The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1895-12-18

cities and towns in this State shall be
vested with power to assess and collect
taxes for corporate purposes, said taxes
to be uniform in respect to persons
and property Within the jurisdiction
of the body composing the same; and
all the property, except such as IS eN-
empt cy law, within the limits Of cl-
ties and towns shall be taxed for the
paymet of debts contracted under all
thority of law. License or privileged
taxes imposed shal! be- graduated so
as to secure a just imposition of such
tax upon the classes subject thereto.
Sec. Z. No city or town in this State
shall hereafter incur any BONDED debt
which. including eXisaStins bonded
iudebt- dnesS, shall exceed per cent
um of the assessed value of the taxa
ble property therein. and no such
debt shall be created without submit
ting the question as to the creation
thereof to the qualified electors Of
such city or town, as provided IN this
Constitution for such special elections;
and unless a majority of such electors
voting on the question shall be in fa-
vor of creating such further bonded
debt. none shall be created; Provided,
that this section shall not be construed
to prevent the issuing of certificates OF
Indebtedness in anticipation of the col
lection of taxes for amounts actually
contained or to be contained in the
taxes for the year when such certifi-
Gates are issued and payable out Of
such taxes: And provided, further,
that such cities and towns shall on the
issuing of such bonds create sinking
fund for the redemption thereof at ma
turity. Nothing herein contained shall
prevent the issuing Of bonds to an
amount sufficient to refund bonded
indebtedness existing at the time Of
the adoption Of IS Constitution.
Sec. s. Cities and towns may ex-
empt from taxation, By general or
special ordinance, except for school
purposes, manufactures established
within their limits for FIVE successive
years from the time of the establish
nent of such manufactures: Proyid-
ed. that such ordinance shall be first
ratified by majority of such qualified
electors of such city or town as shall
vote at an election held for that pur.
pose.
Sec. 9. No armed police force or
representatives Of detective agency
shall ever be brought into this State
for the suppression of domestic VIC
lence; nor any other armed Or unarm-
ed body of men be brought in for that
purpose, except upon the application
of the general assembly or of the exc.
cutive of this State (when the general
assembly is not in session. as provld-
ed in the Constitution of the United
States. The general assembly shall
provide proper penalties for the en-
forcement of the provisions of this
section.
Sec. 10. 1t shall be the duty OF the
general assembly to create boards of
health wherever they may be neces,
sary, giving to them power and au'
thority to make such regulations as
shall protect the health of the commu-
nifty and abate nuisances.
Sec. II. In the exercise of the police
power the general assembly shall have
the right to prohibit the manufacture
and sale and retail of alcoholic liquors
or beverages within the State. The
general assembly may license persons
or corporations to manufacture and
sell and retail alcoholic liquors or
beverages within the State under such
rules and restrictions as it deems pro-
per; or the general assembly may pro-
hibit the manufacture and sale and re-
tail of alcoholic liquors and beverages
within the State, and may authorize
and empower tie State, county and
municipal officers, all or either: under
the authority and in the name of the
State, to buy in any market and retail
within the State liquors and beverages
in such packages and quantities, under
such rules and regulations, asst deems
expedient: Provided, that no license
shall be granted to sell alcoholic Devv..
erages in less quantities than one-half
pint, or to sell them between sundown
and sunrise, or to sell them to be
| drunk on the premises: And provided,
further, that the general assembly
shall not delegate to any muolc1pal
corporation the power to issue license
to sell the same
Sec 10. All prize fighting is prohlo-
tied in this State, and the general as
sembly shall provide by proper laws
for the prevention and punishment OF
| the same.
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