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$Mmov0U5 Jfepartmrnt. KICKED BY A MULE. Jake Johnson had a mule. There was nothing remarkable in the mere fact of his being the possessor of such an animal; but there wus something quite peculiar about the mule. He?the animal?could kick further, hit harder, on the slightest provocation, and act uglier than any mule on record. One morning, riding his property to market, Jake met Jim Boggs, against whom he had an old but concealed grudge. He knew Bogg's weakness lay in bragging and betting; therefore he saluted him accordingly: "How are you, Jim ? Fine morning." "Hearty, squire," replied Jim. "Fine weather!. Nice mule you have.there. Will he do to bet on ?" "Bet on ? Guess he will that. I tell you, Jim Boggs, he's the best mule in this country. Paid five hundred dollars for him." "Great smash ! is that so?" ejaculated Jim. "Solid truth, every word of it. Tell you confidentially Jim, I'm taking him down for betting purposes. I bet that he can kick a fly off from any man without its hurting him." "Now, look here squire," says Jim, I am not a betting character, but I'll bet you something on that myself." "Jim, there's no use; don't bet, I don't want - to win your money." "Don't be alarmed, squire, I'll take such bets as them every time." "Well, if' you are determined to bet, I will risk a small Btake; say five dollars." "All right, squire, you're my man. But who'll he Kick the fly off? .There is no one here but you and I. You try it." "No," says Johnson ; "I have to be by the mule's head to order him." "Oh! yasa," says Jim. "Then, probably I'm the man. Wa'all I'll do it: but you are to bet ten against my five, if I risk it "All right!" quoth the squire. "Now, there is a fly on your shoulder. Stand still." And Johnson adjusted the. mule. "Whist, Jervey," said he. The mule raised his heels with such velocity aud force that Boggs rose in the air like a bird, flew through a briar hedge, and alighted on all-fours, in a muddy ditch, bang up against a rail fence. Rising, in a towering* rage, he exclaimed: "Yass, that is h?1! I knew your darned mule couldn't do it You had that all put up. I wouldn't have been kicked like that for fifty dollars. You can just fork over them are stakes for it, auy way." "Not so fast, Jim ; Jarvey did just what I said he could ; that is, kick a fly off a man without its hurting him. You Bee, the mule is not injured by the operation. However, if you are not satisfied, we will try it again as often as you wish." "The deuce take your grammar corners," growled Jim. "I'd rather have a barn fall on me at once than let that critter kick me again. ir *_i? u..i. ? .u: me mu&cb, uuv uuii t zay auytuiu^ ouuui it.'' And Rodgers trudged on in bitterness of soul, murmuring to himself: "Sold, by thunder! and kicked by a mule!' CORWIN AND THE CLERGYMAN;?I heard a good thiDg of the late Gov. Corwin last night. It seems that while this gentleman was iu the Senate he sat at dinner one afternoon entertaining the mess with amusing stories :uid witticisms, such as Corwin only could throw out, when the servant, a new hand at the business, announced a visitor in the parlor desirous of an interview with the Senator. Corwin paid no attention to the man at first, but after a time, irritated by the continued interruption, said, impatiently, "O, tell him to go to hell." Corwin continued his dinner, and at the end,suddenly recollecting the visitor, hurried to the parlor and found no one there. He rang for the servant, and when the man appeared, said: j'.TnKn not you tell me there, wa^-wme one here?" J "Yes, sah," responded John. "Why didu't he wait?" "Well> sah, I took him your message." "What message?" asked the astonished ?* Senator. "Why, sah, I told him dat you said he should go to hell, and he went." Corwm's indignation at the stupidity of the servant was only equalled by his anxiety lest the persons insulted should prove to be a constituent, or perhaps a brother Senator. .He heard nothing, however, for two weeks, when he was called upon by an old friend who belonged to the ministry, and was created by a wise Providence to look after the charities and welfare of other people. The Rev. Mr. Spook wore a white choker and a white hat, with the usually seedy clothes pertaining to these good men, who look for a reward in another and better world for their work done in this. When he saw Senator Corwin, he burst into tears. The political humorist, thinking that Mrs. S. or some of their numerous relatives had departed this life, hastened to ask the meaning of the sudden grief. "Ah, Governor Corwin," responded the poor man, "I thought never to call up^n you again. The last time I was here you sent word out to nie to go to?to go to?" "Bless my soul," cried Corwin, "was that you ? I am so glad. I feared it was one of my constituents, and ray constituents are such (1?d fools, while you are too sensible to mind such an absurd message. Here let me give you $10 for the Ready Relief of aged clergymen."?Donn Piatt, in Commercial. 1 ? > One of Sheridan's Jokes.?Sheridan was fond of practical jokes, one of which he played off on the Duke of Devonshire. Sheridan was in the habit of frequenting Dolly's chop house, where he generally called for deviled shin-bone of beef. One day, coming in later than usual, he was told that the only shin-bone in the larder was being cooked for his grace the Duke of Devonshire. Sheridan, who knew the Duke in person, though not acquainted with him, took a seat within earshot of him and began a conversation with a friend in a loud tone of voice. "I always imagined," said he, "that Dolly's chop house was one of the neatest establishments in London, but I made a discovery this morning which has convinced me that I was mistaken." The Duke listened very attentively. "As I was passing the kitchen window," continued Sheridan, "I observed a turn-spit boy greedily gnawing a shin-bone of beef. Presently, one of thecooks ran up to him, and giving him a blow on the neck, compelled him to drop his prize. "You dirty little rascal," said tne cook, "couldn't you find nothing else to eat ? Here I've got to cook this bone for the Duke of Devonshire." Soon after the conclusion of this tale, a waiter entered the room, and advanced to hisgrace, with a covered dish. "lour Done, sir!" "Take it away," roared the Duke, with a face of great disgust. "I can't touch a morsel of it." "Stay, waiter!" said Sheridan, humbly; "bring it to me. If his grace can't eat it, 1 cau. Fetch me a bottle of claret?I don't wish a better luncheon." to?" A good joke is told of a.little three-year old fellow who, having disobeyed his father, was about to incur the penalty?a switching. The father deliberately prepared a rod, while his son stood a sad and silent spectator. As the parent approached to the unpleasant duty, the ooy started at a brisk run toward a neighboring hill. The father pursued and for a time the youngster increased the distance between them; butgradaally his strength began to fail, and when he reached the hill and began to ascend he soon lost his vantage ground. - Nearer and nearer, the irate father approached, and just as the top of the hill was reached, . and as he came within arms-length of the little fugitive, who was ready to fell from exhaustion, the boy quickly faced about, dropped upon the ground, and with an indescribable cast of countenance exclaimed: "Papa, that?makes a fellow blow?don't it?" This "changing of the subject" was so extremely - lndiewtM that the father laughed heartily over the strategy which his hopeful son exhibited, and the jod was nof used. ^toWten'si gejiartment. i] [Original.] j THE RESULTS. A little boy of eight years old once tried i: j the edge of