Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-05-06

with persons liable to perform such duty. upon
such terms and on the payment of such sums
may be established by laws or ordinances ::
And, provided also, That the individuals who
compose the said town council shall be exempt
from the performance of road or public duty,
and the inhabitants Of said town are hereby
exempt from road and public duty without
tho corporate limits Of said town: Provided,
further, That the SUN so fixed shall not cx
ceed two (S2) dollars per annum.
SEC. Z. That the power to grant or refuse
licenses for billiard tables, to keep tavern, or
to retail spirituous liquors within the limits
of the said corporation, be, and the same is
hereby, vested in the town council Of Mount
Pleasant, aud the said council may grant H.
ccnscs to retail spirituous liquors to snch
persons, and in such quantities, at such rates,
and upon such terms aud conditions, as the
said town council may sec fit and proper -
And the said intcndnnt and wardens shall
have the full and only power to impose tax
on all shows, or exhibitions for gain or reward
within said limits, shall be appropriated to
the public use OF said corporation
SEC. 8. That the said town council of
Mount Pleasant shall have power and author.
ity to require all persons owning II To- or lots
in said town. to build "a lawful fence, and
kcepin good repair sidewalks in front of said
lot Or lots, whenever the same shall front or
adjoin any of the public streets of said town,
if, in the Judgment of the council, such side
walks shalt be necessary, the width thereof
and the manner Of their construction to be
designated aud regulated by the town coun
Gil; and for default or refusal to keep in re-
p,ir such sidewalks, the town council may
cause the same to be put i'll repair, and require
the owner to pay the price of making or re.
pairing: Provided, That such contract Tor
repairing the same he let to the lowest bid
der.
SEC, 8. That the said town council Of
Mount Pleasant shall have power to arrest
aud commit to Jail, for space of time not
exceeding twenty dollars, and person or per-
sons who shall be guilty of disorder!y conduct
III said town, to the annoyance of the citizens
thereof; and it shaI, be the duty Of tho mar
Stni OF the town to make such arrests, and tp
call to his assistance the posse co0.ihttuS if
necessary, and upon failure to perform such
duty he Shall DC lined in sum not exc"cdluy
twelve dollars.
SEC ID. That the SAID town council Of
Noun, Pleasant shall have power to grant or
refuse licenses to plrtics within the limits
OF said town; and the parties to whom such
licenses are granted, shall be suffice to such
regulations as may by ordinance bc cstab!i h
cd. IIcy Shail also have power to impose
and collect All annuai tax upon the assessed
property of said town; Provided, No tax
shall be imposed in amy one year to exceed the
rate OF ten cents ON each hundred dollars Of
such assessed property, aud that tho money
so raised shall be applied to the use OF said
town council to the same extent aud in the
same manner as now or hereafter shall be pro,
vidcd by law for the collection OF tue general
State taxes.
SEo. L. That the said town council OF
Mount Pleasant shall have power to regulate
sales at auction within the limits OF said town.
aud to grant licenses to anctioneers Prnvi-
dcd, Nothing herein contained shall extend
to the sales by sheriff, clerk Of court, Judge
OF probate, executor Or administrator, assignee
in bankruptcy, or by any other person out
OF the order, decree Of any court, trial justice
or other inferior court.
SEC. II. That all acts and parts Of acts in
consistent with the provisions of this act are
hereby repealed
Approved 18th day of February n. D.
1871.
religious institutions.
SECTION l. BE II cauctcI by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
OF South Carolina, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, aud by the authority of
the same
That 50 much Of the act passed on the
nineteenth day Of December, in the year OF
our Lord eighteen hundred and forty nine,
as Incorporated 'The Orangeburg Prcsbyterin
Church Society,"" be revived and continued
OF Iorcc tor the period OF twcnty.onc years
SEC. 2. That Walnut Grove Baptist
Chuch in the County Of AbbcviIle, in South
Carolina, be, and the same is hereby, rec!lnr.
tered for the term of twenty one years, with
the same rights, powers and privileges as
those heretofore allowed by law
SEC. ). That all acts done authorized to be
done 10y the officers of said church since he
expiration Of its former charter, be, and the
same arc hereby declared valid and binding
III all respects and to all intents.
SEC. 4. Whereas Robert Knox, John G.
Fringe, Ezekiel llunnicutt and John T.. vii.
son, as trustees Of the New Hope Baptist
Church, in Oconce County, have prayed to
be incorporated Therefore, from and immc
diately alter the passage Of this act all those
persons who now are, or who hereafter may
become members Of the said society sh III be,
and they are hereby, incorporated, and arc
hereby declared to be body corporate, in
deed and i'll Law, by the name and style of
the New Hope Baptist Church, Oconcc Coun.
ty, and by the said name shall have perpetual
succession Of officers and u,ou,kor, .,l