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Laws of_the State. Acta af tkt 0?*ral Aaaembly af South Carolina. PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT (NO. 38?) ENTITLED "AN ACT TO OKA NT, RENEW AND AMEND THE CHARTERS OF CERTAIN TOWNS AND VILLAGES THEREIN MENTIONED," COMMENCING WITH SECTION NO. 36 OF SAID ACT, RELATING TO THE INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF WRIGHTSVILLE. PASSED AT THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1870 71. Saction 1. B? it eaacted by the Senate and House ef Representatives of the 8tate of Sooth Carolina, now met and aittinw In flanml A>. numbly, an?l by the authority of the same : That from and after the passage of ihla Act, ail citizens of this Slate, having resided twelve moDlhe within this State, and eixty daye in the village of Wrightaville. shall be deemed and are hereby deolared to be a body politic and corporate, and the a'.d village shall bo called and known by the name of Wrightaville, and its corporate limits shall include Kdisto Island, together with Eddingsville. The metes and bounds of raid town of Wrightaville will t>e bound on the North, by North Ediato Inlet or Kiver, on the South, by South Edisto River and Saint Helena Sound, and on the East l>y Atlantio Ocean, and on the West by Jo> haese lulanl and Edisto River. Sec. 2. That the said village shall be gov* erned by an Iatendant and four Wardens, who shall be citizens of the United States, and who shall have resided in this State twelve months, and shall have been residents of the said village sixty days immediately preceding their election, and who shall be elected on the third Monday in May, 1872, and on the same day in each year thereafter, ten days' public notice thereof being previously given ; and that all male inhabitants of the age of twentyone years, citizens of the State, and who shall have resided within the State twelve months, and in the said village sixty days immediately preceding the election, shall be entitled to 'vote for said Intendant and Wardens?paupers and persons under disn? bilities for crime excepted. Sec. 8. The said election shall ba held at some convenient public place in said village, from eight o'clock in the morning, until four o'clock in the afternoon, and when the polls shall be closed, the Manageis shall forthwith count the votes, and declare the election, and give notice thereof, in writing, to the Intendant therein being, who shall, withiu two days thereafter, give notice, or cause the same to be given, to the persons duly elected : Provided, The Commissioners ol Election of Charleston county shall call the first election uider this Act, and shall Appoint Managers to conduct the some, who shall make returns thereof to the Commissioners the same ae other elections held in this State ; and the said Commissioners shall count the votes and declare the eleotion, and notify the persons so elec. ed Intendant and Wardens of the said vil? lage. Hie Intendant and Wardens, before enteiing npon the duties of their offices shall respectively take the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the State, and also the following oath, to wit: "Ae Intendant (or Warden) of the village of Wrightaville I will equally and impartially, to the best of my ability, exercise the trust reposed in me, and will U9e my best endeavors to preserve the pence and carry iuto effect, according to law, the purposes for which I hsvrt been eleated- So helr> me Ood."? And, if any person, upon being elected Intendant or Wurden, skull refuse to set as such, bo shall forfeit and pay to the Council the sum of twenty dollars for the use of the said village : Provided, That no person who has attained tha age of aixty years shall be compelled to serve in either of said offices; nor shall any other person be compelled to serve, either as Intendantor Warden, more than one year in any term of three years. The Intendant and Wardens, for the time being, shall always appoint one or more Boards of Managers, three Managers for each Board, to conduct the election, who, before tbey open the polls, shall take an oath fairly and impartially to conduct the same. Sec. 4. That in oase a vacancy shall ocrur in the office of Intendant or any of the War dens, by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, an election to fill such vacancy shall be held by order of the Intendant and Wardens, or a majority of the same, ten days' public notice being previously g.ven ; and, in case of sickness, or temporary absence of the Intendant, the Wardens, forming tha Council, shall be empowered to elect one of the number to act ss Intendant during the time. Sec. 5. That the Intendaut and Wardens, duly sleeted and qualified, shall, during tlisir term of service, severally and respectively, b# vested with all the powerofTrial Justices, or Justices of the I'esce, as the case may be, in this State, within the limits of the said village, except for the trial of small and mean causes ; sod the Intendant aliall nr mev a* oftan ss is neeessnrv. sum mon the Wardens to meet in Council, any three of whom, with the Intendant, ahaII constitute a quorum to transact business, and they shall he known as the Town Council of Wrighteville ; and they and their successors in office, hereafter to be elected, may hare a common