The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-05-05
GREENyfLLE.- SOUTH CAROLINA. MAY. s. 1869. {

tion, and upon the arrest, OF. such
person, hea ia hereby entitled to
have the benefit OF the Prison
Bound Act, before magistrate
instanters upon iistifyingthe May.
or thereof. ,.s.,t
sse. XII That the said Mayor
and Aldermen shall have power to
prohibit the building and working
of any blacksmith, shop, forge, fur.
mace or foundry on Main Street or
in any other public part of the
City. ssrvNsHs -ne-his
Sso. XIII. That I'M case Of, the
sickness or temporary absence of
the said Mayor, the said Alder
men, or any Ave of them, may se-
lect from amongst themselves, a
Mayor pro tenpore to act as May
or during such sickness or tempo-
rary absence, and said Mayor pro
tempore, and any four or more of
said Aldermen shall constitute a
quorum to do business.
SEC XIV, That the said Mayor
and Aldermen of the said City of
Greenville are hereby authorized
and empowered to establish and
keep up one or more public scales
or scale houses with proper scales
and weights, tor weighing cotton
and other articles sold by weight
in the said City, by and at the ex-
Peasc of the said City. "a < -
, SEQ. XIV. That tile said Mayor
and Aldermen be and they are
hereby authorized to appoint one
or more public weigbers, who shall
be sworn by the said Mayor faith.
fully TO perform the duties of said
Office, and who shall be removable
for misconduct or incompetency
by said Mayor and Aldermen, and
when reference is had to any of
the public scales used by said
weighers by the authority of said
Mayor and Aldermen on the same
day that the contract, if the sale is
made. the certificate of the public
weigher shall be conclusive evi.
dence of the weight Of tho cotton
or any other article sold by weight,
in any court of justice, in which
an action shall be pending touch
ing the weight of such article, and
the said Mayor and Aldermen are
hereby authorized to assess q sum
not exceeding six cents On eacl,
bale OF cotton and proportionate
sum. on other articles weighed, to
be paid by the seller for the use OF
said City. 900 p.z-ea1 sa
Sro. XVI. That the Public
Scales aud Weights established in
pursuance of this Act shall be
standard, to which all others in
the said City shall conform, and ii
any person shall use, in weighing
any article whatsoever, sold In
said City, weights and scales diff
fering from the said standard, such
person on conviction in the Court
Of Sessions for Greenville County
shall be fined and imprisoned al
the discretion Of the Court.
SEo. XVII. That the Mayor aut
Aldermen of the said City O
Greenville be, and they are here
by authorized and empowered t.
regulate the Gales at auction with
in the limits of the said City anc
to grant licenses to auctioneers
Prorfded, That nothing bereir
contained shall extend to sales b,
or for Sheriffs, Coroners, Execu
tors or Administrators, or by any
other person under the order o
any court or magistrate. " -
SEc. XVIII. That the Mayol
and Aldermen of the City o
| Greenville be, and they are here
by, authorized to borrow none,
by issuing CT Jtocks, from tim,
to time, to th-...mount of one hun
dred thousand dollare, if so macl
be necessary /" to pay the exfrao
binary expenditures of said City
bnt never in any form to make tn,
City liable for exceeding tina
amount in the aggregate !" Pro
vided, That the private property
'of the citizens Of the said CITY O
Greehville shall not be liable II
law or in equity for the paymen
Of the corporate debts that shall OF
may bo created nnder the granted
powers herein made, or in any
other mode'than by regular an6
uniform taxation. sestgy 80 sasss
SEc. XIX. All Acts or parts O
Acts inconsistent with or supplied
by this Act are hereby repealed