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1.1 M- BffgaeggggatfaE* zs?&sassssssssssi Acts and Joint Rosolutious Passed by tho Legislature-Session 1870 uud 1871 [OFFICIAI* ] An Act to llcnew ?nd Amend tho Charter of t?>e To WU Anderson. SUCTION 1. lie it enacted hy tho Senate and llouso of Representatives of the Stale of South Carolina, now mot uud sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of tho sumo, That from and immediately after tho passage of this Act, all and every person or persons wno may havo resided within tho corporate limit* of the town of Anderson for ono year, or who may own a freehold therein, aud their successors, aro hereby declared to bc members of thc corporation hereby intend ed to bo created. SEO. 2. That the said persons and their successors shall, from and after the passage ?f this Act, become a body politic and oor? >? ate, and shall bc known and called by ihe name of thc Town of Anderson, and its cor pornte limits extend one mile in the direction of the cardin il points from thc court house thereof as a centre, and form a square. SEC. 3. That thc said town shall bc govern ed by an Intend mt and four Wardens, who shall bo persons that actually reside within tho limits of tho corporation, and have so re sided at least twelve mouths immediately pre ceding their election. Thc said Intendant and Wardens shall be elected on the second Monday in September in each year, ten days' notice having been previously given, and shall continue in oflico for ono year, and un til tho election and qualification of their suc cessors ; and ail male inhabitants of said town, who shall have attained thc ago of twenty ono years, and resided therein sixty days im mediately preceding tho election, shall bc en titled to vote for said Intendant and War dens : Provided, That no person .shall bc al lowed to vote at any such election who shall uot havo registered his name as a voter with tho Clerk of thc Council, in a boon or books to be kept by him for that purpose, by ten o'clock A. M., on the day preceding every such election. SKC. 4. That said election shall bo held in sonic convenient public place in said town, from nine oclock in the morning until live o'clock in thc evening ; and when thc pollf shall be closed the Malingers shall forthwith proceed to count thc vote- under oath, staling tho whole number qf votes east for each can didatc or person voted for, and shall tronstnil their report of the same, in a sealed envelope to the Intendant of the town ; and if then be no such Intendant, thc same shall bi transmitted to the Clerk of thc Court of An dcrson County. Thc said Intendantur Glori of the Court shall open tho report of sai? Managers, and shall announce and publisl the whole number of the votes east, and (.hi whole number cast for each candidate, wbci tho several candidates receiving (he highes ijuuiber of legal votes, for the offices for whiel they were voted for, the timo being, sim I bo declared duly elected The intcndati and Wardens, for the time being, shall alway appoint three Managers to conduct tho elco tioil, who, before they open the polls for sa ii election, shall take tho oath fairly and imparti ally to conduct thc same ; and tho [aleutian and Wardens, before entering upon tho duli? of their office, shall, respectively, take th oath proscribed by tho Constitution of th this State, and also the lollowing oath, to wit "As Intendant (or Warden) of the town c Anderson, I will faithfully and impartially to thc best of my ability, exercise tho trus reposed in mo, and will use my best endear ors to preserve tho peace and carry into ell'ee according to law, thc purposes for which have been elected : So help mc Coil." Sice. 5. In case a vacancy should occur i thc ellice of Intendant, or any of the Warden by death, resignation, or otherwise, an eleclie to lill such vacancy shall bc held hy tho a| pointmont of tho Intendant and Warden < Wardens J and in case there bo none, thou I tho appointment of thc Clerk of tho Court Anderdon County. SKC. (J. That the Intendant and Warden duly elected and qualified, shall he, durit their tenn of oflico, vested with all tho po' ors and authority with which Trial Justio aro at present vested by thc law, except tl trial of civil cases, and except US it may otherwise provided in this Act J and thc I tendant shall and uny, as often as may necessary, summon tho Wardens to meet Council, any two of whom, with thc luton nut, or any three Wardens, may constitute quorum to transact business ; and they sh bc known by ibo name of thc Town Coun of Anderson ; und they and their Slicccsso hereafter to be elected, may have a connu seal, which shall bc affixed to all their or< nances; may sue and bc sued, plead and implcadcd, in any Court of law or equ in this State, and purchase, hold, possess n enjoy to them and their successors, in por) tuity, or