The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-23

BY J. A. SELBY.
instance shall the price Of license ia
Keep tavern or to retail spirituous liquors
be fixed at less sum than is established
by the laws Of this State; and all moneys
paid for licenses, and for fines and for.
teltuies, for retailing spirituous liquors,
Keeping tavern and billiard tables within
the said limits without licenses, shall be
appropriated to the public uses of snid
town: Prouided. That the Intendnnt and
Wardens duly elected and qualified shall
not hayo power to grant any license TO
keep taverns or retail spirituous liquors
to extend beyond the term for which
they have been elected.
SEC. 8. That it shall be the duty Of
the Intendant and Wardeis to keen ali
roads, streets and ways within their cor
porate limits open and in good repair
They shall have power to compound
with all persons liable to work the streets.
ways and roads in said town, upon such
terms as they by ordinance shall estab-
l1sh, the moneys 30 received to be nm
piled to the public use of said town; and
oil persons refusing or failing to nav
such Communication shall be liable to such
fine, not exceeding twenty dollars, as the
Town Council may impose.
SEQ. 8. The said Town Council shall
have power to regulate sales ut auction
within the limits Of said town, and to
grant licenses to auoLioneers: Provided.
That nothing herein contained shnll ex
tend to sales by Sheriff, Clerk of Court.
Judge of Probate, Coroner, executor or
administrator, assignee in bankruptcy.
or By any Trial Justice or other inferior
court.
SEQ. 10. They shall also have power
to impose an annual tax, not exceeding
twenty cents on every hundred dollars
OF the assessed value of real and per
sonal estate lying within tho corporate
limits OF said town, the real and personal
estate to churches and school associations
excepted, and to regulate tn price of Ii
censes upon all public shows and exhi-
billions in the said town, to erect pow
der magazine, and compel any person
holding more than twenty-five pounds of
powder to store the same therein, and to
iaake regulations for. the rates of storage
thereof, and for keeping and delivering
the same. The said Council shall have
power to enforce the paymentof all taxes
levied under authority of this Act,
against the property and person of ali
detaulters, to the same extent, and in the
same manner as is provided by law for
the collection of the general taxes. ex.
cept that executions to enforce the paw
ment OF the town taxes shall be issued
under the seal of the corporation, and
directed TO the Town Marshal or other
person especially appointed by the Town
Council to collect the same, and all pro-
perty upon which tax shall be levied ia
hereby declared and made liable for the
thereof in preference to all
other debts against the said property, ex-
cept debts due to the State, which shall
arst be paid.
SEC. IL. That the said Town Council
shall lave power, with the consent of the
adjacent land owner, to close all such
ronds, streets aud ways, within the town
as they may deem necessary, by the sale
of the freehold therein, either at public
or private sale, as they may adjudge best
for tho interest of the said lown; and
they shall have power to lay out, adopt,
open and keep In repair. all suoh new
streets, roads and ways. within the town.
as they may deem necessary for the i'm
provement and convenience of the said
town: froDided, That no new street.
road or way shall be opened without first
having obtained tho consent of the land
owner or owners, through whose pre-
misses any such new street, road or yny
may pass.
SEC. 12. That the said Town Council
shall have power, and nre hereby au.
thorized, to elect one or more Marshals.
lin addition to the Sheriff of Clarendon.
who shall also be Marshal of tho town.
to fix their salaries and prescribe their
duties, who shall be sworn in and invest
ed with all the powers, and subjected to
oil the duties and liabilities that consta.
bles now have or are subjected to by
law. in addition to the duties and liabili
ties specially conferred and imposed upon
them by the Town Council: PropitSed,
That their Jurisdiction shall be confined
within the limits of said town.
SEC. 13. That the said Town Council
shall have power to establish q guard
house, and to prescribe. by ordinance.
suitable rules and regulations for keep.