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O A N r O N, Al IMS.
SAT URDA Y 5 U E 10, 1870.
VAt'TVHlllS,
The South is still increasing in
the cotton niHiiig power. Iu 1S59
Mho had 222,000 spindles. In 1S70
site h:il 30.1,000, 4ii il in 1S75 ehe
Jiad 48 .,000. We should lite lo see
Madisou county add a few thousand
o tins number. We ore waiting
"with patience.
At length it ia announced that the
Moro Committee arc ready to pro
eeed on their expedition atrd will
-arrive anioug as this week. Many
changes iu the sphere of political
-action have takeu place tiii.ee this
wove to investigate Mississippi
affairs was inaugurated. We doubt
very much if Mr. Mortou eoald re
call his action iu' the premises,
whether ho would think, for a
moment-, of such a thing as starting
it again. At the outset he was so
mistaken as to think he had a good
cliaoce of being the successor of the
present occupant of the White
House. Ho had been the chawpiou
of the President ou the floor of the
Senate - whenever anv bold and
partisan work was to be done, and
thought this would secure to him
the favor and support of the Presi
ent. Thehetter to perpetuate the
power of the party be had done all
he could to keep up the lunjaiity in
the Senate by perpetrating that lu
ffcuoos fraud upon Alabama in seat
ing Spencer. When Sheridan drew
Lia sword upon the Legislature oi
Louisiana, ho joiued in that famous
dispatch sent by that patriot and
rood man Belknap, "the President
and all of as approve what yon hare
done. What more ought this man
Morton to do. what more conld he
do? By, traducing the whites of
the South he hoped to secure the
united rapport of the colored popu
lation and the carpet-bag interest,
and this, together with what be
might get at the North, by stirriug
the gall and. bitterness of old and
new prejudices, certainly ought and
would insure to him the nomination
at Cincinnati- It was thought an
investigation into the affairs of our
own State would contribute very
tuacli to the attainment of his object.
Here was a good field for operation
The passions, thought he,of the peo
pie are easily aroused -against the
bloody Misaiasippians," and hence
this committee of Lis that is about
to visit a. But prefatory to tbis
-step, the little, feeble, pitiable,
Ames is introduced to testify to
what he kojws as well as
what he does not know except by
hearsay; all to little purpose,
however, unless to call forth from
-Attorney-General Harris, himself a
Republican, a withering letter ex
posing the imbeciliry.corruption and
wickedness of Ames as Governor,
and blasting all hopes of "firing the
heart", of the country against the
South, and consequently against
Democracy. This is but another
case of vaulting ambition, wbicb
o er leaps ltaeii.' u naer me aaspices
of '-the bloody shirt, Morton: bus
Jailed, and now has no more chance
of a sessiou in the White House
than any humble citizen io Missis
sippi. Once the South feared the
success of this motster ; now she
would hail his nomination at Cin
cinnati as a sure harbinger of success
to the Democratic nominee. The
more fair and honest investigations
Presidential aspirants cause to be
made iuto the domestic government
of Mississippi the better. Lot them
come -spreading to the light the
truth, the whole truth, and nothing
but the truth. An intelligent peo
ple cannot much longer be deluded
with the tales of violence said to be
practised upon the colored people
among as. The suspicion is gain
ing ground that' the stories ot
"rebel oppression" axe kept alive
to draw the attention of the people
from the felonies iu which men in
high places axe implicated, and to
secure a further lease of power and
opportunity of theft and peculation.
It will not soon be forgotten that
the staple of Mr. Blaine's capital for
the Presidency is in a great measure
his speech made in the House of
Representatives on the "Anderson
ville horrors. . In these Centennial
tinea when the whole -world has
been invited to come, and has come,
to witness our progress in the
sciences and the arts, in civilization,
and good government,' thinking
men, sincere men, doubt very much
the propriety or the decency of such
deliverances. They are not calcu
lated to inspire confidence in the
patriotism of any man who makes
them. - Xhey, probably, helped Mr.
Blaine very little. The day for
these things is past and gone, and
it is well that is is gone. "Let us
have peace," and an npright Chief
Magistrate
. Tra Presbyterians of the Berth
and of the Sooth In their restrictive
Oeneral Assemblies have agreed
uoon terms of reconciliation, and
"established fraternal relations."
The returning wave ot another year
probably will leave no scar opon the
..t.nL and all will be pearo and
tranquility between the North and
H"Uth branches of the denomina
tion. ' : .
IBLAIISIE'S 13RI13E.
now He Wrote Hiiuseir Corrupt Northern
Psciflc Fool I lie $53,000 KcccipS.
