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An Act for the better regulation of the inhabitants of Charleston Neck, and to amend an Act entitled, An Act for the better regulation of the Commissioners of Cross Roads for Charleston Neck 1841 172 (1841)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactssc0338 and id is 1 raw text is: STATUTES AT LARGE N. D. 1841, IV. On the breaking out of any fire or fires, within the limits of the pre. sent jurisdiction of the Board of Commissioners of Cross Roads for Charles. wecr to cornto d ors ton Neck, and' until the same shall be extinguished, the said Boaid of Fire fires, Masters, or any one or more of them, shall have full power and authority to command all or any person or persons whomsoever, who may reside on Charleston Neck, or who may be fbr the time present thereon, to aid and assist in carrying the fire engines, or other apparatus of the fire department, to the place where the said fire or fires may be; and in case such person or persons shall wilfully and obstinately refuse to obey such command, or who shall neglect, when required by the said Board, or any one or more of them, to give reasonable aid and assistance in any way or manner tending to the ex. tinguishment of the said fire or fires, or for the removal of rubbish, or pro. perty of any kind whatsoever, or shall abuse, oppose, molest, or obstruct, the said Fire Masters, or any of thom, or any person who shall be attached to any engine or fire company, while engaged in going to the said fire or fires, or in the exercise of their duties thereat, such person or persons so offending, enalties for if a white person, shall be fined not less than ten dollars, nor more than one 1iet ore- hundred dollars, for each and every offence, to be imposed by said Board, and alto obey. to be sued for and recovered before any court having competent jurisdiction; and if such offender be a slave, or free person of color, the said offender shall be proceeded against as in cases of misdemeanor, and be subject to said fines, or to such corporal punishment, not exceeding one month's imprisonment, or twenty lashes, at the discretion of the court. onalties for V. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons whomsoever, to ride ling at fires, through the street or streets where the firemen or inhabitants may be assem. bled for the purpose of extinguishing a fire ; and each and every person so offending, if a white person, shall be fined in any sum not less than five dollars, and not exceeding the sum of twenty dollars, for every such offence, and if a slave, or free person of color, shall be subject to the said fines or corporal punishment, or twenty lashes, to be imposed, sued for, and recovered, as is above prescribed in the fourth section of this Act. nes, &c. VI. All fines. and penalties recovered under this Act, shall be for the use of the said Board of Fire Masters for Charleston Neck. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, and in the sixty-sixth year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. ANGUS PATTERSON, President of the Senate. W. F. COLCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. Jo. 2852. AN ACT FOR THE BETTER REGULATION OF THE INHABITANTS OF CHARLESTON NECK, AND TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT FOR THE BETTER REGULA- TION or THE COMMIsSIoNERS OF CuOss ROADS FOR CHARLESTON NECK, PASSED ON THE EIGHTEENTH DAY OF DECEMBER, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND FORTY. riterments I. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met ow limitea. and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the first day of March next, it shall not be lawful to inter any

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