The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-07-31
OFFICIAL.
Acts and Joint Resolutions
Passed by the General As
sembly of South Carolina,
Regular Session, 1871 and
1872.

TY, SOUTH CAROLINA.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Representa-
tives Of the State Of South Carroll
ma, now met and sitting in Gene
raj Assembly, and by the authori-
ty of the same:
That from and after the pas
sage Of this Act, all citizens of
this State, having resided sixty
days in the town Of Lowndesville,
shall be deemed, and are hereby
declared to be a body polite and
corporate, and the said town shall
be called and known by the name
Of Lowndesville, and it's corporate
limits shall extend one-half mile
within it's present limits, to be fix
ed as a centre by majority Of the
inhabitants of said village.
SEC. 2. That the said town shall
be governed by an Intendant and
four Wardens, who shall be citl-
zens of the United States, and
shall have resided in this State
twelve months, and shall have
been residents of the town for six
ty days Immediately preceding
their election, who shall be elect
ed on the second Monday in Sep
tember, 1872, and every year
thereafter on the first Monday in
April, ten days previous notice
thereof being previously given ;
and that all male inhabitants of
the age of twenty-one years, citi-
zens of the State, and who shall
have resided in this State twelve
months, and in said town for sixty
days Immediately preceding the
election, shall be entitled to vote
for lntendant and Wardens.
Sec. 8. That the election for In
tendant and Wardens Of said town
shall be held in some convenient
house, or some other convenient
public place in the said town, from
six o'clock A. NJ. until six o'clock
P. NJ, and when the polls shall be
closed, the managers shall forth
with count the votes and proclaim
the election, and give notice, in
writing, to the persons elected.
The Intendant and Wardens shall
appoint three Managers to hold
the ensuing and any subsequent
election. Whenever there shall
not be an Intendant and Wardens,
or Intendant and Warden, from
any cause whatever, it shall be
the duty of the Clerk Of Court of
Abbevllle County to order such
election forthwith, and appoint
three managers for the same. The
Managers in each case shall, be.
fore they open the polls for said
election take an oath fairly and
impartially to conduct the same ;
and that the Intendant and War
dens, before entering upon the du-
ties of their respective Offices, shall
take the oath prescribed by the
Constitution of this State, and al.
so the following oath, to wit: GAS
Intendant (or Warden) Of the
town Of Lowndesville, I will equal
y and impartially, to the best of
my ability, exercise the trust re-
posed in me, and [ will use my
best endeavors to preserve the
peace and carry into effect, accord
ing to law, the purposes for which
I have been elected, so help me
God" The said Intendant and
Wardens shall hold their Offices
from the time of their election un-
I'll the first Monday in April en-
suing, and until their successors
shall be elected and qualified.
Sec. 4. That if in any case va,
cancy shall occur in the Office Of
the Intendant, or any of the War.
dens, by death, resignation, re.
moval or otherwise, or in case Of
a tie in said election, an election
to ill such vacancy shall be held
by the appointment Of Intendant
and Wardens, or Warden, as the
case may be, or the Clerk Of Alb,
beville County, if there should be
no Inteudant or Wardens, ten
days notice thereof being pre-
viously given and in case of The
sickness or temporary absence ot
the Intendant, the Wardens form,
ing a Council, shall be empowered
to elect one of their number to
act in his stead during the time.
SEC. 5. That the Intendant and
Wardens, duly elected and quail
fed, shall, during their term o1
service, severally and respectively:
be vested with all the power and
jurisdiction of Magistrates within
the limits Of said town, and the
Intendant shall, and may, as often
as he may deem necessary, sum
mon the Wardens to meet in coun
Gil, any two Of whom, with the
Tntendant, may constitute a quo
rum to transact business; anc
they shall be known BY the name
Of the Town Council Of Lowndes
Vile; and they, and their success
sors hereafter to be elected, may
have common seal: which shall
be affixed to all tho ordinances