The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-13

in good repair, and for that purpose
they are invested with all the powers
heretofore granted to Commissioners of
Roads; and shall have full power tc
classify and arrange the inhabitants OF
said town, liable to street. road or other
public 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
persons liable to perform such duty,
upon such terms and upon the payment
OF such sums as may be established by
laws or ordinances: And prouided, also,
That tho inhabitants Of said town arc
hereby exempt from road and public
duty without the corporate limits Of said
town.
SEQ. z. The said Town Council of
Mullins shall have full power and autho-
rity to require all persons owning lot
or lots in said town to make and keep in
good repair sidewalks in front OF said
lot or lots, whenever the same shall front
or adjoin any of the public streets of
said town, if. in the Judgment of the
Council, suoh sidewalks shall bo peoes.
sary, the width thereof and the manner
OF construction to be designated and
regulated by the Town Council: and for
default or refusal, after reasonable no.
tlce, to make and keep in repair such
sidewalks, the Town Council may cause
the same to be made or put in repair, and
require the owner to pay the price nf
making and repairing: Propided, That
such contracts for making or repairing
be let to the lowest bitter. The cemete
ries and public grave-yards are also
placed under the Jurisdiction of snid
Town Council.
SEQ. 8. That the power to grant or
refuse licenses to keep tavern or retail
spirituons liquors within the limits of
said corporation be, and the same is
hereby, vested in the Town Council of
Mullins. And tho said Council may
grant licenses to retail spirituous liquors
to such persons. and in such quantities.
at sHch 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 license to
keep tavern or to retail spirituous
liquors, be fixed at less sum than is
established by the laws OF this State:
and all moneys paid for licenses, and for
fines and forfeitures for retailing spiritu-
GUS liquors, keeping taverns and billiard
tables within the limits without licenses.
shall be appropriated to the public uses
OF said town: Prooided, That the In
tendant and Wardens. duly elected and
qualified, shall not have power to grant
any licenses to keep taverns, or retail
spirituous liquors, to extend beyond tho
term for which they have been elected,
and the said Intendant and WardenY
shall have the full and only power to i'm.
pose tax on oil shows or exhibitions.
for gain or reward, within the limits.
SEQ. 8. That the said Town Council
OF Mullins shall have power to arrest and
commit to Jail. and to fine, not exceed
ing twenty dollars, any person or persons
who shall be guilty of disorderly con-
duct IN said town, to the annoyance of
the citizens thereof; and it shall be the
duty OF the Marshal or Constable of the
town to make such arrest, and call to his
assistance the posse comitatus, if neces-
sary; and, upon failure to perform such
duty, he shall be fined in sum not
more than twenty dollars for each and
every offence.
SEQ. 10. The Town Council shall also
have power to impose an annual tax.
not exceeding twenty cents on every
hundred dollars of the assessed value of
real and personal estate lying within the
corporate limits of said town. the real
and personal estate of school associa-
tlons excepted. The said Council shall
have power to enforce tho payment of
all taxes levied under authority of this
act, against the property and person O:
all deiaulters, to the snme extent, and in
tho same manner, rs is provided by law
for the collection OF the general taxes.
except that executions to enforce the
payment Of tho town taxes shaIl bo
issued under the seal of tho corporation.
and directed to the Town Marshal or
other person especially appointed by tho
Town Council to collect the same; and
all property upon which tax Shall be
levied i1 hereby declared and made lia.
bio for the payment thereof, in prefer
enco to all other debts against said pro-
perty, except debts duo to the State.
which shall be first paid.
SRc. IL. The Clerk of tho snid Town
Council shall, annually, mako out nn
assessment, from the books Of the Coun-
ty Auditor or Treasurer. of all real and
personal property in the limits of said
town. Tor taxation. and shall mako re-
turn OF said assessment to the Intendant
and Wardcns, within ono mouth from
the time Of his appointment.
SEC. IL. That nn ordinance declaring