Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-06-09

power and authority to require all persons
owning lot or lots in said town to close in,
and to mako and keep in good repair side.
walks in front of said lot or lots whenever
the same shall front or adioin any public
street of said town, if, in tho Judgment of
tho said council, such sidewalks Shall be nee.
cssary; the width thereof, and tho manner of
construction, shall be designated and rcgula.
ted by said town council aud tor default or
refusal, after reasonable notice, to make and
keep in good repair such sidewalks, and to
close in such lot or lots the town council may
cause tho same to be made or put in .epar,
and require the owner to pay tho prico of
making or repairing; and the said town cour-
Gil are hereby empowered to sue for md ro.
cover the same, by action of debt, in any
court OF competent jurisdiction Provided,
That suoii contract tor making or repairing
is let to the lowest bidder.
Sec. 1l5. The intcndant and wardons Of
said town, or majority of them shall have
full power to grant or refuse licenses to keep
tavcrns Or retail spirituous liquors in the cor.
porate limits of said town, on such conditions
and under such circumstances as to them shall
seem proper and right Provided, That in
no instance shall the price of license to
keep tavern, or to retail spirituous liquors,
be loss than the amount established by
tho State, and all moneys paid for licenses
and for fines and forfcitures, shull be appro.
propriatcd for tho public uso Of said town
Provided that the intcndant and wardcns du.
ly elected shall not have 'powef'ito TO grant auy
license to keep tavern or retail spirituous liz.
uors to extend beyond the term for which
they have been elected They shall have
power to regulate sales at auction within tho
corporate limits of the town, and to grant Ii.
ccnses to auctionoers, itincrant traders, to
keepers of hotels, livery stables, billiard tn.
bles, ten pin alleys, or other kinds of games
of hazard, skill, or chance. They shall have
the full and only power to impose a tax on
all shows aud exhibition for gain or reward
within the corporate limits Of said town.
Sec. lG. The intcndant and wardcns elect,
together with clerk and treasurercr, shall,
during thoir term of Office, be exempt from
street and police duty. EACH town council
shall, within one month after the expiration
Of their term of office. make out and return
to their Successors in Office, full account of
their receipts and expenditures during their
term, which account shall be published in
ono or moro public places of said town, and
shall pay over all moneys in their possession
belonging to the corporation, and deliver up
all books, records and other papers incident
to their office, to their SUCCESSORS, and on
failure to do SO, they shall be liable to be
fined in sum not exceeding five hundred
dollars, to be collected by any proper action
of the town council.
Sec. LII. That all ordinances heretofore
passed by the town council of Branchvillc,
in conformity with the authority granted by
existing laws, shall be, and they arc hereby,
declared legal and valid.
SEQ. Is. All acts and parts Of acts hero
tofore passed in relation to the incorporation
Of the town of Branchville be, and they arc
hereby, rcpfa'cd.
TOWN OF RIEDvILLE.
Sec. 10. That the charter of the town of
lsiedvllc, in the county Of Spnrtanburg, be,
aud tho same is hereby. renewed and exten.
dcd for the term of fourteen years, with the
same power that is conferred by this act on
the town of Grahams.
Sec l20. This Act shall be deemed pub
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