ORDINANCES
of the
Town of AHOSKIE *
Public Peace. Moral, and Comfort
Suction 1. Any pmon failing to awist In making arrest, or to aaaiat a
peace officer in any way, after being summoned to do so by proper authori
tiee, shall pay a fine of $20.00.
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect in all the territory three
miles from town.
Section 2. No cattle, stock, geese, chickens, or other fowls shall be allowed
to go at large, under a penalty of $10.00 for each day. Stock or geese
? running at large shall be impounded by the police, and shall pay $1.00 day
aa costs; if not-paid in three days shall be sold at public auction for cash
after flke days' notice at three public places in the town and proceeds paid
to owner less costs and fine. Any person unlawfully taking any animal from
pound shall ]Ay a fine of $10.00.
Section 3. It is hereby declared a nuisance to establish or maintain
within two hundred feet-of any church building, any moving picture,
vaudeville show, circus, carnival or skating dnk, and any person, firm' ar
corporation establishing or maintaining such TOsance shall incur a penalty
of $25.00 for each offense, and each day's continuance shall constitute a
separate offense.
Section 5. No bitch when providing, no'mad dog, or dog bitten by a
mad dog or vicious or dangerous dog shall be allowed at large, under a
penalty of $10.00. And such dogs may be killed by the police.
Section 6. No bawdy-house or house kept by woman of ill fame, shall
be allowed in the town, or within three miles thereof, under a penalty of
$60.00 for each day. And no landlord shall rent, lease or let a house for
sueh purpose, under a penalty of $50,00 for each day. It is hereby declared
a nuisance for a woman of abandoned character to enter the town with
intent to ply her trade in the town under a penalty of $50.00 for eaeh
offense.
Section 7. No indeeent pictures shall be posted, shown or sold, or offered
for sale within the town, under a penalty of $10.00.
Section 8. No person shall disturb the peace of the town by any indecent
conduct, language, cursing, swearing, fighting, drunkenness or any other
disorderly manner, under a penalty of $25.00.
Section 9. Every person guilty of loud and boisterous cursing, or swear
ing, or using abusive or indecent language in any street, heuse or elsewhere,
in the town, and every person found drunk on the streets, alleys, or any
public place of the town, or disturbing the peace of the town or violating the
rules of decency shall pay a fine of $25.00 for each offense.
Section 11. No crowds of persons shall congregate or loiter on the
streets, or sidewalks, to the obstruction thereof, under a penalty of $1.00
fine on each person in said crowd.
Section 12. No person shall scar, deface, injure, destroy, or otherwise
interfere with any article or thing of any kind belonging to the town of
Aheekie, under a penalty of $10.00 for each offense.
CHAPTER II.
PnbUc Hoolth.
Section 1. The Board of Health of th? Town of Ahoskie shall be composed
of the Mayor, the Sanitary Committee and said Board shall make such
rules and regulationa-as they deem necessary to promote the health of the
town.
Seotien 2. Any person violating any of the health rules or regulations
of the town of Ahoskie prescribed either by the Council or by the Board of
Health, shall be subjected to a line of $10, unless otherwise provided in
the ordinances following.
Section 9. No person shall obstruct, dig, cut, or. disfigure any street, ditch,
sidewalk, drain, drain pipe or sewer; or dig any ditch or place any drain
below the level of the street, ditch or drain; or obstruct, or deepen or fill
up any ditch or drain leading from any lot to another lot or street or
sidewalk; or deposit any filth, offal or trash of any kind in any ditch or
drain, whether such ditch or drain be on his own lot or not; or allow his
premises to become or remain a nuisance or menance to health or comfort
by filth, stanch, stagnant*water or otherwise, under a penalty of $10.00 for
each offense, and each day's continuance after notice shall be a separate
offense; and any person interfering with the police or sanitary inspector,
when examyiing or rectifying premises in regard to the above offense or
suisanee, shall pay a fine of $60.00.
Section 10. No person shall deposit any offal or paper or trash or garbage
on any sidewalk, street or lot; or deposit any human excrement in town,
except in a privy; or dig or construct or use, or allow to remain on his
premises, any cesspool, well or any other underground receptacle for
human excrement, or any mound in Which the same has been deposited; or
bury, or allow to be buried, or dispose of any human excrement, except as
hereinafter prescribed, under a penalty of $26:00 for each offense, and each
day's continuance after notice shall be a separate offense, and every house
used as a residence shall have on the premises a sewerage doset or a sanitary
surface closet conformable to the State sanitary laws.
