Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-08


sanitary measures as the public health re-
quire, giving twenty days. notice to the
occupants of said premises, where the
said nuisance lie, and in default OF nom
compliance with the order of said board,
the parties 80 offending shall be fined in
sum not less than twenty dollars, or thirty
days in the county Jail, for each and every
off.nse, the said complaints to be brought
before any Trial Justice, or Justice OF the
Peace. in and for the county of Charles
ton. The said board shall have power
over the cemeteries and public grave
wards Within the corporation.
SIC. 8. The Intendant and Wardens OF
the said, or majority of them, shall
full power to grant or refuse licenses, to
tavern keepers, or retail splrltuous liquors
within the corporate limits of the said
towr upon such condition, and under
such circumstances as to them shall seem
proper and right; provided that in no IN
stance shall the price of a license to a
tavern, or to retail spirituous liquors, be
less than the amount that is established
by the State; and all moneys paid tor IL
censes and for fines and forfeitures shall
4 be appropriated to the public uses OF said
town: provided that the Intendant and
Wardens, duly elected, shall not nave
power to grant any license to keep tav-
erns. or retail spirituous liquors, to exten6
beyond the term for which they have been
elected. They shall have power to regu-
late sales atauction within the corporate
limits of the town, and to grant licenses
to auctioners, intineraut traders, to keep
ers of hotels and livery stabfes and TO
levy tax on all drays, carts, wagons
carriages, omnibuses, buggies, horses,
mares, mules, kept for hire, or use for
public purpose. in said town: and tney
shall have the full and only power to I'M
pose tax on all shows or exhibition for
gain or reward, within the corporate
limits of said town; they shall have power
to impose a tax, not exc .eding twenty
cents Oh every hundred dollars OF the
value of real and personal property lying
within the corporate limits Of the town.
the real and personal property of churches,
and schools, and college associations, ex'
cepted. That an ordinance declaring the
rates of annual taxation upon property,
and other subjects of annual taxation tor
the wear, shall be published at least three
weeks during the month of January, IN
each year; provided that the said Town
Council shall have power to levy tax for
this purpose under the same rule as is
above stated, Immediately after the publ
cation of this act, and that all persons
liable to taxation under the same, shall
make oath of their tayable property with
in said town, aud make payment OF their
taxes to the Clerk or Treasurer OF said
corporation, or such other person as they
may be ordered or required to do, during
the succeeding north after publication;
and upon the fai ure to make such return
and payment, as required, the parties 30
in default shall, be subject to the penalties
provided by law for failure to pay the
general State and county tax, to be en-
forced by the orders Of the Intendant and
Wardens, or a majority Of them, for the
use of said town, except that in such cases
that executionssto en- orce the payment OF
such taxes shall be issued under the seal
of the corporation, and may be directed
, to the Town Marshal, or other persons
appointed by the said Town Council to
lew. collect and receive tire same, with
E costs. as in such cases made anG provided
by law, and all property upon which said
tax shall be levied ard assessed is hereby
declared and made liable for the payment
thereof in preference to all other debts
, except debts due to the State, which shall
be first paid, and that all other taxes inn
posed bv the Intendant and Wardens, or
a majority of them, shall be payable in
advance by the parties liable for the same
, and on failure of payment, their property
, shall be liable for the same, as in manner
f and form just before stated.
Sec. 9. The Intendant and Wardens
elect, sogether with Clerk and Treasurer,
SHALL during their term of office, be ex-
, empt from street and police duty. Each
: Town Council shall, within one month
after the expiration their term of Office,
make out and return to their successors
in office, full account of their receipts
and expenditures during their term, which
account shall be published in one or more
papers of the county; and shall pay over
all moneys in their possession belonging