The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-06-13
LAWS OF THE STATE.
Acts and Resolutions of the Genera
Assembly of South Carolina.
Published by Authority.

ANAcT to Incorporate the Town of Mullins,
in Marion County, State Of South Carroll,
ma.
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
sixty DAYS in the Town of Mullins shall be
deemed and are hereby declared to be
BODY polite and corporate, and the said town
shall be called and known BY the name OF
Mullins, and its corporate limits shall ex-
tend half nile north, one quarter OF mile
east and west, and one-third of mile south,
from stake which shall be in the centre or
square of said town.
SEC. 9. That the said town shall be gov
erned by an intendant and four wardens, who
shall be citizens of the United States, and
who shall have been residents of the said
town for sixty days Immediately preceding
their election, and who shall be elected
within thirty days after the passage of this
act, and every year thereafter, on the second
bIonday in January, ten days public notice
thereof being given; and that all male in
habitants Of the age of twenty-onc years,
citizens of the State, and who shall have re-
sided in said town for sixty days Immediate
ly preceding the election, shall be entitled
to vote for said intendant and wardcns
SEC. 5. That the election for intendant
and wardens of the said town shall be held
in some convenient house, or some other con-
rericnt public place, in the said town from 9
o'clock in the morning until four 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
intendant and wardens shall appoint three
managers to hold the ensuing, or any sub
sequent election. The managers, in each
case. shall, before they open the polls for
said election, take an oath fairly and impair
TALLY to conduct the same; and that the in
tcndant and wardens, before entering upon
the duties of their respective Offices, shall
take the oath prescribed by the Constitution
of this State, and also the following oath,
to wit GAS intcndant, Cor warden,) of the
Town of Mullins, 1 will equally and impair;
tiallv, to the best of my ability, exercise the
trust reposcd in me, and l gill use my best
cndeavors to preserve the peace and carry
into effect. according to law, tho purposes TOR
which | have been elected; 81 help ME,
God" The said intrmdant and wardcns
shall hold their Offices from the tine ul their
election until the second llon!-y Ill ja'!.uATy
ensuing, and until the:r Successors shall be
elected aud qualified.
SEC. +. That in casc.a vacancy shall oc-
cur in the Office of intcndant or any Of the
wardens by death, resignation, removal Or
otherwise, an election to iill such vacancy
shall be held, by order of the mtcndant aud
wardcns, or majority of the same, ten days
public notice being previously given; aud, in
case of sickness or temporary absence of the
intendant, the wardcus forming the council
Shall be empowered to elect one of their num-
Der to act as intendant during the time.
SEC. 5. That the irtcndaMt and wardcns,
duly elected and qualified, shall, during their
term Of service, severaly and respectively.
be vested with all the jurisdiction of magis-
tratcs or trial justices within the limits Of
said town, and the intendant shall and may,
rs often as he may deem neces ary, summon
the wardens to meet in council, any two of
whom, with the iintendant, may constitute
quorum to transact business, and they shall
be known by the name Of the town council
of Mullins, and their successors hereafter to
be elected, may have common seal, which
shall be affixed to. all ordinances; and the
said town council shall have authority to
appoint, from time to time, as they see fit,
such and so many, proper persons to act as
marshals or constablcs of the said town, as
the said town council may deem necessary
and cxpcdient for the preservation OF the
pcace, good order and police thereof, which
persons so appointed shall, within the corpo-
rate limits of said town, have the powers,
privileges and e:noluments, and be subject
to all the obligations 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 authorize the establishment of
the markct-house. as also Of guard-house
in said town. And the said town council
shall have full power and authority under
their corporate seal, to make all such rules,
bylaws and ordinances resi- ecting the streets.
roads, markethousc, public buildings and
tho business thereof. and the police system
Of said town, as shall appear to them neees,
sary and proper for security, welfare and
convenience, and for preserving health, or
der and good government within the same;
and the said town council may impose fines
for offences against their bylaws and ordi,
nanccs and appropriate the same to the pub,
lie use of said town; and the said town coun,
I'll shall have the same power which magis,
,ratcs or trial justices now have to compel
The attendan ofwitnesscs, and require tEcn
10 give evidence upon the trial before them
of any person for violation of any of these
bv.laws or ordinances; but no fine above tho
sum oftwcnty dollars shall be collected by
the town council. except by suit in the Cour
oI Common Pleas; and all the bylaws, rules
and ordinances the said town council ma,
make, shall, at all times, be subject to rcvisa
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