Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-04-11

town shall be called by the name O.
Little Rock, and IS corporate limits
shall extend three-fourths of mile
in each direction from the Methodist
Church, in said town, Provided, thai
the corporate limits of said town shall
not extend beyond the Little Pee
Dee River.
SEC. 2. That the said town shall
be governed by an Intendant and
four Wardens, who shall be citizen.
of the United States, and who shall
have resided in this State twelve
months, and shall have been residents
of the said town sixty days immedi'
ately preceding their election: The
| said Intendant and Warlens shall be
elected on the second Saturday III
April, in every year, FIVE days notice
being previously given, and shall con
tinue in Office for one year, and un.
i'll the election and qualification ol
their successors; and all male inhab'
itants of said town, who. shall have
attained the age Of twenty-one years
paupers and persons under disablll.
ties for infamous crimes excepted, and
shall have resided therein sixty days
Immediately preceding the election
shall'b entitled to vote for said In
tendant and Wardens.
Sec. 8. The said election shall be
held in some. convenient public place
in said town, from six o'clock in the
morning until four clock in the eve.
ming, and when the polls shall, be
closed, the Managers shall forthwith
count the votes and declare the elec-
ton, and give notice thereof in wrl-
ting to the persons elected. The In
tendant and Wardens, before enter
ing upon the duties of their Offices,
shall each take the oath prescribed
by the Constitution Of this State, and
also the following oath, to wit: Gas
Intendant Cor Warden. as the case
may be) of the town Of Little Rock,
will equally and impartially, to the
best Of my ability, exercise the trust
reposed in me, and will use my best
endeavofs to preserve the peace, and
carry into effect, according to law,
the purposes for which l have been
elected: so help me God" And if
any person, upon being elected In
tendant or Warden, shall refuse to
act as such, ne shall forfeit and pay
to the Town Council the sum Of ten
dollars, for the use of said town: Pro-
vided, that no person who has at
taincd. the age OF sixty years shall be
compelled to serve i'll either OF said
Offices, nor shall any other person be
COMPELLED to serve more than one
year in any term Of three years. The
lntendant and Wardens, for the time
being, shall always appoint a Board
of three Managers to conduct the cleo
ton, who, before they open the polls,
shall take an oath fairly and impair
tally to conduct the same. That
James Stackhouse, Benjamin Mace
and R. P. Hammer are hereby ap-
pointed Managers to hold the election
on the second Saturday in March, one
thousand eight hundred and seventy
two.
SEc..4. That in case vacancy shall
occur in the Office of Intendant or
any of the Wardcus, by dea!h, resig-
nation, removal or otherwise, an cleo
tion to fiji such vacancy shah be held
by order of the Intendant and War
.dens, or a majority of the same, FIVE
days public notice being previously
given; and in case Of sickness or tenn
porary absence of the Intendant, the
Wardens, forming the Council, shall
be empowered to elect one of their
number to act as Intendant Tor the
time being.
SEC. 5. That the Intendant and
Wardens. duly elected and qualified,
shall, during their term of Office, sew.
orally and respectively, be vested
with all the powers heretofore grant
ed to Magistrates, Trial Justices or
Justices of the Peace, as the case may
be- in this State, within the limits OF
the said town, except for the trial OF
causes small and mean. And the In
tendant shall and may, as often as
may be necessary, summon the War
dens to meet in Council, any two OF
whom, with the Intendant, or any
three Wardens, may constitute aquo.
rum to transact business, and they
shall be known as the Town Council
of Little Rock, and they and their
successors, hereafter to be elected
may have a common seal, Which shall
be affixed to all their ordinances; may
sue and be sued,. plead and .be i'm
pleaded, in any court Of law or equity
in this State; and may purchase, hold
possess and enjoy, to them and their
successors, in perpetuity, Or for any
term Of years, any estate, real, per-
sonal " mixed, and sell, alien OF con,
vey til. s;,luc: Provided, the same
shall not exceed, at any one time, the
sum Of ten thousand dollars. And
the Intendant and Wardens Shall
have full power to make and estabEsi $,
all such rules, and bylaws and ordi'
nances, respecting the roads, streets
market and police of said town az
shall appear to them necessary anc
requisite for the security, welfare anc
convenience of the said town, or fol
preserving health, peace, order ane
good government within the same
And the said Town Council may IL
and impose fines and penalties for TIN
violation thereof, and appropriate tn.
same to the public uses OF the saie
corporation Provided. that no Tin.
shall exceed fifty dollars for any of
fei4se; and, also, that nothing hereil
contained shall authorize the sale
Council to make any bylaws incon