The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-01
LAWS OF THE STATE.
Acts and Joint Resolutions, Passed BY
tho General Assembly Of South Caro-
lina, Session OF 1s70-'71.
10 F FL IL

An ACT 10 charter the Town Of Hamburg.
sKc1oa 1. Be u enacted by the Senate and
Aouse of Representatives Of the. State OF South
Carolina, now met and sitting In General As
sembly, and by the authority OF the same:
That from and after the passage oithis .ct, all
citizens of this State having resided sixty days
In the Town Of Hamburg shall be deemed, and
are hereby declared to be, g body polite and
corporate; and the said town shall be called
and known by the name Of Hamburg, and it's
corporate limits shall be held and deemed to
extend from the Savannah Bridge, leading to
Augusta, Georgia; one mile west, one.hah
mile east, and one mile north.
SEC. q. That the said town shall be govern
ed by an intendant and four wardens, who
shall be citizens Of this State, and shall have
resided within the corporate limits Of said
town for sixty days Immediately preceding
their election, who shall be elected on the sec
ond Monday in April in every year, ten days.
public notice thereof being previously given;
and that all male inhabitants Of the age Of
twenty.one years, citizens Of this State, and
who shall have resided in the said town for
sixty days Immediately preceding ths election,
shall be entitled to vote for said intendsnt and
wardens. &
SEQ, s, That the election for inteudsnt and
wardeus Of the said town shall be held at the
town hall, in the said town, from eight O'Clock
in the morning until four O'Clock in the after
noon; and when. the polls shall be closed, the
managers shall forthwith count the votes and
proclaim the election, and give notice II writ
ing to the persons elected; the intendant and
wardens shall appoint three managers to bold
the ensuing and every subsequent election, ex-
cept the first, which shall be ordered by the
county commissioners Of Edgefeld County i'm
mediately after the passage Of this act. The
managers, in each case, shall, before they open
the polls for said electtoo, take an oath, fairly
and impartially to conduct the same; and the
intendant and wardens, 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
intendant Tor warden) Of the, Town OF HAM
burg, I will equally and impartially, to the best
Of my ability, exercise the trust reposed IN me,
and will use my b,st endeavors to preserve the
peace, and carry into effect, according to law,
the purposes for which nave been elected: so
help me God" The said inteudant and ward
ems shall hold their Offices from the time OF
their election until the second Monday in April
ensuing, and until their successors shall be
elected and qualified.
SEC. 4. That in case vacancy should occur
in the Office Of intendsnt or any Of the war
dens, by death, resignation, removal or other
wise, or in case Of a tie in said election, an
election to ill such vacancy shall bs held by
the appointment of the intendant and wardens
or warden, las the case may be,) or the county
comm issioners of Edgefeld County, if there
should be no intendant or wardens, ten days
public notice thereof being previously given;
and in case of the sickness or temporary abb
sence OF the Intendant, the wardens, forming q
council, shall be empowered to elect one Of
their number to act in his stead during the
time.
SIC. S. That the intendant and wardens,
duly elected md qualified, shall, during their
term of service, severally and respective
ly, be vested with all the Jurisdiction and
powers of trial justice, or any other inferior
court, within the limits Of the said town.
And the inteudant sLail and may, az often as
he may deem it necessary, summon the war
dens to meet in council, (any two Of tie war;
dens, With the intendant, shall constitute 3
quorum to transact business.) and they shall
be known as the town council Of Hamburg.
and they an their successors, hereafter to be
elected, may have common seal, which shall
be affixed to all the ordinances. And the said
town council shall have authority to appoint,
from time to time, as they may see tit, such
and 80 many proper persons to act as mar
shals or constables Of said town as the
said town council may deem necessary
and expedient Tor the preservation Of
the peace and good order Of the
town, and the persons 30 appointed shall, with
in the corporate limits of said town, have the
power, privileges and emoIuments, and be sub
ject to all the obligations, penalties and reeu'
lations, provided by law for the Office OF con-