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TWO DOLLARS PK It ANNUM, y Gror> jvisrn) ottj* country. 1 ALWAYS IN ADVANO 1 VOLUME 5. *3t ~?11 j t 'r...v SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 1871. NUMBER 14 the ORANGEB?RG NEWS PUBLISHED AT Ercry Saturday Morning. -. TtY TTIT? WANGEBURG NEWS COMPANY TERMS OP SUBSCRIPTION. Ono Copy for one year. $2.00 ?? ?? ? Six Months. 1.00 Any ono sending TEN DOl LARS, for a *Clnb of New Subscribers, will receive an "EXTRA COPY for ONE YEAR, free of ?hbrge. Any ono sending FIVE DOLLARS, Tsr a Club of New Subscribers, will receive ?n EXTRA COPY for SIX MONTHS, free of .?karge. ?:o:? RATES OF ADVERTISING. 1 tsjuare 1st Insertion. Si.50 ?? ? 2d " . 1.00 A Square consists of 10 lines Brevier or ?m? Inch sf Advertising spavo. Administrators Notices, .$5 00 Netices of Dismissal of Guardians,'Ad ministrators, Executors, &c.$9 00 Contract Advertisements inserted upon tho eaaat liberal\tcrms. ?:o:? *JABS!AOK and FUNERAL NOTICES, pjat os seeding one Square, iusertod without ahsrgs, ?*.o:? $&" TerniR Cash in Advance, j3eabr00k, browning, axo meyers, ATTORN E YS AT LAW, orncx at * Orangeburg and Hranehville, s. q. Mr. MEYERS or BROWNING will be at Branehville every Monday. X. SEABROOK, Acting Solicitor 1st Circuit. "MALCOLM L BROWNING. j. FELDER METERS, Trial Justice. jsn 7 may 14 I,v ^vJBJQWLION & BULL, ATTORNEVS A N D ?OU N S V1.1AJ R^ orakueshjuc;, s. c. A10USTU3B. KNOWLTON, CHARLES S. BULL. Mr. Kaowlton will ho at LewisVilie EVERY SATURDAY, arid at Fort Motte oh the ^.1 and 4th FRIDAYS of everv faionth. July 23 if gooke & cooke, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ? r a Ar a e n u r a, s. c. '.Will attesrd to BUSINESS in any of tho ST ATI-: and tho U. S. COURTS for the re! i > Di-rict of 8outh Carolina. T. H. COOKE. II. P.tCOOKE. T. II. COOKE, Trial Justice, will ATTEND PROMPTLY to all BUSINESS entrusted to bis care. II. P. COOK. 12, Trial Justice, Lew viLle, 8. C June 26 tf F. M, WAKNAMAKER, , .ATTORNEY AT LAW, "rTiU be at ORANGERUHC, on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays. At LEWISVILLE on the othor days of the ' Week. . tf w. l. w. riley i ; TRIAL JUSTICE, Residence in Fork of Fdisto. aJJl BUSINESS entrusted will bo promptly aud carefully altcuded to. jury 23 ly ??.1 ; ? _' ? REEDER & DAVIS, 1? COTTON FACTORS virtivi in v mil iiii^u?11 juercitants, Ad'jci's "Wharf, CHARLESTON, S. C. 'Oswhli/Rxedkr. Zlmmsbmax Davis oct 16 Gin .a. j. ?S^iSXs" FACTOR AND COSIJnfe'SION MERCHANT, VjharlEstOn s. o. Liberal fidy;inccs iu?de an Cotton. RspsaSNCSs?First National Bank, Pco ?ple's.National Bank, Messrs. Jno. Frnscr & Co., Charleston, S. C. july 01?ly JV'e. lThal^ey, LIMlItER AMI TIMBER COMMiSSION M ERCH ANT, Wharf, West End Montnguc-St, iiAfiH^BfcKBTON, y- c aug^S?1* ' ly OR SALE.?ONE BUGGY AND Harness. Also two FINE horses at ?tfi A. MERONEY k co s. - D RIED APPLES and PEACHES, very fine nt YV. A, MERONEY & CO. OFFICIAL. Acta und Joint Resolutions Passed by the legislature? Session 1870 und 1871. An act to alter and amend an act en titled "on act to alter and amend the charier-and extend the limits of tlte city of Columbia" approved February 2G, 1870. Section 1. lie it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of tho Stato of South Carolina, now met j und sitting in General Assembly, and by tho authority of tho same, That the mayor and aldermen of the city of Co lumbia aro hereby authorised aud em powered to incorporate tho territory added to the former territory of the city ol Columbia, by an act of the general assembly of tins State entitled "an act to alter and amend the charter aud extend the limits of tho city of Columbia," ap proved February 26, 1870, iuto the pre sent wards ot' the said city, as they ore now laid out, by extending the "lines thereof north and cast to its present northern aud eastern boundaries; and the Said mayor und aldermen, at the time they incorporate tho said r.ewly nn uoxed torritorj into the existing words of tho said city el* Columbia arc hereby au thorized and empowered to continue and the said streets in straight Hues through tho lands of any pcrsou or pereous, coui pan'es or corporation?, to tho present northern and eastern boundaries of the said city, of the same width of the old streets: Provided, however, That in car rying out the first section of this act in extending the wards of the said city ol Columbia, and iu tho extension of the i-troets (hereof north and cast to the northern and eastern boundaries, the said major aud aldermen sh;i?l conform to ;!ic 23d s^etiu.l of the first article of the constitution of this Staid How ol' force: prov.il.. d,.lu;-thor, That ihp COt t>l j tho general assembly of this State euli j tied *'au act to declare do manner by which the l.itids, or the right of way uver the land.