The Greenville enterprise. (Greenville, S.C.) 1870-1873, April 10, 1872, Image 4
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PUBLISHED BY A^THOMJ^T.
AN ACT TO AUTttORlZB Tnl FORMATION
OF. AND TO IFOOKFORATR.
TH1 LAURElfe AMD ABBEVILLE
RAILROAD.
Section L Bo It enanted by U?* B?"iU
ami Boom of Rtprmnutivrt of the State
of 9onth Oarolioa, now met and .Hting in ,
General Aaeembly, and by the authority of
the name: f' r! ?-V<
That J. R. Fowler, William llille. Lay eon
Oweni, Samuel Fleming, Vn, H ^eng ton,
Y. J. P. Owen., J. Crowe, W. R Sarin.
Thome. M. Cox, Alexander Ieaaoa, WUaon
Cook, Alex. McBre, H. P. Hammett, L.
William., Hewlett Sullivan. Jamea P*
Moure, ud their associates and successors,
be, and they ere hereby, daelafed a body
polilio and corporate, uadat the nana and
style of the Ltertnt and Aahavilla Railroad
Company, for the parpose of eonstrnetlng a
railroad from the town of Laoreaa to the
town of Greenville, and thcocc towards
Ashe villa, N. C., by the most direct and
passable roots.
Sec 2. That, for the parpose of raising
the capital stock of said Company, it shall
be lawful to open books, at the town of
Laurens, under the direction of J. R. Fowler,
Wen Mills, Laoson Owens, Samut]
Fleming, Win. II. Langston, T. J. P. Owens,
and J. Crews; at tbs town of Greenville,
under W. E. Eerie. Thomas M. Cox, Alexander
leases, Wilson Cook, Alsx. McBec,
H. P. Hammelt, L. Williams, Hewlett Sullivan,
and James P. Moore; and at tneh
other places, in the eounties of Laurens and
Greenville, and under the direction of such
other persona, as the Commissioners in the
respective counties herein above named
may designate, for the pnrpose of securing
subscriptions to nn amount not exeeeding
two million fire hundred thousand dollars,
in shares of ons hundred dollars each, to
con-.t.inte a joint capital stock, for the pnrpose
of constructing and carrying into operation
the said railroad; and on each
share of ind'vidnsl stock the subscribers
.k.i i ... ik. i t ... v. ~ .v.ti
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be authorized to take the same, the sum of
five dollars, lawful money of the United
States.
See. 3 That, when the sum of one linns
dred thousand dollars shall hare been subscribed
in the manner before specified, the
subscribers shall be, and they aie hereby,
declared a body corporate, to be known by
the name and style of the Lanrens and
Aeheville Railroad Company, and may meet
and organize said company, at such lime
and place, as may be designated by the
Commissioners, for tlie town of Laurens
hereinbefore named.
See. 4 That, for the purpose of organizing
said company, all such powers as are
conferred by the charter of the Greenville
and Columbia Railroad Company on the
Commissioners at Gr< envllle, shall be, and
are hereby, conferred on the C? mmission
ers herein appointed, at the town of Lau.
rens ; and all the jiowera. rights and privi
leges granted by the said charter, and its
mnen ments, to the Greenville and Columbia
Railroad Company, shall be, and they
nre hereby, granted to the Lanrens 'and
Aslievillc Railroad Company, and subject
to like restrictions as are therein contained'
except as to the capital stock, the sum necessary
to authorize organization, nnd the
amount of shares, except to far as may be
necessary to conform to the speeial provisions
of this Act: Provided, however, That
nothing herein contained shall be so construed
as to bind the State to subscribe
slock in said company, or make any appropriation
to enable the said company to
build said rond, or in any manner to loan
the credit of the State thereto.
See. 5. .Be it further enacted. That it
shall be lawtul for any eouuty, township,
town or city in this State, interested in the
const ruction of the said railroad, to sub*
scribe to the capital stock of said company
such sum as the mnjority of the voters
such county, township, town or city mav
authorize their constituted anthortiea to
subscribe; nnd tbe Chairman of the Board
of County Commissioners of any county, or
the Mayor or lotcndant of any town or city
in this Sta'e, when instructed by resolution
of u convention of taxpayers of euch county,
township, town or city?said ccnven.
tion to be called, after reasonable notice
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by the Chairman of the Board of County
Commissioners, or '.he Mayor or Inleudant
of (lie town or city, upon the application of
not less than ten tax-payers, in writing?is
hereby required to gambit the question of
said snbscriptioc, and the amount to be subscribed
to the said road, to a vote of the
legal voters thereof, the said Mayor, Chaii**
man or Tntcodant to designate the preeincts
for voting, aud to appoint suitable Managers
to condnet the same, and declare the
result.
See. 6. That if any couuty, township, '
town or city shall make a subscription to
said road, as provided in the foregoing section,
saiJ subscrption shall be raised by taxation,
in annual installments, of not less
than ten nor mora than twenty years, as
the people may authorize in the vote
aforesaid.
Sec. 7. That whenever any subscription ,
shall he made by any county, township, i
town or city to said road as aforesaid, the
County Auditor or other officer discharge
ing the duties of County Auditor, shell ??- <
sees annually, upon the tax-payers of such 1
county, township, town or city, such per *
centum as may be necessary to raise the 1
annual installment required by said sub- 1
scription, which shall be known aod styled 1
in the tax Loot* as the said railroad tax, 1
which shall be collected by the County *
Treasurer, uoder the same regulations as
are provided by law for the oo'-l-ction of ,
the Stale and county taxes, end which shall
be paid over i>y saM Cotanty Treasurer aa
soon as collected to the Treasurer of seid
Railroad Company,
Sec. 8. That, upon the payment of aaid
annual railroad tax by Ihs tax payers, the
Coooty Treaeorer or other officer eolleetiag .
aaid tax shall give to ?aoh tax payer a ear-,
tificats of the amount paid by him on aaid
railroad tax, whieh certificate shall be oon- 1
vertablc into slock in said Railroad Company,
at par, la the bands of aaid lax-payar
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or lb? keirir ibereoi, wntn prmmyi to
llio ooroj>?ny for lh?t parpoM. 1 1
See. ?. 1 >?o?1 oooTtulioui of tb?
