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M i) N T II L Y 0 A L E N D A K
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AUGUST, 1871.
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LAWS OF THE STATE, j
Acts and Joint Resolutions, Pa^aed by
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IIIU ifCUCIill .AHSCUtOiy Ut OUlllH tiivO- |
Hoa, Session of 1S7(V71,
fOFFICIAL.)
An Act to Clraiat, Kencw ami Ameud
the Charters Of Certain Towns ami
ViUa<MM Therein Mentioned ~Xo.
382.
[CONTIXCKD FROM OUR HS>\ )
See. I. That said Intendaut and
Wardens shall have pqjyer to compound
with aJJ persons liable to work
on said roads, ways and streets, upon
the payment of such sums of money
as they deem a fair equivalent therefor,
to he applied to the use of the said
e >rpora:ion And the Inteiidant and
War lens are jje.rehy individually exempted
from the perfor nane*: of road
and street duty, and no person residing
within the said town shall ire liable j
to work on any road without the said
limit", or to be iaxed or assessed for
the same.
See. 55. That the .power to grant
licenses lor billiard tables, to keep
taverns, 01 retail spiritnous liquors,
within the limits of the said corporation,
he, iuid .the same is hereby, vested
in the Town Council of Aiken which
licenses shall he granted in the name
manner, and upon the saiue conditions,
as they now are, or may hereafter be,"
under the laws of this Slate: Provided,
That no billiard table kept by the boarding
houses and hotels of said to*vn,
for the use of boarders, shall be tiubjeot
to a tax, unless the same is rtiso kept j
for the use of the public generally, and !
for profit and gain; and aLl moneys re- j
ceived for licenses, taxes, fines, cxhibi- j
tions, &q., within tlu said limits, shall
be appropriated to the public uses of j
Said corporation
See, 50. That all fines and forfeitures
imposed by said Town Council,
under the power vested by law, shall
bo collected in the same mauuer as the
g m nil State* tax is now by law collected.
The Sheriff for the County, for
the time being, and his lawful depu
ties, be, and they ore hereby, authoriz
c<I ti> execute the process of the said
Council of Aiken, as by law the Mar
eha! of said corporation might or
should now do, having the same privileges,
powers and emoluments, and
(subject to the same duties and penalties
as therein prpvided: Provided,
That all nulla bona costs incident on
any execution issuing from said Town
Council, and directed to the said Sheriff,
shall be paid by said Town Council.
Sec. 57. That the said Town council
of Aiken shall hat e power to iiuposc,
lor the use of the said corporation, the
following annual taxGs: On all real
estate within the sail limits, except
that held for religious or charitable
purposes, a tax not exceeding onequarter
of one per cent.; on all sales of
merchandise and income arising from
factorage, faculties and professions, ex
cept the salaries of clergymen of all re
ligiohs denominations, x tax not exceeding
one-eighth of one per cent; on
all wheel carriages kept lor hire, a sum
not exceeding five dollars each; on all
itinerant traders, a tax not exceeding
twenty-five dollars; also, to prescribe
and lix the taxvon all shows and exhibitions,
within the limits of said corporation;
and the said Town Council
shall have power to enforce the payment
of all taxes and assessments levied
under authority of this Act, against
the property of all defaulters, to the
same extent, and in the same manner,
us is provided by law for the collection
of the general Stato^ tax, except
that the executions may be directed
cither to the Sheriff, or the Town Marshal,
or other persons especially an
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pointed by the Council to collect the
game.
See. 33. Ami tho said Town council
shall be authorized to borrow money
for educational and corporate uses only,
and to Zflsess each of tho corporators
in an aimnount not exceeding
twenty -five per cent, on his corporalion
tux, to aid in tho payment of the
principal and interest of the said debt:
provided, That the funded debt of the
said town shall at no one time exceed
the sum of live thousand dollars: And
provided, also, That no loan, shall bo
consummated without the previous
-concurrence of the voters of the said
town who are subject to property tax,
to be ascertained through tho medium
of the ballot-box, alter ten days" public
notice, as is provided in the case o!
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election lor Inteiidaut and Wardens.
See. 59. That the original charter of
Aiken, passed on the nineteenth day of
December, in the year ot our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty-live,
and all Acts amendatory thereof, as
Well as all others repugnant to this Act,
be, and the same are hereby, repealed,
and that this Aet shall be deemed and
taked to be ,t bublie Act. and shall continue
in force for twenty years.
