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LAWS OF THE STATE. T?
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I n
Acts anil Joint Kesul ut ions, Passed by s
I lie IiiMiurnI \svioinlil v of South (\'ii?o t
linn, .Session of 1870-71, c'
t
[OFF 1 CI A Ij.] I
. s
An Act to Kecbartor Maxwell's bridge, ! 11
over Seneca Giver, in Oconee Conn I 11
ty?No. lol.
lie it enacted by the senate and 11
House of Hrpresentatives of the state 1
of south Carolina, now met and sitting *'
in General assembly, and by the author- i
ity of the same, That the bridge known '
as Maxwell's bridge, over Seneca Kiv- h
or, in Oconee County, be, and the saute ' :l
is hereby, rcehartcd for the term of j 1
fourteen years, and 111?* same vested in !
Mary I,. Mav well, Marion Max well and ^
Annie Sloan, their heirs and assigns, I ^
with the same privileges and rates of e
toll as those heretofore allowed by i
law. a
Approved March U, ',871. 11
An Act to Provide lor the Itcdcmptiou 1'
of Certain Lands Sohl under Order a
t>l General Kd. 1L S. Canby, for J
Taxes?No, log. 1
Section J. lie it enacted by the Sou h
ate and House of Representatives of 0
^ the State of South Carolina, now mot b
and sitting in General Assembly, and 1
by the authority of" the same, That : 1
all lauds bought in by the Sheriff, for ! s;
the State, sold under the provisions of
an order of General Kd. K. S. Canby. ,l
1 / '1 l e 1. It. Il
Miiivn viiiu iv-otiiii, nnuiii v/.i roi J11 a, J7U- *"
cetnber 0, 1S07, "to provide for llie Sl
support of tlie Provisional (lovernment ,
ot South Carolina for the your coin- j b
incueingthu first day of October, lb'CT,"
?fco., the K une being clone under (Jen- ! 'l
eral Orders, No. 1 be, and the same ; a
are hereby, entitled to be redot mod ;l
within a period ol six months alter the j :l
passage of this Act, upon the payment 0
of the tax, interest and cost thereof, to , l'
the Sheriff of the County in which ' \
said lands were soli' by virture of said
Sec. 'J. All Acts or parts of Acts, inconsistent
with Litis Act, are hereby, ;
repealed. i
ApproYed March 0, 1071. l"
I An Act to amend an Act Kntitlrd "An j ^
Art Kstablisiiing a Line Beyond ,
which the Wharves shall not be Kx- cl
tended in tbe City ol Charleston, 1>:
and tor other Purposes," 1 Citified |,ftJ
i the 21st Day of December A. D. 183G n<
Section 1. Bo it enacted l?y the Sen- '
Ate ami House of Representatives <?f*, i*i
t!ie State of South Carolina, now met ! u
and silting in General Assembly, and ; P'
by the authority of the same, That the 1)(
line establishes by Section 1 of an Act 'J1
out it led "An Act establishing aline
beyond which the wharves shall not
he extended in the City of Charleston, I'1
and for olheer purposes," ratified the f'f
21st day of Deeemher, A. 1). iMnti, be '
extended to the bine lino, lettered B,
C, D, K, F, as marked and laid down I ci
on a plat of the wharves on tho eastern P'
honndary of the City of Charleston by ^
Loins I). Burbot, City Engineer, dated
tin; Oth day of January, A. D. 1 S7 1.
See. 2. '1 hat it shall he the duty of ' !
the City Conned of Charleston to *,n
cause tiie si foresaid plat, with the line
marked out by the City Engineer ol
aforesaid, to bo recorded in thooHice :l
L of t!??? Secret ft rv of State, ami. also, in 1"
itlio otlice ol the J Ji'jjMster of .Mesne Con
O / 1
vcyanee for Charleston County, within ^
aix inouihs alter the passage of this |,;i
Approved .March 0, 1871.
An Act to Incorporate the Waeoamaw 511
ami Little River Canal Company?j sf
Section 1. I>c it enacted by the Sen- 80
ate and Mouse of Representatives of ,n
the state of /South '^nrolina, now met 1(1
and silling in Conceal Assembly, and
by the authority of the same, That J. CM.
