The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-06-20

dutv Of the town marshal or constable to ar
rest and commit all such offenders when re-
nuired to do so, and who shall have power to
call to their assistance the posse .comltatus,
if need be, to aid in making such arrests;
and upon the failure of such officers to per.
form such duty as required, they shall sever
ally be subject to such fines and penalties as
the town council may iuip9se upon them;
and all persons SO imprisoned shall pay the
costs and expenses incident to their iutprison-
metit, Which said costs and expenses shall be
collected in the same manner as is provided
for the collection Of fines imposed for the VI
olatioh of ordinances, rules and regulations :
Provided, That such imprisonment shall not
exempt the party from the payment of any
6ne the council may impose for the offence
which he, she or they may have committed;
and the said town council shall have full
power and authority, under their corporate
seal. to make. all stch rules and regulations,
bylaws and ordinances. respecting the streets,
roads and business thereof, as well as the po-
lice system of the said town, as shall appear
to them necessary and proper for the secpri-
ty, welfare and Convenience of the ihhabl-
tants of said town, and for preserving health,
order and government within the said town;
and the:sad town council may impose fines
for offences again. t their bylaws, rules, reg
ulutions and ordinances, and appropriate the
same to the public use of said town; aud the
said town council shall have the same power
that trial justices or justices Of the peace now
have, or may hereafter have, to compel the
attendance Of witnesses, and requiring them
to give evidence upon the trial before them
of any persons or persons for violation Of
any of their ordinances, bylaws, rules or
regulations; But no fine above the sum OF
twenty five dollars shall be collected by said
council, except by suit In the proper courts
ofjustico in this State, and also that nothing
herein contained shall authorize said coun.
Gil to make any ordinance or bylaws incon-
sistent with or rcpugnant to the laws OF this
State.
SIC. 6 That the said iptendant and war
dens, or a majority ofrtkem, shall have pow
er to abate and remove all nuisances III said
town, and it shall be their duty to keep ALL
bridges, roads, ways and streets within the
corr oratc limits Of said town, open and Ill
good repair, and for that purpose they are
invested with I'LL the powers Of county COM
missiOncrs. For and within the corporate lnl-
its Of said town, and they may lay out new
streets, close up, alter or widen out those
now in use; and shall have full power to clas-
sify or arrange the inhabitants or citizchs of
said town, liable tostreet, road or public du-
ty therein, and to fores the performance Of
such duty 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
rouds in said town upon such terms as their
ordinances or bylaws may establish, or their
rules and regulations may require; the monE
cy 50 received to be applied to the public
use Of said town, a'rl all persons refusing to
labor or nc4,lccting to pay said communication,
shall be liable to snch fine: not exceeding ten
dollars for any one year as the said town
council shall impese; and they shall Eafc the
power to culorce the payment OF sach tne IN
the SAME manuer as is now, or MAJ be here
| after 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, streets and
ways within the said town, as they may deem
necessary, by tho sale Of the freehold there
in, either at private or public sale, as they
may adiudge best for tic Interests of said
town; and they shall keep i'll repair all such
new streets roads and ways as they may from
time to TIME deem necessary for the improve
! mont and convenience Of said town: Provi-
dcd, That no sk'eet way or road shall be op-
ened without first having obtained THE con-
sent Of the land owner or owners through
whose premises any such new street, road or
way may pass.
SEC T. The said town ctuncil may have
power and authority to require all persons
owning lot or lots in said town to close in,
and to keep in good repair: sidewalks in front
of said lot or lots; whenever the same shall
front Or adjoin any public street in said town
if, in the Judgement ofsaid council such side
walks shall be necessary, the width thereof
and the manner of construction to be desig.
mated by the said town council, and for de-
fault or refusal, after reasonable notice, to
make and. keep in repair such sidewalk, and
to close such lots, the town council may cause
the same to be made or put in repair, and to
require the owner 10 pay the cost Of making
or repairing; and the said town council are
hereby empowered to sue for and recover
the same in any court Of competent jurisdic-
tiou, by action for debt: Provided, that
such contract for making or repairing shall
be let to the lowest bidder. The cemeteries
and public grave yards are also placed under
the jurisdiction Of said town council.
SEC. 8. The ihtendant and wardens OF
the said town, or majority of them, shall
have full power to grant or refuse license to
keep taverns or to retail spurious liquors
withia the corporate limits of the said town
+ upon such circumstances, as to them shall
seem proper and right: Provided, That in
, no instance shall the price Of a license tc
keep a tavern or to retail spurious liquors
be less than the amount that is established
by The State; ahd"al moneys paid for licenses
, and for fines dhd forfeitures shall be appro
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