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Jfetaitl f DO AS NEAR RIGHT AS YOU CAN. The world stretches widely before you, A field for your muscle and brain; And though clouds may often float o'er you, And often come tempests and rain, Be fearless of storms which overtake you? Push forward through all like a manGood fortune will never forsake you If you do as near right as you can. Remember, the will to do rightly, If used, will the evil confound ; Live daily by conscience, that pightly Your sleep may be peaceful and sound. In contests of right never waver? l^et nonesiy snape every piau, And life will of Paradise savor, If you do as near right as you can. Though foes darkest scandal may speed And strive with their shrewdest of tact To injure your fame, never heed, But justly and honestly act: And ask of the Ruler of Heaven To save your fair name as a man, And all that you ask will be given, If you do as near right as you can. Drawn* Department. Composition onto a Cat.?Of all hairy insects, the cat is the animalest A good cal is hard to die. It has two eyes, a tail, one head on its bow end, and a leg under each outside corner of its body. Its body has four corners, two of which are behind. A cat has kittens, that is, if it is a kitten cat. A T. cat has no kittens to a mews. They eat balls ol yarn, and play with mice, but are not so sweet as roses, that is, fresh ones. Some folks like cats, but huckleberry dumplings are better Father wears a stove-pipe hat on Sunday, and Aunt Polly had twins last summer. A black cat don't chew so much tobacco as a membei of Congress, but spits more when it is mad, Syrup of Squills will make a cat hum, but turpentine is better for the hair. Mother cut her thumb on a flat iron and laid it to the cat Then father walloped her. I ran behind the hen-coop and squatted. The new minister came over to our house yesterday, and sat down with his new trousers in a chair full of young cats. He spiled 'em bad. If I had a red pig to play with I'd lend you my Sundayschool book. Cat has a lap in her mouth. Mother's lap ain't. Did you ever see a cat hold a box of pills on the end of her tail ct A sewing machine runs, but not so easy as a cat. That is all I know of her. Thomas Shine. ? ? ? Intemperate Confessions.?President Hopkins, of Williams College, is thoroughly good and greatly loved, and he is a stately and dignified old gentleman withal. All thest excellent qualities added a quaint effect o) contrast to the suddenness of the following answer which the worthy president once re ceived, and which illustrates the principle thai "ridicule is the test of truth." In the railroad cars one day the President descried one of his students, a youth of regretable habits in point of dissipation, and wearing at that moment the haggard and dishevelled looks of one not yet over the effects of a debauch. Stepping up to the young man, looking him sternly yet sadly in the face, the President said, in a deep and impressive tone: "Been on a drunk!" "So have I," was the answer. + Candidate for the honorable office of Alderman, taking his shave on the morning of the election, extracted from his barber a a promise to vote for him. But what was his chagrin, when, said barber walked up to the polls, to see him pass in a ballot for the opposing candidate. The next day he called the barber to account. "Didn't you promise to vote for me ?" The tonsorial gentleman acknowledged that he did. "But what made you vote against me, then ?" "Why, I shaved the other man last." J?* A gentleman was chiding his son for staying out late at night, and said : "Why, when I was your age, ray father would not allow me to go out of the house after dark." "Then you had a nice sort of a father, you had," said the young profligate. Whereupon the father very rashly vociferated : "I had a confounded sight better one than you have, you young rascal!" The following is the recommendation given an English servant: "The bearer has been in ray house a year?minus eleven months. During the time she has shown herself diligent?at the door ; frugal?in work ; mindful?of herself; prompt?in excuses ; friendly?toward men; faithful?to her lovers ; and honest?when everything had vanished. Us?" A school mistress, while taking down the names and ages of her pupils, and the names of their parents, at the beginning of the term, asked one little fellow what his father's name was, "Oh ! you needn't take down his name; he is too old to go to school to a woman," was the reply. HoT The San Antonio, Texas, postmaster received a letter lately "To my Mammy." It was not delivered till, some weeks after, a small, fierce looking old woman appeared at the po8toffice window, saying: "Mister, have you got any letter from my Johnny ?" when u_ i-.1 i. ?J. lit; nit me mar* at uutu * A few days ago a man carried a challenge of mortal combat to a Jacksonville brewer, who, as soon as he read the message, turned to and whipped the bearer in a rough and tumble fight, and said: "Maybe some more of deni vants to make droubles mit me." 4ST A little boy, returning home from church was asked by his mother to give the text. After a short pause, the little fellow replied : "I don't hardly remember, but it was something about a hawk between two pigeons." The text was, "Why halt ye between two opinions." 