-', ol persons or Corporations may be taken for the eoustruetiun and usv of railways and other works of internal improvement," ratified on tho 22d day of September, a. n. 18G8, shall be iu all respects followed and observed. St:c. 2. That when the said territory shall have been incorporated into tho present wards of the said city, tho in habitants thcruoi shall be cutilled to all the rights and privileges, and be subject ed to all the duties and liabilities, which now pertain to tho corporators of the' said city j"of Columbiu, or which may hereafter be created by law. S.BO. 3. That iu all eases in which, by existing ordinance, or ordinances of the said city which may hereafter be passed, the mayor and aldermcu thereof, or the , mayor alone-thereof, have power to im pose linos for the violation of the same, tho said mayor and aldermcu, or the said niaj'or alone, or any nlderman noting tu his stead, aro hereby authorized and em powered to impose tho alternative pun ishmont of imprisonment or confinement at hard labor in the work house, when ever such work house shall be erected : Provided, however, That tho term of imprisonment or confinement at hard la bor shall uot exceed ton days for any single offence. Sec. That all persons liable to taxa tion shall make discovery, upon oath or affirmation, of their taxable property within tho .;.? -"-? make payment of their taxes to the elerk and treasurer of said city of Co lumbia, according to bis assessed value hereof; and upon tho failure to make such return and payment as required, the party so in default shall bo subject to a \ penalty of ton per cent, to be Collected in the manner heroinalter in this sec tion provided fur the collection of taxes, tines and licenses; and whenever it shall become necessary to issuo executions for j the collection of tuxes duo to tho said city of Columbia, and to sell thereunder the real property of the defaulting tax payer, in order to collect the same, the sale thereof shall take place in the same manner and mibjcct to tho same regula tions ns aro applicable to sales of re tl es tate by tho shoriff of Richlnnd County under executions issuing out of the cir cuit court of common pleas ; and all executions to enforce tho pnymcnt of taxes, fines and licenses shall he issued Under the seal of said city of Columbia, and tuny be dircctod to tho said sh rill poor to the chief of lice or other person appointed by the fluid mayor and alder men to collect and receive the same, with costs, as in such cases mndo and provided by law ; and ull propel ty upon whioh tax shall bo lovicd and assessed us hereby declared and made liable for the puymcnt thereof in preference to all other debts, except debts duo to the State, which shall bo first paid, for the icrui of one year from the time at which tho same may bo usscsscd and' levied ; and that all taxes and licenses imposed by the ruayor and aldcrmou cf said city of Columbia, shall be payable in advaucc on or before the fifteenth day if March, after the assessment of said taxes, by tho parties liublc for the tame, uud, on fail ure of payment of the same, their pro perty shall be liable as in raanuer und form just before stated. And for the purpose of putting tho purchaser of said real estate into the quiet and immediate possession thereof, it it bo necessary so to do, tho mayor of the said city of Columbia is hereby authorized aud em powered to issue his warrant o" eject- j tnont, directed to tho chief of police or j any other officer of the city, against the j snid defaulting tax payer, his tenants or ? lessors, and all persons whomsoever oc cupying or holding tho said property : Provided, That the said real