Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-04-25
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OFFlCIALs
Acts and Joins Resolutions Passea
sy the General Assembiyaof sonth
Carolina, Regular Session, ls7i
and Is72. 3
AN ACT 10 liter and mend the
..,Ohurter>of.tAe Ibwnoef@ f Greenwood,
South Caroisaa.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted 10y the
Senate and House Of representatives
of the State Of South Carolina. now
met and sitting in General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same:
That all persons, having resided
twelve months in the town OF Green-
wood, m the County of Ahbeville, are
horeby declared to be body polite
and corporate, BY the name and style
of the town of Greenwood, and its
corporate limits shall be an irregular
polygon, the vertices Of whose an
gles shall be at, or near, the follow
ing points, to wit: A large pine tree
near ]. R. Tarrant's residence on the
Abbeyille road. I'd. A point on the
New Market road, in fat just be-
yond James Creswell's residence. Sd.
The point on the road that leads to
w. A. Blake's, where the Greenville
and Columbia Railroad crossed. 4th.
The first small branch on the New Cut
road, beyond J. w. Regards: 5th.
The hollow bridge. on the Abbeville
road. Just beyond J. 81. Oldham s resi-
dence. 9th. The junction of the
Cokesbury and Stoney Point road.
SEC. 2. The said town shall be gov
erned by an Intendant and four War
dena, who shall be elected on the sec
ond Monday in January next, and in
every year thereafter, ten days no,
tice being previously given, and all
male inhabitants of said town, who
are qualified under the Constitution
of this State to vote for members of
the Legislature, and who have resi-
ded therein twelve months iInmedi-
ately preceding the election, shall be
eligibls to the Office of Intendaat or
Wardens. Male inhabitants, who are
qualified to vote for members Of the
Legislature, and who shall have resi-
ded within the limits of the corpora
tion for sixty days Immediately pre-,
ceding the election, shall be entitled
to vote for said Intendant and War
dens.
Sec. 8. The election of Intendsnt
and Wardens of the said town shall
be held at some convenient public
place therein, from six o'clock in the
morning until six o'clock in the even
ing, and when the polls ire closed,
the Managers shall forthwith count
the votes, declare the election, and
give notice in writing to the parties
elected. 1t shall be the duty of the
Clerk of the Court for Aobevihe
County TO give legal notice and ap-
point Managers for the first election.
And the Intendsnt and Wardens, for
the time being, who shall be known
as the "Town Council of Greenwood,
shall give the legal notice and appoint
three persons to manage all subse.
quent elections, who shall manage and
declare the same as herein provide
for the first time of election. The
Managers shall, before they open the
polls for any such election take an
oath fairly and impartially to conduct
the same, and the Intendant and War.
dens. before entering upon the duties
of their Office, shall take the oath pre-
scribed by the Constitution of this
State, and also the following oath, to
wit: S"As Intendant ("r Wsrden) Of
Greenwood, I will equally and i'm
partially, to the best Of my ability,
ex= rctSe the trust rspossd IN utv, and
will use my best endeavors to pre-.
serve the peace and good order, and
carry into effect according to law the
purposes for which l have been ap.
poin'ed or elected So help me God.
And it any person elected Intendant
or Warden shall refuse to serve as
such, he shall forfeit and pay to the
Town Council of. Greenwood the sum
of twenty dollars, for the use OF said
town: Provided, that no person shall
be compelled TO serve more than one
year in any term Of three years.
Sec 4. In case vacancy should
occur in the Office of Intendant or
Warden, by death, resignation or 9TH
erwiss, an election to fill such vacancy
shall be held BY the appointment of
the remaining members of the Town
Council, ten days previous notice hav-
ing been given, and in case Of sick
ness, or temporary absence of the In
tendant, the Wsrdens forming a Coun-
Gil .hall have plwer to elect one OF
their number Intendant. pro tenn.
SEC. 5. That the In'endant and
Wardens duly elected and qualified,
shall, during their term of service.
seyerally and respectively, be vested
With all the powers of Justices of the
Peace, within the limits of said town,
except for tee trial of small and mean
cases, and the Intendan: shall, as Oft
en- as he may deem necessary, sum-
mon the Wardens to meet in Council,
any three of whom shall constitute q
quorum to transact business; AMI
shall be known by the name Of the
"Town Council ef Greenwood" as
aforesaid, and they, and their success
ors in oRca, may have and use a COM
mon seal, which shall be affixed to all
their ordinances, and by their said
corporate name may sue and be sued,
plead and be impleaded. in any court
Of law or equity in this State. The
said Town Council shall have full