The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-09

always appoint three managers to hold the en-
suing election; thai the intendant and war
dens, before entering upon the duties OF tnelr
offices, shall take the following oath, to Wiz I:
HAs intendant or warden, of Pendleton, l WILL
support and defend the Constitution OF the
United States, and this State, and equally ard
impartially, to the best Of my skill and ability,
exercise the trust reposed in me, and viii use
my best ondeavor to preserve the peace Ind
carry into effect, according 10 lag, the purpose
Of my appointments. So help me God"
SEC. 8. That in clso a vacancy shall occur In
the Office OF intendant or wardens, by DEATH
resignation, removal from Office, or absence
from the State, an election shall be held by
the appointment OF the intendant and wardens,
as tho case may be, thirty days previous notice
being given; and in the case OF sickness OF
temporary absence of the intendant, the war
dens, forming a council, shall be empowered
to elect one of themselves to act as lntendant
during the time.
SEC. 4. That the intendant and wardens duly
elected and qualified shall, during their term
of service, severally and respectively, be vest
ed with oil the powers OF trial Justices OF this
State, within the limits of the said village, e1-
cept in trials Of civil cases; that the intendant
shall, as often as occasion may require, sum-
mon the wardens to meet him in council, q
majority of whom shall constitute o quorum
for the transaction of business, and shall be
known by the name OF the Town Council OF
Pendleton; and they and their SUCCESSORS in
Office shall have q common seal, and shall nave
power and authority to appoint, from time TO
time, such and 30 May proper persons to act
as constsbles ss they shall deem a<pedient
and proper, which constables shall have all
the power, privileges and emoluments, and be
subject to all the duties, penalties and regula-
tions provided by the laws OF this State for the
Office Of constable; and the intendant and war
dens in council shall have power, under their
corporate seal, to ordain and establish all such
rules, bylaws and ordinances, respecting the
streets, ways, market and police of such vii.
lage. as shall appear to them proper for the
security, welfare and convenience OF the vii
lage, and for preserving health, peace, order
and good government within the same; and the
said council may afix fines for offences against
such bylaws and ordinances, and appropriate
them to the use Of the corporation; but
no fine shall exceed twenty dollars; and when
tines shall exceed ten dollars, they may be re-
covered in the Court of Sessions for Anderson
County; and when they ore OF the amount of
ten dollars, or under, they may be recovered
before the intendant and wardens: Provided,
Nothing herein contained shallempower the
said corporation 10 ordain or establish any by
laws or ordinances, inconsistent with, or re-
pugnant to, the laws OF this State; and all such
bylaws and ordinances shall, at oil times, be
subject TO the revisal or repeal ofthe Legisla-
ture.
eEc. s. That the said intendant and war.
denis shall have power to abate and remove
nuisances within the said limits, and to classi-
~ and arrange the inhabitants liable to police
duty, and to require them.to perform such
duty as often as occasion may require, and to
enforce the performance thereof, under the same
penalties as are now, or may be hereafter es-
tablished by law; and that the said intendaut
and wardens, or any of them, upon view there
of, or upon complaint lodged, on oath, are
hereby required and authorized to issue war
rants against all offenders, end cause them to
be brought before them, or him, and, upon an
examination, shall either release, admit to bail,
if the offence be bailable, or commit to Jail,
such offenders, as the case may require; and
the sheriff of Anderson County is hereby re-
qulred to receive and keep the person 30 COM
mitted until discharged by due course oflaw.
And that the said intendant and wardens shall,
collectively aud severally. have cognizance
within the said corporate limits, in all crimi-
nal casos, as justices Of the peace and quorum
have according to law.
SEQ. 6. That the intsndant and wardens of
the said town shall have full and only power to
grant or refuse license 10 retail spirituous
liquors within the said limits, which license
shall be granted in the same manner, andupon
the same conditions, as they are now, or may
hereafter be, under the laws Of this State, e1-
cept that the owl council shall have power to
regulate the price of license to keep taverns
and to retail spirituous liquors: Provided,
That in no instance the price ola license 30 to
keep taverns or retail spirituous liquors shall
be fixed at o less sum than is established by
the laws of the State; and all the powers form
erly vested in the commissioners Of roads are
hereby granted to the said intendaht and war
dens within the said limits; and all moneys
paid for licenses, and for fines and forfeitures
for retailing spirituoua liquors, keeping taverns
and billiard tables within the said limits with
out license, shall be appropriated to the use Of
said corporation.
SEQ. z. That the said intendant and wardens
shall have power to compound with persons
liable to work on said roads, streets and alleys,
to release such persons as may desire it, upon
a fair equivalent therefor, to be applied by
them to the use OF the said corporation; and
no person residing within the said limits shall
be liable to work on any road without said linn
its, or to be taxed or assessed for the same.
SEC. 8. That the iowa council Of Pendleton
shall have power to impose an annual tax upon
the keepers Of billiard tables and ten-pin alleys,
or in any other pin alleys, within the discretion
of said council, and to grant or refuse license
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 impose a tax. within their discretion,
on all sales made by itinerantt traders and auo-
t~ioneers, on all public drugs, wagons, car
riages, omnituses, and other vehicles kept for
hire, ..aud on the owner or possessor Of oil dogs,
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