ovided they do not march on the foot pavements Not to march the different parts of the city. on pavements. ing drums in 2. That if any person or persons, shail hereafter known to beat any drum, or drums, within any Persons beatvelling or out house, or other inclosure, or within the city, peny open, or inclosed lot, or lots, within the city, the alty wenty rty so offending shall, for each and every such ofce, be subject to the penalty of twenty shillings. TITLE (E.) shillings 1. Be it ordained, That all officers, elected or hereer to be elected by the City Council, shall be Passed, Oct. ected on the third Monday in October, or on the 8th, 1805. st meeting of Council thereafter in every year, d continue in office until the third Monday in Ocber, in the year after their election, unless previ- City officers sly removed by a vote of Council; and that pub- ally. notice of ten days be given, in the city newspaper, the officers to be elected, and the time on which ch election shall take place. elected annu ceed in case of vacancy. 2. That in case of vacancy in any of the offices the city, either by death, resignation or removal, How to problic notice shall be given as aforesaid, and the rson or persons elected, shall hold their office or ices, until the ensuing third Monday of October, until the next meeting of Council thereafter. 3. That all commissions, heretofore granted differtly from this ordinance, shall on the fourth Mony in the present month of October, cease, and the cancies, thereby occasioned, shall, on the third onday of the present month of October, be filled as directed in the first section thereof. When new election to take place. That every part of any ordinance, now in force, ugnant hereunto, shall be, and the same is hereby Repeal. ealed. Entertainments, (Theatrical.) Passed, Sept. Be it ordained, That any master or keeper of public house, or tavern, in Charleston, who shall 26th, 1783. mit, or suffer any tragedy, comedy, farce, inter Public house- lude, or other theatrical entertainment to be acted keepers per performed or exhibited therein, without permission mitting exhibions in their first had and obtained from the City Council, shall houses, forfeit forfeit his license, and be rendered incapable of ob taining another for the space of seven years. their licenses. Passed, Jan. 29, 1812. 1. Be it ordained, That in future no licence shall be granted to any person or persons for the opening of any theatre for the performance of plays or any Time of grant- other theatrical amusement, or for any public exhi ing licenses. bition, until such theatre or the place where the exhibitions are to be made, shall have been duly examined and reported on, by a committee to be ap pointed by the City Council, whenever any appli cation shall be made to Council for such licence. 2. That every licence so to be granted, shall be predicated on the report of such committee, in which said licence shall be inserted, the regulations under which it may have been granted. Fine for exhi- 3. That should any person or persons hereafter open made without any theatre, or exhibit any plays or theatrical enter bitions, &c licence. Passed, April 8th, 1818. Preamble. tainments without the requisites of this ordinance having first been complied with; he she or they, shall forfeit for each day the same is opened for exhibition the sum of one hundred dollars, to be recovered in the City Court, one half to the person prosecuting, and the other half to the use of the city. Whereas by an act of the Legislature of this state, passed on the thirteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventeen, authority is given to the City Council of Charleston, to permit and licence the managers of the Charleston Theatre, or any other person or persons to exhibit theatrical entertainments within the said city, and to impose and collect for each and every such licence, such sum as they may from time to time deem reasonable, provided the same does not exceed five hundred dollars. 1. Be it ordained, That no person or persons, shall be permitted to exhibit within the city of Charleston, ny theatrical entertainment or entertainments, until e or they shall have first obtained from the City Council, a licence to exhibit the same, to continue or one year, and for which he or they shall have paid it the time of granting the same into the Treasury of the City, the sum of five hundred dollars. Provided always nevertheless, that the person or persons, to whom such licence shall or may be granted, will hot permit or allow negroes or persons of colour, either bond or free, admittance to any such exhibition, except such attendants, as from time to time shall have a written permission from the Intendant. And provided also, that the said person or persons to whom such licence is annually granted, shall not suffer or allow to be exhibited or represented any play, farce, interlude or after piece, which may have been, and from time to time shall be interdicted or prohibited by the City Council, under the pain and penalty of forfeiting, for each violation of the foregoing provisos, the continuance of his or their said licence. 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances repugnant to this ordinance, be and the same are hererepealed. Proviso. TITLE (F.) Fire-Masters. 30th, 1815. Fire-Masters. 