The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-14

dens Of said town shall have full and
only power to grant or refuse Licenses to
keep taverns, or retail spirituous liquors
within the corporate limits of said town,
upon such conditions, and under such cir
cnmstances, MS to them shall seem right
and proper: Proci0ea, That in DO instance
shall the price Of a license to keep n
tavern, or to retail spirituous liquors, be
fixed at 4 less sum than is established bv
the laws of this State; and all moneys
paid for licenses, and for fines and for.
FIXTURES for retailing spirituous liquors,
keeping tavern and billiard tables within
the snid limits, without licenses, shall be
appropriated to the public uses of said
and Wardens, duly elected and qualified,
shall not have power to grant any license
to keep taverns or retail spirituous
liquors, to extend beyond the term for
which they have been elected
SEC. S. That it shnll be the duty Of
tho Intendant and Wardens to keep all
roads, streets md ways within their cor
porate limits open and in good repair
They shall have power TO compound with
all persons liable to work tho streets,
why's and roads in said town, upon such
terms as they by ordinance shall csta-
dish. the moneys SO received to be ap-
piled to the public use OF said town; and
nil persons refusing or failing to pay
such communication shall he liable to such
1ine, not exceeding twenty dollars, rs the
Town Council may impose.
Sec. .. Tho said Town Council shall
have power to regulate sales at auction
within tho limits Of said town, and to
grant licenses to auctioneers: Provided,
Nothing herein contained shnll extend
to sales by Sheriff, Clerk Of Court,
Judge of Probate, Coroner, Executor or
Administrator. Assignee in Bankruptcy,
or by my Of the persons out Of the
order, decree of any court, Trial Justice
or other inferior court.
Sec. 10. They shall also have power
to impose an annual tax not exceeding
fifty cents on every hundred dollars Of
tho assessed value Of real and personal
estate lying within the corporate limits
OF said town, the real md personal
estate OF churches and school associations
excepted. The said Council shall have
power to regulate the price of licenses
upon all public shows and exhibitions in
said town; to erect powder magazine.
and compel any person holding more
than twenty-five pounds Of powder to
store the same therein, and to make
regulations for the rates OF storage there
OF, and for keeping and delivering the
same. The said Council shall hnye
power to enforce the payment of all
taxes levied undor authority of this Act,
against the property and person of MI
defaulters, to tho same extent, and in the
same manner as is provided by law for
the collection of the general taxes, ex-
cept that executions to enforce the pay
ment OF the town taxes shall be issued
under the senl Of the corporation, and
directed to the Town Marshal or other
person especially appointed 10y the Town
Council to collect the same; and all pro-
perty upon which tax shall he levied is
hereby declared and made liable for the
payment thereof, in preference 10 MI
other debts against the said property,
except debts due to the State, Which
shall first be paid.
SEC. II. That the said Town Council
shall have power, with tue consent of the
adjacent land owners, to close all such
roads, streets and ways within the town
as they shall deem necessary, by the sale
OF the freehold therein, either ut public
or private sale, as they may adiudge best
Tor the interest of the said town, and
they shnll have power to lny out, adopt,
open and keep III repair all such new
streets, ronds and ways within the town
rs they may deem necessary for the i'm
provement and convenience of the said
town: Proeiletl, That no new street,
road or WY shall be opened without first
having obtained the consent of tho land
owner, or owners, through whose pre-
misses any such new street, road or wny
may pass.
SEC. II. That the sail Town Council
shall have power. and nre hereby au-
thorized, to elect two or moro AIurslals,
Tin addition to the Sheriff Of Darling
ton, who shall be Marshal Of the town,
to tx their salaries and prescribe their
duties, who shall he sworn in mud invest
ed with all tho powers, and subjected to
all The duties and liabilities that Constn-
pies now have, or are subjected to by
!a!V. ~ addition to the duties aud liabili-
tias specially conferred and imposed
upon them by the Town Council: Pro
r"tc.f, That their jurisdiction shall bo
confined within the limits of the said
town.
SEC. 10. Thai tho said Town Council
shall have power to establish guard
house, and to prescribe, by ordinance,
suitable rules and regulations for keep.