his hatchet upon a large oak, ! which grew in front of his father's dwelling. . The tree was greatly prized for its beauty and 1. utility, and some anxiety was felt lest the chops might disfigure its majestic trunk. To j all appearances they did it no injury. The c wounds healed, and the place where the gashes ^ were made with the hatchet, increased in size and apparently in strength. Many years ^ afterwards, however, in the midst of a sudden ^ gale of wind the oak was blown down. On e examining it, the fact was made manifest ^ that those chops which were almost forgotten, Q were the cause of its falling. It was highly ^ probable, that had the little boy never touch- . ed it with his hatchet, it would not have fallen. From this little incident young persons ^ may learn some very important lessons. Noth- c ing that we do is entirely without effect. If it does no good it will do harm. Children make impressions upon the minds of old per- ^ sons that time connot erase. They may be ^ covered up and concealed, but never wholly ^ obliterated. We all receive a training in childhood which will go with us to the grave. We make gashes in our moral natures in youth that weaken our moral characters in old age. "Just as the twig is bent the tree inclines." - J , , . tl [Original.] gj "I DON'T CARE." a Sometimes we hear children, and even & young men and young ladies, and not unfre- ^ quently old men and old ladies, saying: "I w don't care what others say or think." This 8j may appear to be independence but it is not a In nine cases out of ten, it is only an evidence q; of degradation. Whenever a young man can get drunk and say and feel that he does not r( care who knows it, he is not far from being ^ a hopeless drunkard. Whenever a boy je ceases to have any respect for the feelings w and sentiments of others, he is not far from ruin. To do nothing but what others ap- Q1 prove, is not possible; but there are certain things that all civil persons approve, and cer- 4 tain things that they disapprove. There are a some things about which there is no diversity ? of opinion. No individual in Christendom ^ thinks it is becoming for boys of eight or ten ? on/1 OIBAim fo 1 If im nn_ JCOia VJU lu wuiog AUU o*1 WW; VI wxa xui|/u ^ dentlv to old persons. These things make j any boy look ugly, it matters not who is his tj father or his mother, or how fine his clothes 0 may be. Boys should reflect that if they have no regard for the feelings and senti- n ments of others, that they will, in all proba- j? bilityx be treated with the same contempt Disregard for the moral sentiments of others, is not independence unless you regard the ^ mischievous acts of an unbridled mule inde- w pendence. It is brute independence, but not 8, liberty. Disregard for the sentiments of oth- n ers is often an evidence of moral depravity, jg gross ignorance, and a want of self respect. 0 It is notorious that those who have no respect v for others, have little regard for themselves. w You will find that the man or woman, boy or 8( girl, that has no self respect, is alwayS, with- ^ out any exception, a pest at home and a nui- n sanoe abroad. There is hope for all kinds & and characters of men and women, boys and tj girls, bat those who have no self-respect; but those who "don't care" for themselves are w literally and truly without God and without J hope in the world, x [Original.] i 85 "LOOK UP." si Sometimes we see little children, and half tl grown boys and gitfs creeping along with it their heads down as if they were afraid some tl one would see them. This is not an evi- tf dence of eruilt, neither is it an evidence of the n want of moral worth or intellectual power, tl Sometimes we see boys acting in such a way T as to be called "green." Ben. Franklin was t< very "green" when he first walked the streets a of Philadelphia, and Alexander M'Leod was tl "green" when he entered college. The former b was laughed at by her who afterward was b proud to be his wife; and the latter was nick- a named the'calf,'by the boys in college. You tl need not hang down your head, child, because c your clothes are old and patched ; the only e thing that you or .any one else should be h ashamed of, is vice and ignorance. If you tl have done some bad deed, you ought to hang down your head ; if you are lazy and idle and b wasteful, you ought to be ashamed of these P things. You may not have a splendid man- tl sion to live in, but that is a matter of little h importance; you have an immortal soul in ^ ' your body, and if you are only true to your 85 self and your God, you need not be ashamed. ^ Every body that looks wise and great and " rich is not so. Some people are like mon- 8' keys or apes; they have great skill in appear- w iug to be wha t they aje not. You need not ^ look down on account of these. Take away n outside appearances and you will not leave b them much. You need not go creeping along ^ on account of your poverty or ignorance, for i b we assure you that however poor or ignorant 1{ you may think you are, there are some that tl look rich and wise that are a great deal poorer n and more ignorant than you are. You are l( poor and ignorant and know it; others are 0 poor and ignorant and affect to be rich and wise. We say "look up." 81 b THE BEST SOCIETY. n "No company, or good company," was a b motto given by a distinguished man to all his ; ? | young friends. It was a motto he had always 1 ? endeavored to follow as far as in his power, and it was a very wise one. The directions ^ of the Bible are many with regard to evil company, and all through it we are taught o to shun such society, lest we get a snare to our r souls. v Another of high position in the world i a I makes it a rule to associate with highmjpded, I intelligent men, rather than with fashionable idlers; and he said he had derived more intel- J1 i lectual improvement from them than from all 11 i the books be ever read. v Sir Fewell Buxton often spoke of the great t ? ? ? > i ?p L:~ I !' benefits fie naa aenveu juulu mo vmiuj w mo i n ; Gurney family. Their words stimulated him ! to make the most of his powers. "It has i s given a color to my whole life," he said, j1 ! Speaking of his success at the University, he j d remarked: "I can ascribe it to nothing but i s my visits to this family, where I caught the 11 infection of self improvement." j j Surely, if our visits have such an influence j g upon our life, it should be a matter of serious , importance to us in what families we allow j s ourselves to be intimate. Boys and girls form j8 ' attachments very easily, and often with little j ! sorethought In this, .as in all things else, ^ , you should not fail to take the advice of those o who are older and wiser, and never choose I v for a friend one against whom you have been 11 warned by those who dearly love you. There are people whose very presence seems = to lift you up into a better, higher atmosphere. | r Choose such associates whenever it is in your , 1 power, and the more you can live in their so- j J ciety, the better for both mind and heart, f , "He that walketh with wise men shall be wise; ^ ~ but a companion of fools shall be destroyed." a JttTvA.'Jalse friend is like a shadow on a sun- c 1 dial, which appears in fine weather, but van-' j ishes at the approach of a cloud. j c leading fee the ^ahhath. | CONDUCTED BY JEtEV. ROBERT LATHAN. j [Original.] | THE PROGRESS OF SIN. There are grades in sin as well as in every hing else. All sins are heinous in the sight f God; but All sins are not equally heinous. Jo man completes a course of instruction in Satan's school in a short time. In most intances it takes years to graduate. The devil ommences his students in the rudiments, and ! iy thorough drilling, ultimately makes all ;is students fair scholars; but still all are not qual in their attainments. The first lessons hat the devil gives his pupils, is in the school f idleness. If they succeed well in this, there i not much trouble in learning them drinkig, stealing, debauchery and murder. The thief does not usually begin his trade y stealing horses or breaking open banks ; he ommences with little things, such as waterlelons, peaches, aud apples. The drunkard nee was a very moderate drinker. He had ) learn to like whisky before he could get runk. Thus in sin as in every thing else, lutes giuw luiu uiuuiiukiuo. 