Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-03-30

the lntendant shall or may, as oiten as
Is necessary. summon the Wardens to
meet in Council, any three of whom
with the Intendant, or any four OF the
Wardens, may constitute quorum to
transact the business, and they shall be
known as the Town Council of Spartan
burg And they and their successors
in Office. hereafter to be elected, may
h We a common seal, which shall be
affixed to all their Ordinances; may sue
and be sued, plead and be impleaded
in any Court of Justices in this State,
and purchase, hold, possess and enjoy
to them and their successors, IN perpet-
uity, or any term of years, any estate,
real, personal or mixed, and sell. alien
or convey the same: Provided The
same shall not exceed at any one time,
the sum of ten thousand dollars. And
the said Town Council shall have au-
thority to appoint from time, totime as
thew NAV see fit, such and SO many proper
persons to act as Marshals or Consta,
bles of said town, as the said Council
NAV deem necessary and sxpedient TOR
the preservation of the peace, good Or
der and police thereof, which persons,
50 appointed, shall, within the corporate
limits of said town, have the power and
privileges and be subject to all the OBJ
legations, penalties and regulations pro-
yided by the law, for the Office Of Con-
stable. and shall be liable to be remoy-
ed at the pleasure of said Council. And
the said Town Council shall have pow
er TO establish or authorize the estab-
| lishment of market house in said
town, also to establish or authorize the
establishment of a guard house, and to
prescribe suitable rules and regulations
for keeping and governing the same
and until the said guard house be es,
tablished, they shall be authorized te
use a room in the common jail of the
County of Spartanbprg, for the confne'
ment Of all who may be subject to be
committed for violation of any ordi
nances, rules and regulations of sale
town Council, or the said Intendant anc
Wardens, in person, any one or more
of them, may authorize and require
any Marshal of the town, or any Con
stable specially appointed for that pur
pose, to arrest and commit to the sale
guard house or Jail Of Spartanbur(
County, as the case may be, for tern
not exceeding twenty-four hours, any
person or persons who within the cor
porate limits of said town, may be en-
gagged in breach of the peace, any
riotous or disorderly conduct, open OBJ
scenity, public drunkenness, ar.
conduct grossly indecent or dangerou
to the citizens of said town, or any o
them. And it shall be the duty of tn
town Marshal or Constables to arres
and commi;.t all such offenders when re
quired SO to do anu q who shall hay
power to call to their assistance tn
posse cosuatatus, if need be, to aid il
making such arrests, and upon the fail
ure Of said officers to perform such duty
as required, they shall severally be sub
ject to such fines and penalties as thu
Town Council may impose upon them
And all persons SO imprisoned shall pay
the costs and expenses incident to theil
Imprisonment, which said costs and ex
penses shall be collected in the same
manner as is provided for the collection
Of fines imposed for the violation of Or
dinances, rules and regulations PRO
vided, That such Imprisonment shall
not exempt the party from the payment
of any fine the Council may impose fol
the offence for which he, she or they
may have committed. And the said
Town Council shall have full power
and authority under their corporate
seal, to make all such rules and regula.
tions, bylaws and ordinances respect.
ing the streets, roads and the business
thereof, as well as the police system oi
the said town as shall appear to them
necessary and proper for the security
welfare and convenience, and for pre-.
serving health, order and good govern
ment within said town. And the said
Town Council may impose fines for Of
fences against their bylaws, rules and
regulations, and ordinances, ard appro-
pirate the same to the public use of the
said town. And the said Town Council
shall have the same power that Trial
Justices or Justices of the Peace now
have, or may hereafter have, to compel
the attendance of witnesses, and re-
quiring them to give evidence upon the
trial before them of any person or per-
sons, for violation of any of their or
dinances, bylaws, rules or regulations,
but no fine above the sum of twenty
five dollars shall be collected by the
said Council, except by suit in the prop
er Courts of Justice in this State, and
that no fine shall exceed the amount of
fifty dollars; and also, that nothing
herein contained shall authorize the
said Council to make any ordinance or
bylaw inconsistent with or repugnant
t: the laws of the State.
SEC 6. That the said Intendant and
Wardens, or majority of them, shall
have full power to abate and remove all
nuisances in said town, and it shall be
their duty to keep ali roads, ways,
bridges and streets within the corporate
limits Of the said town open, and
good repair and, for that purpose, =
are invested with. all the powe Of
County Commissioners or Commission
ers of Roads, for and within the corpo-
rate limits of the said town, and they
may lay out new streets, closeup widen,
or otherwise alter those now in use
and shall have full power to classify
and arrange the inhabitants or citizens
of said town, liable to street, or other
public duty therein, and to force the
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