Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-05-12

established by laws or ordinances AnH Pro-
vitled also, That tho individuals who CON.
pose the said Town Council shall be exempt
frou, the performances ot road aud police du
ty, and the inhabitants Of said town are here.
by exempted from road and police duty with,
out the corporate limits Of said town
SEC. That the power to grant or refuse
! lieeuscs for billiard tables, to keep tavern, or
to retail spiriluous liquors within the limits
Of said corporation be, aud the "a ne is here
by vested ~ the Town Council ot Yu,kvilIe,
and the said Council may grant I,ccn<cs to
retail >pirituuus liquors to such persons, and
in such quantities, at such rates, and ulon
such term, and conditions, as Tie said Couu
Gil may deem fit aud proper; and the said
1ntendnnt and Wardcns shall have the full
and only pow to impose tax on all shows
aud exhibitions for gain or reward within the
limits And ull money paid for license for
retailing spiritu"us liquors, keeping tavern,
| and billiard tables. aud the tax on all shows
for gain or rrcward, Within the said limits shall
be appropriated to the public use within said
corporation.
SEC. s. That the said Town Council of
lorkvilr shall have power and authority to
require all persons owning lot or lots in said
| town, to make and keep in good repair side
walks in front of said lot Or lots, whenever
the same shall front or adjuin any of the pub
lie streets of said town. it, in the Judgment
of the Council, such sidewalks shall be nee
essary, the width thereof and the manner of
their construction to be designated aud regu
lated by the Town Council and for default
Or refusal to make and keep in repair such
sidewalk, the Town Council mny cause the
same to be made or put in repair aud require
the owner to pny the price OF making or re-.
pairing: ProUHlni, That such contract for
making or repairing BE- let to the lowest bidder
SEC. 8. That the said Town Council OF
lorkvi'c shall have power to arrest and com
nit to Jail, for space of time not exceeding
twelve hours, and to fine not exceeding TWEEN
ty dollars any person or persons who Shall
be guilty Of jisordorly condnct in said town
TO the annoyance Of citizens thereof; and it
shall he the duty of the Marshal of the town
to make such arrest. and to call to his assis
tance the poSSc comttniuS. if necessary; and
upon failure to perform such duty he shall be
lined in a sum not exceeding one hundred
dollars for each and every offence.
SIC, 10. That the said Town Council Of
forkvilie shall have power to grant liens IS to
parties within the limits of said town, and the
parties to whom said licenses are granted
shall pay Il sum not exceeding two hundred
dollars They shall also have power to i'm
pose aud collect an annual tax upon the MS
sessed property Of said town: Plopiicd, M
tax shall be levied in any one year to exceed
the rate OF twenty cents on each hundred dol
lars Of such assessed property, and that the
money SO raised shall be applied to the use of
the said town. That s,id Town Council sha II
have the power to enforce the payment of
all taxes levied by the said Town Council,
to the same extent, and in the same m inner.
as Is now, or hereafter shall be. provided by
law for tie collection of general State taxes
SEC. III. That the said Town Council of
Yorkvilc shall have power to regulate sales
at auction within the limits Of said town, aud
to grant licenses to auctionecrs E;oDi2e1
That nothing herein contained shall extend
to sales ny "A Sheriff, Clerk of the Court
Judge of Probate. Coroner, executor, or nd
minlstr'tor, assignee IN bankruptcy or by any
other person out OF the order, decree of any
Court, Trial Justices or any other nfc!,r
Court
SEC. l2. That this Act shal be deemed II,
public Act, and shall continue of force for
fourteen years, and til. the end of the Gene
raj Assembly then next following and all
repugnant hereto are hereby repealed
Approved March 2, 1871.
I'm Act to renew and amend 'hc Chrrtcr of
the Town Of Mount Pleasant
SECTION |. BIZ 1t cnuciea by the Senate
and House of Representatives. Of the State OF
South Carolina now met aud sitting in Gen
era Assembly. and by the authority of the
same, That from an after the passage Of this
Act all citizens Of this State having resided
| sixty days in the town of Mount Pleasant.
shall be deemed, and are hereby declared to
bo a body polite and corporate, and the said
town shall be called and known by the name
of Mt. Pleasant, and its corporat" limits Shall
be and remain as at present fixed by law
SEC 2. That the said town shall be GOV,
erncd hy an lntendant and seven Wardens.
who shall be citizens of the United States,
aud shall have been residents Of the said tow,,
for sixty days immediately preceding their
election, who shall be elected on the third
Wednesday in April, in the present year, and
thereafter on abe same day in every second
year, as hereafter provided ton days public
notice being previously given. aud that al
male inhabitants Of the age of twenty onr
years, citizens Of the State, and who shall
have resided in the said town for sixty days
Immediately preceding tho election Shall be
entitled to vote for said Intendant and War.
dcns.
SEC 3. That the election for Intcpdant
| an Wnrdens for tho said t,wn sb,l 10 Loll