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BY W. A LEE AND HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 7. 1372. VOLUME XIX?NO. .42. tL,
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Pacific Guano Companys'
COMPOUND
Acid Phosphate of Lime,
FOR COMPOSTING WITH COTTON SEED
Price $25 Cash,
with "Usual Advance for Time
THIS article is prepared under the
superintendence of Dr. ST. JU
LIEN ItAVENEL, ejcpresf'.y for corn
posting witn t;ouon seeu.
It was introduced by this Company
two years ago, and its use lias freely attested
its value. 200 to 250 pounds ol
this article per acre, properly composted
with the same weight of cottou seed
furnishes the planter with a FERTILIZER
of the highest excellence at the
smallest cost. *A compost prepared with
this article, as by printed directions furnished,
contains all the elements of fertility
that can enter into a first-class
FERTILIZER, whiic its economy must
cousmend its liberal use to planters.
For supplies and printed directions
for composting apply to
J. X. ROBSOtf,
AGENT PACIFIC GUANO COMPANY,
Ho. G8 East Bay and Nos. 1 and 2 Atlantic
Whajf, * Charleston, S. C.
JNO? fci. REESEf & CO., Gen. Agents.
2vov. 29,1871, 32?3ni
~ SOLUBLE
PACIFIC GUANO.
' trice $45 dollars cash, with
usual advance for time.
Experience in the use of this
Guano for the past six years in
this State, for Cotton and Corn, has so
far established its character for excellence
as to render comment unnecessary.
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In accordance with the established
policy of the Company to furnish the
Lest Concentrated Fertilizer at the lowest
cost to consumers, this Guano is put
into market this season at the above
reduced price; which the Company is
enabled to do by reason of its large* facilities
and the reduced cost of manufacture.
The supplies put into market this season
are. as heretofore, prepared under
the personal superintendence of I)r. St.
Julian Ravenel, Chemist of the Company,
at^Charleston, S. C.t hence, planters
may restassured that its QUALITY and
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ik that heretofore sold. At the preseut
low price every acre planted can be fertilized
with two hundred pound Guano
at a cost not exceeding the present value
of 30 pound* of cotton, while experience
has shown that under favorable conditions
of season and cultivation (he crop
is increased by the application from
two to threefold the natural capacity of
the soil. Hence, under no conditions
could its application fail to compensate
for the outlay. Apply to
J. N. ROBSOxY,
' Agent Pacific Guano Company,
Jso. GS East Bay and Nos. 1 and 2 Atlantic
Wharf, Charleston, 8. C.
JNO. S. KEESE & CO., Gen. Agents.
JSovxflB, lt>71, 3J?3m
' The World-Renowned
HOWE SEWING MACHINE.
THE Howe is the flrstsewing Machine
ever made. It has noints of fcli
periority over all others, in rauge of
work the machine cannot be equaled.
v POINTS OF SUPERIORITY.
Simplicity and perfection of mechanism.
Durability?will last a life-time.
Range of* "Work?Without Parallel.
Perfection of Stitch and Tension.
The most easy of operation.
Self-adjusting take up.
Adjustable Head.
Having been appointed Agent for the
above Sewing Machine for this County,
It is now offered for sale on reasonable
terms. It is equal to, if not superior to
any machine offered to the public. All
persons in want of a Machine will please
call and examine this before purchasing.
Respectfully,
J. D. CHALMERS.
Dec. 4,1871, 33?tf
Jacob Kurz,
(One Door below the Post Office,)
J^^aXUFACTURER of anddeal?rin
Plnnts and Shnfis.
My custom work includes all varieties
and classes usually kept by a FJL11ST
CLASS Shoe House.
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Ladies' Wear a Specialty,
SUCH AS
Kid, Silk, Morocco and
Calf Boots.
V ' - w'' "v. | .
Gentlemen's Boots and Shoes
OF ALL THE
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. Latest and Modorn Styles,
*. I * * 1 ' '4 *T Made
to order, on the shortest notice.
iViy wol'k J. warrant to givu suiimuution
in every particular.
A larjrc Stock a! ways kept on hand.,
B?u Remember the place?one door
below the Old Post Office.
Dec. 6, 1871, S3?3m
.coc Steam
SAW HILL,
ITIAVE purchased and located o
STEAM SAW MILL, in the
neighborhood between CEDAf:
SPRINGS and WHITE HALL, wliert
3 I am prepared to furnish lumber of all
kinds common to this region and of as
jgood quality as the j^ountry affords al
reasonable'rates. 1
Jw,; J. F, JiYON.
Nov. 6, 1871 29-3m
MILLINERY.
In order to make room for an
immense stock of Millinery
this Spring, onr, present stock
will be sold at 20 per cent, b
l/vnr rotrnlar nnVftfl Mmirninff
IWfT AVgUAWA |?AAWWW| , Q
Goods always on hand. Bridal
q Bonnets as handsome as car
be had anywhere.
Bespectfolly,
J AS. W. IWIJBB & CO,
Jta. J, 1671.
Take the Papers
Why don't you take the papers?
They're the life of my delight;
Except about election time,
, And then I read for spite.
Subscribe! you cannot lose a ccut.
Why should you be afraid?
For cash thus spent is money lent
At interest four fold paid.
Go, then, and take the papers,
; And pay to-day, nor pay delay,
And my -word heard, it is inferred,
VnnMl livp until vou're i?rav.
An old neighbor of mine,
" While dying with a cough,
[ Desired to'hear the latest news
' While he was going ofi*.
)
[ I took the papers and I read
Of some new pills in force:
1 He bought a box?and is he dead ?
No?hearty as a horse.
Laws of South Carolina.
ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
PASSED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
[Published by Authority.]
An Act to Amend An Act (JVo. 382) Entitled
"An Act to Grant, Renew and
Amend the Charters of Certain Towns
and Villages therein Mentioned."
Commencing tvith Sectioji No. 30 of
said Act, Relating to the Incorporation
of the Town of liiyhlsville, passed at
the Regular Hessian of the General
Assembly of the State of South C'aroI.W.
Section 1. Be it cnactcd by tho Senate
and House of Representatives of the
Stare of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in. General Assembly, and by
the authority of t he same:
That from and after the passage of this
Act, all citizens of this State, having
resided twelve month within this State,
and sixty days in the village of Wrightville
shall be deemed, and are hereby
declared to be, a body politic and corporate,
and the said village shall be called
c.nd known by the name of Wrightville,
and its corporate limits f-hall include
Edisto Island, together with Eddingsville.
The metca and bonds of
saiu town of Wrightvillo will be bound
on the North, by North Edisto Inlet or
River, on the South, by South Edisto
River and Saint Helena Sound and on
the West b}- Johasse Island and Edisto
River.
