The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-13
Aes1And Joint RESOLUTIONS Passssl by the
Sonefa1 Asssmhlys OF South Cnroiina,
Regular Hession, 1871 and 1879. -

oSH 0eSoAOnS xSS1 ana 1874
AN ACT TO MooRPoRATR THE TOWN or
MULLINS, IN MARION COUNTY, STATE or
SOUTH CAROLINA,
SRoT1oN I. Be il enacted by he Senate
and House Of Representatives OF the State
q South Carolina, noto met and sitting il,
General ASSEMBLY, and by the authority Of
sHe same. That from and after the pas
sage 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 politic
and corporate, and the said town shall be
called and known by the name of Null
Inns, and its corporate limits shall extend
half mile North, one quarter of mile
East and West, and one-third of mile
South, from stake which shall be in the
centre or square of said town.
SEQ. 2. That the said town shall be 60
verned by an Intendant and four Ward
ems, who shall be citizens Of the United
States. and who shall have been residents
OF the said town for sixty days immedi-
ately preceding their election, and who
shall be elected within thirty days after
the passage Of this Act and every year
thereafter, on the second Monday in
January, ten days public notice thereof
being previously given; and that all male
inhabitants of the age OF twenty-one
years, citizens 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.
SEQ. 3. That the election for Intend
ant 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 writing, to the persons elected.
The 1ntendant and Wardens shall ap.
point three Managers to hold the ensu.
ing or any subsequent election. The
Managers, in each case, shall, before
they open the polls for said election,
take an oath fairly and impartislly to
conduct the same; and that the Intend
ant and Wardens, before entering upon
the duties of their respective Offices,
shall take the oath prescribed by the
Constitution of this State, and, also,
the following oath, to wit: GAS Intend
ant Tor Warden) of the town of Mullins,
I will equally and impartially, to the
best of my ability. exercise the trust re-
posed in me, and will use my best en-
deavors to preserve the peace and carry
into effect. according to law, the pur.
poses fol which I have been elected. So
help me God" The said Intendant and
Wardens shall hold their Offices from tho
time OF their election until the second
Monday in January. ensuing, and until
their successors shall be elected and
qualified.
SEQ. 4. That in case vacancy shall
occur in the Office of Intendaut, 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 and Wardene, or msio-
rity of the same, ten days. public notice
being previously given; and, in case of
sickness, or temporary absence of the
Intendant, the Wardens, forming the
Council. shall be empowered to elect one
OF the number to act Intendant during
the time.
SEQ. s. That the Intendant and War
dens. duly elected and qualified, shall,
during their term OF service, severally
and respectively, be vested with all the
jurisdiction of Magistrates or Trial JUS
tices within the limits of said town, and
the Intendant shall, and may, as often
as he may deem necessary, summon the
Wardens to meet in Council, any two of
whom, with the Intendant, may consti-
tute quorum to 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 sec
1T, such, and 80 many, proper persons
to act as marshals or oonstables of the
said town, as the said Town Council
may deem necessary and expedient for
the preservation OF the peace, good or
der and police thereof, which persons so
appointed shall, within the corporate
limits of said town, have the powers,
privileges and emoluments, and be sub
ject to ali the obligations provided BY
law for the Office of constable, and shall
be liable to be removed at the pleasure
OF said Council; and the said Town
Council shall have power to establish or
authorize the establishment of the mar
ket house, as also Of guard houso in
said town. And tho said Town Council
shall have full power and authority,
under their corporate seal, to make ali
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