teckhoMcra o^bZZpnpaiiy, M?h county,
towoaliip, towu'^Fiky, aa may tabacribo
to the capital Hock l he roof, nay b? r?pr?
gf??
m i minnmri! i i-? . rnri
^ot*d bp net !? tbna threenor more than
by the eeiLiiUulen of ths lii?p?j?r? afore*
nueh county, township, |t?i or eity, M thn
onae tony bo. in km* taaunae as the Mid
conventions may determine, and tor tbli
purpose, tlio ObiinMt of th* Coaoty Commissioners
of ?y county, or Uu liny or or
la lead ant of amy town or ?!ty. la which
nueh auboorlptioaa may bo made, to hereby
requite! to eall a convention of naob taxpayer
n, ai leant toe days before the meeting
of any oonrentioa of stockholders of an id
company to which the delegates are to be
appelated.
See. 10. That aald company in authorised
to receive subscription to Its capital stock
in lands or labor, as may be agreed apon
between stld company and said subscribers,
and may acquire, by grant, purchase, leans
or otherwise, any estate, real or personal,
whatsoever, and the same to hold, use, sell
convey and dispose of, aa the iattrtit ol
aid oompany requires.
8??. 11. That the Gouuty Commissioners
of the counties of Laurens and Greenville'
and lha proper authorities of the towns
and villages ia the counties snhseriblng to
the capital stock of ths said Laurens and
Asbsvilte Railroad be empowered, as soon
as the said company shall have oorupliod
with the terms of subscription of any of
ths above mentioned counties, towns, cities
or villages, and said subscriptions accepted
by said company, then the said County
Commissioners of sueh county, or the proi
per authority of such towns and villages,
are authorized and required to issue bonds
to the amount of said eubscriplion, and to
have levied and collected, par to par, on all
taxable property In siid county, towns or
villages, a sum of money sufficient to meet
the interest seeming on sueh bonds as may
be issued to meet snch subscription to the
capital stock of said Laurens and Ashevtllc
Railroad Company, and to provide for the
payment of such bonds ss they may fall due.
Sec. 12. That the said company be. and
they are hereby, authorised to iaaue first
mortgage bonds in so amount or amounts
not exceeding twenty thousand dollars per
mil. ?.?l. ..J ?.... ?SI. -t ,1. 1 1
" V, >V) VNUH auu *J?CJ llll C VI IIIV UIU
B* soon as each mile ot I ha nm? ah all
be completed, and to oo until the Completion
of <he entire road.
Apptovei Marsh 13,1872.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE TI1R RED
BANK MANUFACTURING COMPANY,
OF LEXINGTON COUNTY.
Section 1. Be it enncted by the Senate and
Honae of Representatives ot the State of Sooth
Carolina, now met and titling In General Assembly,
and by the authority of the same :
That Fredrick W. Green, John Green, John
P. Southern, Clark Waring and W. C. fiwaffteld,
and others, and their associates and successors,
are hereby made and created a body
politic and corporate, and under the name and
style of 44 The Red Bank Manufacturing Company,"
for the purpose of manufacturing cotton
yarns and cloth, and such other fabrics as
tho demand of the community way require,
aud also for the transaction of all such business
as may be connected with the above parposes,
with a capital of thirty thousand dollars,
with power to increase it to one hundred
thousand dollars, tho consent of a majority of
the stockholders being first bad and obtained.
See. 2. Tho said corporation may purchase
and hold such real estate as may be required
for their purposes, or such as they may deem
it for their interost to take in settlement of any
debts due them, and may dispose of them ; and
mny erect such mills, machine shops and
buildings thoreon as msjr be deemed necessary,
and may sue and be aued, have nnd uso a
common seal, and make aucb by-laws for the
regulation and government of said corporation,
not inconsistent with the Constitution and
Inws of the United States and of this State,
a8 may be deemed necessary ; and shall have,
generally, nil the rights, powers and privileges
in law incident or appertaining to corporations.
Sec. 3. Tnat this act (hall bo a public act,
nnd shall continue of force for the term of
twenty--!!ve years.
Approved March 9, 1872.
JOINT RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE
TIIE PAYMENT OF COMMISSIONERS
AND MANAGERS OF ELECTION8 AT
8PECIAL ELECTIONS DURING THE
YEAR EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND
SEVENTYhONE.
Be it resolved ty lbs Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of the
airne:.
ti,.I ik. at.i .,^:t? t- i 1? ..<1.?
iuv utNM nuuaivi av ii^riujr nuvuwr*
i/.cd and required to audit tha account* of
ilie Commissioners and Managers of Bleeliona
at special elcctiona held during the
year eighteen hundred and seventy one, in
any of the counties of thla State, and there
upon the State Treasurer ia hereby authorized
and required* to pay the same oat of
any unexpended balanee of the appropriation
made by section 4 of the Aet of March
7, 1871, entitled " An Aet to make appropriation
and raise supplies for the fiscal
year commencing November 1^-1870," "for
deficiency for paymeot ol Commissioners
and Managers of Elections, ten thousand
dollars."
Approved Mareh 12, 1872.
JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING
THE STATE TREASURER TO PAY
THE SALARY OP TOfi LATE JUDOK
PLATT TO HIS
Be it resolved by the Pan ate and House of
Representatives of the BtAfik^nf Sodtb Caroli
on, now met and fitting is General Asaatnbly,
and by the sutbority of the seme:
That the State Treasurer be, and he ie hereby,
authorized and directed to pay to Mrs.
Cornelia Piatt, widow of the late Zephania
Piatt. Judge of the Second Circuit ot this
State, the amount of salary, as Circuit Judge,
vhlch would have aecrued to the Jndge of tba
taid Circuit from April 24, 1871, the daU of
the decease of Judge Piatt, to September 9,
1871, the date of the quslAcation of hia suotessor
in office.
Approved Mareh 9, 1872.