Skc. 2. That the said village shall be
governed by an Intendant and four
Wardens, who shall be citizens of the
United States, and who shall have resided
in this State twelve months, and
I sKol 1 h?iv*A ill flu* Raid villain I
sixty days immediately preceding their
election,"and who shall be elected on the
third Monday in May, 1872, and on the
.same day in each year thereafter, teu
days' public notice thereof being previously
given ; and that all male inhabitants
*of the age of twenty-one years,
Citizens of the State, and who shall
have resided within the State twelve
months, and in the said village sixty
days immediately proceeding the election,
shall be entitled to vote for said
Intcndant and Wardens?paupers and
persons under disabilities for crime
excepted.
Sec. 3. The said election shall be held '
at some convenient public place in said
village, from eight o'clock in the morning,
until four o'clock in the afternoon,
and when the polls shall be closed, the
Managers shall forthwith count the
votes, and declare the election, and give
notice thereof, in writing, to the Intendant
therein being, who shall, within
two days thereafter, give notice, or
cause the same to be given, to the persons
duly elected. Provided, The Commissioners
of election of Charleston
county shall call the first-election under
this Act, and shall appoint Managers
to conduct the same, who
shall make returns thereof to the Com^
I
missioners me kuiuc us umu i-n-cuvus
held in this State; and the said Commissioners
shall count the votes and
declare the election, and notify the persons
30 elected Intendant and Wardens,
before entering upon the duties of their
offices, shall respectively take the oath
prescribed by the Constitution of the
State, and also the following oa'th, to
wit: "As Intendant (or Warden) of the
village of Wrightville, I will equally
and impartially, to the best of my ability,
exercise the trust reposed in me,
and will use my best endeavors to preserve
the peace and carry into effect, according
to law, the purpose for which I
have been elected: So help me, God."
And, if any person, upon being elected
Intendant or Warden, shall refuse to
act as such, he shall forfeit and pay to
the Council the sum of twenty dollars
for the use of said village: Provided,
That no person who -has attained the
age of sixty years shall be compelled to
serve, either as Intendant or Wardeu,
more than one year in any term of three
years. The Intendant and Warden, for
the time being, shall always appoint
one or more Boards of Managers, three
Managers for each Board, to conduct the
election, who, before they open the polls
shall take an oath fairly and impartially
to conduct the same.
Sec. i. That in case a vacancy shall
occur in the office of Intendant or Wardens,
by death, resignation, or otherwise,
an election to fill such vacancy
shall be held by order of the Iutendant
and Wardens, or a majority of the same,
ten days' public notice being previously
given ; and in case of sickness, or temporary
absence of the Intendant, the
Wardens, forming the Council, shall be
empowered to elect one of the number
to act as Intendant durinc the time. '
Sec. 5. That the Intendantand Wardens,
duby elected and qualified, shall, during
their term of service, severally and respectively,
be vested with all the power
of Trial Justices, or Justices of the
Peace, as the case may be, in this State,
within the limits of the said village, except
for the trial of small and mean
causes; aud the Intendant shall or may,
as often ns is necessary, summon the
Wardens to meet in Council, any three
1 of whom, with the Intendant, shall con1
stitute a quorum to transact business,
; i and they shall be known as the Town
'' Council of Wrightsville ; and they and
! their successors in office, hereafter to be
' elected, may have a common seal, which
may be affixed to all of their Ordinances
; may sue and be sued, plead
and be impleaded in any Court of Justice
in' this State, and purchase, hold,
possess and enjoy to them and their succes^irs,
in perpetuity, or for any term of
years, any estate, real, personal, or mixed,
and sell, alien, or convey the same: Pro'
vided, The same shall not exceed, at
onm nf ton thousand
| uuy uuc uixic, buv ?
. dollars. And the said Town Council
' shall have authority to appoint, from
time to time, as they may sec fit, such
and so many proper persons to act as
' Marshals or Constables of eaid village.
I as the said Council may deem necessary
L and expedient for the preservation of
^ peace, good order and police thereof;
which persons, so appointed, shall, within
the corporate limits -of said village,
have the power and privileges, and be
subject to all the obligations, penalties
fna regulations provided by law for the
office of Constables, and shall be liable to
be removed at th$ pleasure of a&id Couo
cil; and the said Town Council shall
liave power to establish, or authorize the
establishment of a market house in said
village, also tto authorize the establishment
of a guard house, and prescribe
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SUILUUIC; X lllW dim iv^uu,v>v..u .w. 0
|and governing the same; and until the
|?aid guard house be established, they
shall be authorized to use a room in the
common jail in the county of Charleston,
for the confinement of all who may bo
subject to be committed for a violation of
any Ordinances, rules and regulations of
said town; and the said Town Couucil,
or the said Intendant and Wardens, in
person, any one or more of them, may
authorize any Marshal of the town, or
any Constable, specially appointed for
that put^pose, to arrest and commit to the
s-.iid guard house, or jail of Charleston
county, as the case may be, for a term
not exceeding twenty-four hours, any
person, or persons, who, within the corporate
limits of said town, may be engaged
iu a breach of the peace, any riotous
or disorderly conduct, open obscenity,
public drunkenness, or any conduct
grossly indecent, or dangerous to the
citizens of said town, or any of them ;
and it shall be the duty of the Town
Marshal, or Constables, to arrest and
nmnmit oil ciif.li nflFVinrlara tvhpTl rpftllir
ed so (o do, and who shall have power
to call to their assistance the posse comitatus,
if need be, to aid in making such
arrest;, and upon the failure of such
officers to perform such duty as required,
they shall, severally, be subject to
such Hues ami penalties us the Town
Council may impose upon them; and
all persons so imprisoned shall pay the
costs and expenses incident to their
imprisonment, which said cost and expenses
shall be collected in the same
manner as is provided for the collection
of fines imposed for the violations of
Ordinances, rules and regulations: Provided,
That such imprisonment shall
not exempt the party from the payment
of any fine the Council may impose for
the offence which he, she, or they may
have committed. And the said Town
Council shall have full power and
authority, under their corporate seal, to
make all such rules, regulations, inlaws
and Ordinances, respecting the
streets, roads, and the business thrercof,
as well as the police system of the said
town, as shall appear to them nccessary
and proper for the security, welfare and
convenience, and for preserving health,
order and good government within said
town. And the said Town Council may
impose fines for offences against their
by-laws, rules and regulations and Ordinances,
and appropriate the same to
the public use of said Town ; and the
said Town Council shall have the eame
power that Trial Justices, or Justices of
the Peace now have, or may hereafter
have, to compel the attendance of witnesses,
and requiring them to give evidence
upon the trial before them of any
person or persons for a violation of any
of their ordinances, by-laws, rules or
regulations; but no fine above the sum
of twenty-five dollars shall be collected
livfcaiH (v>iitir?i1. nxi'pnt bv suit in the!
| proper Courts of justice in this State; I
[and, also, tb*t nothing .herein contained
shall authorize said Council to make
any Ordinance or by-law inconsistent
with, or repugnant to, the laws of the
State.
