/ #233 Duke University Libraries A compilation o Conf Pam 12mo #239 A COMPILATION OF THE ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE INCORPORATING THE CITY OF MACON, GEORGIA : AND A RE) lOH \KD CONSOLIDATION THE ORDINANCES PASSED BY THE CITY COUK MACON, TO THE 3D OCTOBER, 18G2. REVISED AND CONSOLIDATED BY RICHARD CURD, CLERK COUNCIL, MACON: S. ROSE k CO., PRINTERS. 1X62 ) CITY GOVERNMENT. M. S. THOMSON, Mayor. MEMBERS OF COUNCIL. JOHN T. BOIFEUILLET, JOHN L. JONES, JAS. V. GRIER. W. r. GOOD ALL. 0. F. ADAM?, E. C. GRANNISS, R. B. BARFIELD, TIIOS. A. HARRIS. CITY OFFICERS. RICHARD CURD, Clerk and Treasurer. GEO. D. LAWRENCE, Chief Marshal. "WM. P. ANDERSON, Keeper of Guard House. JOHN J. HARRIS, Keeper Magazine. ROBT BIRDSOSG, Bridge Keeper. STEPHEN MENARD, Clerk of Market. J. A. SIMPSON, Overseer Street Hands. GEO. S. OB EAR, Chief Engineer Fire Department. GEO. "W. PRICE, Assistant " " JOHN BROMLEY, Keeper City Clock. A. BRYDIE, City Sexton. JOHN BERKNER, Keeper City Hall. -o- Wif. WRYE, W. J. DAVIS, J. ANDERSON, GEO. RAN. POLICE. "W. S. BAG LEY, C. SUMRELL, HENRY GANTT, JAMES JONES. CITY CHARTER. AN ACT TO ALTER AND AMEND THE SEVERAL ACTS INOOltrORATtNfl TUK CITY OF MACON. Section 1. Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representative* of the State of Georgia, in General Assembly met, and it ?'.s- hereby enacted hy the authority of the same, That the Municipal Govern- ment of the city of Macon shall consist of a Mayo? and eight Aldermen, who are hereby constituted a body corporate, under the name and style of " The Mayor and Council of the city i f Macon," and by that name and style shall have perpetual succes- sion, shall have a common seal, and be capable in law and equity to purchase, have, hold, receive:, enjoy, possess, and retain to them and their successors, for the use of the city of Macon, any estate or estates, real or personal, of whatsoever kind or nature within the jurisdictional limits of the city of Macon; and shall, by the said name, be capable to sue, and be sued, in any court of law or equity in this State; and shall succeed to all the rights and liabilities of the present corporation of the city of Macon;* and the corporate limits of the city shall be the same as those DOW established by law.f Sec. 2. He it further enacted hy the authority aforesaid, That an election shall be held, at the Court HouseJ in the city of Macon, on the iirst Saturday in January^ of each year, for a Mayor and eight Aldermen, to servo for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified; and the polls of which election shall bo opened at nine o'clock in the forenoon, and closed .it four o'clock in the afternoon. '■). Be it further enacted, hy the authority aforesaid, That all male white citizens qualified to vote for members of the State . i general powers under old charter. . c co pngo 23, • 19. \ "Or such other place," kc. — Sec page 16. Now Second Sattirday in December — seepage 14. G CITY CIIAIU ■ and who shall have paid all taj and demanded by the authorities <>l" the city, and shall have thin the jurisdictional lim,: city, oea And in case any person otherwise quaii- stion, shall move into the city after the time for giving in hie taxes, ami who.-,' name shall not appear on the tax book of the preceding year, he shall, in order to entitle him to < of ( incil, before the opening may be enroll) d among th< paj us. the authority <.;/' That shall bo held under £he superintendence justice "l" the peace ami two freeholders, it of three freeholders, Bhall 1"' ! ' five days be- laid freeholders, befor< tering upon his duties, shall take an oath before some justice of he will faithfully ami impartially conduct said election, ami prevent all illegal \ of his skill and -aid managers of .ion shall to the qualifications of any voter r the following oath : " Fou >i.i solemnb have attained the age of twentj years; (hat v citizen of ih'' United States, and bare led J'"* - the lasl six months pis! within the jurisdiction of the Oorporati >n of the city of Macon, and have paid all taxes legally impoe inded of you by the City Council of Maoon. Si. help yon G "'-mi an\ person who shall take either of said oaths, and shall have sworn falsely, shall he liable to indict- ment and punishmenl for perjury. Ind be it further enacted, by the authority afpreeaidy Thai 'he person or who shall receive the highest number of rotes on for Mayer and .Aldermen respectively, shall he d duly elected. Bec 6. enacted, hj the authority aforesaid, That m case of any vacancy among the members of Council, either by death, ree i lect, removal from office, or removal from the city, the Mayor shall advertise a new election, to fill the vacancy. And in case of the death of the Mayor, hip resigna- arv CHARTER. I 7 toon, removal from office, or removal from the city, the City Couu eil shaft order an election for fifiiog tbe vacancy; in each case giving ten days' not ice, in the public gazettes of the city. Skc. 7. Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid. That, after the votes fur Mayor and \ddermen, at any election, shall have been counted by the managers, they shall cause two certified copies df the tally sheets to be made out, one of which shall be handed over to the Mayor for the time being, and the other shall be retained by the managers. And so - ht May -r as aforesaid, shall -be informed of the result of said election, he shall cause the persons elected to be notified of th< Aid the persons elected as aforesaid shall attend, on the first Wednesday thereafter, at the Cohneil Chamber, for the purpose of organizing the Council. And the Mayor, and each member of the Council, shall take and subscribe, before a justice of the peace, or JU of the Inferior Court for the county of Jiibb, [i ■ ring oath :J " I, A. B., do solemnly swear, that 1 will well and truly perform the duties of [Mayor or member of the Council, as the case may be] of the City Council of Macon, by adopting such measur< snail, in my judgment, be best calculated to promote the general welfare of the inhabitants of the city of Macon, and the common thereof; so help me {' the city of Macon shall have power shal, mxl such hey may d proper, and shall have p"' ulatc the lime, mode, and manner of electing said offici - * to establish their fees and . to take their bonds; ribo their duties and their oaths; and to them from offiee for a lid duties, at etion. ; he it farth')- ■ iid, That r and members of the Coun be bound to keep I shall ba, es officio, justices of the p. r us labia then I issue- warrants for offences committed within the jurisdiction of of Macon; and shall have power on arination, to commit the offender x» offenders to jail, -or bail them, if i ce be bailable, to appear before the Superior :>.t Sec. I'J. by the auiheriiy aforesaid, That Mayor and Council of the city of Macon, or a majority of them, shall have power and authority to levy and collect a ■ .a all free white persons within the city of Macon, be- tween the aires of twenty-one and sixty years; upon ail freo per sons of eolor; and also upon all slaves owned or hired within the city of Macon. They shal 1 also have power to levy and collect, a tax upon all and every species of property, real or personal, ■within the limits of the city of Macon; upon banking or insur- ance capital employed in the city; upon hank or insurance agents, and professional men; upon factors, brokers, and venders of lot tickets; thus to raise sueh sum or sums of none) as may be n for die support and good government of the city, m all its internal regulations, and lor the payment of tin- debts thereof. Provided, That the tax levied upon real estate, and stock in- trade, slmll not exceed fifty oenl • one hundred dollars in vah further exacted, h>/ the authority aforesaid, That the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have power and authority to levy, in addition to tin other tax of not ex * ?c" pap-- 4 S>if run. I "" " CITY CHARTER. » ceeding three dollars, upon each and every white person and slave in the city of Macon, between the ages nf twenty-one and forty-live years, as a street tax. Provided, That tin pel on so taxed may relieve himself of said tax by wording on the streets for bis days, under the direct ion and control of the Marshal of the city. Skc. 14. Be it further enacted, by the authority afor-said, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have lull pow- er and authority to remove, or cause to be removed, any build- ings, posts. Btepa, fence, or other obstruction or nuisance in the public streets, lanes, alleys, sidewalks, or public squares in said city. They shall further have power to establish a market or markets, in the city of Macon, and to pass such ordinances as may be proper and necessary for the regulation of the same. — They shall have power to license, regulate and control all tav- erns and public houses within the city Th y shall have power to regulate all butcher pens and slaughter houses \\ ithin the city, and remove the same if they shall become nuisance---, or injurious to the health of the city. They shall have power to license drays, ami regulate the same. And further, the said Mayor and Council shall have full power and control over all livery bles, pumps, fire companies, and engines within the said city. Sec. 15. Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have power, upon proof of the existence and maintenance of any house of ill fame, or bawdy-house, within the city, to cause oc- cupants thereof to be forcibly removed without the city, if they shall refuse to leave the city after live days' notice. Sec. 16. Be it farther enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have power to license, app< int annually, as many auctioneers or ven- due master- for the city, as they may deem proper, and tore. ei'ivc l'lDin each one the sum of fifty dollars, as fixed by law. and they shall further have power to levy a tax upon all goods sold on commission, or at auction, in said city, to be paid by the auctioneer. Sec. '7. Be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That tho said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon shall have the sole and exclusive right of granting licenses to retail liquors in the 2 10 CITY CHAM city of Macon, nnd of Bxii nml the is upon w ;. when said terms are nut complied with. They Shall . bave power to I ■ ami control :ill ten pin ■!)< wiihin the city, and to remi when tiny become nui- hc neighborhood. ■'. That tlir said Mayor nnd I cil of the city of 1 i tax nil theatrical perform ows of nny kind, within tm»cor. limits of sail! city. ■'. That the said Mayor and Coun- cil shall have pow< - and regulations necessary and proper for the good government and n of all slaves, and free persons of color, within the city. And the Marshals, and Buch other persons as the Baid Mayor and Coun- cil shall appoint, hit hereby vested with the full power and au- thority of patrols in said city. Ihortty aforewid, That the Paid Mayor and Council Of tin.- city of Macon, shall have power to r.-rni ' ge or smith shop, when, in their opinion, it shall be necessary to ensure safety against tire. They shall have pow- er to (■:, tove, stove-pipe, or other thing which shall on- danger the city as to fire, to he removed or remedied, as their prnd' . . ictsd, Tii. and Coun- cil of the city of Macon, shall, during the inonili of April in each year, appoint nine tit ami proper persons, who shall consti- tute the Board wf Health, five of whom shall constitute a quo- rum, to I kl y, or aa often as may lie necessary; to visit all and every part of the city, and to report to the Council all nuisances which are likely to endanger the health of the city, or of any neighborhood. And the said Mayor and Council shall have power, upon the report of the Board of Health, to cause any Buch nuisance to be abated, and their recommendations car- ried out in a summary manner, at the expense of the party whoso net or negligence caused such nuisances, or of the owner cf the promises, as the Council .-hall elect. Bbo. 22. B$ ''/'''"' i ?'.'/ thr authority aforcmid, That tho Mtid Mayor and OouQbiJ of the city of Macon, 6hall have the CITY CHARTER. II power, upon the recommendation of the Board of Health, to cause tile owners of lota within the said city, to drain the same, or to fill the same to the levels of the streets or alleys on which said lot or lots are fronting. Also, to compel the owner or own- ers of cellars occasionally holding water, to cause the same to be emptied of the water, or filled up. if necessary. And in case the owner of said lot or lots shall fail or refuse, after reasonable notice to him or "nis agent, to comply with the requirements of the said Mayor and Council, by filling up said lots or cellars, or by draining the same, it shall he lawful for the said Mayor and Council to employ some person to do the same; and for the amount so expended, the City Treasurer shall forthwith issue an execution against the owner of said property, t > be collected from said lot, or any other property befogging to him; and a sale under said execution, by the Marshal, shall pars the title to and execution by the Sh< riff. Si:e. "J:!. And be it further enacted, h>/ the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon, shall have- power to fill any vacancies which may occur in the Board of Health; and this act may be pleaded, and ,-h '1 be a complete defence to any action brought against the said Mayor and Coun- cil, or either of them, for any act done l»y them under its provis- ions, and of the ordinances passed in pursuance of it. Sbc. 24. And be it further enacted, hi/ the authority aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city of Macon, shall have power to take up and impound, any horses, mi Iqs, cattle, or hogs running at large within the limits of said city; and to pass such ordinances as mav be deemed by them necessary, for the proper regulation of stock within the city. SBC. 25. And be it farther enacted, by the author it'/ aforesaid, That the said Mayor and Council of the city oi Macon, shall have power to establish and regulate a City Guard, who shall have the right to take up all disorderly persons; all persons committing, or attempting to commit, any crime, and commit them to the Guard House or common Jail of Bibb county, to await their trial the next day. And the said Guard shall also havo the power and authority cf patrols over slaves, and free persons of color, 12 CITT CIURTER. it further ena I authority aforesai(f r Ti. '1 Mayor and Council of the city of M -hall • the power and authority, . - 'lion, or insur- tion in tin- city "f Macon, to call out tin' several volunteer aid in suppressing Buch riot, rebellion, "i Anf 1857.) Bee page L6, •J v . And he it further '/ the authority aforesaid, That no person, or body corporate, ahull at any time hereafter, !. lay out, or extend any street, alley, lane, or open square, contrary to the original plan of said city, without the consent of three-fourths of the Council, at a regular meeting. And any application of this kind shall he published fur one month before the final action of the Council thereon, 29. ./.■'' > f Marshal and Deputies, by removal, death or other- wise, the Mayor or Council may order another election upon giv- ing ten days 1 public notii And be it further enacted, Av.. That the May< »r and Council of the city of Macon, and their (successors in office, shall have power to subscribe for Stock in the Nfacon Canal Company, and to impose a tax upon the real estate oi said city to pay for the same: Pro- vided, The consent of a majority of the owners of said real estate shall have been first obtained, in such manner as the Mayor and Council may prescribe. And be it further enacted, <$r., That should the Board of Health of said city, neglect or decline to attend to the duties imposed upon them, the Mayor and Council shall act as said Board of Health, and have the power to remove all nuisances that may be prejudicial to the health of said city, as is now provided by law. Passed, January 22d, i Be it enacted, St.. That the second section of an act incorporat- ing the city of Macon he amended as follows: after "Court House," add — "or such Other place as the Mayor and Council may direct." Passed, December :2s. 1853, And be it farther enacted, St., That said Mayor and Council shall have power to establish and fix fire limits, and from time to time, in their discretion, to extend and enlarge the same, with- in which fire limits, wli.n so established, it shall not be lawful for any one to erect other than fire-proof buildings, or structures of any kind whatever, and should any one erect, or cause to be erected, within such fire limits so established, any buildings or other structures of any kind, other than fire-proof, the said May- or and Council, after giving five days' notice, shall cause the •amo to be removed at the expense of tho owners of fluch build- 16 CHARTER AMENDED. ings or other Btruotun i illected by execution :is in other ad said Mayor and Council shall have power to deter- mioe what build'm. not 6re-pr«of 8 ' / enacted, That the Baid Mayor and Council shall have authority, on the recommendation of a majority of citi in public meeting, to subscribe for the stock of railroads, <>r Buch other internal improvements, or "1* such as may be for the inter est an inert snrli debt bo created: Provided, That the Bpecial tax being authorized, shall nol exceed one half of our per cent, in any one year: And Provided, Ti jate amount of In- debtedness of said city hereby authorized, Bhull not at any one time exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Passed, December 28, 1 853. And lc it further mailed. That the Marshals and such other officers as the City Council of Macoa may derm necessary in the government of said city, shall hereafter 1"' elected by the said Council at the first ineethtg of Council in each year. Passed, February 20, B54. Be it enacted, Sfc, That from and alter the passage of this Act the twenty seventh section of the An entitled an Act to alter and amend the several Arts incorporating the city of Macon, approved December 27, is 17. lie and the samr is hereby re. pealed, and in lieu thereof shall read as follows: The Mayor of the city of Macon shall have [lower to impose tines for the viola- tion of any ordinance of (lie city passed in accordance with its charter to the amount of one hundred dollars, and to imprison offenders in the common jail of Bibb county for the Bpace of one month. The Baid fine, after being regularly assessed, shall be collected by execution to be issued by the City Treasurer against the estate of said offender, if any to be found; if none, the offender may be imprisoned as before provided. Be it enacted, Xe.. That in all cases of encroachment upon street lands or alleys is said city, the said Mayor and Council shall have power to remove the same upon reasonable notice, or to permit and sanction the same for a fair and reasonable com- ACTS RELATIVE TO THE CITY OF MACON. \i pcnsation in money, to be paid into the City Treasury, said May- or and Council having due. regard to the interests of the property holders who may be affected thereby. lie it enacted, frc, That the said Mayor and Council, or a ma- jority of the Council, shall have power to elect a Mayor pro tem., who shall be clothed thereby with all the rights, privileges and duties of the Mayor elect when and during the siekness or ab- sence of the Mayor, upon taking the usual oath and not other- wise. And if the Mayor, pro tern., as well as the Mayor elected by the people, should both be unable from any cause to attend to their duties, the Council shall elect another Mayor, pro tern., who shall thereby be clothed with all the rights, powers and du- ties of Mayor of the city, upon taking the usual oath, and who shall serve only during the absence of the Mayor. A judgment of acquittal or conviction by said Mayor may be and shall be plead in bar in any court for the same offence provided said Mayor lias jurisdiction. (Repealing clause.) Passed, December '-1, 18.iT. SPECIAL ACTS RELATIVE TO THE CITY OF MACON. TO PRESERVE THE TtMBER ON THE RESERVE. Be it enacted, Jjv., That for the purpose of preserving the stand- lug timber immediately below the improved part of the town of Macon, for the preservation of the health of the inhabitants of said town, all the land within the plat below Seventh street, to- gether with a space of six hundred yards below, and' a space of three hundred yards on the South-western or outer side thereof, is vested hereby in the corporate authority of said town for the lime being. Provided, That if the said corporate authority shall sell, lease, or in any way alien or encumber the said land, or any part thereof, or shall offer the same in any manner, or for any purpose to be inhabited, the land, or portions of land so aliened, encumbered or inhabited, shall thenceforward revest in the State. Provided, also, That nothing in tins net contained, shall prevent 3 1 8 ACTS RELATH E TO WIE cm I \. n of anv future Legislature, the public good should Buch resump- tion. .In'/ be it further enacted, That if any pereon shall cut down or kill, or shall direel or cause t<> be cut down or killed, any tree of mure than two inches diameter, a1 two feel from the ground, other than pine trees, on any bf the land Within the town plat «'f tin- said town below Seventh BtrCet, and within a space of hundred yards below, and three hundred yards on the South- western, i such person shall be liable to in- dictment, and on com ill be held guilty of malicious mischief, and shall l>e punished a4 thi confinement in the common Jail of the county, and bj fine paya- ble tp the corporation of Macon. And h it fw Thai (if) I or any person in the employment bf others shall violate this act, it shrill be | buinptive evidence of the same being done by direction of the owner or employer. Provided, That no person shall be punished upon such presumptive evidence alone, otherwise than by fine; but it' it shall satisfactorily appear that such offence was not committed by the direction or assent of such owner or employer, then the person actually committing the offence, shall he liable, it' a whir.