Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-08

the laws OF tne State ana al JIG
powers vested in the County Commls-
sioners are hereby granted to the
said Intendant and Wardens within
the said limits; and all moneys paid
for licenses, anc for fines and forfeit
ures for retailing spirituous liquors.
keeping taverns and billiard tables
within said limits, without licenses,
SHALL be appropriated to the public
uses of the said corporation {: Ptova-
dsd, That the Intendant and War
dens duly elected and qualified ahall
not have power to grant any license
to keep tavern or retail spirituous
Liquors to extend beyond the term for
which they shall have been elected.
SEC. g.. That it shall be the duty of
the said Intendant and Wardens to
keep all roads, streets and ways with
in their corporate limits open and in
good repair, and for that purpose
they are invested with all the powers
granted to the County Commission
ers. They shall also have power to
levy tax upor the property of said
town, to keep the buildings in said
town for educational purposes in re-
pair. And they shall also have pow
er to compound with all persons liza,
Bile to work the streets, ways and
roads in said town, upon such terms
as they shall, by ordinance, establish;
the money so received to be applied
to the public use of the said corpora
ton. And all persons refusing or
failing to pay such Communication shall
be liable to such fines and penalties
as the said Town Council may I'M
pose. And no person, residing with
in the said limits, shall be liable to
work on any road or bridge without
the said limits, or be taxed or assess
ed for the same. The said Town
Council shall have power to require
license fees from the keepers of ten
pin alleys, or any other pin alleys,
and to grant or refuse licenses for the
same, upon such terms and conditions,
and subject to such regulations as
they may, by ordinance, establish.
They shall also have power to require
license fees from itinerant auctioneers,
owners of public drays. wagons, liv-
cry stables, vehicles and horses kept
for hire, within the corporate limits
of said town. They shall also have
power to impose an annual tax upon
the property in said town, to wit:
Upon all real estate, not exceeding
ten cents on the value of one hum
dred dollars; upon all stock in trade,
not exceeding ten cents on every hun
dred dollars worth Of the value of
said stock. The State assessment to
be taken as the basis of taxation.
And the said Town Council shall have
power to enforce the payment Of all
taxes and assessments levied by the
said Council against the property and
persons of defaulters to the same ex-
tent, and in the same manner, as is
provided by law for the collection of
the general State tax, except that ex-
ecutions to enforce the payment OF
the town taxes shall be issued under
the seal of the corporation, and di-
rected to the Town Marshal or other
person specially appointed by the
said Council to collect the same and
the money so collected shall be ap..
piled to the public uses of the said
corporation. And all property upon
which tax shall be levied and as
sessed is hereby declared and made
liable for the payment thereof. in
preference to all other debts due by
the person owning the property at
the time of the assessment, except
debts due the State, which shall be
first paid.
SEC. 10. That the said Town Coun-
Gil shall have power and authority to
require all persons, owning a lot or
lots in said town, to make and keep
in g"d repair sidewalks in front of
said lot or lots, wherever the same
shall front on, or adj"in, any public
street of said town, if, in the judg-
ment Of the Council, said sidewalk
shall be necessary; the width there
of, and the manner of construction,
to be designated and regulated by
the said Council; and for default or
refusal, after reasonable notice, to
make and keep in repair such side
walks, the Town Coul Gil may cause
the same to be made. or put in repair,
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: Pyouided, That such contract
for making and repairing be let to
the lowest bidder.
SEC. II. That the Intendant and
Warlens shall have power, and are
hereby authorized to elect or appoint
one or more Marshals, who shall be
duly sworn in, and invested with all
the powers Constables now have by
law, and whose jurisdiction and au-
thority shall be confined to the cor
porate limits of said town; and the
[ntendant and Wardens, or any one
or more of them, are hereby author
lied to require the Marshal of said
Gown, or any special Constable, ap-
pointed by said Intendant, or War
d ms for that purpose, to commit to
the Jail of Union County, for term
not exceeding twenty-four hours, any
person who, within the corporate lin
its of said town, my be engaged i'll
a breach of the peace, any riotous or
disorle:ly conduct, open obscenity,
public drunkenness, or in any cnn-
duct grossly indecent or dangerous
to the citizens of said town, or any
Of them. And all persons so impris-
oned shall pay all costs and expenses
incident to their Imprisonment, which