Section 11. No one shall wilfully break in or injure er stop up or obstruct
any urinal or closet or other sewer connection, under a penalty of $26.00
for each offense. " "
Section 12. No slaughter pen shall be allowed within the town under a
penalty of $6.00 for each day. Owners of dead animals failing to remove
the same beyond a half-mile of the town limits shall be fined $6.00.
- Section 13. No bog or hogs shell be k$pt In the town limits under a
penalty of $10.00 for each day. v n
Section 14. Spitting on the paved sidewalks, the floors of churches,
public halls, theatres, waiting rooms, postofflce, market house, or other
place of public assemblage in the town of Ahoskie is hereby forbidden,
under a penalty of $2.00 for each offense.
: CHAPTER HI.
Stroot* sad Sidewalks
Section 1. No person shall lsy out a street in the corporation limits
without the approval of the Town Council, under a penalty of $50.00 for
each offense.
Section 2. No railroad shall raise or lower a grade of a track on the
on fee street crossings of the town of Ahoelde without fee consent of the
Town Council under a penalty of $60.00 a day, and each day's contin
uance shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 3. Every owner and every occupant of a business let shall keep
his sidewalk and drain gutter thereof In good condition and free from ob
struction, etc., and every person violating this ordinance shall pay a
penalty of $6.0Q for each offense aitd each .day's continuance shall consti
tute a separate offense.
Section 4. No stationary awning, or awning post or frame shed er hitch
post on street shall hereafter be erected in the Are district, under a penalty
of $20.00. And each day's continuance shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 6. No person shall deposit glass or wire on> a street or sidewalk,
under a penalty of $10.00; Provided, that upon the application of builders,
the Mayor or Chief of Police may designate certain parts of the street or
sidewslk that may be used for the staging and materials for building as
long as the Mayor may daem necessary, all obstructions to be safeguarded
by lights, railing and overhead platforms as may be directed by them.
Section 0. No railroad engine shall run betw^n Church Street crossing and
Hayes Avenue at a gTeater rate of speed than eight mile* per hour, under
a penalty of $20.00 for each offense.
Section 6. Whenever an engine or an engine and can shall croaa Main
Street between 7 o'clock a. m., and 11 o'elock p. m., it shall be the duty
of the Railroad Company to protect this crossing by s watchman and no
flying switch or shift shall be made on any crossing In the town.
Section 7. Any person who puts any obstruction on anf street or sidewalk
or whe cutonny excavation on street or sidewalk without property protecting
aame by red lights and otherwise, shall pay a penalty of $26.00 for each
offense, and each day's continuance shall constitute a separate offanse.
Section 8. No person shall interfere with any lantern or other guard,
placed around any obstacle or excavation to protect same^under a panalty
of $26.00 for Mtk offense.
Section S. No gasoline tank shall be installed on any street or sidewalk,
except by permission of the Council and a penalty of $60.00 for each
offense and each day's continuance shall constitute a separate offeifse.
CHAPTER IV. ||9j
Prmitioi |H Control of Flroe |
Soctioo 1. No penon shell interfere with or tamper with or injure any
pert of the Are alarm system or send in a false Are alarm, under a penalty
of $25.00 for each offense.
CHAPTER V.
Miecellameous
Section 1. No person shall place any sign, notice or circular on any shade
tree, lamp, telegraph, telephone, or eTectric light post in the town, under a
penalty of $10.00 for each offense.
Section 2. No person shall tie a horse or other animals to a lamp post,
shade tree, telephone posts on streets, or cut or disfigure the same in the
town of Ahoslde, under a penalty of $1.00 for each offense.
Section 3. No eottonwood or elm trees shall be planted within the town
limits, under a penalty of $5.00 for each day, the said tree or trees remain
standing.
Section 4. Be it ordained that each railroad crossing in the town must be
made and maintained smooth and safe and must be paved with such material
and at such grades as the town may direct; and all persons or corporations
who violate this ordinance shall pay a penalty of $50.00 a day for each day
and after ten days' notice, and each day's continuance after said notice shall
be deemed a separate offense, and shall subject the offender to a penalty of
tSO.OO for ff?h ?''y's
Section 8. No person shall touch or interfere with or place anyx object
within two feet of any high voltage wire, under a penalty of $50.00 for
each offense. -
Section 6. That every ice delivery wagon and every ice delivery station
shall have scales convenient for weighing and the ice sold shall be weighed
on demand of the buyer. That any person who violates any provision of
this ordinance shall pay a penalty of $1.00 for each offense.
