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54 YBBY WEDNESDAY WHOIN0(9 - eat s 46 s Thok ., H noken M lIors alldPrtoplotors. Atcigmn,~ 14)4by a at the expiration of -a e- -ro---r--- o" WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 7, 1871. -No. 23 N s Ad, 41id Joint , 4089lutions Pawsd by the Legisaturm-BoWson 1870 and [9FF1CIAL.) ACT TO GRANT, RENEW AND AMAND THE CIIARTER OF CERTAIN TOWNS AND VILLAGEs THEREIN ENTIONBD. 8 OTION 1. Be it enacted by the A'enate and House of Representatives -fthe State of South Carolina, noto t nd sitting in General Assemby, ' a4d by the authority of the 8ane: VILLAGE OF ST. STEIENS. Thqit Arom and after the passage of- th Act, all citizens of this 8tte, having resided t w e I v o tonths withim the State and six. VY days In the village o St. Sto. phons, shall bo deemed, and aro horeby declared to be, a body poli. tic and corporate; and the said *illage shall be called and known by the name of St. Stephons, and its corporate limits shall extend throo-fourths of a mile in each di rection from the Depot of the Vortheastern Rail Road. SE. 2. That the said village .hall be governed by an Intendant x%nd four Wardens, who shall be ,citizens of the United States, and who shall have resided in this 9stato twelve months, and shall have boon residents of the said Village sixty days immediately prceding their election, and who shall be elected on the fourth 11on day in March, 1871, and on the oame day in each year thereafter, ton days' publie notice thereof be ing previously given ; and that all mal inhabitants of the ago of twenty-one years, citizens of the State, and who shall have resided within the State twelve months, and in the said villago sixty days immediately precedirg the elec. tion, shall be entitled to vote for said Intendant and Wardens, pau pers and persois under disabilities for crino excepted. SEc. 3. The said election shall .Jiold at some conveniott public to *in s-xid village, from eight Waf ;* the morning until Four ) he k the afternoon ; and until thre4olls shall be close4, the noon, wh(I. lall forthwith count closef an 'declare th' election, iouat the vus thereof, in writing, election, a ,Int therein being, In writing n Xthin two days there unid that tinotico, or causo the de6q,,foO given, to the per8ons y;ig & 4d : Provided, The Com. onsol.;W-e of Election ofCharleston ter ' st.; shall call the first election :, this Act, and shall appoint 1Ianagers to conduct the same, who shall make retLUrn1 thereof' to the Commissioners, the same as other elections held in this State. And the said Commissioners shall count the votes and declare the election, and notifY the persons so elected Intendant and Wardens of the said village. The Intendant and Wardens, before entering up on tihe duties of their oRicO, shal , respectively, take thme oath pre scribed by the Constitution of the State, and also the followinr oath, to wit: "As Intendant (or VWard en,) of the village of St. Stephen's, I will, equally and impartially, to the best of' my ability, exercise the trust reposed in me, and wvill *t6my best endeavors to preserve \\ e peace and carry into effect, ao )J ; ding to law, the purlposes for ~hieb I have been elected: So heiy me God." And if any per eon, upon being elected Intendant or Warden, shall refuse to act as auch, he shall forfeit and pay to the Courteil the sum of' twenty dollars for the use of the said vl lago: Provided, That no person who has attained the age of sixty yPears shall be compelled to serve in either of said offices ; nor shall any other porson be compelled to serve, either as an Intendant or Warden, more than one year in Any term of three years. The In tendant and Wardens, for tho time being, shall always appoint one or more Boards of Managers (three Managers for each Board) to con duet the election, who, before they open the polls, shall take an oath thIr1y and impartially to conduct the same. Sac. 4. That in case a vacancy naga u in the office of Intend *' ap mfury of the Wardens, by .n - tion, removal, or Orang& - .,tion to. fill such successors - - '.lde by order of may have a ce 4 os or a shall be affixed bdlW' n' days' nancos, may sue an 5,iy guy plead and be imploadol~ om Court of law or equity s'* nt, State, and purchase, hold,'p ,;i and enjoy to them and thoir ciesAors, in perpetuity, or for t term of years, any estate, reai personal or mixed, and sell, aliei and convoy the same: Pro videdc The same shall not exceed at an Joseph U. Uha,,.. .time, the sum of ten thousan John Esgbourg, . And the Mayor and A Emma aegbourg,hiswifo,*e 1 have full powver t cTIHE Creditors of the Estate oahlish all such rulof Calmers, deceased, are hereby re~1 acs' render in and establish, oh' oath, tinacs epec speotive.,damanda, ba(9fe th.e Olerk gets, miarket an Court,ns releree, on.or before the ariwvn, as shall aj of September next. -- ;-sary andI requ .ue 1 M. LAKE, ..