4^.^ f Original.] HOW CAN THE SINNER BE SATED? The great majority of the human family re conscious of the fact that they are sinners, 'he wrath of God rests upon the race.' Everyling has gone wrong. We feel the effects of n in every part of our bodies, and our souls re filled with shame and confusion. The irth rests under a curse for man's sake. 7e drag out a miserable existence here, and hen death arrives, it comes as the \sages of n. Beyond the narrow house appointed for 11 the living, there is nothing but gloom, 'o the sinner unredeemed, no light arises in lat dreary land. To us this world has no aal joys, and the prospects for bliss beyopd le grave to the sinner are indescribably hope?s. By nature, we are guilty, and by deeds hich we have done, we are actual sinners in le sight of God, and so adjudged by the law f God and our own consciences. In a moral .point of view, our condition is esperate in a sense that we cannot fully relize. Our own consciences condemn us; tod's providence condemns us, and the Bible eclares that we are condemned already, iike poor criminals, who have been condemn3, we are waiting the day of our execution, f things remain as they now are with us, leremay be some doubt as to the time when ur execution will take place; about the fact self there can be no doubts. Unless we are adeemed, all of us must soon depart to that md where hope expires. Is there any way by which we can escape le dreadful consequences of sin ? Did Adam opelessly ruin his race ? These are questions hich reason alone cannot satisfactorily anpver. From the deductions of reason, we get othing that encourages us to hope that there i any redemption for us. God, in the works f creation and providence, teaches us many ery important lessons; but from these alone e can learn nothing about redemption. We iarch for it in vain in the hills and mounlins, valleys and plains which diversify and take beautiful and lovely the surface of the irth. The astronomer cannot discover any ling in the heavenly bodies which will inuce him to believe that there is forgiveness j ith God. _ i In the Bible, and in the Bible alone, we mm the iact that it is-possible for God to J we sinners. How can God save the sinner, 1 bee it is positively declared that the soul I rnt sinneth shall surely die? The human lind cannot return a satisfactory answer to lis enquiry; and still it is the most imporint that can be asked. The problem of tan's salvation is the most important one lat can be presented to the human mind, 'here are many other problems which are iniresting and nothing more. No practical pplication can be made of them, neither for 1 le body nor the soul. We are not profited y a correct solution, neither are we injured y an incorrect one. When, however, it is Bked, "how can the sinner be saved ?" everybing depends upon a correct answer. The omfort of the soul in this world, and its ternal destiny in the world beyond the tomb, angs suspended upon the solution we give liis question. From the Bible we learn that we are saved y 'Jesus Christ. Nothing can be more lainly nor more emphatically taught, than bat there is no salvation to any one of the uman family, only through Jesus Christ. Vhilst it is constantly affirmed that Christ ? ~ t ?n MAn'ititAlw Jnnl A ?aJ iVtJa biuuers, it 13 pusiuveijr ucuiaiuu uiot i bere is salvation in no other way. This be-1 ig the case, it seems that every individual bould have a clear and definite knowledge of rhat Jesus did, and does to save sinners. Vhat then was done by Jesus Christ which lakes salvation possible ? We say possible, ecause without Jesus Christ, it is impossible, .'his question is briefly and correctly answered y saying that Jesus died for sinners. This i correct; but it is very vague. Why does be death of Jesus save sinners ? This is a lost reasonable inquiry. There is no infidel;y in asking how Jesus can save us. It is ur duty not only to ask the question, but also > search the Scriptures for the correct ansver. The Bible teaches that we were ruined y Adam and saved by Christ in a similar lanner. The first Adam ruined us by disoeying the law; the second Adam, which is Jhrist Jesus, saved us by obeying the law of Jod for us, and by suffering the penalty diich we incurred by Adam's transgression, 'he first Adam was made the representative f all his race; he was the head of his natual offspring. In the same way Christ Jesus m constituted the head, or representative of 11 his spiritual seed. By the obedience diick Christ rendered to the law of God, the aw was made honorable, and by the sufferog which he endured, the penalty of the law fas met. Christ removed every barrier in be way to our salvation. He met the deaands of God's law and justice; he took the inners place and obeyed and died for the ransgressor. When it is said that Christ lied for sinners, more is meant than that he imply died for their advantage. This is rue; but it is not all the truth. The Scripures constantly teach that Jesus took the inuer's place and obeyed and died in the inner's stead; he did all that he did as a urety. The way be become interested in the salration purchased by Christ, is by believing n his name. The work of Christ will profit is nothing if we do not believe. On the conrary, if we rejcet Jesus, our guilt will be greatly increased. When it is said that we aust believe, it is not meant that we must elieve that there once existed a person called lesus Christ?that he lived and died. Such aith as this will do us no good. We must ake hold of ChriBt as a drowning man grasps , plank. We must receive Christ as the ondemned man accepts a pardon. We must est upon him for salvation to the utter exlusion of everything else. Jkrtis oC the pegislatttw.! official. ^ < an act To grant, renew and amend the charters of got- " taintowuaand villages therein mentioned." ( [continued from last week.] i Sec. 99. That the Town Council shall have \ power to establish a guard house, and to pre- { scribe, by ordinance, suitable rules and regji j lations for keeping and governing theisatljf' | and until such guard house shall be establish , ed, they shall be authorized to use a roonf^fr , the common jail of the County of Orangeburg \ for the confinement of all who may be snbj&ifr ] to be committed for violation of any ordinance , of the town, passed in conformity to the pro- t visions of this Act; and the said Town Council f may, by ordinance, or the said Mayor and A* ' dermen in person, any one or rilore of thera, j authorize and require any Marshal of tlu { town, or any Constable specially appoiniojjr < for that purpose, to arrest and commit to th& ( said guard house, or jail of Orangeburg Conn? < ty, as the case may be, for a term not eaceqfc j ing twenty-four hours, any person or peraobt ? who, within the corporate limits of saia town? ] may be engaged in a breach of the peace* i any riotous or disorderly conduct, open obscenf \ ity, public drunkeness, or in any conduct 4 grossly indecent or dangerous to tne citizens j of said town, or any of them, and it shall bb ' the duty of the Town Marshaltoarresfc and < commit all