New York Sun, 27th
To the Ed'tor of the San :
I Sir : I enc'ose to you copies of a letter and receipt, the
originals of which were signed by the lion. James G. Blame,
wiiich he will not. deny. In consequence of Mr. Blaine's letter,
, I mvestcd $5,000, which formed a portion of the amouut re-
ceipteu tor oy ur. lvalue, r or some reason nir. jlmuiuo io
unable to deliver the stock and bonds according lo ins cuniracr,
and, after more than a year, and wiib some difficulty, I suc
ceeded in recoveiiiiir mv uortioii of 11m contribution. 1 do not
wish, however, to find fault with Mr. Blaine for the failure of
tbo Northern Paenc scheme. It was well arranged, and u iaj
Cooke had beeu able to sell the bonds at 90, tboso who con
trolled the franchise would have got the Government lands fiee
rom enciuibmtice. wliLh. as Mr. Blaine expressed it, would
have been a usplcudd thins" to do; and 1 have no doubt f
tbo sincciity of Mr. tfla no s assurance tu.it "at tun worst- u
would have been ''far wore valuable than the Union Pacific ; '
and we all know how '"that would leave it."
As it has resulted, however, toe Credit Mobilier operation
was tho better one, and Mr. Blaine's sagacity was at fault in
not foreseeing tho sad fa to of Jay Cooke. Mr. Blaine,-in his
recent veiy satisfactory vindication of himself in. Congress
from charges which, it seems, falsely connected him with Mr.
Caldwell, utered the following moial reflection : '-Whenever
concealment is desirable, avoid. ineo is advisable; and I do not
know any better test to apply to the honor and fairness of a
business trausac ion.'' When I read this sentence it occurred
to me that I had been concealing my share of this tiaiisnction
already too long, and I felt an almost irresistible impulse to
obey this wise precept of this teacher ot ethics- Hence this
letter.
Keep my name quiet, mentioning it to no one, unless Mr. Caldwell,
ho seems to have beeu selling some other '-suiall flyers" of
Ibis sort to that sagacious financier, Col. Scott.
. - - - Very truly j ours,
Boston, May 25th, 1S7C Aqutlla Adams.
private
Ax'GCsta, Maine, 25ov. 23, 1870.
My dear. Mr. Fisher: A year ago and more I spoke to yon
about purchasing an interest iu the .Northern P icitio Itailroad
for yourself and any you might choose to associate with your
telf. The matter passed by without my being able to control
it, and nothing more was said alout it. Since then the Jay
Cooke contract has been perfected, the additional legislation
has been obtained, and 230 miles of the road aie well nigh
completed, nud the wholo line will be pushed forward rapidly.
By a strange rt volution ot circumstances, 1 am again able to
control an interest, and if you desire it jou can have if. The
whole road is divided into twenty-four shares, of which Jay
Cooke & Co. have twelve. The interest I speak of is J of 1 24,
or 1 192 of the entire franchise, being that proportion of the
eiguty-ouo millions of stock that are being divided, as the road
ia built, and a like proportion of the Laud Companj stock, that
is formed to take and dispose of the 52,000,000 acics of laud
coveted by their grant as amended by the law of last set s:on.
The amount of stock which this 1 192 would have in the end
would be about $135,000 and the number of aires of land it
represents is nearly 275.000. The road is being built on the
7.30 bonds, $25,000 to tho mile, which Jay Cooke takes at 90.
Instead of mortgaging the laud, they make a stock company
ror its ownership, dividing it pro rata among the noiaeis ot tue
franchise. The whole thine can be had for $25,000, which is
less than one-third of what some other sales of small interests
have gone at. 1 do not suppose you would care to invest the
whole $25,000. I thought for a small flyer eight or ten of you
in Boston might tako it, $2,500 each ; for $2,500 thus invested
yon would get ultimately $42,000 stock and the avails of some
27,000 acres of laud. Five ot yoa at $5,000 each would have a
spleudid thing of it. The chance is a very rare one. I can't
touch it ; but I obey my first and best impulse iu offering it to
you. All such chances as this since Jay Cooke got the road
have been accompanied with the obligation to take a large
amount of the bonds at 90, and bold them not less thau 3 years.
I will be in Boston Tuesday uoon, aud will call upon you.
Ot course if you dou't waut if, let it pass. You will receiv.e au
immediate issue of stock to a considerable amount, mid certifi
cates of land stock also. Of course, in conferring with otheis,
keep my name quiet, mentioning it to no one ui.less Mr. Cald
well. I write under the presumption that you have returned,
but I have heard nothing. Yours truly, J. G. Blaine.
This stock will be far more valuable, at the worst, thau the
Union Pacific, and seo where that would leave it.
- I Confidential.
$15,000. ' Boston, Dec 1, 1870.
Received of Warren Fisher, Jr., $25,000 iu trust, in consider
ation of which I am to deliver to said Usher properly authen
ticated certificates of an interest iu the North Pacific Bailway
Company equivalent to one-eighth (J) part of one of the
tweuty-four (24) principal shares iu which tbo lranchiso stock
of said company are divided. -Certificates to be in the naiue of
Elisha Atkins. Witness my band. J G. Blaise.