~ P. t7. welfare a~ to meet in Council, any three of whom, with the Intendant, shall constitute a quorum to transact business, and they shall be known as the Town Council of St. Ste phone. And they and their suc cessor in office, hereafter to be elected, may have a common seal, which shall be affixed to all of their ordinances; may sue and bo sued, plead and -be imploaded in any Court of Justice in this State, and purchase, hold, possess, and enjoy to them, in perpetuity, or for any term of years, any estato, real, personal or mixed, and sell, alion, or convey the samo: Pro vided, The sanmo 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 seo fit, such, and so many, proper persons to act as Marshals or Constables of said vil lago, as said Council may deem necessary and expedient for the preservation of the peace, good order and police thereof, which persons so appointed shall, within the corporate limits of said villa ge, have the power and privilegOs, and be subject to all the obhga tions, penalties and regulations provided by law for the ofilce of Constable, and shall be liable to be removed at the pleasuro of said Council. And the said Town Council shall have power to estab lish or authorize the establishment of a market house in said village; also to authorize the establish ment of a gnard house, and to pro scribe suitable rules and regula tions for keeping and governing the same. And until the said guard house be established, they shall be authorized to uso a room in the common jail of the County of Charleston, for the confincment of all who may be subjcet to be committed for a violation of any ordinance, rules ane regulations of said town. And the said Town Conneil, or the said Intendant and Wardens in person, any one or more of them, may authorize and require any Marshal of the town, or any Constable especially ap pointLd for that purp>se, to arrest and commit to the said guard house or jail of Charluston Coun ty, as the caso may be, for a term not exceeding twenty-Jour hours, any person or persons who, witih in the corporate limits of the said town, may be engaged in a breach of the peace, any riotons or disor derly conduct, open obsconity, pub lie drunkonness, or any conduct grossly indecent, or dangerous to the citizens of said town, or any of them. A nd it shall be the duty of the Town Marshal or Consta blos to arrest and commit all such offenders when required so to do, and who shall havo power to call to their assistance the posse comi tatus, if need be, to aid in making such arrests, and upon the failure of such officers to perform such fines and penalties as the Town Council may impose upon them. And all persons so imprisoned shall pay' the cost and expenses in cident to t h e i r imp)risoniment, which said cost and expenses shall be collected in tihe same manner as is pr-ovided foi- the collection of fines imposed for the violation of ordinances, r-ules and regulations : Provided, That such iminprison mont shall not exempt the p)arty fi-om the payment of any fine the Coun cil may imposo05 for the offence which he, she or they may have committed. And the saidl Tnwn Council shall have full power and authority under their corporate seal, to make allisuch rules and regu lations, by-laws and oirdinances re specting the sta-oots, roads and tile business thereof, as well as the po lice system of the said town, as shall appear to them necessa-y andl pr'oper- for the soeuriity, wvel fare and( convenience, and for- pre serving health, order and good governmnen t within said town. And thme said Towvn Conncil may impose fines for offonces against their by-laws, rules and regula tions and ordinances, and appro piaite the same to the public use of said town ; and the said Towvn Council shIil have the same po wer that Trial Justices or Justices of the Peace now have, or- may her aftoir have, to compel the attend ance of witnesses, and recquiiring them to give evidence upon the trial before them of' any poison or persons for a violation of any of their ordinances, by-laws, rules or regulations, but no fine above the sumn of twenty-five dollars shall be collected by said Council, except by suit in the proper Courts of' Justice in this State, and also, that nothing heroin contained shall au thorize said Connoil to make any ~rdinanoo or by-laws inconsistent Sth, or repugnant to, the laws of e State. E'3c. 6. That the said Intendant .Wardens, or a majority of n,salhave power to abate y eo all nuisances in said .vn ; and it shall be their duty kopalroads, ways, bridges Amits of the said town opea and ?in good repair ; and for that pur nosa