for any tenn of years, any esta real, personal or mixed, and sell, alien a convoy the. same : Provided, The sanio sh not exceed, at any one lime, tho sum of I thousand dollars. And tho said Intend: and Wardens shall have full power to mi and establish all such rules, by-laws and dinances respecting tho roads, streets, mark and police of said (own, as shall appear thom necessary and requisite for tho sccuii welfare and convenience of the said town, for preserving health, peace, order and gi government within thc same. And tho s Council may fix lind impose lines and pei tics for tho violation thereof, and nppropri tho same to thc publie uso of the said coi ration : Provided, That in all cases of ti to bc had before the said Town Council, hereinbefore provided, tho parly char shall bo cited to trial hy service upon 1 of a summons, under thc hand of tho lute ant, any ono of the. Wardens, or tho Cl of the Council, whorei i shall bo expr?s with certainty the offt ncc charged, und timo and place of trial, which shall be ni ot least livo days hciV.ro tho day of trial. SKC. 7. That the Intendant and Wart of tho soid town shall have full and only y er to grant or refuse license to retail spit ous liquors within tho said limits, wi licenso shall ho granted in thc saino mat and upon tho samo conditions ns < now arc, or may hereafter be, under laws of this State, except that tho T Council shall have the power to regu tho price of license to keep taverns to retail spirituous liquors : Provided, 1 in no instanco tho prioo of a license sc keep tavern or retail spiritous liquors sh a I fixed, at a less sum than is established by laws of this Stato ; and all the powers ve formerly in tho Commissioners of Ronds hereby granted to tho said Intendant Wardens within tho said limits; and rooneys paid for licenses, and for I and forfeitures, for retailing spirit! I liquors, keeping Iuvenil? und billiard ta bles within thu said limits without license, ?hull bc appropriated to tivo uses ot' said cor poration : Provided, That tho Intendant aud Wardens duly elected and qualified shall not have power to grant any licenses to keep tav ern or retail spirituous liquors to oxtoud be yond thc time for which they have been elec ted. Sro. 8. That it shall bc tho duty of tho said Intendant and wardens to keep all streets, roads and ways within their corporate limits open and in good repair, and for that purpose they are invested with all the powers gran to J form orly to thc Commissioners ol' Hoads. And they shall have power to compound with all persons Hablo 'o work tho streets, ways and roads in said town, upon such terms as they shall, by ordinance, establish ; the money so received to be applied to the public use. Sue. 9. That thc Town Council shall have power to impose an annual tax upon thc keep ers of till hilliard tables and ten pin alleys, or other pin alleys, within tho discretion ot said Council, and to grant or refuse licenses for thc same, upon such terms and conditions, ami subject to such regulations as they may, by ordinance, establish. They shall also have power to impo.-O a tax, within their discretion, on ali sales made by itinerant tra ders and auctioneers, ou all pul l:o drays, wagons, carriages, omnibuses, and other ve hicles kept for hire, and on thc owners or proprietors of all dog, hogs, sheep, goats and cattle kept within thc corporate limits ol'said town. The said Town Council shall have power to impose an annual tax on the amount all sales of goods, wares and merchandise, and also on thc amount of income arising Pom all factorage ?md merchandise,employ ments, faculties and professions, including the profession of industry j also upon tho amount of income from all moneys loaned at interest, and from dividends received from banks and other stocks : Provided, That no tax shall be imposed in any one case to ex ceed the rate of thirty cents on each hun died dollars of the value (d'such sales and in come. And thc said Town Council ?hail h ive power to impose au annual tax on all carriages and wagons, of whetever kind, kept for priv?t? n e; on all gold, silver and other watches kept for private use within thc limits ol' thc said town. And thc said Town Coun cil shall have power tn impose an annual tax, nut exceeding thirty cents on every hundred dollars of thc value of all real estate lying with the corporate limits of said town, thu real estate of churches and school association? excoj ted ; and, for that purpose, they shall appoint three I'lOcholdcrs residing therein ti assess the valu of said real estate upon oath and return thc assessment within one monti to said Council for taxation, and to fill ail) vacancy occasioned by thc death, resignation refusal to serve or removal from olUee of tlx said Assessor. And thc said Town Counci .shall have power to regulate thc price of li censes upon lill public shows .iud exhibition: in said town, to erect a powder magazine and tu COU)pol any person holding moro thar twenty live pounds of powder to store tin same therein, and to make regulations lo rates of storage thereof, and for keep! n; and storing the same. And thc sail Town Council shall have, power to en fore?! the payment of till taxes and assess mellis I.