Office of Adams' Sugar Eefoeey,
24 India stre. t, Boston, Nov. 8. 1S71. i
My dear Aquila : Not having seen or heard from you recently,
and being very anxious that you should recover yo r money
back from Mr. Blaine. I enclose you a form of letter which 1
wish yon to send to him at once. If he gets to Washington
there will be considerable delay iu getting at him, and I do not
wish any tni ther delay iu having the matter Fettled. This let
tew which 1 enclose has been submitted to Mr. Atkins, and it
meets witq his approval iu every respect. Make my regards to
your father and wife, and drop me a line when you are t-omiug
to the eity. I remain yours, Wabren Fisuek, Jr.
BeM Ordinances ot the City of Cantcc.
THE MARSHAL.
9. It Bhall be the duty of the Marshal of said city to attend
in p-rson on all meetings of said Bjaid ; to prepare the Council
Chamber for such meetings, and notify all members and officers
of the time of meeting ; to provide all necessary luel, lights,
seats, tables, writing material, stationery, and other things for
the use, comfort and accommodation of said Board, and persons
attending the meetings theieof; to keep order in the Chamber
while the Board is iu session, and execute all of its orders aud
processes.
He shall be diligent and watchful at all times in enforcing
obedience to the laws and ordinances of said city ; he shall
promptly arrest and prosecute before the Mayor, all persons
guilty of any infraction of the laws and ordinances of said city,
and the laws oi this State within the corporate limits of said
city. He shall attend in person on tho Mayor's Court while iu
sessiou, and keep good order theiciu, aud sliall execute all
orders and processes of every kind issued by the Mayor, or
emanating from bis Court. Fo shall promptly collect all fines
of every kiud, and costs of suit imposed by judgment of the
Mayor, and immediately account ior anu pay me same over to
the City Treasurer, and report the same with the Ticasurer's
receipt, to the Board of Aldermen at each regular meeting,
stating in detail, from whom received and ou what account ;
and shall keep strict account of, and preserve and protect all
property of eaid ciry committed to uis care, or unucr or subject
to his control.
ASSESSOB AND COLLECTOR OF TAXES.
8 10. Between Hie thirty-first day of March and the first
day of May, of each year, the -Assessor and Collector of said
city, shall assess all persons anu property, subject to taxation
in said city ; he shall set down iu the assessment roll, in separ
ate columns, or on separate lines, the names in full of all the
taxable inhabitants of said city iu alphabetical order, and each
item of property liable to taxation, and its value; aud the
amount of each inditidual's tax shall -bo carritid out and sot
down in the light hand column opposite his uumo.
11. The Assessor shall with said tune can upon eacu tax
able inhabitant of said city, in person, or by leaving printed I
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or written notice at uis usual piace oi ousiut-ss, or uuu.it-, mr
list of all his taxable property; and each Inhabitant shall,
when so called on. make out and deliver to the Assest-or a true
list of all his taxable property, wti the value of each article,
snecifviuer all the taxable property oi which he was possessed
on the first day of October of that year, in bis owu right, or iu
ngbtof his wife; or as agent, executor, administrator, guaidian,
trustee or otherwise; which list shall be verified by oath aud
rendered ODdcr tha ne.ialty prescribed in section of au
Ordinance of said city relating to the Keveuue thereof. And
It shall be the duty of each tax-payer, in fixing the valno of his
property under this ordinance, to estimate the value of the same
at its cash value at the time of such valuation, aud what he
would be then willing to take for it, if disposed to sell it. and
not what it might sell for at a forced sale ; and it shall be the
made by tho owners of property, which are, in his opinion, bo
low the actual c.isli value of such property, together with the
iianu-s of the paitirs iniiUing such valuations; and s.iid Board
shall proceed lo correct any error or iinJer valuatiou in assess
ment, as by law diiected.
12, S.iid Board shall furnish to said Assessor all necessary
assessment rolls anil blanks iu time to enable him to make the
as!--e3iueiit of property as icijuired by this ordinance.
13. Ou receipt of tho assessment rolls, the Collector shall
give public notice to tho tax pajers ot said city that taxes are
due; and ho thall immediately proceed to collect and receive
the same ; and it shall be the duty of every person to pay his
taxes to the Collector on or before the first Monday of January
of e.ioh year ; and all taxes remaining unpaid on that day shall
be collected bv the Collector by distress and sale of property ot
Ibj delinquent : and he shall iiromiit'y collect, account tor and
pay over all taxes, as provided in the ordinance relating to
lievenue.