such offenders, when required^ 1 to do, who shall have power to.; assistance the posae. com?tat)is, if"ih&&n&^^Hj aid in making such arrests; failure of said Marshals to parfqjfif SwflHHHj as is required, they shall, severally, bjjrefc^eeR-] to such fines and penalties as the Town Com? ] cil may establish. And all persons so im- j prisoned shall pay the cost and expenses ,inpi- 4 dent to their itnprisonmeut, which said costs ] and expenses shall be collected in the same < manner as is provided by this Act for the col- < lection of fines imposed for the violation of f ordinances: Provided, That such imprison- j raent shall not exempt the party from the ( payment of any fine the Council may impose, < or in lieu of failure to pay the fine imposed, t to be imprisoned for a term not more than j twenty days for the offence for which he may < have been committed. ( Bee. 100. The said Town Council shall haig ( power to collect the taxes from all the^wrafljp j representing publicly, within the corporate ( limits, for gain or reward, any play or shows j of what nature or kind whatever, to be used4 j for purpose of said town. { Sec. 101. The said Town Council shall | have full power and authority to abate 4II 1 nuisances within the corporate limits, and aLj _ ? !?i ^ TT UL SO 10 appoint, a x>uaru ui xican>n lur tmiu-iuwu, and to pass such Ordinances as may be riecessary to define the powers and duties, and to impose fines and penalties upon the members of said Board for neglect of duty or refusal to serve : Provided, That no fine hereby authorized to be imposed shall exceed the sum of twenty doll are. Sec. 102. The said Town Council shall have full power and authority over the Fire Department of the town of Orangeburg, define the duties, regulations, and government of the same. Sec. 103. The Mayor and Aldermen elect shall, during their term of office, be exemirt from street duty. Each Town Council shtuV. within one month after the expiration of their term of office, make out and return to their successors a full acount of their receipts and expenditures during their term; and shall pay over all moneys in their possession belonging to the corporation, and deliver, up all books, records, and other papers incident to their office, to their successors; and on failure so to do, they shall be liable to be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be collected by any proper action by the Town Council. Sec. 104. For any wilful \4glation oju*^l Sect of duty, malpractice, abuseropprg?oBL (the "said Mayor afi(T "ATdernjfjfir"'jointfywu? .severally, shall be liable to indictment in ttftj "Court of Sessions, and, upoir convictioV, jT punishment as prescribed in the proceed LEg Section, besides neing liable for \ damages to any pemon or persons injured. 105. *That all Ordinances heretofore passed by the Town Council of Orangeburg, in conformity with the authority granted by existing laws, shall be, and they -are hereby, declared legal and valid. ^ Sec. 106. All Acts and parts of Acts heretofore passed in relation to the incorporated of the town of Orangeburg be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Sec. 107. This Act shall be deemed a pub- ( lio \ot and nnnt.inua in fniw. fnr t.hn term of . fifteen years, and until the end of the session of the Legislature then next ensuing. TOWN OF BRANCHVILLE. Sec. 108. That from and after the passage of this Act, all citizens of this State, having resided twelve months within the State, and sixty days in the town of Brancbville, shall be deemed, and are hereby declared to be a body politic and corporate, and the said town shall be called and known by the name of Branchville, and its corporate limits shall extend one mile in each dircetion from the Hotel between the two Rail Roads in safth town. Sec. 109. That the said town shall be governed by an Intendant and four Wardens, who shall be citizens of the United States, and who shall have resided in this State twelve months, and shall have been residents'of the said town sixty days immediately preceding their election, and who shall be elected on the first Monday in February, of each year, five days' public notice thereof being previously 1 given ; and that all male inhabitants of the < age of twenty-one years, citizens of the State, ] and who shall have resided within the State ] twelve months, and in the said town sixty days immediately preceding the election, shall 1 be entitled to vote for said Intendant and i Wardens, paupers and persons under disabil- i ities for crime, excepted. 1 Sec. 110. The said election shall be held 1 at some convenient public place in said town, ' from eight o'clock in the morning until fivfe ( o'clock in the afternoon, and when the toollsji1 shall be closed, the Managers shall-foHfiwiA count the votes and declare Ih^leustimqflM^I give notice thereof^ in ant therein being, who shall, within-two dlrff 1 thereafter, give notice or cause the s&melo 4 be given to the persons duly', elected. The. | Intendant and Wardens, before entering upon v the duties of their offices, shall respectively take the oath prescribed by the Constitution < of this State, and the following oath, to-wit:.^ "As Intendant (or Warden} of the town of * Branchville, I will, equally and impartially, ' to the best of my ability, exercise the trust i reposed in me, and will use my best endeavors to preserve the peace, and cariy into effects 1 according to law, the purpose- for which I 1 have been elected: So help me God." And 1 if any person, upon being elected Intendant ( ?J? -k-u xaAiha 4-a onf o a ati/?Vi ka i OF >Y &rU6D^ BUU1I icxuoc iaj avu wo ouvu^ uq shall forfeit and pay to the Council the sum ' of ten dollars, for the use of said town: Provi- ' ded, That no person who has attained the a^e ' of sixty years shall be compelled to serve in 1 any term of three years. The Intendant and 1 Wardens, for the time being, shall always ap^ i point one op more Board of Managers, three' J Managers for each Board, to conduct the election, who before they open the the polls; 11 take an oath fairly and impartially to cOnducjJi the same. : J- 1 Sec. 111. That in case a vacancy shall oc* 1 cur in the office of Intendant'or any of .the 1 Wardens, by death, resignation, removal or 1 otherwise, an election to fill such vacancy t shall be held by order of the Intendant and 1 Wardeus,or a majority of the same, five days' J public notice being previously given; and in < case of sickness or temporary absence of the 1 Intendant, the Wardens, forming a Council, I shall be empowered to elect one of their nutn- < ber to act as Intendant during the time. Sec. 112. That the Intendant and Wardens,"4! duly elected and qualified shall, during their t term of service, severally and respectively be i vested with all the powers heretofore granted < to Magistrates in this State, within the limits ti of the said town; except for the trial of small ti and mean causes, and the Intendant shall ; o: or may, as often as is necessary, summons the | U Wardens to meet in Council, any two of 01 whom, with the Intendant, or any three of the j p Wardens, may constitute a quorum to tran- (1c sact business, and they shall be known as the ! b Town Council of Branchville, and they and j tl their successors in office, hereafter to be elec-' t< ted, may have a common seal, which shall be i si kffixed to all their ordinances, may sue and tc be sued, plead and be impleaded in any Court; T of Justice in this State, and purchase, hold,j possess and enjoy to them and their succes- | p jors, in perpetuity, or for any ternTof years, it my estate, real, personal or mixed, and sell, e: ilien or convey the same: Provided, The n lame shall not exceed, at any one time, the mm of ten