The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-07-01

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personal or mixed, and sell, alien or
convey the same: Provided. The same
shall not ehceed, at any ..one time, the
sum of tenn thousand dollars; and the
said town council shall have authority to
appoint, from time TO time, as they may
see fit, such and SO many proper persons
to oct as marshals or constables Of said
town as the said town council may deem
necessary and expedient for. tho preserya,
tion Of the peace, good order and police
thereof, which persons so appointed shall
within the corporate limits of said town,
have the power and privileges, aud be
subject to all the obligations, penalties
and regulations provided by the law for
the Office of constable, and skull be liza
BILE, to be removed at the pleasure of said
town council; and the said town council
shall have power to establish, or autho-
rize the establishment OF, market
house in said town; and the town coun-
Gil, or the said incendant4 md wyardens,
in person, any one or more of them, may
authorize and require any marshal of the
town, or constable specially appointed
for that purpose. to arrest and commit to
the guard house, for term not exceed
ing twenty-four hours, any, person or
persons who, within the corporate limits
of said town, may be engaged ina breach
of the peace, any riotous zor disorderly
conduct, open obscenity, public drunken
ness, or any conduct grossly indecent or
dangerous to the citizens Of said town,
or any of them; and 1t shall be
sho duty of the town smarshals or
constable to arrest and commit all such
offenders, when required SO, to do,
and who shall have power to call
to their assistance tho posscicomiatuc, if
need be, to aid in making such arrests;
and upon the failure of saiil officers to
perform such duty as required, they
shall, scverally, be subject TO such fines
and penalties as the towr council may
-iHposp-upon shcur; ana Sh persons SO
Imprisoned shall pay the costs and ex-
re"ses incident to their imprisonment
which said costs and expenses shall be
collected in the same manner as is pro-
vidSd for the collection of fines imposed
Tor the violation Of ordinances, rules and
regulations; Provided, That such i'm
prisonmcnt shall not exempt the party
from the payment of any fnc the coun.
cil may Impose for The offence for which
he, she or they may have been commit
lid. And the said town council may
hace !u power and auteority, under
their corporate seal, to make all such
rules, regulations, bylaws and ofiinan-
ccs respecting the streets, roads, and the
business thereof, as we'll as the police
system of the said town, as shall appear
to them necessary and proper for the
security, welfare and convenience, and
Tor preserving health, order and good
sovcrnm mt within said town; and the
said town council may impose fines for
offences against their bylaws, rules
regulations and ordinances, aud appro-
pirate the same for the public use of said
town; and the said town council shall
have the same power which has been
heretofore granted to magistrates in thi,
State to compel tho attendance of wit
nesses, and require them to give cvi-
dencc, upon the trial before them of an V
person or persons for violation of any of
their oraiEynees, bylaws, rules or reg,.
lations; but no fine above the sum of
twenty five dollars shall be collected by
the town council, except by suit in the
proper courts of justice in this State;
and that no roe shall exceed the nnnon VI
of fifty Coz dollars; aud, also, nothing
herein contained shall authorize the said
council TO mako any ordinance or bylaw
inconsistent or repngnant to the laws Of
this State.
SIC. l13. That the said intcnlant or
wardens, or a majority of them, shall
have power to abate and remove all nui
sances in said town: and it shall be their
duty to keep all roads, ways, bridges and
streets, within the corporate limits of
the said town, open and in good repair,
and, for the purpose, they are vested
with all the powers Of county commits
sioners, or commissioners Of roads, for
and within the corporate limits of said