thev ar-e invsted with all thae powers of County Commissioners t of Roads, for and within the cor- 0 porate limits of the said town ; %i and they may lay out now stroets, R close up, alter, or widon those now o in use, and shall have full power o to classify and arrange the inhab- b itants or citiens of said town lia- r blo to street, road or public duty P thoroin, and to force he perform- t anco of such duty under such pen- a alties as are now or shall hereafter ft bo prescribed by law; and they t 4hall have power to compound p with all persons liable to work the t streets, ways and roads in said o town, upon such terms as their a ordinances or by-laws may estab- t lih, or thoir rules and rogulations t requiro; the moneys so received n to be applied to the public use of u said town ; and all persons refus- a ing to labor, or failing to pay such x commutation, shall be liable to e such fine, not exceeding twenty 14 dollars for any one year, as the v said Town Council may impose; a and they shall have the power to p enforce the payment of' such fine b in the same manner as is now or d may be hereafter provided for the : collection of County taxo. And a the said Town Council shall have t power, with the consent of the ad- ) jacent land owners, to closo all p such roads, streets and ways with- d in the said town as they may deem 1: necessary; by the sale of the free- t hold thercin, either at private or f public sale, as they may adjudge s best for tho interest of the said r town; and they shall kceop in re pair all such new streets, roads I and ways as they may, from time 1 to time, deem necessary for the t improvement and convenienco of 8 said town: Provided, That no strect, road or way shall be. open- 1 ed without first having obtained t the consent of the land owner or i owners thorecof, through whose a promises any such now street, road 0 or way may pass. SEc. 7. The said Town Council may have-power and authority to require all persons owning a lot or lots in said town, to close in, i and to make and keep in good re- c pair sidewalks in 4ront of said ; lots, whenever the same Fhall 8 front or adjoin any public street , of said town, if, in the judgillent; of the Council, such sidewalk shall d be necessa-y, the width thereof and the manner of construction to be designated and regulated by j the said Town Council; and for ( default or refusal, after reasonable b notice, to make and keep in good t repair such sidewaliks, and to close such lot or lots, the Town Council may cause the same to be made or put in repair, and require the o &n- t or to pay the price of making or repairing; and the said Town Council are hereby empowered to sue for and recover the same, by C action of' debt, in any Court of competent jurisdiction : Provided, That such contract for making or ropairing'is lot to the lowest bid der. The cemeteries and public graveyards are also under the ju- C risdiction of tIe said Town CouI. - SEC. 8. The Int,endant and War- C dens of' thme said town, or a majori-t ty of them, shall have full power i to grant or refuse license to keep 1 taverns or retail spirituous liquors t within the corpora~te limits of' the said town, up)on such conditions i and under such circumstances, as to them shall seem pr-oper- and I right: Provided, That in no in stance shall tile price of a license ' to keep a tavern, or- to retail spir- 1 itous liquors, be less than tihe. amount that is established by the State ; and all moneys paid for li eenses, and for fines and for-feit uroes, shlall be appropriated for the public use of tihe said town :Pro vided, That tile intendant and Wardens, duly elected, shall not have'pon-cer to grant any licenlsoe to keop tavern, or' retail spirituous liquors to extend beyond the tea-i for which they have been elected, They shall have p)ower' to regulate sales at auction within the corpo i-ate limits of' tihe town, anld to gi-ant license to auctioneers, itine i-ant tr-adeors, to keeper's of' hotels and livery stables ; and to levy a tax on all drays, carts, wagons, carriages, omnibusses, buggies, horses, mar-es or mules, kept for hiiro, or used for p)ublic pur'poses in said town ; and they shall have the full and only power to impose a tax on all shows or exhibitions, fof gain or reward, withlin tile cor' porate limits of' said town ; they shall hanve power to impose a tax, not exceeding twenty cents on cv cry hlundred dollars of the value of all r'eal and personal prop)erty lying within the corpor-ate limits of' the town, the real and personal proper-ty of ehurehes an<d school and college associations excepted. T1hat an Ordinance declaring tIleI r-ates of annual taxation upon pro perty and other subjects of annual taxation for the year, shall be pub lished at least