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HAszA|u_)'s GAzE'1"l‘E, FEBRUARY 13.

Laws to prevent disorderly riding audi

driving.

[Arrested 7!/t Feb, 1856-]

Be it enacted by the City Council, of the City of Charlottetown : _

. No person shall ride at a gallop,’ or trot at full speed any horse, mare, gelding mule or us, on any street or square of said City. _ '

Sec. 2 Every person who shall drive any truck, sled or carriage for the conveyance of goods, shall not on any pretence whatever drive swifter through said City, than a slow and easy trot, and at all tiiues with proper reins. _

son, 3 I-Ivory person drivin;: any sleigh, truck. cart, chaise or other carriage, \\'lthlH I-iid City. shall drive the same in a moderate and careful iiiatiiicr.

Sec. 4 it shall not be lawful for any person or persons driving empty sleds on any of the streets or st uara-s, to sufl-r pointed stakes to remain standing, or carry f'i-aiiies or projecting pieces outside of said sleds

Sec. 5 livery person riding any horse or di-ivin_; any gig, cliaise, or carriage, wagon, eart,truck, .~l..-i-_;h or sled, on any street or square. in iiic.-ti.i,«; any other liorsc,_gig, chaise, carriage, wa_v«_v,oii, cart, truck, sleigh or Bled, shall alway have the sauic on his right hand side in passing.

Sec. 6 Whenever any carriage, waggon, cart, truck, sleigh or sled, shall at an time. stop or be sulfercd to stand loaded or uufbadcd, on any of the streets, every such carriage, \vag;;iii, cart, truck, sleigh or sled, shall be !tl‘.ll'i.‘fl at least two feet distant from the side- walk. at either side of said street.

S-c. 7 Every person driving any sled or sleigfi. on any of the streets or squares, shall lniv-.- at l.-.ist one good and suflieient bell uflixe to the horse.

Sec 8 Every person offending against any of the ft-reg-iiii-_; regu ations of this law, shall upon conviction on the oath of one endi- blc witness, in the Mayor's or Police Court, forfeit and ay it fine, of not less than ﬁve sliilliiigs. or more than twenty shillings with the costs of pros:-ctitiun, and on the offender or oﬁ'.'ntl--rs refusing or iieglecting to pay the saiiin, warrztiizs oi" tlistn.-ss may issue, or the

i.iri'e.-. b-i llll[‘l‘lr‘a-ilnltl for it period not exceed- ing fouit on dl_\F. 0

See. ‘J l'i\’tll‘_y person who shall be guilty of ‘dlﬂ-)l"l(‘l"_)’ riding or driving, in any of the in-rt-i-is or sqii.-ir.-s. the horse. carriage, sled or siti; I of tue person so eflbiitliiig, shall be llalvle to seizure by any of the ('ii.y authorities, and dotiiiied until bail be given to the satisfnctioii ofthe .\l.i_vor or pr:-siding lIlll<'('l', for the ap- p"s'i‘.'il|('t! of the rider. driver or person, to whose care said ll(ll'§‘! c.'ll‘l‘l:tgt) or sled had been cri- tru.«tel, and the person so oil"--ndiiig shall be ssihjet-t to a pen ilty not exceeding Five Pounds or in failure of‘ paying the same, to be commit ml tojail for not iuore than forty days. Any person who may have been convicted of disor- derly driving. and may have occasioned damage thereby to any person or property, shall e liahlo to ay the full amount of‘ damage ad- judged tlierefor over and above the ﬁne and costs, which may have been ordered by t.he Mayor or Police Court. and in case of refusal to pay or give security to pay the amount _of siiicijudgeiii-:iit. within such tune as the said Court shall appoint then, the offender shall be committed to jail for not more than sixty days.

