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laws or TIE STATE.
Acts and Joint Resolutions
Passed by the Legislature
Session 1870 and, 1871.
loFFICAL.l
AN ACT to Rsnewa aaat' Amend the
Charter The 1uei, Of anderson.

AN AS 1 w stS'sS% n N%'''~ HA's~''~
Charter The Tori. Of Andersen.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House Of Representatives, OF inc
State of Sauth Carolina, no" LiSI a:'u
sitting in General Assembly ana Dy the
authority Of the same: ~,
That from and Immediately after the
massage Of this Act, all ana every per,
acn or persons, who may nave reslceo
within the corporate limits OF tne
sror:n of Anderson for one year, or who
n,av own Q freehold therein, are hereby
declared to be members ottRecorporStloh
hereby to be created.
SEC. g That the said person and their
SUCCESSORS shall, from and after the pas
sage of this Act, become 4 body polite
and corporate, and shall be known and
called by the name Of the Town of An
dcrsou, and it's corporate limits shall
.sytand oae mile in the direction of the
cardinal points, fro!sa the Court House
thereof. rs centre and form q square.
SEC. 3. That the said town Shall be
governed by an Intendant and four
''Tardens, who shall be persons that
actually reside within the limits of said
cornoration. and have so resided at least
twelve months 4ilmediatcly preceding
their election. the said Intendant anu
>%.arduns snail be elected on the second
Aenaar in September in each year, ten
-6avs' notice being previously given, ah',
.shall continue in office for one year, anu
until the election and qualification OF
thcir successors, and that all mair
inhobitapts of said town who shall have
attained the age Of twenty-onc years,
and resided therein sixty days immedl-
ateIy preceding the election, shall be
.4s,tSt}ed to vote for said lntendant and
3Vardens: Provided, That no persol;
shall be allowed to vote at any such
election who shall not have registered
his name as q voter with the Clerk of
thc Council in q book or books, to be
kent hy him for that purpose, by 10
O'Clock A. NJ, on the day succeeding
every such election.
SEC. 4. That said election shall he held
in selsse convenient public place in said
sswn, from nine O'Clock in the morning
mntil five o'clock. in the evening: and
.when the polls shall! be closed, the Man
5agers shall forthwith proceed TO count the
votes, under oath, stating the whole
number of votes casi For each candidate
or person voted for, and shall transmit
their report OF the same in sealed en-
velope to the Intehdant OF the town;
and if there be ne such Iatendant, the
srme shall be transmitted to the CLERK
of the Court Of Anderson County. The
said Iutendant or Clerk OF tic Court
shall oDenthe report of the said Mama
gers, and shall announce and publish thc
wnulo nuul,er of the votes cast, anu the
whole nes.5er cast for each candidate
WANa the several candidates receiving
the highest number of legal votes Tor
the Offices for which they were voted
for shall be declared duly elected. The
kntendant and Wardens for the time be-
ing shall always appoint three Managers
to conduct the election, who, before thcY
,open the polls for said election, shall
take the oath fairly and impartlaiiy
to conduct the same. And the
Jntendant and Wardens, before enter
ing upon the duties of their office, shall
respectivcly take the oath prescribed by
the Constitution Of this State, and also
The following oath, to wit: "As Intend
ant for Wardeu) of the town of An
ucrsor,, will faithfully and impartially,
60 the best of my ability, exercise the
trust reposcd in me, and will use my
best endeavors to preserve the peace ana
carry INTO effect, according to law, the
purpose for which T have been elected {:
Sohelp me God" ;,
SEC. 5. in case q vacancy shall
occur ia the cfItcc Of Intendant, or any
~ the War'lens. by death or resigna
tion. or otherwise, an election to fill such
VACANCY shall be held by the appoint
fnent Of the Intcndant and Warden
or Wardens; and in case there be none
then, by the appointment Of the Clerk
of the Court Of Anderson County.
SEC. 1. That the IntendaDt and War
tlens, duly elected and qualified, shall be,
during their term of Office, vested with
oil the powers and authority with which
Trial Justices are ut present vested by
INV, except the trial of civil cases, and
cScept rs it may be otherwise provided
in this Act; and the Intendant shall,
and may, as often as may be necessary,
Summon the WardenS TO meet IN Coun-
ell: any two Of whom, with thcIntend-
ant. or anv three Wardens. may con-
siitute O quorum to transact business,
and tuey snail be known by the name
ofthe Town Council Of Anderson; and
thet and their successors hereafter to be
elected, may have acommon seal which
may bc anlxed to all the Ordinances;
NAV sue and be sued, plead and be i'm
pleaded, in any Court of Law OF Equity
tn this State, and purchase, hold possess
aud enjoy, tOshanl and their successors
in pcrpetuity, or for any term OF years.
any estate, real, personal or mixed, and
sell, lien any convey the same: ITors1cd
The same shall not exceed, ut any one
time, the sum Of ten thousand dollars.
And the said Intendant and WardcnS
shall have full power to make all such
rales, bylaws and ordinances, respect
i:ir tho roads. streets. markets and po-
lice Of said town, as shall appear othcm
Necessary and requisite Tor the security,
welfare and convenience of the said
town, or sor preserving health, peace,
order and good government within the
same. And the said Council may fix
and impose fines and penalties for the
.yiolation thereof, and appropriate the
same to the public use of the said cor.
,poration: Provided, That in all cases of
trials to be had before the said Town
Council, rs hereinbefore provided, the
party charged shall be cited to trial, by
service Upon him of summons, under
the handof the Intendant, or the Clerk
of the Council, wherein shall BE- express
ed, with certainty, the offence charged,
end the time and place of trial, which
service shall be made at lce5t five days
before the tho dry trial.
SEC. I. Tnat the said Intcndant and
Wardens of the said town shall have
full and only power to grant or refuse
license to retail spurious liquors within
the said limits, which license shall be
granted in the same manner, and upon
the same Conditions as they nov are or
may hereafter be, under tho laws OF this
strae, except that the Town Council
shall have the power to regulate the
price OF license to keep taverns to retail
spirituous liquors; Provided, That in no
instance that the price Of a licence so TO
keep tavern, or to retail spirituous Ii
qnors. shall be fiqed at O less sum than
Z Is established by the laws of this State !;
and the powers vested formerly in the