The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-02-07

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lots, wherever the same shall front on
or adjoin, any public street OF said Town
If, in the Judgment Of the Council, sal!
sidewalk shall be necessary; the widti
to be designated and regulated by th
said Council; and for default or refusal
after reasonable notice, to make ant
keep in repair such sidewalks, tn,
Town Council may cause the same to b,
made or put in repair, and require tn,
owner to pay the price of making O
repairing and the said Town Council
are hereby empowered to sue for and re
; cover the same: Provided, That sucl
contract for making and repairing b,
let to the lowest bidder. s
Sec. II. That the Intendant ant
Wardens shall have power, and are here
by authorized, to elect or appoint ont
or more. Marshals, who shall be dul,
sworn in and invested with all the pow
ers Constables now have by law, ant
whose jurisdiction and authority shal
be confined to corporate limits of saic
town; and the Intendant and Wardens
or any one more Of them are hereby
authorized to require the Marshal o
said town, or any special Constable ap
pointed by said Intendant or Warden
for that purpose, to commit to the Jail o
Union County, fora term not exceeding
twenty-four hours, any. person who
within the corporate limits of said towr
i hn In ~ h
peace, any righteous or ;disorderly con
duct, open obscenity, public drunken
ness, or in any conduct grossly indecent
or dangerous to the citizens of said towr
or any of them. And all persons so:im
prisoned shall pay all costs and sexpen-
ses incident to their Imprisonment
which said costs and expenses shall be
collected in the same manner as is pro
vided by this Act for the collection o.
fines imposed for violation of ordinan'
ces: provided, That such Imprisonment
shall not exempt the party from the pay.
ment Of any fine which the Council
may impose for the offence for which he
may have been committed.
Sec. u. That said Council shall have
power to collect licenses from all per-
sons representing publicly, within their
corporate limits, for gain or reward, any
plays or shows, of what nature or kind
soever, to be used for the purpose of said
corporation. ~ ~!
SEC. l3. That all fines which shall
hereafter be collected by conviction In
the Court of Sessions for retailing with.
out license, within the corporate limits
of said town, shall be paid one-hall to
the informer, and the other half to the
Toww Council, for the use of said cor.
poration. ....
Sec. IA. That the said Council shall
have full power and authority to abate
all nuisances within the corporate linn
it's, and also to appoint a Board OF
Health for said town, and to pass oil
such ordinances as may be necessary to
define the powers and duties of said
Board, and to impose fines and penalties
upon the members Of said Board for neg
lect of duty: Provided, That no fine
hereby authorized to be imposed shall
exceed the sum of twenty dollars.
SEC. Is. That all streets hereafter to
be opened in the said corporation shall
be at least sixty feet wide, except when
such widths cannot be allowed OIL nc
count of permanent buildings erected, or
in course Of erection, at the time of the
opening of said streets.
SEC. 1G. That each Town Council
shall, within one month after the expi-
ration of their term of office, make out
and return to their successors u full ac-
count, under oath, of their receipts and
expenditures during their term, and
shall pay over all moneys in their hands
belonging to the corporation, and deliver
up all books, records and other papers
incident to their successors; and on fail
ure so to do, they shall be liable to the
punishment prescribed in the seven
teenth (17) section of this Act. -
SEC. u. That for any wilful violation
or neglect of duty, malpractice, abuse or
oppression, the said Intendant and
Wardens, severally, shall be liable to in
dictment in the Court of Sessions. and,
upon conviction, to imprisonment and
fine not exceeding one hundred dollars,
or Imprisonment not exceeding sixty
days, or both, at the s.discretion of the
court, besides being liable for damages
to any person injured.
Sec. IS. That this Act shall be pub
Lie Act, and continue Of force for twenty
years, and until the end of the session
next ensuing; and that all Acts and
parts of Acts heretofore passed inconsist-
ent with or repugnant to this Act be,
and the same are hereby repealed.
Approved January 8, 1872. aE@
an Act to Validate the Actioa of the
County Commissioners in Oconee Cott7a-
ty, in Exchanging and Conveying the
Lot Ceded to Them to Build q Jail
upon.
Whereas the County Commissioners of
Oconee County, in the exercise of their
changed the location of the
jail for said County, and exchanged the
lot ceded to the State for the purpose of
erecting Jail for the one on which the
Jail now stands and whereas the parties
with whom the exchange was made have
sold the said lot to Joseph J. Norton, and
the said Commissioners have executed
titles to him now, therefore, III
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives Of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of the
same, .. '. -..t
That the action of the County Com
missioners aforesaid be, and the same is
hereby, validated, and the title of the
State to the said lot conveyed to and con-
firmed in the said Joseph J. Norton, his
heirs and assigns forever. 0 -
Approved January 8, 1872.
JOINT RESOL UTION to require the
Governor to communicate s0ith the
proper authorities Of the State Of Geor-
gid, Vith a uiev to a re-adjustnaent Of
the boundary tinc 6etaDee1a the States Of
Georgia and South Carolina, and au-
thoriziag the appointment Of three Com
missioners. ..E H.. .
Whereas, the action had by the Com
missioners of the Conference between
the Stat % Of Georgia and South Caro-
lima is, for many reasons, unsatisfactory,
prominent among which may be men
toned the ambiguity of the first article !;
the manifest error in the third article. to