The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-14
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ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
Passed IN HE Le1isldture-. Session 1870

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AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TowS Of
FLORENCE.
SECTION l. BE il enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the
State OF South Carolina, now met and
sitting IN General Assembly. and by tho.
authority Of tho same, That from and
after tho passage Of this Act, all and
every person or persons who shall hnye
resided IN the corporate limits Of tho
village OF Florence for two months, are
hereby declared to be members of the
corporation hereby to be created.
SEC. 2. That tho said persons shall,
from and after the passage of this Act,
become body polite and corporate,
and shall be known and called by the
name Of the town Of Florence, and its
corporate limits shall extend one mile in
every direction from the corner of Front
and Dnrgan streets, in said town.
SEC s. That the said town shall bc
governed by m Intendant and four War
dens, who shall have resided in the State
Tor one year, and within tho limits Of the
corporation for sixty days Immediately
preceding their election. Tho said In
tendant and Wartlcns shall be elected on
the second Monday of the month of
April, IN each year, ten days notice be-
ing previously given, aud shall continue
IN Office ono year, and until the election
md qualification of their successors;
and all male inhabitants of the said town
who shall have attained tho age of
twenty-one years, and resided therein
Two months Immediately preceding the
election, shall be entitled to vote for said
Intcndant and Wnrdens.
y SEC. 4. That the said election shall he
held III some convenient public place in
said town, from six o'clock IN tho morn
ing until six o'clock in the evening; and
when the polls shall be closed the ma.
nagers shall forthwith count the votes
and declare the election, giving notice in
writing to the persons elected. The In
tendant and Wardens, for tho time be-
ing, shall always appoint the managers
to conduct the election, who, before they
open the polls for the said election, shall
take an oath fairly and impartially to con-
duct the same. And the Intendant and
Wardens, before entering upon the duties
OF their Offices, shall. respectively, take
the oath prescribed by the Constitution
OF the State, and the following oath, to
wit: "As intendant Tor Wurdens) OF the
town of Florence, will equally and i'm
partially, to the best of my ability, ex.
ercIse the trust reposed in me, and will
use my best endeavors to preserve the
peace, and carry into effect, according to
law. the purpose for which I have been
elected: SO help me God" And if any
person, upon being elected Iutendnnt or
Warden, shall refuse to act as such, he
shall forfeit and pay to tho said Town
Council the sum of twenty dollars, for
the use Of said town: Proriled, That no
person who has attained the age Of sixty
years shall be compelled to serve in
either Of the said Offices, nor shall any
other person be compelled to servo more
than one year in any term of three
years.
SEC. 5. That in case my vacancy
should occur in the Office of Intendant,
or my of the Wardens, by death, re-
signation or otherwise. an election to fill
such vacancy shall be hold, by the ap-
pointment Of Intendant and Warden or
Wardens, as the case may be, ten days
previous notice being given; md in case
OF sickness or temporary absence of The
lntendant, the Wardens, forming
Council, shall be empowered to elect one
of their number to act as Inteudant dur
ing the time.
SEC. G.. That the Intcndant and War.
dens duly elected and qualified shall,
during their term Of service, scverally
"nu AeoI'cclircly, Do vested With all the
powers OF Trial Justice or other infe-
rior court; and the Intendant shall aud
may, ns often ms may be necessary,
summon the Wardens to meet in Conn
ell, any two of whom shall, with The In
tendant, or any three Wardens, consti-
tnte quorum to transact business, and
they shall be known by the name of the
Town Council of Florence. And they
and their successors, hereaiter to he
elected, may have common seal, which
shall be affixed to NIL their ordinances,
may sue and be sued, may plead and be
impleaded in any court Of law or equity
III 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 personal, or mixed,
and sell, alien, or convey the same:
Provided, The same shall not exceed, at
any one time. tho sum of ten thousand
dollars. Aud the Intendant and War.
dens shall have full power to make and
establish NIL such rules, bylaws and
ordinances respecting the roads, streets,
markets and police OF said town, as
shall appear to them necessary and re-
quisite for tho security, welfare aud CON
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