The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-09

tons for rates of storage thereof, and for keep
ing and delivering the same; and the said town
council shall have power to enforce the payment
Of all taxes and assessments levied uader the
authority Of This act against the property and
persons of defaulters, to the same extent, and
in the same manner, as is provided by law for
the collection of the general State tax, except
that executions to enforce the payment Of the
town taxes shall be issued under the seal OF
the corporation, and directed to the town. mar
shall, or other person specially appointed by
the said town council to collect the same; and
all property upon which . tax shall be levied
and assessed is hereby declared and made ha-
bic for the payment Of same 10 preference to
other debts due by the persons owning such
property at the time Of the assessment, except
debts due the State, which. shall be drst paid;
that the said town council shall have power,
with the consent Of the adjacent land owners,
to close all such roads, streets and ways with
in the said town. us they may deem necessary,
by sale OF the freehold therein, either at pub
Lie or private sale, as they adjudge best for the
interest OF the said town; and they shall have
power to lay out, adopt, open and keep in re-
pair all such new streets, roads and ways, from
time to time, as they may deem important or
necessary for the Improvement of said town:
Provided, That no new street, road or way,
shall be opened without frat having obtained
the consent Of the land owner or owners
through whose premises any such new street,
road or way may pass.
SEC. 9. That this act shall be taken and
deemed as q public act in all courts of Justice,
and shall continue in force until repealed.
Approved March u, 1872.
in the County Of Anderson,
(. SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the State Of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General AS
sembly, and by the authority OF the m
That all persons. citizens OF the State OF
South Carolina, who are now, or may hereafter
become, inhabitants of the Town OF Townville,
in the County Of Anderson, shall be deemed,
and arc hereby declared, q body politic and
corporate, and that said town shall be called
md known by the name Of Townville; and it's
limits shall be deemed and held to extend one
half mile In every direction from the Townville
Baptist Church, in said town.
SEQ. q. That the said Town shall be governed
by an intendant and four wardens, who shall
be elected on the first Wednesday in April
next, on which day, as we'll as on the first
Wednesday in April Of every year thereafter,
an election shall be held for an intendant and
four wardens, who shall be citizens Of the State
OF South Carolina, and shall have been resi-
dent in the said town for sixty days immedi.
ately preceding said election, at such place in
said tow as the intendant and wardens shall
designate, ten days notice, in writing. being
previously given. That b. B. Vsndiver, B. :.
CAN'T, ". J. Harbin and J.. W. spearmsn, be,
and they are, appointed a board Of managers,
to hold the first election under this act. That
all male inhabitants Of the said town, OF the
age Of twenty-one years, who have resided
therein sixty days previously to said election,
shall be entitled to vote for said intendant and
wardens; and tho election shall be held from
nine in the morning until three o'clock in the
afternoon, when the polls shall be closed, and
the managers shall publicly count the votes,
and proclaim the election, and give notice
thereof, in writing, to the persons elected; and
that the intendant and wardens, for the time
being, shall appoint the managers to hold the
ensuing election, ct least twenty days prior to
the day of election; that the intendant and
wardens, before entering upon the duties OF
their offices, shall take the following oath, to
be administered to the officers first elected by
some officer duly authorized to administer an
oath, and by the outgoing intendant to the in
tendant and wardens thereafter elected, to wit:
GAS intendant Tor warden) Of Fownvills, I will
equally and impartially, to the best OF my skill
and ability, exercise the trust reposed in me,
and will use my best endeavors to preserve the
peace and carry into effect, according to law,
the purposes Of my appointment. So help me
God"
SEQ. 8. That in case a vacancy should occur
in the Office OF intendant, or any Of the war
dens, by death, resignation, removal from the
State or town, or from any other cause, an elee.
ton shall be held by the appointment Of the
intendant and wardens, or wardens, Us the case
may be, ten days. notice thereof, as Aforesaid,
being given. And in case Of the sickness or
temporary absence of the intendant, the war
dens forming a council shall be empowered to
elect one of their number to act as in~tendant,
during such sickness or absence.
SEQ. 4. That the intendant and wardens, duly
elected aud qualified, shall, during their term
Of service, seyerally and respectively, be en-
powered to preserve the public peace, within
the limits OF said town; and the intendant shall,
as often as occasion may require, summon the
whom shall constitute a quorum for the trans-
action of business, and shall be known by the
name OF the Town Council Of Townville; and
they and their successors in Office shall have q
common seal, and shall have power and author
ity to appoint, hom time to time, such and so
many proper persons to act as marshals and
policemen as they shall deem necessary and
proper, which officers shall have all the powers,
privileges and emoluments, and be subject to
all the duties, penalties and regulations pro-
vided by the laws Of this State for the Office OF
constable. And the intendant and wardens,
in council, shall have power and authority
under their corporate seal, to ordnin and es-
tablIsh allsuch rules and bylaws respecting the
treets, ways, public wells and springs, or
fountains Of water, markets and police Of the
said town. and for preserving health, peacs,
order and good government within the same,