- person, to trial and punishment as provided by this :i et: and 1!' a persou of color, to such punishment as the ordi- nanees of the said town may haw imposed'. But nothing in this act shall prohibit the exercise by Che Inferior Court of their ordinary and legal jurisdiction in laying out ami opening, or al- tering necessary roads, or shall restrict the said corporation any legal authority, from digging any necessary drains, or ca- nals, or shall he held to restrain or abridge, in other respects ihau herein mentioned, the authority of the agent, for the time being, of the public sen ice. Passitf, December 23 1626 Be it nuirtni. &■,-.. That for the | >resi rvn t ioi i of the hearth of the inhabitants of the city of Macon, ami to prevent! the spread of malaria by (jutting and felling of timber on said reserve, thereby endangering the health of said city, that all that plat of hind which by an act " rippled December 23, 1828," i* vested ACTS RELATIVE TO THE CITY OF MACON". 19 for the time being in the corporate authorities of said city, be and the same is hereby vested in said corporate authorities. — Provided, Thai if said authorities should at any time sell, lease, or in any way alien said land, or should offer to sell, alien or convey said land, the same shall thenceforth re-vest in and be- come tile property of the State. Be it further enacted, That the said corporate authorities shall not cut down, or cause to be cut down, or killed, any tree or trees in said reserve, only so far as shall be necessary to make • ways through the same for their benefit and improve- ment. (Conflicting laws repealed.) Passed, .March C. L806 Be it enacted, Av., That from and immeeiately after the passage of this act, the Mayor and Council of Macon shall have liberty, Tower and authority to lease to John S. .Richardson, his heirs and assigns lor ten years, with the privilege of renewing on the same term--, a, portion of the Common of the city of Macon, known as Napier's Old Field, containing about eighty-seven (87) acres, more or less, he paying therefor the sum of two hundred dollars per annum for rent: Provided, Nothing shall be so con- strued as to authorize -aid John 8. Richardson to destroy or in- jure the original forest growth thereon, if any. Passed, December 20, 1853, TO EXTEND THE LIMITS OF THE TOWN OF MACON. Be it enacted, fyc. } That from and after the promulgation of this act, the one-acre lots, on the East side of the Ocmulgee river, opposite the town of Macon, in the county of Bibb, be, and the same are hereby, declared to be within the corporate limits of said town, and that the said one-acre lots shall, and are hereby declared to be subject to all the ordinances and police regula- tions of the corporation of the town of Macon. Passed, December 19, 1829. Be it enacted, <$v., That the jurisdictional limits of the town of Macon, shall extend on the East side of the Ocmulgee river, from a line drawn parallel with Rirst-street, northwardly, as far '20 ACTS RELATIVE TO THE CITY OF MAO>X. n< the i resent authorized jurisdictional limit-, thence on a lino eastwardly until it in: running parallel with - entb-street, until it res point northwardly as far us the i town of Macon. P ! L882. i'iiat from and after the • f this act the coiporate limite of tin- city of Macon be, and the same are hereby, extended bo as to include within the same lots numbers three and four in Mock L, being part of fractional lot number fifty-nine, on the Bast side of the M rve." Passed, December 29, i v THADINU- -WITH SLAVES.f Ik it enacted, Sr., That no person living within the corporate limits of said town of Macon, shall sell spirituous liquors, in any quantity whatever, within said limits, to a slave, without a ticket from his or her owner, ovef&eer or employer, specially authoris- ing him or her to purchase the same, under the penalty of thirty dollars. And b<' it further enacted, That all offen tnst the fore- going section shall he prosecuted in the Superior Court, and upon conviction, the tine shall ,L r o one-half to the county, and the other half to the informer, except when the prosecution shall he commenced and conducted by the Marshal, under the direction of the Corporation, and in that case the whole of the tine shall be paid into the Treasury of said Corporation, and become part of its funds. And !>■ it further enacted, That said Corporation shall l>e vigi- lant in having all persons committing offences within the corpo- rate limits of said town against the laws of this Btate prohibit- ing the trading with slaves, prosecuted for the same; and on conviction of any offender, prosecuted at the instance of said Corporation, the line imposed by the Court shall goto and bo- come part of the funds of said Corporation. Passed, December 23, 1*30. * Also, ovor the "reserve." See page 18. \ This -Art probably Bnpwceded, if not repented, bv See. in of Charter oi JM7, ACTS RELATIVE TO THE CITY OF MACON. 21 BRIDGE ACROSS THE OCMULGEE RIVER. Be it enacted, §-c., That the proprietors of said bridge for the time being shall have power to demand and receive the follow- ing rates of toll, viz: For every Four "Wheel Pleasure Carriage 50 cts. For every Road "Wagon 37-J- For every Light Wagon or Gig 26 For every Jersey Wagon or Cart 1 2 i For every Man and Horse 6f For every led Horse, Mule, Ac 3 And for all other Stock, two cents a head. Passed, December 20, 1828. Be it enacted, &r., That it shall be the duty of the Commission- ers, or a majority of them heretofore appointed to survey and sell the public reserves and bridge across the Ocmulgee river, at Macon ; to proceed to sell and transfer to the Corporation of the town of Macon, and their successors in office, said bridge, immediately after the expiration of the present lease, together with the use of one acre of land, on the Eastern bank of said river, to be used as one of the butments, (being the same lately sur- veyed for that purpose,) and the like use of as much of Fifth- street as may be necessary for the butment of the bridge, for the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars. Provided, Said Corpo- ration shall pay to said Commissioners one-tenth part of the above named sum, in cash, or in current bills of chartered banks of this State, and execute a bond, payable to the Governor, for the use of the State, conditioned for the payment of the residue of the purchase, in like money, in nine equal annual installments. And be it further enacted, That the Commissioners issue to the Corporation a certificate, stating the terms of purchase, which certificate shall not be transferable; on the payment of which purchase money, a grant of the bridge, its privileges and appur- tenances, shall issue to the aforesaid corporation, on the payment of four dollars and fifty cents, for office fees ; but no grant there- of shall be issued until all the installments shall have been paid. And for the better securing the payment of said money, Be if further enacted, That if said Corporation, or their euoceft- *J-J a- !T8 RELATIVE TO THE (ITV OF MACON. shall fail t<> pay any one of the installments within sixty day- of the '• Bhall revert to the State, and the Corporation shall be of all right, claim, or title to said bridge, and the amount paid to the State for the same. And be it f toiler enacted, That the said Corporation Bhall h: the perpetual and exclusive privilege of keeping up a bridge that place; and oo bridge or ferry across said river shall be erected, established, or allowed, within three miles therefrom, within a direct line, which may or could in any wise interfere with the said bridge, by diminishing the profit or value thereo£ And hi That the said Corporation, when it shall have be< le the purchaser of said bridge, shall not be per- mitted to collect toll for any wagon or other carriage loaded with cotton, or corn, underthe penalty heretofore mentioned; but in nil other* cases, the Corporation and its successors in oilier may demand and collect such tolls as are allowed in the Act relating Passed, December 20, L828. Pursuanl to , -aid recited Act. the said City Council -.1' Macon became the purchasers ofthe bridge at b£acon,for the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, which sum was secured by the payment of one- truth part thereof, in cash, by a bond paya- ble to the < roVernor, for Che hse of the State, conditioned for the paymenl of the residhe of the purchase money in nine equal annual installments. Andtchreoi, The one half of the entire purchase money baa been paid by the said Ciu Council, a. •cording to contract, since which time the said 1. ridge has been swept away and destroyed, by an irresistable flood, depsjte of the utmost exertions; for as much as said bridge is of great public utility, the rebuilding of which has been projected by said City Council, on a more perfect and permanent plan, at a great expei There/dm, le it enacted, Av.. Thai from and alter the pass* this Act. it shall and may he lawful for the Central Bank, or its officers, and they are hereby requirdd, to cancel and-deliver up to the City Council of Macon, their agent, or attorney, the bond or bonds executed and given by them for the payment of the said purchase money, pursuant to said recited Act. Acts relative to the city of macox. 23 Provided nevertheless, That before said cancelling shall take place, the said City, Council, their agent, or attorney, shall tender, pay, and deliver to said Central hank, or its officers, a bond or bonds, payable Co the < iovenior. for the use of the State, and his successors in office, for a sum equal to double the amount of said purchase money, now unpaid, conditioned for the payment of what may now remain unpaid of the original purchase money, in five equal installments, the first of which shall arise and fall duo ten years after the day on which the installment of the original bond or bonds, so directed to be cancelled, shall arise and fall due, by the terms of said bond, from and after the date thereof; the remaining installments successively thereafter, without com- puting interest thereon. Be it enacted, Av., That so much of the said recited Acts as re- quires said bridge at Macon to revert and become the property of the State, on failure of said City Corporation, or iheir Successors in office, to pay any of the installments therein speciiied, in terms of said Act, be and the same is hereby repealed ; and the for- feiture and reversion therein and thereby Bpecified, shall obtain, arise, and attach on the failure of said Corporation to pay any of the annual installments specified or set forth, or to be set forth, in the renewal bond herein provided for. Passed, December 23, 1833. TO rREVENT BRICK-YARDS, «VC., OX THE RESERVE. Be it enacted, 8fc, That any person keeping up a brick-yard or other nuisance on the town reserve, as described in the first sec- tion of an Act to preserve the timber in the vicinity of the town of Macon, for the preservation of the inhabitants thereof, passed the 23d of December, 1820, shall be prosecuted for the same be- fore the Superior Court of Bibb county by the Marshal of the city of Macon ; and on conviction, shall be fined in a sum of not less than one hundred, nor more than live hundred dollars; and each day the nuisance is kept up, shall constitute a new and distinct offence. Passed, December 20, 1834. GENERAL TOWERS OF COUNCIL, ONDER OLD CHARTER. That said City Council of Macon, shall also be vested with full 'J! ACTS RELATIVE TO THE CITY OF MACON. power and authority, in addition t<> the power ami authority already granted, from time to time, under their common Boal, t»> make and establish such by-laws, rules, ami ordinances, respect- ing streets, lanes, alley.-. and open courts, the market, whai and public houses, carriages, wagons, carta, drays, livery stal j >imi j -.-, buckets, fire engines, and for the regulating of disorderly people, Degrees and free persons of color, and in general, every by-law or regulation that shall appear requisite and aecessary for the security, welfare, health, and convenience "f said city, or for preserving the peace, order and good government of the same; ami they are also vested with all power* and authorities, within die jurisdiction of said city, which by law are vested in the Com- missioners of roads and streets. ORDINANCES. ELECTION AND QUALIFICATION OF OFFICERS. Section 1. The Mayor and Council shall, at their first meeting in December, in each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, elect by ballot the following officers: a Chief Marshal and one or more Deputy Marshals, Overseer of street hands, Keeper of Magazine, Keeper of Guard House, Bridge Keeper, Clerk of Market, and City Surveyor; which officers shall serve for one year, and until their successors are elected and qualified. They shall be qualified by the Mayor, or sonic Justice of the Peace, and shall be subject to be removed by the Council, for malprac- tice, inattention, incompetency, or inefficiency in the discharge of the duties of their offices. Skc. 2. The bonds of the several officers required by the ordinances vt' the city, shall be submitted to and approved by the Council, who shall determine upon the responsibility of sure- ties tendered. And the Council, or a majority of them, may at their discretion, from time to time, whenever the interest of the city shall require" it. exact additional security, or a new bond. And in case any officer elected shall fail or refuse to give bond, as before required, or shall fail to irive additional security, or a new bond, when required, his office shall be declared vacant, and the Council shall proceed to fill the vacancy, at such time as they may deem proper. THE MAYOR. The Mayor shall have a general superintendence of the affairs of the city. He shall preside at all meetings of Council, vote in all elections for officers, and give the casting vote in cases of a tie. It shall be his duty to see that all laws, ordinances, and rules of Council are observed and enforced. He shall hear sum- marily complaints lodged againsl persons by any officer of the city, and dispose of the same, if lor minor offences, by the impo- sition of tines, or in bis discretion, cause offenders to be bound over to the Superior Court of Bibb county fur trial. He shall give to the City Council four week-' notice of his intended resig- nation, or absence from the State, and shall not leave the State, without the cousent of two-thirds of the Aldermen. Provided 4 20 the four may be dispensed with by I a, or Beotiox. 1. The Clerk and Tr< »rninbythe after hi> election. li». shall give a b satisfactory .'-(''•urn. sum of five * ■ pon by bo increased or stren . the ord- inc; to ih of the every person the oath prescribed in so bobetical I all suclj turns; and in all cat faulters, i his duty to asf a double tax, when they shall fail to make their tax return- with- in the time prescribed by Council. It shall be hi* duty to issue all summonses and pro d all subpoenas to command tho attendant ■■ b, thai m - y in the enforce- ment "t the rules, regulations, and ordinances of the i !ity ( louncil. He shall issue all licenses, and keep a reeord thereof, and all 1 permits authorised by the Council. •_' [1 -'' -nt all moneys belonging to the city, keeping regular books, showing hia i and payments. He shall pay no money without a warrant, duly passed by Council, and signed by the Mayor, au- thorising the same ; and each and every warrant shall be filed by him, as n vouch* r. Hi* bpoks, accounts, vouchers, &c, shall ,1 times i i the Mayor and Council, for examination nnf then' proceedings, and report tho. same to the Bret ular meetii iincn, receiving for his eon.;, one- fourth of the . iy be imposed and collected at tho instance of the Board of Health. All deeds, leases, and other instruments executed by the Council shall he attested by him, and lie shall affix thereto the public seal of the city, oi which he shall lie the Custodian. I of duty, he shall bo liable to such penalty as the Mayor and City Council may deem proper to iufiict, j?rov/. The principal Marshal and each Deputy Marshal shall be vested with full power and authority all i^o^esso-is, 2S ORDINANCES. executions, attachments and rules of the Mayor ai I ill of the City :, f. ' or. of a white person, 60 " attending trial 1> or, of a negro, 25 " arrest of a white person 1 23 " arrest of a negro 60 " serving subpoenap. each S 1 J " whipping a negro when ordered by th<- owner, 1 Should the defendant for want of proof <>r his or her inability to pa) ordinance Bhull be chargable to the city. 6. It shall be the duty of the principal Marshal t<< attend all meetings of the Council, and preserve order: also, to visit the Reserve, daily, to prevent trespass thereon, and to prosecute all violations of the ordinances of the city, in relation ther< to. Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of tl pnty Mar- shals to enforce and carry into effect, to the utmost of their power, all the ordinances of the city, in force; to obej and exe cute all the commands and ord< \ the Mayor or any member of Council, in relation to any mutter or thing affecting the iu< Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the Mar- Peputy Mar- shals to collect all executions for taxes or fines, placed in then hands by the Clerk and Treasurer, aa also all money received for slaves and public exhibitions; and shall pay over the same to the Treasurer when required; and apon failure to pay over moneys when coile) r demanded by the Treasurer, be or they shall forfeit and pay to the City the sum of ten dollars for each and every day the said ma retained, together with the interest i n the sum in his <>r their hands, until paid. Sec 9. It shall be the duty of the Marshal, Deputy Marshals, and the Police-men to preserve order in the city; to arrest all drunken, disorderly or riotous persons who are disturbing the peace and quiet of the city ; also to patrol the city at night, to disperse all illegal assemble ad to take up all negroes found violating the laws of the city, or who may be away from the premises of .their owner or employer after the hour designated by Council for the ringing of the Guard House Bell without a written permit, and to commit all such offenders to the Guard House or common Jail of Bibb county, there to remain until the next morning, when they shall be brought before the Mayor, thero to be dealt with as the evidence produced shall warrant. And in case of their inability to suppress such disor- ORDINANCES. 29 ders, or to disperse such riotous assemblages, they shall have power to call to their assistance a sufficient number of persons to act as additional Deputy Marshals for the occasion, and whose compensation shall be fixed by the Council. Sec. 10. It shall be the duty of the Marshal, and all other police officers, to take all slaves or free persons of color to some retired place within the city, when necessary to whip, unless the punishment shall be ordered by the Mayor to be executed in a public manner, in which case the Guard House shall be the place designated. 11. Tt shall be the duty of the Lieutenants to divide the Police-men in squads and assign them their respective posts, and to give them such instructions as he may from time t<> time re- ceive from the Mayor or principal Marshal. They shall visit each post as often as practicable, and see that all arc in the faith- ful performance i^ their duty. The Lieutenants shall report to the Marshal by s o'clock each morning all transactions of the police for the night previous, together with all infractions of the City Charter and Ordinances which may have come to their knowledge. The Marshal shall report the same to the Mayor each morning by 10 o'clock; and he shall, at the same time, as certain from the Mayor if there be any orders to execute. Sec 12. The police-men selected to be on duty the first part of the night shall report themselves at G o'clock. P. M. They shall remain on duty until 12 o'clock at night, when they shall report themselves to the Lieutenants. Those appointed to do duty the latter pari of the night, shall report themselves at the Guard House 15 minutes before 12 o'clock at night, to take the posts assigned them. They shall remain on duty until G o'clock, A. M. Sec 13. The Lieutenants shall keep a book in which they shall enter the name of every police-man found, or reported to be, absent 1'rem his post or derelict in duty; and no member of of the police force shall receive pay for such time as he shall be found absent from his post, or neglecting his duty. Sec. 14, The whole police force shall be subject to the call of the Marshal, when the necessities of official duty demand it. Any person who shall molest or interfere with the Marshal, De- puty Marshals or police officers of the city whilst acting as pat- rols in the city of Macon, or shall by carrying away, secreting or by any other means prevent the arrest of any slave or slaves found out at night in violation of the ordinances relative to slaves, such person shall be fined by the Mayor of said city in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisoned m the common Jail of JLJibb county, or in the Guard House of said city for a space not more than one month, at the discretion, of. the Mayor. 3<» ORDINAK [At . will, on their I d annua shul. The can lid ate to R I companies, which may be done in writing nds •iv iw«. or more of the general superintoi dents off ■• be known and culled the Special Marshal; the Bail Road I':- suitable, proper and ne< d by written order to 1 j-iirn> •< 1 by any two or more of e and :.inl the public pi shall be his duty to su] | and disorderly conduct, and to bring all persons who may in any manner disturb the public ] itayor and Council for trial. 2. The compensation' of said Marshal shall be one thou- sand dollars per annum, payable quarterly, and the Bams shall be paid by the Rail Road c panies owning said Depot, to whom alone the said Marshal shall 190k f< r payroei sala- ry, and tlie said Marshal will be dismissed and deposed from office oi Special Marshal at any time on the petition of Baid Rail Road companies — provided the petition bo Bigned by all of the superintendents, and two of the ] Rail Road companies. Si. . ::. The office of Special Marsha] will, at any time, l«i abolished by Council or a uew appointment made at the request of the Rail Road companies. RIO Buenos l. The Mayor shall bo authorized, ai his discretion! to impose a fine no ing the sum of one hundred dollars. or imprisonmenl in the < ruard House for thirty days, or both, on any person 1 r persons who shall have been convicted before him of disorderly or 1 onduct, of Assault and battery not amounting in law to felony, of affra; bring, or mahcidus >hief, whether in p private placea within his juris- ■ diction. Si !. 