Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-02-23


pus liquors, to ex end beyond the term for
.,whisR they ,havo ,beep elected They shalI
have power to regulate sales at auction
within the, corporate limits Of shs torn,
and 70 grant licenses to auStioneers iten.
Grant traders, to keepers Of hotels and liy.
cry stables, and to levy q tax ON all drays,
carts, wagons, carriag> :, 0mujbuses, buggies,
horses, mares, mules, Kept for hire or used
for public purposes in said town and they
ahall have the full and only power to impose
q, tax on all showsor exhibitions for gain or
reward, within the corporate limits of said
town they shall have power to impose tax,
not exceeding twenty cents on every hundred
dollars of the value of all real and personal
property lying within the corporate limits Of
tho town, the real and personal property of
churches, and schools, and college associa.
tions, excepted. That an ordnance dcour.
Ing the rates Of annual taxation upon proper.
ty, and other subjects Of annual taxation, for
the year, shall be published at least three
weeks during the month of January, in each
year: Provided, That the said Town Couu.
oil shall have power to levy tax for this year,
under the same rule as is above stated i'm
medatey after the passage Of this Act, and
that all persons liuble to taxution under the
same, shall nuke oath of their taxable prop
erty within said town, and make payment Of
their taxes to the Clerk or Treasurer of said
corporation, or such other person az they may
be ordered or required to 10, during the sue
ccedng NORTH after publication and upon
the failure to nuke such return and pay mont
us required, the parties so 10 default shall be
subject to the penalties provided by law for
failure to pay the general State aud County
tax, to be enforced by the orders of the Tnten
dant aud Wardens, or majority of them, for
the use of said town, except that in such cases
that executions to enforce tho payment of
such thxes shall be issued under the seal of
the corporation aud may be directed to the
Town Marshal, or other person appointed by
the said Town Council to levy, collect aud re
celve the same, with costs, as in such cnses
mnde and provided ~ law, and all property
upon which suoh tax shall be levied and rs
scssed is hereby declared and made liable for
the payment thereof in preference to all other
| debts except debts due to the State which
shall be first paid, and that all other taxes
imposed by the lntendant and Wardens. or II
majority of, them, shall be payable in advance
by the parties liable for the same, aud on
failure Of payment, their property shall be Ii.
able for the same, az in manner and form lust
beioro stated.
SEQ. g. The Intcndant and Wardeus elect,
together with Clerk and Treasurer, shall, du
ring their term of office, be cxompt from street
| und police duty Zach Town Council shall,
within one mouth after the expiration of their
term of office, make out and return to their
SUCCESSORS in oflice. full account Of their
receipts und expenditures during their term,
which accpuR shall be Published in ono or
more papers Of the County; aud shall pay
over all moneys in their possession belonging
to the corporation, and deliver up all books
records, and other papers, incident of their
office to their successors, aud on failure to
do 80, they shall be liable to be fined in sum
not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be col.
lcctcd by any proper action Of the Town
| Council '.
SEC. TO- That all Ordinances or BY Laws
passed by the Town Council Of WrghtsviIIe
shalbe binding upon the citizens Of said
town the same the laws Of the State
SIC IL. That all Acts aud parts of Acts
Inconsistent with, or supplied by this Act. be,
and the stme are hereby, repealed.
SEC. II. This Act shall be deemed pub.
lic Act, pnd continue in force until repealed.
Approved January 81, A. D. 1872.
An Act to Incorporate the Walboo Wharf
Company,
| OECIION L. lCc IL cUaCIcu W inc SENATE
and House of Representatives Of the State of
South Carolina now met and sitting in Gene.
ra Assembly, and by tho authority of the
same,
That. George Avingcr, Samuel Brettas,
Thomas Davis, Daniel Anderson, Jacob Nc
Daniels, their associates and SUCCESSORS ia Of
fee, be, and they are hereby, constituted
body polite, under the name and style Of the
"Waboo Wharf Company" with capital
stock not exceeding ten thousand dollars,
with the right to sue and be sued, to plead
and be impleadcd, in any Court Of competen,
jurisdiction; to have aud to use common
seal, and tho same to alter at will on d pleas
ure Provided, That said corporation shall
have all the privileges, and be subject to
all the liabilities and restrictions applicable
thereto, Of the Act to regulate tho formation
Of corporations.
SEC. Q. This Act shall be deemed public
Act, and shall remain In force for a term Of
fourteen years
Approved January 3l,ls72,
An Act to Amend an Act Entitled can Act
to Incorporate Certain Towns and Vilhgns,
and to Renew and Almond Certain Char.
ters Heretofore Granted.
| SECTION l. Bel it enncted BY the Senate
and House of Representatives Of the State of
South Carolina, now met and sitting In Geno.
raj Assembly,and by tho authority Of the same,
That so much of an Act entitled "An Act
to INCORPORATE certain towns and villages and