The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-03-08

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amended SO az to dispense with
the personal service of any notice
required under the provisions of
said Act, and in sll cases in which
such notice shall be left, at the
usual place of residence or business.
of the defendant, the same shall
be valid in law to all intents and
purposes as If served upon the per-
son Of such defendant.
Approved February II, 1871.
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE RIGHT
OF TRAVERSE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the State
Of South Carolina, no,c met and sit
ting in General assembly, and by
the authority Of the same, That a
traverse Of an indictment shall
not, in any Court of criminal ju-
risdiction in this State, Of itself,
operate TO continue the case.
Approved February IL, 1871.
AN ACT TO RENEW AND AMEND THE
CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SPAR
TANBURC.
SECTION l. Be it enacted BY the
Senate and House Of Representatives
Of The State Of South Carolina, noao
met and 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 twelv
months within the State, and six
ty days in the town Of Spartan
burg, shall be deemed, and are
hereby declared to be, a body poll
tic and corporate; 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.
Sec. 2. That the said town shall
be governed by an Intendant and
six Wardens, who shall be citizens
of the United 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 notice thereof being pre-.
viousIy given; and that ali 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, immedi-
ately preceding the election, shall
be entitled to vote for said lnten-
dant and Wardens. Paupers and
persons under disabilities 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 the afternoon and when
the polls shall be closed: the Mana
gers shall forthwith count the
votes and declare the election, and
give notice thereof, in writing, to
the Intendant then being, who
shall, within two days thereafter,
give notice, or cause the same to
be given, to the persons duly elect
ed. The Intendant and Wardens,
before entering upon the duties 0!
their offices, shall rcspectiv sly take
the oath prescribed by the Consti-
tuition of this State, and also, the
following oath, to wit: "As lnten-
dant Cor Warden) Of the town of
Spartanburg, l will equally and
impartially to the bes: of my abili-
ty, exercise the trust reposed in
me, and will use my best endeav-
ors to preserve the peace and car
ry into effect, according to the
law, the purposes for which | have
been elected: So help me God"
And if any person, upon being
elected Intendant or Warden, shall
refuse to act as such, he shall for
felt 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 COM
PEELED to serve in either Of said
offices; nor shall any other person
be compelled to serve either as In
tendant or Warden more than one
year in any term Of three years.
The Intendaut and Wardens for
the time boing shall always ap-
point one or more Boards OF Man
ayers, three Managers for each
Board, to conduct the election,
who, before they open the polls,
shall take an oath fairly and i'm
partially to conduct the same.
SEC. i. That IN case Il vacancy
shall occur in the office Of Inten-
dant or any Of the Wardens, by
death, resignation, removal or
otherwise. an election shall be held
to fill such vacancy, by order Of
the Intendant and Wardens, or q
majority Of the same, ten days
public notice being previously Civ
en-; and in case OF sickness or tenn
porary absence Of the 1ntendant,
the Wardens forming the Council