S. Rorroughs, \\". 10. 1 loleoinhe, George 01
\\\ Price, Jr., Ceo. T. Lilchlield, T. C. | sl
Dunn and James K. Dnsenbury, and '
such other persons as now are, or may 1,1
become hereafter, assooiatcd with them, X(
t heir successors and assigns, he, and
lhey arc hereby, constituted a body
corporate and politic, 1 y the name and
^styie ol the NVaceainnw aim Little A
r Canal Company, hy which name
iiheyrtfe hereby made capable in law to
a-'*' ;S. ;d, pnrebase, receive, work,
iage, lease, enjoy ami retain, jj
? heir sneeessois and assigns, M
Vfcnts of :tU ^eluu < <>
I tno | Of m)
uih.ci the s a
HOI
VOL. 3. CO!
[coined by them most conducive to the
hjeets and interests ol' said corpora- (
ion.
See. 2. That said corporation, by its
it lc aforesaid, may sue and be sued, '
dead and be impleaded, in any Court ,
>f this State, make ami use a common
ical, altering tlie same at pleasure, okahlish
alter and amend such by laws
,nd regulations as shall be deemed
roper by them, not in conflict wi'h
he Constitution or laws ol this State,
>r the I lilted States.
See. 3, The eapilal stock of said Commay
shall be two hundred thousand j
lollars, with the ri?_rht to increase the '
? I
aine by a vote ot a majority ot the
tockholdi'i's to any sum not exceeding
ive humlred thousand dallars; that
aid Company shall commence business
s soon as its capital stock is fully sub*
cribed, ami titty thousand dollars of
lie same paid up, which may be paid
Uheriu money or real estate, the same
o be divided into such number ot
hares, and at so much per share, as
aid corporation may determine, said
hares to be assignable and negotiable
aider snob rules iu said corporation
aay prescribe.
See. 4. That there shall be annual
ncetings of the stockholders, at such
line ami place as they may designate,
or the purpose of choosing a Hoard of
)ireetors, to consist of not less than
ivo, nor more than nine each of whom
hall he a stockholder, and a President,
?d other ofliccrs of said corporation,
o manage its a Hairs.
Sec. 5. That said Company shall
cop an oHioc at Little liiver, in Horry
'on ty, which, tor all judicial purposs,
shall he deemed its location.
Sec. 0. That the said Company shall j
ml may cause a communication of J
lland navigation, by a canal and locks,
i) he made and kept up, through such
laces as to them shall seem most lit
ad convenient, from Waecamaw to
dttle lliver, ill Horry Countv;and
hut they anil their successor* forever
i 1:111 ami may li\ ami establish, ami be
utitlcd to take ami receive, by way of
all, tor all goods ami merebmlise carieil
on or through, ami boats, vessels
ml rafts passing oil or through the
lid canal, such suets or rates as the
tid Company, shall think proper to
noosed; and the said Company, or
licit' agents, may stop any goods, vcsids,
boats or rails, from passing.on
lie said canal until payment of the
.ill.
Sec. 7. That the said Company shall
ave power to purchase lor themselves
ml their successors forever such lands
s may be necessary lor the purpose
foresaid ; and where they and the owill's
of the said hinds cannot agree for
ie same, to take the said lands at a
aluation to be made by a majority o(
ve persons to be appointed by the
ourt of Common Pleas to value the (
in.c; which land shall, on payment of |
ie Rum aL which it shall be so valued, ;
e vested in the said Company for- ,
rer.
