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 BYE-LAWS 
 
 OF 
 
 PORTLAN 
 
 steam Fire Engine 
 
 AND HOSE COMPANY. 
 
 READ IN COUNCIL, 
 
 MARCH, II, 1878. 
 
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 ST. JOHN, N. B. : 
 HORNER &> JONES, PRINTERS. 
 
 1878 
 
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 BYE-LAWS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 TOWN OF PORTLAND. 
 
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 BY Ij^"W^S- 
 
 
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 ARTICLE I. 
 
 This Company shall be known anct designated 
 by the name of Portland Steam Fire Engine 
 and Hose Company. 
 
 ARTIOLE II. 
 
 Sec. 1. The officers of this Company shall con- 
 consist of a Foreman, first and second Assistant 
 Foreman, Chairman, Secretary and Treasureir, 
 who shall be elected annually by ballot, and 
 receive a majority of votes cast. 
 
 Sec. 2. At the same time there shall be elect- 
 ed by ballot an Investigating Committee, com- 
 posed of three members. 
 
 Sec. 3. At each monthly meeting there shall 
 be appointed a Hose and Room Committee, 
 whose names shall be taken in rotation from 
 the top of the roll. 
 
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BirE-L^^W^S 
 
 
 OF THE 
 
 TOWN OF PORTLAND. 
 
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 IVo. 1. 
 
 A Bye-Law relating to the Meetings of tJie Toivn Council. 
 
 Be it ordained by the Town Council of the Town of Portland, 
 as follows : — 
 
 PLACE OF MEETINGS. 
 
 1 . Tlie Town Council shall meet at the Police Office, in the 
 Town of Portland, unless the Chairman or the Councillors sum- 
 moning any special meeting, shall for such special meeting 
 otherwise direct and appoint. 
 
 TIME OF MEETINGS. 
 
 2. The Council shall meet on the second Monday in each 
 month, at half-past seven o'clock, P. M., during the months of 
 October, November, December, January, February and March, 
 and at eight o'clock, P. M., during the remainder of the year. 
 
 3. The time of holding any special meeting shall be fixed by 
 the Chairman or Councillors summoning the same. 
 
 NOTICE OF MEETINGS. 
 
 4. A notice, printed or written, of each meeting of the Co\m- 
 cil shall be given by the Town Clerk to the Chairman and each 
 Councillor, not less than twenty-four hours before the time of 
 holding the same. 
 
 5. Every such notice may be delivered personally or left at 
 the usual place of business or abode of such Chairman or 
 Councillors. 
 
 SPECIAL MEETINGS. 
 
 6. The notice to be given of every special meeting shall specify 
 the hour and place where the same shall be held, and may be 
 
BYE-UWS OF THE 
 
 ORDER OF PROCEEDINGS. 
 7. The order of bu8ine«H at each meeting shall be us follows : 
 
 ;'^ ""l^^^ou^tSr^ ^^'^ ^'^^' ^^^^-t. of the 
 (2-) Appointing CommitteeH. 
 
 )2-) Jf>^'in« notice of motions. 
 >?''' S^l^sitleration of motions. 
 {7.) Taking up unfiniahod buHiness. 
 
 (1.) When the Chairman, or other person presidintr has 
 
 (2.) W^en'L^C^ Sr '^T''"^^^ '^''' eont'inuSdin " 
 tionoffh^r iV't'';,'**^'P^^'^f«r theinformu- 
 
 ^''^ \Tcounf[l "T^"''"' i''^" '^^ considered an l,efore 
 (4 ) No Con^n^n °^''' f '"'^'^"^ ^"^ >-«dueed to writing. 
 
 tied fn T' "Tu^' ^^^"^ "f '-^ ^«ti«°' who is enti- 
 tled to repy, shall speak more than once on the same 
 question without leave of the Council, except In ex 
 planation of a material part of his 8pe;c^ which mav 
 
 ^'^'^ ^'time"°w?/r ff n'^ ^'^"^^^ ^^'^" t^" «^i«»tes at a 
 fR \ ivi ' ^'thout leave of the Council. 
 
 hallS^^f "'• " ^P^''^'^^"^^ "« "t'-r Councilh>r 
 
 (7 \ wv ^°^""P* him, except to order. 
 
 {^.) V> hen a question is under debate no motion shall be re- 
 ceived unless : first, to amend; second, to mm t; 
 third, to lay on the table ; fourth, to po tpone ; fifth 
 
 (H ^ Th P'"-''^"' 1"^'^^°" ' «i^th, to adjourn. ^ ' 
 
 1«.) The previous question until it is decided, shall preclude 
 
 staflTetT-' f '^'^*.^ '' ^h« "^^^'^ question, and 
 
 affi^.H Jl • P'^V"""' "1"^'*^^° be resolved in the 
 
 Sut Jn '"§'""^ ^""^^^'^^ '' *« b« P"t forthwith . 
 'Q ^ 4 ™o"t any amendment or debate. . 
 
 V>^.j A motion for postponement or commitment .hall, until 
 (10 ) Motion^ro'^^ ^'^^*^ '' '^'' ^"'"" ^^■ 
 
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TOWN OK PORTLAND. 
 
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 (21.) 
 
 Wlien two or more rouncillors happen to riue stt the 
 
 Hame time, the ChHirman ahull decide wlio is entitled 
 to the floor. 
 
 A Councillor called to order shall sit down, but may af- 
 terwards explain. The Council, if appealed to, shall 
 decide on the case, but without debate ; if there be no 
 
 appeal the decision of the Chair shall be final. 
 
 Any (Jouncillor having made a motion may withdraw it 
 with leave of his seconder before it is debated, but 
 not afterwards without leave of the Council. 
 
 Every question or resolution shall be properly presented 
 by the Chairman to the Council, and should no Coun- 
 cillor offer to speak on such question or resolution, he 
 shall proceed with the question, after which no Coun- 
 cillor sliall be allowed to speaflc upon it. 
 
 The Cliairman shall propose all questions in the order 
 in which they are moved, except in naming sums of 
 money and fixing times, when the smallest sum and 
 shortest time shall be put first : Provided, however, 
 that all amendments to any question or amendment 
 shall be decided on before the question or motion on 
 which they arise is proposed for decision. 
 
 Each Councillor shall liave the right to require once, at 
 any period of the debate, that a question in discussion 
 he read for his informat'on. 
 
 When a proposed amendment is under consideration, a 
 motion to amend the same may be made, but no after 
 amendment to such second amendment shall be in 
 order : yet a substitute to the whole matter may be 
 proposed and received, provided it deals directly with 
 the subject in hand. 
 
 Whilst any question is being put from the C!hair, the 
 Councillors shall continue in their seata, and shall not 
 hold any private discourse, and when a motion is so 
 put no Councillor shall retire until such motion is 
 disposed of. 
 
 Every Councillor mho shall be present when a question 
 is put shall vote thereon, imless lie be personally in- 
 terested ; and no Councillor shall at any time leave 
 any meeting of the Council without leave from the 
 Chair. 
 
 If any two Councillors require it, the jess and nays upon 
 any question shall be called and entered upon the 
 Minutes of the Council. 
 
 A question may be reconsidered at any time during the 
 same sitting by a vote of a majority of the Councillors 
 present, or at the first or any other sitting thereafter, 
 by the concurrent vote of a majority of thewhole 
 C^ouncil. 
 