-vied under tho authority of this Aci against tho property and persons of defaulters to thc same extent, ami in thc same manuel as is provided by law for thc collection of tb general State tax, except, that executions t" enforce tho payment ol'town taxes .shall be if sued under thc seal ot the corporation, an directed to the Town Marshal, or other pel sons especially appointed by tho said Tow Council to collect tho samo ] and all proper! upon which a tax shall bo levied and ussessc is hereby declared and made liable for th payment thereof, in preference to other debt due by the person owning such property ? thc time ol' tho assessment, except debts du tho State, which shall be first paid. Til still moneys, together with all ollu-r mone\ collected by authority of tho provisions ? this Act, and ordinances passed in eon form ty thereto, from whatever source said inoncj may alis?;, to DO paid into the Treasury ol sai town for tho use of thc corporation. Si:?'. 10. That returns shall bc made, < oath, to tho (Merk of thc Town Council, du ing thc month of Ja nun ry, in each year, < thc anioir t of all sales nf merchandise, prole sidna), in eiianical or other incomes, and thc quanti.;, and kind of till other proper than rod estate subject to taxation under tl provisions of this Act, by persons who mi be liable to pay tho tax?s on thc samo j tn j (he said taxes shall be paid on or before tl ! first day of March then next ensuing; up< failure thereof any party, in default shall subject to tho penalties now provided 1 law for failure to pay the general State ta SF.C. 1 l. That the said Town Council sh: have authority to require all persons ownii a lot or lots in said town to make and keep good repair sidewalks in front of said lot lots whenever tho same shall front on or a join any public street of said town, if, in t judgment of the Council, such sidowal shall bc necessary, thc width thereof, and t manner of their construction, to bc desigi tod and regulated by the said Coil! eil; a for default or refusal to make and keep in i pair such sidewalks, the Town Council ni cause thc same to bc made and put in repa and require the owner to pay tho prieto making or repairing; and tho said Toi Council arc hereby empowered to sue for a recover the same by action of debt in a Court of competent jurisdiction in Anders County : Provided, That such contract making or rep eling bc let to tho lowest b der. Si?O. 12. That the said Town Council sh have power, with the consent of the a dj a Ot land owners, to close all such roads, sire and ways within thc said Town as they n doom necessary, by sale of tho freehold thc in, oithoi at private or public sale, as tl may adjudge best for tho interest of s town j and they shall also have power to out, adopt, open and keep in repair rll si new streets, roads and ways as they may, fr limo to time, deem important or nccoss for thc improvement and convenience of s town : Provided, That no new street, road woy shall bo opened without first having tai nod the consent of tho owner thron whose premises any such new iircct, road way may pas:t. SKO. 13. Thai tho said Town Council si havo power, and aro hereby authorized, elect one or more Marshals (in ndditioi the Sheriff of Anderson, who shall also I) Marshal of tho Town), to fix their Salaries i prescribo their duties, who shall bc d sworn in and invested with all tho pow and subjected to all tho duties and liabili that Constables now havo, or aro subject by law, in addition to tho duties and lia! lies specially conferred and impoeed on lt by tito Town Council : Provided, That their jurisdiction shall bo confined to tho corporate limits ot'said town. Sue. 14. Thut thc said Town Council shull have power to establish a gaurd house, and to prescribe, by ordinances, suitable rules and regulations for keeping and governing tho same ; and until such guard house shall bo authorized to use a room in tho common jail of Anderson County for the confinement of all persons who may bc subject tobe committed for thc violation of any ordinance of thc town, passed in conloi utily with the provisions of this Act ; nod thc ?aid Town Council may, by ordinance, or the said Intendant and War dens in person, any one or more of them, au thorize and require any Marshal of tho town, or any Constable, specially appointed for that purpose to arrest and to commit to tho said gaurd house Ol'jail of Anderson County, as tho case may be, for tl term not exceeding t wenty four hours, any person or person who, within thc corporate limits of said town, may bc en gaged ill a breach of tho peace, any riotous or disorderly conduct, open obscenity, public drunkenness, or in any conduct grossly inde cent or dangerous to tho citizens of said to-vu, or any of them ; and it shall be thc duty of fte Town Marshall to arrest and codi? mit all su.di offenders, when required BO to do, who shall have power to call to their as sis ance thc j)os?