The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-04-26
LAWS OF THE STATE:
Acts and yoint ResoIuflons, Passed by
Ilic General Gssenably OF South Caro-
lima. Session ofyI57o-'1I.
.foFFFcIAL.]


: : II AID vI..LaaEs rnEEgIN MENTIONED.
= sEcr1oy 1. Bit enacted BY the Sem
Z ate and Hoasef Rrpresentat'res ct@e
;. jciats- of .S5mA Carolina, ao'oaaet and
Z sat;aq IN General assembly, and Iy the
: authority Of tie same:
a fcoScLuDED1
A SEC. e7. That it shall be the duty of the In
!, .s,dans and Wardcns to keep all streets aud ways
which may be necessary for public use within tn
limits Of the said town open and in good repair,
aud for that purpose they are hereby invested
With all the pswers,s shts and privileges granted
bytav to the coonissioners of Roads within the
t;,niss of said tafn And, for neglect ofduty, they
shall be liablo'to the pains and penalties impos-
ed bylaw upon commissioners of Roads for like
n,.icct. Aud they are hereby Individually ex-
enpt frs:a the performance Of road and police
L. duty. And the inhabitants of said town are
D. hyrsby excused from road aud police duty with
D eds the limits of said corporation.
J. SEC. IS. That the said Intendant and War
deas shall have power to compound with persons
2 liable to work on the said streets and ways, and
I to release such persons as may desire it. upon
the payment Of saeh sum Of mouey as they may
deem fair equivalent therefor, to be applied by
them to the use Of the said corporation.
c SEC. SO. That the said Town Council of Gra-
T. haa's shall also be empowered to retain, possess
AUD enjoy all such property as they may now be
V6ossessed Of, or entitled to, or which shall here
after be given, bequeathed to, or in any manner
acquired by them, and to sell, alien, or in any
b way transfer the same, or any part thereof:
Procidcd, The amount of property so held, or
stock invested, shall, in no case, exceed twenty
thousand dollars.
SEC. TO- That the said Town Council Of Gra-
hams shall also have power to impose au annual
tax on all real and personal property within the
corporate limits os said town: Proridsd. Said
tx docs not exceed ten cents on the one hun
drei dollars.
SEC. II. That the 1n;endant and Wardens of
, the Town of Graham's shall have power to regu-
late sales at auction within the limits of said
town, and to grant license to auctioneers: Pro-
! ciaed, That nothing herein contained shall ex-
or, @ saies oy or Cor shcrifs, Clerks Of Courts,
10 r~, w. 1 probate, Coroncrs, Executors and Adj
" W dtors, Asisuees or by any other persons,
"a ftho order auy Court or Trial Justice.
y oT IEc. ~. That the Iutendant and Wardens of
~ Gle Town of Grabam's shall have power and au-
thor;ty to require all persons owning lot or lots
I in said Town Of Graharns to keep in repair the
f;iewslks adjaceot to their lots respectively, and
! for default 10 this matter shall have power und
authority ts impose fne not exceeding ten dol,
, lars.
, SEC. 80 That the power to rcfase and grant
licenses to keep tavern or to retail intoxicating
drinks oc and the same is hereby vested in the
Town Council of the town OF Grahan's, and that
they be also invested with all necessary power,
by ordinance or ordinances, to suppress or resu-
late the sAles of intoxicating drinks, to be drank
d. the place where sold, or in or upon any of its
upourtenances, or in or upon any of the
i highways, streets, lanes. alleys, commons, kich'
ens stOres shops, public buildings, booths, stalls
or out houses of the said town, within one
half mile of.he said towr Preceded, That no
rL,e or regulation shall be made inconsistent
IA WITH the Constitution and laws Of the State.
il SIC. ~. Taat this Act shall be taken and
c deemed rs public Act in all Courts Of justice,
o and shall CONTINUE Of force until repealed.
' VILLAGE OF LANCASTER.
h SEC. IS That Section FIRST of an Act entitled
. can Ac. 10 incorporate the village of Lancaster,
: be, and the same is hereby, amended sD.asto read
/ as follows: THAT the village Of Lancaster, ex-
tendr.; cne mile in every direction, from the
Court House. be, and the same is hereby, incor-
:. pora.ed, by the naine Of the village Of Lanca'-
tcr''
Towx OF coxEsBuRY.
Src. &c, That from ami after the passage OF
this Ae. al citizens Of this State, having resided
~ sixty dry., in the town of Cokssbury, shall he
deemed, aud are hereby declared TO be, body
polite and corporate, and the said town shall be
! c.'led and known by toe name Of Cokesbury, and
its corporate limits s.a extend one mile in each
direction .rom the centre i'll said town.
SEC. II. That TIE said town shall be governed
4 by an Intenaant and six Waricns, who shall be
citizens Of the United States and shall have been
residents of the said town for sixty days imme-
! diately preceding their election, who shall be
J. elected on second Monday in April, 1870, and
e=cry yeqr thereafter on second Mosaay in JAM
uar. ten days public notice thereof being pre-
c viou.iy given and that all male inhabitants Of
the age or ;wcnty-one years citizens OF the State
ana who shall have resided in the said town SIX
~ days Immediately preceding the election, shall
identified 10 vote for said In;cnjant and War
.icns.
SEC. rs. That the election fax Intcndant and
warleas of the said town shall be held in some
convenient house, or some other convenient pub
lie place in the said town, from nine o'clock in
tho morning until FIRE o'clock in the aaernoo0,
and when the polls shall be closed, The Managers
shall forthwith count the votes and proclaim the
election, and give notice in writing. TO the per-
SINS elected The IntendmBt aBd Wardens shall
appoint three managers to bold the ensuing, and
xn; sats.qrent election. Whenever there shall
no, be an In,eulant aud WarJens, ar Iotendant
ard Warden, from any eansc whatever, II shall
be the daty Of the Clerk O. the Court OF A66eviIle
County 20 order saeh election forthwith, AID aP-
psint tbre. Msnngers for the same The Mana
q ocrs in each case shall, before they open the
POLLS for said election, take an oath. fairly and
;npartialiy, TO coldaet she sauna; and that the
=, Intcudant and wardens, before entering nyen
the du,es of rhcr.rssprctiYe ofBees shall take
4 fhe oath prescribed By abc ccnstha:ton Ut tins
= stats and, also. The following oath, 70 vit: "As
= Ia,eoia.r Tor Warder} oahe town Of cokeshury,