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UWSW THE STATE. ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLE SOUTH CAROLINA. P ubi I Bli cd by Author lt y. AK AOT to Charter -the Union Savings ? of Georgetown, S. 0. BEOXXOX, 1. Be it enacted by the Senate Honse of Represen tit ives of the State of S Carolin a, now met and sitting in Genera) sembly, and by the authority of the same: That Jamos A. Bowley, W. H. Jones, .Thomas D. McDowell, 8. B. Carr and Ja Morrell, together with.such other person are now, or may hereafter be, associated \ them, sball be, and they aie hereby, consti ed and m a do a body politic and. corporate the name and utyle of. tbe ''Union Savi Bank, of Georgetown, South Carolina,* " auc this name and style sball bc, and is here made capable in law to have, parchase, en and retain, to it and its successors, lat rents, tenements, goods, chattels.and effect whatkindor quality soever,.and tba sam? sell, alien or dispose ol; to sae and be sn . plead and be impleaded, answer and be, ana ? ed, defend and be defended, ju courts of cord, or any other place whatsoever ; and s to make, hare and ase a common seal, and. same to alter, and renew at their pleasure; i also to ordain .and put in, execution such la wa and regula tiona as may seem neceas and convenient for tbe government of tho B corporation, not being contrary to the la wt the Stale or the oona ti ration thereof. Ssa. % The oapitalstock of said corpora ii shall not ba less than ten tboasaod dolla which may ba inoreased, from timo to time, a sam not exceeding two hundred thousa dollars, and shall be paid in and accumul?t as hereinafter provided. Ssa 3. ?That the said corporation sball ba power and authority to invest its oapital sto or .other fonds in bank or other s tocks, in t purchase of bonds of the United States, bon issued by this or any other State of the Untt States, and m bonds of any corporate com pan to lend money upon personal and real eecurit to discount bonds, notes and billa of exchang and to guarantee the payment of notes, bond bills of exchange, or other evidences of debt, Ssa. i. That said corporation shill recoil deposits from any person or persons, and ( such deposits shall be invested aa the' boai of directors may deem most advantageous, ai m accordance with Section 3, and in tera cha ll be allowed to the depositors thereof i may be directs i or provided for by the by-laws the institution. Ssa 5. Each subscriber to stock in tb bank shall, on or before the fifth day of eac mon tn, pay, at the office of the bank, one dc lax per share of his or her subscription, an any subscriber failing to do so sball be fine five cents per share tor such delinquency, an for each succeeding ten days of such de Uti qa en cy, ten ce uta per share additional; and it at the expiration of two mouths, suoh debt queney shill still oust, the stock shall be sol at public auction, the proceeds of which sha be paid to Boob delinquent stockholder, afU deducting all fices that may be charged agaiui bim, or his proportion of all losses sustainer and expenses incurred by tho Institution, i the course of its business. SEO. G. AS soon as the ?tock becomes of th value of one hundred dollars per share, sari shall be issued to each stockholder for th number or shares standing in his or her nam ou tho books of the institution, signed by th president and cashier, with tbe corporate sea of the bank affixed, from which time the paj meat of monthly instalments shall ocase. . Ssa 7. Any stockholder, st any time prior t the stock becoming of the value of one hundred dollars per share, may withdraw from tht in atitution, upon written notice being given a any regular meeting of th" board of directors sod, at tba. expiration of ninety days, thain atitution shall pay to said stockholder th? aotual value of.bia orber stock at the date o notice of withdrawal, the monthly instalment of auch stockbolder C3asing from date of sale notice, or said stockholder may sell or trans tor-, bis or her interest to any other person, thi parchas jr being placed on an equality with th? other stockholders. - . SEO. 8. By actual value of the stock is mean the amount paid in by each stockholder, to g ether with his ar bar proportion ot any losses that may have occurred, and withholding bit or ber proportion of any. investments alton) whioh tbe board of .directors may be doubt fal, until they are satisfied.. Ssa 9. As Boon as tba stock becomes of tbe value of one hundred dollars per share, and scrip ls" issued therefor, the directors may . make dividends, at such times and of so mach of the profits of the bank? as shall appear to them advisable. . Baa. 10. There shall be elected, as soon after the ratification of this act as the corporators and subscribers may deem advisable, and an? nually (hereafter, seven 'directors from their number, who sball appoint one of their norn* % bar president, and may fill any vacancy oc? curring in tba board, unless it be by removal, in which case the members shall fill the same in general meeting. Tba board shall appoint (to hold at its pleasure) the subordinate offi ? eera and agents, prescribo their duties and compensations, and take from them such bonds, with security, as it may deem advisa? ble, ..' Bao. ll. It shall be oompetent, at any gen? eral meeting of stockholders, to change tho time of holding the annual meetings; and ex? tra meetings may be called at any time upon a written application to the board of directors, signed by stockholders representing not less than one-half of the capital stock; and stall meetings of stockholders each share ebal! en? title ita holders to one vote, and a representa? tion of a majority ot the entire stock, by the I holders ia person, or by their proxies, shall be Jj requisita to constitute a quorum. # Ssa 13. The said company is hereby declared \ capable in law ot holding