7oic/i of Willistoff.
Sec. CO. That the charter of the town
of Willislon, in the County of Barnwell,
be, and the same is lie re, renewed
and extended for the term ot fourteen
years from the dale of the passage of
this Act.
Town of Grahams.
See. 01. That all persons, citizens ol
the State of South Carolina, who are
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IIU?>, Ul ?IIU uiil) llVIUalbl'l llt'WUR', inhabitants,
of the the town of Grahams,
shall bo doomed,- and are hereby docloared,
a bo ly politic and corporate,
and that said town shall be called and
known by the name of Grahams, and
its limits shall bo doomed and hold to
extend one-half mile in each direction
from the railroad depot in said town.
Sec 02 That the said town shall be
governed by an Intendant and four
wardens, who shall be elected on the
tirst Monday in September next, on
which day, as wof) as on tho tirst Monda
of Spteinbor of every year thereafter,
an election shall bo hold for an Intendant
and four Wardens, who shall
be .citizens ol Lute State of South Carolina,
an shall have been residents <>f said
town for sixty days immediately preceding
said election, at such place in
said town as the IiKoiidai.it and Wardens
shall designate, ten days' notice,
in writing, being previously given ; and
that all male inhabitants ol the said
town, of the age ot twenty-one years,
who h ivo resided therein sixty days
previously to the election, shall be entitled
to vote for ?:tid Intendant and
Wardens; and the election shall be
held bona nine in the morning until
three o'clock in the alleruoon, when
the polls shall be closed and the Manageis
shall count the votes and pro
claim the election and give notice there
of, in writing, to the persons elected ;
and that the Intendant and Wardens,
for the time being, shall appoint the
Managers to hold the eusuing eluuiioiv;
that the Intendant and wardens, before
entering upon the duties ot their offices,
shall take the oath,* prescribed by the
Constitution of this State, and also the
following oath, to wit: "As Intendant
(or Warden) ol Grahams I will equally
and impartially, to the best of my
skill and ability, exercise the trust reposed
in me, and will use my best enVleavoib
to preserve the peace and carry
into effect, according to law, the
purposes of my appoiuttnent: So help
me God."
Sec. (33./rhat in case a vacancy shall
occur in the otHce of Intendant, or any
of the wardens, by death, resignation,
removal from State, or from any other
cause, an election shall be held by the
appointment of the Intendant and Warden
or wardens, as the case may be., ten
days'notice thereof as aforesaid being
j^i v v;u y mm in yaou ui iiiv; ou'ivuvnn v/i
temporary abseneo of tiie Intendant,
the Warden^ forming a Council shall
be empowered to elect one of themselves
to act as Intendant during such
sickness or absence.
Sec. Gl. That the Intendant and
Wardens, duly -elected and qualified,
shall, during their term of service, fle
rurally and respectively, be vested
with all the powers of other incorporated
towns of this State, in matters
civil and criminal, within the limits of
said town ; that the Intendant shall,
as often as occasion may require, summon
the Wardens to meet him in Council,
a majority of whom shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of
business, and shall be known by the
name of the Town Council of Grahams,
and they aud their successors iu -office
! shall have a common se#t, and shall
1 have power and authority to appoint,
I I'nm limn I <1 I i-iin ciu-h nnil un in nv
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proper persons to net as Marshals or
Constables as tliey shall deem expedient
ami proper, which officers shall
have all the powers, privileges and
emoluments, and bo subject to all the
duties penalties and regulations provid|
ed by the laws of this Stale lor the
offico of Constable. And the Intendant
ami Wardens, in Council, shall have
power and authority, under their corporate
seal, to ordain and establish all
sikjli rules am) by-laws and ordinances
respecting the streets, ways, public
j wells and springs or fountains oi
water, markets and police of the said
1 town, and for preserving health, peace,
order and good government within the
same, as they ,may deem expedient ami
proper ; and the said Council may affix
hues for offence* against such bylaws
and ordinances and appropriate
the same to the use of the corporal!but
no fine shall exceed twenty dollars
all fines may be recovered by an ac
lion for debt before a proper tribunal
Hec. 05. That the said Council ?hal
have power to abate ami remove nuiI
e'auces within the limits of said town
I and also to classify and arrange the 111
1 habitants liable to police duty, and t<
i require them to perform each duty a
occotton may require,; an 1 to en lore
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the performance thereof under the same
j penalties as are now, or may hereafter
; be, established by law: Provided, nl
J ways, nevertheless, Thai, the said Town
Council shall have power to com pound
| with |*>rsonb liable to perforin such
duties upon such terms as they shall,
i by ordinance, establish.
