The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-05-11

able to be removed at the pleasure of said
council and the said town council. shall have
power to establish or authorize the establish
ment of the market house in said town; and
the said town council shall have full power and
authority, under their corporate seal, to make
all such rules, bylaws and ordinances respec-
ting the roads, streets and market house, and
the business thereof, and the police system of
said town, as shall appear to them necessary
and proper for the security, welfare and con,
yenience, and for preserving health, order ana
good government within the same. And the
said town conncil may impose fines for offences
against their bylaws and ordinances and aP,
propriate the same to the public use OF SAID
town: and the said council shall have the
same power which trial justices or other interi-
or courts now have to compel the attendance
4 of Witnesses, and require them to give evidence
upon the trial before them of any person
| for violation of any of their bylaws or ordi-
| nances, but no fine above the sum of twenty
dollars shall be collected by said council, ex-
cept by suit in the Court of Common Pleas:
And provided, also, That NO fine shall exceed
fifty dollars, and also, that nothing herein con-
tained shall authorize the said council to make
any bylaws or ordinances inconsistent with, or
ltcpuSudut W, tue Admo VI tulo Seouo anu "ii
/ the bylaws rules and ordinances the said town
council shall make shall, at all times, be sub
ject to revisal and repeal by the General AS
sembly of this State.
I SEC. g. That the said intendant and wardens
shall have full power to abate and remove nui-
sances in the said town, and it shall also be
their duty to keep all the roads, streets and
ways within the corporate limits of the said
town open and in good repair, and for that pur-
pose they are invested with all the powers here
tofore granted to county commissioners, and
shall have full power to classify and arrange the
inhabitants of said town liable to street, road
and other public duty therein, and to force the
performance of such duty under such penal
ties as are now or shall hereafter be prescribed
by law: Provided, That the said town council
may compound with persons liable to perform
such duty, upon such terms and on the pay
ment of such sums as may be established by
laws or ordinances And, provided also, That
the individuals who compose the said town
. council shall be exempt from the performance
of road or public duty, and the inhabi-
tants of said town are hereby exempt from
road and public duty without the corporate
limits of said towns Provided, further, That
the sum so fixed shall not exceed two dollars
per annum.
SEC. z. That the power to grant or refuse
to retail spirituous liquors within the limits of
the said corporation, be, and the same is here
by, vested in the town council of Mount Pleas
ant, and the said council may grant licenses to
retail spirituous liquors to such persons, and
in such quantities. at such rates, and upon
such terms and conditions, as the said town
council may see fit and proper. And the said
intendant and wardens shall have the full and
only power TO impose tax on all shows or ex-
f hibitions for gain or reward within the limits,
and all the money paid for licenses for retail
ing spirituous liquors, keeping tavern and bill
lizard tables, and the tax on all shows for gain
or reward within said limits, shall be appropri-
ated to the public use of said corporation.
Sec g. That the said town council of Mount
!. Pleasant shall have power and authority to re-
quire all persons owning lot or lots in said
town, to build lawful fence, and keepin good
repair sidewalks in front of said lot or lots,
whenever the same shall front or adjoin any
of the public streets of said town, if, in the
!. Judgment of the council, such sidewalks shall
be necessary, the width thereof and the man
ner of their construction to be designated and
3 regulated by the town council; and for default
or refusal to keep in repair such sidewalks,
the town council may cause the same to be put
in repair, and require the owner to pay the
price of making or repairing: Provided, That
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the lowest bidder.
Il SEC. 9. That the said town council of Mount
Pleasant shall have power to arrest and COM
nit to Jail, for space of time not exceeding
twelve: hours, and to fine not exceeding twen-
ty dollars, any person or persons who shall be
guilty of disorderly conduct in said town, to
the annoyance of the citizens thereof; and it
shall be the duty of the marshal of the town to
! make such arrests and to call to his assistance
the posse comitatus if necessary, and upon fail
ure to perform such duty he.shall be fined in a
sum not exceeding twelve dollars.
4 Sec. 10. That the said town council of Mount
Pleasant shall have power to grant or refuse
licenses to parties within the limits of said
town; and the parties to whom such licenses
are granted, shall be subject to such regulations
as may y-ordinance be established. They
shall also have power to impose and collect an
apnual tax upon the assessed property of said
town; Provided No tax shall be imposed in
any one year to exceed the rate of ten cents on
each hundred dollars of such assessed proper
ty, and that the money so raised shall be ap-
piled to the use of said town. The said town
council shall have the power to enforce the
payment of all taxes levied by the said town
council to the same extent and in the same
manner as is now or hereafter shall be provi-
ded by law for the collection of the general
State taxes.
Sec. II. That the said town council of Mount
! Pleasant shall have power to regulate sales at
auction within the limits of said town, and to
4 grant licenses to auctioneer: Provided Moth
ing herein contained shall extend to the sales
by sheriff, clerk Of court, Judge Of probate,
,executor or administrator, assignee in bank
ruptcy, or by any other person out of the order,
decree Of any court, trial justice or other infe-
), rior court.
Sec. IL. That all Acts and parts of Acts in
consistent with the provisions of this Act are
hereby repealed.
Approved February %, 1871.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR PROTECTION OF PER-
SONS. PROPERTY AND TIE PUBLIC PEACE,