The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-06-24

1870, and every year thereafter OH the
second Monday in January, ten days
public notice thereof being previously
given /; and that ali male inhabitants of
the age of twenty-one years, citizens of
the State, and who shall have resided in
the said town for sixty days Immediately
preceding the election. shall be entitled
to vote for said intendant and wardens.
SEC. II. That thu election for iutei-
dant and wardens of the .s.said town shall
be held In some convenient house, or
some other convenient public place in
the said town, from nine o'clock in the
morning until FIVE 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, in wiring, to the persons eected
The intcndant aud warIens shall appoint
three managers to hold the ensuing aud
any subsequent election Whenever
Il e shall no. be an iutcndant and war.
dcns. or intcndant and warlon, from any
cluse whatever, it shall be the duty OF
the clerk of the court of Abbeville
county to oder 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
l.l
tic same and that the intcndant and
wardens. before entering upon the duties
OF their respective offices, shall take the
oath prescribed by the constitution of
this State, aud. also, the following oath,
to vii: GAS intcndant, or warden of the
town of Cokcsbury, | will equally and
in'partially, to the best of my ability,
exercise the trust reposcd in me, aud |
will use my best cndcavors to preserve
the peace and carry into effect, according
tn law, the purposes for which have
been elected F: So help me God" The
said intendant aud wardeus shall hold
oufccs Ir1ru7snU- ertIu UT thr',t -cscrstou
until the second Monday in January en-
suing, and until their successors shall be
elected and qualified
SEC. rs. That in case n vagrc ncy
should occur in ithe Office of the inten-
dant, or any of the wardens, by death,
resignation, removal or otherwise. or in
4 case of a tie in said election, an election
to fill such vacancy shall be held by the
appointment of the intendant and war
dens Cor warden) as the care may be, or
The clerk OF the court of Abbcville
countj, if there should be no intondant
or wardens, ten days public notice
thereof being previously given and ii.
case of the sickness or temporary absence
Of the iutcndant, the wardens forming
council, shall be empowered to elect on c
of their number to act in his stead
during the time.
SEC. 70. That the intendant and war
dcnS, duly elected and qualified, shall,
during their term Of service, sevcrally
and respectively, be vested with all the
jurisdiction and powers Of magistrates
within thc limits of said town and the
lntendant shall, aud may, us often as lie
may deem necessary, summon the war
dens to. meet in council, any two of whom
with the intcndant, may constitute a
quorum to transact business, and they
shall be known BY the iiaine of the town
council OF Cokcsbury, and they and their
successors, hereafter to be elected, NAV
haze Il common seal, which shall be
affixed to all the ordinances and the
said town c"nnrii shall have onthnritv fo
appoint, from time to time, as they see
ut, such, aud so many, proper persons, to
act as marShals cr constabies of the said
town. as the said town council may deem
necessary and cxpcdient, for the prcser-
vation of the peace, good order and po-
lice thereof, whichspersons so appointed
shall, within the corporate limits of said
town, have the powers, privileges aud
emoluments, and be subject to all the
obligations, penalties and regulations
provided by law, for the Office of consta-
bic, and shall be liable to be removed at
the pleasure of said council, and the
said town council shall have power to
est blish, or authorize the establishment
of the market house in said town. And
the SAID town council shall have full
power and authority, under their corpo-
rate seal, to make all such rules, bylaws