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 ' nVK-LAWK OF TH|.: 
 
 ^^^'^ ^Sn'^/'^'V'?: rernonHtranco, or other written applica- 
 
 . lor" :ri; . ''^r*''''"'^ '- *'■« ^'o^ncU, Hl.all Imve 
 
 H r f ," *'"■,•"""" "* ^'"' applicant and the 
 
 ". readLl."'' T "'•'' rV""' Y'''^"'' «"<^">-«ement Hhall 
 
 m.u Jf 7 • """ ^i''h '"'^''' ""y Councillor Hhall 
 
 sr^iTrre::?"^^''''^'^^-'--^^^^^^ 
 
 (23.) No reHolution, motion or report involving the expen.li- 
 
 by the (^ouncil unleHH the «ame shall have In-en previ- 
 m.8ly Huhnutte,! and nanctione,! hy the Finance Com- 
 
 rnmm.W^'''''^-*''^'.^"^"^"'"' ^'"^* »•'""'<• the Finance 
 Comnaitt«e retu8e to sanction any hucI, appropriation, 
 
 nlh"""''^ '"?' ^-^ '^ ^'"*^' "f three-fourthL of iJj 
 luo^n'Tbrrr' '^"^ '"-^-^'-^- such app..opri. 
 
 9. When a Bye-law or Petition is read in tlio Cotmcil the 
 Sw " '"'^'^ "" '"^'^"*f -^ "- ^'™« on the lick 
 
 10. Every Bye-law slmll be read once before it is committpri 
 
 rolcntall7'/"T.' .""^'^^-' if a^VirClu: 
 Lounciit shall be deemed to be ordained, and shall be sLned 
 
 any piuposed Bye-law, or any portion or section thereof m-iv «t 
 
 over at such meeti„R, and ma, bo taken up r/inTcounc Uor 
 Set"" ""^ "°"' '"™°^' -if ^ehJhSgrn t 
 
 COMMITTEES. ^ 
 
 anml,M,yZ°Te"^^Scnf ""'■"'■*""''''" ** "'>'»'"'»'' 
 A™„,.t8; A«se»»ment and Appeal: Light: Bye-laws- Polia.- 
 
 ;";'■;«• "»" un*: pXic s...^t»'and i3;f°s 
 
 I.). Ihe reports of Committees shall be in writing signed 
 
 by the members of the committees or a majority her^ot'^a^ 
 
 opinTonTC hi'lf ^^-"^™«"d any actioi or^xp^si^n of 
 
 TZ^I^^l^Zr'-^^'^' ''^ ^^^^^"*^- ^- the action 
 
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TkVVX (It .J'nUTI.AND. 
 
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 No. U. 
 
 A Hije-Law I'f.latiwj to Town Officers. 
 
 fi«! it ortluined by the Town Council of the Town of Portland 
 us follows : — 
 
 1. The salary of the Town Clerk flhall be fixed at the sum of 
 eij?ht hundred dollars anntially. 
 
 2. The salary of the Treasurer shall !« fixed at the sum of 
 one thousand dollars annually. 
 
 3. The salary of the Auditor shall be fixed at the sum of fifty 
 dollars annually. 
 
 4. The salary of the Supervisor of Roads shall l)e fixed at the 
 sum of four hundred dollars annually. 
 
 5. Tlie salary of each Assessor shall be fixed at the Sura of 
 one hundred dollars annually. 
 
 6. The salary of the Harbour Master, appointed under section 
 eeventy-si-i of the Charter of the Town of Portland, shall be 
 fix(id at the sum of four hundred dollars annually. 
 
 7. All such salaries shall be paid from time to time by equal 
 monthly payuients to the officers who shall respectively be en- 
 titled to the same : except the salaries of the Auditor and 
 Assessors, which shall be paid annually on tlie completion of 
 their duties to the satisfaction of the Council. ^ 
 
 8. Four Constjables shall be appointed, one for jeach Ward of 
 , the said Town, w|io shall respectively be kotually resident therein 
 
 at the time of such appointment. ' 
 
 9. Poimd-keepers may be appointed from time to time, not 
 exceeding three in any Ward of the said Town ; and every such 
 Pound-keeper, in addition to his powers and duties as such, 
 shall have all such powers, rights and duties as may appertain 
 to the several offices of Hogreeve, Fence-viewer, and Field- 
 driver within the said Town. 
 
 10. Every such officer as aforesaid and every officer appointed 
 to any office in the said Town gjiall receive a warrant of ^ his ap- 
 pointment under the Seal of the said Town, and the hand of the 
 Chairman of the Town (Council, according to the form following: 
 
 To A. B., resident of the Town of Portland : 
 Know ye, that the Town Coimcil of the Town of Portland, re- 
 posing confidence in your honesty, fair dealing, and 
 good will for the interests of the said Town, have ap- 
 L.S. pointed you tlie said A. B. to the office of 
 
 in the said Town. As witness the Corporate Seal of 
 the said Town, and the hand of the Chairman of the 
 Town Council hereto set and subscribed the 
 day of A. D. 
 
 Chairman. 
 
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 ° nVK-f.AWS OF THE 
 
 11. Kvery Town Clerk, Treasurer, Auditor, HarlKMiT Master 
 Supervisor of Koads, Assessor, and Constaule sl.aJI 1 e swo 'o 
 
 fhnf'l fT>w''^"\"°^ *^P^^"^' discharge of hi dX n 
 
 Iwilbf '''"' ''' ^^'"^'''^" '' '''' '^^-'° ^^— " -any 
 
 12. Every such Harbour .ALister sliall enter into a bond a* 
 provided by tbe sixty-first section of t),e Town CI arter in the 
 penal sum o four hundred .iollars, and every Con Sle ^not 
 being a Special Constable,) shall enter into a like Bond in f)?! 
 penal sum of four hundred dollars, and fWcu rtv to l>e Hvl 
 by every Harbour Master or Constable TallTe s^'L Id af m^ 
 be m accordance with the following form :- ^ ^ 
 
 Know ye That we, A. B., of etc., C. D., of etc and F F 
 
 Town of PnvHnori fi, • ^ '^^ P"^^ ^^ ^^^ Said 
 
 ^own ot I'oitland, their successora or assigns, for w^iich nav- 
 
 ment to be well and truly niade, we bind ours'eh es, Tm hein 
 Bxecutors and administrators firlnly by these nres^ts .p« S 
 with our seals. Dated, etc ^ pies^nts, sealed 
 
 thcScHf '''"' "'"'' ''""''*" ^' ^- '•^^'^ ^-" '^PP-nted to 
 Tkerefore, the coudition of this" .1 ;^.urst,S:S1vr 
 
 lown LoTftici of the said Town, and perform all such duties -m 
 
 ana sliall well aiui truly account fo and pay over to tlie Trea 
 
 urer ot the said Town or other party orpartLs entitled tberet^ 
 
 an such moneys as shall come to hi/liands by virtue of 1 iWid 
 
 officeor in he execution thereof, then this yigatLn i o i^ 
 
 ";^;.n;::i::^'::;i:n'^^ -' ---^^ ^^ ^-^ ^oj.jx:^^ 
 
 delivered in pre- J- J' ^' 
 
 senee of J :!-'• '^* 
 
 ■liters, aiju.-ive ui . power and authority in everv W-.rd anrl 
 part thereof and all such powers and authorities within Se A W 
 
 t^onstatue or otiier officer respeetively by anv statute or \ot ,.f 
 -Assen.bly in such case made and provided. ' ^ "^ 
 
TOWN OF PORTLAND. 
 
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 IVo. 3. 
 
 A Bye-Law respecting the Erection of Bnihlings within iJic 
 
 Town of Portland. 
 
 Be it ordained by the Town Council of the Town of Portland 
 as follows : — 
 
 1 No scaffold or otlier erectioi- or encumbrance or materials 
 to be used i« the erecti(>n or repair of any btxilding within the 
 Baid Town, shall b<> erected, placed or left on any street, side- 
 walk, road or alley within the said Town, without the license in 
 writing of the Supervisor or some Councillor for the \S ard 
 wherein the same shall l^e intended to he placed, first had and 
 
 " 2 ^ SuJh Supervisor or Councillor, shall designate and deter- 
 mine in such license wliat part of the street or sidewalk, not ex- 
 ceeding fiftoen feet in width from the side line of such street, 
 shall or may be appropriated for the purposes of such scaffold, 
 erection or other encumbrance, and shall determine also whether 
 the same shall require to be fenced in during tho period of such 
 building being erected. 
 