and exercising the offioe of executor,by appointment of any teeta ^ tor; the office of administrator of the testator or sj intestate, by appointment of tho court of k probate; the office of guardian, or other ' trustee of any estate whioh may be held hi trust by appointment of any person or court of competent authority to make Snob appointments, and the -office of Of trustee under any mortgage; and, in any 'such case, the said company, or executor, ad? ministrator or trustee shall be subject to the same meas ure of accountability and to the same rules, and regulations of law which pertain to snob traste when held and exercised by natural persons, except that, in lieu of any bond to be j required of said company for the administra? tion of any trust, the capital stock and other assets of the oompany s hall be pledged for the fai tb fol discharge of any trust. Bio. 13. That the stockholders of said cor? poration shall be liable, to tba amount of their respective share or shares of stock in said cor? poration, for all its debts and liabilities npon note, bill or otherwise; and further, no director or other officer of said corporation shall bor? row any money from said corporation; and if any direetor or other ofBocr shall be con vic ted, upon indictmentvof directly dr indirectly vio? lating this section, be shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, at the discretion of the coart. The books and accounts of said corporation shall be opened to inspection, under such reg .nations as may ba prescribed by law. Ssa 14. This sot shall be 'deemed a p act, _a,pd shall be judidally Jaken notice of outspee??j p?eadinp; and ihe Q nari er b prrantcd shall be* in force from its passage ,coijt^ae,?? force forja ipertod of^hirty ye? I A^ore^Marbbi?iffr^ AN ACT to Renew and Amend the Chartert Town, of WiUiamston. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate Honso of Representatives of the State of 6 Carolina, now met and sitting in Genera sembly, and by the authority of the same That from and immediately after the pai of thia act, all and every person or pet who may have rosided within tho. corp* limits of the Town of Wilhams ton for year, dr who may own a freehoid therein, their successors, are hereby declared t members of the corporation hereby intend be created. SEO. i. That the said persons, and their cessors, shall, (rom aud after the passas this act, become a body politic and corpoi and shall be known and called by the nam the Town of Willi ams toa, and its corpc limits shall extend one mile in the directio the cardinal points from the present brick ! as a centre, and (otm & circle. SEO. 3. That the said town shall be covei by ah intendant and four wardens, who t be pcraoDa that actually reside within the its of the corporation, and have so reside least twelve , months immediately prece< their election. The said intendant and \ dens shall be elected on the second Monda September, in each year, ten days' notice i ing been previously given; and shall continu office one year, and until the election and qo ?cation of their BU cc sss ors. And all male int it ants of the said town, who shall ba vo at tai the age of twenty-one years, and resided thi in sixty days immediately preceding thee tion, shall be entitled to vote for said intend and .wardens: Provided, That no person al be allowed'to vote at any such election \ shall not have registered bis name as a vt with the clerk of the council, ia a book or bo to be kept by him for that purpose, by o'clock A. M., on the day preceding every si election. SEO. i. That said election shall be held some convenient public place in said toi from nine o'clock in the morning until 1 o'clock in the evening; and w hen tho polls al be closed, the managers shall forthwith p ceed to count the votes, under oath, public statiner the whole number of votes cast for et candidate or person voted for, and shall tia mit their report ot the same, in a sealed en lope, to the intendant of the town; and there be no snch intendant, the same shall transmitted to the clerk of the court of And son County. The said intendant or clerk the court shall opeo the report of the st mana gora, and shall announce and publish t whole number of the votes cast, and the wh< number cast for each candidate, when the sei ral candidates receiving the highest number legal votes tor the offices for which they we roted for shall be declared duly elected. T intendant and wardens for the time bei shall always appoint three managers to oe duct the election, who, before'they open t polls for said election, shall take the oal fairly and hu par li ally to conduct tho ?same; a tbe intendant and wardens, before enteri: upon the duties of their office, shall, resp? tively, take the oath prescribed by the Ca a ti i u tion of this State, and -o the folio ing oath, to wit : " As intendant t warden) of the Town of W il hams ton I n faithfully and impartially, to the best of r, ability, exercise the trust reposed in me, ai will nee my best endeavors to preserve tl peace and carry, into effect, according to la tho purposes for which I have been elected: I help me God." SEO. 6. In case a vacanoy should occur in tl office of intendant or any of the wardens, 1 death, resignation or othoi wiso,an election to? such vacancy shall be held by the appoint mei of the intendant and wardens; and, in cai there be none, then by the appointment of lt olerk of the court of Anderson County. Sf?. 6. That the intendant and warden duly elected and qualified, shall be, durii their term of office, vested with all the po we and authority with which trial justices are i present vested by law, except the trial ot eil cases, and except aa it may be other wise pri Tided in tbis act. And the intendant sba and may, as often as may be necessary, sun moo the wardens to meet in council, at two of whom, with the intendant, or