Sec. 00. That it shall, bo the duty
of the Intendant and wardens to keep
&J1 streets and ways which may be necessary
lor public uso within the limits
of the said town open and in good re
( pair, and for that purpose they are
hereby invested with all the powers,
rights and privileges granted by law
to the Commissioners ol Uoadw within
the limits of said town. And, for neglect
of duty, they shall be liable to the
pains and penalties imposed by law
upon Commissioners ot Koads for like
neglect. And they are hereby individ- j
ually exempt troiu the performance of
road and police duty. And the inhabc...M
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num.-) ui o?m imvu uiu U131llUJ eM*u?eu
from road ai.d police duty without the {
limits of said corporation.
8cc. 07. Tliat .the taid Intcndant
and Wardens shall have jH>wer to
compound with persons liable to work
on the said streets and ways, and to
release stu b persons as tuny desire it,
upon the payment of such sum of mou
ey as they may deem a lair equivalent
therefore, to he applied by them to
the use of the said corporation.
"Bee. 08. That the said Town Council
of Grahams shall alto be empowered
to retain, possess and enjoy all such
property as they may now bo possessed
of, or entitle to, or which shall hereafter
be given, bequeathed to, or in any
manner acquire* r by them, and to sell,
alien, or in any way transfer the same,
or any part thereof: lTovidod, The
amount ol property so held., or stock
invested, shall, in no res?, exceed twenty
thousand dollars.
Sec. 60. That the said town Council
of Grahams shall also have powcr'lo
impose an annual tax on all real and
personal property within the corporate
limits of said town : Provided, Said tax
iloes not exceed ten per cent, on the
one bundled dol'as.
ftee. 70. That the Intendaut and
Wardens of the Town of Grahams
^hall have power tor* regulate sales at
auction within the limits of said town,
and to grant licenses to auctioneers:
.Provided, That nothing herein contained
shall extend to sales by or for ;Shorill's,
Clerks of Courts, Judges of Probate,
Coroners, Kxuculors, and Administrators,
Assignees, or by any other
persons, undororder of any Court or
Trial J us lice.
See.. 71. That the Intendant and
Wardens of the Town of Crahams shall
have power and authority to verpiire
nil l?. rsons owning a lot or lots in the
said Town of Grahams to keep in repair
The sideswnlkw adjacent to their
lols respectively, and, lordclalt in this
matter, shall have power and authority
to impose a line not to exceed ten dol
lu rs.
Sec. 72. That the power to refuse or
grant licenses to keep a tavern or to
retail intoxicating drinks ho, an<l the
same is hereby, vested in the Town
Council of the Town of Grahams, and
that they be, also, invested with all
necessary power, by ordinances, to Mippress
or regulate the sales of intoxicating
drinks, to be drank at the place
where sold, or in or upon airy its appurtunces,
or in or upon any of the
highways, streets, lanes, alleys, commons,
kitchens, stores, shops, public
buHdings, booths, stalls or out houses
of the said town, or within one-hall
mile of the said town ; Provided, That
no rule or regulation shall he made, in,
consistant with the Constitution and
laws of th^State.
>Se.dr'o^hnll be taken
liiiKU/bonlimio
forcc^^Sni^H^nV11 '<f ,s\
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SttTn ', ^Aof an Act
..' Mi?' ( j
entitya<rjoiiHH|^K.t- \Tonn;Jporate the
village ut 11. ikJi the same
is hereby, ^B3kP* to read as
follows: T"'fl^K 'Lancaster,
extending o>,jHB J direction
irom the L'ournH^H force)/d t ho same
is hereby, inc^B^^K otter 1,^ the name
of the village ?cBH^Brsi,oafl
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lowu^^^^m uu>r'tfSee.
