The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-16
IoFF1CIAL.
ACTS AND JOINT REVOLUTIONS

and 1871.
AN ACT TO GRANT, RENEW AND AMEND TIE
CHARTERS OF CERTAIN TOWNS AND Wiz
LAGEs THEREIN MENTIONED.
SECTION l. BE IL enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting i'll General Assembly, and by the
authority of tho same:
VILLAGE OF ST. STEPHENS
That from and after the pnssage OF
this Act, all citizens of this State, having
resided twelve months within the State,
and sixty days in the village of st. Ste
phens, shall be deemed, and are hereby
declared to be, n body polite and corpo-
rate; aud the said village shall be called
and known by the name of st. Stephens,
and its corporate limits shall extend
thrce-fourths of mile in each direction
from the depot of tho North h-eastern
Railroad.
SEC. 2. That the said village shall be
governed by an Intendant and four War
dens, who shall be citizens Of the United
States, and who shall have resided in
this Stnte twelve months, and shall have
been residents of the snid village sixty
days Immediately preceding their cleo
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 preyi.
onsIy given; and that nil male inhab-
tants OF tho nge of twenty ono years,
citizens Of the State, and who shall have
resided within the State twelve mouths.
md in ihe snid village sixty DAYS imme-
diately preceding the election, shall be
entitled to vote for snid Intendaut and
Wardtns, paupcrs and persons under
disabilities for crime excepted.
SEC. 3. The said election shall be held
at some convenient public place in said
village, from eight o'clock in tho morn
ing until four o'clock in the afternoon;
and when the polls shall be closed, the
managers shall forthwith count the votes
and declare the election, and give notice
thereof, in writing, to the Intendant
therein being, who shall, within two
days thereafter, give notice, or cause the
elected: Provided, The Commissioners
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 commissioners, the same as other
elections held in this State. Aud the
said commissioners shall count the votes
and declare the election, and notify the
persons so elected Intendant and War
dens OF the said village. The Intendant
and Wardens, before entering upon tie
duties OF their Office, shall, respectively,
take the oath prescribed by the Consti-
tuition OF the Stnte, and also the follow
ing oath, to wit: tAs Intendant Tor War
DEM OF the village of ST. Stephens, I
will, equally and impartially, to the best
of my ability, exercise tho trust reposcd
in me, and will use my best endenvors
to preserve the peace and carry into
effect, according to law, tho purposes for
which hnye been elacted: So help me
God" And if any person, upon being
elected Intendant for Warden, shall re.
fuse to act as such, lie shall forfeit aud
pny to the Council the sum of twenty
dollars for the use of the said village:
iroriaed, That no person who has ut.
tanned the age OF sixty years shall he
compelled to serve in either of said
Offices; nor shall any other person be
compelled to serve, either MS an Intend
ant or Warden, more than ono year in
any term Of three years. The Intend.
ant md Wardens, for tho time being,
shall always appoint one or more boards
Of managers three managers for each
board) to conduct tue election, who, be.
fore they open the polls. slnll take IN
oath fairly and impartially to conduct
tie same
SEC. A. Tint in case vacancy shall
occur in the Office of Intcndnnt, or Of
any OF the Wardens, by death, resigna
tion, removal, or otherw ise. an election
to fill such vacancy, shall be held by
order of the Intcndnnt and Wur.lens, or
majority Of the same, ten days public
notice being previously given; md in
case of sickness or temporary absence of
the Intend.lnt, the Wardens forming the
Council, shall be empowered to elect one
OF the number to act ns Intendunt during
the time.
SEC. 5. That the Intendent ana Ward
ems duly elected and qualified shall, dur
ing their term OF service, scyerally and
respectively, be vested with oil the pow
crs OF Trial Justices or Justices Of the
Peace. ns tho case may be, in this State,
within the limits of tue said villngc, cx.
cept for the trial OF small and mean
cases; and the Intendant SHALL or may,
aa often ns is necessary, summon tho
Wardens to meet in Council, any three
OF whom, with the Intondant, shall con-
stltute quorum to transact business,
and they shall be known rs tho Town
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