JOINT RESOLUTION TO PROVIDE VOR
THE PAYMENT OP CERTIFICATES
ISSUED BY THE QKNBRAL ASSEMBLY.
Be It resolved by the Senate and Honse of
Representatives of the State ef South Caroline,
now met aad sitting in CNoeral Assembly,
and bj the authority oftbe same:
8ect>on 1. That the State Tnararjr la here*
by authorlied and required to pay the eertifl.
cat** of tbe member# and anbordtna tee of tba
General Aeeembly, leaned ^ the Clvbeof
both Hoaaaa, and bearing the %naioMO of the
President of tba Senate and tbe Speaker of
the Houaa of RepreeenttJiree, ta the United
Rtotoa onrreney, fold or ellrer ooin.only.~w
And lw (a hereby aettberleed te borrow, on the
Taith and erodU of the State, n eaSolent
amount to eaoeel the ated wHiitelei.
Approved Mareb 19, llWfr * ***^
AN ACT TO REN*W AJHD AMEND THE
OUARTBR ON THE TOWN OP WIL'
enacted by 4* BMtU ud
HagHof HiiiiiiinllMiM of ftka SUU vfJSMtk
, " ~ 1,1 1 wm ' ** ^ r'TT*p"
fwrnNee, m* Ml ul Atdeig la Qn?nl AewaWft
ud by m taAatil; ef tW aa* i
Wll from Ul Ha?acdicUly after the pee*
age of this eot, all and every ?bhoa or per oae
who roey have resided within the corporate
limits ef the towo of WDlismeton
for ooe year, or who may owe a freehold
therein, and their enoeeeeort, are hereby de?
e'ared to he members of the corporation
| hereby intended to be ereeted.
See. a. That it- mU mU. .U-i
successor** shall, from sad a(Ar lha pa*
( of this Ml, b>w? body palitia and
Corporate, and hall b? known and ealUd
by tha aam? of lha town of Wttliamtton,
and lis corporate limit* fhaU Mrtand o?n
. .ntla in tha direction Ttbacefdlnal point*
from tha preaaot brhk' hotel as a centra, '
and form a cirola.
> See* S. That lha said lawn hail ba gov rned
by an ioUndant and four warden*,
1 who aball ba peraona that aataally raaida
r within the limit* af lha corporation, and
bar* so raaided at least twalra month* itnrnadiately
pracediog their alaation. The
aid intandant and wardasa aball ba elected
on tha *aaood Monday in September In each
year, ten dnya' notice having been pravionaiy
given, and ahnll continue in affiea for
one ja*r, and until tha election aad qualification
of their successors, And all mala
inhabitants of tha aald town, who ahall have
ntuinad tha age af twenty-ona year*, and
resided therein sixty day* imniadiaUly preceding
the election, shall be entitled to vote
for aaid Intandant nnd warden*; provided,
that no parson shall bo allowed to vota at
any aoah election who aball not have regis
ered hi* nam* as a voter with the clerk of
the council, in a b?ok or booke to be kept
by him for that purpose, by 10 o'cloek A.
H., on tha day preceding every such aleetion.
Bee. 4. That ssid election shall ba hsld in
soma convenient pnbllo place in aaid town,
from nine o'clock in tha morning until flvs
o'clock in the evening, and when the polls
shall be closed, lha manager* ahall forthwith
proceed to count the votes. Iind,r nalh n?l?.
. I (
licly, staling the whole number of vote* ,
cut for eeoh tudidtU or person voted for, |
end shell transmit their report for the seme, ,
in e seeled envelope, to (be Intendant of the j
town, end if there be no such Intendent, 4
the seme shell be transmitted to the Clerk r
of the Court of Anderson eounty. The said 4
Intendent, or Clerk of the Court, shell open (
the report of the said managers, end shell t
announce end publish the whole number of ,
voles cast, end the whole number cast for |
each candidate, when the several candi- r
deles receiving the highest number of legal r
votes for the offices which they were voted t
for, shaft be declared duly elected. The j
Intendent and Wardens, for the time be- #
ing. shall always appoint three manager* to a
conduct the election, who^ before they op? n ?
the polls for mid election, shall take the j,
oath fairly and impartially, to conduct the v
same. And the Intendaot and Warden*, e
before enteiing upon the duties of their of* (
fice, shall, renpeetivelv, take the oalli pre- t
scribed by the constitution of this State, and (
also th# following oath, to wit: "As Intend- r
ant (or Warden) of the town of Williamaton, a
I will faithfully and impartially, to the best c
of my ability, ezerciee the trust reposed In p
me, and will use my best endeavors to pre- u
setv# the peace, and carry into effect, ac* p
cording to law, the purpose lor which I t
have been elected : So help me God." p
Sec. 6. In case a vacancy should occ"r in g
the office of Intendent, or any of the War- e
dent, by death, resignation, or otherwise,
an election to All such vacancy shall he held m
by the appointment of the Intendaot and p
Warden or Wardens; and, in ease titers be t,
none, then by the appointment of the Clerk p
of tlie Court of Anderten county. m
Sec 6. That the Intendant and Wardens, |,
duly elected and qualified, shall be, during e
their term of office, vested with all the ii
powers and authority with which Trial R
Justices are at present vested by law, ex- ?
cept the trial of civil esses, sad exespt as it g
may be otherwise provided in lhss set? ?
And the Intendant shall and may, at often t
aa necessary, summon the u ardeos to meet t
in council, any two of whom, with the In- a
lendant, or any three Wardens, may con- t
stitute a quorum to transact business; end
they shall he known by the oam* of th?