Sec. 10. Any person who shall be guilty of lungcing an horse, mare or gelding. on any ofthc streets or on Queen's, King's, or Powual squares, or tliorouglifarcs of the City, shall rendsr themselves liable to a penalty not ex- ceeding twenty shillings, for each and every oﬁbnce over and above any damage which may accrue from such practice to any person or pro-

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Seii. 11 In cases where the damages which may be sustained by any person or properly. through disorderly riding, driving or lungeing of any horse, mare or gelding exceeds the sum of ten pounds, then such cases to be recovers- ble in the Supreme court.

our. llurciiissnx, Mayor, William B. Wellner, City Clerk, January, 28th 1856.

Law to prevent Nuisances. [Asscnled to 7th Feb. 18561 Be it enacted by the City Council of the City of Charlottetown:

. All persons who being on any square, street, lane, tlioronglifare or on any sidewalk, shall use openly, any rofane, obscene, lewd or lascivious language, or behaviour, or shall he obstructing the pagsage ‘for foot-passengers, or “may-ing persons in their shops or dwellings, and who shall neglect or refuse when request- ,d by any of the City authorities, to move um and not continue such nuisance, shall be taken into custody, and be subject to a fine not test shillings.

Every erson who drunk or sober, indeoently public ly expose their ersoris, in my part. of the City, or who pub icly otters for sale or distribution, or exhibits to public visyv any prodl‘ane,iindecei_it pr obscene bong.

" ‘nt raw n ,‘ aintin or re ressn - pwer’ P" . ariv’[IIii1f‘nliio-orti‘ ' s hon ' 'taken into custody, an and in s sum not exceeding forty shillings.

lstorcs, or houses. or proceeding on their law- :ful business, tiiny be forthwith taken into

structiori to remain overvsnd 3

Sec. 3 Any person who being on any street, square, lane, sidewa . or on any wharf, shall openly challenge any erson to ﬁght, or shall use abusive or provoking language. so as to disturb any person or persons in their shops,

custody by any of the City authorities, by day: or by night. and be subject to a fine of not less than live shillings, nor more than twenty shillings.

Sec. 4 Any person guilty of throwing or swecpiiig dirt or depositing rubbish, dead aiiiuiuls or iiuisunec of tiny kind on the streets or squares, or on any part of the beach or shore or wlnirfs, or causing or permitting any offen- sivo matter to run from any maiiufiietory, slaugliter-liouse, butclicr‘s shop, duugliill or privy, into any street or square, shall be liable to a line, not more than forty shillings for each and every such offence.

Sec. 5 Any persons lacing any cart, sled, sleigh. or other unyokeil) vehicle, or other ob- struction of any kind on any of the sidewalks, streets or squares of the City, and who refuses or neglect to rcuiovc the saineivhcii requested so to do by any of the City authorities, shall there- by subject themselves to pay a ﬁne not exceed- ill" ten shillings for each and every offence, and said articles of obstruction, may be seized li any of the City authorities, and placed in the City pountl, or such other place as may be directed by the Mayor, and it’ said articles of obstruction shall not be owned or claimed, before the expiration of three days, then it shall be lawful for the City Marslial. after three

ays’ notice to sell the same by public auction, under an order from the l\layor, such sale to be announced by a City crier, and to take place between the hours of ten o‘clock.n.m. and two irclock, p.iii. and the proceeds arising therefrom, shall become part of the City funds.

Sec. 6 Every person guilty of riding, dri- ring, or permitting any horse or beast of btirdcn with or without a vehicle, to stand on any of the sidewalks, or who shall fasten any liorsc or beast of burden across any sidewalk, shall render theniselvcs liable to u ﬁne not exceeding ten shillings.

Sec. 7 Every person who causes any tree or timber, or any otlzcr un\vicldly matter or thing to be drawn on any of the streets or squares, o any vehicle without having sufficient iiiciins of safely guiding the same, shall lay thmselves open to a fine not exceeding twenty s‘.illin;,;~t, and in addition thereto shall be liable to pay for anv damage which may accrue therefrom. An no person shall be permitted to draw any tree, timber or other unwildly matter or thing, upon any of the streets or squares, to the injury of said streets or st uares, under a penalty of forty shi’lings in u. dition to the cost of repairing such daniuge.

