Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-04-18
Ordinances Passed by the
Town Council Of Edgefieid. !.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
EDaEF1ELD, S. c., April 10, 1872

EDGEF1ELD, >. u, april ~, 1917.
An Ordinance tn Establish Police
Regulations for Tic Town of Edge
field
BE IT ORDAINED by "The Town
Council of Edgeiieid," ahd by authority
Of the same
Isl. That after the ratification Of ;;!i:
Ordinance, any person found drunk in
limselrin in disorderly manner, whNebv
the peace and good order OF the rown is
impai:Gd, or the convenience os other
person; is iatericrcd with, shall he gnii-
ty ot' lnisdemeanor, and bcpunisied al
the discretion Of the Council. within the
limits Of its authority.
2d, That from and after th>ratiiication
of tits Ordinance any person who shall
arms IN any street. alley, or public road,
OF within one hundred yards OF the slnte,
within the incorr oritc limits OF tine Town
OF lId :riieli, shall be held guilty OF Il
nisdcmcanor, and every person so Of
tending shall be, in the discretion OF the
Council, subie TO fine OF not less than
five ,iollars, and not more than ten dol
lars, Cor each and every offence.
3rd, That, from and after the ratifica
ton OF this Ordinance, If any bar-keeper
OF any other person, shall sell or expose
for sale, within the corporate limits Of the
Town Of Edgetield, any spiritnous or
malt liquors. in quantities not less than
one quart, without first paying into the
Treasury Of the Town Council Of Edge
field the sum of One Hundred Dollars
per annun; or, if any bar-keeper oraly
other person shall sell, or expose for sale,
within the corporate limits Of the Town
of Edgcfieid, any spirituous or malt Ii
uuor., in quantities less than one quart.
without first paying into the Treasury Of
the Town Council of Edgcficld the sum
OF Two Hundred Dollars per annun,
they shall be held guilty of a misde
mcanor, and shall be subject to n fine OF
not less than fifty dollars.
4th, That from and after the ratiiica-
ton OF this Ordinance, any Bar Keeper,
or Dealer in Spirituous, or Malt Liquors,
SpiritlIouS or Malt Liquors on the Lord S
day, within the corporate limits .of the
Town Of Edgefield, except fer medicinal
purposcs) shall be subject to 4 fine of not
less than Fifty Dollars, and shall forfeit
his or their license, aG the discretion OF
the Council.
5th. That from and after the qualification
of.ths Ordinance any person who shall
ride or drive upon the Sidewalks OF the
Town OF Edgctield, or who shall lead 4
horse or horses thereon, (unless for the
purpose of crossing the same,) or who
Shall tic any horse TO the shade trees along
the Sidewalks, or 10 any tree or trees in
the Public Park, or to the railing around
the Park, shall be held guilty of mis-
demeanor, and be punished at the dis
c-etion Gf the Council, within the limits
of its authority.
9th, That any person guilty of any act
of public indeccncy in any street OF the
Town of 'Edgefield shall be held guilty
Of misdemeanor, and be punished at
the discretion of the Council, within the
limits of its authority.
| 7t!i, Tia. ;l'ter tho ratification of this
| Ordinance, it shall be the duty Of the
| Constablcs or Policemen of tho Town OF
Edgeficld to arrest any person guilty of
am misdemeanor or higher crime with
in the corporate limits of the Town of
Edgefield, by violation Of the laws of the
State of south Carolina, or'by violation
of any Ordinance Of the Town of Edge
field, and to bring them before the In
| tendant, or Warden acting in his stead,
who shall, within the limits Of his au-
thority, as the case may require, either
release, admit to bail, (if the offence be
bailable,) Or commit to Jail such offender.
Done and ratified in Council, this 10th
day of April, Anno Domini eighteen hun
dred and seventy-two.>
JOHN WOOLLEY, INTENDANT.
April II, It. II