| From the Houston Telegraph |
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| March 13, 1865 |
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| An Ordinance Concerning Railroads |
| 1. Be it ordained by the Mayor, Aldermen
and inhabitants of Houston, that it shall be the duty of all Railway
Companies, whose roads enter the corporate limits of the City of
Houston, to construct and grade the ditches on both sides of their
said road, in such manner as to carry the water collecting therein
beyond the city limits. |
| 2. Be it ordained that it shall be the
duty of, every said railway company to keep their ditches within the
corporate limits of the city, at all times in proper condition, free
from any rotten tie wood or other obstructions. |
| 3. Be it ordained that it shall be unlawful
for any railway company to permit or suffer their cars or engines to
stand on any street crossing a longer time than is absolutely
necessary for switching before or after the arrival or departure of
any train. |
| 4. Be it ordained, that whenever any
Railroad Company shall fail to grade the ditches, on both sides of
their road, as herein prescribed, or shall fail or refuse to keep them
in proper condition, said company shall be liable to a fine of fifty
dollars for each and every day such violation continues, to be
recovered before the Mayor Recorder. |
| 5. That any violation of the 3d section of
this ordinance shall be punished by fine of not less than ten, nor
more than twenty dollars. |
| 6. That this ordinance shall take effect
and be in force, from and after the 20th day of March, 1865 and that
the City Marshal shall notify the President and Superintendent of each
of the Railway Companies, whose road enters the city of the passage of
this ordinance, and of its requirements. |
| Passed, March 9th, 1865. |
| Approved, Wm. Anders |
| Geo. Ewing, Secretary |
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