Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-03-21
March 4rls72= s.. G &

fProye9 MarcH l 1917; .et .i&,.-E. a.
AN ACT to Incorporate the 1o1ua @
MuE;,as, IN Marion County, Stat
( Of South Carolina.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Repres' ntatlve'
Of the State of South Carolina, nov
,aet and: sitting in General Assembly
and by the authority tyeof the same
That from and after the passage o
this Act, all citizens Of this State
having resided sixty days in the towr
of Mullins, shall be deemed, and. ar
hereby declared to be, a body polite
and corporate, and the said town shall
be called and khown by TIE name o
Mullins, and itsscorporate limits shal
| extend half a mile:North, 3one-quar
ter Of a mile East and West, and one
third of mile South, from stake
which shall be in the centre or square
of said town.
SEC. 2. That the said town shall b
governed by an Irtendant and foul
Wardens, who shall be citizens Of tht
United States, and who shall. have
been residents Of the, said town tol
sixty days Immediately preceding
their election, and who shall be elect
ed within thirty days after the pas
sage of this Act, and every year there
after, on the second Monday in Jan
uary, ten days public notice thereo
being previously given; and that al
male inhabitants Of the age-of TWEEN
ty-one years, citiaeps Qf the, State
and who shall have resided in the
said town for sixty days Immediately
preceding the election, shall beenti.
tied to vote for said Intendant and
Wardens.
Sec. g.. That the election for Inten,
dapt s9d Wardens Of the said town
shall be heldin some convenientliouse
or someother convenient public place,
IN IN the said town, from nine o clocksin
the morning until four o'clock III the
afternoon, and, when the polls shall
be closed, the Mans gers shah forths
with count the votes and proclaim the
election, and give notice, in writing,
to ihs persons SlQrpttssl TIE 1nten-
dant and Wardens shall appoint three
Managers to hold the ensuing, or any
subsequent; election. The Managers,
in each case, shall; before they open
the polls for said election, take an
oath fairly and impartially to conduct
the same; and that the Intendant
and Wsgdenss. before J entering upon
the duties, OF thsir respeGtlye Offices,
shall take the oath prescribed BY the
Constitution of this State, and, ais,
the following oathdoto wit: ." AS In
tendant. (or Warden Of the town II
Mullins, 1 will equally and impartial
lg.-tq-the -best-of my. ability. exercise
use my best endsavors to preserve the
peace dnd carry INTO effect ,accerdipg
to law, The ,purpossstor which 4 haYe
been elected, ;, 50 help me, God" The
said Tntendaants, aid iWafdens shall
hold, their Offices from the, time Of
their. election until the second Mon
day 10 January, ensuing, and until
their, successors shall ha elected and
a9anneo. ..G ha,sssss =,
Sec. 4. Thatih case q vacancy shall
occur in the Office of .Intendant, or,
any Of the Wardensi by death. resig-
naaion,, removal OF, otherwise, an eee-t
ton to FIJI such vacancy shall be held,
by osdpr Of the IntehdanBg amEW AZ
dens, or majority Of the same. ten
days public notice being previously
given; and, in case of sickness, or
temporary ;" absence Of the Ihtendant,
the Wardens, forming the Council,
shall be empowered to elect one of the
number TO act as Intendant during
the fss tnfnss IN * s-.s,S J..
Sec. 5. That the Intendant and:
Wardens, duly elected and qualified,
shall during their term Of service,
severally and respectively, be vested
with all Che sj6risGetioa of Magis-,
.trates on TraIh Ihstice8within the liln-j
its of said town, and the Intendaht
shall, and may, as often. "a he may
deem hsasssssyS summon zig WIZ
.dslis to Vnees9!ia Council aahy! two Of
whom, with the Intendant, may: con-
stitute "a 4uorhm to transact business,
and they shall be known by the name
of the ToWn Council of. Mullins and
they, = and tier ss6oe oeess5fs Hereafter
to be elected may1 have. q common:
SEAL. Which FBsE q aafhxedd 90 20 All 81!
diilnhsness} anH the said 'Fown7C Council
shall ha3eadshb ty to- appoint, #am
tin9 rto timeina ID they asee fita sdoh,t
snd3aa Inanv. Hrooer i5sfgnns,to aeta m