Year: 1878


vided, such person shall work under
the direction and control of the
street contractor of said town, end
sh all do faithful and di ligent labor
and said contractor shall have the
right to damage said laborer with
AL lost time by idleness or ineffic-
lent labor or Otherwise, ani said la.
borer shall be compelled to labor at
the same .'ates until said lost time ia
made up, and auy person so notified
to labor, may pay the amount Of
tax for which he is in default at airy
time 10 money, provided he paws 10
per cent damages on the amount he
is 80 in default.


Sec. 5. Be it further ordained,
That it shall be the duty of the
street contractor of said town, nam.
ed in section I of the amended CHAR
ter Of said town, approved February
25th, 1873. TO zee that every person
due said street taxzand III default OF
payment OF any part thereof pays
the same, or performs the labor
aforesaid, in lieu thereof, or to
prosecute said persons and to see
they are convicted for failure TOPPER
form such labor and the contractor
of said town, to pay him for keep.
ing up the streets, ETC., of sain town.
shall ne entitled to a crcdi. in favor
of said town for the tax due in ev-
cry case wherein it does not appear
that said contractor made every
lawful ehaeavor to discharge the
duty Imposed on him by this sec
tion, and that in all cases where
any delinquent shall not be called
out to labor by soeh contractor with
in niuety days after any of his tax
is due, Or being called out responds
ou the first d,y OF such call and ap-
pears and begins such labor. in Ell
,ller Of said eases, the said town
shall he eati,led to a credit for the
tax then due and so in default on
such contract, unless the town with
out any neglect or fault Of SAID COLI
tractor, unless the said delinquent
escapes aud fl"es the town without
any neglect or fault of said con,rac-
tor.


sec. 8. Be it further ordained.
Tha, it shall also be the duty of
the marshall Of said town,to see that
all persons who are IN default OF
payment of any portion of the street
tax herein named, and who fail to
work after having been notifieu as
hereinbefore provided for and any
failure of said marshal to make cor
rect reports in writing of those who
pay said tax and those in default .aS
provided for in section 4 of this Oh
dinance, shall render said marshal
liable on h S bond for all losses thai,
the town of Hazlehurst may sustain
by reason OF such a failure to cor
ectIy report as In said section 4
directed.


AN ORDINANCE


for working convicts on the streets.


Be it enacted and ordained by
the Mayor and Board Of Aldermen
of the town of Ilaz'ehurst, that any
person convicted for a violation of
any ordinance of the town of HaZle>
hurst and worked under the street
contractor as is provided in section
l2 OF the amended charter OF said
town, approved February 25'h, 1878
the rate per day at which such per-
son shall he worked, is hereby ixed
at so cents per day. il such person
feed himself. or, if he is fed by said
contractor, 80 cents per day is here
10y fixed as the ra;e per day al,
which he shall be worked until costs
and fines arc paid as in said section
provided for, aud ten hour s. is heres
b, fixed as the length of day in
which said convict shall labor, and
that this ordinance take effect and
be in force from and after its pas
sage.


Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Board of Aldermen of the town pi
Hazlehurst, That said Beard shall
at their Grst meeting in May, 1878,
and annually thereafter, appoint
three of the citizens of said town,
FREQ holders, street commissioners,
none Of whom shall be on the bond
of the street contractor of said
town, or have any interest in said
contract, whose duty it shall be
to see that the S,ia street con,rac-
tor complies with his contract with
sad town to work and keep in res
pair said streets, The said Board
may at any time. for cause shown,
remove any one OF said street COM
Nissioners and ELL any vacancy that
may occur in said Board Of street
commissioners shal. report at least
every three months from the aay oil
their appointment, 70 said board OF
Mayor and Aldermen in writing
the condition of said streets, and
how said contract is beiug complied
with, and make all necessary sug-
gestions iu connec.isn with the
said streets Of said town, and that
this ordinance be in effect flonits
passage.


AN ORDINANCE.


To secure the health Of tha Town
and prevent spread Of Disease:


Whereas, Smallpox is raging IN
certain sections of this State, and
the same is reported to be spreading
through the agency of ''Tramps,'


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