Sec. G. That the said intendant and
Wardens, or a majority of them, shall
havepowcr to abate ami remove ail nuisances
in said town: and it shall be their
duty to keep all roads, ways, bridges and
streets in said town open and in good repair;
and, for that pupose, they are inves
ted with all the powers of County Commisioncrs,
or Commissioners of Koads, for j
and within the corporate limits of the
said town; and they may lay out new
streets, close up, widen or otherwise alter
these now in use; and shall have
full power to classify and arrange the inhabitants
or citizens of snid town liable
to street, road or other public duty therein,
and to force the performance of suoh
duty, under such penalties as are now,
or shall hereafter be, prescribed by law ;
and they shall have power to compound
with%ll persons liable to work the streets
ways and roads in said town, upon such
terms as their ordinances or by-laws may
establish, or their rules and regulations
require?the moneys so received to be
applied to the public uses of said town ;
and all persons refusing to labor, or failing
to pay such commutation, shall be
liable to such line, not exceeding twenty
dollars for any one year, as the said Town
Council may impose, and they shall
have the power to enforce the payment
of such tine, in the same manner as is
now, or may be hereafter, provided for
the collection of county taxes. Aud the
said Town Council shall have power,
with the consent of the adjacent laud
owners, to close -all such roads, streets
and ways, within the said town, as they
may deem necessary, by the sale of the
freehold therein, either at public or private
sale, as they may adjudge best for
the interest of the said town ; and they
shall 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 ; provided
that 110 street, road or way shall be
opened without first having obtained the
consent of the land owner or owners
thereof, through whose premises any
such new street, road or way may pa*?.
Sec. 7. The said Town Council shall
have power aud authority to require all
persons owning a lot or lots in said town
to close in, and to make and keep in
good repair sidewalks in front of said lot
or lots, whenever the same shall front
r\-? coii? fnn*n
ur tiujuill IU1J jiuunv nucvi vx cuiu vvu
if, in the judgment of the Council, such
sidewalks shall be necessary, the width
thereof, and the manner of construction,
to be designed and regulated by the said
TflWn Council; and for default or refusal,
after reasonable notice, to make and keep
in good repair such sidewalk, and to
close such lot or lots, the Town Council
may cause the same to be made, or put
in repair, and requise the owner to pay
the price of making or repairing, and
the said Town Council are hereby empowered
to sue for and recover the same
by action of debt in any court of competent
jurisdiction ; provided that such
contract for making or repairing is to be
let to the lowest bidder. The said Town
Council shall appoint three discreet perr
sons, who shall form a Board of Supervisors
of the Health, who shall have
power over the ways and water courses,
ditches and stagnant water ponds, and
take such other sanitary measures as the
public health require, giving twenty
clays' noticc to the occupants of said
premises, where the said nuisance lie,
and in default of non-compliance with
tii?? of naid board, the narties so of
feuding shall be fined in a'sum not Jess
than twenty dollars, or thirty days in
the county jail, for each and every offense,
the said complaints to be brought
before any Trial Justice, or Justice of the
Peace, in'and for the County of Charleston.
The said board shall have power
over the cemeteries and public graveyards
within the corporation.
8kc. 8. The Iuteudant and Wardens
of the said town, or a majority of them,
shall have full power to grant or refuse
licenses, to tavern keepers, or retail spirituous
liquors within the corporate limits
of the said town upon such condition,
and under such circumstances as to them
shall seem proper and right; provided
that in no instance shall the price of a
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iiuvuoc IU ib ia\ciiif ui tu iciiiu
liquors, be less than the amount that is
established by the State; and all moneys
paid for licenses and for lines and forfeitures
shall be appropriated to the public
uses 9f said town; provided that the
Intendant and ^Vardens, duly elected,
shall not have power to grant any license
to keep tAraro* or .to retail. spirituous
liquors, to extend beyond the term for
which they have been elected. They
shall have power to regulatesalcs at auction
within the corporate limits of the
town, and to grant licenses to auctioneers,
itinerant traders, to keepers of hotels
and livery stables and to levy a tax
on all drays, carts, wagons, carriages,
omnibuses, buggies, horses, mares, mules
kept for hire or use for public purposes
in said town ; and they shall the full and
onlv nower to impose a tax on all shows
or exhibitions for gnin or reward, within
the corporate limits of said town ; they
shall havo pow to impose a tax, not exceeding
twenty cents on every hundred
dollars of the value of real anil personal
property lying within the corporate limits
of the town, the real and personal
property of churches, and schools and
college associations, excepted. That an
ordinance declaring the rates of. annual
taxatic n upon property, apd other subjects
of annual taxation for the year,
shall bo published at least three weeks
during the month of January, in each
year; provided that the said Town Council
shall have power to levy a tax for this
purpose under the same rule as is above
stated, immediately after the publication
of this act, and that all persons liable to
taxation under the same, shall make
oath of their taxable property within
said town, and make payment of their
taxes to the Clerk or Treasurer of said
corporation, or such other person as they
may be ordered or required to do, during
the succeeding months after publication;
and upon the failure to make such return
and payment as required, the parties
so in default shall be subject to the
penalties provided by law for failure to
nov tlio fTonprnl Kfaito nnd r?nuntv tax. to
P'J J I - bo
enforced by the orders of the Intandant
and Wardens, or a majority of them,
for the use of said town, except that in
such cases that executions to enforce the
payment of such taxes shall be issued
under the seal of the corporation, and
may be directed to the Town Marshal,
or other person appointed by the said
Town Council to levy, collect and receive
the same, with costs, as in such cases
made and provided bylaw, and all property
upon which said taxes shall be levied
and assessed ia hereby declared and
mnde liable for the payment thereof in
preference to all other debts except
debts due to the State, which shall be
first paid, and that all other taxes imposed
by the Intendant and Wardens, or
a majority of them, shall be payable in
advance by the parties liable for ths
same, and on failure of payment, their
property shall be liable for the same, as
in manner and form just before stated.