>c comitaiws, if need be, to aid in making such arrest; and upon thc fiiluro of such Marshals to perform such duty as required, they shall, severally, bo subject to such lines and penalties as tho Towt; Ceun oil may establish ; and all persons so impris oned shall pay thc costs and expenses incident to their imprisonment : Provided, That such imprisonment, shall not exempt thc party from payment of any fine tho Council may impose for thc offence for which ho may have been committed. Sac. 1"). That tho sahl town council shall have power to collect the ta'xes from all persons repre senting publicly within their corporate limits, for gain or rewan!, any plays or shows, of what na ntie or kimi soever, to be used for the purposes bf said corporation, Ste. 10- That all (ines, which shall hereafter be collected by eon viet ion in tho court of sessions, for retailing without license within the corporate limits ol said town, shall bc paid enc half lo thc informer, ami thc other half to the said town council, for the uses of I li o corporation. Sec- 17. The said town council shall have pow er and authority to al?alo all nuisances within tili) corporate limits, and also to appoint a Hoard 6f Health for said town, and to pass all such or d i ll a neos ns may bc necessary to delinc thc pow er and duties ol' said Board, ?SKI:. 18. Thal thc said tuvn council shall have power lo borrow money tor tho publia use of said corporation by issuing, fi om limo lo limo, as oc cas-ion may require, tho bon.ls of saul corpora lion, boar ng interest at a rate not exceedin : seven per cent um per annum, to bo paid semi-annually, for an amount not lo exceed thc sum ol' fifteen th usand dollars ; and for tho payment of tho in terest, and tho ultimata redemption ol' the princi pal, acordin,' to thc terins of the loan, the sai I ! corporation shall be til all times liable: Provided, That tho properly of tho inhabitants of said town shall be bound tur the redemption of said loan in no other way than by thc Imposition ol' an annu al lax, acc.nding lo thc provisions ol' this act : And provided, further, That a majority of thc owners ol' real e-late within the corporate limits I ul' said lawn, shall lirsl vote in favor of issuing j said bonds, and the town council shall givo nt least thirty days' notice of lioltli" * such election j SEO. ll). Thai the intendant . ..d wardens shall, during their tenn of ellice, lie exempt from street duty; and each town council shall, within one moat ll aller tho expiiation ol' their terni of office, leake out and return to their successors, a full ac count of their receipts and expenditures during llicir term, and shall pay over all moneys in their hands, belonging io I ho corporal icu, und deliver upa I properly, books, records anil other papers. ?acid.-ni to thuir oliiou, to their successors; and j on failure so to do, they shall be liable lo thc ? punishment prescribed in tho twciny-liivl Section ol' this net. S KU -O Thal all ordinances heretofore passed b thu town omincil of Anderson, in conformity j with the authority gran te I by existing laws, shall bo. and i hey are hereby, declared legal and valid. Sn:, iii. Thai for any wilful violence or neglect of duty, malpractice, abuso or oppression, tho said intendant ami wardens, jointly and severally, shall bc liable to indictment in I li c court of ses sions, and. upon conviction, lo punishment by line, liol exceeding one hundred dollars, besides being liable for damages to any person injured. Suv Thal all nels and parts ul acts hereto fore passed in reta I foti lo llie incorporation ol'ibo town of Anderson be. and tho same arc hereby, repealed. And (his act shall bo deemed and ta ken lo be a publie liol, and continue in force for tho tenn of twenty years, and amil the end of tho session ol'ibo L?gislature then next ensuing. Approved .MarchO, INTI An Act to establish a new Judicial and Elec tion county from portions of the counties ol Barnwell, I'Mgefield, Lexington mid Ur ongcburg, tub known as Aiken county. SKCTION 1. licit enacted hythe Senate and llousu Of Ucprosi uta ti ves of tho State of South Carolina, now met and silting in Gene ral Assembly, and by ibo authority of tho same. : That a now Judicial and Election county, with its seat of justice located at the town of Aiken, which county ?hall bc known as Ai ken county, shall bc formed, and is hereby authorized fo be formed, from portions of the present counties of