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

| in matters civil and criminal, within
the limits of said town. That the
Intendant shall, as often as occasion
may require, summon the Wardens
to meet him in Council, a majority of
whom shall constitute a quorum for
THE transaction of business, and shall
be known by. the name of the Town
Council of Midway, and they and
their successors in Office shall havesa
common seal, and shall have power
and authority to appoint, from time
to time, such and so many persons, to
| act as Marshals and Constables, ss
they shall deem expedient and proper,
which officers shall have all the pow:
ers, privileges and emoluments,. be
subject to all the duties, penalties and
regulations provided by the laws of
this State for the Office If Constables; /;
and the Intendant and Wardens in
Council shall have power and au-
thority, under their corporate seal, to
ordain and establish ali such rules
and bylaws and ordinances respect
ing the streets, ways, public wells
and watering places, market and po-
lice of the said town, and for pre-
serving health, peace, order and good
government within the same, as they
may deem expedient and proper; and
the said Council may afix fines for
offences against such bylaws and Or
dinances, and appropriate tho same
to the use of the corporation, but no
fine shall exceed fifty dollars. All
fines may be recovered by an action
for debt before proper tribunal.
SEC. 5. That the said Council shall
have power to abate and remove nui-
sances within the limits of said town,
and also to classify and arrange the
inhabitants liable to police duty, and
to require them to perform such duty
as occasion may require, apd to en-
force the performance thereof under
the same penalties as are now, or may
hereafter be, established by law /:
Provided, alsoays nevertheless, That
the said Town Council shall have
power to compound with persons la
Bile to perform such duty, upon such
terms as they shall, by ordinances,
establish.
SEC. 6. That it shall be the duty
of the Intendant and Wardens to
keep all streets and ways which may
be necessary for public use, within
the limits of the said town, open and
in good repair, and for that purpose
they are hereby vested with all the
powers, rights and privileges granted
by law to the County Commissioners
within the limits of said town, and
for any neglect of duty they shall be
liable to the pains and penalties i'm
posed by law upon County Commits
aioners for like neglect, and they are
hereby, individually, exempt from
the performance of road and police
duty, and the inhabitants of said
town are hereby exempt from road
and police duty without the limits oil
said corporation.
Sec. 7. That the said Intendan
and Wardens shall have power to
compound with persons liable to work
on said streets aud ways, and release
such persons as may desire it, upon
the payment of such sum of money
as they may deem fair equivalent
therefor, to be applied by them to the
said corporation.
Sec. s. That the said Town Ceun-
Gil of Midway shall also be empow-
erel to retain, possess and enjoy all
such property as they may now be
possessed of, or entitled to, or which
Shall hereafter be given, bequeathed
to, or in any manner acquired by
them, and to sell, alien, or in any
way transfer The same or any part
thereof: Provided, The amount of
property so held or stock invested
shall in no case exceed Sfteen thou
sand dollars.
SEC 8. That the said Town Coun-
Gil of Midway shall have power to
impose an annual tax on all real and
personal property within the corpo-
rate limits Of said town: Provided.
Said tax does not exceed ten cents on
the one hundred dollars.
SEC. 10. That the Intendanl and
Wardens of the Town of Midway
shall have power to regulate sales at
auction, within the limits Of said
town. and to grant licenses to auc-
tioneers: Providcd, That nothing
herein contained shall extend 10 sales
by SheriifS, Clerk Of Court, Judge oi
Probate, Coroner, Executors, Admi'.-
istrators, Assignees, or by anv other
person under the order Of any Court
or Trial Justice.
SEC. IL. That the Intendant and
Wardcns of the Town of Midway
shall have power and authority to re-
quire all persons owning lot or lot
in sid Town OF Midway, to keep In
repair the sidewalks adjacent to their
lots, respectively, and for defanlt in
this matter, shall have power and
authority to have the work done at
the expense of such lot owner.
Sec. IL. That the power to grant
or refuse licenses to keep tavern, or
to retail Intoxicating drinks be, and
the same is hereby, vested in the
Town Council of the Town of Mid.
way, and that they be also invested
with all necessary power, bv or'li'
nances, TO suppress or regulate the
sale of intoxicating drinks to b. drunk
at The place where sold, or in or upon
any Of its appurtenances, or in or
upon any of the highways, streets,
lanes, alleys, commons, kitchens,
stores, shops, public buildings, booths,
stalls or out-houses, of the s;id town,
or within one-fourth Of mile of the
present railroad depot, in the town of
Midway, in the County of Barnwell {:
P,o,,c7oI That No rule or raoulatioN