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Iupplement to Newberry Herald. LAWS OF THE STATE--ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY--SESSION OF 1870-'71. LAWS OF THE STATE. Acts and Joint Resol-tion- Piaised by the Gentral Asse-mbly of Sou:h Caroli na, Session of 1570-'71. 0 F F I C I A L." JOZ-T REsoL:TIoN to authorize the State libra rian to pur,hase certain rolumes of ' tate R ports. Resolved by the Senate and Honge of Rep resentatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That the hbrarian of the State legislative library be, and lie is iereby, antoriz-d to pur chase, for the use or-the library. such vo:umes of State Repor t. botlh 3t law and equity, as Will complete one whole set of the same, including the necessary dizests, and that five hundred dollars .be : appropratei for the pay:tent thereof,if- so'.nuch be necessary. Approved6March 1st, A. D. 18-1. .N ACT to incorporate the Lo3n Fusi-rs, of the Paris of St. Thomas ani St. Da-nis, Charleston County. Smcnox1. Be it enacted by thc Sena!e a:iJ House of Repreentatives of the State of South Carolina, now fl a:n sitbng in Geu eral Assembly, and by tio authority c; the same: That Aaron Loglu, G. It. Allen. l.j-nitln Holmet, Warley Teaning, Jnnah Mitchill and Robert Nowell, and their asiociates and suc cessors, are bereb. made and cre'ated a bo.v politic and corporate, under the nam and style or "the Loaan Fnsi:ecrs." S:c. 2. And said corporation shall have power to make br-laws, not rep : to the lawsof the land: and sha! have suce ssion of officers and members ae:oraing to Uheir ccc tions, and to keep and use a connmn seal thc same to a'ter at wi:z: to sue a-.il b sr-d in any coart in this Stte: hl have .n eo every right power and pric in : t1 such corporations; aLd it is idreby po-d to acquire, retain ad c-:%y all such -ropcrty, real and p.rsonal. as 12 bZ iveil or I queathed to, or per':-:' byV it: and to S"i, conver or mor;vazt- T!. ,'-' rny r thereof, at ;il. .SFC. l. tha ".it S1 time to tim, invest t.:r any ProperL: W'iivii real and -psocal prope. a.:d-. sureties, in sn1h stus, ::nd : condnions as it i.y a o::- r: i ecute hands, &:., Provided r, That 1131m::we :ieo :-> orty held or not exce d t wen:-:. thaued .~ :i lars. SEc. -. This act to C. :-, : ' . fifteen years, and may a.e e without being spe:aly plh:..ed. The foregomg act i be p td a the Governor of tins :: f i h: arovah a no. havingr bt-en re:u:und hy h-m it th' branch of the Gen-;ral Assk-b'- r: wNv: . within the time -rcer:,: b: t c ::ti has become a law h!ho: La a :r-a v- AcT to prov;-i- f-,r titi, -w :,: a - taiTaa . ,, *r- ' o % : t':(Trtos1. i/- :t a+. '- I 2 - -: Tiouse of RarC..s:a v':a:. . Vm Carolina, no. v met and ;-itttz in G(noa seably, and by the aut:o-n':: of te 2ac: That a1 anls -a : ii by the 21i' the S-ate, soaxd ua:ir pe;3oro n r Ar of General E. Rl. S. Cara, aa Chari.cohn, S. C., December 3 13137, to a>wid fva or i-e sa: port ot' the Provisoual Gco e:aan o:-ma Carolina, for the :.ar commeemtg :he Girst di'. of October, 1807, &c., tih- :ln- b!.ma done under General Orders. Na. 1tt, he, an th same are hereby, enltiaYed a' redemed wit" - iii a period of -nx mot:h tA:a-i tia' '.:ao this act; upon the pa mne:1 o1 the- t:e: int erc: and cost thereof, to ti.o Sherii'o (at :ont ! . i which said lands were 'a byl a vi e a' aida order. SEc. 2. All .acts or parts af acts~ anGCa.u with this act are her bva repe:de-. Approaved March n J, A. D. 1S7. AN Ac'r to su2pply the deti.'i:-C in til e priation for the saop:or.. al: mn:luinac free~ schools for 1870. SEtcTnos 1. 2'e d e:t(v'.( U-y tha' a':mea. Hotise of Repnresee tail':es of :ii- State ora Carohina, now met and siL:iitti m eera a sembly, and by the authority of' the a : That the sum or tcorty. r-t1a1 <- a r so much thereof as m'ay~ be a-r-.S'.: I,a the same is hereby, aapprop;riat e : aom a-a:my mnoneysin the treasaty, not othaerwie ppo priated, to pay the salaries of thec teachter of' the free schools mn t to~ mate, is .jamur 1871 which, by the inaiu'-e - app.'olxa l:A. already made, have been unp:.id, otege distress o1 the teachers emph>a d a the same:(' iProv'idcd, That the iorego: c rurat ion-ap2a:' shall be ptidI on the ord-r of th a .upr Governor; and noa paant~.~ 0 ' a am a shall be used fur any cte par).csthnu payment of the s:dari'-sof~ " '-ab - A prtoved Frei)mary 2Sth, A. D- 1Sa AsN AcTr to amend the arEtr O ttbe b" %r Buiiding anid Lo'an a4Cs - . tena1'os 1. ha' atH~~' 11).aa Hiouse ot R1epresers.: a&t S:C a' a'' Carolina now met anl ~'- a( sembly, and by the :thana the Coinab' aa' -a -* ' ttpprovedC( on--.e oatour Lordl' one(d a tered and aeal2at ktCad Dui:dP.g ada Lo ' a' ~ -a,a to -- a'-d t-a s ~' r' tOn-S to it m' c ch n> at:eb co..da - co t.ns a , \ 1"7 ne ---- Car sacrao' 1.-~ semb:y, and ay m aa'. . oiL - TIhat F. H.)arruta Lde.c '- A Mrrry Prior, and the r asso yiutes na.d -nece b nolc, aed they care hereo.y eo's t -'ed a body dorporat., sna '~a pct:.naj-rt taia and : tyle a. salanantN li.0e% ,' Lad May der Company, with a capital stock which shall q not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars, p with the right to sue and be sued, to plead and a be i mpleaded, in any court of competent juris- a diction, to have and to use a common seal, c and the same to alter at wil and pleasure; and a to have and enjy all other rights, privileges a and immunmntit-s that are now or may be here- P after !ecurcd by law to like incorporated o bodies. s Sr.c. 2. This act shall be deemed a public c act, and shall continue in force for the term of p fourteen ye? rs. p Approved 1st day of March, A. D. 1871. c 5 Ax Ac-T to authorize circuit judges to hold tl courts in other circuits than their own. Re 't enarted by the Senate and House of e Represent-itves of the Sta:c of South Caro hna, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of trie same: SEc. 1. Th?