The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-06-24
OFFICIAL.
Acts and Joint Resolutions
Passed by the Legislature.
Session 1870 and 1871.
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the limits of the said corporation, be,
and the same is hereby, vested in the
town council of aiken, which licenses
shall be granted IN the same manner.
aud upon the same conditions, us they
nav are, or may hereafter be, Under the
laws of this: Provided, That no billiard
table kept by the boarding houses aud
and hotels of said town, for the use of
borders, shall be subject to a tax, unless
the same lie also kept for the us, of the
public generally, and for profit or gain
aud all moneys received for Licenses
taxes, fines, exhibitions, &C., within the
said limits, shall be appropriated to the
public uses Of said corporation.
SEC. Sc. That all fines and for!ei
lures imposed by said town council un-
der the power vested by law, ihall be
collected in the same manner as the
general State tax is now by law calico.
ted. The sheriff for the county, for the
time being, and his lawful deputies, be,
aud they are hereby, authorized to exc
cute the process Of the said council of
Aiken, as by law the marshal of said
corporation might or should low do,
having the same privileges, powers aud
emoluments, and subject to the same
du;ies aud penalties as therein provided:
FLAT 'ali huile. hanna costs incident ON
any execution issuing from said town
council, and directed to the said sheriff,
shall be paid by said town council.
SIC. So. That the said town council
of Aiken shall have power to impose.
for the use of,hc said corporation, tile
efsIiiowt,ig aHa tai aaxes... UassreaI estate
within the said limits, except that held
for religious or charitable purposes, a
tax not exceeding one quarter of one per
cent; on all sales Of merchandise and in
come arising from factoragc, faculties
and professions, except the salaries Of
clergymen and Of all religious denomina-
tions, tax not exceeding onc-eighth Of
one per cent OH all wheel carriages
kept Tor hire, Il sum not exceeding five
dollars each; on all itinerant traders, IL
tax not exceeding twenty FIVE dollars
alsn, TO prescribe and fix the tax an all
shows aud exhibitions within the limits
of said corporation; aud the said town
council shall have power to enforce the
payment of all taxes and assessments
levied under authority OF this uct,
against the property of all defaulters, to
the same extent, and in the same man
ner, as is provided by law for the col
lection Of the general State tax, except
that the executions may be directed
either to the sheriff, or the town mar
shal, or other persons especially appoin-
SLC. So. That the said town council
shall be authorized to borrow money for
educational and corporate uses only, aud
to assess each OF the corporators in an
amount not exceeding twenty five per
cent. on his corporation tax, to aid in
the payment of the principal and inter
est Of the said debt: Provided, that the
funded debt of the said town shall ut no
one time exceed the sum of five thou.
sand dollars: Aud provided, also that
az ..-- @'..ii hH ""nsrn,,notnd without
the previous concurrence Of the voters
of the said town who are subject TO a
property tax, to be ascertained through
the medium OF the ballot box, after ten
| days public notice, as is provided in the
case of election for intendant and war
dens.
SEC. So. That the original charter of
Aiken, passed on the ninetecnts day of
December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty FIVE,
aud ail acts amendatory thereaf, as well
as all others rcpugnant to this act, be,
and the same are hcteby, repealed, and
that this act shall be deemed and taken
ia be public act, and shall continue in
force for twenty years.
9o,on Of HiHiston.
SEC GO. That the charter of the town
of Wiliston, in the county Of Burnwell,
be, and the same is hereby, renewed and
extended for thr term of fourteen years
from the date of the passage of this act.
To,cn Of Graltamcs
SEC. 81. That all persons, citizens of
the State of South Carolina, who are
cow or NAV heren flor hecomn inhnh;