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Sec. 6. That the Intendant and War.
dens duly elected and qualified shall,
during their term Of service, severallyi
and respectively, be invested with all
the powers Of e. Trial Justice,
or other inferior Court. And the
Intendant shall and may, as often as
it may he necessary, summon
tho Warlens to meet in Council, any !,
two OF whom shall, with the Inteudant
orany three Wardcns, constitute quorum
to transact business; and they shall be
known blythe name ofthe Town Council
of Manning, and they and theirsuccessorsI
hereafter to ne elected, may have conf
mon seal, which shall be affixed to all
their ordinances, may sue and be, sued,
may plead and be implicated in any
Court of Law and Equity in this State,
and purchase, hold, possess and enjoy to
them and their SUCCESSORS, in perpetuity
or for any term of years, any estate, real,
or personal or mixed, and sell, alien
or convey the same; Propided, The same
shall not exceed at any one time the sum
of ten thousand dollars. And the said
Intcndant and Wardens shall have full
power to make and establish all such
rules, bylaws and ordinances respect
ing the roads, streets, market and police
Of said town, as shall appear to them
necessary and requisite for the security,
welfare aud convenience, or for pre-
serving health, order and good govern
meDt within the same. And all
the, bylaws, rules and ordinances the
said Council make shall, at all times. be
subject to revisul or repeal by the Gen
eral Assembly of this State. And the
said Council may fix and impose fines
and and penalties for the violation there
of, and appropriate the same to the
public use Of said corporation Pro-
rMlcd That no punishment shall exceed
fifty dollars fine, or thirty days i'm
prisOnment.
SEC. 7. That the Intcndant and War
dens of said town shall have full and
only power to grant or refuse licenses to
keep tavern or retail spirituous liquors
within the corporate limits Of said town
upOn such conditions and under such
circumstances as to them shall seem
pro ,cr and right: Provided, That in no
instance shall the price of q license to
Keep tavern or to retail spirituous IL
luors be fixed ut q less sum than is es-
ahlished by the laws Of this State, and
and fOrfeitures tor retailing spirituous
liquors, Keeping tavern and billiard
rabies, within the sad limits without
c;nses, shall be appropriated to the
public uses Of said town: Provided,
That the Intendant and Wardens duly
'lccted and qualified shall nothave pow
er to grant any license to keep tavern
" retail spirituous liquors to extc;fl be-
| n ri ~, no
elected.
SEC. 8. That it shall shall bc the
duty of the Intendant and, Wardens to
keep all roads, streets and ways
within their corporate limits open and
IN good repair. They shall have power
20 compound with all persons liable to
work the streets, ways and roads in
>aid town, upon such terms as they by
ordinance shall establish, the moneys so
received to be applied to the public use
If said town; and all persons refusing
or failing to pay such commutaton shall
be liable to such fine, not exceeding
twenty dollars, as the Town Council
! may impose.
SEC. 9. The said Town Council
shall have power to regulate sales at
auction within the limits of said town.
and to grant licenses to auctioneers :
Provided, That nothing herein contain
ed shall extend to sales by She
riffs, Clerk of Court, Judge of Probate,
CorOncrs, Executors and Administra-
tors, Assignees in Bankruptcy, or by any
Trial Justice, or other inferior Court.
SEC. 10. They shall also have power to
impose an annual tax, not exceeding
twenty cents on every hundred dollars
Of the assessed value of real and personal
estate lying within the corporate limits
Of said town, the real and personal estate
to Churches and. School Associations
excepted, and to regulate the price OF
licenses upon all public shows and exhi-
bitions in the said town, to erect pow
der magazine, and compel any person
holding more than twenty-five pounds
of powder to store the same within, and
to make regulations for the rates Of st0r-
age thereof, and for keeping and deliv-
|cring the same. The said Council shall
have power to enforce the payment oi
oil taxes levied under authority of this
Act, against the property and person oi
all desuulters, to the same extent, and in
J the same manner as is provided by law
for the collection Of the general taxes,
Except that executions to enforce the
!, payment of the town taxes shall be is
sued under the seal Of the corporation,
and directed to the Town Marshal or
other person especially appointed by the
/ Town Council to collect the same, and
all property upon which tax shall be
levied is hereby declared and made liable
for the payment thereof in preference
to all other debts against the said prop
erty, except debts due to- the State,
which shall first he paid.
SEC. IL. That the said Town Council
snail have. power, with the consent of
the adjacent land owners, to closo all
such roads, streets and ways, within the
town, as they may deem necessary, by
the sale of the freehold therein. either
at public or public sale, as they may
adjudge bast for the interest Of the said
town; and they shall have power.to lay
out, adopt, open and keep in repair, all
in the town, as they may deem neces-
sary for the Improvement and convent
ence Of the said town: Provided, That
no new street, road or way shall be OPEN
cd without first having obtained the
cconsent of the land owner or owners
through whose premises any such new
Sti iCcl, l'tt WI way IiNy pttoo'
SEC. IL. That the said Town Council
shall have power, and arc hereby autho-
rizcd, to elect one or more MarshalS, lin
addition to the Sheriff of Clarendon,
who sha! also be a Marshal of the town.
to fix their salaries and prescribe their
duties, who shall be sworn in and in
vested with all the powers, aud subject
cd TO ;ll the duties and liabilities that
| Constablcs now have or are subjected to
by law, in addition to- the duties and
liabilities specially conferred and impos-
ed upon them by the Town Council: :
Provided, That their jurisdiction shall
be confined within the limits of said
town.
SEC. 13. That tho said Town Council
shall have power to establish a guard
house, and to prescribe by ordinance
suitable rules and regulations for keep