of their Lot or Lots
respectively, on all other Streets 10 remove
all trees, (cNcept such rs may not, on view
of lntcndant or any of the Wardrns, be re-
gnrdcd rs n nuisance,) stumps, roots, or 9TH
er distractions from tn. Walks; and TO fill
up the same with such material ns will be
best calculated TO form a firm Pavement.
The top 10 be graded and grayclcd, giving
the Pavement two inches fall, so rs to allow
the water to flow freely into the Street Gut
Ter Provided, nevertheless, That nothing
herein contained shall be 80 construed as to
cNIrnd 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 10 be used
OF occupied and provided, farther. That
where The owner of any Lot may already
have curbing laid down, and the Pavement
madc-such owner shall be required only TO
pat the same in good order, SO Us 10 make
the Pavement conform to the prescribed re-
quIstinns Of this Ordinance in breadth, in
cIination, &e.
SEC. {. 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 Pavcmcnts OF Sidewalks,
heccinbciore required to be made, 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 lntendant and
Town Council, shall 10 fined IN double the
tax imposed upon such offenders real estate
for the year 1856.
Done and ratified in Council, in Council
Chamber. this 10th day OF Nay, in lie year
of our Lord, cne thousand eight hundred
and fifty y-siX, and in the eighteih year of
the independence of the United States Of
America.
J. ADAMS, Intendant. Il c. l..
JOHN e.. SECREsT, Clerk.