Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-06-14
Ats uf the gegislatnre.
AN ACT

AN ACT
To amend the Charter of the town of Yorkville.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of South Carroll
ma, now met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority Of the same:
SECTION 1. That from and after the passage
of this Act, the said town of Yorkville shall
be governed by an Intendant and four War
dens, who shall be citizens of the United
States, and shall have been residents of the
said town for at least twelve (12) months im-
mediately preceding their election. 49,:
SEC. 2. That Section of the charter of the
town of Yorkville, third line, be so amended
as to read, "from nine o'clock in the morning,
until four o'clock in the afternoon" .....
Sec. 8. That the Intendant and Wardens
of said town, or majority of them, shall
have full and the only power to grant or re-
fuse licenses for billiard tables and ten-pin al
levs, to keep taverns, or to retail spirltuous
LIQUORS within the corporate limits of said
town, upon such conditions, and under such
circumstances, as to them shall seem proper
and right: Provided, That in no instance
shall the price ola license to retail spirituous
liquors be less than two hundred dollars: A.
so, provided, That the Intendant and War
dens duly elected shall not have power to
grant any license to retail spirituous liquors,
to extend beyond the term for which they
have been elected. They shall have power to
grant licenses to auctioneers and itinerant
traders or peddlers, and to regulate such sales
as they may deem proper. They may impose
a tax upon all drays, carts, wagons, carriages,
omnibusses and buggies kept for hire or used
for public purposes in said town. They shall
have the full and only power to impose tax
on all shows or exhibitions for gain or reward
within the corporate limits of said town.
Sec. 4. That the said Town Council shall
have power to establish, or authorize the es-
tablishment of guard house in said town,
and to prescribe suitable rules and regula-
tions for keeping and governing the same;
and until the said guard house be established,
they shall be authorized to use a room in the
common Jail of the county of York, for the
confinement of all who may he committed for
a violation of any ordinances, rules and regu-
lations of said town. And the said Town
Council, or the said Gntendant and Wardens,
in person, any one or more of them, may au-
therize and require any marshal of the town,
or any constable especially appointed for that
purpose, to arrest and commit to the said
guard house or Jail, as the case may be, for a
term not exceeding ten 10) days, any person
or persons, who, within the corporate limits
of said town, may be engaged in breach of
the peace, any riotous or disorderly conduct,
open obscenity, public drunkenness, or any
conduct grossly indecent or dangerous to the
citizens of said town or any of them. And it
shall be the duty of the Town Marshal or
constable to arrest and commit all such ofen-
ders when required so to do, and shall have
power to call to their assistance the posse CON-
itatus, if need be, to aid in making such ar
rests. And upon failure of said officers to
perform such duty as required, they shall be
Town Council may impose upon them. And
if any person or persons convicted of any Of
the before mentioned misdemeanors, refuse or
be unable to pay any fines imposed upon them,
the said Town Council shall have power to
compel them to work upon the streets of said
town under the direction Of one Of the Mar
shals, for time not exceeding one day for
each dollar fine imposed and not paid. All
moneys collected as fines, as well as all real
lied from licenses granted and taxes levied
shall be applied to the use of said town.
Sec. 5. That the Treasurer. before entering
upon the duties of his Office, shall give bond
for one thousand dollars with surety to be ap-
proved by said Town Council. He shall, at
the expiration of his term of Office, make out
report of all moneys received and paid out,
and publish the same for public information.
He shall deliver to his successor in office, all
books, documents, papers, money, or other
property belonging to the town in his hands
As compensation, he shall receive two and
one-half (24) per cent. on all moneys received,
and the same on all moneys paid out, but
balance received from his predecessor in office
shall not be subject to commission. He shall
have the same powers in general to collect
taxes, that are now granted, or may hereafter
be granted to the County Treasurer for the
collection Of State or county tax but personal
property may always be made liable and sold
first to satisfy a tax execution. Executions
for the enforcement of taxes shall be issued,
signed by the Intendant and countersigned
by the Treasurer, under the seal of the corpo-
ration, and may be directed to the Town
Marshal or other person appointed by the said
Town Council to levy, collect and receive the
same with costs and penalties, as in such case
made and provided by law. And all proper
ty upon which such tax shall be levied and
assessed is hereby declared and made liable
for the payment thereof in preference to all
other debts, except debts due to the State,
which shall be first paid.
Sec. g. That all Sections or parts of Sec.
tions of the charter of the town Of Yorkville,
approved March 2, 1871, which are inconsis-
tent with this Act, be, and the same are here
by repealed.
Approved May 31st, 1877.
AN ACT
To carry into effect the fourteenth section of ar
ticle Of the constitution relating to the judi