The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-02-07

County of Anderson, and State OF South
Carolina.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House OF Representatives of the State OF soutn
Carolina, now met and sitting In General as
sembly, and by the authority Of the same:
That from and after the passage OF this act
all citizens OF this State, having resided Sixty
DAYS in the Town of Bolton, shall be deemed,
and are hereby declared to be body polltlc
and corporate, and the said town shall De
called and known by the name of Beiton, ana
lis corporate limits shall extend one-nan mlie
In each direction from the depot In said to"n'
SEC. 2. That the said town shall be govern.
od nv an intendant and six wardens, VINO
shall be citizens of the United States, and
eba,I have been residents Of the said town for
sixty DAYS Immediately preceding their elec-
tiop. who shall be elected on the second
Monday in April, 1872, and every year there
after on the second Monday In January, ten
days public notice thereof being previously
given. and that all male inhabitants ofthe age
of twenty-one ely years, citizens of the State,
and who shall have resided in the said town
for sixty days Immediately preceding the elec-
ton, shall be entitled to vote for said intend
ant and wardens.
SEC. 8. That the election for intendant and
vardens of the said town shall be held in some
convenient house, OF some other convenient
public place In the said town, from nine O'CLOCK
In the morning until five o'clock in the after
noon; aud when the polls shall be closed, the
managers shall forthwith count the votes and
proclaim the election, and give notice In writ
ing to the persons elected. At the first elec.
tIon for intendant and wardens, Messrs. &. w.
McCee. B. D. Dean and Ira Williams are here
| By appolntedto to act as managers, win authori-
ty to supply, by appointment, vacancies tnat
NAV occur from death, refusal to serve, or
otherwise. The intendant and wardens so
elected shall appoint three managers, to hold
the ensuing and any subsequent election.
The managers, in each case, shall, before they
open the polls for said election, take an oath
fairly and impartially to conduct the same.
Aud that the intendant and wardens, before
entering upon the duties of their respective
offices, shall take the oath prescribed by the
constitution OF this State, aud a'so the follow
ing oath, to Wit: 'tAs iutendant (or warden)
of the Town of Belton. I will equally and i'm
partially, 10 the best of my ability, exercise
the trust reposed in me, and will use my. best
endeavors to preserve the peace, and carry
into effect, according to law, the purposes for
which have been elected. So help me God"
The said intendant and wardens shall hold
their offices from the time of their election
until the second Monday in January ensuing,
aud until their successors shall be elected and
qualified.
Sec. 4. That in case vacancy should occur
in the Office of the intendant or any of the
wardens, by death, resignation, removal or
otherwise, or In case OF tie In said election,
an election to fill such vacancy shall be held
BY the appointment of the intendant and war
dens, (or warden,) as the case may be, ten
days public notice thereof being previously
given, and In case of the sickness or tempo
rary absence OF the intendant, the wardens,
forming a council, shall be empowered to
elect one of their number to act In his stead
during the time.
SEC. s. That the intendant and wardens duly
elected and qualified shall, during their term
of service, severally and respectively, be vest
ed with all the Jurisdiction and powers of trial
justices and Justices of the peace, Except the
trial of civil cases, and except IS 1t may other
wise be provided in this act,) within the lin
Its of said town, and the intendant shall and
may, as often as he may deem necessary, sum-
mon rne warucus to ou...-,,,i, -..,-<-
of whom, with the intendant, may constitute
quorum to transact business, and they shall
be knewn By the name of the Town Council of
Bolton, ana they and their successors hereafter
to be elected may have common seal, which
shall be affixed to all the ordinances, and the
said town council shall have authority to ap-
point, from time to time, as they see fit, such
and so many proper persons to act as mar
shals or copstables of the said town. as the
said town council may deem necessary and
expedent for the preservation Of the peace,
good order and police thereof, which persons
so appointed shall, within the corporate limits
of said town, have the powers, privileges and
emoluments and be subject to all the obliga-
tions, penalties and regulations provided by
law for the Office of constable, and shall be
liable to be removed at the pleasure Of said
council; and the said town council shall have
power to establish or to authorize the estab-
lIshment of the market house In said
town, and the said town council shall
have full power and authority, under
their corporate seal, to make oil such
rules, bylaws and ordinances, respecting the
streets, roads, market house and the business
thereof, and the police system of the said
town, as shall appear to them necessary and
proper for the security, welfare and convent
ence, and for preserving health, order and
good government within the same; and the
said town council may impose fines for offsn-
ces against their bylaws and ordinances, and
appropriate the same 10 the public use OF said
town; and the said council shall have
power to compel the attendance Of witnesses
and require them to give evidence upon the
trial before them of any person Tor violation
of any of these bylaws or ordinances, but no
fine above the sum Of twenty dollars shall be
collected by the town council, except by suit
in court of competent Jurisdiction. And
provided, also, That no fine shall exceed fifty
dolIors. and alEo that nothing herein con-