The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-04-03

snail nave power to establish the salaries
and fees, and prescribe the duties OF said
officerss and the said officers shall Rive
bond, With sufficient security, 10 such
amount as may be, deemed proper, for
the faithful discharge of the duties Of
their respective Offices. The said Marshals
shall be duly sworn in, and take the oath
prescribed by law for State Constables
within the corporate limits of said town,
in addition to the duties and liabilities
specially conferred and imposed upon
them by the said Intendant and Wardens:
and the officers elected or appointed
under the provisions of this Section
shall also take the oath prescribed by the
Constitution of this State, as ratified by
the people of the State on the 14th, 18th
and 10th days of April, A. D. 1868.
before entering upon the duties Of tho;r
respective Offices"
SEC. 13. That the sixteenth Section
of said Act be, and the same is hereby.
repealed.
SEQ. IA. That the twenty-second Sec.
ton of said Act be, and the same is
hereby, amended so as to read as follows: !:
'"That an Ordinance declaring the rate
of annual taxation upon property. and
other subjects of annual taxation for the
year, shall be published ut least three
weeks during the month of December in
each year, and that all persons liable to
taxation under the same, shall make
their return on oath, and make payment
of their taxes to the Clerk and Treasurer
OF the said corporation during the sue
ceeding month; and that upon failure to
make such return and payment, the
parties so in default shall be subject to
the penalties now provided by law for
failure to pay the general State tax, the
said penalty to be enforced by the said
Intendant and Wardens for the use of
the said town; and that all other taxes
imposed by the Intendnnt and Wardeus
shal! be payable in advance by the
parties liable therefor, and that for non
payment of the same the party in default
shall be subject to the same penalty ms
that bereinbefore set forth in relation to
annual taxes"
SEC. Is. That tho thirty fourth Sec
tion of said Act be, and the same is
hereby repealed.
TOWN OF wALHALLA
SEC. 16. That the charter of the town
OF Walhalla, in the County of Oconee,
be, and the same is hcreey, renewed for
the term OF fourteen years; and that dur.
ing such period the said corporation shall
be entitled to all the powers and priyi-
leges, and be subject to the same condi.
tions as are expressed in the original
charter of the said town, except such as
do conflict with the Constitution of
South Carolina. and the Ordinances of
the Convention of 1868.
Sec. II. That the charter of the said
town of Walhalla be, and the same is
hereby, 80 amended that the Town Ooun
Gil shall havo power to regulate sales at
auction within the corporate limits of
said town, and to grant licenses to
anctioneers and itinerant traders: Pro
oided, That nothing herein contained
shall extend to sales by or for Sheriffs,
Coroners, Clerks of Courts, judges of
Probate, Executors, Administrators.
Assignees, or any other person, under
the order of any Court or Magistrate
The said Council shall have power TO
grant licenses to keepers of hotels. livery
stables, ten pin alleys, or other kind OF
games Of hazard, skill or chance. and to
levy tax on all drays. wagons, carriages,
omnibuses, buggies and horses kept for
hire in the corporate limits of the said
town of Walhalla.
SEQ. 18. The Town Council shall have
power to compel the storage of all pow.
der over and above one keg or twenty
five pounds kept by any merchant or
other person in said town, for sale or
otherwise, in q magazine built for that
and the owner of such powder
shall pay for storage such sum of money
on each keg or parcel of twenty-five
pounds, or less, as the Council by ordi.
nance shall determine. Any person vio-
lating the provisions of this Section shall
be liable for ench offence to O fine of fifty
dollars, to be collected summarily before
q Magistrate or Trial Justice, to and for
the use of said town, and shall, in addi.
ton, forfeit to the said town the powder
SO illegally kept.
SEC. 19. That the Town Council of the
said town shall have power and authority,
with the consent of the adjacent land
holders, to close oil such streets, roads.
lanes and alleys within the said town as
they may deem necessary. and to lay out,
adopt, open and keep in repair oil such
new streets, roads, lanes aud alleys as
they may, from time to time, deem i'm.
portant or necessary for the improve.
ment and convenience of said town :;
Prouided, That no new street, road, lane
or alley shall be opened without FIRST hav-
ing obtained the consent of the land
owner or owners through whose premises
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