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LAWS OF THE STATE.
Acts and Joint Jfosolutions, Passed by
the General Assembly of South Carotin:
, iSossion of 1870-71.
[OFFICIAL.]
An Ad to Grant, ltencwr and Amend
the Charters of Certain Towns and
Villages Therein Mentioned--X o.
ob'J. ^
[continued I'ao.M oun last.]
Sec. lt?0. 'i'he said Town Council
shall havc power to collect the taxes
from all the persons representing, publicly,
within the corporate limits, for
gain or reward, any plays orshows of
what nature or kind whatever, to he
used tor the purposes of said town.
See. 101. The said Town Council
shall have power and authority to
nhate all nuisances within the corporate
limits, and also to apj oint a hoard
of Health for said town, and to pass
such ordinances as may lie necessary
to define powers and duties, and to
impose fines and penalties upon the
member* of said Board, for neglect
of duty or refusal to serve; Provided,
That no fii)3 hereby authorized to be
imposed shall exceed the sum of
twenty dollars.
See. 102. The said Town Council
shall have full power and authority j
over tin? lire department of the Town :
of Orangeburg?define the duties,!
regulations and government of same.
Sec. 103. The Mayor ami Aldermen
elect shall, during their term of office, .
he exempt from street duty. Each
Town Council shall, within one month
after the expiration of their term ot I
office, make out and return to their !
i 1
successors a lull account of their receipts
and expenditures during their
term ; and shall pay over all moneys '
in their possession belonging ty the
corporation, and deliver up all books, 1
records, and other papers incident to ;
their office, to their successors; and
on failure so to do, they shall be liable
to be lined in a sum not exceeding
five hundred dollars, to be collected
by any proper action by the Town
Council.
See. 104. For any violation or nog.
lect of duty, malpractice, abuse or
oppression, the said Mayor and Al- j
derinen, jointly and severally, shall ;
be liable to indictment in the Couri i
of Sessions, ami, upon conviction, to j
punishment as prescribed in tiie preceding
Section, besides being liable for
damages to any person or persons injured.
See. 105. That 111 ordinances heretofore
passed by the Town Council of
Orangeburg, in conformity with the
authority granted by existing laws,
shall be, and they are hereby, declared
legal and valid.
See. 10(5. All Acts and parts of
Acts, heretofore passed in relation to ,
the incorporation of the town ot
Orangeburg, be, and the same are, I
^ I V. JfV'll i UU# |
See. 107. This Act shall he deemed i
a oublic Act, and continue in force | j
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for the term of hi teen years, and until i
the end of the session of the Legislature
then next ensuing.
Town of \ 13ranch vilie. \
Sec. 108. That irorn ami after the i'
passage of this Act, all cit izens of this ,
State, having resided twelve months I
within the state, and sixty days in the !
Town of llranehville, shall be deemed, 1
and are hereby declared to he, a body |
polit ic and corporate, and the said town i
shall te called and known by the 1
name of Ilranchville, and its corporate '
limits shall extend one mile in each (
direction from the Hotel between the ;
two Hail roads in said town.
See. 100. That the said town shall j
be governed by an Intemlant and four j f
Wardens, who shall be citizens of the | ^
i inted Mates, and who shall have re - 1 <
aided in tliis g'A\ twelve months, and '
shall have been ^residents of the said 1
town lor sixty days immediately pre- }
needing their election, and who shall i
he elected on the first Monday in Feb- a
ruary of each yvar, five days' public {
notice thereof being previously given ; j
ar.d that all mule inhabitants of the age of .
twenty-one years, citizens of the State and ^
who shall have resided in the said town for ,
sixty days immediately preceding the election, ,
shall be entitled to vote for said lntendant and ,
Wardens.
Sec. 110. The said election to beheld in .
some convenient public place in said town, >s
from eight o'clock r.i the morning until live ,
Mock in the afternoon, and when the polls a
1 ^0 he closed, the managers shall forthwith i
r* t the votes, and declare the election, and c
o notice thereof, in writing, to the lntendant j,
in being, who shall, within two days 0
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thereafter, kIvg notice, or cause the same to be
given,.to tho persons duly elected. The lut
Midant and Wardens, before entering upon
t1 lit duli s of their respective otliees, shall take
the oath proscribed by the Constitution of the j
State, and, also; the following oath, to wit :
"As luteudant, (or Warden,) of the town of
Hranrhville, 1 will equally and impartially, to
I the best of my ability, exercise the trust reposed
in me, ami I will use my best endeavors to
preserve the peace, and cany into effect,
according to law, the purposes for which I
have been elected ; So help me Cod " And,
if any person, upon being elected luteudant
* r Warden, shall refuse loact as such, he shall
forfeit and nay to the Council the stun of ten
do) ais, for the use of the said tow n ; Provided,
That no person who has attained the ago of
sixty years shall be compelled to serve in eit her
ol said olliees, nor shall any persou bo compelled
to scive, either as luteudant or Warden,
more than one year in any term of three years.