2. [tahall bo the duty ol the Marshal, Deputy Marshals and regularly appointed police of the city, to use all proper dili- ■ ■ m the arresl of any person or persons accused as afore- summon the witnesses in a legal manner, bring them before the Mayor ;i nd enforce his decisions without unnecessary delay. :;. In all cases in which the penalty for the violation of the law.- of the State within tht jurisdiction of the .Mayor is not ORDINANCES. 31 specified in the ordinances of the city, it shall and may be lawful for the Mayor to impose a fine at his discretion not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment in the Guard House, or both as afor said, if a White perspn : it' a negro or free person of color, by tine or eorporeal punishment, at his discretion, not to exceed thirty-nine lashes on any one day. GUARD HOUSE, FEES, kc Sr.rTiON 1- From and after the passage of this Ordinance, it shall be the duty of the Guard House Keeper to routine persons imprisoned by tin' Ordinances of the said city, or otherwise, in separate apartments, one of which being allowed lor males, the other for fern; Sec. 12. The Guard House Keeper shall demand and receive from the owner of every slave, ami from every person of color, committed to the Guard House, the undermentioned sums for the follow For receiving a prisoner, $ 60 " discharging a prisoner GO " dieting a white person, per day, 50 '• dieting a negro, per day 30 " whipping a negro by order of the owner or the Mayor, 50 •■ whipping a negro (runaway) 1 00 If a slave should, in ease of sickness, require further or better diet, on the recommendation of the Physician attending such slave, the cost of such extra diet, which shall be proved by pro- ducing the written recommendation of the Physician and the bill for the articles furnished. For the Medicines and attendance bestowed on a sick slave, the amount of the Physician's bill for the same. For advertising a fugitive slave, the amount of the Printer's bill for the same. If a slave is kept at the Quard House for two weeks, the Guard House Keeper shall demand and receive from his or her owner, full payment of fees, charges and expenses due to the end of the said term, for and oh accounl of such slave, and in like manner at the end of every two we< ;. Tlii- fees for fugitive slaves committed at the C4uard House, shall in all casi -ante as imposed by the laws of the State of < 4. The Guard House Keeper shall discharge no slave or free person of color until the above fees, charges and expenses for such slave or free person of color shall !»■ paid, ami he shall be charged in the monthly settlement of the account with the fee- and expenses due lor every slave or free person of color discharged by him within the preceding month. 32 See. •"'. One-half of all f< pting that for dieting nml whipping) Bhall be payable t<> the city, the other half to the Guard House Keeper: and should the defendant be discharj for want of proof, or his or her inability to pay e of the it the < »rn failure or neglect of the Guard House Keeper to settle as aforesaid, it shall be the duty of the Olerk to report said failure or neglect to the Mayor and Council, Sec. T. The Guard House Keeper shall be authorised to make Bpecial contracts under pbe approval of the Mayor, when gangs oi negroes arc introduced. Passed Augusl 25, 1854. GUAM) HOUSE KKKPKR. Council shall .lect, at the tirst regular meeting in each year, a Keeper of the Guard House, whose duty it shall be to remain constantly al the Guard House, and receive all prisoners from the officers, entering in a hook to be kept for that purpose, the oame of the prisoner, for what cause committed, and by whom arrested, together with the time of their discharge, and by what authority discharged. He shall receive all lees, and make a full return to the City Treasurer each week, (to be laid before Coun- cil) and pay over the amount due the city; he shall giye bond with two securities for $1,000, conditioned for the faithful per- formance of his duty. He shall, in addition to his other duties, keep the Guard House and cells in a neat and cleanly order. He -hall receive for his services such compensation as shall an- nually be fixed by Council,' and nave the exclusive privilege of boarding prisoners and receiving such fees for so doing as fixed by Council, and shall have the use of the Guard House lot He may be removed from office at any regular meeting of Council. Mo slave or free person of color shall be discharged from the Guard House excepl on the order of the .Mayor or of the owner or Guardian of such slave or fi q of color after paying all fees and fines. Passed February 6, J v "'">. ORDINANCES. CLERK OP THE MARKET. Section 1 The Clerk of the Market, elected by Council, shall tit the meeting next ensuing his election, give bond, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty, with security, to be ap- proved by Council, in the sum of five hundred dollars. He shall attend at the Market-house every day during market-hours, and shall enforce all rules and regulations of the market, to prevent the sale of diseased, stale, or unwholesome articles, and shall see that all weights and measures used in the Market correspond with the standard authorized by the laws of the State. Sec. 2. In case of sickness or inability of the Clerk of the Market to attend at the Market-house, he shall employ a deputy Clerk, for whose acts he shall be responsible. Sic. 3, It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Market to su- perintend the Market, ft> preserve order and cleanliness,' and to have the' Market swept, and the stalls, blocks, and benches, cleaned daily, after the market hours are over. And he shall regulate the manner of arranging carriages and carts of persons bringing provisions to market Sec. 4. The Market fees shall be as follows : For each beef brought to Market, $ 30 For each quarter of beef; when less than a whole carcass is brought to market, 10 For each hog, when weighing less than twenty pounds, 5 For each hog, weighing between twenty and seventy-five pounds, 10 For each hog weighing over seventy live pounds, 20 For each sheep brought to Market, 20 For e«ch goat brought to Market, 10 The Clerk of the Market shall be authorized to demand said fees in advance, anfl in case of refusal, the person so refusing shall be expelled the Market. Sec. - r >. ft shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Market to require all persons bringing any cattle, sheep, hogs, or goats to Market, to famish a description of the color, brands, and marks of the animals, and to produce the ears, which description, brand, mark, etc., it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Market to record in a book kept by him for that purpose, subject to the in- spection of any person, on the payment of a fee of ten cents. Sec 6. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Market to collect the fees established by said (fourth) section, and to keep a regular book thereof; and report the same to the City Council weekly, which sum when so reported, shall be paid over to the Treasurer of said City Council. For the services of said officer, the City Council shall establish a salary as in case of the other officers elected. 5 .".4 ORDINAL ES. BRIDGE KEF' Bsctiok l Tl Bridge K I by the Council, shall give bond with two or more in the sum of two thousand dollars. He Bhall, :it tbe 6rst meeting after liis election, submit to tlio Council, for their approval or disapproval, ■ of his assistant, lor whose nets Be ellal] be responsible. He shall report weekly the amount of toll received by him, and shall \-.i\ the same to the Treasurer, His report Bhall be made op on tin' morning of the day on which the regular meeting of the Council is held, and for every failure to report, he shall forfeit and pay the sum often dollars. And if be shall at any time fail ti make such repoi t. and pay over the amount of ;«>11 in his hands, • may 1^ dismissed from his office, and the Council shall lill the vacancy as they may deem expedient 2 It Bhall be the duty of the Bridge Sleeper to plaoi a poet at i acb end of the Bridge, in large letters, the* rates of tull. and the prohibition to any person to pass the bridge faster than in a walk. He shall keep three lamps suspended in the in terror of the Bridge, at suitable distances, and shall keep the same lighted and burning from night-fall to ten o'clock at night And for every breach of th b, he shall be subject to the penalty of ten dollars, lit- shall sweep the Bridge daily. remove tbe dirt and tilth that may accumulate upon it. lit- shall also report to Council from time to time, such repairs as may bo necessary to the Bridg Sec. 3. The Bridge Keeper-shall report the rates of. toll estab linked by the- following section, i zcept in cases otherwise ordered by Council. It shall Be his duty to preserve the Bridge from in- jury, or being damaged, and be shall report all persons injuring or defacing tl to the Marshal, to be by him prosecuted lbr malicious mischief. !. 'rii«> following shall be the rates of Toll on and over said Bridge, to wit : 4 wh' • with 4 horses, shall pay CO cents. 4 •' •• " 2 '• .50 4 " Bareucho ' 4 " " r0 4 m ii "2 •' 60 4 " '• "1 " " 35 4 " Recteawaj " I ' " &° ■l " "1 - " 38 :; " lVtllar's wagoii. 2 horses, shall pay, with or without springs, 35 4 .. J - • '• " 25 Gig or Sulkov, with • 1 " " " " - 6 Man and horse *> Road wagon. 6 hoiswn Ao 40 ORDINANCES. 35 Road wagon, 4 horses 35 c»nti. " " 3 " 30 " »o" .25 Cart with 1 horse 10 Ox Carts and wagon?, the same rates as drawn by horses,. 3 Stock Cattle, Hogs, Sheep and Goat?, each. i Sec. 5. Any person or persons crossing the Macon B rid go in carriages or vehicles of any description, or on horseback, in a faster gait than a walk, shall, on conviction before the Mayor, bo fined in a sum not less than five nor more than teu dollars, at the discretion of the Mayor. THE SEXTON. Section 1. At the first meeting of Council after his election, the Sexton shall give bond in the sum of five hundred dollars, for the faithful discharge of his duties, with security, to be approved by Council. It shall be his duty to superintend the digging of all graves, and all interments made in the burying grounds of the city. He shall dig all graves to the depth of five feet, and shall see that no person is buried in any place within the coporate lim- its of the city, other than the Cemeteries of the City. Sec. 2. He shall keep a book of record of all deaths and buri- als in the city, mentioning the names, age, place of nativity, dis- ease, residence, in which Cemetery buried, and submit the same monthly to the Council. Sec. 3. The Sexton shall be entitled to the following fees, viz. : For digging a grave, and making interment of a white person, . $ I 0i> For digging a grave, and making interment of a negro, . . . 3 Oil For walling up a grave with good hard brick and lime mortar, where less than five hundred are used, two dollars a hundred, . . . 2 o "Where more than five hundred are used, one dollar and fifty cents per hundred, 1 3 In cases where parties furnish their own brick and material, he shall receive for laying the same fifty cents per hundred, ... i'J Where parties furnish their own material and labor, in walling up graves,, the Sexton shall only be entitled to his regular fee of . 4 00 For digging a grave of more than seven and a half leet in length, for a white person, 5 Ofl And he may demand his fees for all burials in advance, from persons living without the limits of the city. Skc. 4. The Sexton shall take charge of the City Burin) Ground, and keep the buildings, fenced, and other appurtenances thereto belonging in proper order and condition; shall be alwjiya ready to receive verb,il or written applications for interments the Sexton for tlio interment of any person, in the aforesaid city burial ground, who died beyond the limits of the city of Macon, shall pay to him, besides bis own fees, and at the time of paying Buch lees, 6ve dollars for the use of the city, and which euro so received he shall pay over to the City Treasurer everythree months. He shall keep Q cash book, in which be shall, from day to day, enter ail Bums thus received for the city, as well as all fees and perqui- sites by him received, and cast up ;lt the end of every month tho aggregate amount by him collected and received as aforesaid. 6. Tliu Sexton shall bury all paupers, when bo directed by the Mayor, or any member of < ounoil, and be entitled td Buch fee therefor as may be fixed by Council. Sac. 7. If the Sexton shall exact more than the fees herein he- fore authorized, he shall be removed from his other. And for any failure or refusal to dig a grave within six hours after being notified so to do, or for any other failure or neglect properly to discharge tho dirties of his office, he shall be fined in a sum not less than twenty dollars, or removed from office at the discretion of Council. CITY BURVEYOB, Section 1. It shall be his duty, on the application of the City Council, or of any citizen, to repair to any place within the city, and there designate and define the boundary of any lot or lots, street or streets; and for such service so rendered hy said sur- veyor, he shall receive from the person or persons employing him, five dollars for the survey of each lot, and making out a plot and certificate of the Same. Bbc -. .Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, tho City Surveyor shall take and subscribe the following' oath, viz.: I . A . B., do solemnly s\\ ear. (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will to the best of my knowledge and skill, and without any favor or affection to any party, correctly survey any lot or lots, or streets, when called upon for that purpose, so help mo God. MAYOR, PRO TBM. The said .Mayor and Council shall, at their first meeting in each and every year, elect from their body a Mayor ^>ro Avw., who .shall be clothed with all the rights, privileges, and duties of the Mayor elect, and who shall act as such during the illness or ab- sence from any cause of said Mayor, having first taken the usual oath of office, &nd not otherwise; and if the said Mayor elect or Mayor pro ton., should both be unable from any cause to attend to their duties, the Council shall elect another Mayor pro Um. ORDINANCES. 37 from their body, who shall be clothed with all the rights, privi- leges and duties of the said Mayor, upon taking the said oath of office, and who shall only act as such in the absence of the said Mayor elect or Mayor pro tern, aforesaid. BOARD OF HEALTH. Section 1. The City Council at its first mee'ing in the month of April, shall appoint a Board of Health, to consist of nine citi- zens, five of whom shall be a quofom, and who shall meet once a week, or as often as they may deem necessary. It shall be the duty of the Board of Health, to visit ami examine every part of the city, with a view to ferret out and detect all causes of disease that may endanger the health of the city, or any neighborhood thereof. Sec 2. The Board of Health shall report to Council the exist- ence of any standing water, filth, impure or rotten fruit, together with all causes of disease and nuisances that may injuriously affect the health of the city. And it shall be the duty of Coun- cil to act promptly upon all reports of the Board of Health so made, by carrying out their recommendations, and causing the nuisances and inducements to disease to be abated and removed, at the expense of the person or persons by whose negligence or agency they are produced, or of the owner of the premises on which they are found to exist. Sec 3. The Board of Health shall report to Council all lots and cellars in which water may stagnate, or which from their location may be liable to become the seat of such nuisance, or other causes of disease, and upon such report, the City Council shall forthwith require the owner of such lot to fill up or drain the same, so as effectually to remove or abate the nuisance com- plained of, and the owner or occupant of such cellar, also to have the same baled and kept dry; and in case of refusal by such owner or occupant to comply with the requirements of Council, in a reasonable time, the Council shall have the same done at their expense, in the manner pointed out and directed in the twenty-second section of the Charter of the city. Sec 4. The Board of Health shall advise the City Council of any danger at any time, of the introduction into the city of the small pox, or other malignant disease or epidemic, and recom- mend measures for the prevention thereof, and for the most speedy relief of the city from such visitations, when they havo made their appearance. Sec 5. The Board of Health shall be organized by the elec- tion of a chairman, who shall preside at all meetings thereof, and direct the Clerk to report all the proceedings of the body to the Council. They may adopt such by-laws, rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the Charter of the city, as they deem pro- oS ORDINANCES. per, and do ah other acts and tilings no! rdio- ance, that will ; ind secure the health of tin- MARKET. Section 1. Each day of the d) Bhall be a public market day, ami tin- public Id at the Markel Elottee, and at do other ] Sic. :!. The Markel Bell shall be rung fifteen mini sun rise all Beasooa of the year, and the market horn's shall from thence continue until ten i '.. M.. during the niontl October, November, D iber, January, February M irch, and until nine A M., during the months of April, May. .Tunc, July, August and September, in each year, except on Sat- urday, when there shall be an extra markel in the afternoon, from four to nine o'clock in the Fall and Winter months; and from in ten o'clock in the Spring and Summer months. Sic. 3. Any person or persons who shall sell, or offer for Bale during Market hours, any fresh Meats, Poultry, Game or Wild Fowls. Eggs, Butter, fresh Fish, Fruits, Vegetables or Pr ions of any kind, usually brought to market, in any of the Btl of the city other than at the Market House, Buch person or per> - violating this section shall pay a fine not exceeding ten dol- lars; and if by a slave, or li.'.' person ( ,j' color, shall be punished by whipping, at the discretion of the Ma-, Sr.r. I. Tlie stalls iii the Market House shall be rented out to the highest bidder, under the direction of the committee on the market, during the month of January in each year; there shall he reserved t\\ o stalls, and such other places as said commit may direct, for the use of persons sending or bringing meal of their own stock to mai p irson shall have a right t<> dis- pose of, or transfer bis stall without the consent of the commit and no one person or company of persons shall be permitted to rent more stalls than one, until all applicants are Bupplied, of which the committee alone shall be the jtiii: Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of persons ronting stalls for the purpose of vending meats, to keep blocks or benches for cutting up the same, ami to see that they are preserved free from all rot or decay, or from the accumulation of dirt, tilth, or trash, under a penalty of live dollars for each offen Sec. G. All persons bringing vegetables, poultry, or other pro- visions t.o market, shall have assigned to them by the Clerk, \\<-<< of charge, a stand which they have the exclusive right of Using, for the time being, and no person shall he allowed any other Htand than the one assigned him: Provided, That persons bring- ing poultry, butter and eggs to market, shall bo permitted, under the diretion of the Clerk of the Market, to sell the some from OKDINANCES. 39 their carta, wagons, or other vehicles, at and around the Market House, without charge* Sjbc. 7. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to pur- chase during Market hours, any thing offered for sale at the Market, for the purpose of offering the same for sale in the city or market. Any person or persons violating this Ordinance shall be fined not more than fifty, nor less than twenty dollars, for each and every such offence: — one half of said fine to go to the in- former, and the other half to the City Treasury. BjBC. 8. A tine of not more than twenty dollars shall be inflicted on every white person who may be convicted before the Mayor's- Court for selling, or offering or attempting to sell at or near the public Market, any meat, fish or poultry, name or wild fowl, eggs, vegetables, fruit, butter; or any other article or commodity, or provisions of any kind usually brought to market for sale, and which said person may have bough! at or near said Market at any time less than one week before: and the penalty of not less than thirty lashes shall be inflicted on any skive or free person of color convicted before the Mayor's Court of a violation o$ any of the foregoing provisions oed in the case of a free person. Sua '. ( . It shall be the special duty of the Clerk of the Mar- ket and of the City Police to report all violations of said Ordin- ance, (section 0), and to put the Offender or offenders on the Information Pocket; and in every case where the offender is not a resident of the city, it shall be the duty of said Clerk or Police to seize every such article or commodity, and detain the same, until the offender shall answer for said offence before the Mayor's Court. BO. 10. It shall not be lawful for any person to smoke any cigar or pipe in the public Market House of the City of Macon 1 , under a penalty of two dollars for the first offence, and not ex- ceeding five dollars tor each and every subsequent offence, if the offender be a white person, and under a penalty not exceeding three dollars, or whipping, not exceeding ten lashes, if a slave or free person of color. Stic. 11. If any person shall cut, mutilate, break or deface, or injure the Market building or stalls, or other appurtenances to the said Market building, such offender shall be fined in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars, one half of the fine to be paid to the informer. B i:< . !'J. No dog shall be permitted to come within the Market building during market hours; and any person or persons bring- ing a dog "i- <\lial! be fined in a sum not exceeding ten dollars. 18. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to sleep or lie down upon any of the public, stalls in the Market House in the night or day time: and every person so found shall 40 ORDINANCL be arrested by the Marshal, or City Polioe, and upon conviction before the Mayor, snail be fined in a gun cot t dollars. Sec 14. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons iriLr any description of articles usually brought to the Market for sale, to keep :i n v wagon, cart, or other vehicle, nearer to the Market building, or for a longer time, than any member of tho Market Committee or the Clerk of the Market may direct, and such person or persona shall be compelled to take such position with their wagons, cart*, or other vehicles, as paid officers shall deem best for convenient sale, and tin- better protection of the interests of those who rent stalls within the enclosure of the Market building; and any person or persons refusing to conform to this regulation, shall, on conviction before ti be Ined in a sum not exceeding ten dollars. Si.. . 15. ft shall be the duty of thr Clerk of the Market, from time to time, as he may think necessary, to examine the sot and weights of all buying or sellim, r in the Market, and prescribe the manner of suspending their scales ; and any person refusing to conform to such direction shall be fined in a sum not exceed- ing twenty dollars. Sec. 16. It shall not be lawful for the butchers who have stalls in the Market building, or for any other person or persona what- ever, to enter the enclosure with a wagon, cart, or other vehicle, or on horseback. Every person so offending shall pay a fine not less than five, nor more than ten dollars, on conviction before tie Mayor. Sec. 17. No person, except the owner or party in charge, shall mount upon any wagon, cait, or other vehicle at market without leave, and no person shall take from any individual at market any article whatever without permission of the owner, or without having paid for the same. Every white person so oifending shall pay a fine not less than one nor more than ten dollars. If a slave Or free person of color, shall be punished by whipping- at the tion of the Mayor. AN ORDINANCE To prohibit shirrs or free persons of rotor from trading in poultry f prorisims, or other produce, or front trading or trafficking in any way u-hatever within the limits of the City of M< Section 1. No slave or free person of color shall sell or offer for sale in or about the Market, during market hours, any kind of poultry, produce, or provisions of any description, without a written permit from his, her or their owner or owners, overseer, employer or guardian. Sec 2. No slave or free person of color shall be allowed to sell or offer for sale in the market or or; the street, or in any t>hop, ORDINANCES. 41 store, or other place, within the limits of the city, any poultry, produce, provisions, or any other chattel of other thin* than those raised or produced by his, her or their owner or owners, employ- er or gnardian, under no pass or pretext whatever. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Police or Cleric of Market to seize all articles so offered, and apprehend all slaves or free persons of color and bring him, her. or them before the Mayer, who shall have the power to confi such articles so offered. The officer so apprehending shall be entitled to one half of the proceeds of such articles so confiscated, the other half to go to the poor of the city. ICE. Section 1. It shall not be lawful for any person to sell Ice within the corporate limits of th,e Macon On the Sabbath day, only between the hours of V2, M., and 1, J*. M. Any per- son violating this section, shall, on proof thereof, be fined by the Mayor of said city for each Offence in a sum not less than ten nor more than thirty dollars. "When the Mayor is satisfied from the production of physicians' certificates, Or other perfectly satisfac- tory proof, that Ice has been sold at other times on the Sabbath than those above mentioned on account of sickness, he may remit the penalty. Skc 2. Nothing in the foregoing shall be so construed as to permit any person who bee] is Ice for sale, to sell anything, or any other article on the Sabbath day, during the hours when he is allowed by said section to sell Ice. SLAVES AND FREE PERSONS OF COLOR. Section 1. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to confine or chastise any slave or any free person of color in any street or alley of the city. Sec 2. Free negroes and free persons of color, arriving within this city, shall within thirty days after their arrival, pay co the Treasurer fifty dollars. In case of neglect or refusal to pay the same, every such person or persons shall be committed to the Guard House or common Jail of the county, until the same is paid, or he, she, or they be discharged by order of Council, or by due course of law. No free negro or free person of color shall remain within the limits of the city a longer time than five days, without giving notice of wl rdian or prelector, to the Clerk of the Council; a -ll be the duty of said guardian personally to ackn himself as such to the Clerk within the above specified time, and that he, the said guardian, will be bound to pay all taxes which may be imposed on said free negro, or free person of color, by Council : ana' will hold him or herself accountable for the good conduct and behavior of said 6 i'l ORDIXANCES. frrr negro <>r free pereon of color, the same as is regulated by law in ship between master an md it shall be the duty of the < flerk of Council to keep a book re ter of all rsons of color, t; 1 1 « - date of regis- ter, their names, occupation, age, and name of guardian; ana it Bhall be the duty of the Marshal to apprehend all I or free persons . who may violate and disregard tin- pro- as <>f this section, and lodge them in the Guard House or Jail until released by the Mayor and City Council, to whom he shall report I , at the first regular meeting of Council thereafter. BboI 3. No slaves shall be permitted to live on lots detached from the residence of their owners or employers with- out a license from the Mayor and Council; and Baid slave or slaves when bo licensed, shall be under the immediate supervision of the Police, who Bhall have full power to enter their dwellings whenever they may deem it necessary for the good order and safety of the city. No slave shall be allowed to hire his own time, or carry on any trade within the limits of this city, except that of a barber or h;iir dres>er. or l>e engaged in any work or employment, except under the immediate control of his master or employer. No slave shall he hired to, or by any free person of color, (except it b rally through the guardian of such free person of color,) or another slave directly or indirectly, at any time within the limits of this city, under a penally often dol- lars for each and every such offe Sec. 4. No keeper or manager of a livery stable shall hire or loan to any siavc, or I've- person of color, any horse, mule, car- riage, or other conveyance whatever, without a written permit from the owner oi' such slave, or guardian of such free person of color, stating the place where he or she may be going, and the time of absence, under u penalty of five dollars for each violation of this Ordinance. \ny slave or free person of color found after daylight down, or at any time on the Sabbath day. seen going in or com- ing out of any house, shop, or any other place in the city where liquors of any kind, wine, eider, beer or other spirituous or other fermented drinks are retailed or sold, unless sent by his or her master, employer or guardian, and have a written permit to that effect, such slave or free person of color shall be lodged in the Guard House ami there kept until liberated by their master, em- ployer or guardian on payment of the usual fee. And for the violation of this ordinance, the person or persons owning or keep- ing such house or shop, or other place, shall be lined in a sum not exceeding fifty nor 'ess than ten dollars. 6. .No assemblage of ; . people of color, in any part of the city, for the purpose of dancing or merriment shall take place without a written permit being first obtained from the ORDINANCES. 43 Mayor and any four members of Council, whose duty it shall be to prescribe the time when, and at what time to break up ; and the Marshal and all other city officers are directed to enforce this Ordinance. Sec. 7. No slave or free person of color shall buy any spiritu- ous or fermented liquors, wine or rider, within the limits of the city, without a written permit from his or her master or guardian, ami any liquors so bought may be seized and forfeited; and any person selling or giving spirituous liquors to a negro not his own, or free person of color, on conviotion b.ibrc the Mayor, shall be fined not exceeding one hundred dollars. Sec. 8, No person shall employ or permit any negro or other slave, to sell for him any goods, wares or merchandise, or liquors, or other articles of any kind, unless the owner thereof, or another white person in the employ of such owner, be present; and every white person so offending, shall forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars for eaeli and every such offence, with costs. Sec. 9. No owner or other peson having the care or manage- ment of slaves, shall permit such slave to be hired or employed ■out of their respective families or houses, without obtaining from the City Clerk a ticket or badge, expressing the particular em- ployment of said slave, and numbered, under the penalty of five dollars, with costs, for each offence. It shall be the duty of tho Clerk to keep a book of record of said licenses granted, with par- ticular description of the slave for whom the ticket is given. Sec. 10. No person shall be allowed a badge or ticket for any slave but the owner, his or her agent, trustee, attorney or guar- dian. Sec 11. Badges or tickets shall not be transferable, and used by any other sla\ e than the one for whom issued; a violation shall forfeit the badge or ticket, which shall not be renewed except by order of Council. Sec. 12. It shall be the duty of the Marshal to seize all slaves found working without badges or tickets, and lodge them in tho Guard House or Jail, who shall there remain, until liberated by their masters, or guardians, by paying five dollars and all costs. Sec. 13. No assemblage of slaves or free persons of color, composed of more than seven in number, shall be permitted with- in the limits of this city, unless there lie ;it least two white per- sons present, except when assembled at Church for religious wor- ship, then the presence of one responsible white male resident shall be sufficient; and it. shall be the duty of the Marshal, in all cases of violation, to disperse said assemblage of slaves, and free persons of color, and also arrest the leader or leaders of the same, and commit him or them to the Guard House, to be pun- ished at the discretion of the Mayor. Sac. 14. It shall be th« dutv of the Marsh*] and nil othw -~>nio y to whip or otherwise punish them, unless the punishment I d by the Mayor I in :i public manner, in which tween the 1 .\. ML., and tl k i'. M. 15. All ■ persons i being caught out their own< by the Marshal, Deputy Marshals I ifter the ringii Guard Blouse Bell al • I'. M. i by Council, without a special i rdian or employer, Bhall be committi d to and then d for the remainder of the night, and shall noj be n leased by any offi- of the city — under :i penalty of not more than ten dollars for i and every offence — until regularly discharged the following formity 'with the Ordim 16. When Couneil t any time, that there is in the city :> free person • f notoriously bad i cious character, they shall notify Mich free person ol color, through the Marshal or Deputy Marshals, to leave the city with- in five days, and in case of refusal or failure b oun- cil shall cause said free person of color to be arrested and conr fined, until they can decide what I o take thereon, for the good <>1" the- i 17. [n cases not bj sciallj provided for, if a slave or free in of color is ating any part of an ordin- ance of the City Oouucil, be or she may be tried by the Mayor •iv two members of Council, [f found guilty, thetaid Mayoi or members may sentence the delinquent to receive a aurabei lashes no1 exceeding thirty-nine, within any one day, or be con- fined in the Guard House not more than five days, ©r both, at their discretion. Corporal punishmerit or confinement may be commuted for a p ding twenty dollars for Mich offence ; — Provided, The master or guardian is willing to pay it. Bec. I s . Slaves or free persons of color -hall not assemble in, around or near, any street dour, upon the side walk, or any other place or places to the annoyance of the neighbors or persons! passing, nor to smoke in the streets, or alleys, or any public square or place. For a violation of this section, such negro or ■ hail be committed to the Guard Souse until the next morning, whipped and discharged, ami the owner or occutiant the place or house shall be fined five dollars for each, tune he shall allow Mich assemblages of i"-^** It shall not be lawful 1' any free | color, on his or her own account, to sell or make Cotton Mattresses, or buv i »tton for said purposes, under a penalty of twenty dollars, or to be punished at the discretion of the Mayor. ORDINANCES. 45 TRADING WITH SLAVES. Any person who shall be guilty of trading or dealing with any- slave or slaves, or of furnishing him, her or them with any spiri- tuous or intoxicating liquors within the limits of the city of Ma- con, contrary to the laws of this State, shall, on proof thereof, before the Mayor, be fined by the Mayor of said city, in a sum of not mure than one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the com- mon Jail of Bibb county, or Guard House of said city, not ex- ceeding the space of one month, — or both fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the said Mayor* NEGRO GAMBLING. Any slave or slaves, or free person of color, arrested by the Police, having about their persons cards, dice-box, or any other article known and used for gambling purposes, it shall be pre- sumptive evidence that they have been, or intend gambling; and shall be punished at the discretion of the Mayor. SLATE MARTS. Each and every person who shall keep and use within the limits of the City ot Macon, any house, yard or other place for the purpose of keeping slaves therein for sale or hire, shall pay annually on the first day of January of each and every year, in- to the Treasury the sum of two hundred dollars: and if any person shall fail to comply with the requirements of this Ordin- ance, he or they shall be lined in a sum not exceeding one hun- dred dollars, and an execution shall issue for the whole sum and be collected in the usual manner. MAGAZINE. Section. 1. All gunpowder which shall be brought to the city for sale, on consignment, or for any purpose whatever, shall be conveyed by the owners or coi.signees thereof to the Magazine, within six hours after its arrival. Sec 2. No person shall keep for retail in their stores, more than fifty-six pounds of gunpowder, which shall be kept in a tin or copper canister. And any person offending against this pro- vision, shall be liable to a line of twenty dollars a day, for every day so offending, nor shall any person expose for sale any gun- powder in the streets or alleys of the city, under a similar penalty. Sec 8. All powder kepi in the Magazine shall, when placed therein, be marked or labelled with the name of the owner or consignee, and all powder found in the streets, or any store, con- trary to the provisions pf this Ordinance, shall be seized by the Marshal or Deputy Marshals, and be by them conveyed to the Magazine, to await the order of Council, upon the report thereof by the officer seizing the same. 40 ORDINANCES. KKKI'KR OF THE MAGAZINE. Section 1. The Keeper of the Magazine, elecl incil, shall, at the meeting next ensuing hi< election, give bond with flood Pecurity, in the sum of one thousand d< ditioned for tin- faithful performance of bia duty. B» . 2. It shall be the duty of the Keeper of the public V zinc, to attend at all times, when required, between eun rise and sun set, (Sundays excepted,) aa well for tin' purpose of receiving, as delivering gunpowder to the owners thereof. He sbnfl have a fixed place of residence <>r office, in some central part of the city, which he shall advertise. He BhaD receive all gunpowder, and enter the same in a book to the credit of the respective own- ers, issue receipts therefor, keep an account of, and report Council monthly, the amount of gunpowder in the Magazine and the amount received for storage and the amount due And it Bhall be, moreover, bia duty, if any person Btoring gunpowder refuses or neglects to pay the storage due upon such portion as may not be removed in twelve months from the time of its re ceipt, after advertising in the public gazettes of the city for ten days, tbsell such gunpowder at public auction, or so much there- of as will pay the amount of storage due. And in every instance, be shall receive the storage due on any gunpowder demanded of him, before its delivery. Sec. 8. The Keeper of the Magazine shall receive for 1, rage on gunpowder, which shall bo at the following rates, to wit : one cent per pound for the first twelve months, or any part thereof, if paid by the . wner in not exceeding ten days after the powder shall have been scored therein, and one and a half cents per pound if not so paid ; ami half a cent per pound for every six months following. A part thereof to be paid by the owner as the gunpowder is taken away, or sooner, at his option. Sue. \. It shall be the duty of the Keeper of the Magazine, to examine the building used for a Magazine from time to time, and report to Council any repairs which shall be necessary. And he shall examine monthly into the condition of all powder in the Magazine. NT Is 1 ANTES. Sc.ction 1. Tt shall not lie lawful for any person to build, have or keep any privy, nor dig, have or keep any sink or pit for a privy within four feel of any Btreet or public alley, or within two feet of the boundary hue of his or her own lot. And any person Who shall be guilty of a violation of this section, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding twenty dollarB for each day said nuisance shall continue after notice from the Mayor. And moreover, it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council, in case of refusal by the owner or occupant of any lot on which such nuisance shall ORDINANCES. 47 exist, to abate the same, and cause the Clerk to issue an execu- tion against the offender for the amount expended. Sec. 2. No person shall be allowed' to build, have or keep any privy in the business parts of the city, without a pit or sink; and it shall be the duty of the Mayor and Council to remove any privy so erected, or kept, and to cause an execution to be issued against the owner of said lot for the amount so expended, after giving five days 1 notice to persona so offending; Provided, Any person may have under their privies, movable boxes or tubs, on condition that they are removed and cleansed once in every two weeks. Sec. 3. No person shall be permitted to throw into the streets any rotten fruit, vegetables, dead carcasses or other matter, in such quantities as to become offensive, under a penalty of five dollars. Sec. 4. No person shall kindle or build a fire in the streets of the city, nor shall any person be allowed to camp in the streets, under the penalty of ten dollars for every offence; Provided, that blacksmiths shall be allowed to build tires for the purpose of shrinking tires in front of their shops. Sec. 5. It shall not be lawful for any person to fire a gun, pis- tol, or any other fire arms, within three hundred yards of any house, except in cases of military parade ; nor shall any person burn rockets, crackers, or any kind of fire works within the limits of the city. Any person so offending shall be fined in a sum not exceeding twenty dollars. Sec. 6. No person shall be permitted to fly a kite in any part of the city, and it shall be the duty of the Marshal and Deputy Marshals, in case of a violation of this Ordinance, to destroy the kites so used, and in case of resistance or repetition, the offenders shall be arrested and brought before the Council to be dealt with as they may direct. Sec. 7. No person shall do, or cause to be done, any work within the limits of the city on the Sabbath day, unless jt be a work of necessity or charity. Sec. 8. Any person who shall be found in the streets drunk, or acting in a disorderly, riotous or tumultuous manner, or who shall be guilty of any act against the public safety, morality and decency, not herein specified, shall be arrested by the Marshal and confined in the Guard House, until such time as he can be brought before the Mayor, to be dealt with as he may think proper. Sec. 9. All lots and cellars within the limits of the city, shall by their owners or occupants be kept in such condition as not to allow any water to stagnate, or otherwise become offensive, or any other nuisance to exist thereon; and for a violation of this section, shall be lined in a sum not exceeding ten dollars per day, 48 ORDINAL for each day said nuiei - :• or Marshal And it shall moreover be the duty of the Mayor and refusal <>r f any om ipant of any lot on which su< 1i nuisance shall exist, to abate I and rk to issue an execution - such offender, the lot on which such ouieance may exist, for the amount expend' ed in abating such nuisa if. Any owner or occupant of a lot, who shall thn discharge, or permit or allow to be thrown or discharged, from his or her premises, as much Water or other liquid or thing of any kind whatever, as may put any part of any street or alley in bad order, or which may injure or damage any other lot in any v • ■r the occupants thereof, shall be fined by the Mayer or any tw«> rubers of Council, not ling ten dollars a day and <-. for every day such nuisance shall exist, and the same shall be abated by order of the .Mayor, or two members of Council, at the ( nd expense pf the person or persons causing or al- lowing the same. I 1. Nb owner or OCOUpant of any lot, shall keep OD his oi- lier premises, any nuisance, to the annoyance of his or her neigh- bors. Any person so annoyed may apply to the Mayor or any two members of Council, who shall require, in writing, an abate* ment of such nuisance, in such time as be or they may think rea- sonable or proper. And if such nuisance is not abated by the tune required, sue! • or offenders shall be fined in a sum Tint i for dach day the same may con- tinue, or imprisoned in the ILQf the Mayor or said two members of Council, and such nuisance shall be forthwith abated at the charge and • i (Ten ling. Sac. i'J. \' shall not be lawful ; erson or persons to (•(instruct gutters or spouts toe i from their lots into any of the alleys or streets of the i ity, under a penalty for each and every of) snty, nor le>s than five dollars, at the discrete o i f the Mayors and said gutter or spout shall be removed within ten day.