Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-06-09

manner as tliegoneral State tax is now by law
|lcollected. The sheriff Of the county, for
the tiho beingSand his lawful deputies, be,
and they dre hereby, authorized to execute
the process of the said council Of Aiken, as
by law tho marshal of said corporation might
or should now do, having the same privileg-
cs, powers and enloluments, and subject to tho
s,mo duties and penalties rs herein provided :
Provided, That oil nulla bona costs incident
on any execution issuing from said town
council aud directed to the said sheriff, shall
be paid by said town council.
| Sec. SO. That the said town council of
| Aiken shall have power to impose, for tho
use Of the said corporation, the following an
nual taxes On all real estate within the said
limits, except that held for religious or char
table purposes, a tax not exceeding one.quar-
t of one per cent. on all sales of merchan.
disc and income arising from fuctoragc, fac
ultics and professions, except tho salaries of
olergymcn of all religious denominations, u
tax not exceeding one eight of one per cent. ;
on all wheel carriages kept for hire, n sum not
exceeding five dollars each: on all itinerant
traders, a tax not exceeding twenty five dol
lars also, to prescribe and fix the tax on all
shows and exhibitions, within the limits of
said corporation; and the said town council
shall have power to enforce the payment Of
all taxes and assessments levied under author.
ity of this act, against tho property Of all do
faulters, to tho same extent, and in the same
mannor as is provided by law for the coIlcc
tion Of the general State tax, except that tho
executions may be directed either to tho slcr
if or tho town marshal, or other person espo
cially appointed by council to collect the
same.
Sec SO. And the said town council shall
be authorized to borrow money for education.
al and corporate uses only, ard to assess each
of the corporators in an amount not exceed.
ing twenty-five per cent. on his corporation
tax, to aid in tho payment of the principal
That the funded debt of said town shall at
no one time exceed the sum of five thousand
dollars: And, provided, also, That no loans
shall be consummatcd without the previous
concurrence Of tho voters of the said town
who arc subject to property tax, to be as
certancd through tho medium of the ballot
box, after ten days public notice, us is pro.
vidcd in the case of election for intendant
and wardcns.
Sec. 60. That the original charter of Ak
en-, passed on the nineteenth day of Deccm-
ber in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and thirty five, and all acts
amcndatory thereof, as well as all others re-.
pugnant to this act, be, and the same arc
hereby, repealed, and that this act shall be
deemed and taken to be public act, and
shall continue in force for twenty years.
TOWN OF wILLIsroN
Sec 81. And be it further enacted th at
the charter of the town of Williston, in the
county of Barnwcll be, and the same is
hereby renewed and extended for the term
of fourteen years from the date of tho pas
sage of this act.
TOWN OF dRAHAMS.
Sec G2. That all persons, citizens of tho
State of South Carolina, who arc now, or who
may hereafter become, inhabitants of the town
of Grahams, shall be deemed, aud are hereby
declared, body politio aud corporate, and
the namc of Grahans, aud its limits shall! be
deemed and held to extend ono half mile in
each direction from the railroad dcpot in
said town.
Sec. 33. That the said town shall be GOV.
crncd by an 1ntcndapt and four Wardens,
who shall be elected on the first Monday in
September next, on which day, as well on the
first Monday of September of every year
} thereafter, an election shall be held for an
lntcndant and four wardcns, who shall be
citizens of the State of South Carolina, and
shall have been residents of said town for sixty
days immediately preceding said election, ut
such place IN said town as the intcndant and
wardcns Shall designate, ten days notice no.
ticc, IN writing, being previously given; and
that all male inhabitants of the said town, of
the age OF twenty.on one years, who have resided
theron sixty days previous to the election,
shall be entitled to vote for said ntendant and
wardehs and the election shall be held from
niue In the morning until three clock in the
afternoon, when the polls shall be closed and
the Managers shall count the votes and pro-
claim the election and give notice thereof, in
! writing to the persons elected and that the
intcndant and wardens, for tho time being,
snail appoint tho managers to hold the epsu-
ing election that the intcndant and wardcns,
before entering upon the duties of their offices,
shall take the oath prescribed By the Const.
tuition OF this State, and also the following
oath, to wit: "As intcndant Cor wardon) Of
Grahams, | will equally and impartially, to
to the best of my skill and ability, exercise
the trust reposed in me, and will use my best
endeayors to preserve, the peace and carry into
effect according to law, the purposes of my
appointment So help me God."'
| Sec 81. That in caso yancancy shall occur
in tho office of inteudant, or any of tho war
dens, by death, resignation, removal from
state, or from any other cause, an election
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