-t a creuit judge of any circuit 8 shall have power to ho'd any stated or special c term o1 the circuit court in any other circuit, upon the written request of the circuit judge ti o.- tht circait. App:roved the 28:h day of February, A. D. 187]. A, ACT to icrporato the Continental Tele graph Company. -zc1rox 1. 'e it enarled by the Senato and HCe of RePresent:t1ves of the Stato of South Carohua, nor: met and sitti-g in General Assembly. an(l by the authority of the same: 'That WIham X. Ill, Ethan A. HaU and Charles Thurman, and all those who shall be come sto:-khoiiers in the company hereby in coroorated. shall be a body politie and cor- t porate, by the name of the Contimental Tele graph Company, no by that name sball have perpetuzl succession. and may have and use a coiamon seal, and ua sue or bu sued, in any conct of competent jurisdiction. src.2. Such corporadon is authorized to con struct hnei of telegraph along, upon, across, Io o:r. mider and b:sude of the Greenville and Columbia Railroad, and auy of the public roads and ltighiways, and under and across any of th- tit water; within the limits of this State, or so mntl cr so many of either of the fozegoin as mav be deeied expedient, by estabILsi1n: or ::n::;>ic om..ces and the erection of the nec:s- c) s --rd or wires and fixtures, including pr. :s, piers or ab*tments kor sustainm1 the e.:di (-r wires of sun Imes : i'ovldd, he .::- l i:t > > co":.roeteO d as to inc, - .: I' pubbe ne o said roads (.r lijgh . o me,&r-rupt the n.-IgatIIon .:.Id. Wati..z ....d a":o to C.oinrtruct a ine or -s or w;res and fit-s Ir ( m 'ie pos iers Cr cluid, cal : .for iit prorp.es aforesd, ind , nC vr ove. 2 r.::ic other Land, subjec to thet r:.tr oF tat owner or ownrs thereot to fall Icol el:::pensa:ion ir the same, to be agreed upon - cr y ad owner or owners and the said corpora- or :r to bv fixed or detenmmt:d as herei ft pavided and the said corporation May, tie o oema-:, a.d .nin like power, construct 1:- of te.:A to su-1 paco or places wtb L;,,:i Sate, as the bcrai'j of directors may ":t . Sue! e: r : shah have full power . r e-se. rectv, Lola and convey s reles ti,o scrint~ra: tiltremt and ma,m ,wo sen ow c?tat', or 1ny L Ir ' herSt , a e my. ieccessary for the -:n, u::ls!icti ,n co tim business, anld . -u crrying on the operation Of aid' cii pora.ion: 3ld 1;y .!pOint such ir vri. :iiiers and ageets. and make such pru eti~ i rle, treula'ious at.d by-iaws as may .lit tl:- eceSs .r'r in thes tranMaetiotn of its bu'siness,' t: mca.s:inz wit h the constitio of10 this iate or~ of ih' Uriud States. AN Si:c. ii. If any owner 'r otv::ers of an~y land i tiwnn or nered. or s:kely to be taken or used, by I :.vet, or lA:.dy~ so to he, or da:ged threrchy, a c >r shall refus! to acept the compensation otffel- on -d1 by 5.aid corporCationl threro:oi, it shali be thc Tei t i Ctremtt Court, to be held in tile i ofunty witlhin which sai:! lanos ere, on t.he tap- Ho ;i.1tion o* .-uch owner or owners, Or of such Ca] rorattioni, by petition, stating the facts in set e'lation thereto, anid on such notice to thin op- 'I ;Osiie p)ary ats suchr conrt shall prescribe, to is I ppont thren disinterested p"raons a.s comtns s'In *Oers,. who shall se :era.lly take and subscribe Bir t h, ,cZ .orea.iypeson authoriAedto adminl- '"otc ter oat.. fihfully and impartitally to periorm see romi:. rired or 'hmi by this act; and it thn: Iib vedt of saido comisiisioners, or a ri;l mjom-. . o th'r t.o make a jest and eque~able for oinment or app)raisemnt.l ef a!l the loese.s or oth 0an- 'ui:am'd, 01 wim isAC likely to bo sus- the' ""med, by reats.m of any and, or interest there- S i, t.akeo or us'd. 'r like!y to be taken or cap se,for aaid ofiiees, iens, po5t.s piers or ful but ments, and ti e rection and operation of tior a:d trie:.:aphi I.nes: al sneuh assessment or L. ] ppraisa! shall, in any proper ca:se or eon aes determine the :nual rernt or compen- und tiion to be paid by such company for such use, the ir, n lieu thereof, a sum i:n gross as the corn- ma: 'nsation for atlowing thre flxtures belong- sub or to such association permanently to e'n- milt inue, an:d the same to be repaired, improved doll Srn"ee or remnoved, tramn time to time, as for wc! corporation shall require, duplicates of iutc rhi said assessment or appraisement shall sha ) rede:ed to wvritmg and sined by saitd comn- the riioner'i', '.r a ma:jority of them, onte copy of ta 'rinzih sha:1! be delivered to the~ p:arty dleged to muot sinjured, or htkeiy so to be, 'and thbe other to 8: i-: pres:dent of said coi-poration, on de:uand; thoi 2 case anii dame nZ shall be adjudged to tihe in i M-. n'i alle.ged to he injured or damaged, or ers: tIyc so o "e, tire c~oration shatl pay the b' a c:iteref, with costa of appraisal, wi:ch and "d'Isb! be liituidaica1 and ascertained road i*l aw'rd: a';d said comnmissioners shall said ch eme. ''their services, two dollara for bc a-teyrec ctuly emplbo.ed in miaking nam s'a med:-:: and upo'n p. :mem of suchi Sm awa % igttitli, mie:r'' or pro ty die- pow, S - idga men't or*pp5rtionmtent, stra (a11bep be vet:ed moi andibe thit l)'pop to et :...'Inpnal a:oei ofs'ch e-:rpdVO. ion Lat. 1a be ' ' '.1 do lr, to l' d;iied to o N exc. ..h E.:mceas.i from t'une to ii 'u on as Nn.t as an wheve a m.a- the s'e -oers pres'ent a an. en'fC- the .......bo:ts o sab ecrpn o EalcK a 0, s' it mon of' stoce Gre ona y ot the n:rsona t i nedsh:di- r. andX t0r the' priv: , to ormay n-t :, iu thel to tiet * es pany ~ or.;aze i! erte b, d crwe "i .t ss of ti or any' oti- S , aire by lease, purchase or conveyance, the- s roperty rights, privilezes and franchises, or p ny interest therein, or any part thereof, of t ny tel.graph company organited under or c reated by the laws of this or any other State, ad may make nayraente therefor in its own o tock, money, bonds or property, or receive a ayment therefor in the stock, money, bonds 0 r propeity of the corporation to which the I tme may be sold, loaned, or mortgaged or f )nveyed, or of any other corporation or cor- a rations: Provided, however, that no such p archase, sale, lease or conveyane by any )rporation shall be valid until the written con- s8 mt of the holcr or holders of a majority of s: ie capital stock shall have been obtained. 