eeal, which may be affixed to all of their Ordinaocea; may aue and he sued, plead and be implead cd in any Court of Justice in this State, and purchase, hold, possess and enjoy 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 tiras, the sum of ten thousand dollars. And the said Town Council shall have authority to appoint, from time to time, as they msy see fit, such a ad so many proper persons to aet as Marshals or Constables of said village, as the asid Council may deem necessary and expedient for tha preservation of peace, good order and polica thereof; which persons, so appointed, shall, within the corporate limits of said village, have the power and privileges, and he subject to all the obligations, penalties and regulations provided by law for the office of Constables, and shall ha liablo to ba removed at the pleasure of said Coonei) ; and the said Town Council shall hava power to establish, or authorize the eatabliahmont of a market ll bou?? ta aaid village, also to authorize the tl ratablbhment of guard home, and pro* a teribo auitablo rulea and regulation* (or ii keeping and gorarolog the earn* ; and until a the aaid guard bouaa be ealabliahed. thev t hall b? authorized to un * room in the c ecru mo n jail in the eoanty of Charleston, for the confinement of all who may be eub t jeet to bo committed for a violation of any 1 ordinances, rulea and regulation! of aaid I town ; and the Mid Town Council, or the < aid Iotesdaot aad Warden*, in pereon, aoy t one or more of them, may authorize any i Marshal of tbo Town, or any Conatable, ape i cially appointed for that purpose, to arrest i and commit to the aaid guard house, or jail < of Charleston county, ae the case may be, for i i a term not exceeding twenty four hour*, any i person, or persons, who, within the eorporate limits of aaid town, may be engaged in a breaoh of the peace, any riotous or disorder* ly conduct, open obscenity, public drunken neoa, or any eonduet 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 Constables, to arrest and commit all such offenders, when required so to i do, and who shall have power to eall to their aeeietasee the posse comitatus, if need be, to eld in making aueh arrest; and upon the failure of such offioere to perform such duty 1 s required, they shall, severally, be subject to such fines and penalties as the Town i Council may impose upon them; end all persons so imprisoned shall pay the costs snd expenses incident to their imprisonment, 1 which said costs and expenses shall be collected in the anmc meaner as ie provided 1 for the collection of fines imposed for the 1 violations of Ordinances, rules and regula- i tions: Provided. Tliat such imprisonment I ball not exempt the party from the pay- i ment of any fine the Council may impose ' for the offence wh'ch he, she, or they may 1 have committed. And the Raid Town 1 Council shall have full power and authority, 1 under their corporate seal, to make ail such 1 rules, regulations, by-laws and ordinances, I respecting the streets, roads, snd the business thereof, as well as the police system of tbe said town, as shall appear to them necessary and proj>cr for the security, welfare and convenience, and for preserving health, order and good government within said town. And the said Town Council may impose fines for offenses against their bylaws, rules and regulations and ordinances, and appropriate the same io (lie public use of said Town ; and the said Town Council I shall have the same power that Trial Jus. ttces of the Peace now have, or may hereafter have, to compel the attendance of witnesses, and requiring them to give evidence upon the trial before thern of any person or persons for a violation of any of their ordinances, by-laws, rulea or regulations; but no fine above the sum of twenty-five dollars shall be collected by said Council, except by euit in the proper courts of justice in this State; and, also, that nothing herein con- 1 tained shall authorize said council to make any ordinance or by-law inconsistent with, or repugnant to, the laws of the Slate. Sec. 6. That the aaid lotendaut and War dana, or a majority of them, shall hare power to abate and remove all nuisances in aaid town ; and it shall he their duty to keep all roads, way*, bridges and streets in said town open and in good repair; and, for that purpose, they are invested with all the powers of county commies oners or commissioners of roads, for and within the coiporate limits of the aaid town ; and they may lay out new etree>s, close up, widen or I . 0therwi?e alter those now in use ; and shall have full power to cla?sify*and arrange the inhabitants or citizens of said town liable to street, road or other public duty there- 1 in, and to force the performance of such duty, under such penalties as are now, or shall hereafter be, prescribed by low; and they shall have power to compound with all persona liable to work the streets, ways and roads in aaid town, upon sueh terms as their ordinances or by-laws, mny establish, ' or their rules and regulations require?the 1 moneys ao received to he applied to the ' public uses of said town ; and all persons I refusing to labor, or failing to pay such ' commutation, shall be liable to such fice, 1 not exceeding twenty dollars for any one ' year, as the said Town Council mny im> 1 pose; and they shall have the power to enforce the payment of such fine, in the same I manner as ia now, or may be hereafter 1 provided for the collection of county taxes. 