Penalty for not offering services to the first nearest vessel, except when a more distant vessel is discovered in distress, Trustees of the orphan house-intendant, treasurer and chairman of page Trustees to render annual statements to council; names of benevo Duty of the commissioners, Persons obtaining a branch, to give bond and security, Commissioners of pilotage to direct pilots to receive their licences, Pilots bonds to be submitted to council, first week in december, in every year, Commissioners of pilotage to deprive pilots of their branch, Penalty for doing it, Not to bring in an enemy's vessel in time of war, Pilots to bring vessels to, at quarantine ground, 205 Pilots bringing in a vessel, has a right to take her out again, ib. Pilots that bring in vessels, may demand their fees before she departs, To receive additional fees, for boarding a vessel to the leeward of the bar; fee for extra services, 206 ib. White persons or free persons of colour entitled to compensation for giving instructions to masters of vessels, 207 Pilots must have a licence ib. Masters of vessels refusing to take a licenced pilot on board, liable to pay the fees of pilotage, 208 Masters to have their vessels in readiness at the time appointed for departure, in case of detention to pay $4 per day, ib. Masters of vessels, carrying off pilots, to allow $2 per day and provisions, provided the vessel has laid to 16 hours after crossing the bar, Harbour-master's duty, to keep a register of all pilots, to be posted up in his office, Commissioners to examine applicants to become branch pilots, and grant certificates of appointment, Five port-wardens to be appointed, To keep a book of record of all surveys Chairman, to appoint three wardens to survey vessels put into port in distress, Penalty for any but a port-warden surveying vessels, 212 Liable to removal for neglect of duty; oath required, ib. Fees; fifty per cent on the rates allowed on all foreign vessels, 213 To appoint a chairman and treasurer to keep account of fees and to divide them, ib. Retailers of Spirituous Liquors, Time of granting licences; application to be made to council, Bond to be given, Retailers name to be placed over his door, page 213 Penalties, for non-payment of licence-for not entering into bond-or for neglecting to put up painted boards, Penalty for transgressing terms of licence, For retailing without licence, For not observing the regulations as regards retailing spirituous and malt liquors, Form of licence, Tavern keepers, or licenced retailers, not to suffer a free person of colour to treat slaves under certain penalties Not to sell liquor to slaves; Penalty on licenced retailers trafficing &c. on sunday, Names of applicants and securities to be published by clerk of council City Marshal and city treasurer to attend council when licences are to City Treasurer to publish the names of person to whom licences are granted, Duty of city marshal-to cause licenced boards to be put up Fine for neglect of duty, Licence borads to be removed after quitting the house, Licenced retailers, compelled to receive in their houses, persons apparently dead by drowning, To be compensated for receiving them, For refusing to receive them, they forfeit their licence, Licenced retailers to have directions for restoring drowned persons to life, Reward for attempting to restore drowned persons, ib, Screening and winnowing, Unlawful to screen or winnow rice or other grain in the months of july, august, sept. & oct. on any wharf, or other public place; penalty 221 Scavengers and Lamplighters Streets and Lamps, Salaries, &c. Office of clerk to the commissioners of streets and lamps; his duty, Commissioners refusing to accept their appointment, or resigning, the 222 ib. ib. 223 ib. 224 225 ib. 227 ib. ib. 226 ib. Mr. Logan permitted to open a street, Receiving fees unlawfully, officers to be discharged, Rations to be allowed to persons employed in the orphan-house, poor-house and marine hospital, Council alter their salaries, may Commissioners may prescribe additional regulations, Salaries Duty of the physician of the marine hospital, Salary of the master and matron of the poor-house, Salaries of harbour master city sheriff, keeper of St. Michael's clock, Societies South-Carolina Society, and other religious and charitable societies, exempt from taxes, except for pavements, drains and sewers, Streets Stores, (Naval) page 228 ib. ib. ib. 229 ib. ib. ib. 230 230 Not to be landed except at Gadsden's, Gibb's and Blakes wharves, penalty, 231 Sundays No worldly labour to be exercised on the Lord's day; penalty, $20 231 ib. ib. Penalty for disturbing, or committing a riot at any congregation, 232 ib. Persons riding or driving, to pass places of public worship on a walk, 233 ib. City Guard to be placed as centinels, before places of public worship, 234 Wardens, Discretionary power in remitting entirely or in part, fines and penalties, Wards and Streets Weights adjusted; of dry measure; of wine measure, Commissioners of weights and measures, city marshal and other pub lic officers, to carry into effect the ordinances, Duty of the clerk; clerk may employ deputies, by consent of com❜rs, His power and oath; clerk liable to be discharged, Office for weights and measures established, Standard measures to be deposited therein, Weights and measures, to be examined every three months, 244 ib. 245 ib. Weights and measures, of the lawful standard only to be used; penalty, 246 247 Scales or balances, so to be constructed, as to have just equipoise, False measures or weights, in possession of slaves, to be seized, Weighers at wharves, or public scale houses, to make oath, Hay or fodder, how to be weighed-steelyards not to be used, Penalty for obstructing officers in the execution of their duty, 250 ib. Quarterly accounts, to be rendered by commissioners to the city. treasurer, for the inspection of council, ib. Commissioners of markets, hereafter to have no controul over weights and measures, Standard of dry measure, under the controul of the board of com'rs. Ordinance regulating weights and measures to be posted in commissioners office, 251 ib ib. Brass weights to be stamped, and iron when practicable, Weights not agreeable to standard, or not stamped or certified, to be considered as false weights, and liable to seizure, Penalty for obstructing officers in the execution of their duties, To regulate the internal affairs of the work-house, Master of the work-house elected annually; his oath, ib ib. ib. Applicants for the office, to give in the names of two freeholders to be Master of the work-house to confine slaves delivered to his charge, To detain persons and inflict punishment; penalty for refusing, 254 254 ib. 255 256 ib. ib. 257 ib. ib. ib. 958 Physician of the poor-house to attend, and charge for advice and page Fees and charges, Master of the work-house to receive from the owners of slaves, payment of all expences due, at the end of three months, 258 ib. 259 260 Penalty for receiving unlawful fees, ib. Slaves detained until expences are paid, 261 ing, if not paid, and of runaway slaves not claimed in time, Duty of master of the work-house to keep a book for entering all commitments and charges City-Hall Master of the work-house, to admit and confine fugitive slaves, ib. 262 263 Persons injuring city-hall to be fined, Rioting and quarreling therein, to be prosecuted, Persons of colour and slaves offending, how to be treated, Keeper of the city-hall to keep it open from sun-rise to sun-set, Keeper or deputy's duty, to attend, 264 ib. ib. 265 ib. Persons pulling down the trees or carrying off the stones on east-bay street, to be fined and punished, Digest An ordinance declaring a digest, entitled a City Officers All elected annually (excepting the city recorder ;) their salaries, ib. digest of the ordinances. 266 268 Summary of the Extracts of the Acts of the Legisgislature, contained in the Appendix. Persons, citizens of the united states, and residing one year in town, page or having had a freehold one year therein, shall be a body politic, and the town to be called the city of charleston. Intendant to summon wardens to meet in city council. 9 to be a quo- City Council to have a common seal, and to purchase lands, &c. To make by-laws respecting the harbour for the security of the city, Their duty and authority in the city--time of their election-before 1 ib. ib. ib. |