The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-03-30
LAWS OF THE STATE.
Acts and Joint Resolutions, Passed
by the General Assembly OF South
Carolina, Session OF 1s70-'71.
tOFF ICI A LII

An ACT 10 alter and renew the charter OF the
Town of Darlington.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State Of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General As
sembly, and by the authority of the same:
That an act entitled "An act to INCORPORATE
certain towns and villages" approved on th'
2sth day Of January, A. D. one thousand eigh
hundred and sixty, be, and the same is hereby
altered and amended as follows, to wit: That
from and after the passage Of this act, all and
every person or persons who shall have resided
in the corporate limits Of the Village OF Dar'
Engton for two months, are hereby declared &c
be members of the corporation hereby to be
created.
SEC. 2. That the said persons shall, from
and after the passage Of this act, become 6
body polite and corporate and shall be known
and called BY the name Of the Town OF DaI'
lineton, and it's corporate limits shall extend
one and one-half mile from the courthouse, c1
cept on the northeast, east and northwest
sides. which shall bs bounded by Swift Greek
and Iudian Branch.
SEC. 8. That the said town shall be gor I'm.
ed Dy an intendant and four wardens, who
shall have resided in the State for one year,
and within the limits Of the corporation for
sixty days Immediately preceding their elec-
ton. The said intendant and wardens shall
be elected on the second Monday Of the month
OF April In each year, ten days. notice being
previously given, and shall continue in Office
one year, and until the election and qualiaca-
ton Of their successors; and all male inhsbi-
tants OF the said town who shall haye attained
the age Of twenty years, and resided there
in two months immedi iately preceding the
election, shall be entitled to vote for said in
tendant and wardens.
Sec. 4. That the said election shall be held
in some convenient public pIace in said town,
from six o'clock in the morning until Elk
o'clock in the evening; and when the polls
shall be closed, the managers shall forthwith
count the votes and declare the election, CIV
ing notice in writing to the persons elected.
The intendant and wardenA for the time
being, shall always appoint the managers to
conduct the election, who, before they open
the polls for the said election, shall take an
oath fairly and impartially to conduct the
same. And the intendsnt and wardens, before
entering npon the duties Of their Offices, re-
spectively, take the oath prescribed BY the
constitution of this State, and the following
oath, to wit: "As intendant Tor warden) Of
the Town of Darlington, I will, equally and
impartially.. to the best of my ability, exercise
the trust reposed in me. and will use nv best
endeavors to preserve the peace, and carry
into effect, according to law, the purpose for
which have been elected: 80 help me God"
And if any person. upon being elected intend
ent or warden, shall refuse to act as such, he
shall forfeit and pay to said town council the
SUM Of twenty dollars, for the use Of said
town Provided, That no person who has at
tanned the age of sixty years shall be compelled
to serve in either of the said Offices, nor shall
any other person be compelled to serve more
than one year in any te1m of three years.
SEQ. 5. That in case any vacancy should oc-
cur in the Office OF intendan5 or any OF the
wardens, by death, resignation, or otherwise,
an election to fill such vacancy shall be held by
the appointment of intendant or warden, or
wardens, as the case may be, ten days pre-
vious notice being given; and in case OF sick
ness, or temporary absence Of the intendant,
the wardens, forming council, shall be en-
powered to elect one Of their number to act as
intendant during the time.
SIC. G. That the intendant and wardens duly
elected and qualified shall. during their tenn
of service, severally and respectively, be vested
with all the powers of trial justice or other
inferior court; and the intendant shall and may,
"A often as may be necessary, summon the war-