?Scc. 8. That the said Company shall
e obliged to keep the said canal and |
K*ks, at all times, in good and sutli- j
cut order, condition and repair, on j
aiii o( being answerabl for any dam- |
40 occasioned by their willful lault or (
I'glect. ,
Sec. 9. That if any person shall, willilly
or maliciously, cut, break down, j
image or destroy any bank or other ,
ork to be erected, or made for the ,
urpose of the s: id navigation, such '
.'isoit shall be adjudged guilty of fel?y,
and, on conviction, shall pay a
ue not exceeding live thousand, nor ^
ss than live hundred dollars, or imrisonmont
in the Penitentiary, not ex- '
joding ten or less than two years; and j
any person shall throw dirt, trees,
? ,i i,, ii.! .i. i - i > <
w yuiiT niuiiisii mho me said
n " '
inal, si) as It) prejudic the same, such J
3isoii8 shall bo answerable tv> tlie said
ompany for the damages occasioned
icroby. ^ [
Sec. 1 0. Tliat the said Company shall
live power and authority to use any
aterials in the vicinity (d said canal
(
r making the same, or the said locks,
1
keeping the same in repair, paying
reasonable price lor the same, which
ice shall be ascertained in like man r
as the value of land which the
oinpany may lake, as aforesaid, in ^
ise they and the owners ol the said
nd cannot agree about the price
creof.
See. 1 1. That the said Company sliall '
id may collect water for the use of K
id canal and locks, making satislae- I
r>n lor the damages done thereby; the 1
iid damages to he ascertained in the 1
aimer above directed with respect {
> the value of land.
See. 12. That this Act shall be deem- y
I and taken to be a public Act, judi- '
ally taken notice, of as such, without
iccial pleading, and liberally conslru- 1
1 for carrying Lhc purposes aforesaid 1
to elleet, for the term of thirty-live !
ars, and to the sitting ol the next 1
eneral Assembly thereafter* 1
Approved March 9, 1871.
i
n acl 10 Amen l an Act hnutled s
"An Act to Provide for tlieConversion
of Statv- f-^ntifs?No. I0o. [
ii ? . villaue of i*. .
I>e it enajij* "Vnato and #
ourc of lu'j22* This Act *1>aiMtateof 1
mill Carolina,, and continue in k\;
"H?ral /Irsci^s"' repealed. N ^
TV 11 I rule pen
v \\r i \T m \ t> t \ c r< t;
l? A I 1)V/1V\7^ O. V 1
Act to provide for the conversion of
State seeunties," approved March -2:;,
A. D. 1800, he amended as follows, to
wit: The words "to he appropriated to
his own use," in the third and fourth \
lines of Section 3d, to be changed so !
as to read, "to he appropriated for the j
use and hot.edit of the State."
An Act to Amend an Act entitled "An
Act to Define the Criminal Jurisdic.
t ion {of Trial .lust ices," Approved
March I, 1870?No. 10G.
Section i. lie it enacted by the senate
and House of Representatives of
the state ol'south Carolina, now met and '
sitting in (Seneral assembly, and by the
? * J I
uuthoi'it v of' the same, \Y henever a Trial
# tf ( ' j
Justice or .Justice of the Peace shall j
issue a warrant 'for the arrest of any i
person charged with an olfenco above
the grade ot a misdemeanor, such Trial ,
Justice or Justice of the Peace shall
he authorized to select any citizen or j
citizens of t he County to execute the
same, upon his cudoscinont upon the
said warrant, that, in his judgment, the
selection ot such person or persons will
he conducive to the certain and speedy
execution ol the said warrant; and the
person or persons so selected shall have
all tke jtowers now, or hereafter, conferred
by lav upon any Constable
within this State.
See. 2. Any person or persons selected
in the manner provided for in Section
1 of this Aet shall be required
forthwith to proceed to execute the
said warrant, and upon his willfully,
negligently or caielessly failing to
tuake the arrest, or permitting the parly
to escape after arrest, lie or they
shall he punished, upon convietion, on
indictment, by fine and imprisonment
in the County jail, in the discretion of
the Judge before whom the indictment
may be tried; said imprisonment not io
be less than six months.
Approved -March 9, 1SV1.
An Act to l'rovide for the Construe '
lion ami Ucpair ofj'uldk Highway*
? No. do7.
