The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-02

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Acts anu Joint n sol piiionl. Passed by the
General Assctnbly OF South Carolina.
Regular Session, 1S7Innd 1874. ,,
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE VILLAGE OF
LITTLE ROCK, IN THE COUNTY OF MA
RIoN. AND FOR OTHER PupP POSES THEREIN
MENTIONED, !.4.p, ..r4ut i
SECTION 1. BE it enacted 5y the Senate
and House Of Representatives Of the State
Of South Carolina ,,oso met and SITTING in
General Assembly, and 6y tho authority of
the sdms. That from and after the pass
age OF this Act, all citizens of this State,
having resided twelve months within
this State, and sixty days in the town Of
Little Rock, shall bo deemed, and are.
hereby. declared to he, body politio'
and corporate, and the said town shall
be called by the nanae Of Little Rock,
and it's corporate limits shall extend
three-fourths Of mile in. each direction
from the Methodist Church, in said
town: Prooided, That the corporate
limits of said town shall not extend be-
yond the Little Pee Dee River.
SEQ. 2. That the said town shall be
governed by an Intendant and four
Wardens, who shall be citizens of the
United States. and who shall have re.
sided In this State twelve months. and
shall have been residents of the said
town sixty days Immediately preceding
their election. The said Intendant and
Wardens shall be elected on the second
Saturday in April, in every year, five
days notice being previously given,
and shall continue i'll Office for one year,
and until the election and qualification
OF their sucoessors; and all male inhabi-
tants Of said town, who shall have at.
tanned the age of twenty. .one years, pau
pers and persons under disabilities for
Infamous crimes excepted, and shall
have resided therein sixty days imme-
diately preceding the election, shall be
entitled to vote for said Intendant and
Wardens.
SEQ. 8. The said election shall be held
in some convenient public place in said
town, from six O'Clock in the morning
until four O'Clock in the evening, and
when the polls shall be closed, the Ma
nagers shall forthwith count the votes
and declare the election, and give notice
thereof in writing to the persons elected.
The Intendant and Wardens. before en-
tering upon the duties of their offices,
she'll each take the oath prescribed by
the Constitution Of this State, and also
the following oath, to wit: "As In
tendant. Tor Warden. as the case may
be- of the town of Little Rock, I will
equally and impartially, to the best Of
my ability. exercise the trust reposed in
me, and will use my best endeavors to
preserve tho peace. and carry into effect,
according to law, the purposes for
which have been elected: So help me
God" Andif any person, upon being
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fuse to act as such. he shall forfeit and
pay to the Town Council the sum of ten
dollars. for the use Of said town: Pro
nided, That no person who has attained
the age of sixty years shall be compelled
to serve in either of said Offices, nor
shall any other person be compelled to
three years. The Intendant and Ward.
ems, for the time being, shall always np-
point Board of three Managers to
conduct the election, who, before they
open the polls, shall take an oath fairly
and impartially to conduct the same.
That James Stackhouse, BENJAMIN Mace
and r. P. Hammer are hereby appointed
Managers to hold the election on the
second Saturday in March, one thou.
sand eight hundred and seventy-two.
SEQ. A.. That in case q vacancy shall
occur in the oi1loe of Intendant or any
of the Wardens, by death, resignation,
removal or otherwise, an election to fill
such vacancy shall be held by order of
the Intendant and Wardens, or O ma
jority of them, five days. public notice
being previously given; and in case OF
sickness or temporary absence OF the In
tendant. the Wardens, forming tho
Council, shall be empowered to elect ono
one of their number to act as Intendant
for the time being.
SEC. 5. That the 1ntendant and War
dens, duly elected and qualified, shall,
during their term OF Office, severally and
respectively, be vested with all tho pow
ers heretofore granted to Magistrates,
Trial Justices or Justices of the Peace.
as the case may be, in this State, within
the limits of the said town, except for
the trial Of causes small and mean. And
the Intendant shall and may, as often as
may be necessary, summon the Wardens
to meet in Council, any two OF whom,
with the Intendant or any threo War
dens, may constitute quorum to trans
act business, and they shall be known as
the Town Council of Little Rock, and
they and their successors, hereafter to
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