Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-03-14

and shall be liable toibe removed at
the pleasure of said Council. And
the said Town Council shall have
power to establish, or authorize the
of market house in
said village; a.so, to authorize the
establishment of guard house, and
to prescribs suitable rules and regu-
l.,r;;ons for keeping and governing the
:rae. And the aid Town Council,
or he s.iI Intendant 'r Wardens. in
person, an, one or more of them,
may authorize and. require amy Mar
shall of the town, or any Constable.
specially appointed for that purpose,
to arrest and commit to th. said guard
house, for term not exceeding TWEEN
ty-four hours, any person or persons
who, within the corporate limits of
sal, town, may be engaged in any
breachrof the peace, any rlotous or
disordprly conduct, open obscenity,
public drunkenness, or any conduct
gr6s .ly indecent, or dangerous to the
citizens of said town, or any of them.
And it shall be the, duty Of the Town
Marshals OF Constables tn arrest and
commit all such offenders. when re-
ouired 80 to do, and who shall have
power to call to their assistance the
posse comitatus, if need be, to aid in
making such arrests, and, upon the
failure VI said officers to perform such
duty as required. they shall several
ly, be subject to fines and penalties,
as the Town Council may impose
upon them. And all persons so I'M
prisoned shall pay the cost and ex-
penses incident to their imprlson.
ment, which cest and expenses shall
be collected in the same manner as Is
provided for the collection Of lines
imposed for the violation OF ordi-
nancss, rules and regulations: Pro.
yided, That such imprisonment shall
not exempt the party from the pay
ment of any fine the Council may i'm
pose for the offence which he, she or
they may have committed, And the
said Town Council shall have full
power and sathori,y, under their cor
porate seal, 20 make all such rules
and regulations, bylaws and: ord1
nances, respecting the streets, roads,
and the buainess thereof, as well as
the police system Of the said town,
as shall appear to them necessary
and proper. for the security, welfare
and convenience, and for preserving
health, order and good government
within said town. And the said Town
Council may impose fines for offences
.gainst their bylaws, rules, regula-
sions and ordinances, and appropriate
the same to the public use of said
town and the said Town Council
shall have the same power that Trial
j Justices or Justices Of the Peace now
have, or may hereafter have, to com
pei the attendance of witnesses, and
require them to give evidence upon
the trial before them, of any person
or persons, for violation of any OF
their ordinances, bylaws, rules and
regulations; but no fine above the
sum of twenty-five dollars shall be
collected by said Council, except by
suit in proper Courts ofjustiee in this
State and also that nothing herein
contained shall authorize said Couu-
Gil to make any ordinances or bylaws
inconsistent with, or repugnant to
the laws of the State.
SIC. 6. That said Intendant and
Wardens, or majority of them, shal.
have power to abate and remove al
uuisances in said town; and.it shall
be their duty to keep all roads, ways
bridges and streets in said.town oper
and in good repair, and for that pur
pose they are invested with all the
powers of County Commissioners, OF
Commissioners Of Roads, for and with.
in the corporate limits of the said
town; and they may lay out new
streets, close up, 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, road Or other duty
therein, and to force the performance
of such duties under such penalties
a. are now, or shall hereafter be, pre-
scribed by law; and they shall have
power to compound with all persons
lia;le to work the streets, ways ard
roads in said town, upon such terms
| as their Ordinances or Bylaws may
establish, or their rules and regul;t-
tions my require. the money SO re-
celved to be applied to the public use
Of sad town; and all persons rsiu-
sing to labor or failing to pay su, b
Communication shall be liable to such
fac, not exceeding twenty dollars for
any one year, as the said Town Coun
ell may impose; and they shall have
the power to enforce the payment Of
snch line. in the same manner as i
now or may be hereafter provided for
the collection Of County taxes. And
the said Town Council shall have
power, with the consent Of the ada
cent land owners, to close all such
roads, streets and ways within the
said town as they may deem necessa-
ry, by the sale OF the freehold there
in, either at private or public sale, as
they may. a9udge best for the inter
est of the a:ad town; and they shall
keep in repair all such new streets,
roads and ways as they may, from
time to time, dem necessary for the
improvement and convenience of said
town: Provided, That no street, road.
or way shall be opened without first
having obtained the consent of the
land owner or owners thereof, through
who's, premises any such new street.
road or way may pass.
SEC. 7. The said Town Council shall
have power and authority to require
all persons owning a lot or lots in said
town to close in and to make and