Town Council of Williamaton ; and they, |
and their aneeeseore hereafter to be elected, ,
may have a common seal, which ahall be af- (
fixed to all other ordinances, may sue and he ,|
sued, plead and he impleaded. In any court ,
of law or equity in this S'ate, and purchase, t
hold, poetess and enjoy, to them and their ()
successors in perpetuity, or for any teim of m
years, any estate, real, personal, or mixed, f(
and sail, alien and convey the same: pro- p
vided, The same shall not eiceed, at any d
on# time, the sum of leu thousand dollars. ^
And the said Intendant and Wardens shall ?
have full power to make and establish all
such rules, bylaws and ordinances respect- ^
ing the roads, streets, markets end polios of ^
said town as ahall appear to them necessary
and requisite for the security, welfare and
convenience of the said town, or for preserving
the health, peace, order and good
government within the same. Aad the acid
council may fix and impose fines and penalties
for the violation thereof, and appropriate
the same to th* publia nae of tha aald
corporation : Provided, That ia all osece of
trials to be had before (he said town council,
as hereinbefore provided, the party
charged shall be cited to trial by service *
upon him of a summons, under tha hand of
the Intendaot, any one of the Wardens, or
th* clerk of the council, wherein aball be exv
pressed, with eertainty, the offense charged,
D<1 the tim? tod pl?M of trial, which ssr? 10
tit* ball ba ma Jo at least flee day* before
the d?; of trial, bi
See. V. That tha Intcndant and Wardens <
of the said town shall hare full aad only *l
power to grant or refaqp iliemM to retail
api< itaeue liquors within the eaid limits, ,r
which lieenea shall lwi0fcoted in the saoaa M
manner, and opon tha' same conditions, as u
they now are, ar way hereafter ba, nadar p
the laws'of th-.s State, except that the town r<
aouneil shall hare tha power to ragnlata *'
tha price of license to keep i seems and IS p
reuU episgtoans-liquore | Prooided, That in
no nstenee did prion of n licence eo to koap T
taeern or NSlI eplritooan liqaom shell ba
Used at a lasa anas than iaaeUbllahad bj the *
lews ef Usie Statej and nil tba powers rest- p
ad Wnteely la the sosacwlesion ere of rondo n
nro hereby granted (b the said Intandhnt
and Vmtfp tHkh tha sett Resits ; and h
Vf ? 7* a '
1
U mqotyi jyU far Umim, ud for 8o?
od (orfailur**, for ralalliog aplrituou* II[ on,
keeping Urerm, bUkrd Ublra, with-'
ilk* a*!d limit*, without llcifta*. ba'll b?
ppropriaUd to Ik* om* of aaid oorporailoo:
'rorldvd, That tka lotandant mod Wardena,
kaly al*et*d **4 qotliflad, ahall aaClfrt
N>w*r to iraat aar Ita?aa* to ktM iirirn
?r NUll spirituous liquors to iitiod be?
rond the time Tor which they aboil him
MOO tlootod.
9oo. 8. That It aboil bo tho doty of the
id IaUbdant ood Wardens to hoop oil
recta, rood*, ood ways, within thoir eorxwato
linlti open ood to good repair; and,
'or that purpose, tboy are forested with all
.bo powora granted formerly to the oommie*
lionera of roada. And thoy ahall bare pows
>r to compound with all peroona liable to
work the streets, waya aad roada la aald
town, opop aoeh tanno aa they ahall, by or*
linaoeo, establish; the money a ao raoeired
to bo appHel to the pnblio use.
See. 8- That tho aald town oonoeil ahall
bare power to iapooo on aoaoal tax apoo
the keeper* ol all billiard tablet and teo pin
tllayi, or other pin aitayp. within the dieM-eUoo
of add eooooil; and to grant or re<
fuse lieaaaas for the amine, apod auch tonne
and oonditionn nnd aubjeot to aueh regulation*,
aa thm may, by ordinance, oaUbliah.
rboy ahall also hard power to impoee a tax,
within their alteration, on nil aaloa made
jy itinerant traders and aoctioneers, on all
?ublia drays, wagons, carriage*, omnlbu-ee,
tnd other rihielea, kept for hire, and on
ha owaara or proprietors of ail dog*, hogs,
beep, goata aad cattle kept within the cor
xjrate limits of aaid town. The aald town
tounail ahall hare power to impoee an aninal
tax on the amount of nil aaloa of goods,
raroa and merehendise, and alao upon the
mount of income arising Irom all factorage
od mrrchandiao, cmploymonta, faculties
,nd profession*, including the profeaaioo of
lentiatry ; also upon the amount of income
rom all moneya loaned at interest, and
rom diridenda reeeired from bank* and all
>tbar stoeke: Prorided, That no tax shall
> impoaed. In any one eaae, to exeeed the
ate of thirty eents on each hundred dotart
of the ralue of aueh tale* and income,
^nd the aald town council ahall hare powir
to impose ao annual tax on all carriages
ind wagons, of whatever kind, kept for
trivat* use; on all gold, silver aad other
ratchet, kept for private use, within the
imitsof the said town. And the said town
touncil shall have power to ine pose an as*
lunl tax, not exceeding thirty cents on evry
hundred dollars of the value of all real
istat* lying in the corporate limits of said
own, tha real estate of churches and school
issocistions excepted ; and, for that pur*
>ose, they shall appoint three freeholders
esiding therein to assess Die value of said
eal estate, upon oath, and return the as*
essmrnt, within one month, to said council
or taxation ; and to fill any vsesney occalorie.1
by lbs death, resignation, refusal to
erve, or removal froaa office, of the itid
seessor. And the raid town council shall
tave power to regulate tha price of licenses
ipon all public shows and exhibitions in
aid town ; to erect powder msgscine, and
o compel any person holding more than
wenty five pounds of powder to store the
arae therein, and to maka regulations for
stes of storage thereof, and for keeping
nd storing Ihs same. And the a*id burn
ouncil shall have power to snlorce the
laymeutof all taxeaand assessments, levied
inder the authority of this Act, against the
>rop?rty and pereoos of defaulters, to the
ame exieut, and in tha same manner as is
>rovided by law for the collection of the
:eueral State tax, except that executions lo
uforce the psymeut of town taxes shall be
Mued under the seal ol the corporation,
nd directed to the town marshal, or other
erson especially appointed hy the said
own council, to collect tha zame ; and all
roperty upon whieh a tax shall be levied
od asserted, is hereby declared anJ made
able for the payment thereof in prefer*
dcc to other debts doe by the person own*
lg such property at the time of the assess
tent, except debts due the State, which
hell be first psld. Tha oald moneys, to*
ether with all other moneys collected by
uihorily of the provisions of this set, sad
he ordinances passed in conformity there*
o, from whatever source said moneys may
rise, lo he paid into the treasury of said
own, for the use of the corporation
Sec. 10. That returns shall be made, on
in, i? wi? cier-K 01 me town council, <iur?