The Intend ant and Wardens, for the t in being,
shall always appoint one or more Hoards
of Managers, three Managcis lbr each Hoard,
to conduct the election, who, before opening
the polls, shall take an oath fairly and impartially
to conduct the same.
See. 111. That in case a vacancy shall occur
in the ollice of the luteudant, or any of
the Wardens, by death, resignation, removal,
or otherw ise, an election to till such vacancy
shall be held by order of the Intcmiant and
Wardens, or a majority of the same, five
days' public notice thereof being previously
given; and in ease of the sickness or temporary
absence of the luteudant, the Wardens,
loaning a Council, shall be empowered to elect
one of their number to act as luteudant .during
the time.
;Sec. 112. That the luteudant and Wardens,
duly elected ami qualified, shall, during their
term of service, severally and respectively, be
vested^ith all the powers heretofore granted
to Magist ates in this State within the limits
of said town, oxeopt for the trial of small and
mean causes; and the. lut< mlant shall or may,
as often as is necessary, summon Iho Wardens
to meet in Council, any two of whom,
With the intendant, or any tluvo of the Wardens,
may constitute a quorum to transact
business, and they si in 11 he known as tin1
Town Council of i'ranchviUe, and tl ev and
tin lr successors in ollice, hereafter to he elected.
may have a common seal, which shall be
affixed to all their ordinances, may sue and
be sued, plead a id be impleaded, in any Court
of justice in this State, and purchase, hold,
possess and enjoy, to t hem and their successors,
in perpetuity, or for any term of years, any
estate, real, peisonnl or mixed, and sell, alien
or eoman the same : Provided, The same shall
not exceed, at. any one time, the sum o 1 ten
thousand dollars : and the said Town Council
shall have authoiit v to appoint, from tim?s to
tunc, as they see til. such, and so many, proper
{H-ismis, it) aci as marshals or < oustanit s < t
the said town, as the said Town < 'o unil may
deem necessary ami expedient, for (lie preservation
of Urn peace, good order and police
thereof, which jxnsons so appointed, shall,
within tlu; corporate limits of said town, 1 avo
the privileges, and he subject to all the obligations,
penalties and regulations provided by
law, for the olliee of Constable, and shall he
liable to he removed at tin; pleasu e of said
Council; ami the said Town Council shall
have power to establish, or to authorize the
establishment of, a market house in said town;
and the Town Council, or the said lutei danl
and Wardens, in person, any one or more of
them, may aulheii/.e and require any Marshal
of the town, or Com table specially appoin' ed
for that purpose, to arrest and commit to the
guard house, for a term r.ot exceeding twentyfour
hours, any person >r peisms who, within
the corporate limits of said town, may he engaged
in a breach of the peace, any riotous
or disorderly conduct, open obscenity, publi
drunkenness, or any conduct grossly indecent
or dangerous to the citizens of said town, or
any of them; and it shall he the duty of the
Town Marshals or Constables to arrest and
commit all such olfenders, when required s<?
to do, ami who shall have power t?> call t>?
their assistance the jtoxxo, comilatus, if need
he, to aid in making such arrests ; and upon
the failure Of slid officers ta rw?rlY?ru? ounl.
dut y as required, they shall, severally, he subject
to such lines and penalties as the Town
Council may inijiose upon them t and all persons
so imprisoned shall pay the costs and
expenses incident to their imprisonment, which
said costt and expenses shall he collected in
the same manner as is provided tor the collection
of lines imposed for the violation of ordinances,
rules and regulations : Provided, That
such imprisonment shall not exempt the party
from tins payment of any fine the Council may
impose for the offence for which he, she or
they may have been c< minified. And the
said Town Council may have full power and
authority, under their corporate seal, to make
all such rules, by-laws and ordinances, respecting
the streets, roads,and the business thereof,
as well as the police system of the said town,
as shall appear to them necessary and proper
tor the security, welfare and convenience, and
lor presoivi.ig health, order and good government
within the said town; and the said
Town Council may imi>osc fines for offences
against their by-laws, regulations and ordinances,
and appropriate the same to the publh
use of said town ; and tin; said Town Council
shall have the same power which has been
heretofore granted to Magistrates In this State
to compel the attendance of Witnesses, and require
them to give evidonee upon the trial hefore
them of any person for a violation of any .
