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An Act to incorporate certain towns and villages, and to renew and amend certain charters heretofore granted. 1857 649 (1857)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactssc0416 and id is 1 raw text is: OF SOUTH CAROLINA. all the rights and powers which are given to other like associations by the A. D, 187. first and second sections of this Act. IX. That this Act is hereby declared to be a public Act. Public Act. In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of December, in the year of oar Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, and in the eighty-second year of the sovereignty and independence of the United States of America. ' JAMES CHESNUT, JR., President of the Senate. JAMES SIMONS, Speaker House of Represetatives. AN ACT TO INOORPORATE CERTAIN TOWNS AND ViLLAGES, AND TO RENEW No. 4367. AND AMEND CERTAIN CHARTERS HERETOFORE GRANTED. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the Act of Incorporation of the town of Walterboro' be extended for the space of At x e ro. twenty years, with all the rights, powers and privileges, heretofore granted. II. That the Intendant and Wardens of said town shall have power to levy a tax in addition to that heretofore given, but in no ease shall said Levy a tax. municipal authorities raise and collect a tax which, shall exceed the sum of three hundred dollars per annum, said tax to be levied as heretofore author- ised. III. That if any one residing permanently in the corporate limits of the corporatelimits. town of Walterboro', and qualified by law to serve, shall be elected Intendant or Warden of said town, and shall neglect or refuse to serve, such person, unless physically incapable, shall be liable to pay a fine of twenty dollars, to be imposed and collected by the Council when organized; Provided, That no one shall be compelled to serve two years consecutively. IV. That said Town Council shall have power and authority to make all Power. needful rules concerning the police of said town, including street and patrol duty, and shall have power to compound with persons liable to either, and that all persons liable under the laws of the State to do ordinary road duty, if residing in the said town, shall be liable to the performance of street duty while residing therein. V. That hereafter all monies collected by the Tax Collector of Saint Moniescollected. Bartholomew's Parish, as an assessment for Roads, Bridges, and Ferries, 649

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