The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-03-22
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AN ACT TO ALTER AND AMEND AN
ACT ENTITLED AN ACT TO ALTER
AND AMEND THE CHARTER AND
EXTEND THE LIMITS OF THE CITY
OF COLUMBIA" APPROVED FEBRU-
AIRY rs, 1870.
SECTION l. Be It enacted by the
Senate and House Of Representatives
of the State Of South Carolina, nor
met and sittingla General assembly,
and By the authority Of the same,
That the Mayor and Aldermen Of
the city Of Colambia are hereby
authorized and empowered to ill.,
corporate the territory added TO
the former territory OF the city of
CoIumbia by an Act Of the Gene
raj Assembly Of this State entitled
:An act to alter and amend the
charter and extend the limits Of
the city Of Columbia" approved
February 26, 1870, into the pre-
sent wards Of the said city as they
are now LAID oat, by extending the
lines thereof North and East, to
its present Northern and Eastern
boundaries and the said Mayor
and Aldermen, ut the time they
Incorporate the said newly an
nexed territory into tac existing
wards Of the said city OF Columbia,
are hereby authorized and cmpow-
cred TO continue and extend the
said stree.5 III strai ght lin c $
through the lands Of any person
or persons, companies or corpora
tions, to the present Northern
and Eastern boundaries Of the said
city, of the same width of the old
streets: Preceded, horsrcr, That
In carrying out The first section of
this Act, in extending the wards
of the said city OF Columbia, and
in the extension OF The streets
thereof, North and East, to the
Northern and Eastern boundaries,
the said Mayor anl Aldermen
shall conform 70 the tweHty-thlrd
section of the first article Of the
Constitution Of this State, now Of
force: and, prouIlel further, That
che Act Of the General Assembly
of this State, entitled "An Act to
declsre the manner bv which the
bands, or the right Of way over the
lsnds, Of persons or corporations
may be taken for the construction
and use Of railways, and other
works of Internal improvement"
ratified on the 22d day Of Septem-
Der, A. d. 1868, shall be in all re-
spects followed and observed.
SEC. 2. That when the said ter
ritory shall have occn incorporated
into the present Sards OF the sad
city, the inhabitants thereof shall
be entitled to all the rights and
privileges, and be subjected to all
the duties and liabilities which now
pertain to the corporators of the
said city of Columbia, or which
may hereafter be created By law.
SEC. 3. Thatin all cases in which
bv existing ordinance or ordI-
s,ances of the said city: which may
hereafter be passed, the Mayor
and Aldermen thereof, or the May
or alone thereof, have power to
impose fines for the violation OF
the same, the said Mayor and AL
dermen, or the said Mayor alone,
or any Alderman acting in his
stead, are hereby authorized and
empowercd to impose the alterna-
tive punishment Of imprisonment
or confinement at hard labor IN
the work house, whenever snch
work house shall be erected: Pf0-
v;ded, hoeoerer, That the term OF
imprisonment or confinement at
hard labor shall not exceed ten
dsys for any single offence.
SEC. 1. That all persons llaoic
to taxation shall make discovery,
upon oath or affirmation, of their
taxable property within the sa'o
city of Colum bia, and make pay
mens of their taxes to the Clerk
and Treasurer of said city OF &c,
lumbia, according to his assessed
value thereof; and upon the fail
ure to make such return and pay
rnent as required, the party SO IN
default shall be subject to q penal
ty of ten per cent, 70 be collected
in the manner hereinafter III TINS
section provided for the collection
of taxes, fines and licenses and
- hanover II, shall become ncccSsl-