The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-06


porate seal, to make all such rules ana
regulations, bylaws aud ordinances, re-
specting the streets, roads, and tne
business thereof, as well as the ponce
system of the said town, as shall appear 10
them necessary and proper, for the security,
welfare and convenience, and for preserving
health, order and good government "ltnin
said town. And the said town council may
,mpose fines for offences against their bylaws
rules. regulations and ordinances, ana appro-
priate the same to the public use OF said town;
and the said town council shall have the same
mower that trial Justices or Justices OF the
peace now have, or may hereafter nave, TO
compel the attendance of witnesses, and re-
ouire them to give evidence upon the trial be-
fore them, of any person or persons, for viola
tion 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 OF
juslce In this State; and also that nothing
herein contained shall authorize said council
to have ordinances or bylaws inconsistent
With, or repugnant to, the laws of the State.
SEC. 6. That said inLendsnt and wardens, or
majority of them, shall have power to abate
and remove all nuisances in said town; and 1t
shall be their duty to keep all roads, ways,
bridges and streets In said town open and IN
good repair, and for that purpose they are
Invested with all the powers of county COM
| missssioners, or commissioners Of roads, for
and within the corporate limits of the said
town; and they may lay out new streets, close
nm. widen. or otherwise alter those now IN
nae. and shall have full power to classify and
arrange the inhabitants or citizens OF salo
town liable to street, road or otner auty
therein, and to force the performance OF sucn
duties under such penalties as are now, or
shall hereafter be, prescribed by law; and
they shall have power to compound with all
persons liable to work the streets, ways and
roads in said town, upon such terms as their
ordinances or bylaws may establish. or their
rules and regulations may require, the money
80 received to be applied to the public use
of said town; and all persons refusing to labor
or falling to pay such commutatton snail
be liable to such fine, moi exceeding twenty
dollars for any one year. as the said town
council may impose; and they sail have The
power to enforce the payment of such fine, In
the same manner as is now or may be hereaf'
ter provided for the collection OF county taxes.
And the said town council shall have power,
with The consent Of the adjacent land owners,
to close all such roads, srreels and ways With
in the said town as they may deem necessary,
by the sale of the freehold therein, either at
private or public sale, as they may adjudge
best for the interest Of the said town; and
they shall keep in repair all such new streets,
roads and ways as they may, from time TO
time, deem 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
whose premises any such new street, road or
way may pass. ...-.,
SEQ. 7. The said town council shall have
power and authority to require all persons
owning lot or lots In said town to close IN
and to make and keep In good order and re-
pair sidewalks In front of said lot or lois
whenever the same shall front or adjoin any
public street of said town, If, In Judgment Of
council. such sidewalk or sidewalks shall be
necessary, the width thereof, and the manner
of construction, to be designated and regula-
ted by TIE said town council; and for default
or refusal, after reasonable notice, to make
and keep in good repair such sidewalks, and
to close such lot or lots, the town council
may cause the same to be made or put IN re-
pair, and require the owner to pay the price
of making or repairing; and the said town
council are hereby empowered to sue for and
recover the same by action of debt IN any
court of competent Jurisdiction: Provided,
That such contract for making orrepairlng is
let TO the lowest bidder. The cemeteries and
public eraveyards are also placed under the
Jurisdiction of the said town council.
SEC. s. The Intendant and wardens OF the
said town, or majority of them, shall have
full power to grant or refuse license to keep
tavernp or retail spirltuous liquors within the
corporate limits of the said town, upon such
conditions and under such circumstances as
to them shall seem proper and right: Provid-
ed, That In no instance shall the price be less
than the amount that Is established by The
State; and all moneys paid for licenses, and
for fines and torfeitures, shall be appropriated
to the public uses OF said town: Provided,
That the intendant and wardens, duly elect
ed, shall not have power to grant any license
to keep taverns or retail spirituous liquors to
extend beyond the term Tor which they have
been elected. They shall have power to reg
ulate Gales at auction within the corporate lin.
its Of the town; and to grant license to auc-
tioneers, itlnerant traders, TO keepers of ho-
tells and livery stables; and to levy tax on all
drays, carts, wagons, carriages, omnibusses,
buggies, horses, mares, or mules, kept for
hire, or used tor public purposes in said town,
and they have the full and only power to i'm
pose q tax on all shows, or 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 or personal property lying within the
corporate limits of the town, the real and per-
sonal property of churches and schools and
college associations excepted. That an ordl.
named declaring the rates of annual taxation
upon property and other subjects of annual
taxation for the year Shall be published at
least three weeks during the month ofJanusry,
in each year Provided, That the said town
council shall have power to lever tax for