The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-04-05

thereof, and the police system Of said town, as
shall appear to them necessary and proper for tie
security, welfare and convenience, and for pre-.
serving health, order and good government with
in the same. And the said Town Council may i'm
pose fines for offences against their bylaws and
ordinances, and appropriate the same to the pub
lie use Of said town; and the said Council shall
have the same power which Trial Justices or other
inferior Courts nov have to compel the attend
ance Of witnesses, and require them to give eVi-
dence upon the trial before them OF any person
for violation Of any of their by-lsTs or ordi-
nances, but no fine above the sum Of twenty dol
lara shall be collected by said Council, except by
suit in the Court Of Common Pleas: And, prorid-
ed, also, That no fine shall exceed fifty dollars;
and, also that nothing herein contained shall au-
thorize the said Council to make any bylaws OF
ordinances inconsistant with, repnsnant to, the
laws OF this State; and all the bylaws, rnles and
ordinances the said Town Councii shsn make
shall, at all times be subject to revisa and repeal
by the General Assembly of this STATE.
SEC. G. That. the said Iutendaot 4ad Wardens
shall have full power TO abate and remove nui-
sances in the said town, and it shalalso be their
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in the corporate limits of the said town open and
in good repalr, and for that purpose they are in
vested with all the powers heretofore granted to
County Commissioners, and shall have full pcwer
to classify and arrange the inhabitants of said
town liable to street, road and other public duty
therein and to force the performance OF such duty
under such penalties as are now or shall hereafter
be prescribed by law: Provided That the said
Town Council may compound with any parsons
liable to perform such duty, upon such terms, and
on the payment of such sums as N ay be establish
ed by laws or ordinances And, prooded, also,
That the individuals who compose the said Town
Council shall be exempt from the performance OF
road or public duty, and the inhabitants OF said
town are hereby exempt from road and puolic duty
without the corporate limits Of said town: Pro-
rided further, That the sum so fixed shall not ex-
ceed two (s2) dollars per annum.
SEC. 7. That the power to grant or refuse
licenses for billiard tables to keep tavern or to re-
tail spirituous liquors within the limits Of the said
corporation be, and the same is hereby, vested 10
the Town Council of Mount Pleasant, and the said
Council may grant licenses to retail spirtuous
liquors to such persons and in such quantities, at
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ditions, as the said Town Council may see fit
and proper :. And the said Intendant and Wardens
shall have the full and only power to impose tax
on al shows, or exhibitions for gain or reward
within the limits and all the money paid for Ii
censes for retailing sprituous liquors, keeping
tavern and billiard tables, and the tax all shows
for gain or reward within said limits, shall be ap-
propriated to the public use Of said corporation.
| SEC. g. That the said Town Council of Mount
Pleasant shall have power and authority to require
all persons owning a lot or lots in said town, to
build lawful fence, and keep in good repair side.
walks in front of said lot Or lots, whenever the
same shall from. or adjoin any of the public streets
Of said town, if, IN the judgment OF the Council,
such sidewalks shall be necessary: the width there
| of and the manner Of their construction to be de.
signated end regulated by the Town Counil; and
for default or refusal to keep in repair such side
walks, the Town Council My cause the same to
be put in repair, and require the owner to pay the
price of making or repairing Provided, That such
contract for repairing the same be let to the lowest
bidder
Sec. 9. That the said Town Council Of Mount
Pleasant shall have power to arrest and commit
| to Jail, for spsce of time not exceeding twelve
hours, and fine not exceeding twenty dollars, any
person or persons who shall be guilty Of disorder
ly conduct in said town, to the annoyance Of the
citizens thereof; ard it shall be the duty OF tho
Marshal of the town to mako such arrests, and to
call to his assistance the posse conUauS if neces.
sary, and upon failure to perform such duty be
shall be fined in sum not exceeding twelve dol
lars.
SEC. 10. That the said ToInICouncil of Mount
Pleasant shall have po.sr to grant or refuse
license to parties within the limits OF said town;
and the parties to whom such licorses are granted
shall be subject to such regu!stions as may by
Ordinance be established They shall also have
power to impose and collect al annual tax upon
the assessed property of said town Provided,
no tax shall be imposed in any ono year to exceed
the rate Of ten cents on each hundred dollars OF
such assessed property, and that the money 30
raised shall be applied to the use of said town.
| The said Town Council shall have the power to
enforce the payment of all taxes levied by the
said Town Council to the same extent and in the
same manner as is now or hereafter shall be pro-
7ded by law for the collection of the general State
| taxes.
| SSC, IL 1udV Iue Sdld 1OhA SOuuSi4 VI tAOune
Pleasant shall have power to regulate sales at
auction within the limits Of said town, and TO grant
licenses to auctioneers: Prorided, Nothing herein
contained shall extend to the sales by a Sheriff,
Clerk OF Court, Judge of Probate, Executor or Ad-
mlnistrator, Assignee in Bankruptcy, or by any
other person out of the order decree Of any Court
Trial Justice or other inferior Court.
Sec -. That all Acts and parts of Acts incon-
sstent with the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed.
Approved 18th day of February, A. D. 1871.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE AND RE-ClARTER CERTAIN
RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS.
SECTION l. Be II enacted BY the Senate and Eouse
Of REPRESENTATIVES OF The State Of Soult Carolina,
,,oro me! and sitting III General assembly, a7d by
the authority Of the same, That 20 much OF the
Act passed on the nineteenth day of December,
in the year OF our Lord eighteen hundred and
| iorty-nine, as incorporated THE Orangeburg
Presbyterian Church Society" be revived and con.
timed Of force for tho period of twenty-o1e
years.
SEC. @ That Walnut Grove Baptist Church, in
the County OF AbbeVilie, in South Carolina, be
and the same is hereby re-char.ered for the tern
Of twelty-one years, with the ssn4e rights, pow
ers apd privileges as those heretofore allowed by
law.