Year: 1871

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fed, shall during their term Of SER
vice, sererally and respectively be
vested with all the powers of Trial
Justices, or Justices Of the Peace,
as the case may be, in this State,
within the limits Of the said town,
except for the trial Of civil cases.
And the Intendant shall or may,
as often as is necessary, summon
the Wardens to meet in Council,


any three of whom with the In
tendant, or any four of the War
dens, may constitute quorum to


transact business, and they shall
be known as the Town Council Of
Spartanburg. And they and their
Successors in Office, hereafter to be
elected, may have common seal,
which shall be affixed to all their
Ordinances; may sue and be sued,
plead and be impleaded in any


Court Of Justice in this State, and


purchase, hold, possess and eojoy
to them and their successors, in
perpetuity, or for any term Of
years, any estate, real personal or


mixed, and sell, alien or convey
the same: Provided, The same
shall not exceed at any one time,
the sum Of ten thousand dollars.
And the said Town Council shall


have authority to appoint from


time to time, as they may see fit,
such and so many proper persons
to act as Marshals or Constables
of said town, as the said Council
may doom necessary and expedi-
| ent for the preservation Of the
peace, good order and police there
Of, which persons, so appointed,
shall within the corporate limits
of said town, have the power and
privileges, and be subject TO all the
obligations, penalties and regula-
tions provided By law, for the of:
fee of Constable, and shall be lia-
ele to be removed ut the pleasure
Of said Council. And the said
Town Council shall have power to
establish or authorize the estab-
lishment Of a market house in said


town, also to establish or authorize
the establishment Of q guard house,
and to prescribe suitable rules and


regulations for keeping and govern
ing the same, and until the said


guard house be established, they
shall be authorized to use room in
the common Jail of the County of
Spartanburg, for the confinement
Of all who may be subject to be
committed for violation Of any


ordinances, rules and regulations
of said town Council, or the said
Intendant and Wardens, in person,
any one or more of them, may au-
thorize and require any Marshal


Of the town, or any Constable spe-
cially appointed for that purpose,


to arrest and commit to the said


guard house or jail of Spartanturg
County, as the case may be, for a


term not exceeding twenty-four


hours, any person or persons who


within the corporate limits of said


town, may be engaged in breach


of the peace, any riotous or disor,


derly conduct, open obscenity, pub


lie 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 ConstabIes


to arrest and commit all such of:


tenders when required 80 to do,


and who shall have power to- call


to their assistance the posse conf
tatus, if need be, to aid in making
such arrests, and upon the failure
Of said officers to perform such du-
ty as required, they shall severally


be subject to such fines and penal
| ties as the Town Council may inn
| pose 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 imposed for
the violation Of Ordinances, rules
and regulations: Provided, That
such imprisonment shall not ex-
empt the party from the payment
Of any fine the Council may i'm
pose for the offence for which he,
| She or they may have committed.


And the said Town Council shall


have full power and authority M
der their corporate seal, to make
all such rules and regulations, BY
laws and ordinances respecting
the streets, roads and the business


thereof, as well as the police sys-


tenn Of the said town as shall ap-


pear to them necessary and pro-
per for the security, welfare and
convenience, and for preserving
health, order and good govern.
ment within said town. And the
said Town Council may impose
fines for offences against their BY
laws, rules and regulations, and
ordinances, and appropriate the
same to the public use Of the said
town. And the said Town Coun-
ell shall have the same power that
Trial Justices or Justices OF the
Peace now have, or may hereafter
have, to compel the attendance Of
witnesses, and requiring them to