The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-04-19

orders of the Intepdaat and Wardeps.. ora ma
tjorits ofthem, for the ;usc Of the said town, ex
cept in such cases. that executions to enforce th
payment Of such taxes, shall be issued under Ii
seal of the corporation, and may be directed
the Town Marshal, or other person appointed b
the said Town Council to levy, collect and receiv
the same, with costs as in such cases made an
provided by law; and all property upon whiel
such tax shall be levied and assessed is hereb.
declared aud. made liable fOr the payment thereo
in preference to ali other debts, except debts due
to the State, which shall be first paid and that al
other taxes imposed by the Intendant and War
dens, or majority Of them, shall be payable il
advance by the parties liable for the Same, and oil
failure Of payment, their property shall be liable
for the same, as ID manner aad form just befor
stated.
SEC. g. The Intendant and Wardens elect, to
gethcr With Clerk and Treasurer, shall, during
their term of office, be exempt from street ant
police duty. Each Town Council shall. withir
one month after the expiration Of their term o
office, make out aud return to their successors IL
Office, full account of their receipts and expedi
lures during their term; which account shall b.
published in one or more papers of the town o.
County; and shalt pay over all moneys in thcil
possession belonging to the corporation, and de-
liver up all books, records and oiber papers Incl
dent to their Office, to their successors; and, OF
failure to do so they shall be liable to be fined in
sum not exceeding Eve hundred dollars, to be
collected by any proper action Of the To n
Conncil.
SEC. 10. That all Ordin ances or bylaw
passed by the Town Council cfSt. Stephens shall
be binding upon the citizens of said town the
same as the laws of the Stale.
SEC. II. All Acts and parts OF Acts inconsis-
tent or supplied by this Act, be, and the same are
hereby, repealed.
SIC. H. This Act shall be deemed public Act;
and continue in force for the term of twenty
yeas, and until the end of the Legislature there.
aflc..
rowE OF SUMTER.
Sc. IA: That from and Immediately after the
passage of this Act, all and every person or per-
sons, who are constita,iopally. qualified to vote
for members ofthe General Assembly of this
State, and who may reside within the presen.
corporate limits of the Town of Sumter for sixty
days Immediately preceding an annual election
for Intenl.,nt and Wardens, are hereby declared
members Of the said corporation.
SEC. Is. Tha: the said persons and their sue
shall, fron and after the passage Of this Act
become body corporate an polite, and shall be
known and called by the name of the town of
Sumter; they shah have common sesl, may sue
and be sued, implead and he impleaded in any
Cour in this-S,ate, and may Purchase. hold, pos.
sess and eni"y 10 them and their successors, in
perpctuity, or for any term of years. any estate,
reel. ps.sosai o, mixed.
town shall be and arc hereby vested in an Inten-
dant aud four Wardeus, to be chosen as herein
after mentioned and directed, who shall be
dcnominated the Intendant and Wardens of the
town of Sumter. and shall be- persons who actu-
ally reside within the limits Of said corporation,
AMI have so resided for at least sixty days
Immediately preceding their election.
SEC Il. That on the second Tuesday in April
Of each year an election fer Inteudant and War
lcns shall be held at such convenient place or
places within said town IS may be designated by
said Iutendant and wardens (; at which election
al! persons as havc-been before declared members
OF the said corporation shall be entitled to vote by
general ballot; the polls shall DO opened from
six in the morning until six in The evening.
SEC. is. That the Intendant and Wardens
elected as above directed. before they enter upon
the duties their Office, shall, in addition to the
oath prescribed in Section 80 Of Ar cle II Of the
Constitution, take the following oath, to witt
Sumter, do so'emnly swear (or afSffm) that will
equally and impar,aly, to the best of my skill
and Judgment. exercise and discharge the trust
reposed in mc, and will endeavor to carry into
effect the purposes for which have been elected :
So help me Cod And that the said Intendant
and any two Of the Wardens shall constitute
quorum for the transaction of business and in
ease of the death, resignation, or abse.ce from
town of the Intendaut aforesaid. the said War
dens, Of minority Of them, shall elect from
among themselves an lntendsnt to fill such
vacancy oeeasionsd as aforesaid, and that in
case ofdeath, removal from Office, or resignation
of any of the said Wardens, then, and in such
case, tie Ip,cndant and any two Wardens shall
appoint time aud place for election Of another
Warden to ell the vacancy. 50 occRs!oned, after
having given ten days previous notice of-such
eleclion.
SEC. 10. That the Tntendant may, IS often as
occasion may require, sunmonS5the Wasdeus to
meet together; and the said sIntendant and
wardens shall have, and are hereby vested with
fall and ample power, from time to time, under
their common seal, to make all sueh Ordinances,
rules and regulations relative to thesstreets.
roads, ways and markets of; the, paid town, as.
they may think proper and necessary, and
tablish such bylaws ar may tend to preserve tbe
quietude, peace, safety and good order Of @N
inhabitants thereof, not inconsistent with the
Constitution and laws Of the State, and that
they may impose 6ues and penalties for the vio-
lation thereof, which mny be recovered in q sum-
mary may before the said Intendans end War
dens. as hereinafter provided, and each and every
one of then. shall be Magistrate, Trial Justics,
or Justiee of the Peace ss either ofsuch officers
shall exis. in this stsae, within the limits Of the
SAID town, end shall otherwise be vested with
all power and suthosity, tbst such oatcsr may
b vested with thseushOut the Stats, exospt. Il
civil cases Provided nerertkeiess. That alEsuch
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