The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-03-30

! their ordinances, bylaws, rules or regulations,
but no fine above the sum Of twenty-five dol
lars shall be collected by the said Council, ex-
cept by suit in the proper Courts of Justice in
this State, and that no fine shall exceed the
amount of fifty dollars; and also, that nothing
herein contained shall authorize the said Coun-
Gil to make any ordinance or bylaw inconsls-
tent with or repugnantto the laws OF the SIate. I
| SEC 6, That the said Intendant and war
dens, or majority of them, shall have full
power to abate and remove all nulsances IN
said town. and it shall be their duty to keep
all roads. ways, bridges and streets within the
corporate limits of the said town open, and in
good repair; and, for that purpose, they are
| invested with. all the powers OF County Com
n,issioners or Commissioners of Roads, for and
within the corporate limits of the said town,
and they may lay out new streets, close up,
widen, or otherwise alter those now in use and
shall have full power to classify and arrange
the inhabitants or citizens of said town, liable
to street, road or other public duty therein,
and to force the performance of such duty un-
der such penalties as are now, OF shall hereat-
ter be, prescribed by law. And they shall have
power to compound with all persons liable to
work che streets, ways.and roads in said town,
upon such terms 80 their ordinances or bylaws
| may establish, OF their rules and regulations
| require, the moneysso received to be applied
| to the public use of the said town. And all
persons refusing 10 labor, OF failing to pay such
Communication, shall be liable to such fine, not
exceeding twenty dollars Tor one year, as the
said Town Council may impose, and they shall
have power to enforce the payment of such
fine, in the same manner as is now, or may be
hereafter provided for the collection of County
taxes. And the said Town Council shall have
power, with the consent of the adjacent land
owners, to close all such roads, streets and
ways, within the said town, as they may deem
necessary, by the sale of the freehold therein;
either at private or public sale, as they may ad-
Judge best for the interest of the said town, and
they shall keep in repair all such new streets,
roads and ways, as they may, from time to
time, deem necessary for the improvement and
convenience of said town: Provided, That no
street, road or way shall be opened, without
first having obtained the consent of the land
owner, or owners thereof, through whose prem
ises such new street, road or way may pass.
SEC. z. The said Town Council shall have
power and authority to require all persons
owning 3 lot or lots in said town to close in,
and to make and keep in goodrepair sidewalks
| in front of said lot or lots, whenever the same
shall front or adjoin any public street of said
town, if, in the judgment of the Council, such
sidewalk shall be necessary; the width thereof,
and the manner of construction, to be deslgna-
ted and regulated by the said Town Conncil /;
and for the default or refusal, after reasonable
| notice, to make and keep in good repair such
sidewalks, and to close in such lot or lots, the
Town Council may cause the same to De made
or put in repair, and require the owner to pay
the price of making or repairing; and the said
Town Council are hereby empowered to sue for
and recover the same, by action OF debt, In any
Court of competent jurisdiction: Provided,
That such contract for making and repairing Is
let to the lowest bidder. The cemeteries and
public grave yards are also placed under the
Jurisdiction of the said Town Council.
Sec. S. The Intendant and Wardens Of the
said town, or majority of them, shall have
full power to grant or refuse licenses to keep
taverns, or retail spirituous liquors within the
corporate limits of he-said town, upon such
conditions and under such circumstances as to
them shall seem proper and right: Prooided
That in no instance shall the price of license
to kee,p a tavern or to retail spirituous liquors
be less than the amount is established by the
State, and all moneys paid for licenses and for
fines and forfeitures shall be appropriated for
the public uses of the said town: Provided,
That the Intendant and Wardens duly elected
shall not have power to grant any license to
keep tavern or retail spirituous liquors to ex-
tend beyond the term for which they have been
elected. They shall have power TO regulate
sales at auction within the corporate limits OF
the town, and to grant licenses to auctioneers,
itinerant traders, to keepers of hotels, livery
stables, billiard tables ten-pin alleys, or other
kinds of games of hazard, skill, or chance, on
all drays, carts, wagons, carriages, omnlDuses
buggies, horses, mares. OF mules kept for hire
or used for public purposes in said town. And
Z IL ELL 10
tax on all shows or exhibitions for gain or reward
within the corporate limits of said town. They
shall have power to impose tax not exceeding
twenty cents ON every hundred dollars of the
value of all real and personal property lying
within the corporate limits of the town, the
real and personal property of churches and
school and college associations excepted. That
an ordinance declaring the rate of annual tax
alton upon property and other subjects of an
nual taxation for the year, shall be published
at least three weeks during the month OF jan
uary in each year, except the first publication,
which shall be Immediately after this amended
charter is accepted and adopted by the General
Assembly of this State; Provided, That if in
the Judgment Of the said Town Council any
properly, real or personal, shall be returned
below it's actual and true value, then, in such
case, reference shall be made to the books Of
the County Treasurer, and the last assessment
of such property made by the County Assessors
shall be taken as the value of the same, and
that all persons liable to taxation under the
same, shall make oath of their taxable property
within said town, and make payment of their
T taxes to the Clerk and Treasurer of the said
corporation, or such other persons as they may
be ordered or required to do, during the sue
ceeding month after publication, and upon fail
ura to make such return and payment a5 re-
quired, the parties so in default shall be sub.
iect to the penalties provided by law for failure
to pay the general, State and County tax, to be
enforced by the orders of the Intendant and
Wardens, or a majority of them, for the use of
the said town, except that in such cases that
executions to enforce the payment of such taxes
shall he issued under the seal of the corpora-