1 And the said Town Council shall have power, with the consent of the adjacent land e owners, to close all sueh roads, streets and * ways, within the Said town, as they may deem necessary, by the sale of the freehold * therein, either at private or public sale, as they may adjudge best for the interest of the said town ; and they shall keep in re- i pair all auch new streets, roads and ways as they may, from time to time, deem no cessnry for the improvement and convenience of said town; provided that no atieet, road or way shall be opened without first having obtained the consent of the land ( owner or owners thereof through whose , premises any such new street, road or way > naay pass. i Sec. 7. The said Town Council shall have i power and authority to require all persons f owning a lot or lots in said town to close < in, and to make and keep in good repair 1 sidewalks in front of said lot or lots, when- ' ever the same shall front or adjoin any I public street of said town, if, in the judg- 1 ment of the Council, such sidewalks shall be 1 necessary, the withth thereof,and the man- , ner of construction, to he designated and | retrulated l>v ihs ??iil Tn?n " ? 'i ? j for default or refusal, after reasonable no tice, to make and keep in good repair such sidewalk, and to close such lot or lots, the Town Council may cause the snme to be . made, or put in repair, and require the < owner to pay tha price of mak'mr or re- ? pairing, and the said Town Council are ( hereby empowered to sue for and recover \ the snme by action of debt in any court of ? competent jurisdiction ; provided that such a contract for making or repairing is to be t let to the lowest bidder. The said town < council shall appoint three discreet per- ' sons, who shall form a Board of 8upervi- 1 sots ol the Health, who shall have power ( over the ways and water courses, ditches 1 and stagnant water ponds, and take such ' other sanitary measures as the public health require, giving twenty days' notice to the occupants of said premises, where the said (, nuisance He, and in defanlt of non-compliance with the order of said board, the per- i ties so offending shall be fined In a sum not f )ets than twenty dollars, or thirty days in t>e county jail, for each and every offence, I t>a said complaints to ba brought before ny Trial Justioe.or Justice of the Pasce, a and for the county of Charleatoo. The ? aid board ehall have powar over the eeme- c cries and publie grave yards within the ( orporation. t See. 8. The Intcndant and Wat dens of he aaid town, or a majority <>! them, shall ? tave full power to grant or refuse licenses' t .0 tavern keepers, or retail spirltuoua 11 t juors within the corporate limits of the said ' ,own upon such condition and under such 1 jlrcumetaocea as to llirm hull u<m r.-r" ' and right; provided that in no instance ihali the price of a license to a tavern, or i to retail spirituous liquors, be less than the I amount that is established by the State; and all moneys paid for licenses and for fines and forfeitures shall be appropriated to the public usee of said town ; provided that the Iotendant and Wardens, duly elected,shall not have power to grant any license to keep taverns, or retail spirituous liquors, to extend beyond the term for which they have been elected. They shall have power to regulate sales at auction within the corporate limits of the town, and to grant licenses to auctioneers, itinerant traders, to keepers of hotels and livery stables, and to levy a tax on ill drays, carts, wagons, carriages, i mnibuaes, buggies, horses, mares, mules, kept for hire, or use for public put poses in said town ; and they shall have the full and only power to impose a tax on all shows or exhibitions for gain or reward, within the corporate limits of said town: they shall have power to impose a tax, not exceeding twenty eents on every hundred dollars of the value of real and personal property lying within the corporate limits of the town, the real and personal property of churches, and schools, and college associations, excepted. That an ordinance declaring the rates Df annual taxation upon properly, and othei ubjeets of annTial taxation for the year, thall be published at least three weeks during the month of January, in each year; provided that the said town council shall have power to levy a tax for this purpose uuder the same rule as is abov? slated, immediately after the publicalio.i of this act, and that all persons liable to taxation under the same, shall make oath of their taxable property within said town, and make payment of their taxes to the Clerk or Treasurer of eaid corporation, or such other person as they may be oidered or required to do, dur ng the succeeding month after publication; and upon the failure to make such return and payment, as required, the parties so in default shall be subject to the penalties provided by lavr for failure to pay the general State and comity tax, to l>c enforced by the orders ol the Intendant and Wardens, or a majority of them, for the use of said town, except that in such cases that executions to enforce the payment of such