- from n tice; otherwise they will be removed by and under the direction of the Marshal, ami the expense obtained from the property by me usual pro ANIMALS RUNNING AT LARGE, If any horse, marc gelding, colt, mule, ox. cow or calf, or any other animal of like kind, shall be found at large in the oity, whose appearance shall be offensive to the sigh) from its poverty, sick- ness or lameness, the same shall be rera< ved by the Marshal or any other city officer from the limits of the city at the expense of the owner or owners thereof, to be adjudged by the Mayor, be- fore whom the parties shall lie cited to appear; and if any person shall resist or oppose an officer in the discharge of such duty ORMNAXCKS. i shall be subject to a fine of not less than five nor more than twenty dollars. DO Skitiox 1. From and afl y of Yiicy, next, there shall be provided by the TraaS irer of the city, a sufficient num- of badges to be marked "0, M." and numbered from onk upwards, and he shall furnish the owner or owners of any or dogs, who may apply for the saine, with one or more of badgesj as may be required, said ow ner or owners paying to sajd Treasurer for the t,ise of said oily, one dollar for every such badge; or bucIi amounl as may be affixed by Council' and which badges shall protect nil dogs wearing them from being killed. Ami all dogs found running :tt large in said city at any time aftersaid first day of May a spl such as may wear badges as above provided, shall be liable to lie killed by tin City Mar- shal, or such city officer or officers as he may authorize and ap- point lor that purpose; ami ibr every dog so hilled there shall bo |iaid to the officer killing t!i" same by the City Treasurer, the sum of SI Sec. 2. This Ordinance shall remain in force from the timo it -..akes effect until regularly repeal Passed February 6, 1858. SaciiON I. li shall not tie lawful for the owners of Hoes to permit them to run at large within the corporate limits of tho city, exc sp1 on the easl side of the Ocmulgee river, Sep. •_'. Tt shall be the duty of the Mar* fcs.-tq take up and impound, in the City Pound, all Hogs found running at large within the cor] mits of the city, and there keep them — giving notice in one of the newspapers of tl their being impounded. If identified and proven within ten days there- after, the owner shall have the right to release them, on the pay- ment of one dollar for each Hog, and (umiy-five cents per day for feeding, and expenses for advertising; Sec 3 If. at the expiration o'i ten <\wy.<, no owaer comes for- ward to prove or identify said Hogs— it shall be the duty of the Marsha] or his assistants to Bell them ai public auction, from the lot whereon they are impounded, on the morning next alter the expiration «f the said ten days, and pay the proceeds thereofin- to the City Treasury; the Treasurer paying the Marshal or his assistants, twenty-five per cent, on amount of nett sales, us com- pensation: Si: . I. ft shall not be lawful for any slave or free person of color, living on lota detaohed from 'heir owners, employers or guardians, to h.ivo or keop : , hog or hnj* in trw eitv of *\|? ■fc- oQ nnDI.NA.NCE3. y of any other slave or frer pera >r. Anj free person of color, who shall violate this Ordinance, shall be 6ned five dollars, or be pun ■ by whipping, at the discretion < »i the Mayor; and th< kept shall be forfeited to tb< i by the thai as provided lV>r under section 3. STREET CAM Any white person who shall be '1 before the Mayor or Mayor and Council, of breaking, injuring, or in any manner un- lawfully interfering with any lantern. poet, or other fixture <>r ti,iiiL r used for or necessary to the lighting of the public or private buildings ol ^;ii< 1 city with ua- <>r other thing for giving light, shall be fined no< lest than five 6r more than twenty dollars, and imprisoned not | ten days in addi tion to such fin Should a negro be convicted of the Ban . he shall be punished by the same line, as a white person, or by whipping, or by both fine and whipping, in the discretion of the Mayor or .Mayer and Council. LH Sivtion 1. No person shall run a dray, car!' or other ear: of transportation for hire within the city, without a license from the City Council, under the regulation <>f the annual license Ch> dinance. Bsc. ~. All obtaining such license .--hall give a bund with approved security, payable to the Mayor and Council of the city of Macon, in the sum of live hundred dollars, condition- ed to make good all damages sustained by the carelessness, or other improper conduct of the driver of the dray, which bond shall, upon request, be assigned to the party aggrieved by such misconduct. io. •'!. Every dray Bhall lie numbered in the order in which it is licensi d, ami the Cleri .-hail furnish to the owner it- proper Dumber fairly painted on tin. receiving twenty-live cents for the same; ami the owner shall have it attached to some conspicuous part of saiil dray. Every dray without its number, shall lie con- sidered unlicensed. Drivers of licensed drays shall not, between sun rise and sun set refuse to cany a load to or from any pari of the city, without a sufficient excuse; complaint of which may lie made to the Mayor, who shall order his arrest by the Marshal, and shall adjudge the case as he may deem just and proper, and may impose a penally of a line not exceeding the Mim often dol- lars, or the forfeiture of his license, or both at discretion. Tho price of hauling a load to or from any part of the city, shall be birty cents, where the weight Aoc* cot exceed twelve hum ORDINANCES. 51 pounds, over that weight the driver may charge fifteen cents for every five hundred pounds. The price of hauling cotton shall bo twelve and a half (l-j) cents per hale; a load not to exceed six (t>) hales. Sec. 4. No license shall be granted to a slave or free person of color, under any circumstances or pretest whatever. Sec. 5. All licensed drays, the owners of which conform to the regulations of this Ordinance, shall be permitted to pass or repass the bridge free of toll, on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Council. Sec. 6. No person shall retail spirituous or fermented liquors, wine, beer, cider, or other spirituous or fermented drinks in quan- tities less than one quart, within the limits "1 the City of Macon, without a license from the City Council, to be issued by the Trea- surer, on the payment of the sum fixed by the annual license ordinance. Sec. 7. Each person taking out license shall give bond, with good and approved security, in the sum of hve hundred dollars, to the Mayor and Council, conditioned to keep a decent and orderly house; and shall moreover take and subscribe an oath before some officer authorized to administer oaths, not to sell or give liquor to slaves; and any person Who, having obtained such license, shall foil to keep a decent and orderly house, or shall vio- late any of the provisions of this Ordinance, shall, on proof of such offence before the Mayor of said city, be fined by said Mayer in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisoned in the common Jail of Bibb county, or Guard House of said city, for the space of not more than one month, at the discretion of said Mayor. Skc. 8. No person shall retail in more establishments than one, at the same time, under one license, nor shall any one be permit- ted to retail spirituous or fermented liquors, in any street or alley. Sec 9. Any person shall be entitled to a tavern license upon application to the Olerk and Treasurer, and giving bond with ap- proved security, in the sum of five hundred dollars to keep an orderly and decent house, with good and sufficient accomoda. tiou for travellers, their horses and attendants, during the time of their license, in the face of which it is to be expressed, that his, her or their barroom shah not be kept open on the Sabbath day, or Sabbath night, except for one hour only at each meal, and then to sell only to boarders, or travellers Btopping with the per- son taking OUt the license, and the person taking out such liceneo, shall pay to the Treasurer the sum tixed in the annual license - r- dinance. Any person or persons violating this section, shall, on proof before t e \iayor, be lined in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars, or forfeit his or their license, or both, at the dis- cretion of said Mayor. 52 ORDINANCES. | :• N" ••-■•. ■ of a rendtra nm tf-r. v ithout l:ikiiiLT mn i from the < i'\ < : ual license ordinanoe. City) "ouncil each .January, nance for one tee, . conditions upon which Kcenso shall be granted bo rt- tailei ry tickes, nim billiard tallies, slaves working about the city, tree ;■ and w, .ml w ngoi - j the bridj g the bridge, and for such other pur] cil :n:'.y deetg proj Si hall exhibit or perform in I any kin! lawful process, or an Executor, Adminis- trator or Guardian in the due execution of their trusts,. to bold any public vendue sales, or auction, whatsoever, oj e for public outcry, any goods, chattels, wares, pro- duce* or : •• : izc within the limits of the Cit) of Macon. And if, after the passage Ol this Ordinance, on, other than the person hereinbefore named, shall hold any public auction whatsoever within of the City of Macon, or shall e for sale, by himself, at public oittery within the limits of the eily, any goods, chattels, wares, merchandize. Or produce whatsoever, such ig shall he subject and liable to * one, for each ami every offence, uot exceeding fifty dollars, ORDINANCES. 53 to be imposed and recovered on information before the Mayor of the city. Skc 2, When an application for the office of Vendue Master shall hereafter be made, the applicant shall set forth the store or place at which he intends to carry on the Vendue or Auction business; and no Auctioneer shall be permitted to hold, carry on or conduct any general Auction or Vendue business at any other store or house than the store, qr place so set forth, unless by spe- cial permission of Council.; and hereafter, all license shall specify the store of place as set. forth by the applicant, and such license shall not be in any way assignable'; — Provided, always, that such license shall not prevent said Vendue. Master from holding spe- cial Auction sales at any point within the City — and at any time during the continuance pf said license — for the purpose of selling any goods, wares, merchandize, furniture Or any other property: such sales to be made by said Vendue Master in good faith, and not with the intent to defraud the city. Bbc. S. No Vendue Master shall hereafter be permitted to use his license in such manner as to allow any person, other than such Vendue Master to have part or share of the commissions or profits which may be made on the sales of such Vendue Mas- tefs. Provided,, That it' there may be. two or more partners, and license be granted to one partner, the license shall sel forth the name or names of the other partner, or partners, who may be allowed to receive a share of such puofirs: and if any licensed Vendue Master shall use his license so that any person other than the person or persons named in the license shall receive a part or share of the .commissions or profits on his sales, such Vendue Master shall be liable to a line of fifty dollars, to be recovered on information before the Mayor of the eitv; and if any licensed Vendue Master shall carry on any general Auction at public outciy, at any place other than at the place named in his license, without special permisssion of Council, he shall be lia- ble to a tine of fifty dollars, to be recovered on information before the Mayor of the city. Skc. I. The rates of taxes on sales at Auction, in this city, shall be as follows, to wit: on gross amount of safes when the sum shall not efeceed one thousand dollars, om- per centum; when the same shall exceed one thousand dollars, one half of one per centum; and all sales of real estate, negroes, and Bank or other stocks, one-fourth of one per centum: and all Vendue Masters or Auctioneers shall make their peturna on oath on the first Mon- day in April, July, October and January in every year, of the amount of their sales at Vendue or Auction for the three months next preceding the time: of their returns. \ endue Master or Auctioneer shall, previously to receiving their license, give a bond with approved security, to the Mayor and Council, in the Mini of one thousand dollars, cou- oi ORDINANCES. ditioned fur the punctual payment of their taxes, ?ind the faithful targe of all the duties required <'t' them by the ordinances of tin* city; and upon any o< refusal to make said returns, scribed, or to pay within tea days all sums du him to t! j C 'iincil. the Treasurer shall immediately pul bond of such Vendue Master tn suit; and any Vendue Blaster -hall forfeit bis said license. JT1NT.RANT TKAi \ 1. Tt shall not be lawful for itinerant traders and deal- ers in eoru, bacon, lard, flour, tobacco, and oilier articles of pro- duce, or merchandize of any description, to sell or offer for sale said articles temporarily deposited, or held on deposit, at the Rail Road depot.-, or other places in said city for sale, unless the vendors thereof shall return the market value thereof to the Clerk of Council under oath, and pay to the said Clerk one-half of one per cent upon the market value uf said goods, so held on deposit aforesaid. Sec. 2. In the event that any person or persons shall violate the above ( )rdinaiiec. it shall lie the duty of the Marshal or Mar- sbals of said city, to sei/.e the said goods, and bring the offenders before the Mayor oJ said city, who upon ascertaining the market value thereof, shall require the Clerk of Council to issue execu- tions against said offenders for one-half of one per cent, upon the market value of said goods so held on deposit aforesaid, which shall lie levied upon the same by the Marshal afor Suf- ficient thereof sold to satisfy the tax aforesaid. Sac.'S. Said offenders shall be fined fpr said violation at the discretion of said Mayor, not exceeding the sum of fifty dollars for each violation. STKKKTS. ALU: VS. A\I> SII'KV A I.KS. SreriON 1. No streets or alleys shall be laid out, closed or altered, without the oonsenl of three-fourths oi the members of the City Council, and any person intending to make such appli- cation, shall (jive at least thirty days' notice thereof, in each of the gazettes of the city, and no such application shall be noted on, except at a regular meeting Of the Council. Bin. -• No person shall be allowed to haul or dig any dirt, from any of the streets; commons, alleys, or reserve of the city, without the Written permission of the Mayor, and at least two members of the Council; any violation shall be punished on con- viction before the Mayor, if a negro, the punishment shall bo whipping by the Marshal; if a white person, by a tine of five dollars a day for each day the same may continue. 8kc. 3. No person shall plaee in any street or sidewalk, any empty boxes or caaks, or other obstructions of any kind. No ORDINANCES. 1> person shall drive a dray, wagon or carriage of any kind nor ride a horse in the streets in a disorderly manner, so as to endan- ger other passengers. Nor shall any one drive, ride, or place any horse or mule, or any kind of Carriage, on any sidewalk, or in any street or alley which intersects any walk in such a manner as to prevent the free passage of persons on loot, under the penalty of live dollars for the first, and ten dollars for the second offence. Sec. 4. The sidewalks on the wide streets shall be twenty feet, those on the alternate narrow streets shall be sixteen feet wide, and those on Cotton Avenue shall be thirteen feet wide; and all trees and awning posts, on the several streets, shall be so set as to conform to this regulation, and shall be placed in a row. In case of deviation, it shall be the duty of the Council) after notice to the party so offending, and in case of refusal, to have such posts or trees removed. Si:c. f>. Xo person shall, without permission from the Council, erect any wooden shed or awning before his store or dwelling. Such permission shall not be given unless the party making the application shall have the awning erected by him neatly finished, painted, and with posts cbrresponding in length with those on the same street. And prodded, That this permission shall not give to the party any right to the ground occupied by such shed, and may be withdrawn at any time. And any person fastening any horse or other animal, to any tree or box around it, or in any other way injuring the same, shall, on conviction of the same be- fore the Mayor, be fined in a sum not less than five nor more than, twenty dollars. Sec. 6. It shall be lawful for any person, and the duty of the Marshals of the city, to take up any horse or mule found loose in the streets of the city, an :1 forthwith summon the owner to appear before the Mayor, who may impose a fine for the offence at his discretion, not to exceed twenty dollars. In case the owner of any horse or mule taken up cannot be found, they shall be put in some lot or stable to be designated by the Mayor for safe keep- ing, and posted in one of the city papers, and if not claimed with- in ten days, shall be sold on the public square to pay the keeping and all ensts. The Marshal's fee for taking up a loose horse or mule shall be one dollar, and for selling one dollar; to be paid by the owner, or from the sale of the same. B«c. 7. That one dollar be charged for every horse or mule sold in the city by any drover or person bringing horses or mules and selling them in said city; and that the livery stable keepers be held responsible for one dollar per head for every horse or mule sold from their respective stables. ORDIXA*. RTRKE MENT. ion 1. Xo shall be nllowed to erecl a R ictioti beyond the line of their lob cbraenl upoo the obtaining the 1 neil. Lnd anv person who encroach upon any of the . rind on being hotificd t<> do so, shall neglect or refuse to.remov ihment, shall be fined in a sum ii"i iW'v ding five dollars for <• -li ami 1 en- croachment may remain unremb' I such notice given. Ml encroachments i quaTly liable to the provisions of this Ordinance, and shall be removed unless ttpon application t<> Council the same be permitted to remain. Sij . I. In of encroachment upon alleys in said city, the Mayor and Council may cause the same to b'e removed upon reasonable notice to the party causing the same, or, should they in their discretion deem it best, may permit and sanction the same, for such fair consideration as the parties may agree upon, due regard being first had to the inh pro- perty holders likely to b'e affected thereby. i. 5. All known and laid down in the ori- ginal survey as wide streets, being one hundred and eight} (1 V| >) shall from the passage of this Ordinance be only one hun- dred and thirty (130) feel wide; and all streota known and down in the original survey as narrow streets, being one hundred and twenty (120) feet, shall from the passage of this Ordinance be ninety (00) feel wide. Si . <;. The above shall not apply to that portion of the city lying between, and ineluding PI una and Wharf streets, and Spring and Fifth streets; but the width of these streets shall remain as in the original survey; viz., one hundred and eig (180) and one hundred and twenty (120) feet alternately; any encroachments within these limits* must be by special permission of Council. . Si.. 7. That all property holders in the city, who avail them- - of the provisions of this Qrdinanee, be required to build their fences on an uniform line; that is, in all the wide streets, to bttild their fences sixty-live (65) feet, and in the narrow streets forty-five (45) feet from a common centra, as established by this Council. And that no property holder shall be permitted to en- •h on any street unloss all the property holders adjoining, frotn streel to street shall consent to such encroachment in writ- ing; such written consent to he filed with the Clerk of Council. Nor Shall any one he permitted to encroach on any street unless all those adjoining, from street to street, shall simultaneously ORDINANCES. b I ■move out in a uniform line, unless by special permission of Council. Sec. 8. That all property holders who avail themselves of the privilege of this Ordinance be required to put in order and keep up a sidewalk of twelve (12) feet in width, on each side of the street, and plant .