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be conferred upon Constables, in addition to the special duties A. D. 1892. devolved upon them by the said City Council: Provided, That their jurisdiction shall not extend beyond the limits of the said Jurisdiction. corporation. Except that the Chief of Police, or his assistants, or the Sheriff of Aiken County, as ex officio policemen of said city, may pursue for three miles beyond the limits of said city any one charged with an offense against the ordinances of said city who is attempting to escape from said city.

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And be it further enacted, That Section 11 of the said Act be Section 11 amended by inserting between the words "Assessors" and "the," between the lines 24 and 25, the following words: "And said Supervision of Board of Assessors shall have full power to canvass the returns of real estate and personal property in said city of Aiken, and in their discretion to increase or lower the same in the same manner as County Boards of Assessors.” So that when amended said Section shall read as follows:

License tax.

SEC. 11. That the said city be, and they are hereby, authorized, annually, to require the payment of such reasonable sum or sums of money as a license tax by any person, or persons, or corporation, engaged, or intending to engage, in any calling, business, profession or occupation, in whole or in part, within the limits of the city of Aiken, except those engaged in the calling Exceptions. or profession of teachers or ministers of the gospel; and that the

said City Council are hereby authorized to pass such ordinances Ordinances. as are necessary to carry the purpose of this Section into full effect, and to provide for the punishment of all delinquents thereunder. And the said City Council shall have power to impose an annual tax on all real estate lying within the corporate Annual tax. limits, and on personal property owned and held within the same, including banks and stocks of banks and insurance companies, and other corporations, the real estate of churches and school associations from which such church and school associations derive a revenue which are intended to be rented out for such purpose, and for that purpose they shall appoint three free- Assessors. holders, residents of said city of Aiken, to assess the value of said real estate, upon oath, and return the assessment within one month to the said Council for taxation; and the said Council shall have power to fill any vacancy arising from any cause on Vacancies. said Board of Assessors. And the said Board of Assessors shall

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have full power to canvass the returns of real estate and personal Revision of reproperty in said city of Aiken, and in their discretion to increase or lower the same in the same manner as County Boards of As

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License on shows.

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sessors: Provided, however, Any one feeling aggrieved shall have the right of appeal to the City Council within ten days after notice of raising the same. The City Council shall have power to regulate the price of license upon all public shows and Powder maga- exhibitions in said city, to erect a powder magazine, and to compel every person holding more than twenty-five pounds of powder at one time to stow the same therein, and to make regulations for rates of storage thereof and for keeping and storing the same. They shall have power and authority to organize, equip and conFire depart-trol a fire department for the protection of said city in such way as they may deem necessary.

ment.

Fire limits.

Buildings.

Other fire limits.

lished.

Penalties.

That the said City Council of Aiken shall have power to establish, by ordinance, fire limits in and upon such squares or blocks in said city as are embraced within the limits bounded by Newberry street on the East, Park avenue on the South, and Short street and Pendleton street on the West, and Richland avenue on the North, and to prescribe and designate the kind and character of material to be used in erecting and repairing buildings or structures within and upon the blocks included in said fire limits.

That the said City Council of Aiken shall have power from time to time to establish further and additional fire limits within the corporate limits of said city as often as the same may be deemed expedient: Provided, however, That in such cases of How estab- establishing additional fire limits the same shall be done by ordinance passed by a vote of the Council at a regular meeting. That the said City Council of Aiken shall have power by ordinance to prescribe suitable fines and penalties against such person or persons who may be found guilty of violating any of the ordinances of said city relative to the fire limits therein: Provided, Limit of fines. That such fines or penalties shall not exceed the amount as regulated in the 7th Section of the charter of said city. That all buildings or structures erected within said fire limits contrary to the ordinances of said city of Aiken may be abated by the City Council as a public nuisance. That hereafter it shall Salary of Mayor be unlawful for the City Council of Aiken to vote a salary to the Mayor of said city until the question of allowing a salary to the Mayor shall have been first submitted to the qualified voters of said city who are real estate owners therein, and such other legal voters resident therein whose annual city tax shall amount to five dollars, and shall have been decided in favor of such salary by a two-thirds majority vote of said real estate owners; and that such question shall only be voted upon at a special election

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called for that purpose upon at least fifteen days' notice, published in one of the papers of the city.

