The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-23
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ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
Fasssd 6y tho Legislature-.Session 1870

l. ana 1871.
AN ACT TO ALTER AND RENEW THE CHAR.
TER OF THE TOWN OF MANNING.
SECTION 4. Be ii enacted by the Senate
ana House OF Representatives. of the
STATE OF Sonth Carolina, now met and
slttlng in General Assembly, and by the
n,utnoIity OF the snme, That ah Act eni-
ueo f''An ACT to incorporate certain
eo Towns and villages" approved on the
eight hundred and sixty, be. and the
same is hereby, altered and amended ne
follows. to wit: That from aud after the
passage OF this Act, all and every person
or persons, who shall have resided in the
corporate limits Of the villnge of Man
ming for two months, are hereby de-.
clared to be members Of the corporation
hereby to be created.
SEQ. 2. That tho said person shall.
from and after the passage Of this ACT
become body politio and oorpornte'
ana shall be known md called by the
name OF the ttTown Of Manning.S md
lts corporate limits shall extend one.bnlf
mile in every direction from the Oourt
House, as q centre, except on the side
next to Black River, the line Of wbiob.
formed at high water, shall constitute its
boundary in that direction.
SEQ. 3: That the said town shall be
governed by an Intendant and four
Wardens, who shall have resided in the
State for one year, and within the limits
OF the corporation for sixty DAYS imme-
diately preceding their election. The
said Intendant and Wardens shall be-
elected on the second Monday of the
month of April in each year, ten days'
notice being previously given. and shall
c1nelnue ID ONCE one year, and until the
election end qualification Of their success
sors, and all male inhabitants of the said
Town, who shall have attained the aee of
twenty-one years, and resided therein
Two months Immediately preceding the
election, shnll be entitled to vote foT so;I
Intendant and Wardens.
SEQ. 4. That the said election shall l,e
held IN some convenient public place in
said town, from eight O'Clock in the
morning until four O'Clock in the even
ing, and when the polls shall be closed.
the managers shall forthwith count the
votes and declare the election, giving
noticeiin writing to the persons elected.
The 1ntendant and Wardens, for the
time being, shall always appoint the
managers to conduct the election, who.
before they open the polls fer. the said !
election, shall take an oath fairly and
lmpartially to conduct the sume: and the
Intendant and Wardens, before entering
upon the duties Of their Offices. respect.
lively. shall take the oath prescribed hv
the Constitution Of this State. and the
following oath, to wit: Gas Intendant for
Warden) of the town of Manning. 7 viii
equally and impartially, to the beat Of
my ability. exercise the trust reposed in
me. and, will use my best endeavors to
preserve the peace and carry into effect.
according to law, the purposes for whioh |
f! have been elected: So help me God. +"
and II any person, upon being elected
lntendant or Warden, shall refuse to act
as such, he shall forfeit and pny to said
Town Council the sum Of twenty dollars
Tor the use of said town: Propided.
That no person, who has attained the
age OK sixty years, shall be compelled to |
serve in either of the said Offices. nor
shall any other person be compelled to
serve more than one year in any term of
three years.
SEC. B. That in case any vacancy should
ocour in the Office of Intendant, or !
any OF the Wardehs, by death, resigna-
lion, or otherwise an election to fill such |
vacancy shall be held by appointment of
the lntendant or Warden, or Wardens, as
the case may be, ten days. previous notice
being given, and in oase Of sickness or
temporary absence OF the Intendant, the
Wardens, forming Council, shall be
empowered to elect one of their number
to act as Intendant during the time.
SEC. 6. That the Intendant and War
dens duly elected and qualified shall,
during their term of service, seyerally
and respectively, be invested with ali |
the powers of Trial Justice or other in.
ferior court. And the Intendant shall
and may, as often Us may be necessary,
summon the Wardens to meet in Coun.
Gil, any two Of whom shall, with the In.
tendant, or any three Wardens, consti-
tnte quorum to transact business, and
they sholl be known by the name of the
Town Council OF Manning, and they
and their successors, hereafter to be-
elected, may have common seal, which
shall be affixed to all their ordinances.
may. sue and be sued, may plead and be
!Epleaded in any court Of law or equity
in this State, and purchase, hold, pos.
sess and enjoy to them and their sue
cessors, in perpetnity or for any term of
years, any estate, real or personal or
mixed, and sell, alien or convey the
same: PrOp;02eH The aanoa sbolI nj ~