The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-06-22

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the intendant shall, as often as occasion may
REQUIRE, summon the wardens to meet him IN
council, a majority of whom shall constitute
quorum for the transaction of business, and
shall be known by the name of the town coun-
Gil of Graham's, and they and their successors
in Office shall have common seal, and shall
have power and authority to appoint from
time to time, such and so many proper persons
to act as marshals or constables, as they shall
deem expcdient and proper, which officers shall
have all the powers, privileges and emolu-
ments, and be subject to all the duties, penal.
ties and regulations provided by the laws OF
this State for the Office of constable. And the
intendant and wardens, in council. shall have
power and authority, under their corporate
seal, to ordain and establish all such rules and
bylaws and ordinances, respecting the streets,
ways, public wells and springs or fountains OF
water, markets and police of the said town, and
for preserving health, peace. order and good
government within the same, as they may deem
expedient and proper; and the said council
may afix fines ford offences against such by
laws and ordinances, and appropriate the same
to the use of the corporation, but no fine shall
covered by an action for debt before proper
tribunal.
Sec. 66. That the said council shall have
power to abate and remove nuisances within
the limits of said town; and to classify and ar
range the inhabitants liable to police duty, and
to require them to perform such duty as occa-
sion may require; and to enforce the perform
ance thereof, under the same penalties as are
now or may hereafter be established by law |:
Provided, always, nevertheless, That the said
town council shall have power to compound
with persons liable to perform such duties,
upon such terms as they shall by ordinance es-
tablish.
SEC. 67. That it shall be the duty of the in
tendant and wardens to keep all streets and
ways which may be necessary for public use
within the limits of the said town open and IN
good repair, and for that purpose they are here
By invested with all the powers, rights and
privileges granted by law to the commissioners
of roads within the limits Of said town. And,
for neglect of duty, they shall be liable to the
pains and penalties imposed by law upon COM
missioners of roads for like neglect. And they
are hereby individually exempt from the per-
formance of road and police duty. And the
inhabitants of said town are hereby excused
from road and police duty without the limits OF
said corporatian.
Sec. IS. That the said Intendant and War
sons liable to work on the said streets and
ways, and to release such persons as may desire
it, upon the payment of such sum of money as
they may deem fair equivalent therefor, to be
applied by them to the use of the said corpora
tion.
Sec. SO. That the'said town council of Ora
hams shall also be empowered to retain, pos
sess and enjoy all such property as they may
now be possessed of, or entitled to or which
shall hereafter be given, bequeathed to, or IN
any manner acquired by them, and to sell, al
len, or in any way transfer the same, or any
part thereof: Provided, the amount of proper
ty so held, or stock invested, shall, in no case,
exceed twenty thousand dollars.
Sec. 20. That the said town council OF Gra-
hams shall have power to impose an annual
tax on all real and personal property within
the corporate limits of said town: Provided,
Said tax does not exceed ten cents on the hum
dred dollars.
SEC. II. That the Intendant ana Wardens Of
the town of Graham's shall have power to reg
ulate sales at auction within the limits of said
town, and to grant licenses to auctioneers Pro-
vided, That nothing herein contained shall ex-
tend to sales by or for Sherifs Clerks of Courts,
Judge of Probate, Coroners, Executors and
Administrators, Assignees, or by any ether per,
sons, under the order of any Court or Trial
Justice.
SEC. 70. That the Intendant and Wardens OF
the Town of Graham's shall have power and
authority to require all persons owning lot or
lots in said Town of Graham's to keep in re-
pair the sidewalks adjacent to their lots respec-
lively, and for default in this matter shall have
power and authority to impose fine not ex-
ceeding ten dollars c4l -
SEC. 7S That the power to refuse and grant
licenses to keep tavern or to retail intoxica--
ting drinks be, and the same is hereby vested
in the Town Council of the town of Graham's,
and that they be also invested with all necessa-
ry power, by ordinance or ordinances, to sup
press or regulate the sales of drinks,
to be drank at the place were sold, or in or up
on any of its appurtenances, or in or upon any
of the highways, streets, lanes, alleys, COM
mons, kitchens, stores, shops, public buildings,
booths, stalls or out-houses of the said town, or
within one-half mile of the said town: Provi-
ded, That no rule or regulation shall be made
inconsistent with the Constitution and laws OF
the State.
Sec. a. That this Act shall be taken and
deemed as public Act in all Courts of Justice,
and shall continue of force until repealed
VILLAGE OF LANCASTER,
SEC. rs. That Section first of au Act entitled
"An Act to incorporate the village of Lancas-
ter,n be and the same is hereby, amended so as
to read as follows: sThat the village of Lam
caster, extending one mile in every direction,
from the Court House, be, and thesame is here
by, incorporated, by tho name of the village OF
Lancaster"
TOWN OF CoKEBURY.
SEC. 76 That from and after tho passage Of
this Act, all citizens of this State, having resi-
ded sixty days in the town of Cokesbury, shall
be deemed, and are hereby declared to be-, a
body polite and corporate, and the said town
shall be called and known by the name of
Cokesbury, and its corporate limits shall ex-
tend one mile in each direction from the centre
in said town.
SEC n. That the said town shall be gov
erned by an Intendant and six Wardens, who
shall be citizens of the United States, and shall