The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-03-25

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said corporation, or such other person as they
may be ordered or required to do during the
succeeding month after publication, and upon
the failure to make such return and payment.
as required, the parties 80 In default shall be
subject to the penalties provided by law for
failure to pay the general State and county
tar, to be enforced BY the orders Of the In
tendant and wardens, or majority of them,
for the use Of the said town, except in such
cases that executions to enforce the payment
of such taxes shall be issued under the seal
of the corporation, and msy be directed to the
town marshal, or other person appointed by
the said town council to levy, coIlecr and re-
ceive the same, with cost. . as IN such cases
made aad provided by law; and an property
upon which such tax shall Be levied and. as-
sesasd Is hereby decfsredt and made liable for
che payment thereef1n preference to an othet
debts, except debts due to the state, which shall
be frstpaids and that all other taxes Imposed
by the intendant and wardens, or majority
OF them, shall be payable in advance BY the
parties liable for The same, and on failure OF
payment, their property shall be liable for the
same, as IN manner and form Just before
stated.
SEC. g. The intendant and wardens elect, to-
gether with clerk and treasurer, shall during
their term of ONCE, be exempt from street and
| police duty. Each town council shall, within
one mouth alter the expiration Of their term
of Office, make out and return to their success
sors In of,lce full account of their receipts
and expenditures during their term; which &C
count shall be published in one or more papers
Of the town or county; and shall pay over all
moneys in their possession belonging to the
corporation, and deliver upDall books, records
and other papers incident to their Office, to
their SUCCESSORS; and, on failure to do so, they
shah be liable to be fded In sum not exceed
ing FIVE hundred dollars, to be collected by any
proper action Of the town council.
SEC. TO- That all ordinances Or bylaws pass
ed By the town council Of st. Stephens shall
be binding upon the citizens Of said town the
same as the laws OF the State.
SEC. II. All acts and parts Of acts inconsist-
ent, or supplied BY this act, be, and the same
are hereby repealed.
" Sec. L. THIS act shall be deemed q public
act, and continue In force for the term of
twenty years, aid untir the end Of the Leglsla-
ture thereafter.
TOWN OF SUMTER
J. .sso. IA. That from and Immediately after the
passage OF this act, all aid every person or per-
sons, who are constitutlonally qualified to vote
! for members OF the General Assembly Of this
State, and who may reside within the present
corporate limits Of the Town of Sumter for
sixty days Immediately preceding an annual
election Tor lntendant and wardens are here
by declared members Of the said corporation.
SEe. Is. That the said persons aud their sue
cessors shall, from and after the passage Of
this act, become body corporate and polite,
and shall be known and called BY the name o.
the Town Of Sumter, they shall have a common
seal, may sue and be sued, implead and be
] impleaded In any court In this state, and may
purchase, hold, possess and enjoy to them and
their successors, in perpetuity, sor for any
term OF years, any estate, real, personal or
mixed.
SEC. l6 That the municipal officers Of said
town shall be, and are hereby, vested in an in-
tendaut and tour wardens, to be chosen as
hereinafter mentioned and directed, who shall
be denominated the intendant and wardens oil
the Town Of Sumter, and shall be persons who
actually reside within the limits Of said corpo-
ration, and have 80 resided for at least sixty
days Immediately preceding their election.
SEC. II. That on the second Tuesday In
April of each year an election for intendant
and wardens shall be held at such CONVENIENT
| place or places within said town as may be
designated by said intendant and wardensi
! at which election all such persons as have
| been before declared members Of the said cor
| poratlon shall be entitled to vote by general
| ballot; the polls shall be opened from six In
the morning until six In the evening.
SEC. ls. That the intendant and wardens
elected as above directed before they enter
upon the duties of their office, shall, In addi'
ton to the oath prescribed in Section 80 Of
Article II of the constitution take the follow
ing oath, to wit: ~, as iRtendant Tor warden)
OF the Town Of Sumter, do selemnly swear (ol
afirm) that will equally and impartially, te
the best of my skill and Judgment, exercise
and discharge the trust .reposed In me, and
will endeavor to carry into effect the purposes
for which I have been elected: So help mt
| God" And that the said fntendant and any
two of the wardens shall constitute quorum
for the transaction of business; and in case O
the death, resignation, or absence from towr
of the intendant Aforesaid, the said wardens
or majority OF them, shall elect from among
themselves an intendant to I'LL such vacanc!
occasioned as aforesaid, and. that in case
death, removal from Office, or resignation o
any of the said wardens, then, and In suet
case, the intendant and any two wardens sha!
! appoint time and place for election OF another
warden to I'LL the vacancy 80 ocoasioned, aftel
having given ten days previous notice of suof
election.
SEC. ls. That the intendant mayt as Often a.
occasion may require, summon the warden:
to meet together; and the said intendant ant
wardens shah have, and are hereby vestet
with full and ample power, from time to time
under their common SEAL to make all sucl
ordinances, rules and regulations relative tt
the streets, roads, ways and markets Of th'
said town, as they may think proper and neces