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or the use of the said town, except

for the use Of the said town, except il
! such cases that executions to enforce The
| payment of such taxes, shall be ISSUED
under the seal of the corporation, ant
may be directed to the Town Marshal
0: other person appointed 10y the said
TwA Council to levy. collect and receive
| the same, with costs as in such case,
made and provided by law: and all
| property upon which such tax shall be
levied and assessed is hereby declared
and made liable for the payment thereof
in preference to all other debts. except
| debts due to the State, which shall be
first paid; and that all other taxes i'm
posed by the Intcndant and Wardcns,
or II majority of them, shall be payable
in advance by the parties liabls for the
same, and on failure Of payment, their
property shall he liable for the same, as
in manner and form Just before stated.
SEC. 8. The Intendant and Wardens
elect, together with Clerk and Trcasu-
rcr, shall, during their term of Office, be
exempt from street and police duty.
Each Town Council shall, within one
month after the expiration of their term
of office, make out aud return to their
successors in office, full account of
their receipts and expenditures during
their term which account shall he pub
lished in one or more papers OF the
town or County and shall pay over all
moneys in their possession belonging to
the corporation, and deliver up all
books, records ond other papers incident
10 their Office, to their successors; and
or failure to do so, they shall be liable
to be tiued in sum not exceeding five
hundred dollars, to be collected by any
proper action of the Town Council.
SEC. 10. That all Ordinances or By
Laws passed by the Town Council of
ST. Stephens shall be binding upon the
citizens of said town the same as the
laws Of the State.
SEC. II. All Acts and parts of Acts
inconsistent, or supplied by this Act, be,
and the same are hereby, repealed.
SEC. y. This Act shall bc deemed 4
public Act, and continue in force for tic
term Of twenty years, and unit! the end
Of the Legislature thereafter. -
TOWN OF SUMTER. -.
SEC. il. That from aud immediately
after the passage of this Act. all and
every person or persons, who are consti-
tutional!y qualified to vote for members
of the State, and who may reside within
the present corporate limits of the town
Of Sumter for sixty days Immediately
proceeding an annual election for In
terdant and Wardcns, are hereby de-
clarcd members OF the said corporation.
SEC. Is. That the said persons aud
their successors shall, from and after the
passage Of this Act, becomea botly cor
porate and petite, aud shall be known
and called by Tie name of the town of
Sumter: they shall have common seal,
may sue and be sued, impIraA and be
implicated in any Court in this State,
and may purchase, hold, possess and en-
joy to them and their SUCCESSORS, in per-
petui:y, or for any term of years, any
estate, real, personal or mixed.
SEC. IS. That the municipal Officers
OF said town shall be and are hereby
vested in an Iutrndant and four War
dens, to he chosen rs hereinafter mcn-
toned and directed, who shall be de-
the lntendant and WarCe:is
of the town Of Sumter, aud shall be per
sons who actually reside within the
limits 0i said corpo:aiinn, ana have SO
resided for at least sixty days inmedi-
atciv preceding their election.
SEC. II. That on the second Tuesday
n April Gf each year an election iur ln-
e!liaut AID Nardrii> shalt b. held lc
such convenient .'l;,ce or places within
aid town a. E.av be ics:-nsirI by said
and VA dem: 4! which clec-
ion ali s;:ch pals,'.Ii- :i$ have been hc!ure
declared ln.iuiIprS Ui tln said ror!rur;i-
.ion, ..ha:i be entitled 20 vote by general
Dai|ut; lhc polls shall be opened from
80 i,i Si ~ x
ing.
SEC. is. That the Intemtantand War.
lens elected as above d!vec,cd, before
hey enter un0n the duties of their oilicc
hail, III addition to the oath prescribed
in Section 80 OF Article II 0i the Cen
.litu;ion, take the following cath, to
wit: Il. as Intcndant tOr MaTdcn} Of
lie Town o. Sumter, do Snlemniy sweai
or ali my that will equally and i'm
partially. 10 the best Of nay skill and
uGrnrnt, exercise and discharge the
rust reposed ia me, and will eudeaver
20 carry into elect the parpo~cs for
Which I have been elected: So help me
God" Anh that the said IItenGant
and any two Of the WarGens shall cou-
St:tutc quorum for the transaction OF
business; ; and ii case Of the death, res
snatioa, or absence f'Om town OF the
lntcndant aforesaid, the said Waytlens,
n majority OF them. shall elect fror.:
.mong themselves az InteRdant 10 fill
he vacancy ccca*ioncd as aforesaid and
hat in case Of death, removal from OF
Iice, CT resignation of any of the said
Warden;;, then, and in such case, The
and any two Wardeus "hal!
appoint c time and place for election Of
another Warden to till the vacancy 80 ,
after having given zen days
irevious notice Of such election.
SEC. ~. That the IntcndaE: may, as
often rs occasion may require, summon
said Intendant and War,lcns shall have,
and are hereby vested with full and am
pie power, from time to time, usdcr
their common seal, to make all such Or
dinauces, rules and regulations relative
10 the streets, roads, ways and markets;
nf the said town, IS they may think
proper and neccssaoy, and establish
such bylaws as may tend to preserve
the 1uietude, peace, safety and good Or
der of the inhHbitant- thereof, not in
consistent with the Constitution and
laws of the State, and that they may
impose fines and penalties fer the viola
lion theaeof, which may he recovered
in summary way before the said III
lendant and War'lena, as hereinafter
provided. and each and every one Of
them shall be a Magistrate, Trial JUS
tice. or Justice of the Peace, aS either of
such officers shall exist III this State,
within the limits of the said towE, end
shall otherwise be vested with all power
ana authority that such officer may he
vested with throughout the State, except
in civil cases: Prorided, ncrcrfhe!ess,
That all such Ordinances, bylaw, rules
and regulations so made he duly pro-
mulgatcd, and that no a,!ch fine In any
one case, and for any si.Ialc offence,
shall exceed the sum Of fifty dollars.
SEC. 81. That when any fine imposed
by the said Int rlant aud Wa:d.nS by
yirt,e Of this Act stall exceed twenty