The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-06-24
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rate OF tep cents on. each hundred ooi-
lars of such assessed property; and that
the money SO raised shall be applied to
the nse of said town. d s'i G isoy said tows 2
council shall have power to enforre the
payment of all taxes leYied by the said
town council, to the same extent, aud in
the same manner as is now, or hefeafter
shall be provided by law fof the eeollec-
tion of the general State taxes.;;ssT
SEC. S5. That tho said teBps council
of Cokesbury shall baye poEer4 to regu-
late sales at auction within The limits Of
said town, and to grant licenses to auc-
tioneers: Provided, nothing herein con-
tanned shall exlend to sales by Sheriff,
clerk of the court, judge aof probate,
coroner, executor or administrators, MS.
signee in bankruptcy, or by, any, other
person, out or the order, decree of any
court, justice of the peace, or magistrate.
SEC. S6. That this act shall be deem.
ed a public act, and shall seo1tfilue Of
force for twenty years, andtiIlsthe end
of the sessiun OF the generaLassembly of
said State then next following; and all
acts of interpretations or amendments
thereof, repugnant thereto, are are hereby
repealed. BARD
To,on of Orangebarg.
SEC. 81. That an act entitfsa aan act
to in corporate the town of OOraugeburg'
approved on the seventeetnsdsye of De-
cembcr A. d, 1886, be, and the same is
hereby, altered and amended as follows:
That from and after the yassage Of this
act, all and every person Or persons, who
shall have resided wi,hinsghe scerporate
limits of the town of Oranghdsg for
sixty days are hereby declared to be
member ofthe. corporation pga ion. hereby to be
created.
| SEC. SO. That the said persons shall,
from the passing ofthis act, Become q
body polite and corporate, aadsshall be
kn ,wn aud called by the ,name Of the
Town of Qran4 eburg,"., aud its corpo-
rate limits shall extend ono mile in ere.
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centre, except on the next to north eds
to river, which river@shhll eoastitnte the
boundary in that direction. sTgw
SEC. so. That the. said town,shall be
governed by mayor and four aldermen,
"ho shall have resided in the State for
one year, and within the limits of the
corporation for sixty days immediately
preceding their election. The said
mryor and alderman shall be elected ON
the second Tuesday in September, Ten
days notice being previously given, and
shall continue in office for two years,
and until the election aud qualification
of their successors; and all male inhabi-
tants of said town, whooshall have attain
ed the age of twenty one years, and re-
sided therein sixty days immediately
preceding their election, Shall be enti-
tied to vote for said mayor and alder
men. Ha- NAasf
SEC. so. That said clectson,shall be
held in some convenient public place in
said town FROM eight O'Clock, in the
morning until five o'clock in the eve
ming; and when the polls shall be closed
the managers shall forthwith count the
votes and declare the election, giving
notice in writing to the PERSONS elected.
The mayor and alderman. for the time
being shall always appoint the managers
to Conduct the election, WOO, before before they I'll
open the poll for said election, shall take
an oath fairly and impartially to con-
duct the same. And the mayor and
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ties of their Offices, shall, respectively,
take an oath prescribed by the constitu-
ton of this State, and also the following
oath, to wit: "As mayor (nr afaermen)
of the town of Orangeburg, twill equal
ly and impartially, to the best of my
ability, exercise the trust reposed in me-
and will use my best endeayors to pre-
serve the peace, and caray into effect
according to law, the purposes for which
have been elected So help me God"
SEC. 81. That in case vacancy
should occur in the Office of mayor or
any of the aldermen, by death. resigna-
ton or otherwise, an election TO fll sucl.
vacancy shall be held by the appoin,.
mcut of the mayor and alderman or
aldermen. as the cnsa ,nar he Ton j.. -,