Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-06-08

shall be recoverable in the Circuit
Court Of. Common Pleas for Richland
County and when such fine shall be
for, forty dollars, or less, the same
shall be recoverable before the said
Mayor and Aldermen, or before the
said Mayor alone: Provided, That
ii in all cases the party so fined by the
said Mayor shall have the right OF
appeal for a hearing to the said May
or and Aldermen in Council assem-
bled, on giving proper security to the
city Of Columbia to prosecute SAID
appeal. ;9c kg}ta
= SEC. Z. That the twelfth Section OF
an Act Of the General Assembly of
this State entitled" An Act to alter
and amend the charter of the town
Of Columbia" ratified on the 2lst
day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and ffty-four, which author:
ICES the Mayor and Aldermen of,the
said citygof Columbia toSissuesan ex-
ecution against the body of every
person for any sum- Of money impos-
ed BY way of fine, tax or exemption
for street or unofficial police. duty un-
der.the circumstances theEein named,
be, and the-same is phefebySre
The said Mayor and Aldermen of the
Scitsy ;of Columbia shall have power to
abate and remove all nuisances in
said city and it shall be their duty
to keep all roads, ways, bridges and
streets within the corperats limits oi
the said citYsin good repair; and for
that purpose they 4are'inYestea with
Sall the powers off55 County Commis-
7sioners of Roads, for and within the
corporate limits iof:gaid city; and
they may lay out new strestsS close
up, widen, sor ~other@@ise alter those
now in use, subject, however, to the
two provisos contained in>the first
Section OF. this Act; and shall have
power to class and arrange the in
habitants or citizens ofsaid city LA
Bile to street, road Or other public du-
ty therein, and to force the perfor-
nance of such duty under such pen
alties as are now or shall hereafter be
prescribed by their ordinances, pass
ed pursuant to law: and they shall
have power to compound with all per-
sons liable to work the streets, ways
and roads in said city. upon such
terms as their ordinances may estab,
lish, or their rules and regulations re-
quire and all persons refusing to Ia
Dor, or failing to pay such commuta'
ton, shall be liable to such fine, not
exceeding twenty dollars for anyone
year, as the said Mayor and Alder
men may impose; and they shall have
power to enforce the payment Of such
fine in the same 1nlannss assis provid-
ed in the sixthfSettion Of the Act for
the, collection sof: othe fines. And
said Mayor and a ldermen shall have
:power and authoiltY 70 require all
persons owing a l5to lots an / said
city, to close III, m and to. make and
keep in good repair 81 dewalks in front
of said lot orslots, wherever the same
shall frontier adjoin any public street
of said city, if, in their judgment,
such sidewalks shall be necessary
the width thereof, and the manner of
construction, to be designated and
regulated by the said Mayor and Al
dermen; and for default or refusal, !,
after reasonable notice, to make and
keep in good repair such sidewalk,
and to close in such lot or lots, the
Mayor and Aldermen may cause the
same to be done, and require the own
er to pay the cost of the work and
the said Mayor and Aldermen are
hereby empowered to sue for, and re,
cover the same by action, in any
Court of competent Jurisdiction Pro-
vided, That the contract be let to the
lowest responsible bidder.
Sec. 8, That the said Mayor and
Aldermen are hereby empowered to
require all persons, companies and
corporations now engaged, or who
may hereafter become engaged in
business or avocations of any kind
whatever, within the limits Of the
city of Columbia, to take out Ii
.cense from the Mayor and Aldermen
Of the,said city, who -shereby au-
thorized to impose reasonable charge
or tax for the conduct of the same.
Sec. g. That all that part Of Sec
ton 10. of an Act of the General As
sembly of this State entitled An
Act to alter and amend the charter
of the town of Columbia ratified
on the 2lst day of December, in the
wear of our Lord one thousand eight
Hundred and .ifty-four, as ssrelates to
the Imposition of taxes on slaves, free
negroes, mulatSoes or mestizoes, re-
siding within the limits of the said
CITY, and all other Acts and parts OF
Acts of the General Assembly Of this
State relating toP the said city. sor to
the said town Of Columbia, before it
was INCORPORATED as the city of Colum-
.bia,, wherein are' discriminations for
any other purpose whatever, on ac-
count Of race or. color, be, and the
same are hereby, repealed. .s-,
Sec. 10. That The Mayor may, as
often as occasion may require, or
whenever requested so to do. in wri-
ting, by three Aldermen, summon
the Aldermen to assemble in Council
and the said Mayor and Aldermen
shall have, and they are hereby vest
ed with, full and ample'power, from
time to time, under their common
seal, to make all such ordinances,
rules and regulations, relative to the
streets and markets Of the said city
as they may think proper and neces-
sary, and to establish such bylaws,
not inconsistent with the laws Of the
land, as may tend to preserve the
quiet, peace safety and good order
of}the inhabitants thereof; and the