The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-05-11

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General Assembly of this State
SEC. 6. That the said ineendant. and warden
shall have full power to abats and remove 81
nuisances In said town; and 1t shall be thel
duty to keep all roads, ways and streets withi1
the corporate limits of the said town, open ant
IN good repair, and for that purpose they ar
invested with all powers heretofore granted t
commissioners of roads and shall have full
power to classify and arrange the inhabitant
of said town liable to street, road or other pub
Lie duty therein, and to force the performance
of such duty, under penalties as are now, O.
shall hereafter be- prescribed by law Provi
ded, That the said town council may COMPOUND
with persons liable to perform such duty upor
such terms, and on the payment of such sums
as 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 and police duty
and the inhabitants of said town are hereby
exempted from road and police duty without
the corporate limits of said town.
SEC. Z. That the power to grant OF refuse
licenses for billiard tables, to keep tavern, OF
to retail spirituous liquors within the limits Of
said corporation be, and the same is hereby
vested in the town council of Yorkville, and
the said council may grant licenses to retail
spirituous liquors to such persons, and in such
quantities, at such rates, and upon such terms
and conditions, as the said council may deem
fit and proper; and the said intendant and war
dens shall have the full and only power to I'M
pose q tax on all shows and exhibitions for gain
or reward, within the limits And all moneys
paid for license for retailing spirituous liquors
keeping tavern, and billiard tables, and the taS
on all shows for gain or reward, within the said
limits, shall be appropriated to the public use
within said corporation.
Sec. g. That the said town council of York
vile 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 lot or lots, whenever the same snail
front or adjoin any of the public streets OF said
town, if, in the judgment of the council, such
sidewalks shall be necessary, the width where
of and the manner of their construction to be
designated and regulated by the town council (;
and for default or refusal to make and keep in
repair such sidewalks, the town council may
cause the same to be made or put in repair,
and require the owner to pay the price OF
making or repairing: Provided, That such con-
tract for making or repairing be let to the low
est bidder. :,
SEC. 9. That the said town council of York
Vile shall have power to arrest and commit to
iail, for space of time not exceeding twelve
hours, and to fine not exceeding twenty dol
lars. any person or persons who shall be guilty
of disorderly conduct in said town, to the an
noyance of citizens thereof; and it shall be the
duty of the marshal of the town to make such
arrest, and to call to his assistance the posse
comitGtus if necessary; and upon failure to
perform such duty he shall be fined in a sum
not exceeding one hundred dollars for each and
every offence.
SEQ 10. That the said town council of York
vile shall have power to grant license to par
ties within the limits of said town, and the
parties to whom said licenses are granted
shall pay sum not exceeding two hundred
dollars. They shall also have power to impose
and collect an annual tax upon the assessed
property of said town: Provided, No tax shall
be levied in any one year to exceed the rate OF
twenty cents on each hundred dollars OF such
assessed property, and that the money SO raised
shall be applied to the use of the said town.
That said town council shall have the power to
enforce the payment of all taxes levied by the
said town council, to the same extent, and In U,
the same manner, as is now, or hereafter snail
be, provided by law for the collection OF gener-
al State taxes .p
SEC. IL. That the said town council of York
vile shall have power to regulate sales at auc-
ton within the limits of said town, and to grant
licenses to auctioneers: Provided, That moth
ing herein contained shall extend to sales by a
sheriff, clerk of the court, judge of probate,
coroner, executor OR administrator, assignee In
bankruptcy, or by any person out OF tne oraer,
decree of any court, trial justice or any other
inferior court.
SIC, 12. That this act shall be deemed a
nnhlic net. and shall continue of force for four
teen years and till the end of the session of the
General Assembly then next following, and all
acts of incorporation or amendments thereof
repugnant hereto are hereby repealed.
Approved March 2, 1871.
AN ACT TO RENEW AND AMEND THE CHARTER
OF THE TOWN OF BAMBERG, IN TILE STATE
OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
SEcrIoN 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State OF South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General - AS
sembly, and by the authority OF the same, Ihat
from. and Immediately after the passage OF
this Act, all aud every person, or persons Wh0m-
soeyer. who are constitutionally .qualifled 10
vote for members of the General Assembly OF
the State. and who shall have resided within
the present corporate limits of the Town OK
Bsmberg for period of thirty days, and their
successors, are hereby declared to be members
of said corporation.
SEQ 9. That the said persons and their sue
caSsors shall. from and after the passage OF thi:
ct become body polite and corporate, and
shall he known and called by the name OF the
town of Bamberg, and its corporate limits shall
eYterd three-fourths of mile, in the direction
Of % the cardinal points, from the South Carolina
depot, in said town, as centre; mt e. .u,od ,,v on
Tntendant and four Wardens, who shall have
resided therein for sixty days immediately pre-;
ceding their election. The said lntendant T and
Wardens shall be elected on the second Tues
day in April in each year, ten days 81, notice oace
having been previously given and n1 saa tha eso GGn
tus ton and nc qualification Of their successors; and
all ALL male Inhabitants of the said town who shall
have attained the age of twenty years and NO
resided within said town for period Of thirty E
DAYS, Immediately preceding their election
~ pota for s0i0 Intnndant AND