The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-04-18

Council; and to grant or refuse licenses for the
same, upon such terms and conditions, ana SUB
iect to such regulations, as they may, by ordi-
nance establish. They shall also have power
to impose tax, within their discretion, on all
sales made by itiner;int traders and auctloneers,
on all public drays, wagons, carriages, omnl-
buses, and other vehicles kept for hire, and on
the owners or proprietors of all dogs, hogs,
sheep, goats and cattle kept within the corpo-
rate limits of said town. The said Town Coun-
Gil shall have power to impose all annual tax
on the amount of all sales of goods, wares and
and also upon the amount OF in-
come arising from all factorage and merc:ian-
die. employments, faculties and professions,
including the profession of dentistry; also
upon the amount of income from all moneys
loaned at interest, and from dividends received
from banks and all other stocks: Provided,
That no tax shall be imposed, in any one case,
to exceed the rate of thirty cents on each nun
dred dollars of the value of such sales and In
come. And the said Town Council shall have
power to impose an annual tax on all carriages
and wagons, of whatever kind, kept for private
use on all gold, silver and other watches, Kept
for private use, within the limits OF the SAID
town. And the said Town Council shall have
power to impose all annual tax, not exceeding
thirty cents on every hundred dollars OF the
value of all real estate lying in the corporate
limits of said town. the real estate of churches
and school associations excepted; and, for that
purpose, they shall appoint three treeholders
residing therein to assess the value of said real
estate, upon oath, and return the assessment,
within one month"; to said Council for taxation;
and to fill any vacancy occasloned by the
death. resignation, refusal to serve, or removal
from Office, of the said assessor. And the said
Town Council shall have power to regulate the
price of licenses upon all public shows and ex-
hibtions in said town; to erect powder mag
azine, and to compel any person holding more
than twenty-five pounds of powder to store the
same therein, and to make regulations for rates
of storage thereof, and for keeping and storing
the same. Aud the said Town Council shall
have power to enforce the payment OF all taxes
and assessments, levied under the authority OF
this Act; against the property and persons OF
defaulters to the same extent, and III the same
manner as is provided by law for the collection
of the general State tax, except that executions
to enforce the payment OF town taxes shall be
issued under the seal of the corporation, and
especially appointed by the said Town Council,
to collect the same; and all property upon
which tax shall be levied and assessed, is
hereby declared and made liable for the pay
ment thereof in preference to other debts due
by the person owning such property at the time
Of the assessment, except debts due the State,
which shall be first paid. The said moneys, to-
yether with all other moneys collected by au-
thority of the provisions of this Act, and the
ordinances passed in conformity thereto, from
whatever source said moneys may arise, to be
paid into the treasury of said town, for the use
of the corporation.
Sec. 10. That returns shall be made, on
oath. to the Clerk of the Town Council, during
the month of January, in each year, of the
amount of all sales of merchandise, profession
al, mechanical, or other incomes, and of the
quantity and kind of all other property than
real estate subject to taxation, under the pro-
visions of this Act, by persons who may be LA.
! BILE to pay the taxes on the same; and the said
taxes shall be paid on or before the first day OF
March then next ensuing. Upon failure there
of, any party in default shall be subject to the
penalties now provided by law for failure to
pay the general State tax.
Sec. II. That the said Town Council shall
have authority to require all persons owning Il
lot or lots in said town to make and keep Ill
good repair sidewalks in front of said lot or
lots, whenever they shall front or adjoin any
public street of said town, if, in the judgment
of the Council, such sidewalks shall be ncces-
sary, the width thereof, and the manner of
their construction, to be designated by the said
Council and for default or refusal to make
and keep in repair such sidewalks, the Town
Council may cause the same to be made and
put in repair, and require the owner to pay the
price of making or repairing; the said Town
Council are hereby empowered to sue for and
recover the same action of debt in any court OF
competent jurisdiction in Anderson County !:
Provided, That such contract for making or re-
pairing be let to the lowest bidder.
Sec. u That 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 sale of the freehold therein, either
at private or public sale, as they may adjudgc
best for the interest of said town: and they
shall also have power to lay out, adopt, open
and keep in repair all such new streets, roads
and ways as they may, from time to time, deem
important or necessary for the improvement
or convenience of said town: Provided, That
no new street, road or way shall be opened
without first having obtained the consent of
the landowner through whose premises any
such new street, road or way may pass.
Sec. 49, That the said Town Council shall
have power, and are hereby authorized, to elect
one or more Marshals, to atfiX their salaries
and prescribe their duties, who shall be duly
sworn in, and invested with all the power and
subject to all the duties and liabilities that
ConstabIes now have or are subjected, by law,
in addition to the duties and liabilities especi-
ally conferred and imposed on them by the
Town Council: Provided, That their jurisdic-
tion shall be confined to the corporate limits Of
said town.
Sec IA. That the said Town Council shall
have power to establish a guard house. and to
prescribe by ordinances suitable rules and reg
ulations for keeping and governing the same,
and for the confinement of all persons who
may be subject to be committed for the viola
ton of any ordinance of the town passed in
conformity with the provisions of this Act;
and the said Town Council may, by ordinance,
or the said Intendant and Wardcns in person,
any one or more of them, authorize and require
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