sufficient distance from the city, there to be cleansed, ventilated and fumigated, under the direction of the Harbour-Master, or his Deputy, until they shall deem it safe for her to return. And if the owner or consignee of such vessel, shall fail to have her removed, cleansed and ventilated, within twentyfour hours after being ordered as aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of one hundred dollars, for each and every such offence, and the expence of removing and cleansing said vessel, shall be paid by Number of the owner or consignee. Penalty. interments to 9. That the Commissioners of Health be and they be published weekly. are hereby authorized and required to publish the number of interments weekly, from the first day of June, to the first day of November, and at any other time in which much sickness or mortality may prevail in the city: And they shall also cause to be published, at the close of each year, a regular obituary for that time: And the City Inspector is hereby directed and required to make such reports respecting deaths and interments, as the said Commissioners shall at any time think proper to direct and require from him. Necessary regulations for the health of enforced. 10. That the Commissioners of Health shall have the city to be further power to adopt and enforce all other regulations which they may deem necessary for the health of the city; Provided, such regulations shall have been first submitted to, and approved by the City Council. Repeal. 11. That all former ordinances, or clauses of ordinances, in anywise repugnant to this ordinance, be, Passed, August and the same are hereby repealed. 31, 1815. Repeal of part 1. Be it ordained, That so much of the fourth section of the before recited ordinance,† as requires that the said Commissioners of Health collectively, or of former or any one of them, be accompanied by the Intendant or any Warden, be and the same is hereby repealed, but that the said Commissioners of Health, or any one of them, shall (without being accompanied by the Intendant or any Warden) have all the powers and au dinance. * Office of City Inspector abolished, and the duties to be performed by the Clerk of the Board of Health.(see page 27.) † See the 4th section, page 22. thorities to enter any lot, grounds and possessions of any person or persons, and thoroughly to examine the same, as are expressed and defined in the ordinance aforesaid; any ordinance, or parts of ordinance to the contrary notwithstanding. Whereas by an act of the Legislature of the state, Passed March entitled "an an act to appoint a Board of Commission- 19th, 1818. ers, for the City of Charleston, with power and authority to declare in what cases, the streets, lanes and alleys of the city shall be widened, and to provide for carrying into effect, and executing the objects of the said board, and for other purposes therein mentioned, passed the seventeenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, it was enacted by the fourth section thereof, that the City Council of Charleston shall have full power and authority "with the concurrence and approbation of the board appointed by the Legislature," to compel the owners of low lots to drain or fill up the same to the level of the streets, also to compel the owner or owners of cellars, to have the same pumped out or filled up. ers of Health Be it therefore ordained, That for the better and Commissionmore effectual preservation of the health of the city, to se lots to and for the purpose of carrying into effect the inten- be drained,&c. tions of the Legislature, in such cases made and provided, it shall be the duty of the Commissioners of Health collectively, or individually, and they are hereby authorized and required to enter upon the low lot or lots, grounds and possessions of any person or persons, and thoroughly to examine the same, and where in their opinion it is necessary for the health of the city, that the said low lot or lots be drained or filled up, they shall (by and with the concurrence and approbation of the Board of Commissioners appointed by the Legislature by the act aforesaid) cause the owners. of such lot or lots, within the city, to drain the same, if such draining be practicable, or if not, to fill the same to the level of the streets (in such manner as may be directed by the said Board of Health) on which such lot or lots are fronting; also to compel the owner or owners of cellars (occasionally filled with water) to cause the same to be pumped out, or other Penalty for refusal or ne glect by any person. to defray the City Treasurer expence, and City Sheriff to recover the same. wise carried off, within five days, or to fill up the same (if deemed requisite by Commissioners appointed by the act of the Legislature aforesaid) within two weeks from the notification being given in writing by the Commissioners of Health to such owner or owners, and in case of neglect or default, they shall be subject to the penalty of one thousand dollars, for each and every such neglect or default, and be liable to be prosecuted for each and every such offence, in the Court of General Sessions for a nuisance. 