The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-03-13

AlQerMen, OF beiOF6 tn6 saln mayor dlOuo'
Provided, Ttatin all cases the party so fined
by the said Mayor shall have the right Of ap-
peal for hearing to the said Mayor and AL
dermen in Council assembled, on giving
proper security tothe City of Columbia to pro-
secute said appeal.
Sec. Z. That the twelfth section of an act of
the General Assembly of this State, entitled
san act to alter and amend the charter Of the
Town of Columbia, i" ratified on the 2lst day Of
December, oneSthousand eight hundred and
ffty-four, which authorizes the Mayor and
Aldermen ofthe said City Of Columbia to issue
an execution against the body Of every person
for any sum of money imposed by way Of fine,
tax or exemption for street or unofficial police
duty under the circumstances therein named, y
be, and the same Is hereby, repealed. The
said Mayor and Aldermen of the City Of Co
umbia shall havePower to abate and remove
all nuisances IN said city, and 1t shall be their
duty to keep all roads, ways, bridges and
streets within the corporate. limits Of the said
city in good repair; and for that purpose they
are invested with all the powers of county
commissioners or commissioners of roads for
and within the corporate limits Of said city,
and they may lay out new streets, close up,
widen or otherwise alter those now In use;
subject, however, to the two provIsos contain
ed in the first section Of this act; and shall
have power to class and arrange the iDhabi-
tants OF citizens Of Said city liable to street,
road or other public duty therein, and to
force the performance of such duty, un-
der such penalties as are now, or shall
hereafter be-. prescribed by their ordl.
nances, passed pursuant to law; and they shall
have power to compound with all persons IL
sable to work the streets, why's and roads In
Said city, upon such terms as their ordinances
may establish or their rules and regulations
require; aud all persons refusing to labor, or
failing to pay such comnutation, shall be l!aole
to such;ffhe, not exceeding twenty dollars for
any oneyear, as the said Mayor and Aldermen
may impose;s and they shall have power to en-.
force the payment of such fine In the same
manner as Is provided In the sixth section OF
the oct fof the collection Of other fines. And
said Mayor. and Aldermen shall have power
and authority to require all persons owning
lot or lots in said city to close in, and to make
and keep In good repair sidewalks in front of
said lot or lots wherever the same shall front
or adJoln any public street Of said city, If, in
their Judgment, such sidewalks shall be neces-
sary; the width thereof, and the manner of
construction, to be designated and reS"lated
by the said Mayor and Aldermen; and lvr de-
fault or refusal, after reasonable notice, to
make and keep in good repair such sidewalks,
and to close in such lot or lots, the Mayor and
Aldermen may cause the same to be done, and
require the owner to pay the cost Of the work;
and the said Mayor and Aldermen are hereby
empoweredt to sue for and recover the sameby
action In any court of competent jurisdictions:
Provided, That the contract be let to the low
est responsible bidder. ="
SEC. 8. That the said Mayor and Aldermen
are hereby empowered to require all persons
and corporations now engaged, or who may
hereafter become engaged, In business or avo-
cations OF any kind whatever within the limits
Of the City OF Columbia, to take out license
from the Mayor and Aldermen of the said city,
who are hereby authorized to impose rea-
sonable charge or tax for the conduct of the
same.
SEC. 9. That all that part of Section 10 of an
act of the General Assembly of this State en-
titled siAn act to alter and amend the charter
of the Town of Columbia" ratified on the 2lst
day of December, In the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and hfty-four, as re-
lates to the Imposition OF taxes on slaves, free
negroes, mulastoes or mestizoes residing With
In the imita of the said city, and all other acts
and parts of acts Of the General Assembly OF
the Slate relating to the said City or to the
said Town of Columbia, before 1t was iRcor-
porated as the City of Columbia wherein are
determinations for purposes of taxes, or Tor
any other purpose whatever on account Of
race or color, be, and the same are hereby, re-
peaed.
SEC. 10. That the Mayor may, as often as
occasion may require, or when requestedso
to do, In writing, by three Aldermen, sum mon
the Aldermen to assemble in Council, and the
said Mayor and Aldermen shall have, and tney
are hereby vested with full and ample power,
from time to time, under their common seal,
to make oil such ordinances, rules and regula-
tions relative to the streets and markets ofthe
said city as they may think proper and neces-
sary. and to establish such.by-laws, not incon-
|Esstent with the law of the land, as may tend
/ to preserve the quiet, peace, safety and good
order of the inhabitants thereof; and the said
Mayor and Aldermen, or the said Mayor alone,
may fine and impose fines and penalties for
violations thereof, which may be recovered IN
q summary manner to the extent of forty dol
lars before them in Council, or before him
alone, subject to the right OF appeal, as here
inbetorc provided, from the decision OF the
said Mayor in the premises; and the said Mayor
and Aldermen, separately and severally, are
hereby authorized to administer oaths, COM
mand the peace, disperse rlotous assemblies.
and within the limits Of the said city are vest
ed with althe powers and duties which per-
tain to the officers Of the peace, in these and
like respects throughout the State: Provided,
nevertheless, That all such ordinances, bylaws,
rules and regulations as are herein mentioned,
when so made, shall be duly promulgated, and
that no such fine in any case, and for any
single offence, shall exceed the sum of fifty
five dollars.
SEC. IL. That every description of property,
real and personal, situated. used or occupied
Within tba limits or the said CITY of Columbia,