The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-21

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III BY j. "A. .SELBY.
veyors OF highways and Seleotmen OF
Towns. They shall have power to COM
pound with all persons liable to work
the streets, ways and roads in said town,
upon suoh terms as they shall, by ordi-
nance, establish; the moneys 80 received
to be applied to the public use of said
town, and oil persons refusing or failing
to pay such Communication shall be liable
to such fine, not exceeding twenty dol
lars, as the Town Council may impose.
Sec. SO. They shall also have power
to impose an annual tax, not exceeding
fifty cents on every hundred dollars Of
the assessed value Of ell real and personal
estate lying within the corporate limits
of said town, (the real and personal
estate of churches and school associa-
tions excepted.) The said Council shall
have the power to regulate the price of
license upon all public shows and exhi-
bitions in said town, to erect powder
magazine, and compel any person hold
ing more than twenty.fy pounds of
powder to store the Same therein, and to
make regulations for rates Of storage
thereof, and for keeping and delivering
the same. The said Council shall have
power to enforce the payment of all
taxes levied under the authority of this
Act. against the property and persons, of
defaulters to the sathe extent. and in the
same manner, as is provided by law for
the collection of the general State tax,
except that executions to enforce the
payment 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 colleat the same; and oil pro-
perty upon which tax shall be levied is
hereby declared and made liable for the
payment thereof in preference to all
other debts against the said property.
except debts due the State, which shali
first be paid.
SEQ. 81. That the said Town Council
shall have power and authority to require
all persons owning lot or lots, in said
town, to make and keep in good repair
sidewalks in front of said loL or lots.
Whenever the samo shall front or adioin
any public street OF said town, if, in the
Judgment of the Council, such sidewalks
shall be necessary, the width thereof,
and the manner Of their construction, to
be designated and regulated by the said
Council; and for default or refusal, after
reasonable notice, to make and keep in
repair such sidewalks, the Town Council
may cause the same to be made or put in
repair. md require the owner to pay the
price of making or repairing. And the
said Town Council are hereby empow-
cred to sue for and recover the same by
action OF debt in any court of competent
lurlsdiotion: Provided, That such con.
tract Tor making or repairing be let to
the !oEeaa hiddar.
SEQ. SO. That the said Town Council
shall have power, with the consent of the
adJanent land owners, to close all such
roads, streets and ways within the said
town, as they may deem necessary, by
sale OF the freehold therein, either at
private or public sale, as they NAV ad.
Judge best for the interest OF the said
town; and they shall have power to lay
out. adopt, open and keep in repair ali
such new streets, roads and ways as
they may, from time to time. deem ne
cessary for the Improvement and conve-
nienoe OF said town: Provided, That no
new street, road or way, shall be opened
without first having obtained the consent
OF the land owner or owners through
whose premises any suoh new street,
road or way may pass.
SEQ. SO. The said Town Council shall
have power, and are hereby authorized.
to elect one or more Marshals, lin addi.
ton to the Sheriff of the County of
Orangebnrg.) who shall also be Mar
shal OF the town, to fix their salaries
and prescribe their duties, who shall be
sworn in and invested with all the pow.
ers, and subjected to all the duties and
liabilities that Constables now have or
are subject to by law, in addition to the
duties and liabilities specially conferred
and imposed on them by the Town
Council: Provided. That their jurisdic.
tion shall be confined within the limits of
said town.
SEQ. 100. That the Town Council shall
have power to establish guard house,
and to prescribe, by ordinance, suitable
rules and regulations for keeping and
governing the same; and until such
guard house shall be established. thew
shall be authorized to use room in the
common jail of the County Of Orange
burg for the confinement Of ali who may