The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-08

OT QeCllue III llBnG OF uay.
General Assembly Of South Carolina,
Regular Session, 1871 and 1879.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF
LEwIsvn1E, g. O.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by The Senate
and House Of Representatives OF The STATE
Of South Carolina, mo,o met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by tie authority of
the same. That from and after the passage
Of this Act, all citizens Of this State, hav-
ing resided twelve months within this
State, and sixty days in the village of
Lewisville, shall be deemed and are
hereby declared to be. body polite and
corporate, and the said village shall be
called and known by the name of Lewis
vile, and it's corporate limits shall ex-
tend three-fourths of mile in each
direction, from the new store of W. II.
Hennon.
SEC. Q. That the said village shall be
governed by m 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 village sixty
days Immediately preceding their cleo
ton, and who shall be elected ON the
fourth Monday in May, 1872, and on the
same day in each year thereafter, ten
days public notice thereof being previ-
o1sly given; and that all male inhabi-
tants of the age Of twenty-one years,
citizens Of the State, and who shall have
resided within the State twelve months,
and in the said village sixty days immc-
diately preceding the election, shall be
entitled to vote for eaid Intendant and
Wardens, paupers and persons under
disabilities for crimes excepted.
SEQ. 3. That said election shall be
held at some convenient public place in
said village, from six o'clock in the
morning until five O'Clock in the after
noon, and when the polls shall be closed,
the managers shall forthwith count the
votes and declare the election, and give
notice thereof in writing to the Intend
ant therein belng, or cause the same to
be given to the peraon duly elected:
ton of Orangehurg County shall call tho
appoint Managers to conduct the same,
who shall make return thereof to tho
Commissioners, the same as other cleo
tions held in this State. And the said
Commissioners shall count the votes
and declare the election, and notify the
persons so elected Intendant and Ward.
ems OF the said village. The Intendant
aud Wardens, before entering upon the
duties of thoir Offices. shall respectively
take the oath prescribed by the Consti-
tuition Of the State, and also the follow
ing oath. to wit: Gas Intendnnt Tor
Warden) of the village Of Lewisville, I
will equally and impartialIy, to the best
Of ny ability, exercise the trust reposed
IN me, and will use my best endeavors
to preserve the peace, md carry into
effect. according to law. the purposes
for which 1 have been elected: So help
me God" And if any person, upon
being elected Intendant or Warden, shall
refuse to act as such, ho shall forfeit and
pay to the Council the sum of twenty
dollars for the use of said village: Pro-
Oided, That no person 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 either as Intendant or Warden
more than ono year in any term of three
years. The Intendant aud Wardens for
the time being shall always appoint one
or more Boards OF Managers. three Ma
nagers for each Board, to conduct tho
election, who. before they open the
polls, shall take an oath fairly and i'm
partially to conduct the same.
SEC. 4. That in case vacancy shall
occur in the Office Of Intendant or any
OF the Wardens, By death, resignation,
removal or otherwise. an election TO fill
such vacancy shall be held, by order of
the Intendant and Wardens, or n majori-
ty OF the same, ten days public notice
being previously given; and in case of
sickness or temporary absence of the In
tendant, tho Wardens forming the Coun-
ell shall be empowered to elect one Of
the number 70 act as Intendant during
the time.
SEQ s.. That the Intendant and Ward
ems duly elected and qualified, shall,
during their term Of service, severally
and respectively. be veated with all the
powers of Trial Justices or Justices OF