Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-12-17
THE rOWNsH1PsEXW.

1t will be remembered that at the late session Vi
the Legislature q an Act was passed to divide each
county in the State into townships each township
to contain not less than thity-six, nor more than
one hundred square miles, aud to have special
organization, somewhat similar to that Of incotpo-
.,soa tno,s,o''.1 !Eif .sJI2tsb-'i9> e S@!9 OH
re County Commissioners mmiisssio of York In epmpaii:
ance with the not, have, undertaken tile work of
ub-division, and have partially sgfeea upon the
plan 'to be adopted. The county wa be divided
into eleven townships. There Win BE Two lines
running east and west, parallel with the boundary
lineb linse between York and Chester snd dividing the
County into three belts One belt b Hasagned 10
sornsSiGs sa1n e Il Msssls. b, SoSfe, j. a. En,
loe and ": B. Allison. - 71:. o:'+ .,sHa" T.
Mines hive Slao been sslsts ststed fby the Commit
sioners Ell for each township. aid ais as fellows:
faWba,'' which win embrace Coates Tavern sleS
ton precinct, and the country surrounding Fish!
|ing Creek,,'1'which win embrace the Bethesda
neighborhood. Turkey gresk;; embracing iBlairs
tiiIe and McConnellsvliea pfsciaees ::I"Bdllosk's
Creek" embracing the South Western portion Of
the County, including BulocPs Creek Church.
.Broad River" embracing WyFe's Store and
peichborhood. 'fEbenezef, embracing Rock Hill
and neighborhood Bethel embracing the
Bethel section. Kings Mountain" embracing
the country around Antioch Church and New
House. "Cherokee," embracing the country bor-
dering on King Creek and Buffalo Fort Mills
will embrace all Of York, east of the Catawba nv.
er and 'Yorkvile, will embrace the town OF
Yorkyiile and vicinity. 20 IA az ..>S yssb ~
The surveys by which the several bouudafytines
of these townships viii be etabiished,E have not
vet been made. The surveyors viii; 'howeverFbe'
gin their work at an early dsy, andif The weather
should be favorable; will complete then, in five or
civ weeks, ,rsrIHp l. r. ni;G rs 1aga G5Jat> 81
Each township, when organized, will bes body
corporate, and have q moderator and three select
men, who are to be charged with important duties
and who afe elective by the voters Of the town:
ship. They, ere also to have astoWn clerk, one
constable; and, one or more surveyors The OH
GERS Of these townships are required to cali annual
and special meetings Of the citizens; to care for
the poor to prepare, ten days before any general
election lists of all voters; to appoint managers OF
elections, each township being separate election
precinct; to oversee the highways bridges and
public works ii, the township, and to do variety
Of other things, after the fashion of the Mas
sachusetts people, whose law has been stolen, for
the benefit of South Carolina, and enacted here
by Mr.. D. T. Corbin, of tie sase Senate" ~"
Each township is also to selects certain number
of jurors for each term Of the Circuit Court, the
number to be apportioned according to population,
and the jurors to be takeu7by the Selectmen from
persons qualified BY character ahdsintelhgence to
serve. The citizens are then to meet and approve
or disapprove of the selections, &C. It will be
many day before we can fall into line with this
new humbuegey. :': T." r.. .r@ 81 h"H