A. D 1881. Amended. with powers of certain cases. powers. and the same is hereby amended by striking out Sections 3 and 4, and substituting the following, to wit: "SEC. 3. That the Intendant and Wardens, duly elected and qualified, shall, during their term of service, severally and respectively, be vested with all the powers of Trial Justice and Justice of the Peace in this Intendant and State in all cases of the violation of any ordinance or ordinances Wardens vested of the said town; that the Intendant shall, as often as occasion Trial Justices in may require, summon the Wardens to meet him in council, a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and shall be known as the Town Council of Leesville; and they and their successors in office shall have a common seal; and shall have power and authority to appoint from Rights and time to time such and so many proper persons to act as marshals and constables as they shall deem expedient and proper, which officers shall have the right, with or without warrant, to arrest all parties violating the by-laws and ordinances of said town; and the Intendant and Wardens, in council, shall have tion of peace, power and authority, under their corporate seal, to ordain and health, &c. establish all such rules, by-laws, and ordinances, respecting the streets, ways, public wells, public springs of water, markets and police of said town, and for preserving health, peace, order, and good government within the same, as they may deem expedient and proper; and the said town council may impose fines, penalties, and imprisonment for offences against such by-laws and commuted. ordinances, and appropriate the same to the use of the corporation; but no fine shall exceed fifty dollars; or they may commute sentences to labor on the streets and roads in said town, according to the gravity of the offence: Provided. Such imprisonment or labor shall not exceed thirty days; that all fines imposed by said council may be collected by execution issued under their hand and seal. "SEC. 4. That the said town council shall have power to impose an annual tax upon all real and personal property within the limits of said town: Provided, Said tax does not exceed the sum of fifteen cents on the one hundred dollars; that the said town council shall have the power to enforce the payment of all taxes and assessments levied under the authority of this Act against the property and persons of defaulters to the same extent and in the same manner as is provided by law for the collection of State and County taxes, except that executions shall be issued under their seal, directed to their marshal or other agent." SEC. 5. That the said corporation shall have the same powers By-laws, for arrest, preserva Fines may be Proviso. Annual tax. Power to levy. Proviso, limit ing percentage. A. D. 1881. Powers and and privileges, and be subject, in every respect, to the provisions of the charter granted to the town of Ninety-Six by an Act privileges. entitled "An Act to incorporate the town of Ninety-Six," approved March 13, 1872. SEC. 6. This Act shall be deemed a public Act, and continue in force until repealed. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. J. D. KENNEDY, President of the Senate. J. C. SHEPPARD, Speaker House of Representatives. Approved December 20th, A. D. 1881. JOHNSON HAGOOD, Governor. No. 474. AN ACT TO RENDER MORE EFFICIENT THE QUARANTINE SERVICE OF THE SEVERAL PORTS OF THE STATE. Vessels arriv or infected ports. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That for the more certain prevention of the introduction of disease ing from forein into the several ports of this State, every vessel arriving from a foreign port, or from a suspected or infected port of the United States, shall immediately proceed to the Quarantine Station of the port of arrival and display a yellow flag, or the vessel's ensign in the rigging, and shall be visited by the Quarantine Officer between sunrise and sunset, as soon as possible after such arrival. detained. SEC. 2. All vessels which have had infectious or contagious disease on board during the voyage, or while in the port of deVesels may be parture, and also all vessels from infected or suspected latitudes or ports, shall be subjected to a detention of not less than five (5) days, or for such longer time as the constituted health authorities at the port of arrival may deem requisite, and pratique shall not be given to any such vessel until such vessel shall have been thoroughly disinfected and fumigated, the cargo and ballast having been first discharged. Misdemeanor. SEC. 3. All masters of vessels or other persons violating any of the provisions of this Act, or disobeying any of the published regulations of the health authorities of any port, and all persons whomsoever who shall, without permission of said authorities, in vade the Quarantine grounds or station of such port, or who shall hold any communication, or attempt to hold any communication, with any vessel, or any officer, or any passenger, or member of the crew of any vessel lying at the Quarantine or under control of the said authorities, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction, shall be punished by fine not exceeding two thousand dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding twelve months, or both, in the discretion of the Court. A. D. 1881. Punishment. Charges. SEC. 4. The following uniform schedule of charges is hereby adopted for quarantine dues at all ports of the State, the amount collected to be expended for the more effective enforcement of How expended. quarantine at each port, to