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VOL..XXI WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 22, 1871. NO. 43. TUneo Sansoi Et Doa? Ferenie?.-VII-R. DEVOTED TO LITERATURE, MORALITY AND GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. The Sumter Watchman, {ESTABLISHED IN 1850.) II PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY BIOBNING AT SUMTER. S. Cs BY GILBERT & FLOWERS. Terms. Oos year.$3 00 t'i* montos. 1 50 Tarse month*.-. 1 00 ADVERTISEMENTS inserted at the rate of ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS per t j H ?re fvr the first, ONE DO LL Ai', for the i??'jad, ?nd FIFTY CENTS for each subsequent o?*rtion. for any period less than three months OBITUARIES, TRIBUTES OF RESPECT end all communications nhich subserve private merest*, will be paid lor as advertisement?. Dr. Tutt's BXPECTORANT FOR Coughs, Colds, &?. For the Speedy T Aief and Per? manent Cure of CONSUMPTION, Bronchitis, JOLS fclDL<?i> Colds, And all Diseases of the Lungs, Chest, or Throat ? (THE EXPECTORANT is composed A exclusively of Herbal and Mucilaginous products, which Permeate the very Substance of the Lungs causing ?lieu) to throw off the acrid matter which collects in the Bronchial Tubes, and at tho same tit - e f?rm^ a southing coating relieving tte ir ri atiou which produces the cough. The object to be obtained is to cleanse the ergan ot al. impurities; to nourish and .-trength en it ?ben it ha? become impaired and enfeebled bj disease; to renew and invigorate the circulation of tb? blood, and strengthen the nervous organ? isation. The EXPECTORANT does this to an astonishing degree. It is active but mild and congenial, imparting functional energy and natural Ktrength. It affords Oxygen to vitalize tbe blood, and Nitrogen to assimilate the mat? ter Xl equalizes Use "nervons Influence,*) J producing quiet and composure. TO CONSUMPTIVES It is invaluable, as it immediately relieves the dificuit breathing aud harrassing cough wbicb etwu?i that disease. FOR ASTHMA It ls a .-peeific- one duse often relieving tbe dis? t .-:-.?iug choking, and producing calm ind rle- ant repose. FOR CROUP Ne mother should ever be without a bottle of the I EXPECTORANT in the house. We have Humorous certificates of its having relieved, ?Itu.-st instantly, the little sufferer, when death appeared almost inevit bl<*. MOTHERS BE ADVISED! Keep it on Hand ! This dread disease requires prompt action ; as ?eon as the hoarse, hollow cough is board, apply the remedy, and it is easily subdued ; BIT TUE DELAY IS DANGEROUS! The properties of the EXPECTOF:ANT are demulcent, nutritize, balsamic, soothing, and bealing. It braces tbe nervous system and pro puccs pleasant and refreshing sleep. It Exhilarates and Relieves Gloominess and Depression. Containing all these qualities in a convenient tad concentrated form, it has proven to be the MOST VALUABLE LFNG BALSAM ever offered to sufferers from Pulmonary diseas? es. Prepared by WM, H?TUTT, AUGUSTA, OA. Aif oeld by Druggists everywhere. Nor IC 6m PHOTOGRAPHIC GALLERY. Pictures ! Pictures ! ! Pictures ! ! PHOTOGRAPHS, FERROTYPES, AMBROT?PES, Aaa PORCELAIN PICTURES. These Pictures are now taken ot the Sumter ? Gallery, in all sizes and styles-up io life size. Recent improvements have been brought into requisition, and (be undersigned feels confident that beean produce as erfect and well finished Pictures as can be obtained in the State. Copying from Old Likenesses, aod thc original lineaments of the picturo fully reproduced J. D. WILDER. Oct_tf_ REEDER & DAVIS, COTTON FACTORS, AND General Commission Merchants, ADO ER'S WHARF, Charleston, S. C. Oswell Reeder. Zimmerman Davis j Oct 19_ 6m CHARLESTON HOTEL, CtiARLK>TON, S. C This well known and popular FIRST CLASS HOTEL. Mtu?ted in the centre of tbe city, and also in the rentre of tbe Wholesale Business Houses, affords tacilities, comforts and attention to Travellers for Pleasure and Merchants on Business, second to noue in the United States. Oct 26 6m THE MILLS HOUSE, PARKER & POM), Proprietors, Charleston, S. C. HAVING been recently and thoroughly ren- I ovated and repaired, ia now the most j comfortable and luxurious establishment South j New York. Nov 9 6m HUBER'S HOUSE, 234 KING STREET. (IN T1?P BEND,) CHARLES I ON, S 0. THIS POPULAR ESTABLISH? MENT, pleasantly located on King, be? tween Wentworth and Hasel Streets, offers an excellent accommodation to tbe traveling public. It is but a few ya/ds from from the City Rail? way, and not more than five minutes walk to the Post Office, and all the business houses on Meeting and Hasel Streets. Transient Board $2 00 per day. Special *rrangemeou will be sade for board on application to the proprietor*. B-HILBERS, Nov 16-3m GEO. A. WAGENER. A Hearty Old Virginia Welcome AWAITS YOU AT HEWITT'S GLOBE HOTEL, AUGUSTA, GA. W. C. BB Wi TT, Proprietor. Jaa_ tf PATH IOU HOT1L, caAELfi8Ta?r> ** & BOARD. PER DAY. 93.00. BOB?. BMBWiTOV, ?BS. E. L. BtTVTBJtFlBLB, Saperintentleet. Proprietor Oat* Cberaw and Babington lail Soad. P UPE LISTEN DENT'S OFFICE, ) CE ER AW A D D A RLI.NGT05 K. R. Cu., V ?