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Section 18

And be it further enacted, That Section 18 of the said Act be so tion. amended by inserting the words twenty-first in the last line of amended. said Section instead of the word twentieth, so that when amended said Section shall read as follows:

Exemption from street duty

SECTION 18. The Mayor of said city shall receive no salary Salary to Mayor except upon a two-thirds vote of the real estate owners of said city and such other legal voters of said city who shall pay an annual city tax of five dollars. He and the Aldermen shall each be exempt from street duty during the terms of their office, and each City Council shall, within thirty days after the expiration of their terms of office, make out and return to their successors a full account of their receipts and expenditures during the terms for which they were elected, and they shall likewise publish, at the end of each year after the beginning of their term of office, a full statement of their receipts and expenditures during the Annual report. preceding year; and at the expiration of the term of office of

Account to successors.

successors.

property.

any City Council it shall be their duty to pay over to their suc- Pay ment to cessors any moneys in their hands at the time of making such return belonging to said corporation, and likewise to deliver up Delivery of promptly at the end of their term all books, property, records and other papers incident to their said offices, to their successors; and on failure to do so, they shall be liable to the punishment Penalty. prescribed in the twenty-first Section of this Act.

Repealing

That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, clause. and the same are hereby, repealed.

Approved December 19th, A. D. 1892.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER THE BANK OF AIKEN No. 93. TO ACCEPT AND EXECUTE TRUSTS.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That from and immediately after the approval of this Act the Bank of Aiken, in the County of Aiken, shall have the power and the authority, in addition to the powers already possessed, to accept and to execute any trusts and trusteeships of any and every

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Repealing

clause.

description which may, at any time, with the consent of said
bank, be committed and transferred to said bank by any person
or persons whomsoever, or by any bodies politic or corporate.
SEC. 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act be, and are hereby, repealed.

Approved December 20th, A. D. 1892.

No. 94.

AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE AIKEN LIBRARY COMPANY. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same. That Incorporation. W. W. Woolsey, Dr. T. G. Croft and H. M. Dibble, Trustees, their associates and successors, be, and they are hereby, created Name and a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of "The Aiken Library Company," and by their corporate name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any Court of this State or of the United States; to contract and be contracted with; to buy, sell, acquire and hold for the use of said corporation any property, real or personal, subject to the rules and by-laws hereProperty rights. inafter provided for. They shall have power to receive any gift, grant, devise or bequest of real or personal estate, and may sell the same.

powers.

By-laws.

Successors.

Public Act.

effect.

SEC. 2. They may adopt such rules and by-laws as may be deemed proper, not repugnant to the laws of the land; and said Trustees shall have power to appoint their successors in office.

SEC. 3. This Act shall be deemed a public Act, shall take effect When to take from its passage, and continue in force for thirty years, and until Duration. the final adjournment of the General Assembly next thereafter. Approved December 24th, A. D. 1892.

No. 95.

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE SCHOOL COM-
MISSIONER OF AIKEN COUNTY TO APPROVE AND THE
COUNTY TREASURER OF SAID COUNTY TO PAY CERTAIN
SCHOOL CLAIMS.

SECTION 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting

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School Commis

prove claim of

in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the School Commissioner of Aiken County is hereby authorized and directed to approve school certificates payable to Mrs. Cor- sioner to a pnelia Howell, one for the month of November, A. D. 1890, for Mrs. Howell. thirty-five dollars, and one for the month of December, A. D. 1890, for thirty-five dollars, and the Treasurer of said County to pay said claims out of any funds in his hands for School District Treasurer to No. 6 of Gregg Township in said County.

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And Miss Powell.

SEC. 2. That the County Treasurer of Aiken County is hereby County Treadirected to pay, out of any school funds in his hands for School Miss Harbers. District No. 10 of said County, school certificate No. 1 for thirtyfive dollars, now held by Miss Jessie Harbers; and said Treasurer is further directed to pay out of any school funds in his hands for School District No. 10 school certificate No. 42, owned by Miss Ida Powell, and being for the sum of thirty-five dollars. SEC. 3. That the County Treasurer of Aiken County be, and he is hereby, authorized, upon the approval of the present School Commissioner, to pay D. H. Crossland, late School Commissioner, or his assigns, any balance due him upon his salary as School Commissioner of said County, accruing and remaining unpaid during his term of office.

Claim of D. H. Crossland.

Sawyer.

SEC. 4. That the School Commissioner is hereby authorized Claim of Miss and directed to approve school certificate payable to Miss Annie E. Sawyer for thirty dollars, dated January 2nd, 1892, and the Treasurer of said County to pay said claim out of any funds in his hands for School District No. 8 of Hopewell Township, in said County of Aiken.

Claim of J. E. Brogden.

SEC. 5. That the School Commissioner is authorized and directed to approve school certificates payable to James E. Brogdon or order, dated December 12, 1892, for thirty-five dollars, and the certificate of Hattie F. Holmes dated January 21st, 1892, H. F. Holmes. for twenty dollars. The County Treasurer shall pay the same out of funds in his hands for School District No. 5 in Geddy Swamp Township and No. 9 in Chinquapin Township, respectively.

Approved December 20th, A. D. 1892.

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