The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-07
Acts and Soiat Resolutions Passed by tho
General Assembly OF south Carolina,
Regular Session, 1871 and 1879.

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AN ACT TO CHARTER THE TOWN OF DKLToN,
IN THB COUNTY OF ANDERSON AND STATE
OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
SRoT1oN /. Be IL enacted 5y the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the State
Of South Carolina, no,o met and sitting in
General Assembly, and BY the authority of
tho same, That from end after the pas
sage Of this Act, all citizens of this State,
having resided sixty days in the town of
Bolton, shall be deemed, and are hereby
declared to bo, body politio and cor
porate. and the said town shall be called
and known by the name of Bolton, and
its corporate limits shall extend one-half
mile in each direction from the depot in
said town.
SEQ. 2. That the said town shall be
governed by an Intendant and six War.
dens, who shall be citizens of the United
States, and shall be residents of the said
town for sixty days Immediately preoed.
ing their election, who shall be elected
on the second Monday in April, 1872,
and every year thereafter on the second
Monday in January; ten days public no.
tice thereof being previously given. and
that all male inhabitants, of the age OF
twenty-one (2D years. citizens of the
state, and who have resided in the said
town for sixty days Immediately proceed
ing the election, shall be entitled to vote
Tor said lntendant and Wardens.
SEQ. .. That the election for Intend
ant and Wardens of the said town shall
De held IN some convenient house, or
some other convenient public place in
the said town. from O'Clock in the
morning until o'clock in the afternoon;
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managers shall forthwith count the votes,
and proclaim the election, and give no.
tlce in writing to tho persons elected.
At the first election for Intendant and
Wardens, Messrs. G. W. MCGEE, B. D.
Dean and Ira Williams are hereby ap.
pointed to act as managers, with authO-
rity to supply. by appointment, yacsn-
cIes that may occur from death, refusal
to serve or otherwise. The Intendant
and Wardens 30 elected shall appoint
three managers to hold the ensuing and
any subsequent election. The managers,
In each case, shall, before they open the
polls for said election, take on oath fair
~ and impartially to conduct the same.
And that the Intendant and Wardens,
before entering on the duties of their
respective Offices, shall take the oath
prescribed by the Constitution of this
State, and also the following oath, to
wit: "As Intendant Tor Warden) of the
town of Bolton, I will equally and i'm
partially, to the best of my ability, exer-
else the trust reposed in me, and will
use my best endeavors to preserve the
peace and carry into effect, according to
law, the purposes for which I have been
elected. So help me, God" The said
Intendant and Wardens shall hold their
offices from the time Of their election
until the second Monday in January en-
suing, and until their successors shall be
elected and qualified.
SEC. 4. That in case vacancy shall
occur in the Office of Intendant or any
OF the Wardens, by death. resignation,
removal or otherwise, or in case of tie
IN said election, an election to fill such
vacancy shall be held by the appoint
ment OF the Intendant and Warden, or
Wardens, as the case may be, ten days
public notice being previously given; !;
and IN case OF sickness or temporary alb
senoe of the Intendant, the Wardens.
forming Councill, shall be empowered
to elect one Of the number to act in his
stead during the time,
SEC. s. That the Intendnnt and Ward
ems, duly elected and qualified, shall,
during their term of service, severally
and respectively be vested with oil the
jurisdiction and powers of Trial JUS
tioes or Justices Of the Peace, except the
trial Of civil cases. and except as it may
be otherwise provided in this Act. within
the limits of said town; and the Intend
ant shall and may, as often as he may
deem necessary, summon the Wardens
to meet in Council, any two of whom,
with the Intendant, may constitute a
quorum to transact business, and they
shall be known by the name of the Town
Council of Bolton; and they and their
successors thereafter to be elected msy
have common seal, which shall be
affixed to all of their ordinances; and
the said Town Council shnll have au-
thority to appoint, from time to time, os
they may see fit. such and so many pro-
per persons to act as Marshals or Con.
stables of said town, as the said Council
may daem necessary and expedient for
the preservation OF peace. good order
and police thereof; which persons, SO
appointed, shall. within the corporate
limits Of said town, have the power nnd
privileges and emolutnents, and be sub
ject to all the obligations, penalties and
regulations provided by law for the Office
of Constable, and shall be liable to be