property shaft not be sold, or the owner of the lee therein deprived of the same, for a langer period than two years. Sf.C. 5. That the mayor and aldermen of the said city of Columbia arc hereby vested with all the power and authority over the poor within the city of Colum bia which, by the law, now belong, or may hereafter belong, to the county commissioners of llichland county over the poor of said .county. And for the purpose of raising fuuds to provide for the support and comfort of the said poo:-, the said mayor and nldcrutcn may nss -ss and collect a poor tax on the taxable property of the s-.id city, in the panic manner as they assess and collect tax thereon for the support of the city gpv crumeut : Provided, That snid tax shall not exceed 'eupof* cent on the amount of tax.-1? thereon pail to the sutd city : Provided, further, That the tax pnyora of th* said city of Columbia shall not be taxed for the support of the poor outside of the corporate limits of tho said city. Su\ 6. That when any line imposed by the said Mayor and Alderman, or by tho said Mayor alone, for a violation of any ordinances of the said city of Co lumbia, passed pursucnt to law, exceeds forty dollars, or less, the famo shall be recoverable in the circuit court of com mon pleas for Richland county; and when such fines shall bo for forty dol lars, or less, tho same, shall be rccoycra blc before tho said Mayor aud Aldormen, or before the said Mayor : Provided, That in all eases tho party so fined by j the said Mayor shall have the riyht of appeal for a hearing to the said Mayor and Alderman in Council assembled, ou giving prypor security to the city of Co lumbia to prosecute said appeal. I' Seo. 1. That the twelth section ef an act of the General Assembly of this state entitlod "An Act to alter ami amend the ehrrtcr of the town ofColum I biu," ratified on the 21st day of Decem ber, one thou.^aud ci^ht hundred and fifty-four, which authorizes, the Mayor and Alderman of the said city of Colum bia to issue an execution against tho body of exemption for street or unoffi cial police duty under the circumstances therein named, be. aud the same 19 I hereby, repealed. Tho said May >r und alderman of the city of Commbia shall ?? w. w ui>ufew Mi.vi lutliutu Utl UUISUQWd in said city; and it shall be their duty to keep all roads, ways, bridges and streets within the corporate limits of the s:.ui city in good repair; and for that purpose they are invested with all the powers of county commissioners, or commissioners bfrhoads, for and within tho cooporate of said city; and they may lay out new streets, close up, widen, or otherwise alter those now in us% subject, however, to the two provisos contained in tho first section of this not; and shall have power to class and arrange tho inhabitants or citizens of said city liable to street, road or other public duty therein, aud to force the performance of such duty un der such penalties as are now or shall hereiitter bo prescribed by their ordi nances, passed pursuant) to law; and they .'.hall have power to cotnpouud with all persuus liublo to work tho streets, ways und roads in said, city, upon such terms us their ordinances, pattud pursu ant to law; and they shall have power to compound with all poisons liable to work the streets, ways and roads in said < ity, upon such terms as their ordinances may establish, or their rules and regulations require; aud all persons fofusiug to la bor, or failing to pay such, commutation, 6hall be liable to such fine, not exceed ing twenty dollars for any one year, as the said Mapor aud nldcrmun may im pose; .ihm Diian )'???