The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-22

loBFIoIAn.
AoTs AND JOINT IsEsOLUTIONs
Passed BY tho LegislatureI- Session 1870
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TOWN; OF BRANCHvILnE. k3
SEQ. 109. That from and after the PAD
sage of this Aet. all oitizene OF this State
having resided twelve months within the
State. and sixty days in the town Of
Brapchville, shall be deemed. anil are
hereby declared to be, body polite
and corporate, and the said town shall
be called and known by the name of
Branch chyi!!e, end its corporate limits
ahalI extend one mile in each direction
from the hotel between the Two railroads
in said town:
goyerned by an Intendant and four War
dens. who shall be citizens OF the United
States, and who shall have resided in
this State twelve months, and shall have
been residents of the said town sixty
days Immediately preceding their elec-
ton, and who shall bo elected on the
first Monday in February of each year,
FIVE days' public notice thereof being
previously given, and that all male in-
habita nts Of the age of twenty-one years,
citizeps of the State, and who shall have
resided within the State twelve months,
md in the said town sixty days immedi.
ately preceding the election, shall be en-.
titled to vote for said Intendant and
Wardens, pappers and persons under
disabilities for crime excepted.
SEQ. ILL Tie said election shall be
held at some convenient public place, in
said town, from o'clock A. M., until
5 O'Clock p. NJ, and when the polls
shall be closed the managers shall forth
With count the votes and declnre the
election, and give notice thereof, in
sriting, to the Intendant therein being,
who shall. within two days thereafter,
give notice or cause the came to be given
to the persons duly elected. The In
tendapt and Wardens, before entering
upon the duties of their Offices, shall re-
spectively take the oath prescribed by
the Constitution of the State, and also
the following onth. to wit: ''As Intend
ant for Warden) of the town of Branch
Vile, / will equally and impartially, to
the best of ny ability, exercise the trust
reposed in me, and will use my best en-
deavoks to preserve tae peace. and carry
into effect, according to law, the pur-
poses for which I have been elected: So
help me God" And if any person, upon
being elected Intendant or Warden, shall
refuse to act as such, he shall forfeit and
pay to the Council the sum Of ten dol
lars. for the nse of the said town: Pro
pided. That no person who has attained
the age Of sixty years shall be compelled
10 serve in either OF said offices, nor
shall any person be compelled to serve
either as Intendant or Warden more
than oHe year IL any term oi three years.
The Iutendant and Wardens, for the
time being, shall always appoint one or
more Board of Managers. three ma
nagers for each board, to conduct the
election, who, before they open the polls,
shall TAKE an oath fairly and impartislly
to conduct the same.
SEQ, 112. That in case vacancy shall
occur in the Office of Intendant, or of
any OF the Wardens, by death, resigna-
ton, removal or otherwise, AN election
to fill suoh vaoancy shall be held by order
of the Intendant and Wardens, or a ma
jority of the same, five days public no
tioe being previously given, and in case
of sickness or temporary absence OF the
Intendant, the Wardens, forming the
Council. shall be empowered to elect one
OF the number to aot as Intendant dur
ing the time.
SEQ. lib. That the Intendant and
Wardens, duly elected and qualified,
shall, during their term of service, seve-
rally and respectively, be vested with all
the powers heretofore granted to Magis-
trates in this State, within the limits of
the said town, except for the trial Of
nall and mean causes, and the Intend
ant shall or may. as often as is necessary.
slmmons the Wardens to meet in Coun-
oil, any two Of whom with the Intend
ant, OF any three of the Wardens, may
constitute quorum to transact business;
and they shall be known as the Town
Council of Branchville, and they and
their successors in Office, hereafter to be
elected, may have common seal. which
shall be affixed to all their ordinances,
may sue and be sued, plead and be i'm
pleaded in any Court Of Justice in this
Stnte, and purchase, hold, possess and
enjoy to them and their successors, in
perpetuiiy, or for any term of years, any
estate. real. personal or mixed, and sell.
alien or convey the same: Prorided,
The same shall not exceed, at any one
time, the sum of ten thousand dollars;
and the said Town Council shall have
authority to appoint, from time to time,
as they may see fit, such and 30 many