The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-06-07
Acts aud Joint Resolutions
Passed BY tho Lsgislature-session 1870 and
GOFFICIAL.1

~ yi},$ : fowNs AND VILLAGES THEREIN
.si>i MENTIONED.
Il SECTION l. Be it enacted Jv the
~ Senate and House Of Representations
SSr0f the State Of South Carolina, noao
<Sntet and sitting in General assembly,
% and by the authority Of the same !:
Il. .t%. VILLAGE OF ST. STEPHENS.
That from and after tho passage
Of. this Act, all citizons of this
State, having resided elvo
thonths. within tho State, and six.
E dnys in tho village of St. Sto-
phens, shall be deemed, and arc
horobY declared to bo, a body poll.
tic and corporate; and the said
village shall be called and known
by tho namo Of st. Stophons, and
it's corporate limits shall extend
thrce.tourths Of Il milo in each di-
rection from the Depot Of the
Northeastern Rail Road.
= - SEC. 2. That tho said village
shall be governed by an Intcndant
and four Wardens, who shall bo
citizens Of tho United States, and
who shall have resided in this
State twelve months, and shall
favo boon residents Of tho said
village sixty days Immediately
preceding their election, and who
shall be elected on the fourth Mon
day in March, 1871, and on tho
samo day in each year thereafter,
ton days public notice thereof be-
ing previously givon and that all
male inhabitants Of tho ago Of
twenty. ono years, citizens Of tho
State, and who shall have resided
within tho State twelve months,
and in tho said village sixty days
Immediately preceding the cleo
ton, shall be entitled to vote for
said Intendant and Wardcns, pau
pcrs and persons undor disabilities
for crimo excepted.
SEC. 3. Tho said election shall
=, II Lcld at somo convenient public
tie. =; in said village, from eight
War. ,>Sr tho morning until four
bo holo ~ the afternoon and
until thre, aolls shall be closed, tho
noon. wht,, hall forthwith count
cioscI' NM. declare tho election,
count tho vtrs' thereof, in writing,
election and. Cont thcrein being,
in writin, chin two days there
and chat tkS notice, or cause tho
.dcns. yforyne' givon, to tho persons
mint tL,npNd Provided, The Com
onsuir aHsfs Of Election of ofCharloston
tar ~ shall call tho first election
- .,r. this Act, and shall appoint
80 .Innagers to conduct tho same,
= who shall make return thereof to
the Commissioners, tho same rs
other elections held in this State.
And tho said Commissioners shall
count tho votes and declare the
election, and notify the persons so
elected lntondant and Wardons of
tho said village. Tho Intcndaut
and Wardens, before entering up
on tho duties Of their office, shall,
respectively, tako the oath pre-
ecribed by the Constitution Of the
State, and also tho following oath,
to wit: GAS Intendant Gov Ward.
en) Of the village Of S.. Stephens,
/ will, equally and impartiaiIy, to
tho best Of my ability, exercise
y tho trust rcposcd in mo, and will
=, tlso my best cndoavors to preserve
,sgthe poaco and carry into effect, ac-
SaCording to law, tho purposes for
? which I have boon elected: So
help mo God" And if any pcr-
son. npon being elected Intondant
or Warden, shall refuse to act "a
such, he shall forfeit and pay to
tho Council tho sum of twenty
dollars for tho use of tho said vii
iago: Provided, That no porson
who has attained tho age Of sixty
years shall bo compelled to serve
in cither of said offices nor shall
any other porson be comp psllod to
serve, other rs an Intcndant or
Warden, more than ono year in
any torn of three years. The In.
tendant and Wardens, for tho time
being, shall always appoint ono or
moro Boards of Managors (thrco
Managers for each Board) to con-
duct tho election, who, boforo they
.'oPoh Wv poiAoj ChNii IhAo Nh Outh
fairly and impartially to conduct
tho same.
, ., SEC. 4. That in case vacancy
.SNo. .ceur in the Office of Intend
~ aps IVA nv of tho Wardens, by
~, a.. 50 -; <~tion, removal, or
successors t, s",,a -. >aHS,H'ld aS,slld by ordor OF
shall bo affixed rsai}th.st ten davs'
nancos, may suo antest>slv r,v.
plead and be imploadot,, tom
Court Of law or equity TN Mt.
State, and purchase, hold, po.k,ii
and enjoy to them and thoir ~,
cessors, in perpetuity, or for a'V
term Of years, any estate, rea
personal or mixed, and soil, allie
and convey tho samo: PROVIDED
Tho Same shall not oxoced at an
Cha""Sa timo, tho sum Of ton thousan
'11urg, -. And the Mayor and A
'oou'g' his wifo, es''l havo full power t
editors st Of the Estate o.'hlish all such rulo