Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-03-14
AN ACT to lncorporntsthe 1b,0n Of
Ls,risri!k, s. c.

Approved February q, 1872.
AN ACT to Incorporate the 1b,on af
Le,eisuille, S. G.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of South Carolina, now
met and sitting in General Assembly.
and by the authority of the same:
That from and after the passage OF
this Act, all citizens of this State,
having resided twelve months within
this sfste, and sixty days in the vii
lage Of Lewisvile, shall be deemed.
and are hereby declared to be. a body
polite and corporate, and the said
village shall be called and known by
the name of Lewisville. and its cor.
porate limits shall extend three-fourths
Of mile in each direction, from the
new store of w. II. Hennon.
SEC. 2. That the said village shall
be governed BY an Intendant and
four Wardens, who shall be citizens.
of the United States, and who shall
have resided in this Slate twelve
months. and shall have been residents
of the said village sixty days imme-
distely preceding their election, 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 bel g pr
viousfy given; and that M male in
habitauts of the age of twenty-one
years, citizens of the. State, and who
shall have resided within the State
1welre months, and in the said vii
lage sixty days Immediately prece-
ding the election. shall b., entitled to
vote for said Intendant and Wardens.
paupers aud persons under disabili-
tissior crimes excepted.
SEC. 8. The said election shall be
hald at some convenient public place
in said village, from six o'clock in the
morning until FIVE o'clock in the af,
ternoon, and when the POLLS shall be
closed, the managers shall forthwith
: count the votes and declare the cleo
tion, aud. give notice thereo in writ
ing to the Iutendant tt erein being,
or cause the same to be given to the
person dnly elected: Provided. The
Commis ners of Election Of Orange
burg County snail call tae first elec-
ton under this Act, and shall up
point Managers to conduct the same
who shall make return thereof to the
Commissioners, the same as other cleo
tons held in this State. And the
said Commissioners shall count the
votes. and declare the election, and
notify The persons SO elected, Inten-
dant and Wardens of the said vii
lage. The Intendant and Wsrdens.
before entering upon the duties O:
their Offices, shall respectively take
the cath prescribed by the Constitu:
ticn of the State, and also the follow
ing oath, to wit: As Intendant (or
Warden) of he village Of Lewisville,
l will equally an mpartl;ll.y, t9 the
best of nv ability. exercise the trust
reposed in me. and will use my best
endeavors o preserve the peace. and
carry into effect, according to law,
the purposes for which l have been
elected: So help me God And il
any pers'n, upon being elected Inten-
dant or Warden, shall refuse to act
as such, he hall forfeit and pay to
the Council the sa,n of twenty dol
lars for the uae OF sai,i village: Pro-
eidcd, That no person who has at
tained 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 lnten-
dant or Warden more than one year
in any trrm of three years. The. In
tendant and Wardens for the, time
icing sh IL always appoint Aone or
more Boards Of Managers, three Man
agers for each Board, to conduct the
election, who, before they open the
polls, snail take an oath fairly and
impartially to conduct the same.
Sec. 4. That in case vacancy shall
occur in the Office of Intendant or
any OF the Wardens. by death, re-
signation, removal or Otherwise, an
election to fill such vacancy shall be
held, by order Of the Inre' dant and
Wardens, or a majority OF the same,
ten days public notice being previ-
ously given; and in case of sickness
CT temporary absence Of the lnten
dant, the Wardena forming the Coun-
ell shall be empowered to elect one
OF the numb r to act rs Intendant
during the time.
Sec. s.. That the Inrendant and
Warden. duly elected and qualified,
shall, during their term OF service.
severally and respectively be vested
with ali he powers Of Trial Justices
Of the Peace, as the case may be, in
this State. within the limits of the
village. except for the trial of small
and meals causes aud the In endant
shall, or may, as often ~ necessary.
summon the Wardens to meet in coun-
Gil. any three Of whom, with the III,
tendant, shall constitute quorum 10
transact business and .:ey shall as
known as the Town Council OF Lewis
vile; and they. and their successors
in Office hereafter ro b. elected, may
have a co,n,u Ii se!;. wirch hall he