- CEERAW, S. C., January 21, 1871. j ON AND APTER MONDAY NEXT, th? Md I inst., the following SCHEDULE will be) ran bj the Trains on this Road: DOW* TRA 15. Leave Cberaw at.6.45 A. M. Leave Cash's at_,.......7.15 A. M. Leave So. ietj Kill at.7.50 A. M. Leave Dove's at....8.35 A. M. Leave Dallington. 9.10 A. M. I Arrive ai Florence ft,....10.00 A. M. I CP TRAIS. Leave Florence at...............6.00 P. M. | Leave Darlington at...,.6.50 P. M. Leave Dove's at.7J30 P. M. Leave Society Hill at.8.10 P. H. Leave Cash's at.8.45 P. M. Arrive at Chemw at-. . 9.15 P. M. Other Trains make close connections at Florence with tho Trains to and from Charleston, ami to and from Ringville. , Passengers tor Wilmington and the North j will remain at F orence from 10 A. M. until 5.| 45 P. M. Fe hi._ SOUTH CAROLINA Central Bail Hoad Co CHARLESTON, S. C., January ll, 1871. THE EIGHTH INSTALMENT OF FIVE I DOLLARS PER SHARE, will be payable] on 15th March, proximo. In Charleston-at the Office of Cm Company, | No 10 Broad street. In Sumter-To Major JOSEPH JOHNSON. In Clarendon-To Dr. G. ALLEN HUGGINS. WM. H. PERONNEAU, Treasurer. Feb 8_ WINES, LIQUORS -AND Tobacco, "Y^HISKEY-N. C. Corn end By?, ^ - Kentucky, Ry and Bourbon,*!- ff GIN-Holland and Domestic, *J 0 Bi UM-Jamaica and Domestic, tr ?~ ? cn s* ? BRANDY-French and Domestic, >o~ ALE AND ORTER-English and' g? f American, a? WIVE ? Sherry' Purt* 5 2" IT J Madeira and Scuppernong,!". GERMAN BITTERS-Kummel, Wig. S gins' Herb Bitters, -ALSO Chewing Tobacco, in caddies and i boxes, of great variety. Smoking Tobacco, all kinds, in ?, ?, s and 1 pound packages. Sega-?, a good many different norts and all qualities. The above we offer to the trade low fer CASH ADRIAN & V?LLERS, Jan 18 Wilmington, N. C. WILMINGTON iron and Copper Works -A!?n MACHINS SHOP, FRONT STREET, BELOW MARKET, WILMINGTON", N. C. Dealers and Manufacturers nf Steam Engines, Pea Nut Machines, Sugar and other Mills, Gia Gear, Cotton Screw? and Presses, Turpentine Stills, and nil kinds of Cartings and Machinery made or repaired. Also, Packing and Belting, Wood Moulding. Brackets, Newell Posts, Stair Ralliug, Ac, of the latest patterns. Il ART & BAILEY. Sept 14_8m?_ D. A. SMITH" WHOLESALE ANO RETAIL DEALER IR 7 Parlor, Chamber, Dining-Room, Office and Library Furniture? Mattresses, Window Shades, Sash, Blinds and Doors, Granite front Buildings, Sept 14-6m] WILMINGTON, N. C. P. HEINSBERGER, BOOK SELLER, STATIONER -Aim Blank Book Manufacturer. PEA LEE IR Pianos, Organs, Melodeons, Guitars, Violin*, Chromos, Ac At New York and Baltimore Price?. Sept 14-_WILMINGTON, N. C. GEO. W. WILLIAMS & GO., FACTORS, Proprietors Carolina Fertilizer. CHARLESTON, 8- O WILLIAMSTBI?NIE ? co. COMMISSION MEflCHAWTSf N, f. Liberal Advances mad? on Cotton and Pr*?.?* shipped to ns in Charleston or New York. . Agent's for Beard's Loek, Eureka and Buckle Tie, Butler and Swett's Ile?. 8*pt28-?sn ID e S IPMTrO-'S REMEDY (The w?y to flv for relief.) Ihn Pare Juices of Barks, Serbe, Boots and Barrie*, for Pneumonia, Pleurisy, Asthma, BroncS?fls, Croup, Diptberia, CnUrrfc, Whooping CengkvSudden Colds and Iniaamat?on <J tb* Lnage. F* *U thoae W?Bkoe?*M ?ad ASitrrtons pncaBer to w oran, jrwr sanea mum HTMBW ^^mm^ma of tb? Uvas, Stosoeeh, Bowel? ?nd ?Es?neyi Forssieby L A. MoKAOlir. Swpt?l-wm Dmggiat, SuWv OVC ' THE ONLY STRICTLY Grocery and Liquor House IN TOWN THE ?ND?R6I-G??E"D(.bw? k?ve to emil tb? at teat hm of his f rfc Ods nod tb? public ge ne ri ll7 to bia NEW AND WELL SELECTED STOCK OF Heavy andFancy Groceries Which he offers lo? for CASH ONLY. ^E?? AU articles warranted as r*coffimead?a Pare Modieinsl Liquors kept constan on'band. J. H. EBERHART. April 13_tf J. E. ABSER & GO., Iii PORTEES or Alto DSALXBS nt ???RD V?T ARE 5 CUTLERY, GUNS, BAR ?SON, STEEL, AND Agricultural Implements, J. E. Adger, i A. McD. Brown, I 139 Meetiog Street, E. D. Robinson, | and 0. H Monett, j ti East Bar Street, J. Adger Smyth, I CHARLESTON, S. C. E. A. Smyth. j Feb 8- _gea ADDBBW McCOBB Jr. COMMISSION MERCHANT, AND DEALER IN LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER PARIS, And other Baildiog Material. LAND PLASTER AND HAY. S17 EAST RAY, CHARLESTON, SO. CA. Feb 8-Sm] Opposite New Custom Hons?. Henry Bischoff & Co-, WHOLESALE GROCERS, AND DEALERS IN WINES, LIQUORS, SEGARS TOBACCO, &c. 197 EAST BAY, CHARLESTON, S. C. Feb 8_tm Kinsman & Howell, Factors and Commission Merchants. Liberal Advances made on Cotton and Naval Stores. Charleston, S. C. Feb 8 WOFFORB COLLEGE. SPAHTINBIBC C. H., 60. CA. FACULTY: REV. A. M. 8HIPP, D. D.. President and Professor Meats! and Moral Seicnoe. DAVID DUNCAN, A. M.. Professor Ancient Languages and Literature. REV. WHITEFOORD SMITH, D.D., Professor | English Literatas*. WARREN DU PRE, A. M., Professor Natural Science. JA8. H. CARLISLE, A. M., Professor