 3 If any person or persons whomsoever, shall erect or place 
 on any such street or sidewalk, road or alley, any scaffold, erec- 
 tion encumberance or materials without such license, rr contrary 
 to the provisions of any such licensie as aforesaid, he or they 
 shall for such offence forfeit a sum not exceeding five dollars, 
 knd every day the same shall remain thereon shall be a separate 
 
 4 All scaffolds erected within the Town for use in the erection 
 or rep..ir of any Building shall be well and safely supported and 
 of sufficient width and properly secured so as to insure the safety 
 of persons working thereon, or passing under or by the same, 
 against the falling ^.hereof, or of such materials as may be used, 
 placed or deposited thereon; and any person who shall erect or 
 fise, or cause to be erected or used any scaffold contrary to the 
 :provisions liereof shall be subject to the penalty of Ten Dollars 
 i-M- t'verv offencH. 
 
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 HYK-LAW.S (H'.TllE 
 
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 IVo. -i. 
 
 ^ %«-Xa^ Relating to tfce Fenclngof Vacant Lands within 
 the Tuivn of Portland. 
 
 a, Wli'jfj^'""' "•' *^ f"" C'"-" of tl„3 T„„„ „f P,„tla„d 
 
 1. The Supervisor of Roads of the said Town slnll 1„ ., . 
 
 p;5^?e-ii^;:a'Utn^^^^^^^ 
 
 owners of snph InnrJ ^.. 1.- 1 *^**'^/'o"ce (^A.) to the owner or 
 
 by tl,e Town C Kk sSl h ve M, ll"''?'^ "'"='' °°"'"' "'8°«<' 
 =il^ed and i»aXtr4::vl!: J^^Lt^as-lrS "' '^ 
 
 it sliall also he lawftd for L .Kh i ^ °*^ dollars; and 
 
 .Street or Boad Co^n itee or Ll ottfr™""'' "' '"' "'« """ 
 
 s^inzi-^-^Fi?'^^^^^^^^^^^ 
 
 raterai»i=S"Sr^^^^ 
 thereof. expense ot the owner or owners 
 
 any member of the sS romS ' .I""" "'''^^' authority of 
 
 • such owcer or owners in a^^rnr7'^'''"'"P'" ^"^^^'" ^"'"^ 
 
 ;^d,a,aHe,inel„din,rrSnr?osrofZtS^^^^^^^^ 
 visor or'sfree'Tr tS ro'r'^H"" ''" '""""^ ''^ »-" »"?«" 
 
 from 
 Town 
 
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 To 
 
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 situa 
 perlj 
 servi 
 same 
 
 of tv 
 close 
 be K 
 
tuls within 
 
 »f Portland 
 
 1 in every 
 of land on 
 vel of any 
 wn, is not 
 ■ owner ot 
 it or otlier 
 days after 
 
 the Town 
 
 or Koad 
 ce signed 
 ect, as if 
 aid. 
 
 enclosed 
 IS by law 
 r owners 
 lars ; and 
 
 the said 
 IS acting 
 ipervisur 
 
 in such 
 1 enclose 
 
 owners 
 
 TOWN OF I'OUTLANI). 
 
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 from the owner or owners aforesaid by action in the name of the 
 Town of Portland/in any Court of competent Jurisdiction. 
 
 To 
 
 (A) 
 
 Town of Portland, 
 
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 I hereby give ^ou notice that certain lands belonging to you 
 situate on ' street, in the Town of Portland, are not pro- 
 
 perly enclosed and fenced, and reijuire you,withm ten days alter 
 service upon you of this notice, properly to enclose and fence the 
 same. I have also to notify you that should you neglect to com- 
 ply with the terms of this notice you will be liable to the penalty 
 of twenty dollars, and the land herein mentioned will also be en- 
 closed and fenced at your cost, and tlie charges thereof may 
 be recovered from you by any person or persons engaged therein. 
 
 i !'m, vourH, &.c.^ 
 
 Supervisor. 
 
 •visor or 
 lority of 
 'er from 
 diction, 
 ny such 
 ely due 
 ipioyed 
 
 Super- 
 re' )f, in 
 herefor 
 
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 BYIM.AW.S OF TfFK 
 
 TVo. .-5. 
 
 ^ Bye-Lau' io Prevent fh^ Encumherlnr, or Tnjnrincj of the 
 i^treet8, Loads and HUjhways in the Tonn of Port- 
 land and to provide for the Removal of Obstructions 
 and Nuisances t/iereon. 
 
 JonL'll^''"'^ ^' *'" ^'"" '"'"""•'^ ''' ^'"' '^^^" of Portland 
 
 1. No person or persons whom soever sliall excavate m.t nr rn 
 inove any stone, .navel, so.R .and or ear up^it'fVom any" 
 
 /n lit' K '''"^''- •"''^."'' ^"«'^^^^^^ ^'*'"" ^f'« '^<nvn of ClanZ 
 unless by permission in ^.ritins of the Supervisor of Koads^ 
 of two members of Road Committee of Town CouncU Ind 
 every person who shall excavate, cut or remove any s ch 'sti 
 gravel sods sand or earth, without such permission Hrst had 
 and obtained, shall forfeit the sum often doLs t" ^eh lice 
 2. ISO person or persons whomsoever shall op..n any dm^n^S 
 
 snea, sidewalk, road or lu-hway witiiin tlie said Town unless 
 upon, the like permission first had and obtained. ' 
 
 6. n any person shall open any such drain or sewer, or make 
 
 nysuch excavation or opening, witliont such perinislon, or^av! 
 
 ng obtained permission to open or make the same, or s mil leave 
 
 any drain, sewer, excavation or opening whatsoever in any such 
 
 treet sidewalk, road or highway uncovered at any time iSween 
 
 sunset and sunrise, or without a lantern placed over or agS 
 
 the same, in such manner as to warn all passers by of theSt 
 
 4t^^;E^r=^^^s ^^^^ 
 
 housing or storage thereof, any bale, box^ barrel, cordwood coll 
 or other incumbrances whatsoever upon any street sidpw«?t 
 road or highway within the said Town^, unS by thj ifke pt ' 
 mission as aforesaid, under a penalty ^f five dollar^ fir e^ery 
 
 5. If any person shall place or leave any manure comnost 
 or other nuisance or filth whatsoever upon any Xet sidewalk 
 
 r L, ^^"^""^ *^°'' ^v^^y such offence, 
 nrtif T??""' «^t"Pier o'" occupiers of each and every house 
 lot ofT ^f'J-' "''^ ^^" '^^°^^' ^''^"Pi^r «r occupTer7of any 
 
 ZJ fall of snow cause the sidewalk and water-course in front 
 ■of such house, building or lot of land to be cleared, and Z 
 
INjWN of PORTLAND.. 
 
 13 
 
 irinfj of the 
 •/i of Port- 
 'Jbstructlona 
 
 of Portland 
 
 e, cut or re- 
 )r from any 
 f Portland, 
 f lioads, or 
 uncil ; and 
 such atone, 
 )n first had 
 acli offence, 
 ay drain or 
 r upon any 
 iwn, unless 
 
 "r, or make 
 on, or hav- 
 shall leave 
 n any such 
 le between 
 or against 
 the exist- 
 if ten dol- 
 
 leave for 
 r the safe 
 'Vood, coal 
 sidewalk, 
 
 like per- 
 for every 
 
 , compost 
 sidewalk, 
 iable tu a 
 
 jry house 
 rs of any 
 all after 
 in front 
 and the 
 
 fliid water-course or L'utter opened by shovelling' the snow to the- 
 o ' ide of the said w^ter-course, and levelling the same toward 
 the centre uf the street, and shall further open a passage from 
 the sidewalk to the centre of the street, of not less than three 
 feet in width, in front of every such house, bmlding or lot. 
 
