The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-02

and convenience of the said town, or.
for preserving health. peace, order and
good government within the same. And
the said Town Council may fix and i'm
pose fines aud penalties for the violation
thereof, and appropriate the same to the
public uses of the said corporation:
Provided, That no fine shall exceed fifty
dollars for any offence; and, also, that
nothing herein coptained shall authorize
the said Council to make any by laws
inconsistent with or repugnant to the
Constitution and laws of this State; md
all bylaws and ordinances the Council
may make shall, at all times, be subject
to revision or repeal by tho Legislature
Of this State. 80
SEC. 6. That the Intendant and War
dens OF said town shall have full power
to grant or refuse licenses to keep to-
verns,' OF. to retail spirituous liqdors,
within the corporate limits of said town,
upon, such conditions and under such
circumstances as to them shall seem
instance shall the price of license to
keep tavern, or to retail spirituous IL
quors, be at o less sum than is esta-
blished by the laws OF this State; and all
moneys paid for licenses, and for fines
and fOrfeitures for retailing spirituous
liquors, keeping taverns and billiard
tables within the said limits without IL
censes, shall be appropriated to the pub
llc uses Of caid town: Prouided, That
the Intendant and Wardens shall not
have power TO grant any license to keep
taverns, or to retail spirituous liquors,
to extend beyond the term for which
they have been elected.
SEQ. z. That it shall be the duty of
the said Intendant and Wardens to keep
all roads, ways, bridges and streets,
within the corporate limits, open, and in
good repair; and they may lay ont new
streets. close up, widen or otherwise
alter those now in use, and for that pur-
pose they are invested with all the pow.
ers and duties of County commissioners,
or Commissioners OF Roads, for and
within the corporate limits of said town.
They shall have power to compound
with ell persons liable to work the streets,
ways md roads Of said town, upon such
terms as they shall, by ordinance, esta-
bllsh; the moneys 80 received to be ep-
piled to the public use of said town; and
all persons refusing to labor, or failing
to pay suoh communication, shall be liable
to such fine. not exceeding twenty dol
lars. as the Town Council may impose.
SEQ. 8. They shall have the power to
impose an annual tax, not exceeding
fifty cents on every hundred dollars of
the value Of oil real and personal pro-
perty, lying within the corporate limits
of said town, the real and personal pro-
perty of churches and school associa-
tions excepted. The said Town Council
shall have power to regulate the price OF
Licenses upon all public shows and exhi-
hifInno in u0Sd fo
magazine, aud compel any person hold
ing more than twenty-five pounds of
powder to store the same therein, and to
make regulations for rates of storage
thereof. and for keeping and delivering
the same. The said Town Council shall
have power to enforce the payment of oil
taxes and assessments levied under the
authority of this Act, against the pro.
perty of defaulters, to the same extent
and in the same manner as is provided
by law for the collection of the general
State tax, except that executions to en-
force the payment of the town taxes
ehall be issued under the seal of the COR
poration, and directed to the Town Mar
shal, or other person especially appoint
ed by the said Town Council to collect
the same; and all property upon which
tax shall be levied and assessed is hereby
declared and made liable for the pay
ment thereof in preference to all other
debts against the said property, except
debts due the State, which shall be first
paid.
SEC. 8. The said Town Council shall
have power and authority to require all
persons owning lot or lots in said
town, to close in, and to make aud keep
in good repair, sidewalks in front of said
lot or lots, whenever the Same shall front
or adjoin any public street of said town,
if, in the judgment OF the Council, such
sidewalk shall be necessary, the width
thereof and the manner of construction
to be designated and regulated by the
said Council; and for default Or refusal,
after reasonable notice, to make and
keep in good repair such sidewalks, and
to close in such lot or lots, the Town
Council may cause the same to be made,
or put in repair, and require the owner
to pay the price of making and repair
ing. And the said Town Council are
hereby empowered to sue for and receive
the same by action of dcbt in any court
of competent Jurisdiction: ProDided,
That such contract for making or repair
ing be let to tho lowest bidder. Tho