thr'ee weeks dur-ing the month of January in each yeai-: Provided, That the said T1own Council shall have poweir to levy a tax for this year, under the sameI rule as is above stated, immediate-I ly after the passage of this Act, nrwi f.hat all narsons linble to t&a on under the same shall make ath of their taxable property ,ithin said town, and make pay. ient of their taxes to the Clerk r yreasurer of said corporation, r such other person as thoy may o ordered or required to do du lig the succeeding month after ubication, and upon the failuro ) make such return and payment, i required, the parties so In do. uit shall be subject to the penal os provided by law for failure to ay the general State and County ix, to bo enforced by the orders rthe Intendant and Wardens, or majority of them, for the uso of i isaid town, except inl such cases at executions to enforce the pay kout of such taxes, shall be issued ndor the seal of the corporation, ud may be directed to tho Town rl'shal, or other person appoint l by the said Town Council to ivy, collet and receive the same, 'ith costs as in such cases made nd provid-d-by law ; and all pro orty upon which such tax shiall o levied and assessed is hereby eclared and mado liable for the ayment, theroof in preference to 11 other debts, except debts due : the State, which shall be first aid ; and that all other taxes im osed by the Intendant and War ens, or a majority of them, shall e payable in advance by the par ices liable for the same, and on tilure of payment, their property hall be liable fbr the same, as in innner and form just' ellorestated. SEC. 9. The Inten' it and War. ens elect, together with the Clerk nd Treasurer, shall. during their Lri of offlec, be excmlpt from trect and police duty. Each 'own Council shall, within one lonth after the expiration of heir term of office, make out and cturn to their successors in oflice, full account of their receipts and xpenditures during their term hich account shall be published a one or more papers of the town r County; and. shall pay over all loneys in their possession belong ig to the corporation, anddeliver ,ooks, records and other papers acident to their offleo, to thoui accessors; and, on failure to dc o, they shall be liable to be fined a a sum not exceeding five hun red dollarg, to be collected by any ction of the Town Council. SEc. 10. That all Ordinances or ly-Laws passed by the Town ouncil of St. Stephen's shall be inding upon the citizens of said own the same as the laws of the tato. SEC. 11. All Acts and parts of Lcts inconsistent, or supplied by his Act, be, and the same are (ereby, repealed. SEc, 12. This Act shall be deem. d a public Act, and con,inuo in jrco for thd term of twenty ,cars, and until the end of the jegislaturo thercaft-r. TOWN OF SUMTER. SEc. 14. Tbhat from and immo intely atter the passage of this tt, all and every person or per ons, who are constitutionally ualiflod to vote for member's of he General Assembly oft this State, nd who may residoe within the resent corplorate limits of the Own of Sumter for sixty dlays im. aediately priecedm g an annual lection for Intendant and War'. ens, are hereby declared mem. i'rs of the said corporation. SEC. 15. That the said persone ,nd their successors shall, from nd after the passage of this Act, ecomoe a body corporate aind p ol tic, and shall be known an d called y the name of the town of Sum. cr'; they shall have a commonl cal, may sue and be suied, im plead ,nid be impleaded in any Court in his State, and may punrchlase ocld, possess and enjoy to them nd their successors, in per'petuity r for anay term of' years, any es~ ate, real, personal or' mfixed. SEC. 16. That the mnunicipal ofil. eria of said town shall be and are ereby vested in an Intendlant ndl four Wardens, to be chosen ni creinafter mentionedl and dlirct d, who shall be hereinafter de. ominated the Intendant and1 Vardens of' the town of' Sumter, nid shall be persons who actually esido within the limits of' said aid c'rpor'ation, andl have so re ided for at least sixty (lays imme. liately preceding their election. SEc. 17. That on the second] ['ueday in A pril of each year ar 'jection for Intendant and War lens shall be held at such conven ont placo or' places within snid own as may be designated by aid Intendant and Wardens; al vhich election all such persons ao ave boon before declared mom era' of thie said corpoiration, shall 10 entitled to vote by general bal ot ; the po011s shall be opened( froni ix in the morning until six in th< ven ing. SEC. 18. That the In tendant a.'d Wardens elected as above direct d, bof'oro they enter upon the dur ies of their office, shall, in addi ion to the oath prescribed in See ion 30 Ai'ticle 11 of the Constitu ion, take the following