 7 Every such sidewalk and water-course shall be cleared and 
 mssWe opened within two hours after it shall cease snowmg, if 
 [tsScLe before the hour of four o'clock in the a^^ernoon 
 and if not, then on or before the hour of t^n of the clock 
 on the fo lowing morning; and every such owner occu- 
 pL or occupier8,\ndeach and every of tljemwhoshal neglect 
 ?o comply with any of the provisions m this Bye-law con- 
 tained shall forfeit the sum of two dollars for each offence. 
 
 8. Provided, that no persun shall be required to remove any 
 such snow from any part of any open highway not bmlt upon 
 or laid off with sidewalk as a public street. -.u f v^ 
 
 9. All regulations heretofore made mconsust«n+ with the 
 foregoing provision, of this Bye-law are hereby an. uUed and 
 eancelled. 
 
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 1 
 
 14 
 
 BYE-LAWS OK 
 
 TUg. 
 
 Jl. 
 
 
 ISo. O. 
 
 A Bye-law concerning Public Pounds, and to restrain the 
 
 and to- '^'/ ^f^^t^^^ tU Town of Portland, 
 and to 'impose Penalties tlusrefor. 
 
 as follow"?:!"'' '^ ''^ ''^"" ^^"°^" «f «- Town of Portland 
 
 MV road »tr<«.t ,ll„„ J,.»",'"^ '■"*«' »' to Rraze or be fed on 
 ofKtland ' ^" f'"''''" P'"'" °' Ugbway witWn tl,e Town 
 
 -.0/ fine a, LrS aTer Ll L^rfc'eS' '"*'* ,-" .P-^ 
 ■nay be found at large, tbat irto^ay-/ "■"='" ''"^ »"* "■"■"»' 
 
 For each Stua Horse, Stallion or Bull, 
 
 K»™?attT'™='T'°""^^'-°^*' 
 
 For each Swine, 
 For each Sheep, ^j] 
 
 For each Goose, *'* 
 
 ^or every other Poultry, each, 
 
 ^8.00 
 
 1.00 
 
 2.00 
 
 1. 00 
 
 20 
 
 25 
 
 10 
 
 Provided, that no fine shall be e^riff^ri f. 
 
 oa. the ani.a, shall have betrp^S aTKtS:r;S 
 
 iaoli,frfJii^rt^'*„tb;tii''T"''"='r'" *f ^°"»f p°* 
 
 in the several W^ds^'oTth'/sa d l°Z ^JT\U''t '"°'^' 
 and appoint, -^ ^"'^^^ determine 
 
 thePoH^^Wan^ottron'". n^^^ ^^-^-W- of 
 
 --atia^-;^--S-:r^^^^^^ 
 
 unj;^?^^LZ^;J^^^^e.andedandrece^ 
 
 poundxng each horse, swine, goat or Settle Si OO 
 
 oies ot tHe Police force— For taking up and im- 
 pounding each sheep or goose, ^ _ ^; 3^^. 
 
 All 
 
 Fc 
 Fc 
 
 Ac 
 
 7. 
 city 
 Port 
 to tl 
 
 8. 
 prov 
 
 Iw t 
 
TOWX OF (RTLAND. 
 
 15 
 
 restrain the 
 f Portland^ 
 
 of Portland 
 
 ose or other 
 or be fed on 
 n the Town 
 
 And by Pound-keepers in addition to the above for 
 
 each horse and head of neat-cattle impounded, 40c. per day. 
 For each sheep, goat or swine, ... lOc ^| 
 
 p'or each goose, ... ••• . '•• . ? 
 
 Advertising in three public places notice of animals 
 
 impounded, ^ •-. ^ . ••• fl^/'Y" 
 
 7 Every sale of animals shall be advertised in one ot the 
 city newspapers, and also in three public places in the Town of 
 Portland, and the amount of the printer's bill shall be added 
 
 to the charges. ... -ti ♦v,^ 
 
 8. All Regulations heretofore made mconsistemt with tne 
 provisions of this Bye-law are hereby annulled and cancelled. 
 
 ny enclosed 
 ed- as if at 
 feet in the 
 
 large, con- 
 it and pay 
 uch anima' 
 
 $8.00 
 1.00 
 2.00 
 1.00 
 
 20 
 
 25 
 
 10 
 
 1 owner in 
 lafter pro- 
 
 a of Port- 
 ich places 
 determine 
 
 stables of 
 
 impound 
 
 ese Begu- 
 
 i received 
 
 [.00 
 
 20c- 
 
^^' 
 
 H5 
 
 UYK-I,A\VS (tK TTir; 
 
 l» 
 
 1 1 
 
 ui 
 
 ivo. r. 
 
 A liije-Law relatitu/ to ifw. Public Landlmfs, Harhonra, 
 mips and Femes of the Town of Portland. 
 
 Be it ordained by the Town Council of the Town of Porthind 
 as follows : — 
 
 The following Kegiilationa shall he observed at the Hiir- 
 bonr of Indiantown, being that part of the river 8aint John in 
 front of Indiantown (so called), lying between lines extended 
 due W est across the said river from Marble Point (so called), 
 and Rankin's mills— 
 
 (1.) All vessels shall he moored as soon as the tide will admit, 
 under a penalty of four dollars for every oflFence. 
 
 (2.) No vessel shall be left within the harbour limits between 
 the first day of May and the first day of December, without 
 some competent person on board, both by niglit and by day, 
 and no vessel lying in the stream sliall have any bow-line or 
 hawser made fast to the wharves or shore, except to haul in or 
 out, under the penalty of four dollars for every offence. 
 
 (3.) All vessels whether lying at the wharves or at anchor in 
 the stream within the harbour limits shall be under the direc- 
 tion of the Harbour Master ; and for refusal or neglect to com- 
 ply with his directions the master, owner or owners thereof shall 
 pay a penalty not exceeding twenty dollars, nor less than four 
 dollars for every offence. 
 
 (4.) All vessels shall be moored under the direction of the 
 Harbour Master; and if the master or person in charge of any 
 *uch vessel shall refuse or neglect to obey any such direction, or 
 shall moor any vessel without such direction, the master, owner 
 or owners of every such vessel shall pay the like penalty as 
 mentioned in the last preceding section for each offence. 
 
 (5.) All vessels in want of berths for discharging or loading 
 shall apply to the Harbour Master at all times, whose duty it 
 tihall be to procure a berth as soon as possible. 
 
 (6.) All vessels lying at anchor in the harbour or at the 
 wluirves are required to keep a clear and distinct light burnin<y, 
 at least six feet above the deck, from sunset to sunrise, under'a 
 penalty of one dollar and fifty cents for each neglect or refusal. 
 
 (7.) No person or persons shall cast off the fast of a vessel, 
 and no person or persons on board of a vessel shall cast off the 
 fast of another vessel, except in cases of great emergency, in 
 tlie absence of the Harbonr Master under the penalty of eitjht 
 dollars for every offence. 
 