75. Tbn?|^R^|her the pas
sage of this lens of this
State, havir.g iHHp days in the
j Town of CokcsJH^^Mliaiio be deemed,
' and are heret> V be, a body
i politic and the said
' town shall ttafj^^Jf "down by the
r name of Cokef^gfl^r ,t* corporate
I limits shall ex, forty-sweii (5/ *M t*ach ^i,
recti on from tf loss, tire pijpaicl.town.
5 Sec. 70. That 1 "?rry (jfown shall he
I governed by K^'i^^ynuant and six
Wardens, who sh?<?,)( i)e citizens of the
United States, and shall have been res;
idcnU ol the said town lor sixty dayt
, immediately prececdiug their election,
; who shall he elected on the second
- Monday in April, 1870, and every yeai
thereafter on tho second Monday it]
1 January, ten days' public notice there
- of being previously given ; and that
; all male inhabitant* of the age of twenty -oik
. ye as, citizens of the State, and who shall ha\<
resided in the said town for sixty day# hume
j (liately p ?ceding the election, shul. be en
s I tilled to vote for said lntendant and Wardens
e Sec, 17. That the election fo I u'endan' air'
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I Wardens of the said town shall be hold in '
some convenient house, or some other eonveu- j
lent public place iu the said town, from nine (
o'clock 1:1 tue morning until five o'clock in the
a He i noon, and when the polls shall be closed, i
the managers shall forthwith count the votes
I and piocJaim the election, and gne notice, in
writing, to^lie persons elected. The Iutcudant
and Wardens shall appoint three Manaeets, to
hold the ensuing and any subsequent election.
Whenever there shall not bean lntemlant
and Wardens or Intendaut and Warden, from ,
any eanse whatever, it. shall be the duty of the
('lerkofthe Court of AbUevHio County to or- ;
der such election forthwith, and appoint three
Managers for the same. The Mauagois in
euob ease shall, before they open the polls for
wAid election, take an oath fairly and impartially
to conduct the same; and flint the Jntendai^
and Wardens, before entering upon the duties
of their respective olliees, shall take t lie oath
proscribed by the Constitution of tl instate,
and, also; the following oath, to wit: "As Jutondaul,
or Warden, oft be town of Cokesbury
L will equally and impartially to the best of
my ability, exercise the trust reposed in me.
audi will use my best endeavors to pivwrve
the peace and carry into ellect, according to
law,the purposes for wb.lch I have been elected:
So help me (lod ** The said Intendant
and Warden* shall bold their odi-cs from the J
time of their election until the second Monday
in .January ensuing, and until their successors
shall bo elected and (ptalitlcd.
Sec. 7H. '1 tint in case a vacancy should oc-.j
CUr in the otliee of the lulenduni #\i* ..c
the Wardens, by death, resignation, removal,
or otherwise, of in eu.se of a tie in said election,
an election to till sueh vacancy shall be held
by the appointment of the intend.m( and Wardens,
(or Warden,) sis the cut*" may be, or the
Clerk of the Court of Abbeville County, it
there should be no Intel oant or Wardens, i n
days'public notice thereof being previously
given; and In case of the sickness or temporary
absence of the Inteiulani, ihc Wardens,
forming n Cotineil, shall U empo\ve:ed to eh.!
one of their number to act in his stead during
tin* time.
