The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-12

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tions provided by law for the Office of
Coustable; and shall be-. liable TO be re-,
moved at the pleasure of said Town
Council; aud the said Town Council
ehall have power to establish, or au-
thoriza the estai lishn ent OF q market
house in said village; also, to authorize
the establishment OF q guard house, and
to prescribe suitable rules and regule-
tions for keeping and governing the
came; and the said Town Council, or the
said Intendant and Wardens, in person,
any one or more of them, may authorize
and require any Marshal OF the town, or
any Constable especially appointed for
that purpose, to arrest and commit to
the said guard house, for term not ex-
ceeding twenty-!our hours, any person
or persons who, within the corporate
limits of said town, who may be engaged
in any breach of the peace, riotous or
disorderly conduct, open obscepity, pub
ilc drunkenness. or any conduct grossly
indecent or dangerous to the citizens Of
said town, or any of them; and it shall
be the duty of the Town Marshal or
Constable to arrest and commit nll snch
offenders, when required to do so; and
who shall have power to call to their as
sistance the posse consitatus, il need be-,
to aid in making such arrests; and upon
the failure OF such officers to perform
such duty as required. they shall several
~ be subject to such fines and penalties
as the Town Council may impose upon
them; and ell persons 80 imprisoned d
81 all pay the costs and expenses incident
to their imprisonment, which said costs
and expenses shall be collected in the
same manner as is provided for the COL
lection of Hn65 imposed for the violation
OF ordinances, rules and regulations:
Provided, That such imprisonment shall
not exempt the party from the payment
OF any fine the CouLcil may impose for
the offence which he, she or they may
have committed; and the said Town
Council shall have full power and autho-
rity, under their corporate seal, to make
all such rules and regulations, bylaws
and ordinances, respecting the streets.
roads and business thereof, as we'll as the
police system of the said town, as shall
appear to them necessary and proper for
the security, welfare and convenience of
the Inhabitants of eaid town. and for
preserving health, order and good 90.
vernment within the said town; and the
said Town Council may impose fines for
offences against their bylaws, rules, re.
gulatlons and ordinances, and appropri-
ate the same to the public use of said
town; and the said Town Council shall
have the same power that Trial Juetices
or Justices of the Peace now have. or
may hereafter have, to compel the at
tendance OF witnesses, and recurring
them to give evidence upon the trial be-
fore them of any person or persons for a
violation of any of their ordinances. by-
laws, rules or regulations; but no fine
above the sum of twenty-five dollars
shall be collected by said Council, ex.
cept by snit in the proper Courts of jug
tico in this State, and also that nothing
herein contained shall authorizes said
Council to mike any ordinance or by-
laws inconsistent with or repugnant to
the laws of the State.
SEC. 6. That the said Intendaut and
Wardens. or majority of them, shall
have power to abate and remove all
nuisances in said town; and it shall be
their duty to keep all roads, ways.
bridges and streets within the corporate
limits Of said town open and in good re-
pair, and for that purpose they are in
vested with all the powers of County
commissioners, for and within tue cor
porate limits of the said town; and thew
may lay out new streets, close up, alter
or widen those now in use; and shall
have full power to classify and arrange
the inhabitants or citizens of said town
liable to street. road or public duty
therein, and to force the performance of
such duty, under such penalties as are
now, or shall hereafter be. prescribed
by law; and they shall have power to
compound with ali persons liable to
work the streets, ways and roads in said
towns, upon such terms as their ordi.
nances or bylaws may establish, or their
rules and regulations may require; the
money 30 received to be applied to the
public use of said town; and all persons
refusing to labor, or failing to pay snch
Communication, shall be liable to such
fine. not exceeding ten dollars for any
one year, as the said Town Council may
impose; and they shall hnve the power
to enforce the payment ot such fine in
the Same manner AS is now, or may
hereafter. be provided for the collectit
OF County taxes. And the said Town
Council shall have power, with the CON
sent of the adjacent land owners, to close
all such roads, streets and ways, within
the said town, as they may deem neces-
sary. by the sale of the freehold therein,
either at private or public sale. MS they
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