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Acts and Joint Resolutions
Passed by the Legislature
Session 1870 and 1871. ,..- ~ y
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AN ACT to litter aud Amend an Ac
Entitled "An Act to ALter and AmcnG
the Charter and Extend the Limits o.
the city Of Col,nnJia," Approved Fs6
rna7y 26, 1870. -.
SEcr1oN BE it enacted by the Sen
ate and House Of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now. met and
sitting in General Assembly and by tho
authority of the same, That the Mayor
and Aldermen of the city Of Columbia
are hereby authorized and empowered
to incorporate the territory added to the
former territory of the city of Columbia,
by an Act of the General Assembly OF
this State entitled can Act to alter and
amend the charter and extend the lin
its of the city Of Columbia,n approved
February 26, 1870, into the present
wards of the said city as they are now
laid out, by extending the lines thereof
North and East, to its present Northern
and Eastern boundaries and the said
Mayor and Alderman, at The time they
incorporate the said newly annexed ter
ritory into the existing wards Of the
said city of Columbia, are hereby author
lied and empowered to continue and ex-
tend the said streets in straight lines
thraugh the lands of any person OF per-
sons, companies or corporations, to the
present Northern and Eastern bounda-
ries of the said city, of the same width
Of the old streets: ProUidcd, h0,OcUcr,
That in carrying out the first section of
this Act, in extending the wards of the
said city Of Columbia, and in the extern
sion Of the streets thareof, North and
Fast, to the Northern and Eastern
boundaries, the said Mayor and Alder
men shall conform to the twenty-third
section of the first article of the Consti-
tuition of this State, now of force: And
Provided further, That the Act of the
General Assembly of this State, entitled,
"An Act to declare the manner by
which the lands, or the right Of way
over the lands, of persons or corpoIa-
ton s may be taken for the construction
and use Of railways, and other works of
internal improvement" ratified on the
ed day of September, A. d. 1868, shall
be in all respects followed and observed.
Sec 2. That when the said territory
shall have been incorporated into the
present wards of the said city, the in
habitants thereof shall be entitled to all
the rights and privileges, and be subject
cU W dli llc uutlCo fbAu hoDAhSASS htSh
now pertain to the corporators of the
said city Of Columbia, or, which may
hereafter be created by laws. ~.
SECS. That in all easel by which ex-
listing ordinance or ordinances of the
said city, which may hereafter be passed
the Mayor and Aldermen thereof, or the
Mayor alone thereof, have power to im-
pose fines for the violation Of the same,
the said Mayor and Aldermen, or the
said Mayor alone, or any Alderman
acting in his stead, are hereby authoriz-
ed and empowered to impose the alter
native punishment of imprisonment or
confinement at hard labor, in the work
house, whenever such work house shall
be erected: Provided, however, That the
term of imprisonment or confinement at
hard labor shall not exceed ten days for
any single offence. ..- II s-s-,..
SEC. 4. That all persons liable to taxa
ton shall make discovery, upon oath or
affirmation, of their taxable property
with the said city of Columbia, and
make payment Of their taxes to the
Clerk and Treasurer Of said, city OF Co.
lumbia, according to his assessed value
thereof and upon the failure to make
such return and payment as required,
the party so in default shall be subject to
O penalty of ten per cent, to be collect
ed in the manner hereinafter in this Sec
ton provided for the collection of taxes,
fines licences; and whenever 1t shall
become necessary to issue executions for
the collection of taxes DUE to the said
city of Columbia, and to sell Hereunder
the real property Of the defaulting tax
payer, in order to collect the same, the
sale thereof shall take place in the same
manner, and subject to the same regula-
tions, as are applicable to sales of real
estate by the Sheriff of Richland Coun-
ty, under executions issuing out of the
Circuit Court of Common, Pleas. And
oil executions to enforce the payment of
taxes, fines and licenses, shall be issued
under the seal Of said city Of Columbia,
Sheriff of Richland County, and may be
directed to the said Sheriff or to the
Chief of police, or other persons ap.
pointed by the said Mayor and Alder
men to collect and receive the same,
with costs, as in such cases made and
provided by law; and all property upon
which tax shall be levied and assessed is
heraby declared and made liable. for the
payment thereof, in preference to all
other debts, except debts due TO the
State, which shall be first paid for the
term of one year from the time at which
the same may be assessed and levied
amp that all taxes and licenses imposed
by the Mayer and Aldermen Of said city
Of Columbia shall be payable in advance
on or before the fifteenth day Of March
after the assessment of said taxes, BY