>?. i i ' untorcc the payment of such fine in tho same man ner as is provided in they sixth section ol the act for the collection of other fines. And said mayor nud aider ...an shall the power aud authority to inquire all per sons owning a lot or lots; in Si d city, to close in, and to make au*d kc p iu good repair, sidewalks in front of said lot or lots, whenever the s;.nu thnll front or adjoin any public street iof said city, if. in their judgment, suah : sidewalks shall be necessary; the width thereof, and the manner of const ruction, to bs designa ted and regulated by the said mayor and alderman; and for default or refusel, after reasonable noticed to make and keep in good pepair such sidewalk, and to close in such lot. or lots, the mayor ami aldermen may cause the same to be done, and require the owner to ray the cost of the work; and the said mayor and alderman are hereby empowered to sue for, and recover the same by action, in any court of competent jurisdiction: Provided, That the opntract be let to the lowest responsible bidder. Skc. 8. That the said mayor and all dertnen are hereby empowered to re quire all persons, companies and corpo 'corporations now engaged, or who may hereafter become engaged in business or nuocations of any kin I! whatever, within I the limits of the city of Columbia, to take out a license front tho mayor and alderman ?>!' the said c|ty, who are here by authorized :o impose n roast liable i charge or tax for thjfr conduct of tho I See. n. That ?11 thfi part of section j 10 of on net of the i! ?nhral Vssctubly of 1 this State entitled "A?oet to alter and amend the cht rter of fie town of t'olutn bia," ratified on the jjJst day of Dec bcr. in the year of our /Lord 0112 thou ' sand eight hundred anil fifty-foar, as J relates to the impositioti of taxes r.n I slaves, free negroes, tnmhttoes or tncsti zoos, residing write:u tho limits cf the ! said city, and all other nets and part - (.'" I acts of the general assembly of this state j relating to tin- said city, 0,1 to the said city, or to the town of <\ 1 t ubia, before it was in corpora ted as the city of Co lu nbia, wherein are discriminations for purposes < f taxes, or for any other pur pose whatever, on account of race or col or, be, and the same aro hereby, re pealed. Skc. Id. That the mayor may, as of ten as occasion may require, or whenovor requested so to do, in writing, by ihn o aldermen to ns.-omhle in council; aud the .said aldermaiu, summon tho nhlertnan to assemble in council; and tho said mayor and alderman shall have, and they are hereby vested with. fu]j and ample pow er, from time to tiuo-. under their com mon seal, to make all such ordinances, rules and regulation-, relative to the streets and markets of the said city, as they may think proper and necessary, und to establish such by-laws, not in* consistent with the laws ol the laud, as may tcud to preserve the quiet, peace, safety and good order ol' the inhabitants thereof; and the saie mayor and alder men, or the said mayor alone, may line aud impose lines nud penalties for viola lions thereof, which may bo recovered in a summary manner, to the. extent pf for* ty dollars, before them ill council, or appeal, as heieiutoforo provided, from decision of tho Said mayor and alder, men, separately, are hereby authorized to udmiuistcr oaths, command the peace, disperse riotous assemblies, and, within the limits of the said city, are vested with all tho powers and duties which portain to the officers of the peace in these and like respects throughout the State: Provided, nevertheless^ '1 hat all such ordinances, by-laws, rules and reg ulations as are herein tucuitionod, w hen so undo, shall be duly promulgated, and aud that no s ieh fine, in any one case, and for any single offence, shall exceed the sum rl lorty-Iive dollars. Skc. 11. That every description ol j prope rty, real and personal, situated, used or occupied within tho limits of the ' said city of Columbia, which is now tax ed, orlhtbl to bo taxed, eir which hero alter may bo made liable to taxation, by the general assembly for the support of the .Slate woverturn nt, shall be, aud is hereby, made subject to taxation by the mayor and aldermen of the said city for tho support of tho government thereof. Sku. 12. That an ordinance entitled " an ordinance to regulate licenses lor the year 1871, passed aud ratified by the mayor aud aldermen of the said city of Columbia, in council assembled, ou the 30th day of December, A. I). 