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LAWS OF THE STATE.
Acts and Joint Resolutions
Passed by the Legislature
Session 1870 and 1871.
loFFlCIAL.]

AN ACT to Gront, Rcncw dnd AmeO,
the Charter Of C.rttiin Toms on
EIAageS therein mentioned.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives, Of tn
State of South Carolina, now met an
sitting in General Assembly and by tn
authority OF the same:
VILLAGE OF ST. STEPHENS.
That from and after the passage of thi
Act, all citizens of this State, having re
sided twelve months within the State
and sixty days in the village Of st
Stephens, shall be deemed, and arr
hereby declared to be, body polite
md corporate; and the said village shal
be called and known by the name Of st
Stephens. and its corporate limits shal
extend three-fourths of a mile in eacl
direction from the Depot of the North
eastern Railroad.
SEC. ,. That the said village shall be
governed by an Intendant and -four
Wardeus, who shall be citizens Of the
United States, and who shall have re.
sided in this State twelve months, and
snail have been residents of the ssld
village sixty days immediately preced'
ing their election, and who shall be
elected on the fourth Monday in March,
1871, and Oh the same day i'll each year
thereafter, ten days public notice there
of being previously given; and that ali
male inhabitants Of the age of twenty
one years, ci liens Of the State, and who
shall have resided within the State
twelve months; and in the said village
sixty days Immediately preceding the
election, shall he entitled to vote fol
said dIntendantand Wardens, paupcrsand
persons under disabilities for crime
excepted.
SEC. 3. The said election shall be held
at some convenient public place in said
village, from eight o'clock in the morn
ing until four o'clock in the ::lternoon !;
and when the polls shall be closed, the
Managers shall forthwith count the
votes and declare the election, and give
notice thereof, in wiring, to the lntrn-
Aant therein being, who shall, within
two days thereafter, give notice, or cause
the same to he given, to the persons duly
elected: Provided, The Commissioners
of Election of Charleston County shall
call the first election under this Act
and shall appoint Managers to conduct
the same, who shall make return thereof
to the Commissioners, the same as the
other elections held in this State. And
the said Commissioners shall count the
votes and declare the election, and no.
tify the persons so elected Intendant
and Wardens of said village. The IN
tendant and Wardens, before entering
upon the duties Of their Office, shall, re-
spectivcly, take the oath prescribed 10y
the Constitution of the State, and also
the following oath, to wit: "As Inten-
dant Tor Warden) of the village Of St.
Stephens. I will, equally and impair
TALLY, to the best of my ability, exercise
the trust reposed in me. and will use
my best enGeavorS to preserve the peace
and carr into effect. according to law.
the purposes for which l have been
elected: So hep me God" And if any
person, upon heinr elected Inteni!ant or
Warden. shall refuse to act as ssch, he
shall forfeit and ray to the Codlril the
sum Of twenty dollars for the$1se o.
the said village: Proridcd, Thar'ho per-
son who has attained the age Of sixty
years shall be compelled to serve in
either of said Offices; nor shall any
other person be compelled to serve, eth
er az Intendant or Warden, more than
one year in any term Of three years
The Intendant and Wardens, for the
time being shall! always appoint one or
more Boards of Managers three Mana
gers for each Boardl to conduct the
election, who, before they open the
polls, shall take an oath fairly and inn
partially to conduct the same.
SEC. 4. That in case a vacancy shall
occur in the office Of Intendant. or any
hx,< of
removal. or otherwise, an election to fill
such vacancy. shall he held by order of
the Intendant and Wardens, or a maj
ity of the same, ten days public notice
being previously given: and in case of
sickness or temporary absence of the In
tendant,' the Wardens forming the
Council shall be empowered to eject one
Of the number to act as Intendant during
the time.
SEC. 5. That the Intendant and Wa
dens duly elected and qualified shall,
during their term of service, severally
and respectively, be vested with all the
powers of Trial Justices or Justices of
T., q. Peace, as the case may tc, in this
Stoto within the limits of the said VIII
1a%a ax, -ept for the trial Of small and
n'ssn r" eases. aud the Intendant shall or
NAV. as often as necessary, summon
the Warlens TO meet in Council, any
three ofwhom. with the Intcndant, shall
constitute quorum to transact business,
and they shall be known as the Town
Council of st. Stephens. Aud they and
their successor in office, hereafter to be
elected, may have a common seal, wElcE
shall he affixed to all of their ordinances;
NAV sue and be sued, plead and be
imD!eaded in any Court CT Justice in
this State, and purchase, hold, possess,
and enjoy to them, in perpetuity, or for
any term of years, any estate, real, per-
sonal or mixed, and sell, alien, or con-
vey the same: Provided, The same
shall not exceed at any one time. the
sum of ten thousand dollars. Ana the
said Town Council shall have authority
to appoint from time to time, as they
NAV see tit, such, and 50 many, proper
persons to act as Marshals or COnstables
of said village, as said Council may deem
necessary and expedient for the pres
ervation Of the peace, good order and
police thereof, which persons SO ap-
pointed shall, within the corporate linz
its of said village, have the power and
privileges, and be subject to all the
obligations. penalties and regulations
piovided by law for the office of C0nsta-
bic, and shall be liable to be removed
at the pleasure of said Council. And
the said Town Council shall have power
to establish or authorize the establish
ment of a market house in'said village;
also to authorize the establishment or a
guard house, and to prescl,5e suitable
rules and regulations for keeping ana
royorpipu the same And until the
said guard house be -. established, ';'.o 1 tEfy i'
the common Jail of the County of
. Charleston, for the confinement Of all
N no may he subject to be committed for
a ISOLATION of any ordinance, rules and
regulations of said town. Ant the said
Town Council, or the said lntendant
and Wardcns in person, or any one or