The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-05-13
OF AL.
Acts nnd Josnt Resolutions
Passed by the LegisIaturc---
Sessions 1870 and as71.

An dcs to Charfer the Toicn Of Hamburg
SEcTtoNsf. IIsse It enacted by thu
senateaud House Of Representatives Of
the Stsse of South Carolina, now me,
and e;ftiag IN General Assembly. and
by ths authority Of the same, Tha,
from aud after the passage Of this Act
all citizeps Of this State having resided
sixty days in the town of Hamburg shall
be deemed, and arc hereby declared te
be. q body polite and corporate; and the
said toya be called and known by the
name Of Hamburg, and its corporate
limits shall bs held and deemed to ex.
tend from the Savannah Bridge, leading
to Augusta, Georgia, one mile west, one.
half mile east, and one mile north.
SEC. q That the said town shall be
governed by an defendant and four
Wardens who shall bo citizens of this
State, ard shah have resided within the
corporate limits ofsaid town for sixty
days Immediately preceding their cleo.
ton, who shall be elected on the second
Monday is April in every year, ten days
public notice thereof being previously
given; aud that all male inhabitants of
the age of twenty-oue years, citizens OF
this State, and who shall have resided
in the said town for sixty days imm,d
ately preceding the election, shall be
entitled to vote for said Intendant and
Wardens.
SEC. 3 That the election. for Inten-
dant and Wardens Of the said town
shall be held at the Town Hall, in the
said town, from eight o'clock 10 the
morning until four in the afternoon; and
when the polls shall bo closed, the Man.
ayers shall Forthwith count the votes and
proclaim the elections and give notice, iu
writing, to the persons elected; the In
tendant and NFardens shall appoint three
Managers, to hold the ensuing and every
subsequent election, except the first,
which shall be ordered BY the County
Commissioners of 'Eageheld County i'm
mediately after the passage Of this Act
The Managers, in each case, shall. before
they open, the polls for snid election,
take an-oath fairly and impartially to
conduct the same; aud the Intcndant
and Wafdens, before entering upon the
duties of their respective Offices, shall
take the oath prescribed by the. Consti-
tuition Of this State, aud also the follow
ing oath, to wit "As Intendant Cor
Warden) of the town of Hamburg, l
will equally and impartially. to the best
of my ability, exercise the trust reposcd
in me, and viii use my best endeavors to
preserve the peace, and carry into effect,
according to law, the purposes for which
/ have been elected: So help me God"
The said Intendunt and Wardens shall
hold their officers from the time of their
election until tho second Monday in
April ensuing, and until their successors
shall be elected and qualified.
Sec. 4.gThat in case avacancy should
occur should occur in the Office of In.
tendant or-any of the Wardcns, by death
rcsignatipn, rolnoval, or otherwise, or in
case of tiein said election, an election
to fill such yacancies shall be held by
the app0iht,nent of the Intendant and
Wardehs Or Wsrden, Gas the case may
be0 or the County Commissioners Of
Edgefield County, if there should be no
IntendSNseg Nardens, ten days public
notice tsl&sef Being previously given;
and in Else of ths sick ness or temporal
ry abseAoe OF the sIntendant. the War
dens, forming d Council, shall be EN-.
powered to elect one of hheir number to
act in his stead during the time.
SEC. 5. That the Intendant and
Wardens, duly felected and qualified,
shall, duripgstheir term . of service, Sc
verally and respectfully, be vested with
all the jurisdiction and powers of Trial
Justice, or any other inferior Court.
within the limits ofthe said town. And
the IutendaBt it shall and may, as often
as he mayldeem it necessary, summon
the W'ardictis to meet il Council, (any
two of the Wardcns, with the Iuteudant,
shall constitute a quorum to transact
business;) and they shall be known as
the Town Council CT Hamburg, and
they and their successors, hereafter to
be elocted, may have common seal,
which shall be affixed ia all the ordinan-