1870, be, and the same is hereby, declared valid and of full force, to all intents and pur poses, according to the letter, tenor and effect thereof, except a> much of tho said Ordinance as relates to licenses for cot ton gins, ginning for toll or pa)-, dealers, retail, in goods, wares and merchandise, including distilled spirits, hotel keepers, livery and sale stablos, the licenses for which shall be as follows: cotton gins, ginning for toll or pay, fifty dollars; dea lers, in goods, wares and merchandise) excluding distilled spirits, whose annual sales exceed five thousand dollars aud do not exceed ten thousand dollars, twenty dollars; dealers, retail, in goods wares and merchandise, excluding distilled spirits, whose annual sales exceed ten thousand dollars and do not exceed twenty thousand dollars, forty dollars; dealers, retail, in goods, wares and mer chandise, excluding distilled spirits, whose annual sales exceed twenty thou sand dollars aud do not exceed thirty thousand dollars, fifty dollars; dealers, retail, iii poods, and uicrchnudi.'o, exclu ding distilled spirits, whose annual sales exceed thirty thousrnd dollars aud do not exceed fifty thousand dollars, seventy five dollars; and every additional thou sand, per thousand, fifty cents; hotels capable of accommodating jiic hundred ' persons, fifty dollars; hotels capable of accommodating less than one hundred and more than fifty persons, thirty-five : dollar. ; In tels capable of accommodating ; more than twenty-five and less than fifty persons, thirty dollars; stables, livery ! and sale, seventy-five dollars: provided, that there .-'nail be no tax upon incomes derived from factorage, employment and and professions: and provided, further, that uo pcualty imposed by said ordinance shall attach thereto until thirty days ?lter the ratification of this act. SEC. 13. Tint ail acts, or parts of acts, inconsistent with the provisions of this act, be and ib.? same are hereby repealed. Approved March 1871. I An act to Charter (he Town of York ville. lie it enacted by the Senate and j House of Representatives of the State ! of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gctioral Assembly, and by the an Ath?rity of the same, That from and alter the passage of this act. all citizens of this State having rosided sixty days days in the town of Vorkville shall be deemed, and are hereby declared to bo, ' a body politic and corporate, and the said town shall be called and known by the name of Vforkvillo, aud its corporate limits shall extend cue mile in each di rect ioa from the court house in said town Sec. 2. That the said town shall be governed by an intend mi. and four war dens, who -hall be citizens of the (Jailed States, and shall have been residents of the said town for sixty days immediately proceeding their election, who shall be elected Oil the second Mouday in Janua ry in every year, fifteen days' public no tice thereof being previously given ; and ' that all mule inhabitants of tho age of twouty-ono (21) years, citizens of the Si tte, an! who shall have resided in the sai 1 town for sixty days immediately prcuccding the election, shall be entitled I io voic saiu iiiiuuuuiil uu? wurden.'. Sue. That the election for Inten dant aud wardens of the said town shall be held ill tho court house, or some oth er convenient public place iu ihc said town, from nine o'clock in the uiuruim; until live o'clock iu the uficrnoo.i, and when the polls shall ba closed, the man agers shall forthwith count tho votes and proclaim the election, und give notice in writing to the persons elected. The in tondant and wardens shall appoint three in :nagcrs to hold tho ensuing and uuy Bubscquont election. Whenever there h ill not be an Intendant and wardens, or Intendant and warden, from any cause whatever, it shall be the duty of the clerk of tho court for York County to order such election forthwith, mid ap point three managers tor the s.unc. Tho managers in each caso shall, before thoy open the polls for said election, take an oath fairly and impartially to conduct the same. And tho intendant and war dens, before entering upon the duties of their re.