Barnwell, Kdgcflcld, Lex ington and Orangeburg, with the metes and bounds hereinafter described, to wit : com mencing at the mouth of Pox's Creek, in ridgefield county, where it empties into Sa vannah River, thence in a strait line to where tho South branch of Chinquapin Fulls Creek, (ti tributary of the . Tort li ICdisto River)* in tersects the I'idgfield and Lexington lino ; thence down said creek to where it. empties into the North fork of the Cdisto River, and down thc said North fork to where tho divi ding linc between Lexington and Or naeburg counties (running from Big Beaver (.'reek to the North fork of the ICdisto) touch es said river; thence in a strait linc to the head of Tinker's ('reek, in Rarnwell County; thence down that creek to whom it empties into the Upper Throe Runs, and down said Runs Creek to whore it empties into tho Sa vannah River ; thence up tho Savannah Riv or to tho initial point at tho mouth of Fox's Creole. SKC. 2. That Frank Arnim, M. F. Malo ney, P. lt. Rivers, ,J. L. Jamison, Ii. Fer guson, J. N. Hayne, E. J. C. Wood, P. lt. Rockwell, J. A. Greene, W. II. Rccdish and C. Byas, be, and are hornby, appointed Com missioners to run out mid properly make and define tho said boundary lines with the assis tance of two (2) competent surveyors, to be selected by them. SKO. 8. That S J. Lee, Frank Arnim, P. It. Rivers, C. D. Mayne, John Wooley, K. J. C. Wood, J. N. I layne, Lovi Chavis, W. II. Rccdish and J. ll. Cornish, ho, and arc hereby appointed Conimistioners to pro vide suitable buildings for thc several Courts and County officers, and to select and pur chase, or procure sites for tho usual publio buildings, and to contract for and superintend tho erection! of tho Court llonso anti Jail thereon; and that said publie buildings shall bo built at the expenso of the citizens of said County, and, to mcot the said domands, n special tax on the ansesscd valuo of real nud Mimi.*BSSSSS?B!SS!SS??S' "."' ' ' '." SS - '11 ????'?" j personal property in snid County bj leviod. I SEO. 4. That au election shall bo hold in the County of Aiken, as established by this Act, on tho third Wednesday of October, I A. 1). 1872, for members of tho (Jouerai j Assembly, and the regular County Officers provided for by tho Constitution and laws of tho Stuto. and tho officers KO olected shall, before entering upon tho duties of their rc. speotive offices, bc required to give bond, with sureties, as now is or may be required by law. SEO. 5 That until thc apportionment of Representatives, tho representation of the several counties of this State affected by this Act shall romain ns now established. SEO. G. That the County of Aiken be, and it is hereby, attached to the Third Congres sional District.and shal form part and parcel of thc .Sixth Judicial Circuit, and that tho reg ular terms of thc Courts of General Sessions and Common Fleas shall he held in the town of Aiken, on tho second Monday of J n wry, May and September of each your, and that thu Justices of thc Peace, Constables, in the several counties affected by this Act, who shall be in ollico at tho time this Act goes inlo ctlect, shall continue In ellice until their successors shall have been elected, and shall have qualified : Provided, however, That the Justices of the Peace and Constables now io office shall, from and after the time this not goes into efleet, **bo confined and limited in their official capacity, duty and power to tho limits of their respective counties, as altered by this act,and thc said officers residing in Ai ken county shall, in like manner, be restric ted in their official function to said county of Aiken. Sf.c. 7 Tint from and aft^r the fourth day of October, A. 1). 1272, all suits pending in tho Courts of Barnwell, Ridgefield, Lex ington, and Orangoburg, of which t'.c defen dants reside in those porth :.s of the said counties now established as thc county of Ai ken, and all indictments now pending in the Courts of said counties, where the offence was committed in those parts of the said counties now established as tho county ol' Aiken, and all records, commissions, and other papers be longing to any of tho said ^ Its or indict ments, together with nil tho legal incidents thereunto appertaining, shall he transferred tu the Clerk of the Court of tho said county of Aiken, and all writs and other processes al ready issued and made returnable to tho fall term of the Courts of Barnwell, Ridgefield, Lexington and Orangoburg, whore thc defen dants in thc said case reside io tho parts ol tho said counties now established as the coun ty of Aiken, shall be as valid and effectual as though they had been issued to the fall term of tho court of thc county of Aiken ; and tho service of such process by the sherill'of any of the said counties shall be as good and effectual as a service to tho Fal! tenn of tho court of tho said county of Ai