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gfawflwas fepartment. COULDN'T SPELL IT. A Yankee from the Green Mountains visited the city of London. While passing through one of the thoroughfares his attention was arrested by some specimens of writing paper, exposed for sale in a shop window. Seeing the proprietor of the establishment standing at Uie door, the Yankee civily inquired what he did with them "nice bits of paper." "We keep them to tie up gape seed in," said the cockney, snappishly. "Oh, ye du?du ye ?" said Jonathan. Passing down the street a few steps, our indignant Yankee saw another merchant "I say, Mister, can you tell me what that fellow does for a livin, what keeps them ere nice bits of paper at the window ? "Yes, sir. He is a small dealer in paper and a sort of scribe. He writes for persons." "I reckon it is a very small dealer and that he is a pharisee as well as scribe. Do you think he will write a letter for me if I pay him for it ?" "Yes, sir." Tlin VonlrAn iKvncf Y% io Kun/lo infn Kia TWV*fc? *?w jl nuaw nut uov mo u?mimo iuw uw eta almost up to his elbows and walked Back. "I say, Mister, they say as how you sell and write letters for folks what can't write. What will you ax to write a letter to ray sister Sally T "I shall charge you five shillings. "Will ye write just what I tell ye, and spell the words right as we do in Vermont ?" ^ "To be sure I will." Well, I guess you may write to Sally." ^ TfiS-i/ondoner procured a pen, ink and paper, and the Yankee commenced dictating after the usual style: "Dear sister Sally." ' 'Rived in town last week." "Have you got that down ?" "Yes, go on." "Thought I'd go into the country and take a ride." "Well, the old mare balked. She wouldn't go, so I licked her." "Well, go on." "Licked her?licked her?licked her." "What is the use of saying that so many times ?" "None of your business. I pay you five shillings?licked her?licked her?licked her ?licked her." "This page is full of licked hers." "Turn oyer then?licked her?licked her? licked her?licked her. She wouldn't go then, so I got out and kicked her, kicked her, kicked Iter, kicked her." "Vaii om lnfnn/^mrr fn oav fVtof qq munv A UU (M \J UV/H lUVUUUiUg W WUMV times as you said licked her." "None of your business; I pay you. Kicked her, kicked her, kicked her. She wouldn't go then, so I sharpened the end of a whip handle, and I pricked her, pricked her, pricked her, pricked her." "I cannot see any sense in all this." "Never mind I pay you. Licked her, kicked her, pricked her, licked her, kicked her, pricked her, licked her, kicked her, pricked her." "She wouldn't go then, so I got out and I?" (there the Yankee made a chirruping noise with his tongue and lips which bids defiance to orthography.) "I cannot spell that" "Oh! you can't spell that, ha ? Wal ye needn't write any more for me." "Need not write any more." "No more," said the Yankee. "Not a word to close with ?" "Nary word." "You will pay for what I have written ?'" "Not a red. You did not write down all I told ye to." "Well sir, what am I to do with all this paper I have spoiled ?" "Keep it to tie up gape seed" The Bachelor Juror.?A gentleman who is rather given to story telling relates the following: When I was a young man I spent several years in the South, residing for a while at Port Hudson on the Mississippi river. A great deal of litigation was going on there about that time, and it was not always an easy matter to obtain a jury. One day I was summoned to act in that capacity, and repair?u\ fit mil rf fit crot flTOliiiiit On my name being called I informed his honor, the judge, that I was not a free-holder, and therefore not qualified to serve. "I am stopping tor the time being at Port Hudson." "You board at the hotel, I presume?" "I take my meals, but I have rooms ic another part of the town, where 1 lodge." "So you keep bachelor's hall ?" "Yes, sir." "How long have you lived in that manner?' "About six months." "I think you are qualified," gravely re marked the judge; "for I have never knowr a .man to keep bachelor's hall the length o: time you name, who had not dirt enough ir his room to make him a freeholder! Th< Court does not excuse you." How He Knew Him.?A distinguished professor in one of our theological seminaries relates the following: Being in Germany with a red-covered book in his band, a German, supposing it to be "Murray," asked ic English, if he was not an Englishman ? The professor replied in German that he was not The conversation presently turned upon an abject of architectuai beauty near at hand, in the course of which the professor incidentally raised the question of its cost. "Sir," exclaimed the German, instantly, "you are an American !" "How do you know that ?" rejoined the professor. "Sir," continued the German, striking an attitude, and assuming a tone oi great solemnity, "upon the resurrection morn, when we stana before the great white throne, the first question of every American in the whole assembly will be, "How much did that cost ?" A Sensible Reason.?Why do you oppose the giving of the ballot to women ?" asked a lady the other evening of a confirmed bachelor. "Excuse me, madam," replied he, "but I have not sufficient confidence in their capacity to conduct government affairs." "What evidence of their mental inferiority to mankind can vou advance?" Queried the ladv. "A simple fact is enough to satisfy my mincl, and that is the frightful way in which they do up their back hair." An eminent journalist in Kalamazoo, Michigan, declared in his paper that a rival editor had seven toes. The rival editor, thereupon, came out in a double-leaded article, in which he denounced the statement as untruthful, and declared that the author of it was a liar and a scoundrel. The eminent journalist replied that he didn't for a moment wish to have it understood that he meant that all seven of those toes were on one foot. fc?r A showman in the State of Maine wanted to exhibit an Egyptian mummy, and attended at the court-house to obtain permission. "What is ityou want toshow Y* inquired the judge. "An Egyptian mummy more than three thousand years old," said the showman. "Three thousand years old!" exclaimed the judge, jumping to his feet, "and is the critter alive Y PatT A life-insurance agent drammed his twoyear non-forfeiting plan into a Western pioneer for awhile, the latter listening in silence. Finally he called out?"Look here, mister; 1 have lived in this country now twontv-five years, and I have bucked agin most all the games they have started, but darn me if 1 want to play a game where you have to die to beat the bank." Why, you'd better knock the door down What do you want Y' "Och, my darling don't let me wake any of your family. I m just using your knocker to wake the people next door. I'm locked out, d'ye see; and they've niver a knocker." Children's jrpartment. | WHICH WAS THE BRA YE 2 Two young men ioined a ship one day. 1 Their names were Ellis and Jones. Now Ellis loved his Bible, while Jones made all manner of sport of religion. The first evening shortly after supper, Ellis took out his Bible and began to read. Jones laughed at him and called him a milk-sop, 1 and tried to snatch away his Bible. But El- j lis hung on to the blessed Book in spite of i the jeers of the young sailor and his other , wicked messmates. One night not long after, there.came a sud- ! den gale, which earned away the ship's main 1 top gallant-yard. The spar hung by the rig-1 ! ging, and dashed about so furiously as to j threaten to carry away the topmast itself. | It was a fearful task, almost certain death, to j mount the rigging, and try to cut away