The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-05-04

the owner to pay the price Of making OF re-
pairing; and the said Town Council are hereby
empowered to sue for apd recover the same by
action of debt in any Court of competent Ju-
risdction in Anderson County Provided
That such contract for making or repairing be
/ let to the lowest bidder.
SEo. -. That the said Town Council shall
have power, with the consent of the adjacent
land owners, to close all such roads, streets and
| ways within the said Town as they may deem
necessary, by sale of the freehold therein, Ell
ther at private or public sale, as they may ad-
| Judge best for the interest of said town and
they shall also have power to lay out, adopt,
open and keep in repair all such new streets,
roads and ways as they may, from time to time,
deem important or necessary for the improve
ment and convenience of said town: Provided,
That no new street, road or way shall be opened
without first having obtained the consent OF the
land owner through whose premises any such
new street, road or way may pass.
Sec. 49, That the said Town Council shall
have power, and are hereby authorized, to elect
one or more Marshals lin addition to the Sher-
if of Anderson, who shall also be Marshal
of the town., to fix their salaries and prescribe
their duties, who shall be duly sworn in and
| invested with all the power, and subjected to
all the duties and liabilities that Constables
now have, OF are subjected, by law, in addition
to the duties and liabilities specially conferred
and imposed on them by the Town Council :
Provided, That their jurisdiction shall be con-
fined to the corporate limits of said town.
SEC. IA. That the said Town Council shall
have power to establish guard house, and to
prescribe, by ordinances, suitable rules and
regulations for keeping and governing the
same and until such guard house shall be es-
tablished, they shall be authorized to use q
room in the common Jail of Anderson County
for the confinement of all persons who may be
subject to be committed for the violation of any
| ordinance of the town, passed in conformity
with the provisions of this Act; and the said
Town Council may, by ordinance, or the said
Intendant and Wardens in person, any one or
more of them, authorize and require any Mar
shall of the town, or any Constable, specially
appointed for that purpose, to arrest and to
commit to the said guard house or Jail of An
derson County, as the case may be-, for a term
not exceeding twenty -four hours, any person
| or persons who, within the corporate limits of
said town, may be engaged in 8 breach of the
peace, any riotous or disorderly conduct, open
obscenity, public drunkenness, or in any con-
duct grossly indecent or dangerous to the citi-
zens of said town, or any Of them and 1t
shall be the duty of the Town Marshals to
arrest and commit all such offenders, when re-
quired so to do, who shall have power to call to
their assistance the posse comitGtus, if need be,
to aid in making such arrest; and upon the
failure of such Marshals to perform such duty
as required, they shall, severally, be subject to
such fines and penalties Us the Town Council
may establish; and all persons so imprisoned
shall pay the costs and expenses. incident to
their Imprisonment: Provided, That such inn
! prisonment shall not exempt the party from
payment of any fine the Council may impose
for the offence for which he may have been
committed.
SEC Is. That the said Town Council shall
have power to collect the taxes from all per-
sons representing publicly within their corpo-
rate limits, for gain or reward, any plays or
shows, of what nature or kind soever, to be
used for the purposes of said corporation.
Sec 16. That all fines, which shall hereafter
be collected by conviction in the Court of Ses-
sions, for retailing without license within the
corporate limits of said town, shall be paid
one-half to the informer, and the other half to
the said Town Council, for the uses of the cor
SEC. II. The said Town Council shall have
power and authority to abate all nuisances
within the corporate limits and alse to ap-
point Board Of Health for said town, and to
pass all such ordinances as may be necessary to
define the powers and duties of said Board.
SEC. Is. That the said Town Council shall
have power to borrow money for the public use
of the corporation.by issuing, from time to time,
as occasion may require, the bonds of said cor
poration, bearing interest at rate not exceed
ing sevenper centum per annum, to be paid SEM
annually, for an amount not to exceed the sum
of fifteen thousand dollars and for the payment
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principal according to the terms of the loan,
the said corporation shall be at all times liable
Provided, That the property of the inhabitants
of said town shall be bound for the redemption
of said loan in no other way than by the impo-
sition of an annual tax, according to the pro-
visions of this Act: And provided, further,
That majority of the owners of real estate
within the corporate limits of said town, shall
first vote in favor of issuing said bonds, and
the said Town Council shall give at least thir-
ty days notice of holding such election.
SEQ 49, That the Intendant or Wardens
shall, during their term of Office, be exempt
from street duty and each Town Council shall
within one month after the expiration Of their
| term of Office, make out and return to their sue
cessors, full account of their receipts and ex-
pepdtures during their term, and shall pay
over all moneys in their hands, belonging to
the corporation, and deliver up all property,
books, records and other papers incident to their
Office, to their successors; and on failure SO to
do, they shall be liable to punishment pre-
scribed in the twenty-frst Section of this Act.
Sec. 20. That all ordinances heretofore
passed by the Town Council of Anderson, in
conformity with the authority granted by e1is-
ting laws, shall be, and they are hereby, de-
clared legal and valid.
SEC. 2i. That for any willful violation or
neglect of duty. malpractice, abuse or oppres-
sion, the said fntendant and Wardens, jointly
and severally, shall, be liable to Indictment in
the Court of Sessions, and, upon conviction, to
punishment by fine, not exceeding one hundred
dollars, besides being liable for damages to any
person injured.
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