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?5 EDGEFIELD, S, C., APRIL ?8? 1872, T-r.L-.H cAt?-^L *?*sui. ossa J*d ; , \9+i?mil i>-?K I ?ol "H >^iniA 1? ii ' . ?.> ?nc T....? v?fjir-. v-*i ?7? . ..?a - . ?-i .?.* ;*r'; i r.a ?? r.iUi ?ir? UM D QUINN, WHOLESALE MD BETAIL DEALER IN BOOKS, STATIONERY, MUSIC, JLNt) PERIODICALS, 183 BROAI> STREET, Al'??USTA, GEORGIA, Manufacturers' Agent end Wholesale Dealer in all kinds of Blank Books, for Mercantile use, including Ledgers, Journal's, Day Books, Records, Pass Books, Memorandum Books, Time Books, Drawing and Scrap Books, Auto graph Books, Copy, Cyphering and Exercise Books, for School use, &c, &c. The Writing Papers, including Cap, Letter and Note, American, English and French, Ruled and Plain, Stamped ami Unstamped.. The stock of Envelopes; embraces Letter,'Note and Official sizes, of all colors and qualities, besides a full line of General Stationery, including all the innumerable minor items for use in the Counting Room. Also, many articles that would DB appropriately designated as Taney Sta tionery. In the Book Department, will be found the Standard Text Books for Schools and Colleges, Dictionaries, Bibles and Prayer Books? Music Books, and a large assortment of Juvenile and Toy Books, and a well selected stock in General Literature. In the Miscellaneous Stock, in which we deal,, we can oiler to buyers as favorable ferme .as any establishment in the trade. A new Price List wril, soon be issued, which will enable purchasers to make selections and-order by marl, if desired. Such orders will receive prompt and careful attention sinCe the most thorough system marks the mode of doing business in. this establishment. : Augusta, April 3,187?l5m3 * .. INSURE YOUR LIFE IN THE Brooklyn Life Insurance Co. Of New York. Cash Capital and Assets, Over $2.000,000. 1. Because it is acknowledged to he perfectly solvent by all Insurance Commissioners. 2. Because it is the cheapest. . . 8. Because it endorses the Surrender Value on its Policies, in Dollitrs and Cents, for ten consecutive years. According to the statement of th? rates of the different Life Insurance Companies of tirst-class standing in the United States, made by "The Uni versal," in its advertisement entitled " Facts arc Stubborn Things," and published- in the Edgeficld Advertiser, it appears that the Mutual Fates of the Brooklyn are Cheaper 'than those of any named Company. For instance, according to that statement : At the age of 20:At thc age ot30 At tl? age of 40 5=150 $200 ?250 Will Insure | Will Insure Will Insure In the Brooklyn " " Equitable. Balance in favor of the Brooklyn*. In the Brooklyn..t.i ?? " piedmont & Arlington. 88,875 73 7,541 47 $1,3:14 2(i 43 8,455 .?(5 Balance in favor of the Brooklyn. In the Brooklyn. " ?? New York Life. Balance in favor of tba Brooklyn. In the Brooklyn. " M Carolina Life. ?420 27 $S,S75 73 7,541 47 ?9,250 69 8,810 57 ?440 12 ???,250 GO 8,810 57 Balance in, favor of the Brooklyn. In the Brooklyn. ?' " ."Etna./..*A. Balance in favor of the Brooklyn..' lu the Brooklyn.. " " Cotton States. . Balance in favor of the Brooklyn. Un the Brooklyn. -" M St. Louis Mutual. Bal-ce in iavor of the Brooklyn. ?440 12 ?9,250 GO 8,810 00 ?140 GS) ?9,250 69 8,841 73 ?408 90 $0,250 69*f 8,798 U4 ?8,875 73! 8,455 411; ?451 75 ?9,250 G9 8,810 57 ?420 27 ?8,875 73 8,841 30 in the Brooklyn. M Southern Ufo. Balance in &vor of the Brooklyn, In the Brooklyn. " rt Knickerbocker Balance in favor of tho Brookivo. ?34 37 ?8,875 73 S,615 73 $2G0 00, ?8,875 73 8,605 50 ?140 12 ?9,250 69 8,841 73 ?408 96 ?9,250 09 8,877 55 ?373 14 ?9,250 69 8,639 30 ?210 231 ?01I ?&! e*,3sy 27 7,087- 22 ?402 05. ?8.'389 27 7,987 22 ?402 05 ?8,389 27 7,087 22 j ?402 05 ?S,380 27 7,916 40 ?472 87 ?8,389 27 8,108 10 ?8,389 27 i 7,087 22 ?102 05 $8,889. 27 ! 7,916 40 ?472 87 ?8,3S9 27 .7,930 50 ?452 77 ?8,389 27 7,859 10 ?530 17 STOCK RATES. At the agc of 30, 8200 will insure In She Brooklyn. ?11,750 00 in the Universal. 11,31*8 01 At thc agc of 40, ?250 will insure ?10,054 90 10,260 90 Bal. in iavorof thc Brooklyn at stock rates $353 90 ' ?385 00 The greatly advantageous feature ot the Brooklyn in endorsing the Sur render Values upon its Policies, tn Dollars and Cents, foi' ten conscciUive\ ?years, has met with unqualified praise from the most celebrated American. Actuaries, as also from the Press, East, North and South. The Hon. Elizur Wright, who is admitted to be the greatest Insurance "Mathematician and Actuary in America, congratulating The Brooklyn upon this nsw and distinctive feature, cays, among other things, "I am particularly pleased by- your departure in tjie right direction from the ordinary method of computing (he Surrender Values." "/One of the "great est drawback? to the popularity of Life Insurance, has been thu .disap pointment ami dissatisfaction of retiring Policy holders, at the smallness\ of thc surrender value paid," ko., "All'thi.s would have been prevented by a distinct ?-tatemad on the Policy, m advance, of the sum. to be iiaiil." ?This statement, it will be- seen, The Brooklyn makes in dollars and cents, so- that there can be no mistake. . Ke.nl What Southern Papers Say of This Feature : Thc .Sentinet, (Haleigh, North Carolina;) Jan. 27, 1SG9.