The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-18

dens, or majority Of them, shall have power
to abate and remove ell nuisances In said
town; and 1t shall be their duty to keep all
roads, ways, bridges and streets within the
corporate limits Of said town open and in
good repair, and for that purpose they are In
vested with all the powers Of county commits
sioners, for and within the corporate limits of
the said town, and they 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 all persons
said town, upon such terms as their ordl-
nances or bylaws may establish, or their
rules and regulations may require; the
money so received to be applied to the public
use of said town; and all persons refusing to
labor, OF falling TO pay such Communication,
shall be liable to such fine, not exceeding ten
dollars for 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, pro-
vlded for the collection Of county taxes. And
the said town council shall have power, with
the consent of the adjacent landowners, to
close all such roads, streets and ways, within
the said town, as they may deem necessary, by
the sale of the freehold therein, either at pri-
vate or public sale, as they may adjudge 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 for the improvement and con-
venience Of said town: Provided, That no
street, road or way shall be opened without
first having obtained the consent OF the land
owner or ownerd thereof, through whose pre-
mIses any such new street, road or way may
pass.
SEC. Z. The said town council may have
power and authority to require all persons
owning lot or lots In said town to close In,
and to make and keep In good repair, side
walks in front Of said lot or lots, whenever
the same shall front or adjoin any public
street of said town, IL, in the Judgment of the
said council, such sidewalk shall be necessary,
the width thereof, and the manner of con-
structlon, to be designated and regulated by
the said town council; and for default or re-
fusal, after reasonable notice, to make and
keep in good repair such sidewalks, and to
close such lots, the town council may cause
the same to be made or put IN repair, and re-
quire the owner to pay the price Of making or
repairing; and the said town council are here.
by empowered to sue for and recover the same
by action Of debt In any court of competent
Jurisdiction: Provided, That such contract for
making and repairing Is let to the lowest bid
der. The cemeteries and public graveyards
are also placed under the Jurisdiction Of the
said town council.
SEC. 8. The intendant and wardens of the
said town, or majority OF them, shall have
full power to grant or refuse license to keep
taverns or to retail spirituous liquors within
the corporate limits of the said town, upon
such conditions, and under such circumstan-
ces, as to them shall seem proper and right:
Provided, That In no instance shall the price
| uous liquors, be Less than the amount that-is
established by the State; and all moneys paid
for licenses and for fines and forfeitures shall
be appropriated for the public use of the said
town: Provided, That the intendant and war.
dena, duly elected, shall not have power TO
grant any license to keep tavern or retail spir-
ltuous 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 said town, and to grant licen-
ses to auctioneers, itinerant traders, to keepers
| of hotels and livery stables, and to levy tax
| on all drays, carts, wagons, carriages. omni-
| buses, buggies, horses, mares, or mules, kept
for hire or used for public purposes In said
town; and they shall have the full and only
power to impose tax on all shows or exhibi.
tions, for gain or reward, within the corporate
limits of said town. They shall have the
power to impose tax, not exceeding twenty
cents on every hundred dollars of the value OF
all real and personal property lying within
the corporate limits of the town, real and per-
eonal property Of churches and schools and
college associations excepted. That an ordi.
nance declaring the rates Of the annual taxa.
ton upon property and other subjects of an
nual taxation for the year, shall be published
at least three weeks, during the month OF
January in each year: Provided, That the
said town council shall have power to levy q
tax for this year under the same rule as Is
above stated, Immediately after the passage OF
this act; and that all persons liable to taxation
| under the same shall make oath of their tax.
able property within said town, and
| make payment of their taxes to the clerk or
treasurer Of said corporation, or such other
person as they may be ordered or required
to do during the succeeding month after pub
lcston, and upon the failure to make such
return and payment as required, the parties
80 in default shall be subject to the penalties
provided by law for failures to pay the gene
raj State and county tax, to be enforced BY
the orders of the intendant and wardens, or a
majority of them, for the use of the said
town, except in such cases that executions to
enforce the payment of such taxes shall be
issued under the seal of the corporation, and
may be directed to the town marshal, or other
person appointed by the town council to levy,