14. All conveyances of lands, lots, or parts of lots, sold
for tho pa,uient ot taxes by the Collector of said city, shall be
in form, or to tho following effect, to-wit "1, A. B-, Assessor
and Collector of Taxes lor tho City of Canton, have this day,
recording to the Chatter and Ordinances of said city, sold the
following describ:'d land for lots, or part of lots, as the case
may be), there bung no pjiaoual property found on which to
levy and mike the taxes due by the owner thereof, to wit :
(here describe the lurid or lots by subdivision, number of lot,
or otherwise. s as to identify it, lor tUo t ixes assessed to the
reputed owner thereof, for the year , when E. F. became
the best b;d Jer therefor at tbo sum of $ . I therefor sell and
convey such land, (or lot, or part of lot), to tho said E. F , his
heirs and assigns forever, uiven under my nana anu seal tue
day of , A. D., ,n which conveyance, when duly
acknowledged before any officer, competent tor that purpose,
and shall Vitst in the purchaser a perfect title to the land or lot
sold ior taxes, suluVct to tho right of redemption of sale within
twelve mouths from date.
He shall promptly furnish to the City Treasurer the names of
all defaulting or insolvent tax payers, aud all damages thereon,
due by them and remaining unpaid ou toe, nrsi Monday iu
Jauuary ot eacn year.
TREASURER. - .'.i'- .'
15. Ic shall be the duty of the Treasttrcr of said city to re
ceive all tax money, and ail money accruing 4 to said city irotu
fines, forfeitures, licenses, ami all other sources of revenue
whatsoever, and to sateiy and securely Keep tue same, lie suall
not loan out, or speculate upon, tue funds or tue city, or permit
others to borrow, iukc, use er speculate upon mo same, lie
shall not, nor shall any officer of said city, buy any claim or
warrant against tho city fur any price less thau its full face
value, nor directly r indirectly speculate upon the same. He
nlo'ie shall disburse-tue luruls belonging toihe city, but only
npun a warrant lawfu'ly issued by order of. said Board. He
shall keep his accounts with said city iu- a-well bound book,
i ml he shall enter regulaily tbereiu all sums of money received
by him, tlm date of receipt, and the name of the person from
whom tec. iv;il, aud for, or on what account p tid in. He shall
enter in a b k, proper fr the purpose, the date, number, and
amount of a'.l warrants paid by him, with the uame of the
payee, nn 1 tbo date of paymeut; aud he shall also carefully
file and preserve all warrants paid by him, first, so marking and
cancelling them as to prevent their further circuhYiou as cur
rency fir all time, no shall, on the first Monday iu Jauuary
and first Monday of July of each year, and oflener if so re
nt! i red, report iu writing, under oath, to said B ianl, a full aud
complete sta'ement, in detail, of all moneys receivod and all
moneys disbursed by umi ior, or on accouuc oi said city, during
the pad preceding six months.
It shall be uis duty, upon presentation to uim tor payment oi
any warrant, certihe He or other order for the payment of money,
to examine the list ot deiiuq-teurs, defaulters aud insolvents re
ported to him by the Mayor and Tax Collector, and to deduct
from the amount of such warrant, certificate or order, the
amount of any tax, fine ami costs, or other" liability, and all
damages thereon, duo to s.iid city by the original, holder or
owner, or original or subsequent assignee or indorsee of such
warrant, certiucate or oruor; anu sucu person suaii oe enutien
to receive from said Mayor or Collector, a-j the caso may be, a
receipt for the amount so paid by siuh deduc.ion.
ARTICLE IL
5 lo. Hereafter no account or claim of any kind against
said city, shall be coutracie.I or nuthoiized by any officer there
of, except the Mayor, or the Chairman, or, iu, his absence, the
acting chairman of any standing committee of this Board ; and
all such accounts and claims so contracted orlauthorizeJ, shall
be certified iu writing to this Board to lie true and coirectby
the officer contracting or .authorizing the a ttne, and that the
same is a reasonab e and proper pharge against said city ; and
that no such accouut or claim against said city, not so con
tracted or authorized, or certified to, shall hereafter be allowed
or paid by said Board.
17. Any officer of said city violating, or offending against,
any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall, on convictiou
before the Mayor or other competent officer, be fiued in any
sum not exceeding $200 for each separate offence, aud im
prisoned in the county jail or city prison for any time not ex
ceeding ninety days, and shall moreover, on conviction before
the Board of Mayor and Aldermen, be dismissed from office for
misfe.is.ince therein, as the case may be. -
This ordinance shall take eff-ct aud be in force from aud after
its passage.
duty of the Assessor to report to said Board, at its meeting on containing each separate item, service or laoor done, ai
the first Alouuay ot Juno oi cacu year, a iut ot au valuations, cuarge lucieior; nor snau any uuicor m aiu uiy, m uu.v
CnAPTEE VII.
FIIZ:.3 JL3iI SALARIIfiS.
An Ordinance establishing anl regulating the Fees, Salaries and
Commissi-jns of the Officers of the City of Canton.