-" This great feature of cash swrrender mines is au improvement that signalizes the era in Life Insurance." - Sun, (Columbus, Georgia.)-"There js no better Company i;> the land: a comparison with other corporations of a similar character; will convince all of the superior safety in tating rieh with The Brooklyn Life." Dispatch, (St. Lauix, Mo.,) Jifn.' 7, ?8G9.-A Policy in Thc'Brooklyn Life is thus worth so much in ocady mom fr. This ?a the only Life Com pemy in tire country that has carnet! this ?scellent feature (of endorsing the .cash surrender vaines in don?rs1-and cents,) into ?ts business." "Pol ,icy holders' being doubly assured, the system cauHOt fail to become very . popular.*' /It will be ?een that we assert nothing in thc above advei tiremont, but .make a sim?lc statement of the superior advantages of Thc Brooklyn, as it sippeil?S from disinterested parties. The Hon. M. L. Bonham Ins been OSSOeiflted With US in (he General Agency o.f"?ac Brooklyn for this Shit?. BONHAM, mm ft BUTLER, General Agents and Managers. Office over the CitfeeflS" Evings Bank, Columbia, S. C., .And at Edgeficld, S. C. March 20tf JUST RECEIVED, i>oz. Brade's Crown HOES, 10 Doz. Planters' Steel HOES, 1 " PITCHFORKS, 1 " Ames'Long Handle SHOVELS 10 Kegs NAILS. ' * SPADES, AXES, ROPE, Ac. For sale low. W H BRUNSON. Mar 13 tf . 1*2 . Kciposene Oii ! . JUST received Six Barrels Best KERO SENE OIL. at 50 cts. per gallon ?rash . bc five gallons, or more, at 45 cts. eallou MARK ERT <fc CLISBY. .^arV tf 13 Ee&tf-Owrters for Garden Give Sc a Call i ISToW in Store a full supply of LAN. ORETI! A SON'S GENUINE GAR DEN SEED, CORN. ONION SETS, &e. Alss, to arrive, 3<r Barrels SEED PO TATOES, all varieties, at low prices. W. A. SANDERS. Feb 7 . " tf _7 St?no Fertilizers. WM. JOHNSON, Agent, Dora's Mills, S. C. OFFICIAL. Acts and.Joint Resolutions Passed ferr the Genera) Assembly of Sooth Carolina? Regular Session- 1871 and 1872. AN ACT to Incorporate the- Peoples Savings Institution. . . SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the ?Senate and House of Repr?sentatives ' of the State of South CaroHnaj :npw met and sitting in General Assembly, and bj the authority of the same: That Alva Gage, R. Tomkinson, G. I. Cunningham, C. H. West, R. S."Bruns, S. S. Howell, B. C.- Preasley, J. H. Wilson, W. TJfferhardt, J. B. Beits, C. L. Burckmeyer, Jtbn Hanckel, John H. Devej aux," W. McBurney, W. Y. Leitch, R. Adger, Zimmerman Davis, W, A. Kelly, D. A. Amme, H. Gerdts, H. S. Griggs, and O. R. Levy, be, and they are hereby, created a corporation, by the name and title of , People's Savings Institution ; and that they and such others as shall be duly elected members of said corpo ration, as in this Act provided*, shall bo a body politic and corporate,. Dy the same name and title. . SEO. 2. That the said corporation ahalhbe capable of receivings on de posit, from any person or persons dis posed to obtain and enjoy its advan tages, all sums of .money-that may be ?tiered for, that purpose ; and, on re ceipt of anjr deposit, it shall deliver to the depositor a book in which shall be entered all sums deposited. SEC. 3. That all deposits of money received by the said corporation may be invested in any public sfock or bonds, created by virtue of any law of this State, or any ordinance of "tbe ci-ty of Charleston, or in the capital .stock of any bank within this. State, or in United ;Statea; bonds or stock, or bonds or stock of any city or State in the United States, or in the stocks or bonds of any railroad company in corporated in this or any other State, or loaned on promissory notes, secured by pledge of such stocks, at not more ? than seventy-five per centum bf their par vahie, or on bonds secured by mortga^ of real estate,' lying and being within the Parishes of St. Philip and St, Michael, in the ceunty of Charleston ; and the income and profit thereof- shall be applied and i divided .'?moiig the persons making the said deposits, or their legal r?p resentives, after makingsuch reasona ble deductions as may be necessary lor expenses, in. proportion to the sums by tlwm d' ^ositoc},. and to the length of time during which .such de posits may have remained, in the in stitution ; and t .e principal of such deposits shall be repaid to each de positor at such times, aud under such regulations as'the said corporation shall prescribe, the substance of which regulations shall be printed in the book of deposit; Provided, That the corporators in the said- corporation shall be liable to the amount of their respective share? ? of. stock in said Banking Institution for all its debts and liabilities upon note, bill or other wise: And provided, farther that no Director, or other officer of said cor poration shall borrow any money from said corporation ; and if any D'rector, or other officer, shall be convicted, upon indictment, of directly or indi rectly violating this section, they shall be punished by fine or imprison ment at the discretion of the court. SEC. 4. That the said corporation "shall have power to elect new mem bers by ballot at their semi-annual meetings in January and July each year ; and. any