the j spar. Who would do it ? The captain called for a volunteer, and seeing Jones standing near, said: "Come, mv man, there's work for you. I heard you boasting of your manhood the oth- J er day." Just then Ellis, the Bible reader, stepped i forward, and offered to go aloft. "No," said the captain, "I have made the offer to Jones." But Jones shook his head, and after looking aloft, said, "I dare not, sir. The man who attempts it is sure to lose his life." "I will go," said Ellis, who had by this time fastened a hatchet to his belt The next moment the brave fellow was in the rigging, and lest in the darkness. For several minutes nothing could be seen of him from the deck. The men held their breath with anxiety for his safety. Presently something was heard to fall. Was it Ellis? No, it was the spar cleared of the tackling. The men shouted. A minute later and Ellis stood safely on the deck. "Thank you, Ellis," said the captain, "You did that work nobly. I think no man will venture to call you a milk-sop, or laugh at your Bible reading after this." i1' -ft-- flio nlnff tn shnr XHCU ill LCI DCUUlUg U1V UU?VU wav? ten sail, the captain turned again to Ellis, and asked: "How did you feel while you were aloft, Ellis?" "That I was in the hands of God, sir. I prayed for his protection, and I never felt ray heart more light, nor my courage more firm." What a noDle answer! What a proof that God makes the hearts of his children brave! Boys, do you want to be bold, and do -deeds of daring for the benefit of others ? Behold the way! See it in the words of Ellis: "I prayed for his protection, and I never felt my heart more light, or my courage more i firm."?Mother's Magazine. The Little Singer.?The other evening, as I was returning home, quite late, I heard a child's voice singing that beautiful song, "Home, Sweet Home. Looking around the corner, I saw a little girl and boy, about the ages of five and seven years. The little fellow had fallen asleep at his sister's side, worn out by the day's walk and the carrying a heavy tambourine. The sad, weary look on the child's face made my heart ache. "Child," said I, "are you not going home soon, you must be very i tired ?" "Yes, ma'am, I am so very tired, but I have no home." "No home 1 have you no father or mother ?" "No, ma'am, they have both gone to heaven. Willie and X are going soon. Mother said so," replied the child, patting the head of her little brother. "And mother said when we got there we would be so happy, and never have to go round the streets singing, or have bad boys run after Willie's tambourine to take it away from him. 0, we will be so happy!" and* the child clasped her hands in bright anticipation. c i. Singing "Home, Sweet Home,V I thought, | and still have no remembrance of one! 1 My heart went up in prayer to the God of ; the fatherless, that he would raise up kind . friends for the little ones, to lead them in i pleasanter paths than they now were treading, and to teach their young hearts to praise him i on earth, and at last to sing in that sweet home above. Dear little reader, if you have a good home and kind friends to love and care for you, , how grateful you should be to your heavenly Father! And if you see any little girl or ; boy less favored than yourself, give them at least a kind word of love and sympathy, that will make their hearts less lonely and sad.? i Child's World. ? No Household God.?A little boy three years old, whose father was irreligious, spent ' several months.in a dwelling of a godly family, where he was taught the simple elements - of divine truth. i The good seed fell into good and tender f soil, and the child learned to note the differi ence between a prayerless and a Christian i dwelling. One day, as some one was conversing with the little fellow about the great and good God, the child said? 1 "We haven't got any God at my papa's i house." , Alas ! how many such houses there are in our world and land?houses where there is no i prayer, no praise, no worship, no God! And ( what homes are they for children; ay, and , for men and women too! How much better i is the pure atmosphere of Christian love than t the cold, selfish wordliness of a godless home! Said an ungodly man, "I never was so near heaven, and probably never shall be again, as when I spent a day in the house of EbeneI zer Brown, ?a godly Scotchman, who guided his household in the fear of the Lord, ? "Would that there were more such homes, , the memory of which might shed a holy savor , over many a wanderer's heart, and lead the i sad and lonely sons of sorrow and of tears to i look forward to the gladness of the eternal gathering beyond the toils and tears and J trials of this weary pilgrimage. ; To such homes the weary come for rest, i and the troubled for consolation. The Son | of Peace is there. Blessed be such homes, | > and may ours ever be of this number ! A Hixt to Meddlers?A Fable.?A ' little white rose bloomed all by herself in a nook in the hedge. "Ah!" cried the wind in passing, "what a i pity you should be suffocated there! I will blow a hole in the hedge, and the breeze shall find you through it." , "I pray, sir, you will leave me as I am, I breathe well enough," said the rose. "I know better," said the wind, and rent i the hedge as he passed on, and the boys rushed through and made her tremble with fear. "You are not well placed there," he said, > as he came by again; "I will give you a bet1 ter berth that that" I beg you will leave me as I am, I like my place well enough if it were not for the gap you made," said the rose. But the wind would not listen; he broke her stem, and she fell to the ground. "Oh, you mustn't lie there 1" he cried ; "I will carry you to the spot that will suit you 1 exactly." "Nay, I entreat you to let me lie and fade 1 in this pleasant grass," said the rose, beseech' ingly; but he caught her up and whirled her 1 on a few yards when her petals were scattered, and her leafless stem was cast on the hedge. "How is this ?" exclaimed the wind. "How is it? this is how it is," replied the hedge; "there are some folks that are never ' satisfied but when they are meddling in other I folks' affairs; they think nobody can be hap py except in their way; and you are one of ' them, and this bare stem is a specimen of' your work." "No legacy is so rich as a good character. The happiest boy we have ever known ; was one who was always ready to share his j 1 good things with others. ! I?* Weigh every step that you are about to \ take whenever passion becomes involved. fleatUug for the fabbatb.; CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. [Original.] j REPENTANCE. Conviction, conversion, and repentance, are j intimately and inseparably connected in the i true child of God. They do not, however, I denote the same thing. Conversion has more j immediate reference to that change which is produced in the soul by the operations of the Holy Spirit. Conversion and regeneration are nearly synonomous. In conversion, tho j moral traits and dispositions of the soul are j converted. In conviction, the soul is con- i irmfoB nf it.a sin mid cnilt! and in repentance ! ' ?V- O , i there is an actual turning from sin. Conver- ] sion in the order of nature, precedes convic- j tion; and repentance is preceded by both, j Conversion and conviction is produced by the agency of the Holy Spirit, and repentance is the external sign of an internal change. Conversion is always followed by convictions and repentance; but there may be convictions and repentance where there is no conversion. These convictions and the repentance which is subsequent to them are very different in character