Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1872-02-23
OFFICIAL.
Acts aIrd Joint Resolutions Pass&d
by the General Assembly fSOutpl
Carolina, Regular Session, 1871
and 1874.

An Aot to Amend An Act (No ss2) Entitled
San Act to Grant, Renew und Amend the
Charters of Certain Towns and Villages
Therein Mentioned" Commencino with
Section No. SO of Said Act, Relating 20
the Incorporation Of the Town of Wrybts
vile, Passed at tho Regular Session of the
General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina, 1901. -
SECTION l. BE it enacted bE the Senatc
and House of Representatives ofthc State of
South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gene.
raI Assembly and by tho authority es of tho
That from and after tho p5ssago of this
Act, all citizens of this State, baying resided
twelve months within this Sthte,, and sixty
days within tho village of Wrightsville, shall
be deemed, and are hereby deS!sfcd to be, Il
body polite and corporate, innd Ibe said vii.
lage shall be called and &3wp 6S the name
WrightsvlIe, md its corr9rateTlim ashal
include Edisto lsland, together with Eddipgs.
villo. The metes and bounds of said town Of
Wright$yille will be boundbd On, thqaMorth
by NortkSEaisto Inlet or Riveryon the South
by South Edsto River 'ahd Saiat Helena
Sound, on the East by the, Atlantic ocean,
and ;as on tbaye't BY J0h0'se g and Ed's'0
sro. 2. Tia, tho soid Yilax6S shali r;s.. ipe gov
crncd bySuuj lntondant and four Wsrdens
who shall bS citizens Of Tue United States
and WHO shall have resided LID thisspStatc
twelve Rs5Hsb Rs55iHssb is. and shall have been residents
of the said~VillagssssixtS. days, ,,immediatcly
preceding, their election, laad Who shdlh be
elected 9sstHe third Monday in May~s;ls72,
and on the Same daEih eaeh year thereafter,
ten daysRpAlic notic6'thdreof being pfevious
ly giveny,hqa that, ,all male i6babitans Of
tho age of twcnty -dne years, citizens Of the
State, and who shall hpvcresidsd within the
State twelve montl and Ia tho suid Village
sixty daYssia,medistsfy preceding the, ,,eec
ton, shdlta5e entitled 10 vote forssads \, Inten
dant and WurdensAshaupers andSpcrsons. ,un
der disabilities for crimc Excepted
SEC. @asThat dselcction shall be teld at
some convenient public plato inusaid Sv{Ilagc,
from eight o'clock in the uiorni6e, udtiiHfonr
o'clock f1rtKe aftefGo9n. apa when tbSa polls
shall bo closed the Managers shall Forthwith
count tllcsYotcs, ana, ,decl$re the electinff; md
give noticsAthcreof, ik writing, to tho @T1sas}cn
dant hcraip being, who shaIl;s within two
days thdreaftcr, give notdSJ or cause tGesame
to be gvefR, to thu persons -daly eieeted :
Provided, .Thc COMMISSIONERS of EIeetiofn, of
Churlcstphstounty shnll cali the first election
under this Act, and shalli appoint Managers
to conduct the same, Who ,shall make Fretdrns
other elections held in this State; aud the
declare the election, and pptify the PERSONS so
village. ssTho Intendant and Wardens,. before
entering upon the duties 6s their Offices, shall
respectife1ytako the outR 'presuribcd BY the
Cors.itItisK of the Statc,( md also thesIolow.
ing oath, to@it: GAS Intendant Cor Wardcn)
of tho villagsof WrightsIJc, E,wil! eaually
aud impartialty, to the best of tay ability, ex.
erciso the trust rcposed ID rho, and wifia use
my best endeavors to preserve The peace and
carry into effect, accordidS,to law the qpur
pose, for which have been elebfcd: So help
me God" And. if any pcrsons;s upon being
elected Intendant or Warden, ,shall refuse to
act as such, ho shall forfcit',and pay to
tho Council the sum of twenty dollars
for the use Of tho Village Provided, That no
person who has attained the age Of sixty years
shall be compelled to servo in either of said
Offices nor shall any other persohtbe compelled
to serve, either as Intendant or Wardens, moro
than ono year in any term of three years. The
Intendant and Wardens, for the time being,
shall always appoint one or more Boards of
Managers, three Managers forehch Board, to
conduct the election who, before they open
tho polls, shall take an oath fairly and impair
TALLY to conduct the same.
SEQ. a. That in case vacancy shall occur
in the Office of Intcndant or any Of tho War
dens, by death, resignation, removal, or other.
wise, M election to fill such vacancy shall be
held by order Of the Intendant and Wardens,
or majority Of the same, ten days public
notice being previously given and, in case OF
the Wardens forming the Council, shall be
empowered to elect ono of tho number to &C;
as intendant during the time.
au1y S1s sl$sd sa }ssr sSg r9S g$ssi se
term of service, severally and respectively, be
vcated@ith aIl,IKG b6weMof Trial UGstiddsGs
or Justices Of the Peace, as the case may be, in
this Stnte, within Fthe lihits 6f Che isdid village
except for the trial ofs,nall an mean causes
and the Intondnnt shall or may, as often as
is necessary, summon the Wardens to meet
in Cou6ctI, SHylthfeS bf whom, withfthe rs
tendant shall cdnstittts n ddoruni 'tt,E trans
act business, and they shall he knownSas the
Town Council Of Wrightsyile; and thoy
elected, May have 9 common seal, which ma,
be affixed to al oftheit ordtaahces may sue
and be.aped,s plead and ibe impleaded in any
Court of Justice in this State, and purchase
hold, possassdhdsenjoyto to them and their sue
ccssors, in perpetuity, or for any term o
yearsssanys esnta 2feak 'persoydaR !of. hSxea