Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-06-09
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tions for keeping and governing the same
aud, until such guard house shall be establsh
ed, they shall be authorized to use room in
tho common Jail Of the County of Orangeburg,
for the confinement of all who may be subject
70 be committed for voationlof any ordinance
6f the town passed in oonformityto the pro.
xisions Of this Act; and the said town coun.
oil may by ordinance, or tho said mayor and
aldermen, in person, any one or more of them,
authorize and require any marshal of tho
town, or any constable specially appointed
for that purpose, to arrest and commit to the
said guard house, or Jail, of Urapgeburg
County, rs the case may be, for term not
exceeding twenty.four hours, any person or
persons who, within the corporate Limits of
said town, may be engaged in a breach of the
peace, any riotous ar disorderly conduct open
obsceniiy, public drunkenness, or in any con.
duct grossly indecent or dangerous to tho cit.
liens Of said town, or any Of them; and it
shall bo the duty of tho town marshal to
arrest and commit all such offenders, when
required 80 to do, who shall have power to
call to their assistance the posse comitatus if
need be, To- aid il making such arrests; and
upon the failure Of said marshals, to perform
suolf duty as is required, they shall, severally,
he subject to such fines and penalties as the
town council may establish. Aud all persons
soimprisopea shall pay the costs and expcn.
ses Incident to their imprisonment, which
said costs and expenses shalt be collected in
the same manner as is provided by this act, for
the collection of fines imposed for the violation
of ordinances Provided, That such imprison.
ment shall not exempt the party from the pay.
inent of any fire thecouncil may impose, or, in
lieu Of failure to pay the fine imposed to be im.
prisoned for term not more than twenty
days for the offence for which he may have
been committed. ia &
Sec. 100. The said town council shall have
power to collect tho taxes from all the per.
sons representing, publicly, within the COR
porate limits, for gain or reward, any plays or
shows of what nature or kind whatever, to be
used for the purposes of said town
Sec. lOl. The said town council shall have
full power and authority to abatc all uuisan-
ces within the corporate limits, and also to
appoint Board of Health for said town, and
to rnss such ordinances as may be necessary
to define tho powers and duties, and to i'm
pose fines and penalties upon tho members
of said Board, for neglect of duty or refusal,
to serve: Provided, That no fine hereby au.
thorizcd to be imposed shall exceed the sum
of twenty dollars.
Sec. l02. The said town council shall have
full power and authority over the fire depart
ment oftho town of Orangcburg define tie
duties, regulations and government of same.
Sec. lO3. Tho mayor and aldermen elect
shall, during their term of office, bo exempt
from street duty. Each town council shall,
within ono month after the expiration of their
term of Office, mako out and return to their
successors full account Of their receipts and
expenditures during tho term; and shall pay
over all moneys in their possession belonging
to. the corporation, and deliver up all books,
records, and other papers incident to their
Office, to their successors; and on failure so
to do, they shall be liable to be fined in sum
not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be col
iected by any proper action by the town
council.
!, Sec. 10l. For any wilful violation or neg
lect Of duty, malpractice, abuse or oppression,
tho said mayor and aldermen, jointly and
scvoraily, shall be liable to Indictment in the
Court of Sessions, and: upon conviction, to
punishment ms prescribed in the preceding
Section, besides being liable for damages to
any person or persons injured.
SEQ. los That all ordinances heretofore
passed by the town council of Orangeburg,
in conformity with tho authority granted by
existing laws, shall be, and they arc hereby
declared legal and valid
Sec. 106. All Acts and parts of Acts.
heretofore nassed in relation to the incorpor
alton Of the town Of Orangcburg, be, and the
same are hereby, repealed.
Sec. 10Y. This act shall be deemed pub
]io act, and continue in force for the term of
fourteen years, and until the end of the scs
sion. Of the Legislature then next ensuing.
TOWN OF BRANcHvILLE.
Sec. l08. Thot from and after tho passage
Of this act, all citizens of this State having
resided twelve months within the State, and
sixty days in the town Of Rranchyille, shall
be deemed, and are hereby declared to be, o
body polite and corporate, and the said town
shall be called and known by the name of
Branchvillo, and its corporate limits shall OK.
tend one mile in each direction from the no.
tel between the two railroads in said town.
Sec. 100. That the said town shall be gov.
orned by an intendant and four wardens, who
shal! be citizens Of the United States, and
who shall have resided in this State twelve
months and shall have been residents of the
said town sixty days Immediately preceding
tlieir election, and who shall be elected on
the first Monday in February of each year,
five days public notice thereof being prcyi.
ously given, and that all male inhabitants of
the age of twenty.one years, citizens of tho
State, and WHO sl,all have resided within the
State twelve months, and in tho said town
sixty days immediately preceding the cleo.
tion, shall be entitled to vote for said intcn.
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