The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1869-03-17
GREENvL.E. SOUTH

I AlConstables or other persons
ldesignated to summon, the inl,ab.
titants to assemble in town meet.
Ing, ANIMAL or special, shall serve
fshe satne by posting said sum.
mons in at least three of the most
public places in their respective
towns at least fourteen days, ex-
elusive Of tho day Of posting snch
summons, before the time appoint
ed for sncb meeting.
- XII. If, By reason of death, res
Iignation, disqualification or re.
moval from the town, a majority
of the Selectlnen thereof original
ly chosen vacate their Office, those
who remain in Office may call
town meeting. -. seal.
XII. At every town meeting,
except the first called by the
County Commissioners, and ex.
cept for the election of national,
State, Circuit and county, officers,
a Moderator shall. first be chosen.
XII. During the election of
Moderator, the Town Clerk, if
present, shall preside; if he is
absent rthere is no Town Clerk,
the Selectmen present shall choose
one OF their humber to preside
And the Town Clerk and Select
mon, respectively, shall, in such
cases, have the powers and per.
form the duties of Moderator.
XIV. Moderators shall preside
in the meeting; may in open
meeting administer the oaths of
office to any town officer chosen
thercat shall regulate the busi-
ness and proceedings of the meet
iLg; decide all questions of order,
subject to appeal to the meeting,
and make public declaration of
the result Of all voters. When a
vote SO declared by him is imme-
diately upon such declaration
questioned by seven or more of
the voters present he shall make
the vote certain by polling the
votes or dividing the meeting for
which purpose he may appoint
tellers. ....:.
- XIV. No pcrscn shall speak in
the meeting without leave of the
Modera or, nor while another per-
son is speaking by his permission :;
and all persons shall at his re.
quest be silent. '..
XVI. If person behaves in a
disorderly manner, and after no.
tice from the Moderator persists
therein, the Moderator may order
him to withdraw from the meet.
ing, and on his refusal may order
the Constable, or any other person
or persons, TO 'ake him from the
meeting and confine him in some
convenient place until the meeting
is adjourned. The person so re.
fusing to withdraw shall, for every
such offence, forfeit sum not ex.
ceeding twenty dollars. . ....
b XVII. A Moderator or other
presiding officer who, at town
meeting, before the poll is closed
and without the consent of the
voter, reads, examines, or permits
to be examined, the names written
on such voters ballot, with a view
to ascertain the candidate voted
for by him, shall forfeit the sum Of
fittv dollars. 49,. o..
XVIII. At the annual meeting,
every town shall choose from the
inhabitants therent the following
town officers, who shall serve dur.
lug the year, and until others are
chosen and qualified in their
stead: /. A Town Clerk, who, if
present, shall be forthwith sworn,
either by the Moderator or Jus.
'tice of the Peace. 2. Three Sc
lectmen. 3. One or more survey
ors of highways. 4. One Consta-
ble. ALI the town officers desig-
mated herein shall be sworn.
I, XIX. The election of Town
Clerks, Selectmen, Constab.es
and the Moderator of the meet
ings held for the choice of Gown
officers shall be by written ballots
and the election of all other town
officers in such mode as the meet
ing determines, except in cases
otherwise provided by law.
Xxx. Every person chosen Con-
stable shall, if present, forthwith
declare his acceptance or refusal
of the office; If he does not ac-
ccpt, the town shall proceed to o
new election until some ons ac-
cepts the Office and takes the oath. |
XXI, If a town, at the annual
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