tax.s shall be issued under the seal of the corporation, and may he directed to the Town Marshal, or other persons appointed by the said town council to levy, collect and receive the same, with costs, a# in such cases inade and provided by law, and all property upon which said tax shall be levied and assessed is hereby declared and made liable f<. r the payment thereof in prefeienee to all other debts except debts due the State, which shall be first paid, and that, all other taxes imposed by the Intendant ami Wardens, or a majority of them, shall be paynl le in advance by j the parties liable for tlie some, and on failure of payment, their property shall he lia- | ble for the same, as in manner and form | just before stated. Sec.9. The Intendant and Wardens elect, together with Cletk and Treasurer, shall, during their term of oflice, be exempt from street and police duty. Etch Town Council shall, within one month niter the expiration of their term of ottice, make out and return to their successors in ottice, a full account of their receipts and xpendttures during their term, which account shnll be published in one or more papers of the county ; and shall pay over all nioneya in their possession belonging to the corporation, and deliver up all books, records and oilier papers, incident to '.heir office to their sue srriKirv, nil on luiium 10 uu bo, mej biinn be liable to be lined in a sum nut exceeding five hundred dollurs. to he collected by any ">roper action of the Town Council. Sec 10. That all ordinance* or by-laws massed by the Town Council of Wright*ville ih a 1) be binding upon the citizens of en id own the same as the laws of the Slate. Sec II. That all acts and part of acts inconsistent with, or supplied by this act, be md the same ore hereby repealed. Sec. 12. This act shall be deemed a public ict, and continue in force until repealed. Approved January 31st, A. D. 1672. IN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ANTITbKD ?' AN ACT TO INCORPORATE CERTAIN TOWNS AND VILLAGES. AND TO HENEW AND AMEND CERTAIN CHARTERS HERETOFORE GRANTED." Section 1. De it enacted by tho Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Aslembly, and by tho autherity of the same : rhftt so much of an Act entitled " An Act to ncorpornte certain towns und villages and to renew and amend certain charters heretofore granted," and approved at tho session of tho leneral Assembly, 1855, in so far as relates to he town of Honea Path, in Anderson Countyi ta so amended as to conlor upon the said corjoration all tho privileges, rights and iinmu* ritics now enjoyed by the town of Anderson, n accordance with their amended charter. Sec. 2. All Act* or parts of Acts inconlistent thereto be and tbe same are hereby repealed. Approved, January 31, 1872. *N ACT TO INCCRPORATE THE WAL. BOO WHARF COMPANY. Section 1. fir it enacted by the Senate and louse of Representative* of the State of South Carolina, now met and eitling in General Asiembly,and by the authority of the same ; That lenrge Avinger, Samuel Brcttas, Thomas Da 0*, Daniel Anderson, Jacob McDaniele, their issocistcs and successors in office, be, and they ire hereby, constituted a body politic, under be nam* and style of the " Walboo Wharf Company," with a capital stock not exceeding en thousand dollars, with tho right to sue and >e sued, to plead and be impleaded, in any Court of competent jurisdiction ; to have and :o use a common seal, the same to alter at will c uid plessuro : Provided, That said corporation hall have all the privileges, and besunject to t ill tb* liabilities end restrictions applicable hereto, of Ihe Act to regulate the formation of lorporatlone. ' Hee. 2. Thia Aet ahall bo deemed a public ^ let and ahall remain in force for a term of ( ourteen yoare. Approred January 31, 1872. IN ACT TO REGULATE THE GRANTING OP DIVORCES. Section 1. B? it enacted by the Senate . ind House of Representalivee of the Slate >f South Carolina, now met and silting in general Assembly, and by tha authority of lie same : When the validity of a marriage has been lenied or doubted by either of the parties, 1 be other may inatilute a suit for affirming he marriage; and npon due proof of the ralidity thereof, it shall be decreed to be ralid ; and such decree shall be conclusive ipon all persona concerned. Sec. 2. That a divorce from the bond of matrimony may be deoreed for the follow ing causes: 1st. Adultery. 2d. Where either party willfully abandons or deserts the other for the period of .wo years; provided ibat when the suit is nstiluted by the psrty deaertiDg, it apoears that the desertion was caused by the extreme cruelty of the other party, or that ibe desertion by the wife was caused by ihe gloss or wanton and cruel neglect of .he husband to provide suitible maintenance for her, he being of sufficient ability 10 to do. Sec 8. That the Circuit Courts of Cornnun Pleas shall have original jurisdiction >f suits for annulling or affirming marriiges, or for divorces. No such suit shall be naintained, unless the parties, or one of ; h?m, is a oi'izens of this State, or shall ! isve resided therein at least one whole : rear previous to instituting the same. The I luit eliall be brought in the county in which lie parties last cohahitated, or (at the opion of the plaintiff) in the county in which he defendant resides, if a resident of this Male ; but if not, then in the county in vhloh the plaintiff resides. 