Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-06-09

l'S e"IN VouuCii 'lIay aHlA lhcS lOr QHcnCe
against such by laws and ordinances, ind ap
propriate the sumo to tho use of the corpor
alton, but no fine shall exceed twenty dollars
all fines may be recovered by an actDn 70,
debt before proper tribunal.
Sec. IS. That the said council shal hay
power to ubate and remove nuisanccs With |
the limits of said town; and,,also to dassI
and arrange the Inhabitants liable to polp
duty, and to require them to porforl svh
duty as occasion may require; and to afqce
the performance thereof under the sam en-
altles as are now, or mHy hereafter be Sab.
lishcd by law: Provided, always, ncv&e
less, That the soid town council shall I've
power to compound with persons lab to
perform such duties upon such terms as ey
shall, by ordnance, establish. N
Sec. GG. That it shall be tho duty ofhc
intcndant and wardcus to keep all stpts
and ways which may be necessary for pdic
use within the limits of the said town ,cn
and in good repair, and for that purpose lev
are hereby invested with all the powers, rhts
and privileges granted by law to The Coniis.
slonors of Roads within the limits of lid
town. And, for neglect Of duty, they sail
DC liable to the pains and penalties imped
by law upon Commissioners of Roads forlke
neglect. And they are hereby indiyitllly
exempt from the performance of road andp.
lice duty And the Inhabitants of said b,,,
are hereby excused from road and police Iuty
without the limits of said corporation
| Sec. ". That the said ntcndant and lar.
dcns shall have power to compound with,rr-
sous liable to work on tho said streets ind
ways, and to release such persons as maybe.
sire it, upon the payment of such sum of ,bn.
ey as they may deem fair equivalent thre,
for, to be applied by them to the use ofshc
said corporation.
Sec. GS That the said town council of
Grahams shall also be empowcd to rctin
possess aud enjoy all such property as tcy
may now be possessed of, or entitled to- or
which shall hereafter be given, bcqucathcdto,
or in any manner acquired by them, and to
sell, alien, or in any way transfer the samSor
any part thereof: Provided, The amount of
property SO held, or stock invested, si,allin
no case, exceed twenty thousand dollars
Soc 90. That the said town council of
Grahams shall also have power to imposean
annual tax on all real and personal propcty
within the corporate limits of said tow, /:
Provinod, Said tax does not exceed ten ccts
on the one hundred dollars.
Sec. 70. That the intcndant and wardhs
Ut the town of Grahams shall have powertc
regulate sales mt auction within the limits
of said town, and to grant licenses to auctien
ccrs Provided, That nothing herein contain
ed shall extend to sales by or for Shcrifs
Clerks Of Courts, Judges Of Probate, Cord
crs, Executors and Administrators, Assigne,s
or by any other persons, under the order b
any Court or Trial Justice.
Sec. H. That the intcndant and warden.
of the town of Grahams shall have power an,
authority to require all persons owning 10
or lots in tho said town of Grahams to keel
in repair the sidewalks adjacent to their lot
respectively, and, for default in this matter
shall have power and authority to impose fin
not to exceed ten dollars.
Sec. r. That the power to refuse or gran
license to keep tavern or to retail ntoxica
cd in the town council of the town of Gra
hams, and that they be, also, invested witt
all necessary power, by ordinance or ord
pances to suppress or regulate the sales of il,
toxcating drinks, to be drank at the place whcr
sold, or in or upon any of its appurtenanccs
or in or upon any of the highways, streets
lanes, alleys, commons, kitchens, stores, shops
public buildings, booths, stalls or out house
OF the said town, or within one. half mile O
the said town Provided, That no rule O
regulation shall be made, inconsistent will
the Constitution and laws of the State.
Sec. 73. That tlis Act shall be taken an
deemed as public Act in all Courts of JUS
tice, and shall continue of force until repealed
VILLAGE OF LANCASTER
Sec. II. That Section first of an Act cntl
tied An Act to ''incorporate the village o
Lancaster" be, and the same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows "That til
village of Lancaster, extending one mile il
every direction from the Court House, be
and the same is hereby, incorporated, by th
name of the village of Lancaster"
| TOWN OF CcNEsBURY
| Sec. rs. That from ana after the passage O
This act, all citizens of the State having reside
sixty days in the town Of Cokesbury, Shall b,
| deemed and are hereby declared to be, n bod
called and known by the name of Cokcsbury an,
its corporate limits shall extend one mile in eacl
| direction from the centre in said town
Sec rs. That the said town shall be govcrne,
| oy an intcndant and six wardcns, who shall bt
| citizens of the United States and shall have bee
residents Of The said town fer sixty days immcdi
! atey preceding their election, who shall be eloc
ted on the second Monday in April 1870, and ey
cry year thereafter on the second Montlny in Jan
airy, ton days public notice thereof being previ
ously given; aud that all male inhabitants Of tn
age of twcnty-onc years, citizens of the Statc
and who shall have resided 10 The said town 70
sixty days Immediately preceding the election
shall be entitled to vote for said ntcndant an
| wardens.
Sec. II. That tho election for ntcndant an
| wardens Of the said town shall be held in som
| convenient house, or some otheY convenient pnb
| lie place in tho sai town from nine o'clock i