ARTICLE I.
Section 1. Hereifter the following fees, salaries and com
missions, and no n.orj, shall be allowed and paid the officers of
sa d city, respectively, for services rcudered by them as herein
after mentioned, vis.: . -
THE MATOR. "
An annual salary payable monthly of $300.
For taking and filing affiaavit, $1.
For issuing warrant, $1.
For trying each case and entering judgment, 53 cents.
' For all other services not herein enumerated, the same fees
as are allowed by law to Clerks of Courts aud Justices of the
Peace, for like or similar services.
THE MARSHAL. -
An annual salary payable monthly of $300.
For executing warraut for arrest, $2.
For attending trial and collecting fine, 50 cents.
For removinc carcases beyond city limits. $1.
On all moneys collected by him on any process in a civ il case,
on the first 830, or tract loual part thereof, 4 per cent. ;
On i-anli additional 830. or fractional part thereof, 3 per cent
Fr all other servio-s not herein enumerated, the same fees
(except mile.ige) as are allowed by law , tj ajieriffs for like or
similar Msrt mo. . , . . ...
The s. una lees allowed jur.vrs and wirneRses m a justices'
Court sliall be allowed to all jurors and witnesses summoned
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and attending Ml any case men ueiore bhhl mayor, hiiu sucu
IVes shall bo taxed as part of the costs of thease, and shall be
paid by the defendant, if convicted, or by said city, in case the
defendant is acqnitted or unabio to pay the same ; l'rovided,
That i.iid cit v shall not be liable to pay any tees or costs ia any
case to the Mayor, Marshal, or other officer of said city for any
lered therein by them, nor to any witucss summoned
or appcariag on bjU.ilf of any defejd iut
CLERK.
For attending each meeting of the Board and keeping truo
niinntea of the proceedings thereof, $1.
Recording cacii ordinance, of every huudred words, 10 cents.
Issuing each warrant, 10 cents.
TREASURER.
On all moneys disbursed aud received by him, 3 per cent.
Assessor aud collector of taxes.
On tho total amount of all taxes annually assessed, 2 per cent.
Ou all taxes collected aud paid iuto the City Tieasuty, 3 per
cent.
For each deed of conveyance, $2.50.
article ir.
2. None of the fees hereinbefore mentioned shall bo pay
able by any person, unless there first bo produced and abown,
(if demanded by the person charged therewith), a bill or account
hi u iue
case.
charge or Collect a grbater fee or commission for any labor ot
service performed by him, thau is pi escribed bv section of
this ordinance.
Any of the above named officers who shall onViul against,
or viola e any of the provisions of this ordinance, shall, ou con
viction bt-foiii the Mayor, or ott:er competent. officer, be fined
in any sum not exceeding $200, or imprisoned in the county
jai", or city prison, for any time not exceeding ninety days, or
both, at the discretion of tho Court, and shall, moreover, ou
convictiou before said Board of Mayor and Aldermen, bo dis
missed from office.
4. Tl e Mayor shall provide, without delay, and keep
post el up in a conspicuous place in his office, a true copy of
this ordinance.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after
its passage.
CHAPTER VIII.
NUISANCES.
An
Ord n inde. in relation to Xuisances.
Section I. All matters of nuisance, declared to be such by
the common law, the general statutes of tbis State, and this
ordinance, existing or perpetrated within the corporate limits of
the City of Canton, are hereby declared to be nuisances therein,
and shall be cognizable before the Mayor of said city. And all
owners, occupants, or agents permitting, suffering, tolerating
or perpetrating any such nuisance in or about his or her dwel
ling house, out-house, shelter, shed, stable yard, lot or premises
generally, or any o( me puonc streets, alleys, lots or squares iu
ciiyur iu iuo sewers ur gutters ironting, adjoining or
said
draining the same, shall, ou conviction thereof before the Mayor,
be punished as hereinafter provided.
2. No owner, occupant or airent of anv of the above
J described houses or tenements, lots or parts of lots, shall suffer,
permir, toicrate, or aepostt, or sutler to be deposited therein or
thereon, or in auy sewer or gutter, fronting, adjoining or drain
ing same, auy damaged cotton, cotton' seed, manure, taiuted,
unsouud or unwholesome provisions, flesh, fish, matter, sub
stance or influence whatever, offensive to sight or smell, or pre
judicial to the health, safety, comfort or couveuience of the in
habitants of said city.
'3. AH owners, agents, or occupants of any such houses,
teuements or lots in said city, shall, when required to do so by
the M lyor, or Board of Health of said city, fill up, open, drain,
clean out, or disinfect all ponds, cellars, vaults, sinks, pits,
privies, sewers, drains aud gutters of auy and every kiud, and
abate or remove therefrom all tilth, deposit, obstruction, or on
wholesome or offensive matter or substance whatsoever, which,
in the judgment of said Mayor, or of said Board of Health, may
produce, or tend to produce, or engender disease or discomfort.
or may offjnd the sight or smell, or in any manner contribute
to tae discomfort or inconvenience of the inhabitants of said
city.
