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

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any term of years, any estate, real, {,
personal or mixed: and SELL. alien
and convey the same ;. Provided, The
same shall not exceed, at any one
time, the sum Of ten thousand dol
liars. And the said IntenGant.aand
Wardens shall have full power to
make and establish all such rules, by
laws and ordinances respecting the
roads, streets, markets and police of
said town as shall appearto'them ne
cessary and requisite for the. security,
welfare and convenience-of the said
town, or for preserving the health,
pc ce; order and good. government
within. the same. And the said Coun-
Gil may fix and impose fines and'peh-
alties for the violation thereof, : and
appropriate the same to the public
use of the. said corporation .ProN-
ded, That in all eases of trials to'be
had before the said Town Council, as
hereinbefore provided; theparty charg,
ed shall be cited to trial by setyiee
upon him of summons; under the
hand of the Intendant; any one '.of
the Wardens, or the Clerk of the
Council, wherein shall be expressed
with certainty, the ofense charged,
and the time and place oftrial, which
service shall be made at least FIVE
days before the day of trial. ,lt
SEC. 7. That the Intendant and
Wardens Of the said town shall have
full and only powerto grant or-refuse
license to retail .spirituous liquors.
within tho said limits, which license
shall be granted in the same manner,
and upon the same conditions, as they:
now are, or may hereafter be, under.
the laws of this State, except that
the Town Council shall have the pow.
er to regulate the price of license to
keep taverns and to retail spirituous
liquors: Provided, That in no in
stance the price of license so to
keep tavern or retail spirituous h
quors shall be fixed at a less sum than
is established by the laws Of this State;
and all the powers vested formerly in
the Commissioners of Roads are here
by granted to the said ,Iutendant and
Wardens within the said limits and
hll moneys paid for licenses, and for
fines and forfeitures, for retailing
spirituous liquors, keeping taverna,
billiard tables, within the said limits,
without license, shaA be appropriated
to the uses of said corporation Pro-
vided, That the Intendant and War.
dens, duly elected and qualified, shall
not have power to grant any licenses
to keep tavern or refill spirituons
liquors to extend beyond the time
for which they shalLhaye been elected.
SEC. 8. That it shall be The duty Of
the said Intendant and-Wardens to
keep all streets, roads and ways, with;
in their corporate limits, open and in
good repair; and, for that purpose,
they are invested with all the powers
granted formerly to the Commission
ers of Roads. And they shall have
power to compound with all persons
liable to work the streets, ways and
,R1patiis IN said tUHn,
as they shall, by ordinance, establish |;
the moneys so received to be applied
to the public use.
SEC. 9. That the said Town Conn
ell shall have power to impose an, an
nual tax upon:the keepers of all bill;
lard tables and ten pin alleys, or 9th
er pin alleys, within the discretion OF
said Council and to grant or refuse
licenses for thesame, upon such terms
and conditions, and subject to such
regulations, as they may, by ordl;
nance, establish. They shall also have
power to impose q tax, within their
discretion, on all sales made by. itine.
rant traders and auctioneers, on. all
public drays, wagons, carrlsgese om1
nnibuses, and other vehicles, kept for
hire, and on the. owners or proprie,
tors of all dogs, hogs, sheep, goats
and cattle kept within the: corporate
limits of said town., The said Town
Council shall have power to impose
an annual tax on the amount OF all
sales of goods, wares and merchen-
disc, and also upon the amount of in.
come arising from all factorage and
merchandise, employnents, faculties
and professions, including the profes-
sion of dentistry also upon the,
amount of income from all moneys
loaned atinterest, and from dividends
received from banks and all other
stocks: Provided, That no tax shall
beimposed, in any one case, to exceed
the rate ofthirty cents on each hundred
dollars of the value Of such sales and
income. And the said Town Council
shall have power to impose an annu-
al tax on alI'carriages and wagons, Of
whatever kind, kept for private use !,
on all gold, silver and other ;, watches, t!!,
kept for private use, wlthln.the limits l, s
of the said town. And the said Town
Council shall have power to impose
an annual tax, not exceeding thirty
cents on every hundred dollars OF the
value of all real estate lying IN the
corporate limits of said town, the
real estate of churches and school ds,
sociations excepted; and for that
purpose, they shall appoint three
freeholders residing therein to assess
the value Of said real estate, upon
oath, and return the assessment, with
in one month, to said Council for tax
alton; and to fill any vacancy occaf
stoned by the death, resignation, re- :.
fusal to serve, or removal from othces
of the said Assessor. And the said
Town Council shall have power to
regulate the price of g licenses upon
ali public shows and exhibitions IN
said town; to erect powder maga'
zine, and to compel any person hold.
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