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point Clerk, who shall also be Treas
urer, whose duty it shall be to attend al
meetings of Council, and make RECORD
in book kept for that pur ,,cse, of al
the proceedings thereof, to take charge
OF all papers belonging to Council, an(
to lodge with the proper officers all sum.
mons, executions, &C., and receive re
turns; to accept regular account of al
receipts and disbursements, which &C.
counts shall, at all times, be accessible to
the Intendant or any of IL Q Wa 'dens
and it shall be his duty to make an off,
cal semi-annualkrepor to the Council
of the State of his accounts, at which
times the doors of the Council room
shall be open to all the citizens of the
said Town; and which reports shall be
regularly entered in a book kept for
that purpose, He shall attend to the
publication Of all ordinances and other
documents ordered by Council to be
published, He shall hold his office for
however: ,::exceeding one year, and shall
vices as Council may: Provided, That
the pleasure of said Town Council, and
before. entering upon the duties of his
office he shall give bond in the the penal
sum of three thousand dollars for the
faithful discharge of the same.
SEC. So. That the said Town Council
shall have power to establish guard
house, and to prescribe, by ordinance,
suitable rules and regulations for keep
ing and governing the same; and the
said Town Council may, by ordinance,
or said Intendant and Wardens in per-
son, any one or more Of them, authorize
and require any Marshal, Deputy Mar
shall or police officer, or any Constable,
specially appointed, to arrest and COM
NIT to said 6 ard house, CT other place
of custody, to be designated by the In
tendant, for term not exceeding forty
eight hours, any person or persons who
may be engaged in breach of the peace,
any riotous or disorderly conduct, open
obscenity, public drunkenness, or my
conduct grossly indecent, or dangerous
to the citizens of said town, or any of
them. And it shall be the duty of tae
Town Marshal or other police officer,
to arrest and commit all such offenders,
and who shall have power to coll to
their assistance the posse consitat,ts, If
need be, to aid in making such arrests !;
and, upon failure of said Marshal or
police officer in the performance Of such
duty as required, they shall, severally,
be subject to such fines and penalties as
Council may establish. And all persons
lawfully imprisoned shall pay the costs
! anl expenses incident't0 their imprison-
ment, AMI be u ;ect % such fines ss
: :,unlcil may impose for the offence com-
mitted..
Sec. So. That the said Intendant and
Wardens shall have full power to abate
and remove nuisances in said town.
Sec. st. That it shall be the dnty OF
the said Council to keep all roads. ways
and streets within the corporate limits,
open and in good repair, and for that
purpose the invested with all the powers
vested in the County Commissioners
and they shall have full and exclusive
power to order out all the hands now
! liable, or hereafter made liable by the
! laws Of this State, and to require them
| to work on the respective roads, ways
and streets, within the limits of the said
| corporation, as many days in each year,
and to inNict the same fines and penal
ties for the non-performance thereof as
il by law now inflicted by the different
Boards of County Commissioners: Pro
uided, It shall not be obligatory on the
Town Council to open any street within
the limits of the said town, unless upon
the petition of the person applying for
the same, alleging that the said street is
necessary for his use and accommoda-
! ton, and that there is no other direct or
convenient access for him to the business
part Of the town; which petition shall
be verified by the affidavit Of the appli-
. cant, and recommended by at least
twelve of the taxable Inhabitants of tho
said town.
SEC. 55. The said Intendant and War
dens shall have power to compound with
all persons liable to work on said roads,
ways and streets. upon the payment Of
such sums of monty;s they may deem
q fair euuiva ent therefor, to be applied
to the use OF the said corporation. And
the Intendrnt and Wardens are hereby
in lividually exempted from the perform
of road aad street duty, and no person
:e iding within the said town shall be
liable to work on any road without the
said limits, or to be taxed or assessed Il r
the same.
SEC. Sc. That the power to grant IL
oenses for billiard tables, to keep taverns,
or retail spurious liquors, within the
limits of said corporation, be, and the
same is hereby, vested in the Town
Council of Aiken, which licenses shal!
be granted in the same manner, and
upon the same conditions, as they now
are, or may hereafter be, under the laws
of this State: Provided, That no bill
lard table kept by the boarding houses
and hotels Of said town, for the use OF
boarders, shall be subject to tax, unless
the same is also kept for. the use OF the
public generally, and for profit and gain;
anil all moneys received for licenses,
taxes, fines, exhibitions, etc., within the
said limits, shall be appropriated to the
puhlic uses of said corporation:
SEC. 81. That all fines and fol fel :uies
icoposed bv said Town Council, under
the power vested by law, shall be col
lecte IN the same manner as the gen.
cr.l State tax is now by law collected.
The Sheriff for the County, for the time
being. and his lawful deputies, be, ana
they are hereby, authorized to execute
the process of Said Council of Aiken, as
hv law the Marshall of said corporation
mirht or should now do, having the
same privileges, powers and emoluments
a,,d subject to the same duties and pen
alties rs therein provided: Pr0vadeo,
THAT ell natlLa bona costs incident CT
any execution issuing from said Town
Council, and directed to the said Town
Council.
SEC. IS. That the said Town Council
of Aiken shall have power to impose,
for the use OF said corporation, the fol-
lnwing annual taxes; on all real estate
within the said limits, except that held
for religious or charitable purposes, u
tax not exceeding one-quarter OF one one
per cent; on all sales Of merchanoize III
and income arising from factoraSc' IIc-
ulties and profess ons. except the saia- Ia
ries of Gle @y,nen If all rellGious oe ue-
II limitations, tax not exceeding one 1neI
eight Of one per cent; on an w wnesi ov
carriages kept for nIfG, on s'', I'll iii itiner-
cccding five dollars each on an ,t,. i.,rU
,,, , t,y MT aypppdInr twenty