-hade trees between the road bed and sidewalk, and keep the same in proper order. And such property holders shall have removed, at their own expense, the lamp posts now in the streets, to the same relative positions OH the new, they now occupy on the old sidewalk; and have the gas pipes so arranged as to communicate with the said lamp posts. Sec. 0. No building of any description shall ever be erected upon any lot in the city, outside of the original lot line. Sec 10. The foregoing Ordinance shall have no reference to any street originally surveyed less than one hundred and twenty feet in width : and shall have no reference to the, width of alleys, and no reference to High streel : and no street shall be changed in its width so as to interfere with public buildings now erected. Si:, . 11. All property holders availing themselves of the pro- visions of this Ordinance shall pay into the City Treasury the sum of ten dollars for each lot thus enlarged, and where the lot corners on two streets and the owner encroaches on both streets, such owner shall pay the Bum of twenty dollars. 12. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to advance their lots from the original boundary on any of the streets of the City of Macon, without making application to Council, which if granted, shall no1 be moved out until the amount is paid to the Clerk of Council; and they in every other respect comply with the action of Conned on said application. B» . 13. All persons who have availed themselves of the Ordi- nance granting street encroachments, or have received privilege by direct application to Council, and have hitherto neglected or refused to make sidewalks and plant shade trees, or other require- ments in compliance with said Ordinance, or direct grant, be forthwith notified by the Marshal to do so; and on failing to comply within thirty (30) days from the notice, then the City Mar- shal shall cause the same to be done, and return the amount of I and oharges to the Mayor and Aldermen, who shall order the City Treasurer to issue execution for the same against the owner or owners, or agettfl of the lot or lots, which shall be levied and collected as all executions for taxes on real estate. 11. All [persons who may hereafter avail themselves of said Encroachment Ordinance, or by, direct petition may obtain 'cave, shall be equally liable to the provisions of this Ordin- ance. ORDINANCES. OFFENCES AGAINST MORALITY. ; :cr. no* 1. Upon complaint lodged and proof produced t«» ■il of the existence and maintenance of any bouse of ill tame, or bawdy boose) it snail be the duty of the Mayor the occupant* thereof five days' notice to leave the city, and in of their failing . by the expiration of that time. he shall require the Marshal and Deputy Marshals forcibly to e them firom the premises, and il* necessary, He Bhall summons a sufficient number of citizens to as* - in bo doing. Sec. -. Any person who shall keep a disorderly bouse, wh< noisy, riotous | pie assemble, to the annoyance of the neighbor- hood, Bhall be fined in a sum not exceeding twenty dollars, for each day that the house is so kept. Bio. 3. All chimneys and stove pipes shall I atructed as not to endanger the building to which they are attached, or those adjoining, as to tire And any chimney or Btove pipe, which in the opinion of the Council, or a Committee thereof appointed to examine the Bame, is considered dangerous or a nuisance, shall be removed, or the party shall so alter the same, as to remedy the evil. Sec. 4. No person shall put in any public pump, pieces of brick, or other substances tending to prevent the free use thereof. No person shall place or cause to be placed near a pump, any barrel, nor wash any clothes, carriages or horses, within twenty feet thereof, under a penalty of five dollars. Bbc 5, No cellar door shall extend more than six feet into any sidewalk, street or alley, or shall the outer or front part he eleva- ted above the level of such sidewalk, street or alley, nor shall the inner part thereof attached to the dwelling, be elevated more than ten inches above the ground pavement. 8bc. 6. If any person or persons shall cut down or destroy any embankment or other improvement erected by the city authorities for the improvement of the streets or alley.- of said city, he or they shall he lined in a sum not exceeding twenty dollars. Sec. 7. It shall not be lawful for any dray, wagon or carriage to pass through any of the ten foot alleys of the city, utiles-, for the use of persons living on the line ><\' said alley.-: and every driver, Iwner or employer of said drays, wagons or carriages, found driving in. or using the aforesaid alleys, other than lor the purposes mentioned, shall be fined in a sum not exceeding live, nor less than two dollars, on conviction before the Mayor. RAIL ROADS. It shall not be lawful for any engineer or employee of any Kail Road Company to run any engine or train through any part of the city at a greater rate of speed than five miles per hour, except ORDINANCES. 59 that portion of the Macon and Western Eond from the junction at the southern portion of the city to the Vineville branch ; nor shall it be lawful to move any cars backwards without having a guard placed on the backward platform, who shall he furnished with proper means of giving an alarm in case ©f danger. Any person or persons, engineer or fireman, conductor or employee, guilty of violating th\§ Ordinance, shall be liable to arrest by the Marshal, Deputy Marshals, or either of the Police oflieers in spe- cial employ of Kail Road Companies, and upon conviction before the MaVor shall be lined in a sum not less than five, nor more than fifty dollars, or imprisonment in the city Guard House, or other- wise dealt with, at the discretion of the Mayor. FAST DRIVING. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons to ride on horseback in the city faster than a canter, nor for any coachman or other person, driving a coach or other carriage, to proceed faster than a moderate trot, nor for any person driving a loaded cart, wagon, dray or other carriage used for the transportation of articles of produce, wares or merchandize, to proceed in a pace beyond a walk, (except bread carts, which may be driven in a moderate trot); but all unloaded wagons, carts or drays may be driven in a moderate trot. Provided, nevertheless, the drivers thereof shall not be allowed to turn corners in any other manner than walk; and any person violating the provisions of this Ordi- nance, or owner or owners of such vehicles, shall on conviction be fined, if a white or free person, in the sum of five dollars; and if the offender be a slave, his owner or employer shall pay a like sum, and on refusal to do so, the slave shall be committed to the . Guard House and there kept until his owner or employer shall have paid said fine together with all expenses ; and if a free person of color, offending against this Ordinance, shall refuse or be un- able to pay the aforesaid fine, such free person may be commit- ted to the Guard House, there to remain not exceeding ten days, or until the aforesaid fine and all expenses shall have been paid. BARBER SHOPS No Barber shall keep open his shop on the Sabbath day, on penalty of a fine at the discretion of the Mayor, not to exceed twenty dollars. AGAINST GAMING. Any person who shall be guilty of violating the laws of this State relative to gaming houses, gaming tallies, or playing and betting at any game or games played with cards, in the city of Macon, shall, on proof thereof before the Mayor of the city, be fined by said Mayor in a sum not exceeding one hundred dollars. ("ill FINANCES. or imprisoned in tl nn Jail ol imty for a space of not more than thirty days, at th< n of said Mayor. ORPIN. LNOE d Council "/ ih any whit who shall violate the ^atutes of the Stat rgia novi relative to carrying about bis or heir per- son any deadly weapon mentioned in Brad Statutes, within the limits of the City of Macon, shall, for each offence, on pi thereof before the Mayor of said city, be fined by Raid Mayor in than fifty, nor more than one hundred dollars, 01 imprisoned In the common Jail of Bibb county or the Guard said city, for any period d< ing one month, or both fined and imprisoned as aforesaid, in the discretion of tho Mayor. And anj slave or free person of color who shall carry about his or her person any deadly weapon of nny description — such as arc manufactured for purposes ol offence or defence — within the limits of Baid city, shall be punished by whipping and imprisonment in the Guard Souse of said city, at the discretion of the Mayor — the whipping not to exceed sevent and the imprisonment not to exceed thirty days. WEIGHTS AND Ml Rkctioa 1. The weights and measi city shall correspond to the standard fixed by law. Bbc. '1. Once in each year the Chief Marshal shall examine and test all weights and measures used )'":• buying and selling in tin- city, and have all variations therein from tin- legal standard. promptly corrected; and incase any person required by the Mar- shal to rectify the weights and measures shall refuse to do the same, or shall he found by Baid Martha] to have been using false or illegal weights or measures, the oame ol' such person shall be publi-hed by order of Council in one of the public gazettes of the city. Sec. .'>. It shall be the duty of the Marshal, under the direction of a Committee to seize all illegal weights and measures in use ' by any person in the city, and the Marshal shall he entitled to twenty cent- for each inspection and stamp, of each set of weights and measures found correct, to he paid by the owner thereof, TAXES. >kction 1. It shall he tho duty, of the Council each year, to pass an ordinance lor raising revenue for the current year, impos- ing taxation on all tin- property of the city, not exceeding the limit authorized by the City Charter. Sec. "2. All the real estate owned by any person on the first dar of January, shall he subjeel to he :isses>,. be directed to the Mar- shal, and bear test in the name of the Mayor, Sec. 4. All executions issued for taxes shall be collected by the Marshal. All sales under such executions shall be held on the regular Sheriff sales day, and shall be advertised by the Mar- shal once a week for thirty days, in one of the gazettes of the city. The property sold shall be offered in small parcels, until a bid can beiiad sufficient to pay the amount, with costs (hie upon the execution, and the property SO offered shall be knocked oft' to tin; highest bidder, and the Marshal shall execute to the purchaser titles thereto. FIRE DEPARTMENT. Section 1. All Fire Companies that now exist or that may hereafter lie created by the City Council shall have power to make and establish a system of By-laws, Rules and Regulations, which they may altci and amend at pleasure, tor the manage- ment and direction of said Companies; Provided, such By-laws, Rules and Regulations, shall not be contrary to the provisions of this, or any other Ordinance of the City of Macon; and such Companies shall have power to tine or expel any of its mem- bers for the violation of this Ordinance or the By-laws of said Companies. Sec. 2. All Fire Companies shall be empowered to take charge and have the care and management of their respective Engine Houses, Engines, Hose. Ladders. Hooks and other apparatus for extinguishing fires, that now belong to, or may hereafter be pro- vided by the City Council, as long as such Companies exist. Sec. 3. The Fire Companies shall select from their own bodies a Chief Engineer and Assistant Engineer, and shall, after said election, report the same to the City Council, with the names of the individual- so elected, who shall at once enter upon and per- form the duties, and possess the powers as shall be hereinafter G2 ORDINANCES. specified in this Ordinance; Provided, said election of Engil be approved of by the City Council BlectioD9 for said offi t<> be held annually, on the Becond Monday in .January, except in case of death or resignation, when an election shall be held as soon as practicable thereafter. 1. At all fires the Chief Engineer shall have the supreme and absolute command of the Fire Department, and the entire apparatus that may be employed for the extinguishment ol'liivs; and in the absence of the Chief Engineer the above supreme au- thority shall devolve upon the Assistanl Engineer. In ease of absence of both the Chief and Assistanl Engineer, then the same authority shall devolve upon the senior Foreman present. Sec. 5. The Chief Engineer shall examine or cause to be ex- amined twice, or Oftener if he deems necessary, in each year, into the condition of the Engine Houses, Engines, Hose, and all the apparatus attached to the Fire Department, and make a state* ment bf the same to the City Council or the Committee upon Fire Department, and if any addition or repairs should be re- quired at any lime, it shall be his duty in co-operation with said Committee and the Foreman of the Company in whose charge the apparatus to be repaired or added to may be, to have such addition or repair made, 6. The Chief Engineer shall order out the Companies of the Fire Department twice a year for inspection and drill. Bac. 7. The Chief Engineer shall examine, or cause to be ex- amined all Fire Wells and Cisterns belonging to tin- city as often as he may think necessary; and if the same are not in condition to be used in case of Fire, he shall report the same to the City Council or the Committee on Fire Department, Sac. 6. The Chief and Assistant Engineer shall, at fires, bfl distinguished from the rest of the Department by the wearing of a white leather forecap, with the words "Chief,'' or "Assistant oeer" upon the front IXRR APPARATUS PROTECTED. Section 1. It shall not be lawful for any person, wilfully and knowingly, to injure or damage in any way or by any means whatever, any engine, hose, hook, ladder or hook ami ladder truck or any other implement, material or apparatus of any kind con- nected with, or used by any Fire ( ompany in this city as a part of their machinery or material for extinguishing or arresting fires. Any white person violating any of the provisions of this section, or who shall procure or induce by any means, whatever, any slave or free person of color to violate any of the provisions there- of, shall on proof thereof before the Mayor of said city, be fined by said Mayor in a sum of money not exceeding one hundrod dollars, or imprisoned in the common Jail of Bibb county, or in ORDINANCES. 63 the Guard House of said city, for any period not exceeding one month, in the discretion of the Mayor. And any slave or free person of color violating the provisions of this section, shall be punished by whipping or imprisonment in the Guard House of said city, or both, at the discretion of the Mayor ; the whipping not to exceed one hundred lashes, and the imprisonment not to exceed one month. Sec. 2. Any white person who shall obstruct with rubbish, or in other way the entrance to any Engine House, used by any of the Fire Companies of said city, or who shall procure any slave or free person of color to do so, may be fined by the Mayor iu a sum Rot exceeding fifty dollars, or imprisoned in the Guard House for not more than ten days. And any slave or free per- son of color, committing the offence aforesaid, shall be punished by whipping, not to exceed seventy-five lashes in the discretion of the Mayor. PAY TO FIRE COMPANIES. The Fire Companies of Macon, Nos. 1, 2, and 3, shall be paid one hundred dollars each per annum, payable quarterly, for the purpose of paying an Engineer employed by them for keeping their Engines and Hose in good order; said Engineers to report to their respective Foremen and the Foremen to the Chief Engi- neer of the city; no payment to be made to either Company without the endorsement of the Chief Engineer. FIRE LIMITS. Section 1. That Squares Nos. 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, and 62 in said city, are hereby established and fixed as the Fire Limits. Sec. 2. It shall not be lawful for any person to build, erect or construct on either of the squares designated in the first section of this Ordinance, any wooden or frame building or other struc- ture of any description, except such as shall be hereinafter spe- cially named, and then only on a strict compliance with the con- ditions mentioned. Sec 3. Any building framed of wood, or having more wood on the outside of the building than that required for door and window frames, doors and stairs, shall be deemed a wooden building, and subject to the penalties of this Ordinance, unless it be one of the buildings or structures hereinafter named and ex- empted from the operations thereof. And the roof of every piazza and portico (except such as shall be hereinafter exempted from this Ordinance) shall bo covered with some material not combustible, otherwise they shall be deemed each to be a wooden building, and subject to the penalties of this Ordinance. any thi- Ordinal of their con- struction rind of their being allowed t<> remain after they are hum u-li instance strictly complied with, t" wil : — Tl may be on each lot embraced within the squ panted in oa 1. a wooden well house, prodded thesamt iore than ten feel in height, and is not use. I for any other purj than n well ho I provided do more wood is employed in construction than may be absolutely necessary to protect :i well: There may be on each of said lots a wooden privy, i vided ti than ten feet in height, and ten feet i and width, and is placed at ^pnrt <>!' the lot, as point most remote from any other bu Phero may be, also, tin each of said lots a wooden shed, • ecd eight in height, nor to exceed eighl feet in length <>r width, provided the name is used for-one of the two following purposes, and for those only. to wit — either as a uow shed or as a wash shed; mid provided, that in either event do lire Bhall he used under or with- in sueh shed; and there shall never lie any chimney or stove pat up under or about such shed; and provided further, that sueh d .-hall uot h<- built within fifteen ( 15) feel of any other build- and there may he mi each of said lots, a wooden yard fence fir the purpose "i' enclosing the same; provided said fence dees not exceed seven feet in height, [f any of the buildings or struc- tures mentioned in this Bection shall ever hi' put up in any other manner than that mentioned herein, or alter tin' erection of any building or structure mentioned in this section, any ol the condi- tions of its construction shall he violated or disregarded, such [dings or structures shall thenceforth be subject to the penal- of this < Ordinal B«C. •"'. Should any One erect or eau-e to he eiveted on either of the squares < lesignat ed in seetion l, any wooden building or other wooden struoture of any kind, except such aa are allowed by set ion l on the Conditions therein named, he, she. or they shall he notified by the Marshal to remove the same; and should he, she. oi- they fail to do 80 within live days after receiving such D0- . tin' Mayor and Council of said city shall cause the same to he remOVcd at the expense of the o\\ ller or i W IHTs of sllell hllihl- ingS or BtmctlireS, and Which expense shall be collected by exe- cution as in other eases. Skc. II. Bach and every person who shall violate this Ordin- ance, Or any pari of it, shall he lined ten dollars per day for each and every day they fail to regard the Dotice provided for by sec- tion 5. CITY COMMON, KKSI'liYK. AND PUBLIC PROPERTY. Sectiox 1. Any white person who by himself or a servant, shall haul, or otherwise cany off from the Kcservc or Common, any ORDINANCES. b5 timber or fir^-wood, v m re-wood be found standing or lying on the ground, shall for such offence, upon con- viction, be fine.! a ram nol exceed : dollacs. And if any free person of color or slave, Beti \ii the order of his master, shall be guilty of a like he shall be whitope^ by the Marshal not exceeding thirty-nine lashes; Provided that the whipping may be commuted by the Mayor for a pecuniary fine. Sec. 2. No person shall be permitted to occupy or trespass upon the city common, reserve, any street, alley or any ground or lot owned by the city, under any pretence whatever. Sec. 3. Any person wishing to obtain a lease upon any part of the city common, shall first publish notice of his intention to ap- ply to the City Council, for cue month in each of the city papers, describing the ground applied for, and the use for which it is in- tended. If no sufficient objection be filed, the Council may, after the expiration of the above specified time, act upon the applica- tion, provided that no lease for a longer lime than one year, and no sale shall be granted or made without the unanimous vote of the Council who are present. Sec. 4. The ground in front of the "Wcsleyan Female College, bounded on the south by Washington street, on the north by two acre lot, No. 10, on the east by Orange street, shall be forever reserved as a public park, and improved onty as such, from time to time, as the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon may think proper to have done, or authorize to be done under their direction. Sec. 5. To establish certain surveys of the city lands made by Augustus Sehwaab, Civil Engineer, and to name certain streets in the City of Macon : Be it ordained ly the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon, and it is hereby ordained ly the authority of the same, That the plan of the survey made by Augustus Sehwaab, Civil Engineer of that portion of the South-west Common lying below a direct line extending from the lane at the end of Third street to the city boundary, shall hereafter be adopted and estab- lished as part of the plan of the City of Macon. And that the division of the Poor House lot (known in the plan of the city as block 16, North-west range) by Sehwaab', into sixteen smaller lots, and leaving Madison and Monroe streets, between which they lie, each 130 feet wide, the whole extent of said block from Washington to Fonsyth streets, and an alley through the middle of said block, I'd feet wide, the same length; and that the survey of five lots, Noa ! ietween Forsyth street and the Macon and Western Railroad, and between the work- shops of said Road and Vineville, shall all be adopted and incor- porated into the plan of the said City of Macon, and shall here- after be known and respect udingly. And he it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the streets on the South- west common, as laid out in the survey aforesaid, shall be each 9 86 ORDIKAXCRS. 