Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-03-21

Treasurer Of the Council is hereby author
ICED aud required to add twenty per cent.
to the amount of tho tax to tho person thus
; ncgleoting or refusing, and if tho tax and
tho penalty thus imposed arc not paid
within twenty days, it shall bo tho duty of
the Treasurer to i.sue execution therefor
Immediately aud collect tho samo by due
process of low.
SEQ. 10. BE at further ordained, That
any person found drunk in tho streets Of
the town of Walhalla, whereby tho peaoo
and good order of tho town mny bo i'm
paired, or tho convenience of other persons
interfored with, shall bo held guilty of a
msdemeanor, und punishable at tho disore-
tion of tho Council, within tho limits Of
their authority.
SEQ. IL. Be IL further ordained, That
all places of business or amusement must bc
closed on tho Sabbath Day, with tho ex-
ception of tho Brewery Park, which may
DO kept open after l O'Clock p. NJ, and any
violation Of this ordinance shall be subject
to penalty of S25.
Sec. IL. BE IL ordained, That any per-
son riding or driving upon tho sidewalks, or
leading horse or horses thereon, except to
cross the same, or placing any obstruction
thereon which will impede free passage,
shall bo held guilty of misdcmcanor, aud
be punished at the discretion Of the Coun-
Gil, within tho limits of their authority.
SEQ. Ii. BE IL ordained, That any per-
son caught in any act of public indeccnoy
on tho street shall be guilty Of misde-
mcanor, and be punished at the discretion
of the Council, within tho limits of their
authority.
Sec. II. Be At ordained, That any per.
son convicted of keeping disorderly house
within the incorporate limits of tho town of
Walhala shall, upon conviction for each
such offence, be fincd n sum not less than
S25 nor more than $50, and the owner or
lessee of any dwelling house or other build.
ing, situated within said incorporate limits,
who lets or sub. lets any such dwelling house
or other building to any person or persons,
to be used as bawdy house or house Of
prostitution, shall upon conviction pay fine
Of not less than SIS nor moro than $50 for
every day upon which such house or build
ing shall be so used or kept, and to be
otherwise punished within tho discretion
and authority of Council.
SEQ. 10. Any person or persons who
shall be guilty Of fighting, rioting or other
disordcrly conduct, within the corporate
limits, shall be subject to ino or imprison-
mcnt OF tho discretion Of the Council,
within The limits Of their authority.
Sec. 1G II shall be tho duty of the marshal
to arrest all persons guilty Of msdcmcanors or
lighter crimes within the corporate limits of the
town Of Wahala. by violation Of tho laws of
the State of South Carolina, or by violation Of
any ordinance Of the town of Wa,halla, and
bring them before the lntcndant or q Warden
acting in his stcnd, shall have power TO pass
such order in the premises as in his opinion
justice may require, consistent with the author
ity OF the Council, in such case provided
Sec II. Bc IL furthcr ordained, That it shall
be the duty of the marshal policeman, uftcr
The arrest of any person, whose violation of any
Inv intcrscrcs with tho peace and good order Of
the town of Wnlhallu, or tho conduct Of the
person arrested, after the arrest is madc is such
ms to impair tho peace and good order of the
town, to closely coniine such person, aud to pro-
ducc him rs hcrcnbcforc directed, for cxamna-
ton or proper administration Of criminal justice
may require.
Sec lS. IT shall bc the. duty of the marshal
to prevent ball playing and other amuscmcnts
by collection Of hoys or men in tho Main
Street Of the town Of Walhalla, and he is, to
effect This, authorised TO- arrest oil persons so
engaged and bring them before the Intcndant
for examination and punishment.
Scc 10. llc shall arrest oil persons found
throwing fro balls or shooting guns, pistols or
other fire arms, land sling shots in any street
of the town Of Walhalla, between North and
South Broad Streets, and bring them before the
lntendant for examination and punishment.
Sec. 20. ANY person found guilty of injuring
shade trees, by hitching horses thereto
otherwise, inside of the incorporation, shall be
fined q sum not exceeding So, in discretion of
Council
Sec 81. Whereas no penalty is fixed for the
violation of the provisions of any Section Of
this Ordinance, the punishment for such viola
ton shall be by iino or Imprisonment, at the
discretion Of the Council, within the limits Of
their authority.
See %. Resoipca, That all laws enacted by
The Council heretofore not in conflict with these
Ordinances, are considered in full force, and
that each and every one of them shall be in full
force after the publication of the same.
Done and ratified in Council, and the Seal of
(") the corporation of the said town of
Il. S. Walhalla affixed thereto, this the 7th
l~J dny of February, a. D. 1878.
b. I'D. WERNER,
Hntcmdant.
G.. T.. REID, Clerk Of Council.