Mathe? matics. REV. A. H. LESTER, A. M., Professor History ! sad Biblical LU? ra ta re. The Preparatory School, nader tbs Imm?diats j saper?iiisa of the Faculty, Jno. W. 8HIPP, | A. M., Principal. Divinity School- Rer. A. M. Sbipv, D. D. Ra?. Whitefoord Smith, D.D.; ROT. A. H Lester, A. M. The first Session-?fIbo Seventeenth Collegiate J Year begins on tb* first. Monday in October, | 1 sro. inc ?ee?'i?A'Eeisiofl begin* on th? first Moo day in January, 1871. Tbs coarse of studies sod tbs standard of j scholarship remain unchanged, bat tb? Faculty j DOW admit irregular stridents or those who wita to parsoe particular studies only. The Schools also open at the same time. Tuition per year, fa College Classes, including contingent fe?, $64 inCurreney. Tuition per yeer, io Preparatory Behool, indud- j ing contingent fee, $44 in ca rr ency. Brlls payable one bah* in adrane*. Board, per j Month, from tit to $15 io currency. For fortwar parti ??tars address A. M. SHIPP, President Sept 19 ly Pacific Guano Company's (CAPITAL nmw.) Solfi? Pacific Ouana THIS GUANO IS MOW BO WELL SHOW* ia ail the Sflota*ro Sut-i for Ita rsmirhshls effects as aa agency for iaorwasing tbs prod arts j of labor, as not tn fqairs roieml mornmoot tion from as. Its BM for firs rears past has ? foti abed itsc hs racier for foliohjs ?aosHeae*. Tba large faed capital ioowtsd hy tba Company la tais irada, affords tbs ?amt guarani** of to? oootioasd savralsooos of ms Osaao. J. N. ROBSON. Selling Agent, Casrlsatoa>7 8. C. JNO. L. REESE .A CO, General AgepU ] Ral tim er*. January* _3m ID Ad? FOR C0M-PO8Tnf?- WITH COTTON 8EED. ? ARTICLE 18 MAN?FA CTTJRED BY j i flsT PACtW *,?*WO 0OM?WY at Cou lotto*, ?. C., ?na?? tb? j^partals^Bos of Dr. ST. JOTH^ Wb*n oompost ed with ?ti wttsl welter C*tt^ 8e*?, Ks results hansen fooV. ftrHy ?ocal te tim oort itsiiilsiaTlsoaTffitsri Its ?ceno?y mosteommoacl lim th?*?********** generally. For spseific directions for iiimiiaMem: sod foi mm?mlZ&kjM J- BL ROBflON, "TTioaaijfl ' ? Aaa . im EftfHH.111 A.IAWJ1 JIJiJI '-h lt .rrewoaauA sMkwkn PERRYS. Hi Mwatrnj itnot, on lolls Oatt Acts and Joint Resolution PM?ed by UM L?stal?nre-Session ?870 and 1871. [OFFICIAL.} AN ACT TC IN CORPORATE THE SOUTH .CAROLINA SAVING ANO BUIUT'ING ASSOCIATION, NO. 2. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Sen? ate and House of Representatives of the State of South karolina, nov met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That C. J>. Brahe C. Plenge, J. Steiner, li. isscrtel, Henry E Eckel, M. Israel, A. Tieenf tbal, E. J?. Benedickt, Philip Meitsler, John Rugheimer^A. W.Eckel, Charles Litschgi, A. Niemsnn, Edward Pills L. Klein, A* Litschgi, John M. -Martin, J. H. V?llers, Charles Roessler, F. Heints, and C. 0. Michaelis, together with such other persons who now are, or hareaiter may be, associated with them, be, and they are hereby, incor? porated and declared a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the South Carolina Saving and Build? ing Aseocistioo, No. 2* 'he purpose of buying and selling real and personal und making loans of money, se? cured by mortgages of real and personal ?property. SEC. 2. That the capital stock of the said corporation shall consist of thirty shares, to be paid io by successive weekly instalments of two dollars on each share, so iong as the corporation shall continue, or by such other contri? butions as shall be assessed and required by an unanimous vote of all the share? holders, the said shares to be held, transferred, assigned and pledged, and also to be liable to be forfeited to the corporation, and the holders thereof to he subject to such fines ac^ forfei? tures for violston of the Cc cation, Rules and By-laws, and for default of payment of the said contribution as may be prescribed by the Constitution, Rules and By-Laws of the said corporation, and, moreover, the said shares to be disposed of at the death, resignation or removal from the State of any share? holder, io such manner as may be pre? scribed by the said Constitution, Rules snd By-Laws. SEC. 3. That the said corporation shall have such number and succession of officers and members as shall be or? dained and chosen according to the con? stitution, Rules and By-Laws made, or to be made, by the said corporation for its government, and shall have power and authority to make any such Consti tution, Rules, or By Laws as are not re? pugnant to the Constitution and laws of the land ; shall h&ve and keep a com mon seal, and alter the same at will, shall sue and be sued, plead and be im plcaded, in any Court of Law or Equity ! in this State, and shall have and enjoy all ano every right and privilege inci? dent and belonging to corporate bodies. SEC. 4. That the funds of the said corporation may be invested in such property, real or personal, and securities, public or private, and loaned to share holders sod members or other persons or corporations, on such securities, in such mode, on such