oath, tc vit: "I, arIntendant (or Warden t' the Town of R,,mtm-., do aolemn ly swoar (or affirm) that I wil equally and impartially, to th< best of my skill and judgment, ex orcise and discharge the trust ro posed in me, and will endeavor t< carry into effect the purposoo foi which I have been olucted: 8( help me God." And that the sait Intendant and any two of thl Wardens shall constitute a quo rum for the transaction of busi ness; and in oase of the death resignation, or absence flom towt of the Intendant aforesaid, thl said Wardens, or a majority o: them, shall elect front among themselves an Intendant to fil such vacancy occasioned as albro, said, and that in case of death, re moval from office, or resignatiot of any of the said Wardens, then and in such caso, the Intendan and any two Wardens shall ap point a time and place for olectios of another Warden to till the va Cancy so occasioned, after having given ton days previous notice o said election. S.c. 19. That the Intendant may, as often as occasion may ro quire, summon the Wardens tc meet together ; and the said In tendant and Wardens shall have and aro hereby vested with ful and ample power, from time t< time, under their common seal, t( make all such Ordinances, rule regulations relative to the streotF roads, ways and markets of th< said town, as they may thiil proper and necessary, and estab lish such by-laws as may tend t< preservo the quiotudo, poace, safe ty anid good order of the inhabi tants thereol; not inconsiston with the Constitution and laws o the State, and that they may im plose fines and penalties for tho violation thereof; which may b< recovered inl a summary way be foro the said Intendant and War dens, as hereinafter provided, an< each and every one of them shal be a Magistrato, Trial Justico, oi Justice of the Peace, as either o such officers shall exist in thil State, within the limits of thesai town, and shall otherwise be ves ted with all power and authorit that such officer may be vesto with throughout the Stato, oxcep in civil cases : Provided, neverth( lcss, That all such Ordinances, by laws, rules and regulations s made, be duly piromulgated, an that no such fine in any one cast and for any single offence, shal exceed the sum of fifty dollars. SEc. 20. That when any fin imposed by the said Intoodan and Wardens by virtuo of thi Act, shall exceed twenty dollari the samo may be recovered befor, any Magistrate, Trial Justico o Justice of the Peace for Snute County, and when such fine shal be for twenty dollars or undet they may be recovered beforo th said Intendant and Wardens, o any three of thom; all which finem when recovered, shall be applie to the use of said town. Szc. 21. That the said Intond ant and Wardens shall have fit and exclusive p)ower to grant o refuse licenses to koep taverne, ti retail spirituous liquors, or t< keep billiard tables within th corporate limits of said town, an< to regulate the prices of the same Provided, That the said license shall not be fixed at a lower rat, than now, or hereafter to be es tablished by law. And they shal have powver to impose such re strictions and conditions upon th, manner of using and exercisin such licenses as they may thinl proper, and all moneys paid fo suech licenses as Court of Genern Sessions, for retailing or keepin bIlliard tables without license within the corporate limits of sai town, shall be received by3 sai Intendant and Wardens for th use of' said corporation. SEC. 22. That the said Intend ant and Wardens shall have p)owv and authority to impose the foi lowing ann)ual taxes for the use and purposes of the saidl town) that is to say, twenty cents oi the value of each one hundred dol lars of' real estate within the cor porate limits of said town, (ex cep)t the real catate of churche and institutions of learning,) thi value of such real estate for tax ation to be ascertainedl and assoss 0(d as hereinafter p)rovidedl for', nio exceeding twenty cents on ce one hund red dlollars of the pro coeds of all sales of goods, wares merchandise, in said town, not ex ceeding three dollars on eaci pleasure carriage drIawn by on horse ; net excqeding five dollar on each pleasure carriage drawi by two or more horses ; not ex coedling five dollars on each v'ehi o of any kind Ikept for hire o p)rofit, and drawn by one horse not exCeedling ten dollars on el vehicle of any kind kept for hir or profit, and drtawn by tw horses; not exceeding twventy do0 lars on each vehicle of any kin kept for hire or profit, and draw by more than two horses; and no exceeding twenty cents upon ec one hun dre d dIolIars of all sale made at auction or upon consiga mont, within the corporate limit of said town, excent sales mad I by order of Court, or by process 3of law, or by