The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-03-30
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So ACES ANl. IolNI RES0LUIlDMs
LEGIsLATURE--SEsSEoN 1870 AND 1871
IOFFICIAL.l
IUEFICIAI.
AN ACT TO RENEW AND AMEND THE CHARTER
PASSED BY TIL

OF THE TOWN OF sPARTANBURG.
SECTION Il Be it enactsd by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina. new met and sitting in General AS
senibly, 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 in the
town of spartanburg, shall be deemed, and are
hereby declared to be, a body polite and cor
porate; 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 Court House in said town.
SEQ 2. That the said town shall be govern,
ed by an Intendent and six Wardens, VINO shali
be citizens of the United States, and VINO snail
have resided in the State twelve months ana
shallshaye been residents Of the said town SIX
" days Immediately preceding their election,
and who shall be elected on the second Monday
In September of each year, ten days public mo-
dee thereof being previously gwen; and that
ali male inhabitants of the age of twenty-one
wears. citizens of the State, and who shall have
resided within the State twelve months, and in
the said town sixty days, Immediately prece-
ding the election, shall be entitled to vote for
said Intendant and Wardens. Paupers and
persons under liabilities for crime excepted.
Sec. 8. The said election shall be held at
some convenient 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 there
of in. writing, to the Intendant then being,
who shall, within two days thereafter, ,sgive no.
tice, or cause the same to be given, to the per-
sons duly elected. The Intendant- and War
dens, before entering upon the duties of their
offices, shall respectively take the oath pre-
scribed by the Constitution OF this State, and,
also, the following oath, to wit: las lntendant
(or Wardenl of the town of Spartanburg, l will
equally and impartially to the best OF my abi!i-
tY, exercise the trust reposed IN me, and VIII
use my best endesvors to preserve the peace
and carry into effect, according to the law, the
purposes for which have been elected: 30
help me God" And if any person: upon be-
ing elected Intendant or Warden, shall refuse
to act as such, he shall forfeit and pay to the
Council the sum of twenty dollars for the use
of the said town: Provided, That no person
who has attained the age of sixty years shall
Be compelled to serve in either of said offices; ;
nor shall any other person be compelled to
serve either as Intendant or Warden more than
one year in any term of three years. The In
tendant and Wardens for the time being shall
always appoint one or more Boards of Mana
gers. three Managers for each Board, to con-
duct the election, who, before they open the
polls, shall take an oath fairly and imparhally
TO conduct the same.
SEC. 4. That in case vacancy shall occur
in the Office of Intendant or any of the War
dens, By death, resignation, removal or other
wise, an election shall be held to fill such va
cancy, by order of the Intendant and Wardens,
or majority of the same ten days public no.
tice being previously given; and IN case OF
sickness or temporary absence efthe lntendant,
the Wardens forming the Council shall be en-
powered to elect one of their number to act as
Intendant during the time.
Sec. 5. That the Intendant and Wardens
duly elected and qualified, shall during their
term of service, severally and respectively be
vested with all the powers OF Trial Justices, or
Justices of the Peace, as the case may be, IN
this State. within the limits of the said town,
except for the trial of civil cases. Andthe In
tendant shall or may, as often as is necessary,
summon the Wardens to meet in Council, any
three of whom the Intendsnt, OR any four OF
the Wardens, may constitute quorum to
sransact business, and they shall be known as
the Town Council of Spartsnburg. And they
and their successors in Office, hereafter to be
elected, may have common seal, which shall
be affixed to all their Ordinances; raay sue and
netsuea plead and be implicated iii any Court
of Justice in this State, and purchase, hold,
possess and enjoy to them and their successors,
In perpetrlity. or for any term Of years, any es-
tate, real, personal or mixed, and sell, alien'or
convey the same: Provided, The same shall
not exceed at any one time, the sum of ten
thousand dollars. And the said Town Council
shall have authority to appoint from time to
time, as they may see fit, such and SO many
proper persons to act as Marshals Or Consta-
bles of said town, as the said Council may
deem necessary and expedient for the preserva-
tion of the peace, good order and police there
of, which persons, so appointed, shall, within
the corporate limits of said town, have the
power and privileges, and be subject to all the
obligations, penalties and regulations provided
By law, for the office OF Constable, and shall be
Iiable to be removed at the pleasure of said
Council. And the said Town Council shall
have power to establish or authorize the estab-.
lishment of & market house in said, town, also
10 establish or authorize the establishment OF
guard house, and to prescribe suitable rules
and regulations for keeping and governing the
same, and until the said guard house be estab-
lished, they shall be authorized to use room
in the common jail of the County of Spartan
burg, for the confinement Of all who may be
subject to be committed for violation OF any
ordinances, rules and regulations of said town,
and the said Town Council or the said Inten-
dant and Wardens, in person, any one or more
Of them, may authorize and require any Mar
shal of the town, or any Constable specially
appointed for that purpose, to arrest and COM
nit to the said guard house or jail of Spartan
burg. County, as the case may be, for term
not exceeding twenty -four hours, any person OF
persons who within the corporation limits of
said town, may be engaged in breach Of the
peace, any riotous or disorderly conduct, open
oobscenity, public drunkenness, or any conduct
grossly indecent or dangerous to the citizens of
said town, or any of them. And it shall be
the duty Of the town Marshal or Constables to
arrest and commit all such Offenders when re-
quired so to do, and who shall have power to
call to their assistance the posse com'tats's, #
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