Sec. 7b. That the IntemJaW and Wardens,
duly elected and qualified, sh.iil, dur ug Liner
term of service, severally and respectively. Invested
With all the jurisdiction and poweisof
M agist i at es within the limits of said town, and
the lutendant shall, and may, as often as he
may deem necessary, summon the Wardens to
meet in (7oune.ll, any two of whom, with tielntcndant,
may constitute a quorum to transact
business, and they shall he known by the
name of the Town Couifil of Cokcshury, ami
they and their successors, hereaftei to be elected,
may have a common seal, which shall he
aUixetl to all the ordinances; and the said
Town ('ouncil shall have uuthoiity to appoint,
from tim; to t'-uw, ;ls they see lit, such, and so
many, proper persons, to act as Marshals or
Constables of the said tow n, as the said Town
Council may deem necessary and expedient,
fnr 1110 preservation of the peace, good order
ami |xuice u:ui di, wnu'ii persons so Appointed,
shall, within the corporate limits of sgld town,
have the pow eis, privileges and mnhiuienis,
and be subject to all the obligations, |xMlullies
and regulations provided bv law, for the olti.'o
of Constable, and shall he liable t? bo removed
at the plrasuie of ssjid Council; and the said
Town Council shall have power to psUibipjh,
or toautbori/.e the establishment of;tlie market
house ip said town. And the said Town
Council shall have full power .and authority,
under their corporate seal, lo mane ?U such
rules, by-laws and ordinances, respecting the
streets, roads, market bouse, and the business
thereof, and the. police system oft Jut said U>vs ij
us shall appear to Unpu necessary and proper
for llse security, welfare and convenience, and
for nrescrvl.ig !l"*Uh, order and good government
within the same; and the said Town
Council may .impose tines (or olieiices against
their by-laws and ordinances, and appropriate
the same, hi the public use of said town ; and
said Council shall have the. same power w hich
Magistrates now have to comjie) tbeatleiidanee
of w itnesses, and require them togi\eevidence
upon the trial before thorn of any person for
a violation of any of these by-laws or ordinances;
but no fine above the sum of twenty dollars
shall be collected by the Town Council,
except by suit in theCouit of Common Pleas;
And provided, also, That no line shall exceed
lifty dollars, and also that nothing herein contained
shall authoriz." the said Council to
make any by-laws or ordinances inconsistent
w ith, or repugnant to, the laws of this .State ;
and all the by-laws, rules and ordinances t he
said Council may (thaiI. at ail times, he
subject to revisal or repeal In the General Assembly
of tills State.
Sec. HO. That the said Intendaot and Wardens
shall have full power to abut* and remove
nuisances in the said town, and it shall also
lie their duty to keep sill roads, ways and
streets within the corporate limits of the said
town, open and in good repair, and tor thai
purpose they are invested wi'h all the jtoweis
heretofore granted to Commissioners of I toads'
and shall have full power to classify and arrange
the inhabitants of said town, liable to
street, road or other public duty therein, ami
to ferae the performance of such duty, under
such penalties as are now, or shall hereafter
be, prescribed by law: V ovided, That tin;
said town Council may compound with j?ei so's
liable to perform such duty, upon such terms,
and-on the payment ol such stuns, as may Inestablished
i?y laws or ord nances: And provided,
also, That the Individuals who compo?*
the said Town Council shall b? exempt from
the performance of road and ju lite duty, and
the inhabitants of said town are hereby exempt
from road ami police duly without the corporate
limits of said town.
See, 81. That the power to grant or reftre
license for billiard tallies, to keeplavern or re
tail spiritouH liquors within the limits of the
said corporation, be, ami (lie same is herein,
vested in the Town Council of Cokesbioy.
And the said Council may grant licenses i/>
retail spirit* us liquors to such person?, and in
smfli quantities, at such rates, and upon such
terms and conditions, as the s.iid Council may
deeir. best and proper; and the said hitendaiiL
and Wardens shall have the lull and only power
to impose a tax on all shows or exhibitions,
for gain or rewaid, within the limits; ajid all
money jwiid for license fi?r retailing spirituou?
.liquors, .keeping tavern or billiard tables, and
the tux foi all shows, for gain or reward, within
said limits, shall be, appropriated to the
public use of shid corporation.
Sec H;J. That the said Town Council ol
Cokoshury ?d)*IS have full power and authorit>
> to require all persons owning a lot or lots ii
said town to make and keep in good ropaii
sidewalks in front of said lot or lots, whcnovei
1 the same shall front or adjoin any of the publh
> streets of said town, if. in the judgment of tin
Council, sw<*hsidewalks shall he necessary, tin
width thereof, and the manner of oonsi ru 'tlon
to bo designated and regulated by the Towj
Council; and, for default or refusal to tuak<
' i ami keep in rej>air such sidew alks, the Towi
> Council may cause the same to he made or pn
s in repair, ami retfdro the owner to pay tin
price of making or ropiiiriiig : Provided, Tim
- such Contrates for making or rep.iiring la? ]
- to the lowest bidder.
flee. That the said Town Council e
I Coke.bury shall have power to arrest am
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commit to jail, for a Npaeo ??f time not exceeding
twolvo hour*, ami to tine, not exceeding
twenty dollars, any pe.rxou or pc.son.s who
shall 1 ??* eiiiltv ot* disoi-l wk oxnilin-t in said
i town t<? tin* annoyance of* citirvns theioof;
ami it shall bo t he duty of tin* Marshal of t Into
wu to make Hitch arrest, ami call to his assist
a int.- the posse fomitii'n&y if m-ce>.sar\ ; ami
tifion failure to perform such duty, ho slialt bo
fined in a tutu not tuore than twenty doltats
tor each and ovety oflem?c.
