The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-04-12

shall be appropriated to tho public use within said
corporation.
SEQ 8. That the said Town Council Of Yorkville
shall have power and authority to require all per-
Sons owning lot or lots in said town. TO make and
keep In good repair sidewalks in front Of said lot
or lots, whenever the came shall front or sdjoin
any OF the public streets Of asid town, IT, in the
Judgment Of the Couneils such sidewalks shan be
necessary, the width whereof and the msnnar Of
their construction TO be dasignste9 and regulated
By the Town Council; and for default or refusal TO
make and keep In repair such sidevalks. the
Town Council may cause the same to be made or
put in repair, and require the owner to pae the
price Of making or repairing: Prouided, That such
contract for making or repairing be let to the low
est bidder.
SEC. 9. That the said Town Couuoil Of Yorkville
shall have power to arrest and commit to jail, for
a space Of time not exceeding twelve hours. and
to fine not exceeding twenty dollars, any person
or persons who shsll be guilty Of disorderly con-
duct in said town, to the annoyance Of citizens
thereof and it shall be the duty Of the Marshal OF
the town to make such arrest, and to call 10 his
assistance the posse con.tdtus, if necessary; and
upon failure to perform such duty he shall be 6ned
in sum not exceeding one hundred dollars for
each and every offence.
SEC. 10. That the said Town Council Of York.
vile shall have power to grant licenses to parties
within the limits OF said town, and the parties to
whom said licenses are granted shan pay sum
not exceeding two hundred dollars. They shall
also have power to impose and collect an an
nusl tax upon che assessed property of said
town: Prorded, No tax shall be levied In
any one year to exceed the rate OF twenty cents on
each hundred dollars Of such assessed prop
erty, and that the money 80 raised shall be ap-
piled to the use Of the said town. That said Town
Council shall have the power to enforce the pay
ment OF all taxes levied BY the said Town Council,
to the same extent, and in the same manner, as ID
now, or hereafter shall be, provided by Law for
the collection Of general State taxes.
Sec. II. That the said Town Council OF York
vile shall have power to regulate sales at auction
within the limits Of said town. and to gra mt licenses
to auctioneers Prorided, That nothing herein
contained shall extend to sales by Sheriff, Clerk
OF the Court, Judge Of Probate, Coroner, e1ecu-
tor or administrator, assignee in bankruptcy, or
by any other person out OF the order, decree OF
any Court, Trial Justices or any other inferior
Court.
SEC. u. That this ACT shall be deemed public
Act and shall continue OF force for fourteen years.
and till the end Of the General Assembly then
next following, aud all Acts Of incorporation or
amendments thereof repugnant hereto are here
by repealed.
Approved March 2, 1871.
AN ACT TO- RENEW AND AMEND The CHARTER OF
TIE TOWN OF Mt. PLEASANT.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of tie State Of South Carolina,
nou met and sitting in General Assembly. and by
The authority of the same, That from and after the
passage Of this Act all citizens Of this State hav
ing resided sixty days in the town OF Mt. Plea
sant shall be deemed, and are hereby, declared TO
be body polite and corporate, and the said town
shall he called and known by the name OF Lit.
Pleasant and its corporate limits shall be and
remain ss at present fixed by lav.
SEc 2. That the said town shall be governed by
an Intendant and seven Wariens, who shall be
citizens Of the United Ststet. and shall have beeE
residents Of the said town for sixty days imme-
diately preceding their election, who shall be
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present year, and thereafter on the came day in
every second year, as hereafter provided, ten
days public notice being previously given. and
that all male iuhsbitants OF the age OF twenty
one years, citizens OF the State, and who shall
have resided 10 tho said town for sixty days inn
mediAtey preceding the election shall be entitled
to vote for said IntendAnt and Wardens.
SEC. 8. That the election for Intendant and
Wardens Of the said town shall be held in the
Court House, or some other convenient public
place in the said town, from six O'Clock In the
morning until elk O'Clock in the afternoon, and
whom the polls shall be clesed the Managers
shall forthwith count the votes and proclaim the
election, and give notice, m writing, 10 the per-
SONS elected. The Intendant and Wardens shall
appoin. three Managers TO hold the ensuing end
subsequent elections Whenever there shall not
be an Intendant and Wardens, or Intendsnt and
Warden, from any cause whatever. 1t shall be the
duty of the Clerk of the Court for Charleston
County to order sach election forthwith, and sp-
point three Managers for same. The Managers,
in each case, shal, before they open the pohs for
said election, take an oath fairly and impsrtially
to conduct the same, and that the Intendant and
Wardens, before entering upon the duties oi t"
respective Offices, shall take the oath presc ::
BY the Constitution OF :his State, and, also. The
following oath, to wit: "As Intendans or Warden.
OF the town of.Mt. Pleasant, viii equally and
impartiay to the best Of my ability, exerciss the
trust reposed 10 me, and will use my best en-
desYors to preserve the peace and carry into eject
according to Law, the purposes fos which have
been elected: So help ms God"
The said Intendsnt and Wsrdeus shall hold
their Offices from the time Of their election until
the third Wednesday In ApGil Ia every second
year aifer their election, and until their socses-
sors shall be elected and quGli6ed.
SEC. I. That, In osse vacancy ehsll occur In
the ofacs Of the Intendant or any Of, the Wss.
dens, By death, resignation. reuovzi, a other
wise, or in case Of tie In said election. an cleo
toa to ALI such VACANCY shall be held, By the ap-
pointment Of the Intendant aud Wardsns. OF
Warden, - the case may be. oe ths Clark of the
Court Of Charleston County, II there shsu be no
Intendant or Wardens. ten days' pahllo' notice
thereof bsing previously given; and esss Of The
siekness or temporary abeencs Of The Insendsnt,
the w.rdens. forming Council, shall be s@pou-
cred to elect one Of their number 70 ant In bis