Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-03-30
AN ACT to Regulate the Blight of Ho

AN ACT to Regulate the RigM Of Ha-
oerSe.
Be itenacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen
eral Assembly, and by the authority oi
the same, That traverse of an indict-
ment shall not, in any Court of crimi-
nal jurisdiction in this State, Of itself,
operate to continue the case.
Approved February IL, 1871.
AN ACT to Reneac and Amend the
Charter Of the I5acn Of Spartanbawg.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives, of
the State of South Carolina, now met
aid sitting in General Assembly 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 declar-
ell 70 be, a body polite and corporate
and the said town shall be called and
known by the name Of Spartanburg, and
its eorporate limits shall extend one
mile IN each direction from the Court
House in said town.
SEC. ,. That the said town shall be
governed by an Intendant and six War
f3ens. who shall be citizens Of the Uni
t d 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
election, and who shall be elected on
the second Monday in September of
each year, ten days public cnotice there
of being previously given; andAat all
male Inhabitants OF the age of twenty
one years, citizens of the State, and
who shall have resided within the State
twelve months, and in the said town
sixty-days, Immediately preceding the
election, shall be entitled to vote for
said intendant and wardens, paupers
and persons under disability 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 tie after
noon; and when the polls shall be clos
ed, the managers shall forthwith count
the votes and declare the election, and
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Intendant then being, who shall, within
two days thereafter. give notice, or cause
the same to be given, to the persons du-
ly elected The Intendant and War
dens, before entering upon the duties
OF their Offices, shall respectively take
the oath prescribed by the Constitution
Of this State, and also, the following
oath, to wit Z" AS Intendant (or War
dem of the town of Spartanburg, I
will equally and impartially to the best
OF my ability, exercise the trust repos-
ec' in me, and will use my best endeav-
ors TO preserve the peace and carry into
effect, according to the law the pur-
poses for which l have been elected
So help me God And if any person,
upon being elected Intendant or War
den, shall refuse to act as such, ne shall
forfeit and pay to the Council the sum
Of twenty dollars for the use of the
said town: P'orided, That no person
who has attained the age of sixty years
shall be compelled to serve in either OF
said Offices nor shall any person be
compelled to serve either as Intendant
or Warden more than one year in any
term of three years. The Intendant
and Wardens for the time being shall
always appoint one or more Boards Of
Managers, three Managers for each
Board, to conduct the election, who, be-
fore they open the polls, shall take an
oath fairly and impartially to conduct
the same.
SEC 4. That in case vacancy shall
occur in the Office Of Intendant or any
Of the Wardens, or majority Of the
same ten days public notice being pre-
vionsly given; and in case Of sickness
~ temporary absence Of the Inten-
lant. the Wardens forming the Council
.hIIl be empowered to elect one of their
oumo4r 20 act as Intendant during the
!n.e.
src. ). That the Intendant and War
lsas duly elected and qualified, shall
during their term OF service, severally
md sc-pecti, ely, be vested with all the
3owers Of Trial Justices, or Justices of
he Peace, as the case may, be, in this
State within the limits Of the said town,
.rcent for tne trial Of civil cases. And