Digest of the Ordinances of the City Council of Charleston, from the Year 1783 to July 1818: To which are Annexed, Extracts from the Acts of the Legislature which Relate to the City of Charleston |
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WHEREAS the Legislature did , in their last session , pass an act to change the
manner and form of keeping the public accounts of this state ; and the propriety of
a uniform mode of currency , throughout Passsed , Jan'y . the United States ...
WHEREAS the Legislature did , in their last session , pass an act to change the
manner and form of keeping the public accounts of this state ; and the propriety of
a uniform mode of currency , throughout Passsed , Jan'y . the United States ...
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And all such assessments shall be made out How assessin the manner aforesaid
by the direction of the Com- be made out missioners of Streets and Lamps , and
after being apand collected . proved by them and by the City Council , shall be ...
And all such assessments shall be made out How assessin the manner aforesaid
by the direction of the Com- be made out missioners of Streets and Lamps , and
after being apand collected . proved by them and by the City Council , shall be ...
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And in addition thereto , that a penalty of five dollars will accrue , to be collected
in like manner as aforesaid , for every cellar door thus repaired by the Marshal or
Clerk as aforesaid , to their use and benefit : Provided said repairs be made with
...
And in addition thereto , that a penalty of five dollars will accrue , to be collected
in like manner as aforesaid , for every cellar door thus repaired by the Marshal or
Clerk as aforesaid , to their use and benefit : Provided said repairs be made with
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... said company after the pipes or part or parts thereof for the conveyance of Gas
are laid in a manner suitable to the purpose intended . And provided Pactories
not also , That the factories and furnaces for making and to exceed five .
furnishing ...
... said company after the pipes or part or parts thereof for the conveyance of Gas
are laid in a manner suitable to the purpose intended . And provided Pactories
not also , That the factories and furnaces for making and to exceed five .
furnishing ...
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... in regulated by waggons or carts from the country to the city for sale , shall
resort to no other place than the Centre Market , and there take such stands , and
draw up in such manner and form , as the Commissioners thereof shall
Punishment ...
... in regulated by waggons or carts from the country to the city for sale , shall
resort to no other place than the Centre Market , and there take such stands , and
draw up in such manner and form , as the Commissioners thereof shall
Punishment ...
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Page 267 - Society ;" and for the purposes aforesaid, and by the name aforesaid, shall have perpetual succession and a Common Seal, with full power and authority to alter, vary break, and renew the same at their discretion, and by the same name, to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be -answered unto...
Page 204 - ... as aforesaid before her departure from port; and whenever a pilot having a right to carry out a vessel is apprehensive that his fees of pilotage may not be paid by her master, owner or consignee, he shall have a right to demand his fees in advance, or such security for the payment thereof as shall be reasonable and satisfactory, and on failure thereof may refuse to carry her out.
Page 10 - ... thousand dollars, one moiety thereof to the use of any person or persons who shall sue for and prosecute the same to effect.
Page 24 - ... require more frequent returns of deaths, and also such additional information as they may think proper. SEC. 7., omitted. SEC. 8. Every undertaker who shall omit or refuse to furnish any certificate or return as aforesaid, or who shall violate any provision of the 4th, 5th, 6th, or 7th sections of this ordinance, shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten dollars for each offence. SEC. 9. The City Registrar shall cause an abstract of the returns of deaths made to him, to be published in all the newspapers...
Page 24 - Any person who, having been summoned in the manner above directed, refuses or neglects to attend and testify, unless prevented by sickness or unavoidable necessity, shall forfeit the sum of twenty dollars, to be recovered, with costs of suit, by the party at whose instance the subpoena was issued, and for his use, by an action of debt...
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| Title | Digest of the Ordinances of the City Council of Charleston, from the Year 1783 to July 1818: To which are Annexed, Extracts from the Acts of the Legislature which Relate to the City of Charleston Issue 43585 of Early American imprints Making of modern law : primary sources, 1763-1970 |
| Author | Charleston (S.C.) |
| Contributor | South Carolina |
| Publisher | A. E. Miller, printer, 1818 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Jun 2007 |
| Length | 325 pages |
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