thousand dollars; and the said j rown Council shall have authority to appoint,. E from time totime, as they may see fit, sucn and ; ai io many proper persons to act as Marshals or i fc Constables of the said town, as the said Coun-: p ;il may deem necessary and expedient, for tc ;he preservation of the peace, gooa order and police thereof, which persons, so appointed li ihall, within the corporate limits of said town, fii lave the power and privileges, and be subject o] io all the obligations, penalties and regula;ions provided by the law for the office of Constable, and shall be liable to be removed .K-tCU n :i. ??A H IOiO U1UWUIO VJL DA|U VUUULIl j UUU bllV OfttU town Council shall have,power to establish, ? >r authorize the establishment of a market q ioyse in said town, and the said Town Coun- M &[, or the mid Intend ant and Wardens in q; Bfcon.hny one or more of them, may author- w yraayHfequire any Marsbalof the two, or instable, specially appointed- for that puri a] Kjfce, to arrest and commit to the guard house, a] for a term not exceeding twenty-four hours, a tny person or persons who, within the corpor- yj ite limits of said town, may be engaged in a jE breach of the peace, any riotous or disorderly tl conduct, open obscenity, public drunkenness, p >r any conduct grossly indecent or dangerous M ? the citizens of said town, or any of them; ind it shall be the duty of the Town Marshals ^ >r Constables to arrest and commit all such g} jffendere, when required so to do, and who 8t shall have power to call to their assistance jthe 8i 5osse comitatus, if need be, to aid in making ti such arrests, and upon the failure of said offi- a] jers to perform such duty as required, they shall severally be subject to sucn fines and p, penalties as the Town Council may impose tl ipon them, and all persons so imprisoned shall tl pay the cost and expenses incident to their jr imprisonment, which said costs and expenses ti shall be collected in the same manner as is ^ provided for the collection of fines imposed for ti ;he violation of ordinances, rules and reguk- q dona: Provided, That snch impriaonmept p, shall not exempt the party from the paymrar C) >f any fine the Council may impose for the g jffence for which he, she, or they, may have a] committed. And the said Town Council may ti hlave foil power and authority, under their tl corporate seal, to make all such rules, regu- \ lations, by-laws and ordinances respecting the tl streets, roads, and the business thereof, as well tl as the police system of the said town, as shall fc appear to them necessary and proper for the \ security, welfare, and convenience, and for & preserving health, order, and good govern- ai ment within said town; and the said Town ^ Council may impose fines for offences against ^ their by-laws, rules, regulations and orainan- jc wr. anil annmnriate the same for the riublie ft " i x ~ - r~"?K/ use of said town; and the said Town Council shall have the Bame power which has been iE Heretofore granted to Magistrates in this d, State to compel the attendance of witnesses, g and require them to give evidence upon the 8} rial before them of any person or persons for ^ nolation of any of their ordinances, by-laws, m rules, or regulations, but no fine above the 0j mm of twenty-five dollars shall be collected t* by the Town Council, except by suit in the <J, proper Courts of Justice in this State, and that tc 30 nne shall exoeed the amount of fifty (50) d lollarss and also nothing herein -<$ntained ihall authorize the em^Council to make aay <j ordinance. or by-law, inconsistent or repug- tt tan t to t#e Jaws of thfe State. a Sec. ll?. That the said Intendant or War- ai lens, or a majority of them, shall have power & to abate or remove all nuisances in said town, p and it shall be their duty to keep all roads, oi ways, bridges and streets within the corporate si limits of said town, open and in good repair, n and for that purpose they are vested with all n the powers of County Commissioners, or Com- fc missioners of Roads, for and within the cor- k porate limits of said to^ii, and they may lay tl out new streets, clbse up, widen, or otherwise si liter those now in use, and shall have full a power to classify and arrange the inhabitants p or citizens of said town, liable to street, road p or public duties therein, and to force the per- b formance of such duty, under such penalties w as are now, or shall hereafter be prescribed by il law, and they shall have power to compound tl with all persons liable to work the streets, b ways and roads in said town, upon such terms si as their ordinances or by-laws may establish, C or their rules and regulations require, the d moneys so received to be applied to the pub- li lie uee of said town, and all persons refusing c< to labor, or failing to pay such fine, not ex- a eeeding twenty dollars for any one year, as p the said Town Council may impose. And p they shall have power to enforce the payment ei Df such fines in the same manner as is now or e: may be hereafter provided for the collection n af county taxes; and the said Town Council st shall have power, with the consent of the ad- b jacent land owners, to close all such roads, A streets and ways within the said town as they n may deem necessary for the improvement and Is convenience of said town : Provided, That no U street, road or way shall be opened without e: first having obtained the consent of the land e: cwners, or owners thereof, through whose ii premises any such new street, road or way may li pass. * to Sec. 114. The said Town Council shall ei tiave power and authority to require all per- C sons owning a lot or lots in said town to close in, and to make and keep in good repair side- h walks in front of said lot or lots, whenever the w same shall front or adjoin any public street c] rf said town, if in the judgment of said Coun- p cil, such sidewalks shall be necessary; the d width thereof, and the manner of construction tl shall be designated and regulated by said & lown Council; and fqr default or refusal, af- li ferT^MRlble' mrtfee^to make &nd keep wn T gbOd repair such sidewalks, and to close in, c< such lot oiHota, the Town Council may cause d the same to be made or put in repair, and re- n quire the owner to pay the price making of making or repairing; and the said Town Coun- U uil are hereby empowered to sue for and re- w cover the same, by action of debt, in any w Court of competent jurisdiction: Provided, gi That such contract for making or repairing hi is to be let to .the lowest bidder; ai Sec. 115. T$e Intendant and Wardens of C said town or a majority of them, shall have st R-11 ? ? ? 