The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1879-09-10
TOWN ORDINANCES,

luWN uhutNANLES,
The Intendant and Wardens Of the
Town of Lancaster in Council assem-
bled, for the better government of
said Town. to provide for the neces-
sary expenses thereof, and for other
purposes, dO Orduin as follows:
list. That every itinerant trader,
auctioEeer, or vendor Of any goods,
wares, or merchandise. Offering the
same for sale within the corporate linn
its of the Town of Lancaster, shall.
before Offering for sale, pay into tho
Treasury of said Town the sum of five
dollars for each day he or they may
olfer such goods, wares, or merchan-
disc; and upon failure, neglect or re-
fusal topay the tax specified, the per-
sou or persons so refusing, neglecting
or failing, shall hG subject to such pciI-
atty as Council in tlleir discretion may
imrnas. PrOUided, that this ordinance
shall not apply to dealers i'm provIsions,
! poultry, products of the farm, tobacco.
Garthcn. iron or tin ware.
| I'd. That each and every retail deal
er III spirituous liquors shall, before
engaging In business, be required to
! enter into IA good and sufficient Bond
with approved sureties, and to pay to
! Council, for the uses OF the town, the
sum Of -Four Hundred Dollars, said
amount To be payable quarterly at the
, rat" of seventy-hvc dollais per quarter
for the quarters ending 31st OF July aud
! October, and t0r the quarter commence
ing the first of November and Febru-
ary, respectively, there shall be paid
! the sum of one hundred and twenty
five dollars per quarter before license
he issued. Aud all druggists dealing
! in spirituous liquors, for medicinal Dur-
| hoses I,E nd
titles of quart and upward, not to he
drank upon the premises, shall be re-
| quired to pay the sum of one hundred
! dollars for the period of one year, end
! ing as above, which said sum Shall be
| payable semi-annually i'm advance. =
| And all Restaurants or eating saloons,
not kept i'll connection with properly
licensed har-rooms, shall pay for a
/ licenSe Tor one year II sum not exceed
| ing fifty dollars, before entering upon
| their business.
! ad. That on all cIrCuses, theatrical
pei fGrmanaes, or other exhibitions OF
like kind. there. shall be. imposed. a
tax of not less thnn five nor moiG than
! filtY aQllars per day, within discretion
| Qf Council; upon all billiard tables.
| kept for profit, ta4 Of twenty-five
dallarS per annum on all bagatelle
tables tax ofte dOllnrs per annum :;
on on vi ten or nine pin OF other pin al
| ieys, TEL dpliars per annum, payable
in all cases in advance. aud before Ii.
cense he issued prOpicICd, that n"ih-
ing herein shall be construed, as pre-
venting any person from obtaining
license for less period than QVe year.
! 4th. That all persons liable Ia road
| duty, living within the corporate lin
ITS of the town, shall be required to
! perform such duty, when notified, not
To exceed six days in any one year,
| under the direction of such person or
! persons as Council may designate for
| the purpose. Provided. that Council
may compound with all persons liable
To said duty upon payment OF fifty cents
Tor each days work required, or upon
| payment of the sum of three dollars for
the whole time said persons NAV he
liable in any one year; and all persons
| refusing to perform such labor, or fail
ing to pay such commutation, shall be
subject to the penalty of fine, not ex.
ment not eXQesdihg twenty days, or
both fine aud imprisonment as Council
may determine.
5th. That all persons WHO may he
engaged in any breach of the peace
within the corporate limits of the said
town, or III any riQtQus or dis0rder1y
conduct unbecOming good citizens, or
who may be found publicly drunk,
therein, or wha shall he guilty Gf any
act of open ohscurity, or who shall be
indecently profane of speech, or be en-
gagged In any noisy, bOisterOus or
threatening conduct indecent or dan
gerous or to the annoyance ofany citi-
sen or citizens of said town, or who
shall disehIrge any guns, or pistols or
other firearms within the limits of
said town, except in defence of life or
property, or for the necessary killing
OF some animal IA may appear, or who
shau keep open on tho Sabbath any
place OF business Gr amusement, where
10y the Rs1hd ahi goifi order @! ths ssi..
town may hs impalrsd, shall be fined
in such TmIunt' or Imprisoned for such
time, Or both. as Council in its discre.
ity may determine. "'''
9Th, That any person ar persons who
shall ride or drive through the streets
to an unusu4l DR. daSe eerous pace, or
who shall ride or drive or lead any
horse or hQtse5 an any side walk or
pavement, or fasten Oh tie any dniiIais
thereon, or place any obstructions upon
such sidewalk or pavement whereby
free passage may be impeded, or who
shall injdre any shade tress' Upon laid
streets st,all be punished ut the discre-
ton of Codhgil, 2ifhin the limits of
their authority. '''
Ub, That any person who shall he
charged with Keeping n disorderly
house or houses OF ill-fame, shall upon
conviction, for each and every offence.
be punished by fineor imprisonmeut,
or by both fine and innpTisoImeiIt, as
Council in 'fgs d;setetl3T, and Within
the limits Of its authority, may i'm pose;
and the owner or owners Of such house
as above mentioned, who shall let or
sub-let any such dwelling. knowing II
To be used f3r such Harpose, or who
continues to let such house or houses
afte being informed OF fIie character
thereof, shall pay fine OF not less than
five dollars per day fer every day TIE
said house may be 40 used and kept,
and otherwise punished Within the dis
tEetlon and authority Of Council.