>f their by-laws rules or regulations; but no .
[hl(> flllfivn t!ll? ?!!!?* hl'^oh' il.xlloi.t. r.lw.ll \*MX
w \y| IV ? ill J *11/I J4l| ."it 1,1 II I.JIT
collected by the Tosvn Council, except by suit
n the proper Couits of justice in this State; I
And, That no lino shall exceed (ho ainount ol'
lifty dollars, and also, that nothing horcin ron- j
aincd shall authorize tho said Council to
nako any by-laws or ordinances inconsistent '
A'ith, or repugnant to, the laws of this State, s
Sec;. 1 Id. That the said Intendantoi Wardens t
>r a majority of them, shall have power to
ibate and remove all nuisances in said town; md
it. shall bo their duty to keep all roads,
.vays, bridges and streets, within the corporate J
imits of the said town, open and in good I
cpair, and, for that purpose, they are vested ]
vitli all the |H?wers of ( ounty Commissioners,
>r Commissioners of 1 toads, for and within
he corporate limits of said town, and thoy '
uav Inv niif" iif.vu .! '
j ... j tii vi/i.if t.mav; ,fJ'> ? mrn m 1
itherw ise alter those now in use, ami shall {
?ave full power to classify ami .mange the
nhahitan's or citizens of said town, liable to
trcet, road or other public duties therein, and
o force the |* rformancc of such duty, under 1
uch pcnnlit ies as are now, or shall hereaitcr
10 prescribed by law, and they shall have
>ower to compound with all persons liable to
Vork the streets, ways and roads in said town, A
ipon such terms as their ordinances or by-laws
nay establish, or their rules and regulations
nay require, the moneys so received to be. ap>lied
to the public use of said town, ami all
lersons refusing to labor, or failing to pay '
uch commutation, shall be liable to such tine, t
tot exceeding twenty dollars for any one year, ?
,s the saidCouncil may imjrOftO. And \
bey shall J tailoil tftfcwejiforee the payment .
if such liucdjh^^^ Amu r as 1." now or
nay bo heflB^^^L the collection *
.An I iido]?. :
NWAYBOKO, S. C., 1
shall have power, with the consent of the ad- |
jacent land owners, to close all such roads. \
stive's and ways v ithln ihe said to\\ ilius they
may (Teem necessary, and they may keep in
repair all such new streets, roads and ways as
they may, from time to time, deem necessary
for the improvement and convenience of said
town: 1'rovided, That no street, road or way
shall be opened, without first having obtained
the consent of the land owner, or owners
the eof, through whoso promises any such new
s'.oet, load or way may pass.
iSe". 114. The said Town Council shall have
power ami authority to require all jhtsous
n'A'iitn r ? 1? f .?* ?? * .1
W .. .? 1> ? <>1 lino III ^.IUI ion II ID eiOSO 111,
and to make a i l keep in good repair, sidewalks
in of said lot or lot?, whenever tin*
same shall front or adjoin any public street of
said town, if, in the judgment of said Council
such sidewalks shall ho necessary; the width
thereof, and the manner of construction, shall
he designated and regulated i?y said Town
Council; and for default or refusal, after
reasonable not ice, t o make and keep in good
repair such .sidewalks, and to close in such lot
or lots, the Town Council may cause the same
to be made or put in repair, and require the
owner to pay the priceot making or repairing;
and th? said Town < ,'ouneil are hereby empowered
to sue for and reco\ er the same, hv action
of debt, in an\ Court of eompeteut jui isdietion;
Provided, That such eontraet tor making or
reuniting is let to the lowest bidder,
occ. 1 lo. 'J'he Into ..laid Wardens of
said town, or a majority of them, shall have
full power to grant or refuse ileenses to keep
l.aviM'iie hi' i'iil 'i i 1 tn'ivii in in.' I:.. iii
.... ...# ... .VVUM u|mi in i in; nir
porate limits of said town, upon such conditions
and tinder such circumstances us to litem
shall seem proper and right: l*ro\ided, That
in no instance shah the. price of a license to
keep a tavern, or to retail spiritiiouh liquors,
he less than the amount established l>> the
State, and all moneys paid for licenses ami tor
lines and lb feit tires, shall he appropriated for
the public use ol said town : l'tovided, That
the I nt end ant and Wardens duly elected shall
not have jtowor to grant un\ license to keep
taveus or tet ail spii it nous liquors to extend
beyond the term for which they have been
elected. They shall have power to regulate
sales at au'tiou within the corporate limits of
the town, and to grant licenses to auctioneers,
itinerant traders, to keepers of hotels, livery
stables, billiard tables, ten pin alloys, or other
kinds of games of hazard, skill or chance.