terms, under such conditions, and subject to such regula tiona, as may be, from time to time, prescribed by the Constitution, Rules and By Laws of said corporation, and it shall and may be lawful for the said corporation to take and hold such lands, tenements and hereditaments, and per? sonal property, bond* stocks, public or private, and choses in action, as they shall acquire by purchase, devise, be? quests, gifts, assignments or otherwise, and to take and hold such lands, tene? ments, hereditaments and personal pro? perty, and such other stocks and bonds, public or private, or choses in letioo, as shall be mortgaged, conveyed, assign? ed or pledged to it by way of securi ty upon ita loans or advances or purchase at sales thereof, sod to sell, alteo, trans? fer or otherwise dispose of the same, from time to time, as the said corpora? tion may deem expedient. SEC. 5. That immediately after the expiration of ten years from the pre? sent time, the assets of the corporation snail be fairly and justly divided among the stockholders and members ''thereof, and upon this distribution and division, then this corporation shall cease and determine. SEO. 6. That this Act shall be taken and deemed a public Act, and that tbs saan may bs given io evidence, without being specially pleaded. Approved February ll, 1871. AN AC? TO IKOOPOTATX THE "NASH VILLE INDEPENDENT BLUES CHBI TABEE ASSOCIATION," OF THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, 8.0. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That T. S. Laza? rus, F. E. Raines, J. S. Goldsmith, T. J. Ford, snd ethers, who now are, or hereafter may be, members and officers of the Nashville Independent Blues Charitable Association, and their suc? cessors, officers and members, be, and they nare hereby, declared to be a body politic and corporate, under the name and style of the "Nashville Independ? ent Blues Charitable Association/' and the said corporation shall, by ita corpo? rate name, tu sad be sued, tmnlead and be inspleaded in the Courts of this Stute, and shall be able and empowered by Ja* to purchase, have, hold, enjoy and possess any goods. ehatiela, lands, tene? ments or real estate of what kind or aatttx? soever; and the same, or any part thereof, to sell, alien, or convey at their w??l and pleasure ; Presided how? ever, That the property 30 to be held riMsU ?ot exceed val?? ?ftre thou? sand dollars ; and tho said corporation shall have power to make a common Mnaj wit? potier to changa aodaUer t?ie same as often as thej shall deem neces? sary. SEC. 2. And be it farther enacted, That this Act shall be deemed a public Act, and shall continue io force for the term of fourteen years. Approved February 11th, 1871. AN ACT TO REGULATE THE APPOINT? MENT, JORISDICTION, AND DUTIES OP NOTARIES PUBLIC. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, of the S."tfe of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the Governor be authorized to appoint as many Notaries Public throughout the State as the public good shall re? quire, to hold their offices during the pleasure of the Governor for the time being, whose jurisdiction shall extend throughout the State. SEC. 2. That every Notary Public shall take the oath of office prescribed by the Constitution, a certif?cate of which oath shall be recorded io the office of the Secretary of State. SEC 3. That every Notary Public shall bave a seal of office, which shall be affixed to his instruments of publica? tion, and to his protestations; but the absence of such seal shall not render his acts invalid, provided his official title be affixed. SEC. 4. That Notaries Public shall have power to administer oaths, take depositions and affidavits, protest for non payment bonds, notes, drafts and bills of exchange, take acknowledg? ments and proofs of deeds, and other instruments required by law to be I acknowledged, aud take renunciations of dower and inheritance. Approved February ll, 1371. AN ACT TO REPEAL SO MUCO OF THE ACT OF 1839 AS PKOIII BITS THE CLERKS OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE FROM ACTING AS ATTORNEYS OR SOLICI TORS IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, j of the State of South Carolina now met ? and setting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That so much of the Act of 1839 as prohibits the Clerks of the various Courts of the State from acting as Attorneys and So licitors in the Courts of the State be, and the same is hereby repealed. SEC. 2. That from and after the passage of this Act. the Clerks of the different Court of this State shall have the privilege of acting as Attorneys and Solicitors in all the Courts of the State, except in the Courts of their respective Counties j Prov?lrd, such Clerks shall have complied with the requirements of an Act to regulate the admission of per sons to practice as Attorneys, Solicitors and Councellors iu the Courts of this State, approved the 23rd day of Sept ember, A.D. 18G8. Approved February ll, 1871. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE CHARLES? TON CLEANSING COMPANY OF TUE j CITY OF CHARLESTON. SECTION 1. Be it Resolved by the ? Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met i :.ud sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority ol the same, That the incorporation of a Company tobe known as thc Charleston Cleansing Company, to be located in the City of Charleston, be, and the same is hereby, authorized. Said Company shall consist of Jacob Royall, Samuel Marion, Ben Jenkins, Francis Mazvck, Jack Middleton, Thomas Gauff, Edward Jackson and Friday Aaddison, nd such other persons as may hereafter associate with them. SEC. 2. That the said company shall have succession of officers and members, according to irs By-Laws, shali have power to make By Laws not repugnant to the laws of the land, and to have, use and keep a common seal, to alter the same at will, and to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any Court in this State. 'SEC. 8. That said Company shall bc empowered to retain, possess and enjoy all such property, real and personal, as it may possess, be entitled to, or which shall hereafter be given, bequeathed to, or io any manner be acquired by it, and to sell, alien or transfer the same, i SEC. 4. That this Act shall be deemed ! a public Aet, and to continue io force for the term of ten years from the date ol' its ratification. Approved February ll, 1871. AN ACT IO RENEW AND EXTEND AN ACT TO PROVIDE A MODE BY WHICH TO PERPETUATE TESTIMONY IN RELA? TION TO DEED8, WILLS, CHOSES IN ACTION, AND OTHER PAPERS AND RECORDS DESTROYED OR LOST DURING TBS RECENT WAR. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, of the State of South Carolina, DOW met and sitting io General Assembly, and by the anthon ty of the same, That the Act entitled "An Aet to provide a mode by which to perpetuate testimony io relation to deeds, Wills, Choses ic Action, and other papers and records, destroyed or lost daring the recent War,*' approved on the twenty-first day cf December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred aud sixty five, be, and the sane is hereby, renewed, and shall extend and continue in fore? for the tenn of five years from tne rati? fication of this Act. Seo. 2. That said Act be farther amended so aa to dispense with tho personal service of any notice required ander the provisions of said Aet, and io all cates in, which such notice shall be left ftt the usual plane of residence or Mfhim ot the defendant, th? same ?bail be valid ia law to all intents and purposes as if served upon the person of such defendant. Approved February ll, 1871. AN ACT TO REGULATE THE RIGHT Ol TRAVERSE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Sooth Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That a traverse of an indictment shall not, in any Court .of oriminal jurisdiction io this State, of itself, oper? ate to continue the case. Approved February ll, 1871. AN ACT TO RENEW AND AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF SPARTAN BURG. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives, of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passage of this Act, all citizens of this State, having resided twelve months within the State, and sixty days in the town of Spartanburg, shall be deemed, and are hereby de? clared to bc, a body politic and corporate; and the said town shall be called and known by the name of Spartanburg, and its corporate limits shall extend one mile in each direction from the Court House in said town. SEC. 2. That the said towo shall be governed by an Intendant and six War? dens, who shall be citizens of the United States, and who shall have resided in this State twelve months, and shall have been residents of the said town sixty days immediately preceding their elec? tion, and who shall be elected on the second Monday iu September of each year, ten days' public notice thereof being previously given; and that all j male inhabitants of the age of twenty one years, citizens of the State, and who shall have resided within the State twelve months, and in the said town sixty days, immediately preceding the election, shall be entitled to vote for said Intendant and War lens. Paupers and persons under disabilities for crime excepted. SEC. 3. The said election shall be held at some convenient, public place in said town, from eight o'clock in the morning until four o'clock io the after? noon ; and when the polls shall be closed, the Managers shall forthwith count the votes and declare the election, and give notice thereof, in writing, to the Inten? dant then being, who shall, within two days thereafter, .give notice, or cause the same to be given, to the persons duly elected. The Intendant and War? dens, before entering upon the duties of their offices, shall respectively take the oath prescribed by the Constitution of this State, and also, the following