Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-03-07
OFFICIAL.
Acts and Joint Resolutions passed by the
General Assembly Of South Carolina,
Regular Session, 1871 and 1872.

U1dI StSelUuS 100 dHo AOs 80
An act to Charter the ToeCn of Belton an the
County of anderson and State Of South
Carolina.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Sen.
ate and House of Representatives OF the
State of South Carolina, now met and sit
ting in General Assembly, and by the au-
thority of the same:
That from and after the passage OF this
act all citizens of his State, having resided
sixty day IS in the town Of Bolton, 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 Bolton, aud its corporate limits
shall extend one half mile in each direc-
tion from the depotfn said town.
Sec 2. That the said town shall De
governed by an InteDdAnt and six ward
ems. who shall be citzans of the United
States, and snail be residents of the said
town for sixty days Immediately preced
iug their election, who shall be elected on
the second Monday in April, 1872, ana
every year thereafter on the second Mon
day in January; ten days public noslc
thereof being previously given, and that
all male inabitants, of the age OF twenty
one l2l) wears, citizens Of the State, and
who have resided in the Said town i"'
sixty DAYS Immediately preceding the elec-
ton, shall be entitled to vote for said ln
tendant and wardens.
Sec 3. That the election for lntendan
and wardens of the said town shall b. held
in some convenient house, or some otne'
convenient public place in the said town
from nine O'Clock in the morning, until
five O'Clock in the afternoon; aud Wneh
the polls shall be closed, the managers
shall forthwith count the votes, and pro
claim the election, aud give notice in writ
ing to the persons elected. AT the mrs
election for Lntendant and wardens
Messrs. G. w. Niece, B. D. Dean and lr'
Williams are hereby appointed to act a.
managers, with authority to supply, 'l
appointment, vacancies that may "ccu'
from death, refusal to serve or otherwls
The Intendant and ward1ns so electe'
shall appoint three managers to hold tn
ensuing and any subsequent election. In
managers, in each case, shall, before they
open the polls for said election, take a.
oath fairly and impaItially to conduct tn
same, Andthat the Intendant and ward
ems, before entering on the duties OF thei'
resnec,iye offices, shall take the oath prr
scribed by the constitution OF this Stat,
and also the following oath, to wit: "A
Intendant Tor warden) Of the town OF BEL
ton L will equally and impartially, to tn
best of my ability, exercise the trust rt
posed in INK and will use my best endeaV
ors to preserve the peace and carry int
eff, ct. according to law, the purpos's TO
which l have been elected: So help IN
Cod The said Intendant and wardens
shall hold their offices from the time OF
their election, until the second M'rday i"
January ensuing, aud until their success
sors shall be elected aud qualified.
Sec. f. That in case vacancy shall
occur in the Office Of Intendant or any q
the wardens, by death, resignation, re
moval, or otherwise, or in case of IA tl3 III
said election. an election to fill such Va
oancy shall be held by the appointment OF
the Inteudaut and wardens, Tor warden
as the case may be, ten days public notlc'
being previously given; and, in case "l
sickness, or temporary abseCce of the lu
tendant, the wardens, forming couucIl
shall be empowered to elect one OF th'
number to act in his stead during the time.
Sec. ). That the Intendant and ward
ems, duly elected AMI qualified, shall, dur
iDg their term of service, s.veraliy and re
spectively, be vested with all the ju'isdlc
ton and powers Of Trial Justices, or JUS
tices OF the Peace, except the trial OF clVIl
cases, and except as it may be otherwise
provided iu this act, within the limits ct
said town; aud the I4tendant shall and
may, as often as he may deem necessary.
summon the wardeus to meet in cDuncll,
any tow Of whom, with the Intend ant.
may constitute quorum TO trans act bus'-
ness, aud they shall be known by the
name of the Town Council of lion. ami
they aud their successors hereafter to be
elected, may have common seal, which
shall be af1iS d to all OF their ordinAnc. S;
aud the said town council shall have au
thority to appoint, from time to time, as
they may see tit, such aud 50 many proper