oxecutors or admin istrators. SE. 23. The Cloric of the said Town Council shall, annually, mako out an asossment, from the Sboolk of the County Auditor, of I all real estato in the limits of said town for taxation, and shall make - return of said assessment to the - Intendant and Wardens within one month frdift tile tiUd of' his I appointment. SEo 24. That an ordinanco do claring the rate of annual taxation Upon property, and other subjects I of annual taxation for the year, shall be published at least throe Weeks during the month of Octo i bor in each year ; and that all por sons liable to taxation under the samo, shall make their return, onI oath, and make payment of their tax to the Clerk and Treasurer (hereinafter constituted) of the said corporation, during tle site ceding month of November ; and upon failure to make such ret,ir1I and payment, the parties so in do. fault shall be subjest to the penal. o tics now provided by law for fFail - uro to pay the general State tax ; the said penalty to be enforced by I the said Intendant and Wardwmns > for the use o the said town. And > that all other taxes imposed by the Intendant and Wardens shall be payablo in advance by the palr > ties liable thereflor; and that for Unon-paynent of' t Fhe sam0, tlhe p ty in default shall bo suljct to y the samei penalty as horcillbofore - set forth It relhitionl to ainual tax - s. L Sc. 25. That tho said Intend f ant and Wiardens are hereby au - thorized to appoint a Clerk and Treasurer to record proceedings 3 and collect tho taxes imlosed tn - (er and by virtue of this Act, and - it shall be the duty of' the said I Clerk and Treasurer to collect the I same, and for this purposo ho r shall have and exercise all the f powers conferred upon County 'roasurers. All property upon which a tax shall be assessod is hereby declared and mado liable for the payment thereof inl prefer I ence to all other debts due by the t person owning the property at the time of assessment, except debts and taxes due the State, a which Shall be paid first. I Sic. 26. That in case of sicknoss , or temporary absoneo of the said I Intendant, the Wardens shall be Cmpowered to elect one of their D own number to act as Intendant t for the time. s SEo. 27. That the said Intend t, and and Wardens of the said town a of Sumter aro hereby auth.orized r and empowered to establish and r koep p) one or more plilic scale I or scales houses, with proper -, senlos and m ights for weghing o cotton and ot.hor articles sold by r weight in the said town, by and i, at tho expense of thle said town. I Smc. 28. That the said Intend ant and Wardons be, and they are hereby, authorized to appoint otne I 01r moire putblic weigher-s, who t shall be swor-n lby the said Initend-. a ant faithfully to~peormi the dui a ties of said oflico, and who shall e be romiovable for' misconduct otr I incompetency by said Intendant :and W~ ardenis ; and( wh-len referenco s is had1( to any of' the public scales a used by said weighers, by the aut -thomrity of said Intendant and I WVardons, on the same daiy that -the contr-act of sale is made, the a certificate o? public weigher-s shaill be conclusive evidence of the < weight of' the cotton, or' any ot ber tr ar-tideo sold by weights, in any I Court of justico in which an action shall be pending touching the a weight of any such aticlIe; and .the said Inatenanit and Wardens I ar-e horeby authomrized to assess a a sum nlot exceeding ten) cents 01n each bale of' cotton, antd a prpor)O - tionato saum on otheri ar-tices t- weighed, to ho p)aid by the sollcer -Cot' the uso of' the said town. 5 SE.C. 29. That the puiblic scales ;and weights established in purisit an(ce of' this Act, shall be the stant. - dlard to which all othetrs in the -said towvn shall conf'otrm ; and if - any per'son shall use, in weighing s any article whatsoever sold in a said town, weighits and( scales dhif - fotrig fr'om thte standat d, such -per'son, on convict ion itn the Court t of Sessions for' Sumnter County, > shall be fined and impriisod, at -the discr-etion of the Courit. , SEc. 30. That the said Inatend -ant andl Wardenis shall have p)ow er' to establish and keep a guartd a house and( town pison, and1( to a matke aull sui table ru les and -ognt l ations for' the pr'oper governmauent -of' the samoe; and anty of the p)o . lice, app)ointedl by thte said Intend r ant and Watrdens, are author-ized ;to arrest and comtnt to the cats It todly of the said guard houiso or o flown pr-ison, for aL termti not ex o Coeeding twenty-'.fouir houtrs, any poso or)p1rsons who may be dI guilty, within the coipor'ate him n its of the said town, of the br-each t of' the peace, or o,f public dr'unken b ness, or' of' open indoIcency, or' any a othotr disorderlhy conduct