Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-03-27
Number 4.

Number 4.
An Ordinance Respecting the Streets,
Pavements and Ways of the Town of
Walballa.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and
Aldermen of the Town of Walhalla. in
council assembled, End by authority of
the
SECTION /. That it shall be unlawful
to. run q horse or mule on Main street,
M any person or persons SO doing shall
be guilty of o misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. That it shall be q misde-
q for any person or persons to cut
or mutilate trees on any streets of the
town without permission.
SECTION 5. That 1t shall be unlawful
for any person or persons to injure any
shade trees by hitching horses, mules nr
other live stock thereto, Aor otherwise
committing any act which, is calculated
TO injure said trees.
SECTION A. That it shall be unlawful
to leave melon rinds or other trash
on the streets. and any person or persons
30 doing shahh te guilty of q misde-
meanor.
SECTION 8. That it shall be unlawful to
leave any piles or accumulations of lnm-
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
be guilty of q misdemeanor.
SECTION @. That it shall be unlawful
for any person or persons to allow to
accumulate on or around their premises
any sweepings or collections of papers,
paper boxes; tin mi broken glass or
crookery, or other trash. All merchants
and business houses shall provide o
proper receptacle for same, and, all such
trash shall be hauled away from said
promises, either by the owner thereof or
under supervision of the Marshal; and 1t
shall be o m~isdemeanor for any person
or persons to fail or refuse to carry out
these provisions.
SECTION 4. That ball playing or other
amusements on Main street are proh!t-
tied. Any persoa or persons so doing
shall be guilty Of q misdemeanor.
SECTION 8. That 1t 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
meanor: Provided. a 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
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pied by the person shooting.
SECTION 8. Thatit shall be unlawful to
ride or drive upon the sidewalks, or to
lead O horse thereon, except to CROSS the
same at a regular crossing, Or to place
any obstruction which may impede o free
passage on or along any sidewalk, and
any person or persons 80 doing shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor.
SECTION 10. That it shall be unlawful
to ride q 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 my person or persons, other than
employees, OF passengers coming in or
going off, to assemble at the depot in
Walhalla aud get on the trains.
SECTION Is. That n person or per-
visions of this ordinance shall be liable
to arrest and fine or imprisonment at the
discretion of h May0r within the limits
of his authority.
SECTION IA. That this ordinance shall
be deemed general and perpetual, shall
20 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 Walhaila on
r.. 81 the 18th day of March, 1907, and In
the 13lst year Of the sovereignty and
independence of the United States of America.
j. A. STICK, Mayor.
Geo. NJ. Apsel, Clerk and Treasurer.