1. Be it ordained, That there shall be chosen by Passed, June ballot, on the third Monday in October in every year, or as soon thereafter as it may be convenient for the Council to go into said election, fifteen Fire-Masters, Election of who shall have and execute all the powers and authorities herein after mentioned; as also to make all such regulations respecting the management and direction of the fire engines, as to them shall appear necessary, to be approved of by the City Council; and to procure as many fire hooks, and forks, buckets, house ladders and ropes, as they may deem sufficient, and have them branded or marked C. C. T. or cured. the word City, which shall be deposited in all such places as the Fire-Masters, in their discretion, shall Fire hooks, &c. to be pro to appoint managers to engines. think proper, notifying the same to the citizens, and Fire-Masters the said Fire-Masters shall have the appointment of managers of the several engines, fire hooks, ladders, &c. whose names shall be returned to the City Council, and shall order and direct the enrollment of such a number of able hands as may be necessary for the Persons elect- Working of such engine. And if any person shall, ed as Fire- after he is chosen a Fire-Master, refuse or neglect to for non-per- take upon himself the said office, shall refuse or negformance of lect to comply with the duties required by this ordinance, every such person shall forfeit and pay for every such refusal or neglect, the sum of sixty dol Masters fined duty. Term of service. Axe-men to be raised. lars. 2. That no person shall be obliged, to serve more than one year, in any term of five years, in any office to which he may be appointed under this ordinance. 3. That there shall be raised, and at all time hereCompany of after kept up, a company of Axe-Men, consisting of a foreman, and two assistants, with forty-seven privates. And as soon as this company of Axe-Men are associated for this purpose, they shall and may elect their own officers, and agree on some simple uniform adapted to their employment: they shall and may also make such rules and regulations for their government, as they shall think proper. Provided, That the said company, shall at all times of fire, be subject to the command of the supervising committee of Fire-Masters, and that their rules and regulations shall be subject to the revisal and correction of the Board of Fire-Masters; and that a monthly return of the strength of the said company, with all the appointments attached thereto, shall be made to the Board of Fire-Masters. Proviso. 4. That there shall be attached to the said compaMulattoes and ny of Axe-Men, a number of free mulattoes and free free negroes to negroes, not exceeding forty, who shall be enrolled said company. by and under the direction of the said company of be attached to Axe-Men; and who shall at all fires which may hereafter happen, be under the guidance and orders of the said company, to aid and assist in extinguishing such fire, and shall be furnished with such impliments, and marks of distinction to fulfil the duty hereby required of them, as the said company shall conceive most conducive for the purposes hereby intended. 5. That the Board of Fire-Masters shall have power to provide a sufficient number of fire hooks, ladders and ropes, to be deposited in such parts of the city, as they shall deem most proper and advantageous. Masters Pay of fire men 6. That the Fire-Masters are hereby required, once in every three months to have the several engines Duty of Fireplayed off, and the persons enrolled to work the engines, shall be paid fifty cents each, if a white man, and if a slave or free person of colour, the sum of twenty-five cents each, and every time such engines are carried out to the public wells and played off to keep them in order; and in time of fire, the said persons, if white men, shall be paid a sum of fifty cents each, and if slaves or free persons of colour, twentyfive cents each, for every hour they shall be employed in working the engines. And for the further encouragement of persons enrolled under the managers of the engines, and those attached to their engines, to be active in conveying the said engines to extinguish fires, that over and above the aforesaid wages allowed them for that service, a reward of forty dollars shall be distributed by the Fire-Masters amongst the first three engines arriving filled and ready to discharge on the said fire, when directions shall be given them; the same to be distributed at the discretion of the Fire-Masters. 7. That the managers of the engines, after they Engines to be have played off their engines as aforesaid, or after kept clean. any fire is extinguished, shall wash clean, secure and deposit their engines and buckets, and the persons appointed to have the care and management of the the fire hooks, ladders, axes and ropes, to deposit the several articles entrusted to their care, in such places as shall be appointed by the Fire-Masters, under the penalty of being obliged to replace the articles lost or damaged by their neglect, and a fine of five dol- Penalty for arlars; and if any person or persons shall detain or secret any fire hooks, axe, or other articles, private or public, he, she or they, shall pay a fine of ten dollars M ticles lost. |