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Same IS neTeCy, !9lSs - ~ -
- hssh furnitnrs for the 'bu1tding Known
as the New Asylum" and ~ refsr,
pish the "Old Asylum"
SEC. 8. Thut the sum Of two thou.
sand (S2. 2.O00) dollars be, and the san'e
is hereby arnropriated for the pur
pose of building chimneys, and fur.
nishing stoves for heating the cold
Asylum"
Sc. i. That the above appropria.
tion of torty.seveu thousand 1000
dollars shall be paid by the State
Treasurer, upon tie order of the
Board of Regents Of I.unatic Asylum.
approved by the Governor, and the
said orders shall be vouchers 1or the
same.
Appro-ed March 8, 1871 :.
AN ACE to .1licr ond Rcnc,v tie CT:ar.
ter Of Tie 1o,va Of Darlington.
SECTION l. BE it enacted by the Sen
ate and House OF Representatives Of the
State OF South Caroiins, now met anG
sitting in General Assembly, and by
the authority OF the same:
That an Act entitled can Act tt
incorporate certain towns and villages
approved on the 18th day Of January, \
D., one thousand eight hundred ant
sixty, be, and the same is hereby, alter
ed and amended as follows, to wit
That from aud after the passage Of this
Act, all and every person or persons
who shall have resided within the cor
porate limits Of village Of Darlington
Tor two months, are hereby declared
to be members of the: corporation
hereby to be created.
SEC. 2. That the said persons shall
from and after the passage OF this ACT
become a body polite and corporate, anc
shall be known and called BY the name
of the town of Darlington, and its co;ro
rate limits shall extend one and onc-hal
mile from the Court House except OF
tie northeast; east and northwest sides
WHICH shall be bounded by Swift Creeh
and indian Branch.
SEC. 3. That thesaid town shall be gov
erned by an Intendant and four Wardens
who shall have resided i'll the State one
year, and within the limits OF the corpora
ton fer two months Immediately prece
ding their election. The said Intendan
and Warlells shall be elected OH the sec
ond Monday Of the month of April il
each year, ten days notice being
previously given; and shall con
1lnue in office two years, ant
until the election and qualification O
their successors; and all male lnhab!
tants of said town, who shall have
attained the age of twenty-one years
and cesided therein sixty days iH1me
diately preceding the election, shall b:
7 .4o f>r coil Inta10nt
Wardeas. ..,s,,-..,;, 49,.
SEC. i. That the said election shall be
held in some convenient public place III
said town from six o'clock in the morn
Jug until six o'clock in the evening
and when the polls shall be closed, tho
managers shall forthwith count th(
votes and declare the election, giving
notice ip writing, to. the persons elect
ed. The Intendant and Wardens for the
time being shall always appoint tht
Managers to conduct the election, who
before they open the poll for said elec
Lion shall take an ath fairly and impair
italy to conduct the same. And the
Intendant and Nar6ens before entering
upon the duties of their offices, shall
respectively, take the oath prescribed by
The Constitution Of this State, and
also the following oath, to wit: "As
5ntendant Tor Warden) of the town OF
Darlington, I will equally and, impair
TALLY, to the best Of my ability, eXer:
else the trust reposed in me, ano
will use my best endeavors to preserve
the peace and carry into effect, according
to law, the purposes for which 1 have
been elected: So help Ele God.' And
any person, upon being elected Inten
.dant Warden, shall refuse toact as sucl
9e shall forfeit aud pay to said ToWl
Council the sum of twenty dollars, fo
the use ofsaid town: Provided, That ne
person who has attained the age of sixty
Years shall be compelled to serve il
either of said Offices; nor shall any
other person be compelled to serve, more
than one year in any term OF three years
SEC.5 That in case q varancy shouldo &C
cur in the otlice,of Intendant or any OF tn
Wardens, by death, resignation, or other
wise, an election to fill such vacanc.
shall be held, by the appointment o
the Intendant and Warden, or Wardens
.as the case may be, ten days previous
notice being given and in case of sick
ness; or temporary absence OF the lnten
.dant, the Wardens, forming a council
shall he empowered to elect Que Q
their number to act as Intendant during
the time.
SEC. s. That the Intendantand Warden
- duly elected and qualified, shall, during
their term Of service, sere"aliy and re
spectiyely, be vested with all the power
of Trial Justice or other lnferio
Court. And the attendant shall
and may, as often as may b
necessary, summon the Wardens t
meet in Council, any two of whom, will
the In:endant, or any three NaE'scr
may constitute q quorum to tranSac
business, and they shall be known b,
tho name of the Town Council q
Darlington, and they, and their sue
ccssors hereafter to be, elected, ma.
have q common seal, which shall b
affixed to all their ordinances, may su
and be sued, plead and be, impleade'
in any Court of law or equity in TIN
State, and purchase, hold, possess an'
enjoy to them and their successors, il
perpetuity, or for any term of years
any estate, real, personal Or mixed, ant
sell, alien and convey the same: Prova
ded, The same shall not exceed at an.
one time, the sum of ten thousand, dol
lars. And the Intendant and Warden
shall have full power to make am
establish all such rules, bylaws and or
dinances respecting the ROADS, streets
market and police of said town, a
shall appear to them necessary ant
requisite for the security, welfare an'
convenience Of said town, or TOR pre-
serving health, peace, order and goo
within the same; and all TIA
bylaws, rules and ordinances til
said Council may make shall, at ell time
be subject to revisal or repeal by tn
General Assembly of this State. An
the said Council may fix and impose fine
and penalties for the violation thereof
and appropriate the same to the publ
uses Of the said corporation: Provitieo
That no fine shall exceed fifty dollar
for any one Offence.
cEo > That the Tntandant and Ward