The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-03-20

laws may establish, or their rules
and regulations may require, the
money so received to be applied
10 the public use Of said town;
and all persons refusing to labor
or failing to pay such commuta-
tion shall be liable TO such fine,
not exceeding twenty dollars Tor
any one year, as the said Town
Council may impose; and they
shall have the power to enforce
the payment Of such fine, in the
same manner as is now or may be
hereafter provided for the collcc-
tion of County taxes. And the
said Town Conncil shall have pow
or, with the consent OF the ADJ
cent land owners, to close all sncn
roads, streets and ways within the
said town us they may deem nc
cessary, by the sale Of the freehold
therein, either at private or pub
lie sale, as they may adjudgc best
for the interest of the said town;
and they shall keep in repair all
such new streets, roads and ways
as they may, from time to time,
deem necessary fer the improve
ment and convenience OF said
town: Preceded, That no street,
road or way shall be opened with
out first having obtained the con-
sent Of the land owners thereof,
through whose premises any such
new street, road or way may PASS.
SEC. I. The said Town Council
shall have power and authority to
require all persons owning q lot or
lots in said town to close in and
to make and keep in good order
and repair sidewalks in front Of
said lot or lots, whenever the same
shall front or aljoin any public
street of said town, if, in judgment
Of Council, such sidewalk or side
walks, shall bo necessary, the
width thereof, and the manner of
construction, to be designated ard
regulated by the said Town Coun-
ell ; and for default or refusal, at-
ter reasonable notice, to make and
keep in good repair such sidewalks,
and to close :uch 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 or repairing; and the
said Town Council are hereby en-
powered to sue for and recover
the same hy action Of debt in any
Court Of competent jurisdiction
Prorided, That such contract for
making or repairing is let to the
lowest bidder. The cemeteries
and public graveyards are also
placed under the jurisdiction Of
the said Town Council.
SEC. S The Intcndant and War
dens Of the said town, or \ maJo
ity Of them, shall have full power
to grant or refuse license to keep
taverns or retail splrltuous liquors
within the corporate limits Of the
said town, upon such conditions
and under such circumstances as
to them shall seem proper and
right: Prori1td, That in no in.
stance shall the price be less than
the amount that is established BY
the State; and all moneys paid for
licenses, and for fines and forfeit
urcS, shall be appropriated to the
public uses Of said town: Pr0rided:
That the Intentant and Wardcns.
duly elected, shall not have power
to grant any license t. keep tav-
erns or retail spir;tuous liquors to
extend beyond the term for which
they have been elected. They
shall have power to regulate sales
at auction within the corporate
limits of the town ; aud to grant
licenses to auctioueers, itincrant
traders, to keepers of hotels and
livery stables; and to levy y tax
on ali drays, carts, wagons, car
riagcS, omnibuses, bugSies, horses,
mares, or mules, kept for hire, or
used for public purposes in said
town, and they have the fui! and
only power to impose 4 tax on all
shows, or exhibitions for gain or
reward, within the corporate linn
it's Of the said town, they shall
have power to impose i taN, not
exceeding twenty cents on every
hundred dollars of the valnc Of III!
real or personal property, lying
within the corporate limits Of ,he
town, the real and personal prop
crtv Of churches and schools and
college associations excepted.
That an ordinance declaring the
rates of annual taxation upon prop
crty and other subjects OF annual
taxation for the year shall! be pub
liShed at least three weeks during
the month Of January, in each
year: Pr0rided, That the said
Town Council shall have power to
levy i tax for this year, under the
same rules as is above stated, i'm
/ mcdiatcIy after the passage Of this
Act, and that all persons liable to
taxation under the same, shall
make oath Of their taxable prop
crty within said town, and make
payment Of their taxes to the
Clerk or Treasurer Of said corpo-
ration, or such other person as