member, upon filing a written notice with the President thereof, three montes prior, may, at any such meeting of said corporation, withdraw and forever dissolve his connection with th? sajne. m SEC. 5. That the said corporation may haye* a common'-seal, which they may change and renew at pleasure ; and that all deeds, conveyances apd grants, covenants and agreements made by their Treasurer/or any other person, by their authority and direc tion, according to their rules, shall be. good and valid ; and the corpora tion shall, at all times, have power to sue and bo sued, and may defend, and shall be held to answer by th? name and title aforesaid; and may acquire, take, hold and convey such real estate as may be deemed desira ble for its place of business, or neces sary for it to purchase in foreclosing or settling such mortgages as it may hold as security for loans. {SEC. 6. That the said corporation shall hereafter meet .at Charle'iton, some" time in the month of January, annual!/-, and as much oftener as they ma/ .deem expedient ; and any seven members of wa saje] corporation, the President, Vice President, Secretary or Treasurer being one, shall be a quorum ; and thc said corporation, at tneir annual Meetings in January, sharl have power to elect a President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasu rerj'iiod twenty Trustees, all of which said officers shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties, and clin]) hold their offices and man age and direct tho affairs of the said corporation until their successors, shall be duly eleoted and qualified. SEC. 7. That the said corporation are hereby vested witb the power of making by-laws and regulations for the more orderly managing the busi ness of ??9 corporation ; provided, the same aie not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this*&tat?. SEC. 8. That any two persons herer in named may calf the first meeting of the corporation by advertising it in any two of the daily papers pub lished in the city of Charleston. Sac. 9. ?hat tfi? - treasurer of said" corporation shall give bonds to ?he satisfaction of the Trustees for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. SEC. 10. That the Treasurer of Baid corporation shall, as soon as may be, After tb.e annual meeting in January, pubjish in one or more of tue daily papers of the city of Charleston, a statement of ?he concerns pf the said , corporation, which statement' phall specify the following particulars, namely: Number of depositors, total amount of deposife, amount invested in balik stooK, amount invested in State or city stock, amount invested in United" States bonds or amount invested in railroad s bonds, loans 'on mortgages estate, loans on notes seoi pledge of stock, amount of i nani total dividens for the y J nual expenses of the corporat . of whicn shall he certified an to or affirmed -by the Treasuri five or more of the Trustees corporation shall also certify 1 same is correct, according to I .of their knowledge and belief SEO. ll. That this act si deemed a public act, and cont force until repealed. Approved March 13, 1872. AN ACT to Authorize. tto.lfa ' of, and io Incorp&rake-tJie^S} burg and Aiken Railroad. Whereas* it is ? desirable tjra should be a connection by? n betweert the town of Edgefiel village pf Ninety-Six and the of Laurena and' Spartanburg,' State ; therefore, . SECTION ?. Re ii enacied \ Senate and House of Represent "of the State of South^ Carolina met and sitting in General Asst and by the authority of the That the formation of a cor] company is hereby authorized, f purpose of 'constructing a railr< connect, the townj of .-Aiken, ?he bf Edge'fieia, the village of St LSix, the town of Laurens an town of Spartenburg,. with; the ilege of extending* Sie ; same -t town of Hamhurg, in such1 ner as may be determined by company. SEC. 2. That for the purpo raisin j? the oaprtal' stock pi] said pany, it shall be lawful- ia open 1 at the town of Spartanburg, i the direction of G. Gannon,--J Evans, Alfred TolKson, D..R. can, 8. Bobo and Joseph. Walke the town of Laurens, under Y. Owens, J. W. Fowler, Joseph C\ Dr. John Henry, and H. L. Met an ; at the village of Ninety-Six der Thomas Talbert, Dr. W. A. j becker, J. A. Stuart, Thomas I Augustus Griffin and P. R. Rh af: the town of JEdgefield, under 1 renee Cain, M. L. Bonham, Wn Gary, A. J. Norris, Dr. John Barker and Paris Simpkins; at village of Aiken, under J. N. Ha E. J. C. Wood, R. B. Elliott, C. Hayne, E. Ferguson, -J. S. Shucl G. Rockwell and Henry Sparnick the city of Augusta,- under Johr Cohen, Jas. A. Gray, Josiah Sib Charles IV. Harris, Dr. J. A. Mil and at such other places in thc Cc ties of Spartanburg, Laurens, Al ville. Edgefield ana Aiken, and uri the direcuon of such other" pers as the Commissioners in the resi live counties herein above named i designate, for the purpose of seem subscriptions to an amount not cseding two million' five bund tlnmsand dollars, jn shares of* hundred dollars each, to constitu? joint capital stock -for the pu pos< constructing and carrying into ope ti on the raid railroad, and, on e; share of-individual stock..' the s scriber shall pay to the Commissi .ers, who