wit: For every vessel boarded and inspected..... $5 00 For every vessel of 100 tons or less, fumigating and disinfecting, each process.............. Uniform schedule for quaran tine dues. 15.00 For For every vessel over 100 tons, and less than 250 tons. 20.00 30 00 40 00 50 00 60 00 cess Collection. In all cases the Quarantine Officer will collect the charges made against vessels before giving permission to leave quarantine, either by captain's draft on consignee or in currency, and shall return the same to the Board charged with the adminis- Disbursement. tration of the quarantine at such port, who shall be responsible for the disbursement of the same. SEC. 5. That the administration of quarantine of the port of Charleston shall be in charge of the Board of Health of the city of. of Charleston, subject to the advice and supervision of the Ex-administration ecutive Committee of the State Board of Health, and they shall and enforcement have full power and authority to make such rules and regulations for the institution and enforcement of quarantine as they may deem expedient, and as may be conformable to law. SEC. 6. The Quarantine Officer of the Port of Charleston shall be appointed by the Governor on the nomination of the Board Quarantine officer. A. D. 1881. How appointed. of Health of the City of Charleston. He shall be invested with powers and authority heretofore by law conferred upon the Health officer of the Port of Charleston, and he shall exercise authority of such powers and authority, under the direction and control of the said Board of Health of the city of Charleston. He shall receive a salary from said Board at the rate of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and he shall reside at the quarantine station. He shall be appointed during the month of January of When appoint each year, and hold his office for one year, and until his successor shall be appointed, unless sooner removed by the Governor at the request of the Board of Health of the city of Charleston, or for other reasons satisfactory to him. Salary of. Residence of. ed and term of office. Annual appropriation for port of Charleston. By, and whom paid. SEC. 7. That for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act with regard to the port of Charleston, the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars be annually appropriated, to be to paid by the State Treasurer on the order of the Chairman of the Board of Health of Charleston. State not speci for. Quarantine officers. Ports of the SEC. 8. That the ports of the State which are not specifically fically provided provided for in this Act shall remain under the supervision and control of the Executive Committtee of the State Board of Health, and a Quarantine Officer shall be appointed at each of the said ports who shall be vested with the powers and authority heretofore by law conferred upon the Health Officer, and shall exercise the same under the direction and control of the Executive Committee of the State Board of Health, or such local Board as the Executive Committee of the State Board of Health may appoint for that purpose. He shall return to the said Executive Committee, or to the said local Board, all fees collected by him, and shall receive for his services annually the following. to wit: Fees. Salaries of Quarantine Officer of the port of Georgetown, five hundred Quarantine Offi- dollars, and one hundred and fifty dollars for boat hire. cers. For Georgetown. Quarantine Officer at St. Helena entrance, eight hundred dol For St. Helena. lars, and one hundred and fifty dollars for boat hire. For Port Royal. ficers-how pointed. ap Quarantine Officer at Port Royal, eight hundred dollars, and one hundred and fifty dollars for boat hire. He shall be appointed by the Governor, on the recommendation Quarantine of of the Executive Committee of the State Board of Health during the month of Janury of each year, and hold his office fo one year, and until his successor shall be appointed unless soone removed by the Governor, at the request of the Executive Com mittee of the State Board of Health, and shall reside at th quarantine station. SEC. 9. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. J. D. KENNEDY, President of the Senate. J. C. SHEPPARD, Speaker House of Representatives. Approved December 20th, A. D. 1881. JOHNSON HAGOOD, Governor. A. D. 1881. AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SUMTER. 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 Section twenty-one of the Act entitled "An Act to grant, renew, and amend the charters of certain towns and villages therein named," approved March 9th, 1871, (14 Statutes, 624,) be amended by adding after the words "Real Estate" in the fourth and sixth lines thereof, the words "and personal property." In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. J. D. KENNEDY, President of the Senate. J. C. SHEPPARD, Speaker House of Representatives. Approved December 20th, A. D. 1881. JOHNSON HAGOOD, Governor. No. 475. "Act March 9, 1871." Section 21 amended. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO INCORPORATE No. 476. THE PHOENIX BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF CHARLES TON. 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 an Act entitled "An Act to Incorporate the Phoenix Building and Loan Association of Charleston," approved 21st March, 1876, be amended by striking out the words "to its members and stockholders only" from the eleventh line of Section four of said Act, so that said Section four of said Act when amended will read as follows, to Act March 21. 1876. Section 4 amended. |