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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.