The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-06-29
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ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
PASSED BY THE
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1870 AND 1S'
IOEFICIAL..
AN ACFesto Grant, Renew and Amend the
Charters of certain Towns and Villages
therein mentioned.
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-TowN OF oRA.NGEBURG.

persons, who shall have resided within the COT
porate limits of the town of Orangeburg 1of
sixty. days, are hereby declared to be mem pc pers
!, of the corporation hereby to be created. = =,
SIU..S9. That thesaid persons shall, from the
passing of thisAct, become body Polnc ana
corporate, and shall be known and canec oy sne
name of the town of Orangeburg, and Its corpo-
rate limits shall extend one mile IN every direc.
lion from the Court House as centre, except
an the side next to North Edisto River, which
river shall constitute the boundary In that dl-
- SEc. 90. That the said town shall be governed
by Mayor and four Aldermen, who shall have
resided in the State for one year, and within the
limits off the corporation for sixty days lmmedl-
ataly preceding their election. The said Mayor
and Aldermen shall be elected on the second
Tuesday in September, ten days notice being
previously given, and shall! continue In once 1or
two years, and until the election and quailhca-
tion Of their successors; and all male lnhaDl-
stants Of said town, who shall have attained Inc
aee of twenty one years, and resided therein
sixty days Immediately preceding the election,
shall be entitled to vote for said Mayor and
aldermen. - sm
SEC. 81. That said election shall be held IN
some convenient public place in.said town from
eight o'clock in the morning, until tive O'CLOCK
in the evening; and when the polls shall be
closed. the Managers shall forthwith count the
votes and declare the election, giving notice in
awritine ing to the persons elected The Mayor and
Aldermen for the time being shall appoint the
Managers to conduct the election, wiIo,T before
they6pen the poll for said election, shall taSe
an oath fairly and impartially to conduct the
same. And the Mayor and Aldermen, before
entering upon the duties of their offices, snail,
respectively, take the oath prescribed by the
Constitution of this State, and also the follow
ing oath, to wit: Gas Mayor Tor Adermen) for
the town of Orangeburg, will equally and I'M u
partially, to the best of my ability, exercise the
trust reposed in Ire, and will use my best en-
deavors to preserve the peace and carry INTO
effect. according to law, tho purposes for which
.Ibave been elected: So help me God"
Sec. go. That in case vacancy should occur
/ in the office of Mayor or any of the Aldermen,
by death, resignation or otherwise, an election
to fill such vacancy shall be held by the aP-
pointment of tho Mayor and Alderman, OF AL
derrnen, as tho case may be, ten days previous
notice being given; and in case OF sickness OF
temporary absence Of the Mayor, tne AiaeL, II
men, forming Council, shall be empowered to
elect one of their number to act as MAYOR ou-
ring the time.
SEC. So. That the Mayor and Aldermen duly.
elected and qualified shall, during their term OF
service seYerally and respectively, be vested
with ali the powers of Magistrates in this State
within the limits of said town. And the May
or shall and may, as often as may be necessary,
summon the Aldermen to meet in Council, any
two of whom, with the Mayor, or any three Al
der1nen. may constitute quorum to transact
business, and they shall be known by the name
of the Town Council of Orangeburg, and they
and their successors hereafter to be elected, may
have common seal, which shall be afnxed 10
all their ordinances, may sue and be sued, plead
and be impleaded in any Court of law or equl,,
ty in this State, and purchase, hold, possess and
enioy to them and their successors, In perpetu-
ity. or for any term of years, any estate, real,
PERSONAL or mixed, and sell, alien and convey
the same: Provided, The same shall not ex,
eeei at any one time the sum of ten thousand
dollars. And the Mayor and Aldermen shall
have fun power to make and establish all such
rules. bylaws and ordinances, respecting the
roads, streets, market and police of said town,
"a shall appear to them necessary and requisite
for the security, welfare and convenience OF the
said town, or for preserving health, peace, order
and good government within the same; ana the
said Council may fix and impose tines and PEN
alties for the violation thereof, and appropriate
the same to the public uses of the said corpora,
ton: Provided, That no fine shall not exceed
) fifty dollars for any one offence.
SEc "a. That the Mayor and Aldermen of
said town shall have full and only power to
grant or refuse licenses to any person, firm,
Company or corporation engaged in or intend
inc to be engaged in any trade, business, or pro.
fagion whatever, within the corporate limits OF
said town, upon such conditions and under such
circumstances as To them shall seem proper and
right: Provided, That in no instance, shall the
rrice of q license to keep tavern, or to retail
spirituous liquors. be fixed at less sum- than Is Is
established by the laws of the State; and all
moneys paid for licenses, and for fines and for
failures for retailing spirituous liquors, keeping
tayerns and billiard tables, within the said linn
its without icenses, shall be appropriated to
the public uses OF said town: Provided, Ihat
qualified, shall not have power to grant any
Iicanse to keep taverns, or retail splrltuous
liouors to extend beyond the term for which
tkey have been elected. :,
SEC. 95. That it shall be the duty OF the SAID
Mayor and Aldermen to keep all roads, streets
and WAYS within their corporate limits open
and in good repair, and for that purpose they
are vested with all the powers and duties OF
Surveyors of highways and Selectmen OF Towns:
They shall have power to compound with all
persons liable to work the streets, ways and
roads in said town, upon such terms as they
shall, by ordinance, establish; the moneys SO
received to be applied to the public use OF SAID
town, and all persons refusing or failing to pay
such communication shall be liable to such fine,
not exceeding twenty dollars, as the Town
Council may impose.
SEC 96. They shall also have power to i'm
pose an annual tax not exceeding fifty ceats on
every hundred dollars of the assessed value :, OF
all real and personal estate lying within the
corporate limits Of s.id town, the real and per
sonal estate of chure hes and school associations
excepted.) The said Council shall have power
to regulate the price of license upon AL public
shows and exhibitions in said toVn, 70 erect
holding more than twenty-five pounds OF pow
der to Store the same therein, and to make reg
ulations for rates of storeage thereof, and tor