The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-01-27

Acts and joint Resolutions Paused hv r..
General Assembly SS South Carolina.
AeRoinr Session, ASIA aud 1874.
AN AOT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE
TOWN OF UNION.
SECTION l. Be it enocted bv the Senote
and House Of Representatives az The STATE
q South Carolina, noo met and siuino in
General Assembly, and by Me authoritv Of
me same, That from and immedinteiy
after the passage of this Act, all and
every person or persons whatsoever. who
are constitutionaIIy qualified to vote for
members Of the Legislature of this State.
and who may have resided within the
present corporate limits of the town of
Union sixty days, aud their successors,
are hereby declared to be- members of
the corporation hereby intended to be
crented.
SEQ. 2. That the Rnid persons and their
successors shall, from aud after the pas
sage OF this Act, become body polite
and corporate, and shall be known and
called ny name Of the town of Union.
and ITS corporate limits shali extend one
mile, In the direction Of cardinal points.
from the Spartanburg and Union Rail
road Depot in said town, us O centre. and
form square.
SEC. 3. That the said town shnllbe GO
verned by al Intondant and four Ward
ems. who shall be- elected on tho second
Monday of September in each year, ten
days notice being previously given, and
Shall continue i'll Office for one year, and
until the election aud qualification of
their successors; and that oil mule inba.
oltants OF said town who shall hnve at
talned the age Of twenty-one wears. and
resided therein sixty days previous to the
election, shall be entitled to vote for said
lntcndant aud Wardons.
SEQ. 4. That the election of Intepdnnt
and Wardens OF the said town shall be
held III some convenient place in said
town, from nine o'clock in tho morning
until SIX O'Clock in The afternoon. and
when tho polls shall be closed, the Ma
nagers shall forthwith count tho votes
and proclaim the election, and give no
tice, In writing, to theS'persons elected.
The lntendant md Wnrdens for the time
being shall always appoint three una.
nagers to conduct the election, who, DO.
lore they open the polls for said election.
Shall tako al oath fairly and impartially
to conduct the same; and the Intendunt
and Wardens, before entering upon the
duties OF their Offices, shall Respectively
take the oath prescribed by the Consti-
tuition of this State, and also the follow.
ing oath, to wit: 'As Intendant for
Warden) of the town of Union. 7 will
equally and impartially, to tho best of
my ability. execute the trust reposed in
me, and Will use my best endeayors To
preserve the peace aud carry into effect.
according to law, the purposes for which
have been elected: So help me God
SEC. 5. That in case 1, vucancv shonld
occur in the office of Intendant. or any
Ut the Wardens, by death, resignation or
otherwise, an election to ill such yn.
onncy shall be held, by the appointment
of the Intendant and Warden. or Wurdi
ems, as tho case may be. fifteen dnvs,
previous notice being given; and in case
of the sickness or tenn porury absencc of
the Intendant, the Wardens. forming n
council, shall be empowered to elect one
Of the Wardens to act us Intendnut dnr.
ing the time.
SEC. 6. That the Intendant and Ward.
Gus duly elected and qualified shall. dur.
ing their term of office, severalIv and
respectively be vested with ali the
powers of trial justice or other inf.rior
- NA'o otoLc3 Wltulu Luo llmlt6 Df
the said town; and the Intondant Shall
and muy, as often Us may be necessary.
summon the Wurdens to meet in council
any two OF whom. with the Intendupt. or
any three Wnrdens, may constitute
Quorum to transact business, and thew
shall De known by the name of the
Town Council Of Union; and ,hey. aud
their successors hereafter to be elected.
may have common senl, which Shall be
affixed to nll their ordinances, NAV su.
and be- sued, may plead aud be- lniplead
ed III any court of law or equity in this
State. and purchase. hold. possess and
enjoy to them nnd their successors. IN
perpetuity, or for my term Of years, nny
estate, real or personal, or mixed, aud
sell, nlien or convey the same; shall not
exceed to any one time the sun, of ton
thousand dollars. And the suid Intend
INT and Wnrdens shall have full power to
make and establish all such rules. bv.
lnws nnd ordinances respecting the roads.
streets, markets, commerce, trude. builI.
lngs and police Of said town as Shall an
yeur to them necessary and requisite for
the security, welfare and conveniencs of
the said town, or for preserving health.
peace, order and good government within
the same. And the said council NAV iix
and impose fines and penalties md i'm