Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-05-30
An Ict to Lacor.o ate the T,on Of Nine
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Sec. |. Be it enacted by 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, citizens Of the United
States, who now are, or hereafter. may
be inhabitants Of the town Of Ninety
Six, shall be deemed, and are hereby dc.
clared. body polite and corporate; and
said town shall be called and known by
the ramc Of Ninety-s;x, and its limits
shall be deemed and held TO extend one
half a mile in each direction from the
Grcenvi!le and Columbia Railroad Dept
at said place.
Sec. = That the said town shall be
governed by the Intcndant and four
Wardcns. who shall be elected on the
| first Monday in Aaril next. 1872, as well
as on the first Monday in April Of every
year thereafter. an election shall be held
Tor an Intendant and tour Wardens, who
shall be citizens Of the United States.
and shall have been resident, Of the sad
torn, siSrt-lays re&tj preceding Sald
election, at SIGH pls"sj in SaF town as
the Intcndanf and Wafdcns fhail d2sig-
nate, ten dayF notice fhcreo7 in TitlnE,
| being previously gircf: and tlSt bll the
male inhatitants Of Faid tf1; Ut the
age of tyensy-onc Years, wha-have re-
sided therein siXtg AayS previous TO the
election, stIaff'b be entitled to vote for sad
Intcndant and Wardcn>; and the election
shall be held from seven in the morning
until six o cIoci; in the evening, when
the poI shall he closed. and the Man
ayers shall count the votes and proclaim
the election, and give notice thereof to
the persons elected; and that the In
tendant and Wardens for the time being,
shall appoint Managers to hold the cnsu-
ing election; that the lntendent and
WardenS. before entering upon the
duties OF their Offices. shall take the
oath prescribed by the Constitution OF
the STATE. and the following oath. to wit:
AS mtendant tor Waiden) Of Ninety
Six, | will equally and impartiai!y, to the
best Of my ability. exercise the trus. re-
posed in me, and will use my te't en-
d2avors to preserve the peace. and carry
INTO effect. according to law, the purposes
of my appointments: So help me God;
Sec. 3 That in case vacancy should
occur in the Office Of the lntendant, or
any of the Wnrlan<. by death, reslgna-
ton, or removal from the State, Or from
anv other cause, an election shall be held,
by appointment Of the lntendant and
Warden, or Wardens. as the case may
be, ten DAYS public notice thereof: AS
aforesaid, being given; and in case 9!
the sickness or temporary absence OF the
Intendant. the Wariens, forming a
Council, shal! be empowered to elect ono
uf themselves to act as lntendant,
during such sickness or absence.
Sec. 4. That the Intendant and Ward
ems duly elected and qualified shall
during their term of service, severally
and respectively, he vested with all the
powers of Trial Justice and Justice o.
the Peace in this State, in matters civi
and criminal, within the limits of said
town, that the Intendant shall, as otter
as occasion may require, summon the
Wsrdens to meet him IN Council, I
:. majority of whom shall constitute &
quorum for the transaction OF business
and shall be known as the Town Couici
of Ninety Six; and they and their sue
I cessors in office shall have common
seal, and shall have power and authorit.
: to appoint, from time to time, such ant
80 many proper persons TO act as Mar
shals and Constables, as they shall deem
expedie!it and proper, which officer, shal
have all the powers, privileges md emol
: unlents, and be subject TO all the duties
: penalties and regulations, hy Abe laws Q