4 + A woman applied to a magistrate the other day for a warrant against a neighbor, saying, "She called me a thief, your honor. Can't I make her prove it ? "Perhaps you can," quietly replied the magistrate, "but if I were you I wouldn't do it." J&*When a steady, well-behaved young man is seen shaking hands with a pump, and bidding it an affectionate good-night, or saying "Poor old Corbison Kobscrew," there may be a faint apprehension that he has been "taking something." A married lady complained that hei husband had ill-used her. Her father, hear ing it boxed her ears. "Tell him," said the father if he beats my daughter I will beat his wife." Rather a pleasant prospect for the lady. An Irishman applying for a license tc sell whiskey, was asked if he possessed a gooc moral character, "i1 aitn, yer honor," repnec Pat, "I don't see the necessity for a good mor al character to sell whiskey." A down-easter being told that his father noted for his meanness, would tell a lie foi six and a quarter cents, indignantly denied the allegation, bat at the same time admitted that he might relate sixteen for a dollar. "John!" exclaimed Mary, throwing hei arms around her brother's neck, "what substitute can there be for the endearments of a sister ?" "Well," said John, "you gee, Sis, thai depends on whose sister it is." ^ ? S&r In Poughkeepsie a dry good clerk, whc last summer saved from drowning the cook oi a canal boat, has received a letter from hei father stating that "as ye saved the gal, she's yourn." The clerk demurs. A man played dead with luadanum, etc. at his side, in order to test his wife's affections She, to test his vitality, ran a cambric needle into his leg and brought him to. leading for the j^abfratft. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. T Original.] "PREPARE TO MEET THY GOD." In the spring the husbandman prepares his fields for planting; during the summer and fall he lays up provisions for the cold winter. He who neglects his work at the proper season is subjected to much loss and great suffering. The circumstances by which we are surrounded prompt us to action ; the necessities of our situations urge us to vigorous effort. Whatever may be the circumstances of I our earthly state, our spiritual condition is more important. Life is short and exceedingly uncertain. The admonition comes up with all the force of a command, from every, thing in the universe, urging us to prepare to meet our God. In less than one hundred years the great majority of us all that are now upon the earth will be summoned before God. - The rivers do not more certainly find their ; way into the sea, than we will all terminate ' our earthly career in death. The result is in1 evitable. Prepare to meet thy God is the commalid of him who sways a sceptre of universal dominion. Before the judgment seat of God we must ; all appear; but unless some vital change > takes place in our natures and in our actions, we will appear only to be condemned and | driven away from God's presence into end| less misery. The justice of God requires this. Nothing less than eternal banishment from ; God's blissful presence will satisfy the de; mands of infinite justice. The case of every individual member of the human family is an ! urgent one. Moment by moment we are all hastening to the judgment bar of God. Un less something is speedily done for us, we are t ruined forever. How can we secure God's fa. vor ? How can we escape the gloom of per. dition and gain the joys of heaven ? What j must we do to prepare to meet our God as a friend and not as an angry Judge? These are all important questions. Our all depends upon their proper solution. The only possi ble way by which we can escape the rightt eous indignation of God and secure his favor ' and friendship, is by accepting of the great salvation which God has provided. We can P do nothing which will prepare us to meet our , God acceptably, but believe in Christ Jesus. ' Everything else that we may attempt will t avail us nothing. Is it any wonder that every I right minded man urges all those with whom 1 he comes in contact to believe in Jesus ? The ' destiny of our immortal souls depends upon ' believing on Christ Jesus. This neglected, , and everything else will profit us nothing. ; In mercy God commands us to believe on i Jesus Christ, and this will prepare us to meet our God in peace. ^ [Original.] THE RIGHTEOUS SCARCELY SAVED. ? There in this world two classes of individ; uals very different from each other in their 1 moral traits of character, and in the aspirations of their souls. The one class is called righteous; the other is designated by the ap, pellations, ungodly and sinner. The ultimate destiny of the latter class is destruction. The Bible declares that they shall be turned into hell. This is a fearful destiny. Of the righteous, it is said they shall be saved in heaven, but scarcely saved. This does not impart that there is any doubt about the salvation of the righteous. Nothing is more certain than the everlasting salvation of all those who believe in Christ Jesus. It is the fixed and irrevocable purpose of God to save the believer in heaven. Still it is said, and it is true, that the righteous are scarcely saved?saved with difficulty. The difficulty arises not from any defect io the provisions of the plan of salvation. This is perfect in all its parts. It is the consummation of infinite wisdom. The difficulty arises from the nature of man and the circumstances by which he is surrounded. In every man justified by the blood of Jesus there are the remains of sin. There is a continual struggle going on in his own breast. He is under the influence of two laws very different in their natures. By the law of grace he ' is led to live a life of holiness; but by the law of his carnal nature he is led to live a life of sin. There is a law in his members warring against the sanctifying spirit of God. It is no easy thing to overcome the carnal appetites. No man ever undertook a more diffi; cult task than to live godly in Christ Jesus. , It is rowing continually against the current ; of human nature. It is no uncommon thing 1 for the man who would live godly to know 1 his duty and approve of it, and at the same time to do the opposite. It requires