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Laws of South Carolina
ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
PASSED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
Published by Authority.l

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A6bevile County, South Carolina.
SECTION l. BE it enacted by the Sen
ate and House Of Representatives OF th'
State Of South Carolina. now met ant
sitting in General Assembly, and by th'
authority Of the same:
That from and after the passage o
this Act, all citizens of this State, hav
ing resided twelve months within tho
State and sixty days in the town o
Lowndesville shall be deemed, and are
hereby declared to be, body polite anC
corporate, and the said Town shall bt
called and known by the name Of Lown
willie, and its corporate limits shall ex'
tend one half mile within the PIE en-,
limits, to be fixed as centre bya major
ity of the;inhabitants of the said village
SEC. Q! That the said Town shall be
governed by an Intendant and foul
Warders, who shall be citizens Of the
United States, and who shall have re.
sided in this State twelve months, and
shall have been residents of the said
Town sixty days Immediately prece-
ding their election. The said Intendant
and Wardens shall be elected Oh the
second Monday in September, 1872, and
every year thereafter OH the first Monday
in April, ten days notice being previous
ly given, and that all male inhabitants
OF the age of twenty-one years, citizens
OF the State, and who shall have resi-
ded within the State twelve months
and in the said town sixty days i'm.
mediately preceding their election, shall
be entitled to vote for said Intcndanl
and Wardens.
Sec. 8. That the election for Intendant
Va of ch hold
ct some convenient public place in the
said town from 6 O'Clock in the morn
ing, until O'clock in the afternoon, and
whenthe polls shall be closed, the Man
ayers shall forthwith count the votes
and declare the election; and give DO
tice thereof, in writing, to the persona
elected. The Intendant and War
dens shall appoint three managers to
hold the ensuing and ndsubsequent election.
Whenever there shall not be all Intend
ant and WardenS, from any cause, what
ever, it shall be the duty of the Clerk OF
the Court of Abbeville County, to order
such election. forthwith, aud appoint
three Managers for the same. The man
ayers in each case shall before they open
the polls for said election, take al oath
fairly an impartially to coaduct the same
and that the Intendant and War
dens, before entering Oh the duties OF
their respective Offices, shall take the
oath prescribed by the Constitution OF
the State, and also the following oath, to
wit: "As Intendant Tor Warden) Of the
Town of little Rock, / will equally
and impartially, to the best of my abll-
ity, exercise the trust reposed i'll me,
and will use my best endeavOrs to pre-
serve the peace and carry into effect, ac-
cording to law, the purpose for which |
have been elected: So help me, God"
The said Intendant and Wardens shall
hold their Offices from time of their
election until the first Monday in April
ensuing, and until their successors shall
be elected and qualified.
SEC. That, in case vacancy shall
occur in the office of Intendunt, or any
OF the Wardens. by death, resignation,
removal, or otherwise, or in case OF a
tie in said election, an election to
fill such vacancy shall be held by the
appointment of Intendant Wardens, Tor
Wardens as the case may De,) or the
Clerk of the Court of Abbeville County,
if there should no Intendant or War
dens, ten days public notice
thereof 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 as Intent
antduring the time.
SEC. S. That the Intendant and War
dens duly elected and qualified shall
during the term Of office, severally and
respectively, be vested with ell the pow
er and jurisdiction of Magistrates
within the limits of said town,
and the Intendant shall and may, as
often as is necessary. summon the War
dens to meet in council, any three of
whom, with the Intendant, shall con-
stitute asquorum to transact business /;
and they shall be known AS the Town
Council of LoEndesville aud they and
their successors in office, hereafter to be
elected, may have common seal, which
shall be affixed to all their Ordinances,
and the said Town Council shall have
authority-to appoint from time to time,
as they maysee fit, such and so many pro-
per persons, to act as Marshals or Consta-
bles of said town, as the Council deem
necessary and eXpedient for the preser-.
vation Of the peace, good order and
police thereof, which personsso appoint
ed shall, within the corporate limits OF
said town, have the power and privi-
leges, and be subject to all the ob!iga,
tons, penalties and regulations provided
By law for the Office of Constable; and
shall be liable to be removed at the
pleasure Of said Town Council; and the
Said Town Council shall have power to
establish, or authorize the establishment
of q Market House in said town; and
the said Town Council shall have full
powerand authority, under their corpo-
rate seal, to make all SUCH rules and reg
ulations, Bylaws and Ordinances, res
pecting the streets, roads and business
thereof, as well as the police system OF
the said town, as shall appear to them
necessary and proper for the security,
welfare and convenience of the inhabi-
tants of said town, and for preserving
health, order and good government
within the said town the said Town
Council may impose fines for offences
against their bylaws, rules and regula.
tions and ordinances, and appropriate
the same to the public use of said town
and the said Town Council shall have
the same power which Magistrates now
have, to compel the attendance
of witnesses, and requiring them to give
evidence upon the trial before them OF
any person or persons for violation o1
any of their, ordinances, bylaws, rules
and regulations {; but no fine above the
sum of twenty dollars shall be col.
lected by said Council, except by suit in
the Court Of Common Pleas: and pro-
vided also, that no fine shall exceed
fifty dollars; and also that nothing
herein contained shall authorize said
Council to make any ordinance or by