ken ; and all such writs and processes shall bo transferred by the Clerks of the courts ol the said counties to the Clerk of thc court ol the county of Aiken. SEC. 8. That tho Board of Jury Commis sioncrs of Barnwell, ridgefield, Lexington and Ol'angebUrg counties, bc, mid are hereby required to prepare and furnish to the Board of Jury Coin missioners of Aiken county, or or before tho fourth Monday of October 1^72, separate lists of persons liable to servi as jurors, and residing itt the limits of tin said counties, as H Uer ed by thi* net. Kron: thc lists so furnished lu tue Board of Jun Commissimcrs of Aiken county shall bi drawn, in Koorda ti co with law, the Petit and Grand Jurors, and talesmen of the courts ti be holden in Aiken county, in conformity with the provisions of ibis act, and tho ju rors so drawn are hereby (b lared lawful ju rors, to all intents and purposes. Approved March 10, 1871. An Act to amend Section 22 of the Code o Procedure. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senat? arni Mouse of Representatives of the Stat of South Carolina, now met and sitting ii General Assembly, and by thc authority o tho same : That Section 22 of an act. entitled "Ai Act to revise, simplify and ?bridge the rules practice, pleadings ami forms of courts ii this State" bc so anicuded as to read us fol lows : 1. The Court of General Sessions at Cam den, for the county id' Kershaw, on the thir Monday of January, April and September and thc Court of Common Pleas at Camden for the county of Kershaw, on thc first Thur. day after the third Monday of January, Apr and September. 2. The Court of General Sessions at Ce I nm bin, for the county of Richland, on th first Monilay of February, May and October and thoron rt of Common Pleas at Columbi; for tho county of Richland, on tho scoon Monday of February, May and October. !>. The Court of General Sessions at Le> ingten, for tho county of Lexington, on th fourth Monday of February, May and Octi ber ; and thc Court ot Common Pleas ut Les ington, for the county of Lexington, on th first Wednesday after the fourth Monday ( February, May and October. 4. The Court of General Sessions nt Ed gt field, for the county of Ridgefield, on thc flu Monday of March, June and November; nn tho Court of Common Picas at Ridgefield, fi thc oounty of Ridgefield, on the second Mot day of March, Juno and November. SKC. 2. Section 18 of thc act montionc in the third Section of this act is beroi amended so as to read as follows : The Court of General Sessions at O ran gi burg, for tho county of Orangoburg, on tl first Monday of January, May and October nod thc ('curt of Common Pleas at Orang burg, for tho county of Orangoburg, on tl first Wednesday after the first Monday January, May mid October SEC 3. That nil writs and processes whii .shall havo boen made returnable to thceoui of any of tho said count cs, according to tl laws heretofore of force, shall bo legal at valid, to ul] intents and purposes, for tl courts next to be held in the said COU nth respectively, according to tho provisions this net; und nil persons nlready summono or who may hereafter bo sum moued, to i tend the courts of any of tho said oounti as jurors or witnesses, or who arc now boronftor shall bo bound in recognizance appear at any of tho said courts, aooordii to the laws heretofore of force, shall bo, ai are hereby, required to attend or appear the courts of tho said counties, respective next to bo held, nocording to tho provisio of this not. Approved Maroh 10, 1871. An Aot to chnrtor tho Jaokhonboro Ferry SECTION 1. Be it enacted by tho Sent and House of Representatives of tho Sti of South Carolin?; now met and sitting General Assembly, und by tho authority of j the same : That tho ferry formerly known ns the Jack? sonboro ferry, across tho Edisto Uiver, shall bc, and the sanio JH hereby, established :> pub lie ferry, and voatod io Thomas Grant, his heirs and assigns, for a term of seven years, with tho privilege of collecting tho following rates of toll, to wit : For each carriage and four horses, so von ty live coots; for each car riage und two horses, fifty cents ; for euch carriage and ono horse, twenty five cents ; for horse and rider, fifteen cents : for each foot passenger, live cents ; for each horse, five 0'ii's; for each head of cattle, fi.'o scuts; for each head of sheep, goats, or hogs, two couts : Provided, That he shall have the fcr r,* fully otablished and in good working oi dor within six months after thc passage of? this act : And provided, further, That should tho said Thomas Grant, in tho excrete of| tho privileges conferred upon bimby the foregoing charter, work damage or injury to any person using said ferry, through ncgli gi ncc or dereliction (f duty, ho shall bo deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall forfeit such prileges. Approved March 10, 1871. