Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-02-13
ORDINANCE NO. 1.
An Ordinance Respecting the Streets,
Puvcmcnts ana Ways of tho Town
of WalhalIu.

An Ordinance Respecting the Streets,
Puvcmcnts ana Ways OF tho Town
of Walhallu.
BE it Ordained by the Mayor and
Aldermen Of the Town Of Walhalla,
in Council assembled, and by author
itS o! the same:
ful to run horse or mule on Main
street.
Section 2. That 1t shall be unlaw-
full for any person or persons to cut
or mutilate trees on any streets Of
the town without permission.
Section 3. That 1t shall be unlaw-
full for any person or persons to
hitch horses, mules or other live
stock to any shade tree on the streets
or sidewalks, or otherwise permit
ting any act which is calculated to
injure said trees.
Section 4. That 1t shall be unlaw-
full to leave melon rinds or other
! trash on the streets.
Section 5. That it shall be unlaw-
tul to leave any piles or accumula-
, tions Of lumber, iire-wood, rocks or
other material on the streets except
South Broad street, along the line Of
railroad or lumber yard.
Section 6. That it shall be unlaw-
full for any persons or persons to al
low to accumulate on or around their
premises any SweepingS or cOllec-
tons Of papers. paper boxes, tin cans,
. or other trash. All merchants and
business houses shall provide a pro-
per receptacle for same, and all such
trash shall be hauled away from said
premises, either by the owners there
. hE fnr CT ~c ~
shall.
Section I. That ball playing,
skating or other amuscments on Main
street are prohibited.
Section s. That 1t shall be unlaw-
full to shoot guns, pistols or other
firearms, lirc-crackers, or slingShots,
or to throw iire-balls. within the cor
pOrate limits Of the town: Provided
a person may shoot firearms on his
own premises for the bona-fide pur-
pose OF protecting his person or prop
erty from damage or harm: Pro-
Nided, further, That the discharge OF
ralls or shots from any firearms by
any person for the purpose aforesaid
within the corporate limits, shall be
confined to the premises owned or
occupied by the person shooting.
Section 9, That it shall be unlaw-
full to ride, drive, or lead any animal
except dogs, upon the sidewalks, en-
cept to cross the same at regular
crossing, or to place any obstruction
, which may impede a free passage on
or along any sidewalk
Section 10. That it shall be unlaw-
! ful to ride Il bicycle, motorcycle or
any other motor vehicle upon the
! sidewalks OF any streets within the
corporate limits except at crossings
and entrances to premises and ga
RACES.
Section II. That 1t shall be unlaw-
lul Tor any person or persons other
than employees, or passengers, COM
ing IN or going Off, to assemble at the
depot in Walhalla and get on the
trains; and it shall be unlawful for
any solicitor for any hotel or livery
stable or any other business to get
within ten feet Of any train upon it's
arrival.
Section ~. That it shall be unlaw-
ful for any gate to be hung so as to
open or swing on Or over any side
walk or into any street or beyond
the property line Of the owner of any
lot or real property fronting on Or
adjacent to any street, travelled way
or public place within the town.
Section 13. That it shall be uniaw-
full to leave, during the nighttime, or
Sundays, any article or goods of mer-
chandise, or personal property Of any
kind. on any street or sidewalk within
the corporate limits Of the town.
Section ID. That any person or
persons violating any Of the forego-
ing provisions Of this Ordinance shall
be liable to arrest and fine or impris-
onment. at the discretion Of the
Mayor. within the limits Of his au-
thority.
Section Is. That this Ordinance
shall be deemed general and per-
petual, shall go into, effect upon its
publication, and continue Of force
until repealed or amended.
Done in Council and ratified under
the Corporate Seal Of the Town Of
Walhalla on the 4th day Of
(I. s. February, 1918, and in the
l42d year Of the Sover-
eighty and independence OF the Uni
ted States Of America.
w. a. HETRICK. Mayor.
= w. G. HUGHS, Clerk and Treas.