shall be authorized io li the same, - t)i,e sum of .five doll; "lawful money of ?tin United Stat SEC. 3. That when the sum of t hundred thousand dollars shall hi been subscribed, in the manner befi specified, the subscriheis shall and they are hereby, declared a bc corporate, to Ge known by the nai and 8lyle of the " Spartanburg a Aiken Railioad Company"" and m meet and organize said company, siren time and place as may be desi nated by tjm Corrrmissioners for t town of Sparenburg, hereinbefc named. SEC. 4. That, for the;purpose of t ganizing >aid company,, all such po' ers as aro conferred by tue chart of the Greenville and Columbia Ra road Company, and the Oompan and the Commissioners at Greenvill shall be, and are hereby, con fern upon the Commissioners herein a; pointed-at the town of Spartauhu rr, and all the powers, rights and priv leges granted by the said charter ar its amendments to the " Greenvil and Columbia Railroad Company shall be, and they -are hereby, gran ed to >he "Spartanburg and Aike Railroad Company" and subject t like restrictions as are iheirein cor fained, except as to the capital ?tocl the sum necessary to authorize th organization, ajdthe amount of sh arc except so far as may be necessary t conform to the special provisions t this act : Provided, however, Tba nothing herein contained shall be ? construed as to bind the Statc io sui scribe stQck ip sajd company, pr mak any appropriations to enable the sail company to build said road, or. ii any manner to loan the credit of th State thereto: Provided, further That nothing herein contained, ebal be 60 construed as to exempt rh. said company from . the provisions o section 1, chapter 43, of the Genera Statutes. SEC. 5. That said company is au thonged to receiye subscription to it capital stock, in lands or' labor, ai may be agreed upon between saic company and said subscribers, and mr.y acquire by grant, purchase, leas? or otherwise, any estate, real or per sonal, whatsoever, anil the same hold use, sejl, convey and dispose of ai the interest of - said company require . Approved March 12, 1872. AN ACT io Incorpor?le thc CliurcJia of Antioch, l\ew Hope, 'Bethel Grove and Nexo Bethany, of Lau - rens County, Soidh Carolina. SECTION. 1. Be il enacted by the Senate and House df Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and hy the authority of the same : That the churches known by the names of Antioch, New Hope, Bethel Grove, and New Bethany, of Laurens County, South Carolina, be,*^and the same are hereby, incorporated, and the corporators thereof are hereby yesteol with all the rights, privileges and immunities conferred on certain ' religious institutions, by an Act rati fied the 16th day of December, 1851. Approved March 18,1872. , AM ACT io Charten- the Grce) and 'Augusta. R?il0ad Comp SECTION X Be ii enactedhy thi ats and House of Repr?sent?t! the Staie of South Carolina, now and sitting in General Assembly hy the authority of the E That, for the purpose of establi a railroad, on the most practi route, from Greenwood, in the of South Carolina, to Augusta, i ..State of Georgia, whiqji com] when formed, with the condi herein prescribed,, shall- have ? rafe existence as a body polii perpetuity. SEO. 2. That this charter, wit] rights and privileges incidental tl to, is hereby granted to and vi ' in ?''H-.^F?rmings, . A. M. Aike ' P. Boozer, P. H.'Bradley, C. L. I J.D. Talbert, W.K.Bradley, i Merriwether, J. D. Neill, .W.L. Pi J. L. White, Wm: K. Blakeand < Sheppard, of the State of' 8 Carolina, and Robert H. May, Th( Phinizy, John D. Butt,- Edward ry, Austin Mullarky, W. A. Ran T. Jefferson Jennings, Jos. -TL Si arid Wm. P. Crawford, of the. S , of .Georgia, .and J. A. Barker, J renee Cain, Everidge Cain, T. Talbert, of the State of South C lina. . SEC. .3. That for the purpos< raising fhe necessary capital stop said company, ifc*shall; be lawfb *bpen books of subscription in State of South Carolina, in the C( ?ies/of Abljeviile'and Edgefield ; ? in tie State of ?reorgia,.an the Cc ties of Richmond and Columbia; , in such cities and towns as ma} deenftd for the best interest of corporators, to an amount not exce ing.oner.million dollars ($l,000f(X in shares bf -tw?nty;db?lars ($20) ea to constitute a joint capital stock, the purpose of constructing and c rying into . operation the afores; railroad, .or.any part thereof. A it shall be the duty of thesaid cor rators, or a majority of them, to oj books of subscription os soon al the ratification of this Act as may. practicable, of which twenty da previous notice must be given in a ' newspaper or newspapers of the Sta aforesaid ; and the subscription boc .hall be kept open for sixty, daj that on each share of stock subscrib? the said subscribers shall pay t dollars ($2.) or.its ?quivalent, in ci .rency, to the corporators, who sh; give a certificate for the same ; ar on the non-payment of said inst; ment, the subscription shall be voi the corporators shall deposit t money received by them on said ca instalments in a solvent bank, in ai of the States aforesaid, and at t expiration of every.thirty days. Th when thc sum of one hundred-ii fifty thousand dollars ($150,000) a subscribed, the .said corporators, or majority of them, shall give notice the time and place of meeting for o ganization rn some^mb??c . newsjvap rn each of thc States aforesaid. B if the sum of one hundred and fifi thousand dollars ($150.000) shall m be subscribed within the first'appoin ed time,- the said corporators may, fi the purpose of further subscriptioi ti the capital stock, keep the bool open for such time, and af such plac? as they may deem proper : Providei That the corporators shall not kee the books open for a longer peria Utan one year, at the expiration'! which time the right to solicit an receive subscripjions shall vest in tb President and Directors of said con .pa ny. SEC. 4. Whenever the said sum < one hundred and filly thousand do lars ($150,000) is subscribed, in th manner herein prescribed, the sut .scribers, their executors, .administr? tors and assigns,, shall be,, and the. are hereby,' declared to bp, incorpora ted into a company, .by the name c .the " Greenwood and Augusta Rail road Company," and may organize a herein provided. . SEC. 5. The said company, by it name above mentioned,' shall hav perpetual succession of members, sha] hold real and personal property, maj sue and be sued, may plead and bi impleaded, may have and use a com mon seal, which they may break ant usa at pleasure, and make all sucl by-laws, rules and regulations as the} may deem necessary for the well or dering and conducting the affairs o; the company. SEC. 6. At the first meeting of the said company, to be. cailed by thc corporators, as above stated, and at all subsequent meetings, it shall.be lawful for any stockholder to be rep resi ii ted by proxy, whose appoint ment shall be in writing, signed by such stockholder ; but a person not a stockholder; shall not represent such proxy. A majority of two-thirds oj the stockholders present, or repre sented "by proxy, are empowered to transact , any and all business con nected with the company. At. the first meeting of stockholders, and an nually therenfterj at such time and place os may be appointed by the by laws, they shall elect, by ballot, to serve one year, ?ind until another election, a President and ten Direct qrs. No person ?hall be elected a President br Director who is not the owner of twenty shares, which must have been held for three months prior to his election ; but this does not ap ply to the first election herein pro vided for. In the election of Presi dent and Directors, in the establish ment of the by-laws, and all other Acts to be done by the - stockholders, in their corporate capacity, each stock holder shall be eatrtled to one vote for every paid up share of the stock subscribed by him. . SEC. 7. That, for thepurpose of ac ?hiring such lands, or right of way j they m,ay require fc?r tb,e location and construction of the said rail road, with such depots; warehouses,- sta tions-, wharves, and other necessary establishments, or for extending or al tering, the same, the said company shallJrave-every right, privilege and power heretofore granted to, and .which is now or has been used or en joyed * j\ an7 ra^ road company heretofore incorporated in either of the states aforesaid ; and siall{ ajso, be entitled to the uso and. benefit of evsry process and proceeding provi \ ded by law fpr enabling rail ?roa panies, in either .of the states said, to obtain such dands,- or . of way, as they, acquire, iu C? ; which the consent of the owner not be obtained. . And the -sait pany shall hare the same exe right of transportation on, -thei road, which is .possessed and er by any other rail road in either aforementioned states. And pi trespassing, .intruding, or wi] destroying any of the property said company, shall be liable. Senmities to which persons wil estrdying, damaging or 'obstn .any other rail roads, or parts or 'eels thereof, ate made "liable, b; law in either pf the. states, afor And the said company shall ha\ same'presumptive right and titi< to the same extentt to lands thi which their rail-road hiay, be bu absence of any agreement witli proprietor or proprietors of such 1 whioh is possessed -or enjoyed bj other rail road ,'in-the'states mer; ed above, as to the lands thr which their rail rodd may have 1 or may be, constructed, in absor any contract with the owners thc SEC. 8. That it-shall- be lawfu the said company, to increase capital stock to any -amount; ? not ceeding two -million dollars ($2,( OOO) Jjy receiving subscription . additional shares, .on such terms conditions' as they May think pr to ' prescribe ; and also to boj money for. the purposes aforesaid such terms, and atsuch rates pf it est, as they may think proper. SEC. 91 Subscriptions* to. the s of said company shall be payabli installments of five dollars ' ($5 ^each share, .after paying first ihi -ment as aforesaid, and at interval not less than ninety days, under a regulations as may. be prescribed the by-laws. Public . notice pf. time and place cf payment of.? instalment ; shall be given., at li twenty, days beforehand ; and, in ( any instalment or any share renj unpaid for the space, of .?iirty ..d after the*tim? for paymen'tihereof, share shall be forfeited and,vesfec the said company, and the default stockholder released from all obli tions to pay the amount unpaid the forfeited'share. The shares the capital-stock of said comp: shall bc personal property, and si be assignable and transferable, such manner and under such regn tions as may be prescribed by the 1 laws. SEC. 10. The President and Dir tors, of the company shall have i thority tn execute all the pow< hereby granted to said company, st ject to such limitations and restr tions as niny be imposed -by the t laws. There must be an annual me ing of the stockholders, at such til as may be appointed by the by-la*, at which the President*and Directt shall m.