and in their results from those which follow true conversion. Hence, there is a repentance which is pleasing in the sight of God, and is unto eternal life; and there is a repentance which is not pleasing in the sight of God, and does not end in bliss. The former is usually called evangelical, and the latter is denominated legal repentance. In legal repentance there are some things that resemble evangelical; but the similarity is only that likeness which exists between the counterfeit and the genuine coin. The base or origin of legal repentance is fear and selfishness. Sin is deserted because it is a bitter thing; but there is no disposition to practice righteousness. The fear of hell restrains the legal penitent from acts of violence and fills his guilty soul with consternation. He fears God ; but his fear is marked by all the characteristics of that fear which pervades the breast of the incendiary or burglar when seized by the strong arm 01 tne law. That repentance may be true and evangelical, three things are indispensable. Just conceptions of our sin, a knowledge of the mercy of God in Christ Jesus, and a determination of the soul to practice new-obedience. That an individual may have just conceptions of sin, he must take into consideration the nature and character of the being against whom it is committed. All sin is against God. David, when he had infringed upon the rights of Uriah, confessed that he had sinned against God and against God only. Whatever rights and privileges Uriah had, were guaranteed to him by God ; and to molest him in the legitimate enjoyment of these privileges, was to contemn and despise the God of heaven. Every creature from the smallest and most insignificant, to the greatest and most important, has rights which God has graciously bestowed upon it. When these rights are violently snatched away from it, the creature suffers; but the sin of the deed consists in the fact that it is an act of rebellion against the law and government of the God of heaven and of earth. The true repentant feels that his sin, whatever may be its character, is a blow aimed at the ruler of the universe. The conceptions which the evangelical repentant has of God, are not simply that he is an independant sovereign swaying a sceptre of universal dominion ; but that he is just and righteous,] good and holy in all his attributes and in all his ways. These conceptions of God are communicated to the soul by the Holy Ghost in conversion. The legal penitent looks at the consequences of sin first; the evangelical repentant first looks at the character of God and then at the consequences of his sin. The next thing in evangelical repentance is a notion that God is in Christ Jesus a God of mercy. The idea that God is a merciful God is not learned from the works of God; neither i ... /??i_ is it learned irorn nis primueuue. j.uwc way and do furnish collateral evidence of the fact; but it is only from the word of God, and the enlightening influence of the Holy Spirit, that the fact that God will pardon sin can be satisfactorily learned. The capability of discerning the fact that God is merciful, is imparted to the soul in regeneration. The legal penitent never views God as a merciful God. He expects, or rather desires to escape the punishment due him on account of his sins; but not in a legitimate way. His ideas of God are incorrect. The supreme Being is regarded as such a creature as himself, and hence, he expects to escape through either the ignorance, impotency or neglect of God. Evangelical repentance leads the sinner to the cross?to Jesus Christ?that by his blood the guilt of sin may be removed. The legal repentant flees from God; the evangelical penitent flees to God through Christ Jesus. The next inseparable concomitant of true repentance is abstaining from the practice of iniquity, and living a life of godliness. The true convert not only ceases to sin, but he also lives obedient to the law of God. In the order of nature, faith precedes repentance; but the only evidence that mortals can have of the existence of faith, is repentance. Paul proposed to show his faith by his works to those who said they had faith and yet had no works. The simple-idea is that he would give them his new obedience as the tangible evidence of the assent of his mind to the doctrines of the cross. In a practical point of view, repentance is the work of a whole life. An individual never gets done repenting until he ceases to sin in thought, word or deed. Some people seem to think that when they join the church, the work of repentance is finished and complete. Joining the church ought to be an evidence of true conversion, and a public declaration on the part of the individual, that from that time on he will serve the Lord. The unconverted may join the church; but the true convert will join the church. So soon as the prodigal comes to himself?feels his own penury and reflects tiiat there is an abundance in his father's house?he will go back, it matters not how far he may be away from home. Bepentance is necessary to forgiveness. To be sure it is the blood of Jesus that atones for sin, and God proposes to forgive us only for the sake of Christ, still we must repent. Without repentance there can be no holiness, and without holiness no man will ever see God's face in peace. If it be asked when must we repent, it is replied now. God will pardon our sins whenever we repent and turn unto him ; but he always specifies the present as the time to perform this duty. Many individuals evidently contemplate repenting at some future period of their lives. Some expect to perform this important duty on a death bed. That it is possible for an individual to repent on a dying couch no one will doubt; but still it is scarcely probable. When death comes it so deranges the whole man that he is unfit to attend to any business of any kind. It is always safe to put but little conhdence in death bed repentances. JUto of tit ^cjjislatuw. OFFICIAL. AN ACT To establish a new Judicial and Election County from portions of the Counties of Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington and Orangeburg, to be known as Aiken County. Section 1. Be it enacted 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~thft, some, That a new Judicial and Electibrr1 County, with its seat of Justice located at the town of Aiken, which County shall be known as Aiken County, shall be formed, and is hereby authorized to be formed, from portions of the present Counties of Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington and Orangeburg, with the metes and bounds hereinafter described, to wit; commencing at the mouth of Fox's Crock, in Edgefield County, where it empties into Savannah River, thence in a straight line towhere the South branch of Chinquepin Falls Creek, (a tributary of the North Eaisto River) intersects the Edgefield and Lexington line; thence down said creek to where it empties into the North fork of the Edisto River, and down the said North fork to where ? - v? ii_- u.i. T ?: , ,1 ine Uiviumg nut: uttwwu xjcAiugtuu turn viangeburg Counties (running from Big Beaver Creek to the North fork of theEdisto) touches said river; thence in a straight line to the head of Tinker's Creek, in Barnwell County; thence down said creek to where it empties into the Upper Three Runs, and down said Runs Creek to where it empties into the Savannah River; thence up the Savannah Riaer to the initial point at the mouilil^!frosW: Creek. Sec. 2. That Frank Arnim,-M. F. Maloney, P. R. Rivers, J. L. Jamison, E. Ferguson, J. N. Hayne, E. J. C. Wood, P. R. Rockwell, J. A. Greene, W. H. Reedish, and B. Byaa, be, and are hereby, appointed Commissioners to run out and properly make and define the said boundary lines, with the assistance of two (2) competent surveyors, to be selected by them. Sec. 3. That S. J. Lee, Frank Arnim, P. R. Rivers, C. D. Hayne, John Wooley, E. C. Wood, J. N. Hayne, Levi Chnvis, W. H. Reedish and J. H. Cornish, be, and are hereby, appointed Commissioners to provide suit'able buildings for the several Courts and County officers, and to select and purchase, or procure sites for the usual public buildings, and to contract for and superintend the erection of the Court House and Jail thereon ; and the said public buildings shall be built at a!