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shall have power to arrange and fnall,
determine the line between said States
and their action In the matter shall b,
\ binding upon the State of South Caro-
Approved 9Th Of January, A. A., 1872
An Act to incorporate the Toaon Of 1fsd,
SECTION r /. Be it enacted BY the s. Sen i
ate and House of Representatives Of tn,
State of South Carolina, now met ant
sitting in General Assembly, and by tht
authority of the same; ~ .tsa.t3..s}
That all persons, citizens of the Uni
ted States. who now are, or hereafter
may be, inhabitants Of the Town o
Midway, shall be deemed, and are here
by declared, to be q body polite anC
corporate, and that said town shall be
called and known. by. the name !of Mid.
way, and its limits shall be deemed and
held to extend four hundred and fifty
yards in each direction from the present
railroad depot in said town. IS a..
SEQ. 2. That said town shall be gov.
erned by an Intendant and four War:
dens, who shall be elected on. the fourth
Monday in March of each year there.
after, an electisA shall be held for In.
tendant and four fWardeas, who
shall be citizens. Of the United States
and shall have been. residents of said
town for sixty days Immediately prece.
ding said election, at such places in said
town as the Intendant and Wardens
shall designate, ten days' public notice
thereof being previously given, in wrl.
ting; and that all male Inhabitants .oi
said town Of the age of twenty-one
years, who shall have resided therein
sixty days previous to the election, shall
be entitled to vote for, said, Intendan
and Wardens, and the election shall be
held from nine o'clock in the morning
until three o'clock in the afternoon
when the polls shall be, closed, and the
managers shall connt the votes and pro
claim the election, and give notice there.
| of to the persons elected, and that the
Intendant and Wardens for the time be-
ling shall appoint the. managers ito hold
the ensuing election. That the Inten.
dant 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: .H'As Intendant
(or Warden) of Midway will equally
and impartially, to the best of my Rabil:
ity, EXERCISE the trnst reposed In me,
and use my best endeavors to preserve
the peace and carry into effect, accord
ing to law, the purposes of my appoint
ment. So help me Cod" g@'s 6SFr.sF
Sec. 8. That in case q vacancy shall
occur in the Office Of Intendant or any
of the Wardens, by death, resignation,
removal from the State, or from any
other cause, an election shall be held by
the appointment of the Intendant and
Warden, or wardens, as the case may be,
ten days notice thereof, as aforesaid, !,
being given; and in the case Of sickness
or temporary absence Of the Intendant,
the Wardens forming g. a-council ashali be
empowered to elect one of themsehe es
to act as Intendant during such sickness
or absence.
SEC. 4. That the Intendant or Ward
ems, duly elected and qualified, shall,
during their term of service, ,severally
and respectively, be vested with all the
powers of trial justices or other inferior
courts in this State, in matters civil and
criminal, within the limits Of said town.
That the Intendant shall, as occasion
mayxequire, summons the Wardens to
meeE him in council, majority Of
whom shall constitute aquorum for the
transaction of business, and shall be
known by the name OF, the Town Coun-
Gil of Midway, and they and their sue
cessors in office shall have a common
seal, and shall have power and authority
to appoint, from time to time, such and
so many persons, to act as marshals! and
constables, as they shall deem eXpedient
and proper, which officers shall have all
the powers, privileger and emoluments,
be subjee OF to all the duties, penalties and
regulations provided by the laws of this
State for the office of constables; and
the Intendant and Wardens in council
shall have power and authority, under
their corporate seal, to ordain and estab-
lish all such rules and by-laws and ordi-
nances respecting the streets, ways,
public wells and watering places, mar
ket and police Of said town, and for pre-
serving health, peace, order and good
government within the same, os they
may deem expedient and proper; and
the said council may affix fines for Of
fences against ruch bylaws and ordi-
nances, and appropriate the same to the
use Of the corporation, but 10 fine shall
exceed fifty dollars. All fines may be
recovered by an action for debt before a
proper tribunal. laae"53 l;ls:H
Sec. S. That the said council shall
have power to abate and remove puisan-
ces within the limits af said town, and
also to classify and arrange the inhabi-
tants liable to police duty, and to require
them to require them to perform such
duty as occasion may require, and to ems
forco the performance thereof under the
same penalties as are now, or may here
after be, established by law: Provided,
always, nevertheless, That the said Town
Council shall have power. to compound
with persons liable to perform such, duty
upon such terms as they shall, by ordi-
nauces, establish. ~ @G T. IA - bt
SEC. 6. That it shall be the duty of the
Intendant and Wardens to keep all
streets and ways which may be necessary
for pl bile USE within the limits Of the
said town open and In good repair; and
loA th1o PuA HOoS SAASy CIV ASASDJ sSSsSA
with all the powers, rights and privileges
granted by law to the county commits
sioners within the limits Of said town,
and for any neglect of duty they shall
lie liable to the pains and penaltieslim-
posed by law upon county commission
ers for like neglect; and they are hereby,
individually, exempt from the perform
ance of road and police duty; and the
empt from street and police duty with
out the limits Of said corporation. .i:ar,
Sec. 7. That the said Intendant and
Wardens shall have power to compound
with persons liable. to work ON said
streets and ways, and release such per-
sons as may desire it, upon the payment
of such sum of money as they deem o
fair equivalent therefor, to be applied
by them to the use of said corporation.
Sec. 8. That the said town Conncil of
Midway shall be empowered to remain,