Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-06-16
Adtsfana Joint Resolutions Passed by. the
'Lsglslature- Session 1870 aud 1871.
;rOFFICIAL l

aud extend thu limits of tho city of Co
lumbia," approved February 26, 1870.
BE Il enacted hy the Senato und House
Of Representatives of the State of South Car
olina, non met and sitting in General Assem-
5blyaandl by tho authority of the same:
sThatthe mayor and alderman of tho city
Of Columbia are hereby authorized aud en-
powerealto incorporate tho territory added
10 the formor territory the city of Colum
bia,s BY an act Of the General Assembly OF
this State entitled can act to alter aud
amend tho charter anl extend tho limits
of the city of Columbia," approved Feb.
ruary 26, 1870, into the present wards of
the said city, as they are nov laid out, by
extending tho lines thereof north aud east to
its present northern and eastern boundaries !;
and the said mayor aud aldermen, at the time
they Incorporate the said newly annexed
territory into the existing wards of the said
streets In strait lines through the lands Of
my person or pers ops, companies or corpora
ti9ps, TO- the present and northern and cast
ern boundaries of the said city, Of the same
width Of the old streets Provided, however,
Thatin carrying out the first stSection of this act
in EXTENDING the wards Of the said city of Go
lumbia, and in the extension Of llestrcc,s there
OF north and east to the northern and eastern
Boundaries the said mayor and aldermen shall
conform to the 23d section Of the first article of
the Constitution OF CHS State now in force !:
And provided, further, that the act of the Gen.
eral Assembly of this State entitled "Au act
to declare tho manner by which the lands, or
the right Of way over the lands, of persons or
corporations may be taken for the construo-
tion aud use of railways and other works of
inf u o., 4
Of September, y. ID. 1868, shall be in all
respects followed and observed,
ttSEc. 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 y Ill
eyes, nnd be subjected 10 al the duties and
habilities5 which now pertain to the corpora.
tors of the said city OF Columbia, or which
may hereafter be created by law.
SEC. 8. That in all eases in which, by cx
isting ordinance; or ordinances of the said
city which may hereafter be passed, the may
df,arid' aldermen thereof, or the mayor alone
thereof, have power to impose fines for the
violation Of the same, the said mayor and al.
dermcn, or the said mayor alone, or any elder
man acting iii his stead, arc hereby authorized
and empowered to impose the alternative pun
lshment OF imprisonuicnt or confinement at
hard labor in the work house. whenever such
Workjh6dse shall be erected Provided, how
ever, That the term Of imprisonment or con.
finement at hard labor shall not exceed ten
days for any single offence.
SEC. y. That oil persons liable to taxation
shalt n,ake 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 tr"asurcr Of said city
of Columbia, according To lis assessed value
thereof and upon the failure to make such
return and payment as required tic party so
in default shall be subject to penalty o, ten
per cent, to be collected in the manner here.
inaftcr in this section provided for the cnlec
top Of taxes. iincs and licenses; and when.
ever 1t shall become necessary to issue cxccu
lions for the collection of taxes due to the soid
city of Columbia, and to sell Hereunder the
real property of tho dcfaulting tax payer, in
order to collect the same, the sale 'tIerof shall
take place in tho same manner and subject to
~ tle same regulations as arc applicable to sales
Ut real estate by the sheriff of Richland
county under executions issuing out of the
circuit court of common pleas; and all exc
cutions 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 tho sheriff of Richland county,
nnd may he directed to the slid sheriff or to
TIE chsf Of police or other person appointed
ny the said mayor and aldermen to collect and
receive the same, with costs, as in such cases
made and provided by law; and all property
upon Rhlch tax shall be levied and assessed
is hereby declared and made liable for the
payment thereof in preference to all other
debts, except drhts due to the State, which
shall be first paid, for tic term of one year
frdm the time .at (which the same may bo as
efssad and ilewicd; and that all taxes and Il.
oenacs imposed by the mayor anI aldermen of
said city of Columbia, shall be rayab!e in ad
YRnce on or before the fiftoonth day of March
after the assessment of said taxes, by tho
parties liable for the same, and, on failure of
payment of the same, their property shall be
liable az in manner and form just before sta.
ted. And for tho purpose of putting the
purchaser of said real estate into the quiet
and immediate possession thereof, if it be
uecessary 50 to do, the mayor of the said city
Of Columbia is hereby authorized and en-
powered to issue his warrant of cicctment,
directed to tho chief police or any other Of
fcer of thccity, against tho said dcfaulting tax
payer, his tenants or lessons, and all persons
whopsocyer occupying or holding the said
property |: Provided, That the said real prop.
eyty shall not be sold, or the owner OF tic
fee therein deprived Of the same for q peri.
cd than two years.
SEC. |5i That the mayor and aldermen of
the said city Of Columbia arc hereby vested
with all the mower md outbor;ty OWN tho