Sue. 9. The Intendant and Wardens
elect, together with Clerk and Treasurer,
shall, during their term of office, be exempt
from Btreet and police duty. Each
Town Council shall within one month
after the expiration of their term of office,
make out and return to their successors
in office, a full account of their receipts
and expenditures during their term,
which account shall be pblished in one
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ur ilium puueia <11 uie uuum^' , uiiu aimn
pay over all moneys in their possession
belonging to the corporation, and deliver j
up nil books, records and other papers, .
incident' to their office to their successors,
and on failure to do so, they shall be
liable to be fined in a sum not exceeding
live hundred dollars, to be collected by ;
any proper action of the Town Council. |
6ec. 10. That all ordinances or by-laws (
passed by the Town Council of Wrights- i
ville shall be binding upon the citizens
of the said town the same as the laws of i
the State.
Sec. 11. That all acts and parts of acts i
inconsistent with, or supplied by this i
act, be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
i
Snc. 12. This act shall be deemed a i
public act, and continue ih force until re- j
pealed. i
Approved January 31st, A. D., 1872. (
Au Act to Afore effectually Provide for !
the Recording of all Conveyances of 1
Ileal Edatc. 1
Section 1. Be itcnacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of <
the State of South Carolina, now met I
and sitting in General Assembly, and I
by the authority of the same. s
That every conveyance of real estate, 1
within this'State, and hereafter made, s
shall, within three days, be recorded in
the office of the Clerk of the County in
which such real estate shall be situated,
except in the County ot Charleston,
where all such conveyances shall be recorded,
within the same time, in the
office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance
; and where such conveyance, not
so recorded, shall be void, as against
any subsequent purchases in good faith
and foVa valuable' consideration, of the
same real estate, or any portion thereof:
Provided, Such subsequent purchaser
shall have first recorded his said conveyonce.
Sec. 2. Different sets of books shall
be provided by the Clerks of the several
Counties, for the recording of deeds and
mortgages, in one of which sets all conveyances,
absolute in their terms and
not intended as mortgages, shall be recorded,
and in the other set all such
morgages, or sureties in the nature of
mortgages, shall be recorded.
Srcc. 8. A.11 Acts or parts of Acts, inconsistent
with the provisions of this
Act, are hereby repealed.
Approved January 8, 1S72.
AN ACT to Amend the Charter of the
Town of Union.
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SECTION i. j3e u enaeieu uy ine oenate
and House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now* met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same,
That from and immediately after the
passage of this Act, all and every person
or persons whatsoever, who are constitutionally
qualified to vote for members
of the Legislature of this State, and
who may have resided within the present
corporate limits of the town of
Union sixty days, and their successors,
are hereby declared to be members of
the corporation hereby Intended to be
created.
Sko. 2. That the. said persons and
their successors shall, from and after the
passage of this Act, become a body politic
and corporate, and shall be known
and called by name of the town of
Union, and its corporate limits shall extend
one mile, in the direction of cardinal
points, frotn the Spartanburg and
Union Railroad Depot In said town, as a
centre, aud form a square.
Sec. 3. That the said town shall begoverued
by an Intendant and four Wardens,
who shall be elected on the second
Monday of September in each year, ten
days' notice being previously given, and
shall continue in othce for one year, and i
until the election and qualification of j
their successors; and that all male in- ]
habitants of said town who shall have f
attained the age of twenty-one years, j
and resided therein sixty days previous i
to the election, shall be entitled to vote i
for said Intendant and Wardens. i
Sec. 4. That the election of Intendant 1
and Wardens of (he said town shall be :
held in some convenient place -in said \;
town, from nine o'clock in the morning i
until six o'clock in the afternoon, and
when the polls shall be closed, the Managers
shall forthwith count the votes
!and proclaim the electien, and give noi
tice, in writing, to the persons elected.?
I The Intendant and Wardens for the <
time being'shall always appojnt three
managers to conduct tne election, who.
before they open the pools for said election.
shall take an oath, fairly and im-1
partially to. Conduct the same; and the I
Intend ant and Wardens, before entering
upon the duties of. their offices, shall re- j
epeotivoly take the oath prescribed by
\
o .
the Constitution of this State, and also
the fopowing oath, to wit: "As Intendant
(or Warden) of the town of Union,
I will equally and impartially, to the
best of my ability, execute the trust renosed
In me. and will nap mv hpot. nn
deavors to preserve the peace and carry
into effect, according to law, the purposes
for which I have been elected: So
help me God."
Sec. 5. That in case a vacancy should
occur in the office of Tntendantor any of
the Wardens, by death resignation or
otherwise, an election to fill such vacancy
shall be held, by the appointment of
the Intendant and Warden, or Wardens,
as the case may be, fifteen day's notice
being given ; and in case of the sickness
or temporary absence of the Intendant,
the Wardens, forming a council, shall be
empowered to elect one of the Wardens
to act as Intendant during the time.
Sec. 6. That the Intendant and Wardens
duly elected and qualified shall, during
their term of office, severally and
respectively be vested with all the
powers of trial justice or other inferior
courts in this State, within the limits of
the said town; and the Intendant shall
and may, as often as may be necessary,
summon the Wardens to meet -in council,
any two of whom, with the Intendant,
or any three Wardens, may constitute
a quorum to transact business, and
they shall be known by the name of the
Town Council of Union ; and they, and
their successors hereafter to be elected,
may have a common seal, which shall
be affixed to all their ordinances, may
sue and be sued, may plead and be impleaded
in anv court of law or eauitv in
this State, and purchase, hold, and possess
and enjoy to them and their successors,
in perpetuity, or for any term of
years, any estate, real or personal, or
mixed, and sell, alien or convey the
same; shall not exceed to any one time
the sum of ten thonsand dollars. And
the said Intendant and Wardens shall
have full power to make jmd establish
all such rules, by-laws and ordinances
respecting tbe roads, streets, markets,
commercef trade, buildings and police
of said town as shall appear to them necessary
and requisite for the security,
welfare and convenience of the said
town, or forpreserving health, peace, order
and good government within the
same. And the said council may fix
and impose fines and penalties and imprisonment,
in the County jail for the
violation thereof, and appropriate the
fines to the public useof the said corporation
: Provided, That no fine shall exceed
fifty dollars for any one offence,
and no imprisonment shall exceed twenty-days;
and when any person shall be
charged with an offence for which a fine
of more than twenty dollars is ordained,
the said charge shall be heard and determined
in an action of debt, to be brought
in the name of said Town Council, for
the recovery of said fine, before a court
having jurisdiction of cause of action of
that amount for Union County. And if
the fine ordained be not more than
twenty dollars, or the offence be one for
which imprisonment is ordained, the
said Town "Council, dr a quorum thereof,
shall have power to hear and determine
the said charge and render judgment
therein. In all cases of trials to be had
before the said Town Council, as hereinafter
provided, the party charged shall
l>e cited to trial by a service upon him of
a summons, under the hand of the Iutendant,
or any one of the Wardens,
wherein shall be expressed with certainty
the offence charged, and the time and
place of trial, which service shall be
made at least five days before the day of
trial.
