Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1899-02-09
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or THE TOWN OF WALHALLA.
An Ordinance Respecting tho }Strcets.
Fayements and Mays of iGho Town OF
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An Ordinance Respecting the }Stroets.
| TayemSnts and Ways OF Fas Town OF
BE IT ORDAINED. by the Mayor and
Aldermen Of the Town Of Walhalla II
council assembled and by authority of
the same: SECTION /. That It shall bo
unlawful to run q horse or mule on Main
street, and any person or persons 80 do
| ing shall be guilty of misdemeanor.
SECTION Q. That 1t shall be misde-
meanor for any person or persons to cut
trees on any streets Of the town.
SECTION 3. That it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons to injure any
shade trees by hitching horses, mules or
othor live stock thereto, or otherwise
committing. any aot which is calculated
to injure said trees.
SECTION 4. That it shall be unlawful
to leave molon rinds or ot'.or such trash
on tho streets and any person or persons
80 doing, who shall refuse to remove the
Same on request of tho Mayor Or
Marshal, shall be guilty Of misdo-
meanOr. .,-
SECTION 5. That it shall be unlawful to
leave any pilos or acoumulations Of lum-
Dor, tlrowood, rocks or other material on
tho streets, except South Broad street,
along tho limo OF railroad or lumber yard,
and any person or persons 30 doing shall
DO guilty of q misdemeanor.
SECTION 6. That it shall be unlawful
for any merchant, clerk or othor person
to allow to accumulate on Main street,
IN front Of their promises, any awaopings
or collections Of papers, paper boxes, tin
cans, brokon glass OK crOokery, or other
such trash; and 1t shall be misdHmoanor
for any person or persons so to do.
SECTION 7. That ball playing or other
amusomonts on Main street arc prohibit
cd, and it shall bo tho duty of tho Mar
shall to arrest all persons so engaged and
bring thom boforo tho Mayor to DO
dealt with according to law. Tho Mar
shal shall also disporse any crowd or
crowds assembled on tho sidewalks of
tho town.
SECTION s. That it shall DO unlawful
to shoot guns, pistols Or other firearms,
fire crackers or slingshots, Or to throw
fire balls, within tho incorporate limits
SO doing shall 30 guilty Of misdo-
mcanor: Provided, person may shoot
firearms on his own promises for tho bona
tido purpose of protecting his property
from damage by animals or birds wild by
nature: Provided, further, that tho dis
charge Of balls or shot from any firearms
BY any porson for tho purpose aforesaid,
within tho incorporate limits, shall DO
confined to tho premises ownod or occu-
pied by tho person shooting.
| SECTION o. That it shall bo unlawful to
rido or drive upon tho sidewalks, or to
load horse thereon, cxcopt to CROSS tho
samo at regular crossing, or to place
any obstruction which may impede FREQ
passage on or along any sidewalk, and
any person Or persons so doing shall bo
| guilty of q miSdcmeanOr: Provided,
that a drayman may drive or back his
wagon on tho sidewalks for tho purpose
OF ioading Or unloading heavy trunks,
boxes, &C., at once, but must drive off
Immediately after so doing.
| SECTION 10. That it shall bo unlawful
| to rido a bicycle on tho sidewalks of
Main street between tho CoulG House
square and the cross street at j. w. Hol-
loman's residence. Any person 80 doing
shall u guilty of misdemeanor: Pro
vidcd, mat any person riding n bicycle
who shall collide with a person walking
on the sidewalks shall be guilty of mis-
| dcmcanor.
SECTION II. That all persons owning
property or living on tho streets of tho
| town arc required to hang all gates so as
to open on tho inside and away from tho
street or sidewalk, and should any cato
or gates DO found standing open on or
across a street or sidewalk, it shall bo
tho duty Of tho Marshal to tear down and
remove tho Same.
! SECTION II. That tho game of cock
fighting is prohibited within the incorpo-
rate limits of the town, and any porson
| or persons taking part in or witnessing
snch game, as either participant or spec
tator, shall be subject to fino or impris-
| onmcnt at tho discr elton of the Mayor
within the limits cf his authority.
SECTION 13. That it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons, Othor than
| employees, or passengers coming in or
going off, to assemble at tho depot in
Walhalla and get on tho trains. It shall
be tho duty of tho Marshal to bc at tho
depot on the arrival and departure of tho
trains and arrest all persons getting on
the cars, or attempting to got on, other
than employees or passengers as aforc-
to be dealt with according to law.
SECTION IA. That any person or per-
sODs violating any of the foregoing pro-
visions of this ordinance shall be liablo
to arrest and fine or imprisonment at the
discretion of tho Mayor within tho
limits of his authority.
SECTION Is. That this ordinance shall
be deemed general and perpetual, shall
go into effect upon it's publication, and
c, ntinuo of force until repealed or
al Jndcd.
An Ordinance to Preserve the Health and
Cleanliness of the Town of Wall,alla.
BE II ORDAINED by tho Mayor and
Aldermen of tho Town of Walhalla in
council assembled, and by authority of
tho Same: SECTION 1. That all residents,
whether owners of property or tenants
occupying tho same, within the incorpo-
rate limits, arc expected to keep their
premises in clean and healthy condi-
ton, and any person or persons failing or
refusing to romovo a nuisance, when re-
qucstcd SO to do by the Board of Health,
shall be guilty of misdomeanor and
may be punished at the discretion of tho
Mayor within tho limits of his au-
thority, and such nuisance may be abatcd
by the Marshal at tho expense of tho
owner or occupant.
SECTION 2. That it shall DO ,iTIas ful to
establish any slaugb ter house or butcher
pen within the corporate limits of tho
town, and any person or persons SO doing
shall be liable to fine or imprisonment at
the discretion Of the Mayor within
tho limits of his authority.
SECTIoN3. That any dog running Mt large within
the incOrpo Ito limits of the town, between the
ist of June and the 1st of October, without n
muzzle, is liable to DO seized and retained by tho
Marshal for period of twcnty-four hours, du-
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