The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-11
ORDINANCE NO. 318.

All OTulldHCS 10 require Gdcn male
inhabitant of the city of Hattiesburg
between the ages Of eighteen and
fifty-five years, and not exempt by
law, to perform annually six days
labor of ten hours each, on the
streets, avenues and alleys of the
city of Hattiesburg, or in lieu there
of, to pay the sum of three dollars
to the street tax collector; and to
make the marshal of the said city
the street tax collector, and to re-
peal Ordinance No. 221.
Be it ordained by the mayor and
board of aldermen of the city of Hat
tiesburg, Mississippi:
Section 1. Each male resident of
the city of Hattiesburg shall perform
annually, between the first day of
January and the thirty-first day of
December, six days labor of ten hours
each, on the streets, avenues and al
leys of the said city, or in lieu of
such labor, each sucn resident may
pay to the street tax collector the
sum of three dollars annually; pro-
vided all persons exempted by section
4416 of the code of 1906, or any other
state law, from work on the roads
shall be exempt from the provision Of
| this ordinance.
Sec. 2. The city marshal shall be
the street tax collector, and he shall
enter into bond in the sum of two
thousand dollars $4,000, conditioned
for the faithful discharge of his du
ties, and to account for all such money
as may come into his hands as street
tax collector. Such bond shall be
signed by sufficient sureties and shall
be approved by the mayor and board
of aldermen. He shall make a record
arranged in alphabetical order, of al
persons liable to work on the streels,
and shall revise the same from time
to time, as may be necessary, and
shall preserve the same as a record in
his office. 1t shall be the duty Of
all policemen to assist the tax col
lector in making the record of per-
sons liable to work on the streets
by making a list of all persons so
liable, and delivering the same to the
street tax collector, and they shall in
like manner assist the street tax col
lector in revising such list from time
to time.
Sec. 3.-The street tax collectu,
shall cause to be prited in duplicate
in blank form, in books, sufficient
number of summonses, which shall
be in the following form:
Hattiesburg, Miss, ........ 1870.
Mr.. ..................
You are hereby summoned to report
to the street foreman at the city hal
on the .... day of ..................
e A. D. 100. g., at o'clock am, to worf
f on the streets of Hattiesburg, as the
= law directs. The city will furnish
! tools.
e You can on the above day pay t,
{ the city tax collector tie sum of three
= dollars, which will exempt you from
= further street duty for one year from
d the first day of January A. D., 100 TO-
e The street tax collector shall de
IS liver one of the said books to eacl
e policeman in the city of Hattiesburs
o and shall carefully note on a recor'
'e to be kept for that purpose, the dc
livery of such book, the time whe
or delivered and the policeman to whoi
ii the book is delivered.
d" Sec. 4. 1t shall be the duty Of a
ly policemen of the city of Hattiesbul
Sc to receive such books and to summo
re all persons liable to street duty, the
of work to be apportioned by the mayo
Of to appear at city hall at s o'clock al
" on the day named in the summons,
It work on the streets for a period
re six days, or pay to the street tax c.
he lector the sum of three dollars
to lieu thereof. The policemen shall
ngl acute such summonses by writing
es the blanks for that purpose, in t
RS original and duplicate, the name
OIL the person summoned, and the d
nd on which he is to appear, and sh
= countersign such summons and
In plicate, and deliver the original su
ISL mons to the person served. The
en- plicate shall be the subject to
use inspection of the street tax collect
led and when all the summonses are II:
'lic out of any of said books, the duplic