The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-06-08
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ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 1870 AND 1871.
EoFFIcIAL.]
AN ACT to. Grant, Renew and Amend the
Charters of certain Towns and villages
therein mentioned.
> SECTION 4. BE 1T enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State OF South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General AS
senbly, and by the authority of the same:
VILLAGE OF ST. STEPHENS.
That from and after the passage of this Act,
allcithens Of this State, having resided twelve
months within the State, and sixty days in the
VILLAGE of st. Stephens, shall be deemed, and
are hereby deelared to be, a body polite and
corporate; and the said village shall be called
and known by the name of ST.. Stephens, and
its corporate limits shall extend OF
a mile in each direction from the Depot OF the
Northeastern Rail Road.
SEC. 2. That the said village shall be govern
edty an Intendant and four Wardens, who
shall be citizens of the United States, and who
shall have resided in this State twelve months,
and shall have been residents of the said village
sixty days Immediately. preceding their alec
ton, and who shall be elected on the fourth
Monday in March, 1871, and on the. same day
in each year thereafter, ten days public notice
thereof being previously given; and that all
maleinhabitants of theage of twenty.one years,
citizens of the State, and who shall have resi-
ded within the State twelve months, and IN the
said village sixty days Immediately preceedlng
the election, shall be entitled to vote for said
yv,fo o,,r5N persons
Under disabilities for crime excepted.
SEC. g. The said election shall be held at
some convenient public place in said village,
from eight. o'clock in, the morning until four
o'clock In the afternoon; and when the polls
shallibe closed the Managers shall forthwith
count the votes and. declare the election, and
give notice thereof, Id writing, to the 1ntendant
therein Being, who shall, within two days there
after, give notice, or cause the same tobe given,
to the persons duly elected: Provided, Inc Com
missioners of Election of Charleston County
shall call the first election under this Act and
Shall appoint Managers to conduct the same,
who shall make return thereof to the Commis-
sioners. the same as other elections held In this
State. And the said Commissioners, shall
count the votes and declare the election, and
notify the persons SO, elected Intendant and
Wardens of the said village. The Intendant
and Wardens, before entering upon the duties
of their office, shaI, respectively, take the oath
prescribed by the Constitution OF the State, and
also the following oath, to wit: "As Intendant
Tor Warden) of the village Of st. Stephens, l
will, equally and impartially, to the best OF my
ability, exercise the trustreposed In me, and will
use my best endeavors to preserve the peace and
carry into effect, according Law, the purpose
for which have been elected: 80 help me
God And if any person, upon belng elecEea
Tntendant or Warden, shall refuse to act as such,
he shall forfeit and pay to the Council the sum
of twenty dollars for the use of the said village;
Provided, That no person who has attained the
age of sixty years shall be compelled to serve
in either of said offices nor shall any other
person be compelled to serve, either as an In
ten,Iant or Warden, more than neyear IN any
ternY of three years The Intendant and War
dens, for the time being, shall always appolnt
one or more Boards Of Managers three Mana
gers for each Board) to conduct the election,
who, before they open the.pells, shall take an
oath fairly and impartially to conduct the
same.
SIC. 4. That in case avacancy shall occur in
the Office of .Intendart, or of any of the War
dens. by death, resignation, removal, or other
WISE an election to ill such vacancy, shall be
held by order of the Intendant and Wardens,
ora majoritytof tho same, ten days public no.
tice being previously given; and in case OF SICK
ness or temporary absence OF the lntendant,
the Wardens forming the Council shall be em-
powered to elect one of the number TO ace as
fntendant during the time. .aai.s
= Sire, 5. That the Intendant and WardeBs du-
II elected and qualified shall, during their term
Of service, seyerally and respectively, be vested
with ali the powers of Tfial Justice or Justices
of the Peace, as the case may be-, in this State,
within the limits Of the said village, except for
the trial of small and mean cases; and the In
tendant shall or may, as often as is necessary,
summon the Wardens to meet IN Council, any
three Of whom, with the Inteadant, shall con-
stitute quorum to transact business, and they
shall be known as the Town Council Of st. Ste
.phens. And they and their successors in office,
hereafter to be. elected, may have common
seal. which shall be fixed to all of their ordi-
:nances ; may sue and be sued, plead and be i'm
pleaded in any Court Of Justice in this State,
and purchase, hold, possess, and enjoy to them,
in perpetuity, or for any term of years, any es-
tate, real, personal or mixed, and sell; alien, or
convey the same: Provided, Thesame shall not
= exceed ut any one time, the sum. of ten thou.
sand dollars.s And the said Town Council shall
have authority to appoint from time to time, as
sons to act as Marsaals or Constables Of said
village, as said Council may deem necessary
and expediont for the peace, good orderand po- o
lice thereof, which persons SO appointed shall,
within the corporate limits of said village, have
the power and privileges, and be subject to all
the obligations, penalties and regulations pro.
yided by law for the Office Of Constable, and
shall be liable to be removed at the pleasure Of
said Council. And the said Town Council shall
have power to establish or authorize the estab-
lishment of q market house in said village al.
so 10 authorize the establishment of a guard
house, and to prescribe suitable rules and regu-
lations for keeping and governing the same.
And until the said guard house be established,
they shall be authorized TO use q room in the
common Jail of the County of Charleston, for
the confinement of all who may be subject to
be committed for violation of any ordinance,
-. o,,d roru}o+;onr of cold town And tbe