Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1906-02-14
Number Il.


An Ordinance Respecting the Streets.
Pavemenis and Ways of the Town of
Walhalla.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the Town of Waihslla. In
council assembled, and by authority OF
the same:
SECTION 1. That it shall be unlawful
to run q horse or mule on Main street,
and any person or persons so doing shall
be guilty of II misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. That it shall be q misde-
meaupr for any person or persons ca cut
ormutilate trees on any streets of the
town without permissiOn.
SECTION 3. That it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons to injure any
Aehade trees by hitching horses, mules or
bther live stoch thereto, " otherwise
committing any act which is calculated
to injure said trees.
SECrIoN 4. That 1t shall be unlawful
to leave melon rinds or other trash
on the streets. and any persnn nr ;oTsuiis
80 doing shall be guilty of misde-
meanor.
SECTION s. Thas it shall be unlawful to
leaTe any piles OF accumulations of lum-
berV frewOOd, rocks or other material on
he'streeCs. except South Broad street,
along the line of railroad or lumber yard
and any person or persons so doing shall
be guilty of a misdemeauor.
SECTION 9. That it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons to allow to
accumulate 0i or around their premises
any sweepings or collections of papers;
paper boxes, tin cans, broken glass or
crockery, on other trash. All merchants
aud business houses shall provide q
proper receptacle for same, and all snch
trash shall be hauled away from said
premises, either by the owner thereof or
under supervisionOf the Marshal; and it
shall be a misdemeanor for any person
or persons to fail or refuse to carry out
these provisions.
SEcTIoN7 That ball playing or other
amusements on Main street are prohib-
tied. Any person or persons 80 doing
shall be guilty Of misdemeanor.
SECTION 8. That it shall be unlawful
to shoot guns, pistols or other firearms,
fire-crackers or slingshots, or to throw
fire-balls, within the incorporate limits
of the town, and any person or persons
SO doing shall be guilty of misde-
meapor: Provided, person may shoot
firearms on his own premises for the bona
fide 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 he unlawful to
ride or drive upon the sidewalks, or to
lead a horse thereon, except to cross the
same at a regular crossing, or to place
any obstruction which may impede free
passage on or along any sidewalk, and
any person or persons so doing shall be
guilty of misdemeanor.
SECTION 10. That it shall be unlawful
to ride a bicycle on the sidewalks of
any street within the incorporate limits.
Any person 80 doing shall be guilty of a
misdemeanOr.
SECTION IL. That the game of cook
fighting is prohibited within the incorpo-
rae 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-
onment, at the discretion of the Mayor
within the limits of his authority.
SECTION IL. That 1t shall be unlawful
for any person or persons, other than
employees, or passengers coming in or
going off, to assemble at the depot in
Walhalla and get on the trains.
SECrIoN l3. That any person or per:
sons violating any of the foregoing pro
visions of this ordinance shall be liable
discretion of the Mayor within the limits
of his authority.
SECTION Ia. That this ordinance shall
be deemed general and perpetual, shall
90 into effect upon its publication, and
continue of force until repealed or
amended.
Done in Council and ratified under the corpo.
rate seal of the Town of Walhalla on
l.. ST. the 7th day of February, 1906, and in
the l3Oth year of the sovereignty and
Independence of the United States Of America.
JAS. THOMPSON, Mayor.