ng the month of January, in each year, of
h? amount of mIm of merchandise, profesionnl,
mechanical, or othar incomes, and of
he quantity and kind of all other property
lian real estate subject to taxation, under
he provision* of this Act, by persons who
lay be liable to pay the taxes on the same ;
nd the said taxes shall be paid nn or beore
the first day of Mareh then next en?u?
ng. Upon failure thereof,' any party in
efault shall be subject to the penalties now
rovided by law for failure to pay the gen
ral State tax.
8ec 11. That the said town council shall
are authority to require all persons ownrig
a lot or lots, whenever they shall (root
n or adjoin any public street of said town,
r. in the jadgment of the council, sueli side*
'elks sfasll be necessary, the width thereof
nd the manner of their construction to be
esigoated end regulated by the said eounil;
and for default or refusal to make and
eep in repair aueh sidewalks, the town
nuneil may cause the earns to be mads and
ul in repair, end require the owner to pay
lie pries of luaktog or repairing ; and the
lid town rooneil are hareby empowered to
ic tor and recover the same action of debt
i any court of competent iurledietion in
nderson eonnty : Provided. That each nonact
for making or repairing be let to the
iweet bidder.
Ht*. IS. That tli# Mid tow* eounell aholl
iv* powvr, with the eonMnl of th* edja.
tot l*nd-own?r?, to alone ad auoh road*,
r?*U and way* within th* aatd town aa
ay maj dtvn nvwavary, by aaU of th*
eehold therein, cither at private or pablie
ila. a* lb?j may a^judg# tot for th* Intra#*
of Mid town ; and lhajrahatl alao have
owar to lay oat, adopt, open and k**p in
pair all *??h naw elreata, road* and way*
1 thay may. from tin* to tiro*, damn im
artant or otewatrj foe the improvement
nd aoovanieno* of Mid town t Profiled,
hat no naw atrant, rood or way ab*U be
panad withont fir at having obtained the
meant of tha land owaar thronfh whaaa
ramtaaa any cnah oaw alraat, rood or way
lay paaa,
Ann IS That tWaaid town noqnail ahnll
?? powir, and am hdraby aot^ri(^, to
BfMWWWill muriBUi 111 f IT
elect om or BtrH W? ?* tfcflr
derive end prescribe iMr duties, who dfcell
W duly MtM tir; and Invested with all the
power and subject lo oil the duties end lie
bllitioa that ??aeUblep how'^n veer are
jtetad, by low, In addition to the dutleo and
liabilities apoeiolly oooferred and imposed
on then hy the town ooonail: Provided,
That their jurisdiction ahull be eoudned to
|ke corporate limits of said town.
See. 14k That the aatd town oonnetl ahall
hare power to eetablish a guard houee, and
to prescribe, by ordinaooe^ anitabU rulea
and regulations for keeping and governing
U>4 fame, and for the confinement of all persons
Who may be sqhjeOt to bo eotgfnitted
for the violation of any ordinance of the
town, paased in conformity with the pro*
visions of this act; and the fold town connell
may, by ordinance, or theeaid Intended
and Wardens, In person, any one or mora
of tbem, authorize and require the Marshal
of the town, or any constable specially appointed
for that purpose, to arrest and com.
mit to the said guard hones, for a term not
cioeedtnf twenty-four hour*, any person or
persona who, within tbe eorpotate limits of
said town, may be engaged in a breach of
the peace, any riotona or disorderly conduct,
open obaeeoity, public drunkenness,
or in any conduct greenly indecent or dangerene
to the ciilMM of said town, or any of
tbem ; and It shall be tbe duly of the town
marshals to arrest end commit all such offend
ere, when requited to do so, and who
shell have cover In call to thflr assistance
the pom eomllatos, if need be, to aid in
n?li>f eueli arrest; and upon the failure
of each Ifarehele to perform each duty ae
required, they shall. severally, be aubject
to eneh finee and penalties a# the town council
may eatablieh ; and all pereone eo imprieoned
aheli pay tba eoeta and expeneee incident
to thoir imprisonment: Provided,
That each Imprisonment ehall not exempt
the party from payment of any fine the
eonnoll may Impore for the offense for which
he may have been eommitted.
See. 16. That the eald town council ehall
have power to collect th* taxee from all persona
representing publicly, within the corporate
limite, for gain or reward, any playe
or ahowe, of what nature or klod eoever, to
be need tor the purpoooo of eald corporation.
800. 16. That all linos, whioh ehall hereafter
bo collected by conviction in tbe court
of eeeeiona. for retailing'without license within
the corporate limits of eald town, ehall
be paid one half to the informer, and the
other half to eaid town eouneil, for the
usee of the corporation.
Sec. If. The eaid town council ehall have
power and authority to abate all nuleaneea
within the corporate limits, and also to appoint
a Board of Health lor said town, sad
to paea all such ordinances aa may ba necessary
to define the powers and duties of
raid board.
8sc. 18. That the Intendent and Warden*
shall, during their term of office, be exempt
from street duty ; and caeh town council
shall, within one month after the expiration
of their term of office, make out and
retnrn to their eueceeeore a full aecount of
their receipts and expenditures during their
term, and shall pay over all moneys in their
hands belonging to the corporation, and deliver
un all nroneriv. Iiookl. records and
other paper* incident to their office, to their
successors ; and, on failure eo to do, thry
hall he liable to the pouishmenl prescribe
ed in the twentieth section of thie Aot.
Sec. 19. That all ordinance* heretofore
parsed by the Town Council of WillUmston
in eonfonniiy with the authority granted by
existing law*, ehall he. and they are hereby,
declared legal and valid.