God's sus. taining grace as well as his justifying grace s to save the sinner. The circumstances by which every right1 eous man is situated, makes it difficult for ' him to be saved. He is surrounded by an alluring world and beset, on all sides, by a temntinc devil. Men and lost SDiritS Dlot r?o ? -? A * his destruction. Daily, nay momentarily, his faith is put sorely to the test, and his integrity submitted to a most rigid trial. Satan often takes him to the top of some lofty mountain and spreads out before him the glories of this world. Often are the pleasures of sin contrasted with the troubles of the righteous. Every inducement that wicked men and lost spirits can devise are presented to him that he may be induced to forsake God and holiness, and live a life of sin and folly. Every pious man has to struggle against the lusts of his own unsanctified nature; against evil spirj its and wicked men. To overcome all these foes is no easy task. To be practically godly I is the greatest of all attainments, and the most P precious when attained. No doubt the multitude of the redeemed in heaven exclaim, when they take a retrospective view of their earth: ly pilgrimage, "Saved and gloriously saved ; [ but saved with difficulty." * ? ? 3 Christian Life.?There is a "higher ' Christian life," but it consists in the growth of the soul under ihe processes God has prepared for that purpose. A Christian can live I in a poor, barren way, which is low; but he can also live in a rich, fruitful way, which is ' high. The high, the very highest, is the best. * There is no intoxication in this experience, and climb as Christians may, they will never grow dizzy with their elevation. Indeed, I paradoxical though it may seem when comf pared with physical life, the higher the Christian is lifted the lower he sinas. When he can say he has a conscience void of offence before God and man, and feel "persuaded" that none can separate him from the love of r God, he is the most ready to call himself the chief of sinners. Humility is the glorious crown of spiritual preeminence. > ? Xs there any work so delightful to a Christian as to go to those poor souls, which > are but God's flowers, that sorrow and sin f have beaten down, and lift them tenderly, and wash them from adhering vices, and twine i around them the sure support of some skyreaching hope ? , For each one of us no business can be . of more pressing moment, of more urgent imi portance, than the discovery of our besetting sin. | gepHrtotent. KEEP ME. Blessed spirit, love divine, Keep me, Lord, may I be thine ; Joy and peace to me impart, Seal thy love upon my heart. Lead me in the narrow way ; May I ne'er from Jesus stray ; Lead me to my final rest, To be with Ch'rist. ever blest. Help me to be meek and mild, Like a harmless little child ; "And may this my glory be, Christ is not ashamed of me." [Original.] LEARN TO WORK. . There is something hateful in that little word work. The race of man is fond of ease. Some men and women, it is true, love to work; but it is not natural. The habit is acquired. Still, however unpleasant work may be to us, we can, at least the most of us, can learn to love it. Then what was once oppressive and burdensome becomes a real luxury. There are many reasons why every young person should learn to work, and there are none why any one should go idle. Every one should learn to work, because it is the source of wealth both to nations and individuals. A celebrated ancient poet calls rich and remunerative crops the "labors of the ox." The figure is a bold one, but very appropriate. Since the plow was, anciently, drawn by the ox, it was very natural and easy to say that a rich and plentiful harvest was the labor, or the results of the labor of the ox. One of the striking characteristics of savages is that they do not work ; and one of the stri? A . A ,1 * . ,1.i ,1 . _ King ieatures 01 tneir concmion is mat mey are poor. A nation of idlers must be a poor nation in every sense of the word. A family of lazy people must often be in want of bread. Experience teaches that most of those who waut bread are either lazy or dissipated. But every body should learn to work, because there is no true greatness without labor. It is true that some worthless persons, by a kind of fortune, or misfortune, it is hard to tell which, are elevated to great positions. This, however, does not make them great. In fact, the elevated positions which they, by these freaks of fortune that sometimes take place attain, only serves to portray more vividly their worthlessness. Sometimes much is said about genius; but, after, all the true origin of greatness is labor. Dogged perseverance and incessant toil makes more great men than all things else besides. There is another "reason why all persons should learn to labor. It is honest. We do not say that every man or woman who does not labor is dishonest; but we do say that no one has ever yet discovered how idleness and honesty can be made compatible. In all properly organized societies the idlers are classed not simply with the drones, but with the suspicious characters. Do you then desire to sustain a character for honesty? We 1 WU Aon ka OA okoni^Anorl oo I MIUW JUU UU> IT UU V/UU ut ou uuuiiuviiiViU iki to desire the reputation of a dishonest person ? The only way that as yet has been discovered to escape the reputation of a cheat or villian, is to learn to work. You may say, "my father is rich and able to support me in idleness." You are mistaken. The wealth of the world will not support an idler. Such a being will be poor and miserable under any and all circumstances. If you desire to be rich, labor; if you desire to be learned, labor; if you, in fine, desire to be anything that is worthy of a being with an immortal soul in its