See. 8 No person shall in future be per- mitted to move any house or building, on any of the streets or squares, without first having ohtaiiicd a license f'rom the Mayor so to do, under a penalty of five pounds, nor shall an house or iuilding so being moved stand on any street or square, during the night, without good and sufficient light tlicrefroin, to prevent it and the machinery wherewith it is being moved, becoming dangerous to passengers. And any person so moving any house or build- ing, shall be subject to repair all openings which may be made in the streets or squares, for adjusting the machinery whereby it is moved forthwith, under a penalty ofnot over forty shillings for each and every opening in addition to the cost ofrepairing such openings.

Sec. 9 No openings in the streets or si e- vvallis for the purpose of laying down gas-pipes, melting sewers_or drains, or for any other purpose shall be ermitted to remain open at night, without being properly fenced or guard- ed and lighted after sunset, to prevent their becoming a nuisance or obstruction to passen-

ers, and every person hereafter who shall attem t to leave any such openings, unguarded or unliglited, shall be suhjectto a ‘no not exceeding forty shillings, and be liable to pay for all damage which may accrue therefrom, and no person shall be allowed. to continue said opening beyond a reasonable time, for the performance of the object for which they were made under a penalty not exceeding forty shillings for one and every hour, which they be kept 0 en beyond sue reasonable

Ever de ective hatch-we in any side- walk, shall o likewise guarde at night, till repaired, under a penalty of twenty shillings for each and every night, said hatcliway shall remain in a defective and unrcpaired state. and the party to pay the damages arising therefrom.

Sec. 10. No contractor for the repairs and kce in in order the public pumps and wells shal urirrg the winter season permit any quantity of ice to accumulate and remain about any of said pumps for more than three days to the obstruction, annoyance and danger of the vi- sitors thcreto, whether he may be called to the improper state of any such pumps or not and he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding ﬁve sliillin for each pump for such and every

which psovontedhis removing such obstruc- tion,und the ice when cut away shall notbc permitted to remain in large lumps or heaps about said pumps under ii. penalty of live shil- liiigs for each and every olloiicc.

bee. liosoever shall course or coast upon a sled in any street or down any hills on the ice, snow or frozen ground, or he skating on the. sidowiilks or play at football, or rolling of hoops, or throwing stones or snowballs, or llyiiig kites, or playing at quoils or any other game that may molest or obstruct persons in the streets, squares, lanes oi- tliorouglifarcs of the City or on any of tlic wharfs, shall forfeit and pay for each olfeiice it sum not less than ﬁve shillings nor more than twenty shillings to be paid by each otli.-rider respectively and for it minor, by the fiitlicr of the boy offending, or by the iiiastcr,if' an apprentice ofll-ud, and in case of refusal to pay be coininittcd to jail or not more than twenty four hours.

See. ‘o horses, mules, asses. goats, sheep, geese, turkeys, swine. or ncat_cattle of any kind shall be periuitted to run or go at large in any of the streets or squares under it penalty not exceeding forty shillings, for each and every animal and offence to he paid by the owner or person having the cure of the before named animals ; an in the event of no owner being found for any of said animals, then the

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police to place said animals in one of' the City pounds. Sec. 13. No person shall drive any cattle on

the streets or squares at a furious rule nor shall any person conduct any more than one liorso at it time on any of the streets, squares or tliorouglifares, unless tllczﬁllld horses be con- veyed with proper lialtcrs or reins so as to be completely under the cnmniiiud and control of their conductor, whereby to prevent their he- coiiiing ti nuisance or injurious to passengers and any person who shall be guilty of driving cattle or horses in the manner herein provided against shall render tliemsclves liable to a fine not exceeding ten shillings for each and every offence beside the auiount of daiii-ago wliicli may accrue therefrom to parties.