 (8.) No raft of any description shall be allowed to be moored 
 within the harbour limits for more than one tide, and when so 
 moored every such raft shall be under the direction of the har- 
 
 II 
 
uL 
 
 )f Portland 
 
 ; tlie Hur- 
 iit Jolin ill 
 8 extended 
 so called), 
 
 will admit, 
 
 its between 
 
 :!r, without 
 
 nd by day, 
 
 )ow-line or 
 
 haul in or 
 
 [•e. 
 
 t anchor in 
 
 the direc- 
 ict to com- 
 lereof shall 
 
 than four 
 
 ion of the 
 rge of any 
 irection, or 
 ster, owner 
 penalty as 
 nee. 
 
 or loading 
 ose duty it 
 
 or at the 
 it burning, 
 se, under a 
 • or refusal, 
 jf a vessel, 
 Jast off the 
 ergency, in 
 ty of eight 
 
 be moored 
 id when so 
 »f the har- 
 
 TOWH OF PORTLAND. 
 
 ir 
 
 hour Master ; and no raft as aforesaid soraoored shall be allowed 
 to be in such a position as will obstruct the approach or depar- 
 ture of vesBeh or steamers to or from the wharves within said 
 harbour limits, and the owners or person in charge thereof shall 
 be liable to pay a fine of twelve dollars for every infringement 
 
 hereof. „ , ., 
 
 (9 ) "Wharves for the exclusive use of passenger aftd other 
 steamers shall be first sanctioned by the Town Council ; and such 
 wharves are at all times to be kept free of all vessels, except 
 those for which such wharves are especially hired, unless occu- 
 pied by the consent of the owners, proprietors or lessees thereof; 
 and no woodboat or other vessel or raft shall make fast or be 
 moored to any such wharf or wharves, or to any steamer lying 
 thereat, without permission of the Harbour Master ; and any 
 owner, master or person in charge of any woodboat, vessel or 
 raft who shall violate this regulation shall for every offence be 
 subject and liable to the penalty mentioned in clause number 
 
 three of these regulations. . ■, r^ ^^ a , a f 
 
 (10 ) Every vessel on her first arrival after the nrst day ot 
 
 January, in each and every year within the limits of the harbour, 
 
 shall pay to the Harbour Master the ftes as stated m Schedule 
 
 A. to this bye-law. „ , ,111 
 
 (11 ) The wharfage at the public wharf or wharves shall be 
 paid to the Harbour Master, or to such other person as may be 
 appointed by the Town Council to collect the same.. The rates 
 of wharfage shall be as stated in Schedule B to this bye-law. 
 
 (12.) No harbour dues shall be exacted from any vessel whicli 
 shall only pass up or down the river to the westward ot a line 
 extending from McGowan's Cove or Kelley's Eddy (so called), 
 southerly to the northermost point of the Upper Island (so 
 called), and shall not pass within the said harbour limits to the 
 eastward of said line. , ^ 
 
 (13.) The Harbour Master shall pay over to the Treasurer ot 
 the Town of Portland all monies he may collect by virtue of 
 his office, and shall once in every month file in the oflice of the 
 Treasurer of the Town of Portland an account, under oath, 
 shewing in detail the amouut of all moneys received or receiv- 
 able by him during the preceding month. 
 
 (14) AH penalties under these Regulations may be recovered, 
 
 in the name of the Harbour Master, from the master, owner, or 
 owners of any vessel liable therefor, and every such vessel may 
 be detained by the Harbour Master until such penalty shall be 
 
 2 ' (1.) Every person who shall place or leave upon the float 
 at the Public Slip at Indiantowu (so called), or shall pile thereon 
 any wood or lumber, or otherwise encumber the same, shall pay 
 a fine of Two Dollars for every such offence. ^, . 
 
 (2.) No woodboat, steamer, or other vessel of more than torty 
 tons burthen, timber, ^.pars, or other rafted or unrafted lumber, 
 
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 HYE-UWS ()V TIIK 
 
 f> 
 
 
 shall be ullowt'd in Huid slip unless by special permissiuu of tlif 
 Town Council, under a penalty of Four Dollars for each ott'emr. 
 (3.) Unless by such special permission as aforesaid no scow 
 or decked vessel whatever shall be allowed in the said slip, ex- 
 cept for the purpose of immediately discharging or receiving 
 her cargo ; and no such scow or vessel whatsoever shall remain 
 at any time more than six hours in the said slip under the pen- 
 alty of Two Dollars for each offence. 
 
 (4.) All persons, scows or vessels using the said slip slial! be 
 subject in uJl respects to the orders and directions of the Har- 
 bour Master of Indiantown ; and any person neglecting or 
 refusing to comply with any order or directions of the said Har- 
 bour Master, relating to the said slip, shall be subject to ami 
 pay a fine of Vorn Dollars for each offence. 
 
 (5,) All obstructions or eucnmbrances on the public wharves 
 and landings at all times may be removed by the said Harbour 
 Master at the cost and expense of the owner or party claiming 
 the same ; and for each refusal or neglect to comply with the 
 ilirections of the said Harbour Master as to such removal, the 
 party offending shall be liable to a line of Two Dollars, 
 
 (6.) Every scow or vessel placed or remaining in such slijt 
 loutrary to tlie provisions of this Bye-law, may be at any time 
 removed by the said Harbour Master at the cost and expanse of 
 the owner or party claiming the same ; and for every retusal or 
 neglect to comply with the orders of the said Harbour Master 
 in respect thereof, the party offending shall be liable to a fine 
 of Six Dollars. 
 
 (7.) The master, owner or owners of every decked vessel per- 
 mitted to lie in, use or occupy the said slip, shall pay therefoi 
 the fees as stated in schedule C. of this Bye-law. 
 
 3. The following Kules and Kegulations shall be observed for 
 and in connection with thg Ferry at Indiantown (so called) : 
 
 (1.) The Indiantown Steam Ferry Company shall keep and 
 maintain upon the Ferry at Indiantown a good and sufficient 
 steam ferry boat, with sufficient power, anchors, chains, and out- 
 fits to be in the first instance and at all times appointed by the 
 Town of Portland, and such boat shall be at all times provided 
 and manned with sufficient officers and crew and furnished with 
 such small boats and other suitable and convenient materials 
 and things as are usual and necessary for the purpose of a 
 ferry, and the comfort and safety of the passengers. 
 
 (2.) Such ferry boat shall cross the ferry once each way in 
 every half hour, daily, as follows, that is to say : from the first 
 day of April to the first day of October between five o'clock, 
 a. m., and eight o'clock, p. m. ; from the first of October to 
 the first of April between six o'clock, a. m., and half past 6 
 o'clock, p. m. 
 
 (3.) The said Company shall also provide^ keep and maintain 
 a small boat of sufficient size safely and conveniently to carry 
 
 i^ 
 
TOWN «ii' I'dnTI.AND. 
 
 19 
 
 iuu of til*' 
 'h ott'eiut'. 
 il no Hfow 
 1 slip, ex- 
 reeeiviujj; 
 ill remain 
 r tilt' |M'ii- 
 
 ip Hhall be 
 f the Har- 
 lectinj; or 
 ! said Har- 
 ;ct to anil 
 
 ic wharves 
 d Harbour 
 y claimiii;; 
 y with the 
 moval, the 
 rs, 
 
 n such slip 
 t any time 
 expanse of 
 7 refusal or 
 lur Master 
 e to a fine 
 
 vessel per- 
 ay thereto; 
 
 bserved for 
 called) : 
 [ keep and 
 1 sufficient 
 IS, and out- 
 ited by the 
 es provided 
 lished with 
 t niaterials 
 irpose of a 
 
 jach way in 
 )m the first 
 five o'clock, 
 October to 
 half past 6 
 
 id maintain 
 tly to carry 
 
 over passengers at night while the steamboat ahull not be ruo- 
 nintr, and also one or more such small boat or boats, and a sut- 
 ficient number of scows of Buitable capacity ready and in good 
 order to convey, passengers, mails, vehicles, goods and materuils 
 across the ferry at any other time when the said steamboat may 
 iKjcome disabled, or be unavoidably obliged to lay up. i ro- 
 vided that such steamer shall not for any such cause be with- 
 drawn from the ferry for more than six days at any one time, nor 
 for more than tour times in any one year, and shall not be with- 
 drawn at all from the said ferry without Huch cause, or used or 
 applied to any other service or purpose under a penalty, to be 
 paFd by the said Company to the Treasurer of the Town of 
 Portland, of Ten Dollars for every day the said steamboat shall 
 he so unnecessarily withdrawn from the said ferry, and a pro- 
 portionate amount for any fractional part of a day the same 
 mav be so withdrawn or otiierwise used or applied. 
 