breast, labor. LITTLITMARY. "What has happened to you, my daughter; I see that you have been weeping ?" Little Mary, who had just returned from school, replied in a low voice? "Why, mother, Jaue Tilton laughed at me when we came out of school, and called me 'a baby,' because I could not help crying when we were reading in the class." "What were they reading, Mary ?" "In the Testament, mother, where it tells all about the soldiers treating Jesus so cruelly ; putting a scarlet robe upon our meek and holy Saviour, and spitting upon hrm, and striking him; and then, when they put the crown of thorns upon his head, the tears came into ray eyes so fast that I could hardly see to read; and then, when they crucified him, I cried so I could not read when my turn came again. But the teacher did not say anything to me, for I think he knew what I was crying for." "I am glad, my dear child, your heart is thus tenderly alive to the sufferings of the blessed Saviour, who was crucified for our sakes, that we might be saved; and I hope you will pray to him to give you a heart to love and serve him." "Mother, will not God hear me, if I pray softly, as well as aloud ? for I did pray so, when I went back to my desk ; I prayed that God would help me to keep my good promises to him, and to profit by your careful teaching, dear mother, and that I might 'love God with all my soul and strength.' ?^r? ? ?a ?,:u J. tJD, VIUU uau iiuu nui ucai bus lowest whisper of prayer from a sincere heart. He is always ready to forgive your sins, when you humbly confess them before him, and ask his mercy, as I overheard you do, in your little room, last night, before you retired. No doubt that was one cause why your heart was so troubled by the sufferings of Christ, this morning. My child, you can never make me happier than when you pray to your heavenly Father and friend. He will bless you in it." O, that all little children would read, understand, and feel and act as little Mary did; that, like her, they may be led to pray for the forgiveness of their sins, and yield their hearts and live to their once crucified, but now risen, reigning, exalted Redeemer. Pure in Heart.?Little Nannie lives in the country, and is six years old. One morning she was at play in the yard, where Phil, the black pony that Nannie liked to ride after so well, was getting a lunch of nice green grass. Nannie wasn't afraid of him so long as he kept eating; but when he lay down to roll she ran into the nearest corner, and stood there trembling. He was so near that she couldn't get by him to fly into the house, and he was kicking frightfully. The next minute he might roll over and hit her little self. But Phil knew better. Very soon he was on his feet again, quietly finishing his lunch. Nannie ran out of the corner into the house. "Mamma," sue cried, "am i pure in nearir "What makes you ask, Nannie?" "Why, Phil lay down and kicked dreadfully out in the yard, and I guessed he was going to hit me. Then I thought, 'Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God so if Phil had killed me, would I see God ? Am I pure in heart ?" Since then, every night and morning, Nannie prays: "Please, dear Jesus, make me pure in heart, and then if I die I shall see God." Keeping to one Thing.?We earnestly entreat every young man after he has chosen his vocation to stick to it. Don't leave it because hard blows are to be struck, or disagreeable work performed. Those who have worked their way up to wealth and usefulness do not belong to tne shiftless and unstable class, but mav be reckoned among such as took off their coats, rolled up their sleeves and conquered their prejudices Against labor, and manfully bore the heat and burden of the day. Whether upon the old farm, where our fathers toiled dilligently, striving to bring the soil to productiveness; in the machine shop or factory, or the thousand other businees places that invite toil and skill, let the motto be : Perseverance and industry. JUts of the legislature. OFFICIAL. AN ACT To Incorporate the Town of Mullins, in Marior county, State of South Carolina. 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 sembly, and by the authority of the same That from and after the passage of this act all citizens of this State having resided 8ixtj days in the town of Mullins, shall be deemed and are hereby declared to be, a body politic ami corporate, and the said town shall be called and known by the name of Mullins, and its corporate limits shall extend half a mile north, one quarter of a mile east and west, and one third of a mile south, from a stake, which shall be in the centre or square of said town. Sec. 2. That the said town shall be governed by an Intendant and four Wardens, whc shall be citizens of the United States, and who shall have been residents of the said town for sixty days immediately preceding theii election, and who shall be elected within thirty days after the passage of this act, and every year thereafter, on the second Monday in January, ten days' public notice thereol being previously given; and that all male inhabitants of the age of twenty-one years, citizens of the State, and who shall have resided in the town for sixty days immediately preceding the election, shall be entitled tc vote for said Intendant and Wardens. Sec. 3. That the election for Intendant and Wardens of the said town shall be held in some convenient house, or some other convenient nnklin rtlopo in tke aoiri. fnwn frnm nine o'clock in the morning until four o'clock in the afternoon, and when the polls shall be closed, the managers shall forthwith count the votes and proclaim the election, and give notice, in writing, to the persons elected. The Intendant and Wardens shall appoint three managers to hold the ensuing or any subsequent