The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-18
LAWS OF THE STATE.
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLE
OFSOUTH CAROLINA.

ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OFsOUTH CAROLINA.
Published by Authority.
AN ACT to Grant, Renew and Amend the Char
ter of the Village Of Rock Hill, in the Coun-
ty of York.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly and by the authority of the same:
That from and after the passage 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 cor
porate, and the said village shall be called and
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 whereof Is "Gordon,s HOTEL"
SEC. O.. That the said village shall be gov
erned by an intendant and four wardens, who
shall be citizens of the United States, aud who
shall have resided In this State twelve months,
aud shall have been residents of the said vii
lage sixty days Immediately preceding their
election, and who ehall be elected on the Sec.
ond Monday Of January, 1873, and on the same
day in each year thereafter, ten days. public
notice thereof being previously given; and
that all male Inhabitants of the age of twenty
one years, citizens ofthe State, and who shall
have resided within the State twelve months,
and in the said village sixty days Immediately
preceding their election, shall be entitled to
vote for said lntendant and wardens, paupers
and persons under disabilities of crime ex-
cepted.
SEC. 8. The said election shall be held at
some convenient public place in the eaid vii
lage, from ten o'clock In the morning, until
four o'clock in the afternoon, and when the
polls shall be closed, the managers shall forth
with count the votes, and declare the election;
and give notice thereof, in writing, to the In
tendant 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 the oath prescribed by the constitution of
the State, and also the following oath, to wit;
"As the intendant Tor warden) Of the vii
lage of Rock Hill, I will, equally and
lmpsrtially, to the best of my abil-
ity, 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 have been
elected: 80 help me God" And If any per-
son. upon being elected intendant 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: Provided, 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 COM
PEELED to serve, either as an intendant or war
den, more than one year In any term of three
years. The intendant and wsrdens for the
time being shall always appoint one or more
boards of managers (three managers for each
bonrd) to conduct the election. who, before
they open the polls, shall take an oath fairly
and lmpsrtiaily to conduct the same.
SEC. 4. That in case vacancy shall occur
In the Office OF intendant. or any OF the
wardens, by death, resignation, removal, or
otherwise, an election to fill such vacancy
shall be held by order of the intendant and
wardens, or majority 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 intendant during the time.
Sec. s. That the intendant and wardens
duly elected and qualified shall, during the
term Of office, severally 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 lntendant shall and may, as often as
Is necessary, summon the wardens to meet in
| council any three Of whom, with the inten-
dant, shall constitute quorum to transact
business; and they shall be known as the town
council of Rock Hill; and they and their sue
cessors In Office, hereafter to be elected, may
have a common seal, which shall be affixed to
all of their ordinances, may sue and be sued,
plead and be impleaded In any court of Justice
| In this State; and purchase. hold, possess and
enjoy to them, in perpetuity, OF for any tern
OF years, any estate, real or personal, or
mixed, and sell, alien or convey the same:
Provided, The same shall not exceed, at any
one time, the sum of ten thousand dollars;
and the said town council shall have authori-
ty to appoint, from time to time, as they may
see fit, such and so many proper persons, to
act as marshsls or constables of said village,
as said council may deem necessary and ex-
pedient for the preservation of the peace,
good order and police thereof, which persons
| 80 appointed shall, within the corporate limits
OF said village, have the power and privileges,
| and be subject to all the obligations, penalties
and regulations provided by law for the office
Of constable; and shall be liable to be removed
at the pleasure of said town council; and the
said town council shall have power to establish
or authorize the establishment of market.
house in said village; also to authorize the
establishment of a guardhouse, and to pre-
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