The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-10-07

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provisions Of law and Of the Ordinances
Of the Town; and any person may COM
plain to the Town Clerk on oath of the
commission of any otfensc in violation Of
the provisions Of this Ordinance, or of
any other Ordinance of the Town now,
or that may hereafter be enacted; and the
said Town Clerk shall, if the offense is
small one, issue his notice to the offend
ing party to appear before the Town
Council for trial, therein stating clearly
and distinctly the offense charged such
notice shall be served by any Town Mar
shal at least five days before the day. OF
trial, unless the five days notice is waiv-
ed; but if the ofense is a gross or aggra-
vated one, he shall issue an arrest war
rant, directed to any Town Marshal, who
shall promptly arrest the offending party
and commit him to the Guard House Of
the Town for trial at the next meeting Of
the Town Council; Provided, Nothing
herein contained shall prevent the party
from entering into recognizance of not
less than one hundred nor more than two
hundred dollars, with two good sureties,
for his appearance before some stated
meeting of the Town Council.
SEC. 8. That the Town Clerk shall issue
or notices for the witnesses
against all offenders, and may, when re-
q ouested by the Defendant in any case,
issue summons or notices for the Defen-
dants' witnesses to appear, said summon
ses or notices to appear shall be served
on the parties by any Town Marshal.
SEC. 10. That if any party, after having
been served with notice to appear and
answer any charge or charges as directed
in Section 6 of this Ordinance, fail to ap-
pear at the time notified, shall be tried
the same as if they were present, and If
found guilty, the fine imposed shall be
enforced against them forthwith, unless
he shall have sent some valid and good
excuse for his absence; and in that case
the Council, if it sees fit, may grant him
a new trial.
SEC. IL, That any refusal of witness
to attend promptly, when served with a
notice as directed in Section z, or to
testify before them when ordered to do so
by the Town Council in any case, shall
be deemed contempt; or any improper
or disorderly conduct, or cursing, or use
of any improper language, or threats, or
gestures of contemptuous Specification,
by any person whomsoover In the pres
ence Of the Town Council, or any refusal
to obey any order of the Council made
for the abatement of any nuisance or for
the purpose of carrying out the provis-
ions of any Ordinance now in force or
that may hereafter be enacted by any
person whomsoever, shall also be deemed
contempt; and any party or person
guilty of the foregoing contempts, or any
other contempts which may not come
under the foregoing, may be ruled and
summarily uealt with by the Town
Council by fine of not less than one dol
lar nor more fifty, or imprisonment not
less than one day nor more than thirty.
SEC. IL. That any person who shall refuse
or neglect to aid any member of the Town
Council or any of its officers, to suppress
an affray, breach Of the peace, or other out
rage, or in arresting any one who has been
found violating any ordinance of the Town,
when called upon for such assistance, or any
person or persons who shall in any manner
resist or oppose any member of the Town
Council, or any of its officers in the dis
charge of their duties, shall upon conviction
thereof before said Town Council be fined
for every such offense in sum not less than
one dollar nor more than one hundred, or
be imprisoned in the Guard House not less
than one day nor more than thirty days, in
the discretion of the Town Council.
SEC. 13. That it shall be the duty of all
lot holders and persons having control OF
any lot or lots in the Town of Anderson to
keep them at all times clean and dry, and
to fill up all low or fiat places, and keep
them properly drained, to remove from
their lots all decayed or decaying vegetable
or animal substances, ard to keep perfectly
clean and free from smell any privy on his
premises or under his control, or any hog
pen, chicken pen, stable, or other place
where any animal is kept, and to abate and
remove any and all nuisances whereby the
health of any citizen may be endangered or
his or her comfort may be improperly
abridged or destroyed, and any person fail
ing or refusing or neglecting to perform the
duties herein enjoined, within twenty-four
hours after having been notified to do so by
any member of the Town Council or its Of
6cers, shall upon conviction thereof before
said Town Council, be fined for every day
such notice is not complied with in sum
of not less than one dollar or more than one
hundred, or be imprisoned in the Guard
House not less than one day nor more than
than thirty days, at the discretion of the
Town Council; and it shall be The duty of
the Town Marshals to see that the provis-
ions of this section are strictly enforced.
SEC. IA. 1t shall be the duty of all owners
of any stock Of any kind residing or remain
ing within the limits of the Town, in case
of their dying in anv public street or on any
private premises or elsewhere within the
corporate limits of said Town. to remove
the carcasses forthwith, on ascertaining or
being notified thereof, to some place suffi-
GENTLY distant from any residence or public
street or road so as to afford all proper secu-
rity against offensive smells or such like
annoyalices. either to inhabitants or travel
ers, and it shall be the duty of any and all
persons keeping slaughter pens or any place
or places for butchering cattle or hogs OF
any other animals to keep the same at all
times perfectly clean and free from smells
or bad odors of any kind, and any person
convicted before and by the said Town
Council, of any failure or default in the
performance of any provision of this section
shall be fined in sum not less than one
dollar nor more than one hundred, or be
imprisoned in the Guard House not less
than one day nor more than thirty days, at
the discretion of the Town Council.
Ssc. Is. That the Town Council may
commute any money fine imposed on any
person for the violation of any of the pro.
visions of this or any other Ordinance now
in force, or that may hereafter be enacted,
by requiring such person to labor on the
streets any number of days for each and
every offense Of which they have been found
guilty, not to exceed twenty days for each
and every such offense, and be confined in
the Guard House at night.
Sec. 16. All Ordinances or parts of Ordi-
nances conflicting with or not in conformity
to this Ordinance are hereby repealed. and
this Ordinance shall 80 into effect on the
Sth October, 1880, and Shall remain in force
until repealed.
Done and ratified in Co ouncil, and the Seal
C@, of the Corporation of the Town
SEAL. of Anderson affixed thereto this
lo@' 5th day of October, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty.
G, F. ToLLY, Intendant.
THOMAS G. L1eoN, Clerk of the Town
Council.
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
OF TIE
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