Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-08
Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed
by the LegisIature-Sessions 1870
and 1871. =
OFFICIAL.

Approced February 20, lo'o.- +
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representative
of the State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly
and by the authority of the same
That the Mayor and Aldermen O.
the city of. Columbia are hereby au
thorized and empowered to incorpo
rate the territory added to the foi>
mer territory Of the city Of Columbia u
by an Act Of the General Assembly
Of this State entitled /" An Act to al.
ter and amend the charter and ex
tend the limits of the city of Colum.
bia," approved February 26, 1870
into the present wards of the salc
city, as they are, now laid ont, by ex:
tending the lines thereof North and
East to its present Northern and Eas'
tern boundaries; and the said Mayor
and Aldermen, at he'time they in.
corporate the said newly annexed
territory into the existing wards
of the saidcity Of Columbia, are here.
by authorized and empowered to con
| tinue and extend the 5said streets IL
straight lines through the lands Of
any person or persons, companies OF
corporations, to the presentN ortherr
and Eastern boundaries.sG The said
city, of the same width Of the ole
streets: Provided, however. ThatslI
carrying nut the, first Section eof thil
Act in extending the wards Of Tie
said city of Columbia, and IN the ex.
tension of the streets thereof North
and East to the. Northern and East.
ern boundaries, the~said Mayor and
Aldermen shall conform to the 23d
Section of the first Article Of the
Constitution of this State now o.
force: And provided, further, That
the Act of the General Assembly ol
this State entitled can Act to de-
clare the manner by which the lands
or the right Of way over the lands, o!
persons or corporations may be takeT
for the construction and use Of rail.
ways and other works of internal i'm.
provement," ratified on the 22d day
of September, A. D. 1868, shall b
in all respects followed and observed
Sec. 9. That when the said terri
tory shall have been incorporated
into the present wards of the said
city, the inhabitants thereof shall be
entitled to all the rights and priv.
leges, and be subjected to all the du.
ties and liabilities, which now per
tain to the corporatorssof the said city
of Columbia, ,sor which may hereafter
be created by law? !? ..l
Sec. 8. That in all eases IN which
by existing ordinances yor ordinances
of the said city which may hereafter
be passed, the Mayor and Aldermen
thereof, or the Mayor alone thereof,
have power to impose fines for the
violation Of the same, the. said Mayor
and Aldermen; 1.-The said Mayor
alone, or any Alderman acting in his
stead, are hereby authorized and en-
powered to impose the alternative
punishment of Imprisonment or con-
fnement at hard labor in the Work
House, whenever such Work House
shall be erected: Provided, however,
That the term of imprisonment or
confinement at hard labor shall not
exceed ten days for any single Of
SEC. 4. That all persons liable to
taxation shall make discovery, upon
oath or affirmation, of their taxable
property within the said city of Co
lunbia, and make payment. of their
taxes to the Clerk and Treasurer Of
said city of Columbia, according to
his assessed value thereof; and upon
the failure to make such return and
payment as required, the party so in
default shall be subject to a penalty
of ten per cent, to be collected in
the manner hereinafter in this Sec
tion provided for the collection Of
taxes, fines and licenses and when
ever it shall become necessary to'is-
sue executions for the collection Of
taxes due to the said city of Colum-
bia, and to sell hereunder the real
property of the defaulting tax payer,
in order to collect the same, the sale
thereof shall take place in the same
manner and subject tc the same reg
ulations.as are applicable to sales 'oi
real estate by the Sheriff of Richland
County under executions issuing out
Of the Circuit Courtof. Common Pleas
and all executions to enforce the pay
ment of taxes, fines and licenses shall
be issued under the seal Of said city
of Columbia, and may be lodged in
the Office of the Sheriff of Richland
County,pand may Be directed to the
said Sheriff or to the Chief of Police
or other person appointed by the said
Mayor and Aldermen to collect and
receive the same, with COSTS. as in
such cases made and provided by law;
and all property upon which tax shall
be levied and assessed is hereby de-
clared and made liable for the pay
ment thereof in preference to all 9th
er debts, except debts due tothe State,
which shall be frstpaid, for the term
of one year from the time at which
the same may be assessed and levied ;
and that all taxes and licenses impos-
ed by the Mayor and Aldermen Of
said city of Columbia, shall be paya-
bic in advance on or before the 6f-
teenth day of March, after the assess
ment of said taxes, by the parties LA
bic for the same, and, on failure Of
the same, their property shall be la
bic as in manner and form just before
stated. And for the purpose of put
ting the purchaser of said real estate
into the quiet and immediate posses
sion thereof. if 1t be necessary 30 to