The Greenville enterprise. (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, February 21, 1872, Image 4
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