Sue. 7. That all fines imposed by the
said Town Council for any violation of
jrdinhnce, or any default in the performsince
of street duty, shall be collected by
a fierifaciax ; and the said Town Council
shall have power to procure and compel
the attendance of witnesses by process
similar to that which, by law, Magistrates
may use in the trial of small
md mean causes.
"Sec. 8. That the Intendant and Wardens
of said town shall have full and only
power to grant or refuse licenses for billiard
tables, to keep tavern, or retail
spirituous liquors within the said limit.s,
which licenses shall be granted in the
<nme manner and upon the same condi:ions
as they now are, or may hereafter'
je, under the laws of the State ; and all
he powers vested in the County Commissioners
are hereby granted to the
said Intcndantand Wardens within the
>aid limits; and all moneys paid for li
;enses, and for fines and forfeitures for
etailing spirituous liquors, keeping
avernsaml billiard tables within said
imits, without licenses, shall be appropriated
tc the public uses of thesaia corporation:
Provided, That thelntendant
md Wardens duly elected and qualified
shall not have power to grant any li;ense
to keep a tavern or rotail spiritious
liquors to extend beyond ihe term i
"or which they shall have been elected. I,
Sec. 0. That it shall be the duty of the 1
aid Intendant and Wardens to keep all "
oads streets and ways within their cor- (
Dorate limits open and in good repair, j
ind for that purpose they arc invested <
,vith all tlie powers granted to the Coun- (
y Commissioners. They shall also have \
power to levy a tax upon the property of \
aid town, to keep the buildings in said
own for educational purposes in repajr. ,
\nd they shall also have power to com- <
pound w'ith all persons liable to work
he streets, ways and roads in said town
ipon such terms as they shall, by ordinance,
establish : the money so received
o be applied to the public use of the
laid corporation. And all persons refua- |
ng or failing to pay such commutation
shall be liable to such fines and penal.ieiasthe
said Town Council may impose.
And no person, residing within
he said limits, shall be liable to work ou
iny road or bridge without the said lim- ,
ts, or be taxed or assessed for the same.
PVia toiH Tnwn PAiinml ulmll Imvp nnwof
1 1,v kJt*,v* * w " " -ww ? %?* v X'"' - :o
require license fees from the keepers
>f ten-pfn alleys, or any other pin alleys,
ind to grant or refuse licenses for the
same, upon such terms and conditions,
ind subject to such regulations, as they
nay, by ordinance, establish. They
ihall also have power to require license
ees from itinerant auctioneers, owners
if public drays, wagons, livery stables,
vehicles and horses kept for hire within
;he corporate limits of said town. They
shall also have power to impose an annual
tax upon the property iusaid town,
to wit: Upon all real estate, not exceeding
ten cents on the value of one hunired
dollars; upon all stock in trade, not
sxcccding ten cente on every hundred
lollars' worth of the value of said stock,
rhe State assessment to be taken as the
basis of taxation. And the said Town
Council shall have power to enforce the
payment of all taxes and assessments
levied by the said Council against the
nroDerty and persons of defaulters to the
same extent and in the same manner as
is provided by law for the collection of
the general State tax, except that executiors
to enforce the payment of the town
taxes shall be issued under the seal of
the corporation and directed to the Town
Marshal or other person specially appainted
by the said Council to collect the
same, and the money so collected shall
be applied to the public uses of the said
corporation. And all property upon
which a tax shall be levied and assessed
is hereby declared and made liable for
the payment thereof, in preference to all
other debts due by the person owning
the property at the time of the assessment,
except debts due the Btate which
shall be first paid. iA
mu-i a. ? iA
OJbW* lVi lUttli V4A?3 oaiu iUWil V/UUUU1
shall have power and authority to require
all persons owning a lot or lots in
said town to make and keep in good
repair side-walk* In front of said lot or
i .
lots, wherever the same shall front on,
or adjoin, any public street of said town, dc
if, in the Judgment of the Council, said ar
side-walk shall be necessary; the width bi
thereof and the manner of construction -lii
to be designated and "regulated by the
said Council; and for default or refusal,
after reasonable notico, to make and a,
keep in repair such side-walks, the
Town Council may cause the same to be
mnde or nut in renair nnri rpniiirn the
owner to pay the price of making or St
repairing; and the said Town Council
are hereby empowered to sue for and recover
the same: Provided, That such
contract for making and repairing be
let to the lowest bidder.
Sec. 11. That the Intendant and *r
Wardens shall have power, and are here- kv
by authorized, to elect or appoint one
or more-Marshals, who shall be duly ca
sworn in and Invested with all the pow- WJ
ers Constables now have by law, and v'
whose jurisdiction and authority shall vn
be conflned to corporate limits of said :Lj
town; and the Intendant and Wardens, j
or any one more of therti ar& hereby er'
authorized to require the Marshal of je
said town, or any special Constable appointed
by said Intendant or Wardens af(
for that purpose, to commit to the jail of tej
Union County, fora term not exceeding 8jj
twenty-four hours, any person who, an
within the corporate limits of said town to,
may be engaged in a breech of the jj,
Seace, any righteous or disorderly con- j0,
uct, open obscenity, public drunken- 8h
ness, or in any conduct grossly indecent tjj
or dangerbus to the citizens of said town tjr
or any of thera. And all persons so im- ^
i prisoned shall pay all costs and expen- ye
ses incident to their imprisonment,
which said costs and expenses shall be
collected in the same manner as is pro- nn
ViUtJU uy lUlO iVUl 1UI L1JC tUlltXUUU U1 ^0
fines imposed for violation of ordinan- llD
ces: provided, Thatsush imprisonment
shall not exempt the party from the pay- m?
mentof any line which the Council c]fl
may impose for the offence for which he 0f
may have been committed. jn
Seg. 12..That said Council shall have jnj
power to collect licenses from all per- ^
sons representing publicly, within tn'eir
corporate limits, for gain or reward, any th<
plays or shows, of what nature or kiud siji
soever, to be used for the purpose of said Co
corporation.