-pertivo offices, shall tuko the oath prescribed by the constitution of this State, and also the following oath, to wit: "As intendant (or warden) of the town ol Yorkville, I will equally and impartially, to the best of ruy ability, exorcise tho trust reposed in me, and will uso my best endeavors to preserve tho peace and carry iuto effect, accord ing to law, tho purposes for which I have been elected: So help me God." 1 he suid Intendant and wardens shall bold their offices iioiu the time r>i their election until the second Monday iu Jan uary ensuing, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified. Sec. 4. That in case a vacancy ahould occur in the office of intendant or any of the wardens, by death, resignation, re moval, or otherwise, or in case of a tic in said elect inn, an election to fill such vacancy shall bo held by the appoint ment of the intendant aud wardens, or warden, as the case may be, or tho cierk of" the court of York county, if there should bo no intendant or wardens, ten days' notice thereof boiog previously given ; aud in case of (.he sickness or temporary absence of tho intendant, tho wardens, forming a council, shall be em powered to act in bis stead during the time. Sec. Ti That. the Intendant nnd War. dens duly elected and qualified shall, du ring their term of service, severally and respectively, be vested with all the juris diction and powers heretofore granted to .Magistrates in this State. And the In tendant shall and may, as often as he may deem necessary, summou the War dens to meet in Council, any two of whom, with the Intendent, may consti tute a quorum to transact business, and they shall be known by the name of the Town Council of Yorkville, and they, and their successors, hereafter to be elected, may have a common seal, which shall be affixed to all their ordinances; and the said Town Council shall have authority to appoint, from time to time, as they may sec fit, such aud so many proper persons to act as marshals or con stables of said town as the said town council may .deem necessary aud expedient for the preservation of the peace, good order and police thereof, which persons so appointed shall, within the corporate l'mits of said town, have the power, privileges und emoluments, and bo sub ject to all the obligations, penalties and regulations provid- d by law for tho office of constable, aud shall be liable to be re moved at the pleasure of said council. And the said town council shall have power to establish or to authorize tho establishment of the market house in said town. Aud the said town council shall have full power and authority, un der their corporato seal, to make ujl such rules, by-laws and ordtnanoes, res pecting the streets, roads, market house and the business ahereof, aud the polico system of said town, as shall appear to them necessary and proper for tho securitiy, welfare aud convenience, and for preserving helth, order and good mtv(trnmi>nt williin llin enmo And f 1?.? 0 ? ??- " -?? -i-- -. T said town council may impose fines for offences against their by-laws and ordi nauees, and appropriate the same to the public use of said town; aud tho said council shall have tho same powers which trial Justices now have to compel the attendance of witnesses, and requiring them to give evidence upon the trial be lore them of any person for a violation of any of their by-laws or ordinances; but no fine above tho sum of twenty dol lars shall be collected by the said coun cil, except by suit in the Court of Com mon Please: provided, that no fino shall exceed utty (^.lUj dollars; and, also, tiint nothing herein contained shall authorizo the'suid council to make auy by-laws or ordinances inconsistent with or repug nant to the laws ol this Stane; and all the by laws, rules and ordinances tho said council may in ike shall at all times be subject to revisal or repeal by the general assembly of this State. Sec. C. That tho said intendent and wardens shall have full power to abate and remove nuisances in tho said town; aud it shall be their duty to keep all ! roads, ways and streets within the coi j porute limits of said town open and in good repair, and for that purposo they are investod with nil the powers hcrcto feto grauted to coniintsioncrs of Roads; aud shall have full power to classify and arrange the inhabitants of said town lift, bio to street, rood, or other public duty therein, and to force the performance of such duty, under such penalties as ore now, or shall hereafter be, prescribed by law: provided, that the said town council may compound with persons liablo to 1 perform such duty upon such terms, and on the paymeut of such stuns as may >be established by law or ordinance:and