oath, to wit: "As Intendant (or Warden) of the town of Spartanburg, I will equally and impartially to the host of my ability, exercise the trust reposed io me, and will use my best endeavors to preserve the peace and carry ioto effect, accord? ing to the law, the purposes for which I have been elected : So help me God." And if any person, upon being elected Intendant or Warden, shall refuse to actas such, he shall forfeit and pay to the Council the sum of twenty dollars for the use of the said town : Provided, That no person who bas attained the age of sixty years shall be compelled to servo in tither of said offices; nor shall any other person be compelled to Berve either as Intendant or Warden more than one year in any term of three years. The Intendant and Wardens for the time being shall always appoint one or more Boards of Managers, three Managers for each Board, to conduct the election, who, before they open the polls, shall take an oath fairly and im partiaily to conduct the same. SEC 4. Tl at in case a vacancy shall occur in the office of Intendant or any of the Wardens, by death, resignation, removal or otherwise, an election shall bc held to fill such vacancy, by order of the Intendant and (Vardcns, or a ma? jority of the same, ten days' public notice being previously given ; and in ca?e of aickness or temporary absence of the Iutendant, the Wardens forming the Council ?hall be empowered to elect one of their number to act as Intendant during the time. SEC. 5. That the Intendant and Wardens duly elected and qualified, shall during their term of service, severally and respectively be vested with all the powers of Trial Justices, or Justices of he cace, as the case may be, in this State, withiu the limits of the ?aid town, except for the trial of civil cases. And the Intendant ehail or may, as often as is necessary, summon the Wardens to meet in Council, any three of whom with the Intendant, or any four of the Wardens, may constitute a quorarn to transact business, and they shall be known as the Town Council of Spartanburg. And they and their sue* cessors in office, hereafter to be elected, may have a common seal, which shall be affixed to all their Ordinances; may sue and be sued, plead and be implead ed in any Court of Justice in this State, and purchase, hold, possess and enjoy to them snd th-:r successors, in perpetuity, or for an\ em of years, any estate, rea!, r rsooal or mixed, and sell, alien or convey the same: Provided, The same shall not exceed albany ono time, the sum cf ten thousand dollars. And the said Town Council shall have au? thority to appoiut from time to time, as they may see fit, such and to many proper persons to act ss Marshals or Constables of said town, as the said Couneil may deem necessary and expedi? ent for the preservation of the peace, good order and polios thereof, which persons, so appointed, shall, within the corporate limits of said town, have the power and privileges, and be subject to all the,obligations, penalties and regula? tions provided by law, for the office of Constable, and shall be liable to ba re moved at the pleasure of aaid Council. And the said Town Council shall have power to establish or authorize the es? tablishment of a market bouse in said town, also to establish or authorize the establishment of a guard house, and to prescribe suitable rules and regulation? for keeping and governing the same, ana until the said guard house be es? tablished, they shall be authorized to use a room in the common jail of the County of Spartanburg, for the confine? ment of all who may be subject to be committed fora violation of any ordi? nances, rules and regulations of said town Council, or the said intendant and Wardens, in person, any one or more of them, may authorize and require any Marshal of the town, or any Constable specially appointed for that purpose, to arrest and commit to the said guard house or jail of Spartanburg County, as the case may be, for a term not exceed iog twenty-four hours, any person or persons who within the corporate limits of said town, may be engaged in a breach of the peace, any riotous or dis? orderly conduct, open obscenity, public drunkenness, or any conduct grossly indecent or dangerous to the citizens of said town, or any of them. And it shall be the duty of the town Marshal or Constables to arrest and commit all such offenders when required so to do, and who shall have power to call to their j assistance the posse comitafus, if need ? be, to aid in making such arrests, and, upon the failure of said officers to per ? form such duty as required, they shall; severally be subject to such fines and penalties as the Town Council may im pose upon them. And all persons so imprisoned shall pay the costs and ex? penses incident to their imprisonment, which said costs and expenses shall bc collected in the same manner as is provided for the collection of fines im* posed for the violation of Ordinances, rules