Sec. 13. That all fine3 which shall [or
hereafter be collected by conviction In
the Court of Sessions for retailing without
license, within the corporate limits an,
of said town, shall be paid one-hall to th<
the informer, and the other half to the jn,
Toww Council, for the use of said corporation.
g
Sec. 14. That the said Council shall 0C(
have full power and authority to abate 0f
all nuisances within the corporate lim- rer
its, and also to appoint a Board of 0^:
Health for said town, and to pass ail th?
such ordinances as may be necessary to \y,
define the powers and duties of said ter
Board, and to impose fines and penalties
upon the members of said Boara for neg- or |
lect of duty: Provided, That no fine t|,e
hereby authorized to be imposed shall em
exceed the sum of twenty dtfllars. }
Sec. 15. That all streets hereafter to orj
he onened in the said cornoriition shall c
beat least sixty feet wide, except when en;
such widths cannot be allowed 011 account
of permanent buildings erected, or an(
in course of erection, at the time of the po>
opening of said streets. ?ou
Sec. 1G. That each Town Council C1.jj
shall, within one month after the expiration
of their term of office, make out raa
and return to their successors a full ac- me
count, under oath, of their receipts and wjj
expenditures during their term, and tra
shall pay over all moneys in their hands
belonging to the corporation, and deliver cq
up all books, records and other papers ce9
incident to their successors; and on fail- sea
ure so to do, they shall be liable to the
punishment prescribed in the seven- g0
toenth (17) section of this Act. cor
Sec. 17. That for any wilful violation an(
or neglect of duty, malpractice, abuse or tjie
oppression, the said Intendant and ,
Wardens, severally, shall be liable to in- re?
dictment in the Court of Sessions, aud, gta
upon conviction, to imprisonment and
fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, si1?]
or imprisonment not exceeding sixty t|ie
days, or both, at the "discretion of the
court, besides being liable for damages nar
to any person injured. pUl
Sec. 18. That this Act shall be a pub- ^et
lie Act, and continue of force for twenty ser
years, and until the end of the session
next ensuing; and that all Acts and ~,a
parts of Acts heretofore passed iuconsistent
with or repugnant to this Act be, fGU
A 4l ' *
auu luu binIJK ure iicrcu^ ic-jjuuicu.
Approved January 8,1872. uge
ex<
An Act to Validate the Action of the reo
County Commissioners in Oconee Conn- pro
tu, in Exchanging and Conveying the ?
Lot Ceded to Them to Build a Jail ha1
upon. ' ces
Whereas the County Commissioners of als<
Oconee County, in the exercise of their tan
discretion, changed the location of the the
[ail for said Count}', and exchanged the dut
lot ceded to the State for the purpose of for<
erecting a jail for the one on which the san
jail now stands; and whereas thaparties aft<
with whom I he exchange wasruaue have al\s
sold the said lot to Joseph J. Norton, and Coi
the said Commissioners have executed wit
titles to him; now, therefore, up<
Be it enacted by the Senate and House nai
sf Ilepresentatives'of the State of South G
Carolina, now metand sitting in General Int
Assembly, and by the authority of the stn
same, for
That the action of the County Com- sai<
missioners aforesaid be, and the same is for
hereby, validated, and the title of the wit
State to the said lot conveyed to and con- gra
firmed in the said Joseph J. Norton, his sioi
heirs and assigns forever. am
Approved January 8,1872. be
pos
ers
JOINT RESOL UTION to require the jnd
Governor to communicate witn the anc
proper Authorities of the State of Oeor- lial
gia, with a view to a re-adjustment of em
the boandary line between the States of out
Georgia and South Carolina, and au- g
thorizing the appointment of three Com- "Wi
missioners. wit
"Whereas, tlie action had by the Cora- gtr<
missionary of the Conference between soi
the Staft of Georgia and South Caro- oft
lina is, for many reasons, unsatisfactory, fail
prominent among which may be men- by
tioned the ambiguity of the first article; ?
the manifest error in the third article, to Mi?
wit: "The Btate of South Carolina pos
shall not hereafter claim any lands to the
the Eastward, Southward, Southwest- to,
ward, or west of the boundary above es- qu<
tablishedand, whereas, the citizens of by
South Carolina have no right of fishing wa
in the Savannah River, or using or draw- of:
ingoff the waters of said river for the he!
purposes of navigation or manufacture ex<
lng; therefore, ?
Section 1. Bo it resolved by the Sen- Mi
ate and Housoj^f Representatives of the am
State of South Carolina, now met and pei
sitting in General Assembly, and by au- to\
thoriry of the same, cec
Thnt tlia rjnvnrnnr of Vila Rfotn ho find i lor
he is hereby, required to communicate fc
with the proper authorities of the State dei
of Georgia, with a view to a re-adjust- no
ment of the boundary Jine between therfn
States of Georgia and South Carolina; lic<
and that whenever the Governor of the no
Stare of Georgia shall have Indicated to to i
him its willingness for a re-adjustment, of
that he be", aud is hereby, further author- tra
ized and required to appoint thiee Com- sor
missioneraou the part of this State to tiii
effect said re-adjustment; and said Com- g
roissioners shall be paid the same per dei
diem and milage as members of the Geu- po
eral Assembly, and the Treasurer of the soi
State is hereby authorized to pay the Mi
uoma niif nf nnv fnnria in TrPMnrv orl
not otherwise appropriated. | foi
, Bsc..2, That tlao* e^id Commiwioners po
t
' I. . . 14 f 7* :> ^ tall
have power to arrange and-finally doi
stermine the line between said States, f
id their action in the matter shall be feu
nding upon the State of South Caro- int
ia. hei
Approved 8th of January, A. A., 1872. To
lm
d Act to Incorporate the Town of Mid- ^
way. Section
1. Be it enacted by the Sen
e and House of Representatives of the "J.:
ate of South Carolina, now met and
ting in General Assembly, and by the "ft
ithority of the same; oul
That all persons, citizens of the TJnl- on
1 States, who now are, or hereafter r
ay be, inhabitants of the Town of
idway, shall be deemed, aqd are heredeclared,
to be a body politic and . c
rporate, and that said town shall be ,
lied and Jknpwn by the name of Mid- c
ty, and its limits shall be deemed and Q.
Id to extend four hundred and fifty "J#
rds in each direction from the present tl
[lroad depot in said town. * ?
