The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-08
LAWS OF THE STATE.
Acts Ind Joint Resolutions, Passed by
the General Assembly OF South Caro-
lima, Session Of ls70-'71.
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AN ACT to renew and amend the charter Of the
Town Of Bamberg, in the State OF South
Carolina.
SECTION 1. Belt enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives, Of the State OF South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General AS
ser:bly, and by the authority of the same:
That from and Immediately after the pas
sage of this act all and every person, or per-
SONS whomsoeyer. who are constitutionslly
qualified to vote for members Of the General
Assembly Of this State, and who shall have re.
sided within the present corporate limits of the
Town of Bamberg for o period Of thirty days, |
and their successors, are hereby declared 10
he members of said corporation.
SEC. 2. That the said persons and their sue
cessors shall, from andsafter the passage OF
this act, become a body polite and corporate,
and shall be Known and called by the name OF
the Town Of Bamberg, and its corporate limits
shall extend three.fourths OF a mile, in the
direction oftbe cardinal points, from the South
Carolina depot, in said town, as a centre.
SEQ. 8. That said town shall be governed
by an intendant and four wardens, who shall
have resided therein for sixty days Immediately
preceding their election. The said intendant
and wardens shall be elected on the second
Tuesday. in April in each year, ten days notice
having been previously given, and shall con-
tinue IN Office Tor one year, and until the cleo
ton and qualification Of their SUCCESSORS; and
an male inhabitants OF the said towl who shall
have attained the age of tweuty-oue years and
resided within said town for a period OF thirty
days,1 Immediately preceding their election,
shall be entitled to vote for said intendant and
wardens.
SEQ 4. That the said election shall be held
in some convenient public place in said town,
from 8 o'clock in the morning until 4 O'Clock
in The evening; aud when the polls shall be
closed, the managers shall forthwith count the
votes and declare the election, giving notice in
writing to the persons elected. The intendant
and wardens, for the time being, shall always
appoint the managers to conduct the election,
who, before they open the polls for the said
election, shall take an oath to fairly and impair
TALLY conduct the same. And the intendant
and wardens, before entering upon the duties
of their office, respectively, take the oath pre-
scrIbed by. the constitution Of this State, and
the following oath, to WIT: Gas intendant Tor
warden) ofitbe Town of Bamberg, l will equally
and impartialIy, to the bsst Of my ability, exer-
else the trust reposed in me, and will use my
best endeavors ia preserve the peace, and carry
into effect, according to law, the purposes for
which I have been elected: So help me God"
And if any person, upon being eleC.ed intend
ant or warden, shall refuse to act as such, he
shall forfeit and pay to thu said town council
the sum Of twenty dollars: Provided, That no
person who has attained the age Of sixty years,
ahall be compelled to serve in the said Offices,
nor shall any person be compelled to serve
more than one year.
SEC. S. That in case any vacancy shall occur
in tho Office OF intendaht or any OF the. war
dens, by death, resignation or otherwise, an
election to fill such vacancy shall be held BY
the appointment Of lntendaut or warden, or
wardens, as the case may be, ten days. previ-
ors notice being given; and in case OF sick
ness or temporary absence of the lntendant,
tho wardens forming a council shall be m
powered to Aect one Of their number to act as
intendant; any three wardens, constltuUInga
quorum, shall be considered as the council for
the transaction Of all business coming before
said town council.
SEC. 6. That the intendant and wsrdens duly
elected and qualified, shall be vested with all
the powers Of a trial justice. or justice OF the
peace, within the limits of said corporation.
The inteniant shall and may, as often as neces-
sary, summon the Wardsns to meet in council,
and they shall be known as the town council
OF Bamberg. And they and their successors,
hereafter TO pc elected, may have q common
seal, which shall be affixed to all their ordinsn-
ces, may sue and be sued, plead and be em.
pleaded, 10 any court Of law or equity 10, this
State, and purchase, hold, possess and enjoy
to them and their SUCCESSORS in perpetuity, or
for any term Of years, any estate, real or per-
sonal, or mixed, and sell, alien or convey the
same Provided, The same shall not exceed,
at any one time, the sum of ten thousand ooi-
lars. And the intendant and wardens snai'
have full power 10 make and estabnsh ai su'h
rules, bylaws and ordinances. not conflicting
with the State laws, for the welfare and Denent
of said town; said rules, bylaws and ordinan-
ces to be subject to revisal or repeal by the
General Assembly of this State. And $50
council may fix and impose fines and penalties
for the violation thereof, and appropriate the
same 70 the public use Of said corporation,
and are hereby empowered to collect the same,
in the manner now prescribed by law: Pro-
vided, No punishment shall exceed fifty dol
lars or thirty days imprisonment.
SEC. =. That the intendant and wardens Of
said tow sh III have. full and only power to
grant or refuse licenses to keep taverns, or re-
tail spitituouss liquors within the corporate
limits # said town, upon such conditions as
they, by ordinance, may impose Provided,