3<-c 4. That suits for divorces shall be lomtnenced by summons and complaint, in lie emne manner as other actions ; and, vhether the defendant answer or oof, the sauso shall be heard, independently of the idmiesions of either paity in lhe pleading, >r otherwise. Costs may be awarded to ilher party, as justice end equity may require. Sec. 5. That the court, in term, or the udge, in vacation, may, at any t:me pending the suit, make any order that may be firopcr to compel the man to pay nay sums accessary for the maintenance of the woaian, and to enable her to carry out the uit, or to prevent him from imposing any restraiut on her personal liberty, or to provide for the custody and maintenance of the minor children of the parties during the pendency of the suit, or to preserve the estate of the minor, so that it be forthcoming lo meet any deoree which may be made in the suit, or to compel him to give necessary lecurity to abide such decree. Sec. 6. When the suit is for divorce for idultery the divorce shall not l?e granted f it appear that the parties voluntarily c>>labitnled after tlio knowledge of the fact if adultery, or that it occurred more limn ive years before the institution ol the suit* >r that it waa commit.'el by the p-ocmonenl or connivance of the plaintiff. Sec. 7. Upon decreeing the dissolution of i marriage, and also upon decreeing a di irurce, i he court may make such further deuce as it shall deem expedient concerning lie e-tates ami maintenance of the parties, ir either of tlieni, and the care, custody ind ma in t en n nee of ti<e children, and nnke a new d'cr-e concerning the mm.1, as the circuinsianees of the children nay r>quire. Sec. 8. When a divorce is granted for the ruuse of adulter)' or willful deaeition, com liitted by the hu?hatld, the wife shall he ntitied to her dower iii his lands in the mine manner as if he were dead ; but she thnll not be entitled to dower in any other ruse of divorce from the bond of lualrinony. Sec. 9. Upou the dissolution of a marriige by a decree of nullity or divorce, for my cause, except that of adultery commit- ' ed by the wife, the wife shall be entitled o the immediate possession of hor real esate, in like manner if her husband were lead ; and the court may make a deeree> 'eetoring to tbe wife the whole, or any part, if the personal estate that may have come o the husband by reaanti of the insrriage, ir nwaiding to her the value thereof in noney, to hi paid by the husband. Sec 10. When the court deom if ner 1 o award the wifo any personal estate, or noney in lieu thereof, it may require the uishaod to disclose, on oath, what personal state line come to him by reason of tho narriage, and how it ha* been disposed of, ind what portion thereof remains in his lands See. 11 When a divorce is decreed for iny of the cauaes mentioned in section 2 of his act, the court granting it ma) decree ilimony to the wife, or any share of her es nte in the nature of alimony to the bus >*nd. Sec. 12 When alimony or other annual illow-mce is decreed for the wife or chilIron, the court may require sufficient, secnr ty to be given for its payment, according :o flirt terms of the decree. Sec. 13. Upon action of divoroe for the tause mentioned in section 2 this act, in or ler to secure a suitable support and maioenance to the wife nnd such children as nay he committed to her eare and custody, in attachment of tlie husband's real and >ersona) estate may be made by the officer lerving the summons The amount f?r which tlie attachment may he made shall >e expressed In tli? warrant of attachment, which must be obtained from a judge or tierk of the court in which, or befoie whom, tiie action is brought. Sec. 14. That all laws relating to attach nent of real or personal estate shall apply o attachment herein provided for, so far as he same are not inconsistent with this >et. ik tirl i _ t. . i :? ?. ( .li . I occ iii. ii utiii m iiimnullum, in iin?.y?ii,r vIiosh marriage has be?n Consummated theren, shall go into another Stole or country i olely to obtain a divorce, for any cauae oc tiring here, and whilst the parties resided tere, or for any cause which would not au horizc a divorce by the lawa of this State, j | i divorce so obtained ahaII be of lu force j >r effect in this Slate. i Approved January 81, A D.. 1872. By the Treaty of Waahingtoo the terminn ion of the " rebellion" la fixed upon the 9th of < tpril, 1865, when, according to the recent de- j diion ef (he Supreme Court, tho war waa not , rer until April 2, l?66. Thia la a very inter- I sting qucation, though the war ia not over yet, I udging by congressional policy. j ] an ordinance: . toT f Raise Supplies for the Tear 187?. BE IT ENACTED by the Mayor and Aldarmen of the City of Oreeaville, la Council unabM, and by authority of the me, That a Tax to eovor the period from January 1st. 1872, to January lat, 1878, for the iudi and in the manner hereinafter mentioned, ahall be raiaed and paid into the Publie Traaeury of the City of Ureenrille, by the lat day of March next, for the uae and aervioe thereof. SaoTioa 1. On each One Hundred Dollar* of assessed vain* of Heal Estate and Peraonal Property, the of aum Fifty Centa. Raal Ratal* 