100 feel wide, except tbe one exiled Division street, which shall 54 feet wide; ana th'al all the alleys in said survey shall be 20 I the Btn ihall be known and dev- iated as follows: — The first street beyond the fwo acre lots running Bast and West shall be called' Hawthorn street; the next running West and South-east shall be called Tupelo at the next running parallel shall be called Bay street; the next Hazel street; the next ! >et; the next Elm street; and the next (and outer street) Boundary street, being the present boun- dary of the city in that direction. And I ts in the survey running from the two acre lots South-westwardly to the city line, shall he known as follows: The first street leading from the lane at the end of Third street, shall be called Cong street; the next running parallel shalljbe called Mcintosh street, in honor of (Jen. Lachlan .Mcintosh, an early settler of G and a distinguished officer of the Revolution, also, in honor of the celebrated Indian chief of that name. The next shall be called Elbert street, in lienor of Gen Samuel Elbert, a distin- guished officer of the Revolution, and Governor of Georgia. The next shall be called Hammond street, in hoimr of Col. Sam'I Hammond of the [2evo)utjon, a member of Congress from Geor- gia, and Governor of Missouri, The next sball be called Gilmer street, in honor of George \l. Gilmer of this state, w ho. as mem- ber of Congress and Governor, distinguished himself by his ablo defence of State Rights. The next and last street in said survey shall be called Division street, on account of its dividing tin- city proper from the reserve. And h» ft further ordain- d. That the street running from Oglethorpe Encampment westward; in front of the two acre lots, shall be called Oglethorpe street, after tbe found.]- of Georgia; and the street next beyond Oak, running from Oglethorpe street up to the bill in front of .lames A. RaJs- ton's residence, and iheiice along the brow of tin' hill to the Co- lumbus read in front of Robert Ik Washington's shall, on account of it^ peculiar snaps, be called Arch street. And the road lead- ing out from the upper end of Mulberry street to the city bound- ary at Vineville, shall be called Georgia Avenue. Skc. <>. That the ]>lan of the survey made by tbe Civil Engi- neer for a new street through Tatnall Square and lots one and four in Block Fifty-six (56) be adopted and established as part of the the plan of the City or Macon: lie it further ordained, That so mueli of Johnston street as lies between Ash and Oglethorpe streets be, and the same is hereby closed* and that the new street opened from Ash to Chestnut Street, as per plan submitted by the Committee on Public Pro- perty to be called "Sparks" street; and that the land taken from Tatnall Square and Johnston street be added to lots three and four in Block Fifty-three and lots three and four, Block Fifty-four. 8bc. 7. Any person who shall in any way molest, injure or damage any property in, or other thing belonging to the city, or ORDINANCES. C7 \*ho shall cut, carve, injure or damage any of the churches, aca- demies, or other building or other property belonging to the city, or any religious or charitable sqpiety or association, br any im- provement already made, or that may be hereafter made for the ornament of the streets or other places, by individuals, shall be arrested by the Marshal, and on convicticn before the Mayor or any two members of Council, shall be lined not more'than twenty dollars and costs for each and every such offence, or imprisoned tn the discretion of the Mayor or any two members of Council. ROSE niLL CEMETERT. Sectiox 1. A Superintending Committee shall be appointed for Rose Hill and Oak Ridge ( iemeteries, (consisting of six per- sons) by the Mayor and Council, two of whom shall be members of said body. Those from the Council shall be appointed annu- ally; the others shall be a permanent Committee, to be filled by the Council only in case of death, resignation or other causes which a majority thereof may deem sutlicient. The permanent committee shall appoint from their number a .Superintendent and Treasurer, whose duty it shall be to attend to applications for un- sold lots. In their absence or inability to attend to the same, it may bo done by the Sexton, under direction from the Superin- tendent or Treasurer. Sec. 2. The Superintending Committee may lay out lots at any time when necessary, and assess a price not less than ten or more than thirty dollars; said lots shall not be larger than 25 by 35, nor less than 2n feet square, except fractional lots, which may bo of such dimensions as suit their location. Nor shall they dis- pose of more than one lot for the use of the same person or family. Titles to all lots shall emanate from the city, and be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Clerk of Council and the Treasurer of the Cemeteries. Sec 3. The money arising from the sale of lots shall be paid to the Treasurer of the Committee, who shall keep a book of all the receipts and disbmseuients, and report the same to the Coun- cil at their Jirst regular meeting in December or whenever re- quired. He shall disburse the same by order of the Committee for the embellishment and improvement of the grounds, their en- closures, or matters connected therewith, and for no other pur- pose whatever.. Sec. 4. Persons living out of the city may have the privilege of purchasing lots on the same terms and- conditions as resident citizens. Sec. 5. Lots may be set apart by the Committee for the use of public institutions of suitable size. Ranges shall also be laid out for the burial of strangers and others who may not purchase lots. CS 0RDINA3 -:3. id ihe — all gron the □ with ;' Lhc own p on the I r, which nurii- . him by 1 Commit He Bball keep a b ■>■. of all interments, in which s 1 1 : 1 1 1 be stated the name, age, nativity, - eath as near as practicable, with the numl ' burred in the strangers range — with the number df the And it shall further be his duty to report to Coup nthly transcript of stich record, or in default shall I etion to a penalty of five dollars. Sec. 8. Any lot that raaybesolo' if the terms are not complied wiih shall, if not occupied, revert again t<> the control of the (Ju- pennti tiding Goraa r if occupied in part, the remaining portion may be again d Dd should the owner ox any unoccupied lot remove from the pity, without transferiog his righl i in like il the end of thr on shall inter all bodies in a grave of nor less than five feet in depth, or in a vault, but in no case shall he tier- rnit a body to rqai with brick or other materials. He shall not suffer,! • , brick, mortar beds or rubbish of any hind to remain on, the ground longer than twenty-i'oin- hours after an M or the completion of any burial; for Bujeh neglect he shan be subject to to a fine, on conviction b< fOre the Mayor, of not less than five nor more than ten, dollars, at th 6 of the Mayor. 10. It shall h< v of the Clerk of Council to copy the monthly i Jexton in a well bound book kept for that purpose in his office. 11. It shall not be lawful for any person to inter a body in either Rose, Hill or l ifies, or remove a body which has been or sh;. 11 hereafter be interred in either of said Gem of interment, without the knowledge or pi ton. Any white person offending against any of the provisii - section, or who shall in ai y way pro- cure or induce any slave or free person of color to offend ag;.inst the same, shall be fined by the Mayor of said city in a sura not ORDINANCES. CO less than tlt't\. dot more ihan one hundred dollars, or impri-..: id the common Jail of Biljb cqujity, or the Guard House of said city for the space of one month, or shall be both fined and impri- soned as afibresaid at the discretion of thte Mayor. And any slave or free person of cojo/.violatijag any of the provisions oi this - ..ill be punished by vvhippihg or confinement in the Guard House. of said city, or both, in the discretion of the Mayor. GRANTING RESERVE TO CEMETERY. Sixttov 1. That portion of the City Common bojMcled as fol- lows, shall be set aside* and perpetuplty reserved, free and exempt from sale or lease forwer, to wit: Commencing at the upper end of Wharf street, adjoining Dr. Pye's lot, known as lot number seventeen, between Orange and College streets, thence running down Wharf street to the intersee- tion of Franklin street, then along Franklin street to the intersec- tion of Rose street, thence down Rode street to a branch, thence along the line and run of said branch to the Oemulgee river, on the line of low water mark of said river, until it strikes the line of Rose Hill Cemetery, thence along the line of Rose Hill Ceme- tery, until it reaches Orange street, thence, to the starting point at the upper end of Wharf street, be the same more or less. Sec. 2. The front line of said Cemetery, as now laid off and fenced, shall be made perpetual as the boundaries thereof; and that no interments be allowed in said reserve. PROTECTION, ETC., TO ROSE HILL AND OAK RIDGE CEMETERIES. Section 1. If any persons shall tire a gun, pistol, or any other fire arms within the enclosure of either of said Ceme' cries, unless it be at a funeral in honor of the dead, they shall be subject to a fine not exceeding twenty dollars. Sec. 2. If any person shall mutilate or in any manner deface a monument, fence or other enclosures in said Cemeteries, they shall be subject to a fine of twenty dollars; and if any person shall dig up, remove or destroy any shrubbery or trees within the enclosure of Rose Hill or Oak Ridge Cemeteries, or upon the re- served land around said Cemeteries, unless by permission of the Superintendent, or some one of the permanent Committee, they shall be subject to a tine of not more than ten, or less than five dollars, at the discretion of the Mayor. Sec. 3. For the better protection of the flowers, shrubbery and plants in Rose Hill Cemetery, it shall not be lawful for any person or persons to break down or gather any wild or cultivated flowers in said Cemetery, under a penalty of five dollars, one half to go to the informers; and it shall be the duty of the Sexton to inform person" visiting th* grounds, of the- existence of this Or- 7(1 ORDINANCES. dinanep. and report a]} violations of the same that come to hit knowledge. ;i. rrni.ic ground?, etc. [Oft 1. Any p. r-on wlio shall he guilty of taking. i-;it«-)iin_LT. molesting or ininrrag the fish in any lake or potid pf water in any of the Cemeteries under the control of the City Counc.il of Macon, or of molesting or injuring, in any improper manner, the public grounds, improvements, natural or other growth belonging or appertaining thereto, shall. <>n conviction, be fined by the JCayor in a sum not more than fifty dollars or imprisoned in the common Jail of Bibb county, or in tne Guard House of the city, not ex- ceeding one month, at the discretion of the Mayor. And any slave Or free person of color, who shall violate any portion of this Ordinance, shall, upon conviction, receive not exceeding seveaty- fiVe la>hes. Sec. '2. And be it further ordained, that the penalties provided for the foregoing offences shall attach to any and all violations of the Ordinances heretofore passed tor the protection of said Cenoe' teries, except as to violation! of the Ordinance relative to inter- ring and disinterring bodies ; and that all said Ordinances shall hereafter extend to all said Ceinetci'K-. TRIAL Or 0FFKX1 Section 1. Every person who U charged xv i fn :,n . v offence Bliall be summoned in writing to appear before the Mayor or City Council, as the ease may he. and answer the charges alleged against him or her; which summons shall he served in perspq by the Marshal or folic, and shall specify the time and place of trial. In case of the failure or refusal of any party to appear, it shall he the duty of the J'olice to airest him or her, and to bring them to trial. Sec. % All subpoenas, for Witnesses shall be issued and signed by the Clerk of Council; and any petSOQ who shall fail to appear as a witne.-s. when summoned, shall, unless a satisfactory excuse he given, be lined in the sum of twenty dollars. Sec. 3. "When a tine nhall have heen imposed hy the Mayor, or hy the Mayor and Council, the offender shall remain in custo- dy until the tine is paid; or the Mayor may, in his discretion, order tlio Clerk to issue an execution for the fine, which shall he directed to and" collected by the Marshal, hy levy and sale of tbo lands, tenements, goods and chattels of the offender. Seo. 4. All sales, under such executions, shall he had on the regular Sheriff sales day, and personal goods shall he advertised fifteen days, and real estate thirty days before the day of sale. ORDINANCES. 71 Sec. 5. In all cases in which the penalty for violating any ordinance of the city is not specified, the offender, if a white per- son, shall he fined at the discretion of the Mayor, not exceeding twenty dollars; and if a negro, he or she shall be punished as the Mayor may direct. AN ORDINANCE To adopt the ComjnJation of the Acts of Incorporation and Ordinance* of thr City of Macon, made h>/ Mr. RroiiARD Curd, and to repeal Ordinances conflicting therewith or not contained in the same. Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon, and it it hcrchy nrdainrd hy the authority of the same, That all the Ordinances and By-laws contained in said compilation be and they are hereby ratified and confirmed and declared to be in full force and effect. Sec 2. Be it further ordained, That said Compilation be pub- lished under the supervision of the Finance Committee with as little delay as practicable. • APPENDIX. MANUFACTURES. An Ordinance to encourage Manufacturing and the Mechanic Arts. May 18, 1849. Section 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor and City Council of the City of Macon, That the lots and buildings hereafter erected there- on, and the stock in trade hereafter used or employed immediate- ly in and about the business of manufacturing, by any individual or company, of cotton, wool, paper, leather and flour, within the corporate limits of the City of Macon, shall be exempt from tax- ation for and during the term of ten years from the ] assa^e of this Ordinance; Provided, That nothing herein contained "shall exempt from taxation any goods, wares or merchandize, which may be kept for barter or sale by any person or company as above, excepting only fabrics and articles of their own manu- facture. Sec. 2. And be it farther ordained, That nothing shall be consid- ered stock in trade; as the words arc used in the first section of this Ordinance, but capital stock, or money used by any indivi- dual or company immediately in the business of manufacturing, and the necessary machinery and fabrics manufactured. Sec. 3. And be it farther ordained, That no tannery or other branch of manufacturing, calculated to prove a nuisance, or in- terfere with the health or comfort of the citizens, shall be estab- lished within the business district of the city, or in any place by which the neighbors will be annoyed, or their health and comfort interfered with. BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. Be it ordained, &?c, That from and after the passage of this Ordinance, the Macon Building and Loan Association be, and they are hereby released and exempted from the payment of taxes to the city on any money tiny now or may Hereafter have loaned at interest during their existence as a Building and Loan Asso- ciation. Passed March 24, 1864. 10 7 i ORDINANCES. BONDS TO PAT CITY I'F.RT. Br if ' '. &r., Thai the Mayor be authorized I the Bonds of the City of Macon to the amount of forty thousand •-. payable annually, on the 1-t day of November, 1866, '-"'7, 50, '60, "'•I. '<"•_ ami '68, pledging tit security for tha pay- *, tha annuity of five thousand dollars coming to the oity. under contract on the 1st day of October, of every year, for crossing the Ocmuijree river, from the Centra}, South- ■rii . and Macon and Western Railronl Companies, — said Bonds to be in Aims as follows : those payable <>n ibe 1st day n Hovember, l s -'>o. in suma of One Thousand Dollars each, and those payable on the 1st d i¥ »f Nwewber, 1867, '58, *.'■'.». W, '61, '62 and v,:;, in same of rive Rand red Dollars each, bearioff an interest, of 7 per cent., payable semi-annually, on the 1«4 day of May and the 1st day of November of each year, whenever dated i trdingtp the coupons i>r interest wan-ants ti« be annexed td the" Bonds. Sisi . -. .I">f I if further ord. '.'.:•. v„>. v,i. V,-j n qd 'i;:j, „n- (jer a contract for crossing the Uctnulgee river, be and the sanle is hereby transfered to the Presidertl oTfheCjjhtrtJ Railroad and Banking Company, with full au(li< >rity tO) receive, receipt for, and apply* to the payment of the said Bonds at maturity. Btc. '<'>. An the payrneitt of the City Bonds, duo and payable in th<' -4 , '65. "tit;, v.", 68, and '»'•:». plodgjng as Nevurity for the payment of said Bonds, the annuity ooui'n_: I \ . under contract, on the 1st dav of October « vary year, for crossing tli • OcmUlgee river, from the Central', South Western and Macon and Western Kailroad Companies — said JJonds to be it] sums n« fallows: tliose payable on the 1st day of November, 1 >'d I, 'G."<, in sums of One hundred dollars each, and those payable on the 1st day of November, 1800, '07, '08, and 1800, in "suine of Five hundred dollar*, etch, ORDINANCES. 75 bearing an interest of 7 per cent, payable semi-annually on the 1st day of May. and on the 1st day of November, of each year, wherever negotiated awarding to the coupons or interest war- rants to be annexed to, the Bonds. Sec. 2. And he it further ordained. That the proceeds of the moneys arising from the sale of said Bonds sball be applied ex- clusively t<> the pn\ incut of the coet of building a new C'.ty Hall, and used for uo other purpose whatever. Sec. 3. And he it further ordained, That the Mayor be and lie is hereby authorized fo mak-- safe of said Bonds in su time, delivered W said Rail Road 1 puny in payment of tho instalments of said Stock as the Kiinc may be called in and tall due the City of Macon receiving the proper scrip for all suoh pavn,' Pitted J »..-.•.':.. i- CITY BONDS FOR STOCK IN MACON AND BRUNSWICK RAIL ROAD. Section 1. Be. it ordained, &c. That the Mayor be authorized to issue the Bonds of the city of Macon t<> the amount of Two hundred thousand dollars — oj Five hundred dollars each : Five thousand dollars to be made payable ob the first day of Woveta- i>er in .each of tl |iJ60, '61, *62, '63, <'.t and 'o6; and Ten thousand dollars on the first day of November in each of - 1865, «::. '68, "69, '70, 71, 72, 74, 75, 76, 78(, 79, '80, ''M. '&? and v: : >.,'.d ponds to bear interest at the rate of seven per cento per annum afjer tfie Brsl day of duly. 1860, and said interest payable semi-annually, on the tirst day of May and Novemher in < ;i« 1 1 year, for which coupons, er interest war- rants are to Lie attached to the Roods* Sso. 2. Be it f rth -K That the Mayor riga, and the Clerk countersign saW Koiids. and the Clerk of Council siga the ooupois, or interest warrants attached thereto, and thai when they are properly executed, thai the Mayer deliver them to the Macon and llrunswiek Rail Koad Company in payment for tbe Sto.k subscribed for, by the City of Macon, in said Kail Koad Cuinjianv. Passed Sept. 13, 1 S NKW CITY SEAL. An Ordinance to change Corporate Seal of the City of Maeon. :on 1. Tie if ordained by the Citi/ Cnuneil of the ('if// of Jfaron, and it is herein/ ordained by (he authority of the same, That from and after the of this Ordinance fchs Corporate Seal uf tho City of Macon shall be as follows: A found Benl witfe :i device containing a full boiled cotton plant in bold relief and a train of Raj) Road ears in the rear, surroundi iription: " ./' ' -. Mores Legetque Cusiodiat" and under the device, the words '• Corpus Politicum." 1 BeO. 2. That all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances militating against this Ordinance, be, and the same are hereby repealed. Passed July 10, 1856. RESOLUTIONS. Resolved, That the Import of the Committee appointed to fix upon the details in regard to the connection of the different Kail Roads within the limits of this city, at a eommon Depot, be ap- proved and adopted as the action of the Mayor and Council of this city, and that his honor the Mayor be requested to have a. contract drawn up Embracing the terms and conditions set forth in the said Report, and submit the same to the several Kail Road Companies, for their ratification and signature in due and legal form. fiesolvd, That the Mayor be requested to incorporate in the contract with the Rail Road Companies a clause prohibiting said Company from charging toll on the bVidgo which they may con- struct across the river, or iiitng said bridge for any other than ordinary Rail Road purposes. CONTRACT WITH THE RAIL ROAD COMPANIES. State of Georgia, Bibb Count//. 'Whereas, Tn and by an Act of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, approved the 11th day of February, eighteen hundred and fifty 1 , (1850,) it was provided that it should be lawful for the !' Central Railroad and Ranking Company of Georgia," the : ' Macon and Western Railroad Company, 1 ' and the " South- western Railroad Company," to unite their respective Railroads in one common depot, at, near or within the City tol Macon, "so that the cars of the respective roads might pass from one road to another uninterruptedly," upon either of the several conditions in said Act specified ; one of which was, " the consent of the Corporation of the said City of Maeon, for said mads to be united within said corporate limits:" And whereas. The Mayor and Council of the City of Macon have come to an understanding and agreement with said Companies as to the mode and manner of said junction, and as to the terms and conditions of their con- sent to the said union of tho Railroads of said three Companies within the city of Macon : Now, this Indenture, made this the 24th day of January, eighteen hundred and fifty-one, by ruid hetween the Mayor and Council of t!i9 City of Macon^for itpelf and on the behalf of all /S RAILROAD CONTRACT. me who are or shall become interested in tlio provisions lnTi'oi'. nf the one part, and the Central Railroad and Banking Company of I the Ifacol and ^Veatern R i Compa- ny, nnd the South-western Railroad C "< »t 1 1 j »: 1 1 »_\ of the dther part \\'i i m --mi, That the Mayor and Counci l en, for and in consideration of the cow Rer eon- Itineid, to be* observed* kept ami performed by the said Compa- nies and each of theui, I rove granted, bi . sold, nh< and conveyed, and doth by khese presei . sell, alien and convey unto said Companies, the righl, power ami privilege of making said connection, by* running the trad- their respecti ye Railroi Lifsnchifig tyvm die ('(.Mi- tral Railroad and itankibg Company's Railroad, a short distance belbw their dep »t In East Macon, curving into and crossing the rivei (Ocw tlgee] opposite the N" < • i • 1 1 •-.