\ke a report, in writing, of t affairs ?nd condition Of the-comp?r which report shall be published in newspaper of each of tho states af?l said. ' Other meetings may be call hy the President or Directors, wh they deem it expedient,, and, ali when twenty-stockholders, represer ing three hundred shares, "shall d mand the same in writing. The ct por.ators, herein appointed, ehallgi a written account of all funds r< cei vi by them, and the disposition ol' tl same, at tho first meeting after tl ratification of this* Act. lt shall 1 ?Uwfnl for the stockholders at ai meeting to remove the President ar Directors, or any oftbem, from offic and elect others in their stead. Tl President and Directors sha'l hai authority te>draw out the money d posited in bank by the corporator for subscription to the stock of tl company: Provided, That.tho san i s oil ly used for thc interest of sai company. SEC. ?1. This..Act shall be of .fore for the term pf /orty years from tl: ratification thereof, ' and shall b deemc-ti and hereby'declared a publi Act : provided, That the work for th execution whereof the said compan is formed, shall be commenced wi I hi two years from thc first day of Jam ary, one thousand eight hundred an seventy-two, and be completed withi eight years thereafter : And pr?vida furtive?! That said road, shalf .be sub ject to the provisions of an Act enti tied "An Act to declare the manne by which the lands', or the- right o way over the lands of persons or cor porations, may be taken for tho con structio? and uses of. railways ant other works of internal improve ment," ratified September 22, A. D. 18G8 : Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be so construed as t< exempt the said. company from thi payment of taxes. v ? Approved March 13, 1872. AN ACT to In?oipwaietheMedJhn) Manufacturing Company, of Lex inglon County.% * SECTION 1. Be it'enacted by ihi Senate and House of Representative.? of the State Pf South'Carolina," now met and sitting in General Assembly and by the authority Of tire same That Frederick W. Green",' John Green, John P. Southern", Clark War ing and W. C. Swaffield, and Others, and their associates and successors, are hereby made and created a body politic and corporate, and .under the name and style of V The P.ed Bank Manufacturing Company," for . the purpose of manufacturingeo?ton yarna and*cloth, and such other fabrics as the demand of the community' may require, and also for the transaction of 'all such business/;as may-, be ocm nected with the above purposes, with a capital stock of thirty, thousand dol lars, with power to increase it to one hundred thousand dollars, the con sent of a majority of t&Osfockhold ers being first had and obtained, y ? SEC. 2. *j"he said corporation 'may purchase and hold such real ?state as may be required- foi their purposes, or such as they may deem it fpr their interest to take in settlement of . it-ny debts due them, and may. dispose, of th?ra ; and may erect such mills, ma chine shops and buildings thereon as may be deemed necessary, and may i sue and be sued, have and use a-cont; I mon seal, and'mako such by-laws fop ! the regulation^ and' government -of said corporation, not inconsistent with -j the Constitution and laws of- th -i ted-States and of this State, -a 3 be deemed .necessary-; ?ndehall i. generally, all ihe*rigbts;:po?ve; . privileges in law'incident or i - faining to-corporatjons. 3 SEC;?-. That-this -act shall J public act, and shall-cdntin?e"?1 ? for the.term of twenty-five yea . . Approved dtf?rch 9,1872.;- .'I T AN' ACT tb'Incch-j)wate\ t?te Tc j . Ninety-Six. 1 - . , SECTION I. Be it eri?cted by iii r ate and House of JRepresentati'v ; the State of South Carolina, . met and sitting in General A'sse: and by the authority'bf th? t i ' ?hat all persons, .citizens, o I United States*, who nqw are,,o'r t after may be, inhabitants of the. [ of Ninety-Six shall be deemed,' ? are-hereby d?dl?rsd, a body "p ( and' corporate ; ' and 'said ' town be called and known by the nar . Ninety-Six, and 'its " limits sha deemed and ireld to extend one '. a mile in e?ch direction from . Greenville ?nd'-Ccl?mbia'ir^ . poe at said place.;\ S?a 2.' That the sai4r'-to\mj ? be-.governed .by an . Intendant, four Wardens, jvhj^'jahall "be ele 'on the .first Monday.in April i 1872,. as well as .on.tue first-Mir in April of everyyear thereafter, election.shajl be held- for a.h .in dant.and four, yy-ardensj.'