The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-01-28

Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by tho
General Assembly OF south Carolina.
Regular Session, ls71 and 1874.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF MID.
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SEGTI0Nsl. Be IT. enacted. By tho Senate
ana House Representative Of the Stale
q Sou!h Carolina, ao,o metStund s;ttin0 II,
General Assembly, and by the authority Of
me sdnae,s That. all persons, citizens Of
the United States, WHO now are, or here.
after may he, inhabitants of the town of
Midway s6aIt BIZ deemed, and are here
by DECLARED to be- D. body politic and
corporate, and that said town shall be
called and known by the name of Mid.
way, and it's limits shall be deemed and
held to .extend four hundred and fifty
yarus in each direction from tho present
railroad 1d6pot in said town. M
SEC. 2.ItThat. the said town shall be
governed by an 1ntendant and four War
dens, who shall be elected on the fourth
Monday in March next, on which dav.
as we'll as on the fourth Mondav of
March iof ,;eaoh, year thereafter, an cleo
tlon shall be held for an Intendant and
iour Wardens, who shall be citizens of
the United States, and shall have been
residents OF said town for sixty days i'm
medlately preceding said election. at
suoh places in said town as the Intend
ant and Wardens shall designate, ten
days public notice thereof being previ-
onsly given, in writing; and that ali male
inhabitants OF said town, of the age of
twenty-one years, who shall have resided
tnereln sixty. days previous to the cleo
non, shall be- eEentitled to vote for said
!ntendant' and Wardens, and the cleo.
tlon shall be held from O'Clock in the
morning until O'Clock in the afternoon,
@heh the polls shall be closed, and the
managers shall count the votes and pro-
cialm the election, and .giys. notice there
OF to the persons elected, and that the
lntendaat and 'Wardens' for the time be-
ing shall appoint the managers to hold
the ensuing election That ,the Intend.
ant and Wardens, before ,enterine upon
the duties Of, their respective Offices.
shall stake' the" oath prescrribed' by the
CONSTITUTION Of this State and also the
following oathr to wit: !"AssIntendant
(oE Warden) of Midway I will, equally
and impartially. to the best Of my ,abili-
ty, exercise the trust reposed in me, and
use my best endeavors 'to preserve the
peace, and carry into effect, according
TO law, the purposes of lay appointment.
So help me God"
SEQ. 3. That in case vacancy shall
occur In the Office Of Intendant or any
OF the Wardens, by death, resignation,
removal from the State, or from any
other cause, an election shall be held by
the appointment of the Intendant and
warden or Wardens, as the case may be.
ten days notice thereof, rs aforesaid.
being given; and in the case of sickness
or temporary absence of the Intendant.
the Wardens, forming Council, shall
be empowered to elect one of themselves
to act as Intendant during such sickness
or absence.
SEQ: 4. That the Intendant and Ward
ems, duly elected and qualified, shall.
during their term of service, severally
and respectively, be vested with all the
powers of Trial Justices or other inferior
Courts III this State, in matters civil and
criminal, within the limits of said town.
That the Intendant shall, as often as
occasion may require, summon the
Wardens to meet him in Council, ma
Jority of whom shall constitute quo
rum for the transaction of business and
shall be known by the name of the Town
Council of Midway; and they and their
successors in Office shall have a common
seal, and shall have power and authority
to appoint, from time to time, such and
SO many persons, to net as Marshals and
Constables, as they shall deem cxpedicnt
and proper; which officers shall have all
the powers, privileges and emoluments,
be subject to all the duties, penalties
and regulations provided by the laws of
this State for the Office OF Constablea: /:
and the Intendant and Wnrdens in
Council shall have power and authority.
under their corporate seal, to ordnin and
establish all such rules and bylaws and
ordinances respecting the streets, ways,
public wells and watering places, market
and police Of the said town, and for pre-
serving health. peace. order and good
government within tho same, as thew
may deem expedient and proper; and
the said Council may aflix fines for
offences against such bylaws aud ordi-
nances. and appropriate the same to the
use OF the corporation, but no fine shall
exceed fifty dollars. All fines may be
recovered by an action for debt before II
proper tribunal
Sec. 5. That the said Council shall
have to abate and remove nuisancos
within tho limits of said town, and also
to classify and arrange the inhabitants
liable to police duty, and to require
them to perform such duty as OCCASION