Section 1. I>e it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representative*! of
the state ol'south Carolina now met and
sitting in (icneral assembly, and by 'he
authority of the same, That immedi..4.1
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aieiy in lit uiu passage 01 uus .vol., uie
County Commissioiuiis of the several
Counties shall divide their (.'ounlies
into highway districts, each district to
contain not less than ten miles of public
highways, nor more than forty miles,
to he convenient lor repairing highways,
ami may, iiom time to time, alter
the same; and they shall appoint
for each highway district a Surveyor
of Highways to superintend the expenditure
of the highway tax and money
appropriated lor improvement ol
highways in his district, and to take
charge of and keep in repair, at all
limes, the highways in his district.?
Said Surveyor of Highways shall he
removable at pleasure; he shall he responsible
to the County for any damages
which may he sustained within
liis district, through fault or neglect
' r* n
in the discharge of his duty. Said
Surveyor of Highways shall give bond j
lo Hie tJuonty, with good and sulli- j
dent sureties, to ho approved hy tlie
County Commissioners, in double the
mount ot money to be exjiciided in
liis district, for the faithful discharge
>f his duties.
See. 2. That for tlio purpose of keepng
in repaii |>iYnrclf,'vH aud,c r~,lges,
the County /years ot his life
Surveyor of Highways, Ji
unount of the tax to
iiin in his district, wittu.iNA imo.wiatiiS,
>1 each person's tax aui?l18'4 b,<^ fli,?ra
i . ys of th'* lion.i.V
lame, accompanied wit , , . 11 .
, , * /it * hundred tlioiC'
ugned by the Chairman,, a?si)ic,.? of ?uf,
uithorizing such JSurve^n,u- contnJt
iucit tax; and they shaft)?* nr? .
icveral tax lulls to the j'A>i?arnwmr ,
I. i , i llltv. Five doll*
-eyo.s, an I take their r : i
J 1 I inny seen re oniw
pri'/ts, tli?
Sec. 3. The Surveyorswiy ?f Wll 1
lighway districts, alter I'd* ' ""u ln
ic vera I tax hills an.t nif" n,""k I 1
iroeeed to give notice to., / 1
crftons liable to pay taxes jtfnricts
of the amount ot their jOmd 1
>t the time ami place in which, and 1
he teams, carriages and tools with 1
.vhieh they are required to pay their 1
axes in labor; but no persons shall be *
iable to furnish any team, carriage or I
ool ot which he is not the owner, ex- ^
lept hoes, shovels or spades. Such 1
lotioe may lie given to all persons res- '
dent in the highway district either
>crsonally or l?y written notice left
it their usal resilience; to 11011 residents 1
?v a written notice with or at the res- 1
deuce of their tenants, agents, or per- \
ions having the care of their property; 1
til of which notiyos shall he at least
hree days, and, in case of persons r??
Wing out of 1 " r<>N,'
east ten Ufct.-IO for o
Hi > tl.0in.iuu.
?? m m i m - 'x w . _ j -* ? . mi -< - ?>?
-V T" T"7^ ~
I?J
k lent fJ oilrun ?.
'IIIDAY, Al (ilJST IS,
I,my he posted up in some public or
conspicuous place in tho district; and
tlio Surveyors shall make and keep.a
minute ot the time and manner in I
which the notice shall he <ri\en#
See. 1. Any person, alter lie has
commenced working in payment of his
hurhu'MV t i v <lwll I >" ' *'
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direction ol tho Surveyor, as to the
times when, and the place where, his
taxes shall be paid and laid out in labor.
Sec. 5. That at least three.?juarters
of the highway tax in any highway!
district, payable in labor, shall be collected
and laid out between the loth
day of .J ami iry and the 1st day ol May,
and the remainder between the lir>t
day of Agust and the first day of October,
in eaeh year, except as hercinafler
pro\ ided.