election. The managers, in each case, shall, before they open the polls for said election, take an oath, fairly and impartially tc conduct the same; and that the Intendant and Wardens, before entering upon the duties of their respective offices, shall take the oath prescribed by the constitution of this State, and also, the following oath, toAvit: "As Intendant, (or Warden) of the town of Mullins I will equally and impartially, to the best ol my ability, exercise the trust reposed in me and I will use my best endeavors to preserve the peace and carry into effect, according tc law, the purposes for which I have beer elected : so help me, God." Tin said Intendant and Wardens shall hold their offices from the time of their election until the second Monday in January ensuing, and until then successors shall be elected and qualified. Sec. 4. That in case a vacancy shall occui in the office of Intendant, or any of the Wardent, by death, removal, resignation, or otherwise, an election to fill such vacancy shall be held, by order of the Intendant and Wardens, or a majority of the same, ten days1 public notice being previously given; and, in case of sickness, or temporary absence of the Intendant, the Wardens forming the council, shall be empowered to elect one of the number to act as Inteudent during the time. Sec. 5. That the Intendant and Wardens, duly elected and qualified, shall, during theii term of service, severally and respectively, be vested with all the jurisdiction of magistrates or trial justices within the limits of said town, and the Intendant shall and may, as often as hft mav deem necessary, summon the Wardene y ^ ( y ? ^ to meet in council, any two of whom, with the Intendant, may constitute a quorum to transact business, and they shall De known by the name of the Town Council of Mullins, and they, and their successors hereafter to be elected, may have a common seal, which shall be affixed to all ordinances; and the. said town council shall have authority to appoint from time to time, as they may see fit, Buch, and so many, proper persons to act as marshals or constables of the said town, as the said town council may deem necessary and expedient for the preservation of the peace, good order and police thereof, which persone so appointed, shall, within the corporate limits of said town, have the powers, privileges and emoluments, and may be subject to all the obligations provided by law for the office oi constable, and shall be liable to be removed at the pleasure of said council; and the said town council shall have power to establish oi authorize the establishment of the markethouse, as also of a guard-house in said town, And the said town council shall have full power and authority, under their corporate seal, to make all such rules, by-laws and ordinances respecting the streets, roads, markethouse, public buildings and the business thereof, and the police system of said town, as shall appear to them necessary and propei for security, welfare and convenience, and foi preserving health, order and good government witnin the same; and the said town council may impose fines for offenses against their by-laws and ordinances, and appropriate fU/\ fnmn tr\ rviiKlirt noa r\P aoi/v +/\um qnrl 1/llC OU1X11 LA./ U1C UlAV UUV VA OUIW I/VITU f IIUU the said council shall have the same powei which magistrates or trial justices now have, to compel the attendance of witnesses, and require them to give evidence upon the trial before them of any person for a violation oi any of these by-laws or ordinances; but nc fine above the sum of twenty dollars shall be collected by the town council, except by suil in the court of common pleas; and all the by-laws, rules and ordinances the said town council may make, shall, at all times, be subject to revisal or repeal, by the General As sembly of this State. Sec. 6. The said intendant and wardens shall have full power to abate and remove nuisances in the said town, and it shall alsc be their duty to keep all roads, ways and streets within the corporate limits of the said town open and in good repair, and for thai purpose they are invested with all the powers heretofore granted to commissioners of roads: and shall have full power to classify and arrange the inhabitants of said town, liable to street, road or other public duty therein, and to force the performance of said duty, under such penalties as are now or shall hereafter be prescribed by law: Provided, Thai the said town council may compound with persons liable to perform such duty, upon such terms, and upon the payment of such sums, as may be established by laws or ordinances : And, provided, also, That the inhabitants of said town are hereby exempt from road and public duty without the corporate limits of said town. Sec. 7. That said town council of Mullins shall have full power and authority to require all perssons owning a lot or lots in said town mol/o onrl toon iri rrnnrl rftDflir sidewalks tu AJU{?av WUU UVV|/ 4U gvv?