The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-04-22
OFFICE OF CAPTAIN OF POLICE,
CHARLESTON, S. c., April IL, 1857.

CHARLESTON, S. c., April l2, 1857,
H1HE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE IS PUBLISHED
i Tor the benefit Of all whom 1t may concern.
C. B. SIGWALp,
Captain of Police
Be Ordained, That from and after the first day Of
January next every person keeping shop or store, or
tom shall post up and keep posted up, in some consp
cuous place. at his or her business stand or stands
conspicuous Sign Board Plate containing his or her
given and surname and IN case OF partnership
the given name and surname Of each member OF the firm
and every person offending or making default herein
shall forfeit and pay TO the City penalty of fifty dollars
for each and every offence or default, and in addition
thereto further gum Of fifty dollars for each and every
month during which the provisions OF this Ordinance
shall rem ain not complied with: Prortded hoDersr
That nothing herein contained shall apply to the special
partners OF O limited partnership.
Ratified December 2, 1851.
EztrGe; from Ordinance Ratified November 20, 1906
SEC g. No cloth ng shall be put up in such man.
ner as to obstuct foot plssengcrs and no sign board
shall be erected otherwise than thirteen feet from the sur
face of the ground or foot pavement ~ ,. ~, ,,,,,,
day. while any such awning or liked or FORM
ed otherwise than as herein directed shall SO remain
Sec G. No person or persons whosoever shaI for tho
articles for sale place. or caused TO be Placed any such
goods commodities other articles whatsoever or any
table, BENCH stall-board, box other appendage, IN
any street. lane alley. public horoughtare, or any
foot-pavement within the City. under penalty OF
Twenty Dollars for each and every such offence anu for
each and every night day, as the case may be- on
which any such offence is committed: Provided how
cyer That Yendue Masters shall be permitted to expose
before their stores such goods and commodities as they
sell ut public auction, but not to take up more room than
the front OF their respective venue stores and to the
distance of six feet beyond the same.
SEC G. No person persons whosocver, shall suiier
any fire wood, GOALS goods, wares, merchandise, car
rages Of any description, any other matter or thing,
to him. her. or them belonging consigned to lay or
stand for longer space than four hours In any street,
lano alley or public thoroughare within the City, un-
der penalty OF Two Doors, with costs for every hour
that any such article thing shall so lay or stand be-
yond the above mentioned time excepting materials for
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 make
application for the OF so much OF the street
or public way as shall not exceed the front OF tho
lot on which such building is to be erected nor eNtend
more than six feet into the street, which space such per-
son or persons shall forthwith enclose with sufficient
fence ut least feet high in order to deposit within the
same the requisite materials for building aud repairing;
and such fence together with The remaining material hc
sho or they shall the work be finished
or whenever the Mayor shall require it. on pain of for
etng Two Dollars for every hour that such fence or such
materials shall aftcrward remain unremoved; and on
pan ALSO of having the removed at luis, her, or
their expense, by the City authorities. =
April 13 lb