The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-06-24
OFFICIAL.
Acts and Joint Resolutions
Passed by the legislature.
Session 1870 ard 1871.
TContiaucd from last Weeh.l

SEC. 55. That the power to grant
licenses for billiard tables, to keep tav.
ems, or retail spirituous liquors within
the limits of the said corporation, be,
and the same is hereby, vested in the
town council of aiken, which licenses
shsll be granted IN the same manner.
and upon the same conditions, us they
nav are, or may hereafter be, Under the
laws of this: Provided, That no billiard
table kept by the boarding houses and
and hotels Of said town, for the use of
borders, shall be subject to a tax, unless
the same lie also kept for the us, of the
public generally, and for profit or gain
aud all moneys received ior license.
taxes, fines, exhibitions, &C., within the
said limits, shall be appropriated to the
public uses Of said corporation.
SEC. Sc. That all fines and for.ei
lures imposed by said town council, un-
der the power vested by law, ihall b.
collected in the same manner as the
general State tax is now by law calloc
ted. The sheriff for the county, for the
time being, and his lawful deputies, be,
aud they are hereby, authorized to exc
cute the process Of the said council of
Aiken, as by law the marshal Of said
corporation miai.t or should Low do,
having the same privileges, powers aud
emoluments, and subject to the same
du;ies and penalties as therein provided:
That all hutId hanna costs incident on
any execution issuing from said town
council, and directed to the said sheriff,
shall be paid by said town council.
SEC. 81. Thai the said town council
of Aiken shall have power to impose
for the use of the said corporation, the
tfuiio@tng ananai aaxes.:- Gal@seaIl estate
within the said limits, except that held
for religious or charitable purposes. Il
tax not exceeding one quarter Of one per
cent; on all sales Of merchandise and in
come arising from fictoragc, faculties
and Professions, except Tie salaries Of
clcrgymen and Of all religions denomina-
tious, Il tax not exceeding onc-eighth OF
one per cent; OH all wheel carriages
kept for hire, sum not exceeding five
dollars each; on all itinerant traders, II
tax not exceeding twenty five dollars
also, TO prescribe and fix the tax an all
shows and exhibitions within the limits
Of said corporation; aud the said town
council shall have power to cuforcc the
payment of all taxes and assessments
levied under authority OF this act,
against the property of all dcfaulters, to
the same extent, and in the same man
ner, us is provided by law for the col
lection Of the general State tax, except
that the executions may be directed
either to the sheriff. or the town mar
shall, or other persons especially appoin-
SIC 5S That the said town council
| shall be authorized to borrow money for
educational and corporate uses only, and
to assess each of the corporators in an
amount not exceeding twenty. five per
cent cn his corporation tax, to aid in
the payment of the principal and inter
est Of the said debt: Provided, that the
| funded debt of the said town shall ut no
one time exceed the sum of FIVE thou.
| sdnu ooilurs: huu ptUviuuu, ,,o, ..i.,
no loan shall DC consummated without
the previous concurrence Of the voters
of the said town who are subject to a
property tax, to be ascertained through
the medium Of the ballot box, after ten
days public notice, as is provided in the
case OF election for intendant and war
| dens.
Sec. SO. That the original charter of
Aiken, passed on the ninctecnts day of
December, in the year Of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty five,
aud all acts amendatory thcreai, as well
as all others rcpugnant to this act, be,
and the same arc hctcby, repealed, and
that this act shall be deemed and taken
ia be Il public act, and shall continue in
force for twenty years.
1o,on Of IVWiston.
SEC, GO. That the charter Of the town
Of Williston, in the county of B,rnwell
be, and the same is hereby, renewed and
extended for thr term of fourteen years
from the date of the passage of this act.
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