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after, may be, inhabitants Of
. the town of Ninety-Six, shall be
deemed, and are hereby declared a
body polite and corporate; and said
town shall be called and known by
the name of 'Ninety-.Six, and its lin.
, its shall deemed and held to extend
for one.half mile in each direction
t from the Grcenville and Columbia
Rail Road Depot at said place. "
Sec. 2. That the said town shall
be governed by an Intendant and
four Wardens, who shall be elected
on the first Monday in April next,
1872, as we'll as on the first Monday
in April Of every year, thereafter.
an election shal be held for an In
tcndant and four Wardens, who shall
be citizens Of the United States, and
shall have been residents of the said
town, sixty days next preceding said
election, at such place in said town as
/ the Intendauts and Wardens shall
designate, ten days notice thereof. in
writing, be previously given; and that
all the male inhabitants of SAID town,
Of the age of the ags Of twenty-ohe
years, who have resided therein sixty
days previous to the election, shall be
entitled to vote for said Intendant
and Wardens; and the election shall
be held from seven o'clock in the
morning until six o'clock in the even
ing. when the polls shall be closed,
the Managers shall count the votes
and proclaim the election and give
notice thereof to the parties elected
and the Inlcndant and Wardens for
the time being, shall appoint Mana
gers TO hold the ensuing election; the
Intendant and Wardens, before Ell ter
| ing upon the duties of their offices,
shall take the oath prescribed by the
Constitution of this State, and also the
following oath, to wit: "As Intendant,
(or Warden) of Ninety-SiX, l will
equally and impartially, to the best of
my ability, exercise the trust reposed
in me, andI will use my best endeavors
to preserve the peace and carry into effect
according to law, the purposes of my
appointment So help me God"
SEC. 8. That in case Il vacancy shall
occur in the Offices of Intendaut or
anv Of the Wardens, by death, resig-
nation, removal from the State, or
from any other cause, an election
shall be held by appointment of the
Inlendant and Warden or Wardens,
as the case may be, ten days public
notice thereof as aforesaid being
given; and in case Of tho sickness or
temporary absence Of the Intendant,
the Wardens, forming Council, shall
be empowered to elect one Of them
selves to act as Intendant, during
such sickness or absence. ~ ,
SEC. +. That tho 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
and Justices Of the Peace, in this
State in matters civil and criminal,
within the limits Of the said town; !;
that the Intcndant shall, as often as
occasion may require, summon the
Wardens TO meet him in Council, u
majority of whom shall constitute
Il quorum for the tropsacllon Of bust
ness and shall be known as the Town
Council Of Ninety Six, and they and
their SUCCESSORS in office shall have a
common seal, and shall have power
and authority to appoint, from time
to time, such and SO many persons
to act as Marshals and Con- tables as
they shall deem expcdient and prop
er, which officer shall have all the
powers privileges and emoluments,
and be subject to all duties, penalties
and regulations provided by the laws
Of this State for the office Of Consta-
bio, and. the Intendant and Wardens
in Council shall have power, under
their corporate seal, to ordain and
establish all such rules, bylaws and
ordinances, respecting the roads,
streets, ways, public wells, springs OF
water, markets and police of said
town, aud for preserving health,
peace, order and good government
within the same, as they may deem
expcdient and proper; and the said
Council may atlix fines for offences
against such bylaws and ordinances,
aud appropriate them to the use OF
ths corporation; but no fine shall cx-
coed fifty dollars. All fines may be
collected by an action for debt, before
q proper tribunal. .... e.. ...-...,..-
SEC. 5. That the said Intendant
and Wardcns shall have power to
abate and remove nuisances within
the said limits, and to. classify and ar
range the inhabitants liable to public
duty, to require them to perform such
duty as occasion may require, and en-
force the performance Of the same
under the same penalties as are
now, or may be hereafter established
j by law; PROVIDED, olOays, nevertheless
That the said Town Council shall
have power to compound with the
persons liable to perform such duty,
under such terms as they shall, by or.
dinance, establish. ..: T.. o.. r.
SEC. g. That it shall be the duty Of
the Intendants and W.ardens to keep
all streets and ways in the limits Of
said town open and in good order, and
for that purpose they are hereby in
vested with all the powers and privi
leges granted BY law to the Commits
: sioners of Roads within the limits Of
said town. And for neglect Of duty
. they shall be liable to the same pain:
! and penalties imposed by law upor
Commissioners Of Roads, for like neg
lect; and they are hereby individu
+ ally exempt from the performance O
, road and police duty; and the inhab