The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-05-23
LAWS OF THE STATE.
Acts and Resolutions of the Genera
Assembly of South Carolina.
Published by Authority.

vile, S. G.
SECTION J.. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives OF the otate
Of South Carolina now met and sitting IN
General Assembly, and by the authority OF
the same: 'T<1 ..''' =.
That from and after the passage OF this
act all citizens Of this State, having resided
.welve months within this State, and sixty
days in the villageof Lewisville, shall be
deemed, and are hereby declared to be, a
BODY polite and corporate, and the said vii
lage shall be called and known by the name
of LewisviTle, and its corporate limits shall
extend three -fourths off mile in each dlrec-
sion. from the new store Of W. II. Hennon.
SEC. 2. That the said village shall be gov
erned by an intendant and four wardens,
who oshail be citizens of the United States, and
who shall have resided in this State twelve
months, and shall have been residents OF the
said village sixty days Immediately preced,,
ing their election, and who shall be elected
on the fourth Monday in May, 1872,
and on the same day in each year
thereafter, ten days public notice thereof
being previously given; and that all male
Inhabitants of the age Of twenty-one years,
citizens of the State, and who shall have
resided within the State twelve months, and
in the said village sixty days Immediately
preceding the election, shall be entitled to
vote tor said intendaut and wardens, paupers
and nersops under disabilities for crimes ex-
ccptcd. ~, >,
SEC. 3. The said election shall be held at
some convenient public place in said village,
from six 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 declare the election, and
nive notice thereof in writing to the Intend
ant therein being, or cause the same to be
given to the person duly elected: Provided,
The commissioners of election Of Orange
burg County shall call the first election under
this act, and shall appoint managers to con.
duct the same, who shall make return thereof
to the commissioners, the same as other
elections held in this State And the SAID
commissioners shall count the votes, and
declare. the election, and notify persons so
elected intendant and wardens of the said
village. The intcndant and wardcns, before
entering upon the duties of their Offices,
shall respectively take the oath prescribed
by tie CONSTITUTION Of the State, and also
the following oath, to-wt: GAS lntendant
Cor wardens) Of the village of Lcwisvllle, /
will equally and impartally, to the best OF
nv ability, exercise the trust repcsed IN me,
and will use my best cndeayors to preserve
the peace, and carry into effect, according
to law, the purposes for which | have been
elected: So help Inc God" And if any
person, upon being elected intendant or
wardcns, shall refuse to act as such, nc shall
forfeit and pay to the council the sum OF
twenty dollars for the use OF said village:
Provided, That no person who has attained
the age of sixty years shall be compelled to
serve III either Of said Offices, nor shall any
other person be compelled to serve either as
iatcniant or warden more than one year In
auy term of three years. The intcndant and
wardens for the time being shall always ap-
point one or more boards of managers, three
managers to conduct the election, who before
they open the polls, shall take an oath fairly
and impartially to conduct the same.
Sec t. That in case vacancy shall oc-
cur in the Office of intendant or any of the
wardens, by death, resignation, removal or
otherwise. an election to fill such vacancy
shall be held, by order of the intendaut and
wardens, or majority of the same, ten days
public notice being previously given; and in
case ofsickness or temporary absence ofthe in-
tcndaut, the wardens forming the council shall
be empowered toelcct one of their number to
act as intendant during the time.
Sec. 5. That the intendant and wardens
duly elected and qualified shall, during their
term of service, severally and respectively
be vested with all the powers of trial justices
Or justices of the peace, as the case may be,
in this State, within the limits Of the village,
except for the trial OF small and mean causes;
and the intendant shall, or may, as often as
necessary, summon the wardens to meet in
council, any three of whom with the intend
ant, shall constitute quorum to transact
business; and they shall be known as the
Town Council of Lewisville; and they, and
their successors in Office hereinafter to be
elected, may hive a common seal, which
shall be eafixed to alltheir ordinances, may sue,
and be sued, plead and be implcaded in any
court of justice in this State, and purchase,
hold, possess and enjoy to them and their
successors, in perpetuty, or for any term of
years. any estate, real, personal or mixed,
and sell, alien, or convey the same: Provided,
The same shall not exceed, at anysne time,
the sum of ten thousand dollars. And the
said town council shall have authority to ap-
point, from timo to time, as they may see
fit, such and so many proper persons, to act
as marshals or constables Of. said village, as
thcsaid councilmay deem necessary and expe.
.idient for the preservation of the peace, good
order and police thereof, which persons so
appointed shall within the corporate limits
aof said village, have the power and privil-
cges, and be subject to all the obligations.
penalties and regulations provided by law
for the Office of constable, and shall be liable
to be removed at the pleasure of said coun'
cil And the said town council shall have
power to establish, or authorize the estab