The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-09
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si;OHUMBIA, $40. SUNDA,
especially appointed by the said Town
Council to collect the same; and all pro.
perty upon which tax shall be levied
and assessed, is hereby, declared and
made liable for the payment thereof, in
preference to other debts due by the
person owning such property at the
tlmo OF tho assessment, except debts duo
the State, which shall be first paid. The
said moneys. together with all other
moneys collected by authority of the
provisions of this Act, and the ordi-
nances passed III conformity thereto,
from whatever source said moneys may
arise. to be pnid into tho treasury of the
said town, for the use of the corporation.
SEC. 10. That returns shall be made,
on oath, to the Clerk of the Town Coun-
Gil, during tho month OF January in each
year, OF tho amount of all sales of mer-
chandise, professional, mechanical or
other incomes, md Of tho quantity and
Find OF oil other property than real
estate, subject to taxation under the
provisions of this Act, by persons who
may bo liable to pay the taxes on tho
same; and tho said taxes shall be paid on
or before the first day of March then
next ensuing, upon failure whereof INV
party in default shall be subject to the
penalties now provided by law for failure
to pay the general State tax.
SEC. IL. That the said Town Council
shall have authority to require all per
sons owning n lot or lots in said town to
make and keep in good repair sidewalks
Ill front OF said lot or lots, whenever the
same shall front on 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 tncir construction to be de-
signated and regulated by the said
Council; and for default or refusal to
make md keep in repair such sidewalks,
the Town Council may cause the snmo to
be made and 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 in
Anderson County: Provided, That such
contract making or repairing be let to
the lowest bidder.
Sec. IL. That the said Town Council
shall have power, with the consent of the
adjacent land owners, to close all suoh
roads, streets and ways, within the said
town, as they may deem necessary, by
sale OF the freehold therein, either at
private or public sale, as they may ad-
Judge best for the interest OF said town:
and they shall also have power to lay
out. adopt, open and keep in repair all
such new streets, roads and ways as they
mny from time to time deem important
or necessary for the improvement and
convenience of said town: Provided,
That no new street, road or WY shnll be
opened without first having Obtained the
consent Of the land owner or owners
through whose premises any such new
street, road or way may pass.
SEC. ID. That tho said Town Council
shall havo power, and are hereby au-
thorizcd, to elect ono or moro Marshals,
lin addition to the Sheriff of Anderson,
who shall also be Marshal of the town,)
to fix their salaries and prescribe their
duties, who shall be duly sworn in and
invested with all the power and subjected
to nll tho duties and liabilities that con-
stables now have or are subjected to by
law, III addition to the duties and liabili-
Ties specially conferred and imposed on
them by the Town Council: Provided
That their jurisdiction shall be confined
to the corporate limits of said town.
SEC. II. Tint the said Town Council
shall have power to establish n guard
house, and to prescribe. by ordinance,
suitable rules and regulations for keep.
ing and governing the same; aud, until
such guard house shall be established,
they shall be authorized to use room
III the common Jail of Anderson County
for the confinement of all persons who
may be subject to be committed for the
violation of any ordinance OF the town,
passed in conformity with the provisions
OF this act; and tho said Town Council
may. by ordinance, or the said Intendant
and Wardens, in person, any one or
more Of them, authorize and require any
Marshal of the town, or any constable
specially appointed for that purpose, to
arrest and to commit to the said gnard
house or Jail of Anderson County, as the
case may be. for term not exceeding
twenty.fonr hours, any person or persons
who, within tho corporate limits OF said
town, may be engaged III breach Of the
peace, any riotous or disorderly conduct,
open obscenity, public drunkenness, or
IN any conduct grossly indecent or dan
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