8ta*lr* IVuuli *nJ Pk?t tela Sold at A notion. SlC. 2. There ihall he paid quarterly. Two and r Ilalf per cent, upon all Bales at Auction, on all Goods, and One par oant. on all Chattels and Real Estate, and Stocks of aver/ description, except on sales made by order of Court, or process of law, or by Executors and Administrators. Goods, Wares and Xerchandise Sold on Consignment. Sac. S. There shall be paid by all merchants or others, One-Half per cent, upon all Bales of Goods, Wares and Merchandise sold on Consignment, made from the 1st day of Janus ary 1872, to the 1st day of January 1873, the above lax to be paid quarterly. Road and 8treet Tax. Sac. 4. That each and every male person between the ages of twenty-one and fifty years, other than members of the Fire Department, Ordained Ministers and Students, shall pay on or before the 1st day or March next, One Dollar for Road and Street exemption, and if any person liable to this tax, shall fail to mako payment at tne time specified, be shall beheld liable to work on the streets of the City, for six days under the direction of tbe acting overseer of the streets ; any person refusing or neglecting to oboy the summons, shall be fined at tbe discretion of tbe Council, said fine to be collected by execution. And it shall be the duty of the City Clerk and City Marshal to report to tbe Couneil all defaulters under either of the clauses of this section. Lawyer*, Physicians, Dentists, Photographists, Ac. Sec. 5. There shall be paid Thirty Cents on the Hundred Dollars of Gross Income of Brokers and Bankers, and on all Incomes derived from tbo Commission Business, or tbe Practice of the Professions of Law, Medicine and Dentistry, and from the Business of Daguerreotyping, Ambrotypiug and Photographing within the limits of the City?the amount of income to be estimated from the 1st day of January, 1872, to the 1st day of January, 1873, the Tax upon the same to be paid quarterly. Carriages, Omnibusses. Wagon*. &c. 8bc. 6. There ahal! be paid Ten Dollarn on nnh fsvaam i? -? -?* a. ? !?? -uuiow vuiiiiuub or iiaci ; Oiz UOIIirR on each Carriage or Hack drawn by two or more horrer, run for conveyance of passengers or hire ; Three Dollars on each one-horse Buggy, Gig or Sulky, kept for hire; Ten Dollars on each four-horse Wagon; Six Dollars on each two-horso Wagon, or Dray, or Cart, and Four Dollars on each one-horso Wagon, Dray or Cart run for hire. The Taxes on Otnnibusses, Carriages, Hacks, Buggies, Wagons, Drays, Carts, Ac., kept for hire, shall be paid before they shall be allowed to run: J'rotided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed so as to exteud to Wagons, Carts, or other vehicles goiug to or from market, and owned and run and used by non-residents of the City. Itinerant.Traderi and Auctioneers. Sue. 7. Five Dollars per day shall be paid by every Itinerant Trader or Auctioneer offering for sale within the corporate limits ot the City, at Auction or othorwisc, any Goods, Wares or Merehandixe, to b? paid each day iu advance ; and every Itinerant Trader or Auctioneer liable to the tax aforesaid, and who shall fail to make payment, shall be lined Tan Dollars for each day be may so offend : /Vewiled, Tint provisions of this section shall not be so construed so as to apply to the ordinary dealers in grain, fruit, potatoes, tobacco, poultry, iron-ware, earthen-ware, or other produce or manufactures of the like character. Billiard Tables and Tan Pin Allays. Ssc. 8. That an Annual Tax of Twentyfive Dollars shall he paid upon each and cvety liilliard Table, and Twenty-five Dollars upon each and every Nine or Ten l'in Alley, kept within the limits of the City uf Greenville lor profit ; said Tax to be paid before License to use the same shall be granted. Any person or persons using the articles or opening the establishment mentioned above in this Section, without first having obtained a License irotn the City Council, and giving a band to the same in the sum of Two Hundred Dollars, conditioned to observe the laws of the State and City, shall he subject to a fine not exceeding Ten Dollars for each day such establishment shall l>e kept open or usod. Equestrain and Theatrical Performances. Sec. y. That no Equestrain or Theatrical performance, or other performances, or other exhibitions for Rain, shall be had in the City of Greenville, without a license therefor being first obtained from the Mayor, and paymeut lor said license made to the City Clerk, as aforesaid as follows : For each end every Equestrian Exhibition, Fifty Dollars ; for each and every Side Show, a sum not less than Five Dollars nor exceeding Twenty-five Dollars, as the Mayor shall determine ; for Theatrical and other Exhibitions for gain, such sum as the Mayor shall determine. And oacb and every person exhibiting for gain, without first having obtained a License, and the payment of the nid Tax in advance, shall be fined in a sum not less than double the amount of said Tax, n manner hereinafter provided for the impositiou of fines and forfeitures. Special Tax. Sec. 10. That no Person, Firm, Compnny or Corporation shall be engaged in, prosecute or carry on any trade, business or profession, until he, she, or they, shall have paid a Spe cial License therefor in the manner hsreinaftcr provided, to wit: Each and every business, either