Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-03-10
WALHALLA SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, ,{MARCM 10, 1871


Dtelcti, Sat in 10 instance sha.l the price Of
license y Keep tavcrn or to retail spiritu.
Gus liq$''6 be less than the amounts catab
lishcd ,,ho State, and all moneys paid for Ii
ccnscs a y Tor fines aud foriciturcs shall be 40.
propria' for the public uses of the said
town: f& Ilc', That the Intondants ana
Waydcn3 ny elected Shall not have power
to SmnilNny license to keep ta"crn on retail
spirituo Nsiquors TO extend beyond ilic term
Tor wh;Y they. have been elected. They
shall haT', pcwcr to regulate sales at auction
within t i, corporate limits Of the town, and
to great license to auctioncrrs, itincrant ira
dcrs, to acrars Of hotels, very stables, bill
lard tales, ten pin alleys, or other kinds
Of gamcaof hn&ard, skill, or ciIaicc, on all
drays, csts, wagons, carriages, omnibuscs,
bugsics, lprscs, mares, or mules kept for hire
or used ,Sr public purposes in said town
And they, have 'ii and only power to
imposca TX on ,,ows or exhibitions for
gain or ,:garl w,thin The corporate limits
Of said t'sn. They Shall have power to i'm
pose t@t net exceeding twenty cents on
every hup, ed dollars Of the value of all real
and pcrs1}a! property lying within the corpor.
ate linita'Hf the town, the real and personal
property q churches and school and college
associations excepted That an ordinance
| declaring tlo rate Of annual taxation upon
property I'D other snbiects Of annual taxntion
inr the ycas, shall be published at least three
weeks during thu mouth Of January in each
year, cxccE thc FIRST publication. whic! shall
be immoo, tcly after this amended cha tcris
accepted sid adopted by tho General \ sem.
bly, Of this State; Prorj'.i, That if il the
Judgment u the said Town Couucil any pro.
perry, real or personal, shall be returned
below its '.ltuai and true value. then, in such
case, rel, ,:,acc shall be made to the books
Of tho Comfy Treasurer, and the las. assess
mcnt of s;Gh property made by the County
| Assessors shall be taken as tho value OF tic
same, and Lat ali persons liable TO tnxntion
under t!i1 rime, shall make oath of their tax
able prHi .ty within said town, and make
payment =, choir taxes to the Clerk and
Treasurer = the said corporation, or such
other porsg ,s asthcy may be ordered or re-.
1. .qr'raii~ SO, i:lnsiae. tl:a suG,nn'sirs mrpth
after publication, and upon failure to make
such return and payment required, the
parties So in default shall DC subject to the
penalties provided! by law for failure to pay
tue general, State, and County tax, to be en-
forced by the orders Of the Intcndant and
Wardcns, or majority of item, for the use
of the said town, except that in such cases
that executions to enforce the payment of
such taxes shall be issued under the seal
of the corporation, and may be directed to the
Town Marshal, or other person appointed by
the said Town Council to levy collect and
receive the same, with costs, as in such eases
made and provided hy law And all proper
ty upou which such t hall be levied and
for the payment thereof i'll preference to all
al, Il III \,
which shall be first paid. And that all 9th
dens, or a majority Of them, shall be payable
and on failure OF payment, their property
shall be liable forthe same, rs in n.:uuu. anl
form just before stated
SEC 9. The lntcndant and Wardcns elect,
together with Clerk and Treasurer, shall, du
ring their term of oAicc, be exempt from
street and police duty. Zach Town Council
shall, within one month after the expiration
of their term of Office, mako out and return
to their successors in Office a full account
Of their receipts and expenditures during their
term, which account shall be published in
one or more papers of the town or comfy,
session belonging to the corporation. and de.
liver up all books, and other papers incident
to their Office TO tcr successors; and on
failure to do so, they Shall be liable to be
fined in a sun not exceeding five hundred
dollars, to DC collected by any proper action
Of the Town Council.
SEC. TO- That all ordinances heretofore
passsd hy the Town Council of Spartanbure,
i'll conformity with the authority granted by
existing laws, shall be, and they are hereby, |
declared legal and valid.
SEC. l. All Acts and parts of Acts here
toforc passed in relation to the incorporation
of the town Of Sp rtonburs be, and the same
are hereby, rcpc
SEC. p. ThI, iot Shall bc deemed pub
lie Act, and continue in force for the term
or twenty years, and until the oud of tie scs.
sion OF the Legislature thereafter.
Approved February IL, 1871
ir:ts" 1t is said that three thousand dollars
was the price offered yesterday for votes in
the Senate On the Grocnvillc and Columbia
Railroad bill.
This is dannablc evidence that certain men
think, at least. certain members Of the Senate
can DO bought. 1t is tiuo that good and incor.
ruptible men arc sometimes approached with
bribcs, and yet it remains tha; legislators gen
orally keep themselves, if they choose, where
Caesar thought his wife ought to be, "abovc
suspicion" The very fact that thrcc thou.
sand dollars was offered for vote will make
some people believe that there arc corrupt