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An Act to alter and amend the charter of the town of Aiken. 1859 810 (1859)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactssc0431 and id is 1 raw text is: STATUTES AT LARGE A. D. 189. of such service to any Court Martial of the Brigade or Regiment to which ' said Company is attached. Duration. XXVIII. That this Act shall be, and is hereby, declared to be a Public Act, and shall continue of force for the term of twenty-one years. In the Sonaio House, the twenty-second day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, and in the eighty-fourth year of the sovereignty and indepondonceo of the United States of America. WILLIAM D. PORTER, President of the Senate. JAMES SIMONS, Speaker House of Representatives. No. 4471. AN ACT TO ALTER AND AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF AIKEN. 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 the citizens of this State who may be inhabitants of the town of Aiken, or owners of freehold therein, within the limits hereinafter prescribed, are Limits of Town hereby declared a body corporate. The limits of the said town shall be hold of Aiken. and deemed to be in the form of a circle and a square upon that circle, with the sides of the square touching the circumference of said circle on the north, east, south and west. The said circle to describe a circumference one mile in all directions from the central point of the intersection of the Rail- road Avenue and Union street, as the centre of the said town; and the streets within the limits of the said corporation to remain, in regard to num- ber, location and extent, as now established by law, until altered by lawful authority. Government. II. The said town shall be called Aiken, and be governed by an Intend- ant and four Wardens, to be called the Town Council of Aiken, and by that name have succession of memberz; keep a common seal, take and hold property (necessary for corporate uses only), sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and enjoy every right incident to an incorporation. Qualifications of III. That the said Intendant and Wardens shall always be persons who oicers. are constitutionally qualified to vote for members of the Legislature in this State; who actually reside within the limits aforesaid, and have so resided at least twelve months immediately preceding their election; and own in their own right a freehold therein, worth at least five hundred dollars. Before 810

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