8: Sc. 7. The stock subszribed for may be issu- a: I at such price of subscription, and upon such i rms of payment or exchange, as the holder p holders of a majority of the stock at such c, me shall determine, except that the first sub- n ription price, terms oi payment or e.xehange iv tall be fixed by-the persons first above nam 1; and auy corporation or corporations may tbscribe for, purchase, hold, sell or convey e capital stock of this corporation, as often, ?d to as great an extent, as such corporation corporations may deem advisable. S.-c. 8. That said corporation may issue bonds r such an amount as the officers shall fix, and ay secute the same by a mortgage upon so uch of the property, rights, privileges and inChises o Lid corporation as may be nam t in such mortgage, which mortgage may b. cordrd in the office of tio registrar of mesne ivayances in the County of Itichland, in this ti ate, and thereupon, and thivreafter, it shall come and be a lien up>n all the property, b lits, privileges and franchises, or of any in rest ther:in, and of any part tl:ereof, describ- ' st in said mortgage. b SEc. 9. Any person who shall wilfully and I iliciously injure, molest or destroy any of I id hues, posts, piers or abatmc:its, or the l tterials or property beloning thereto, shall, Conviction thereof, be pu%islied by a fine , t exceeding fivo hundred dollars, or in sonmeni. in the Penitentiary at li:d labor t exteedmg one vear, or both, in the diseru in of the court before whjli the convietou . in all be had, :nd, in addition tiereto, shall y such damages as shall b caused by iin her, to be recuvered in a civil acotin by sail rporation. n. 10. 'Lie board o directors, as o!ien as interests of the corporation.-hall require, th 1. ereby alitorizeid to and shill x the rate rir-' fo-r ransiion or 'thol.ry of any , ia or iessages wi;i- -ay. be r<quired oe paid in advance. ;c. 11. -.1y pcr::on c:nueetc.w;h such th C,r, axiit, servaot or (-Yrk, or in atj omher pr uc?dy, who sh:dli wilfully and mnaheiousl3y cimse, divtige cr comiiz cate, or perni th :sa;e to be done, tue ci,ents, oc the -c of the contents of any privatv iussatqe or nmunication entrasted t. or left with iin, her, or such corporaLion, for tranismissionr delivery, other iban to the party or parties. itled thereto, or who shall wilfuliy refuse or b ,ect to tr.asmit or deiver tht samne, he ori shall, on cozvietion before any court, be ud_ed guilty o a nisineanor, and Ital Yer imprisounent in the county jail or rIIouse whet e such co..-iction sha!t be hAtd, i a terin of ot iwre thau three inouths, or til il pa': a f o not to exe'd li- ndr-:1 rl .. ..-.,... .. - nt11ti 0i ie conrt. t:e. 12. All ae!s iar pert.s or acts contrary to ma,lnsi.teit w!.hi this act are, t-r ',ih- plr- t tb ces oi tius aM, hmn I'or no tithlr purpose. ('y rialed. l,v t. J Thi-s at slu 161 ta ,m ' iImIIIC .pprovetd ihe 7th day of M'iAh, A. D., 1871. ey AcT to authorize the foiimation of', and. to aeorpiora:te, the 'l.-ug:l 1andi Chattanooga &N :ailroad Cormpany. ihereis, it is deshibe t hat therde hld be 1 >;tmection, by- railroad, between somiei point f te ].:ue Ride Railroad and Chiattan%og, [Io itessec; therefore~, Ca acnos 1. 1Be i enacted by' the Senate and Ser ase of Iteprcsen-thves of the State of South olina, now- met and sitting in Gineral As- of ily, and by t ho atuthienty of lihe same: vil hiat the formation of a corporate con;pany tar ereby aut horizc'd for th;' purptose of eon- dei etiug a turaad tromt sonme pont Oin the E e Ridge R.ilroad, in O..oneo Conniy, to the the m* of Chiat tinooga, in the grate oL T'enues- twa so far as said railr'oad shall runi thron h S State, the saidl comtpaniy to hatve e~xclusive to i t to iare, keep and use such railroad; and s-ill thle termi c-f tmnie hiereinatter mn:ttonedi no ett er railroadJ shall be coustructed bietw'eea the sc. 2. ibat for the ourpose of raising the ihiu ttal stock of said comipany, it shall be law- S :o open l.ooks at Wualala, uder the direc- bc of Robert A. Ihiompson, E. P. V.erner, P. the )an, 0. .1. Doyle and A. E. Norman, as thc 4lis::ioiiers, a..U at such other pilacs. and mog er thie direction of suchi othier persons, as A said.aomm:nssioners, or a imajority o' them, - de,ignate, for the purpose of receiving AN critons to an amtount not exceeding two t wons of da2ar.., in r--rs or one hunidred sa irs each, toeconstitute a joint capital stock t :he purpose of con.tructing and c.rrig d operation the said railroad; and on each S: -e of the' stock the scb.sc:iber-s .hall pay to 1101 comnissioners, who shall be authorized to Car thbesame, the snm of fifty doilars in lawhu sem cyv of the Untited tatos. 'I 0. 