See. No person shall fire or discharge any fire-arms (except in the discharge of some military duty sanctioned by autliority) or set olfany cracker, squib or any fireworks within the City under a penalty of not iiioro than ten shillings for each and every offence, and if such offender be a minor, apprentice, or servant, the parent, guardian or master of such Ulli!llllL‘l" shall be liable for the payment of the said pc-i rialty or at tlicoption of the Mayor, the ofl'.:nder or offenders to be committed to jail for not more than forty-eight hours.

Se 5. any person shall ring any hell within the (Jity, except sleigh or llt)lt.~'c bells or for religious purposes. or for public rt-joicings or in case of lire without having first been duly licensed therefor by the Mayor, lie, she or they shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings for each rind every offence or be iui- prisoned not iuore than twcnt-y days.

S 16. Every person who places or leaves any furniture,goods, wares, mcrcliandi7.e,ciisks, boxes or other obstruction of any kind on iiiiy of the streets or sidewalks except for a reason- able time in cases where code are received or being shipped, shall render themselves liable to it penalty not exceeding ten shillings for each and every oﬁiince.

Sec. 17. Every person who places, hangs up or otherwise exposes to sale any goods, wiires, mercbundizc, matter or anything whatsoever so that the same roject into or over any sidewalk or beyond the ins ofany house, shop or build- ing at which the same are exposed so as to obstruct or incommode the passage ofun per- son over or along said sidewalk shrill forfeit and pay it sum not exceeding ﬁve shillings for each and every offence.

Sec. 18. Every person who rolls any barrow or hand-cart, or curries any cask, case, ladder, plank, pole, timber, log of wood or other bulky matter or thin" upon any sidewalk except for the purpose of l-ioading or unloading or ofcross- ing said sidewalk shall subject themselves to it penalty not exceeding ﬁve shillings for each and every oﬁcnce

Sec. 1 . Every person who wilfully and wantonly disturbs an inhabitant by pulling or ringing any doorbell or by knocking at an door, house, porch, fence, or out building shall subject themselves to a fine not exceeding live shillings for each oﬁcnce.

Sec. 20 0 person shall put or place any quantity of snow or ice on any of the streets, squares, lanes, whurfs or tlioroughfures to the river so as to form an obstruction or nuisance to travellers or other crsons under a penalty not exceeding ﬁve shillings for each oflciiec.

Sec. 21. All ublie notices issuing from the Imperial or local governments, or from the Mayor or Cor oration or private notices which may be poste on boards placed by the outlie- rity oftlie City on public property if defaced, altered or destroyed before the time such bills design to give the public notice they contain the parties covering up or in any other w defacing, altering or destroying such public or private itdvertisments so posted shall on coit-

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day he neg sets to remove or permits such Oll- vc the time above noted unless he can show good Id s E-

a ti clout rsslonto the satisfaction of the Msyori

viction thereof be subject to it fine not exceed- ing ﬁve shillings or to be imprisoned notes- cssdingzforty-eight hours.

See. 2. Any person or persons who shall

write, cut or make any inscription of an ob- scene or other nature or in any other way deface or injure any public building, punt or fence, or any private building or [bring gig“ on con_victiou tliercef be subject to u ﬁm, Dog exceeding ﬁve pounds over and above the amount of damage which mar have been com- mitted. '

See. 23, No person shall be permitted to al- low any gates to open outwardly on any street or sidewalk so as to be an obstruction. and any 0 son permitting their gates so to 0 en slmll subject tlicniselves to a fine not exceeding live shilling for each and every offence.

Sec: ‘.24. The several lines and cnnlties with costs imposed by this law shall be recoverable before the Mayor's or l’olicc Court and on conviction warrant of distress may issue or the oflendcr be iiuprisoncd for it period not less than twenty-four hours nor more than sixty days.

