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An Act to incorporate certain towns and villages, and to renew and amend the charters of others heretofore granted. 1858 717 (1858)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactssc0420 and id is 1 raw text is: OF SOUTH CAROLINA. A. n~ seen& AN ACT TO INCORPORATE CERTAIN TOWNS AND VILLAGES, AND TO RENEW AND AMEND THE CHARTERS OF OTHERS HERETOFORE GRANTED. No. 4407. I. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and Sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That all free white persons, citizens of the United States, who have resided six months in the village of Pickensville, shall be, and the same are hereby declared to be a ?kk.mnill. body politic and corporate, by the name and style of Pickensville, the corporate limits whereof shall extend one-half of a mile in every direction from the hotel now standing in said village, and the said corporation is hereby invested with all the powers and privileges, and subjected to all the testric- tions and conditions, which by law are now conferred and imposed upon the corporation of the town of Anderson. II. That all free white persons residing, or who shall hereafter reside in the village of Branchville, in the District of Orangeburg, are hereby incor- m porated for the space of fifteen years, under the name of the village of Branchville; and the corporate limits of said village of Branchville shall extend one mile in all directions from the eating house between the twQ Railroads. III. The Town Council of said village of Branchville shall consist of an Tnown noi. Intendant and four Wardens, to be elected on the first Monday of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and on the same day of each year thereafter, and all persons being free white men of the age of twenty-one years, and who are inhabitants of said village twelve &onths before an election, shall have a right to vote for said Intendant and Wardens. IV. The said Town Council of Branchville shall have all the powers and Powe. sithority, and be subject to all the liabilities and restrictions contained in the Act or Acts of the General Assembly, for the incorporation of the village of Orangeburg, and the amendments thereof. V. That all free white persons who now reside, or may hereafter reside in the village of Williston, in Barnwell District, shall be, and they are hereby winitn. declared a body politic and corporate, by the name and style of the village of Williston, and its corporate limits shall extend half a mile in each and every direction from the Railroad Depot now standing in said village. VI. That the said village shall be governed by an Intendant and four and Wardens, who shall be persons that actually reside within the corporate Wardens. limits thereof, and shall have so resided for at least twelve months next preceding the elections, and own a freehold therein; and all free white male inhabitants of the age of twenty-one years, who shall have resided within the limits of said corporation for six months immediately preceding the election, shall be entitled to vote for said Intendant and Wardens. 7V

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