Mercantile, Mechanical or Manufacturing, the gross sales or reoeipts of which shall not exceed Five Hundred Dollars per Annum, shall pay a License of Two Dollars, in excess of Five Hundred Dollars, and not txceeding Two Thousand Dollars, Seven Dollars and a Half, and in excess of Two Thousand Dollars and not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars, Eight Dollars, and in excess of Five Thousand Dollars and not exceeding Ten Thousand, Ten Dollars, and in excess of Ten Thousand Dollars. Twelve Dollars. Each First-Class Hotel, Twenty-five Dollars; each Second-Class Hotel, Fifteen Dollars ;esoh Saw Mill, Fifteen Dollars* each f^orn Mill,grinding under three thousand bushels per annum, Fifteen Dollars, and over throe thousand bushels per annum, Twenty Dollars; each Flouring Mill, Twenty Dollars ; each Cotton Gin, Ten Dollars ; each Cotton Press, Five Dollars ; each Livery Stable, Ten Dollars ; each Gas Manufactory or Works, Ten Dollars; each Printing Establishment, Six Dollars; each Barber* shop, Five Dollars ; each Auctioneer, Twelve Dollars. The License issued by virtue of this Section shall be collected on or by the 1st day of March next, and shall cover the year 1872, and all Business License issued on and after the 1st day of March next, shall he leaned on a ratable proportion of the year dating from the 1 at day of the month in which it may be isaued. Physicians. Lawyers. Dentists, Pho tographists, Artists, Insurance Companies, Ac. Sec. 11. Kacb Physician, Lawyer, Dentist, 1'hotographist and Artist, and each Insurance Company and Speculators in grain, flour or country prodnoe, not otherwise licensed under this Ordinance, shall pay a license of Pitteen Dollar* ; and each Kxpresa Company baring an offlcs in, and doing business within the corporate limits of the City, Twenty-fire Dollars for conducting said busiuasa or occupation ; said sum or sums to be paid on or before the 1st day of Marob next, or on any subsequent day before commencing aucb business or occupation. And a penalty of Fire Dollars per day shall be leried against any person prosecuting such business or oocupation, or any business named in this Section without first baring taken out a license therefor Liquor Lioenao. 8bo. 12. Dealers in Liquor shall pay th? Following License, to wit.: Bach Retail Liquor Dealer, Two Hundred and Fiflr Dollars : each dealer In Llqtiora who sells by the juart or larger quantity, One Hundred Dollars; each Druggist selling by tho bottle. Fifty Dollars ; (the liquor not to be drank ou the ' presses where sold, by any ether than a re- , MBBH?B?mmmma???W* tail liquor dnltr,) and tba license for all daal- i ra la liquor shall cover tba year expiring oa I tba 1 at day of October, 1S72, at tba above ralaa I par ananas, and maat ba paid bafora tba par- I tiaa aatar upota aaid basinets. 1 Penalties. Sao. 19. And ii it furthir Ordnintd, Tbat if any paraon or paraoos a ball fall, neglect or refase to maka a return to tba City Clark on oatb, of all hia, bar or tbair taxable property, income, aalaa, receipts, or any, or all otber things taxed by tbis Ordinance, and pay the tax thereon imposed, within tba clnae specified ' by this Ordinance, the Clerk af Council, assisted by the Assessors of tba City, are hereby authorised and required to assess sueh paraon or porsons for all his, her or tbeir property, or otner things taxed by this Ordinance, according to the best information which be and the , Assseseora can obtain of the ralue of such tax- , able property, and add One Hundred per cent, to the amount of the tax of the person or peraena tbns neglecting or refusing to make a * return aa aforesaid, or pay the tax thereon ; 1 and if the double tax thus imposed is not paid within Thirty Days theieafter, the said Clerk <3 is hereby authorised and required to issue I an execution therefor immediately, which said [ execution shall be lodged with tho Sheriff of g the County of Oreenville, to be collected ac- t cording to the provisions of the Act of the t General Assembly in such cases, made and provided. Done and ratified in Council assembled, under the corporate Seal of the City of Greenville, this 6th day of December, 1871. JAMES P. MOORE, Mayor. F. A. Walter, Clerk. Doc IS S3 tf GOLD* ANI? SILVER VJUFOBS S BEST GRADES OF SILVER AND SILVER-PLATED WARE, TABLE CUTLERY, AND FANCY GOODS. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF Gold, 8ilver, Steel A Plated Framed SPECTACLES . ALSO GENUINE fflEBBILlS SriSBTAOTJES. B. Wchrle. Oct 11 23 tf HENRY BISCHOFF & CO., WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND DEALERS IN 5733333, &3<$?3SiSf 1 TOBACCO, <fcC, i 9 r NO. 197 EAST BAY, OTAHOTTOSI, S. 0. U. BleCnOFr, C WIILBERN. J. U. lMttPKR Ocl 25 26 6m SOLUBLE PACIFIC GUANO, J PRICK $45 CASH, WITH USUAL AD- ? VANCE FOR TIME. 1 T^XPERIENCE in the n?e of this Guano ( 1 a for die past fix years in litis SirU. f.?r Cotton and Corn, lias so far established its character for excellence as to render con ment unnecessary. t In accordance will) the established policy of the Company to furnish the l?e?t Concentrated Ferlihter at the lowest cost to consumers, this Guano is put into market this season at the above reduced price, which the Company is enabled to do by reason of its large facilities ami the reduced cost ot manufacture. The