^ho.sp.a citizens.!:of the ?niterl. States, shall have.been .residents.of tte., town, sixty days;ne.xt preceding A election,, at such place in said.;t< as the Intendant ^and- Wardens a designate, ten,days; notice tbereoJ Writing, being'previously given; * -tnat all -th? male inhabitants of i . town,.of the age pf tw,enty-one ye who have resided.therein'..sixty-id preyious.t?"the' election',; shall' be titled to. vote for 'said Intendant i Wardens' ; and,'thc', ?lection shall h?ld fromA 7.in!tlie morning unt o'clock in the evening, when the i -shall b'e closed .andt.he managersst coiint the' vot?s and proclaim. the.e) tion, and give notice thereof to j person's elect?d ;'. and that the Int dant and Wardens, for. the time "bei shall appoint managers" tq hold J ,ensuing election ; tnat the Intend^ and Wardens, before entering bp the duties of their, bffic.es, Ashall t . the pa'lh prescribed by the constil tion of the State,. and the follow i oath, te wit ; " As.Intendant (br W den) of Ninety-Six, 'I."will e.qual and impartially, to thc -best of i ability, exercise the trust reposed me, and will use my best endeavx to preserve the, peace and.carry ir effect, according tc law,, the pu.rp.ps of my appointments: So help me Goc SEC. Wt- That in case--a vacan shall occur in the office of Intends pr any of the Wardens, by death', r signation, removal from-the State, from any other- cause, an election sh; beheld, by appointment of the ?.l tendant and Warden, or Wardens, the case may be, ten days' public n tice thereof, as aforesaid, being give and in case of the?ickness or temp r.iry absence of the Intendant,- tl Wardens, forming a Council, shalil empowered to elect one of themsel-v tb act as In tendant*-during such sic! ness or absence. . SEC. 4T. That- the Intendant1 ac Wardens, duly elected and qualifie* shall,- daring tli?ir-'term' of servie severally and respectively, be veste with ail'the powers of Trial Justi< and Justice of the Peace in this Stat in matters e;~il and criminal, withi the limits of said town; 'that the Ii tendant' shall, as often "a's -occasic may "require, summon ' the Warder to meet him i? Council, a majority < whom' shall constitute ? qu?runr'fc the transaction bf bdsinef:?; and sba be kuown as the Town Council '< Ninety-Six^'and they amVtheiP'suc cessorsln office shall, have a'comme seal, and shill- Have powei;: aiid au thority to appoint, from time to: tim? such and. so many -proper . persons-1 actas Marshals and Constables, * they shall deemexpedieritnndpropel which officer shall nave all thepowei privileges and emoluments,' and *.b subject -to all duties, .penalties am regulations, by-the laws bf this-State for the ofQce Of Constable;"and th Intendant and Wardens, .irr Council .shall have poWer and-authority,., un dei- their corporate seal, to ordain.am establish all such rules and by-laws and ordinances, respecting the streets ways, public wells, -springs-of water markets and police of said town,.am for prese" ving-the health, peace, or der and good government within.th< same, -as they'may deem, expedient and proper;- and. the said?-.Counci may affix fines -for offenses .againsi such by-laws and ordinances^ and ap; propri?tc the same to the use of th< corporation ; but no fine shall ejtceet fifty dollars. All fines may \ bc col lected by an action for.debt, .before a proper tribunal. . SEC. ?j. That the said Council sha!] have power to abate or remove nui sances, within the limits of said town, and,'.also, to classify and arrange.the inhabitants liable to public duty, and require them, to perform such duty as occasion may- require^ and enforce the performance of the same; unde^the same penalties as are. now, or herea-f? after may "be, established, .by law : Provided, always, nevertheless. That the said Town. Council shall have power to compound with jibe persons fiable to perform such, duty, under such terms as they shall, by ordinance^ establish. . Sac. 6. That it shall be the duty of the Intendant and Wardens to keep, all streets and ways.ir> the limits ot' said town open and in good order,, and for that purpose they are hereby invested with .a.U (.the' powers', and privileges granted by law to the?< om missioners of. Roads, .witnin".the limits of said town. .'Alia for. neglect, of duty,they sfrall be liable tb the same -pain and penalties imposed by- law upon Commissioners ;of. Hoads, for like neglect ; and they areJ^-pehy. in dividually exempt from the."perform-' ance "of ro?? " and police: ' duty ; and: ' the inhabitant's' ;of said town. ?fe^wej by exempt from ' roadduty ' withobt the limits of said corporation. . y"^ * SEC. 7. That" the said" Inton?ent and gardens-: shall have power to " ;* * - ."**? .? 'j compound . with euc?i: :per8?ns4l?ab?9 - fdr work-on th? saidsfreeteand.yaysyi anc?rto release- such pe-fionat.va&anjtr desire its^ .unca the-payment ot sack.? , isum of money-<>as!-they*-ma$r., .deetnJA ?. 'fair equivalent^therefor,' to bo-appUed ' by-them to- the-use bf tiiemorp^wtiia.; SETG:"a 'That the' sin^:*To'w? G?*?^ . * ti -J -?4 i X * * w all such property7 as- tiley m?jr be^?* sessed -of ?i'-enti tied* ttf.'or whicfrehaji * fiereaft?r^b?^?nT^ or*'" .by: any nfanhef ' acquired ?'by- them'*? and td-sel?; ?K?n.^'h-ftny vrAy&kA&z fer tho sain?; or* any 'p?