4. Any person who shall make, place or deposit any ob
struction of any kind, in, or ou any street, alley, pavement,
sidewalk or other public place in said city, calculated to hinder,
impede, delay, or in any way obstruct the tree use or any part
thereof by passing vehicles or teams, horsemen or footmen, or
shall permit or sutler the same to lie done by any one iu his
employ, or under his control, and such obstruction shall not be
uuinei l tteiy required for use iu building any house, cistern,
leuca or oner improvement, shall bo guilty of committing a
nuisance. Aim ail such obstruction used In aid of such build
or improvement shall be treated as a nuisance as soon as the
necess ty tl.erefor to be adjudged by the Mayor no longer
exists; anu tae owner of such improvement, or the person
making such nuisauce, shall immediately abate the same ou
uotica to do so. ' .
5. In abating or removing any of the nuisances above
menuoueu, tne owner. occiiDane or a cent bo ordered to do so.
shall in all things conform to the order ami requirements ol
said Mayor, or said Bjard of H alth. as the caso niav be. in
respect thereof.
5 C. It shall be the dutr of everv person In said citv. when
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uoiintHi to if) so oy said Aluyor, or by any member of said
rari or n.-ai.h to aba'e. remove or disinfect anv and everv
nuisance herein enumerated, aud complained of or designated
oy tuem, ana any such person failing or refusing to do so with
in a reasonable time (to be given and adjudged by said Mayor i,
be fiued in any sum not less than $5, nor more than $30, for
eacu oiidtice, together with all costs ; or by iniirisoumeut not
less than five, ujr mo o than twenty days, at the discretion of
said aiayor.
1. And nnon suc'i failure or refusal bv such Derson. it
shall be the du'y of said Mayor forthwith lo have such nuisance
abated, removed or disiu fee ted at the nr0ier cost and expense
of such person ; which. expense ami cost, shall be recovered of
sucn person oy said city, in a proper action before said Mayor.
And any judgment, from the date of Its rendition, shall bind
aud bo a lieu upon auy such house or tenement, and the lot or
pare ot Jot ou which the same is situated, and in -r on which
such nuisance shall be fonnd. and the same shall be sold at
public sale on twenty days previous public notice given, by the
xuarsuai ot said city, to satisfy said judgment and cost of suit
8. Every iuhtbitant of said city may, and every officer
inereot snail give information ot and prosecute before said.
M lyor, all violations of this ordinance.
9 v. xuai nereatter it snail be nuiawiol ror any person or
persons to erec build or construct any wooden building with
in two hundred lee' of the public square.
10. That all buildiugs hereafter erected or constructed,
aud not prohibited iu the first section of tbis ordinance, shall
oe made with Ore proof miterial and covered with same, with
fire proof skylights and parapet walls not less thau three feet
high.
11. That any person or persons violating the provisions of
tins orumanco, on conviction before the Mayor, snail be fiued
not less than $100, nor more tban $1,000, and the Mayor shall
declare such building or buildings prohibited a aforesaid a
nuisance, and have the a im ) abated.
Tins ordinance shall take effect and bo in force from and
after its passage.
CHAPTER IX.
pavements, sidewalks, &o.
An Ordinance relating to Pavements, Sidewalks, Curbs and Gutters.
Section 1. The owner of any lot or pieoe of ground front
ing or abutting on any street, alley, or avenue of raid city,
shall, at his or her own proper cost and charge, repair or cou
struct auew, any pavement, curb, sidewalk, or gutter, along
such street, alley or avenue, to the extent, of bis or her lot or
piece of ground fronting or abutting thereon.
2. Whenever said Board of Mayor and Aldermen shall
decide that any pavement, sidewalk, curb or gutter shall be
constructed or repaired ou any street, avenue or alley, iu said
city, they shall, through tho Mayor and Marshal of said city,
cause to be served on the proprietor or agent of said lot or
piece of land, a notice injrritiug specifying the nature, kind and
extent of the work required of him or her to be doue thereon ;
and it such owner or agent shall not, within ten days from the
date of the serving snch notice commence the execution of such
specified work or improvement, then it shall be, and is hereby-
made tho duty of the Stieet Committee of said city to have
such work or imnrovemont done without de'ay ; and the lot or
piccu of ground fr mtiug or abutting on such pavement or side
walk so constructed by sa:d committee, shall be primarily liable
for the value of all such work, and the value of all materials
used thereiu, and all labor done thereon.
