The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-06-20
LAWS OF THE STATE.
Acts and Resolutions Of the General
Assembly Of South Carolina.
Published by Authority.


Published BY Authority.
AN ACT to Grant, Renew and Amend tn
Charter of the Village Of Rock Hill, ii
the County Of York.
Sscr1oN l. Be it enacted by the Senat
and House Of Representatives of the Stat
of South Carolina now met and sitting II
General Assembly, and by the authority o
xhe same: -.
That from and after the passage Of thi
not all citizens of this State, having resided
swelve months within the State, and ssixt.
DAYS in the Village Of Rock Hill, shall b
deemed, .sBd are hereby declared to be, I
BODY politic and corporate, and the said vii
aaue shall be called and known by the name
of Rock Hill, and its corporate limits shal
extend over an area of square each side
whereof is one mile, and the centre whereof
is."Gord0p' s Hotel"
SEC. 2. That the said village shall be. gov
erped by an intendant and four wardens
who shall be pitisehs of the United States
and who shall have resided in this State
tw.lve months, and shall have been residents
81 the said village sixty days immediately
preceding their election, and who shall be
elected on the second Monday Of january,
1873. and on the same day in each year
thereafter, ten days public notiso thereof
being previously gives; and that all male in.
habitanes of the age Of twenty-one years, c1t!-
. zees of the State, and who shall have resi-
ded within the State twelve months, and in
the said village sixty DAY immediately pre-
cedinc their election, shall be entitled to vote
for said intendant and wardens, paupors and
persons under disabilities Of crime except
ed. 80
SEC. 8. The said ekctioa shall be held at
some convenient public place in the said
village; from ten O'Clock in the n,eranfg, un-
til four .o'tldtk n the AFTERNOON, and when
the polls shall be closed, the managers shall
forthwith count the votes, and declare the
clecti6a; and give notice thereof, il writing,
to the intc,raant therein being, who shall,
witAm two days thereafter give notice, or
cause the same to be given, to the persons
duly elected. The intendant and wardens,
before entering upon the duties of their
office, shall, respectively take the tath pre-
scribcd by the constitution Of the State, and
also the following oath, to wit: ''As intend
ant lor warden) Of the village Of Rock Hill.
will, equally and tmpartially, to the best u
niy ability, exercise the trust rop6sea in me,
aud will use my best sndeavors to preserve
the peace, and carry into effect, according
to law, the purposes for which have been
elected So help Inc God" And ifany per-
SON, upon being elected iutendant or war
den, shrll refuse to act as such, he shall for
forfeit and pay 10 The coaneh the SUM of
twenty dollars for the use of said village
Provided, That no person who has attained
the asc of sixty yehrs shall be compelled to
serve in either Of said otsees; nor shsll any
other person BE compelled 10 serve, either as
intendant or warden, more than one year in
any term of three years. The intendaut and
wardeus for the time being shall always APP
point one or more boards Of managers (thrce
managers for each board) to conduct the
election, who, before they open the polls
shall take oath fairly and iupartially to con-
duct the same.
SEC. 4. That in case a vacancy shall occur
in the office of intendant, Or any of the war
dcns, by death, resignation, removal, or 9th.
crwise. un election to dM sach vacancy shall
be held by order of the ihtendaHt and war.
dens or majority Of the same, ten days
public notice being previously given; and in
case of sickness, or temporary absence OF the
intendant, the wardons, forming the council,
shall be empowered to elect of their number
to act as inteudant during the time.
SEC. 5. That the inteudaht and wardens
duly elected and qualified shall, during their
term of office, scveraliy 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 said village
except for the trial Of small and mean cases
and the iatendaht shall and may as often as
is xccessaty, summon the wardeus to meet
III Council, any three of whom, with the in
tendant, shall consulate a quorum to trans
act business; and they shall he known as the
town council of Rock Hill; and they and
their successors in Office, hereafter to bt
elected, may have a common seal, which
shall be affixed to all of their 6fdinaces, may
s,e and be sued, plead and be implcaded il
any couTG VI JusIice w thiS SIdIej Shu pui
c',ase, hold, possess and enjoy to them, ii
prpetuity, or for any term of years, any cs
t.te, real or personal, Or mixed, and sell
alien or convey the same: Provided, Th
SINE shall not exceed, at any one time, tn
sum of ten thousand dollars; and the sa;,
town council shall have authority to appoint
from time to time, as they may fit, such ant
50 many proper persons, to act as marshal
or constables of said village, as said councI
may deem necessary and expedient tor tn
preservation Of the peace, good order AM
police thereof which persons so appointc,
s',all, within the corporate limits of said VI
l'ge, have the power and privileges, and b
subject to all the obligations, penalties, an
regulations provided by law for the Office G
constable, and shall be liable to be remove
at the pleasure of said town council; and tn
said town council shall have authority to 3!
t.blish or authorize the establishment Of
market-house in said village; also to author
ize the establishment Of guardhouse, an