Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-08
oEFIcIAL.
Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed
. BY the Genera, Assembly of South
Carolina, Regular Session, 1871
aud 1872.
AN AT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF

=
SECTION |. Be 1t enocled by the
Senate and House of Representatives
of the State, of South Carolina, now
met and3sitting in, General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same:
That from and Immediately after the
passage Of this Act, all and every
person, or persons whatsoever, who
are constitutionally qualified to vote
for members of the Legislature OF
this State, and who may have resided
within the present corporate limits OF
the,towp of Union sixty days, and
their. successors, are hereby declared
to be members of the corporation
hereby intended to be created.
SEC. Q. That the persons and their
successors shall, from and after the
passage of this Act. become body
polite and corporate, and shall be
known and called by name Of he
town of Union, and its corporate linn
its shall extend one mile, in tue di-
rection of cardinal points, from the
spartanburg and Union Rail Road
Depot in said town, as a centre, and
form square.
SEC. 8. That the said town shall be
governed by an Intendant and four
Wardens, who shall be elected on the
second Monday of September in eacL
year, ten days notice being previous
" given, and shall continue in office
for one year, and until the election
and qualification of their successors;
and that all male inhabitants of said
town who shall have attained the age
of twenty one years, and resided
therein sixty days previous to the
election, shall be entitled to vote for
said Intendant and Wardens.
SEC. 4. That the election of Inten-
dant and Wardens of the said town
shall be held in some convenient place
in said iowa, from nine o'clock in the
morning until six o'clock in the al
ternoon, and when the polls shall be
closed, the Managers shall forthwith
count the votes and proclaim the cleo
ton and give notice, in writing, to
the persons elected. The Intendant
and Wardens for the time being snail
always appoint three Managers to
conduct the election, who, before they
open the polls for said election, shall
take an oath fairly and impartially to
conduct the same; and the Intendant
and Wardens, before entering upon
the duties of their Offices, shall re,
spectively take the oath prescribed
by the Constitution Of this State, and
also the following oath, 20 wit: A.
Intendant Cor Warden) OF the town
of Union, I will equally and impair
TALLY, to the best Of my ability, exc.
cute the trust reposed in me, and will
use my best endeavors to preservethe
peace and carry into effect, according
to law, the purposes for which have
been elected: So help me God"
Sec. 5. That in case a vacancy
should occur in the Office Of Inten-
dant, orany of the Wardens, by death,
resignation, or otherwise, an election
to fiji such vacancy shall be held, b.
the appointment Of the Intendant and
Warden, or Wardens, as the case may
be, fifteen days previous notice being
given; and in case of the sickness or
temporary absence Of the IntendaLt,
the Wardens, forming a Council, shall
be empowered to elect one OF the
Wardens to act as Intendant during
the time.
Sec. 6. That the Intendant and
Wardens duly elected and qualified
shall, during their time of Office, sew
orally and respectively be vested with
all the powers of Trial justice OF
other inferior Courts in this State.
within the limits of the said town;
and the Intendant shall, and may, as
often as may be necessary, summor
the Wardens to meet in Council, any
two of whom, with the Intendant, OF
any three Wardens, may constitute
quorum to transact business, and they
shall be known By the name of the
Town Council Of Union, and they
and tleir successors hereafter to b,
elected, may have a common seal.
which shall be affixed to all their or
dinances, may sue and be sued, may
plead and be imp eaded in any court
of law or equity in this state and
purchase, hold, possess and enjoy to
them and their sncces crs, in perpet-
uity, or for any term OF years, an,
estate, real orpersonal, or mixed, and
sell, alien and convey the same; Shall
not exceed at any one time the SUN
of ten thousand dollars And the
said lntendant and Wardens shall
have full power to make and estab-
lish all such rules, bylaws and ordl
nances respecting the roads, streets.
markets, commerce, trade, buildings
and police Of said town as shall ap
pear to :hem necessary AMI requisite
for the security, welfare and conve
nience Of the said town, or for pre-
serving health, peace, order and good
government within the same And
the sail Council may fix and impose
fines and penalties AMI irlYriSon.ner
in the County Jail Tor the violation
ther of, and appropriate the fines to
the public use Of the said corporation:
PROVIDED, That no fine shall exceed
fifty dollars ior any one offence, and
no imprisonment shall exceed twent:
,lavs; and when any person shall be
charged with an offence for which a
fine Of more than twenty dollars is
ordained. the said charge will b.
heard and determined in ar action OF
debt, to be brought in the name of the
said Town Council, for the recovery
of said fine, before Court having
! ,risdiction OF cause of action of that
amount, for Union county. And ii
the fine ordained be not more than
twenty dollars, or the offence be one
f,r which imprisonment is ordained,