The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-02-29
ing council, shall be empowered to elect one Of
their number to act in his stead during the

time.
Sec. s. That the iutendant and wardens duly
elected and qualified shall, during their term
of service, severally and respectively, be vested
with all the jurisdiction and powers OF trial
justices and justices of the peace, Except the
trial of civil cases, and except as 1T may other
wise be provided in this act,) within the limits
of said town, and the intendant shall and
may, as often as he may deem necessary, sum
mon the wardens to meet in council, any TWO
of whom, with the intendant, may constitute
quorum to transact business, and they snail
be known BY the name of the Town Council OF
Bolton. and they and their successors hereafter
to be elected may have a common seal, whlcn
shall be affixed to all the ordinances, and the
said town council shall have authority to ap-
point, from time to time, as they see mt, sncn
and 40 many proper persons to act as mar
shals or constables of the said town, as the
said town council may deem necessary and ex.
pedient for the preservation of che peace, good
order and police thereof, which persons so ap-
pointed shall, within the corporate limits OF
said town, have the powers, privileges and
emoluments and be subject to all the obliga-
tions. penalties and regulations provided by
law for the Office of constable, and shall be
liable to be removed at the pleasure of said
council: and the said town council shall have
power to establish or to authorize the estab.
fishment of the market house in said town, and
the said town council shall have full power and
authority, under their corporate seal, to make
all such rules, bylaws and ordinances, respect
ing the streets, roads, market-house and the
business thereof, and the police system of the
said town, as shall appear to them necessary
and proper for the security, welfare and con.
venience, and for preserving health, order and
good government within the same; and the
said town council may impose fines for offences
against their bylaws and ordinances, and ap,
propriate the same to the public use OF SAID
town; and the said council shall have power to
compel the attendance of witnesses and require
them to giye evidence upon the trial before
them of any person for violation OF any OF
these bylaws or ordinances, but no fine above
the sum of twenty dollars shall be collected by
the town council, except by suit in a court OF
competent Jurisdiction. And provided, also,
That no fine shall exceed fifty dollars and,
also, that nothing herein contained shall au-
thorize the said council to make any bylaws
or ordinances inconsistent with or repugnant
to the laws of this State; and all the bylaws,
rules and ordinances the said council may
make shall. at all times, be subject to reyisal or
repeal by the General Assembly of this State.
Sec. 6. That the said intendant and wardens
shall have full power to abate and remove
nuisances in the said town, keep all roads, ways
and streets within the corporate limits in good
repair, and for that purpose they are invested
with all the powers heretofore granted to COM
missioners of roads, and shall have full power
to classify and arrange the inhabitants OF SAID
town, liable to street, road or other public duty
therein, and to force the performance OF such
duty, under such penalties as are now, or shall
hereafter be, prescribed by law, Provided, That
the said town council may compound with per-
sons liable to perform such duty. upon such
terms. and on the payment of such sums, as
NAV be established by laws or ordinances
And provided, also, That the individuals who
compose the said town council shall be exempt
from the performance of road and police duty,
and the Inhabitants of the said town arc here
by exempt from road and police duty without
the corporate limits of said town.
Sec. s. That the power to grant or refuse
license for billiard tables, to keep tavern or re-
tail spirituous liquors, within the limits of the
said corporation be, and the same is hereby,
vested in the power of the town council OF Bel
ton. and they shall also have power to impose
q tax on shows or exhibitions for gain or re-
ward within the limits, and ali moneys 80 re-
ceived shall be appropriated to the public use
of said corporation.
Sec. 9. That the said town council of Belton
shall have power to arrest and commit to jail,
for a space of time not exceeding twelve hours,
and to fine not exceeding twenty dollars, any
person or persons who shall be guilty of disor-
derly conduct in said town to the annoyance OF
citizens thereof and it shall be the duty of the
marshal of the town to make such arrest, and
call to his assistance the posse con'tatus II ne
cessary; and upon failure to perform such du-
ty, he shall be fined in sum not more than
twenty dollars for each and every offence.
Sec 10. That the said town council OF belton
shall also have power to impose and collect an
annual tax upon the assessed property of said
town: Provided, No tax shall be imposed, in
any one wear, to exceed the rate of ten cents OH
each hundred dollars of such assessed proper
ty: and that the money so raised shall be ap.
piled to the use of the said town, The said
town council shall have power to enforce the
payment of all taxes levied by the said town
council. to the same extent and in the same
manner as is now, or hereafter shall be, provi-
ded by law for the collection of the general
State taxes.
Sec. IL. That the said town council of Bel
ton shall have power to regulate sales at auc-
ton within the limits of said town, and to
grant licenses to auctioneers: Provided, No
thing herein contained shall extend to sales of
sheriff, clerk of the court, judge of probate,
coroner, executor, administrator, assignee in
bankruptcy, or by any other person out of the
order, decree of any court, trial justice or JUS
tice of the peace.
Sec. IL. That this act shall be deemed o
public act and continue in force until repealed.
Approved January 81, 1872
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED IAN ACT
TO INCORPORATE CERTAIN TOWNS AND VII
LAGEs, AND TO RENEW AND AMEND CERTAIN
CHARTERS HERETOFORE GRANTED"
Section |. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General AS
sembly, and by the authority of the same:
That 80 much of an act entitled can act to
incorporate certain towns and villages, and to
renew and amend certain charters heretofore
granted" and approved at the session of the
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