Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-06-02

| by tho Town Council: Provided, That their
jurisdiction shall be confined to the corporate
limits of said town.
SEC Ii. That the said Town Council shall
have power to establish gaurd house, and
to prescribe, by ordinances, suitable rules aud
regulations for keeping and governing the
same; and until such guard house shall be
authorized to use a room in tho common Jail
of Anderson County for the confinement OF all
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 lntcndaut and War
dcns in person, any one or more of them. au,
thorzc and ,cquirc any Marshal of the town,
or any Constable, specially appointed for that
purpose to arrest and to commit to the said
gaurd house or Jail of Anderson County, as tho
case may be, for u term not exceeding twenty
four hours, any person or person who, within
the corporate limits Of said town, may be en-
gagged i'll breach of the peace, any riotous
or disorderly conduct, open obscenity, public
drunkenness, or in any conduct grossly indie.
cent or dangerous to the citizens of said
tom, or any of them and it shall be the
duty Of tie Town Marshall to arrest and cou.
nit all su:h offenders, when required SO to
do, who shall anve power to call to their as
sisanco the posse con,Uutus, if need be, to
aid in making such arrest; and upon the
f,ilure of such Marshnls to perform such duty
as required, they shall, scvcraly, be subject
! to such fines and penalties as the TowE Ccun-
oil may establish; and ali persons so imrris.
oncd shall pay the costs and c% benscs incident
to their Imprisonment: Provided, That such
imprisonment shall not exempt the party
from payment of any linc the Council may
impose for the offence for which he may have
| been committed
SEC. Is. That the said town council shall have
power to collect the taxes from all persons repre-
scntng publicly within their corporate limits for
gain Or reward. any plays or shows, of what
| uic or kind socvcr, to be used for the purposes
of said corporation,
| SIC. lG. That all fines, which shall hereafter
be collected by conviction in the of sessions
| for retailing without license within the corporate
limits OF said town, shall be paid one half TO the
intormcr, and the other half to the snd town
| council for the uses of the corporation.
| SrC. IL. The said town council shall have pow
CT and authority to abate all nusances within
! the corporate limits md also to appoint Board
| cf Health for said town, and TO pass all such
dinunccs as may be necessary to define he pow
| CT and duties of said Board.
| SEC IS. That the said town council shall have
| power to borrow money for the public use of said
corporation by issuing Fl ON time to time, rs oc-
ion may require, the bonls Of said corpora
ton, bear ng interest ut Al rate not cXcecdin
| per ccntum per ann,im, TO be paid semi annually,
for an amount not to exceed the Of fifteen
til usand dollars and for the payment OF the in
tcreSt, and the ultimate redemption OF the princi-
pal, nccordin,, to the terms Of the loan III" sal
| corporation shall be ut all times liable: Provided,
That the property of the inhabitants Of said town
| shall be bound for the redemption OF said loan in
no other way than by the imposition of an annu-
al tax, according 10 the provisions Of this net
And provided further. That Il majority of the
owners of real estate within the corporate limits
OF snid town. shall first vote in favor Of issuing
said bonds, and the town council shall give at
| least thirty days notice Of hOi'- such election
| SEC. To- That the nrn,lnnt I'd wardclls shall
| during their term Of Office be exempt from street
| duty; and each town council shall, within one
month after the cXpha aon Of their term of Office,
make out and return to their successors full ac-
count Of their receipts and expenditures during
their term. AMI shall pay over all moneys III their
! hands. btonging u tic corporation, nnd deliver
| upa property. books. records and other papers.
incident to their Office. to their successors: aud
OH failure to do they shall be liable to the
| punishment prescribed in the twcniy.irst Section
Of this act.
Sic 20 That all ordinances heretofore passed
| b the town council Of Anderson. in conformity
| with the authority granted by existing laws. shall
be. and they hereby. declared legal and valid.
| SIC. 2l That for any wlul violence or neglect
OF duty, malpractice abuse or oppression, the said
| intenlant nml wardcns. jointly and scverally,
Si;til Dc 10 ln'ilC1lrnl IN Inc court OF
sions and upon conviction. to punishment by
fine, not exceeding one hundred dollars, besides
being liable for damages to any person injured.
| Sic. -. That all acts and parts OF acts hereto.
fore passed in relation to the Incorporation Of the
town of Anderson be- and the same are hereby,
| repealed. And this act shall lie deemed and tn.
ken TO be public act and continue in force for
the term of twenty years. and until the end of The
session OF the Legislature then next ensuing.
Approved March, ., 1871
An Act to establish new Judicial and Elcc-
ton county from portions of the counties
OF Barnwcll, ElgeGcld Lexington aud Ur
angcburg, to b; known as Aiken county.
SECTION |. BE it cnactcd by the Senate
and House Of Rcprcs, ",ativcs of the State Of
South Carolina, now met aud sitting in Gene
raj Assembly, and by the authority of the
same
That new Judicial and Election county,
with its seat Of justice located at the town of
Aiken, which county shall he known as Al
ken county, shall be formed, and is hereby
authorized to be formed, from portions of the
present counties Of Bmnwcll, EdgcGcld, Lex
ineton and Orangcburg, with the mctcs and
bounds hereinafter described, to wit COM
mcncing at the mouth of Fox's Creek, in
Edgclicld county, where it cmptics into Sa
vannnh River, thence in strait line to where
the South branch Of Chipqucpin Falls Creek,
Ga tributary of the North Iidisto River)s in
tcrsccts the Edgfcld and Lexington line :;