The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-13

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7 Rock, in the County OF Marion, and for othel
Purposes therein mentioned.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted. by the Senate ant
House of Representatives Of the State Of Soutt
Carolina, now met and sitting in GenarafA
sembly, and by the authority OF the same:
That from and after the passage Of this act
all citizsns Of this State, having resided lively
.menths within THIS State, and sixty days in tn
Town Of Little Rock, shall be deemed, and ar
hereby declared to be. a body polite and COT
porste, and the said town shall be called b;
the name Of Little Rock, and its corporal.
limits shall extend thre,e:follrths Of q mile il
each direction from the Methodist church il
said town: Provided, That The CORPORATE linn
its OF said town shall not extend beyond thf
Little Pee Dee river.
SEQ. 2. That the said town shall be gov
erned by an intendsnt and four wardensI
who shall; be citizens OF the United States, ant
who shall have resided IN this State tweiv'
months, and shall have been residents OF thi
said town sixty days Immediately prscedinf
their election. The said intendant and war
dens shall be elected on the second Saturday
in April, in every year, five days notice beine
previously given, aud shall continue in offc'
for one year, and until the election and qualif
cation Of their successors; and all male inhabi
tants Of said town, who shall have attained tn
age. of twenty-one years, paupers and persons
under disabilities for infamous crimes except
ed, and shall have resided therein sixty days
Immediately preceding the election, shall bt
entitled to vote for said intendant and wardsns,
SEQ. 8. The said election shall be held il
some convenient public place In said. town
from six O'Clock in the morning until foul
O'Clock in the evening, and when the polls
shall be closed, the managers shall forthwith
count the votes and declare the election, ant
give notice thereof in writing 10 the. persons
elected. The intendaag and wardsns, before
entering upon tho dulies OF their Offices. shal
each take the oath prescribed by the Constitu
ton OF this State; and also the following oath
to wit: GAS intendant (or warden. as. the cast
may be) Of the Town Of Little Rock, IsWil
equally and .impartially, 10 the BEST OF my
ability, exercise the trust reposed IN me, and vii
use my best endesyors to preserve the peace
and carry into effect, according to law, thu
PURPOSES for which T have been elected. *
help me God" And. il any person. upon be
ing elected intendant or warden, shall refus'
to act as such, he shall forfeit and pay; to th'
town council the sum OF ten dollars, for tn
use Of said town: Provided, That no person
who has attained the age Of sixty years sha'
be- compelled to serve in either Of said offices
nor shall any other person be compelled t
serve more than one year in any term oftare
wears. The iotendant and wardens, for tn
time being shall always appoint 8 board o
three managers to conduct the election, Wit
before they open the polls, shall take an oat
fairly and impartially to conduct the same
That James stackhouse, Benjamin Mace, ant
R. P. asmer are hereby appointed manager
TO hold the election on the second Saturday ii
March, one thousand eight hundred and SOY
enty-two.
SEC. 4. That in case a vacancy shall occu
in the office OF intsndant, or any OF the war
dens, by death, resignation, removal or other
wise, an election to fnl such vacancy shall b
held by order of the intendant and wardens, o
a majority Of the same, five days public notice
being previously given; and in case
sickness or temporary absence OF the intend
ant, the wardens, forming the council shall b
empowered to elect one Of their number to &C
% intendart for the time being.
SEC. S. That the intendaut and wardens
duly elected and qualified, shall, during thei
term OF service. seyeralIy and respective
". b, vested with all the powers here
tofore granted to magistrates, trial justice
or justices OF the peace, as the cas-
may be-, in this State, within the limits OF th
said to W., except for the trial OF csuses m
and mean. And the intendant shall and may
as often asmay be necessary, summon the wal
dens to meet in council, any two OF whom. wit
the intendant or any three Wardens. may con
slitute a quorum to transact business; and che
shall be known So. the town council OF Ldtti
Rock; and they and their successors, hereaite
TO be elected, may have a common seal, whicI
shall be affixed to all the ordinances; may go
and be sued, plead and be- implicated In an
court OF law or equity in this State; and ma
purchase, hold, possess and enjoy TO ther
and their successors, in pe%rpetuity, or for an
term OF years, any estate, real, personal Q
mixed, and sell, alien or convey the same: Pre-
yided the same shall not exceed, at any on
time, the sum Of ten thousand dollars. AN
the intendant and wardens shall have full poWe
to make and establish all such rules, and bJ
laws md ordinances, respecting the roads
streets, market and police Of said town as sha
appear to them necessary and requisite for tn
security, welfare and convenience OF the Bal
town, or for preserving health, peace, orde
and good government within the m And tn
said town council may fix and impose fines an
penalties for the violation thereof, and apprt
pirate the same to the public uses OF the Gal
corporation. Provided, That no fine shall e1
coed fifty dollars for any one offence; and, alst
that nothing herein contained shall arthori2
the said council to make any bylaws incor
sistent With, or repugnaot to, the conetitutio
and laws OF this State; and all bylaws n ORD
nances the council may make shall, at all time'
be subject to revision or repesl by the Legisl'
ture OF this State.
sEo.6. That the intondant and wardens
the said town shall have full power to grant
refuse licenses To keep taverns or to retail spll
ituous liquors within the corporate limits
said town, upon such conditions, and unde
such circumstances as to them shall seem pl'
per and right: Provided, That in no lnstane