and regulations : Provided, That such imprisonment shall not exempt the party from the payment of any fiue the Council may impose for the offence for which he, she or they may have committed. And the said Town Coun? cil shall have full power and authority under their corporate seal, to make all such rules and regulations, by-laws and ordinances respecting the streets, roads and the business thereof, as well as the police system of the said ?own as shall appear to them necessary and proper for the security, weltare and convenience, and for preserving health, order and good government within said town. And the said lown Council may impose fines for offences against their by laws, rules and regulations, and ordinances, and appropriate the same to the public use of the said town. And the said Town Council shall have the same power that Trial Justices or Justices of the Peace now have, or may hereafter have, to compel the attendance of witnesses, and requiring them to give evidence upon the trial before them of any person or persons, for a violation of any of their ordinances, by-laws, rules or regulations, but no fine above the ?um of twenty five dollars shall bc collected by the said Council, except by suit in the proper Courts of Justice in this State, and that no fine shall exceed the amount of fifty dollars; and also, that nothing herein contained shall authorize the said Council to make an? ordinance or by-law inconsistent with or repugnant to the l-'.ws of the State. SEC. 6. That the said Intendant and Warden?, or a majority of them, shall have full power to p.bat^ and remove all nuisances in said town, and it shall be their duty to keep all roads, ways, bridges and streets within the corpo? rate limits of the said town open, and in good repair; and, for that purpose, they are invested with all the powers of County Commisioners or Commission? ers of Roads, for and within the corpo? rate limits of the said town, and they may lay out new streets, closeup, widen, or otherwise alter those now in use: and shall have tull power to classify and arrange the inhabitants or citizens ol said town, liable to street, road, or oth? er public duty therein, and to force the performance of such duty nedor 6uch penalties as are no v, or shall hereafter be, prescribed by law. And they shall have power to compound with all per- j sons liable to work the streets, ways and j roads io said town, upon such terms as their ordinances or by laws may estab? lish, or their rules and regulations re? quire, the moneys so received to be applied to the public use of the said town. And all persons refusing to labor, or failing to pay such commuta? tion, shall be liable to such fine, not. exceeding twenty dollars for any one year, a* the said Town Council mnyl impose, and they shall have power to j enforoe the payment >f ?ch fine, in the same manner as is no*, or may be here after provided for the collection of County taxes. And thc soid Town Council shall have power, with the con? sent of the adjacent land owners, to close j all such roads, streets and ways, within ! the said town, as they may deem ncccs sary, by the sale of the freehold therein either at private or public sale, as they ? may adjudge best for the interest of the! said town, ard they shall keep in re? pair all such new streets, roads audi ways, aa they may, from time to time, deem necessary for the improvement and convenience of said town : Provi? ded, That no street, road or way shall be opened, without first having obtain? ed the consent of thc land owner, or owners thereof, through whose premi? ses such new atrcet, road or way may p -s< Ssc. 7. The said Town Council shall have power and authority to require all persons owning a tot or lots in said j town to eloss in, and to make and keep io good repair sidewalks in front of said lot or lots, whenever the same shall front or adjoin any public street of said town, if, in the judgment of the Council such sidewalk shall be necessary ; the width thereof, sud the masner of con JOB WORK O F EVERY DESCRIPTION PROMPTLY EXECUTED AT TUB < OFFICE OF The Sumter Watchman, -TS THE Highest Style of the Art. struction, tobe designated and regula? ted by the said Town Council ; and for the default or refusal, after reasonable notice, to make and keep in good repair such sidewalks, and to close in such lot or lots, thc Town Council may cause the same to be made or put in repair, and require the owner to pay the price of making or repairing ; aud the said Town Council are hereby empowered to sue foi -nd recover thc same, by action of debt, in any Court of competent jurisdiction : Provided, That such con? tract for making and repairing is let to the lowest bidder. The cemeteries and public graveyards are also placed under the jurisdiction of the said Town Council. SKC. 8. The Intendant and Wardens of the said town, or a majority of them, shall have full power tq grant or refuse licenses to keep