Baader v. City of Cullman
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cullman. Tried before the Hon. H. C. Speaks. The proceedings in this case were had upon a prosecution-commenced before the mayor of the city of Cull-man, against the appellant, for failing to perform street duty as required by the charter of the city.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cullman. Tried before the Hon. H. C. Speaks. The proceedings in this case were had upon a prosecution-commenced before the mayor of the city of Cull-man, against the appellant, for failing to perform street duty as required by the charter of the city. Upon conviction before the mayor an appeal was taken to the circuit court, and there a complaint was filed setting out the fact that the defendant had failed to perform his duty and work on the street after warning to do so, in violation of an ordinance of the city. The facts of the case are sufficiently seated…
1Opinion of the CourtHead, J.
Section 33 of the new charter of the city of Cullman, passed December 12, 1890, (Acts, 1890-91, p. 160), is as follows: “That said corporate authorities may require all male inhabitants of said city, who have resided therein ten days, and who are between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years, to work upon the streets of said city for five days in each year under such officer as the council may appoint; provided, that any person so required to work may relieve himself therefrom by paying into the city treasury a sum of not more *541than one dollar for each day of work required by the city;…
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