- ? /tUinAnn rtf nnul OaJ 11> f tr lilt; CAJJCUSC Ui bUU tltiwua ui oaiu vtninfcj , and, to meet tfie said demands, a special tux on the assessed value of real and personal property in said County be levied. Sec. 4. That an election shall be held in the County of Aiken, as established by this Act, on the third Wednesday of October, A. D. 1872, for members of the General Assembly, and the regular County Officers provided.? by the Constitution and laws of the State, ai|d the officers so elected shall, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, he required to give bond, with sureties, as now-is or may be required by law. Sec. 5. That until thenext apportionment of Representatives, the representation of the several counties of this State affected by this Act shall remain as now established. Sec. 6. That the county of Aiken be, and it is hereby, attached to the Third Congressional District, and shall form part-and. parcel of the Sixth Judicial Circuit, and that the regular terms of the Courts of General Sessions and Common Pleas shall be held in the town of Aiken^on the second Monday of January, May ana September of each year, and that the Justices of the Peace, Constables, in the several counties affected by this Act, who shall be in office at the time this Act goes into effect, shall continue in office until their successors shall have been elected, and shall have qualified: Provided, however, That the Justices of the Peace and Constables now in_offk^ shall, from and after the 'time "this Aetf^i into effect, be confined arid limited in their official capacity duty and power to the limits of their respective counties, as altered by this Act, and the said officers residing in Aiken county shall in like manner, be restricted in their official function to said county of Aiken. Sec. 7. That from and after the fourth day of October, A. D. 1872, all suits pending in the Courts of Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington and Orangeburg, where the defendants in the said cases reside iu the parts of the said counties now established as the county of Aiken, shall be as valid and effectual as though they had been issued to the fall term of the Court of the said county of Aiken; and the service of such processes by the Sheriff of any of the said counties sha'.I be as good and effectual as a service to the Fall Term of the Court of the said county of Aiken ; and all such writs and processes shall be transferred- by.^he clerks of the Courts of the said counties R the Clerk of the Court of the county of Aiken. Sec. 8. That the Board of Jury Commissioners of Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington and Orangeburg counties, be, and are hereby, rfc quired to prepare and furnish to the Board of Jury Commissioners of Aiken county, on or before the fourth Monday of October, 1872, separate lists of persons liable to serve as jurors, and residing in the limits of the said counties, as altered by this Act. From the lists so furnished to the Board of Jury Commissioners of Aiken county shall be drawn, in accordance with law, the Petit and Grand Jurors, and talesman of the Courts to be hoiden in Aiken County, in conformity with the provisions of this Act, and the jurors so drawn are hereby declared lawful jurors, to all intents and purposes. Approved March 10, 1871. AN ACT To charter the South Carolina Phosphate Pliosphatic River Mining Company, in the State of South Carolina, and to grant to the persons therein named, and their associates, the right to dig and Mine in the beds of the navigable streams and waters of the State of South Carolina for Phosphate rocks and Pliosphatic Deposits. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and ? ?- r* . i rt, , A House of Kepresentatives or ine orate or South Carolina, irow met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the State of South Carolina^dowj hereby give and grant to the fol&M^gjln! sons, to wit: R. B. Elliott, Robert Smalls, W. J. Whipper, N. B, Myers, Lucius Wirnbush, W. B. Nash, S. A. Swails, H. J. Maxwell, James M. Allen, W. H. Jones, B. A. Bosemon, B. Byas, Edward Mickey, E. Nehej mias, W. R. Jervey, J. N. Hayne, Timothy Hurley, Anson W. Thayer, John B. Bates, J. C. Mayo, James M. Crofut, F. J. Moses, JrTf A. J. Ransier, C. W. Montgomery, B. F~ Whittemore and R. A. Sissou, and such other persons as they may associate with them, the right to dig, mine and remove, for the full term of thirty years, from the beds of the navigable streams and waters within the jurisdiction of the State of South Carolina, the nhos-. phate rocks and phosphatic deposits: Provided, That the persons named, and their sssck ciates, shall not in any way interfere with the free navigation of the ffavigable streams and waters of this State, or the private rights of any citizen or citizens residing or owning the lauds upon the banks of the said navigable rivers and waters of the State. Sec. 2. That this gift and grant is made upon the express condition that said grantees shall pay to the State of South Carolina-tlw sum of one (1) dollar per ton for every ton of phosphate rock and phosphatic deposits dug, mined and removed from -the said navigable rivers and waters of the State; and, further,, that the said gran tees shall pay into the Treasury of the State the sum of five hundred dollars, as a license fee, before commencing business under said grant. Sec. 3. Before commencing operations un| der authority of this Act, said grantees and I their associates shall filej or cause to be filed, I in the office of the State Auditor, a bond in the penal sum of fifty thousand (50,000) dollars, conditioned that said grantees and their associates shall make true and faithful returns | to said State Auditor, annually, on or before the 1st day of October, and oftener, if re! quired by the State Auditor, of the number of tons of phosphatic rocks and phosphatic deposits dug, mined and removed by them from the beds of the navigable streams and waters of the State; and shall punctually pay to the State Treasurer, annually, on the first day of October, one (1) dollar per ton for every ton of phosphate rocks and phosphatic deposits by them dug, mined and removed from the beds of the navigable streams and waters of the St$te during the year preceding; said bond i-^to be renewed annually, and approved by the Attbrnfey-General. The books of said grantees and their associates shall be opened to the I inspection of the State Auditor, or agent duly I.appointed by him for that purpose. Sec. 4. That the capital stock of said Company shall consist of two million (2,000,000) | dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred dollars each, with the privilege of increasing the same, to an amount not exceeding five million dollars; and when the sum sof three hundred thousand dollars shall have been subscribed, the said Company may be organized and go into operation. Sec. 5. That the profits of said Company ' may, from time to time, be divided among the | stockholders according to such rules and regj ulatious as they may prescribe, not repugnant i to the laws of the State. I Sec. 6. That the stock of said Company may be transferred iu such manner and form as may be directed by the by-laws of the Company. Sec. 7. The said Company shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges accorded to other incorporations incorporated by the laws of this State: Provided, That nothing in this pWfc.ahnH be construed as giving to the said oouth Carolina Phosphate and Phosphatic River Mining Company the exclusive right to dig and mine in the navigable rivers and waters of the State. Sec. 8. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed. Approved March 9, 1871. AN* ACT To establish the Charleston Charitable Association, of the State of South Carolina, for the benefit of the Free School Fund. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State oi South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen rcral Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That R. H. Willoughby, F. H. Frost J. P. Horbach, M. J. Hirsch and Oscar B Little, of South Carolina, and their associ ates or partners, shall have the full right, and are hereby authorized, to form themselves intc a partnership association, to be known undei the name and style of R. H. Willoughby and Company, or such other names as they maj *now or hereafter assume. Sec. 2. That all the rights of corporation.' known as banks be, and the same are hereby vested in the said firm, for the purpose ol loaning out money on interest, purchasing and mortgaging real estate, buying personal prop rand they shall have the same rights and privileges now enjoyed by the banking institutions of this State; they shall also have the right to dispose of any and all such property real, personal or mixed, that they may be come possessed of, in any manner, and on sucli oa ooM fl??m or nounmafinn mill UVUUII/IUUO^ no bllv quiu iia. Hi ui mwwvvi?*viw?. deem fit and proper and to the advantage ol said firm, and to promote the interest of the said School Fund of the "State of South Caro lina. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That, before commencing business under the provisions o: this Act, said firm shall pay, or cause to be paid, into the hands of the State Superintend ent of Education, the sum of one thousand dollars, (1,000,) to be used for the benefit 01 the free schools of South Carolina, and annu ally thereafter a like amount, for the term ol ten years, or so long as said partnership shall choose to do business, it being understood and agreed that said payment of one thousand dol dars per annum by t?aid association is the con sideration upon which the privilege of incor Deration herein is granted; and whenevei I OTTcompany, or firlfc, 5r association, shall fail to pay said consideration, then their righl to transact business shall cease. Sec. 4. That the association, company oi firm incorporated and established by this Aci shall have full power, and are hereby author ized, to establish agencies throughout the State Sec. 5. That this Act shall be of force im mediately on and after its passage. Approved March 8,1871. AN ACT To alter and amend an Act entitled "An Act U alter aud amend thercharter of the city of Green ville, and for other purpose*," Approved Marcl 28, 1861). - Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate anc House of Representatives of the State o South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gene ' ral Assembly, and by the authority of th< same, That from and immediately after th< ^ passage of this Act, it shall be lawful for th< ' Mfcyor and Aldermen of the city of Green ville to require each male inhabitant of saic city, between the ages of eighteen and fifty, tc . labor upon the public streets of said city 5 J^rovided, nevertheless, That no person shal be required to perform more than four days labor on said streets in any one year. Sec. 2. That it shall be lawful for saic Mftvor and Aldermen to fix some certain sum . not to exceed the sum or two dollars per an nura, which may be paid in money, within i certain time, to be limited by the said Mavoi and Aldermen, by any person liable to.laboi on said streets, in commutation of such labor and to enforce the payment of the same in th< manner now provided by law for the colleo tion of taxes. Sec. 3. That the said Mayor and Aldermen or any three of them, shall have power t< commit to jail, for a space of time not exceed ing twenty days, and to fine notexceeding fiffy I dollars, any person or persons who shall b< Tguilty .of riotous or disorderly conduct in saic I city; and it shall be the duty of the Marshall j of the said city to arrest all such persons, anc to bring them before the said Mayor and A1 } dermen, or any three of them, to be dealt witl i according to the ordinances of said city, j Sec. 4. The said Mayor and Aldermen o: the said city shall have power to open new j streets, and to widen, straighten or alter th< streets now in use, upon payment of damages i to the owners of property affected thereby fchs?(frfcroaft8g to he assessed by five freeholder! of said city, two to be selected by the City Council and two by the owner or owners ol the property, and the fifth by the persons sc selected. Approved March 9,1871. AN ACT To establish a Ferry across the Catawba River, near the late John S. Perry's Mill, and for othei . Purposes. Section 1. Be it enacted 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 a ferry over Catawba River, at a place , habere a ferry was formerly operated by Johnston and Perry, and about two hundred yards ] from the late John S. Perry's Mill, be charj tered and vested in Samuel McAlilley, his | heirs and assigns, who shall be allowed the | following rates of toll, to wit: For a person on horsenack, ten cents; for a one horse team, I fifteen cents; two horse team, twenty-five | cents; three horse team, thirty-five cents; i and four horse teams, fifty cents; os teams, j same as horse teams; foot passengers, five ptfitt*,'-loose horses and mules, five cents each; cattle three cents; and hogs, sheep and goats, two cents each. Sec. 2. That this charter shall remain iu , force for the term of fourteen years: Provided, That children going to and returning from school, and voters going to and returning from their polling precinct on election days, shall be exempt from paying toll at the said ferry. Sec. 3. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the County Commissioners of Fairfield County do lay out, or cause to be laid out, made and kept in repair, in as direct a course as conveniently may be, a road from the "River Road," crossing the Wateree Creek at Perry's Old Mill, to said ferry, on the line of road formesly used to said ferry. Sec. 4. And be it further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the County Commissioners of Lancaster County do lay out, make and keep in repair, in as direct a course as conveniently may be, a public road from said ferry, to the road leading to Liberty Hill and Camden, and that?the same be declared a public highway, with permission to those over whose land said road may pass to erect gates across the same. Approved March 9,1871. AN ACT To authorize and require the County Commissioners of Barnwell County to establish a road from Blaekville to Allendale. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and | House of Representatives of the State of South ; Carolina, now met and sitting in General As| aembly, and by the authority of the same, I That the County Commissioners of Barnwell : County be, and they are hereby, authorized, I empowered, and required to lay out, make | and keep in repair a public road leading from : Blackville to Allendale, and crossing the Big ! Rfl1t.lrahftfj>hip Rniimn inat. nhnvA the pntrnnnp. of Hercules Creek. Sec. 2. That said County Commissioners shall appoint a competent person to survey and lay out said road, and, as soon thereafter as practicable, cause the same to be constructed. Sec. 3. That in the construction of this road contemplated by the previous Sections of this Act, should there be necessity for the erection of bridges, the County Commissioners, on the recommendation of the surveyor of said road, shall cause public notice to be given, with the specifications required, and award the build ing of the same to the lowest bidder: Provi1 ded, however, Said bidder shall file his bond with the proper officers, in double the amoun! of the contract, for the faithful carrying oul of its provisions. Sec. 4. That the County Commissioners b< further authorized and required to order ou all persons liable to "road duty residing withii . fou^ miles of the line of said road, as located (excepting those living in incorporated towns to perform three days' work in each montl I on said road, until its completion, to the satis F faction of the County Commissioners com mencing the first month after the passage o J this Act, notice to be given by the Count; > Commissioners in the manner that such no tices have been heretofore given?defaulter to be fitied two dollars ($2) for each day' I failure to work as notified, the fines to be col > lected by the County Commissioners, and pai< into the Treasury for the use of the sai< I County. r Sec. 5. That the bridges mentioned in th third Section of this Act be completed durinj ' the first and second month from the com . mencement of construction of said road. F Approved March 9, 1871. AN ACT | To amend an Act entitled "An Act toincorporat the Enterprise Railroad Company, of Charles ton, South Carolina," Approved March 1,187C ! Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate am ' House of Representatives of the State o South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gene 1 ral Assembly, and by the authority of th< , same, The Enterprise Railroad Company ar hereby authorized to lay-their railroad tracl 5 through and along any street of the city o Charleston, which may be necessary, in orde to connect with the track of the South Caro lina Railroad Company, and track of thi Northeastern Railroad Company, and to con 5 neet East Bay Street with tne Ashley River I Sec. 2. The said Company are further au L thorized to lay their railroad track and rui their cars from any point or points on th< P Cooper River, to any point or points on thi , Ashley River, within the City of Charleston , or within ten miles of the corporate limits o said city. Sec. 8. The said company are further au thorized to issue seven per cent, coupon bonds | to the amount of ten thousand dollars fo; . every mile of completed railway. 4 ' <*Sec. 4. The said company are farther au thorized to lay their railway track or tracks should it be found desirable; down to th< ' water front of any of the wharves of the sai< city. Sec. 5. The track or tracks herein author ' ized may be used by said company for carry ing freights and passepgers, or either, at thi option of said company. Approved March 9,1871. AN ACT ' To ameud au Act cutitlod "An Act to Regulate tin Formation of Coriwrations," Approved Decern 1 ber 10,1809. j Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate ant P House of Representatives of the State o South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen eral Assembly, and by the authority of thi I same, That the Act entitled "An Act to reg ^ ulate the formation of corporations," approvet * December 10, A. D. 1869, be amended as fol j lows: In Section fourteen strike out th< words "five thousand dollars," and insert in ) Htead thereof the words "three millions of dol j lars;" in Section thirty-three, second line, af . ter the words "shall not exceed," and befon the words "the amount of its capital stock,' j insert the word "double." Section forty-om is repealed. . - ' Sec. 2. That any incorporation formed ii ' compliance with the terms of this Act is here by empowered and authorized to issue bonds secured by lien on the property owned said corporation, with interest on said bond ' payable semi-annually; and it is further pro _ vided that any corporation formed in compli ance with the terms of this Act is hereby au thorized and empowered to issue additiona ' bonds to such an amount that the interes thereon at 8 per cent, per annum shall not ex * ceed the net income or said corporation, j Approved March 9,1871. I AN. ACT 3 To provide for the redemption of certain land | Sold under order of Gen. Ed. R. S. Canby, fo Taxes. x Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate ant House of Representatives of the State o f South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gene r ral Assembly, and by the authority of thi , same, That all lands bought in by the Sherifl j for the State, sold under the provisions of ai . order of General Ed. R. S. Canby, datet J Charleston, South Carolina, December 3 r 1867, "to provide for the support of the Pro f visional Government of South Carolina foi , the year commencing the first day of October 1867," Ac., the same being done under Gene ral Orders, No. 139, be? and the same an hereby, entitled to be redeemed within a pe riod of six months after the passage of thi , Act, upon the payment of the tax, interes and cost thereof, to the Sheriff of the County in udnVli snid lands were sold bv virtue o said order. 1 Sec. 2. All Acts or parts of Acts, inconsis tent, with this Act, are hereby, repealed. 1 Approved March 9, 1871. AN ACT l To charter the Jacksonboro Ferry. Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate anc i House of Representatives of the State o: i South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gene ral Assembly, and by the authority of th< same, That the ferry formerly known as the i Jacksonboro Ferry, across the Edisto River shall be, and the same is hereby, established ! a public ferry, and vested in Thomas Grant ! his heirs and assigns, for a term of seven years, with the privilege of collecting the following rates of toll, to wit: For each carriage and and four horses, seventy-five cents; for eacli carriage and two horses, fifty cents; for horse and rider, fifteen cents; for each foot passenger, five cents; for each horse, five cents; for each head of cattle, five cents; for each head of sheep, goats, or hogs, two cents: Provided, That he snail have the said ferry fully established and in good working order within six months after the passage of this Act: And provided, further, That should the said Thos. Grant, in the exercise of the privileges conferred upon him by the foregoing charter, work damage or injury to any person using said ferry, through neglience or dereliction of duty, he shall be deemed guilty of a misde ; meanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shal forfeit such chartered privileges. Approved March 10,1871. AN ACT To amend the charter of the German Evangelic* Lutheran Church, of Charleston. ' Be it enacted by the Senate and House o : Representatives of the State of South Carolina now met and sitting in General Assembly ! and by the authority of the same, That th< charter of the German Evangelical Lutherai I Church, of Charleston, granted in 1841, ant renewed by an Act of the General Assembly 1 ratified the nineteenth day of December, A D. eighteen hundred and fifty-five, is hereb] extended and continued in force, and so a mended as to authorize said corporation to holt property, real and personal, to the amount o one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. Approved March 9, 1871. AN ACT To vest the right and title of the State in and b certain escheated property in a certain persoi therein named. Be it enacted by the Senate and House o Representatives of the State of South Caroli ' /~1 1 A 1_1_ na, now met ana sitting m vienerai ^ssemoiy and by the authority of the same, That allth right, title and interest which the State ma; have in a certain tract of land, containing tw hundred acres, more or less, situate and lyiDj in Marlboro County, lately held by Johi Ross, deceased, be, and the same is herebj vested in John Wetherspoon, Executor of th t last will and testament of the said John Roa i in trust, to dispose of the said property, an : to distribute the proceeds arising therefroi , under the provisions of said will. > Approved March 9,1871. "JOINT RESOLUTION [ Authorizing and directing the State Anditor an I County Commissioners to levy certain Taxes. 