Negroes corrected, Commissioners to have drains cleansed; to contract for the same, White persons breaking or injuring grates, to be fined, Negroes corrected, Penalty for keeping water course above ground, May build diagonal drains under ground; fine for having a trunk, If not obeyed, to be done at the owners expence, and assess for the same, Penalty for communicating privy, with public drains, Council to order city sheriff, &c. to remove nuisances, Fine for molesting city officers; negroes offending to be whipped, Negroes to be whipped, Penalty for washing horses, &c. at pump, Persons not permitted to fire squibs, Not to burn shavings, or fire guns, or fly kites; penalty; punishment, Persons not permitted to game in the street, Whites to pay a penalty; negroes to be whipped, How fines are to be recovered, and punishments inflicted, All fines imposed, payable with costs, Tenant to pay fines, and deduct from rent, By whom city scavenger and lamplighter are elected, and when, Clerk of commissioners of streets & lamps, salary augmented to $400. To remove their officers, with the approbation of council, Constables Time of electing them; in case of vacancy, how to proceed, ib. 54 ib. ib. ib. 55 ib. ib. ib. 56 ib. ib. ib. ib. 57 ib. ib. ib. 58 ib. 59 ib. ib. 60 When elected to take oath, within five days, before the wardens in their wards, Their duty; penalty; to attend fire, To aid and assist in enforcing city ordinances, Persons opposing constables, liable to penalty, Number of constables elected; fine for refusing to act, Persons exempt from serving, Drawing small coaches, &c. on pavement forbid; fine, Coroner To be elected by the city council, for the parishes of St. Philip and 63 Court of Wardens, Complaint against city officers to be made to inferior city court, 64 65,66 Sheriff's fees-city sheriff to hold his office for one year-commissi- page oned by the intendant-to give bond for $10,000-oath, salary and emoluments-sheriff to appoint deputies-their oath, Their duties; persons opposing sheriff or deputies, to be fined, Deputy sheriff to produce his deputation-sheriff's duty, as to keep Shall preserve public papers, ing accounts; to make return on oath monthly; penalty, Recorder to be commissioned by the intendant; his salary, Vacancy, how to be filled; oath of office; his duties, 67 ib. ib. 68 ib. 69 ib. Three months absence, vacates his office, One dollar to sheriff, for every case docketed, Transcient persons committing offences against city ordinances, and about to depart the state, recorder to give an order for bail, and Clerk of the Inferior City Court Clerk of Council His salary, Clerk of Council and Treasurer 69 70 71 71 Fees to the clerk and treasurer, for vendue licences, 72 Dispensary, Shirras' Shirras' bequest; his will, Sum appropriated for establishment of dispensary, Intendant, president of St. Andrew's society and president of the me dical society, for the time being, appointed trustees, Twelve citizens to be annually elected commissioners, Appointment of consulting physicians, Annual accounts to be rendered to council,. Persons of colour and negroes not to keep dogs, unless well secured, Dogs to be secured, Duty of marshal; to be indemnified, To cause collar to be place on the city marshal's dogs, Drains Duty of commissioners of streets, 78 Proprietors of wharves, benefited by drains, to be assessed, ib. ib. Drums Beating of drums prohibited, except by city sheriff, by militia officers when summoning their men, and the continental troops; marching on the pavement not allowed; penalty for beating drums, Elections City officers elected annually; how to proceed in case of vacancy, Entertainments (Theatrical) Public house-keepers, permitting exhibitions in their houses, forfeit page their licences, Time of granting licences; fine for exhibiting without licence, No play, farce, interlude, or afterpiece, interdicted by council, to be represented, Fire-Masters Their election; hooks to be procured, 81 ib. ib. 82 82 Fire-masters to appoint managers to engines, 83 Persons elected fire-masters, fined $60, for non-performance of duty, ib. Mulattoes and free negroes, attached to the company, Engines to be kept clean; penalty for articles lost, - Term of