The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-03-06
LAWS OF THE STATE.
.crs oF TIE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Published,by Authority.

Published by Authority.
AN ACT to Incorporate the Town OF Lewis
-. :, vile, s. g. -
sscT1oN /. Belt enacted by the Senate and
House OF Representatives OF the state Oh
south Carolina, now met and sitting In Gene
raj Assembly, and by the authority OF the
same:
That from and after the passage Of this act'
all citizens of this State having resideo .t"e''o
months Within this State, aud sixty Gays IL
the village OF Lewisville, shall De oeemeu'
ond ara hereby declared to be-, body polltlc
and corsorate. and the said village shall De
called and known by the name OF LeWisVlne,
and Its corporate limits shall extend enree-
fourths of mile in each direction, from 'ne
new store of ". b. Hennon.
SEC. 2. That the said village shall oe govern
ed by an intendant and four Waroens, VINO
shall be citizens of the United States, ana VINO
shall have resided IN this State Twelve
months. and shall have been residents OF the
ssid village sixty days Immediately proceed
ing their election, and who shall be elected IN
the fourth Monday In May, 1872, and on the
same day in each year thereafter, ten days
public notice thereof being previously given;
and that all male inhabitants Of the age OF
twenty-one years, citizens Of the State, and
who shall have resided within the State twelve
months. and in the said village sixty days I'M
mediately preceding the election, shall oe en-
titled to vote for said intendant and wardens,
Iennaro and nersons under disabilities for
crimes excepted.
sro q Tie said election shall be held at
come convenient public place IN said village,
from six o'clock In the morning until i've
O'Clock In the afternoon, and, when the polls
shall be closed, the managers shall forthwith
count the votes and declare the election, and
give notice thereof in writing t0the intenoant
therein being, or cause the same to be given
to the person duly elected: Provided Inc
commissioners of election OF Orangeourg
Comfy shall call the first election under tnls
art and shall appoint managers to conduct the
name who shall make return thereof to the
commissioners, the same as other elecuons
held in this State. And the said commission
ara shall caunt the votes, and declare the cleo
.4iop, and notify the persons 80 elected lnten-
liant and ,wsrdens :of the said village. The
intendant and wardens, before entering upon
the dIitiesl of their oficea, shall respectively
take the oath prescribed by the Constitution
of the State, and also the following oath, TO
wit: .As intendant Tor warden) Of the VIII
.laee of Lewisvllle, will equally and im-
partially, to the best of my ability, exercise
thetrust reposed in me, and will use my best
endeayors, to. preserve The peace, and carry
into effect, according to law, the purposes
for which I have been elected: SO help
me God.n, And II: any person, upon being
elected lntendant or warden, shall refuse 10
act as such, he shall forfeit aud pay to the
council the sum Of twenty dollars for the use
OF said village {: Provided, That no person
who has attained the age Of sixty years Shall
be compelled to serve in either of said offices,
nor shall any other person be compelled to
serve either as. intendant or warden more
than one year 10 any term, OF three years.
The intendant and wardensr for the time be-
ing shall always appoint one or more boards
ofmanagere, three managers ior each board,
to conduct the election. who, before they
open the polls, shall take an oath fairly and
impartlally to conduct the same. sa
SEC. a. That in case vacancy shall occur
inthe office Of intendant or any OF the ward
ems. by death, resignation. removal or other
wise. an election to fill such vacancy shall be
held, by order OF the intendant and wardens,
or q msforiiy of the same, ten days public
notice being previously given; and In case OF
s,cknsssor temporary absence Of the inten-
dart, the wssdens forming the council shall
be empowered to elect one of the number TO
sct as inteBdant during the time. !.
SEC. S. That. the, .intendant and wardens
duly elected aud qualified shall, during their
term of service, severaly and respectively be
vested with all the powers Of trial justices or
3ust!ces oft peace, as the case may be, IN
this State, within the limits Of the village, e1-
can't for the trial of small and mean causes;
and the iutendaut shall, or may, as often as
necessary summon the wardens to meet IN
council any three of whom, with the intend
ant, shall constitute aquorum to transact ou-
saness; and they shall be known as the Town
Council of Lswisvile; and they, and their sue
cessors in office hereafter to be elected, may
have common seal, which shall be affixed to
all'of their ordinances, may sue and be sued,
plead and be impleaded in any court OF JUS
tice in this Stats, and purchase, hold, possess
and enjoy, to them and their, successors, IN
perpetuity, OF for any term Of yeara, any es-
tate, real, personal, or mixed, and sell, allen,
or convey the came: Provided, The same
shall not exceed, at any one time,. the sum Of
tan thousand dollars. And the eaid town
council shall have authority to appoint,
from time to time, as they may see ft,
such aud SO many proper persons, to act as
marshsls or constables of said village, as the
said d'councll may deem necessary and expedl:-
ent for the preservation of thespesoe, good
order and police thereof, which persons 80
appointed shall within the corporate limits Of
said village, have the power and privileges,
and be subject to all the obligations, penalties
and regulations provided by law for the office
of constable, and shall be liable to be removed
at the pleasure of said council. And the said
town council shall have power to establish, or
authorize the establishment of market house
In said village; also, to authorize the establish
ment of guardhouse, and to prescribe suila-
BILE rules and regulations for keeping and gov
erninr the same. And the said town council,
,arIn In no