They shall have the full and only power to
impose a tax on all shows and exhibitions for
gain or reward within tljc corporate limits of
said low ti.
JS 'C. 1KJ, Thelnlendant and Wardens elect,
together with Clerk and Treasurer, shall, dnI
hllT t heir term iil'iillien Im iivmiit.i
^ v, w...?.v , .'X. I .>< i i I j ' i M"l!l VM ll' l
and police duly, bach Town Council shall,
within one month after the expiration of their
term of oillco, make out and return to then
successors in olliee, a full account of their receipts
and expenditures during their term,
which account shall he published in one or
more public places of said town , and shall pay
over ail moneys in their possession b< longing
to the eorj oration, ami deliver up all hooks,
records and other papers incident to t heirollice,
to their successors, and on failure to do so,
they shall be liable to he lined in a sum not
exceeding live hundred dollar'-, to ho collect ml
by any proper action of the. Town Council.
See. 117. That all ordinances heretofore
passed by the Town Council of liranchville, in
comforinity with the authority granted by existing
laws, shall he, and they arc hereby, de
chired legal and wilid.
.Sec. lis. All Acts and parts of Acts hero*
tol'o.e passed in relation b> the incorporation
ofthe Town of Ikanehsille he, and they arc
hereby, repealed.
Tcicn of Itcidvilfp.
See. 110. That the charter of the town of
Heulville, in the County ot Spartanburg, he,
and the same i> hereby, renewed and extended
for the term of fourteen years, with the
same power that is conferred by this Act on
the town ol (irabams.,
S ( . 110. Tills Act shall he. doomed a public
Act, and continue in force for the term of tit
teen years, and until lie! <*nd of the session of
the Legislature thereafter.
Approved March 0, 1--71 An
Act to Confer the Rights of Looilmrtcy
on Certain Children.
Section I. lie it enacted l<y tin; Senate
and I louse of Representatives of the
Slate of South Carolina, now met and
t i ? > - 1 1
.' ipu.i^ in viviiui in i iwiu ui y, ami i>\
tlie authority of the same. That the
children begotten of the body of Anna
Smith, late of t he County of Oeonec,
called by tlnj^ .U^b Ferrel
I i t eJ t iii i n
born iu ^
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An Act to TncJH|ijmMBSMBHiBkmon
Presbyterian. Id
County?No. q I
Section 1. lie it cnS^K' y^J Senate
and House of (of
the State of South a met
mil siting in (renei-^HB^^ C1? and
la b a in?n ' b* res I> y t e r i |jA' ^jjp: iii r
?tcu, witdi .in nn' rigM . <ilegos
i warded 15 ix-ligii)U?^^^^s
Trcshy terian ChurenJ^^^P ) I may
^jEHrnBjBjl l) '|KH B| J
icqnire lands wi111i11rfgagjV ' *|- reigious
ami educatio^HH* X, and
regulate and govern place they
nay deem proper, in ivon"a* JTre with
,heir laws and diseipline^W'.^n laws not
[)cing inconsistent with the laws ol this
State.
Sec. H. This Act shall he deemed a
)ul>lic Act, and shall continue in lorce
or the term of twenty-five years.
Approved March h, 1881.
\n Act to Incorporate tho Winvah
Guards, of Georgetown, South Carolina?
No. 385.
Section 1. licit enacted hy the Senite
and IIouso of iieprescntatives of
,he Stato of Sou? h Carolina, now met
md sitting in General Assembly, and
>y the authority of tho same, That J.
