Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-06-02

Wardcus duly elected and qualified shall not
have power to grant any licenses to keep tav-
crn or retail spirituous liquors to extend DC.
yond the time for which they have been clec.
| ted.
SEC. s. That it shall be the duty of tho
said lntendant and wardens to keep all streets,
roads and ways within their corporate limits
open and in good repair, and for that purpose
f. they arc invested with all the powers granite
| formerly to the Commissioners of Roads And
they shall have power to compound with all
persons liable 20 work the streets, ways and
roads III said town, upon such terms us they
shall, by ordnance, establish; the money SO
received to be applied to the public use.
SEC. 8. That the Town Council shall have
! power to impose an annual tax upon the keep.
| crS Of all billiard tables and ten pin alleys, or
other pin alleys, within the discretion of said
| Council, and to grant or refuse licenses for
the same, upon such terms aud conditions,
and subject to such regulations as they
may, by ordinance, establish. They shall
also have power to impose Il tax, within their
discretion, on ali sales made by itinerant ira
dcrs aud auctioncers, on all pull: drays
wagons, carriages, omnibuscs, and other vo
hiccs kept for hire, and on the owners or
proprietors Of all dog, hogs, sheep goats and
cattle kept within the corporate limits Of said
| town. The said Town Council shall have
power to impose an annual tax on the amount
all sales OF goods, wares and merchandise
and also on the amount OF income arising
from all iactoragc and merchandise, employ.
mcnts, faculties and professions, including
the profession OF industry; also upon the
amount of income from all moneys loaned ut
interest and from dividends received from
banks and other stocks Provided, That no
tax shall be imposed in any one case to cx-
coed the rate OF thirty cents on each hun
drcd dollars of the value of such sales and in
come. And the said Town Council shat
have power to impose an annual tax on all
carriages an' wagons, of whichever kind, kept
for private u~c; on all gold, silver and other
watches kept for private use within the limits
OF the said town. Aud the said Town Coun.
Gil shall have power to impose an annual tax,
not exceeding thirty cents on every hundred
dollars OF the value Of all real estate lying
With the corporate limits of said town, the
| real estate OF churches and school associations
cXcc ted !; and, for that rurIo csc, they shall
| appoint three flechol,lcrs residing therein to
assess the value Of said real estate upon oatE,
anu return the assessment within one mont h
| to SAID Council Tor taxation, aud to fill any
vacancy occ,soncd by the death, resignation,
refusal to serve or removal from Office of the
said Assessor. And the said Town Council
shall have power to regulate the price OF H.
ccnScs upon all public shows and exhibitions
IN SAID town, to erect a powder magazine,
aud to compel any person holding more than
twenty five pounds of powder to store the
same therein, and to make regulations for
rates Of storage thereof and for Keeping
and storing the same. Aud the said
| Town Council shall have power to en-
force the payment of all taxes aud assess
men!S levied under the authority Of this Act
against the property and persons of dctautcrs,
to the Sanc cXtent, and in the same manner,
as is provided by law for the collection Of the
general State tax, except that executions to
enforce the payment OF town taxes shall be is
sued under the seal Of the corporation, and
directed to the Town Marshal, or other per.
sons especially appointed by tho said Town
| Council to collect the same; and all property
upon which IL tax Shall be levied and assessed
is hereby declared and made liable for the
payment thereof, in preference to other debts
due by the person owning such property at
| the time OF the assessment, except debts due
the State, which shall be first paid. The
| said moneys, together with all other moneys
collected by authority of the provisions of
this Act, and ordinances passed in conormi.
ty thereto, from whatever source said moneys
may aris1, to be paid into the Treasury of said
town for the nsc of the corporation
SEC. TO- That returns shall be made, on
oath, to the Clerk Of the Town Council, dur
ing the month OF January in each year, of
the amou't of all sales of merchandise profcs-
sional, mechanical or other incomes, and OF
the quantity and kind Of all other property
than rc.l estate subject to taxation under the
provisions of this Act, by persons who may
be liable to pay the taxes on the same and
the said taxes shall be paid on or before the
first day of March then next ensuing; upon
failure thereof any party in default shall be
subject to the penalties now provided by
law for failure to pay the general State tax.
SEC. |. That the said Town Conncil shall
have authority to require all persons owning
n lot or lots in said town to make and keep in
good repair sidewalks in front of said lot O,
lots whenever the same shall front on or ad
join any public street of said town, if, in the
judgment of the Council, such sidewalk.
shall be necessary, the width thereof and tho
manner of their construction, to be dcsgna
ted and regulated by the said Courcil; and
for default or refusal to make and keen in re
pair such sidewalks, the Town Council may
cause the same to be made and put in repair
and require the owner to pay tho price OF
making or repairing; and the said Town
Councll arc hereby empowered to sue for and
! fl,o k,. e Il.