The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-06-14

Gus liquors, within the limits of
the said corporation, be, and the
same is hereby, vested in the
Town Council Of Aiken, which H.
censes shall be granted in the
same manner, and upon the same
conditions, as they now are, or
hereafter may be, under the laws
Of this State: Provided, That no
billiard table kept by the board
ing houses and hotels of said town,
for the use of boarders, shall be
subject to a tax, unless the sameis
also kept for the use of the public
generally, and for profit and gain !;
and all moneys received for IL
censes, taxes, fines, exhibitions,
etc., within the said limits, shall
be appropriated to the public uses
of said corporation.
SEC. 81. That all fines and for
FIXTURES imposed by said Town
Council, under the power vested
by law, shall be collected in the
same manner as the general State
tax is now by law collected. The
Sheriff for the County, for the
time being, and bis lawful dcpu-
ties, be, and the same are hereby,
authorized to execute the process
! of the said Council of Aiken, as
by law the Marshal of said corpo-
ration might or should now do,
having the same privileges, pow
ers and emoluments, and subject
to the same duties and penalties
as therein provided Provided,
That all nulla bona costs incident
on any execution issuing from
said Town Council, and directed
to the said Sheriff, shall be paid
by said Town Council.
Sec. So. That the said Town
Council Of Aiken shall have power
to impose, for the use OF the said
corporation, the following annual
taxes: On all real estate within
the said limits, except that held
for religious Or charitable pur-
poses, tax not exceeding one
quarter of one per cent. on all
sales Of merchandise and income
arising from factorage, faculties
and professions, except the sala-
ries Of clergymen Of all religious
denominations, tax not exceed
ing one-eighth Of one per cent. !;
on all wheel carriages kept for
hire, q sum not exceeding five dol
lars each ; on all itinerant traders,
a tax not exceeding twenty-five
dollars also, to prescribe and fix
the tax on all shows and exhibi-
tions, within the limits Of said
corporation ; and the said Town
Council shall have power to en-
force the payment Of all taxes
and assessments levied under au-
thority of this Act, against the
property Of all dcfaultors, TO the
same extent, and in tho same
manner, as is provided by law for
the collection of the general State
tax, except that the executions
may be directed either 10 the
Sheriff or the Town Marshal, Or
other person especially appointed
by Council to collect the same.
Sec. SO. And the said Town
Council shall be authorized to
borrow money for educational and
corporate uses only, and to assess
each Of the corporators in an
amount not exceeding twenty-five
per cent. en- his corporation tax,
to aid in the payment Of the prin-
cipal and interest Of the said debt:
Provided, That the funded debt of
said town shall at no one time ex.
coed the sum of five thousand dol
lars: and, provided clso, That no
loan shall be consummated with
out the previous concurrence of
the voters Of the said town who
are subject to property tax, to
be asccrtained through the me-
dium Of the ballot-box, after ten
days public notice, as is provided
in tho case of election for 1ntond'
ant and Wardens.
Sec. 80. That the original char
ter of Aiken, passed on the nine
tecnth day Of December, in the
year Of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and tbirty-fve, and
all Acts, amendatory thereof, as
we'll as all others rcpugnant to
this Act, be, and the same arc
hereby, repealed, and that this
Act shall be deemed and taken to
be a public Act. and shall continue
in force for twenty years.
60 be Continued0
Ex-President Davis.