Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-06-09


examination, shall either release, admit to
bail, (if tue offoncc be baiuble,) or commit to
Jail suoh offenders. as the case may require,
aud the shorif Of Charleston County is hereby
required to receive and keep the prisoners SO
committed, until discharged by q due course
Of law; and the said intendant and wardens
shall, collectively and severally, have juris-
diotion within said corporate limits, in all
criminal cases, as trial justices and quorums
have, according to law.
SEQ. AZ. Aud, be it further enacted, That
1t shall be tho duty of tho said intondant and
wardens to keep all roads, streets and alleys
within said limits open and in good repair;
also, to erect "look up,'' if necessity require;
and the said intcndant and wardcns may have
power to grant or restrain any license for the
saleof Intoxicating liquors, within tho corpo-
rate limits Of said town, and if said license
be granted as aforesaid, the parties taking out
the samo to pay any amount to said corpora
tion that they may assess of said sales, instead
of the county treasurer, and for that purpose
they are invested with all the powers gran
ted by law to the county commissioners aud
forneglect of duty shall be liable to the pen.
alties imposed by law upon county commits
sioners for like neglect.
TOWN OF AIKEN.
SEC. 43. Aud be it further enacted, That
the citizens of this State, who may be in-
habitants Of tho town of Aiken, or owners of
freehold therein, within tho limits hereinaf-
ter prescribed, are hereby declared body
corporate Tho limits Of the said town shall
be held and deemed to be in the form of
eirclo, and square upon that circle, with tho
sidos of the square touching tho circumfcr-
enco of said circle, on tho north, cast, south
andiwest. The said circle to describe cir
oumferenco, one mile in all directions, from
tho central point of the intersection OF the
railroad avenue and Union street, as the ocn.
tsc of tho said town and the streets within
the limits of tho said corporation to remain,
in regard to number, location and extent, as
now established by law, until altered BY law
full authority.
SEC. Al. Tho said town shall be called Al.
ken, and bo governed BY an intcndant and
six wardens, to be called the town council Of
Aiken, and by that name have succession Of
members, keep common seal, take and hold
property, necessary for corporate uses only,)
sue and be sued, implcad and be implcadcd,
and enjoy every right incident to an incorpo-
ration.
SEC. AS That the said intcndant and war
dcns shall be always persons who are constitu-
tionaly qualified to vote for members Of tho
Legislature in this State, who actually reside
within the limits aforesaid, and have so resi-
ded at lest twelve months Immediately prccc-
ding their election. Before entering upon
the duties of their Office they shall take tho
following oath, to wit "l do solcmnly swear,
Cor affirm, as the case may be- that I am
duly qualified, according to tho constitution
of the United States, and of the State, to
exercise tho duties Of the Office to which
have been elected, Cor appointcd) and that
l will faithfully discharge, to the best of my
abilities, the duties thereof; that recognize
the supremacy of the constitution and laws
of the United States, oyer.tha constitution and
project ana dct5nd the constitution of the
United States, and the constitution of South
Carolina, as ratified by the people on the six
tcenth day Of April, 1868 and do further
solcmnly swear, as intcndant Cor wardcn) of
Aiken, that will equally and impartally
discharge the trust reposcd in me, and will
use my best ondeayors to preserve the peace,
and carry into effect, according to law, tho
purposes of my appointment So help ,me
God" The said intcndant and wardcns Shall
hold their offices from the time Of their elec.
ton until tho second Monday in September
ensuing, and until their successors shall be
elected, and enter on tho discharge of their
duties.
SEC. 46. That all male persons who are
constitutionally qualified to vote for members
Of either branch OF the State Legislature,
and who have been permanent residents in
the said town for six months.
SEC: ~. That in case vacancy should
occur in the Office Of intcndant, or any of the
wardcns, by death, resignation, removal or
otherwise, or in case Of a tic in said election,
an election to gil such vacancy shall be held,
by thc appointment of tho intcndant and war.
den Or wardens, as the case may bo, ten days
public notice being previously given and
the intendant in case of his sickness or tenn
porary absence, is authorized and empowered
70 nominate and appoint any ono of the war
dens to act as temporary intcndant, or falling
so to do, the wardens forming council shall
be empowered to elect one of their number
TO. act in,his room during the timo.
SEC 4S The eloctionof tho intendant and
wardens of the said town shall be held at the
town hall, or some other convenient public
place in the said town, on the second Mon.
day in September Of each and every year,
from 10 o'clock A. M until clock p. NI., i,
when the polls shall be closed and the mana.
gers shall forthwith count tho votcs, proclaim
tho election, and give notice in writing to the
persons elected: Tho intendant and wardens
for the time being hallappoint three managers
to hold i!ro ensuing elections the managers
shall always in each case be persons who are
ablo to read and write with facility, and shall,