- J in front of said lot or lots, whenever the same shall front or adjoin any of the public streets of said town, if, in the judgment oi the council such sidewalks shall be necessary, the width thereof and the manner of construction to be designated and regulated bv the town council; and for default or refusal, after reasonable notice, to make and keep in repair such sidewalks, the town council may cause the same to be made or put in repair, and require the owner to pav the price of making and repairing: Provided, That such contracts for making or repairing be let to the lowest bidder. The cemeteries and public grave yards are also placed under the jurisdiction of said town council. Sec. 8. That the power to grant or refuse licenses to keep tavern or retail spirituous liquors within the limits of said corporation be, and the same is hereby vested in tne town council of Mullins. And the said council may grant licenses to retail spirituous liquors to such persons, and in such quantities, at such rates, and upon such terms and conditions as the said council may deem best and proper; Provided, That in no instance shall the price of a license to keep taverns, or to retail spirituous liquors, be fixed at a less sum than is established by the laws of this State, and all moneys paid for licenses, and for fines and forfeitures, for retailing spirit uou8 liquors, keeping taverns and billia tables within the limits without licenses, shi : be appropriated to the public uses of m town: Provided, That the intendant and wi dens, duly elected and qualified, shall i have power to grant any licenses to ke 1 taverns, or retail spirituous liquors, to exte [ beyond the term for which they have be [ elected; and the said intendant and warde shall have the full and only power to imp< | a tax on all shows or exhibitions, for gain reward within the limits. I Sec. 9. That the said town council of Mi lins shall have power to arrest and commit [ jail, and to fine, not exceeding twenty dolla unv nersnn or nersons who snail be cuiltv k j r ? i , o y ' disorderly conduct in said town, to the aunc ' ance of the citizens thereof; and it shall [ the duty of the marshal or constable of t town to make such arrest, and call to his i J sistance the pom comUatus, if necessary; ar ' upon failure to perform such duty, he shall fined in a sum not more than twenty dollf for each and every offense. | Sec. 10. The town council shall also ha power to impose an annual tax, not exceedi | twenty cents on every hundred dollars of t assessed value of real and personal estf | lying within the corporate limits of said tov , the real and personal estate of church ai P school associations excepted. The said cou cil shall have power to enforce'the payme of all taxes levied under authority of this a against the property and person of all defau ers, to the same extent and in the same ma ner as is provided by law for the collection the general taxes, except that the executic ^ to enforce the payment of the town ta? shall be issued under the seal of the corpoi tion, and directed to the town marshal other person especially appointed by the to ! council to collect the same; and all propei [ upon which a tax shall be levied, is here . declared and made liable for the payme ' thereof, in preference to all other debts, e cept debts due to he State, which shall j first paid. Sec. 11. The clerk of the said town coun shall, annually, make out an assessmei [ from the books of the county auditor | treasurer, of all real and personal propei . in the limits of the said town, for taxati< j and shall make return of said assessment - the intendaBt and wardens, within one mon from the time of his appointment. | Sec. 12. That an ordinance declaring t rate of annual taxation upon property, a other subjects of annual taxation for t year, shall be published at least twice duri [ the month of November in each year, a ' the citizens of said town shall make paynu { of their tax to the clerk and treasurer (he inafter constituted) of the said corporati | during the succeeding month of Decemb [ Sec. 13. The intendant and Wardens sh . have power to elect or appoint a clerk, w shall also be treasurer, whose duty it shall . to attend all meetings of the council, a . make a record, in a book kept for that pi . po3e, of all the proceedings thereof; to ta [ charge of all papers belonging to the coun< . and to lodge witn the proper officers all su mons, executions, etc., and receive returns; t keep a regular account of all receipts a , disbursements, which accounts shall, at times, be accessible to the intendant a ! wardens; and it shall be his duty to make official semi-annual report to the council, the state of his accounts, at which time t I doors of the council room shall be open to . , the citizens of said town; and which repo J shall be regularly entered in a book kept i that purpose. He shall attend to the pul | cation of all ordinances and other documei , ordered by council to be published. He sh; t hold his office for suoh term as council m , prescribe, not, however, exceeding one ye 1 and shall receive such compensation for 1 oomrinM no nnnrnil motr onoct Prnridl OV/i y 1V/W MO wuuvu iliMj VUMVV * f ! That he may be removed from his office [ the pleasure of the said town council, a [ before entering upon the duties of his offi ; he shall give bond in the penal sum of fi hundred dollars for the faithful performat ; of the same. , Sec. 14. Each town council shall, wit! L one month after the expiration of their tei of office, make out and return to their si | cessors a full account of their receipts a i expenditures during their term, and shall p over all moneys in their possession, belongi \ to the-corporation, and deliver up all bool ? records and papers incidental to their offi [ to their successors; and on failure to do i [ they shall be liable to be fined in a sum i . exceeding one hundred dollars, to be colle . ed in any proper action by the town couni Sec. 15. That said town council shall ha 1 power to lay out and arrange all streets a i roads within said corporate limits, as t . public good may require; Provided, the la . of no party or parties shall be taken or i i propriated for such purposes without compi , sation, as now required by the law for c< demned lands. Sec. 16. That the town council shall ha . power to levy a town tax on all asses* i property within the limits of said town : ; the year 1872, immediately after the passs : of this act, and proceed to collect the t [ thereon the following month. , Approved March 4,1872. | AN ACT [ To incorporate