-:.- 1 B their prepenl workshops, and runnim; through the City Coiumpn and erosaing the Columbus road in the rear of the residenci John D. Gruy and Robert I!. Washington, find down aloQg the lioitoiii land w the branch (know a aa Rogers branch) near Troup Hill, and then curving into the UaiUoad of the South-western Railroad Company, with the understanding that if the route, as to the bottom land- OI said branch, .-hoiild pro\ e objectionable, then khe aearesl practicable line within the ( '\i\ ( 'ommon is to be Mili-titut.-o. Ami with the further understanding that the per- inaiient coi.nnon depot (hereby allowed) when established, shall be located either on the line of route herein pointed out, or with- in such eonvi -uient di.-lanec from said line of route and Within the limits of the City of, Macon, as may hereafter be agreed upon by and between the part.es to this c mtraet. And the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon also by these presents, grants, bargains, sells and oonveys unto the said three Companies, ihe riudil and privile-e of usini: and occupying ho much of the said Sixth and Mulberry Streets at their intersec- tion, as may be neeeB&ary for e^actirig, maintaining and keepiag a eommoii depot of said Coin]ianies, BO that the tracks of their ral Railroads shall unite and run into each other — reserving and leaving Out the needful space alftflg the course "I' each of said streets and around the depot, for ihe free passage of car- riages, drays, and other vehicles; Provided, That the space so to be reserved for. vehicles njaj be aufcstitutejd for the like needful space around tbe Depot, ilever enlarged by the purchase and addition thereto of lands adjacent to said Depot-— RAILROAD CONTRACT. 79 To have and to hold unto said three Companies and their suc- cessors, so much of tin.- said streets and City Corotrfon and City lots of the said city, as arc hereinbefore described, as a part of their works respectively, (as they may among themselves adjust and arrange,) without any manner of molest mien or hindrance whatever by the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon, du- ring the faithful observance 6f this contract by said three Com- panies, and each of them. And the said three Companies on their part, in consideration of the aforesaid [iremises, hereby jointly and severally, agree, promise and covenant as follows: That they will annually, at the expiration of each twelve months, pay to the said Mayor and Council of the City of Macon, the sum of five thousand dollars, so long as the said privilege oi crossing the river at the place and ill the manner aioresaid, and connecting at a common depot as aforesaid, shall be used and enjoyed by said Companies or any two of them — the said time to be computed and begin to run from the day that any two of said Companies may each have run a car to said common depot— and il said Companies or any one of them shall at an earlier day commence their business of car- rying freight or passengers across the rive;-, then to date and run from such earlier day. And s.,id three Companies further coven- ant and agree with the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon, fur itself and on the beha'lt of all persons who, as aforesaid, (as shippers of produce or otherwise,) may be, or become interested in the faithful observance of this particular covenant, that from and immediately after the " crossing and connection' 1 herein con- templated shall tyke place, the rates of freight between Griffin and Savannah, [meaning the city of Griffin on the Macon and West- ern Railroad Company's Railroad, and the town of Oglethorpe on the line of the road of the South-western Railroad Company] shall be and remain always, at least one-fifth more in the respect- ive cases, than the rates oi freight between Macon and Savan- nah — so that no improper discrimination shall be made against Macon by said Railroad Companies, in favor of either of said towns or cities. And it is further covenanted and agreed by said three Companies, that they will, as to the extension of their respective Railroads' herein contemplated, make, and during the use of >aid extension, maintain, suitable crossings of all streets, alleys, lawfully established roads, (and of such Streets alleys and roads as the Mayor and Council of the City of Macon may here- after establish.) over and across which their, or either of their extended tracks may pass in forming' sara junction, so as not to make any such road, street dr alley, in any manner worse by reason of said several extensions, or of either of them. And it is further covenanted and agreed by fa;d three Com- panies, that no toll shall be char_ul for crossing the bridge (over the Ocmulgee) to be built under this contract, and that no free crossing thereat shall be allowed other than sucb as may for the SO CONTRACT WITH THE CONFEDERATE ETA TBS. time being be allowed at tl i y of Mac that said R •! for aay other thai ad ian ordinary legitimate R And it i.s hen ' al nothing in I fore wkh ii i liiwt'ul taxing power of ihe Maj i ouncil of the City of Xlacoi o\ ■■'■ buildings, and other property Of aakl Companies, nod of* each of them, the right < property being hei In teslimovi wkrretf, The Mayo* t)f said, crtynnd the President of the aforesaid three Com] ani( s, have ntbxrd their signatures to thi> : fo quadruplicate with their porate seals July attested. J. II. JR. WASHING j6% Major of tba City o) Macon. i:. k. ctryitB]j, Prti a a! «'. K. R. aad Raakinp Co. ISAAC SCOTT. •V ;, rn E. E. Co. L. a KEY\o|.l». President 690th western R. R. Co. [l. S.] Attest. A. "R. Fnr.r.M.w. a. c [l. p.] Attest, Solomon Coins, Cashier. K. W. Aium-, W", Ii. Ibi.U'i 11, n. r. [1.. b.] Attest, Ika 11. Taylor, Sep ft. 8.] Attest. W. S. Hoi T. See. CONTRACT \VITH THE CONFEDERATE STATES. State of Geok<;ia, Jlihb fount;/. - Tnis Indknti itK. made the third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand feigh| hundred arid sixty-two. between the Mayor and Council of the pity of Mucon, State^nd county aforesaid, of the first part, and the Confederate States of Amer- ica, of the Becond pari, witnesseth : That the said Mayor and Council, in testimony of the patriotic devotion of the people of Macon to the Qoyeroment of their choice, and the cauM of the country in her struggle for life, liberty and independence, as well as with a view to the benefit likely to arise from the establishment of an Armory in ourjnioat, and in further consideration of the sum of five dollars in hand paid, at and be- fore the sealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged : have granted, bargained, and Void, and by these presents do grant, bargain, sell and convey to the Confe- derate States of America, lor the purpose of erecting on the same CONTRACT WITII THE CONFEDERATE STATES. 81 an Armory of the said States for the manufacture of small arms necessary for theft nee, ami for no other ] noepl such as are usually and properly connected with tl - thecon- sentof t.;i' the| existing ayor and < ave 0krs1 been had and obtained; all that 1 < > 1 or parcel of land, lying and being situated within the corporate lifni bounded on three sides by Calhoun, > other by the line ofxhe Maeon and Western ngpwbieh it is conditioned that a street 6f at least one hundred and 4u<-ntv-tlvo feet width shall be id maintained in good eouditiou, free for public Use, and to s ko the city from parts and places beyond sajjd Arn ory or the line mdn Seal of said city to be hereunto affixed by tlfe C'U-rk o| said city, and these presents to be delivered, the day and year first above written. (Sigucd) M.. S. THOMSON, Mayor. Rich'd CYrd, C.C. 11 RULES OF COUNCIL. 1. Meetings of the Council shall he held regularly every Fri- day, at 7 oclork, P. M., unless otherwise ordered by the Council. Special meetings may b< called In the Mayor, of which the Mar- shal shall gii'e the members of Council notice. '2. The fijayor and four members' of Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of bus i :>. When any ordinance, or motion for the alteration of an ordinance shall be submitted to the Council, it shall be read at the meeting when the same ia proposed, but shall not be acted upon at that time without the unanimous consent of the Council. At the subsequent meeting the ordinance of amendment proposed shall be again read, and be subject to such revision or alteration as the Council may deem proper. The vote, unless otherwise ordered, shall be taken on each section separately; and after the scxrral sections shall have, been acted on, then the vote shall be taken upon the entire ordinance. 4. At the '•ummenc.'inont of each regular meeting, the Clerk shall read the proceedings of the last meeting; and if the minutes are correct, they will be signed by the Mayor. And at the close of each meeting the Mayor shall adjourn the Council to the time agreed on. 5. The following order shall be observed in the transaction of busiiii 1. Reading of the Minutes. !2. Information Docket. 8. Reports fram Standing Committees — Finance first. 4. I'eports from Select Committees. 5. Reports from Office G. Resolutions, Orders and Ordinances. 7. Accounts and Sahtries. 8. Business of hist Meeting lying over. 6. Whenever it shall b y one or more rue the yca« and nays shall be recorded. M iaLES of couxor. 7. All questions shall be put by th 6r in hi* absence hV the .'.' : \\\rr n j or may, at discretion, call any:. chair, to allow him to addr. CoUO- inotiyn. s. A . ■ be, by ballot 0. All : • ..it, shall be submitted in writing. 10. Each in. iiil.icr. when the '.mixed for business,, whoa speaking, shall rise ami add I airman-. ' !i>nin'i:i ii - ,yor and Council, . : Jh.'ll.luT i.s re c\«i;i: • « luv • ■ i Cow> I in nil c:, 16 BAWDY-nor?*:? — Occupants of, may be PBHioved, 9 15 Board of Health — How and when appointed 16 -1 Abatement of nuisances on recommendation of, 10 22 Vacancies in, power of Mayor to fill, 11 -'■'< Protected in the discharge of duty by Ch.M'ter. 11 23 When failing to act. Mayor and Council in lieu, 14 Bridge of Citv — Council to regulate tolls — pass rules to protect against damage — persons injuring, in- dicted, &c._- -_ -_ 11,12 29 Terms of purchase of 21 , 22, 23 Brick-yards — Penalty for keeping on reserve 2:J Butcher-pens — May 6e removed when nuisances 9 4 By-lams — Power to make under old Charter 22 Cattle, »C. — Power to take up and impound .' H 24 ClTY 1 — 1'lan of, how and when to be changed 12 28 City d.\r.r — .Authority to establish, &£ 11 25 Cnv Cimmon — Power to lease or sell 12 82 Clerk and Treasurer — Election and qualification of.. 13 34- Prays — Regulation of, and licenses for 9 14 Election of Mayor and Aldermen — When and -where 5,14 2 AVho qualified to vote at 5 3 Managers of — oath — penalty 6 4 Election to fill vacancy in Council 6 6 Notice to persons elected 7 T NW Council — how organir«»d- 7 7 8C J.XDEX TO CHARTER. Tift Pre. Exhibitions — T'.avct to tax In 1^ i Fim.-. \\ — 1 '. -w.-r to inij •• 86 1 l£ Firk ('('•'•"amks — Control over % 11 Fii.i: Limit* — M:.y be established 15 Health — Preservation of. 17 Board of 10, 11. 15 lid >)> qi Ii.i.-kamk — Occupants of. Ill: I \" lie rellK'Ved-. 9 15 »— Qf Weights end Measures 12 oQ Juaiaifi noK— Qtf M,ayor and Council increased l-> Lam> — Vested in »he city 17 ^BASfi Of Town Common l_ 82 Of "Napjer'spld Field" i:> -i:.- — Retailing liquate, ^c '.• 17 Limits— Of city extended l\ l'.» Li\i.k\ BTlBLXfl — I'liucr control ol Council '.' It MAEJUCT — To i'stalili.-li :nid r> '.' 11 -M A K.MIA I. AM' olill I ,'d Mild \\llCll 15 Ami mc nl^j 7 10 I>uu to prosecute oiluudefa 1- 81 ,M:iv he !-i-ii;ovt'd from office s in ■ - MS to IVll.o\ a] lluln o.iice 15 Authority as patrols 1" 19 Vacancy in office of, prpyidecj for 15 I 'lldcr I'M'lllMW control of Council 11 Mayor anh A u>kkmi:v- See " Flection" — Genera] eg* porate powers 5 General powers uudorold charter -•> Guilty of .M :il| ti-;i«-t ■«•.-. v.Vc 7 8 I officio Justices pf the peace* _ - s 11 I'nwiT to tine and imprison extended 10 When to act as Hoard of Health !•' Qualifications for oilice j ]U\YOR l'RO TKM. W hell to '1 1" Nuisance — Mayor and Cbunil may r< Bipve !' 11 BuikJm», posts, steps, fence. &c. p in stipets, 11 Duty of Bparcj of Health as to 10, 11,21 Draining and filling lots _ -- 10 22 Offences—To be diligently prosecuted 12 31 INDEX TO CHARTER. 87 Page Bee. Offences — Penalty for committing enlarged 15 Officers — Qualification of 7 9 Ordinances — Power to make. 23 Bop the government of slaves ! 9 19 Patrols — City Police.to have authority as 9 19 Plea — Of former acquittal or conviction 16 Pumps — Control of Council over 9 14 Riots — Mayor .to call out military in case of 12 26 Reserve — Timber on, not to he injured 17 Penalty keeping brick-yards on 23 Slaves — Powers granted to regulate and control 10 19 Officers to have powers of patrols over 10 19 Trading with, penalty for 20 Trespassing on Reserve 18 Snows — Theatricals, &c, taxed 9 18 Smith-shop — Stove-pipes, etc., endangering as to fire. _ 10 20 Stock — Of Canal Co., may be subsered for 15 For Railroads and other improvements 16 Stove-pipe — To be removed if dangerous _ 10 20 Streets — Encroachments on 8 14 See also late Act . 16 Taxes — Power of Council relative to._ 8 12 How collected. 13 33 Commutation Street tax 8 13 On " Shows/' Theatricals," &c. 10 18 Taxable Property — How given in 13 Taverns — Control of Council over 9 14 Ten-pins — As a nuisance - 10 17 Timber — On Reserve - 17 Vendue Masters — License to 9 16" Weights and Measobes __ 12 80 INDEX TO ORDINANCES. Pafe 6eo. Animals — At large in the city, when offensive to the • sight to be removed - 48 Penalty for resisting officer while discharging such duty 48 Loose horses and mules i:i streets — _. 65 6 Barber Shops — Not to be open on Sabbath day 59 Bell — Market, when to be rung. 38 2 Board of Health — How and when appointed 37 1 Their duty in reporting nuisances _. 37 2 To report lots and cellar* causing nuisance 37 3 Also contagious and other diseases 37 4 How organize 1, may adopt rules, &c 37 5 Bonds — T<> p:iy city debt. 74 For City Hall... 74 Bridge Keeper — Council to elect — his bond — tolls to be reported weekly — penalty on* failure 34 1 His duty as to the mode of keeping bridge 34 2 To report injuries clone to it 34 3 Kates of toll 34 4 Penalty for crossing faster than a waljc 35 5 Buildings — Wood, see "Fire Limits'' 63 3 Building and Loan Association — Exempt from city taxes 73 Cellars — How to be kept 47 9 Cellar-doors — How* fur to extend.. _ 58 5 Cemeteries — Rose Hill and Oak Ridp 1 — committee to superintend — how appointed — sub-committee to sell lots 67 1 Lots in, how laid out and disposed of.. 67 2 12 00 i x ry -idinanc -ii __ 67 4 , '7 5 G7 G - I '• s 7 . 68 fi Lit G8 10 i. E 69 i:; IV . 69 2 .•. moved from, v, . hi n< the . F -- - ..Tit l Ma 69 1, 2 City 1 . 65 2 | ' 8 • _ 66 l i Of) f) - ,; •■ [njuries to public 'buildings, &c 66 7 Ciiimhe .-.■•. . i pes — lit . dangerous — .">s [i (Jll:. . • wcil :i:> 1 bond and duties '•'>'■'< 1,8 Mart ■ bo collected '■<■'< 4 a of cattle, bog?, iVc B8 3 jMai i.ly 1 ouncil S3 Cx£bk ax9 1 .. — HoW -qualified -*> 1 His.dutjee 20 2 .ill. • 26 2 r duty- - t; 2 addition to salary 27 3 City Stkykyou 86 Contract — W) onfedera! .-- 80 Coxceilep Weapons — Penalty for carrying 60 INDEX TO ORDINANCES. 91 Page Sec. Cotton WUuCRESflES, fcc. — Slaves not to make on their own account 1 44 Doos — Regula Election — Of officers. Encroachment — Qn Streets 57 Exhibitions — Lice r -- .52 12 Fines— See " Trial of Offenders" ' 70 Fire Department — Eire Compani by.-laws, &c -. » A... 61 1 Also, 'to co;; : :id Gj 2 Chief and Assistant Engij . how appoint find when 01 3 Chief Engineer ■ ntrol at fires G2 4 In his absence* next in coimnand €2 4 His dot . o:. t32 5 How and when appai tired - 62 5 Companies to drill .semi-ai G2 G Chief Engineer to examin G2 7 Chief and Assistant E raguisfa- eda 02 S Mole-ting fire aj ..__. 62 Pay for 63 Eire Limits — Marked out OS 1 Erohibition : sin ... 63 2 What build .veil in. Go 3 Wood buildings. in, m Ci 4 Penalty for y 64 6 Eree Neqroes — See Index 41 nsQa — Penalty for. ■ DEB — How.to 43 .!> Ho; sk 31 1 - .. . '.. 31 2 e of fugil 31 3 When, fees to -be paid 31 4 — How and whi . compensation}! * _ 92 INDEX TO ORDINANCES. Fife Bee. To keep n book skewing all persons confined. offence, imd hy whom 1 B2 6 II i • \: :: ~-See " Board of Ueakb," also Hooiki — Lewd, removing occupants of — 5s 1 Hogs — At large to I >* • impounded — 48 El bt V ..■ i ' I i' 1 HonpF.s ami Mixes — Tied i«» trees id ktreets 56 5 Icr II 4 ItBSERAMT Ti . ei Uwtrictions concerning 54 l r 9 fenders • ' ' I Lam; nd fixtures. \ enalty for molesting 50 Licenses — For Diaya 50 1 Bond and security to be given for Dray License 50 'J Drays to be nbmbered 50 3 Slaves or free person* nf color to have license.. 51 4 Exempt Drny« i Bridge Toll — 51 5 Liquors not to be retried without 51 6 Retail, restricted to one permanent place 51 7 For Taverns, how obtained 51 8 Penally for violating retail license 51 To Vendue Masters 52 10 Annual License Ordinance to be passed -. 52 II To" Euhibitii - i 52 12 For what time licenses granted 52 13 Penalty inv failing to lake out license 52 14 Magazini: — ' un|iouder, liow kept 45 Keeper of, his election, bond, duties 46 Malicious Mischibi — As to public property, ^c 5S 6 Manciw ti REUS*— 'EnctiUiDgement of 73 Majisiiai..- and Polioi — Bow elected _ 27 1 Bond a required to. be given 27 4 Authority to serve all proceSSi s— fees llicrcfor 27, 28 5 Marshal to attend Council meetings and visit the reserve dairy 28 6* To execute i 11 orders, &c 28 7 To collect tax executions — penalty for failure... 28 8 Duty as to disorderly and riotous persons 28 9 "Where slaves shall be whipped 20 lo INDEX TO ORDINANCES. 93 Tage Sec. Duty of the Lieutenants, &c _.. 29 11,13 As patrol not to be molested 29 14 Marshal — Special — Mode of appointment, how paid, , his duties ;!0 1,2 Market— Where held 88 1 When market bell to be rimy 88 2 Articles offerejd f°r sale contrary to regulations. 41 3 Renting of stalls 38 4 Blocks to be ke.pt in order 38 5 Marketers to have use of stalls 38 6 Not to purchase for sale 39 7 Penalty tor violation 39 9 Not allowed to sm< »ke 39 10 Penalty for injury to building 39 11 Dogs not allowed in market 39 1'2 Sleeping in the Market House 39 13- Articles how arranged 39 14 Seales and weights 39 15 Not to enter with wagon 39 16 Not allowed to mount upon any wagon or cart 39 II Slaves prohibited from trading, &c 40 Mayor — His duties 25 To give notice in case of absence 25 Mayor pro tem. — When to be elected — when absent, &c, another to be elected 36 Nuisances — Regulations as to privies 40 1,2 Rotten fruit, vegetables, &c. _. _. 47 3 Fire in streets prohibited 47 4 Also shooting fire-arms, crackers, &c 47 5, G Work not to be done on Sabbath day 47 7 Disorderly and riotous persons 47 8. Water not allowed to stagnate in cellars, &c 47 9 Nuisances on lots hurtful to neighbors, &c 48 12 Offenders — How summoned — tried — punished 70 Slaves, penalties for, not specially provided 44 17 Officer? — Who to be annually elected 25 1 Time of service 25 1 Causes of removal -_„_.. 25 1 i N CKJ. % ■ i. ' ._- 2t ~ < • : ;. • ed weapons Houses of ill fume . Bfi ! Disorderly houses . 2 Ch i mneys and 6 1 i . . . Punishment 61 Railroad Fas! driving .. : — Of stre 25 1 <>i:i p. i 2 7 i Pumps — Regulation respecting ■ ! 4 L'n\\iM-i: — See •• M Bail Roads — Stock for Maco i 75 Contract for junction at M: 77 !M ,_. 76 UEEB — -E ._-_. -_ RULB — N. u ( ";i y- . 2*3 8 Sext6h — Eh 1 Recordol - - 2 Hisfees 8 l)iii\ 85 4 IPera ■ To I.' ;i « r > Burying paupers 6 Nol to i — failure of duty 86 7 Shows — Must obtain lie StAl Eis^ — Pbbb I'i ■ -l 1 Not i" be cl edin -11 1-1 4 1 1 2 - and Regulations concerning them :_- 42 S Plave living on del 42 8 Hiring their own time— trading, Ac 12 3 INDEX TO ORDINANCES. 05 Page Sec. Slave? — Xm, to be hired by free negroes 42 3 von i livery stabh a 42 4 and in or near liquor shops • 42 5 Persons selling to, fined 43 No e without permit. . . 426,13 Not to buy liquor without permit 43 7 No! — penalty (2) 43 8 Worth ; 43 9 Who alio , 43 10 houl 43 12 Out ail i k at night 44 15 Free negroes of ba 44 1G C. 44 17 Assembling near - tking, &c..'. 44 18 Not to make < I in mattresses, ^c 44 18 Persons trading with, ^cc. — penalty -i") Negroes gambling 45 Slave marts -1 5 Stbebts, Asleys, Smrn, . 5G Not to 1 ■ . ithout consent of i e i 1 54 1 Dirt not to be taken from streets 54 2 No obstruction! to be placed in 54 3 How persons to ride or drive in, 55 3 Width of side-walks 55 4 . Trees and awn' i . low arranged 55 4 Wood iiugs , 55 5 Horses tied to trees in 55 5 \ Loose horses and mules in, 55 6 Cutting embankments, improvements, $c 58 6 Street Encroachment 56 Provisions and penalties ; . . . 56 6 May remain upon compensation 56 Taxes — ig revenue 60 1 Real and personal estate — how given in CO 2 Failure to give in, doable taxed 61 3' Tax executions, how collected.. . , 61 4 Trial or Offenders? * , 70 OG INDEX TO ORDINANCES. P«?p Pre. Vf.xih K Mastfus 52 W i ii ■ - i\D Mr. Mmi I 60 Manual to inapeot annually 60 Penalty for nsing false 60 2 llarahal'f inspecting 00 3 i • > Errata. — An omission exists in the Ordinance under the head of " Police," page 27, section 1. It should read Bbctiom I. Bi ii orSattted, fyc. Thai the police force of the city shall constat of a Marshal ami one or mora Deputy Marshals, and six or mora Policajmen. r J'li<' Mayor .shall appoint two of the Police-men to act as Lieutenants. Hollinger Corp. P H8.5