Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-04-11

have power TO gram any iA:en'e w.
keen tayerns, or to retail spirituous
LIQUORS, to extend beyond the term
for which they have been elected.
Sec. 7. That it shall be the duty
Of the said Intendant and. Wardens
to keep all roads, ways, bridges and
streets, within the corporate limits,
open and in good repair; and they
NAV Law out new streets, close up,
widen or otherwise alter those now in
use, and for that purpose they. are in
vested with all the powers and duties
of County Commissioners, or Com
misaioners of Roads,. for and within
the corporate limits Of said town:
They shall have power to compound
with all persons liable to work the
streets, ways and roads Of said town,
upon such terms as they shall, by or
diinance, establish the moneys so re-
ceived to be applied to the public use
of said town; and all persons refus-
ing to labor, or failing to pay such
conmmutation, Con shall be liable to such
fine, not exceeding twenty dollars, as
the Town Council may impose.
SEC. 8. They shall have the power
to impose an annual tax, not exceed
ing ffty cents on every hundred dol
lars of the value of all real and per-
sonal property, lying within the cor
porate limits of said town, the real
and personal property of churches
and school associations excepted. The
said Town Council shall have power
to regulate the price Of licenses upon
all public shows and exhibitions IN
said town, to erect a-powder maga-
zine, and compel any person holding
more than twenty-five pounds of pow
der to store the same therein, and to
make regulations for rates Of storage
thereof, and for keeping and deliver
ing the same. The said Town Coun-
Gil shall have power to enforce the
payment of all taxes and assessments
levied under the authority of this Act,
against the property of defaulters, to
the same extent, and in the same
manner as is provided by law for the
collection of the general State tax,
except that executions to enforce the
payment of the town taxes shall be
issued under the seal of the. corpora
ton, and directed to. the. Town Mar
shall, or other person especially ap-
pointed by the said Town Council to
collect the same; and all property
upon which a tax shall be levied and
assessed is hereby declared and made
liable for the payment thereof IN
preference to all other debts against
the said property, except debts due
the State, which shall be FIRST paid.
Sec The said Town Council shall
have power and authority to require
all persons owning lot or lots IN said
town, to close in, and to make and
keep in good repair sidewalks, in front
of said lot or lots, whenever the same
shall front or adjoin amy public street
of said town, if, in the judgment OF
the Council, such sidewalk shall be
necessary, the width thereof, and tue
manner of construction, to be, deslg-,
mated and regulatedsby the said Counz
ell; and Tor default or refusal, after
reasonable notice, to make and keep
in good repair such sidewalks, and to
close in such lot or lots, the Town
Council. may cause the same to be
made, or put in repair, and require
the owner to pay the price OF making
and repairing. And the said Town
Council are hereby empowered to sue
for and receive the same by action
of debt in any Court OF competent
Jurisdiction: Provided, that such con-
tract for making Or repairing be let
to the lowest bidder. The cemeteries
and grave-yards are also placed un-
der the jurisdiction of the Town G. un-
Gil.
SEC. 10. 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 nec-
essary, by sale of the freehold there
IN, either at private or public sale, as
they may adjudge best for the interest
of the said town; and they shall have,
also, power to lay out. adopt, widen
or otherwise alter those streets now
in use, open and keep in repair all
such new streets, roads and ways, as
they may, from time to time, deem
necessary for the improvement orcon-
venience of said town Provided, that
no street, road or way shall be opened
without first having obtained the con-
sent of the land owner or owners
through whose premises any such new
street, road or way may pass.
SEC. IL. The said Town Council
shall have power, and are hereby au-
lhorized, to elect one or more Mar
shals, to fix their salaries and pre-
scribe their duties, who shall be
sworn in, and invested with all the
powers and subjected to all the du-
ties and liabilities that Constables
now have, or are subject to, by law,
in addition to the duties and liabili-
ties specially conferred and empow-
cred on them by the Town Council !:
Provided, that their jurisdiction shall
be confined within the limits of the
said town.
SEC. l2. That the said Town Coun-
Gil shall have power to establish a
guard house, and to prescribe, by or
dinance, suitable rules and regula-
tions for keeping and governing the
same; and the said Town Council
may, by ordinance, or the said Inten-
| dant or Wardens in person, any one
or more of them, authorize and re-
quire any Marshal Of the town, or
any Constable, specially appointed for
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