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An act to incorporate the Enterprise Railroad compa ny, of Charleston, South Caroliua," ap proved March I, 1870. SUCTION. 1. Co it enacted by the Senate and House of Ueprosi lita I i ves of the State of | South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen eral Assembly, and by thc authoiityof thc same : Tho Enterprise Railroad Company arc hereby authorized to lay their track through nod ulong any street ol' tho city of Charles ton, which may bo necessary, in order to con nect with thc track of thc South Carolina Railroad Company, and track of the North eastern Railroad Company, and to connect East Ray Street with thc Ashley River. 8KG. 2. Thc said company arc further nu t'iorized to lay tin i i" railroad tra.k.ind run their cars from any point or points on Cooper River, to any point or points on tho Ashley River, within tho City of Charleston, or vi li in ten miles of thc corporate limits of said city. SK.C 8. Tho said company ure further au thorized to issue seven per rent coupon bonds, (otho amount of ten thousand dollars for every mile of completed railway Si:c. 4. The said company are further au thorized to lay their railway track Ol' tracks, should il be found desirable, down to the wa ler front of any of thc wharves of thc said eily. SKC. 5. Thc track or tracks herein author ized may bo used by said comp any for carry ing freights and passengers, or either, at the option of said company. Approved March 0, 1871. An Act to renew tho charter of thc Ferry known ns Ashepoo Kerry. SKCTION 1 Re it enacted by tho Senate and House of Representatives ot* tho State of j South Carolina, now met and silting in Gen eral Assembly, and by thc authority bf thc ! same : That tho charter of the Ferry across Ash- j epoo River, amt known as "Ashepoo Perry," j be, and tho same is. renewed for tho term of i fourteen years, and is hereby vested in Na- j thntucl Hoy wa rd, his heirs, executors, ad- j in i dist ra tors and ossians, for said term of fourteen years, together with all the rights, privileges and immunities heretofore incor porated in said charter. Approved March 10, 1S71. ravr^l r?fti'sr.g tl?Z-ttS rt?txrft -VOX?, MM& %&<&4 m??? Groonville and Columbia Railroad. Coi.VMUlA. S. C., March 1. 1871 OX and after this date, tho following Sobed nie will he run daily. Sundays excepted, connecting with Night Trains on South Car- j (dina It'ad, np and down; also with Trains going Smith on Charlotte, Columbia and Augus ta Hail road : Ur TRAIN. T.eavo Columbia, 7 00 a m Leave A Isl-.ii, fl 10 u ni Leave Newberry, ll l? ii in Leave Cokesbury, .'I HO p in Leave Bolton, 5 00 p m Arrive at Greenville, ti 30 p m DOWN THAIN. Leave Greenville, 6 iii a tn Leave Bollon. 8 05 a m Leave Abbeville, S l? a m Leave Cokesbury, 10 07 a in Leave Ni;wherry, 1 50 p m Louve Alston, 1 05 p m Arrive at Columbia, 5 f>.r) p m M. T. BARTLFJTT, General Ticket Agent. Chango of Schodulo on B. R. R. R. OX and after the 1st of December, Trains on this Bead will run everyday, Sundays OX copied, connecting willi tho Greenville and Columbia Railroad itt Anderson, viz: Ul? TKA?N. Leave Anderson, 0.00 P. M, " Pendleton, 7.00 " ?< Percyville, 7.45 " Arrive at Walhalla, 8.30 ? DOWN THAIN. Leave Walhalla, 3.4? A. M. Per rv ville. 4.30 " " Pondloton, 6.30 " Arrive at Anderson, 5.30 " Waiting one hour after usual time for arrival nf tho (i. mid C. train, except on Saturdays, when it will wait Until the other train arrives. W. II. D. GAILLARD, Si 't. March 15, 1X71 Ii i chlan d ?I eade my. rplIK RXBROISBS of tho English and JL Classical School, ut. Richland Church, will commenco on MONDAY, tho 23d day of JAN UARY, 1871. Scholastic term to consist of ten months, under tho management of Kev. P.. P. HY DB. Terms of Tuition.-Pidmary Branches $12; Primary branches, with Kngiish Grammar, Ce ograpliy and Analysis, from $1-1 to 810 ; Higher Bnglisb Brunches, vi? ; Natural Philosophy, Rhetoric, Intellectual and Moral Philosophy, i Algebra, Ocoinolry, Trigonometry. Book keep ' ing and Surveying, from $18 to $24; Latin and 1 (jrook Languages, $30. f?f???p Board, in good families, at a Convoniont dislnnoo fruin tho Aeadoniy, can bo had nt from $8 to $10 per month. Jan. 13. 1871-12 BOOK STORK I RRANOEMBNTS aro made to securoany Hook J\ wanted. Also, Hooks, Catechisms, Kc., for Sabbath Sobral J, School Hooks, l'eus, Ink. Paper. ko., ko., always on hand. Tho Depository for tho Oconco Hihlo Sooicty is also at tho Bookytorc. Next door to thc Post Ollico. April I, 1870 21 ly Ayer's Sarsaparilla, S'Oit ruuMJt'i'jixo iiiK BLOOD. H Tho reputation (lila ex. H collont medicino enjoya, tt^T - -V?v I" dorlvcd Oom ils cures, sPlfi 7 - ,m ninny of which aro Indy y^l_feV ^JW murvcltotis. Inveterate1 ?7 0jT ^??????Ir CUM.-) ol' Scrofulous ?Ils /y case, where Ibo system y<f ?WI seemed saturated willi ^???V ? m?b? corruption, hnvo been (K^<$S*,_aJ? r-^?ES? purified and cured by lt, ^.HB.