The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-16
s. ~ SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL l6 1871

from time to time, rs they may see fit,
sucli, md so many, proper persons to net
rs Marshnls or Constablcs Of said village.
us said Council may deem necessary and
expedlent Tor the preservation of the
peace, good order and police thereof.
which persons SO appointed shall, within
tue corporate limits Of said village, have
The power and privileges, and DO subject
gnlatlons provided by law for the Office
Of Constable, and shall be liable to he
removed ut the pleasure of said Council.
And tho snid Town Council shall have
power to establish or authorize the cs-
thblishment of market house in said
village; also, to authorize the establish
ment OF a guard house, and to prescribe
suitable rules md regulations for keep.
ing and governing the same And until
tho SAID guard house be established, they
shall be authorized to use room IL the
common Jail Of the County Of Charles
ton, Tor the confinement Of all who may
bo subject to be committed for yiola-
ton OF any ordinance, rules and reRuIa-
tions of said town. And the said Town
Council, or the said Intendant and
Warucns IN person, any one or moro of
them, may authorize and require any
Marshal of tho town, or any Constable
especially appointed for that purpose, TO
arrest aud commit to the said guard
house, or Jail, of Charleston County, rs
the case may bo, for term not exceed
ing twcnty-four hours, any person or
persons who, within the corporate limits
OF the said town, may be engaged in q
breach of the peace, any riotous or dis
orderly conduct, open obscenity, public
drunkenness, or any conduct grossly in.
decent or dangerous to the citizens of
said town, Or any of them. Aud it shall
be the duty OF the Town Marshal or
Constablcs to arrest and commit all such
Offenders when required SO to do, and
who shall have power to call to their as
slstanco the posse conlitatuS, if need be,
to aid in making such arrests, aud upon
the failure Of such officers to perform
sueh duly as required, they shall several
~ DO subject to such fines and penalties
as as the Iown Council may impose upon
them. And oil persons so imprisoned
shall pay the cost and expenses incident
to their imprisonment, which said cost
and expenses shall be collected in the
same manner as is provided for the col
lection Of fines imposed for the violation
OF ordinances. rules and regulations:
Prorided, That such imprisonment shall
not exempt the party from the payment
OF any fine the Council may impose for
tho offence which he. she or they NAV
hive committed. Aud the said Town
Council shall have full power and autho-
rity, under their corporate seal, to make
all such rules and regulations, bylaws
and ordinances, respecting the streets,
roads and the business thereof, as we'll as
the police system Of the said town, as
shall appear to them necessary and pro-
per for the security, welfare and conve-
nlence, and for preserving health, order
aud good government within said town.
And the said Town Council may impose
liues for offences against their bylaws,
tales and regulations and ordinances,
"od appropriate the same to tho public
uso o; said town; and the said Town
Council shall have the same power that
Trial Justices or Justices Of the Pence
now have, or may hereafter hive, to com.
pei the attendance Of witnesses, and le-
During them to give evidence upou the
trial before them Of any person or per
sons for violation of any of their ordi.
nnnces, bylaws. rules or regulations, but
no tine above tho sum of twenty Ave
dollars shall be collected by soid Coun.
ell, except by suit in the proper courts
oi justice III this State; aud, also, that
nothing herein contained shall authorize
said Council to make any ordinance or
bylaws inconsistent with, or repugnnnt
to, the laws Of the State.
SEC. 6. That tho said Intendunt and
Wnrdens. or n majority Of them, shall
haye power TO abato aud remove all nni-
sances i'll snid town; and it shall be their
duty to keep all roads, ways, bridges md
streets within the corporate limits of tue
SAID town open and in good repnir; and
for that purpose they are invested with
all the powers Of County Commissioners
or Commissioners Of Roads, for and
within the corporate limits Of the snid
Town; and they may lay out new streets,
close up, alter, or widen those now in
use, aud shall have full power to classify
and arrange the inhabitants or citizcns Of
said town liable to street, road or public
duty therein. and to forco tho perform
ance Of such duty under such penalties
as nro now or shall hereafter be pre-
scrlbed by law; nnd they shall have
power to compound with all persons lia-
bic to work the streets, ways and roads
Ill SAID town, upon such terms as their
ordinances or bylaws may establish, or
their rules and regulations require; the
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