1" ?nn/>k linonooo fn k. lun power lu gitim ui iciuoc quvu u^uqui w u< keep tavern, or retail spirituous liquors in the b; jorporate limits of said town, upon such con- m litions and under such circumstances as to fr them shall seem proper and right: Provided, w That in no instance shall the price of a license to keep a tavern or to retail spirituous liquors, si i>e less than the amount established by the li; State, and all moneyB paid for licenses and ai For fines and forfeitures shall be appropriated u] For the public use of said town: Provided, tl That the Intendant and Wardens duly elec- b< ted, shall not have power to grant any licen- n tea to keep tavern or retail spirituous liquors to extena beyond the term for which they tc nave been elected, and they shall have power tc to regulate sales at auction, within the cor- at porate limits of the town, and to grant licenses tc X) auctioneers, itinerant traders, to keepers of ec aotels, livery stables, billiard tables, ten-pin ai illeys, or other kinds of game of hazard, skill sa >r chance; they shall have the full and only ai power to impose a tax on all shows and exhi- si aitions for gain or reward within the corpor- la ite limits of said town. Sec. 116. The Intendant and Wardens hi jlect, together with Clerk and Treasurer, tl thai], during their term of office, be exempt p< rrom street and police duty; each Town Coun- ta :*il shall, within one month after the expire- hi on of their term of office, make out and reirn to their successors in office, a full account < f their receipts and expenditures during their srra, which account shall be published in one r more public places of said town, and shall i ay over all moneys in their possession be- < raging to the corporation, and deliver up all ! ooks, records and other papers incident to 1 leir office, to their successors, and on failure i > do so, they shall be liable to be fined in a irn not exceeding five hundred (600) dollars, : > be collected by any proper action .of the own Council. ; < Sec. 117. That all ordinances, heretofore i assed by the^Mto Council of Branch ville, ; i conformity Trail the authority granted by risting laws, shall be, and they are hereby, spealed. TOWN OF REIDVILLE. Sec. 119. That the charter of the town of leidville, in the County of Spartanburg be, ad the same is hereby, renewed and extended < ir the term of fourteen years, with the same awere that is conferred by this Act on the >wn of Graham's. Sec. 120. This Act shall be deemed a pub- < c Act, and continue in force for the terra of ~ v . ? .1 1 -TaL. tteen years, ana until tne ena 01 ine session f the Legislature thereafter. Approved March 9,1871. AN ACT To incorporate the town of Timmonsville. Section 1. Be ii enacted by the Senate and , [ouse of Representatives of the State of South arolina, now met and sitting in- General Asimbly, and by the authority of the same: hat all persons, citizens of the United States, ' ho tow are or hereafter may be, jnh^iients ; >e town of Timmongville, shalLd^HB^ .. ad arehntyby rtwInrqE, to lni poSfa? ad corporate, and that raid died and"known bv the name ille, and its limits shall extend on*VQ|pin i the direction of the cardinal poinmrrom te depot of the Wilmington and. Manchester Railroad Company, as a centre, and form a [uare. : .. | Sec. 2. That the said town shall be govern1 by an Intendant and four Wardens, (who lall be citizens of the United States, and rail have been residents of said town for xty days immediately preceding said el econ,) who shall be elected at such time, and ad at such place in said village as the Untenant and Wardens shall designate, ten days' ublic notice being previously given; and iat all male inhabitants of the said town, of is age of twenty-one, who have resided there- , i sixty days immediately preoeding the elecon, snail be entitled to vote for and be elecid as Intendant and Wardens, and the elecon shall be held from si^ in the morning ntil -six o'clock in the afternoon, when the 1 oils shall be closed, and the Managers shall )unt the votes iro^yyreplaim the election, and ive iiiiliij^<h^lif|rVto the persons elected; ad that the Intendant and Wardens, for-the me being shaifasppdnt the managers to hold le ensuing election: That the Intendant and hardens, before entering upon the dntiea of leir offices, shall take the oath prescribed by le Constitution of this State, and also the illowmg^oath, to wit: "As Intendant (or harden; ofthe town of Timmonsville, J will jually and impartially, to the best of my till and ability exercise the trust reposed in ie, and will use my best endeavors to pre>rve the peace, and carry into effect, accordig to law, the purposes of my appointment: 0 help me God." Sec. 3. That in case a vacancy shall occur 1 the office of Intendant, or any of the Warens, by death, resignation, removal from the tate, or from any other cause, an election 1 lall be held to fill such vacancy and the Inindant and Warden or Wardens, as the case 1 lay be, shall give ten days' previous notice f such election; and in case of sickness or ' imporary absence of the Intendant, the War- : ens forming a Council, shall be empowered > elect one of their number to act as Intenant during sqch sickness or absence. 1 Sec. A That |he Intendant and Wardens, t uw elected atpTqualified shall during their f irn of service, have the same powers which Trial Justice now has to compel the attendees of witnesses, and retfoire them to give ridencempon the trial before them of any, erson for the violation of any of the by-laws r ordinances of the town ; that the Intendant lall, as often as occasion may require, sumion the Wardens to meet him in Council, a 1 lajority of whom shall constitute a quorum >r the transaction of businees, and shall be own by the name of the Town Council of ie town of Timmonsville, and they and their iccessors in office shall have a common seal, nd shall have power and authority to apoint, from time to time, such and so many roper persons to act as Marshals or Constales, as they shall deem expedient and proper, hich officers shall have all the powers, priveges and emoluments, and be subject to all ie duties, penalties and regulations provided v the laws of this State for the office of Con able. And the Intendant and Wardens, in Council., shall have power and authority, uner their corporate seal, to ordain and estabsh all such rules and by-laws and ordinan?s, respecting the streets, ways, publio wells ad springs or fountains of water, markets and olice of said town of Timmonsville, and for reserving health, peace, order and good govrnraent within the same, as they may deem cpedient and proper, not inconsistent with or , jpugnant to the laws of the State; and all ich by-laws and ordinances shall at all times e subject to revisal or repeal by the General j&embly of the State, and the said Council1 lay affix fines for offences against such by- ; iws and orinances, and appropriate the same ) the use of the corporation, but no fine shall sceed thirty dollars. And when fines shall sceed twenty dollars they may be recovered 1 a Trial Justice Court of the County of Darngton ; and when they are of the amount of venty dollars, or under, they may be reoovred before said Intendant and Wardens in i buncil. i Sec. 5. That the said Town Council shall 1 ave power to abate and remove nuisances ithin the limits of said town, and also to lassify and arrange the inhabitants liable to olice duty, and require them to perform such , uty as occasion may require, and to enforce le performance thereof, under the same penIties as are now or may hereafter be estabshed by law: Provided alw&ysyaeveriheloas, 'hat the said Council shall have power to j impound with persons liable to perform such ; uty upon such terms as they shall by ordi- i ance establish. 