The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-09

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Acts and Joint Resolutions Pn.se,7 by the
General Assembly OF South Carolina,
Regular Session, 1871 and 1879.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF TIE
AZ TOWN OF LANCASTER.
SECTION 1. BE ii endcted By the Senate
and House of Representatives Of the State
of South Carolina, no,o met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority 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 Lancaster, shall be deemed, and
are hereby declared to be, body politio
and corporate, and the said town shall
be called and known by the name of
Lancaster, and its corporate limits shall
extend one mile in each direction from
the Court House in said town.
SEQ. Q. That the said town shall be
governed by an Intendant and four
Wardens, who shall be citizens of the
United States. and shall lave been resi-
dents of the said town for sixty days
Immediately preceding their election,
who shall be elected on the second Mon.
day in April, in every year, ten days
public notice thereof being previously
given, and that all male inhabitants
twenty-one (21) years of age, citizens Of
the State, and who shall have resided in
the said town for sixty days Immediately
preceding the election, shall be entitled
to vote for said Intendant and War
dens.
SEC. 8. That the election for Intend
ant and Wardens of said town shall be
held in the Court House, or some other
place convenient in said town, from
eight o'clock in the morning until five
O'Clock in the afternoon; and when the
polls shall be closed, the Managers shall
forthwith count the votes, and proclaim
the election, and give notice in writing
to the persons elected. The Chairman
Of the Board of County Commissioners
shall appoint three Managers to hold the
ensuing and any subsequent election.
The Managers, in each case, before they
open the polls for said election, shall
take an oath fairly and impartially to
conduct the same. And the Intendant
and Wardens, before entering on the
duties of their respective Offices, shall
take the oath prescribed by the Constitu-
tion of this State, and also the follow
ing oath, to-wit: ''As Intendant Tor
Warden) of the town of Lancaster, I
will equally and impartially, to the best
Of my ability, exercise the trust reposed
in me, and will use my best endeavors
to preserve the peace, and to carry into
effect, according to law, the purposes for
which have been elected. So help mo
God" The said Intendant and War
dens shall hold their Offices from the
time of their election, until the second
Monday in April ensuing, and until
their successors shall be elected and
qualified.
SEQ. 4. That the snid Town Council
Of Lancaster shall have power to arrest
and commit to jail, for space of time
not exceeding twelve hours, and to fine, !
not exceeding twenty (S20) dollars, any
person or persons who shall be guilty of
disorderly conduct in said town, to the
annoyance Of citizens thereof.
SEC. 5. That this Act shall be deemed
public Act, and shall continue in force
until repealed.
Approved March 8, 1872.
AN ACT TO ALTER AND AMEND THE CHAR.
TER OF THE TOWN OF PENDLKToN.
SECTION ]. Be il enacted bu the Senate
and House Of Representatives Of the STATE
Of South Carolina, mo,o met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority of
the same, That all persons, citizens of
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may hereafter reside, in the village of
Pendleton, shall be deemed, and are
hereby declared, body corporate and
politic; and the said village shall be
called end known by the name Of Pen
dleton; and its limits shall be held and
deemed to extend for one mile in every
direction from the Farmers Hall.
SEC. 2. That the said village shall be
governed by an Intendant and four
Wnrdens, who shall be elected on the
fourth Monday in September, and con-
Time in Office until the second Monday
in September next, or until their sue
cessors are qualified, on which day, as
we'll as on the second Monday in Sep.
tember of every year thereafter, an cleo
tion shall be held for an Intendant and
four Wardens, at such place as the In
tendant and Wardens shall designate,
thirty days notice being previously
given; and that all malo inhabitants Of
the said village, who have attained the
age of twenty.one years, and have re-
sided therein three months previous to
the election, shall be entitled to vote for
the said Intendant and Wardens; tho
election to be held from ten o'clock in
the morning until two o'clock in tho
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