San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-01-26
AN ORDlNA NCE
To Regulate the improvement
Of the Streets.

BE IL ordained, BY the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the town Of
San Marcos:
ART. 1853. That the Board of Al
dermen shall lay off the town into
street precincts, and shall. attheir first
regular meeting in each and every year,
appoint o Street Commissioner Tin the
manner prescribed for the appointment
of other town oficers) for each street
precinct, and shall, at the same time,
designate all the hands liable to work
on public streets under the different
Commissioner 10 the town; and in
case any hand or hands liable TO work
on streets shall not have been designa'
ted by said Board, the Commissioners
shall have power to summons them to
work on any street or alley within the
precinct in which they may live. as it
they had been designated by the Board;
provided, fifteen days residence 10 the
town be necessary to require the per
Torrance of work on the streets; but
if, from any cause, the Board shall tail
or neglect TO perform the duties requi-
red in this Art. at its first meeting in
the year, it shall be competent and lie.
gal Tor it to make such appointment
and designation at called meeting, or
at any regular term; and in case any
vacancy should occur in any street pre-
cipct by the death, removal, or other
inability of any Street Commissioner in
the town, it shall be the duty Of the
Mayor. Immediately upon information
of the same, to appoint Commissioners
to fill such vacancy, who shall be mott.
fed of his appointment as in other ca.
ses, and whose duty it shall be to serve
until the first regular meeting
of the Board in the next succeeding
ART. 1854. 1t shall be the duty Of the
Mayor to commission each Street Com.
missioner appointed as aforesaid, and
attach to each commission q copy Of
this ordinance and list of the hands
assigned to work the streets of the pre-.
Cinct for which said Commissioner was
appointed, embracing the boundaries
of the precincts as laid OFT by the
Board; and it shall be the duty of tho
Town Constable to deliver said COM
missions to the appointees.
ART. 165. All male persons between
eighteen and forty. FIVE years OF age
shall be liable, and it is hereby made
their duty to work on, repair and clean
out the streets and alleys of this town,
under such provisions and regulations
as are hereinafter made, except minis
tiers Of the gospel actually engaged in
the discharge of their ministerial du.
ties, invalids and students attending
school, who shall be exempt.
ART. 166. The Street Commission
ers shall have power to call out all per-
sons liable to work on streets at any
time when it may appear necessary to
work or repair the streets or any part
of them, in their precinct; provided,
that no person shall be compelled to
work more than ten days in each year /;
and provided further, that every Street
Commissioner snail work through his
precinct at least four times in each and
every year. ,
ART. 1877. 1t shall be the duty Of
Street Commissioners to give two days
previous notice by summons in person,
or in writing left at their respective
places of abode, with some person OF
the family not less than ten years OF
age; if no person ten years old can be
found at the place Of abode, then he
shall post such notice on the door OF
the placesof abode of such person or
PERSONS 80 notified, and who is liable to
work on the streets in his precinct,
which notice shall designate the time
and place of working the streets. Each
person liable to work on the streets,
when summoned to work by the Com
missioner, shall take with him all axe,
hoe, pick or spade, or such tool as may
be desired and directed by the Com
missioner; provided, also, that the
Commissioner shall have power to np-
point some one to warn the hands to
work on the streets. and such person
shall be exempt from work on the
streets as many days as he was actually
engaged in warning the hands.
ART. 16S. If any person liable to
work on the streets, SO summoned, shall
fail to attend, or to send an able-bod-
led substitute to work in his place, or
fail to pay to the Commissioner the
sum of one dollar per day for each day
said person may have been notified to
work on the streets; or, when attend
ing, shall fail or refuse to perform his
duties as required by this ordinance,
and by the Commissioner, such person
shall be deemed guilty Of a misdemean
or, and upon conviction thereof, shall
be fined in the sum of one dollar for
each and every day he may so fail to
attend, or refuse to work, together with
all costs of suit in either case; provid-
ed, all reasonable excuses shall be
heard aud allowed by the Court and
provided further, that it shall be the
duty of the Commissioner to file imme-