The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-16
Acts and Joint RESOLUTIONS Passed by the
General Assembly OF South Carolina,
Regular Session, 1871 md 1879.

session., 1611 nnu lS14.
AN AOr TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF
TOwNvILLE, IN THE COUNTY OF ANDER.
SON.
SECTION 1. Be il enocted by tie Senate
and House of Representatives Of The State
Of South Carolina, no,o met and sitting 81.
General ASSEMBLY, and by tie authority of
The sdnae, That all persons, oitizenB 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 are
hereby declared, a body politio and COR
porate, and that said town shall be
called and known by the name of Town
Vile; and its limits shall be deemed and
held to extend one-half mile in every
direction from the Townville Baptist
Church, in said town.
SEQ. 2. 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 cleo
tion shall be held for an Intendant and
four Wardens, who shall be citizens of
the State OF South Carolina. and shall
have been resident in the said town for
sixty days Immediately preceding seid
election, at such place in said town as
the Intendant and Wardens shall desig-
nate, ten days notice, in writing, being
previously given. That n. r. Vandi-
YER, B. F. CAN'T, W. j. Harbin and J.
w. Spearman be, and they are, appoint
ed Board of Managers, to hold the
first election under thisA That all
male Inhabitants OF the said town, OF the
age of twenty-one years, who have re-
sided therein sixty days previously to
said election, shall be entitled to vote
for said Intendant and Wardens; and
the 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 cleo
ton, ana give notice thereof, in writing,
to the persons elected; and that the In
tendant and Wardens, for the time
being. shall appoint the Managers to
hold the ensuing election, at least twenty
days prior to the day of election; that
the Intendant and Wardens, before en-
tering upon the duties of their offices,
shall take the following oath, to be ad-
ministered to the officers first elected by
some officer duly authorized to admins
ter an oath, and by the outgoing In
tendant to the Intendant and Wardens
thereafter elected, to wit: "As Intendant
Tor Warden) of Townville, 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"
II
OCCUR in the Office of Intendant. or any
of the Wardens, by death, resignation,
removal from the State or town, or
from any other cause, an election shall
be held by the appointment of the In
tendant and Wardens, or Wardens, as
the case may be, ten days notice there
of, as aforesaid, being given. And in
case OF the sickness or temporary absence
of the Intendant, the Wardens forming
Council shall be empowered to elect
one of their number to act as Intendant.
during such sickness or absence.
SEQ. 4. That the Intendant and
Wardens, duly elected and qualified,
shall, during their term of service, seye.
rally and respectively, be empowered to
preserve the public peace, within the
limits of said town; and the Intendant
shall, as often as occasion may require,
summon the Wardens to meet him in
Council, majority of whom shall con-
stitute quorum for the transaction of
business, and shall be known by the
name Of the Town Council of Townville:
and they and their successors in office
shall have common seal, and shall
have power and authority to appoint,
from time to time, such and so many
proper persons to act rs marshals and
policemen rs they shall deem necessary
and proper; which officers shall have all
the powers, privileges and emoluments,
and be subject to all the duties, penal
ties and regulations provided by the
laws of this State for the Office of con-
stable. And the Intendant and Ward
ems, in Council, shall have power and
authority. under their corporate seal, to
ordain and establish all such rules, by
laws, respecting the streets, ways, public
wells or springs, or fountains of water,
markets and police of the said town,
and for preserving health, peace, order
and good government within the same,
as they may deem expedient aud proper;
and the said Council may afflx fines for
offences against such bylaws and ordi-
nances, and appropriate the same to the
use Of the corporation, but no fine shall
exceed twenty dollars; all fines may be