tavern?, or retail spiri? tuous liquors within thc corporate limits of the said town, upon such conditions and under such circumstances as to them shall seem proper and right : Provided, That in no uistauce shall the price of a license to keep a tavern or to retail spirituous liquors be less than the amount as established by thc State, and all moneys paid for licenses and for Snes and torfeitures shall be appropriated for thc public uses of the sai J town : Pro? vided, That the Intendant and Wardens duly elected shall not have power to graut any license to keep tavern or re? tail spirituous liquors to extend beyond the term for which they have been elected. They shall have power to regulate sales at auction within the corporate limits of the town, and to grant licenses to auctioneers, itincraut traders, to keepers of hotels, livery sta? bles, biliiard tables, ten-pin alleys, or other kinds of games of hazard, skill, or chance, on all drays, carts, wagons, carriages, omnibuses, buggies, horses, mares, or mules kept for hire or used ; for public purposes in said town. And j they have the full and only power to impose a tax on all shows or exhibitions for gain or reward within the corporate limits of said town. They shall have power to impose a tax not exceeding ? twenty cents on every hundred dollars j of the value of all real and personal pro? perty lying within the corporate limits j of the town, the real and personal pro , perty of churches and schools and col , lege associations excepted. That an j ordinance declaring the rates of annual j taxation for the year, shall be published j 3t least three weeks during the month ; of January in each year, except the first publication, which shall be immediately after this amended charter is accepted J and adopted by the General Assembly ; of this State; Provided, That if in the ! judgment of the said Town Council any j property, real or personal, shall be ? returned below its actual and true value, ! then, in such case, reference shall be j made to the books of thc County Trea ! surer; and the last assessment of such j property made by the County Assessors j shall be taken as the value of the same, and that all persons liable to taxation under the same, shall make oath of their taxable property within said town, and make payment of their taxas to the Clerk and Treasurer of the said corpo ration, or such other person as they may be ordered or required to do, during the succeeding month after publication, and upon failure, to make such return and payment as required, the parties so in default shall be subject to thc penal? ties provided by law for failure to pay the general, State and County tax, to be enforced by the orders of the Intend, ant and Wardens, or a majority of them, for the use of the said town, except that in such cases that executions to*enforce the payment of such taxes shall be issued under the seal of thc corporation, and may be directed to the Town Marshal, or other person appointed by the said Town t'ounei. to levy, collect I and receive the same, with costs, a? in ( such ensca made and provided by law, j And ail property upon which sueh tax shali be levied and assessed, i* hereby declaied aud made liable for the paymeut thereof in preference to all other debts except debts due to the Statc.^which shall be first paid. And that all other taxes imposed by the Intendant and Wardens, or a majority of them, shah oe payable in advance Ly ihe parties liable for the same, a::d on failure of payment their property shall he liible for '.he same, as in manner auJ form just before star<d. - Sea 9 The Tntcndenf a >d Wardens elect, together with Clerk and Tre.i>urer, ?hal', during their term of office, be exempted from street and police du/y. Each Town Council shall, within ouc morth aficr thc expiration of their term of office, make ont and return to their successors in office a fill amount of their receipts and expenditures during their term, which account shall he published in one or more pr>p?rs~of the town or county, and shall pay over ali moneys in their po^se-sion b -n^ing to the corporation, an 1 deliver up all b oks, records and o her papers incident to their office to their sueces*>rs ; and on failure to do so, they >ha!i be liable to be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, to he collected by any proper action of the TOWT Council. SEC. 10. That all ordinances hereto? fore pa?<ed by the Town Council of Spartanbttrg, in conformity with the authority grat.ted by existing laws, shall be, and they arc hereby, declared legal and valid. SEC ll. All Acts mid parts of Act? j heretofore passed in relation to tho in? corporation of the town of Spartanhurg be. and the same are "he?-., hy, repealed. SEO. 12. This Act s ill he deenred a public Act, and continue in force f r the term of twenty years, and ant il the end of thc session of th? Legislature thereafter. Approved February ll, 1871. [Grtt'iiited o t remadpsy J