The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-04-18

dens, in Council, shall have power and author.
ity, under their corporate. seal, to ordaln and
establish all such rules, bylaws, respecting the
streets, WAYS, public wells and springs, or ioun-
tains of water, markets and police OF the said
town, and for preserving health, peace, order
and good government within the same, AS they
may deem expedicnt and proper; and the said
Council may ailix fines for offences against such
bylaws and ordinances, and appropriate the
same to the Use Of the corporation, but no line
shall exceed twenty dollars; all fines may be re-
covered by an action for debt before the proper
tribunal.
Sec. s. That the said Council shall have
power to abate and remove NJ. ances within
the limits Of said town; and, also, to classify
and arrange the inhabitants liable to police du-
ty, and to require them to perform such duty
as occasion may require and to enforce the
performance thereof by appropriate penalties;
Provided, always, nevertheless, That the said
Town Council shall have power to compound
with persons liable to perform such duties, up
ON such terms as they shall, by ordinance, es-
tablsh.
tendant and Wardens to keep all streets and
ways, which may be necessary for public use,
! within the limits of the said town, open and'in
good repair; and, for that purpose, they are
hereby invested with all the powers, rights and
privileges granted, or that may hereafter be
antcd, by law, to the County Ccmmi soners,
within the limits of said town. And for any
neglect of duty, said Intendant and Wardens
shall be liable to the pains and penalties inn
posed by law upon the County Commissioners
ior like neglect And they are hereby, indi-
vdually, exempt from the performance Of
road and police duty; and the inhabitants OF
said town are hereby excused from road and
police duty, without the limits Of said corpora
ton.
Sec. 7. That the said Intendant and War
dens shall have power TO compound with per-
sons liable to work on the said streets and
ways; and to release such persons thcrefrom
Us may desire it, upon the payment of such
may deem fair equivalent therefor, to be ap-
piled by them to the use Of the said corpora
ton.
Sec. s. That the said Town Council of Town
Vile shall also be empowered to retain, possess
and enjoy, for the use and benefit of said town,
all such property as they may now be possess
cd of or entitled to, or which shall hereafter be
given, bequeathed to, or in any manner ac-
quired by them in their corporate capacity; 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 in no
case exceed the sum of ten thousand dollars.
Sec. 9. That the said Town Council of Town
vile shall also have power to impose an annu-
al tax OH all real and personal property within
the corporate limits Of said town, except the
property belonging to churches and schools :
Provided, Said tax shall not exceed ten cents
OH the hundred dollars.
Sec. TO- That the Intcndant and Wardens OF
the town of Townville shall have power to
regulate sales at auction within the limits oi
said town, and to grant licenses therein to
auctioneers: Provided, That nothing herein
contained shall extend to sales by or for Shcr-
ifs, Coroners, Clerks of Courts and Judges oi
Probate, Executors and Administrators, AS
signecs, Referees and Constables or by any
other person, under the order of any Court.
Sec. H. That the Intendant and Warlens OF
the town of Townvilc shall have power and
authority to require all persons owning lot or
lots therein to keep in repair the sidewalks adj
iaccnt to their lots, respectively; and, Tor de-
fault in this matter, shall have power and au-
thorty to impose Il fine not to exceed ten dol
lars.
Sec u. That the power to refuse or grant
licenses, to keep tavern, or to retail lnt0Xc;'.
ting drinks, be, and the same is hereby, vested
/, in the Town Council of Townvile; and that
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necessary power, by ordinance or ordinances, to
suppress or to regulate the sale of Intoxicating
drinks, to be drank at the place where sold, oil
in or upon any of its appurtenances, or in OF
upon any of its highways, streets, lanes alleys
commons, kitchens, stores, shops, public build:
ings, booths stalls or out-houses of the said
town, or within one-half mile OF the limits o
the said town Provided, That no rule or reg
ulation shall be made inconsistent with the
Constitution and laws of the State.
Sec. 13 The said Town Council shall have
power under the hand and seal of the inten-
dant, to issue execution, directed to the Mar.
shall of the said town, to collect all taxes and
fines imposed by said Council by virtue of au-
thorty in them vested by this Act, and the
Marshal of said town is hereby invested with
all the powers and authority conferred by law
upon ConstableS, to enforce the satisfaction o!
such executions, i'll the same manner, and to
the same extent.
Sec. IA. That the said Town Council shall
have power to appoint Clerk and Treasurer
annually, and to define their duties and respon-
SibiltieS.
Sec l5. That this Act shall be deemed and
taken to be us public Act in all the Courts OF
Justice in this State, and shall continue Vi
force until repealed.
Approved March l3, 1872.
= AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION AND PRESER-
vATIoN OF USEFUL ANIMALS.
Section /. BE II cAGrted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and setting in General AS
semby and by the authority of the same:
That it shall not be lawful for any person i'll
this State to kill any deer, or worry them with
dogs, or otherwise with the intention of de-
stroying them, between the 1st day of January
and the lst day OF september, in any year
hereafter.
Sec. ,. That any person violating the forego-
ing provisions of this Act, shall, upon convic-
ton thereof, be fined not less than twenty dol
lars, or be imprisoned not less than twenty
days, which fine, if imposed, shall be recover
able before any court of competent juriSdic-
ton onc-half thereof shall go to the iniormcr,