The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-06-13

OF roads; and shall have 1ull power 10 claSsllJ
and arrange the the inhabitants of said town
liable to street road brother duty therein, and
to force the performance of said duty under
such penalties as are now or shall hereafter
be prescribed by law : Provided, That the
said town council may compound with per,
sons liable to perform such duty, upon such
terms and upon the payment'of such sums
as may be established by laws or ordinances
And provided, also, That the inhabitants Of
said town are hereby exempt from the road
and public duty without the corporate limits
of said town.
SEC. I. The said town council OF Mullins
shall have full power and authority to re-
quire all persons owning lot or lots in said
town to make and keep in good repair side
walks in front or adjoining any of the public
streets of said town, if in the judgment of
the council such sidewalks shall be necessary,
the width thereof and the manner Of con-
struction to be designated and regulated by
the town council; and for default or refusal,
after reasonable notice, to make and keep
in repair such sidewalks, the town council
NAV cause the same to be made or put in re-
pair and require the owner to pay the price
of making and repairing Provided, That
such contracts for making or repairing be
let to the lowest bidder The cemeteries and
public graveyards are also placed under the
Jurisdiction of said town council.
SEC. s. That the power to grant or refuse
licenses to keep tavern or retail spurious
liquors within the limits of said corporation
be, and the SANG is hereby, vested in the
town council of Mullins. And the. said town
council may grant licenses to retail spurious
liquors to such persons, and in such quanti-
ties, at such rates, and upon such terms and
conditions as the said council may deem best
and proper: Provided, That in no instance
shall the price of a license to keep tavcrns,
or retail spurious liquors, be fixed alta less
sum than is established by the laws Of this
State, and all moneys paid for fines and for
FIXTURES for retailing spurious liquors, keep
ing taverns and billiard tables within the
limits without licenses, shall be appropriated
to the public uses of said town: Provided,
That the iutcndant and wardcns, duly elect:
ed and qualified, shall MOI have power to
grant any licenses to keep taverns, or retail
Spurious liquors, to extend beyond the term
for WHICH they have been elected; and the
said intendant and wardens shall have the
full and only power to impose tax on all
shows or exhibitions, for gain or reward,
within the limits; and all money paid for
licenses for retailing spurious liquors. keep
ing tavern, and the tax for all shows for
gain or reward, within the said limits, shall
be appropriated to the public use of said cor
pGratlon.
/. SEc. 9. That the said town council of
Mullins shall have power 10 arrest and CON-
mt to jail, aud to fine, not exceeding twenty
| dollars. any person or persons who shall be
euiitv Of disoldcrly conduct in said town, to
the ANNOYANCE Of the citizens thereof; and it
shall be ihc duty Ct the marshal or constable
Of the town to make sach arrest, aad call to lis
assistance tie posse comitatus, if necessary;
and. upon failarc to perform such duty, he
shall be fined in sum ofnot more than
twenty dollars T,r each and every offence.
SEC. 10. The town council shall also have
power to Impose an annual tax, not exceed
ing twenty cents on every one hundred dol
lars of the assessed value Of real and person
al estate lying withia. the corporate lim-
its Of said town, the real and person
| al estate of school ass ocations excepted. The
said council shall have power to enforce the
payment of all taxes levied under authority
of this act against the property and person Of
all deflulters, to the same extent, and in the
same manner, as is provided by law for the
collection of the general taxes, except that
executions to enforce the payment of the
town taxes shall be issued under the seal Of
the corporation and directed to the town mar
shall Or other person especially appointed by
the town council to collect the same; and all
proparty upoa which tax shall &c levied is
hereby declared aud made liable for the pay
ment thereof in preference to all other debts
against said property, except debts due the
State, which sl;all be first paid.
SEC. II. That the clerk of the said town
council shall, annually, make out an assess
ment, from the books Of the county auditor
or treasurer. of real and personal property in
the limits of said town, for taxation, and
shall make return Of said assessment to the
intendant and wardcns, within one month
from the time of his appointment.
Sec. -. That an ordinance declaring the
rate of annual taxation for the year. shall be
published at least twice during the month
of November, in each year, and the citizens
of said town shall make payment of their tax
to the clerk and treasurer Hereinafter con,
stituted) of the said corporation during the
succeeding month of December.
Sec. 13. The intendant and wardcns shall
have power to elect or appoint clerk, who
shall also be treasurer, whose duty it shall
be to attend all meetings of the council and
to make a record, in book kept for that
purpose, of all the proceedings thereof; te
take charge of all papers belonging to the
council, and to lodge with proper offices al
summons, executions, &c, and receive re
turns; to keep a regular account Of all re
ccipts and disbursements, which account:
shall at all times, be accessible to the intend
ant and wardens; and it shall be his duty t'
make an official semi-annual report to th'
council of the state of his accounts, at whicl
time the doors of the council shall be opcl