2. That in case the owner or owners of such low fot or lots or cellars, upon such notice being given as aforesaid, shall neglect or refuse to fill up such low lot or lots, or cause the water in their cellars to be pumped out, or otherwise carried off, the same shall be done by persons employed, under the authority and by the direction, and under the superintendance of the Commissioners of Health, with the consent of Council; and if the person or persons liable to such expence, shall refuse or neglect the payment thereof, the same shall be paid in the first instance out of the City Treasury, and the said expence shall afterwards be recovered and collected by a warrant under the seal of the Corporation, directed to the City Sheriff, to recover the said expences on the accrued value of such lot or lots. Passed, Nov. TITLE (C.) City Inspector. 1. Be it ordained, That from and immediately 12, 1817. after the passing of this ordinance, the office of City Inspector be, and the same is hereby abolished; and The office of the duties of said office shall in future be performed City Inspector abolished. by the Clerk of the Board of Health, who shall reHis duties to ceive for his services five hundred dollars per annum be performed by the Clerk payable quarterly. of the Board of Health. Salary 2. That so much of any ordinance as is repugnant hereunto, be, and the same is hereby repealed. Commissioners of the Poor. 20, 1796. Whereas the great improvements and extensive ad- Passed, Feb, ditions lately made to the Poor-House, are such as to afford sufficient room and comfort for a much greater number of such of our fellow-sufferers, as through the walks of life, have been so unfortunate as to become objects of public charity, than the house at present contains; notwithstanding which, there are persons who will not apply to the commissioners, or either of them, to be admitted to participate of the benefits arising from said institution, but persist in wandering about the city begging. To prevent in future, a custom or practice so disgraceful, not only to themselves, but to any civilized country: Preamble. taken up and Poor-House, 1. Be it ordained, That immediately after the passing of this ordinance, the Intendant of the City, or any one of the Wardens, the Commissioners of the Poor, or either of them, are hereby authorized and empowered to take up any person, or persons, that Beggars to be may be found strolling and begging about the city, sent to the and send such person, or persons, to the Poor-House, which is to be there to be confined to labour, if they are capable made a betterthereof; and to make such rules and regulations for ing house. said house in future, as will put the same upon the footing of a bettering house: Provided, that said Proviso. rules and regulations, before they are carried into effect, shall be submitted to the council for their approbation. 28, 1801. 1. Be it ordained, That seven Commissioners of Passed, Oct. the Poor (three of whom shall constitute a board for the dispatch of business) shall be elected by the City Council, immediately after the passing of this ordi- Commissionnance, to continue in office till the third Monday in ers to be elect October next, on which day, in every subsequent ed anually. year, or if no Council should meet on that day, on the first meeting of Council thereafter, to continue in office for one year; which Commissioners shall be obliged to meet, at least every second Monday after their appointment, or oftener if necessary; and any person who being so elected, shall refuse to act, shall E Commission forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars for such refusal, to be recovered in the Court of Wardens. for the use of the Corporation; Provided always, That no person shall be obliged to serve more than one year, in any term of five years. 2. That the Commissioners of the Poor, for the ers to have di- time being, shall have the care and direction of the rection of poor Poor-House, and poor in the City of Charleston; and and lunatics. also of all lunatics, or persons disordered in their & Poor House, Commission before council senses, who may be there confined; and shall, from time to time, visit and superintend the same, and manage and transact all matters relative thereto, according to such regulations as they shall think necessary and expedient, or as may at any time be established by the City Council, for their guidance and direction. 3. That the said commissioners shall be, and they ers once in six are hereby required, once in every six months, to lay months to lay before the City Council, an exact account of all the an account of expenditures at the Poor-House, and for the poor expenditures, under their care, with the several vouchers for the same; as also a list of all poor persons, and their manner of employment. &c, 30, 1805. cence. Price of such licence. Carriages, Carts, &c. 1. Be it ordained, That no person shall let, or drive Passed, Dec. for hire, any cart, dray, waggon or other carriage, within the city, without having first obtained a liNo person to cence for so doing from the City Treasurer, for the drive cart, &c. time being, who shall number and register the without a li- same, and for which licence, the sum of seven dollars for each dray, and ten dollars for each cart, waggon or other carriage, shall be paid, for the use of the Corporation; and in case any person or persons shall let or drive for hire any cart, waggon dray or other carriage within the city without having first obtained such licence, or without having the number Number of li- of such licence (and no other) painted in figures, not painted on the less than three inches long on the after part of each shaft. shaft, upon the square thereof, so as to be easily seen, cence to be and have for the management of the same, a sober, |