Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-07-23
Number 4.
An Ordinance to Preserve the Peace an(
Good Order of the Town of Walhalla

An Ordinance to Preserve the Peace and
Good Order of the Town of Walhalla.
BE 1T ORDAINED by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the Town of Walhalla, in
council assembled, and by authority of
the same:
SECTION l. That any person found drunk
in the Town OF Walhalla, whereby the
peace and good order of the town may
be impaired, or the convenience of other
persons interfered with, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. That any person commit
ting an act of public indecency on a
SECTION 8. That any person convicted
of keeping disorderly house within the
limits of the Town of Walhalla shall,
upon conviction of such offense, be fined
a sum not less than $25 nor more than
$50, and the owner or lessee of any dwell
ing house or other building, situated
within the said incorporate limits, who
lets or sub-lets any such dwelling to any
person or persons to be used as bawdy
house or house of prostitution, shall,
upon conviction, pay fine of not less
than $5 nor more than $50, for every day
upon which such house or building shall
be used or kept, and be otherwise pun
ished within the discretion of the Mayor
within the limits of his authority.
SECTION 4. That any person, or per-
sons who shall be guilty of fighting,
rioting, using profane language or other
disorderly conduct within the incorpo-
rate limits, shall be punished as for a
misdemeanor.
SECTIONS. That 1t shall be the duty of the Mar
shal to arrest all persons guilty of mfsdemeanors
or lighter crimes within the incorporate limits
the State of South Carolina, Oconee COUNTY.
or by violation of any Ordinance of tho Town of
Walhalia and bring them before the Mayor or
an Alderman acting in his stead, who shall have
such power to pass such order in the premises
as, in his opinion, justice may require, consist
wr e g. Tha Z 81 he ths ntv Of
Marshal or Policeman, after the arrest of any
person, whose violation of any ordinance inter
or the conduct of the person arrested after
the arrest is made Is such as to impair the peace
and good order of the town. to closely contine
law for examination or proper administration
of criminal justice as the case may require.
SECTION Z. That no person or persons,
other than a lawful dispenser, shall
sell any spirituous or intoxicating
of the town, either by drinks or
in larger quantities, and any per-
son or persons violating this Section
shall be subject to fine or Imprisonment
at the discretion of the Mayor within the
limits of his authority.
SECTION 8. That the Marshal is author
lied to arrest any person found on the
streets between 10 o'clock p. m. and
5 O'clock a. IN. who cannot give salts
factory reason for such presence on the
streets during these hours.
SECTION 0. That all places of business
or amusement must be closed on the Sab
bath day, except drug stores, livery sta
bles and restaurants, and the violation
of this Section shall be deemed misde-
meanor.
SECTION 10. That any person found
loaiing on the streets of Walhalla, hav-
ing no visible mea: of earning an hon
est livelihood, sha be deemed vagrant.
SECTION III. Thati 1t shall be unlawful
for any person o. PERSONS to carry con-
ceaied upon tht person any weapon
mentioned in the laws of the State of
South Carolina as unlawful to carry con-
cealed.
SEorIoN IL. Any person or persons
gambling within the incorporate limits
of the town shall be guilty Of misde-
meanor.
SECTION 13. That any person or per
sons interfering with Policeman i,i the