Sed. 2. That said town shall bo gov- ?
nedby an Intendant and .four War* "
ns. who shall be elected on the fourth i
onday in March of each year there- ?
ter, an electterfhall be held for In- ?
ndant and four Wardens, who
all he citizens of the United States. ?1"
d shall have been residents of said
vvn for sixty days immediately preceng
said election, at such places in said 4
kvn as the Intendaht and Wardens p
all designate, ten days' public nottct. ^
ereof being previously given, in wri- J7'
igf and that all male inhabitants of
ia town of the age of twenty-one r; v
are, who shall have resided therein , *
cty days previous to the election, shall i"j
entitled to vote for said Intendaut 7
d Wardens, and the election shall be
Id from nine o'clock in the morning p "
til three o'clock in the afternoon, 57?
ien the polls shall be closed, and the .
magers shall connt the votes and pro- rr'
,im the election, and give notice there:
to the persons elected, and that the j",
tendantand Wardens for thetime be;
shall appoint the managers to hold ^
3ensuing election. That the Intennt
and Wardens, beiore entering upon "p:
3 duties of their respective offices, p
ill take the oath prescribed by the ^
nstitution of this State, and also the -P?
lowing oath, to wit: V'As Intendant
Warden) of Midway, I will equally ^
d impartially, to the best of my ablfc *
. exercese the trnst repoeed In mc, .
ci use my best endeavors to preserve An
3 peace and carry into effect, accord- &
j to law, the purposes of my appoint- ?_~
>nt. So help me God."
5ec. 3. That in case a vacancy shall ^
iur in the office of Intendant or any ? "
the Wardens, by death, resignation, i,
noval from the State, or from any . *
ler cause, ar\ election shall be held by
i appointment of the Intendant ana , ^
iraen, or wardens, as the case may be, JvV
i days' notice thereof, as aforesaid, *lor
ing given; and in the case of sickness
temporary absence of the Intendant, ri*
! Wardens forming a council shali be r^?
powered to elect one of therasehes ?n?
ict as Intendant during such sickness Bar
tibSGDC^* tJiJi
Sec. 4. That the Intendant or Ward- ?'c]
i, duly elected and qualified, shall,
ring their term of service, severally
i respectively, be vested with all the rra
vers of trial justices or other inferior Hj?
irts in this State, in matters civil and r|
minal, within the limits of said town. . ?
at the Intendant shall, as occasion UJ*
** nn cummnna WorHana f/\ "
OU11AU4V1IO V*IW TTII4MVUW W ^1
c#Miim in council, a majority of unV
om shall constitute a quorum for the an~
nsactiou of business, and shall be ?!
own by the name of the Town Coun- I??a
of Miqjvay, and they and their sue- wa
sore in office -shall nave a common Pe~
1, and shall have power and authority ?
ippoint, from time to time, such ana ?ns
many persons, to act as marshals! and !,,eri
istables, as they shall deem expedient 1, 01
1 proper, which officers shall haveUll !je0
i powers, privileger and emoluments, p*
subjeet to all the duties, penalties and pOU
ulations provided by the laws of this t'?V
te for tne office or constables; and a?a
Inteudant and Wardens In council
ill have power and authority, under Hle
ir corporate seal, to ordain and estab- .,^a:
i all such rules and by-laws and ordl- :a*!
ices respecting the streets, Ways,
jlic wells aud watering places, mar,
and police of said town, and for pre- ?{,
ving health, peace, order aud good Y.fr,
'ernment within the same, os they
y deem expedient and proper: and
i said council may affix fines for ofces
against ruch by-laws and oralices,
and appropriate the same to the
of the corporation, but uo fine shall coy
:eed fifty dollars. All fines may be A
overed by an action for debt before a
iper tribunal. ' An
Iec. 5. That the said council shall F
re power to abate and remove puisan- Si
within the limits af said town, and Si
3 to classify and arrange the inhabi- and
ts liable to police duty, and to require Stat
m to require them to perform such gitti
;y as occasion may require, and to en- auti
no the performance thereof under the T!
ae penalties as are now, or may here- Brei
it be, established by law: Provided, P. I
rays, nevertheless, That the said Town Jr.,
jncil shall have power to compound ino
;h persons liable to perform such duty and
)n such terms as they shall, byordf- Con
ices, establish. be, i
iEC. 6. That it shall be the duty of the cons
;endant and Wardens to keep all witl
?ets and ways which may be necessary thoi
fi.blic us& within the limits of the and
town open and in good repair; and In a
that purpose they are hereby vested to h
:h all the powers, rights and privileges the
,nted by law to the county commls- and
ners within the limits of said town, linn
1 for any neglect of duty they shall afte
liable to the pains and penalties im- ated
ied by law upon county commission- Sec
for like neglect; and they are hereby, pub
lividually, exempt from the perform- the
:e of road and police duty; and the A
jitants of said town are hereby expt
from street and police duty with- AN
the limits of said corporation. O
?ec. 7. That the said Intendant and B
irdcns shall have power to compound Hoi
h persons liable to work; on said of ?
jets and ways, and release such per- in (
is as may desire it, upon the payment thoi
iuch sum of money as they deem a Si
r equivalent therefor, to be applied Jos<
them to the use of said corporation. asac
iEC. 8. That the said town Council of are
dway shall be empowered to remain, und
isess and enjoy all such property as Bill
y may now be possessed of, or entitled as t
or which shall hereafter be given, be- po\t
;athed to, or in any manner acquired and
them, and to sell, alien, or In any all i
y transfer the same or any part there- the
ProAided, The amount of property so cess
;d or stock invested shall in no case fori
jeeed fifteen thousand dollars. suet
>ec. 9. That the said town council of cou
dwav shall have power to impose an and
_ 1 i 1 j 1 t
tiuai lax ou an J?-'?i ? '? personal pro- ngl
ty within the corporate limits of said itie
vn: Provided, Baid tax does not ex- S
id ten cents on the one hundred doi- and
s. con
>nc. 10. That the Intendant and War- teei
is of the Town of Midway shall have A
?er to regulate sales at auction, withthe
limits of said town, and to grant An
enses to auctioneers: Provided, That' a
thing herein contained shall extend d
gales by sheriffs, clerk of court, judge E
probate, caroner, executors. admin is- of 1
tors, assignees, or by any other per- Car
under the order of any court or Asa
M justice. . .* |sano
5EC. 11. That the Intendantand "War- T
8 of the town of Midway shall have nln
wer and authority to require all per- ed 1
is owning a lot or lots, in said town of froi
dway, to keep in repair the sidewalks A
jacent to their lots, respectivdtv, and
default in. this matter, shall have T
wor and authority to have the work wh
? r 77, oat
neat the ex|>eoM?bf such lot ewaer. ^
Jec. 12. ?batthe power io grant or re- ?
e licensed to keep ft tavern; or to ntaft
oxlcoting. drinks, be, jum? - ftfeejwjpVJtf*
reby, vested In the town ?od 0411 Of
wn of Midway, and that tbey^be als*?
rested with elrnecessary power, lw otr
tance, or ordinances, to suppress -Of-"*
dilate, the sale of intoxicating drfnkf 1
oe drunk at tbe place whose sold, of hi
upon any of Us appurtenances, or In 11
upon any of the highway: streets, 1
tea, alleys, wr^ons.^ltcfieoMfpM^g.