1 Sec. 6. That it shall be the duty of the In- j rndant and Wardens too keep all streets and , ays which may be necessary for public use | ithin the limits of said town open and in ^ ood repair, and for that purpose they are j ereby invested with all the powers, rights ad privileges granted by law to the County \ ounty Commissioners within the limits of , lid town, and for neglect of duty they shall a liable to the pains and penalties imposed j y law upon Commissioners of Roads'for like j aglect, and they are individually exempt om the performance of road and police duty ( ithin the limits of said corporation. , Sec. 7. That the Intendant and Wardens tall have power to compound with peftQtys . able to work on the said streets ana ways, id tn rftloAHfi such nersona as mav desire itl. pon the payment of such sum of money ail; ley may deem a fair equivalent therefbiyto 3 applied by them to the use of saidcorpoition. . Sec. 8. That the said Town Council of the wn of Timmousville shall alsObe empowered i retain, possess and enjoy all such property i they may now be possessed of,or entitled i, or which shall hereafter be given, bequeath1 to, or in any manner acquired by them, id to sell, alien, or in any way transfer the une,.or any part thereof: Provided, The nount of property so held, or stoch invested, tall in no case exceed twenty thousand doh re. Sec. 9. That the said Council shall also ive power to impose au annual tax on all le real and personal property within the corirate limits of said town: Provided, Said x does not exceed fifty cents on the one jndred dollars. ' Sec. 10. That the Intendant and*Wardens ' of the said town of Titnmonsville shall have > power to regulate sales at auction within the ! limits of said village, and to grant licenses to auctioneers: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall extend to sales by or for the , Sheriffs, Clerks of Court, Judge of Probate, Coroners, Executors and Administrators, Assignees, or by any other person, under the order of any Court, Trial Justice, or other inferior Court Se$rlJL That tha^tandantjand Wardens of said town of Timmonsville shall have power and authority to> require all persons owning a lot or lots in the said town of Timmonsville to keep in repair the sidewalks adjacent to their lots respectively, and for default in this matter'shall have power and authority to impose a fine not erceeding fifteen dollars. Sec. 12. That the power to refuse or grant licenses-to keep a tavern, or to retail intoxicating drinks, be, and the same is hereby, vested in the said Council of the town of Tiramonsville, and that they also be invested with all necessary power, by ordinaoce or ordinances, to suppress or regulate the sale of intoxicating drinksProvided, That no rule or regulation shall be inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of theState. Sec. 13. That this-Act shall be taken and deemed as a public Act in all Courts of Justice, and shall continue in force until repealed. Sec. 14. That so much of Section 10 of "An Act to incorporate certain towns and villages, and to renew and amend certain charters heretofore granted," ratified oa the 21st day of December, A. D* 1357**9 ioeorporSfaMjfthe village of Timinonsville, is hereby;*# Ffthntiix2&ig71. |, " Alt ACT To incorporate the South Carolina Saving- and Building Association, No. 2. Section 1, Be it enaeted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the. authority of the same, C. D. Brahe, C. Plenge, J. Steiber, R. Issertel, Henry E. Eckel, M. Israel, A. Tiefen thai, E. F. Benedickt, Philip Meitzler, John Rugheimer, A. JW. Eckel, Charles. Litavhi, A. Niemann, E. Pills, L. Klein, A. Litsckgi, John M. Martin, J. H. Volleis, Chas. Roessler, F. Heintz and C. 0. Michtelis, together with such other persons who now are, or hereafter may be, associated with them, be, and they are hereby, incorporated and declared a body politic Bad corporate, under the name and style of the Sooth CkroUna Saving and Building Association, No. 2, for the purpose of buying and selling real and personal estate, and making loans of money, secured by mortgage of real and personal ^ wl Sec. 2. That the capital stock of the said corporation shall consyrt of thirty shares, to be paid in by successive weekly installments of two.dbllan on each; share, so long as the coporation shall continue, or .by sucn other attributions as shall be assessed .and required by an unanimous vote of ajl the shareholders, the said shares to be held, transferred, assigned and pledged, and also to bO liable to l>e m^ feited to the corporation, and the holders thereof to.be subject to such fines and forfeitures for violation of the constitution, roles and by-laws, and for default of payment of the said contribution, as may be prescribed by the constitution, rules and by-laws of $e said corporation; and, moreover, the said sharee to be disposed of at the death, resignation or removal from the State of any shareholder, in such manner ps may be prescribed by the said constitution, rules and by-laws. Sec. 3. That the said corporation shall have such number and succession of officers and membera as shall be ordained and chosen, according to the constitution, rules or by-laws as are not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of the land.; shall have and keep a-common seal, and altar the same at will; shall Bue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any Court of law or equity in this State; and sbaHhave and enjoy all and every right and : gdjtffege incident and belonging to corporate Sec. 4. That the feuds of the said corporation may be invested in audi property, real or Cnonal, and securities, public or private, used to shareholders and members,~or other persons or corporations, on such securities, in such, mode, on such terms, and under snch conditions, and subject to such regulations as may be, from time to time, prescribed bv the constitution, rules and by-laws of said corporation ; and that it shall and mar be lasrfel for the said corporation to take ana hold such lands, tenements, hereditaments and personal property, bonds, stocks, public and private, and choses in action, as they shall acquire by otherwise, to take^aad hofchfuch ^Laiids, tenements, hereditaments and personal property, and such stocks and bonds, public or private, or choses in action, as shall be mortgaged, conveyed, assigned or pledged to it, by way of security upon its loans or advances, or parchased at Mies thereof, and to sell, alien, transfer, or otherwise dispose of the same, from time to time, as the said corporation may deem expedient. Sec. 5. That immediately after the expiration of ten years from the present time, the 088eet8 of the corporation shall be fairly and justly divided among the stockholders and members thereof, ana npon the distribution and division, then this corporation shall oease and determine. ' Sec. 6. That this Act shall be taken and deemed a public Act, and that the same may be given in evidence without being specially pleaded. Approved February 11,1871. AH ACT v To extend the limits of the town of Camden. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of theState of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the limits of the town of Camden be, and the same are hereby, extended as follows, to wit: The western boundary shall commence at the point at which Wylie street intersects with Fine Tree Creek, and shall extend northward along the line of said Wylie street three-fourths of a mile beyond the present terminus of the said street, and from this poinwthe northern* boundary shall extend, in an eastern direction, until it intersects Horse Branch, and thence, by course of said stream, to the point whiere it empties into Little Pine Tree Creek, and tjy the course of said Creek, in a southern direction, to the confluence of said Creek into Pine Tree Creek, and thence, ku> tl?o Annna nf t.K? laflt named Creek, to the point where "WyH? street now iqteiwcjsi fhe said Creek. Sec. 2. That thelntendant and gardens of die town of Camden are hereby required to proceed, immediately upon the passage of this A.ct, to designate, by proper marks and monuments, the boundaries hereinbefore authorized. Sec. 3. That all Acts or parts of Acts, in- j insistent with the provisions of this Act, be, , md the same are hereby, repealed. , Approved March 9,1871. , ? 49 APT To amend an act entitled "An Act to revise, ' .simplify and abridge the roles, practice, plead- j 1 lngs and forma of the oourta In this State.*' Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and , Souse of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by authority of the same, That the first syb-di vision of Section of the Act 3n titled "An Act to revise, simplify and ibridge the rules, practice, pleading and ] Forms of the Courts io this State," approved < if arch 1, A D. 1870, be amended so as to t ead as follows: - The Court of General Sessions at Green- I rille, for the County of Greenyilje, op the first i ifonday of January, May and September; < ind the Court of Common Pleas at Green- < rille, for the County of Greenville, on the fint i kVednesdoy after the fint Monday in January, < tfay and September. ?>ec. 2. The County of Marion is hereby < ransfbrred from the Fourth Circuit to the i rhird Circuit * Sec. 3. Section 20 of an entitled "At* Apt to revise, simplify and abridge the rules, practice, pleadings and forms of the Courts in tws State," is hereby amended by the additionrof the following sub-division : The Court ef Gen- . eral Sessions at Marion, for the Couiity of Marion,on the Third Monday after the fourth Monday of January, May and October; and the Court of Common Pleas at Marion, for the County of Marion, on the first Wednesday after the third Monday after the fourth Monday of January, May and October. ^ Sec. 4. Section 20 of the Act mentioned in ^ the third Section of this Act is hereby amended .by striking-out the third subdivision.thereof, and the fourth fab-division shall hereafter be the third subdivision, and tbe fifth shall hereafter be the fourth. / Sec. 5. That all prooeaiee, writs and recognizances of fg&y hind, whether respecting juries, witnesses, bail, or otherwise, which re- J late to the Terms of the Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions, as heretofore established arid made returnable to said Courts, as heretofore' established, shall be returnable and applicable to the Courts, as established by this Act Approved March 9,1871. ~ AW ACT Declaring & tract of cms hundred acres of land, in the Connty -of Fainield. aa escheated to the ^ State, and to vest the title to tbe eame In the Trnafeea of Bfdgflwsy Academy. ' Whereas, one Mre. Murdoc, widow, died a number of yean since; leaving as her estate ... ~e :. ?tu ^ uuo uuuww oww m* wuu IU Man. vaimhm vi y ^irfi^Id, bounded by lands of William Pun- , now met ami and by the authoe^.' ? ^ A said tract of oneV*M ^^SlSL thTsL^" , 8ec. 2. That the title of tbe State toH one hundred acres of land be, and thesaW^^^jH office, aTTrustees qf the Ridgeway Acad&ra^^^^ in th^i^ ?k>fcrtlyW Fairfield. ' Sec. 3. Thiat they are hereby authorised to > sell the samfc, and apply the money fbr the J?rpo8^0fcbuilding|a Mfiool house at otQCfr -? tbe above nmftuaiadplace. AppTovecrMarcb 9,1871. ^ . All ACT To incorporate Healing Springs -Baptist Chnrcb, U in BarnwdJ County, Sooth Carolina. ; Section' 1. Be it marted bj the Senate and House of Representatives of thefitato of Booth Carolina, now met andjpt.ting in General Assembly, and by the Authority of the same, That the members of the said Society be, and they are hereby declared to be,a body corwg* rate, by tbe name and style of the Healing Springs Baptist Church, and by that name and shall have* common seal. Sec. 2. That the safd corporation shall bAye ? power to purchase, receive and holdLany rod or personal estate not exceeding in value the * sum of twenty thousand dollars, and to sel], convey and dispose of the same; and; by its * corporate name, to . sue and be sued in any rinnwf nf tliia fliata Anal tn maira Uinh rfilflA and by-laws, not repugnant to law, as it may; consider necessary ana expedient Sec. 3. That this Act shall be deemed and taken to be a public Act,, and shall continue in force for the term of twenty five years. Approved March 9,1871. . AN ACT (J To incorporate the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, in Darlington County, South Carolina. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and i House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met r.nd sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of die same, That the members of the said society be, and are hereby, incorporated, and are hereby, de- r, dared to be a body Corporate, by the nam* Jm and style of the Pleasant Chpve BimM Church, and by that name and style shall -I have succession of officers and member^ and shall have'a common seal Sec. 2. That the said corporation shall have ^ power to purchase, reoeive and hold any real T or personal estate not exceeding in value the * sum of twenty thousand dollars, and to sell, convey and dispose of the same, and, by its corporate name, may.sue and be sued in any Court of this State, and to make such rules j* and by-laws, not repugnant to law, as it may consider necessary and expedient Sec. 3. That this Act shall be deemed and taken to be a public Act, and shall continue / in force for the term of twenty-five yean. i Approved March 9,1871. J AN ACT " 1 To permit Boras D. Myers to adopt sad make bis lawful Heirs, H. Margaret Grimes and W. Barns Grimes, and to change tbo name of the said H. Margaret Grimes to & Margaret Myers, and the name of W. Boras Grimes to W. Buna Myers. Section 1. Beit enacted by the Senate and Carolina, nowmet and sitting in General Assembly, and fay the authority of the suae. That Burns 1). Myers is hereby authorised and empowered to adopt and make his lawful heirs, ?L Margaret Grimes and W. Burns Grimes, and that the name of the said W. ** Burns Grimm shall be changed to? W. Bums j Myers. j Sec. 2. That should the said Burns D. Myers die intestate, the said H. Margaret ? Myers and the said "W". Burns Myers shall inherit, in common with the other lawful heirs of the said Burns D. .Myers, his estate, both . _ personal and real. Approved March 9,1871. . AW ACT To amend an Act entitled "An Act lb regulate the Agencies of Insurance Companies, not incorporated in the State of Sooth Carolina." Section 1. Beit mooted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That Section o of an act entitled "An Act to regulate the agencies of insurance companies, not incorporated in the State of South Caro* ^ lina," be amended so as to read as follows: Jk "That for every license issuedby^heCfgpfM^H trdller-Gener&l under this Act, the C^&pany w or Agent taking out such license flhallj)ay, or ; cause to be paid, into the Treasury or the 4 State the sura of five dollars, the same to be appropriated for the use and benefit of the State. Approved March 9,1871. akACT To empower, authorize and require the County Commissioners of Orangeburg County to build a bridge across the North Fork of Edisto River, and establishing a road therefrom to the town . of Branchville. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repreaentatiyee of tfce StatejjjL_-r-4 South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the County Commissioners of Orangeburg County be, and are hereby, empowered ana required to build, as eariy as practi pafoifl, a bridge across the norm jpotic ot rx.1isto River, apd to establish a road therefrom to the town of Branehville, in said County; md, if necessary for said purpose, they may ind shall have the right to levy a special tax For the purpose aforesaid. Approved March 9,1871. an 4ct : To extend the time for Officers to Qualify. , Section. 1. fit U matted by the Senate and Rouse of Representatives of the State of Carolina, now met and sitting in General Aslembly, and by the authority of the same, rhat all officers elected at the recent election >e, and they are hereby, allowed until the ifteenth day of January, 1871, to quality and mter upon the dudes of their respective offices, ana on failure to qualify within the speciied time their respective offices shall be dedared vacant by tne Governor. Sea 9. That all Acts and parts of Acts xrasistent with this Act are hereby suspend*) intil after the fifteenth of January next _ |