The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-06-08

property upon which tax shall be assessed is
hereby declared and made liable fer the pay
ment thereof in preference to all other debts
due by the person owning the property at the
time of assessment, except debts and taxes due
. the State, which shall be paid first.
| Sec. 26. That in case Of sickness or tempo
rary absence of the said Intendant, the War
dens shall be empowered to elect one OF their
own number to act as Intendant for the time.
Sec. 27. That the said Intendant and War
dens of the said town of Sumter are hereby
authorized and empowered to establish and
keep up. one or more public scale or scales
houses, with proper scales and weights Tor
weighing cotton and other articles sold by
weight in the said town. by and at the expense
of the said town.
Sec. %. That the said Intendant and War
dens be, and they are hereby, authorized to
appoint one or more public weighers, who shall
be sworn by the said Intendant faithfully to
perform the duties of said Office, and who shall
\ be removable for misconduct or incompetency
by said Intendant and Wardens; and when
reference is had to any of the public scales used
by said weighers, by the authority of said In
| tendant and Wardens, on the same day that
the contract of sale is made, the certificate of
public weighers shall be conclusive evidence OF
the weight of the cotton, or any other article
sold by weights, in any Court of justice in
which an action shall be pending touching the
weight of any such article; and the said In
tendant and Wardens are hereby authorized to
assess sum not exceeding ten cents on eacn
bale of cotton, and proportionate sum on
other articles weighed, to be paid by the seller
for the use of the said town.
SEC. 20. That the public scales and weights
established in pursuance of this Act, shall be
the standard to which all others in the said
town shall conform and if any person shall
use. in weighing any article whatsoever sold in
said town, weights and scales differing from the
standard, such person, on conviction IN the
Court of Sessions for Sumter County, shall be
fined and imprisoned, at the discretion OF the
Court.
SEC. 80. That the said Intendant and War
dens shall have power to establish and keep
| guard house and town prison, and to make all
suitable rules and regulations for the proper
government of the same; and any OF the po-
| lice, appointed by the said Intendant and War
dens, are authorized to arrest and commit to
the custody of the said guard house or town
prison, for q term not exceeding twenty-fo
hours any person or persons who may be gull
ty, within the corporate limits of the said town,
of breach of the peace, or of public drunk
enness, or of open indecency, or any other dis
orderly conduct injurious to the peace, safety
and good order of the citizens; and The said
police shall, whenever necessary, in the dis
charge of their duty, have authority to call the
posse conitatus of the said town to their assis-
lance; and any person so arrested and i'm
prisoned shall be liable to all the cost and ex-
pc ases of said arrest and imprisonment, and be
further liable to any fine which the said lnten-
dant and Wardens may impose for their mis-
conduct.
SEQ. 81. That the Intendant and Wardens
are hereby authorized and empowered TO make
such ordinances as they may deem expedient
in relation to licensing persons who are or may
be, engaged in and carrying on any business
within their corporate limits; Provided, That
no ordinance shall be made inconsistent with
the Constitution of this State, and laws of the
land.
|. SEC. so. The Intendant and Wardens Of the
town of Sumter be, and they are hereby, au-
thorized to borrow money by issuing town
stock, from time to time, to the amount OF
twenty thousand dollars, if so much be necessa.
ry, for the purpose of erecting a market and
town hall, but never, in any way or form, to
make the town liable for exceeding that
amount in the aggregate; Provided, That the
private property of the citizens of the said
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equity, for the payment of the corporate debts
that shall or may be created under the granted
powers herein made, or in any other mode than
| by q regular and uniform taxation.
SEC. SO. That the Intendant and Wardens
shall, within twenty days of the expiration OF
their term of Office, make out and publish
full account of their receipts and expenditures
during their term, and shall pay and deliver to
their successors all moneys, books, records, pa
pers or property in their hands, belonging to
the corporation.
Sec. "a. That the first election held after the
passage of this Act, the Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas for Sumter County, is hereby
required to give ten days public notice of the
time and'place, or places, of holding said cleo
ton, and appoint managers to conduct the
same: Provided, further, That Immediately
after the close of any election held for the
election of Intendant or Wardens, the Mana
gers shall forthwith proceed to count the votes,
declare the election, and give notice of the re-
suit thereof, in writing, to the persons elected,
who, if eligible, shall thereupon qualify.
SEC. 35. That this Act shall be deemed
public Act, and shall continue in force for four
teen years, and until the end of the next ses-
sion of the General Assembly thereafter.
Sec. 36. That all Acts or parts of Acts, in
I consistent with this Act be, and. the same are
hereby, repealed.