^tfce&oto^ Provided;"-The aihounf> oti&aftotffofa ?helor or Bfiook'ihre?fced; A?W" c H se '?xce?d the4 aum'?f twenty '?*t?i&?AS! anddotfars:"'- : : ?? .'^>o. xlditcx .ciL'sliarf'h^ no'??'W'jitJ?n alf ro?T an^ pefeo?gC* :proper ty : SMS *2|e SBfuW;of exc??? ?the sum'of'JSft'?eu cfints*?n thV " on?>n;d%fcf^^ *f<?* SEC. 1*?V Tha? tKe^lnt?naimtWftS Wardens of the..town qf l&nety-j&jj fained sh^irexCe?J to ?tffcwfjf^*, :Sher?2s, ?S^*O^^^%?!M ?Prob?te. Coron'ei^,] .?'^e^f?rsy^pIMh istratojfs' "assign?es"' *or"[py; an'Jr ?tu?r**'' or jaagisfrate.^ oJ ^ ^ ^ -, . QE?, JLJ, ^Ehat-fc^e,- ^&nf^tf..andj.. Wardens, .shall, have*- powder, ^and au^, ' thority 'tto req.ujr e jail perso-ja owning^. " ? lot qr ^otf in the aaict town bf ttine-,^ ty-S^x to.keerjj?n. r|p^i^si$?^al^gs/ adjacent- to,$?e?r\, jp?%2 resp^^dy. Jj *andjor cl?^r- ^ fo?-pti>tffi:,/?$?-' .have power and* authority to?nyjpep V T? 'fine not exceeding fifteen ^?llarsu,.,. ?SEC., ?2, jJ?*^ -isw^jife -: refj^^ or grant licenses, taie^.ajl^TOrA.or^ iretail j^t^^^^^^j^p^^^ same is hereby r Teated^i?"^ . ??&ft iii Council of J&oe^?ix^'-.and ??iAt th%jr. be also invested with, all the? necessary ,j hpower^by .ordii'A'if?^o^ suppress or regul^te^ t^vsaJe ,K-fefwii, ^fpxica^ng dr4nJcs7/to^;<i^^ place whe^e spld^ ..or .in^or unon. any^, ; "of its".highways,,sheets, $n^t$$yptis?l 'commong, jfotehens^stc^ -? ?id j)iiildings'r ?t^^jox?^^t^m^ 'the said town,,, or^.wi.thi^ j^lt.a mile of fbe GrejsnyiUe^andt&umbaaPw^t-j: . road depot.in.said "townjrPro,vi*d?4i'?'.?. No rjjle*. orreguJa?ion^ha?j^ma^e,-^^ inconsistent, witt the constito^p^an?d.? J laws'of the State/V,. Ji..:..%.c*C. . .SEC. ?3B That this y.actf shalUbe-*-.'; deemed a,public act miall -courts.of- . j j ?sliee mid. shall cootie ae of farce-na-. ?j til amended or. repealed.- roji? i.... ? ? Approved-Mafch 18, 18-7? ?nl: ? i ? ..-' -rr. . .. 4> ii A. ? Aj? A?T to Amend.?he ?hvrLer of the+~^ ? Town.of Lancaster. ... . ut ??j iSECTlON Lui Btuit enacted by the ? Senate and Hona?joi EepMs?it?tives" H pf- the ?tate of South' Carolina; sow I met-Incl- sifting in -General Assembly, and' by'the. authority -, of-the* same That fijom. and. after the; passage of - this-Act all citizens o; this Siate,.nav-. ', ing resided sixty days- in the. town ofetrf: J L^naaster,. shall be id?eme,^;-ai^d ara-.^j ?.h-ereby^ecj^red.to be, a body jpoj&p abd.corporate, aud the said town^shalLo-fl Lbe called and known by.the, nAme.oL, Lalncaster, and its. corporate limits, Ahalj extend one mile,.in ?jich; ??ref-. , ;>t?on .from, the! Court! Hous^ in^?^ lit tW., . " " . ' : -7. . SEC 2. That the sa^ 1OWJ? ehajl be, -v governed by an. Intendant. :and-fourr jA Wardens, who shall be citizen? ?f the* United States, - and. shall have been..-; J residents of the . said ftown -for sixty ri* daysimmediatelyipretfcd?^theirieAex?-. v, k tiob; : wlio.shali:be?electod -onstk^aeOis ?nd Monday- in,; Aprrl;-- in -avery^eai; ja* ten days'- public j notice thereof ,bayi$s-; previously giv?.n?--and- /that al?< maleA. 'inhabittpts twenty>one -(21) years, o^, 'l?ge';" citizens, c^h^&j?tg, and^yfhiO}.,.^ shairhave* resided^ in thejaidy^W^.^ -for sixty dao*sMme.dmtely. preceding ^" . the Rejection,' s?iall be ehtitled.tp vo't? ;> tor said.Intendant abd Wardens^ |: y : SEC. S. -?hat: the eleqtion^foy.inten^^.; ? daut-and^Vai-densoi^said ?yi-n sbali v be held in tha-Court House, .or^spnie. 14 other, -.place-couv.er?euti '^^th^B^i^ ' totvnj.frcin^eight^p'clqck.in jthe morn?;- . . ingr until five^oiclock ip t\??fternopr??. an((.whtn tbe,polls sb.all-,.be closed,,; . the^Managers ?ball -forthwith, ^count ..the votes, ;and.proclairn..tlie elecjaon^^ anduve notice;in r?rit'^g.tQ?^per? u -sons-elected.;._ThjB.^ph?ifm^t o^tba, Board of County ?ommjis^ipne/s sjial^ ~, . rtj>poi nt th ree; r-M anngers, ?g) f ensuing and apy subsequent election. .?'be. Mauagers,..\i neapia,. case, ? bie?ora/' ^ they. op3n the^poils for. said electiqnjn sball take- an oath.fairl*vVikn4 inlP^r?. ?ally to.cgnd?ct. the same,-n And th,e'. Intendant and Wardens*, . befoi^.,^ teringon, the dutiesNof tbeii; respejt^' ive offices, shajHtake ,tbe.-.9atn jpj?ff^' scribed 'by tIio,Pof?t^uti0n ? Of.ffojf f, Stafe, :ancl jft>Vthe fojlowing j*jS?L to^^ wit :,v'v'As ?ht?n^ant.'(?r Wardjejh^ pr the tojyn of^a^as?pr^Jt wfl[ e^u.atl^^**-2 and itn^axti?l?^Uo^e'r^t^rto ability," exercise the -trust; re^?d'itf^.* .me,'-?ndHYM^ to preservja*'th? peace," aria td.c?rryj > into .effVct,, acpqrdmg^to l^w^he. pur"- ^* ' poses for1 which T Eave been ei?ct?d helb'mnibcT^,,...^e ;sa^ruten-'. 'dant'^nd^WaVdetis . JKK h^a/their V ?ffices'.?Jom^ue tim;? oY ?hejr ete^idj?, .* unt^thcls?c'ond >?dndav;^*Apnr?n-i^. suin^1{a.^ unf?l %efe^eg^g?gl^ b.e elected,and^ualine?T^ ^ ^j; siori 'Tbat^ie sa? .^S^tj?,^. eil oili???aster tWtyt )?kys$QSgFM& ' arrest and'eommit to jail, for J^etg^OjUj^ of time not exc/-edjne tW^e hoursj . andio ???,.'no?eJcee?lng*^Veng fJC^ dollars, ;anv\pe$<pi llr .?^80^^**^'^' Bha?^e^lfy?? in said town^ to.the ahnc^an?e ?en?. tb?fept'^j*v' W*MVfc*^'*?*?l.WP?^ ...> viVo I Ar^royedMarcJt-Q^S^:.. ^.Ji^ ,B SECTION 1. ^?fo^ac^b**^*? Senat^??dHpiisa o4^r|?tatiy^b 3 t???StaWr^th*^ met ;and->M*i*?j*t *&-feft^ ?3&e] and by the .authorityT the ? That Wesley Westbury, W. H. Gard