Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-02-16
Town Council may compound With persons
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stabiished,bygaw or ordinance; and iprovi
ded, also, that the individuals who compose
the said Town Council shult be exempt from
the performance Of road and police duty, and
the inhabitants of tho said town are hereby
exempt from road aud police duty without
the corporate limits Of said town. ,.
SEQ. Thet the power to grant or refuse
license for billiard tables, to keep tavern or
retail spirituous liquors, within the limits of
OF thc'said corporation be- and the same Is
hereby, vested 10 the Town Council Of Bolton,
and they shall also have, power to impose a
tax on shows or exhibitions for gain or reward
within, the limits, and all moneys SO received
shall be appropriated to the public use Of said
corporation.
SEQ. 8. That the said Town Council Of
Beltou shall have power to arrest aud commit
to Jail, for D space Of time not exceeding
twelve hours, and to fine not exceeding
twenty dollars any person or persous who
shall be guilty Of disorder!y conduct in said
town to the annoyance of citizens thereof, and
it shall be the duty of the Marshal of tho
town to make suoh arrest, and call to his as
sistances the posse consitatus, if necessary;
and, upon failure to perform suoh duty, lie
shall be fined in a SUN not more than twenty
dollars for each and every offense.
SEC. 10. That the said Town Council of
Belton shall also have power to impose and
collect an annual tax upon tho assessed pro-
perty of said town; provided no tax shalt
be imposed, in any ono year, to exceed the
rate OF ten cents on each hundred dollars of
such assessed property; aud that the money
SO raised shall be applied to the use of the
said town. Tho said Town Council shall
have power to enforce the payment of all
taxes levied by the said Town Council to the
same extent and in the same manner as is
now, or hereafter shall be, provided by law
for tho collection of the general State taxes
SEQ. IL. That the said Town Council cc
Belton shall have power to regulate sales at
auction within the limits Of said town, and to
grant licenses to auctioncers provided moth.
ing herein contained shall extend to sales of
Sheriff, Clerk of the Court, Judge of Probate,
Coroners, Executor, Administrators, Assignee
in Bankruptcy, or by any other person out of
the order, dccrco Of any Court, Trial Justice,
or Justice of the Peace.
SEC. IL, That this net shall be deem pub
lilo act, and shall continue in force until re-
peaed.
Approved January 81, 1872.
An Act to Regulate tho Granting of Divorces
SECTION Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State of
South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen
eral Assembly, and by tho authority of the
same,
When the validity Of a marriage has been
denied or doubted by either of the parties, the
other may institute suit for affirming the
marriage, and upon due proof of the validity
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such decree shall be conclusive upon all pcr
sons concerned.
SEC. 2. That divorce from the bond of
matrimony may be decreed for the following
causes ::
1st. Adultery.
I'd. Where either party wilfully abaudous
or deserts the other for the period of two
years; provided, that when the suit is in.
st'tuted by the party deserting, it appears
that the descrtion was caused by the extreme
cruelty OF the other party, or that the descr.
ton by the wife was caused by the gross or
wanton and cruel neglect of the husband to
provide suitable maintenance for her, he be-
ing OF sufficient ability so to do.
Sec 3. That the Circuit Courts of Com
mon Pleas shall have original jurisdiction Of
suits for annulling or affirming marriages, or
for divorces. No such suit shall be main
tained, unless chc parties, or one of them is
citizen OF this State, or shall have resided
therein Mt least one whole year previous to
instituting the same. The suit shall be
brought in tho County in which the parties
last cohabited, or Cat the option of the plain
tiff in the County in which the defendant
resides, if a resident of this State but if not
then in the County in which the plaintiff re-
sides
SEQ q. That suits for divorce shall be
commenced by summons and complaint, in
the same manner as other actions aud, wheth
or the def f,ndant answer or not, the cause shall
be heard, independently of the admissions Of
either party in the pleading, or other
wise. Costs may be awarded to either party,
as Justice and equity may require.
SEQ. 8 That the court, in term, on the
judge, in vacation, may, ut any time pending
the suit, make any order that may be- proper
to compel the. man to pay any sums necessary
for the maintenance of the woman, and to en-
able her to carry out the suit, or to prevent
him from imposing any restraint on her per-
sonaI liberty, or :" provide for the CUSTODY
and maintenance of the minor children of the
parties during the pendency of the suit or to
preserve the estate of the minor, SO that it be-
forthcoming to meet any decree which NAV
be made in the suit, or to compel him to giye
necessary security to abide such decree.
SEC. e. When the suit is for divorce for
adultery, the divorce shall not be granted If h
appear. that the parties voluntarily cohabited
after the knowledge of the fact of adultory
or that it occurred moro than five vear, h.co1un