Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-05-26

aimed shall extend to sales by sheriff, clerk
of court, judge of probate, coroner, executor
or administrator, assignee in bankruptcy, or
by any Of tho persons out Of the order, do.
cree of any court, trial justice or other inferi.
or court.
SEQ TO- They sha! also have power to
timpose an annual tax not exceeding fifty
cents on every hdndred dollars of tho assess
ed value of real and personal estate lying
within the corporate limits of said town, the
real and personal estate of churches aud
school associations excepted. The said couu-
Gil shall have power to regulate tho price of
licenses upon all public shows and exhibitions
IN said town, to erect powder magazine, and
compel any person holding moro than TWEEN
tyfivc pounds of pow .cr to store tho same
therein, aud to mako regulations for the rates
of storage thereof, aud for keeping and de-
livering the same. The said Council shall
have power to enforce the payment of all tax
cs levied under authority of this act, against
the property and person Of all defaulters, to
the same extent and in tho same manner as
is provided by law for the collection Of the
general taxes, except that executions to en-.
force the payment Of 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
a tax shall be levied is hereby declared and
made liable for the payment thereof, in pre-
terence to all other debts against the said
property, except debts due to the State Which
shall first be paid
SEC. H. That the said town council shall
have power, with the consent of the adjacent
land owners, to close all such roads, streets,
and ways within the town as they shall deem
necessary, by the sale Of the freehold therein,
either at public or private sale, as they may
adjudgc best for the interest of the said town
and they shall have power to lay out, adopt,
open and keep in repair all such new streets
roads and ways within the town as they may
deem necessary for the Improvement and con
vcnicncc of the said town: Provided, That
no new street, road or way shall be opened
without first having obtained the consent of
the land owner or owners through whose
premises any such new street, road or way
may pass.
SEC. IL. That the said town council shall
have power, aud arc hereby authorized, to elect
two or more marshals, Gin addition to the
sheriff of Darlington, who shall be marshal
of the town,) to fix their salaries and prcscbe
their duties, who shall be sworn in and nvcs-
ted with all the powers, and subjected to all
the duties and liabilities that constabes now
have, or are subjected to by law, in addition
to the duties and liabilities specially conferred
and imposed upon them by the town council :
Provided, That their jurisdiction shall be
confined within the limits of the said town
SEC. l3 That the said town council shall
have power to establish guardhouse, and to
prescribe by ordinance, substantial rules and
regulations for keeping aud governing the
same, and until such guardhousc shall be cs
tablished, they shall be authorized to use a
room in the common Jail Of Darlington County
for tho confinement Of all persons who may be
subject to be committed for violation of any
ordinance of the town, passed in conformity
to the provisions of this ACT And the said
town council may, by ordinance, or the said
intendant and wardens in person. any one or
more OF them, authorize and require any mar
shal OF the town, or any constable, specially
appointed Tor that purpose, to arrest or CON
init to said guardhousc or Jail of Darlington
County, as the case may be, for term not
exceeding twenty. four hours, nnv person or
persons who, within the corporate limits Of
said town, may be engaged in breach Of the
peace, any rlotous or dsorderly conduct, open
obsccnity, public drunkenncss or in any con
duct gossly indecent or dangerous to tho cit.
liens of the said town, or any of them; and
it shall be the duty Of the marshals to arrest
and commit all such offenders, when required
to DO so, who shall have power to call to their
assistance the posse conitatus, if need be- to
aid in making such arrests and upon failure
OF the town marshal to perform such duty if
required, they shall sevcrally be subject to
such fines and penalties as the town counc,
may establish and all persons so imprisoned
shall pay tho costs aud expenses incident to
their Imprisonment, which said costs and OK
pcnscs shall he collected in the samc manner
as provided by this act for the collection Of
fines imposed for violation of ordinances Pro
vidcd, That such Imprisonment shall not OK
empt the party from the payment of any fine
the council may impose for the offence for
which he may have been committed.
SEC. II. That the said town council shall
have the power to collect the taxes from all
persons representing, publicly, within the cor
porate limits, for gain or reward, any plays or
shows, Of any kind whatsoever, to be used
for the purpose Of said town
SEC. Is. rhatnll the fines which shall here
after be collected for retailing, without license,
within the corporate limits of the said town,
shall be paid one. half to the infornor and the
other half to the council, for the use of the
said town
SEC. lG. That the said town council shall
have power to abate all nuisanccs within til, ir
corporate limits, and also to appoint board of