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nothing in this Section contained shall be construed to prevent A. D. 1892. the said City Council from making a temporary loan, payable out of the first succeeding collection of taxes, for the proper pay- loans. ment of the legitimate expenses of the city government; no such loan, however, to exceed the sum of two thousand dollars or bear Limit. interest exceeding seven (7) per cent.; and the City Council are hereby authorized to pass a resolution, at a regular meeting, How made. empowering the Mayor and Clerk and Treasurer to make such temporary loan, and to execute the note of the corporation for the same, payable out of the next collection of taxes.

to railways.

SEC. 17. That the City Council shall have power to grant the Right of way right of way through the streets of the city to any railway company for the conveyance of either freight or passengers, or both, petitions for such right of way being first submitted to Council signed by a majority of the freeholders owning real estate situate, abutting or lying on the street through which it is proposed to build such railway; and the said City Council shall grant such right of way only by ordinance, duly enacted, regulating the con- Ordinance. struction and operation of such railway, and providing such safeguards as may be necessary for the protection of the rights of the public and of persons living or doing business on such street.

That such railway may be operated by steam, electricity or How operated. animal power.

Sampit River.

in river.

SEC. 18. That the city of Georgetown shall have control of Control over that portion of Sampit River lying within the corporate limits, and shall have jurisdiction over vessels, steamers, rafts, and all Vessels. other water craft traveling or plying thereon, with their crews and passengers; and they may regulate the running of water craft traveling or plying on the same, so as to protect the lives and property of others engaged in business on said river, or along its banks. They shall also have authority to prevent the placing of obstructions in said river, within the corporate limits, and to Obstructi on s cause the removal of all obstructions on the part of any person or persons, or corporation, and to enforce the same by fine or imprisonment, or both. And the said Council shall also have the right to remove such obstruction or obstructions, and collect Removal. from the party or parties responsible therefor, in any Court of competent jurisdiction, the cost of removal. That no wharves shall be built within the city of Georgetown, except by and under the written consent of the City Council, subject to such ordinances as they may adopt. And the said City Council may adopt ordinances regulating the building of such wharves and the

Wharves.

Harbor lines.

Penalties.

A. D. 1892. keeping the same in repair. They shall also establish the harbor lines, beyond which it shall not be lawful to construct wharves. And the said City Council are vested with authority to prescribe by ordinance penalties not exceeding those fixed by this Act for any violation of the provisions of this Section or of any ordinances passed under authority of the same: Provided, That wharf owners shall be permitted to charge wharfage, subject to the regulations now or hereafter established by the laws of this State.

Wharfage.

Registration of births, &c.

SEC. 19. That the said City Council shall have authority to establish a system for the registration of all births, deaths and marriages that may occur within the corporate limits of said city, and to pass all such ordinances as may be necessary for the Duty of Coroner proper conduct thereof. The Coroner of Georgetown County is hereby required to furnish said City Council, or its officer appointed for the purpose of keeping such records, with a certificate of the cause of death of any person or persons coming under Prevention of his official notice. In case of the appearance of any contagious

disease.

Sidewalks.

or infectious diseases within said city limits, the said City Council shall have full power to pass all necessary ordinances to preserve the health of the city and prevent the introduction of epidemic diseases within the city, said power to extend, if necessary, to the removal of persons infected or contaminated to places of isolation.

SEC. 20. That said City Council shall have authority, whenever the same shall in their judgment be necessary, to lay new sidewalks of brick, stone or cement, or other material except Assessment. wood; and one-half of the cost of said sidewalks may be assessed upon the property abutting thereon, the City Council paying the other half. The proportion of such cost which may be assessed against the adjoining property shall be a lien upon such property until paid, and upon the failure or refusal of the owner or owners Enforcement to pay the same, payment thereof may be enforced by action brought in any Court of competent jurisdiction: Provided, That before any such assessment shall become a lien upon adjoining property, the City Council shall cause to be served Notice to own- upon the owner or owners of such property, or the agent or attorney, guardian or trustee of such owner or owners, a written or printed notice describing in general terms the work done, and stating the amount of the assessment, the number of linear feet of frontage covered by same and the actual cost thereof per linear foot. And the said assessment shall be final, unless such abut

of payment.

ers.

the

A. D. 1892,

owner.

cil.

ting land owner shall, within twenty days after the service of such notice, file with the Clerk and Treasurer of the city his complaint in writing against the assessment on the ground that Complaint by the cost of said work is excessive or the said assessment arbitrary and unjust, which said complaint shall be heard and considered Hearing. by the City Council within ten days after the filing thereof; and said Council shall have the right upon such hearing to reduce Right of Counthe proportion of the cost of such work assessed upon the property of the complainant, or in its discretion to relieve him entirely thereof. And any person aggrieved by the judgment of the City Council upon such complaint may appeal therefrom to the Court Appeal. of Common Pleas, whose judgment therein shall be final: Provided, That written notice of such appeal and of the grounds thereof be served upon the Clerk and Treasurer of the city within ten days after the final action of said City Council.

tions may be

SEC. 21. The said City Council shall have power to prohibit Certain erecthe erection or maintenance, within certain limits to be pre- prohibited. scribed by them, of any livery stable, machine shop or manufacturing establishment which might prove deleterious to the health of the residents of the said city or dangerous to the property in the vicinity. And they may also prohibit the cultivation of rice or any other crop injurious to health in the said corporate limits: Provided, That such prohibition shall not extend to the prevention of rice planting upon the plantation known as "Greenwich."

