The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1901-05-07
CITY ORDINANCE.
Ordinance No. 1903 I

OhNJ - hehhhNANt AtA CAhtA
Purposes:
BE II ordained, by the City Council
of the City of Ardmore:
SECTION 1 That all Streets, AL
leys, Avenues and public ways or
thoroughfares in the City OF Ard
more shall be under the supervision,
management and control of the
Street and Alley Committee, and
shall be worked, graded and re-
paired according to the directions of
said Committee.
SEC. ,. That there shall be elect
ed by the Street and Alley Conn nit
| tee of the City Of Atdmore one over
seer, whose duty it shall be to as.
certain all persons in the corporate .
| limits of the city, who are subject TO |
work upon the streets and alleys OF |
the City OF Ardmore, and said Over |
seer shall keep careful register of .
their names and places of residence, /
and of the time they work upon .
the streets or fail to do so, and the I
cause of failure. Said Overseer shall /.
from time to time, as required by the /.
| Street and Alley Committee, and az |
least once in every three mOnths, I.
whether 30 requested or not, make a /
report of the names and residences /
Of all such persons, residing in the
city OF Ardmore, with the dates said
persons have worked, or failed to
work, and the date and amount they
have paid in lieu Of work, to the
street and Alley Committee. And II
shall be his duty to summons and
work all such persons upon the
! streets alleys and public ways Of
, the city, as provided by this ordi-
nance and his failure to carry "a.
the provisions of this ordinance, or
} any of them. shall constitute a mis-
E demeauor, and shall be punished as
other misdemeanors or violations of
, ordinances of this city.
i SEC. 3. All male persons, between
4 the ages OF eighteen and forty-hve
I years, who are residents within the
corporate limits of this city, and
Y who have resided within the city for
fifteen days before they are sum
moned to work tho streets, alleys
o and public ways of the city, shall be
liable to, and it shall be their duty
to work the streets, alleys, public
d. ways and thoroughfares of the city,
,, not more than three days in each
wear; provided, cripples, invalids
e permanently so), ministers of the
gospelin active discharge of the du-
ties of the ministry, teachers in the
public and private schools of the
city, while 80 engaged in teaching,
- active members OF the fire compa-
nies of the city, who are not in ar
e rears tor the dues TO their respective
companies, and who regularly par
ticipate i'm all OF the active eXer-
Y cises, and discharge the active du-
g., ties of a fireman, shall be exempt
= from labor on the streets, alleys and
q public ways OF the city.
SEC. 4. The road year shall com
l. mence on the fret day of August OF
each year.
SEC. 8. IL shall be the duty of the
Overseer TO personally superinteno
the labor on the streets, allevs and
y public ways within the incorporate
I limits. IL shall be his duty to cal
out all persons subject to this duty
from time % time, and especially a
slch imesJ as he may be required
by the Committee on Streets apC
Alleys. And he shall cause each per
son 10 perform, during the year
AZ three day labor on the streets. al
leys and public thorough:ares of tbs
city, or pay in lieu thereof, as pro
es vided by dinance each year. Il
shall be tte duty OF the Overseer -
summon, or to cause to be summon d
each pereon in this cit7, SUD
iect TO labor on the streets, alley
;, and public wiys, notifying such per
IL son of the time and place he shal
s, serve and the kind of tools he IL L
II. bring. Such notice shall he giver
u three days before the day to begiI
II work, and the notice shall specif,
the number of days the person mott
fed will be required to work at tina
.r time, and the kind of tools he ]
required TO bring
ay Sec. 8. When person, liable t
N work on the streets, has been mott
- fed to work on the streets and al
leys, 1t shall be his duty to repair L
the place and at the time designated
by said notice, with the tools desia
, mated in said notice, and to perforr
the number of days labor req1ire'
Ot by his summons, under the direction
/. orders and control of SAID Overseer
~ and 1t shall be the duty of the Over
seer to see that such person pei
forms a reasonable amount of labo
in each day, and ten hours shall cor
lt- stitute days labor.
Sec Z. If any person, liable
uJ work upon the streets and alleys c
this city, shall after being duly sun
moned fail to appear in person, n
= appearing refuse to perform eac
H. day a reasonable amount of labor,
n shall be the duty of the Overseer
- credit such person with whet he ha
reasonably earned, at the rate {
one dollar for ten hours work, or g
the rate OF ten cents per hour fc
each hours honest work, and an
person failing to perform such labo
shall be docked by the Overseer, az
q cording to the rate herein specified
and he shall notify the person 6
docked Of the amount he Is dockeC
and the amount with which he
credited, when dismissed in III
evening, and the person docke
shall either pay the amount he
locked to the Oyerseer, or work OF
IL the sama When 80 REQUIRED by II