The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-08

except for the trial OF small and mean
causes; and the 1ntendant shall or may,
as often as NECESSARY, suusmont the Ward
ems to meet in Council, any three of
whom. with the Intendant, shall consti-
tute quorum to transact business; and
they shall be known as the Town Coun-
oil of Lewisville; and they, and their
SUCCESSORS in Office hereafter to be elect
cd, may have common seal, which shall
be affixed to all Of their ordinances, may
sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded
in any court Of justice in this State, aud
purchase, hold, possess and enjoy, to
them and their successors, in perpetuity.
or for any term OF years, any estate, real,
personal or mixed, and sell, alien or con-
vey the same: Prooided, The same shall
not exceed, at any one time, the sum OF
ten thousand dollars. And the said
Town Council shall have authority to
appoint, from time to time, as they may
see at, such and 80 many proper persons.
to act as Marshals or Oonstables of said
village, as the said Council may deem
necessary and expedient for the preser-
walton of the peace, good order and po
lice thereof, which persons, so appointed,
shall, within the corporate limits OF said
village, have the power and privileges,
and be subject to all tho obligations,
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
authorize the establishment of market
house in said village; also, to authorize
the establishment of guard house and
to prescribe suitable rules and regnla-
tions for keeping and governing the
same. And the said Town Council, or
the said Intendant or Wardens, in per-
son, any ono or more of them, may au-
thorize and require any Marshal of the
town, or any Constable, specially ap-
pointed for that purpose, to arrest and
commit to the said guard house, for
term not exceeding twenty -four hours,
any person or persons who, within the
corporate limits of said town, may be
engaged in any breach of tue peace, any
riotous or disorderly conduct, open
obscenity, public drunkenness, or any
conduct grossly indecent, or dangerous
to the citizens Of said town, or any of
them. And it shall be the duty of the
Town Marshals or Constables to arrest
and commit ali such offenders, when re.
qnired 80 to do, and who shall have
power to call to their assistance the posse
comitatus, if need be, to aid in making
suoh arrests, and, upon the failure Of
said officers to perform such duty as re-
quired, they shall severally be subject to
fines and penalties, as the Town Council
may impose upon them. And all per-
sons 80 imprisoned shall pay the cost
and expenses incident to their imprison-
ment, which cost and expenses shall be
collected in the same manner as is pro-
vided for the collection of fines i'm
posed for the violation of ordinances,
rules and regulations: Provided, That
such imprisonment shall not exempt the
party from the payment of any fine the
Council may impose for the offence
which he, she or they may have commit
ted. And the said Town Council shall
have full power and authority, under
their corporate seal. to mako all such
rules and regulations, bylaws and ordi-
nances, respecting the streets, roads and
the business thereof, as we'll as the po-
lice system of the said town, rs shall
appear to them necessary and proper,
for the security, welfare and conve-
nience, and for preservinghealth, order
and good government within said town.
And tho said Town Council may impose
nneS Tor Ollences against their by laws,
rules, regulations and ordinances, and
appropriate the same to the public use
of said town; and the said Town Coun-
Gil 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 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, ex-
cept by suit in proper courts of justice
III this Stats; and also that nothing
herein contained shall authorize said
Council to make any ordinances or by
laws inconsistent with, or repugnant to,
the laws of the State.
SEC. 6. That said Intendant and War
dens, or majority Of them, shall have
power to abate and remove ell nuis.nces
in said town; and it shall be their duty
to keep all roads, ways. bridges and
streets i'll said town open and in good
repair, and for that purpose they are in
vested With all the powers OF County
Commissioners. or Commissioners OF
Roads, for a. ! within the corporate H.
mits OF the said town; and they may lay
| out new streets. close no. Widon. or