Sec 20. That, for any willful violation of
duty, malpractice, above or oppree?ion, the
aid Intendnnt and Wardens, j tintly and
severally, shall be liable to indictment in
the Court of Seeeiooe, and, upon eonvielion,
to puniahmcnt by fine not exceeding one
hundred dollstf, besides being liable for
damages to any person injured.
Sec. 21. That all Acts, or parts of Acts,
heretofore passed in relation to the incorporation
of the town of Wllllamston, be,
and the eame are hereby, repealed. And
thie Act shall be deemed and taken to be
a public Act. and continue in force for the
term of twenty years, and until the end of
the session of the Legislature then next ens
uing.
Approved Mareh 9, ls72.
AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF
BUOYS AND BEACONS.
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representative* of the State ol
South Caroline, now method silting in
General Assembly, and by the authority ol
the same:
Any person or persona who shall move
any vessel, scow, boat or raft,-to any buoy,
or beacon, or floating guide, placed by the
United State* Light Honae Board, in the
navigable waters of this Slate, or who
shall in any manner make fast thereto any
vessel, boat, scow or raft; and any person
or persona who shall wilfully destroy, in<
jura or remove any such beacon or guide,
hall forfeit and pay a sans not sxereding
one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned ia
the common jail not exceeding three
months.
See. 2. Said forfeitures may b* recover"
ed by an action of tort, eomplalot, or inv
dictment, before any court competent to
try the aaeae; one halt accruing to the in(nrmar
ap M\mnlaisAnl snd |Ka AlK*r liall
to Utt country io which the trial ahall be
had. ~rx *wr>
Appro?ad March IS. 1871.
AN ACT TO TNCORPORATK TUB WILLTOWN
NATIONAL GUARDS, Of COLLETON
COy NIT. , n a \*t
Section 1. Be it enacted Hy the Senate and
Honae of Repreaentaiivea of the State of Sooth
Carolina, now met and aittlng in Genera! Aaaembly,
and hp the authority of the aame i
That Benjamin Rivera, Major Solomon and
Chieholia Ford, onder the name and atyle o!
the " Will town National Canada, of Colleton
County," they an J their aneeeaaora and aaaoeia
tea tn olBce, he, add they era hereby. Incorporated,
ead made and declared a body politic
and eornerata. in deed and in law. and. na inch
todjr pollUo, thai) but pom to mm ud keop
i omum mI, tto tow at will to alter j to
moko all ntaoooory Vy-Utrr, not rappfaaat to
th? law* of tko Watt, ud to tan Mtoaotioo of
arxtoiacK t
?H?W( toaay *??Hof ooa^toat jarttotottoa
to (kb State i aatt to bar*, ?m aal oojoy all
ottor right* aatt to mbjaot to a^k ottor JlabBUiot,
In-M-at' to bottioo i?TP*rmU.
8o0. 9. lib Ami obaM to ill toll Hi tab on
to to a patlb Aot, aatt Mi ooatiaao la form
aattt npnbi.
TINE AT GEORGETOWN, CHARLESjsxsa&K^
C?oEifc,?<>?aitiiH trnt JZfc'XSJuU-aoinbJy,
and by tfco fcrtbortty of tho ?tao t
IkUw atwh f# Soot too t of OA A?CM|town,
Charleston ood Hlltoo Hood," 0pp*t+*t
ths Mth doy ol SopUiobor, A D. I8W,oj protide.
that Uo acborago potad for Tiy)l fo
quarantine, Port Of Htttoa Hood, ihtll k
what* it bai fcwtiliw teM, la barety upHilnl
.
8m. 1. That said anchorage Ml
tha mm la harshy, ItMhl an
the North alda of l'arls Island, to ha MM:
ted by Bteyi, anchored under the dlreotlpf of
tha Health Ofloara of that Part.
8m. 8. Thai a quarantine station abaQ ha
aatablishod at Saint Ha)epa Saand, (eoyertng
tha Soaad and adjacent risers,) with aneh*r>
age ground tor vaaaala whara It haa haratofora
lean, and that a TleaUh Offioer loraaid stattea
ah all ba appointed by tha Gorernor, who ahull
hold hla offlca for a tone of two years, aalaaa
aooner rumored, with tha aaaaa compensation
now allowad tha Health Ofloagaof Georgetown
and Hilton Hani.
Sao. 4. If ffiy pprsan or peruana amplvad
upon an* rossol, railroad, alprwt, or rthar
' oonreyanoe, ahull reoelro and coo ray qa y pareon
effected with any contagious or lufoetiona
dltoaee, or ah all teoelro and transport any
, dead body, to any of tha cities or towna loea,
tad apoa tha eoeat of tbia State, without paratlaeion
from the Health Off ear af tha Port of
Charleaton, between tha lat day of April and
tha lat day af December, aneh perron or par one,
aball ba deemed guilty of a mlsdeiManor,
and, upon convietljn, shall ba punished by
a line net exceeding one thousand dollars, or
imprisonment for a term ant exoeedtng one
yMr.
Sec- i. All permits leaned by Health Off oar
shall ba at tha ax pease of the rosea), or eonreyaaee
to which such permit may be issued,
and shall ba eo! lee ted by the Health Offeer
issuing the same.
See. 0. That so much of Section 29, as requires
the Health Officers of Georyetowa and
Hilton Head to report their doings to the Goternor,
at the end of M?h month, la hereby repeeled
, and that the said officers together with
any and all other Health Officers, who may be
SD DO In ted snbaoaaent to the MM... ?f twu
Act, (ball report the came, at the and of aaeh
month, to tba Health Otteer of the Pert of
Charleston, whose doty it shall be to forward a
consolidated report of the doings of such oO?
eers, to the Governor of the State monthly aad
the Legislature annually.
Approved March 4, 1871.
AN ACT TO RENEW THE CHARTER OP
PEAT'S PERRY, OVER THE WATBREE
RIVER.
