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said council to make any bylaws, or
Ordinances inconsistent with or l'P'lT;,
rant to the laws of this state, ana an
the bylaws, rules and OId!na,iceS 'nG
said Council may make, shail at al
times be subject to rcvi>ai or repeal by
he General Assembly Of this State.
Src ST. That the said lHtcudant and
N:ardcus shall lave full power to abate
land remove nl:isaEceS in the said town,
and it shall be also their duty to keep all
roads, ways and streets within the cor
po.a,c limits OF the said town open and
in good repair, and for that purpose
they are invested with all the powers
heretofore granted to commissioners of
Roads; and shall have full power to
classify and arrange tic inhabitants OF
said town, liable 10 street, road or otlief
public duty therein, ana to force the
performance of such tutT, under such
penalties as are now OF shall hereafter
be prescribed by Law: Prori;iri, Tha;
, the said Town Council may compound
with persons liable 10 perform sucl duiy
upon such terms, and on tilc Payment OF
such sums as may be cs.abiishrt 10y
| laws or Ordinances: Aad plOE{Itd ut';o,
! That the individuals who compose The
said Town Council shall be exempt from
! the performance OF road and police da-
Itv. and the inhabitants of said town are
+, hereby exempt from read and police
duty without the corporate limits OF
said town.
/ SEC. 81. That the power to grant and
! refuse license for billiard tables TO Eecl
j tavcrns or retail spiritous liIEors within
the limits of the said corporation, be
and the same is hereby, vested in tEl
! Town Council Of ColscSbury. And tht
! said Council may grant license to Ieta!
! Spirituous liquors, to such persons, ant
! in such quantities, ut such ratos, and
upon such terms aud conditions IL Tx
i said Council may deem best and proper
and the said Intcndant and Warden:
shall have full and only. power to I'LL
pose a tax on all shows or exhibitions
for gain or reward, within the limits
and all money paid for license for re
failing spirituoUs liquors, keeping tav
iern and billiard tables, aud the Tax iul
all shows, for gain or reward, within
said limits, shall be appropriated to the
hubble use of said corporation.
i SEC. So. That the said Town Counc!
Of CoicSbury shall have fUll power an'
authority to require all persons otwnin+
= lot or lots in said town, TO make ano
keep in good repair sidewalks in front o
! said lot or lots, whenever the sane shal
front or adoiu any of the public street,
!of said town, if, in the Judgment o
Tic Council, such sidewalks shall b(
necessary, the width thereof, and the
manner of the construction, to be dcsig'
! mated and regulated 10y the Town CoUn'
! ell: and, for default or refusal to. make
and keep in lcpair such sidewalks, tht
same to be made OF pat i'll repair, an'
rccu:rc the owner to pay the price O
making or repairing: Provided, Tia
such contracts fer making or repairing
tbc let to the iawcSt bidder.
! Smc. 81. That the said Town Counci
Colcsbury shall have power to arrest
and commit to Jail, for q space OF time
not exceeding twelve hours, and to hnt
not exceeding twenty dollars, any per
son or persons who shall be guilty O
disorderlv conduct in said town, 10 lhl
ANNOYANCE of citizens thereof; and Il
shall be the duty of the Marshal OF the
town to make such arrest, and to call 1t
his assistance the posse coaita'HS, J.
NECESSARY; and upon failure TO perform
such duty, he shall be fined in sun
| not more than twenty dollars for eacl
and every offence.
SEC. S.. That the said Town Council
! of ColI2sbury shall have power TO gram
or refuse licenses to parties within tht
limits Of said town; and tic parties lt
whom such licenses are granted shall lit
subject to such regulations rs may, hi
ordinance, be established. They sha
also have power to impose and co!lcc!
an annual tax upon the assessed pro
! pertv of said town /: P!O"iaca, NJ
/ tax shall be imposed, in any one year
TO exceed the rate ct ten cents on each
,huudyed dollars Of such assessed pro
perty; and that the money 50 RAISED
Shall be applied to the use of said town
The said Town Council shall have ne
: mower to enforce the payment of al
taxes levied by the said Town Council
to the SAME extent, and ia the sani,
: manner as is now, or hereafter shall ="
| provided by law for the collection OF tll'
general State taxes.
, SEC. 50. That the said Town CoUnci
of Cokc,bury shall have power to reg
, ulatc sales at auction, within the limit
of said town, and to grant licenses L
auctioncers: PrOcidttl, Nothing hertil
contained shall extend to sales by She
, riff, Clerk of the Court, Judge OF Fro
, bate, Coroner, Executor or AdHinislra
tor, Assignee in Bankruptcy, or by All.
, DersOn. out of the order, decree Of an.
: Court, Justice of the Peace, or MaGls
= trate.
| SEC. 81. That this Act shall be deem
e cd a public Act, and shall continue q
: force for twenty years. and till the en-
: of the session of the General Asscmbi.
= of said State then next following; an
r. all Acts Of incorporation or amen"
i ments thereof repugnant thereto ar
, hereby repealed.
/ TOWN OF oRANGEBURG.
SEC. IS. That an Act entitled GA
, Act to Incorporate the town OF Orange
burg" approved on the seventeenth
> day of December, \. d. 1886, be, an
,, the same is hereby, altered and amend
ed as follows: That from and after tn
passage of this Act, all and every per
-, son or persons, WHO shall have rcsldc'
within the corporate limits of tonw O
Orangeburg for sixty days, are ierch.
declared to he members Of the corpora
r ton hereby to be created.
: SEC. So. That the said persons shat
, from the passing Of this. Act, become
= body polilic and corporate, and shall b.
! known and called by the name Of tl
: town of Orangcburg, and It's CORPORATE
limits shall extend one mile in ever,
: direction from the Court House rs cen
, tire, except on the side next to Noltl
,. Edisto River, which river shall consti
tute the boundary in that direction.
SEC. 90. Thetthes said town shall be gov
, crned by a Mayor and four Aldermen, wh'
:. shall have resided in the State olic.ycar
, and within the limits Of the corpora
: ton for sixty days immediately prcce
ding their election. The said Mayor ant
Aldermen shall be elected on the sec
ond Tuesday III September, ten days
+ notice being previously given; an'
shall continue in office two years, an'
until the election and qualification Q