The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-05-10

ner of their construction to be designated anG
regulated by the said council; and for defaul
or refusal to make and keep in repair sucE
sidewalks, the town council may cacse ths
same to be made and put in repair, and re
quwe tie owaer to pay the price Of making
or rep iIe, and the said town council are
hereby empowered to sue for and recover ths
same By action Of debt in any court Of compe
teut Jurisdiction IN Anderson County: Ptovld
ed, That such contra for MAKING or repairing
be let TO the lowest bidder.
SEQ. II. That the said :oWn council shall have
power, with the consent OF the adjacent land
owners, 10 close all SUCH roads, streets and
ways within the said town as tney may deem
necessary, Dy sale o. the freehold therein eth
er at private or public SALE as they may ad.
judge best for the interest Of said tow.; and
| they shall also have power to lay out, adopt,
opea and keep in repalr all such reV streets,
roads and ways as they may, from time to
tGe deem important or necessary for the i'm
| ,;r0vemcut and convenience of said town:
Provided, Tat no new street, road or way
sbal! be opened without first having obtained
toe consent OF the land owner or owners
| through whose premises any such Lew street,
road or way may pass.
SEC. 13. That the said town council shall
haHe poSer. and are hereby authorized, to
eject one or moro nlarsha!s lin addition to The
sheriff Of anderson, VINO shall also be mar
shal Of the town) to fix their salaries and pre-
scribe their duties. who shall be duly sworn in
md invested with all the powers, snd sub
jected 20 all the duties and liabilities that con-
stables now have or are subjected to by Law,
10 addition to the duties and liabilities spec1s!-
ly conferred end imposed on them BY the town
council: Provided, That their jurisdiction
shall be confined to the corporate limits Of
said town.
SEC. IA. That the said town council shall
| have power to establish a guardhouse, and
| top ribe, by ordinance. suitable rules and
| resn'atioas .f,r keeping and governing the
same; and until such guardhouse shall be es-
tab.shed, they shall be authorized to use
room in the common jail Of Anderson County,
for the confinement of al persons who may be
subject to be committed for the violation Of any
| ordinance of the town, passed in conformity
with the provisions of this act; and the said
town council may, by ordinance, or the said
in*endant and wardens in person, any one or
moro Of them, authorize and require any mar
shal Of the town. or any constable specially ap-
pointed for that purpose, to arrest and commit
to the said guardhouse or jail Of Anderson
County, az the case may be, for e term not
exceeding twenty-four hours, any person or
persons WHO, within the corporate limits tf
the said town, may be engaged in
e breach Of the peace, any riotous
or cisorderly conduct, open obscenity, public
Drunkenness, or in any conduct grossly in
decent or dangerous to the citizens Of the said
towr, or any of them; and it shall be the duty
OF tie town Lnarshas to arrest and commit all
such offenders when required to do so, who
alI lAA ,,>>.----rr t,4r-
1Sse c0mitntLs, il need be, to aid making such
arr g: and upon the failure Of such marshals
| opeTA,,1n such duty as required, they shall
| severa!!!be subject to sucn fines and penaieles
| rs the tow council may establish; and all per-
sons so lnpr.oned shall pay the costs and ex-
paases lacidcnI to their imprisonment Pro-
Taed, That such imprisonment shall not e1-
enpt The party IRON the payment OF any hne
tie council may lmbose for the offences tor
which be may have been committed.
SEC. Is. rnat the said town council shau
have power TO collect the taxes from al per-
sons representing publicly, within thar corpo-
rate limits, for gain or reward, aD plays or
shows OF what nature, or kind soVer, to be
used for the purpose OF said corpfa'lon.
SEc. l6. That all fines Whif shall here
after be collected by conv!ctiorn the Court OF
Sessions, for retailing withoT Incense, Within
the corpo. ate limits OF So town. snail be
paid. one-ll&lf to the infoTsf ano 1ne olner
half to the said town co'ch' ior Tue uses OF
the corporation. .
SEC, II. That the I'd town council shall
have power and auprity to abate all nuisan-
90. r;.hin +ho co,'rate limits, and also to
.n,o,n. ,o,,a ,aeaIth Tor said town, andto
pass all such o o''nances as may De necessary
to define the '"eis ana ou''es ol sa1o Ooaro'
Co. 10 ut the said town council shall
% borrow money for the public
,,ao ~ j. Corporation. by issuing, from time
IS occasloD may require, the bonds OF
~. :, Tporatlon, bearing interest at rate not
Eceed seven per cent. per annum, to be paid
ITi-annually. Tor an amount not to exceed
he sum OF ftteel thousand dollars; and for the
aynent OF the interest. and the ultimate re-
em2tion Of the principal, according to the
,rms of the loan, the SAID corporation shall
G. at all times, liable: Provided, That the
ropelty OF the inhabitants of sail town
uai be boucd for the redemption OF said
10 in no other way than by the imposition
f an annual tax according TO the provisions
t this act: And provided, further, That
,aiority OF the owners of real estate within
le corporate limits Of said town shall first
Die in favor Of issuing said bonds; and the
,iI town council shall give at least thirty
avs ice OF holding such election.
SEC. 1G. That the intendant ard wsrdens
:ali. during their term OF Office, be exempt
ON street duty. And each town council
,al', within One month after the expiration Of
lcir term OF office, make out and return to
.er SUCCESSORS Z full account of their receipts
ID expenditures during their term, and shall
,r over ell moneys in their hands be-
ngIng to the corporation, and deliver up all
.opert7, books, records and other papers in
dent to their Office, to their successors, and
failure so to do they shall be liable to the
,nistmens prescribed in the tTenty-frss Sec
~ of this act.
SEC. 90. That all ordinances heretofore
.ssed by the town council Of Anderson, in Gen.
rnty with the authority granted by existing