The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1906-08-21
Merchants and Others Must
Not Litter Places with
Circulars
TEXT OF THE ORDINANCE

Two Gases Already in Police Court
and Others to Follow if the New
Ordinance is VioIated-The
Ordinance in Full.
The city Is going TO rigidlv en-
force the newly passed ordinance
against the throwing of handbills, cir
culars, and other advertising matter
in the streets and yards of the city
Already one of the largest concerns
in thee ity has been arraigned In the
police court and fined for violating
this ordinance andt he police and san
itary departments have lnstructins
Ito enforce it to the letter. few
days ago the firm of A. Kaiser q
Bro. VINO were advertising their bar
hauled up and fined and later the A.
q. H. railroad, through 4. j. Wright
its agent, were treated 10 the same
medicine, In order that the ordinance
may not be misunderstood it is print
ed here in it's entirety.
IAN ordinance regulating the throw.
ing or distributing of handbills, etc
in the city of Brunswick, Ga, and
also the removal of any trash or re-
fuse from any lot or building in the
city
Section 1. Be it ordained by the
mayor and aldermen of the city of
Brunswick, Ga, in council assembled
and it is hereby ordained by the au.
thority of the same, that from and
after the passage of this ordinance
it shall be unlawful for any person,
by himself or another, to throw scat
ter or distribute any handbills, circu-
lars. dodgers or any other advertising
matter Of any description, upon any
OF the streets, squares, lanes or al.
leys of said city or upon any vacant
OF unoccupied lot in said city.
Se,tlon 2. Be it further ordained
by the authority aforesaid, that it
snail be unlawful for any person, by
himself or another to throw scatter or
distribute any such paper or papers
as described in the preceding section
in, into or upon any yard or occupied
lot or upon any piazza or steps OF
any house on such lot without first
obtaining permission so to do from the
persons or head of the family occu
pying such lot or house.
Section g. Be it further ordained
by authority aforesaid that 1t shall
be unlawful for any person to attach
or affiX any advertising matter, wh4th.
er OF paper or other material, upon
or against any pole or post or fence
in said city. The only place such ad.
vertisements shall be allowed shall be
on bill5oards erected on private prop
erty for such purposes.
Section 4. Re it further ordaineo
by the authority aforesaid. that nc
person Shall, either by himself or
another, sweep or remove any refuse
trash or paper from any building or
lot occupied by him, upon any OF the
streets, squares, lanes or alleys of the
city of Brunswick Dut each person
wishing to remove such trash, refuse
or paper from his premises shall place
a decent, or slightly looking recepta
ole for same on the sidewalk near
his building or lot into which recepta
Gle he shall cause to be deposited all
such trash, refuse or paper as NAV
be removed from building or lot. In
the event said building or lot abuts
on back street or lane, SUCH recep
tacle shall be placed on such back
street or lane.
Section s. Be 1t further ordained
by the authority aforesaid, that any
person who shall violate any provisiou
, of this ordinance shall, on convictio.
thereof in the police court OF said city
be punished as provided in section II
of the act or the general assembl!
OF Georgia of 1889 amending the char
ter OF the city OF Brunswick
oil Section G. Be it further ordaineC
e by the authority aforesaid, that al
r ordinances in conflict with this ordi
i nance be and the same are hereby re
i pealed.
t Passed and adopted by the mayo
v and council in council assembled, Jun
2 %, 1906