3. That when the sum of throo, hundred act nand dellars shall have beeni subscr:bed, whi :o manner betore specified. thec subscrib- the shalli bet, and the'y at-e hereby, declared to post bkdy corporate, to 0e known by the name D). styl1e of t he tugalo and Chattanooga Rt ud- B, ( Company, and may meet and organizJ the Pia5 c:anylai at sr.eu timie and place: as mayof i'lcgnated iiv thie enmissioneris befor 1::t "d for Waihalia. f. . -. That the said eo:npany ehall have ' -, and they atre hiereby. autijoriz.?i. is con- Coit :one or nore branches fiom the sai.lrm1 PC eet n-it: o-her soads in this state-.at :omnt or- points as they- may: dema inct :-ener, end sa d conpany' 5ha2 hav pa r. i nsoldate or nl2ite with aay othecr muirat-y Cc ration having Lke 1,oweirs. :..I I:tepup-o.oenz xitetzr of t!. iGreenvlille ai;t Cenie: Ac o.:1 C,m:i y -- n' the ceo:n:s:.'iumas at tv: -lhall be, 2:! il'ey are~ ieresy. con- Si x a ath e a:u is Lortit app:>iinted Use ahl.: o:: alt.o pXio..-, r:ghts and I Car. .s. intd b i he s.tk! charter ad :ts m dts to the rcenville and Cotuinia i* oId Comip;my sha:1 be, and they are her..-.o: r 'nted to tihe fiat!o aind thait.aoctma ar" - .d Company, and sui.jet to like restrie- y: as are there-n coutanz-3, exce-p: as :o the jroad I *:.ek the :etm nccesary to anthnrize tied a:On, and toa amount of shares, cund the eso far as m.1r be necessary to conformi persi special provia.:ons oh this act: P'rovided, cons ver'. Thiat nothmog here-itn contained shiall wot I :ribe stock in said campany; or make any ap ropriations to enable the said company to build 3e said road, or in anN mraner to loan the redit of the State thereto. SEc. G. That in the event any vacancy shoild -cur in the commissioneis heren appointed I Walhalla, from death, refnsal to serve, or r,berwise, the serator and members of the touse of ReDresentatives (at the time being) 'om the County of Oconee shall be, and they re hereby, authorized and empowered to sup ly the same by appointment. SEc. 7. That the charter he:eby grinted 2all continue to enO are for the term of tkirty x years from the date thereof; and thi act al! be taken and deemed to be a publi act, ad all acts and parts of acts inconsstent ith tiis act be. and the same are herely, re Daaed: Provided. That said company shall >mmence the ourldiug of the said road with L two years, and liavc the same conileted itin six years. Approved March 7th, A. D. 1871. )r-, RasoLrino, to provide for the pa%nent of mileaze certiflates of members of the State board of education of the Statr- of Sruth Carolina. Whereas, Seation 2 of an act entitled 'An :t to establish and mamtain a sys:em ot free t )mmon schools for the Staie of Soutb Caroli i," approved February 16.h, 1870. distinctly 1 :ts torth iat minembers of the state board of lueation of the State of South Caroina shall entitled to rec3ive a mileago at tie rate et mity (20) cents per mile 'goinz d and re rnine from the meetin-s of F said State >ard of education, to be paid by the State -asurer, on presentation of a certifieate zned by the chaircian and sicretay of the >ard aibresaid; and, whereas, meetig-3 -f .e said State bxtrd of edneatia have -n held in the City of Coluinba, name : On the sixteenth, --veM"nth and nhteenth days ot Marcb, 1 '.. md on the t, sixth and sovnth days ti oid:r,1870; id. whereas, cartificites of nikae pro- C rly nide ont and si,uedb- the chairman and i r(t..iv of the board were issuepd to nembers attendance at the said meetings of thie said A ato board of edcation; and, whereas, the t; ate treastrer reftsisi to c.-h the said certi ates of mileage when pres'nted to him fur o int, giving as his reason that no i ec.fic -appropr;ation had been maYde , fr at purp --I; ,d, wi-reas, of theo ,)priaticn of twenty thousand .tollars for I e pay of czunty i-hoo conmsioeris, speciiied in secion 4 of ln mct entiteL d Lm ao: to ma;.he approariaton nd r.r -;e r- . i, f >r t:e year commeaciti:t u :t-r, :1e ,>wi:ud eight hivdred and Sji e..ht,' a r-I ved Marci 23, 189. time rtm;,*.-- in ttie, treasury an une-xoca.lecd baince oif rvnr ausend eiht handred and twe:.ty-two 322) dlliars and ft.ty one (11) I!-P; them -0, - ;e itresce-l by the Se::ate an"I Ifouse of 11 presenatives oi the o:e Soa:ith Carohin-., d w met and sitting in Gener.- i as,emb'y, and a the authority ot the nanie: .E.TIox 1. T;iat thr aforesaid l 1- * o t ir tus-1- eig: hnndred -md tn-woiry-to :822) dollars an:I forty .-one (41) cents re iing, and unexpended, of tIe 0pp"opria. n of twenty thorsand dolais for the Pf' counrmlty school com :.ioii0 for t i by, appropriickj Vn let it for the t mnit mileage certitiieter o fmember of i ttateh,ard : -duntion of tho ta! fof ith Carolina, and iht saule c,aii b pphed c: the State ire-a urer Or the va-. it of age certificates aforesaid. It <. 2. That. this j .ini resolution sball ake at et fron its passage. ti proed Mairch 1, 1871. A-r to renew and amend the ch-lier o-f r1 ain religious ?.ssociations hieretoifori ~ ran ted. C tcos 1. De it. -~e by -the Seniate and ~ use- of Represeatatives5 of the State of South ei ina, now n:ct and s;:ting in General .\s.-t ably, and by the authordty of the saum: C 'bat he chart er ineorpor:itifg the trustm'es 2 osrviw Church, in the County of Green- " e, passed Dee:.mber 19, 18i8, be, anid the t ne is hierebhy, rerc-ved in Dr. D)avid. It. An- a on, Thomas C. Hfarri.