Iarvy Jones, George Taw-ley a*
trichardson, under the nan
)f the Win yah Guards, thd
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ncloiit fJ our ii;il.
Fit IDA Y, A T(j< US T I!.
successors ami associates in ollico, l>e,
and tlieV. :11 c Ill-rollv ino.u i>< ?r -1?I -??wl
made and declared a body politic and
corporate, in deed and in law, and, as
sneh body politic, shall lia\o the power
to use and keep a common seal, and t he
same at will to alter, to make all iicccb
sary by-laws not repugnant to the laws
ot the land, and to have succession ot
officers and members, conlormable to
sneh by-laws, to sue and be sued, plead
and be impleaded, in any Cmirt of competent
jurisdiction in this Stale, and to
have, use and enjoy all other rights,
and be subject to all other liabilities
incident to bodies corporate.
See. 2. This Act shall be deemed and
taken to be a public Act, aud shall continue
it force lor the space of fifteen
years from and after its passage.
Approved March 0, 1871.
An Act to Permit Burns I> Myers to
Adopt and Make his Haw In I Heirs,
II. Margaret Crimes and \\ . Burns
Crimes, and to t hange tlie Name ol
the said II. Margaret Crimes to 11.
Margaret M yers, and I lie Name ol
N\*. 1 turns Crimes to \V, Burns
Mvers.
Section 1. Be it enaated by the .Senate
and House of lit progenia! ives ol
the State of South Carolina, now in t
and sitting in Ceneral Assembly, and
by the authority of the same, Tlnu
Burns J). Myers is hereby authori/.ed
and empowers d to adopt and make liC
lawful heirs, II. Margaret Crimes ami
\V. Burns (ii iines, and that the name
of the said II. Margaret Crimes shall
he. changed toll. Margaret .Myers,ami
the name of the said \V. Burns (irinu >
shall be changed to \\ . Burns. M\ers.
See. 'J. That shouhl tlie said Burns
I). Myers die intestate, the said II.
Margaret Myers ami the said \V.
I ? . M .. . I II I
imii ii.-t yits snail mncrn, iti e^>m~
idoii with the other lawful heirs oI the
said lhirns 1). Myers, his estate, both
personal an 1 real.
Approved Muruh 0, IhTl.
An Aet Declaring a Tract of One Hundred
Acres of Land, in the Count y
of Fairfield, as Escheated to the
State, and to Vest the Title to the
Same in tiie Trustees of Ilidgeway
Academy.?No. 387.
Whereas, one Mrs. Munloc, widow,
died a number ol years since, leaving
as her estate one hundred acres of land
in the County ol Kairlield, hounded b\
lands of William Dunlap, Samuel
Me.Quatters and others; and, whereas,
she left no heirs or representatives;
therefore,
Section 1. l?e it enacted by the Sen ate
and House of Ueprcscntativcs of
the ?Siutc ol South Carolina, now met
and Bitting in General Assembly, and
by tin; authority' of the same, That, the
said tract of one hundred aer? v be, and
the same is hereby, declared to have
escheated Jo the State.
See. 2. 'I hat the title of the State to
said one hundred acres ot land he, and
the same is hereby, vested ill S. M.
Smart, Moses dames and W\ itt Houlwarc,
and their successors m ofli *.e, as
Trustees ol the Hidgcway \eadeinv, in
the said County ot Kairlield.
See. 3. That they are hereby authorized
to sell the same, and apply the
money for the purpose ot building a
school at or near the above mentioned
place.
Approved March 0, is; l.
An Act to Extend the Limits of the
Town ot Camden ? No. 38.8.
Section 1. Ho it enacted hv ihofcn
ate :in<I Hou^c of IlcpreMmtali vcs of
the .State ??f .South Carolina, now met
and sitting in Ceneral Assembly, and
l>y the authority of the same, Thai the
limits ol the town of Camden be, and
the same are hereby, extended as follows,
to wit: The western boundary
shall commence at the point at which
Wylie street intersects with Pino Tree
(.'reek, and shall extend northward
along the line of said Wylie street
three fourths of a mile beyond the present
terminus of the said st reet, and from
this point the northern boundary shall
extend, in an eastern direction, until it
intersects I hose Ibuuch, and thence,
by course of said stream, to the point
where it empties into Little Pine Tree
Creek, and by the course ot said Creek,
in a southern direction, to the confluence
of said < Ircek into Pino Tree Cn ek,
and thence, by the course of the last
named Creek, to the point where wylie
street now intersects the said Creek.
