Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-03-30
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all persons owning lot or lots in said
town to close in, and to make and keep
in good repair sidewalks in front OF sald
lot or lots, whenever the same shall
front or adioin any public street Of SAID
town, if, in the Judgment of the Coun-
ell such sidewalk shall be necessary
the width thereof, and the manner OF
construction, to be designated and reg
Mated by the said Town Council /; and
for the default or refusal, after reason,
able notice, to make and keep in good
repair such sidewalks, and to close in
snch lot or lots, the Town Council may
cause the same to be made or put in re-
nair. and require the owner to pay the
: price of making or repairing; and the
said s Town Council are hereby empower
ed to sue for and recover the same by
action of debt, in any Court of compe-
tent jurisdiction Provided, That such
contract for making and repairing is let
to the lowest bidder. The cemeteries
and public graveyards age also placed
under the Jurisdiction of the said Town
Council.
SEC. 8. The Intendant and Wardens
of the said town, or a majority ofthem,
shall have full power to grant or refuse
licenses to keep tayerns, or retail splrl-
tuous liquors within the corporate limits
of the said town, upon such conditions
| and under such circumstances as to
them shall seem proper and right: Pro-
nded, That ip no instance shall the
price of license to keep tavern or
| to retail spirituous liquors be less than
the amount as established by the State,
and all moneys paid for licenses and
for for fines and forfeitures shall be appro-
priated for the public uses of the said
town: Provided, That the Intendant
and Wardens duly elected shall not
have power to grantany license to keep
tavern or retail spirituous liquors to ex-
lend beyond the term for which they
have been elected. They shall have
power to regulate sales at auction with
in the corporate limits of the town, and
to grant licenses to auctiQTeers, itine-
rant traders, to keepers of hotels, hy-
ery stables, billiard tables, ten-pin al
leys, or other kinds of games of hazard
skill, or Chance. op all drays, carts
wagons, carriages, omnibuses, bpsgggles
horses, mares, or mules, kept for hire OF
used for public purposes in said town
| And they have full and only power to
! impose a tax on al showsor exhibitions
! for gain or reward within the corporate
! limits of said town. They shall have
power TO impose a tax not exceeding
twenty cents on every hundred dollar!
: of the value of all real and persona
property lying within the corporate
limits Of the town, the real and person.
al property of churches and schools and
college associations excepted. That ar
ordinance declaring the rates of annu-
, - = saxatioa for the year, shall be pub
E.s d. - - l,o ut three weeks during th1e
month of January Ill :. A Seesi Il I rs in
the first publication, which sha.. '
mediately after this amended charter
is accepted and adopted by the General
Assembly Of this State Rrovided That
if in the judgment of the said Town
Council any property, real or personal,
shall be returned below its actual and
true value, then, in such case, reference
shall be made on the book of the Coun-
ty treasurer; and the last assessment Of
such property made by the County AS
SCISSORS shall be taken as the value of
the same, and that all persons liable to
taxation under the same, shall make
oath of their taxable property within
said town, and make payment Of their
taxes to the Clerk and Treasurer of the
said corporation, or such other person
as they may be ordered or required to
do during the succeeding month after
publication, and upon failure, to make
such return and payment as required,
the parties so in default shall be sub
ject to the penalties provided by law
for failure to pay the general State and
County tax, to be enforced by the or
ders of the Intendant and Wardens, or
majority of them, for the use of the
said town, exceptthat in such cases that
executions to enforce the payment of
such taxes shall be issued under the
seal of the corporation, and may be
directed to the Town Marshal, or other
person appointed by the said Town
Council to levy, collect and receive the
same, with costs, as in such cases made
and provided by law. And all proper
ty upon which such tax shall be levied
and assessed, is hereby declared and
made liable for the payment thereof in
preference to all other debts except
debts due to the State, which shall be
first paid. And that all other taxes
imposed by the Intendant and Wardens,
or majority of them, shall be payable
in advance by the parties liable for the
same, and on failure of payment their
property shall be liable for the same,
as in manner and form just before stated.
Sec. 9. The lIntendant and Wardens
elect, together with Clerk and Treasu
rer, shall, during their term of Office,
be exempted from Street and Police du-
ty. Each Town Council shall. within
one month after the expiration Of their
term of Office, make out and return to
their successors in Office full account
of their receipts and expenditures du-
ring their term, which account shall be
published in one or more papers of the
town or county and shall pay over all
moneys in their possession belonging to
the corporation, and deliver up all
books, records and other papers Incl
dent to their office to their successors
and on failure to do so, they shall be
liable to be fined in sum not exceed
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