The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-20

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within the limits of said town; and the said
town council shall have powert to impose an an
pual tax, not exceeding thirty cents on every
hundred dollars Of the value Of all real estate
lying within the corporate limits Of said town,
the real estate Of churches and school associa.
.tions excepted; and for that purpose they shall
appoint three freeholders, residing therein, to
assess the value Of said real estate upon oath,
and return the assessment within one month
to said council for taxation, and to I'll any
vacancy occasioned by the death, resignation.
refusal to serve, or removed from Office, of the
eaid assessor; and The. said town council shall
have power to regulate the price of licenses
upon all public shows and exhibitions in said
town, to erect a powder magazine, and to
compel any person holding more than
pounds Of powder to store
the same therein, and 10 make regulations for
rates. Of storage thereof, and for keep
ing and atcring the same; and the said
towr council shsll have power to enforce
the payment Of all taxes and assessments
levied under the authority Of this act,
against the property and persons OF default
ere, to the same extent, and in the same man
ner as is provided bylaw for the collection Of
the general State tax, except that executions to
enforce the payment Of town taxes shall be
Issued. under the seal Of the corporation, and
directed to the town marshal OF other persons
especially appointed by the said town council
to collect the same, and an property upon
which a tax shall be levied and assessed is
hereby declared and made liable for thu pay
ment thereof in preference to other debts
due blythe person owning such property at
the time Of the assessment, except debts due
the State, which shalt be first paid. The said
moneys, together with all other moneys col
lected by authority od the provisions of this
act, and the ordinances passed in conformity
thereto, from whatever source said moneys
may arise, to be paid into the treasury Of the
eaid town, for the use Of the corporation.
SEC. 10. That returns shall be made, on oath,
to the clerk of the town council, during the
month Of January, 10 each year, Of the amount
OF all sales Of merchandise, professional, me-
chanicai or other incomes, and Of the quantity
and kind of all other property than real estate,
subject to taxation under the provisions OF this
act, by per sons who may be liable to pay the
taxes on the same; and The said taxes shall be
paid on or before the first day of March then
next ensuing. upon failure whereof any party
in default shall be subject to tbs penalties nov
provided by law for failure to pay the genera,
State tax.
FEC. IL. That the said town council shall have
authority to require all persons owning a lo'
or lots in said town, to make and keepin goot
repair sidewalks in front Of said lot or lots
whenever the same shallfront on or adjoin any
public street of sald town, il, In the
Judgment of the council, such sidewalks shal
be necessary, the width thereof and the man
ner of their construction to be designated ant
regulated by the said council; aud for defsul
OF refusal to make aud keep in repair sucl
sidewalks, the town council may cause tn
same to be made and put IN repair, and re
quire the owner to pay the price.o OF maxim
CT repairing; and the said town council al
hereby empowered to sue for aud recover tn
| same by action of debt in any court of compe
tent jurisdietion in Anderson, County: Ptoyid
/ ed, That such contfa:t for making or repa1ftn
be let to the lowest bidder.
SEC. II. That the said o " COUNCIL shall hav
power, with the coneent Of the adjacent Ian
owners, 10 close all such roads, streets an
ways within the said town as they may deem
necessary, by sale OF the freehold therein, eth
cir at private or public sale, as they may &C
Judge best for the interest Of said town; an
they shall also have power to lay out, adopt
open and keep in repair all such new streets
roads and ways as they may, from time I
time, deem important or necessary for the in
prorement and convenience OF said towr
Provided, That no new street, road or we
shall be opened without first having obtaine
tho consent Of the land owner or owner
through whose premises any such rew stree
road or way may pass.
SEC. 10. That the said town council sha
have power, and are hereby authorized, t
elect one or more marshals lin addition to th
sheriff of Anderson, who shall also be q nal
shal Of the town. to fix HAeir salaries and pre-
scribe their duties, who shall be duly sworn i
and invested with all the powers, and sub
| iected to all the duties and liabilities that con
| stables now have or are subjected to by Law
in addition to tile duties and liabilities special.
" conferred and imposed on them BY the tow
| council: Provided, That their jurisdiction
shall be confined to the corporate limits Q
said town.
Sec. IA. That the said town council sha
have power to establish s guardhouse, on
to prescribe, by ordinance, suitable rules an
regulations for keeping and governing tn
same; and until such guardhouse shall be es
tablished, they shall be authorized to use
room in the common jail OF anderson County
for the confinement of all persons who may b
subject to be committed for the violation OF an
ordinance of the town, passed in contormit
with the provisions Of this act; and the Sal
town council may, by ordinance, or the Sal
intendant aud wardens in person, any one 9
more OF them, authorize and require any MAJ
shat Of the town, OF any constable specially az
pointed for that purpose, to arrest and COMM
to the. said guardbouse or jail Of Anderso
County, as the case may be, for a term nc
exceeding t%weply-four hours, any person Q
persons who, within the corporate limits {
the said town, may be engaged !
a breach of the pesce, any riotou
or disorderly conduct. open obscenity, publ
1-,nIenneau M l., any conduct grossly ir