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: and Wardens Provided, That no per-
son shall be allowed to vote at any such
election who shall not have registered
, his name as voter with the Clerk ol
, the Council, in book or books to be
kept by him for that purpose, by IL
O'Clock A. NJ, on the day preceding
every such election.
SEC. 4. That the election for Intendant
+ and Wardens Of said town shall be held
at some convenient public place in the
said town from 8 o'clock in the morn:
ing, until 5 o'clock in the afternoon, and
when the polls shall be closed, the Man
ayers shall forthwith count the votes,
under oath, publicly, stating the whole
number of votes cast for each candidate
or person voted for, and shall transmit
their report for the same, in sealed en-
, velope to the Intendant of the town
and if there be no such 1ntendant, the
same shall be transmitted to the Clerk
of the Court of Anderson County. The
said Intendant or Clerk Of the Court,
: shall open the report of the said mana
gers, and shall announce and publish
the whole number of votes cast, and the
whole number cast for each candidate,
1 when the several candidates receiving
the highest number of legal votes for
the offices for which they were voted
for, shall be declared duly elected. The
Intendant and Wardens, for the time
being shall appoint three managers to
conduct the election, who before they
open the polls for said election, take an
oath fairly an impartially to conduct the
same And the Intendant and War
dens, before entering on the duties of
their respective offices, shall take the
oath prescribed by the Constitution of
the State, and also the following oath, to
wit: LAS Intendant Tor Warden) of the
Town of Little Rock, l will equally
and impartially, to the best of my abil-
ity, exercise the trust reposed in me,
and will use my best endeavors to pre-
serve the peace and carry into effect, ac-
cording to law, the purpose for which |
have been elected: So help me, God"
SEC. That, in case q vacancy shall
occur in the office of Intendant, or any
of the Wardens, by death, resignation,
removal, or otherwise, or in case of q
tie in said election, an election to
fill such vacancy shall be held by the
appointment of lntendant, Wardens, Tor
Wardens as the case may be,) or the
Clerk of the Court of Anderson County,
if there should no Intendant or War
dens. -.. ..-
SEC. 6. That the Intendant and War
dens duly elected and qualified shall,
! during the term of office, severally and
respectively, be vested with all the pow
ers and authority with which Trial JUS
tices are at present vested by law, ex-
cept the Trial of civil cases, and except
as it may be otherwise provided in this
act. The Intendant shall and may, as
often rs is necessary. summon the War
dens to meet in council, any two of
whom, with the Intendant, shall con-
stitute a quorum to transact business !;
and they Shall be known as the Town
Council of Williamson 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 aud be i'm
pleaded in any court of justice in this
State; and purchase, hold, possess and
enjoy them, in perpetuity, or for any
term of years, any estate, real or 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; and the In-
tendant and Wardens shall have full
power to make and establish such rules,
and bylaws and ordinances, respecting
the roads, streets and police of said town
as shall appear to them necessary and
requisite Tor the security, welfare and
con renicnce of the said town, or for pre-
serving health, peace, order and good
government within the same. And the
said Town Council may fix and impose
fines and penalties for the violation
thereof, and appropriate the same to the
public uses Of the said corporation !:
Provided, That in all cases of trials to
be had before the said Town Council, as
hereinbefore provided, the party cited
to trial by service upon him of sum-
mons, underthe hand of the Intendant,
any one Of the Wardens, or the Clerk OF
the Council, wherein shall be expressed
with certainty, the ofteDse charged, and
the time and place of trial, which SER
vice shall be made ut least five days be-
fore the day by trial.
/. SEC. Z. The Intendant and Wardens
of the said town, or majority of them,
shall have full power to grant or refuse
license for billiard table, tc keep
taverns or retail spurious liquors within
the said limits, which license shall be
granted in the same manner, aud upon
the same conditions, as they now arc,
or may hereafter be, under the laws of
this State, except that the Town COun-
Gil shall have the power to regulate the
price of q license to keep taverns and
to retail spurious liquors: Provided,
That in no instance the price of Ii
ccnse so to keep tavern or retailspirituous
liquors, shall be fixed ut less sum than
is established by the State: and oil
the powers vested formerly in the Com
missloners of Roads are hereby granted
to the said Intendant and Wardens
within the said limits. And all moneys
paid for licenses, and for fines and for
FIXTURES, for retailing spirituous liquors,
keeping taverns and billiard tables,
and the tax for all shows for gain or re-
ward, within the said limits shall be
appropriated for the public use of the
said corporation Provided, That the
Intendant and Wardens, duly elected
and qualified, shall not have power
to grant any license to keep tavern or
retail spurious liquors, to extend beyond
the term for which they have been
elected. D.. s..
Sec. 8. That it shall be the duty of
the Intendant and Wardens to
keep all roads,, ways, bridg S
and streets within the corporate
limits or salQ loWn open anu III 'gOou
repair, and for that purpose they are in
vested with all the powers of Commits
sioners of Roads. And they shall
have power to compound with all
persons liable to work the streets,
ways and roads in said town; upon
such terms as their ordinances or
bylaws may establish, or their rules
and regulations may require the mon
cy so received to be applied to the pub
lie use of said town. .,.,. ..
SEC. 8. That the said Town Council
shall have power to impose an annual tax
upon the keepers of all billiard tables
and ten pin alleys, or other pin alleys,
f within the discretion of said Council ;
and to grant and refuse licenses for the
same, upon such terms and conditions,
ond snhirct to such regulations as thcv