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VOLUME sXVIII---NO. 49.

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that no loan shall be consummated
without the previous concurrence OF
the voters of the said town who are SUP,
ject to property tax, to be ascertainea
through the meCium Of the baliot-poH
and after ten days Of public notice, as Is
provided in the case Of election Dr IN
Iendant and Wardens.
Sec. 60. That the original charter OF
J Aiken, passed on the nineteenth day OF
December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and thirty five,
and all Acts, amepdatory thereof, as
well as others repugnant to this Act, be,
and the same are hereby repealed, ana
that this Act shall be deemed and taken
to be public Act, and shall continue IN
force for twenty years.
TOWN OF w1LL1sToN.
Sec. 81. and be it further enacted,
That the charter of the town of Willis
ton, In the County of Barnwell, be-, and
the same is hereby, renewed and eX-
tended for the term of fourteen years
from the date of the passage OF this
Act.
s. TOWN OF GRAHAsf's.
Sec. 81. And be tt further enacted,
That all persons, citizens or the State of
South Carolina, who are now, or WHO
my hereafter become ,ssinhatiants of
the town OF Graham's, shall be deemed
and are hereby declared, a body polite
and corporate. and that the said town
shall be called and known by the name
of Graham's, and its limits shall be
deemed and held to extend one-half
Gile in each direction from the rail road
depot iii said town.
SEC. 69. That the said town shall be
governed by an Intendant and four
Wardens, who shall be elected on the
first Monday in September next, on
which day, as well as on the first Mon
day In September of every year there
after, an election shall be held for an
Intendant and four Wardens, who shall
be citizens of the State Of South Caro-
lina, and shall have been residents of
said town for sixty days Immediately
preceding said election, at such place in
said town as the Intendant and War
dens, who shall be citizens of the State
of South Carolina, and shall have been
residents of said town for sixty days
Immediately preceding said election, at
such place in said town as the Intend
ant and Wardens shall designate, ten
days notice, in writing, being previous
'ly given; and that all male Inhabitants
Of said town, of the age of twenty.one
years, who have resided therein sixty
days previously to the elections, shall be
entitled to vote for said Intendant and
Wardens, and the election shall be held
from nine in the morning until three
O'Clock in the afternoon, when the polls
shall be closed, and the manager Shall
count the votes, and proclaim the eIec-
ton, and give notice thereof, In writing,
to the person elected; and that the In
tendant and Wardens, for the time be-
ing, shall appoint the managers to hold
the ensuing election; that tho Intend
ant and Wardens, before eutering upon
the duties of their Offices, shall take the
oath prescribed by the Constitution of
this State, and also the following oath,
to wit: ''As Intendant, or Warden, Of
Graham's, will equally and impair
TALLY, to the best of my skill and abil-
ity exercise the trust reposed in me, and
will use my best endeayors to preserve
the peace, and carry into effect, accord
ing to law, the purpose of my appoint
ment: So help me God"
SEC. 81. That in case vacency shall
occur in the office of Intendant, or any
of the Wardens, by death, resignation,
removal from the State; or from any
other cause, an election shall be held by
the appointment Of the Intendant and
and Warden or Wardens, as the case
may be, ten days notice thereof, "a
aforesaid being given; and in case of
the sickness or Temporary absence of the
Intendant, the Wardens, forming q
Council, shall be empowered to elect
one Of themselves Ito act as Intendant
during such sickness or absense.
Sec. IS. That the Intendant and War
dens, duly elected and qualified, shall,
during their term of service, severally
and respectively, bevested with all the
powers of other incorporated towns of
this State, in matters civil and criminal,
within the limits of said town; thatthe
Intendant shall, as often as occasion
may require, summon the Wardens to
meet him in Council, majority of
whom shall constitute quorum for tie
transaction of business, and shall be
known by the name of the Town Coun-
Gil of Graham's, and they and their sue
cessors in Office shall have common
seal, and shall have power aud author
ity to appoint, from time to time, such
and so many proper persons to act as
Marshals 6r Constables, as they shall
deem expedient and proper, which Off
GERS shall have all the powers, privi-
leges and emoluments, and be subject to
ali the duties, penalties and regulations
provided by the laws of this State for
the office of Constable. And the Inten-
dant and Wardcns, in Council, shall
have power and authority, under their
corporate seal, to ordain and:establish all
such rules and bylaws and ordinances,
respecting the streets, ways, public wells
and springs or fountains of water, mar
kets and poll of the said:town, and
for preserving health, peace, order and
good government within the same, as
they may deem expedient and proper;
aud the said Council may affix fines for
offences against such bylaws and Or
dinances, and appropriate the same to
the use of the incorporation, but no fine
shall exceed twenty dollars, All fines
may be recovered by all action for debt
before a proper tribunal,
SEC. e6. That the said Council shall
have power to abate and remove nuls-
ance within the limits Of said town;
and, also, to classify ana arrange the
inhabitants liable to police duty, and to
reouire them to perform such duty as
occasion may require; and to enforce
The performance thereof, under the same
nenalties as are now or may hereafter be
Established by law: Provided, al,cdys,
,,cuerth cless, That the said Town Coun-
ell shall have power to compound with
persons liable 60 perform such duties
upon such terms as they shall, by ordi-
nance establish.
SEC. OF, That it shall be the duty. OF
the Intendant and Wardeus to keep all
streets and ways which may be necessa-
ry for public use within the limits Of
the lid town omen and in good repair,