The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-26
NooM11a, = - WEDNESDAY MORNlNG APRIL 26 1871.

ordinances inconsistent with, or repug-
nant to, the laws of this State; and MI
the bylaws, rules and ordinances the
SAID Council shall make shall, at
all timer. be subject to revisal or repeal
ny The General Assembly of this State.
SEQ. 6. That the said Intendnnt and
Wardens shall have full power to abato
and remove all nuisances in the said
town; and it shall bo their duty to keep
all roads, ways and streets within tho
corporate limits of tho said town, open
aud In good repair, aud for that purpose
they arc invested with nil tho powers
heretofore granted to Commissioners of
Koads; and shall have full power to
classify and arrange tho inhabitants of
said town liable to street, road or other
pubic duty therein, and to force the per
formance Of such duty under such po-
nalties as are now or shall hereafter Le
prescribed by law: Provided, That tho
said Town Council may compound with
any persons liable to perform such duty.
upon such terms, and on the payment of
such sums as may be established by laws
or ordinances: And, proritied, 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 nro
hereby exempt from road aud police
duty without the corporate limits Of said
town.
Sec, 7. That the power to grant or re-
fuse licenses for billiard tables, to keep
tavern, or to retail spirituous liquors
within the limits Of the said corporation,
be, and tho same is hereby, vested in the
Town Council of Yorkyile, and tho
said Council may grant licenses to
retail spirituons liquors to such persons,
and in such quantities, at such rates,
and upon such terms and conditions, rs
tho said Council may deem fit and
proper; and the said Intcndunt and War
dens shall have tho full and only power
to impose tax on oil shows, or exhibi-
tions for gain or reward within the
limits, and all the money paid for IL
censes for retailing spirituous liquors,
keeping tavern and billiard tables, and
the tax on NIL shows for gain or reward
within said limits, shall be appropriated
to the public use within said corpora
tion.
SEC. 8. That the said Town Council
OF Yorkville shall have power and
authority to require all persons owning
q lot or lots in said town, to mako and
keep in good repair sidewalks in
front of said lot or lots, when
ever the same shall front or adjoin any
of the public streets of said town, if, in
the Judgment of the Council, such side
walks shall be necessary, tho width
thereof and the manner of their con
struction 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: Pyocilcd, That
such contract for making or repairing
be let to the lowest bidder.
SEC. O. That the said Town Council Of
Yorkville shall have power to arrest and
commit to lail, for space of time not
exceeding twelve hours, and to fne not
exceeding twenty dollars, any person or
persons who shall be guilty of disorderly
conduct in said town, to tho ANNOYANCE
of citizens thereof; and it shall be
the duty of the Marshal OF the town to
make such arrests, and to call to his as
sistance the posse comitatus, if necessary;
and upon failure to perform such duty
he shall be fined in sum not exceeding
ono hundred dollars for en- ,h and every
offence.
SEC. 10. That the said Town Council
OF Yorkville shall have power to
grant licenses to parties within the
limits OF said town; and the parties
to whom said licenses are granted shall
pay sum not exceeding two hun
dred dollars. They shall also have
power to impose and collect al an-
nual tax upon the assessed property OF
said town: Prooiled, No Tux sbnll 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 bo applied to the
use OF said town. The snid Town Coun-
Gil shall have the power to enforce the
payment Of oil taxes levied by the said
Town Council to the same extent and in
the same manner as is now or hereafter
shall be provided by law for the coilec-
tion Of the general State taxes.
Sec. II. That the said Town Council
OF Yorkville shall have power to re-
gulate snles ut auction within the limits
OF said town, and to grant licenses to
a1uctioneers: Prouitled, That nothing
herein contained shall extend to sales by Il
Sheriff, Clerk OF Court, Judge Of Probatc,
Coroner, Executor or Administrator. AS
slgnee in Bankruptcy. or by any other
person out Of the order, decree of any
Court, Trial Justine or INV othor ;nfor;nr