Sec. lb That the (ntemlant and Wardens
of the town of Camden arc hereby
required to proceed, immediately, upon
the passage of this Act, to designate,
by proper marks and monuments, the
boundaries herein bed ?ro authorized.
Sec. 3. '''hat ail Acts or parts of Acts,
inconsistent wiin int* provisions 01 this
Act, lie, and tho same are hereby, repealed.
Approved March 0, 1871.
An Act to lieuulaic the Disposition of
Fines and Penalties 1 in pose* I and
Collected in Criminal ( ausew by the j
Circuit Court of Goneral Sessions
and Trial Justices?No, 880.
Section 1. lie it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representative) of tho
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly and by
the authority of the same, That all
fVa and penalties imposed and collectI
by tbc Circuit Court ofGencral SesL
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1871. xo. ;?u.
>W?iWI IMW>I >*'WW>WMI wn " i ?w wwi .www r* ?Monfl
in criminal c uises, sh ill bo fort.liwith
tnrntMl owr bv tho I'Urk <>fO <i.i
Court to the County Irca-utter ol the
Count v wherein the same are imposed;
and all tines and penult ii s imposed and
collected l>v Trial Justices, in criminal
causes, shall la; lot lb wit It turned over
hy them to the County Treasurers <>l
their respective C ounties, tor County
purposscs: Provided, I hat w hen, l?v
law, any person or persons entitled,
as inlormcr ol inloruters, to any portion
of the tine or penalty imposed ami
collected, toe same shall he immediately
paid over to him or litem.
Sec. 2. No account ot the Circuit'
Solicitor, the. Clerk of the Circuit. Court
ol (iencral Sessions, the County Slierill',
or Trial .Justices, lor Ices, in any
criminal cause, heat 1 or prosecuted in
the Circuit Court, or before a Trial j
Justice, shall he paid, unless they --ov-i
erallv shall declare, on oath, that, tincosts
in the said cause ha\e not been
recovered ol the defendant, and that
ho, the defendant, was unable to pav
the same; and, (milter, that, ;dl lines'
and iionnltics heivlot'm-i? i ??'. 1? i . .! ! ?
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thcni h;\vo been t*:ii(iiI'd 11y ami lully
paid over to this County livasuror of I
the County.
Sec. a. It'any Clerk of the Cireuit i
Court ol Conceal Sessions, County
Sheriff, or Trial ,lustier, shall ncplcei
or refuse to imineiliatciv pay o\er, as
required by the first Section of this
Act, any ami all tines ami p.maltie.s
collected by them in any criminal cause
or proci odiiiLT, he shall, on conviction
1 hereof, be subje.-L to a line ol not less
t ban one luimlred, nor more t linn one
thousand dollars, ami imprisonment
not less than three, nor more than six
months, and shall he dismissed Irom
ollice, and ill -qualilied from holding any
oilicc ol t m l and prolil umb r the Slate
ol South Carolina.
Approved. March t), 1871.
An Actio Amend an Act bint it,led
' An Act l> Regulate the Aqem ies
ol Insurance Companies; not. Incorporated
in the Slat j ol Soutn Carolina?
No. .'{'JO.
lie it enacted by the Senate and
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. I W I I W| || | I | l-.-l' II L.l I I \ ? '.*> *'1 lilt" .III'
<>r South Carolina, now met and nil-]
ting in General Aasseinhly, and by the
authority, olthe sairo, licit Section'}
*>l an Act entitled "An Act to rcgu
late the agencies of insurance companies,
not incorporated in the Stale of
South Carolina," he am Mided so as to
read as follows: "That tor every licence
issued l.y the Comptroller-General
under this .Net, the Company or
Agent taking out such license shall
pay, or cause to be paid, into t he Treasury
o( the Slate the sum of li\ e dollars,
the same to be appropriated lot the use
,iud benefit ol I he State."
Approved Mach 9, 1871.
An A<t to Ineorporut e Healing Sprit gs
Jkibiisi Church, in Ihirnwcli County
South Carolina ? No. 1191.
Seeli* n I Ho n enacted 1?\* the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of
the State of Soulli Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, an 1
by the authorit y of t he same, That t he
members ol tin* said Society in*, and
they arc hereby, incorporated, and are
hereby declared Lo In; a body corporal
c, by the; name ami style ol l' e IJeali11?_5
Serines I>aptist( bach, and by that j
liaino and stylo sliall have fttifceestdon J
of ollieors and members, and shall have i
a (iomiiMii seal.
