Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-12-29
cIIARrER or THE ToWN OF YoRKyILLE.

seinbly, and by the authority of the same:
SECTION l. That all citizens of this State
who have resided, or may hereafter reside,
g for sixty days within the limits hereinafter
designated, shall be deemed, and they are
hereby declared to be, a body polite and
corporate, under the name of the Town OF
Yorkyille; which said town shall extend
one mile in every direction from the Court
House at Yorkville.
SEC, 2. The municipal powers of said town
shall be vested in the Intendant and four
Z Wardens, who shall constitute the Town
Council of the town. They shall DO citizens
of the United States, and shall have resided
in this State for twelve months, and in said
town sixty days Immediately preceding
their election. They shall hold their office
for one year and until their successors are
elected and qualified.
SEC. 8, The election for such lntendant
and Wardens shall be held at such time, not
later than the month of May of each year,
and at SUCH nyenient place within said
town, as may be designated by the Town
Council fifteen daysA public notice thereof
having been previously given, at which
election all male Inhabitants of the age OF
tWenty-One years, citizens of this State, who
shall have resided within the State twelve
months, and in said town sixty days lmme-
diately preceding such election, and not be-
ing under any Of the disabilities mentioned
In the Constitution of this State, shall be
entitled to vote. The polls shall be open
from o'clock in the morning to O'Clock
I in the evening; and when they are closed
the Managers shall forthwith count the
votes, declare the election, and give notice
of the result thereof in writing to the per-
sons elected, who, if eligible, shall thereup-
on qualify by taking the oath prescribed in
the Constitution. The said Town Councll
shall be empowered to appoint three Mana
gers. OF Election, to make all necessary ordi-
nances, rules and regulations for the proper
management and control Of said election,
and to punish offenders against the same !:
Provided, That the present acting Intend
ant and Wardens of said town are hereby
authorized to appoint an election for Intend
ant and Wardens for the year 1887 under
the provisions of this Section. In case a
vacancy shall occur in the Office of Intend
ant or any of the Wardens by death, resig-
nation or otherwise, an election to I'LL such
vacancy shall be held as early as practicable
thereafter, and conducted under the same
forms and requirements as are herein pro-
vided for conducting the regular election.
And in case of sickness or temporary ao'
sence of the Intendant, the Wardens form
their number to act as Intendant during the
time. The Town Council shall serve with
out compensation. They shall, within twen-
ty days before the expiration Of their term
of Office, through the Treasurer, make and
publish q full account of their receipts ana
expenditures, and shall pay and deliver to
their successors all moneys, books, records,
papers or property in their hands belong
Ing to the corporation.
SEC. 4. The said corporation shall have
common seal, may sue and be sued, plead
and be impleaded, in any Court OF justice
in this State, and may retain, purchase,
hold, possess and enjoy to them al ana thelr nels
successors all such property as they now
may be possessed of or entitled to, or which
shall hereafter be given, bequeathed to, or IN
any manner acquired by them, and to sell,
alien, or in any way transfer the same or
any part thereof.
SEC. 5. The Intendant shall, as often as
he may deem necessary, summon the war
dens to meet in Council, any two OF whom,
with the Intendant, shall constitute quo
---rnm for the transaction OF business. Ihey
shall have full power, from time; to time,
under their corporate seal, in Council assem-
bled, to make all such ordinances as may De
necessary to carry their corporate powers fui-
ly into effect to make all such ordinances as
they may deem proper, relative to the streets,
roads, markets, public squares, public build
ings, public scales, weights, measures, tre
department, water supply, police and health
of said town, and the building and main
tanning of sidewalks at the expense OF the
land owner along whose lot the sidewalk
runs, provided the owner, after due notice
to do so, fails to build or maintain the same /;
az ali such ordinances as may tend to
preserve the quietude, peace, safety and
good order of the inhabitants OF said town,
and the protection, security and enjoyment
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for the enforcement of all ordinances so
made by them, and for any violation there
of they may provide for the punishment OF
the same by. fine, not exceeding fifty dollars,
or orimprisonmentin in the town prison not ex-
:ceeding thirty days, for each Ofence:. Pro-
v;ded, That all ordinances, before taking ef-
feet, shall be published for at least two
weeks in newspaper published in SAID
town, or if there be no such newspaper, IN
any newspaper published in the County
Provided, further, That all ordinances enact.
ed under the charter lately expired, except
such lin whole or in parD as may be incon-
said town the same as if they had been reg
ularly enacted under the provisions OF this
Section.
SEC. 6. The said Town Council shall have
power to abate and remove all nuisances IN
said town, and they may lay out and open
new streets, and widen or otherwise alter
those now in use; and they shall have pow
er to compound with all persons liable to
work the streets of said town, upon such
terms as their ordinances may establish
and all persons refusing or failing to labor
or pay such communication shall be liable to
such fine or imprisonment as the said Town
Council may by ordinance prescribe.
Sec. Z. The Town Council shall have
power to appoint a Clerk, Treasurer, a
Town Marshal and all other necessary Off
GERS for such town; to fix their compensa-
ton, prescribe their duties and require
bonds for the faithful performance OF their
duties: Provided, That the Treasurer's
compensation shall be two and one-haf
per centum upon receiving moneys, anu
like per centum upon paying moneys
out. They shall have power to establish
and keep guard house or town prison.
for the confinement of prisoners, and,
when necessary, to use the common Jail OF
the County for such purposes, said town
paying for the maintenance of said prison
ers, and to organize and maintain police
force for the town, and to prescribe their du.
ties, and to require bonds for the faithful
performance of their duties; and the Town
Marshal or any of said police are authorized
to arrest and commit to said guard house or
town prison, for trial before the Intendant,
any person or persons who may be guilty
within the corporate limits of said town OF
q breach of the peace, or of public drunk
enneSS, or open indecency, or OF resisting