injurious -to the pcace, safety and good or s der of the citizens ; and the said e nolice shall. whennenr necsary in the disohargo of their duty have authority to call the posso comitatis of tho said town to theil a8ista6o ; and any person so ar rosted and imprisionod shall be lia blo to sill the cost and oxponses o said arrest and imprisonmont, anc bo further liable to any tine which the said Intendant and Wardens may impose for their misconduct. .mSc. H Th-at th'o1ntendantand ardds tire hereby authorized ind empowered to mako 8uch or. linainces as they may deem expo. oint in relation to licensing pur. ions who are, or may be, engaged in and carrying on any businos tiLhinl their Uorporato limits; Provided, That no ordinance tisiall )o mado inconsistent with the Donstitutioui of this State, and aws of the laid. SEc. 32. Tilo Intendant and Wardens of the town of' Sumtor )o, and the 8amo arO hereby, an horized to borrow money by is ming town stock, from time to .ime, to the amount of twenty housand dollars, if' so much be no. lossarly, f>r t he purpose of orect ng a niarkot house and town hall, lat lever, in ally vay or form-11, to liaco the town liable for exceed. ng that amount in the aggregate; Provided, T hat the pilvate proper. Ly of the Citizeis of' the said town if Sumter shall not be liable, in law or equity, for the payment of the corporatO debts t hat sIal 01 may be created under the grainted powers hercin 111mde, or inl any rAher mod than byi a regular and ulmif,orm.1i taxation. 1S.c. 313. That th(- Iltetidalti and Wardens shall, Within tweity days Df tle expira1ionl of their term ol Aflice, make otit anid publish a fNl [tccouit of their receipts and ex ponditures durig their term, and ilhall pay and delhvor to their suie D0s1or1s sill moneys, booCs, recosd, pa prs or.propetyt ill their al4ds belonging to tho corporation. Sxc. 34. Tnat the first electior held after t he passage of this Act the Clerk of the Court of'Coi 11101 Pleas for Sumter County, is hero by requirod to give ten days' pub lic notice of tile time and place, o1 plaCeos of Iloldiig said election, am appoint mianagers to conduct tht taumeo. Provided, further, That irm mediately after tho cIoso of anJ election hold ir the election 0 Intendant or Wardons, the Mana gors shall forthwith proeoed tt coiulit tie votes, declaro the eloc tion, and give notice of the resill thercof, in writing, to the persont elected, who, if eligible, shall there upon qualif'%. SEC. 35. That this Act shiiall b) deemed a public Act., and sli continue in force for fourtemi years, and uitil tho end of the noxt ses.tioi of tho General As semclbly thereafter. Sc. 36. That all Acts or parti of Acts, inconsiatent with this Act be, and the sm or ioreby, re p e a l o l . ('To be Contiuead.) Tho K. K. K.-Its Materrlal Th'le correspondlent (of' tile Nov~ York WorIld, wiin ig from Col Im bia,, describes thle mlystorioni brotherhood inl the following amu11 sing straim: The direful Ku-Klux Klan is made as youI know, of the ghosti of Confederate soldiers slain ir battle, which ghosts (d0 appear a midnight upon pale steeds, am have no0 connecltioni with dayl ighat unless in so far as their muanifi'e toes are found whorl thle s1un risC at the (100r of neOwspaper oflce or on the thlreshiolds of thoss maikobates whom it is deemed dos irablo to warn to dlopart, in peace lest a worse tlhing Come upon thom The Klan is a maonasrchy, and ths 8overecigni therseof aplpealred 1no long sinco unear here. Before wayfaror pursuing his hiomecwart journey there loomed upi out o th'e (lark road, anI immense, a por tentouss figure, fifteen foot at th<l least high, tauking str'idos of ter foot, and1( emitting a c'luicking soum1 as lhe walked, like thle welling fort) of liquor from a full bottle, onrly 1imeasur iably louder. Couplle< with thais noise wias the clink o giant cast inetts, as it were, t hers being about the shiade's neck necklace of a ninety-fivo pjounai anviil and divers slcudge-hammnuers whIiich echinkIed horribly. Stretch ig forth Osno arm to one side o the roadl andl the otherl to Ltha other, this monsrous appear'anca grasped a rsail form tIle opposits fonacos, anad wvith tihe enids scratche< his head. It was the King of Lh< Ku-Klux Klan.