1 Be it resolved by the Senate and House < t Representatives of the State of South Carolim now met and sitting in General Assembl; 2 and by the authority of the same, That tl 1 State Auditor be, and he is hereby, authorize 1 fcnd directed to levy and cause to be collecte > a tax of nine (9) mills on a dollar of all ta: ) able property in the State, to meet appropri 1 tions for the ffccal year 1870, and the Count * Commissioners of each of the counties ai * hereby authorized to levy and cause to 1 f collected a tax not exceeding 4hree (3) mil V on a dollar of all taxable property in the respective counties for the fiscal year 187 9 excepting the county Commissioners of.Beai 8 fort, Georgetown, Barnwell, Newberry, Pic * ens, Edgefield and Laurens counties, who a 1 hereby authorized to levy and cause to be oc 1 lected a tax not exceeding four (4) mills < the dollar, and excepting tne counties of Cla e endon, Darlington, Horry and Richland, wl I are hereby authorized to levy and collect * tax not exceeding five (5) mills on the dolla two (2) mills of tne said tax, so levied in Ds lington county, shall be devoted to the coi pletion of the Court House at Darlingto provided so much shall be necessary. Approved December 23,1870. >. * * , JOINT RESOLUTION A nfhAi^Qiniy fho fllafa Tr^oan ror fn rA.iofll10 f John Phillips, Executor of John Campbell, d h ceased, certain certificates of State stock. 0 Whereas, it appears by the books of tl e State Treasurer, that there has been duly i c sued certain certificates of State stock, to tl f amount of five thousand six hundred and six r dollars ($5,660) to John Phillips, Exeont - of John Campbell, deceased; and, wheref 0 said stock was lost or destroyed at the bur . ing of Columbia, in February 1865; an whereas it is equitable and just that the sto< . should be renewed on the part of the Stab 1 therefore, be it 0 Resolved by the Senate and House of Re 0 resentatives of the State of South Carolin i, now met and sitting in General Assembl f and by the authority of the same, That tl State Treasurer be, and he is hereby, antho - ized, to re-issue to said John Phillips, Exec i, tor of John Campbell, deceased, certificates r stock of the same amount, payable at tl , same time, juid bearing the same rate of ii .. terest, as throse lost or destroyed; and that tl >t said John Phillips' is hereby reauired to d 0 posit with the State Treasurer a bond, legal 1 executed, in the penal sum of eleven thousai three hundred and twenty dollars (11,320) . indemnify the State against loss. Approved March 2,1871. JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the Executive to Commission Ridl< K. Carlton as Coroner of Beaufort County. Whereas, Elisha P. Hutchinson, elect* 0 Coroner of Beaufort County for four yeai - ending October, 1872, has removed his ret dence to a foreign country, to wit, German 1 without duly filing his letter of resignation < f his office, and the said office has remained vi - cant from and after March, 1870; and wher e as, notwithstanding due proclamation was n< u made previous to the late general electic 1 that a vacancy existed in the said office < - Coroner, in said County, the people did pr 3 ceed to vote for Coroner, and Ridley EL Car - ton W88 afterward declared by the Board < - County Canvassers to have received the higl - est number of votes for Coroner of said Com 3 ty: - ' Be it resolved by the Senate and House < 3 Representatives of the State of South Carolin now met and sitting in General Aasembl; i and by the authority of the same, That Rii - ley K. Carlton, elected Coroner of Beaufo: > County at the general election of October 1 J 1870, be commissioned by the Executive < b* South Carolina as Coroner, to fill the une: - pired term of Elisha P. Hutchinson. Approved February 11,1871. ?-? 1 JOINT RESOLUTION f To authorize the State Librarian to purchase ce tain volumes of State Reports. Resolved by the Senate and House of Be] resentatives of the State of South Carolin now met and sitting in General Aasembl; and by the authority of the same, That tl b Librarian of the State Legislative Library b r and he is hereby, authorized to purchase, ? the use of the Library, such volumes of Sta j, Reports, both of law and equity, as will coi f plete one whole set of the same, including ti r necessary digests, and that five hundred dc b lara be appropriated for the payment therec > if so much be necessary. j Approved March 1,1871. v JOINT RESOLUTION" . Directing the State Treasurer te refund to Meesi Risley A Creighton six hundred and three do r lars and seventy-eight cents, taxes overpsid t , them. Resolved by the Senate and House of Re] 9 resentatives of the State of South Carolin - now met and sitting in General Assembl; 9 and by the authority of the same, That ti t State Treasurer be, and he is hereby, direct* r to refund to Messrs. Risley & Creighton, < f either of them, the sum of six hundred an three dollars and seventy-eight cents, bein - the amount of taxes overpaid by them. Approved March 9,1871. <? JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizingthe County Commissioners of Ocont County to levy a special tax. I Be it resolved by the Senate - and House c f Representatives of the State of South Carol no nnw m?t. and nittino* in General Asserr ""I *">'? ? ?c ? 5 bly, and by authority of the same, That, i > addition to the tax heretofore authorized t , be levied, the County Commissioners of Oct [ nee County are hereby authorized to levy am , cause to be collected a special tax of one mi] , on a dollar, the same to be used exclusive! ; to paying the indebtedness of the County, i Approved January 23,1871. ' JOINT RESOLUTION I To authorize the County Commissioners of Kei ' I shaw County to levy a special tax, for the pur pose of building a County Jail. I Be it resolved by the Senate and House o , Representatives of the State of South Caroli na, now met and sitting in General Assembly : and by the authority of the same, That tb . County Commissioners of Kershaw County be and they are hereby authorized to levy a ape ' cial tax of two mills on the dollar upon th< , assessed value of the real and personal prop erty in said County, for the purpose of erect ', inga ^unty jail at Camden. I Approved March 9,1871. 