The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-02
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Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by tho
aencrAl Assembly OF South Caroiine,
Regular Session. lS7l and 1879.

Acts and Joint Revolutions Passed by the
SscnorAl Assembly OF South Caroiine,
Regular session. AS7l and 1879.
AN Aor TO AMEND AN AoT (No. 1897 ENrI.
TIED IAN AOT TO GRANT, RENEW AND
AMEND THECHARTERs OF CERTAIN TOWNS
AND VILLAGES THEREIN MENTIONED" I"
COMMENCING WITH SECTION NO. SO OF
SAID AOT, RELATING TO THE INCORPoRA-
TON OF The TOWN OF wRIaHTsvILLE,
PASSED AT THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA, 1S7O--71.
SRoTIoN l. Be il enacted 6y the Senate
ana House Of Representatives Of tie State
Of South Carolina, noD met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by The authority of
The same, That from and after the pas.
sage of this Act, all citizens of this
State, having resided twelve months
within this State, and sixty DAYS in the
village of Wrightsville. shall be deemed.
and are hereby declared to be. BODY
politio and corporate, and the said vii
lage shall be called and known bv tle
name of Wrightsville, aud its corporate
limits shall include Edisto Island, to.
gether with Eddingsville. The metes
and bounds of said town of Wrightsville
will be bound on the North by North
Edisto Inlet, or River, on the South by
South Edieto River and Saint Helepn
Sound. and on the East by Atlantic
Ocean, and on the West by Johasse
Island and Edisto River.
SEQ 2. That the said village shall be
governed by an Intendant and four
Warlens, who shalt be citizens of the
United States. and who shall have re-
sided IN this State twelve months, and
snail have been residents Of the said vii
iage sixty. days Immediately preceding
their election, and who shall be elected
on the third Monday in May, 1872, aud
on the same day in each year thereafter,
ten days public notice thereof being
previously given; and that all male in,
habitants,. OF the age of twenty-one
years, citizens OF the State, and who
shall have resided within the State
twelve months, and in the said village
sixty days Immediately preceding the
election, shall be entitled to vote for
said 1ntendant and Wardens-paupers
and persons under disabilities for crime
excepted.
SEQ. 3. The said election shall be held
al some convenient public place in said
village. from eight O'Clock ia the morn
ing, until four o'clock in the afternoon.
and when the polls shall be closed. the
Managers shall forthwith count the
votes and declare the election, and give
notice thereof, in writing. to the Intend
ant therein being, who shall, within two
days thereafter. give notice, or canse the
same to be given, to the persons dnly
elected: Prooitied, The Commissioners
OF Election of Charleston County shall
call the first election under this Act. and
shall appoint Managers to conduct the
same, who shall make returns thereof to
the Commissioners the same as other
elections held in this State; aud the said
commissioners shall count the votes and
declare the election, and notify the pei !
sons 80 elected lntendant and Wardens
OF the SAID village. The Intendant and
Mardens, before entering upon the du-
ties OF their Offices, shall respectively
take the oath prescribed by the Const;.
tuition of the State, aud also the follow.
Ing oath, to wit: ''As Intendnnt for
Warden) of the village of Wriphtsyilie.
will equally and impartially, to the
best OF my ability. exercise the trust ro-
posed in me. and will use my best Gu
deavors to preserve tho peace nnd carry
into effect, eo77:ding to law, tho pur-
poses for which have been elected: So
help me God" Aud, if any persop.
upon being elected Intendant or Ward
en-, shall refuse to aot 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
compelled to serve. either as Intendant
or Warden, more than one year in any
term of three years. Tho Intendant and
Wardens, for the time being, shall al
ways appoint ono or more Boards of Mn
nagers. three Managers for each Board.
to conduct the election, who, before thew
open the polls. shall take an oath fairly
and impartially to conduct the same.
SEQ. 4. That in case vacancy shall
occur in the Office of Iutendant or nnv
OF the Wardens, by death, resignation.
removal. or otherwise. an election to fili
such vacancy shall be held by order of
the lntendant and Wardens, or n,aio-
rity of the same, ten days public motto o
being previously given; aud, in case of
sickness, or temporary absence of the
lntendant. the Wardens, forming tho
Council, shall bo empowered to elecs one
OF the number to act as Intendant dur
ing the time.
SEQ. 5. That the Intendant and Ward.
ems, duly elected and qualified, shall.
during tteir term Of service, severallv