-on, David . .fPedn, o . L. flopirins and Cyrus fl. \esabi, rind ir successors in office. for the teim of S ityone years from the passage of this act. t. 2. Tnait the charter heretoforet granted1 in he Protest ant Episcop~al Chur ch, im Green- fr e, and tie samm is horeby, reniewed and t,l add for the period of fourt een years from b< pasage of this act, with all righ:ts powers (e privilege's herem ofore gr.mted to sa id ' r eli. or e. 3. That all acts done, or athorized to. rr lone, by the otfiecers of said eces, .s:nce in expiration of their former chi::rter, be. and Sti same are bereby, dec-laredi valid and hind- to i all respects and to al inltents. T1' pprovd the 7dh day of March, A. D. 1871'. '01 Act to amend an act entitled "An act cs-- of >hshng -a line beyond which the wh-arve-s to tall not hie extended in the City of Charles. da in, and for other purposes," rat;fied the 21st v ty of December, A. D.1830. fio rtmos 1. /;e i e,iacted by the ?eaae and dai tee of Re prec'ent tives oh the State of South 51 tina, now met and sitting in General As- to bly, and by the author:ty of thbe same : o bat th line established by s ctioni 1 of an th :ntitled "An ac-t est-ibbehing a line bond aa :hi tih- whiarves shalh not be extend(ed in tel City of Charlaston, 'mrd for other nur- spa -s," rartitied the 21st day of' Decmnber, A. ut 8:R3~ be ixtcided to the blue huie, lt:er~red n D, E, F, as mnarge-l and laid dowvn on a of of the whatrves ont the eastern bcamdary fdr re City of Charleston, by: Louis Earb>A; ab~h etinter. dated the tth day oi Jianu.ry. A.J an .c. 2. Tist it shali be tine duty of the City B3 roil of Ctrarlc.-tn to cause t:m uforesaidi unl v:rt thei litre nnried. out by the city enrgi nforc:;d ici h,'ecorded irathe o'lie a 15 seCrett-y ot seate, arid also in the ocTwe of eit ,trd oh ntes:ne conveyance for Chanrlast on *:lh ::, witlha six mun lis after totp:n isag th pred th,e 0;h day of March, A. 9.. 1 S1. Wcr da!.:ring the ih1: or' way acr:uss tfhe S.an:h anid Ch::rlston Rta:lrcadi. . erros 1. 1I- it ieel.l by t he Sentate andu I ' e r of R:'pre'-en:at ives of the rmtate of' Scath an liua. now. met and eit m : in Generral As- ent ,:5. anid by the atuthority of 'he same:es - J.bn R. D:elznson, F. A. D):iirson. v'id Joesn mcd Ih-surv A. Smith shall be, and m r-reby, ::uihor z.:dt to obtain the right ef theC teresse the Savaenarh and Chareston R.u:- ah< in the mannier preser;bedi in an aci enti- let -'An act to declare the mnanucr by -I:ch b4 and or the right at Way over the lar.ds of is rorprorationls may be :aken for t rection end uses of railways, and eo b at s of internal improvemaent, app)roAh ba SEc. 2. That they, the said John R. Dickin- c son, E. A. Dickinson, John Jones and Henry cl A. Smith, shall, at all times, conform with the ti scbedule of the Savaanah and Cl: -Aton te Railroad. and in no instance cross withiL. - an or minutes of the time any train is due; and it sa snall be the tlury of the Savannah and Charles- e: ton Railroad Company to give the said parties, te Tohn R. Dickinson, E. A. Dickinson, John in Jones and Henry A. S.nith, or their agents, to aotice in writing, three days in advance of any la yhange in their schedu'e : Provided. That the ro -aid Joan R. Dickinson and others shall not be as illowed to carry passengers. qt SEC. 3. Ail acts or parts of acts inconsistent eLj vith th:s act are hereby repealed. PC Approved the 7th day of March, A. D. 1871. sa kN ACT to reQuire the conuty commissioners ti to report to the General Asscm'-ly. PL SETrIoN 1. Be it enacted by tto Senate and louse of Representatrives ot the State of ;outb Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen ral Absembly, and by the authority or the ha Il hat. the county commissioners of each coun- or y shall. on or bevore the fitteenth of December ex a each year, report to t he Ueneral Assi mbiy an ,i accounts ch.trreable to thei tescc-ite onuties; what hava ben ab wed aud sttti.ed: he :iumuer and amount of or lers drawn upon he coutt tiyasucer; thu tax. levi.-d and col ccd; the amount expend.d for iebuilding or t. cpairin courthousf, jail, poorhouae and ridues; in fact, a detailed account.o t thfir vtng4, as rcquired 'U. ai act ontitled "An a-t ii d-ine .the jurisdicnon and datie of coun.y b. )m.nissiners," approved Septc-mber 25, 1833 .iC and upou iailure so to report, thev shal o to nodl a sum not less than fifty, noc more than vo hundrea dollars. sp Approved the 7th day of March, A. 1). 187.1. or or N Acr to coaer the rights of legitinacv on les certain ehildren. S-: SErTION1. Be i eaartd by thc1 Senate and tw' [ouse of Reprecn'tuec:s of I he State of South ed arohna, n: w met and *sittlg in Gencr.ti As- tin ribiy. and by the au'horiv of the sam-:: liev That the childr.n begot en of th., boy of it nna Smith. liat of t1w Coutty of Oconee, b'j iled by tie nam-. of Jacob Ferre! Santh, lie, irah 31elissa Svnh, Artuwi3ssa J. S:itlj, and ta: s ph ienry Smith, hi, and they are hereby, ant ivested with all the ri-gh's an-1 privle:ei of no! inmat children, in tie s:tmo n:anner and tav Uthe amC exCnt as if .h und been rn in be. Aplpov:dill the 9th a' of March, IW1. ... . ..in t, s Act ti renOw and~ arr.:'i .nl th nt ,fth Al f o, Ander0n. ann Nt:e1N 1. I/C' ilvenor1 by the S.-ti and art luei. of Represenativos of the State of Soil Im o -ariu , now met and stting in Gei:eral Ai- sh. - old by th ant hority of "lhe samr:lo Thna f'on and immediately after the passag- in tohis act, ail and every person or persons 'fho or, taylhaveresid"d within the corticrate limits of he in own of Anderson for one year, or who mnay' wn a frehold the- eL-;, and their tuccesors, are r, er,by declared to be rxmbers the corpora- er o:iherb.eandcd to be crea,cd. otl r 2. 'J hat the .iaid person.4 'ud their sC osers ::1.1, frot and alt.r the r> e of is act, become a body politic -aid corporate, ud shall be known and call-d by the name the 'c-Town of Anuerion. !"it t o'in' a. mii!r shal: xt cd one m:le in ibe do' un of the cardinal po;nts, trorv tie Coart- etC lne thereoi as a eItre, and "ormi a :splare. (ni ,-vv. 3. Diat the raiJ to.vu shall be gov.?rn by an iatendant and four wardens, who h. iali be peiso.,s that acuaily reside within the Cor rni:s o' ti courporat:or and have so resided c leist twelve months inmmediately precedin tx Iv;r election. 