.See.'J. That the said corporation I
aba 1 have power to purchase, receive
and held any real or personal estate
not exceeding in value tlie sain of
twenty thousand dollars, and to sell,
convey and dispose of the same ; a: d,
oy its corporate name, to sue and be
sued in any Court of ibis Stale, and j
to make Hudi rides and by-laws, not j
repugnant to law, as it may consider
necessary and expedient.
See. Jb I bat tins Act shall be deem- i
ed and taken t > be a public Act, and
shall continue in loreo lor the term ol
Lwenty-five years.
Approved .Maic^t 9, 18*71,
An Act, Lo Tne. .l'lifH-.O I? !
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lhiildiim and Loan Associ.it.ion, i>i
Columbia? Xo. .'i02.
?*"ec, I. l>c it enact<.'(1 by ilic S nalc '
and Ilou.se of 1 {epresentativos of the
Slate ol South Carolina, now met and
sitting in Central Assembly, and by
the aulhonty of the same, That .J<?hu
Agile w, Mi .1. ( Mlt.an, McOord, H.J
r<nnlinson, C. Puller, W. P. I labile,
Timothy Hurley, together with other
persons who now ate, or hereafter may
be, associated with litem, be, and they
are hereby, declared a body politic and
corporate, lor the purpose of malting
loans of money, secured by mortgage
on rial estate or personal property, or
by oonvoyatioo of the same, to their
members and stockholders, by the name i
and style of the "Capital I bidding
and Loan Association, ot Columbia,"
the capital stock of which shall consist
ot one thousand shares, to bo paid in
by successive monthly instalments of
one dollar on each share, so long as
she corporation shall continue, the
taiil shares to be held, transferred, as signed
and pledged, and the holders
thereof to be subject to .such lines and
forfeitures tor defaults in their payments,
according to such regulations
as may b ? prescribed b_, the bv\?'.iws
of - aid corporation.
ADVERTISEMENTS
11 'i rt'M ,>t $1.00 nor square f??i* first, >n??t
li'tj o-'iili for imiv Htitisci|U?'ikt insertion.
Marriage ^ ? >!? ??- fh:o.
lVaths an?l I uwrtil notices lYo**.
< 'bit tun ica of one square freo; over ono
square charged at ad\ ertiseliij* rates.
IMIgioiis notU'H ot op. square, thee.
A .qture . i ht. lines ai ! <s, <>f tli? size type.
A lil'eral iflgCOlUlt will lie made t i ti,?*e
, \vlio?e ;ul\ertiscinonts ai ? kept In lurjitcjni
of thruo months or longer.
Sor. 2. That the said corporation
shall have |?owor iiml ant horily to make
any huc.Ii rules ami hy laws lor i'.s govM'liment
Os are not repugnant to the
' ( otisti?uti< it and laws of the land ;
shall have sueh number and 8ueee>-?k>n
ol ineinhei'8 and ollieers as sh ill he
dained ami chosen according to their
sa d rules and l?v-!aws, made ?-r to I c
made 1 ?y them ; shall have an 1 keep i
common sea!, ami may alter tho Mfin:
at will ; may sue ami bo sued, phvd
ami bo impleaded*in any ('ourt < ! Law
or Kipiity in this statc ; amid dl have
ami enjoy all ami every right. ami pi i
ilego incident ami belonging ';mc!> >fI
poeato bodies, according to the laws of
! I lie laml.
S (;. 3. That, tho said corpora'? >n
-hall have power to lake, pin eh ise ; ? I
hold real estate, ami to < :! and lia i
tor 'lie same lV??m time to lim to its
members, on such terms, and utid r
such conditions, and subject to such
i c nihil ions as may be prescribed by
tho rules ami by laws of said corporation:
Provided, That the real estate
held by said corporation shall not at
any time exceed tin* value of two hundred
thousand dollars.
