The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-16
OFFICE OF CAPTAIN OF POLICE, L,
:, CHARLESTON, s. G., April u, 1857.
UyHE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE IS pUBLIdHEI

OFFICE OF CAPTAIN OF POLICE, il
CHARLESTON, s. G., April u, 1857.
NyHE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE IS PUBLI6HED
i for the benefit of al whom 1t may concern:
-. Captain Of Police:
Be Il Ordained, That from and after the first dsy Of
January next, every person keeping shop or store OF
engaged In mercantile business dn the City of Charles
ton, shall post up and keep posted up, In some consp
cuous place. at his her business stand or stands,
conspicuous Sign Board or Plate containing his OF hel
given name and surname, and in case Of partnership
the given name and surname OF each member or the hr
and every person offending, or making default herein
for each and every offence or default md in addition
thereto further Of fifty dollars for each and every
month during which the provisions Of this Ordinance
That nothing herein contained shn apply to the special
partners of limited partnership - /. - &
Ratified December 2, 1851 E-i5}i
Extract from Ordinance Ratified Nouembsr 10th, 1906
SEQ. g. No cloth awning shall be putup in such man
to obsruct foot passengers; aud no ngn boarc
shall be erected Otherwise than thirteen feet from the sur
under penalty of Twenty Dollars for each and eVer3
day. while any such awning gnboard, fixed or form
ed otherwise than as herein directed shall 80 remain
SEQ. No person or persons whosoever SHALL for the
purpose Of exposing any goods, commodities, or othel
articles for SALE place caused TO be placed any sue1
table, bench, sallboard box, or other appendage,
any street, lane alley, public horoughfare, or any
fOOtpavement WITHIN. tnc lily. unQer penslty "
Twenty Dollars for each and every such offence and fol
each and every night day, as the case may be- OF
which any such offence is commltted Provided, how
ever That Vendue Masters shall be permitted to
before their stores such goods and commodities as they
sell at public auction but not to take up more room thar
the front OF their respective yendue stores, and to TIM
| distance of six feet beyond the same.
SEC. g. No person or persons whosoever, shall sufe1
any fire wood, GOALS goods, wares, merchandise car
rages of any description or any other matter or thing
to him, her. them belonging or consigned, to Lay o.
stand for longer space than four hours In any street
lane, alley public thoroughfare within the City, un
der penalty OF Two Dolors with COSTS for every ho
that any such article thing shall so lay or stand De
yond the above mentioned time excepting materials fo
building in regard to which the following regulations
shall be observed namely: When any person or persons
shall erect or repair any house or other building
upon any street. lane, alley, or open, court
within the city, he, she, or they shall maxi
application for the use of so much Of the stree
or public way shall not exceed the front OF thu
lot which such building is to be erected extend
than six feet into the street, which space such Per
son OF persons shall forthwith enclose with sufhcien
fence least SIX feet high in order to deposit within tn
same the requisite materials for building and repairing
and such fence together with the remaining material be
she or they shall remove the work be finished
or whenever the Mayor shall require it. on pain OF for
feng Two Donrs for every hour that such fence or cl
materials shall afterward remain unremoved; and OF
pain ALSO of having the removed at bis, her,
| their expense, by the City authorities.
l. April 13 ID