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An Act to amend the charter of the town of Georgetown. 1854 377 (1854)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactssc0394 and id is 1 raw text is: OF SOUTH CAROLINA. A. D. 1854. AN ACT TO AMEND TM CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF GEORGETOWN. No. 4209. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Asscibly, and by the authority of the same, That the Act incorporating the town of Georgetown be so amended that the Town Powers of the Council of Georgetown be, and they are hereby authorized to establish a guard or police for the better security and regulation of the said town; and to pass such ordinances as they may deem expedient to define the duties, fix the compensation, and impose fines and penalties for neglect or improper discharge of duties, of said guard, and generally to perform all acts neces- sary and proper to effectuate the intention of this Act, and make and establish all rules and orders relative to said guard, not inconsistent with the laws of the land. II. That for the purpose of defraying the expenses of said guard, the said Town Council shall have full power and authority to compound with persons liable to paarol duty in the said town, for the payment of an Patrol duty. annual tax not exceeding five dollars, in lieu of the performance of such duty; and all persons refusing or failing to pay such tax, shall be liable to patrol duty, and for the non-performance thereof, to such fines and penalties as are now provided by law. And for the purpose aforesaid, they shall have full power and authority, also, annually to lay and collect a tax not exceeding five dollars on each free male inhabitant of said town Tax. of the age of twenty-one years or upwards, Mid'oshall not be freeholder within the same, or whose taxes upon personal property as hereinafter prescribed shall not exceed the sum of five dollars: Provided, le shall Proviso. have resided within the said town for the three months next proceeding the period at which the said tax shall be laid; also, a tax on all slaves within the town, or employed within the town, over twelve years of age, not exceeding fifty cents each; on every coach or other carriage, kept for hire, having four wheels and drawn by two horses or more, a tax not exceeding five dollars; on every coach or carriage, kept for hire, having four wheels, and drawn only by one horse, a tax not exceeding three dollars; on every two whel chaise, chair, sulkey, or other carriage, kept for hire, a tax not exceeding two dollars; on every horse and mule, kept for hire, a tax not exceeding one dollar; on every coach or other car- riage, not kept for hire,,having four wheels and drawn by two horses or More, except as hereinafter provided, a tax not exceeding three dollars; on every coach or carriage, not kept for hire, having four wheels and drawn only by one horse, a tax not exceeding two dollars 10rovided, Proviso. That where more than one four wheel coach or carriage, not kept for hire, may be owned by any person who may own not more than a pair 377

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