rnppliet put into maikel this season are, at heretofore, prepared under the personal supeiinleiidence of Dr. t>t. Julian Ravensl, Chemist of the Company, at Charleston * ft I -I--' ? _ , V>1 i'miiiita uiny rfH issnred that its QUALITY snd COM POSITION i? precisely the eame ?a I hat heretofore sold At the present low pries every acta planted can be 'erlilixed with 200 pound a Guano at a cost not exceeding I lie present value of 30 pounds of cotton, I wlul* experience has *h?wn that under- I favorable eondilione of season and cultiva I lion the crop is increased by the applies ^ lion from two to threefold the natural ca- . pacity of the soil. Hence, under no eon' V ditions could its application fail to compensate for tha outlay. Apply to J. N. ROBSON, Agent Pacific Guano Company, No. 68 East Bay and Nob. 1 and 2 Atlantic Wharf, Charleston, 8. C. JNO. S. RElvSK <fc CO. General Agents. Not 29 SO 3m Greenville & Columbia R.R. , Columbia, 8. C., Jsn. 3, 1872 ON and after this date, the following Schedule will be run daily. Sundaf* excen ed, connecting with Night Trains on South Carolina Road, up and down, also with Trainsgoing North and South on Charlotte, Columbia A Augusta Railroad: UP TRAIN. Leave Columbia 7 00 a m " Alston 8 50 a m " Newberry 10 30 a n> " Coltesbury 2 10pm " Helton 3 65 p m Arrive at Greenville ft 85 p in " Anderson 4 45 p m " Pendleton 6 45 p n> " Wsllialla 7 1ft p m ' DOWN TRAIN. | Leave Walhalla ft 00 s m f .. t?__ ji . i ennieion 7 26 ft m I " Anderaon 8 '20 n m B " IMton 0 .80 a in I " Cokeabury 11 16 ? m I " Newberry .... '2 SS p m f " Alston 4 20 p m r ArriTft at Columbia 6 00 p in M. T. BARTLETT. Oen'l Ticket Ag'l. Jan 24 89 ^ BRYAN & M'CARTER, Columbia. S. C 1 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL IN SCHOOL, LAW AND MEDICAL * BOOKS, Standard Worka for Librarian, New Publi- 1 cat ion a, Stationary and Blank Books* Dlanka for Lftwyara and Trial Juatie*a, ClOOTWir, &C. Family Bibles, Hymn Hooks, of all Styles. Daa 6 31 3m HENRY GANTT, ] PROf E5$I:0HA1 BARBER, n?V k. fen., 1 .. v.- 'J - _ ..... ? .?..< m? uia om iwno, opposite Mr. \_y Wehrle'i. He oontiaue* to 811AVR an?l CUT IIAIR. He h?p?i b? politnee* to all, and prompt attention to businese, to merit a tontinuance of tba patronage heretofore expended to bin. 37-tf CAROLINA Fiimnen rRIUMPHANT. 0 Wilmington, N.C., Aug Slat, 1871. For th* Urgo?t produoilun of Cotton to hp acre, 1,000 lba. CAROLINA FERTILIZER. V".,r Ik. -# un 1 ?_ , vuv |irvuuCMun ui nwi he tore. 1,000 lbs. CAROLINA FERTI jIZER. The above premium* are for crops pro laced with the are of the CAROLINA rERTILIZKR alone, or in combination with rlantation manure* only, and the awarding if raid premiums is left discretionary with he committee of the Association under heir rules SANDERS. OATES A CO.. Aifents at Charlotte. STEVENS A CURETON, Lancaster, S. C. WaM?wj Lancauyeb Cottntt.S C.Vo P. P. Zimmerman, k*q? Secretary of the Pair of the Carolinae. Charlotte, N. C .* " The following is a correct statement of Totton raised by Stevens A Cureton, on 1 jf, icres of stubble land, which was manured vith 400 pounds of Carolina Fertilizer. The following is the mo 'e of cultivation : l was thoroughly broken up twelve inches leep, and laid off in rows tluee uud a half eet wide, and the Fertilizer applied in the trill, then bedded on it on the 16th of May, ind planted the same day. but owing to the >ool and dry weather, aid not come up to i stand until about the let of June. First working it was run around with a half shorel and partially trimmed out with a ho#. Second working it was run around with a hree-incli grub, twelve inches long, and he middles thrown out with a sweep eiglreeti inches wide. One furrow to a row and binned to a stand with a hoe about, twelve nches between the stocks, and afterwaids t was ploughed every two weeks with a weep eighteen inches wide, and hoed each imp, until it was worked five timea. Tiie following is a correct statement of lie Cotton picked: si Picking 264 !il Picking 410 Id Picking 413 iltiimal? 4 ? .. Muuuai ai unofn-nc i nmurrd bolU 81# Tclnl 1923 Reapedfully submitted, STEVENS <1 CURETON. I certify I weighed the Cotton picked in lie above stntemenl and it i? correct. W. A. GRAHAM. October 2d, 1871. At llie request of M?sar?. Stevens A Cura on. we have examined I lie one and one ighih acre of Cotton, and tlie estimate na<ie above ia true to tlio beat of our bility. D T. DURANT. W. A GRAHAM. JOSEI'll ROUGES. Premiums awarded to Sievena A Cureton n al-ove Certificate. We will sell the nbore SPLENDID FERTILIZER at FortyFive Dollars cash, or Fifty Dollars payible 1st November, with interest it Seven per Cent, per annum, deivercd at our Warehouse in Charleston. Agents will sell at same prices, idding the freight and dray age to heir Depo's. GEO V. fflLLIIAMS & CO. J. A. DAVID ANI) AGENTS, GREEN VIHE\ S. C. Jan 17 87 3m FERTILIZERS. THE^ CE^LEBETED ^ are for sale by VILCOX, GIBBS & CO., Importers and Dealers in Guanos, 146 Bay St , Savannah , On. 51 Kasl Buy, Charleston, S C. J. A. DAVID. Agent AT ORKENVILLE, 8. C. For further information apply r address as above for Alrnanao or 1872, Jan 17 S7 8m rohnston, Crews & Co., 1m footers And Wholesalo Dealers in A STAPLE I and ^ DRTMGOODS, NOTIONS AM? SMALL WAKES. 41 HA YNK STREET, (DIHUUB1LlI8V?Iff 8. (D. D?c in Si ij