The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-19

now nRDle, or hereafter made liable by
the laws of this State. and to require
them to work on tile respective roads,
ways and streets, within the limits of the
said corporation, ms many days in each
year, and to inflict the same fines md
penalties for the n-performance there-
OF, as is by law now inflicted by the diff
ferent Boards of County Commissioners:
Pro0ided, It shall not be obligatory on
the Town Council to open apy street
within the limits Of the said town, unless
upon the petition of the person apply
ing for the same, alleging that the said
street is necessary for his use and ac-
com 10 odation, and that there is no other
direct or convenient access for him to
the business part of the town; which Pc
tition shall be verified by the affidavit OF
the applicant. and recommended BY at
least twelve of the taxable inhabitants of
the eaid town.
SEQ. 55. The said Intendant and
Wardens shall have power to compound
with all persons liable to work on said
roads, ways and streets, upon the pay
ment Of such sums of money as they
may deem fair equivalent therefor, to
be applied to the use of the said corpo-
ration. And the Intendant and Ward
ems are hereby individually exempted
from the performance of rond and street
duty, and no person residing within the
said town shall be liable to work on any
road without the said limits, or to be
taxed or assessed for the same.
Sec. 56. That the power to grant IL
censes for billiard tables. to keep tavcrns,
or retail spirituous liquors, within the
limits OF tho snid corporation, be, and
the same Is hereby, vested in the Town
Council OF Aiken, which licenses shall
be granted in the same manner, and
upon tho same conditions, Us they now
are, or may hereafter be, under the laws
OF this State: Provided, That no billiard
table kept by the boarding houses and
hotels of said town, for the Z use of board.
ers, shall be subject to tax, unless the
same is also kept for the use of the pub
lic generally, and for profit and gain;
and all moneys received for licenses.
taxes, fines, exhibitions, etc., within the
said limits, shall be appropriated to the
public uses of said corporation.
SEC. 81. That all fines and forfeitures
imposed by said Town Council, under
the power vested by law, shall be col.
leoted IN the same manner as the general
State tax ls now by law collected. The
Sheriff for the County, for the time be-
ing, and his lawful deputies, be. and
they are hereby, authorized to execute
the process of the said Council of Aiken.
as by law the Marshal of said corpora
ton might or should now do, having the
same privileges, powers and emoluments
and subject to the same duties and
penalties as therein provided: Provided
That all nulld bona costs incident on INV
execution issuing from said Town Conn
Gil, and directed to the said Sheriff, shall
be paid by said Town Council.
SEQ. 3D.. That the said Town Council
OF Aiken shall have power to impose, for
the use of the said corporation, the fol-
lowing annual taxes: On, all real estate
within the said limits, except that held
Tor religious or charitable purposes, q
tax not exceeding one.quarter of one per
cent; on all sales of merchandise and
income arising from faolorage, faculties
and professions, except the salaries of
ciergyment OF all religious denomina-
honss tax not exceeding one-eighth of
one per cent; on all wheel carriages
kept for hire. sum not exceeding 1--WE
dollars each: on ali itinerant traders. q
tax not exceeding twenty-five dollars:
also, to prescribe and fix the tax on oil
shows and exhibitions, within the limits
Of said corporations; and the said Town
Council shall have power to enforce the
payment of all taxes and assessm ents
levied under authority Of this Act,
against the property of all defaulters, 10
the same extent, and in the same man
ner, as is provided by law for the collec.
ton of the general State tax, except
that the executions may be directed
either to the Sheriff or the Town Mar
shal, or other person especially appointed
by Council to collect the same.
SEC. So. And the said Town Council
shall be authorized to borrow money for
educational and corporate uses only,
and to assess each of the corporators in
an amount not exceeding twenty-five per
cent. on his corporation tax, to aid in
the payment of the principal and in.
terest Of the said debt: Provided, That
the funded debt of said town shall at NO
one time exceed the sum OF Eve thou.
sand dollars: And, prooided also, That
no lonn shalt be consummated without
the previous concurrence of the voters
Of the said town WHO are subject to q
property tax, to be ascertained through,
the medium OF the ballot-box, after ten
days public notice, MS is provided in the
case OF election for Intendant and War
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