The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-17

Acts and Joint Resolutions Pansed nv I, n .
General Assembly OF South Carolina,
Regular Sossion, 1871 and 1874.
AN ACT TO ALTER AND AMEND THE CHAR.
TER OF THE TOWN OF GREENWOOD.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
SECTIoN l. Be il enacted 6y the Senate
and House Of Representatives Of the State
Of South Carolina, no,o met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authoritv of
the same, That all persons, having resided
twelve months in the town of Green
wood, in the County OF Abbeville, are
hereby declared to be body polite and
corporate. by the name and style of the
town OF Greenwood, and its corporate
limits shall be an irregular polygon, the
vertlces OF whose angles shall be ut, or
near, the following points, to wit: 1st.
A large pine tree near J. r. Tarrant's
residence, on the Abbeville Road. I'd.
A point on the New Market Road, in a
HAT just beyond James Creswell's resi-
denoe. Sd. The point on the road that
leads to w. A. Blake's, where the Green
vile and Columbia Railroad crossed.
4th. The first small branch on the New
Out Road. beyond J. W. Regards. 5th.
Inc hollow bridge, on the Abbcville
Road, just beyond j. Fl. Oldham's resi-
dence. 9Th. The junction of the Cokes-
bury and Stoney Point Road.
SEC. 2. The said town shall be 90.
verned by an Intendant and four Ward
ems, who shall be elected on the second
Monday in January next, and in every
year thereafter, ten days notice being
previously given, and all male inhabi.
tants OF said town, who are qualified
under the Constitution of this State to
fn mo 0f
and who have resided therein twolye
months Immediately preceding the elec-
tion, shall be eligible to the office of In
tendant or Wardens. Male inhabitants,
who are qualified to vote for members of
the Legislature, and who shall have re-
sided within the limits of the corpora
tion for sixty days Immediately preced-
ing the election, shall be entitled to vote
Tor said lntendant and Wardens.
SEQ. 3. The election of Intcndant
and Wardens Of the said town shall be
held at some convenient public place
therein. from six o'clock in the morning
until Blk o'clock in the evening, and
when the polls are closed, the managers
shall forthwith count the votes, declare
the election, and give notice in writing
to the parties elected. It shall be tho
ouCy Va LILO S1eTh Ol Iuo COurG lOr ADDG-
vile County to give legal notice and np.
point managers for the first election.
And the Intendant and Wardens, for
the time being, who shall bo known as
the "Town Council of Greenwood" shall
give the legal notice and appoint three
persons to manage all subsequent elec-
tions, who shall manage and declare tho
same as herein provided for the first
time of election. The managers shall,
before they open the polls for any such
election, take an oath fairly and Impair
TALLY to conduct the same, and the In
tendant and Wardens, before entering
upon tho duties of their office, shall take
the oath prescribed by tho Constitution
OF this State, and also the following
oath, to wit: GAS Intendant and Ward
ems OF Greenwood. I will equally and
impartially, to the best of my ability,
e1erciHe the trust reposed in me, and
will use my best endeavors to preserve
the peace and good order, and carry
into effect, according to law, tho pur-
poses for which have been appointed
or elected: So help mo God" And il
any person elected Intendant and Ward.
en- shall refuse to serve as euch, he shall
forfeit and pay to the Town Council OF
Greenwood the sum Of twenty dollars,
for the use OF said town: Provided, That