>ps, public buildings, booths, stall*, or
^nouses' of the said town, or within
>fourth of a mile of the present, xall- t
id depot, In the Town or MldwaCm
i County of BarawtiL PfOVuUd?1
at no rule or regulation shall be mads
consistent with the Constitution and v
rs of the State. N
Sec. 13. That this act shall fee taken
1 deemed as a publie act inall courts
justice, and fchalicontinOeofforc* far
i term of fourteen years tram its pas- ,
a'
proved Juwaiytth, A. D. 1872.
Act to Een&w the Charier of Straus
erry ,}
iEction 1. Be itenacteafcy theSenate
1 House of Representative
te of Booth. Carolina. now-met and
Jng in General qssenibly, and by tho
bority of the-iame,
'hat the charter of the ferry over the
>per River, known as Strawperrv Fer- /
be, and the Hune is hereby', flwieWed
the term of
the passage of this act. and the. same
lereby vested lil Mrs. EHfcabeih Wi- 1
g, hot executors, admlnlstrttoBiAat:
I upon the owner of said ferry'by law r r
)vided, however. That the< following '
ee Of ferriage only shall be charged
i coUeated,iowlt: ForfooipAserigimpt
ih, ten cents ; horse, each, ten centa: ?
i horse with buggy, wagon ot&rt fixid' '
ver, fifty cents ; two hocsei with car^ r
;erwagon aud. driver,. seventy-five ,
itoi fan flftnfa wwKInn* ?wL
if short ferriage to be one-half the
ve rates. %. ^
lEC. 2. All .persona , attending public
etings and elections, and children go;
to and oomingfroto school, shall be - ^
riedfree. .. /., , . *
ipproved January 8,1872; "
Actio Alter and Amend the Charier
f the Tottm of Georgetown. '
Ecrriosrl. Be it enacted by the Senate
I House of EepreeenUtfvtt of the ..
te of South Carolina, now met and
ing id General Assembly, and by the *
hority of the same,
hat so much of the charter of the
n of Georgetown as determines the J
of election be? and the'name is here?
amended so as to fix the day of eleo*
i of Intendant and Wardens' of the
n of Georgetown on the first Monday :
^.pril, eighteen hundred'and seven ty(1872),
and on the first' Monday* or
same month in every year thereafter.
1 election to be held Inaome oonvenitpublic
place in saldtown.fromehAt
ock rA. M. until five o'clock P; M. j i
when the polls shall be closed, the
lagers shall forthwith count the, votes,
declare the election, arid give ?ottce ft
reof, in writing, to the Intendant
:eln being, who shall, wlfhfn two days f
rearter, give notice, to ine persouffc
i elected: Provided, That the IntendEr
and Wardens now in office shall eonte
untir their successors art elscted '
qualified* , ?
gc. 2. That all laws now of force, in *
tion to the election of Intendant and >
rdens, except no far as hereby re*
led, be and continue in force. ,
ec. 3. That the Intendant and Wkrd
of the said town of Georgetownare?
rity over the poor within*the town of
rgetown, which, bythelaw,now bej,
or may hereafter bdpng( to the
inty Commissioners of Georgetown
mty over the poor of drift CoantyV
, for the purpose of raising. funds to
ride for.tne comfort and' support of
said poor, the said Intendant' and
rdeus may assess and oolieot. * poor ..
on the taxable property of the aaia
, in the same manner as theyawess: *
collect taxes thereon for the support
lie rovernmentofthe8&id town; Ft>o*
kJ, That said tax shall nbt exceed ten
percent, on the amount, of .tixea :
ein paid to the said town: Provided,
her. That the tax-payers of the said *
n of Georgetown snail .hot be taxed
the support of the poor outside of the
>orate limits of sala town.
pproved 8th January, A. D. 1872. '
Act to Incorporate the Mountaineer
rr yy TTT?rt.
irv jLnyuiH ( Ksuriipuuy, vj nuutuuu,
nith Carolina. * / ' i.
sction 1. Be it enacted by the Senate ,;
House of Bepresentatlves of the
cof South Carolina, now 'metand
ng in General Assembly, and by the
iority of tlxfisame, . .. , f ,
bat WilliamKoeber, John Bale.' A.'*1
nnecfee, p. S. SmeltzeiVMartin Ansel, 10
loyte, H. Stuckle, * Jacob Schroder,
James Watson, rina their successors
ffice, shall be kiiiown by the name >
title of the Mountaineer Fire Engine
ipany, of Walhalla,'South Carolina,
and they are hereby, created ana
jUtuted a body corporate and politic, ?
j a capital stock not to exceed five
isand dollars,-with the right to sue
be sued, plead aud . be impleaded, ;
ny Court of competent jurisdiction,
ave and to use a common tea)/ and '
same to alterwill and pleasure,
with all the. right?, privileges and
i unities that are now, of may herer
be, secured by law to like ineorpor1
bodies. ,
. 2. That Oils Act shall be deemed a
lie Act, and shall remain in force for
term 01 iourieen years.
pproved January 8, A. D. 1872.
ACT to Incorporate the Scott Biflle
uards of Sumter,
e it enacted by the Senate and
jse of Representatives of the State
k)uth Carolina, now inet and sitting
general Assembly, and by the aurity
of the same-: -
ection 1. That Samuel J. Parson,
?pk Sumter, Oscoe Roach, and their
>ciatesand successors, be and they
hereby incorporated ? hody politic /
ler the name and style of the Scott
e Guards," in deed and in lav, and,
such body politic. shall hare the
er to use ana keep a common seal,
the same at vilf to ilter, to make"
accessary by-laws, not repugnant to .
laws of the land; and to have suelion
of officers and members, oonnable
to such by-laws, to sua and be
3, plead and be impleaded, Jn any
rt of Law or Epufty in this State:
! to have, use and enioy all other
its, and be subject to all other liabils
Incident to bodies corporate.
vr>. 9 Thifr f-hiu Ant filiall he ilppmM
[taken to be a public Aot, and shall
tinue in force for the space of fouri
years from its passage.- .<-- > .. io
.pproved January 81st, 1878.
Act to Amend Se6tion1\eo Hundred
nd Seventy^nthe of the Code tf P*ooe~
ure of the State af. South Carolina. j
s it ena?cte(| by the Senate and House
Representatives ol the State of South
olfna, now met and slttln* in Oeneiml
embly, ana by the authority of the
'?? ur'.: . . lyJ-jtib
bat Section two hundred an<fse*entye
of tueCodeof Procedure be am end *
Dy striking out the word "second'1
n tlie first line of said section,
^proved January 8,1872.
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Virginia baa decided to retftlo the
Ipping post.