Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-03-21
OFFICIAL.
Acts and .Jnnt Resolutions Passed
by the General Assembly Of South
Carolina, Regular Session, lsn
and 1877.

AN ACT 10 Grant, Rensoand AHnsad
tie Chaqter Of theeVftlt.eepf .Roes
Hill, IN tie Gunty@ York.
SECTION Be ii esaeledsy SEN
ate and House OF Representatives, Of
the State OF South Caroliiiass 'neNe met
and. sitting iaGensfa Assembs bsg sna
by the adthorisy%of she ssnae:
That, from and after the passage OF
this Act, alEeitizel,s of this State;
having resideds taelvem months within
the State. apdxixty days in the yli-
laae OF Rock Hill. .skaif be deemed,
and are hereba desfarest to be, a body:
polite and corporate, and the SAID
Village shall be call ,tand known by
the name Of Rock Hill, and its COR
porate limits shall extend over. an
area of square each.side whereof is
one mile, and the centre whereotls
: f" Gor,lon's Hotel"
SEC. 2. That the said village shall
be governed by an Intendant and
four Wardens, who shall be citizens
of the United States, and who shall
have resided in this State twelve
mouths, and shall have been residents
of The sail village 7ixty days imme-
diate!y preceding their election, and
VINO sh4fI be elected the second Mon
day of. January, 1878, and on the
same day in each year thereafter ten
days public notice thereof being pre-
yiouslv given, and that all male in
habitants, 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 VII
lase sixty days Immediately preced-
ing their election, shah be entitled to
vote for said Tntendant and Warden;
paupers and persons rnier disablli.
tieso crime excepted.
Sec. s. The SAID election shall be
held at some convenient public place
ic the =lid village, from 10 o'clock in
the morning, until 4 o'clock IN Iha
afternoon, and when the polls shall be
closed, the Managers shallsforthwith
count the votes. and declare the elee-
ton; and give notice tn reof, in wri-
ting, to the Inte.dant therein being,
who shall, within two days thereafter
give notice, or cause the same to be
given, q to the persons duly elected. /.
fhe Intendant audWardens, before
entering upon the duties Of their Of
fee, shall, respectively take the oath
prescribed by tue Constitution OF the
State, and also the following oath, to
wit *" AS Intendant (or. Warden) OF
the village of Rock Hill. will, equal
ly and impartially, 10 the best OF my
ability, exercise the trust reposed IN
me, AID viii use my best endeavors
to preserve the. peace, and carry into
effect, according to law, the purposes
for which / have been elected: 50
help me God" And. if any person
upon being elected Intcudant OF War;
den, shall refuse to act SIS such, DC
shall forfeit ana pay 10 -tne ECou.iSi'
the sun Of twenty dollars fer the use
of the said village: Provided. That
no person who has attained the age
of ssiixty-years shall be compelled to
s.eye in either OF said Offices; nol
Shall any other person be compeiled
to serve, either as an lntendant o.
Warden, more than one year m any
term of three years. The Intendant
and Wardens, for the time being. shal
always appoint one or more Boards
Of. Managers, (three Managers fol
each Board, to condnct the election
who, before they open the polls, shal
take an oath fairly and impartially
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