Section 1. Be It enacted hy the Senate and
House of Representatives of the 8tate of
8outh Carolina, now met aad sittiag in General
Assembly, and by the authority of the
That the charter ef the ferry over Wateree
River, knosra as Peay's Ferry, he, and the
same is hereby, renewed, and continued In
force from and after the passage of this act,
until amended or repealed ; and the same is
hereby vested in D. J. D. Cure ton, his executors,
administrators and assigns, subject to like
powers, privileges and limitations sts were
formerly conferred upon the owner of said forry
by law ; provided, that the following rates
of ferriage only shall be charged and collected,
to wit: Single passengers, A oents; man and
horse, 16 cents; boggy, 26 cents; 1 horse wagon,
24 cents; 2 horse wagon, 60 oents; 4 horse
wagon, 76 oents.
Sec. 2. All persons attending public meetings
and elections, and children going to aad
returning from aahool, shall he exempt from
any and all charges oi ferriage.
Approved Marvh IS, 1872.
JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORISING
THE COUNTY 8CH00L COMMISSIONER
OP UNION COUNTY, 8. C, TO APPROVE
CERTAIN CLAIMS OP TEACHERS.
Be It Resolved by the Senate and Hoaaa of
Representatives of tba Bute of South Carolina,
now met and aittlag fa General Aaaeasibly,
and by the authority of the same t
That the County School Commissioner of
Union County, S. C., be, aad the same is hereby,
authorised te approve for payment eat of
the School Fund of said Ooaaty, the claims
oi iMcocri oi union uoanty, for services
rendered between the first of January, 1871,
and the lime when he ?h appointed to 111
the vacancy In said ofloe : Provided, That, la
his judgment, said elatas are Just, true ass
correct, and actually due.
Approved March IS, 1872. i '
AN ACT TO AMRMD AM ACT SMTXTLBD
"AN ACT TO XXTKND TI1E LIMITS
0PTH8 TOWN OP CAMDEN."
r Section I. Be H enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the 8tate of
1 South Carolina, now met aad sitting la Gen|
ersl Assembly, aad by the authority of th#
same:
That an Ast ensltled " An Aet to axtend the
1 limits of tbs town of Camdea," approved
, March , 1871, be, and the same la noreby
amended by stsihiag eel Section t, nnd substituting
the following : " Section 1. That
the limits of the tewa ef Camdea be, and the
, .sine are hereby,extended as fellows, to tit:
The western boundary shall commence at the
jeoctioo of Wylia street with Ms I berry street,
i aad shall extend northward along the line of
, said Wylio street three-foarths ef a mile beyond
tho present terminus ot the Said street,
end from this point the northers bona da ry
shall extend, la an astern direction, until it
t intersects Horse Branch, and Ihease, by eearse
of said stream, to tho pel at where it empties
1 into Little Pine Tree Creek, aad tbeaoo,by the
course of the last named ereek, to a point op,
posits Mulberry street, theaee, westward, no*
til it reaches said streat, and oontinae along
1 tho line of said stmt to It* jaasUen with
, W/lie street."
See. 1 That tho latoodsuat and Wardens ef
the said town of Camden are hereby required
te pressed. Immediately upon the paasegr Of
i this Act, to designate, by proper mark* aad
monuments, the h sand arise beisin before anther
ised.
See. A. That all Acts, er parts ef Acts, inconsistent
with tho provisions of this Ast, ho,,
and th* same ar* hereby, repealed.
Approved March 4^7! j j g ( ??jj
AW ACT TO PKBWfT XAlflK
LOUOH TO ADOPT. OHANCK TOR
NAMKor, ajw> makk hia lawful
HELP. JOSEPH ALLEN 8TKPP.
dootloo f. B? U bj ?hnPto?l?
nd Hem of RrproaoatatioM of U?o. Slate
?f Sooth Carolina, nov ptat> *? 4*1* lo
Oooerol AwoMbly, and by tho ?o*horBy <
th? mm:
That Jum IfoCnRoMgh, of intaolHs
ou.tj, to boraby tot
od lo adopt. aod M?k? UVwW boir, Jo
aph Alton Stopp. aid ibal tho mm of ibo
aid Joooph Altos Stopp aboil to obigid
to Joseph Alton toeCaltooyh.
tea. t- That oboold tba aald Jmn Ma*
Gattonfh dto lateatata, ikaaaid Jaflapb A),
too MoOntloifh oHoljj loborH.* ?*?*>
?)lh (ho otbar lawtoi +o?*.ff ?ha laid
Jomoo MnOoltongS bio nUten, batk p mmm
1 and root.
Appctrrtd Mamli b, 1?7?, A t
South CstoUeT^Lft ^4 Jnoi
4MI* "* *r * ?>***? <M
of lfc?.*e$5)bMete<il Ada Stado, fai nIm
Hon totlw HmfcM atMfeleof
AH ACT TfeUQOftftPORATl TH* JOURHEYMBS
MBCHAHICS' l>MOH Of
OHABLBSTOlf, 8. C.
Section 1. Jfft lwBiAy Ao Saih ud
Hoqae of Bopn?ontoUva?pf fta fM^oCloptt
Onroliaa mow jpot apd M?Mo? A Omwval id?wbly(
wf V tM ?rtlnri<y ti t>i wm
TkM Ma k|MfV. A W,
mkr, O. M. Iiidtt, JT. Fi Reward. bw
R*d, Hi mA ot*y perpe^*,ipgy-^w'V
hereafter etoUl bo MioiiaM wHb * *,. ?
hereby *ade ?nd doolontd m %aa Mr pii'
Mo aad oorpomto, by Mm in* aM a^rte of
too, 9. 0.
8m. 2. TbM th. Wi?tlpa fcforinW *b?lf
tin iicniiloi of oMeere ud om^W h^
cording to Ho hjHnwe, ui iball km pewef
to Boko by-low* sot repognqat to tbnlowe of
tbo loud, and to bqve, on mod km?WMOOl
eo), ond tbo oobm to alter at will, to m Old
bo mod, and blood ond bo Impleaded, m any
oonrt la Ala State. It la kWAy empowered
to retoto, poeeeea, ond enjoy oil aneb property,
real and peraonol, no It any poae*aa, or be entitled
to, or wbteb aboil hereafter be given, bequeathed
to, or in any manner acquired by it,
aad to Mil, alien or trooafer tbo aomo- "*
Sec. t. That tbl* Aet aball be a pablie Aet
and eoatlaae In feme'for tbo term of twelve,
year* from the date of Ita ratlfleatien.