the South Carolina Agricultu p College and Mechanics' Institute. , Section 1. Be it enacted by the Sem s and House of Representatives of the State | South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gi j eral Assembly, and by the authority of 1 , same: That a College and Institute of A . chanical Arts be established at Orangebu . S. C., in connection with the Clafflin Univ sity, to be called the South Carolina Agric j tural College and Mechanics' Institute, > accordance with the provisions ot the act , Congress, passed July 2, 1862, and all a [ amendatory thereto. The design of the ] stitution shall be to afford instruction \ practical and theoretical agriculture, mechi , ical art and military tactics and training. ; Sec. 2. That the supervision and control I the Institution aforesaid shall be vested ii > board of trustees, in connection with t , board of trustees of Clafflin University, to , known by the name, style and title of t . Board of Trustees of the South Caroli ; Agricultural College and Mechanics' Ins i tute; said board shall consist of nine me l bers, and shall be chosen by joint ballot i the General Assembly, provided that the fi . board of trustees shall be appointed by t . Governor as follows: The first three shall i elected for a term of three years j the seco: s three for two years, and the third three i one year; and the General Assembly shi i annually thereafter elect by joint ballot thi s members of said board, whose term of oflG i shall be three years; said board may elect i own chairman. The trustees thus apnoint and elected, shall, in connection with those the Clafflin University, constitute one boai and'may elect a chairman ; a majority of t i 3 ?...... t Doara snan cunsuiuiea i^uuiuui mi wc uai . action of business. They shall receive ; compensation, but shall be paid their trav ing jmd other expenses while employed i , the business of the board. Sec. 3. The said board of trustees shall , a body corporate, capable in law of suii ' and being sued, holding and selling real, p( sonal ana mixed property, of contracting ai being contracted with, of having and using corporate seal, and of causing all things be done to carry out the purposes of this a< Sec. 4. Should any vacancy occur in sa board of trustees, it shall be filled by the i maining members of the board. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the board trustees to meet and org-mize within thir days after the passage of this act, at the'ci of the Governor of the State, or any t\ members of the board. Sec. 6. The Legislature shall appoint board of visitors bi-ennially, who shall repc each year upon the condition and efficiem of this Institution. Sec. 7. The board of trustees shall appoi a secretary and treasurer, neither of who shall be a member of said board. The officers shall be required to give such bond rd will secure a safe administration of their all duties. The secretary shall also fill the office iid of general superintendent of this Institution, j ar- upon whom shall devolve a power of general j lot administration over all the property of tliis , ep corporation, for its better preservation and nd i improvement, and who shall also have the | en ! power, at any time, to call a meeting of the j ins board of trustees : Provided, That no power 1 >se herein granted to the secretary shall extend ; or | to making any material changes, except with j > the concurrence and authority of the board j ul- of trustees. The salaries of these officers to shall be determined by the board, rs, Sec. 8. Whenever the board of trustees re- i of port that they are organized and ready for >y- action, the Governor shall execute a draft on be the State treasury for the amount of interest he due on the fund invested under the provisions as- of the act of Congress, and which shall all be ; id, under their entire and exclusive control, as j be likewise shall all' interest afterwards accruing ; irs from said fund. They shall, also, have full control of all moneys donated, appropriations, ve lands or property whatsoever, coming into ng the possession of this corporation, he Sec. 9. The secretary shall reside on the ite grounds of the Institution, and besides exerrn, cising a general supervision over all the propnd erty under his care, shall keep a complete in- system of records. He shall open corressnt pondence with societies for the promotion of ct, agriculture, and make use of such means to It- elicit information upon all industrial topics in- as shall be conducive to the material welfare of of the College. He shall seek to obtain such ms contributions for the museums and library of ces said College, as shall benefit the interest of ra- agriculture and other industrial arts and or science. He shall also keep a correct account vn of all the proceedings of the board, and an ty accurate account of all the moneys received by in the treasury, as well as those paid out snt The secretary shall report to the Legislature >x- at every regular session, which shall embrace be all such statements, accounts, statistics, essays and other information relating to agriculture "I ' 1 1 -3 -1 xU- 1 cil as may De vaiuaDie, ana aisu, uie prouwuat, ings of the board of trustees of said College, or to be approved by said board. ,-ty Sec. 10. The board of trustees shall pro)D, cure a site for an experimental farm, of such to size as they may deem necessary, to be locaith ted as near as practicable to the present location of the Clafflin University, so as to comhe bine, as much as possible, practical training nd with theoretical instruction in the science ana ;he art of agriculture. To carry out the foregoing ng provision, the board are authorized to expend nd a sum not to exceed one-tenth of the amount ;nt of the fund to which this State is