The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-04-18

shall, during their term of Office, be exempt
from street duty and each Town Council shall,
within one month after the expiration OF their
term of Office, make out and return to their
successors full account of their receipts and
expenditures during their term, and shall pay
over all moneys in their hands belonging to
the corporation, and deliver up all property,
books, records and other papers incident to
their office, to their successors; and, on failure
so to do, they shall be liable to the punishment
prescribed in the twentieth section of this Act.
Sec. 10. That all ordinances heretofore passed
by the Town Council of Williamson, in con-
formity with the authority granted by existing
laws, shall be, and they are hereby declared
legal and valid.
Sec. 20. That for any wilful violation of du-
ty, malpractice, abuse or oppression, the said
Intendant and Wardcns, jointly and scverally,.
shall be liable to Indictment in the Court OF
Sessions, and, upon conviction, to punishment
by fine, not exceeding one hundred dollars, be-
sides being liable for damages to any person in
iurcd i:
Sec. 81. That all Acts, and parts Of Acts,
heretofore passed in relation to the ncOrpora-
ton of the Town of Williamson, be, and the
same are hereby, repealed And this Act shall
be deemed and taken to be Il public Act, and
continue in force for the term of twenty years,
and until the end of the session of the Iegisla-
turc then next ensuing. -
Approved March 0, 1872.
An ACT TO ALTER AND AMEND TIE CHARTER
OF TIE TOWN OF PENDLEToN.
Section l. he it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State OF South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General AS
sembly, and by the authority of the same:
That all persons, citizens of the United States,
who now reside, or may hereafter reside, in the
village of Pendleton, shall be deemed, and are
hereby declared, body corporate and polite;
and tie said village shall be called and known
by the name of Pendleton, and its limits shall
be held and deemed to extend for one mile in
every direction from the Farmers Hall.
Sec 3 That the said village shall be gov
erncd by an Intendant and four Wardcns, who
shall be elected on the fourth Monday in Sep
tember next, or until their successors are quail
iietl, Oil which day, as we'll as OH the second
Monday in September of every year thereafter,
an election shall be held for Hi Intendant and
four Wardens, at such place as the Intendant
and Wardens shall designate, thirty days no
ticc being previously given; and that all male
inhabitants of the said village, who have at
taned the age of twenty-onc years, and have
resided therein three months previous to the
election, shall be entitled to vote for the said
Intendant and War,lens; the election to be
held from ten o'clock in the morning until two
o'clock in the afternoon; and when the polls
shall be closed, the Managers shall count the
ballots, and proclaim the election, and give no
ticc thereof, in writing, to the pcrsons-clcctcd
and that the Intcndant and Wardens, for the
time being, shall always appoint three Mana
gers to hold the ensuing election; that the In
iendant and Wardcns before entering upon
the duties of their office, shall take the follow
ing oath, to wit: "As Intendant Tor Warden
of Pendleton, will support and defend tho
Constitution of the United States, and thi:
State, and equally and impartiialy, to the bes
of my skill and ability, exercise the trust re
posed in me- and will use my best endcavor t.
preserve the peace, and carry into effect, &C
cording to law, the purpose of my appointment
So help me God"
Sec. 3 That in case Il vacancy shall occur il
the Office of Intcndant or WardenS, by death
resignation. removal from office, or absence
from the State, an election shall be held by the
appointment of the Intcndant and Wardens, Il:
the case may be, thirty days previous notice
| being given and in case of the sickness OF
temporary absence of the Intcndant. tic War
dcns, forming Council, shall be empowered
to elect one of themselves to act rs lntendan
during the time.
SEC. T. That the Inteniant and Warden!
duly elected and qualified shall, during thei
term of service, seyeraly and respectively, bt
vested with all the powers of Trial Justices o
this State within the limits of the said village
except in trials of civil cases; that the lnten
dant shall, as often as occasion may require
summon the Wardens to meet him in Council
a majority of whom shall constitute quorum
for the transaction of business and shall bt
known bv the name of the Town Council o
Pendleton and they and their successors il
office shall have common seal and shall have
power and authority TO appoint, from time tc
time, such and so many proper persons to act
as Coastablcs is they shall deem cxpcdcnt ant
proper, which Constablcs shall have all thu
power, privileges and cmolumentS, and be sub
cct to all the duties, penalties and regulation:
provided by the laws of this State for the oillct
of Constable; and the Intcndant and Warden,
in Council shall havo power, under their cor
por:lte seal, to orlain and establish all such
rules, bylaws and ordinances respecting the
streets, ways, market and police of such village
us shall appear to them proper for the security
welfare and convenience Of the village, and iol
preserving health peace, order and good gov
crnmcnt within the same; and the said Coun-
Gil may liix fines for offences against such by
laws and ordinances, and appropriate them to
the use of the corporation but no fine shall
exceed twenty dollars; and when fines shall
exceed ten dollars, they may be recovered in
the Court of Sessions for Anderson County
and when they are of the amount of ten dol
lars, or under they may be recovered before the
Intendant and Wartcns Provided, Nothing
herein contained shall empower the said cor
poration to ordain or establish any bylaws OF
ordinances, inconsistent with, or rcpugnant TO-
the laws of this State; and all such bylaws
and ordinances shall, at all times be subject to
the revisa or repeal of the Legislature
Sec s. That the said lntendant and Wardcns
shall have power to abate and remove nuisanccs
within the said limits, and to classify and ar
range the inhabitants liable to police duty, and
to require them to perform such duty as often
rs occasion may require and to enforce the per-
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