The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-09

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power which magistrates now have, to compel
the attendance OF witnesses, and require them
TO give evidence upon the trial before them Of
any person for q violation Of any OF these by
laws or ordinances; but no ane above the sum
| Of twenty dollars shall be oolle,ted by the town
council, except by suit in the Court Of Com
mon Pleas And provided, also, That no fine
shall exceed fifty dollars; and, also, that moth.
ing herein contained shall authorize the said
! council to make any bylaws or ordinances in
consistent with, or repugnant to, the laws oil
| this State; and all the bylaws, rules and ordi-
nsnces the said council may make shall mt ell
times, be subject to revisal or repeal by the
| General Assembly OF this State.
SEC. 6. That the said intendant and war
| dens shall have full power to abate and emoye
nuisances in the said town; and it shall also be
their duty to keep roads, ways and streets,
within the corporate limits of the said town,
open and in good repair; and, for that purpose,
they are invested with all the powers hereto
| fore granted to commissioners Of roads; and
shall have full power to classify and arrange
| the Inhabitants Of said town liable to street,
road or other public duty therein, and to force
the performance Of such duty, under such pen
slties as are now, or shall hereafter be, pre-
scribed by law: Provided, That the said own
council may compound with persons liable to
perform such duty, upon such terms, and on
the payment Of such sums, as may be estab-
lished by laws or ordinances: And provided,
also, That the individuals who compose the
said town council shall be 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 corpor-
ate limits Of said town.
SEQ. q. That the power to grant or refuse
license for billiard tables, to keep tavern, OF
retail sprrituous liquors, within the limits OF
said corporation, be, and the same is hereby,
vested In the town council Of Lowndesyille.
And the said town council may grant licenses
to retail spirituous liquors to such persons,
and in such quantities, at such rates, and
upon such terms and conditions, as the said
council may deem best and proper. And the
said intendant and uardens shall have the full
and only power to impose q tax on all shows or
exhibitions for gain or reward, within the city
limits. And all money paid for license for re-
failing spirituous liquors, keeping taverns and
billiard tables, and the tax for all shows for
gain or reward, within said limits, shall be ap-
propriated to the public use of said corpora
ton: Provided, That in no instance shall the
price of license to keep tavern or retail spir-
ituous liquors be less than the amount that is
established by the State: And, provided furth.
er, that the intendant and wardens duly elect:
ed, shall not have power to grant any license,
to keen tavern or retail spirituous liquors, to
extend beyond the town for which. they have
been elected.
SEC. 8. That the said town council OF
Lowndesville shall have full power and author
ity to require all persons owning a lot or lots
in said toun to make and keep in good repair
sidewalks in front Of said lot or lots whenever
the same shall front or adjoin any of the pub
| lie streets OF said town, if, in the judgment OF
the council, such sidewalks shall be necessary,
the width thereof, and the manner Of construc-
ton, to be designated and regulated by the
town council. And for default or refusal to
make and keep in repair such sidewalks, the
council may cause the same to be made or put
in repair, and require the owner to pay tho
price of maxim or repairing: Provided, That
such contracts for making or repairing be let
to the lowest bidder.
SEQ. 8, That the said town council OF Lowndes-
vile shall have power to arrest and commit to
isil, for q space Of time not exceeding twelve
hours, and to fine not exceeding twenty dol
lars, or, in lieu thereof to work the public
roads, streets, bridges, &c., within said cor
porate limits, twenty days, any person or per-
sons who may be guilty Of disorderly conduct
in said town, to the annoyance OF citizens
thereof; and it shall be the duty Of the marshal
of the town to make suoh arrests, and call to
his assisnance the posse comitatus, ifneces-
sary; and, upon failure to perform such duty,
be shall be fined in q sum not more than TWEEN
~ dollars, for each and every offence.
SEC. 10. That the said town council OF
Lowndesville shall have power to grant or re.
fuse licenses to parties within the limits OF
said town, and the parties 10 whom such
licenses are granted shall be subject to such
regulations as may, by ordinance, be establish
ed. They shall als o have power to impose and
collect an annual tax upon the assessed proper
ty OF said town: Provided, No tax shall be
imposed, In any one year. to exceed the rate OF
tan cents on each hundred dollars OF such as
sessed property; and that the money 30 raised
shall be applied TO the use Of said town. The
said town council shall have power to enforce
the payment Of eli. taxes levied by said town
council. to the same extent and in the aame
manner as is now, or hereafter may be, provid-
| ed by law for the collection Of the general State
taxes.
sro. II. That the said town council OF
| Iowndesyille shall have powert to regulate sales
at auction within the limits Of said town, and
to grant licenses to auctioneers: Provided,
Nothing herein contained shall extend to sales
by sheriff, clerk Of the court, judge Of probate,
coroner. executor or administrator, assignee
in bankruptcy, or BY any other person, ont OF
tina order or decree OF any court justice Of the
peace or magistrate.
SEQ. IA. That this act shall be deemed q
public act, and shall continue in force until re-
pealed.
Approved March Is, 1872.
An ACT to Alter and Amend the Charter OF the
Town OF Greenwood, South Carolina.
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