- llis edlictsI, couch ed1 in the royal style, "we.'' al terrible. It wias appr, iehende! d inl recoint elect ion that Ihsudredsa o neOgroes woulId be mioved atbon from pslace to palaeo upon the rai r'oads so as to "repjeat"' enoi'm-oush'j and1( tho tiroad (decree went fort! "to tihe ghouls of every3 dlen fron the Chiattahoocio to Chieckonau ga :" "(latch thorn upon tIle train Carry thoim to your owvn pal r'ealml ; and tihen retire to yon dread abodo till summoned f'ort,h by your' gr6at coma1nDder." So forth on sulp hurous.hued phpos was th;i (dark mandtata, wih ths red wvord "Blood t" tp)06 upoit it and the illegal vote ih 1 ' 'i. dAYlity was light. Also, in an6tiosi plice, a' 6ertain on wrote to the papers,to fifty fow tho K. . had flog,god him with. a ra*hi tif-d how ho had nlevertholose re4tl to depart ; whereupon a brimstohe Rimelling comn in n' eAtioli tefhch6d th.at pape.. .f0ling ho% (h'6 t6t . were: "We gave hin twonty-fivo lightly. and he refued to e046. One of the men tlft was killd at Motz then took ohatgo 6ftho 8ilkon ribbon and gave hi'm- twont . fivo more. U0 st toiutd. t&i Bismarck then took chaigo 6 t6 ribbon, and mcunted among thw stars with it and camo down oi. him, and if there is any truth hi him ho belched it oty ]R said thett lie Wo'ild g. fofr ble ttr. deed, is (ho K . Death of Hon. J. J. Ghkppell. This aged And di-t?ngr6k16d'1 ei izen, formerly of South CarolinA but moro recently of Alabima, died at h is residence, neffir Oilrkett' Station, in Lowndes County, Al'A , on the night of the 23d instant. Ho had been ill forseveral mont,hs, and, both from ago and infirmity, his death was not unoxpeoted: He war born in Fairfiold Distritt, S. C., on the 19th ofJaiuary, 2782, and conseqnently was ii lli ima. tioth year. IHis intellect rorstkiiled perfectly vigorous until wi-thin comparatively a few months of ll* decease. Ile was licenied 's an attorrey at. I,iw in the spil:ng of IS05, an1d set ied inl the city of Colinlibin. In the f er l'808, 16' was elecLted a mcn ber of the House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, and bhi.0 tilik po-: sition for several terms.- H waW also chosen Chairman ofthe'iasid f 'Trustios of the Stato UnIversi ty. In 1811, h married a daugh Ler of Colonel .1ohn Gr6ene,- of Gcorgia, which marriage w6lml blotised wiha numerous it ng', constituthig a delightful family circle. Mrs. Chappell died in 1834, since wIlich tint Colonel Chap 1poll remained a widower, slowing' mi earnest devotion to her aWonVo During the war of 1812, he held the commission of colonel in tht' r South Carolina mililin, tond'red? him by 'ov. Aliddloton,- but hid regiment wVas nevor called into 0o tive service. In October, 1812, he was ddutmt a member of' Congress froi' 'h' Columbia Dittrict, anld in May, 1813, took his sent in tho' extllio session called by 0resident joakiiL I son to provido the ways 4' means for conducting the Wia'' with Gircat Britain. I served ity Congress fo- five ession1s, having been re-lected in 181. Whilo hen' Congress, he advoented puro Sift'o' rights principles, and gave an ear neat, suppor. *t to tho adhministratioll of James I adison. Ile was 1Ymt! to consiler the two great polickili errors of' his to halivo conmtill first in having attond(ld the fiMt1 great Congressionral caucut t'o' nominate a e"nndidate for the Lreir: ideney, .and, secondly, ini havin'g' at one Limo advocated the qatah lisahmcnt ofa United Slat,esBni. In his public career, as well a il in his privato life', Colonel' bliai'i 1)poll was anlwayst3' conlspieuous for1 i his uribano manners, unspottied- in.. Legrity and 'omnmand(ing ta-lents. I lie lived and died possessed! 6f thw respect of all who knoew him'. .1i110 - moved fronm his native Stat' i'rthv' SAlabama uahonit fifteen years' d'go.. ,and( has since that time ptllimuil the qniet vocatloln of' at lan't'ef in' the (Count.y of' Lowndlos, ii.hero lio It is p)rop)osed to-lay dbwn a eadc no'o lube for railAity puirposes betwed Nng. landl anrd Franed; The tube wouil'fbe com-. m aeneed at' chje did'o of' thW ehtIndt.il, abdi' laid at the bottom or the sv. IS'eig built up inside a hofriz'ont'ai d. li'nder or blxf,l to be constan'tly pushed forin'nM' na the building up of the tuibe proceedd.- 'Ihe~ line selected for the tube td'btitd at merged is close to Dover, or' t'bn 1ngihl, sido of the fChann,el, and #uht'extend to Cape Grisntex on the 1el'?e ~oii, the di'tnunee between the two points be. lng twenty- two miles, aa t'V''-dwrayo I depth of water one hui.dred iiWit't'~e.e' According to' this plan, the tule, would be made large enougr f'or the lih'ssage of f' railway carriages of ordiniarf'conist'ru'c. tion, whilst the traffic conht be worked by pneumatic pressure, thn securIng a constant si5pIy of pure n'ir,'and at the' sametim prfeningthe pOneibility of d! colso.It is estiated that' a slow tralin will be able to aceetrhish the distance in one hour and dix minutes. 'Five thousand passeng'N Add 'en- thou .sand tonts or goode coildi beconvoyed Ithrough tihe tube (lily.. A t least half the plants in the world haivo beautiful flowers. AvtoixlI debt. HIe that p;is d'owu will not be called up)on. to pay~ up. r Liectrires are now pr'omiscd eiv "Scientifi .Dressmaking." r Why is herb soup the bort of ll taruns ' it in soun-herh (hupceh.