Sec. 0. On any extraordinary occasion,
when any bridge or highway
shall be destroyed or impaired so as to
roottirc immediate repairs, or sli mid
be obstructed so as to reijuiiv immediate
labor to remove the obstruction,
it shall he the duty ol the Surveyor,
forthwith, to cause the highway or
bridge to be repaired, or the obstruction
removed; and he may, for that
purpose, call upon and tiotily any inhabitants
ol the district to aT>r?i him
the necessary aid, <>r may hire other
laborers, or employ other means io
open or repair the highways and
bridges; an I, i:i s111 11 r ise, the notice
snail be deemed snUicicni to any |?or
son owing taxes, payable in the ?J is
trict, in order to make him liable lor
|
neglect to pay his taxes in money, it
suclt notice shall la- given si\ hoars
previous to tht time when he is required
to appear ami labor. It' any person
shall, in such ease, perform labor
more than sullicient to pay the taxes :
due t'roin him, or, it a person not ine'ited
tor taxes shall pcrionuc la'oor, the
amount ot such ianor, or the balance,
may lie accredited to such poison towards
bis highway tax the succeeding
year.
See. T. If, on any stu b occasion as |
specified in the preceding Section, any
Surveyor shall, tor the space of twelve j
hours after application made to him
for that purpose by any cili/en residing
within his district, neg'mt to call upon ;
the inhabitants of his district, or use
the proper means to repair or open the
highway or bridge which may be out
ol repair or obstructed, he shall lorleit
and pay to the County Commissioners
ot the County, to he expended in repairing
highways in such district, the
sum of t went y-li\e dollars, to he collected
in the name of the County, unless
such Surveyor shall show sllieient
reason tor such neglect.
See. 8.If, in any such ease, any inhabitant
of the district whose name shall
1 . I . ? i ?
m: on me tax mil ol such district,
whether any tax shall ho duo, from him
or not, shall, lor I ho s|>aoo of six hours
alter being called on or notified by the
Surveyor lor that purposi, without suilicient
reason, neglect to turn out and
assist in repairing or opening sueli
highway or bridge, as he shall he required,
>10 shall forfeit and pay to the
County the sum ol three dollars, to he
collected and expended as provided in
the preceding Section,
Sec. 9. If any person against whom a
Surveyor shall have a tax hill, payable
in lubor, shall neglect, alter being notified,
as provided in this Act, to work
out his lax, he shall be liable to pay
his lax in money; and the Surveyor
shall proceed to collect the same, and
?1iaU have all the power the County
Treasurer has l?y law to collect Slate
and County taxes; ami he shall piocccd
in the same manner in the collection,
and shall have the same lees.
Sec. JO- Ij shall be the duty of each
Surveyor ol high //ays to lay out, in
Hindi manner as he may think beneficial
in making and repairing high ways
in liis district, all moneys collected by
iiitu in his tax bill, or received in any.
oliwr way for that purpose.
See. 11. Vac!i Surveyor shall keep
full and regular :.ee? mils of all labor
performed, ami all moneys received
and expended .n his district, out of I lie
labor that may have boen performed by
any person over and above their taxes,
and make return oi his accounts to the
County Commissioners, annually, in
the month of November. And it
shall be the duty of each Surveyor of
Highways to pay over to the County
Commissioners of the County any
moneys which may remain in his hamls
unexpended; and any moneys which
may l>u ro received from the Surveyor
dial! he paid over by the County Commissioners
to the succeeding Surveyor
to he expended in the same district.
And when any person shall have overpaid
their taxes, in labor or otherwise,
die balance shall be accredited to such
persons on their taxes for the succeed nd
year. When any Surveyor of
Highways shall resign or be removed
roiu otliee, ho shall also make such realm
to the County Commissioner* as
required in this section, and turn over
ill moneys, books and papers pertainng
to his otliee to tho county ooinnuslioners,
or to his successor in otliee, as
' ey may direct.
\u". iJ>2? It'any Surveyor shall havo
M ; Yb K collee t the taxes contained in
l U 10 ?-VJl, as required by law, orr"if
lail to pay over any moneys ?
r.piy ;*;*? aui r.or4>
^
1871. NO. :t2.
exponded, tlio county commissioner* 1
shall proeec I against lain upon his
otliccinl boinl.
