Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1901-03-13
oRDIN A ANCES
OF THE TOWN OF WALHALLA.
An Ordinance Respecting tho Streets,
Pavcmonts and Ways of tho Town Of
Nolhol1o

An Ordinance Respecting tho Streets,
Pavemonts and Ways of tho Town of
Walhalla.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Intcndant and
| Wnrdens of tho Town of Walhalla in
council assembled and by authority of
| the same: SECTION |. That it shall be
unlawful to run horse or mule on Main
street, and any person or persons so do
ing shall bc guilty of Il misdcmcanor.
SECTION 2. That it shall be a misdc-
mcanor for any person or persons to cut
trees OH any streets Of the town.
SECTION 3. That it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons to injurc any
shade trees by hitching horses, mules or
committing any act which is calculated
to injuro said trees.
| SECTION 4. That il shall be unlawful
to leave melon rinds or other such trash
on the streets and any person or persons
so doing, who shall refuse to remove the
same on request of tho Intcndant or
Marshal, shall DO guilty of a msde-
| meanOr.
SECTION 5. That it shall bo unlawful to
leave any piles or accumulations of lum-
Der, firewood, rocks or other material on
the streets, except South Broad street,
along the line of railroad or lumber yard,
and any person or persons so doing shall
| DC guilty OF a miSdCmCanOr.
SECTION q. That it shall be unlawful
for any merchant, clerk or other person
to allow to accumulate on Main street,
i'll front of their premises, any swcopings
or collections of papers, papor boxes, tin
cans, broken glass or crockery, or other
such trash; and it shall bc Il misdcmeanor
for any person or persons SO to do.
SECTION 7. That ball playing or other
amuscmcnts on Main street arc prohibit
ed, and it shall be the duty of the Mar
Shal to arrest all persons so engaged and
bring them before the lntendant to be
dealt with according to law. The Mar
shall shall also dispcrse any crowd OF
crowds assembled on the sidewalks of
| the town.
SEcrIoN s. That il shall be unlawful
to shoot guns, pistols or other firearms,
iirc-crackcrs or slingshotS, or to throw
tirc-balls, within the incorporate limits
of tho town, and any person or persons
so doing shall be guilty of a mstlc-
mcanor: Provided, a person may shoot
| firearms on his own premises for the bona
iide purpose of protecting his property
from damage by animals or birds wild by
nature: Provided, further, that the dis
charge of balls or shot from any firearms
by any person for the purpose aforesaid,
within the incorporate limits, shall be
confined to the premises owned or occu.
pied by the person shooting.
| SECTION 8. That it shall be unlawful to
| ride or drive upon the sidewalks, or to
| lead horse thereon, except to cross the
same at regular crossing, or to place
any obstruction which may impede Il free
passage on or along any sidewalk and
any person or persons SO doing shall be
guilty of a miSdcmcanOr: Provided,
| that II drayman may drive or back his
| wagon on the sidewalks for the purpose
of loading or unloading heavy trunks,
boxes, &c., at once, but must drive of
Immediately after So doing.
SECTION TO- That it shall be unlawful
to ride a bicycle on the sidewalks of
| any street within the incorporate limits
Any person so doing shall be guilty of II
| misdcmcanor.
SECTION If. That the game of cock
fighting is prohibited within the incorpo-
rate limits of the town, and any person
or persons taking part in or witnessing
such game, as either participant or spec
tator, shall be subject to fine or impris-
onmcnt, at the discretion of the Intcndant
within the limits OF his authority.
SECTION u. That it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons, other than
| employees, or passengers coming in or
going OF, to assemble at the depot i'm
Walhalla and get on the trains 1t shall
he the duty Of the Marshal to be at the
depot on the arrival and departure of the
trains and arrest all persons getting on
the cars, or attempting to get on, other
than employees or passcngcrs'as aforc-
said, and bring them before the Intcndant
to be dealt with according to law,
SECTION l3. That any person or per
sons violating any Of tho foregoing pro
visions of this ordinance Shall be liable
to arrest and fine or imprisonment at the
discretion of the lntcndant within the
limits of his authority.
SECTION If. That this ordinance shall
bc deemed general and perpetual. shall
go into effect upon its publication, and
continue OF force until repealed or
amended.
Done in Council and ratified under the corpo-
rate seal o. the Town OF Wahala on
H.. 81 the 9th dpy of February 1891, and in
the l25th year of the sovereignty and
independence of the United states of America
j. NJ. WARD Intcntlant.
9. w. Pitchford, Clerk.