 (4 ) Tlu- Kates of Ferriage or tolls to be levied and taken by 
 the said Company shall not, except with the consent of the 
 Town Council, (to be expressed and given by an order ot the 
 said (^uncil) exceed the following scale for each person or thing 
 therein mentioned or included, or intended so to be that is to 
 sav: For foot passengers, three cents each; for children undei 
 twelve years of age, two cents each ; for horses, oxen or other 
 large animals, five cents each. For vehicles as ff «^« ^-^^^^^ j"' 
 not loaded, four cents each ; double, not loaded, eight c^nt, 
 (.ach ; sin<de, with horse and man, ten cents each ; double, with 
 two horses and man, tifteen cents each; single, with horse and 
 ,n,„,h>aded, twelve cents each ; double, with two borBes and 
 man loaded, twenty cents each. Barrels, two cents each , bag, 
 firkin, keg or box, containing not less than two bushels ot any- 
 thing two cents each; cask of lime, four cents each ; pipe, 
 hogshead or puncheon, whether in a vehicle or not (except wheu 
 containing sugar, molasses, rice or vinegar,) hfteen cents each ; 
 metals or other unenumerated articles or goods, two cents pe 
 hundred weight. Fares or tolls for ferries between midnight 
 and sunrise not to exceed double the above. 
 
 4. The following Rules and Regulations shall be observed at 
 the Public Slip at the foot of Simonds street in the said Town ; 
 
 (1.) All schooners, woodboats, and other decked vessels shall 
 pay one dollar each, to be paid each trip, which shall entitle 
 them to remain six days, after which fifty cents per day shall 
 
 ""(2!) All scows shall pay twenty cents each trip; if remaining 
 over three days thirty cents shall be paid for each additional 
 day; scows entering the slip and leaving without grounding 
 shall be free from slippage. , ■ .• u K..n t,..v 
 
 (3.) All square timber, round logs, or ship timbn ^hall p.u 
 as follows, that is to say : sauare timber, two cents per ton pei 
 
30 
 
 nTK-I.AW« OK THK 
 
 »^ 
 
 duy ; n.imd I.»((h one cent each ptr day; «hip thultex ono cent 
 ptT Htick per diiy. 
 
 4.) Any pertion placing' any ohiitruction in the slip, so m to 
 .dvent the entering or departure of anything liable to pay 
 slippage, Bhull be subject to a fine of four dollars for each 
 offence. 
 
 (5.) OwnerH of timber of all descriptiona, not in veHflels, shull 
 bo liable to the fine impoBcd for obstructionH, if allowed to 
 remain over twenty-four bourn. 
 
 (6.) Any peraon depositing or canning to be depoHited Hhingles, 
 ■havings, or any other olmtruction in any part of the slip, shall 
 bo liable to a fine of four dollars for each offence. 
 
 (7.) If the purchaHer or lessee of the said slip shall refuse 
 or fail to proHecute within twenty-four hours after the same sl-.all 
 be committed, for any off*.>nce specified in this Bye-law, or shall 
 place nnytbiug in the said slip obstructing the same, he shall be ' 
 liable to a fine of eight dollars for each offence, to be paid to 
 the Treasurer for the use of the Town. 
 
 (S.) The said lessee shall have power to order vessels, scows, 
 or all otlier things entt ring the slip, to be removed from any 
 one part of the slip to any other when necessary ; and every 
 person or persons baving cluirge of such vessels, scows, or other 
 things in said slip who shall refuse to obey such orders shall be 
 liable to a fine of five dollars for each of Fence. 
 
 (9.) The lessee shall pay the yearly rent for such slip to the 
 Treasurer of the said Town in advance, at the tirtie of the leas- 
 ing thereof; and if such rent shall not be so paid, the same 
 may be again put up to competition and leased for the best rent 
 to be obtained therefor, 
 
 (10.) The owner or owners of any scow or woodboat or other 
 decked vessel, or other things liable to slippage, or the person 
 or persons bringing in or taking out of the slip such scow or 
 woodboat, or other decked vessel, or other things liable to slip- 
 page, shall each and every of them be liable to the lesscie of the 
 said slip for the payment of the rates and fines imposed by this 
 Bye-law. "' 
 
 IS 
 
 K 
 
 S 
 
 ( 
 
 c 
 
 SCHEDULE A. 
 Scale of Harbour Dries at Indiantown. 
 
 Woodboats and other sailing vessels being regular 
 
 traders, to pay each 
 Passengov pt<^>ataboat8. 
 Tug S tc'.i! i)-! boa V :•!, 
 
 Transif".; ji^,.;isli ;-d Vesscb, ... .,, ].\ 
 
 $2.00 
 
 10.00 
 
 8.00 
 
 1.00 
 
;r on« cent 
 
 lip, HO M to 
 ible to pay 
 rs fur each 
 
 eHrtels, hHuH 
 allowed to 
 
 ed Bbingles, 
 ■i slip, ohall 
 
 ehall refuse 
 ; eame Hhall 
 aw, or shall 
 he shall be 
 be paid to 
 
 Sels, BC0W8, 
 
 d from any 
 
 and every 
 
 V6, or other 
 
 ;rs shall be 
 
 slip to the 
 >f the leas- 
 1, the same 
 le best rent 
 
 it or other 
 the person 
 ich scow or 
 ble to slip- 
 ;ss»;e of the 
 led by thi» 
 
 21 
 
 $6.00 
 4.00 
 
 TOWN t»K PDIITLANU. 
 
 a( ;H K1) U le a. -Contlnwd. 
 
 New Khips or vjuhoIh coining down the rivei-, (ex- 
 cept when passing through without mooring) 
 iH'in" over tiv»i hundred tons, each 
 
 Five hundred tons and under, 
 
 SOHKDrLP: B. 
 Rates of Wharfa;j6 at IndiaiUown. 
 
 Steiimboat^, not exceeding 100 feet in length, $1.00 V day. 
 
 « from 100 to 1.50 feet, ... ... 1-25 " 
 
 " 150 feet and upwards, ... 
 
 Woodboatfl and other sailing vessels of 40 tons 
 burthen and under, ... 
 
 « over 40 tons, ... 
 
 Or six days allowed for discharging, 
 
 All vessels lying outside the first tier, or making fast to the 
 wharf Of to other vessels secured to such wharf, to pay twenty 
 cents per day or for any fractional part of a day. 
 
 1.50 
 
 0.30 
 0.40 
 1.20 
 
 
 SCHEDULE C. 
 Rates of SlippO'ge at Indiantmvn. 
 
 $0.30 
 
 For every decked vessel under 40 tons, per day, 
 
 For every decked vessel over 40 tons and under 60 
 
 tons, per day, ... ••• ••• •• ^'J 
 
 Ji'or every decked vessel over sixty tons, per day. ... o-o" 
 
 Every fractional part of a day to be reckoned as a whole day. 
 
 $2.00 
 
 10.00 
 
 8.00 
 
 1.00 
 
It 
 
 3^ 
 
 BYE-r,AWS OF TItK 
 
 *fr 
 
 jiii 
 
 A Bye-law relating to the Fire Department of ike Town 
 
 of Portland. 
 
 Be it ordained by the Town Council of the Town of Portland 
 as lollows : — 
 
 1. The P'ire Department Committee of the Town Council 
 shall hav-e control of the fiscal and general management and 
 affairs of the Department, with power to incur any ordinary 
 chttrges and expenses in or about the same, but shall incur no 
 special charges without authority of the Council. 
 
 2. The Fire Department Committee shall appoint and from 
 time to time displace and re-appoint all engineers, drivers, and 
 other officers and men of and connected with the said Fire De- 
 partment, subject, in all cases of displacement or dismissal, to 
 appeal to the Town Council. 
 
 3. The Fire Department Committee shall have power to mak.- 
 general Rules and Kegulations for the government of the Fire 
 Department, provided that all such Rules and Regulations shall 
 be submitted to the next meeting of the Town Council for their 
 approval. 
 
