The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-26

deem expedient and proper; and the
said Council may affix fines for offences
against such bylaws and ordinances. aud
appropriate the same to the use of the
corporation; but no fine shall exceed
fifty dollars. All fines may be collected
by an action for debt before proper
tribunal.
SEQ. s. That tho said Council shall
have power to abate or remove nuisances
within the limits OF said town, and also
to classify and arrange the inhabitants
liable to public duty, and require them
TO perform such duty as occasion may
require. and enforce the performance Of
the same, under the same penalties as
are now or hereafter may be established d
by law: l'rorided, dl,odyS, nevertheless,
That the said Town Council shall have
power to compound with tho persons
liable to perform such duty, under such
terms as they shall by ordinance esta-
blish.
SEC. 6. That it shall be the duty of the
Intendant and Wardens to keep all
streets and ways in the limits of said
town open and in good order; and for
that PURPOSE. they are hereby invested
with all the powers and privileges grant
ed by law to the Commissioners of
Roads within the limits OF said town.
And for neglect of duty, they shall be
liable to the same pains and penalties
imposed by law upon Commissioners of
Roads for like neglect; and they are
hereby individually exempt from the
performance of road and police duty:
and the Inhabitants of said town are
hereby exempt from road duty without
the limits OF said corporation.
SEQ. z. That the said Intendant and
Wardens shall have power to compound
with such persons liable to work on the
said streets and ways, and to release
suoh persons as may desire it, upon the
payment OF such sum of money as they
may deem fair equivalent therefor, to
be applied by them to the use of the cor
poration.
SEQ. 8. That the said Town Council of
Ninety-Six shall also be empowered 10
retain, possess and enjoy all such pro-
perty as they may be possessed of or en-
titled to, or which shall hereafter be
given, bequeathed to, or in any manner
acquired by them; and to sell, alien or
In any way transfer the same, or any
part thereof: Provided, The amount Of
property SO held. or stock invested, shall
ID no case exceed the sum of twenty
thousand dollars.
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shall have power to impose all annual
tax upon all real and personal property
within the limits of said town: Prorided.
Said tax does not exceed the sum of fif-
teen cents on the hundred dollars.
SEC. TO-. That tho Intendant and
Wardens of the town of Ninety-Six shall
have power to regulate sales at auction,
within the limits of said town, and grant
licenses 10 auctioneers: Provided, That
nothing herein contained shall extend to
sales by or for Sherjffs, Clerks of Courts,
Judge OF Probate, Coroners, Executors,
Administrators, Assignees, or by any
other person, under the order of any
Court or Magistrate.
SEQ. IL. That the Intcndant and
Wardens shall have power and authority
to require all persons owning q lot or
lots in the said town of Ninety-Six, to
keep in repair the side walks adjacent to
their lots, respectively, and for default
in this matter, shall have power and
authority to impose q fine not exceeding
fifteen dollars.
SEc. IL: That the authority to refuse
or grant licenses to keep tavern or re-
tail intoxicating drinks, be, and the
same is hereby, vested in the Town
Council of Ninety-Six; and that they be
also invested with all the necessary
power, by ordinance or ordinances, to
suppress or regulate the sale of intoxi-
eating drinks, to be drank at the place
whore sold, or in or upon any of its ap-
purtenances, or in or upon any of it's
highways, streets, lanes, alleys, COM
mons, kitchens, stores, shops, public
buildings, stalls or out-houses of the
said town, or within half mile of the
Greenville and Columbia Railroad De-
pot in said town: Provided, No rule or
regulation shall be made inconsistent
with the Constitution and laws of the
State.
SEQ. 13. That this Act shall be deemed
q public Act in all Courts Of Justice, and
shall continue in force until amended
or repealed.
Approved March 13, 1872.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE TIE LANCASTER
RIFLEMEN.
SECTION 1. he IL enacted 6y tie Senate
and House Of Representatives of Me State
Of So,ah Carolina, ;,o,c met and sitting in
General Assembly, and Jy Me authority of