Section 1. No person shall fire off or discharge any firearms, fireworkh,
or other explosive contrivance within the corporate limits of the town of
Ahoskie, without first gaining permission of the Mayor, or by showing a
good cause therefor under a penalty of $$.00 for each offense.
Section 2. No person shall let or stand any stud horse or jack within the
corporate limits, under a penalty of $25.00.
Section 3. All taxes due the town of Ahoskie shall be due and collectable
on the 1st day of October of each year.
On all taxes paid in the months of October and November,- a discount
shall be given to the taxpayer of one per cent. All taxes paid in the month
of December shall be paid at the net. amount charged, and from and after
the 1st day of January a penalty of one per cent per month shall be added
on the taxes paid.
Section 4. No person shall needlessly obstruct the free passage to and
from trains at the Atlantic Coast' Line Railway station under penalty of
$1.00 for each offense.
Section 8. Any person refusing or failing to pay any fine or penalty
imposed on him under any ordinance of the town of Ahoskie by the Mayor,
may be made to work on the streets of the town at the rate of $100 per
day and board. Provided no woman shall work on said streets.
Section 6. The fire limit for the town of Ahoskie as defined in Article 81
of Town Ordinances adopted September 10, 1217, is hereby extended east
ward on Main Street to Rue Street; and westward along Main Street to
McGlohon Street; also the entire block immediately east of present Atlantic
Coast Line Railway station; also the entire block immediately west of
present Atlantic Coast Line Railway station.
Section 7. No person, firm or corporation shall erect any building on
the property line next to the sidewSIk, without a written permit from the
town council, under a penalty of $100.00 for edeh offense and each day's
continuance after notice shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 8. It shall be unlawful for any person to turn on electric lights
or water after same has been cut off by the town authorities and any one
violating this ordinance shall pay a penalty of $10.00 for each offense and
each day's continuance shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 8. It shall be unlawful for any store, drug store, cold drink stand
or barber shop to be open on Sunday; provided that drug stores may be open
from 2 o'clock p. m., until 4 o'clock "p. m., and provided further that same
may be open at any time for prescription or medical purposes. For each
violation of this ordinance a penalty of $5.00 shall be imposed.
Section 10. Any person who shall cut down or otherwise injure any tree
growing on any of the streets of this town, except by the consent of the
Town Council, shall be fined $5.00 and costs for each offense.
CHAPTER VI.
Traffic Ordinance*
Section 1. Every vehicle using gasoline, or other explosive mixture as
motive power, shall use muffler, which shall be sufficient to deaden the
sound of explosion, and such muffler shall-not be disconnected or cut out
while snch vehicle is being operated within the corporate limits of the town
under penalty of $5.00.
Section 2. All motor vehicles must be equipped with suitable bell, horn,
or other signalling device, which must be used to give warnings of danger
on approaching street crossings or corners.
Section 3. All vehicles shall drive to right hand side of center of street
in the direction they are proceeding. All vehicles turning to the left at the
corner of any intersecting stret shall proceed on the right hand side to a
point beyond the center of each intersecting street before making such turn.
AU vehicles turning to the right of street intersections shall turn corner, as
near to the right hand curb as possible. All vehicles when meeting other
vehicles shall pass to the right, all vehicles when passing other vehicles
shall pass on the left side of the vehtcle overtaken and shall not pull over
to the right until entirely clear of it. No vehicle shall cross any funeral
procession. All vehicles when crossing from one- side of the street to the
other do so by making a complete turn headed in the opposite direction, but
gpch turns must not be ffiade on Main Street except at street intersectiqua.
No person in control of a vehicle shall back same without ample warning
having been given, and while backing unusual and unceasing care must be
exercised so as not to injure vehicles or pedestrians in the rear of them.
Anyone violating this ordinance shall pay a penalty of $5.00.
Section 4. No vehicle, except in emergency or to allow other vehicles or
pedestrians to cross its path, shall stop in any public street or highway
except at right hand curb thereof and then in any case must not obstruct
any public or private alley or driveway, or stop on any railroad crossing or
sidewalk. No vehicle shall remain standing on Main street except when
headed to the right side of the street
Section S. Any person driving any motor-driven vehicle who shall in any
manner strike, wound or injure any person while driving such vehicle shall
not leave the scene of each accident without first giving his name, residence
and license number of his machine to the party injured or to the police
officer. Any person violating the provisions of this ordinance shall be subject
to a penalty of $26.00.