See. 1. That the lunds of said corporation
shall he loaned and advanced
to the members and stockholder, upon
the seenrit y ol'ia, al and personal estat
and used tor tin.1 purchase of real est at o
for the benefit of its members and
stockholder--, on such terms, and under
such conditions, and subject to such
regul tlionn as may, from time to time,
'h' | reseribed by tin4 rules and by-laws
of said corporation; ami it shall ho
law fuI lor tht? said corporation to hold
Wh lands, tenements, hereditaments
:ni 1 | ersoiial property :o shall be moid
pptya d or convc) ed to tbem, in good
faith, by way of security, upon its
loans and advances; and may sell, alien
or otherwise disdose of tin same, to its
members and stoekboldt rs only, as
they, from time to time, may deem ? xI
pediciit.
See. 5. That whenever it shall occur
that the tuuds of the said corporation
shall remain unprodueti\e and tmcalh \
l'>r, for the space ol two mouths, the
corporation shall have power to loan
whatever amount may '?c t i us m; band,
.1 .i i ? * i i i
id oinors tit;i11 sLocKliuhierri :i11>I memborn,
lor such li>110 and at such
of interest ti t nny be established h v
virtue of such rules and by-laws as
may bu made by said corporation.
iScc. 0. Tlmt 'vtjencvor the lands of
stiid coi jtoratioii shall have act until! \tod
to such an amount that, upon
lair and just division thereof, emit
.stock*holder and member shall hftv )
received, or he entitled to receive. ti j
sum of two hundred dollars, or proper
ty of that value, for each and every
share oi stock by Mm or her ho h?*ld,
and ^'n *.h distributio i and division of
ib" fan !.i rlndl have l? 'on so utahy,
then t his corporation shall cease ami
determine. This Act shall be deemed
a pui lie, Aet, an *1 that the same may
he given in evidence without specially
pleading I he same: J'rovided, That
said corporation shall have all the
ri?*iitc, and be subject to all the liabilities
provided in the Act to regulate
the I n iiia* mo of c -rporal ions, p sscJ.
1) eiuunb'cr 1 0, 1870.
Approved M %.\ h 0, I 871.
An Act to Altvr and Amend an Act
111ui it led 1 An Act to Alter and Aincnd
the ClpU'lcr of the C'ly of
<i:v. tivillo, athl for otlicr 1'urp >ses."
Approved March 23, I860 ? No. a
Secliod 1. lie it enacted by the Senale
aid lloiue ol I lep'er.entati ves of
the State ol Snitli Carolina, now met
...a .;. <; < i.. i v......... t.i ,?
.?11 < > i1! i i hi ^ 11 i vji v." uv i ? l . v;ili < 11 , >1 iii*
j hy the authority of the same, Thai
from and immediately alter the ]>:i8su ;o
ol this A?.t, it shall he lawful for tie*
May >i ami Aldermen of lite City of
(lii'vuvillo to require each male tnhah?
ilanL of hiiitl c'.'y, between tho nyeu
eiyht eon am) lift \% to lahor upon -ho
public streets of said city: J'rovid.-a,
lie.ertlit*less, 'l'lnil no person shall ho
ivquircd to perforin more than four
d iy.s labor on ;aid btreels in any one
ye. i r.
?Soe. 2. That it shall be lawful for
siid .Mayor aud Aldermen to Us. somo
certain -urn, not to exceed the sum <?
two dollars jar annum, which may he
pai l in money, within a certain lime,
to he limited by (lie said M iyoi an I
Aidcriu !*, hy an . person liable to labor
on .-aid streetr, in commutation of
.-m li ! ihor, ami to enforce the payment
ol the -aim' in the m inner now pr mi i<
I hy I ;\v ft>r the collection o ti '< ?
?v-e a. 'ivj.it (ho : ;IiiI Muyoi si i I Aldermen,
or any three of tin in, Modi
have | >wer lo eoniinit to j u', I th?
>;?:i? *.' <>f time not exceeding twout.v
d tvs, :i d t?? titic not I'XotiOiiin c rtftv
'Indars, any person or per.-on > wtw
mi.uI bo v. nit \ >! riotous or di?t ?alerl/
eon luet it. sanl city ; ami it * nil bo
i lie only of the Marshals oi too r>airl
city W at iv s! all such persons, ami to
brin them l> f?iv t!? sai?l Mayor ami
Al l l im n, or u?iy throe of ilium, to b ?
d alt with iUa ?rd'.i!g to the ordinances
of id city.
S . t. The said Mayor and Alderiii'
n o1 the paid illy shall have power
to open new streets, and to widen,
sti igblcn or alter the streets now in
use, upon payment of damages to tho
owners of property affected thereby;
the damage > to be ftteessed by fire freo"
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