The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-02

town: Pro0ided, That no street, road or
way shall be opened without first hav-
ing obtained the consent of the land
owner or owners thereof through whose
premises any such new street, rond or
way may pass.
SEQ Z. The said Town Council shall
have pr YER and authority to require all
person owning lot or lots in said town
to clos in, and to make and keep in
good repair sidewalks in front of said
lot or lots, Whenever the same shall front
or adjoin any public street of said town,
II. In the Judgment of the Council,
such sidewalks shall be necessary; tho
width thereof, md the manner of con-
strnction, to be DESIGNATED and regulated
by the said Town Council; and for de-
fault or refusal, after reasonable notice,
to mako and keep in good repair such
walk, and to close such lot or lots.
the Town Council may cause the snme to
be made, Or put in repair, aud require
the owner to pay the price of making or
repairing; and the said Town Council
are hereby empowered to sue for and re-
cover the same by action of debt in any
court OF competent Jurisdiction: Pro
UtdeG, That such contract for making or
| repairing is to be let to the lowest bidder
rIhe said Town Council shall appoint
three discreet persons, who shall form o
board OK supervisors of the health, who
Shall have power over the ways and
water courses, bitches and stagnant water
ponds, and take such other sanitary
measures as the public health require.
giving twenty days notice to the occu-
pants OF said premises, where the said
nuisance lie, and in default of non-com.
pllance with the order of said board.
the parties so offending shall be fiued in
sum not less than twenty dollars, or
thirty days i'll the County Jail, for each
and every offence, the snid complaints to
be brought before any Trial Justice, or
Justice of the Peace, in and for the
County of Charleston. The said board
snail nave power over the cemeteries
and public grave-yards within the corpo.
ration.
SEQ q. The Intcndant and Wardens
OF the SAID town, or majority of them,
shall have full power to grant or refuse
licenses to avern-keepers, or retail spi.
rltuous liquors within tho corporate
limits OF tho said town, upon such condi
tlon and under sucll circumstances as TO
them shall seem proper and right: Pro-
0'ded That IN no instance Shall the
price Of license to tavern. or TO re-
tail splrltuous liquors, ba less than the
amount that ls established by the State:
and all moneys paid for licenses aud for
lines and forfeitures shall be appropri.
ated to the public uses of said town:
Pr0oided, That the Inteudant and Ware.
ems, duly elected, shall not have power
to grant any license to keep tavern or
retail splrltuous liquors to extend be-
yond the term for which they have been
elected. They shall have power to regu
late sales at auction within the corporate
limits OF tho town, and to grant licenses
TO anctloneers. ltinerant traders, to keep.
ers OF hotels and livery stables, and to
levy tax on all drays, carts, wagons,
carriages, omnibases, buggies, horses,
Mares mules, kept for hire or use for
pubic purposes in said town; aud thev
shall have the full and only power to i'm
pose tax Oh all shows or exhibitions
Tor gain or reward. within the corporate
limits OF said town; they shall have
power 10 impose tux, not exceeding
twenty cents on every hundred dollars
ol inc vaiue OF real and personal pro-
perry lying within tho corporate limits
OF the town. tho real and personal pro-
perty OF churches and schools aud col
lege associations excepted. That an Or
dinance declaring the rates of animal
taxation upon property, and other sub
lects OF annual taxation for the wear.
shall be published mt lenst three weeks
during tho month of January, in each
year: Prouiaeti, Tint the snid Town
Council shall have power to levy tux
} for this purpose. under tho same rule Ms
Ia above stated. Immediately after the
publication of this Act, and that all per
sons liable to taxation under tho same
shnll mako oath Of their taxable pro
perty within sad town, and make tmy.
ment OF their taxes to tho Clerk or Treu.
surer of said corporation, or snch other
person aa they may be ordered or re-
q"ired to do. during tho succeeding
month after publication; and upon the
failure to make such return and pny
ment, as required. the parties 40 in de-
fault shall be subject to the penalties
provided by law for failure to nav the
general State and County tax. to br en-.
forced by the orders OF tho Intendnnt
ana Wardens. or II majority OF them, for
the use OF said town, except TINT in snch
cases that executions to enforce the nav.
ment OF such taxes shall bo issued under
the seal OF the corporation. and may be
directed to the Town Marshal, or other
persona appointed by the said Town
Council to levy, collect and receive tho
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