Rice culture.

Exception.

validated.

SEC. 22. That all ordinances heretofore passed by the Town Ordinances Council of Georgetown, and now in force, in conformity with the authority granted by existing laws, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be, legal and valid and of full force and effect within said city of Georgetown until the same shall be amended or repealed by the said City Council.

debt.

SEC. 23. That the present bonded indebtedness of the town of Imposition of Georgetown shall become, and is hereby made, an obligation of the city of Georgetown, and the said city is hereby required to provide for the payment of the principal and interest thereof as the same shall fall due.

clause.

SEC. 24. That all Acts of the General Assembly of this State Repealing chartering, or amending the charter of, the town of Georgetown be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

SEC. 25. That this Act shall go into effect immediately upon its approval, and shall be deemed a public Act, and shall continue of force until repealed.

When to take effect.

Public Act.
Duration.

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A. D. 1892.

SEC. 26. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with or repugnant to the provisions of this Act be, and the same are pealing clause. hereby, repealed.

Further re

Approved December 22nd, A. D. 1892.

NOTE.-For Act prohibiting hunting, &c., in Georgetown County, see Act No. 112, ante p. 179.

For Act relating to catching of terrapins in Georgetown County, see Act No. 113, ante p. 180.

No. 180. AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A SALARY TO THE REGISTER OF MESNE CONVEYANCES OF GREENVILLE COUNTY, AND TO REQUIRE FEES FOR RECORDING TO BE COLLECTED AND PAID TO THE COUNTY TREASURER.

prescribed.

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 on Salary of $1,200 and after the passage of this Act the Register of Mesne Conveyances of Greenville County shall receive a salary of twelve hundred dollars per annum in lieu of all fees and charges for filing and recording papers, which salary shall be paid to him monthly by warrant of the County Commissioners on the County Treasurer, to be paid out of the funds hereinafter required to be paid to said Treasurer from fees for recording and filing papers, any deficiency to be paid out of County funds in his hands not otherwise appropriated.

How paid.

Account of fees.

over weekly.

SEC. 2. That the said Register of Mesne Conveyances shall charge, collect and keep an accurate itemized account of all fees for recording for individuals, companies or corporations the same To be paid as now allowed by law, and to pay the same over weekly to the County Treasurer, taking his receipt for the same; that out of the funds thus realized the County Treasurer shall pay the monthly warrant for salary of said Register, carrying any surplus of such fund to ordinary County purposes.

Disposition.

Approved December 19th, A. D. 1892.

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO DECLARE LEGAL AND VALID THE
ELECTION OF J. THOMAS AUSTIN TO THE OFFICE OF REGIS-
TER OF MESNE CONVEYANCES FOR GREENVILLE COUNTY.

A. D. 1892.

No. 181.

Whereas the Commissioners of Election for Greenville County Preamble. omitted in publishing the list of officers to be voted for at the last general election that of the office of Register of Mesne Conveyances for said County, but the election for said office was held with that of other County offices, and the said J. Thomas Austin was duly declared elected to said office:

firmed.

SECTION 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Repre- Election consentatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the election of J. Thomas Austin to the office of Register of Mesne Conveyances for Greenville County be, and the same is hereby, declared and made legal and valid.

Approved December 20th, A. D. 1892.

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY COMMIS- No. 182.
SIONERS OF GREENVILLE COUNTY TO APPLY THE SURPLUS
OF THE MILL GREENVILLE AND LAURENS RAILROAD TAX
TO THE PAYMENT OF THE PAST INDEBTEDNESS OF SAID
COUNTY.

SECTION 1. Be it resolved 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 the County Commissioners of Greenville County are hereby author- Appropriated ized to apply any surplus of mill Greenville and Laurens Rail- edness. road tax levied previous to the first day of November, 1891, and now in the treasury, to the payment of the past indebtedness of said County.

Approved December 20th, A. D. 1892.

to past indebt

AN ACT TO LIMIT THE TRIAL JUSTICES IN GREENVILLE No. 183.
COUNTY, TO FIX THEIR TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, AND

FOR THE MANNER AND AMOUNT OF THEIR COMPENSA-
TION.

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

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