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

Th0G J6m6S VI IuOuIpo0h
beth Thompson, be, and they are hereby,
authorized and empowered to adopt the child
of Mary Couch, to give it the name Of James
Lawrence Orr Thompson, and to make 1t their
lawful heir.
Approved March II, 1872.
An ACT to Renew and Amend the Charter of the
Town Of Lowndesville, Abbeville County,
eouth Carolina.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives ofthe State Of South
Carolina, now met and 81. g in General As
sembly, and by the authority Of the same
That from and after the passage Of this act,
all citizens Of this State, having resided sixty
days In the Town Of Lowndesyille, shall be
deemed, and are hereby declared to be, a body
polite and corporate, and the said town shall
be called and known by the name Of Lowndes-
vile. and it's corporate limits shall extend one
half mile within its present limits, to be fixed
as q centre by q majority OF the inhabitants OF
said village.
SEQ. q. That the said town shall be governed
BY an intendant and four wardens, b shall
be citizens Of the United States, and shall have
resided in this State twelve months, and shall
have been residents Of the said town for sixty
DAYS Immediately preceding their election,
who shall be elected on the second Monday In
September, 1879, and, every year thereafter, on
the first Monday in April, 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 WHIT shall have re-
sided in this State twelve months, and in said
town for sixty days Immediately preceding the
election, shall be entitled to vote for intendant
and wardens.
SEQ, s. That the election OF intendant and
wardens of said town shall be held In some
| convenient house, or in some convenient pub
Lie place in the said town, from Six O'clock A.
NJ. until six o'clock p. NJ, and, when tile polls
shall be closed, the managers shall forthwith
count the votes and proclaim the election, and
give notice, in writing, to the persons elected.
The intendant and wardens shall appoint
three managers TO hold the ensuing and
any subsequent election. Whenever there
shall not be an intendant and wardens, or IN
tendsnt and warden, from any cause whatever,
it shall be the duty OF the clerk OF court OF
Abbeville County TO order such election forth
with, and appoint three managers for the
same. The managers in each case shall be-
fore they open the polls for said election take an
oath fairly and impartially to conduct the same;
/ and that the inteDdant and wardens, before
entering upon the duties Of their respective
| Offices, shall take the oath prescribed By the
| Constitution of this State, and also the fol-
lowing oath, to wit: "As intendant Tor
warden) of the Town Of Lowndesvfle, l
will equally and impartially, to the best CT my
ability, execute the trust reposed in me, and
will use my best endesvors to preserve the
peace and carry into effect, according to law,
the PURPOSES for which I have been elected: Be
help mo God" The said intendsnt and
wsrdens shall hold their offices from the time
of their election until the first Monday in April
ensuing, and until their successors shall be
elected and qualified.
SEC. 4. That II in any case q vacancy shall oc-
cur inthe Office of the intendant or any Vt the
Warderls, by death, resignation, removal, or
otherwise, or in case of q tie in said election,
an election to fill suoh vacsny shall be held
by the appointment Of intendsut and wardens,
or warden, as the case may be-, or the clerk
of court of Abbeville County, il there should
be no intendant or wardens, ten days' notice
thereof being previously given; and In case
OF the sickness or temporary absence OF the
intendant, the wardens forming q council shall
be empowered TO elect one OF their number
to act in his stead during the time. Cd
SEC, s. That the intendant and wardens,
duly elected and qualified, shall, during their
term of s~srvice, s~everally and respectively, be
vested with all the power and jurisdiction OF
MAGISTRATES within the limits Of said to an, and
the intendant shall, and may, as often as he
may deem necessary, summon the Wardens to
meet in council, any two OF whom, with the in.
tendant, may constitute a quorum to transact
business; and they shall be known by the name
Of the town council OF Lowndesville; and they,
and their successors hereafter to be elected,
may have q common seal, which shall be affixed
to all the ordinances; and the said town council
shall have authority to appoint, from time to
time, as they see At, such and 80 many proper
persons to act as marshals or constables of the
said town, as tho said town council may deem
necessary and e1pedient for the preservation
of the peace, good order and police thereof
which persons, 30 appointed, shall, within the
limits Of said town, have the powers, privileges
and emoluments, and be subject TO all the OBJ
legations, penalties and regulations provided
by law for the office Of constable, and shall be
removed at the pleasure ofthe said town ooun
Gil; and the said town council shall have pow
or to establish, or to authorize the establis'
ment Of the ma%rket-house in said town; ane
the said town council shall have full power ant
authority, under their corporate seal, to MAKE
all such rules, bylaws and ordinances, respect
ing the streets, roads, m~arket-house, and TIT
business thereof, and the police system OF sale
town, as'shal appear to them necessary ant
proper for the security, welfare and conVen
fence, and for preserving health, order ans