The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-13

Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by tho
General Assembly OF South Carolina.
Regular session, 1s7I and 1874.
AN ACT TO RENEW AND AMEND THE CHARTER
OF THE TOWN OF 1owNDRsvn1E, ABBE-
WILLIE COUNTY, s. O.
SECTION I. Be IL enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of The State
of South Carolina, 7oW met and sitting in
Genera! 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 Lowndesville, 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 Lowndesville. and it's corporate limits
shall extend one-half mile within it's pre-
sent limits, to be fixed as centre by
majority Of the inhabitants of the said
village.
SEC. 2. That the said town shall be
governed by an Intendant and four
Wardens, who shall be citizens of the
United States, and shall have resided in
this State twelve months, and shall have
been residents of the said town for sixty
days Immediately preceding their cleo
tion, who shall be elected on the second
Monday in September, 1872. and every
year thereafter on the first Monday in
April, ten days. public notice being pre-
viously given; and that all male inhabi-
tants Of the age of twonty-one years,
citizens of the State, and who shall have
resided in the State twelve months and
in said town for sixty days Immediately
preceding the election, shall be entitled
to vote for Intendsnt and Wardens.
SEC. 3. That the election for Intend
ant and Wardens OF said town shall be
held in some convenient house or some
other convenient public place in the said
town, from O'Clock A. M. until o'clock
P. NJ, and, when the polls shall be
closed, the Managers shall forthwith
count the votes and proclaim the cleo
ton, and give notice, in writing, to the
persons elected. the Intendant and
Wardens shall appoint three Managers
to hold the ensuing and subsequent cleo.
tions. Whenever there shall not be an
Intendant and Wardens. or Intendant
and Warden, from any cause whatever,
it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the
Court of Abbeville County to order such
election forthwith, and appoint three
Managers for the same. The Managers
in each case shall, before they open the
polls for said election, take an oath fairly
and impartially to conduct the same;
and that the Intendant and Wardens,
before entering upon the duties Of their
prescribed by the Constitution of this
State, and also tho following oath, to
wit: GAS Intendant Tor Warden) of the
town of Lowndesvilie, will equally and
impartially, to the best of my ability,
exercise the trust reposed in me, and I
will use my best endeavors TO preserve
the peace and carry into effect, accord
ing to law, the purposes for which I
have been elected. So help me God"
The said Intendant and Wardens shall
hold their Offices from the time of their
election until the first Monday in April
ensuing. and until their successors shall
be elected and qualified.
SEQ. 4. That if in any case vacancy
shall occur in the Office of tho Intend
ant, or any of the Wardens. by death,
resignation, removal, or otherwise, or
e case of tic in said election, an cleo
tion to fill such vacancy shall be held by
the appointment of Intendsnt and War
dens, Tor Warden as the case may be,
or the Clerk of the Court of Abbeville
County, if there should be no Intendant
or Wardens, ten days notice thereof be-
ing previously given; and in case of the
sickness or temporary absence of the
Intendant, the Wardens, forming q
Council, shall be empowered to elect one
Of their number to act in his stead dur.
ing the time.
SEC. s. That the Intendant and War
dens, duly elected and qualified, shall,
during their term of service, severally
and respectively, be vested with all the
power and jurisdiction of Magistrates
within the limits of the said town, and
the Intendant shall, and may, as often
as he may deem necessary, summon the
Wardens to meet in Council, any two of
whom, with the Intendant, may consti-
tute quorum to transact business; aud
they shall be known by the name of the
Town Council of Lowndesville; and
they, and their SUCCESSORS hereafter to be
elected, may have common seal, which
shall be affixed to all the ordinances; and
the said Town Council shall have author
ity to appoint, from time to time, as
they may see fit, such and 30 many pro-
per persons to act as Marshals or Con-
stables of tho said town, as the said
Town Council may deem necessary and
expedient for the preservation of the
peace, good order and police thereof;