The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-24
LAWS OF THE STATE.
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Published by Authority


OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
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Published by Authority.
AN ACT to amend the Charter OF the Town o.
Union. ~ ,,::=
SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted. BY the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State Of South
Carolina, now met and sissiue in General As
sembly, and by the authority Of the same !:
That from and Immediately after the passsee
of this act, oil and every person or persone
whatsoever, who are constitutionally qualsaed
to vote :or members Of the Legislature Of thi,
State, and who may have resided within tht
present corporate limits Of the Town of Unjor
sixty days, and their successors, are hereby
declared to be members Of the corporation
hereby intended 10 be created.
SEC. g. That the said persons and their success.
sors shall, from and after the passage of this
act, become body polite and corporate, and
shall be known and called by name OF the
Town Of Union; and its corporate limits shall
extend one mile, in the direction Of cardinal
points. from the SpartaLburg and Union Rail.
road Depot in said town, as centre, and form
q square.
SEQ. 8. That the said town shall be governed
by an iutendant and four wardens, who shall
be elected on the second Monday OF September
in each year, ten days notice being previously
given, and shall continue in Office for one year,
and until the election aud qualification Of their
SUCCESSORS; and that all male inhabitants OF
said town who shall have attained the age of
twenty-one years, and resided therein sixty
days previous to the election, shall be entitled
to vote for said intendant and wardens.:
SEC. 4. That the election OF intendaut and
wardens of the said town shall be held in some
convenient place in said town, from nine o'clock
in the morning until six o'clock in the after
noon, and, when the polls shall be closed, the
managers shall forthwith count the votes and
proclaim the election, and give notice, in wri-
ting. to the persons elected. The iutendant
and wardens for the time being shall always
appoint three managers to conduct the elec'
lion, who, before they open the polls for said
election, shall take an oath fairly and impair
italy to conduct the same; and the intendsnt
and wardens, before entering upon the duties
OF their offices, shall respectively take the oath
prescribed by the Constitution Of this State,
and also the following oath, to wit: "As in
tendant lor warden) Of the Town Of Union, l
will equally and impartially, to the best Of my
ability, execute the trust reposed in me, and
will use my best endsavors to preserve the
peace and carry into effect, according to law,
the purposes for which have been elected: 80
help me God"
SEQ. 5. ThIt in case vacancy should occur
in the ofiLe Of intendant, or any OF the war
dens, by death, resignation or otherwise, an
election to fill such vacancy shall be held, by
the appointment Of the intendant and warden,
or wardens, as the case may be, fifteen days
previous notice being given; and in case OF the
sickness or temporary absence OF the intend
ant. the wardens, forming council, shall be
empowered to elect one OF the wardens to act
as intendant during Lhe time.
SEC. 6. That the intendant and wardens
duly elected and qusllfied shall, during their
term of Office, severally and respectively be
vested with all the powers of trial justice or
other inferior courts in this State, within the
limits of the said town; and the intendant 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 war.
dens, may constitute quorum, to transact
business, and they shall be known by the
name Of the town council OF Union, and they,
and their successors hereafter to be elected,
may have 8 common seal, which shall be
affixed to all their ordinances, may sue and be
sued, may plead and be impleaded in any
court of law or equity in this State, and pur.
chase, hold, possess and enjoy to them and
their successors, in perpetuity, or for any term
Of years, any estate, real OF personal, or mixed,
and sell, alien and convey the same; shall not
exceed at any one time the sum OF ten thou
sand dollars. And the said intendant aid
wardens shall have full power to make aud
establish all such rules, bylaws and ordinances
respecting the roads, streets. markets, COM
merce, trade, buildings aud police OF said town
as shall appear to them Decessary and requisite
for the security, welfare and convenience Of
the said town, or for preserving health, peace,
order and good government within the same.
And the said council may fix and impose fines
and penalties and imprisonment in the county
iail for the violation thereof, and appropriate
the fines to the public use OF the aid corpora
tion Provided, That no fue shall exceed fifty
dollars for any one offence, and no imprison-
ment shall exceed twenty days; and when any
person shall be charged with on cfence for
which a fine Of more than twenty dollars is Or
dained, the said charge will be heard and de-
tsrmined in an action of debt, to be brought in
the name of the said town council, for the re-.
coyery Of said fine, before court having
jurisdiction of causes OF action OF that
amount for Union County. And If the
fine ordained be not more than twenty dol
lars, or the offence be one for which i'm
prisopment is ordained, the said town coun-
ell. or q quorum thereof, shall have power to
hear and determine the said charge andrender
iudsment therein. In all casss of trials to be
had before the said town council, as hereinaf.
ter provided, the party charged shall be cited
to trial by q service upon him Of summons,
under the hand of the intendaut or any o2e OF
the wardens, wherein shall be expressed with
certainty the offence charged and the time
and place OF trial, which service shall be made
at least five days before the day of trial.
SEC. Z. That oil fines imposed by the said
town council for ouy violation Of ordinances OF