The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-04-06

thereon paid to the said city Provided further,
That the taxpayers of the said city of Colum-
bia shall not be taxed for the support Of the
poor outside of the corporate limits of the said
city. :,
SEC. 6. That when any fine imposed by the
said Mayor and Aldermen, or by the said Mayor
alone, for violation of any Ordinance of the
said City of Columbia, passed pursuant to law,
exceeds forty dollars, the same shall be recov-
erable in the Circuit Court Of Common Pleas
for Richland County, and when such fine shall
be for forty dollars or less, the same shall be
recoverable before the said Mayor or Aldermen,
or before the said Mayor alone Provided, That
in all cases the party 30 fined by the said Mayor
shall have the right of appeal for hearing to
the said Mayor and Aldermen in Council as
sembled, on giving proper security to the City
of Columbia to prosecute said appeal.
Sec. 7. That the twelfth section of an Act of
the General Assembly of this State, entitled
Gan Act to alter and amend the charter of the
Town of Columbia" ratified on the 2lst day Of
December, one thousand eight hundred and
fifty-four, which authorizes the Mayor and AL
dermen of the said City Of Columbia to issue
an execution against the body of every person
for any sum of money imposed by way of fine,
tax or exemption for street or unofficial police
duty under the circumstances therein named,
be, and the same 10 hereby repealed. The said
Mayor and Aldermen Of the City of Columbia
shall have power to abats and remove all nui-
sances in said city, and it shall be their duty
to keep all roads, ways, bridges and streets
within the corporate limits of the said city in
good repair and for that purpose they are in
vested with all the powers of county commits
sioners or commissioners of roads for and with
in the corporate limits of said city, and they
may lay out new streets, close up, widen or
otherwise alter those now in use; subject, how
ever, to the two previsos contained in the first
Section of this Act; and shall have power to
class and arrange the inhabitants or citizens OF
said city liable to street, road or other public
duty therein, and to force the performance OF
such duty, under such penalties as are now, or
shall hereafter be, prescribed by their ordi.
nances, passed pursuant to law and they shall
have power to compound with all persons liable
to work the streets, ways and roads in said city,
upon such terms as their ordinances may estab-
lish or their rules and regulations require and
all persons refusing to labor, or failing to pay
such Communication, shall be liable to such fine,
not exceeding twenty dollars for any one year,
as the said Mayor and Aldermen may impose
and they shall have power to enforce the pay
ment of such fine in the same manner as Is
provided in the sixth section of the Act for the
collection of other fines And said Mayor and
Aldermen shall have power and authority to
require all persons owning lot or lots in said
city to close in, and to make and keep in good
repair sidewalks in front of said lot or lots
wherever the same shall front or adjoin any
public street of said city, if in their judgment,
such sidewalks shall be necessary; the width
thereof and the manner of construction, to be
designated and regulated by the said Mayor
and Aldermen and for default or refusal, after
reasonable notice, to make and keep in good
repair such sidewalks and to close in such lot
or lots, the Mayor and Aldermen may cause the
same to be done, and require the owner to pay
the cost of the work; and the said Mayor and
Aldermen are hereby empowered to sue for and
competent jurisdiction Provided, That the
contract be let to the lowest responsible bidder.
SEC. g. That the said Mayor and Aldermen
are hereby empowered to require all persons
and corporations now engaged, or who may
hereafter become engaged, in business or ayo-
cations of any kind whatever within the limits
of the City of Columbia, to take out a license
from the Mayor and Aldermen of the said city,
who are hereby authorized to impose reason
able charge or tax for the conduct of the same.
Sec. 9. That all that part of Section 10 of
an Act of the General Assembly of this State
entitled Gan Act to alter and amend the char
ter of the Town of Columbia" ratified on the
21st day of December, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and ffty-four, as
relates to the imposition of taxes on slaves,
free negroes, mulatoes or mestizoes residing
within the limits of the said city, and all other
Acts or parts of Acts of the General Assembly
of the State relating to. the said city or to the
said town of Columbia, before it was incorpor-
ated as the City of Columbia, wherein are dis
examinations for purposes of taxes, or for any
other purpose whatever on account of race or
color, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Sec. 10. That the Mayor may, as often as
occasion may require, or when requested so to
do, in writing, by three Aldermen, summon the
Aldermen to assemble in Council, and the said
Mayor and Aldermen shall have, and they are
hereby vested with full and ample power, from
time to time, under their common SEAL to make
all such ordinances, rules and regulations rela-
tive to the streets and markets of the said city
as they may think proper and necessary, and
to establish such bylaws, not inconsistent with
the laws of the land, as may tend to preserve
the quiet, peace safety and good order of the
inhabitants thereof; and the said Mayor and
Aldermen, or the said Mayor alone, may fine
and impose fines and penalties for violations
thereof, which may be recovered in summary
manner, TO the extent of forty dollars, before
them in Council, or before him alone, subject
to the right of appeal, as hereinbefere provided,
from the decision of the said Mayor in the
premises and the said Mayor and Aldermen,
separately and severally, are hereby authorized
to administer oaths, command the peace, dis
perse riotous assemblies, and within the limits
of the said city are vested with all the powers
and duties which pertain to the officers of the
peace, in these and like respects throughout the
State: Provided, nevertheless, That all such Or
dinances, bylaws, rules and regulations as are
herein mentioned, when so made, shall be duly
promulgated, and that no such fine in any case,
and for any single offence, shall exceed the
sum of fifty-fve dollars.
SEC II. That every description of property,