service, Company of axmen to be raised, and subject to the command of supervising committee, Duty of fire-masters; pay of firemen, Fire-masters to have wells sunk; duty of guard in time of fire, Intendant, wardens and others to attend fires; fine for not attending, Penalty for not obeying; houses to be blown up, if necessary, Places of deposit for goods, Number of men to be under arms in time of fire, ib. ib. ib. 84 ib. 85 ib. ib. 86 ib. 87 ib. Riding through the streets, in time of fire, prohibited, Buckets to be provided by the city, and owners of houses, Owners of wooden houses to provide ladders, ib. ib. 88 Duty of Scavengers; persons indemnified in the execution of duty, Pitch, tar and turpentine, not to be boiled in the city, except in such ib. 89 ib. Gunpowder, conyeyed through the city, to be secured, Quantity of powder permitted to remain in stores; penalty, Description of houses to be used by tallow-chandlers and soap-boilers, Ladder, fire-hook and rope, to be provided for each division, Gaming Fine for playing at EO table; table to be forfeited, ib. ib. 90 ib. 91 ib. ib. ib. ib. 93 94, 95 95 96 ib. ib. 97 97 ib. page Rolly polly, and all games of hazard, prohibited, Gass Company To lay pipes, &c; earth removed, to be re-placed to the satisfaction of commissioners, Factories and furnaces, number not to exceed five, Terms of lighting the city,-council may contract for the same, Guagers Appointment of Qualified persons to guage; to use Gunter's scales, Beef to be re-packed and branded before sale, Coals to be sold by the ton, Weighers, neglecting duty, fineable; measurement of wood, Billet wood not to be corded; for so doing the cord is forfeited, Penalty for measurer's non-performance of duty; fees, City Guard Establishment of-captain and lieutenants, elected annually, Oath; to provide uniform; city to provide uniform for sergeants and men; clothes, arms and accoutrements to be deposited at the main guard-house fines, Warden to visit city-guard; captain to present list of defaulters, Attending warden's duty; officer charged with misconduct to be reported to the intendant, Fine not to exceed monthly pay; punishment, what, Officer's duty; to beat the tattoo and reveille, ib. 99 ib. 99, 100 Duty of captain, Captain to reside at the main guard house, Company to be exercised, Picquet guard to march to and from the main guard-house, 108 ib. Time of posting centinels, ib. ib. Sergeants to report on their return, 109 ib. Time of sending out patroles; how armed when relieved, Officers to regulate their duty and keep a roster, Guard-how to be regulated during fires, Sergeants to apprehend robbers; how to proceed if his force is insufficient, If in pursuit of fugitives, enclosures to be entered, Warrant, to be issued for the apprehension of fugitives, Private signals, fixed on by the captain of the guard, 110 ib. ib. 111 ib. When apprehended for felony to be committed to gaol, Fines for not assisting the city guard, Punishment on negroes and persons of colour, Guard to remain on duty, at public festivals, To patrol streets on sunday; when relieved, ib. ib. 112 ib. 113 ib. 114 ib. 115 ib. Picquet guard, to send prisoners to main guard-house, Patrole to apprehend slaves offending, Guard to be fined for neglect of duty, and for receiving bribe, Guard to be enrolled, and sign articles, Pay; duty of captain; uniform and duty of guard, Penalty, for giving ticket to negroes, without consent of owner, page 115 ib. ib. 116 ib. 117 118 ib. ib. Guard, to be augmented; lieutenant to be elected, by council, their discretion in remitting entirely, or in part, the penalty or pun- Pay; guard detecting robberies to be compensated, Vessels subject to ib. 119 ib. 122 regulations; when laying at wharves, how regulated, 120 Captains of vessels to make out a list of passengers, Harbour-Master to furnish captains of vessels with copy of city ordinances, and receive $1, as a fee, Captain, or owner, refusing to comply with regulations; penalty, Captain, refusing to deliver list and certificate, as required, the vessel Harbour-Master's duty; penalty for opposing harbour-master ib. 123 ib. 124 125 ib. 126 ib. 127 ib. 128 ib. ib. 129 130 130 131 ib. 132 ib. ib. ib. 133 ib. 134 ib. 135 |