The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-06-08

twenty years, and until the end of the Legis-
lature thereafter.
TOWN OF SUMTER.
SEC. IA. That from and immediately after the
passage of this Act all and every person or
persons who are constitutiOnally qualified to
vote for members of the General Assembly of
this State, and who may reside within the pre-
sent corporate limits of the town of Sumter for
sixty days Immediately preceding an annual
election for Intendant and Wardens, are here
by declared members of the said corpora
ton.
SEC. rs. That the said persons shall, from and
after the passage of this Act, become body
corporate and polite, and shall be known and
called by the name of the town of Sumter ;
they shall have common seal, may sue and
be sued, implead and be impleaded in any Court
in this State, and may purchase, hold, possess
and enjoy to them and their SUCCESSORS, IN per-
petuity, or for any term of years, any estate,
real personal or mixed. =,
SEC. 16. That the municipal officers OF. said
town shall be and are hereby vested in an In
tendant and four Wardens, to be chosen as here
matter mentioned and directed, who shall be
denominated the Intendant and Wardens OF the
town of Sumter, and shall be persons who ac-
tuRlly reside within the limits of said corpora
ton, and have 80 resided for at least sixty days
Immediately preceding their election. >,
SEC. ~. That on the second Tuesday In April
of each year an election for lntendant and
Wardens shall be held at such convenient place
or places within said town as may be designa-
ted by said Intendant and Wardens; at which
election all such persons as have been before
declared. members of the said corporation, shall
be entitled to vote by general ballot; the polls
sbalI be opened from six in the morning until
six in the evening. :.
SEQ. 18. That the Intendant and Wardens
elected as above directed, before they enter up
on the duties Of their Office, shall, in addition
to the oath prescribed in Section 80 of Article
IIof the Constitution take the following oath,
to wit: "E as Intendant {oE Warden) of the
Town of Sumter, do solemnly swear Tor af6rm)
that will equally and impartially, to the best
of my skill and judgment, exercise and dis
charge the trust reposed in me, and will en-
deavor to carry into effect the purposes for
which have been elected So help me God." /"
And that the said Intendant and any two OF
the Wardens shall constitute quorum for the
transaction of business; ard in case of the
death, resignation, or absence from town OF the
Intendant aforesaid, the said Wardens, or ma
iority of them, shall elect from among them
selves an Intendant to fill such vacancy occa-
stoned as aforesaid, and that in case of death,
removal from Office, or resignation OF any of the
said Wardens, then, and in such case, the In
tendant and any two Wardens shall appoint q
time and place for election of another Warden
to fill the vacancy 30 occssioned, having given
ten days previous notice of nuch election.
SEC. 19. That the Intendant may, as often as
occasion may REQUIRE, summon the Wardens to
meet together; and the said Intendant and
Wardens shall have, and are hereby vested with
full and ample power, from time to time, under
their common seal, to make all such Ordinan-
ces. rules and regulations relative to the Streets
roads. ways and markets of said town, as they
may think proper and necessary, and establish
such bylaws as may tend to preserve the quie-
tude, peace, safety and goodord of the inhab-
itants thereof, not inconsistent with the Con-
stitution and laws of the State, and that they
may impose fines and penalties for the violation
thereof, which may be recovered in summary
way before the said Intendant and Wardens, as
hereinafter provided, and each and every one
of them shall be Magistrate, Trial Justice, or
Justice of the Peace, IS either of such officers
shall exist in this State, within the limits of the
said town, and shall otherwise be vested with
all power and authority that such officer may
be vested with throughout the State, except in
civil cases: Provided, nevertheless, That all
such Ordinances, bylaws, rules and regulations
so made, be duly promulgated, and that no such
fine in any one case, and for any single offence,
shall exceed the sum of fifty dollars.
Sec. 20. That when the fine imposed by the
said Intendant and Wardens by virtue of this
Act shall exceed twenty dollars, the same may
be recovered before any Magistrate, Trial JUS
tice or Justice of the Peace for Sumter County,
and when such fine shall be for twenty dollars
or under, they may be erecovered before the said
Intendant and Wardens, or any three of them /;
all which fines, when recovered, shall be applied
to the use of said town.
SEC. 81. That the said Intendant and War
dens shall have full and exclusive power to
grant or refuse licenses to keep taverns, to re-
tail spirituous liquors, or to keep billiard tables
within tho corporate limits of said town, and
to regulate the price of tho same: Provided,
That the said licenses shall not be fixed at low.
er rate than now, or hereafter to be established
by law. And they shall have power to impose
such restrictions and conditions upon the man
ner of using and exercising such licenses as
they may think proper, and all moneys paid
for such licenses as Court of General Sessions,
for retailing or keeping billiard tables without
licenses within the corporate limits of said town,
shall be received by said Intendant and war
dens for the use Of said corporation.
SEQ. %. That the said Intendant and War
dens shall have power and authority to impose
tho following annual taxes for the uses and pur-
poses of said town; that is to say, twenty cents
An tho voIuo of everv hundred dollars of real