Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-06-09
WALHALLA, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1871.

dcns of the town of Sumter, and shall be
persons who actually reside within the limits
of said corporation, and have so resided for
at least sixty days Immediately preceding their
election.
SEC. l7.fThat on the second Tuesday in
April of each year an election for intendant
and d.wardens shall be held at such convent
ent place or places within said town as may
be Designated, by said intendant and war
dcns; at whH3h election I'LL such persons es
have been before declared members of tho
said corporation shall be entitled to vote by
general ballot; the polls shall be opened from
Six in the morning until six in the evening.
SEC. Is. That the intcndant and wardens
elected as above directed, before they enter
upon the duties of their Office, shall, in addi-
tion to the oath prescribed in Section 30 of
Article l. of the constitution, take the fol-
lowing oath, to wit: ~, as intcndaDt Cor
warden) of the town Of Sumter, do solcmnly
swear Cor afirm) that | will equally and iul-
partially, to the best of my skill and judg-
ment, exercise and discharge tho trust repos.
ed in me, and will endeavor to carry into ef-
feet the purposes for which have bee elec-
ted: So help me God" And that the said
lntcndant aud any two of the wardcns shall
constitute quorum for the transaction of
business and in case of the death, resgna-
ton, or absence from town Of the intcndant
aforesaid, the wardcns, or a majority of them,
shall elect from among themselves an ipten.
dant to I'LL such vacancy occasioncd rs aforc-
said, and that in case of DEATH removal from
| Office, or resignation of any of the said war
dens, then, and jn such case, the intendant
and any two wardcnsshall appoint time and
place for election of another warden to Gil
the vacancy so occasioncd, after having Civ
c. ten days previous notice of such election.
DEC. 49, That the intendant may, as often
as occasion may require, summon the war.
dcns to meet together; and the said intcn-
dant and wardcns shall have, and arc hereby
vested withfull and ample power, from time
-so't,me, under their common SEAL to make all
such ordinances, rules and regulations rcla-
tive to the streets, roads, ways and markets
OF the said town, Us they may think proper
| and necessary, and establish such by y.laws as
may tend to preserve the quiet, pence, safe
| ty and good order of the Inhabitants thereof.
not Inconsistent with the constitution and
| laws OF the State, and that they may impose
lines and penalties for the violation thereof,
which may be recovered in summary way
before the said intcndant and wardcns, ms
| hereinafter provided, aud each and every one
or them Shall be magistrate, trial Justice,
or justice OF the peace, either Of such of.
hccrs may be vested with throughout the
State, except in civil cases : Provided, ncv-
crthelcss, That all such ordinances bylaws,
rules and regulations so made, be duly pro-
mulgnted, and that no such fine in any one,
case, ana for any single offence, shall exceed
the sum Of fifty dollars.
SEC. 90. That when any fine imposed by
the SAID intcndant and wardcns by virtue of
thiSact shall exceed twenty dollars, the same
may be recovered before any magistrate trial
justice or justice of the peace for Sumter
County, aud when such fines shall be for twen-
ty dollars or under, they may be recovered
before the said intendant and wardens, or any
three of them; all Of which fines, when re-
covered, shall be applied to the use of said
town.
SEC. 81. That the said intendant and war
dens shall have full and exclusive power to
grant or refuse licenses to keep tavern, to re.
tail spirltuous liquors, or to keep billiard ta-
bcs within tho corporate limits Of said town,
i'and to regulate the prices Of the same Pro
| vidcd, That the said licenses shall not be fixed
at lower rate than now, or hereafter to be,
established by law And they shall have
power to impose such restrictions and condi.
tions upon the manner of using and cxcrci-
sing such licenses as they may think proper,
aud all moneys paid for such licenses, as
Court of General Sessions, for retailing or
keeping billiard tables without licenses with.
in the corporate limits of said town, shall be
received by said intendant and wardens for
the use of said corporation.
SEC. 22. That the said intendant and war.
dcns shall have power and authority to in,.
pose the following annual taxes for the uses
and purposes of the said town; that is to say,
twenty cents on the value of each one hun.
drcd dollars of real estate within the corpor.
ate limits of said town (cxccpt the real estate
of churches and institutions of learning the
value OF such real estate for taxation to be as
ccrtainea and assessed as hereinafter rrovi.
ded for, not exceeding twenty cents on each
one hundred dollars Of tho proceeds of all
sales Of goods, merchandise in said town not
exceeding three dollars on each pleasure car.
l'ago drawn by one or moro horses; not OK.
ceeding five dollars on each vehicle of any
kind kept for hire or profit, and drawn by
one horse not exceeding ten dollars on each
vehicle of any kind kept for hire or profit and
drawn by two horses not exceeding twenty
dollars on each vehicle Of any kind kept for
hire or profit, and drawn by more than two
horses; and not exceeding twenty cents upon
each ono hundred dollars of ali sales made
at auction or upon consignment, within the
corporate limits of said town, except sales
made 10y order Of court, or by process of law,