entitled unre der the act of Congress, on Sec. 11. Students shall be admitted into er. said College from each county, after a cornall petitive examination among the scholars beho longing to the public schools in such county, be in proportion to the number of the represennd tation in the Legislature. The time and ur- manner of conducting said competitive examke inations to be regulated by the board of trustees; Provided, That no student shall be alm. lowed to enter the College whose qualification to is below the standard of the class to which nd he has been assigned. Provision shall also all be made for receiving students from any nd school or other source whose qualification an shall fit them for entering the classes to of which admission is sought. Special students he who wish to pursue any particular branch, all but who do not desire any degree may be adrts mitted to study under such terms as the board for shall regulate. >li- Sec. 12. The course of instruction shall its include the English ianguage and literature, all mathematics, civil, mechanical and military ay engineering, agricultural chemistry, mineralar, o'gy, animal and vegetable anatomy and phystiis iology, veterinary art, entomology, geology, jd, political, rural and household economy, horat ticulture, moral and natural philosophy, hisnd tory, book-keeping, military training and ce, tactics, and especially the application of ive sciences and the mechanical arts, to practical ice agriculture in the field. ~ m 1 . ,1 rt 11 _l_ _ll i_ ftec. 1^. mac cne v^onege suuu nut ue iin controlled to serve sectarian or political party rm interests, but shall be conducted for the proic: motion of the general good of the State, as nd provided for in this act and the act of Conay gress of which this forms a part, ng Sec. 14. For the current expenditures of ks, said College, certain sums of money shall be ice set aside in the hands of the treasurer by the go, board of trustees, which shall be subject to iot the warrants of the chairman of the board, ct- drawn in pursuance of the orders of the ?il. board of trustees. All income resulting ve from labor or other sources, shall be paid into n(j the treasury of the College. All moneys he due to the institution, or received in its behalf n(j shall be collected and received by the secreip. tary, and deposited by him with the treasurer jjj. of the State board of trustees, taking his re)n. ceipt therefor. The secretary shall, with his annual report, render a full and complete tVe account of all moneys received, and all sums ^ drawn on the treasuer by him as secretary of por the board, and shall file and preserve all vouchers, receipts, correspondence, and other papers relating thereto. Sec. 15. The College shall have no connection whatever, nor be in any way controlled, by a sectarian denomination. Approved March 12,1871. ml AN ACT . To provide for the payment of certain debts by the county of Aiken. 3n_ Whereas, by an act approved March 10th, he a new judicial county by the name of V Aiken was formed by portions of Barnwell, Ederefield, Lexington and Orangeburg; and whereas, the said named counties, at the time I* the act to establish the said county of Aiken ." was passed, were, and still are, in debt; and 1 f whereas, it is but fair and just that the said . county of Aiken should assume her just pror portion of the debts of the various counties j" from which it has been created; therefore, Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of ? South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gene?* ral Assembly, and by the authority of the 1 a same, That of the outstanding, debts of the j*e counties of Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington ?e and Orangeburg, of portions of which the he said county of Aiken has been created, that aa the said county of Aiken is hereby made liable for her proportion, in ratio to the taxm* able property, as taken from each of the ?! above specified counties. ^ Sec. 2. That in order to carry out the proj*e visions of the preceding section, it shall be, and hereby is, made the duty of the county a<1 commissioners of the counties of Barnwell, Edgefield, Lexington and Orangeburg, to make out a certified statement of the indebtee edness of their respective counties, and for^ ward the same, (after the complete organiza7? tion of said county of Aiken) to the county ^ auditor, or any other officer who may dis9 charge the duties of said office, who shall, in jf' proportion and proper ratio, to carry out the ae provisions of this act, cause an annual assess1S" ment of one thousand dollars to be made on Q,? all the taxable property within the said new county of Aiken, to be used only for the pay on ment and for the purposes herein mentioned. Approved March 9, 1872. be , ag Aff ACT it- To renew the charter of the Hope Fire Engine . a(J Company, of Charleston, ; a Be it enacted by the Senate and House of to Representatives of the State of South Carolict. na, now met and sitting in General Assembly, id and by the authority of the same, That the e- charter of the Hope Fire Engine Company, of Charleston is hereby renewed and contin- , of ued in force until repealed, and the said comty pany is hereby authorized to adopt the name | ill and style of the Hope Steam Fire Engine vo j Company, of Charleston, provided, the Hope I Steam Fire Engine Company, of Charleston, a and the members thereof, shall at all times, trt: be subject to the provisions of the 12th seccy j tion of the act passed on the 21st day of | December, in the vear eighteen hundred and 1 nt thirtr-six, entitled "An act for the better m regulating of the Fire Department in the se city of Charleston." as Approved March 9, 1872. CAROLINA FERTILIZER. 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