The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-16
LAWS OF THE STATE.
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OFSOUTH CAROLINA.
Published by Authority.

EECTIOS 1. Be IL enacted Dy Lne senate anu
House of Representatives of the State of
South Carolina, now met and sitting In Gene
raj Assembly, and by the authority of the
same:
That from and after the passage OF this act,
all citizens of this State, having resided sixty
days in the Town of Mullins, shall be deemed
and are hereby declared to be body polite
and corporate, and the said town shall be
called and known by the name Of Mullins,
and Its corporate limits shall extend half a
mile north, one quarter of a mile east and
west, and one-thlrd of a mile south, from a
stake which shall be in the centre or square
Of said town.
Sec. 2. That the said town shall be governed
by an intendant and four wardens, who shall
be citizens of the United States, and who shall
have been residents of the said town for sixty
days Immediately preceding their election, and
who shall be elected within thirty days after
the passage of this act, and every year there.
after, on the second Monday ln January, ten
days public notice thereof being previously
given; and that all male Inhabitants of the age
OF twenty-one years, cilIzens OF the State, and
who shall have resided in the said town for
sixty days Immediately preceding the election,
shall be entitled to vote for said intendant and
wardens.
Sec. 8. That the election for intendant and
wardens of the said town shall be held In some
convenient house, or some other convenient
public place, in the said town, from nine O'Clock
in the morning until four o'clock In the after
noon, and when the polls shall be closed, the
managers shall forthwith count the votes and
proclaim the election, and give notice In wri
ting, to the persons elected. The intendant
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 impartlally to conduct the
same; and that the lntendant and wardens,
before entering upon the duties of their re-
spective offices, shall take the oath pre-
scribed by the Constitution of this State, and
also, the following oath, to wit: "As intendant,
Tor warden,) Of the Town of Mullins, I will
and impartially, to the best Of my abil
Ity, exercise the trust reposed in me, and
will use my best endeayors to preserve the
peace and carry into effect, according to law,
the purposes for which have been elected:
80 help me, God.n The said intendant and
wardens shall hold their offices from the time
of their election until the second Monday 10
January ensuing, and until their successors
shall be elected and qualified.
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 aud wurtens, or q
majority Of the same, ten days. public notice
being previously given; and, In case of sick
ness or Temporary absence Of the intendant,
the wardens forming the council shall be en-
powered to elect one of their number to act
as Intendant during the time.
SEC. S. That the intendant and wardens,
duly elected and qualified, shall, during their
term of service, severally and respectlv ely,
be vested with all the Jurisdiction OF magis-
trates or trial justices within the limits of said
town, and the intendant shall, and may, as
often as ne may deem necessary, summon the
wardeps TO meet in council, any two of whom,
with the intendant, may constitute quorum
10 transact business, and they shall be known
By the name of the town council of Mullins,
and they and their successors hereafter to be
elected, may have common seal, which shall
be affixed to all ordinances; and the said town
council shall have authority to appoint, from
time to time, as they see fit, such, and 30
many, proper persons to act as mar
shals or constables oil the said town,
as the said town council may deem
necessary and expedent for the pre-
servatlon of the peace, good order and police
thereof, which persons so appointed shall,
within the corporate limits OF said town, have
the powers, privileges and emoluments, and
be subject to all the obligations provided by
law for the Office of constable, and shall be
liable to be removed al the pleasure of said
council; and the said town council shall have
power to establish or authorize the establish
ment of the market-house, Us also ofta guard
house in said town. And the said town coun-
ell shall have full power aud authority under
their corporate seal, to make oil such rules,
bylaws and ordinances respecting the streets,
roads, market-house, public buildings and the
business thereof, Gnd the police system of
said town, as shall appear to them neces-
sary and proper for security, welfare and
convenience, and for preserving health, or
der and good government within the
same; and the sali town council may
impose fines for offences against their bylaws
and ordinances and appropriate the same to
the public use of said town; and the said coun-
ell shall have the same power which magls-
trates or trial Justices now have to compel the
attendance Of witnesses, and require them to
give evidence upon the trial before them of
any person for violation of any Of these By
laws or ordinances; but no fine above the sum
of twenty dollars shall be collected by the
town council, except by suit in the Court OF
Common Pleas; and all the bylaws, rules and
ordinances the said town council may make,
shall, at all times, be subject to revlsal or re-
peal by the General Assembly Of this Stale.
Sec g. That the said intendant and wardens
shall have full power to abate and remove
nuIsances in the said town, and 1t shall also
be their duty to keep all roads, ways and
streets within the corporate limits of the said
town, open and in good repair, and for that
purpose they are invested with all the powers