Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-02-08

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the citizens of said town, or any of them;
and it shall be the duty Of the Town Mar
shall, or Constables, to arrest and commit
all such offenders, when re quired so to do,
and who shall power to call to their assist
ance the posse cornitatus, If need be, to
aid in making such arrest3 and upon the
failure of such officers to perform such du-
ty-as required, they snail, severally, be
subject to such fines and penalties as the
Town Council may impose upon them and
all persons so imprisoned shall pay the
costs and expenses incident to their i'm
prisonment, which said costs and expenses
shall be collected in the same manner as
is provided for the collection OF fines i'm
posed for the violations of Ordinances,
rules and regulations. Provided, That
such imprisonment shall not exempt the
party from the payment of any fine the
Council may impose for the offense which
he, she, or they may have committed.
And the said Town Council shall have full
power and authority, under their corpor-
ate seal, to make all such rules, regula-
tions, bylaws and Ordinances, respecting
the streets, roads, and the bus ness there
of, as well as the police system of the said
town, as shall appear to them necessary
and proper, for the security, welfare and
convenience, and for preserving health,
order and good government within said
town. And the said Town Council may
impose fines for offences against their BY
laws, rules and regulations and Ordln-
ances, and appropriate the same to the
public use of said Town; and the said
Town Council shall have the same power
that Trial Justices, or Justices of the
Peace now have, or may hereafter have,
to compel the attendance ofwitnesses, and
recurring them to give evidence upon the
trial before them of any person or persons
for violation of any of their Ordinances,
bylaws, rules or regulations; but no fine
above the sum of twentyfiv dollars shall
be collected by said Council, except by
suit in the proper Courts of justice in this
State: and also, that nothing herein con-
tanned shall authorize said Council to
make any Ordinance or bylaw inconsist-
ent with, or repuguant to, the laws OF the
State.
Sec. 6. That the said Itendant and
Wardens, or a majority Of them, shall
have power to abate and remove all nul-
sane 3 in said town and it shall be their
duty to keep all roads, ways, bridges and
streets in said town open and in good re-
pair and, for that purpose, they are in
vested with all the powers OF County
Commissioners, or Commissioners o
Roats, for and within the corporate limits
the said town and they may lay out new
streets, close up, widen or otherwise alter
those now in use; and shall have full
power to classify and arrange the inhabi
tants or citizens of said town liable te
street, road or other public du y therein
and to force TIE performance of such duty
under such penalties as are now, or shal
hereafter be, prescribed by law; ant
they shall have power to compound will
all persons liable to work the streets, way
and roads in said town, upon such terms
as their ordinances or by laws may es
tab!ish, or their rules and regulations re
ouire--tne moneys 80 received to be ap
piled to the public uses of said town; ane
all persons refusing to labor, or failing tt
nav such Communication, shall be liable tt
such fine, not exceeding twenty dollar
for any one year, as the said Town Coun
Gil may impose; and they shall have tn
power to enforce the payment of such fine
in the same manner as is now, or may b.
hereafter, provided or the collection
county taxes. And the said Town Coun
Gil shall have power, with the consent
the adjacent land owners, to close all sucf
roads, streets and ways, with the sal'
town, as they may deem necessary; by tn
sale of the free. hold therein, either a
private or public sale, as they may ad
Judge best for the interest of the sait
town; and they shall keep in repair al
such new streets, roads and ways as the.
may, from time to time, deem necessar!
for the improvement and convenience o
said town; provided that no street, roat
or way shall be opened without first bav
ing obtained the consent of the land own
er or owners thereof through who's
premises any such new street, road o.
way may pass.
Sec. I. The said Town Council shal
have power and authority to require al