The following notice appeared in the
Henderson Weekly Reporter on Thursday., 12 September 1861. At this time, street lamps were fueled with gas. A street lamplighter lit the lamps each evening and later extinguished them.
An Ordinance
For the
protection of the City Lamp Posts, Lamps and appurtenances belonging thereto,
passed Sept. 3rd, 1861.
Be it ordained by the Mayor and common
Council of the City of Henderson, That from and after the 14th day of
September, 1861, any person who shall hitch any horse, mule or animal to any of
the city Lamb Posts, or who shall willfully or maliciously break or otherwise
injure any of said Lamp Posts, Lamps or appurtenances, thereto, shall be Guilty of a misdemeanor, and
forfeit and pay for each offence, not less than $2.00 nor more than $30.00, if
a white person or free negro, to be collected by the City Marshall as other
fines to the City, but if a slave, to be punished for each offence, with not
less than five nor more than 39 stripes on the bare back. E.H. Hall, Mayor
Attest: R.W.
Reutlinger, Clerk.
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