3. When said Committee shall have completed any such
work above de.-c ibjd, the M lyor shall without delay sell the
lot or piece of gio md fronting or abutting on such pavement
or sidewalk so c nitructed, to ths highest bidder for cash,
within lawful hour, before tl e door of the Mayor's offici, first
giving twenty days previous public n )'"o i of place, terms and
time of sale, and description of property to be sold, so as to
identify it; aud with the proceeds of such sale he Bhall pay,
first, all necessary expenses incurred by him for advertising
such sale ; he shall next pay to said city all costs and expenses
incurred by said c ty ii maki ig or con situating said improve
ments, and the s irplus, if ny, he shall pay over to tho City
Treasurer as directed by law ; and he shall make and deliver
to the purchaser theieof, a good deed.
S 4. Any real estate so sold as above provided may be re
deemed by the owner thereof, as provided fur iu case of tax
sales.
i 3. Upon the petition iu writing of five real estate owners
in said city, it sliall be the duty of said Board to order and have
c instructed as above provided, any pavement, sidewalks, curb
ing or guttering aloug or abutting any street, avenue or alley
n said city, according to the prayer ot such petition, if in the
opinioa of the Biard such prayer is reasonable, and the im
provements proper lo be made.
S tl. Jt shall be the duty of every owner, agent or occupant,
to keep tho pavement or sidewalk iu front of his or her lot or
house lice from all obstruction of auy kind. Auy owner, occu
pant or agent w ho shall fail to do so, or who shall suffer inV
obstruction whatever to remain thereon for a longer period tbaii
two hours, after being notified by the Marshal or any police
man, bIih II, on conviction before the Mayor, pay a flue of not
less than $j and costs tor each offence. Provided, Tha nothing
in this section shall apply to any nnavoidable obstruction
caased-fcy building any house, fence, cistern, or other uecessary
uiprovemeur.
7. It shall not be lawful for any person to ride, drive
hitch, or lead any animal i.i the harness or under saddle, or
otherwise, on or across any pavement, sidewalk, curbing or
gutter in s nd city. And any person so offending shall, for each
offence, on conviction, be fined uot less than $5, nor more thau
$20, and all costs; Provided, That nothing herein shall prevent
auy owner or occupant Iron) passing Iu or out of his lot, so that
he secure the pavements aud sidewalks, curbs and gutters ffOui
any injury thereby.
in Tbf. Wnf' 0C?nP'"t or agent of any lot in said etty
shall keep tho gutters iu front aud rear thereof, clean and frti
or ail obstruction, and for failure to clean or free the same,
after two hours notice to that effect by the Marshal or any
policeman, shall, on conviction before the Mayor, be fiued not
less than $o, and all costs, for each offence.
9, A!1 obBtluit,n every kind on the pavement or side
walks, or iu the gutters or sewers opposite, or iu the rear of any
lot or house in said city, be, and are hereby declared nuisances
dangerous and prejudicial to the comfort and health of the in!
habitants of said city, und if the owner, agent or occupant
thereof, or persou committing the nuisance, shall fail to remove
the same, withm the fine above mentioned, the same shall be
removed by the Marshal or police of said city ; and all costs of
such removal shall be a proper charge against such persons or
lots, and the lots bhall be liable to be sold therefor, as provided
for in case of tax sales. -
$ 10. That it shall be and Is hereby made the dnty of each
owuor of a lot or parcel of land fronting or abutting on Peace
street in said city, to construct anew alouir said Peao r.rwf.. t
the extent of the lull front of snch land ou said street, at his or
her own proper cost and expense, a pavement, or sidewalk of
heart pine 1$ inches thick, laid on sills 4x6 or 6x0 inches, which
pavement or sidewalk shall be nine f et wide, and of a uniform
grade to be prescribed by the S r et Committee of this Board ;
and along such pavement, or sidewalk shall also be constructed
by said owners at their owu cost, severally, a good aud sufficient
gutter, all of which shall be constructed within twenty days
from and after publication of this ordinance ; and, if any owner
of any such land, shall not, withiu the lime aforesaid, construct
said pavements or sidewalks and gutters as aforesaid, the
Mayor and Aldermen shall proceed to baTe constructed said
pavements or sidewalks and gutters, at the expense of the city,
and will, afterwards sell at public sale, after giving twenty
days notice in some newspaper published in said city, all lots
along which they may so construct any pavement, sidewalk or
gutter, as aforesaid, noon default of the owner or owners to
construct them, to defray cr reimburse t them the costs and
expenses incurred by tlwrn, or so much of said lots as may bo
uecessary to pay such costs aud expenses, as provided by the
th s.-ctiou of the charter of tne said city ; Provided, That this
ordiuauce shall applyiily to such lauds abutting on said Peace
street as lie betwecu The passenger depot of the New Orleaua,
St. Louis & Chicago Railroad Company, and a jioint two
hundred feet west of the iron railing arounu the Court House