I .See. rt-i. That Aim said Town Council of
Cokesbttry shall have power to grant or refuse
li enses to | Kir ties within the limits of *,ud
town, and the parties to whom sttch licenses
are granted shall lie subject lot licit regulations
as may, by ordinance, he established Th?\\
shall, al > t, have |m\ve: t<? impose and eollect a !
annual lax upon the ass -sscd p opertv of said
town; Provided, No tax shall he int|H?sed. In
any one year, to exceed the rate of ten cents
1 on each bundle I dolla s of s ich asses- <J propetiy;
and tliat the money so raited shall he
applied to the use of said town. Tin- said
Tow 11 ("onneil shall have pow t l' to enf >ree t he
payment of all tax.--, levi -d by lite said 1'ow n
council, to tlev same extent, and in the same
manner as is now , or In real m' shall he, pro
1 vided by law lor the colle-lion ? I tic gem- ,d
I State taxes.
See. K?. That tin- -mid Town Council of
j Coke.shnry shall have power to regulate sales
at auction u p bin tin- .units ofsai I town, a id
to grant licenses to auctioned*: 1'rovided,
j Nothing herein cnutui.e. I -hall OXU ml to.-.deby
Sh<a ill, ('lerk of the < .'ourt, .J utlge < >1 I 'inhale,
I Coroner, l-ixeeuior or Admtnsliutor, Assignee
! in lla.ikruptev, or by any othei person, out of
the -ifder. decree of mi> Courts Ju-licit of tlte
l'oiitv, or .Muglstraie.
Nee. 80. 1'*1.11 Miis Act shall he dccnuul a
public Act, ami sh ill continue of force for
twenty years, and till the uml ol the session of
the (ieneral Assembly of sai l .stale then next
following; ji.nl ail Acts of irieo pointlous or
ann'inhncuts t her< of, repugnant thereto, are
herchy repeated,.
Joint of Orangeburg.
See. 87. That an Act entitled l<An
Aot to iiicorjiorato the town oi Orangeburg,1'
approved on the seventeenth
day of December A. 1 >, 1837, be, and
the same is hereby, altered and amended
as billows; That from and alter the
passage of this Act, all and every person
or persons, who shal' have resided
within the corporate limits of Lite town
ol Orangeburg for sixty days are. hereby
declared to be members ol the corporation
hereby to be erected.
See. 88. That the said persona shall
from the passing ol this Act, become a
body politic ami corporate, and shall
lie known and callc I i?y the name of
the "Town of Orangeburg,11 and its
eoruorate limits sbal' c,\tcnd one mile
, i:... . .! i. .i i > ?'
iii <iii vciion iirv>in melanin House
as a centre, except on tlie wide next to
North Ed is to Kivcr, which river shall
constitute the boundary 111 lljat direction.
Sec. 80. That the said town shall be
governed by a Mayor ami lour Aid rnien,
who shall have resided in .the
State for one year, and within the limits
of the corporation for sixty days
immediately qrccecding their election.
The auid .Mayor and Aldermen
shall be elected on the second
Tuesday in September, ten days' notice
being previously given, and shall con
tinue in ofKcc for two years, ami until
the election and qualification of their
successors; and all male inhabit ants ot
said town, who shall have attained the
age of twent y one years, and resided
therein sixty days immediately preei d
ing their election, shall be entitled to
vole for said Mayor and Aldermen.
