The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-07-01
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tablish, or their rules and regulations
require, the moneys SO received to be
opplicd to the public use of said town,
land all persons refusing to labor, or
failing to pay such Communication, shall
be liable to such fine, not exceedidg
twenty dollars for one year. as the said
town council may impose. And they
shall havepower to enforce the payment
| of such fines in the same manner as is
now or may be hereafter provided FOR
the collection of county taxes; and the
said town council shall..havc power, with
the consent of the adjacent land owLers,
to close all such roads, streets and ways
within the said town as they may deem
necessary, and they may keep in repair
all suoh new streets, roads and ways as
they may, from tine to time, deem ne
ccssary for tho improvement and con-
veniencc of said towe: Provided, That,
no street, road or way shall be opened,
wi.n.cc-.. first having obtained the con-
sent Of tho land owner, or owners there
of, through whose premises any such
new street, road or way may pass.
Sec. ia. The said town council
shall have power and authority to re-
quire all persons owning lot or lots in
said town to elise in, and to make and
keep in good repair, sidewalks in from
of SAID lot or lots, whenever the same
shall front or adjoin any public street of
said town, if, in the judgment Of said
council, such sidewalks shall be necessa-
ry; the width thereof, and the manner
of construction, shall be designated and
regulated by said town council; and for
default or refusal, after reasonable no
tice, to make aud keep in good repair
such sidewalks, and to close in such lot
or lots, the town council may cause the
same to be made or put in repair, and
require the owner to pay the price of
making or repairing; aud the said town
council are hereby empowered to sue for
and recover the same, by action of debt,
in any court of coinuetent Jurisdiction: !:
Provided, That such contract for making
or repairing is let to the lowest bidder.
SEC. l15. The intendant and war
deus OF said town, or majority of them
shall have full power to grant or refuse
licenses to keep taverns or retail spirit
uous liquors III the corporate limits of
said town, upon such conditions and
under such circumstances os to them
shall seem proper and right : Provided,
That in no instance shall tho price of a
liccnse 20 keep a tavern, or to retail
spisiiuous liquors, be less than the
amount established by the State, and
all moneys paid for licenses and for fin os
and forfeitures, shall be appropriated
for the public use of said town: Provi-
ded, That the intendant and wardens
duly elected shall not have power to
grant any license to keep tavcrns or
retail spirituous liquors to extend beyond
the term for which they have been
elected. They shall have power to reg.
ulatc sales at auction within the corpo-
rate limits of the town, and to grant
licenses TO auctionecrs, itinerant traders,
to keepers Of hotels, livery stables bill.
lizard tables, ten pin alleys, or other kinds
of games of hazerd, skill, or chance.
They shall have the full and only power
to imdose tax on all shows and exhi-
bitions for gain or reward wrhin the
corporate limits OF said town.
SEC. 116. The intendsnt AMI war
dens elect, together with clerk aud treas
u:cr. shall, during their term OF of1ie,
be exempt from street and police duty.
Each town council shall, without one
month after tho expiration Of their term
! - a." .nake ont nnh rntnrn tn thai..
successors in office, full account of
their term ef Office, mako out aud return
to their SUCCESSORS in office, full ac-
count of their rcceips and expenditures
during their term, which ;ccount shall
be published III one or more public pla.
Cos of said iown, and shall pay over all
moneys in tho possession belonging to
the corporation, and deliver up all books,
records and other papers iucident to
their Office, to their successors, and on
failure to do so, they shall be liable to
be fin' in SUN not exceeding FIVE hun
drcd dollars, to be collected by any pro-
per rction of the town council.