 4. The Steam Fire Engine ordered by the Town Council, the 
 purchase morey whereof shall be a general charge on the funds 
 
 «he Town, shall be stationed at such of the engine houses 
 as the I ire Department Committee shall determine. 
 
 o. A sufficient quantity of hose for the use of the said engine 
 shall be kept in the engine house where the engine shall be 
 stationed, and the remaining hose, the property of the Town, 
 shall be stationed in parcels of not less than three hundred feet 
 «ach at such places as the Fire Department Committee shall 
 trom tune to time determine. 
 
 6. The number of Officers and men to be attarhed to the 
 ;Fire Departnaent shall be determined from time to time by the 
 lown touncil. The pay and remuneration of such officers and 
 men shall ..Iso be determined by the Council. 
 
 7. No person whomsoever, during such time as any hose shall 
 be extended tor the purpose of conveying water to or towards 
 any fire which may break out in the Town of Portland or adja- 
 cent thereto, shall lead, drive or take any horse, cart, wagon, 
 carnage, or other vehicle upon or over such hose or any part 
 thereof, unless by leave of some member of the Fire Depart- 
 
 j 
 
 
 I 
 
 
 I 
 
wev to make 
 3f tlie P'ire 
 ations shall 
 3il for their 
 
 council, the 
 1 the funds 
 ;ine houses 
 
 iaid engine 
 ne Bhall be 
 the Town, 
 indred feet 
 littoe shall 
 
 lied to the 
 ime by the 
 >fficers and 
 
 hose shall 
 )r towards 
 d or adja- 
 rt, wagon, 
 * any part 
 e Depart- 
 
 TOWN OF PORTLAND. 
 
 26 
 
 n,ent Committee or officer of the Fire Department first ob- 
 ti.ined, and if any person whomsoever shall lead, drive, or take 
 anv horse, cart, wagon, carriage, or other ^;ehicle upon or over 
 anv such hose as aforesaid, contrary tx) the provisions in tbis 
 Bye-law contained, he, she, or they shall forfeit the sum of ten 
 dollars for everv such offence. 
 
 f the Town 
 
 of Portland 
 
 »wn Council 
 ^ement and 
 my ordinary 
 ill incur no 
 
 t and from 
 drivers, and 
 id Fire De- 
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94 
 
 BYK-LAWS OF THE 
 
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 IVo. O. 
 
 A Bye-Law Relatvng to m Lighting of Public Lamps m 
 the Town of Portland. 
 
 as foiwf-!!"'' '^ ''^ ^^^ ^--il «^ t^e Town of Portland 
 
 thereto, the emplovment of Umlf- L ^P' ^^ P'P^« ^^^ding 
 connected witrthHSitiW K ^^^^ ^" "'^^^^ °^att«r! 
 
 no new lam^ shall be set^^^^^^ '!l^^"^5 P^«^i^«d that 
 order of the ^^ "P ""'^^"^ *^^ ^own without special 
 
 and%h'::;;e^«teu'.X^^^^ 
 
 meeting of the Council X?^^j:i! • ^ ^^."'"'''^ ^* ^^« °ext 
 
 or Charles incurred ^ ^"""^^'^ «^^" ^^ transacted 
 
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 i 
 
 If 
 
 I \ 
 
TOWN OF PORTLAND. 
 
 25 
 
 J Lamps in 
 
 of Portland 
 
 the Council 
 ipes leading 
 ther matters 
 ovided that 
 iout special 
 
 i transacted 
 at the next 
 i transacted 
 
 No. lO. 
 
 A Bye-Law relating to the granting of Liquor Licenses 
 within the Town of Portland. 
 
 Be it ordained by the Town Council of the Town of Portland 
 as follows : — 
 
 1. All Licenses for selling liquor within the Town of Port- 
 land shall be made out and issued by the Treasurer, under the 
 Corporate Seal of the said Town, and subject to the supervision 
 and control of the License Committee, appointed by the Town 
 Council, which Committee shall liave all such power and author- 
 ities with respect to the granting of such licenses as are by law 
 vested in the Town Council. 
 
 2. It shall be lawful for such Committee at any time to sus- 
 pend, cancel or withdraw any License issued as aforesaid, re- 
 turning, neverthele8S,except in cases of conviction as hereinafter 
 provided, a rateable proportion of the fees received thereon for 
 the unexpired portion of the year, .-a 
 
 3. If any person licensed as aforesaid shall at any time dur- 
 ing the period of such license be convicted of keeping a disor- 
 derly house, or of any breach or infraction of any law relating 
 to or for restraining the sale of ardent spirits, ale or other 
 liquors, the license granted to such person may forwith be can- 
 celled by such Committee, without any allowance made for the 
 unexpired portion of the time for which the same shail have 
 
 been granted. . , i n 
 
 4 Every person who shall be licensed as aforesaid shall cause 
 his or her name at full length to be painted in legible characters 
 in some conspicuous place over the entrance of the house, store, 
 building or place where he or she shall be permitted to sell 
 spirituous liquors by virtue of such license, and shall contunie 
 the same so painted during the time such license shall remam 
 in force, under the penalty of eight dollars for each and every 
 day that he or she shall neglect so to do. 
 
Ui) 
 
 nvi:-r,A\vs (II.- rui 
 
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 oronev or harhourer thereof '^'''' "' '^''''^ ^'^ <''« 
 
 I^e it ordained hv tlu. t 
 ns follows:- • '''* ^"^^" ' """'-il ^'f tl-e Tow„ of P,,,„nd 
 
 1. An annual duty shall Jm • i i 
 Ijeeping any dog within the £n J' p''^ P""^" ««^ning or 
 <l"ty shall likewise be paid by Z'^ Portland, and the !a,d 
 premises in the said Town wherein ''"'"P^^'" «f ^ny house or 
 which said duty is herelTy re n h Pr^"*"^ '' ^^P^ or harboured 
 "amely: at the rate o/ oS In l"^ "'*"^^^«'^«d as follow, 
 aforesaid '^"'^ ^^o'lar tor each and eyery doHs 
 
 ■i- oucli duty shall 1... ^ -j . 
 -^^esaidToi,::':l!i'ai^ ;-f-^^^^^^ l^the Treasurer 
 • Mine a proper receipt theretbr' ^" ^^'" P^''«^» Paying the 
 
 '^I^^^J::^^' ^'' ^-at large or loose -v .„, 
 tl.e said To'wn, ifJi tt' . ^ '"r''\"^^^««^^' -" PubHc pla.e "i^ 
 I'ead of the tumily or 1 eepe^.^ l ^T^' «^ «"«J» dogfo' the 
 kept or harboured! shall E paid ^ h'^t' ^^^^^ «uch dog is 
 To\vn the annual duty imoot,^ ^^'^ Treasurer of the said 
 
 «"eh clog, ^,r unless suohoTne orT '"^ ^^'' ^^«^> '^"^ eye y 
 lead of the family or keenl of H f P^' ""^ «"«'^ dog, or the 
 kept or harboured, shall ^o cause ^""^^j^^^^^e «uch' dog is 
 worn by such dog, luying threw':' '^""^'- *<> be constantly 
 and the surname^f the owner "fH "^f «^ ^"^^^als thereof 
 stamped or engrayed thereon Id '^''^ '^^^ ^^^"% written 
 found loose or a-oinrr nfi ' *°^ ^" «ase any iW shnii i ' 
 visions of tKyf-l'aVTe'' '''''^^^^^^' -'^traVt? t le pro' 
 head of the familf or k'eepeVoTth' 'i ^''^'^ thereof, or ^the" 
 kept or liarboured, shall fSreach nn'/""^" ^^^^^« such dog is 
 
 to eausVtttlt;txt: SaT^r^ "^^ ^«^'-- fw 
 
 large in any part of the sa d ' ? ^^^^ may be found runnin/a? 
 
fi Tax on the 
 
 'w 11 of I'ortlund 
 
 son owning or 
 and the said 
 any house or 
 or harboured, 
 
 5d as follows, 
 every dog as 
 
 he Treasurer 
 1 paying the 
 
 loose ; - xny 
 Wic place in 
 ' ^(^S, or the 
 such dog is 
 of the said 
 1 and every 
 dog, or the 
 uch dog is 
 3 constantly 
 tials thereof 
 Wj written, 
 ^S shall be 
 the pro- 
 eof, or the 
 ich dog is 
 forfeit and 
 
 'lice Force 
 •unning at 
 f as afore- 
 s Bye-law 
 
 TOWN tiK I'liin'LAND. 
 