Sec. 00. That said election shall be
held in some convenient public place
in said town from eight o clock in the
morning until live o'clock in the evening
; and when the polls shell he
closed, the Managers shall forthwith
court t t he votes ami declare llit'election,
giving notice it? writing to the persons
elected. The Mayor and Aldermen
for the time being sh:i 11 always appoint
the Managers to conduct the election,
who, before they open the poll for said
election, shall take an oath fairly ami
impartially to conduct the same. Ami
the Mayor ami Aldermen, before enter
ing upon l he duties of t heir offices, shali.
respectively, take the oath prescribed
by the Constitution of the State, and
Also the following oath, to wit : "A>
Mayor (or Alderman) of the town ol
Orangeburg, 1 will equally and impar
tially, to the best of my ability, exercise
the trust imposed in me, and will use
my best endeavors to preserve the
peace, and carry into effect, According
to law, the purposes tor which I have
been elected : So help mo God.*'
Sue. fid. That in ease a \acancy
should occur in the office of Mayor oi
' any of the A' lermen, by death, resign a
! tion, or othcrwikc, an election to till such
I vacancy shall be hei I by the appoint
f met of the Mayor, AldovmarL, or Alder
j men, as the case may be, ten d.vV pre
vious notice hcing given ; and in cast
i of sickness or temporary absence of tin
Mayor, the Aldermen, forming a Conn
t cil, shall be empowered to elect one o
their number to act an Mayor during
the time.
Sec. 02. That the Mayor and Aldorf
men (inly elected and <j aliHed shall
during their term of service, several!\
> and respectively, be vested with a.
powers of Magistrates in this Stat'
f* *
? within tne limits ot said town. Am
j the Mayor shall and may, as oiten a
may be necessary, summon the Abler
men to meet in Council, any twoo
whom, with the Mayor, or any llire
, Ajdermen, may constitute a quorum t
t transact business, ami they shall b
'' known by the name of the Town Com
^ cil of Orangeburg, and they and thei
successors hereafter to he elected ma
,f have a common sckl, which s!ia!l b
l aliiv?*?J to rilj their ojdj inners, m iv mi
I I ll * ? . w y
ADVERTISEMENT:
11. serte<l at $1.00 j>?>r sfjtiarn for firs', w <
lill> Cent* for I'H'lr <4trf?srsjltO|lt illS'illoil.
Marl I.i oofi'-cs Tree.
Jn-atlis ami Funeral noflcos fro ,
< Mnttiarlivs of oik* ^piain five; ovr o
sipiaro rhaiir?'il at nilvortisolng
Religion* nolfes vf* I MM' *Hiar?, fl
A M|iiari' eight lines or !? * >, <?t ibi> size i ?
A liberal ilTseouiif v. ill Ih> mad > I t1 *
whoso advertisement* are k?-pt in ?' i a tein
of llireo month* or longer.
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SMNVWRVMBWlMMINnflMMMMniMUMMNMS - JMH??an|
:nul ho sued, plead quel In* i11 |>I a?h d
in .any Court of law or Deputy in tl iState,
ami purchase, hold, posse** am
enjoy to them ami tlr ir sneeessora i?
perpetuity, or for any term of year*
anv estate, real ami i?>rs(>ti&1 ormixoil
iuh'i sell, alien and convey the
IVovidvd, The same shall not exceed,,
t at any one lime, tin* Hum of ten i bun
suiul dollars. Ami the Mayor uid \*
derinen shall have full power t<? m ike
aflil establish nil Mich rules, by-law*
and ordinances, respecting the r<? . is1
streets, market and police o. s I tov?u,
as shall appear to them neeei:a- .e l
i requisite tor ihti security, u I uv in i
eonyenieiu'e of t he said town <?r b r
preserving health, peniv, oi-I.t ;,u 1
good governiu nt within t he -: <?!< ; i {
t the said Council may fix and inr- v
[tines and penalties lor the \i a
1 thereof, and appropriate the same to
the public arcs of the said coty >ra"i
Provided, That no liue shall e.veed III"
t y dollars for any one ollVnee.
See. tt;t. That tin* Mayor and Adle men
of said town shall have lull nod
only power to grant or refuse ltcens s
to any person, tirm, company or corporation
engaged in, or intending to bo
engaged i'lliuy trede, business, or pr?
lossioii whatsoever, within the corporate
limits of said town, upon such oon
dittous am' under such circunistan ? s
as to them shall seem proper ami right:
Provided, That in no instance shali ti e
price of a license to keep a tavern, ? r
to retail spirituous liquors, be fixed it
a less sun* than is established by dm
lav. s of this State; and till moneys paid
for licenses, and for fines and forfeit ?
ur s for retailing spirituous liquors,
keeping tav? rns and billiard tables.
w11iitii ilie u?l limits without licensee,
shall Im- appropriated to the public uses
<?t said town: !'r jvided, That the May
or ami Aldermen, duly elected ami
tpialilied, shall not have power to?*ranl
any license. to keep ta/orne, or r< Lui
spirituous liquors, to extend bevomi
the term tftr wliie.lt they have been eh e
ted.