'I he sat intendant and wardens ah -ll be elected on the scoo.d Monday in Sep- i mbsr in eac!i year, ten days' nottce having chic seu previously given, and shall! continue in g lice for one yecar, and utitl the election and 'ist ialbication of their sutccessors; a nd till ta!c fro habitaints of said t ov:n wi.o shuall ha:ve attuin- k I the age of twent:.-one ye-ars, ad rsitded oth crcin sixty days itmmadiate!y preceedimr to j lction. shall be cttitled to vote for said in- ti udant and virdens: Provided, 1hat no per-vl 'a shall be allowed to vote at a :y suc~h ecte- e sa who shalt niot have reg:stered I:s name a: voter with the cierk of the connil im a book 'i>ook", to be keapt hy him for that purpos.e, il S10 o'clock A. .'d. on the day sueceding every tch electior..to SEc. 4. That said eletion shxail be held n sonme conv'enient pubbec p!ace in said toern. hnp am- nine o'clocke in the mnorniing until five lyi; ylock: in the evening, a,d whent the poll - shall the ('elosed the m-iaers shall foirthe'ithe pro- tior oid to :'nmt the~ votes.ander oath,sta:nig the aep 2ole nuember of votes''c:ist for each candidrie ass person voted for, aend shall tr:anmit their and pore of the same in a seri' ti cavelope to the to: lendlant of the town; and i1 there be no vac: chi intendant, the same shall be t::rnmitteud ret the clerk o1 the court of Anderson Coonty. ,ahj wa said intendanit or clerk of the court shall heas en the rep art of the said mans ters, and upn all announce and publish the r;hole nuimber toe; the votes ca.it, and the whole number cant eo 2 - cach candidate, when the several candi- w tes receiving the highest number ofl legal the tes for the oflices for which they: were vdtc dj;ae -. sha I be declared duly elected. 'The mite-n-in at a::ia wai'dens fo- the ti:na bemng tow. all always appoint three manacters the condu ct the el:c, who, betore they' levi enl thi' po!1:s for -ud elect ion, shall take agai a oath f.irly and imnpertahi: to conduct the er's, ne;:md time intendant a-id vtxrdens bef'ore en- ner istupon the duties of~ thei ofiec, shall re- the u-tively take th i- oath prcsc-ribe~d by the C.a- jefe n,eof t his Sta.e, a:ni aie> t he f->V vini Iu Lh, to wit: ".\s inten-itnt tr warden) dr the Trown of .inder7on. I will .'aitht- e.9e Iy and impartially, toi:: th: be or may to e hi:y, ex.ereise the tint repose'd mt ino !n l w;ill uste my beCst cnacrs to prese.'C ier" pr.ea' and carrye a efct, ae>d m tt lw, Lo.a purpoe for .. 'nch ir av.in , eted: .S help mie Gso. 5.. n 'o :i.0 a va:-.e s neerr: - ot!ec of mt.ed:, o any -' t f. (yle-ath ar res:.tt"n e otheirwis <lon to lill suh vCe'v'y ii h'd IaCda Sappoaintralent ol the me.ohn'a -* bl Sappointme-nt of tle -l'k i m'adt btsi dul-'ht:1. I he .... .' hat the- itW D thea rerrn i'onth remet by be o ir-t. ,ro-* subj ec a. ,:n" a' 1( tI inie::a mts.l an :.i,b a .No meee.. n e , .y t iof ps (- o Stine .Cend:nt, or a.y three war- i?C.t ( in av consiute a qn .ruin to tratesaet in deft * ; and ohe shai! iae kinown by the'rv o' ti-c -own council of And-:0 .,on; nd t i ad 'he-r scces5.:is heretei to bo saw. d m -y have"a e..m:naot seal, whixch sial1 anther in o ci their ordinance: may eue and or 'o:s ,-i p:'.1 ii h-s imni.-haded in 'an' renpir 'urt of law or equity in this State, and par. tase, hold, possess and enjoy to them ani eir successors, in perpetuity, or for an3 rm of years. any ei ate, real, personal mixed, and sell, alien and corvey th me: Provided, The same shall nol ceed at any one time sum oI n thousand dollars. And. the said tendant and wardens shall have full powet make and estabi'sh all such rules, by Vs and ordinances respectag the a.ds, streets, market and po:ice ot eaid town shall appear to them nec,ssary and re. .isite for the security, weltare and conveni ce of the said town. or for presering health, ace, order and good gverninent xizhin the me. And the said c,uici may fix and im se fiues and penal,ies for the violation ,reof, and appropriate the same to the b:ic use of said corporaton: Provided at in all cases- ol trials to be ha i before the d town council, as hereiLeibre provided, 3 party charged shall be cited to trial. b) 'vice upon him of a summons, under the nd of the iotendant. any one of the wardeus, the clerk of the Cj1UCil, wheremin bal be >re2ss.d. with certainty, the offe;ca charged I the.time and place of trial. Whieb s:rvice Al be n.aae a least five days tefore twe day trial. :c. 7. That tha intendant and wardens of :s,id town shall h;tvafa: and on;y power to tnt or refuse license to retail spiritucus aors withmz the said hmits,wic benseshal grae:,a ii, ti m oan.. and n.