The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-12
l. OOLOMb1A s. "! TUESDAY MORNING. MARCH
Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the
General Assembly OF South Carolina.
Regular Session, 1871 and Is7a.

General Assembly OF south Carolina,
Regular Session, 1871 and 1874.
AN ACT TO GRANT, RENEW AND AMEND THE
CHARTER OF THE VILLAGE OF ROCK HILL.
IN THE COUNTY OF YORK.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives o. the State
Of South Carolina, noao met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority of
Tie same, That, from and after the pas
sage of this Act, all citizens OF this
State, having resided twelve months
within the State, and sixty days in the
village of Rock Hill, shall be deemed,
and are hereby declared to be. q body
polite and corporate, and the said vii.
lago shall be called and known by the
name OF Rock Hill, and it's corporate
limits shall extend over an area OF a
square, each eide whereof is one mile.
and the centre whereof is "Gordon's
Hotel"
SEQ. Q. That the said village shall be
governed by an Intendant and four War
dons, who shall 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 preceding their cleo.
tion, and who shall be elected the se.
cond Monday Of January, 1878, and on
the same day in each year thereafter.
ten days public notice thereof being
previously 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 village sixty days imme-
diately preceding their election, shall be
entitled to vote for said Intendant and
Wardens, paupers and persons under
disabilities of crime excepted.
SEQ. 3. Tho said election shall be held
at some convenient public place in the
said village, from 10 o'clock in the morn
ing until 4 o'clock in tho afternoon, and
when the polls shall be closed. the ma
nngers shall forthwith count the votes,
and declare the election; and give notice
thereof, in writing, to the Intendant
therein being, who shall, within 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 tho oath
prescribed by the Constitution of the
State, and also the following oath, to
wit: "As 1ntendant Tor Warden) OF the
village of Rock Hill, will, equally and
impartially. to the best OF my ability,
exercise the trust reposed in me, and
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 held me God"
and II any person, upon being elected
lntendant or Warden, shall refuse to act
as such, he shall forfeit and pay to the
Council the sum Of twenty dollars for
the use OF the said village: Prouided,
That no person who has attained the age
OF sixty years shall be compelled to
serve IN either of said Offices; nor shall
any other person be compelled to serve,
either as on Intendant or Warden, more
than one year in any term of three years.
Inc lntendant and Wardens, for the
time being, shall always appoint one or
more boards OF managers, three ma
nagers for each board to conduct the
election, who, before they open the polls.
shall take an oath fairly and impartially
to conduct the same.
SEQ 4. That in case vacancy shall
occur in the Office of Intendant, or any
OA 'AAo W oohos OJ uca1us IeSlRQRtlOD,
removal or otherwise, an election to fiji
such vacancy shall be held by order of
the Intendant and Wardens, or q majo-
rity of the same, ten days public notice
being previously given; and in case OF
sickness or temporary absence of the
Intendant, the Wardens. forming the
Council, shall be empowered to elect one
OF the number to act as Intendunt dur
ing the time.
SEQ g. That the Intendant and Ward
ems duly elected and qualified shall, dur
ing the term Of Office, severally and re-
spcctively, 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 Intendant shall and may, as
often rs is necessary, summon the Ward
ems to meet in Council. any three of
whom, with the Intendant, shall consti
tute quorum to transact business; and
they shall be known as the Town Coun-
Gil OF Rock Hill; and they and their sue.
cessors in office, hereafter TO he elected,
may have common seal, which shall be
affixed to all Of their Ordinances, NAV
suo and be sued, plead nnd be impleaded
IN any Court of Justice in this State;
and purchase, hold, possess and enjoy to