pfo vided, also, that tho individuals ts-ho compose the said town council shall be exempt from the performance of toad and police duty, anp the inhabitants of said town are hereby exempted iro^m rood and police duty without the corpor ate limits of said town. Skc. 7. That tho power to grant or ^re fuse licenses for billiaod tablecs, to keep* taverns, or to retail spirituous liquors withiu the limits of said corporation, -be,, and the same is hereby, vested in tfje town council of Yorkville, and tbo sa|d council may grant licenses to retail spirtiuousliquors to such persons, and in such quantities, at such rates, and upon such terms and conditions as the said council may deem fit and proper. And the said intendant and wardens shall have tho full and only power to impose a tax on all shows and exhibitions, forgain or reward, within the limits. And all moneys paid for licenses for retailing spirituous liquors, keeping tavern aud billiard tabls, and the tax on alt shows for gain or reward within said limits, shall be appropriated to tho public use within said corporation Sec. 8. That the said Town Council of Yorkville shall havo power and au thority to require all persons owning a lot or lots in said town to make and keep in good repair sidewalks in front of said lot or lots, whenever the same shall front or adjoin any of tho publie streets of said town, if, in the judgment of the council, steh sidewalks shall be necessa ry, tho width thereof, and the manner of construction, to bo designated and rcgu tatcd by the town council; and, ftr de fault or refusal to make and keep iu repair, nud require the owner to. pay the price of making or repairing: Provi ded, That such coutract for making or repairing be Let to the lowest bidder. Sec. 9. That the said town council of Corkvillo shall have power to arrest and commit to jar), for a space of time not exceeding twelve hours, aud to> fine not oxeceding twenty (20) dollars, any person or pcrso'tis who. shall he guilty of* disorderly conduct in said town, to the annoyance of citizens thereof, and it shall be the duty of tho Marshal of the town to make such aprest, and to call to. hid assistance the^msse comitattuy if ne cessary; and upou failure to perform said duty he shall be fined iu a sum not.* exceeding one hundred dollars for each and every offence. Sec. 10. That the said Town council of Yorkville sbu.ll have power to grant licenses to parties withiu the limits of said town, and the parties to whom said licenses are grunted shall pay a sum not exceeding two (2) hundred dollars. They sh ill also have power to impose aud collect an annual tux upon tho as-, se-sed property of sail towu : Provided. No tax st:ill bo levied iu any one year to exoeed tho rate of tweaty (20) cents on each hundred dollars of such assessed property, and that tho man?? go raised shall have the power to enforce the pay meut of all taxes levied by the said Town ' council, to the same extent, and in the manner, as is now, or hereafter shall be provided by law for the collection of the general ?tate taxes. Sec. 11. That tho said town oounoil, of Yorkville shall power to regulate sales at a'icticvn within tho limits of said town and to grant licenses to auctioneers: Provided, That nothing herein contain ed shall extend to sales by a sheriff, clork of tho court, judge of probate, cor oner, Executor or administrator, assigu w iu oannruptcy, or i>y a ay oUxer per* son, out of the order, decree of any court, trial justice, or any athor inferior court. Sec. 12. That this act shall be deem ed n public act, aud shall continue in force for fourteen years, and all acts of incorporaticn, or amendments thereof, repugnant thereto, aro hereby repealed. Approved March 2,1871. An Act to provuU for the Protection of Person*, J*ropcrfj/ ami the Public Peace. Whereas threatcnings, intimidating and violence aro used in portions of this State agaitiBt the peace of tho same; and whereas the laws aro set at defiance, and the officeis of tho law hindered, preven ted and obstructed in tho discharge tf their duties; and whereas armed, dis guished and lawless persons arc throat-, ening, maltreating and assaasinatiag peaceable and defenceless citizens; there-, foro, [Continxod on Ath Pagc.J