The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-07-24

1872
AN ACT TO RENEW AND AMEND THE
CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF WILL
LIAMsToN.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the
Senate and House of Represents
tives of the State of South Carroll
ma, now met and sitting in Gene
raj Assembly, and by the author'-
ty Of the same:
That from and immediately al
ter the passage of this Act, all and
every person or persons who may
have resided within the corporate
limits Of the town Of Williamson
for one year, or who may own q
freehold therein, and their success
sors, are hereby declared to be
members of the corporation here
by intended to be created.
SEC. 2. That the said persons
and their successors shall, from
and after tho passage Of this Act,
become d body polite and corpo.
rate, and shall be known and call
ed by the name of the town OF
Williamson, and its corporate
slimits shall extend one mile in the
direction of the cardina! points,
from the present brick hotel as a
centre, and form circle.
SEC. 3. That the said town shall
be governed by an Intendant and
four Wardens, who shall be per-
sons that actually reside within
the limits of the corporation, and
have so resided at least twelve
months Immediately preceding
their election. The said lnten"
dant and Wardens shall be elect
ed on the second Monday in Sep
tember in each year, ten days no.
tice having been previously given,
and shall continue in Office for one
year, and until the election and
qualification Of their successors
and all male inhabitants Of the
said town who shall have attained
the age of twenty-one years, and
resided therein sixty days imme.
diateIY preceding the election, shall
be entitled to vote for said 1nten-
dant and Wardens: Provided, That
no person shalkbe allowed to vote
at any such election VINO shall not
have registered his name as q 70.
ter with the Clerk of the Council,
in q book or books to be kept BY
him for that purpose, by ten
O'Clock 4. NJ, on the day preced'
ing every such election.
SEC. 4. That said election shall
be held IN some convenient public
place in aaid town, from nine
o'clock in the morning until five
o'clock in the evening; and when
the polls shall be closed, the Man
ayers shall forthwith proceed tc
count the votes, under oath, pub
licly stating the whole number o1
votes cast for each candidate OF
person voted for, and shall trans
init their report of the same, IN 6
sealed envelope, to the Intendan'
of the town; and if there be nc
such Intendant, the same shall be
transmitted to the Clerk Of ths
Court OF Anderson County. The
said Intendsnt, or Clerk q the
Court, shall open the report o
the said Managers, and shall an
nounce and publish the whole
number Of the votes cast, and the
whole number cast for each candi
date, when the several candidate!
receiving the highest number o
legal votes for the Offices for which
they were voted for, shall be de
clared duly elected. The 1nten
dant and Wardens, for the time
being, shall always appoint three
Managers to conduct the election
who, before they open the poll
for said election, shall take tn
oath fairly and impartially to con
duct the same; and the Intendan
and Wardens, before entering up
on the duties of their Office, shall
respectively, take the oath pre-
scribed by the Constitution Of thi
State, and also, the following oath
to wit: Gas Intendant (or War
den) of the town Of Williamson
l will, faithfully, and impartially
to the best of my ability, exercis
the trust reposed in me, and viii
use my best endervors to preserv
the peace, and to carry into effect
accol riding to law, the purpose TO
which I have been elected: S.
help me God"
Sec. 5. In case q vacancy shoui'
occur in the Office Of Intendaut, o
any of the Wardens, by death, re
signation or otherwise, an election
to fill such vacancy shall be hell
by the appointment Of the 1nten
dant and Warden, or Wardens
and in case there be none, then b,
the appointment of the Clerk 0
\ the Court of Anderson County.
Sec. G.. That the Intendant an
Wardens, duly elected and quail
fed, shall be, during their term o
Office, vested with ali the power
d op+boritv with which Tria