The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-05-11
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signated and regulated by the Town Council
and for default or refusal to keep in repair such
sidewalks, the Town Council may cause the
same to Be put in repair, and require the owner
to pay the price of repairing Procided, That
snch contract for repairing be let to- the lowest
bidder. - - :.
SEo g, That the said Town Council of Ham
burg shall have power to arrest and commit to
.siail for space of time not exceeding hive days,
and 70 fine rsnot exceeding twenty dollars, any
person or. persons who may be guilty of disor-
derfy conduct in said town, to the annoyance
of the cihzens thereof; and itshall be the duty
sof the marshal of the town TO make such ar
rests, and to call to his assistance the posse
couitatus, if necessary, and, upon failure to
perform said duty, he shall be fined in the sum
not exceeding twenty dollars for each and every
efence.
SEC. 10. Thatthe said Town Council of Ham
hnrg shalt have power to grant or refuse licen-
ses,te eparties within the limits of said town,
and the parties to- whom such licenses are
granted, shall be subject to such regulations as
: may, by ordinance, be established. They shall
also have power, in addition to the money col
!: lected BY licenses, to impose and collect an
annual tax upon the assessed property OF the
In any. one year to exceed the.rate of fifteen
cents ON each hundred dollars Of such assessed
property, and that the money 80 raised shall be
applied to the use of said town. The said
Town Council shall haye,the power to enforce
the payment of all taxes levied by the said
Town Council to the same extent, and in the
same manner, as is now or hereafter shall be
r;preyided by Law for the collection of the gene
ral State taxes.
SEC. Al. That all public property, which was
formerly under the control of the Town Coun-
sell of Hamburg, shall again revert to the
Town Council elected under this Act: Proui-
'|of said town, and intended for public use
SEC. r. That the said Intendant and War
dens in person, or any one of them, may au-
thorize and require any marshal or any consta-
, BILE, especially appointed for that purpose, to
I! arrest and commit to the guard house, (which
the said Town Council arc hereby authorized
to establish or to the jail of Edgefeld County,
for o term not exceeding five days, any person
or persons who, within the corporate limits OF
said town, may be engaged in a breach Of the
peace,sarJ riotous or disorderly conduct, open
obseenity, public drunkenness, or any conduct
grossly indecent, or dangerous to the citizens
of said town, or any of them.
SEC. Is. That the Town Council shall, with
in one month after the expiration of their
term of Office; make out and return to their
successors aful account of their receipts and
expenditures during their term. and shall pay
over all moneys in their possession belonging
to the corporation, also, deliver all books, re-
cords, and other papers incident to their office,
TO their successors, and on failing tode 80 shall
hehablet to a fine not exceeding two hundred
dollars, to be collected by any proper action OF
g the Town Council.
,is SEC. IA That this Act shall be deemed q
public Act, and shall continue in force for
AL Al \ oE
sion Of the General Assembly of this State
then next following, and all Acts of incorpora-
: tions or amendments thereof repugnant or
fconiicting with this, are hereby repealed.
8 Approved February %, 1871.