The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-07-01

VI ior auy term oi years, auJ ebtate, real,
personal or mixed, and sell, alien or
convey the same: Provided The same
shall not ehceed, at any Cue time, the
sum of tenn thousand dollars ], and the
said town council shall have authority to
appoint, from time TO time, as they may
soc fit, such and so many proper persons
to oct as marshals or constables OF said
town as the said town connciI may deem
necessary and expedieut for tho preserva.
ton of the peace, good order aud police
thereof, which persons SO appointed shall
within the corporate limits OF said town,
have the power and privileges, aud be
subject to all the obligations, penalties
and regulations provided by the law for
the office Of constable, aud shall be liza
BILE, to be removed at the pleasure Of said
town council; and the saidstown council
shall have power to establish, or autho-
rize the establishment of, market
house III said town; and the town coun-
ell, or tho said ineendantSaad @ardens,
in person, any one or morcof them, may
authorize and require any marshal of the
town, or constable specially appointed
for that purpose to arrest and commit to
the guard house, for term not excecd-
ing twenty-four hours, aug, person or
persons who, within the corporal" limits
of said town, may be engagsa ina breach
of the peace, any riotous or disorderly
conduct, open obsceuity, public drunken
ness, or any conduct grossly indecent or
dangerous to the citizens sf said town,
or any of them; and 1t shall be
tho duty of the town niarshals or
constable to arrest and commit all such
offenders, when rcquired So TO do,
and who shall have power to call
to their assistance tho possescom iatuc if
need be, to aid in making such arrests;
and upon the failure of sail officers to
perform such duty as required, thoy
shall, scverally, be sulject ID such fines
and penalties as the town. eoancil NAV
I,inrposccaprn shcnr; ahd aa persons 4t
Imprisoned shall pay the costs and ex-
penscs incideut to their Imprisonment
which said costs ard expenses shall be
collected in the same manner as is pro-
vidsl for the collection Of fines imposed
for the violation of ordinances, rules and
regulations; Provided, That such i'm.
prlsonnient shall not exempt the party
from the payment ofany fnc the coun.
Gil may Impose for The offence for which
he, she or they may have been commit.
It'd. And the said town council m,y
haee tul power and authority, under
their corporate seal, to make all such
rules, regulations, bylaws and ofdinan-
ccs respecting tho streets, roads, and the
business thereof, as we'll us the police
system of the said town, US shall appear
to them necessary aud proper for the
security, welfare and convenience, and
for preserving health, order aud good
sovcrnm'nt within said town; and the
said town couacil may impose fines for
offences against their bylaws, rules,
regulations and ordinances, aud appro-
pirate the same tor the public use Of said
town; and the said town council shall
have the same power which has been
heretofore granted to magistrates in this
State to eomyel the attendance OF wit.
nesses, and require Them to give cvi.
dence, upon the trial before them of IN
person or persons for violation of any of
their oTaiErnccs, bylaws, rules or reg,t
iations; but no fine above the sum of
twenty five dollars shall be collected by
the town council, except by suit in the
proper courts of justice in this State;
and that no que shall exceed the amou It
oi nifty tooj'donaro, auu, uiso, motntug
herein contained shall authorize the s,id
coupcii TO make any ordinance or bylaw
inconsistent or repngnant to the laws of
this State.
SEC. 113. That the said intcnlant or
wardens, or a majority of them, shall
have power to abate and remove all nui
sanccs in said town: aud it shall be their
duty to keep all roads, ways, bridges and
streets, within the corporate limits of
the said town, open and in good repair,
and, for the purpose, they are vested
with all the powers of county commits
sioners, or commissioners of roads, for
and within the corporate limits of said