-Ua.4 ne conditous as they are cr m-y hercafter inder tIo laws of the State, except that the ;m cou:xil shav have the poVer to reg a!ate pl.r.r of licn-so to keep taverns or to retad rtntius liqors; Provided, That in no ir nce the mic,- of a license so to keep taverns, re-tai sp;riuon, liquors, shall be fix?d at a issnm than is establishr-dy the lars of this te; and all the powers vested tormerly in comi:ssio:ers of roads are hereby grant to the said inteudant and wardens within said limits, and all moU:evs paid for ases, and for dnes and forfeitures for retail spirituot:s liqnors. keeping taverns and izrd t:Lbks witb;n the said liwits witho!ft nsc, shall be aPpropriited to the uses of ieo-poratio): Provided, Tbat Ihe intendant I wardens duly elected and qual:fied shall iav' power in grant any licenses to keep ern:- or reta.] spiritcas liquors to cxtend oud thl .me H ..r whih the shall have xi electsi. rc. S. Thd it sh:' he th( 1.Itv (.f ti:e said ni.anttxn1 wardos.t I,leep a!! strectis, toads, a h w in tchir corpor.te limits optni I in io repair, :!d for t hat purpo-c- they i'v.tiih all the po%ers grante.1 for rly to the COn m ser of r)ads; nd they 11 t_ve power t c-p::mpu with alt perrons i to work fhli tr:ts, wayr and roads a l towin, uonl sckrmi :. ith.Y :4all by miteaacT establish; : e so rteeived to apphed to the pubhe use. Ec. 9. That the said tn cov%i; shallhav, ver to iizpose an an-aaa! t::x up,, the keep oi .!l billard tboxiS and te3Pi-diK-s, or er pnillys wi iifn the discretioN., slid neil, and to grant or remse iicenses I,- tte 1-e, upon such terms and c;udtons, ig ijret to -.uch regalations as they may by or-1 mposeiC a tUx, witln:: their diectra, on all -s :ad: by itmerant tra"ers and anctlon s, on a!l pl:)Le. drats. wata.os. carriages, ::ihuse, and oth:r veicles kmpt f:r hire, i un the owners or proprietors of all dogs, s, shr.cep, goats, and e.dttl- Rept within the pteate limits of said to% n. The said town nel shall have pox'er to impose an annual on the am =unt of all sales ot -oods, wares t merchandise, and also on the amount of >me irising Ir>mt al ;etorage and icer idise, employmients, facuiues and .pre 1ous, ine:ud:nw the pirofession of denu ry; alo upion the itamn of incomie n all miox:eys loanca at; interest, and ni dividends recivad froma bank and all xr s:ocks : Provided, Tha; no tax 'shall he osca ii cue one ease t o exced the rate of 'te cents on escu hundred dollbrs, of tho eO of such sales and itocomec; and the said a council shall also have power t o impose tinual tax oni ai! earr ages and wagons. of .; crcr kind. kept for private i:se; o i all gold, o nd other watch-s k.tpt for private use, iin the hmnitsa of .saidi town;.and the said a council sha'J i,ave p)ower to unpose an an I tax, not exceeding thirty cents o every dred dolbars of the value of all teal estate wthmn the corporate blamts of said towni, real estate of churchues and school aseocla. s excepted; and ior that purpose they shall ant three freeholders, residing therein, to is the value ot satd teal estate upon oath. return the asso-smenx within one month aid council for Lax Itton, and to fill any mney occasior.ed by the death, resienation. .ai to se-rte, or removal from offce, of the .assessor; and the said town council sba lipwer to regulate the prtice of licei a all public sboirs and exhibittons i? tot a, to erect a powder magazne, 7 than pt-I any personl holdin.t mop aty-9io pomnds of powder same therew, and to maker s of storage thereofr afrke-b 'ud the said 0 ~r.d sturne ite s:am-; I council sh?.ll have, .vrt noc p ayment of all taxsOk ,seset tvt of thi:3 act. I i nid une prthe ni persons of delault. v ost theo prpt racd in the sameu man- a to te sme x t-h- ex'l no o d it i prided. ) -cra :.. e ,.xcepLthabt executions to :. esa O- t of torn ::Xe.s :,iiall bce. - ,e seal of the corporation, and toa mrsxa:ix 'jitet persoDs 5. ,'/,ointed by-ihe 5:na town coen-:il tt .. : sme,andI all properly upon t. -' sx Ibl be levied and as.:c:ed is al4 -cared and r.iade hatbleor inc I nay- I : yewreof in prole-rence to other debts 10 th per..on oflning suCh property at ]) ac of tie asssrmenot. except debts due c: e, .(hch Juet b) fro.t patd. The said or0 l. -togt.e t;ih all (ote moneyvs col- p by .iuitbon,y of the provi.s:ons of thi.a d the er ian~ceCs passed in confarmity >, from whatever ::on:ree ,a;t mjones P1 rie toc e paid'.7 into the treasury of t he fo wn, for the use~ of t e corporationl. lai 14l Th;tt r. uniis shall be: icad, on oat h, J0: e 'i-r of the. town e::uncUt, 'iuring thi of J.mur", it :aci: year, oif the amount gI a'-e- ci moean:li:3c, prof :ssions!, tue- sie ii or other incomaes,itand of the qu intity l aof all other proper::7 th.m r:-al cstate, in :x totxat:o:i amir the prot itinS of this ti' prat:s wh:- may: be h::bl:: to pay the o ti the same; and the s:dd aes shall be dI Sor boe:e the first diay of March then asun'. npon tahtre whereof any p:arty to flit s;tail be atubject to th: p'tnaitiets now of a b law f.3r faiure to pay the' general li 11. Tht tsa:d town connci:' b haet tv to regnire all persons o nums a lot I in 'id town,: t nake andi khep in good fle whenever the same sballfront on or adjoin any public street of said town, if in the jadement of the council, such sidewalks shall be necessary, the width thereof and the man ner of their construction to be designated and regulated by the said council; and for default or refusal to make and keep in repair such sidewalks, the town council may cause the same to be made and put in repair and re quire the owner to pay the price of making cr rep.: :g, and the said town council are hereby empowered to sue for and recover the same by action of debt ia any court of compe teat jurisdiction in Anderson County: PAovid ed, Ihat such contra t for masing or repairing be lot to the lowest bidder. SEc. 12. That the said town council shall have power, with the consent o the adjacent land owners, to close all sucu roads, streets and ways within the ta;d town as tn,y may deem necessary, oy sale o, thetreehold therein. eitb er at private or Dublic sale, as they may ad judge best for the interest of said towz; and they blabl al-o hsve power to say out, adopt, ope and keep in repair all such new streets, roads and ways as they may, from ,ime to time, deew impoxtant or necessary for the im remnt, anJ convenience of said town: Provided, T-at no new street, road or way sbah be opened without first having obtained the consent of the land owner or owners throug- whose premises any such new street, road or way may pass. SEC. 13. That the sail town council shall Jarxn weY,r, and .are hereby authorized, to eiect one or moro marshas (in iddition to the sherf of Andr.on, who shall also be a mar sha I of the town) to ix their salaries and pre scribe their duties, who shall be duly sworn in .