The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1909-05-10
ORDINANCE NO. 319,

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 l. Each male resident of
the city of Hattiesburg shall perform
annually, between the first dav 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 streets,
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. i
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 colIeccu,
shall cause to be prited in duplicate
in blank form, in books, a sufficient
number of summonses, which shall
be in the following form:
NO. .......
Hattiesburg, Miss, ..........190.
MT. .. .................
You are hereby summoned to report
to the street foreman at the city hall
on the 80. day of Observation-Disclosures.
A. D. 100. =, at o'clock am, to work
on the streets of Hattiesburg, as the
law directs. The city will furnish
tools.
You can on the above day pay to
the city tax collector tie sum of three
dollars, which will exempt you from
further street duty for one year from
the first day of January A. D., 100
The street tax collector shall de-
liver one of the said books to each
policeman in the city of Hattiesburg,
and shall carefully note on a record
to be kept for that purpose, the de-
livery of such book, the time when
delivered and the policeman to whom
the book is delivered.
Sec. a. 1t shall be the duty of all
policemen of the city of Hattiesburg
to receive such books and to summon
all persons liable to street duty, their
work to be apportioned by the mayor,
o appear at city hall at o'clock am
n the day named in the summons, 70
york on the streets for a period of
TX days, or pay to the street tax col
,ctor the sum Of three dollars in
Ell thereof. The policemen shall ex-
cute such summonses by writing in
e blanks for that purpose, in the
fginal and duplicate, the name of
e person summoned, and the day
which he is to appear, and shan
lntersign such summons and du-