Approved March ?, 1ST J.
A* ACT TO IHCORFORAtB THE - STAR
00MFA**. OF
GEORGETOWN."
Section 1. Re It mated by tbe Sonata pad *
Room ef Rcproeeatatlvea ef tbo State r of
South Carolina, now met and altrtaf io General
Ail Mil ly, and by tbe authority of tbo
UM I
That Goo. H. Pawley, Teay O. RgtMn,
William A. Johnson, William Moaltrie, John
S my ley, and their associates and wniMon
ia ?Im, ha. and they are hereby, sr*at*( and
Miiiltitod a body pel i lie a ad ejvperata, by
and oader tba mm ul itylo of tho - Star
Fire Engine Company, of Uissgsfswif,* with
a capital etoek aot exceeding Ihgna of too
thousand dollar#, with a right to no and ho
nod, to pload and ha Impleaded, In any Court
of compateat jurisdiction, ho have and to aao
a common seal, and tba aaeoa U> aitor at will
and plcaaaro, aad to bar* and enjoy all other
rights, privilege* aad lmmanitles that ara
now, or may ha boroaftcr, secured by law, to
like incorporated bed tea, X
See. 1. This corporation ahall enjoy ail the
righta and pHvilegea aecorad to oorporatlona
under tho Act to rcgalatO tho IhrhaUee ?t oorporaliona,
and ha n^eet to tho UabURiei
there a prescribed ao far ai applicable.
hoc.*. That tbia Apt fhatt m daoptbd ?public
Act, and ahall continue in force forth# tana
of four loon yearn.
Approved March 9, 1STS.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THR
CHARLESTON HOOK AND LADDER
COMPANY, NO. S.
Section V. Be it enacted hy tho Senate aad
Houae of Representatives of tho State of Snath
Caroline, now met aad sitting la General Asacmbly,
and by the authority of tho aamo:
That Va. T. Eifa, Wm. K. Bnrka, B. F.
Morris, A. V. Brodie, ajd J. Grant, their aa*
a oc la tea aad aneoeaaers ia oSat, ho, and they
are hereby, constiteted a body corporate aad
politic, under the name aad style of the
"Charleston Hook aad Ladder Cempaay,"
with a capital stock aot exceeding tea thousand
(16.0T0) dollars, with tba right ta Bwa
and be aned, to plead and be InplsaS* i>
any court of oompotent jurisdiction, to have
and to ure a common seal, aad tha same to alter
at will, aad with all Other rights, privileges,
aad immunities, that ope aom sneered by
law to liko incorporated bodies.
Sec. S. That this act shall ho deemed a public
act, aad remala In foil force until rapaalid.
Approved March 9, 187J.
JOINT resolution authorizing
TH r 8TATE treasurer to pay to
l a langley. late school commissioner
of beaufort county.
the sum of one hundred and
thirty-two dollars.
Bo It Resolved hy (he Senate and leaao of
Representative* of the State ?? loath Carolina,
tow xaet aad aktlag la General Aosc^hly,
and hy tho aethority of tho (MM t
That the Stat* Treasurer ho aad bo la hereby,
aulhotitod and roqalrod to pay to la 8.
Lanley, late School Cammis-ieaer of BoaaVort
county, ik? mb of ($1U) en* bandied mod
thirty two dollar*, tt* mmm Mh.iH mmumot
he tdTueed on text hooka, tor tb* ?*e of from
common school* 1m the eMatjr aforesaid, cat
of any fead* not otherwt** appropriated.
Approved March 11, 1872.
AN ACT TO REGULATE TBI PAT OP
THE MEMBERS OP THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
* Be It enacted hy the Senate mod Heme* mt
Representative* of the State or BowlhjQaraline,
mew met and tilting ia Oeatrai ianably,
and hy the aathority mt the mat r
That aaeh amnhwt of the apxt Geaeral A?tcmhly
thall receive an aaaaal salary mt six
hundred dollar* | ami twenty eonte tee emery
mile of Ik* ordiaary rente of travel ia going
to, aad returning Inn, *e**loas of the Gomeral
Aeeembly.
Approved Matoh 18, ISIS. -J e,
JOINT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING
THE OOUNTT tiOMMISSIONRRS OP
WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY TO LEVY
>s4lfMP4M flftkftadV
Ba It rfiofrfd Vj >|m Sfwato %ad Vmh at
R*pmwMINi.W tatk Carol! ~
u, bow coat a*4 littjli iw Ow?nl AmmM;,
ad by u>? aatbarity af lb* mm?
Tbai, in addUtoa to tba Ho. baaatofeaa ?.
tborisad ? bw Iwlid, tba OlHtyOlBBlwUBi
ara of Wllllamabarg aawaty ?*b*abf?atba*.
iaad U Way, and canoed to ba aolUetod, a
?-??> rfr^sm- r
THE HOPE *tStA* *BS *KOUMI
oompawt, or chammtow.
ftaattoa 1. Ba U aaaalad bf tka Sawata
583%&aW16to^
m4 ?Mlli?fd l? bn> Mfll rtpMltd,
tb. mid Mhfdmk to
.aopi Ik. ..^,W ftpp.
?u*m FIm Sdi>? 0"?9m7. of CH?VUn;
pro?Uei,?k. Hryi fcwpllHilnNi Owu
p.njr, of OWIe?u>o,.?il Ik. m?o>t?r? th?r?
of, aboil, ?t.n tiafto,'k? aot?|mt to tk. poo.
vMmu of lb# l'lth bietioa of ikamimmld
oo Dm ltd Aojr of D nwk?v te.ftKo.fr
dfkttn h.*fnd Mltklliptla,' mMM
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ppfOTfQ txf ^ cr -iU