See. 25. In cases where damage to any per- son or pi-operiy may arise from any of the causes herein provided against shall exceed the sum often pounds, such cases shall be recover- able in the Supreme Court.

Sec. 20. The pound-keeper shall be entitled to demand and receive for receiving an im- pounding, the following fee, vi: 2 for each and every cart, sleigh or other vehicle or other ob- struction before delivering the siiiiie to the owner or claimant thereof the sum of one shil- ling and sixpcuco.

.,‘ec 27. in the event of any cart, sled, sleigh or other vehicle, or other obstruction which may he impounded and suﬂi.-red to be sold should the owner or owners thercofcome forward to claim any of the same within six iiiontbs after such obstructions have been im-

oiinded and sold,hc,slie or they on satisfactory

roof of their ownership of any such vehicle or obstruction so sold, shall be entitled to re- ceive the uniount derived from the sale thereof aftci-deducting therefrom the amount of the line imposed by the fifth section ofthis law and the necessary costs for impounding, advertising and crying the saute.

Sec. - All fines, penaltica and costs im- posed and recovered under this law shall be and become part and parcel of the City funds.

loirr. lll"l'(‘lllNS()N, lllayor. Wm. B. Wellner, City Clerk. Jan. 28, 1856.

Law Relating to Auctioneers. [Asscnlcd to I"t',II'uﬂI'_I/ 7, 1856]

Be it enacted by the City Council of the City of Charlottetown :

Se . 'l‘li-at licenses for selling by auction in the City shall be granted by the City Council and shall be made out and issued by the Mayor upon payment to the City 'l‘rcnsur of a dut

1' Ten l’oun s, and every such ll'0IIl0 shul continue in force for one car.

‘so. any person shall act as an auc- tioneer within the City without being thereto lieeiiscd as aforesaid he shall for every offence forfeit a sum not cxccedin Teri Pounds: But nothing herein contained s iall extend to Sherills or other ollicers selling under process of law or by the decree or direction ofnny Court.

Sec- 3 In the event of any person refusing or ncgleetin to pay the amount of an enulty incurred under this Law, warrant of istress may issue, or the party be imprisoned for not more than one month.

Roiir. "l"l'(‘llINSON, Mayor. Wm. Ii. Wellner, City Clerk. February 0th, 1856.

Nov.i-Si-aria [.i:oisi.Ii'ruiti:—The Lieutenant Governor, in his speech, congratulated the Legis- lalure on the exemption ofthc Province from war and pestilence, and on the success which, in the last season, had attended the principal itidustrisl pursuits ofthe Province. The revenue is stated to be somewhat diminished in productiveriess, when compared with the preceding year, owin to reduction of duties; but is, nevertheless amply stiflicietil to ineet all demands upon it. and albrdsi ' satisfactory evidence of the increased energies and growing prosperity ofthe people. His Ex. cclleney then directed the attention oftlie Lﬂgiglg- lure to the lending business which would be brought before it, during tlissnsuing session, as follows:

"A measure, having for its object the improve- ment oftli» general cdiicatiotinl condition of mg Country, will be submitted for your consideration.

“Our Railway system is progressing favourably and l trust that. “hen the Accounts oftlis expen: diture, and li.'ibl|itiv's, connected with it, are laid before you, the utmost prudence and economy will be found to have been observed by those, to whom the Lcgislriturc has ciurusted the conduct of this important branch of the public service.

"On the subject of the Mines and Minsrsls, in connection with the claims oftlic General Mining Asst-ciatioii, an opinion ofthc lmpsrinl Lsw Om- cars of the Crown, sndti Cnrcspondoiice with rho oloiiial Secitary, will be laid before you, which will doubtless engage your earnest stterition.

‘°'l‘l.o substitution of it simpler and ii mop‘. economical process for revestlng forfeited land, in the Crown. llt.|)lI|cO ofthe existing system, win he proposed to you by my Government.

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