The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-02-20
YHE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
Act. and Joint Resolutions, Session
1s70-'71.
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oFFICIAL.I
An ACT to renew and amend the charter oi tne
Town Of spartanburg.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the senste anu
House of Representatives IF the State OF soutn
Carolina, now met and sitting In Genera Az
sembly. and by the authority OF the same:
That from and after the passage of this act.
all citizens of this State, having resided twelve
months within the State, and sixty days inthe
Town of spartanburg, shall be deemed, and
are hereby Seclared to be, a body polite and
corporate; and the said town shall be called
and known by the name OF spartanburg, and
its corporate limits shall extend one mile IN
, each direction from the courthouse in said
town.
SEQ. 2. That the, said town shall be govern
ed by an intendant and six wardeas, who
shall be citizens Of tn Omitted States, and who
shall have resided In this State twelve months,
and shall have been residents of the said town
sixty.days Immediately preceding their cleo
Monday in September Of each year, tea days
/; public notice thereof being previously given;
and that all male inhabitants. Of the age Oh
twenty-one years, citizens Of the State, and
who shall have resided within the State twelve
months, and in the said town sixty days, I'M
nediately preceding the election, shall be en-
t tiled to vote for said intendant and wardens
Paupers and persons under disabilities for
crime excepted.
SEC. 8. The said election shall be held at
some convenient public place in said Town,
from eight O'clock in the morning until four
o'clock in the afternoon; and when the polls
shall be closed, the managers shall forthwith
count the votes and declare the election,
and give notice thereof, in writing, to the .in-
tendant then being, who shall, within two days
thereafter; give notice, or cause the same to be
given, to the persons duly elected. The In
tendant and wardens, before entering upon
the. duties of their offices, shah respectively
take the oath prescribed by the constitution of
this State, and slsosthe following cath, to-wit :
"As intendant Cor warden) of the Town OF
spartanburg, will equally and impartiall5s to
the best ofmy ability, exercise the trust re-
nasaf In mo and WIN ure INV hest en6eayors
r. nraserve the neace and carry into effect. ac-
cording to law, the purposes for which have
been elected: 80 help me G9d.' And If any
person, upon being elected intendant or war
"a go :, ~ -oomno,, tbo s,;,,, of ,yantv dol.
,ars - @ f,r,ne ~ 'nas Of the said town. proria
That no nerson who has attained the age
or sixty; tears shan be- compelled to serve
in either Of said offices; nor shall any other
person be compelled to serve either as
,ntendaat or warden more than one year
in any term OF three years. The intend.
dant and wardens for the time being shall
always appoift one Or more boards Of mana
GERS three managers for each board, to CEN
duct the election, who, before they open the
polls. shall take an oath fairly and impartially
to conduct the same.
SEQ. lsThss IN case vacancy shall occur
in the Office ofintendant or any Of the wardens,
bydeath, resignation, removal orotherwise, On
election shall be held to I'LL such vacancy, by
order of the intendant and wardens, or ma
,ority the same. ten dsys' pubic notice being
SraTiously. given: and il case Of sickness or
tamporary absence,of the intendant, the war
iaeps forming the co,u1ncn shall be empowered
to elect one OF their number to act as lnten-i
aant during the time. =
81 sEc Il. That the intandsnt and wardens
-fIIn,y elected and qualified shall. during their
term ofseryice, severary and respectively be
vested with ali the powers oftrisl justices, or
,ustices Of the peace. as the case may be, In
This State. within the limits of said town, ex-
oept for the trial Of. civil cases. And the
intendanr shall. or may, as often as is
necessary. summons the waraens to meet in
SSnncp.. any three Of whom. With the inten-
.aant: or aaystonr NJ the wardeps. NAV consti.
tnte a nnorIn * transact business. and thew
ss,f,sai3 bs known Is the Town Council or spas,
4ssSs1bsnrs And thav. and their s,,oeessors IN
office. hereafter to be elected, may have
comnai, seaI which shan be atixed to all their
orilnsnJ J; may sac and be sued, plead and
h ,s,,,,rroodo, In ony court of i,,stice In this