The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-04-06

Sec g. That from after the passage of this
Act, the Clerks Of the different Courts of this
State shall have the privilege of Acting as At
torneys and Solicitors in all the Courts of the
State, except in the Courts of their respective
Counties Provided, such Clerks shall have
complied with the requirements of an Act to
regulate the admission Of persons to practice as
Attorneys, Solicitors and Counsellors in the
Courts of this State, approved the 23d day OF
! September, a. D. 1868.
Approved February II, 1871.
! AN ACT no INCORPORATE THE CHARLESTON
CLEANSING COMPANY, OF THE CITY OF
CHARLESTON.
SECTION l. BE It Reselved by the Senate ana
House of Representatives OF the state OF South
Carolina. now met and sitting in General AS
sembIv and by the authority of the same, That
the incorporation of a Company to be known
as the Charleston Cleansing Company, to be To-
Gated in the City of Charleston, be, and the
same is hereby, authorized. Said Company
shall consist of Jacob Royal, Samuel Marion,
Ben Jenkins, Francis Mazyck, Jack Middle
| ton, Thomas Gauf, Edward Jackson and Fri
day Addison, aud such other persons as may
Thereafter associate with them.
! SEC. 2. That the said company shall have
succession of officers and members, according
| TO its Bylaws, shall have power. to make By
\ Laws not repugnant to the laws OF the land,
and TO have, uas and keep q common seal, TO
alter the same at will, and to sue be sued, plead
| and be impleaded in any Court in this State.
| Sec. 8. That said Company shall be empoW-
cred to retain, possess and enjoy all such prop
erty, real and personal as 1t may possess, De
entitled to- or which shall hereafter be gwen,
bequeatbed to, or in any manner be acquired
| By it, and to SELL alien or transfer the same,
SEC. 4. That this Act shall be deemed a pub
lie Act. and to continue in force for the term
of ten years from the date of its ratification.
Approved February II, 1871.
| AN ACT TO ALTER AND AMEND AN ACT ENTI-
+ tiled GAN ACT TO ALTER AND AMEND THE
| CHATTER AND EXTEND THE LIMITS OF THE
| CITY OF COLUMBIA" APPROVED FEBRUARY
| SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General As
sembly, and by the authority of the same, That
the Mayor and Aldermen of the City OF Co
lumbia are hereby authorized and empowered
to incorporate the territory added to the for
mer territory of the City Of Columbia, by an
Act of the General Assembly of this State, en-
/
and extend the limits of the City of Columbia" ;"
approved February 26th, 1870, into the present
wards of the said city as they are now laid out,
by extending the lines thereof North and East,
| to its present Northern and Eastern boundaries
and the said Mayor and Aldermen, at the time
they incorporate the said newly annexed terri
tory into the existing wards of the said City OF
| Columbia, are hereby authorized and empow:
| cred to continue and extend the said streets in
| straight lines through the lands of any person
or persons, companies or corporations, to the
present Northern and Eastern boundaries OF
the said city, of the same width Of the old
streets: Provided, hoaoeuer, That in carrying
out the first section of this Act, in extending
the wards of the said city of Columbia, and In
the extension of the streets thereof, North and
! East, to the Northern and Eastern boundaries,
the said Mayor and Aldermen shall conform to
the twenty-third Section of the first Article OF
| the Constitution of this State, now OF force :
Ind Provided further, That the Act Of the
General Assembly Of this State, entitled can
Act to declare the manner by which the lands,
| or the right of way over the lands. of persons
| or CORPORATIONS NAV be taken for the construc-
tion and use of railways and other works of in
ternal improvement" ratified on the 22nd day
of September, A. D. 1868, shall be in all re-
specats followed and observed. =,
Sec. 2. That when the said territory shall
have been incorporated into the present wards
of the said city, the inhabitants thereof shall
be entitled to all the rights and privileges, and
be subjected to all the duties and liabilities
which now pertain to- the corporators OF the
! said City of Columbia, or which may hereafter
be created by Law.
SEC. 8. That in all cases in which by existing
bordinance or ordinances of the said city, which
Emay hereafter be passed, the Mayor and Alder
men thereof, or the Mayor alone thereof have
! power to impose fines for the violation of the
same, the said Mayor and Aldermen, or the
said. Mayor Alone or any Alderman acting In
This stead, are hereby authorized and empowered
to impose the alternative punishment OF i'm
prisonment or confinement at hard labor In the
work house. whenever such work house shall be
erected Provided, ho0ever, That the term of
Imprisonment or confinement at hard labor
shall not exceed ten days for any single offence.
SEQ. 4. That all persons liable to taxation
shall make discovery, upon oath or affirmation,
of their taxable property within the said city Of
| Columbia, and make payment of their taxes to
the Clerk and Treasurer of said city OF Column
bia, according to his assessed value thereof !;
and upon the failure to make such return and
payment as required, the party 80 In default
shall be subject to penalty of ten per cent, to
be collected in the manner hereinafter In this
section provided for the collection Of taxes,
fines and licenses; and whenever 1t shall be-
come necessary to issue executions for the col
lection of taxes due to the said city of Colum-
bia, and to sell Hereunder the real property OF
the defaulting taxpayer, in order to collect the
same, the sale thereof shall take place in the
same manner, and subject to the same regula-
tions as are applicable to sales OF real estate by
the Sheriff of Richland County, under execu-
tions issuing out of the Circuit Court Of Com
mon Pleas. And all executions to enforce the
payment of taxes, fines and licenses, shall be
Issued under the seal of said city of Columbia,
and may be lodged in the Office of the Sheriff
Of Richland County, and may be directed to
/ tna old Shariff or tn the Chief of Police or