Sec. 111. It any person receive or salI
for bodily injury, or damage in his
property, through a delect or want of
lepair or sulHeieiit railing in or upon a
i l i
my, n way, causeway or bri lye, lie may
recover, in an action, of theC unity \?y
law obliged io repair the s:mi", the
amount olnlainaye Mtstained thereby,
t il'such count y ha<l reasonable not hi
! ot the defect, want or repair, or ol in
suflicieut railing, or it the same h tl
existed for the space o! twenty I mr
hours previous to the oceurr nee of the
injury or Jam yije ; but n : sueh d turtle i
shall la* recovered l>v a person wit >s ? {
jC.il'iia^e tin I load thereon exceed> ill
; \\ ei'^ht of six to is.
j See.. I I. It, before the i ntrv of tin J
action pro\i lc?l lor in the preccdi'iy
section, the county commissioners tender
to the plaint ill'the am mnt which !
he Would he entitled lo recover, together
with all ieyal e? k'.s, and the1
plaint ill d oes not accent the same, an I
does not recover upon his trial m >ie |
j than the sum so tendered, the defend\
ant shall recover costs.
See 15. If a < "oiint v it ylect to reI
pair any of the hhjdiwavs or bridges ,
' which, hy law, it is oh'ijfcd to keep in |
I repair, or neglect to make the same 1
j sale an 1 convenient, such Count v shall
I oe 11: n?I?? I < > iwtiet njt'iit and line, as the
| C hir( in its discretion nnv order. The 1
lini' imposed in sue 11 ease shrill he oer?
I tilled t<i the * Nullit y Commissioners liy i
the Clerk ol the Court, and they shall
j proceed to collect the same fro in the
surveyor or surveyors of the highway
district or districts charged l?v this I
Act with the duly of superintending
and keeping said highway or highways I
.in repair; the sum, when collected,
I shall he laid out in t he repair of high?
ways and bri Iges in the County.
Sec. Kb Kneli person who shall furnish
work on highways in payment of
his highway Lax, assessed l?y the
( omit t omtni si ioiu rs, shall lie allowed,
for a good hand, at the rate ol ten
cents lor each hour. It. shail he the
duty of the Highway surveyor of the
district to make sm-li allowance lor t!ie
use ol teams carriages and toils, as
shall be equitable and just.
Sec. 17. That all ahle-bodi *d male
persons between the ages of eighteen
and iorty live years shall he liable,
annually, to perform on the public,
highways and roads, not less than three
and not more than five days' labor,
under the direction of the highway
surveyor of their district: Provided,
Thai if any person, being warned to
work upon the highways, shall pay to
the highway surveyor, in the district
in which lie may reside, the sum of one I
dollar ner day tor each d iv required,
the same sitall he recci\ ed in lieu of such
l .i i i- i' i *
i.uiiir, ivini snail do :i]11>!11*<| by the siM
highway surveyor to the construction
and repair of highways and loads in tin*
district. And should any person refuse
citJier to work on the highways and
roads or to pay the line imposed as a
penalty for rclusing to work upon the
highways and roads, according to the j
direction of said commissioners, the
said persons shall he do med guilt y of |
a misdemeanor, and, on conviction '
ihercol, punished hy imprisonment, in.
the Count y jail for the same, lor a term
not exceeding thirty davs.
See. IS. Kach highway surveyor provided
lor in this Act shall receive litteen
cents per hour lor the time ncccs- !
s.vrily employed ks discharging the j
duties required hy this Act: Provided, j
That he shall not receive exceeding hit >
dollars per annum, except in extraordinary
cases, when coiinl y commissioners
may, in their discretion, allow a great- <
cr hnm, and, in wo event, more than
seventy five dollars.
Sec, U). Tiie count v Comniis^ioners
shall, for the year 1-S71, levy no tax !
under this Act hut that provided tor
in section I s, hut sh ti 1 set apart a por- j
tion ol' I he t ix li 'retofore authorized to j
he raided lor county purposes, ;n 1 have
the same laid out a id expended under
tlie provisions of this Act.
Sec. '20. All Acts an I parts of Acts, !
inconsistent with this Act, are hereby
repealed .
Approved March 0. 1S71.
