The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1877-05-24
ORDINANCES.

EASBEY, 81 O., April 21st, 1877.
AT full meeting Of Council held this day,
the following Ordinances were adopted and
! ordered to be published in the PIoKENs SEM
TINEL, to wit:
aSnoTIoN /. Be IL ordained by the Intend
| ant and Wardens Of the Town of Easley,
South Carolina, and by authority of the same,
| that from and after this date, drunkenness,
lighting, or attempting to fight, or acting in
boisterous manner on the street, is pro-
hibited, and any person or persons SO Offend
ing shall be arrested by the Town Marshal
and be brought before the Council, and on
conviction thereof shall pay fine of not less
| than five nor more than fifteen dollars, ut the
discretion Of the council. .fa|"'| p. T..
SEC. 2. Any person or persons convicted
| of using profane or vulgar language on the
streets or side walks, shah pay fine of not
| less than one, nor more than FIVE dollars for
every such offense. .... 80 .....
Sec. 3. Any person or persons guilty OF
obstructing the side walks by riding, or driv-
ing wagons and vehicles Of any kind what~
soever thereon, or by hitohing horses to
fences or gates, shall pay fine of one dollar.
SEC. 3. Any person or persons found guilty
of shooting on the streets or public highways
within the incorporate limits shall pay fine
| of one dollar.
SEC. s. ANY person or persons horse
racing inside of incorporation, shall be deem
cd guilty of On offence and on conviction
thereof, shall pay fine Of not less than five
nor more than fifteen dollars, at the discretion
| Of council.
| SEQ. 9. Belt ordained by the Intendant and
! Wardens, that any person or persons found
loafng in town for more than five days, and
| not engaged in some industrial pursuit, shall
he arrested by the town Marshal and brought
| before the council, and upon failing to
| show some visible means Of support, such
| person shall be requested to leave the town
within the next twenty four hours. and upon
failing to do so, shall be. prosecuted for va
granoy under the law of the State.
SEC. Z. Be it ordained, that any bar keeper
or other persons licensed to sell spirituous
liquors, ard who allows q drunken and tur-
bulent crowd of men to congregate in and
around his place of business to the disturb
ancc and good order Of the town, shall be
deemed guilty of fostering u nuisance and
upon being found guilty, shall forfeit their
licenses or be fined at the discretion of the
council.
SEC. 8. Be it ordained, that every person
persons, living within the incorporate limits
of this town and owning o dog or dogs, shall
pay tax of one dollar for each and every
such dog, and shall put upon the neck Of
each dog a leather collar, inscribed by the
Town Marshal with the initial letters, r. L.
(Tax PaidD and oil dogs found rowing in the
town without this collar on, shall be killed
by the Marshall; Provided, that this ordinance
shall not apply to dogs in the country that
follow their owners into town. This orGin-
anoe to take effect on and after the first day
Of May next.
Sec 0. BE it ordained, that it shall be the
duty OF the Town Marshal te promptly arrest
any person or persons who is found guilty of
violating any of The preceding sections and
cenfne them in the Guard House uutil they
arc discharged by the council
SEQ. 10. Bo it ordained, that if any per-
| son or persons convicted under the preceding
| sections, shall fail or refuse to pay the fine
or fines with cost imposed, the council may
| compound them and received street labor,
one days labor to be equal to one dollar in
current funds; Provided, in oil such cases
| the laborer furnishes his own meals.
| Approved Aprial 81, 1877.
! JOHN r. GOSSETT, Intendant.
/ G. p RUNIoN CLARK