The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-03-22

ants or citizens of said city liable
to street, road or other public duty
therein, and to force the perform
ance Of such duty, under such pen
alties as are now, or shall hcrcat-
ter be, prescribed by their ordi-
nanccS, passed pursuant to law;
and they shall have power to com
pound with all persons liable to
work the streets, ways and roads
in said city, upon such terms as
their ordinances may establish or
their rules and regulations require;
ard all persons refusing to labor,
or failing to pay such commuta-
ton, shall be liable to such fine,
not exceeding twenty dollars for
any one year, as the said Mayor
and Aldermen may impose; and
they shall nave power to enforce
the payment Of such fnc in the
same manurr Us is provided in the
sixth section OF the Act for the
collection Of other fines. And
said Mayor ANA Aldermen shall
have power an'l authority to re-
quirc all prr<"ns owning a lot or
lots in said city to close in, and
to make ard keep in good re-
pair sidewalks in front Of said
lot or lots wherever the same shall
front or adjoin any public street
of said city, if, in their Judgment,
such side walks shall be necessary;
the width thereof, and the manner
of construction, to be designated
and regulated by the said Mayor
and Aldermen and for default or
refusal, after reasonable notice, to
make and keep in good repair such
sidewalks: and to close III such lot
OF lots, the Mayor and Aldermen
may cause the same to be done.
and require the owner to pay the
cost Of the work and the said
Mayor and Aldermen are hereby
empowered to sue for and recover
the same by action in any court
of competent Jurisdiction: Pro-
cided, That the contract be let to
the lowest responsible bidder.
SEC. s. That the said Mayor and
Aldermen are hereby empowered
to require ali persons and corpo-
rations now engaged, or who may
hereafter become engaged, in busl-
ness or avocations Of any kind
whatever within the limits Of the
city Of Columbia, to take ont H.
cense from the Mayor and Alder
men of the said city, who are here
by authorized to impose 4 reason
! able charge or tax for the condact
Of the same.
SEC. 9. That all that part Of sec
ZION 10 of IN Act Of the General
Assembly Of this State entitled
".An Act to alt II and amend the
charter Of the town Of Columbia,
ratified on the 21st day Of Dccem-
bcr, in the year of our Lord one
one thousand eight hundred and
tifty.four, as relates to the imrosl-
ton of taxes on slaves, free ne
grocs, mulattocS or mestlzocs re-
siding within the limits of the said
ely: and all other Acts and parts
of Acts of the General Assembly
Of the State relating to the said
city or to the said town Of Colum-
ba, before it was incorporated as
the city Of Columbia, wherein are
determinations for purposes OF
taxes, or for any other purpose
whatever on account Of race or
color, be, and the same arc here
by, repealed.
SEC. 10. That the Mayor may,
as often as occasion may require,
or whenever requested so to do,
in writing, by three Aldermen,
summon the Aldermen to assem-
bic in Council, and the said Mayor
and Aldermen shall have and they
are hereby vested with full and
ample power, from time to time.
under their common seal, to make
all such ordinances, rules, and
regulations relative to the streets
and markets of the said city as
they make think proper and ne
cessary, and to establish such by
laws, not inconsistent with the
law Of the land, as may tend to
preserve the quiet, peace, safety
and good order Of the inhabitants
thereof; and the said Mayor and
Aldermen. or the said Mayor alone,
may fine and impose fines and pen
alties for violations thereof, which
may be recovered in a summary
manner to the extent Of forty dol
lars before them in Council or be
fore him alone, sutjcct to the right
Of appeal, as hereinbefore provided
from the decision Of the said May
or and Aldermen, separately and
scvcrally, are hereby authorized
to administer oathS, command the
peace, diSperSc riotous assemblies:
and within the limits Of the said
city arc vested with all the pow
crs and duties which pertain to
the officers Of the peace, in these
and like respects throug hout the
State: Pf0ridei. ncrerthelrss, That
all such ordinances, bylaws, rules
and regulations as are herein men,
toned. when so made, shall be duly
promulgated, ard that no such
fine in any case, and for any single
otfancc shall exceed the sum OF