11 JOINT RESOLUTION j , To coofirm the apportionment made by the Su] perintendent of edncation of the State of South Carolina of the Free School Fund, for the fiscal year ending October 31,1869. j | Whereas, the Superintendent of Education 1 ! of the State of South Carolina, in the adjustf ment of teachers' claims for services rendered , during or within the fiscal year commencing November 1,1868, and ending October 31, 3 1869, did apportion the Free School fund for ! the fiscal year aforesaid, (said fund consisting j of 850,000, in addition to the amount raised by capitation tax,) among the several Coun\ ties, according to the plan specified in Section __ j 6 of an Act to make appropriation and raise . supplies for the fiscal year commencing No- V ] vember 1,1869; therefore, f Beit resolved by the Senate and Houbo of 1 Representatives of the State of Sooth Caro- \ lina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same: That the apportionment made by said Superinten? dent or Education of the State of South Carolina be, and the same is hereby, confirmed, f Approved March 7,1871. h ' JOINT RESOLUTION ? To authorize. State Treasurer to re-issue to W. is. e Pringle, Executor of Mrs. Bertha Skirving, y certificate of State stock. 0 Be it revived by the Senate and House of g Representatives of the State offlouth Carolina, Q now met and sitting in General Assembly, 7) and by the authority of the same, That the e State Treasurer be, and he is hereby, author3) ized to re-issue to Wm. B. Pringle, Executor d of Mrs. Bertha Skirving, deceased, certificate n of stock to the same amount, payable at the same time, and bearing the same interest, as those lost or destroyed: Certificate No. 19, issue of 1850, for con- - struction of new State Capitol for $950.00; d and that the Aid Wm. B. Pringle is hereby required to deposit with the State Treasurer a bond legally executed in the penal sum of ' one thousand nine hundred dollars, to indem;' nify the State against loss. i(j Approved March 7,1871. id JOINT RESOLUTION I- Authorizing the Secretary of State to contract a. with the Southern Domestic Gas Light Company for the illumination of the State House an dim bV lie offices Therein. re Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South CaroIs Una, now met and sitting in General Aaaem"r bly, and by the authority of the same, That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to contract immedik" ately with the B uthern Domestic Gas Light r.e Company for the construction and application of one of Doty's gas generators, for the pur>n pose of illuminating the State House and pubJ* lie offices thereof, the cost therefor not to ex110 eeed two thousand dollars, and to ho mid a upon the order of said Secretary of State, out r> of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. Approved March 10,1871. JOINT RESOLUTION To allow J. M. Plowden, of Clarendon County, to redeem oertain forfeited lands. Be it resobed by the Senate and House of to Representatives of the State of South Gsrolie~ na, now met and sitting in General Assembly, ae and bv the authority pf the same, That J. M. i8. Plowden, of the County of Clarendon, be, and ^ he is hereby, allowed to redeem certain lands ty formerly owned by him, in said County, con? or sisting of 387 acres, more or less, which have a become forfeited to theState, by virtue-of nonD. payment of taxes, and the want of bidden at d the sale of the same, on condition that he ? shall pay over to the County Treasurer of 3. Clarendon County, all taxes, penalties and costs which are due upon the same, after p. which the County Auditor shall expunge the , a> said lands from the forfeited land record of ' the County of Clarendon. Approved March 9,1871. JOINT RESOLUTION U* For the relief of Samuel Cochran, Thomas Coch- . of ran; Elizabeth Cochran, 'Juliana Irvine, Isabeiie la Irvine and Henrietta Irvine. q. Be it resolved by thp Senate and House of ie Representatives of the State of South Oarog. lina, now met and sitting in General Assemly bly, and bv the authority of the same, That any and all property, real or personal, of tike late Juliana Izard, deceased, now is possession, or under the control, of B. C. Pressly, Esq., of Charleston, South Carolina, Executor of the last will and testament of said Juliana Izard* deceased, be distributed and disposed ? >v of according to the true intent and nurpose of the said Juliana Izard, as indicated in the last will and testament, and that the right of *> the State to said property be, and the same a" hereby is, released. ^ Approved January 26,1871. JOINT RESOLUTION a. Authorizing A. R. Taylor, Henry Arthur and others, of Lexington County, to continue, for a " term of two years, two gatee erected by them in across the old State rood, in said County, at the jf beginning ana terminus 01 meir puuaung iauas. 0- Be it resolved by the Senate and House of 1- Representatives of the State of South Caroli[)f na, now met and sitting in General Assemi bly, and by the authority of the same: That a- A. R. Taylor, Henry Arthur and others, of the County of Lexington, be and they are af hereby, authorized to continue, for a term of a, two years, two gates erected by them across v, the Old State Road, in said County, at the 1- beginning and terminus of their planting rt lands. 9, Approved March 2,1871. JOINT RESOLUTION To pay William B. Timmons two hundred and thirty-three dollars and forty-four oents. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of .the State of South Carolir. na, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the |> sum of two hundred and thirty-three dollars a* and forty-four cents be, and the same is here7> by, authorized to be paid to William R Timle mons, late Sheriff or'Darlington County, for ?> the transportation of prisoners from Darlings ton Court House to Marion Jail, and for diette ing the said prisoners while en route; the Q- same to be paia by the State Treasurer on the w order of the Governor. v >1" Approved March 9,1871. ^ JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the County Commissioners of Williamsburg County to levy a special Tax. Be it resolved by the Senate and House s. Representatives of the State of South Ckroli^P^^ na, now met and ritting in General Assembly, ,y and by the authority of the same, That, m X p. addition to the tax heretofore authorized to a be levied, the County Commissioners of Wily liamsburg County are hereby authorized to ie levy and cause to be collected a special tax of d two (2) mills on a dollar, the same to be used )r exclusively for the purpose of rebuilding the d jail in the said County. ,g . Approved January 19,1871. JOINT RESOLUTION Ordering that the Hon. James L. Orr, Judge of the Eighth Judicial Circuit, be allowed extra compensation for holding extra Courts. " Resolved by the Senate and House of Rep jf reeentatives of the State of South Carolina, (. now met and sitting in General Assembly, x. and by the authority of the same, That the n Hon. James L. Orr, Judge of the Eighth Ju0 dicial Circuit be allowed an extra compensaj. tion of eight hundred (800) dollars, for hold* d ing extra Courts thirteen weeks in the Coun[] ties of Edgefield, Abbeville, Newberry, Lauy rens and Spartanburg, which said counties were not included in his Circuit Approved March 1,1871. JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the State Treasurer to re-issue stock ofthe State of South Carolina. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of f T epresentatives of the State of South Caroli na, now met and sitting in General Assembly, -, and by the authority of the same, That the e | State Treasurer is hereby authorised and di!, rected to issue certificate of State of South h Carolina Stock No. 53, for $3,000, due July e 1st, 1870, interest-six per cent; No. 72 for $1,000, due August 4,1870, interest six per r cent, to Rinah S. Cohen, Executrix estate S. T. Cohen. Approved March 9,1871.