 V7 
 
 A Bi/e-Law relatinff to Pedlars and li 
 Tu'ivn of Poiiland. 
 
 7SO. 1*^. 
 
 and Hucksters within the 
 
 Be it ordained by the Town Council of the Town of Portland, 
 as follows : — 
 
 1. No person whatsoever shall hawk, carry about, or offer for 
 sale in any street, alley, lane, s(iuare, wharf, or unenclosed 
 ground within the Town of Portland, nor enter into any shop, 
 house or building within tlie said T<nvn to offer for sale any 
 goods, wares or merchandize wliatsoever, excepting prcvisunirt 
 of any kind, without license first had and obtained as herein- 
 after provided. 
 
 2. The Treasurer shall hav<' power to grant licence from <Hne 
 to time, imder the common seal of the said Town, to such persons 
 as he shall, under direction of the Licence Committee of tlie 
 Town Council, see fit, to licensethem and every of them toact as 
 Pedlars, Hawkers or Hucksters within the said Town; audit 
 shall be lawful for the Treasurer to ask, demand and receive for 
 every such license, by him to be granted, as aforesaid, such sum 
 not exceeding Forty Dollars in any one case, as the said License 
 Committee shall determine to the use of the said Town, and each 
 and every License so granted shall continue and be in force for 
 any time agreed, not exceeding one year from the granting 
 
 thereof and no longer. , 
 
 3. If any person whomsoever, without having such license as 
 
 aforesaid in force, shall at any time act as a Pedlar, Hawker or 
 Huckster, or hawk or carry about, or offer for sale on any such 
 street or other place, as aforesaid, within the Town of Portland, 
 any goods, wares or merchandize, except provisions, as afore- 
 said, every such person shall be liable to a penalty of Five Dol- 
 lars for every time such person shall offend or act contrary to 
 the provisions in this Bye-Law contained. 
 
 any Bitch 
 
28 
 
 BYK-LAWS OF THE 
 
 i 
 
 A J)<je.lan, relating to tU repeal of ceHain Bye-U^, 
 trora one to twelve, and ndoBted nM f- '^^r'"""'' "™bered 
 
 -. B,e-uw .,„,/te. aA':'irrr.^;;-™5Lf ' •-'- 
 
 i,! 
 
 a« Wl"::fr^'' "-^ '"^ ^"^ Council of the Town of Portland. 
 
 1- There shall be mid fnr +),„ • , . 
 
 stock or other merchaEeXtive'o^^^^^^^ 1 -^f^' f ^^^' ^-« 
 same may be contained ^ brS f f i ^'''•''^^"''^^ ^^^^rein the 
 Hay Scale., ^\r^^T.ll^2ftuu-\ T^""'^^ ^* ^^^ Public 
 e^stablished at such 0^^^ th' t^ ? ' ^ to be erected and 
 «ha]l from time to time see fiUo?"^-^?"°f "^ *^« ^^^^ Town 
 the following sums, that s to aV^^r * "*'''? "!,^ ^^^^ ^own, 
 ^»'-n,- not exceeding over one viL. a ^^^^'l ^'^^^' ^^^"^^l, or 
 ••v«^7 load, ani^Ur th"L cnnT^ '''''^^^^*' ^^^"^J ^^^ts ; 
 • ' --i^lH , twenty cent tSher S^^ ""''" "^^^ '^^^ ^^^ous- 
 ■• ■ 'i^'ndred weight over one th? ^^ f^^^ additional for 
 »er of l,av l.ereat>er men^fonedri *" ^" P^^^ *« ^^e 
 > -• persons brinUTUn^d ^f. w cartman ^r other 
 'le half of wliicirsum or ! ^^i*'' ^^^ '"^'^''^ *« be 
 
 . ^ , -nd receive Wth «'™S' be or they shall and 
 
 the same. ^^ ^'"^ "'^ P^^^o^^ or persons purchasing 
 
 '• ^'^ "^' "^^ ^-^- ^^^" l^e under the charge and direo- 
 
 rr 
 
 lu. 
 
TOWN OF PORTLAND. 
 
 29 
 
 Bye-Law8 
 n of Portland, 
 
 Town Council 
 ws, numbered 
 'sing this pre- 
 pealed. 
 
 'h and other 
 'rtland. 
 
 'f Portland, 
 
 straw, live 
 therein the 
 the Public 
 rected and 
 3aid Town 
 laid Town, 
 mimal, or 
 ity cents ; 
 3ne thous- 
 itional for 
 d to the 
 or other 
 les to be 
 shall and 
 irchasing 
 
 Qd direo- 
 
 tion of one or more weigher or weighers of hay, duly m>f^^f 
 V the Town Council and sworn, whose duty it shall be to 
 attend the saiiie, when any person or persons shall require any 
 hay straw, animal or other' article of merchai.di/e to be weighed 
 at sucli scales, which woiglier or weighers of Hay, and every of 
 them, shall and may retain to his own use the monu.. received as 
 aS aid for weighing at the scale or scales, respectively, which 
 may be farmedV or disposed of to him as next hereinafter 
 
 ^'TtL use of each of tt.e said Hay Scales shall be farmed 
 out 'and disposed of by the Town Council, in such manner as 
 to shall from time to time order and appoint, tor the best 
 S that may be obtained therefor, and the same sha 1 be so 
 d posed of in the first place, for the period between the put- 
 Sup the same and the first day of April next ensuing, and 
 thereafter for the period of .aie year from the hrst day of April 
 
 '^^"A^^ha^SuS^t^o the Town for sale shall be sold by 
 wdght, and shall be weighed at one of the said public Hay 
 Scales, and a certificate of the weigiit of the said hay and of 
 the ca tt waggon, sled or other vehicle on which it may have 
 been brought and weighed shall be procured from the said 
 weighe of hay, to be produced if required by the purchaser 
 u£ he penalty of four dollars for each and every load, to be 
 pa?d by th^ own/r of the hay or the person offering he same 
 for sale Provided, that until a public Hay Scale shal be es- 
 tablTshed by the To'wn Council to the eastward of Mill street 
 the fourth clause of this Bye-law shall not apply to any hay 
 brougM to the said Town for sale by any road or street entering 
 ol passing through the said Town to the eastward of the said 
 street or a northerly prolongation thereof. 
 
 5 The said weiiher or weighers of hay shall enter into a 
 book or books to be kept for that purpose, the name of every 
 person bringing hay to the said scales to be weighed, and the 
 weight thereoffwhich book or books shall at all times be open 
 to the inspection of any buyer or seller desirous of examining 
 the same f and in case any weigher of hay shall neglec to keep 
 such books or to suffer the same to be inspected at all reason- 
 able times, he shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty 
 
 ^ 6^ If any^person or person shall neglect or refuse to pay any 
 such smn or sums, as aforesaid, for any hay, straw, animal or 
 article of merchandize brought to be weighed as aforesaid, at 
 such public scales when demanded, the same shall and may be 
 recovered and levied by the weigher of such hay, as aforesaid m 
 his own name from such person or persons, as aforesaid, m any 
 Court having jurisdiction for the recovery of debts to the 
 amount of the demand.