Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-05-12
Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the
Legislature-Session 1870 and 1871.
COFFICIAL,l

House of Representatives OF the State Of
South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen.
eral Assembly, und by the authority of the
same: That from and after the passage Of
this Act, all citizens of this State having re
sided sixty days in the Town of Yor Vile,
shall be deemed, and arc hereby declared to
be body polite and corporate, and the said
town shall be called aud known by the name
OF Yorkyille, and it's corporate limits shall
extend one mile in each direction from the
Court House in said town
SEC q That the suid town shall be gov.
erned by an lntendant aud four Warens.
who shall DO citizens Of the United States,
and shall have been residents of the said
town for sixty days, immediately preceding
their election, who shall be elected on the
second Monday o. January, in every year,
fifteen days public notice thereof being pre-
viously given; and that all 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 prcce
ding the election, shall be entitled to vote for
said lntendant and Wardcns
SEC. 3. That the election for said Tntcn.
dant and Wardens of the said town shall be
held in tho Court House, or some other con
venient public place in the said town, from
nine O. 'clock in the morning until five o'clook
IN tae afternoon and when the polls shall be
closed, the managers shall forthwith count the
votes and proclaim the election and give no
tlce IN writing to the persons elected The
!ntendant and Wardcrs shall appoint three
managers to hold the ensuing and any subsc
quent election. Whenever there shall not be
M lntendant aud Wardcns, or Intcndant and
warden, from any cause whatever, it shall be
the duty of the Clerk of the Court for York
County to order such election forthwith, and
appoint three Managers for the same The
Managers in each case shnll, before thcy
open the polls for said election, take an oath
falrly and impartially to conduct the same.
And the lntendaut and Wardens before Gu.
terlng upon the duties Of their respective
ofhces, shall take the oath prescribed by the
CONSTITUTION OF this State. and also the fol-
lowing oath, to w.t. Gas Intendant or War.
den OF the Town Of Yorkvillc, l will equally
and lmrartially, to The best Of my ability,
exercise tho trust reposci in me, and will use
my best endeavors to preserve the peace and
carry into effect, according to law, the pur.
poses Tor which have been elected So help
lne God" The said Intendant and Wardens
shall hold their Offices from the time of their
election until the second Monday in January
ensuing, and until their SUCCESSORS shall be
elected and qualified
SEC 4. That in case vacancy should oc
cur in the Office of Intendant or any of the
Wardcns, by death, resignation, removal, or
otherwise, or in case Of a tie in said election
an election to fill such vacancy shall be held
ny tho appointment of the Intcndant and
Wardens, or Warden, as the case may be, or
the Clerk CT the Court of York County, if
there should be no Intcndant or Wardens.
ten days notice thereof being previously Civ.
en-; and in case of the sickness or tcmpora
ry absence of the Intcndant, the Wardens,
forming Council, shall DO empowered to act
In his stead during the time
SEC 8. That tho Intendant and Wardens
duly elected and qualified shall during their
term of service, severally and respectively,
be vested with all the jurisdiction and powo,s
heretofore granted to Magistrates in this
State. And the Intendant shall and NAV. as
often as he may deem necessary, summon th.
Wardens to meet the Council, any two Of
who II, with the Intsndlnt, may constitute .
quorum to transact business; and they shall
DO known by the name Of the Town Council
OF Yorkvl'e; and they and their successors
hereafter to be elected may have Il common
'oo'1 ""'o' ohail w HIISt u 10 all Ln0lr Orul
nanccs. And the said Town Council shall
have authority to appoins. from time to time,
as they may sec fit, such and SO many proper
persons to act as marshas or constabcs of
said town as the said Town Council nav deem
necessary and cxpedicnt for the preservation
OF the peace, good order aud police thereof,
which. persons so appointed shall, within the
corporate limits of said town, have the power,
privileges and emo umcnts, and be subject to
all the obligations, penalties and regulations
provided by law Tor the office of constable,
and shall be liable to be removed at the plea
sure of said Council And the said Town
Council shall have power to establish 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 mako all such
rules, bylaws and ordinances respecting the
streets, roads, market house, and the business
thereof, and the police system of said town
as shall appear to them necessary and proper
for the security, welfare and conveuence and
for preserving health, order and good govern
ment within the same. And the said Town
Council may impose fines for offences against
their bylaws and ordinances, and nppropr;.
ute the sme to the public use of said town
and the said Council shall have the same
power which Trial Justices now have to com.
pei the attendance of witnesses, and rcetuir
ing them to give evidence upon the trial be-
fore them of any person for violation oil
any of their BY laws or ordinances; but nc
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