An Act to Kstabliab a Ferry Across!
the Catawba Kivor, notvr the late I
Joint S. Ferry's .Mill, and for Other
Purposes?No. 108.
Section 1. He it enacted by ti e Senate
ftJK 1 II ouso <>f lloprcsontatives of
the State ol South Carolina, now met
and siting in (General Assembly, and
by tbe authority ot lint same, That h
ferry over the Catawba Kivor at a place
where a ferry was formerly operated
bv Johnston and Ferry, and about two
hundred yards from the late John S.
Ferry's Mill, be chartered and vested
in Samuel MoAlilley, bis licith and assigns,
who shall be allowed the-follow- ,
iug rates of toll, to wit: For a person j
ou horseback, ten cents; for a one
horse team, fifteen cents; two horse
team, twenty-five cents; three horse
team, thirty-five cents; ami four horse
teams, fifty coots; ox teams, same as
hotse teams; foot passengers, five cents;
loose horses and mules, five cents each;
cattle, three cents; and hogs, sheep and
goats, two cents each.
Sec. 'I. That this charter shall rem tin
in for the term of lb art ecu yoAivj. '
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ADVERTISEMENT^ .
11 - %i t ?? at s l.ii i per Hpiare for first, .? ? *
i*i> e?*nts (<>r . Ji su'wijiU'iit iu.vrtioo.
Man ias not iron free.
I>? 111 im ami Funeral notices fVoc.
Obituaries of one Mjtiate free; over ou
square churned at a<l\erli.seiii^ rates.
l<eli*;ioilM lioties of one square, free.
A square ei.'ht line:? or iivs, off li.'.s size t\ j?
A liberal discount will l>e mu<le to tin
whose ii?lvorti?eiitenf s are kept in for a let m
<>f tluee months or longer. <
ITovidod, That children going to and
rotuniing from school, and voters going
and returning from their polling
Ol'ei'i lic.t. oil olertloM diiv'vi wleil! lio i>* -
i - - / > - <
x n| ?L I cot 11 paying loll :il the said lei
IV.
See. ;t. Ami ho it fuither m: leted, ' y
the :iuITi >rit y aforesaid, That the County
CoininisHionors of I'airful I I'uiini \
do lay out, of cause ,o In* lai-1 o n,
tuideumi kept in repair, in a* ( ic el u
course as conveiuoul Iy may ho, a road
Iroin I lie 1i i ver llond," er<>ssi:c_r tinWatcreo
Creek at IVrry's J M-l Alt I, i<?
bai'l ferry, on tliu line ot road loiincily
u*od to said terry.
See. I. Ami lie it lurthcr enacted, hy
the aulhorit y aforesaid, Thai ilw I "nn
\ y Commissioners ot I.aticnMi r (hum i
<lo lay out., make ami keep in r |?:|i<, in
as direct a course as eoiiieim ntay m.iV
!>e, a public mail leading to i.ihcny
11 til ami Cain I en, ami that the sumv l?v
docloarod a public highway, with permission
lo those over whose laml said
load may pass to erree-l ^ales across
the same.
Approved March h, 1SV 1.
An Act to Charter the Vciriassec and
Milieu Ivuilroad Company, in the
State ot South Carolina ? No. loll.
Section 1. I'm,* it enacted by the Sonate
and House of Ueprescntatives of
the State ot South Carolina, now mot
and silting in Ceneral Assembly, and
I>\ the authority ot 111? same, Thai
tor the purpose ?>t establishing a ltailro.id
Company fioiii "t cmasscc, on the
Sa\ atinah an<l t 'harlestou Railroad, to a
point at or near Milieu, (tcorgia, that a
charter, will, the lights and pri\ileoes j
iii<'id"iilal to the same, he, ami is hereby,
granted to, and \ested in, John l>.
Kates, ITaneis K. Douuer, Lewis i).