^*],, .?A Scrofulous lU?oetions and .y. MHQfllH? disordera,wuichworong rftv^-'????5lt???'i*??>r gravated liy tho ecrofu -<fe?5nak#w5BT! loua eontanilnntlon until tboy wero painfully ttillleting, have been radically cured in euell groat numbera in almost every sec tion or tho country, that tho public scarcely nccu to lie Informed Ol' its virtues or uses. Scrofulous poison ls one of tho most destruc tive enemies of our race. Often, this nnscen and unfelt tenant of thc organism undermines thc con stitution , and in vites thc attack of enfeebling or fa tal disease.'!, without exciting a suspicion ol' its iircsence. Again, lt scorns to breed Infection hroiighout thu body, and then, on some fnvorablo occasion, rapidly develop into ono or other of Ita hideous forme, either on thc surface orninongtho vitale. In tho latter, tubercles may bo suddenly deposited In tho lungs or henri, or tumors formed lu tho liver, or it shows Its presence by eruption? on tho skin, or foul ulcerations on soino part or tho body. Hence Ibo occnslonnl usc of a bottlo of this Sarsaparilla is advisable, oven when no> activo symptoms of disenso appear, Persons af flicted with thc following complaints generally find immediate relief, mid, nt length, euro, by tho usc of this 8AltSAPARINA' JSt. Antho ny'? ITire, Hose, or Erysipelas, Tetter, Hal? Xhcum, Scald Head, Jllnou orin, Sore Eye?, Sore Ear?, and other eruptions or visible lorma Of Serofulout disease. Also In tho moro con cealed forms, aa Dyspepsia, Dropsy, Heart Disent?. vhs, Epilepsy, Neuralgia, ana tho various Ulcerous affections of tho muscular and nervous systems. , . . Sutthills or Venereal and Mercurial pis eases uro cured by it, though fl long Hmo is re quired for subduing these obst nate maladies by nny medicine. Di? long-continued uso of tina medicino will cure tho complaint. J.cucorrhoets or l?7if/r?, Uterine Ulcerations, and 1-emole Diseases, nro commonly soon relieved and Ulti mately cured by Its purifying und Invigorating effect." Minute directions for ench case nro ronna In our Almanac, supplied gratis, ltheumatisn* mid Gout, when caused by accumulations of ex traneous matters in tho blood, yield quickly to lt, ns also Liver Complaints, Torpidity, Conges tion or Inflammation of thc /.Jcer.nnd./aim efire, when arising, aa they ?Ken ?lo, from tho rankling poisons in tho blood. Hil* SAltSA PA JtllAjA ls a great restorer f .> strength and vigor of tho By8tom. Thoso who aro Lan guid nilli Listless, Despondent, Sleepless, and troubled with Nervous Apprehensions or Ecart, or Oliy of thc affections symptomatic of Weakness, will dud immediate relief and con vincing evidence of its rcstorntivo power upon trial. PREPARED RY l?r. JT. C. ATEIt Ot CO., Lowell, BIOM., Practical and Analytical Chemist?. 60LD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE. For Sale by UR. A. B. NGUMAN, Walhalla, S. C. Sept. 0, IMO -17 ly Charleston Advertisements. HOLM KS, CALDER & CU, [?ROI itlKTORS [PALM H T T ?> Whito Load, Zinc and Color Works, IMPORTERS OF Oil*, ?51 it ss, Variiivheii, lISriisHcs, Ac. FACTORY, I OFPICR. No. I Philadelphia St., i No. 205 Hast Hay St., Charleston, Si. C. \ Charleston, S.' C. W. R HOLMt?S. W. CAI.DKIt. J. J. MAIIKB. KRIRRRNCR.*-Col. L. M. IflitOh. Messrs. Wm. 0. Dulles ?V Cu., !.. W. Spratt. Katp, Cen. Johnson linwood, Col. Charles ll. SimuntOn, Col. J. I?, li. Sloan. Doe. DI, IsTti 0 Om 1 ni. Shepherd &* Co.. No. ii i 11 A Y N K ST? KKT, C H A li h E S T O iV, S. C ., m: VLI:ILS IN COOKING STOVES, RANGES & HEATING STOVES. it?*~ Pictures of Stoves, with piices and description, will be sent upon application. June. 20, IMO .?7 ly ir"w:. PIEPER, Wholosalo and Rot ail Grocer, O.V.I King St., Cor. of Spring, Ol?.arleston, S. O. ALSO I> KALK tl IN Cot r.YKY Vmmvcv. OF ALT, KINDS. Orders from the Cohn try Promptly Attended to. Angus! 17. 1870 A4 ly E. il. STOKES, BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY A N I) raper Ruling Ka?abllslmicnt, pposite tho Pheonix and Gleaner Publishil House, MAIN STREET, COLUMPIA, S. C 1} L? K.K DOOKS of all kinds, such ns Slier > ill's. Clerks', Judge of Probato, County Commissioners, eic, made lo order and ruled! to any pattern, of thc I?EST PAPES .-?ND MATKRI A/.s, with or without printed headings \ alto, puged or indexed, as required. Special attention given lo ?ho binding ol Music, Periodicals, Law Dooks, and all other work. May IS, 1800 32 tf ^WATERWHEEL, Mill G?arint,Shaitin?& Pulleys Sept. 10, 1870 PREMIUMS WH/' RK 1>A,l) to Tobacco Growors, in YT Oeonec County, ibr tho crop of 1871, as lui low s ; For thc best two acres in a body $30.00 " V 2d. 26.00 " " 4th. ?.OIA " " 6th.? fo'.Ott Awards to he mado under tho direction of tho Oconeo Agricultural Society, and for no Sold which produces less than 1,500 pound?. il. J. NORTON, Oct. <1, IS70 5!