Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-22
OFFICIAL.
Acts and Joint Resolutions ra~sed
by the Gen-r Il Assembly e south
Carolina, Regular session. 1871
and 1872.

by the Gen-r Il Assembly e south
Carolina, Regular session 1871
and 1872.
AN ACT to amend An Act (No. 5S2)
Entitled An Act TO Grant Re
ne,v and AmeaG the Chnrters Of
Certain T5was a1,d TUages therein
-Nenhnned," oemma:ncing lOih Sec
ton No. So Of sad Act, cloting TO
the Incorporation of the t70'on Of
WqghtsulNe, passed at the eg,tla1
Session of tie General Assena6lg Of
the Stote Of South Carolina, 1870
end 1871.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the State of South Caroline, now
met and sitting in General Assembl .
and by the authority Of he same ::
That from and after the passage Of
this Act, all citizens of this State,
having resided Twelve months within
this State. and sixty days in the vii
lage OF Wrightsville, shall be deemed,
and are hereby declared to be, a body
polite and corporate, and the said
village shall be called and known by
the name of Mrightsville. and itscor-
porate limits SHALL include Edisto
Island, together with Eddingsville.
The metes and bounds of said town
of Wsightsville will be bound on the
North, by North Edisto Inlet or Riv-
er, on the South, by South Edisto
River and Saint Helena Sound, or
the East by Atlantic Ocean. and on
the West by Johassee Island AID Ed
isto River.
SEC 2. That the said village sh~ll
be governed by an Intendant and four
Wardens, 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 village sixty days Immediately
preceding their election, and who
shall be elected on the third Monday
in May, 1872, and on the same day
in each year thereafter, ten days pub
lie notice thereof being previously
given; and that all male inhabitants
Of the age of twenty-one years, citi-
zens Of the State, and who shall have
resided in the State twelve months,
and in the said village sixty days i'm
mediately preceding the election, shall
be entitled to vote for said Intendant
and Wardens-paupers and persons
under disabilities for crime excepted.
Sec. 8. The said election shall be
held at some convenient public place
in said village, from eight o'clock in
the morning, until four o'clock in the
afternoon, and when the polls shall
be closed, the Managers shall forth
with count the votes, and declare the
election, and give notice thereof in
writing, to the Intendant therein be-
ing, who shall, within two days there
after, give notice, or cause thessame
to be given, to the persons duly elect.
ed. Provided, The Commissioners ot
Election of Charleston county shall
call the first lection under this Act
and shall appoint Managers to con
duct the same, who sh Il make re-
turns thereof to the Commissioner,
the same as other elections held III
this State; and the said Commission,
ers shall count the votes and dec are
the election, and notify the persons
so elected Intend.nt and Wardens o.
the said village. The Intendant anc
Wardens, before entering npon the
duties of their off es, shall respec.
lively take the oath prescribed by the
Constitution Of the State, and also
the following oath, to wit: AS In
tendant (or Warden) OF the village
Of Nr;ghtsviilr, l Will. equally and
impar;ially, to the best OF my ability
exercis the tru-t reposed in me, and
viii Use my best endeavors to pre-
servo the peace and carry into effect
according to aw, the purposes ioI
which l have been elected: So helr
me, Cod And, if any person, upon
being 7lectei ln;endant or " arden
shall refuse to act as such. he shall
forfeit and pay to the Council the sarn
of twenty dollars for he use Of the
said village: Provided, That no per
son who has attained the age OF sixty
years shall be compelled to serve in
either Of said Offices: mr. shall any
other person be compelled to serv-.
either as Inte4dant or Warden, more
than one year in any term OF three
years. The Intendant and War,lens.
for the time being, shall always ap-
point one or more Boards # Mama
gers, three Managers for each Board,
to conduct the election, who. before
they open the polls. shall take az oath
fairly and impartia ly to condLct III
same.
Sec. 4. That in case u vacancy
shall occur in the Office of IntenJau'
or any of the Wardens by deati.
resignation, removal, or otherwise, III
election to fill such vacancy shall b.
held by order Of the Intendant ami
Wardens, or a majority Of the SAM,
ten days public notice being prev
ously given; and. in case of 81. knee.
or temporary alb ence .; the lu'en-
dant, the Wardens, forming tie C2ur
Gil. shall be empowered to elect eae
a.