The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-13

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act, apd shall be iudiciallys taken notice q with
! ousspeefafpieading and Ithe charter ihereb.
i; granted shaIl be in force from it's passage, ant
1 continue In force for:a!period of1hirty years.:
! ApprovedMarohte is7a :
An ACT to Renew and Amend the Char'erol 'n'
Town Of Williamston.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate ane
House of Representatives Of the State OF soutf
Carolina, now met and sitting in General as
sembly, and BY the authority Of the same ::
That from and Immediately after the passage
of this act, all aud every person or persons
who may have resided within the, corporate
limits Of the Town Of williamson for one
year, or who may own . freehold therein, ant
| their successors, are hereby declared to .bf
members Of the corporation hereby intended te
be created. . !
SEQ. 3. That the said persons, and their sue;
c~essors, shall. from aud after the passage o.
this act, become q body pohtic and corporate.
and shall be known aud called by the name o!
the Town Of Williamson, aud it's corporate
limits shall extend one mile in the direction o.
the cardinal points from the present brick hote'
as q centre, and form o circle.
SEC. 8. That the said town shall be. governed
by an ~intendant and four wardens, who shall
be persoDs that actually reside within the lin
it's Of the corporation, and have 80 resided al
least twelve months Immediately preceding
their election. The said intendant and war
dens shsll be elected on the second Monday 10
September, in each year, ten days. notice hay-
ing been previously given; and shall continue 10
Office one year, and until the election and quail
~ication OF their SUCCESSORS. And all male lnhab-
itants of the said town, who shall have attained
the age of twenty-one years, and resided there.
in sixty days Immediately preceding the cleo
ton, shall be entitled TO vote for said intendant
and .wardens: Provided, That no person shall
be allowed to vote at any such election who
shall not have registered his name as q voter
with the clerk OF the council, 10 q book or books
to be kept by him for that purpose, by ten
o'clock A. H., on the day preceding every such
election.
SEQ. 4. That said election shall be held in
some convenient public place in said town.
from nine o'clock in the. morning until five
o'clock in the evening; and when tho polls shall
be closed, the managers shall forthwith pro-
coed to count the votes, under oath, publicly,
stating the whole number OF votes cast for each
candidate or person voted for, and shall trans
NIT their report OF the same. in a sealed enye-
lope, to the intendant OF the town; and IL
there be no such intendant, the same shall be
transmitted to the clerk Of the court OF Ander-
SON County. The said intendant or clerk OF
the court shall open the report OF the said
managers, and shall announce and publish the
whole number of the votes cast, and the whole
number cast for each candidate, when the seSe-
rsl candidates receiving the highest number OF
legal votes tor the Offices for which they were
voted for shall be declared duly elected. The
intendaut and wardens for the time. being
shall always appoint three managers TO CON
duct the election, who, before they open the
polls for said election. shall take the oath.
fairly and imparIially to conduct the same; and
the intepdant and wsrdens, before entering
upon the duties Of their Office, shall, respec-
lively, take the oath prescribed BY the Con
stil ution of this State, and 40 The follow
ing oath, to wit (: "As intendant Tor
warden) OF the Town OF WIiiamstonsI will
faithfully and impartially, to the best OF my
ability, exercise the trust reposed in me, and
will use my best eudesyors to preserve the
peace and carry, into effect, according to law,
the purposes for which I have been elected: So
help me God"
SEQ. 6. In case q vacancy should occur in the
Office OF intendant or any Of the wardens, by
death, resignation or otherwise, an election TO fill
such vacancy shall be held by the appointment
OF the intendant and wardens; and, in case
there be none, then by the appointment OF The
clerk Of the court Of Anderson County.
SEQ. 6. That the intendaut and wardens.
duly elected and qualified, shall be, during
their term OF office, vested with all the powers
and authority with which trial justices are at
present vested by law, except the trial OF civil
cases, q dexoept as it may be Otherwise pro-
vided in this act. And the inteudant shall
and may, as often as may be necessary, sum-
mon the wardens to meet in council, any
two OF whom, with the intendant, or any three
wardens, may constitute a quorum to trans-
act business; and they shall be Known ny the
name of the "Town Council OF Willismston;'
and they, aud their successors hereafter to
be elected, may have a. common seal, which
shall be affixed to all their ordinances; may
sue and be sued, plead and be implicated, in
any court OF law or equity in this State, and
purchase, hold, posses and enjoy, to them and
their successors, in pr rpetulty, or for any term
OF years, any estate, real, personal, Or mixed,
and sell, alien and convey the same: Provided.
The same shall not e1csed, at any one time,
the sum Of ten thousand dollars. And the said
| intendant and wsrdens shalt have full power
to make and establish sl such rules, bylaws
and ordinances respecting the roads, streets,
markets and police Ct said town. as shall ap.
pear to them necessary and requisite for the
| security, welfare aud convenience OF the said
town, or for preservingS the health, peace
| order and good government within the same
| And the said council may fix and impose hnes
| and penalties for the..violation thereof, and ap'
| propriste the same to the public use OF the
said corporations: Provided, That in all cases
of trials to be had before the said town council
a. hereinbsfore provided, the party charged
| shalt be cited to trial by service upon him OF Q
| summons, under the hand OF the intendant
| any one OF theI wardens. or the clerk OF the