Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-03-21

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prisoned shall pay fhe costs and ex-
penses incident to theirimprisonment,
(which said costs and expenses shall
be collected in the same manner as Is
provided for the collection of fines
i.fmposea,for, the violation OF Oraf-
and regulations: Pro
ESadsd,s that such imprisonment shall
l:not not exempt the party from the pay
llaneae Of any, fine the Council may
;iilSspossss j the. offence which size, or
t,thssys. may have. .ommitted; and the
};sssssid ass Town E5ancil shall have full
So s@sr .and authority, under their
| sSsf.orateseaI to make all such ru les
aud regulations, By Laws and Ordl-
}:naneesS respecting the streets, roads
falld business thereof. as we'll as the
police system of the said town, as
ksa:al appear to ttlem necessary and
proper tor the security, welfare and
coavenience- et thea iahsbstahts OF
said toan, and for preserving health'
order and good government wlthn VI
the said town; aildlsthe said Town
Council may impose fines for ofie 'css
against their bylaws, rules, .7eguIa-
tons aud ordinances, 2and appropriate
the same to the public use Of said
town; and the said Town .Cqanell
shall have the same power that Trial
Justices or Justices Of the Peace no w
have, or may hereafter havet.to com,
pel the attendance OF, witnesses, aud
requiring them to give evidenee-updlI
the trial before them of any, person
or per ons for a, violation OF any OF
tier ordinances, by,laws; rules : Or
regulations; bat no fine above tAe
sam of twenty-five dollars shall be
roliected by said ouncll, except .ey
suit in the proper Courts OF Justice
in this State, and also that nothing
herein contained shall authorize said
Council 10 make any ordinance or
bylaws inconsistent with or fepug-
| inst innant 10 the Jaws 81 the State.
Sec; g. That.the said Iutendapt
.tpd Wardene;, or a majority Of thel1',
shall have : ,wer to abste and rt,
move all. nuisance, in said town and
it shall, he their duty TO keep al
rSasls, ways, bridges and streets with
ts1 the corporate limits Of said town
open sndanagood repair, and for that 1t
purpose. they are invested with AL
the pewersof County Commissioners,
for and within the corporate limits OF
the said to3ns~and they msy lay. out
new streets, close up, alter or widen q y,
/ those now in use; and shall have tml
power to classify and arrange the ~
habitants or citizens Of said town lla-
bic to street, road oT public duty
therein, and to force the performance
of such duty, under such penalties as
are now, or shall hereafter be, pre-
scribed by law; and they shall have
power to compound with all persons
| liable to work the streets, ways and
Dads in said town, upon such terms
as their ordinances or bylaws may
establish, or their rules and regnla-
tions may require; the money SO re- re
eeised to the applied to the pablo
use Of said town and all persons re,
.EE:Iisnits e. labor, or failing to pay such
Reorganization, shan be liable to such
fne, notexceediagten dollars for any
! one yeaf,as the said Town Councl
may Impose; and they. shall have
4 the IsMeto enforce the payment g
such 6ae ID the same manner as u
| now now orsmay be hereafter, provided
i for sshe collection of county taxes
End the SAID Town Council shall have
powe-, with the consent Of the ada
cent land owners, to close all suci
roads, streets and ways, within th'
said town, as they may deemsnecessa
ry, by the sale Of the freehold there
in, either at private or public sale. a
they may adiudge best for the inter
est of the said town; and they shall
keen in repair all such new streets
roads and ways as they may, from
time to time, deem necessary for tht
Improvement and convenience Of sale
town: Provided, That no street, roac
or way shall be opened without hrs
having obtained the consent OF ting
land owner or owners thereof, through
whose premises any such new street
road or way may pass.
SEQ. 7. The said Town Council
may have power and authority to re.
quire all persons owning alot Or lots
ia said town to close in, and to make
and keep in good repairs sidewalks in
front of said lot or lots, whenever the
same shall front or adjoin any public
street of said town, if, in the ]udg-
ment of the Council, such sidewalk
shall be necessary, the width thereof,
and the manner of construction, to
be designated and regulated BY the
said Town Council and for default
or refusal, 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 rspsir. and re-
quire the owner to pay the Price ot
making or. repairing; and the said
Town Council are hereby empowered
to sue for and recover the same by ac-
ton of debt in any Court Of compe,
tent jurisdiction ! Rkoaded, That
such contract for making and repair
ing is let to'the lowest bid'ler. The
cemeteries and public graveyards are
also placed under the Jurisdiction Of
the said Town Council.
Sec. s. The Intendant and War
dens of the said town, or majority.
of them, shall have full power to
grant or refuge License to Keep tav-
erns or to retail spiritl9ps liquors
within the corporate limits of the
said town, upon such conditions,ia a d
under such circumstances, us to them
shall seem proper and figlt:J :Pe0Si.
dsd, That in no instance shall the
price OF q license to keep a tavern or
to retail spiritaars liquors, be less
than the amount that 10 established
10y the State; and ali moneys paIl
I r r.