Sam, Daniel Johnson, .lames A. Dun.
bar, Lewis Knim, Kniery \\ aohhurn,
.John K. Dennis, Kerney L. Lines,
riuiolhy Hurley, Anson \V. Tltavct,
11. IJ. Montjoinery, George Watcr,
house, J. (1. .Mayo, J. M, Orolut, it.
| .M. Stewart, Sr., II. d. Mat well, an I
I llioir associates; and when a C??mpai .*
j shall he tormcd, in compliance \\ ith t.econditions
herein prescribed, it shall he
[ known hy the nauie vl the \uma-s-and
.Milieu Railroad Company, a d
j shall have a coi poratc e.xislaiiee, a> a
I body politic, in peipetuity.
See. 2. That t ii capital stoo . o s ?i t
' Company shall he five million p">,??oo, wuij
doLlats, in .-hires of' twc.i?y-lu
dollars each; and, in order to rai.-e in
said capital stork, it shall he lawful i ?
open hooks ot subscription in su.-h
places, and at stuja times, as may ho
deemed tor the hot iiitct'tsls ot the
I corporation, under the direction of.tho
I corporators?tli t'ui .'S and places to
k receiving such Mibsenptions to he dc?
I termiiied hy a majority <?t I he corpe:ators;
hut should a in ijority fail to (i\,
such line s nil I place-, then such tinn i
and places may be li\cd hv au?y lorn
ot the corporators liereinhefore uanieu.
' having given <lu ? notice ol the nam j
in any newspaper or ii?'w+?|upors ot th i
State; ami tho subseriptiou books shall
be kept open lor twenty days from
nut Li lines, an I at such placi s, as said
corporators may dotonniue; tli.it on
each Jiai*i ot st >ok subscribed the sai'.*
subscribers shall pay two dollars i?> tho
corporators, who shall deposit the
same in some national or State hank.
When owe hundred thousant dollars
shall have heen subscribed, ilie tutd
eoi porators, or any lour of them, shall
give notice, by publication for <.t least
ten d lys, of the time ami place of moot
ing toi organization.
, it re. h. Whtne\ cv tin! snid sum rf
one hnii I roil thousand dollars hIi ..l
h ive been subscribed, the sulmeriber-.,
their executors, adminiUmtoFS ami
assigns, shall, be, and they are herein,,
di eieared to be incorporated into a
( ompauy, am! shall.have all the rights
ami privileges conferred upon the.Savannah
and Charleston Railroad Company,
ratified Duoembcr :'.ist, A. l>.
I So t: Provided, however,'lli.it iiolhit' g
herein coitlai iieil shall lie so construe i
as lo o\c'iii|it the said Company iro.n
'.hi' i?ayiiciiL ol ewes: And provide !t
hirihoi, Phi.I this AelKp.aU not he C a,strned
so as lo bind the State lo.endorse,
guarantee or ai l said roail.
See. I. That the said t'oiep.my ?hail
h ive t'ae light to build bridges acrost
navigable ri\era: Provided, Tiiey vdaiil
I?:11 in good and sullieieiit itra Ws, *a: 1
shall eonstruet necessary stations {?j. I
turn-outs, vviili one or more tracts to
the road, with Mien gauge as will no respond
with that <d the Savannah .a I
I'harleston llailroad, and uitiv.oo-ooei*t
^ A
ate with sneh road or roads as w:iv oe
..I. U...I l.w I I... - - ?' t I
I l.t< IVI HIU I'II.HU Ul V'Ulf: .'I, >(
.-ftWWiii?/ hut one road, at their ilLer*lion:
I * rc?\ ided, I hut .lite .sui<i road?&ii?iil
be commenced within one year, in
complete-I within tivo year#. itfterAnn
it ussnge of thi> Act, or the charter iho. -
o*t m 11;i 11 he forfeited: And pruviden,
further, TLi.it k.ti 1 road shall bo>u> ji o?
to the jirovissi-m.H of nu Act ontits ii
"An Act to "fai lure the manner l.y
which the lauds, or the right of w-/
over the lands, of persons or corjioia?
lions may he taken for the constrctioa
and uses of railways, and other u cries
of internal improvementrati tic J September
2 id, A. 1). IS'iii.
See. a. This Act shall bo decmeil &
|m?.dfa Ant, aiid^ continue iu to.ee for