The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-06-24
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rate Of ten eentsson. each hundred dol
lars of such assessed property and that
the money SO raised shall be applied to
the use Of said town. an sa:a town
council shall have power to enfor;c the
payment Of all taxes leyisd By the said
town council, to the same extent, and in
the same manner rs is now, or Gsicafser
shall be provided by law fof the eollec-
tion Of the general State taxess spT
SEC. SO. That the said towns council
of Cokesbury shall bayes peHcr to regu-
late sales at auction within. the limits Of
said town, and to grant licenses to auc-
tioneers Provided, nothing herein con-
tanned shall exgend to sales by sheriff.
clerk of the court, judge so9 probate,
coroner, executor or administrator, as
slgnee in bankruptcy, or by, any, other
person, out or the order, decree Of any
court, justice of the peace, or mag magistrate.
SEc. s6. That this acc sliali I'd deem
ed public act, and shall scoitfdue Of
force for twenty years, aadtiIl the end
of the session of the geaersl ASSEMBLE ee
said State then next following; and ali
acts of interpretations or amendments
thereof, repugnant thereto, are hereby
repealed. g shosa
To,cn Of Oyange5ar5!
SEC. 81 That an act entitIs anan act
to in corporate the town of OFangeburg, o
approved on the seventeetnsaey. of De.
cembcr A. D. 1896, be, and 4 1e. same is
hereby, altered and amended as follows:
That from and after the yassage Of this
act, all and every person Or persons, who
shall have resided within tRs corporate
limits of the town of 0rangstlrg for
sixty days are hereby dselare5 to be
member ofthe corporation hereby to be
created. =
| SEC. 49, That the said persons shall,
from the passing Of this act, become a
body polite and corporate, aGdsshall be
ku 1wn aud eaiiiiedi tie Il .Ss.sse ss ss tie .,s
Town Of QrapIeburg, : and its corpo-
rate limits shall extend one mile in eye-
I
centre, except on the next to nsrth edis-
to river, which rivers shah iceaSBitnte the
boundary inthat direction. sysw
Sec. 80. That the. said town, shall be
governed by mayor and four aldcrmen,
who shall have resided in the State for
one year, and within the limits of the
corporation for sixty days immediately
preceding their election a The said
mryor and alderman shall be elected ON
the second Tuesday in September, ten
days notice being previously given, and
shall continue in office for two years,
and until the election asiRf qualification
of their successors; and all male inhabi-
tants of said town, whodshali haze attain
ed the age of twenty one years, and re.
sided therein sixty days immediately
preceding their election, shall be enti-
tied to vote for said mayor and alder
| men. @% a5IaSf
SEC. so. That said clcetsonfshali be
held in some convenient public, place in
said town from eight o,clock in the
morning until FIVE o'clock in the eve
ming; and when the polls shall be closed
the managers shall forthwith count the
votes and declare the electionj giving
notice in writing to the personssel selected.
The mayor and alderman for, the time
being shall always appoint the, managers
'e conduct the election, wee, before they
open the poll for said election, shall take
an oath fairly and impartialIy to con-
duct the same. And the mayor and
aldermen, before entering upon the du-
tins of their Offices. shall. respectively,
take an oath prescribed by the constitu-
ton of this State, and also the following
oath, to wit CAS- mayor Cor aItlermeu)
of the town of 0rangeburg, will equal
y and impartially, to the best of my
ability, exercise the trust sreposed in me,
and will use my best endeayors to pre-
serve the peace, and caray into effect
according to law, the purposes for which
have been elected So help me God"
SEC. 81. That in case ia vacancy
should occur in the Office of mayor or
any of the aldermen, by death, resigna-
tion or otherwise, an election TO gil such
vacancy shall be held by the appoint
mcnt of the mayor and alderman, or
aldermen. as the case NAV ho 90, l..,