-nd invested with all the powers, and,sub jected to all the duties and habilities that eon stab!es now have or are subjected. to by law, in Dddition to the duties and liabiliies.spemal ly couferred and imposed on them by the town council: Provided, That their jurisdiction shail be confined to the corporate limits of said town. SEc. 14. That the said town council shau have power to establisb a guardhouse, .nd t) p' ribo, by ordinance, suitable rules and regiVations.f r keeping and governing the same; and until sueb guardhouse shall be 'eS tablished, they -hall be authorized to use a room in the common jail of Anderson'County, for the coniinement of all persons who may ba subject to be committedfor the violation of any ordinance of the town, passed in contormity with the provisions of thisl act; and the said town council may, by ordinance, or the said intendant and wardens in person, any one or more of them, authorize and require any mar slial of thbe town, or any constable specially ap pointed For that purpose, to arrest and commit to .he iaid iuardlionse or jail of Anderson County, as the case may be, for a term not exceedine twenty-four hours, any person or peraons who, within the corporate limits <f the said town, may be engaged in a breach of the peace, any riotous or disorderly conduct, open obscenity, public drunkenness, or in any conduct grossly in decent or dangerous to the citizens of the said town, or any of them; and it shall be the duty of t..e town marshals to arrest and commit all such offenders, when reqaired to do so, who I-se co ns, if need be,to aidiu making such arrt -s; and upon the failure of such marshals tope%rn such duty as required, they shall scrala be subject to such fines and peualtieP as the tor &,cou:lcil may estabhsb; and all per sons so mOr..onerd shall pay the costs and ex p .:scs iucidont t-> their imprisonment; Pro vided, That such imprisonment shall not ex empt Lie porty frona. the payment of any ne the council may impqse for the offences for which he may have been committed. - SEc. 15. rihat the said town conl 'ehall have power to collect the taxes from all per sons representing pub.icly, within thAr corpo ratte iits, for gain or rewaid, att plays or sho'wn ot what nature, or kind sevar, to be ;;aed for the purpose of said corpfStion SEc. 16. That all fines whist shall here after be collected by convictiorin the Court of Sssions, for retailing witbor liens, within the corpmrate limits of sa town, shall be oaid, o::e-hiali to the infor'er and the other hlf to the said ton coacil, for the uses of the corooration. SEc. 17. That the ,5d town council shall have power and antyrity to aba,te all nuisan ces within the cor>rete limits, and also to appoint a board rnealth ror said town, and to pass alt such o.<nances as may be necessary to defiae th ,wers and duties of said board. Szc 18 f the said town council shall have po,vvo borrow money for the public us cf Yorporation, by issuing, from t ime otnasoccasion may require, the bonds of ,poration, bearing interest at a rats not ~ eed seven per,cent. per annum,to be paid ,i-annually, tor an amount not to exceed ie sum of fitteen thousand dolla'rs; and for the nymnent of the interest, and the ultimate re emuotion of the principal, according to the :rmts of the loan, the sadcorporation shall e. at all times, liable: Provided, That the roper ty of the inhabitants of sail 'town .ali be bound for the redemption of said inm in no other way than by the imposition F an annual tax, accordins, to the provisions this act: And provided, further, That a :ajority of the owners of real estate within to corporate limits of said town shall first yte in havor of issuing said bonds; and the ti.i town coucil shall give at least thirty mvs' ne;llee( of holding such election. sEc. 19. That the intendant ar.d wsrdens :etl. durmng their term of ofice, be exempt om street duty. And each town council mat, witht;n one month after the expirat'on of cir term ox office, make out and return to e:r sucemsors a full account of their receipts :d titpenitures during their term, and shall ys over all moneys in their hands be ngmng to thbe corporation, and deliver up all operty, books, records and other papers in '.ent to their office, to their successors, and iftilure so to do they shall be liable to the mnishment piescribed in the twenty-$rat see in of this act. 8::c. 20. That all ordinances heretofore ,s-sed by ime town council of Anderson, in cen rmity with thne authority granted by existing rs, sha! ~,e, and they are hereby, declared af and valid. SEcc. 21. Thbaf for any wilful violation or no set of dnty, malpractice, abuse or dippres e?, the said intendant and wardens. joint and seve.rally, shall te liable to indictment th:e Court of Sessicas, and, upon convic n, to punishment by tine, not exc'eding ea hu.ndrcd dollt.rs, besides being lhable for mares to any person injurod. SEC. 22. That all acts aol parts of acts here o passed in relation to the incorporation the Town of Anderson, ha, and the same are reb)y, repealed. And this act shall be emed and t,tken to be apublic act, and eon uC in force for the term of twenty years, di. entui the ression of the Legislature then at eneung. an.poe. th 9bt h of March. A. D). 1871.