See. 04. That it shall he the duty ?'f
the said Mayor and Aldermen to k< i j?
all roads, streets and ways within tin rr
corporate limits open and in pood rt ?
pair, and f<>r thai purpose they a e in
vested with all the powers and du'bs
of Surveyors of hiphwnvs nntl Seleetnien
ol towns. They shall have power
to compound with all person* li 'rfh*
f.> >i ca?|? ?l?.^ yhV">f j, iDqj'il niul
said town, upon such terms ,%s to y
shall by ordinance establish; the mot- eys
so received to be applied to the
public. use of H?lid town, and ah t uvnr.im
Y* I . * ~
i\ Muting or ni.ung w> p ay much I'uu.ur?lalion
shall bo liahlo to Hiioh Hue, 11
exceeding twori'y dollars, jtu tlio Toiva
Council may impose.
Soc. bo. They si,all also liavc p ?\v-?e
to impose an an in il tax not exeoediui
fifty cents on every bundled ('minus of
the assessed value of all real a id personal
estate Ivin * within the corporate
limits of-said town, (the real ami personal
estate of churches and school no
social ions excepted.) The s lid (Joined
shall have tin power to regulate the
price of license upon all public shows
and exhibitions in said tuwn^to erect
a powder magazine, and compel nry
pei .'on holding more than t went.y-li. o
pounds of posvilcr to store tiie s imo
therein, and to make Hogulations tor
rates of storage thereof, ami tor keep ing
and delivering the same. The saitl
Council shall have power to en to Oe'the
payment of all laXes levied under the
authority of this Act, against the proper
t v iiiul iiersons ot defaulters, to tic*
same extent and in the same maimer
as is provided by law lor the'eollvciiots
of the general Slate tax, except U. it
executions to en force the payment of
the town taxes shall bo issued uiub r
the seal of the corporation, and direci
tod to the Town Mrnvhal, or otin-r j>< ! sou
especially appointed by tlnj Tun u
1 Council, to collect the same; and ail
l. property upon which a tax sJialJ boh- _
' led is hereby tied ired and made liable
ror the payment thereof in preference
to all other debts against tin stii
property, excejit debts due the iSiat %
w liich sinvil first bt paid.
Sv r. 00. That the sai<l Town Cot. !
oil shall have power and authority u.
rctpiiro all persons owning a h>L.o;loT%
in said town, to tna!<Lean?\ keep in goo 1
repair sidewalks in from of said lot <r
' bus, wbenever tlie same slml: f , ? or
1 adjoin inn public street of said i.. i,
if, in the judgement of the Co rj,
such sidewalk sh ill be necessH'*,, .i
width thereof, and the mainv * " y
const rU''tion, to Wo desiomUeli a id regulated
t?v the sai l Council, and f<.>1* <! ?
fault oY-refuaal a It or reasonable noli e
' to make and keep in repair such i\.* ?
1 walks, tho Town Council may can -c
ilie<atne to Wo mule or pn in repair,
" and retjtiirc the owner to pay tW pi
> ol makiti^ or impairing. A nl *tWe *?..d
i Town Council arc hereby em;? ?\v.*ivd
I to sue tor ami recover the Hum*' o^ aeL'
tionol Icbt in any Court ol com ictout
I jurisdiction: Ivi?K*?l, Thai *u "i cottH
tra t for making or repairing We lor
~ to the lowest bidder,
f See. 1)7. That ihctyiitl Town Council
l* shall have power, with the consent of
? the a?l jaeent html owners, to close all
0 audi roiuls, streets ami ways within the
' su'vl Town as rhoy may deem neee*rary,
Wy sale ol the Irechohl therein, ei?
>' lma* at private or public sale, as lluy
c> may adju l^e heal lor the inv est at
c [ i'oniiniirrf on Fourth Vny J
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