The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-02-22

TRAY EhSE.
Be it enacted by the Senate aud House
of Representatives of the State ofSouth
Carolina, now met and sitting 10 General
Assembly, and by the authority Of the
same, That traverse of an indictment
shall not, in any Court of criminal
jurisdiction 10 this State, Of itself, oper-
ate to continue the case.
Approved February IL, 1871.
AN ACT TO RENEW AND AMEND THE
CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SPARTAN.
BURG.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House Of Representatives,
of the State of South Carolina, now met
and sitting 10 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
twelve months within the State, and
sixty days 10 the town of Spartanburg,
shall be deemed, and are hereby de-
clared to be, body polite and corporate;
and the said town shall be called and
known by the name Of Spartauburg,
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 Intendans and six War.
dens, who shall be citizens Of the United
States, and who shall have resided il
this State twelve months, and shall have
been residents of the said town sixty
days Immediately preceding their elec.
ton, and who shall be elected on the
second Monday in September of each
year, ten days public notice Thereof
being previously given; and that al
male inhabitants of the age Of twenty
one years, citizens Of the State, and who
shall have resided within the State
twelve M onths, and in the said town
sixty days, Immediately preceding the
election, shall be entitled to vote fol-
said Intendant aud War lens. Paupers
and persons under disabilities for crime
excepted.
Sec. 8. The said election shall b.
held at some convenient public place ii
said town, from eight o'clock in the
morning until four o'clock in the after.
noon ; and when the polls shall be closed
the Managers shall forthwith count the
votes and declare the election, aud give
notice thereof, in writing, to the luteu
dant then being, who shall, within two
days thereafter, give notice, or cause
the same to be given, 10 the persons
duly elected. The Intendant and War
dens, before entering upon the duties o.
their Offices, shall respectively take the
oath prescribed by the Constitution o.
this State, and also, the following oath
to wit: GAS Intendant Cor Warden) o.
the town of Spartauburg, 1 will equally
and impartially to the best ofmy ability
exercise the trust reposed in me, and
will use my best endeavors to preserve
the peace aud carry into effect, accord
ing to the Law, the purposes for which
l have been elected So help me God.
And if any person, upon being elected
Intendant or Warden, shall refuse te
act as such, he shall forfeit aud pay K
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 compelled tc
serve in either of said Offices; nor shal
any other person be compelled to serve
either as Iotendant or Warden more
than one year in any term of three
years. The Inteudant and Wardens
for the time being shall always appoint
one or more Boards of Managers, three
Managers for each Board. to couducl
the election, who, before they open the
polls, shall take an oath fairly aud i'm
partially to conduct the same.
Sec I. That in case vacancy shall
occur in the Office Of Inteudant or any
os the Wardens, by death, resignation
removal or otherwise, an election shall
be held to fill such vacancy, BY order Of
the Iutendaut aud Wardens, or ma
;ority of the same, ten days public
notice being previously given; and in
case of sickness or temporary absence
of the Intendant, the Wardens forming
the Courcil shall be empowered to eject
one of their number to act IS attendant
during the time.
Sec. S. That the Intendans and
Wardens duly elected aud qualified,
shali during their term Of service,
scverally and respectively be vested
with ali the powers Of Trial Justices, OF
Justices of he CAGE, as the case may
be, in this. State, within the limits Of
the said town, except for the trial Of
civil cases. And the Intendant shail or
may, as often as is necessary, summon
the Wardens to meet in Council, any
three Of whom with the Iutendant, OF
any four Of the Wardens, may constitute
a quoram to transact business, aud they
shall be known as the Town Council Of
Spartanburg. And they and their sue.
cessors in Office, hereafter to be elected,
may have common seal, which shall
be affixed to all their Ordinances; may
sue aud be sued, plead aud be implead.
ed in any Court of Justice in this State,
and purchase, hold, possess and enjoy to
them and their successors, in perpe.uity,
or for any .fm Of years, any estate,
real, ,rsoual or mixed, and sell, alien
or convey the same: Provided. The
same shall not exceed at>any one time,
the sum Of ten thousand dollars. And
the said Town Council shall have au-