Section 6. No driver of any vehicle shall wantonly or through negligence
run into or break down or injure another vehicle. Drivers of vehicles and
pedestrians must at all times comply with any direction given by voice or
hand of any officer of the police force as to stopping, starting, approaching
or departing from any place and also as to the manner of taking up or
letting on passengers and loading or unloading of vehicles. Any person
violating any of the provisions of the above ordinance shall pay a fine of
five dollars, ($5.00.)
CHAPTER VIII.
Markets.
Saetfea t. All dealers in meets, fish, vegetable*, fruit* or other food
product* of any character, shall be, and his employes, In person, neat and
cleanly, and his premises kept in a neat and sanitary condition, and all food
containers most bo clean and sanitary. All fresh meats and flah must be
carefully screened from flies. No person shall retain any fllth or other
offensive matter, dirt, or rubbish, meat scraps or otherwise, in or about his
premises, but will be required to make daily disposition of all such matter.
Any person violating this section in any respect, shall, for each offense, pay
a fine of $5.00.
Section 2. Any dealer who shall sell, or offer for sale, any moat, flah,
fowl, or other articles in unsound conditions, or which is dressed, or gar
nished falsely, or in any way calculated to deceive, shall pay a fine of $26.00,
and forfeit what ia sold or offered for sale. {
CHAPTER IX.
and Taxation
Section 1. No parson shall do any business or trade for which a town
license or tax is required before-same is paid, under a penalty of $21.00
for each offense. Every license shall be a personal privilege and shall not
be transferable.
License Tases
For Billard and Pool Tables: $60 for the first, $40.00 for the second and
$30.00 for each additional Table, annual license.
Carnivals or other combination ef traveling shows consisting of not
more than six distinct attractions, $100.00; and when consisting of more
than six distinct attractions, $150.00 per week or part of a week.
Circuses, Shows and Menageries, 12-car trains, or less, $26.00.
Circuses, Shows and Menageries, 13 to 26-car trains, $60.00.
Circuses, Shows and Menageries, 25 to 40-car trains, $50.00.
Circuses, Shows and Menageries, 40 to 60-car trains, $76.00.
Circuses, Shows and Menageries, 50 to 60-car trains, $100.00.
Circuses, Shows and Menageries, over 60-car trains, $126.00.
The above applies to all shows, etc., in the town limits or within one-half
mile thereof, and all such shows as give their exhibitions out of the above
limits, shall pay the above tax for the use of the streets in unloading and
loading or parade on same, and all shows or circuses charging more than
26 cents for reserved seats shall pay double the above tax.
Plumbers, each shall give a good and sufficient bond in the sum of $26.00,
conditioned upon the observance of all city regulations.
Shows, underwmnvas, in halls or otherwise, each day, $6.00.
Dogs, male, each $2.00.
Dogs, female, each $6.00.
All owners of dogs must list the same at the same time property is listed.
Failure to do so makes them liable for double tax.
Fortune tellers, each per day, $10.00.
Gypsies.?Every company of Gypsies or strolling bands of persons living
in wagons or tents, or otherwise, who trade horses or mules, or receive
reward for pretending to tell fortunes, or practice any of their crafts
$200.00.
Itinerant merchants, every peAon, Arm or corporation, who shall expose
for sale, either on the streets, in hotels, residences or in a place rented
temporarily for that purpose, goods, wares or merchandise, shall be declared
itinerant merchants, except wholesale manufacturers and jobbers selling to
firms already paying for doing wholesale and retail business, $25.00 per day.
Installment dealers, any person, firm or corporation who shall sell or
attempt to sell goods, wares or merchandise of any ldnd by soliciting by
house to house canvass, upon the installment plan by chattel mortgage or
conditional sale, shall be liable to a tax of $10 per day.
Merry-go-rounds, riding galleries, hobby horses $2.00 per day.
Medicine venders, en streets, in houses, rented temporarily, or tents
$6 per day. %
Travelling piano or organ agents $10.00 per day.
Section 2. It shall be the duty of every person liable to any license under
this act to exhibit his license to any police officer of the town and upon
failure to do so every such person may be arrested and held to answer ths
charge, and it shall be unlawful for any person to carry on or practice any
itinerant trade, business or profession for which a license is required under
this Chapter without having in his actual possession at the time of so
carrying on or practicing such trade, business or profession, said license
or duplicate thereof.
Ordinances adopted by Ahoslde town council January 16, 1923. All
ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
L. C. WILLIAMS, Mayor.
Commissioners: H. W. STOKES,
D. P. BOYETTE,
J. R. PARKER.
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of the many hundreds of sufferers treated during the past twenty-three years.
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way possible.
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Every accommodation extended our customers
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Ahoskie, N. C.
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