The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-04-12
LAWS OF THE STATE.
Acts and Joint REGULATIONS passed ~ 'ne
General Assembly Of Soaeh SstoiiHe'
sesgion Of iS7o-'51.
toFE1oIAL.l

Az ,cr ~ cHasrEa TIE TOWN OF YoRKy1LE.
SECTION Bet euaeed by the Senate and House
of Represen,atioes cfMe &ate Of South Carolina,
NOM met and sizing in General Assenlsy, and oy
tAe autso,ity of the same !: That from and after
the passage OF this Act, al citizens OF this State
having resided sixty days in the Town OF York
Vile ahell be deemed and are hereby declared to
be q body polite and Corporate, and the said
to- shall be called and known By the name OF
Y..-..llle, and its corporate limits shall extend
one mile in each direction from the Court House
10 said town.
Sec. 2. That the said town shall be governed
by an Intendsnt and four Wsrdens, who shall
be citizens of the United States, and shall
have been residents Of the said town ;or sixty
days, Immediately preceding their election, who
ehall be elected ON the second Monday OF
January in every year, fifteen days public notice
thereof beipg previously given; and that s1i msle
inhabitants OF the age Of twenty-one years, citi
zens Of the State, and who shall have resided IN
the said town for sixty days immediately preced-
ing the election, shall be entitled to vote for said
Intendant and Wardens.
SEC. 8. That the election for Interdant and
Wardens Of the said town shall be held In the
Court House, or some other convenient public
place in the said town, from nine o'clock in the
morning until Eve o'clock in the afterLoons and
when the polls shall be closed, the Managers shall
forthwith count the votes and proclaim the
election, and give notice in writing to the per-
SONS elected. The Intendant and Wardens shall
appoint three Managers to hold the ensuing
and any subsequent election. Whenever there
shall not 5e an Intendant and Wsrdens,
or Iatendant and Warden. from any cause
whatever, it shall be the duty of the Clerk OF the
Court for Yolk County to order such election
forthwith, and appoint three Managers for the
same. The Managers in each case shall, before
they open the polls for said election. take an oath
fairly and impartially to conduct the same. And
the In,endant snd Ward-ns before entering upon
the duties Of their respective Offices. shall take
the oath prescribed By the Constitution OF this
State, and also the following oath, to wit: "As
Intendsnt or Warden OF the Town OF iorkvllle,
,7il equally and impartially, to the beet OF my
ability, exercise the trust reposed in me- and will
use ruy best endesvors to preserve the peace and
carry into effect, according to Law, the purposes
for which have been elected So help me God"
The said Inteudant and Wardens shall hold their
Offices from ths time OF their election until the
second Monday in January ensuing, and until
their successors shall be elected and qualified.
SEC. 4. Tbatiu case vacancy should occur IN
the Office Of Inttndant or any of the Wardess, By
death. resignation, removal, or otherwise, or in
case of tie in said election, an election to fiji
such vacancy shall lie held by the appointment OF
tho Iutendant and Wardens, or Warden, as the
case may be, or the Clerk of the Court OF York
County, If there should be no Intendant or Ward
ems, ten days notice thereof being previously
given; aud in casc OF the sichness or temporary
absence OF the Intendant, the WArdens, forming
Council. Shall be empowered to set in his stead
during the time.
SEQ. 5. That the Iutcniant and Wardens duly
elected and qualified shall, during their term OF
service: severaly anil respectively, be vested
with sll the jurisdiction and powers heretofore
granted to Magistrates in this State. And the
Intendant shall and may, as often as he may
deem necessary, summon tho ~Wardens to meet
in Council, any two Of whom, with the In
teudant, may constitute quorum to transact
business, aid they shall be known by the
name of the Town Council Of Torkville; and
they and their successors hereafter to be
elected may baye common seal, which snAA
be affixed 10 ell the ordinances. And the SAID
Town Council shall have authority TO appoint,
from time to time, as they may SOS fit, such and
90 many proper persons to act as rparshas Or con-
stables of said togn as the raid Town Council
may deem IL eessary and expedient for the pre-
serration OF the peace, good order and police
therecS, which peesous 30 app 'nted shah, within
the corporate linits OF said town, have the power
privileges md amoluments, and be subject TO all
the obligations, pensltea and regulations PROVIDED
BY Law for tho office Of constable, and shall be
liable to be removed at the pleasure Of said Coun'
cf. And the said Tovo Council shall hsve power
TO estsblish or to authorize the establishment OF
The market house in said town. And the said
Town Council shall have full power and authority
under their corporate seal, to make all such rules
bylaws and ordinances respecting tho streets,
ro,de. market house, and the business there
of. and the police system OF said town, -
shall appear to them necessary and proper ior
the security, welfare snd convenience, and Tor
preserving health, order and good government
within the same. And the said Town Couacil
NAV impose fues for offences sgainst their
bylaws and ordinances, and appropriate the
same to the public use Of saidtoWn; and the said
Council shsIl haye the same power which Trial
Justices now have to compel tho attendsuee OF
witnesses, and requiring them to give evidence
mon the trial before them Of any person Tor
violation of any Of their bylaws or ordinances;
but no fine above the sum Of twenty dollars shall
be collected by the said Coancl. except BY suit In
the Court OF Common Pleas: Prouided, That no
fine shall exceed aty dollars; and, alsc thas moth
ing herein contained shan authorize The sid
Council to make any bylaws or ordinance pa
sistent with, or repugnant to. the law THU
stste;and all the bylaws, rules and ordinancsG
the said Council may make shall, Of al times. be
subject TO revisal or repeal BY the General Assem-
bly, OF this State. -
SIC. 6. That the said Intendant and WaFdens
shall have full power to abate and remove al nui-
ssncss in the said town; and 1t shal be their duty
to keep Ill roads, Ways and streets within the cor
rorate limits of the said town. open and in good
repair and for that purpose they are invested With
all the powers heretofore granted to coAmissj0-
ers Of Roads; snd shall have full power TO classify
and arrange the inhabitants Of said town liable to
street, road or other public duty therein. and 70
force the performances Of such duty, under such
penalties as are now, or ehall hereafter be, pre-
ecribed By law: Prooided, That the said Town