Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-05-06
Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the
Legislature--Session 1870 and 1871
rOFFICIAL I


and House Of Representatives Of the State
Of South Carolina, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority of
the same
That from and after tho passage Of this act
all citizeus Of this State, having resided six
ty days in the Town of Mount Pleasant, shall
bo deemed, and are hereby, declared to bo
body politic aud corporate, and the said town
shall be called and known by the name of
Mount Pleasant, and its corporate limits shall
be and remain as at present fixed by law
SEQ. 2. That the said town shall be gos.
erncd by an in;cndant and seven wardens,
who shall be citizens of tho United States,
aud shal have been residents Of tho said town
for sixty days Immediately preceding their
election, who shall be elected on the third
Wednesday iu April, in the present year, and
thereafter on the same day in every second
yeay, as heretofore provided, ten days public
notice being previously given, and that all
male inhabitants of the age of twenty one
years, citizens of the State, and who shall
have resided in the said town for sixty days
Immediately preceding the election, shall be
entitled to vote tor said ntcndant and war.
dcns.
SEC. 8. That the election for intcndant
and wardens Of the said town shall be held in
tho courthouse, or some other convenient pub.
lilo place in the said town, from six o'clock
In the morning until six o'clock in the uf
ternoon, and when the pools be closed the
managers shall forthwith count the votes and
proclaim the election, aud give notice, in
writing to the persons elected. The intend.
ant and wardcns shall appoint three managers
to hold the ensuing aud subsequent elections.
Whenever there shall not be an intendant and
wardens, or intendant and warden from any
cause whatever, it Shall be the duiyof the
clerk of the court for Charleston County to
order such election forthwith and appoint
three managers for same The managers in
each case, shall, before they open the polls
for said election, take an oath fairly and i'm
partially to conduct the same, and that the
intcndant and wardcns, before entering upon
tho duties of their respective Offices, shall take
this State, and also the following oath, to
wit GAS iutcndant or warden of the Town
of Mount Pleasant, I will equally and Impair
TALLY, to the best of my ability, exercise the
trust rcposcd in me, and will use by best Ell,
dcavors to preserve the peace and carry into
effect, according to law, the purposes for
which | have been elected So help INC
God"
The said intendant and wardens Shall hold
their Offices from the time Of their election
until the third Wednesday in April in every
second year after their. election, anl until
their successors sha! be elected aud qualified.
SEC. 4. That, in case vacancy shall oc
eur in the olice of the intcnIaut or any of
the wardens, by death, resignation, removal
Of otherwise, or in case of tic in said clcc-
tlon, an election to fill such vacancy Shall be
hold, by the appointment of the in,cndaut
and wardcns, or warden, as the case may be.
or tho clerk of the court Of Charleston Coun-
ty, ii there shall be no intcnd,rt or wardens
ten days public notice thereof being prcvi.
ously given aud in case ot the sickness or
temporary absence of the intcndant, the war
dens, forming a council, shall be empowered
to elect one Of their number to act in his
stead during the time.
SEC. S. That the intendant and warlcns,
duly elected and qualified, Shall, during their
term of service, sevcrully and respectively, be
vested with all the jurisdiction and powers
OF trial justices, or other inferior courts, with.
III the limits Of the said town, and the said
attendant shall, and may as often as he may
deem necessary, summons the wardcns to
meet in council, any two of whom, with the
lntcndant, may constitute quorum to trans
act business; and they shall be known by
the name OF the town council Of Mount Pleas.
ant, and they and their successors hereafter
to be elected may have common seal which
shall be affixed to all the ordinances. And
the said town council shall have authority to
appoint, from time to time, as they may sec
ut, such and so many persons to act as mar
shals and constabics OF said town, as the town
council may deem necessary and cxpcdcnt
for the preservation of the peace, good order
and police thereof, which persons 80 appoint
Led shall, within the corporate limits of said
town, have tho power and privileges and
cmoumcnts, and be subject to all the obIiga.
tions, penalties and regulations provided by
law for the Office Of constable, and shall be
liable to be removed at the pleasure of said
council; and the said town council shall have
power to establish or authorize the establish.
mcnt Of the market house in said town; and
the said town council shall have full power
and authority, under their corporate seal, to
make all snch rules, by laws and ordinances
respecting the roads, streets and market
house, and the business thereof, and the po
lice system of said town, as sh,l appear TO
them necessary and proper for tie security,
welfare and convenience, and for preserving
health, order and good government within
the same. And the said town council NAV
Impose fines for offences against their by laws
and ordinances, and appropriate the same to
the public use of said town; and the said
council shall have the same power which trial
Justices or other inferior courts now have 20