square in said cily, the other lands, ou said street to be subject
to the general ordinances of said city, in relation to pavements
aud sidewallca. ;
11. That it shall be and is hereby made the dnty of each
owner of a lot or parcel of land fronting on or abutting on anr
street iu said city, which front is within two hundred feet of
the iron railing around the Court H inse rqnare in said city, to
c instruct anew along such street to the extent of the full fr'ou
of such land on such s reer, at his or her own proper cost and
expeus , pavemeut or sidewalk of good fire burnt brick, which
pavemeut or idew ilk shall be nine feet wide, aud of a uniform
grade to be prescribed by the Street Coin mi tee of tbis road,
and aloug such paveuifutor sidewalk, shall aUo be constructed
by said owners at their own costs, severally, a g.iod and suffi
cient gutter, of like material with said pavement, all of which
shall be constructed within twenty days after publica'ion of
this ordinance ; and, if any owuer of any such hud, shall not
withiu the time aforesaid, construct said pavements or aide-
waiif. anu gu i -rs, i s an res..n'f the said Mayor ami Aldermen
suaii pioceeu to nave constructed said pavements or sidewalks,
and gutters at the expense of said city, and will afterwards sell
at public sale, after giving twenty days pnblic notice in aoiuo
newspaper published in said city, tll lots along which tlusy may
so" construct any sidewalk, pavement or gut er, as aforesaid,
upon default or the owuer or owners to construct them, to do
fray or iei ubur-e to them the costs ami expenses incurred br
them, or so ranch of such lots as may be necessary to pay audi
costs aud expenses as provided by the th secliou of the
charter of said city. '
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and
after i:s passsage. - -
, CHAPTER X.
GUTTERS, WATERSPOUTS, AC.
An Ordinance relation to Outers, Water-Pipes and Spouts.
Sectiow 1. All gutters, sewers, cnl verts, water pipes and
spouts conducting water from yards and groutids, and from tho
roofs of houses and tenements thereon, into the public streets
or alleys or elsewhere in said city, shall be so altered or con
structed as-to prevent the witer therein from falling or dis
charging on or across any pavement, sidewalk or footway, or
from falling ou or against any adjoining or adjacent root o"
wall, side or end of any house in said ait-, or the grounds ou
which the same are located.
2. It shall be the dnty of every owner, agent or occupant
or any house or lot in said city to so alter or construct the
gutters, sewers, cnlverts, water-pipes and spouts on any bfich
lot or ground, house or tenement so as to conform in all respects
to the requirements of section of this ordinance ; aud alt
sueh. conduits not now confirming to the requirements ot said
section are hereby declared to be nuisauces ; aud any such
owuer, agent or occupant failing or refusing so to alter or con
struct such conduits as hereinbefore provided, after being noti
fied by the Mayor to do bo, shall, on convictiou thereof, ba
fined uot less than $5, uor more thau $23, for each day such
nuisance shall be continued; Provided, That such persou shall
be allowed reasonable time, to be adjudged of by the Mayor, iu
which to make the required alteration or construction.
This ordinance shall take effect aud be In force from and after
its passage.
CHAPTER XL
CORPORATE SEAL.
An Ordinance Adopting ajid Describing the Corporate, Seal of the
vtry oj canton.
SEcrrrow 1. A seal having engraved upon it the word
"Mayor's Office, Canton, Mississippi," in circular form, shall
be, aud the srine is hereby constituted aud adopted as the cor.
porate seal of the City of Canton ; and that the same shall bo
safely kept by the M-iyor of said city in his office, aud there to '
be used according to law.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and
after its passage.
CHAPTER XIL
REOISTERINO LICENSES.
An Ordinance in relation to Registering Licenses.
Section 1. That it shall be tho duty of the Collector, when
he receives money for any license, to report immediately to the
Clerk the number ot the license, to whom issued, for what pur
pose, date issued, the duration and amount. The Clerk is re
quired to keep a register of such lice'isos in a book fur that
purpose, and be shall report to the Board all licenses which
shall expire during tho month in which the meeting is held.
This ordmancs to take eflect lrom anu alter its passage.
AMENDMENT TO CHAP, ft
It shall be the duty of the Marshal to report to the Bonn! at
its next meeting, all property sold to the city for non-payment
of taxes, aud the Clerk shall keep the same on file for twelve
months, and if the same is uot redeemed within that time the
Marshal shall make a deed to the samo, conveying all the right,
title and interest of the owuer ot such pronertv to the niiv nf
Canton, and it shall be the duty of said Clerk to have the same
recorded in the Chancery Clerk's office. Said lands sold to the
city, as aforesaid, shall bo subject to redemption at auy time by
any person on paymeut of all taxes due and 25 ner cent, dama
ges and all costs. And the Mayor of said city is authorised to
make a deed to auy purchaser of the same, conveying all the
right, title and Juteiest in said lauds which is vested iu sail
City of Can ton.