any tbrc wardens, may constitute a quorum to tram act business; and they shall be known hy tb name of the ".Iowa Council of Williamston and they, and their successors hereafter t be elected, may have a common seal, wh'o shall be affixed to all their ordinances; ma sne and bs sued, plead and be i m pleaded, i any court of Jaw or equity in this State, an purchase, hold, posses and enjoy, to them an their successors, in pt rpetulty, or for any ten of years, any estate, real, personal, or mixed and sell, alien and convey the same: Provided Tt?e same shall not exceed, at anyone time the sum of ten thousand d ol hrs. And the sai intendant and wardens shall have fall po we to make and establish all such rules, by-law and ordinances respecting the roads, street* markets and police of said town, as shall ap pear to them n eoe saar y and requisite for tb security, welfare and 'convenience of the sai< to wo, or for preserving/},the health, peace order and good government within the same And the said council may fix and impose fine and penalties for the?violation thereof, and ap propria te the same to the public use of tb said corporation: Prov ?dad, That in all case of trials to be had before the said town council as hereinbefore provided, the party charg?e shall be cited to trial by service upon him of ! summons, under the band of tbe intendant any one of th ej wardens, or the clerk of thi court, wherein shall be expressed, with certain ty, the offence charged, and the time and plac? of trial, which service shall be made at leas five days before tbe day of trial. SEO. 7. That the intendant and wardens o j the *.said town shall havo tull and only powei ! to grant or refuse license to retail spirituous I liquors within the said limits, which. license j shall be gran ted in the same manner, and upor j the same conditions, aa they now are, or here I alter may be, under the laws of this State, except that the town council shall have thc \ power to regulate the price of license to keer taverna and to retail spirituous liquors: Pro vided, That in no instance the price of license I so to keep taverns or retail spirituous liquors shall bo fixed at a less sum than is established by the laws of this State; and all the powere vested formerly in the commissioners of roach are hereby granted to tbe said intendant and wardens within the said limits; and all money? paid for licenses, and for fines and forfeitures, or retailing spirituous liquors, keeping laverna, billard tables, within the said limits, without license, shall be appropriated to the uses of said corporation: Provided, lhat tbe intendant and wardens, daly elected and quali? fied, shall not have power to grant any licensee to keep tavern or retail spirituous liquors tc extend beyond the time for which they shall have been elected. Ssa 8. That it shall be the duty of tho said intendant and wardens to keep all streets, roads and ways, within their corporate limits, open and in good repair; and for that purpose they are invested with all the powers granted formerly to commissioners of roads. And thej shall have power to compound with all person; liable to work the streets, wayB and rc 6aidJowQ, Jipon such letitia as ttfey si i ^oroTnaBcer^Hb^n tho-mq?'eys" so r< toffee applied to the public ose'. J?f 8?. 9. ^Ijat^flie \ said^town i 1 :?all bjbt?pcr?gir to imjpifl^^nHnnu npT aie keepers of all billiard tables ai pto alleys, or other pin alleys, within tl ere tion of said council; and to grant or licenses for the same, upon snob -terni conditions, and subject to snob regulati the; may by ordinmoa establish. They also have power to impose a tax, within discretion,.on all sales made by ilii traders and auctioneers, on all pnblio wagons, carriages, omnibuses and olh h i ole s kept f jr-hire, and on the owner? c pr i ot ora of all digs, hogs, sheep, goat cattle kept within tho corporate limits o town. The said town council shall bave lo impose an annual tax ou the amount sales of goods, ware? and merchandise also upon tbe amount of income arising all factorage and merchandise, employe f lenities and professions, including the fession of dentistry; also upon the arnon income from ali moneys loaned at interest from dividends, received from banks at other stocks: Provided, That no tax sb: imposed, in any ono case, to exceed the of thirty cents on each hundred dollars o value of such soles and income. And thc town council shall have power to i in po . annual tax on all carriages and wagoni whatever kind, kept for private use; o; gold, silver aad other watches kept for pr use within tbe limits of the said town, the said town conncil shall have power to poso an annual tax, not exceeding thirty c on every hundred dollars of the value c real estate lying in the corporate limits of town, the real estate of churches and st associations excepted; and for that pur they shall appoint three freeholders resi therein to assess the value of said real es upon oath, and return the assessment wi one month to said council for taxation; ai fill any vacancy occasioned by the death, signation, refusal to serve or removal I office of tbe said assessor. And the town council sball have power to regulate price of boepses upon all public shows and bibi tion s in said town; to erect a powder m zine, and to compel any poison holdings n than twenty-five pounds of powder to store same therein, and to make regulation for r of storage thereof, and for keeping and s ing the same. And the said town counoil s have power lo enforce the payment of all ta and assessments,, levied under tbe antborit this act, against the property and person? defaulters, to tbe same extout'and in tbe si manner as is provided by law for the coiled of the general Stale tax, except tbat exe cul i to enforce the payment of town taxes shall issued under the seal of the corporation, i directed to the town marshal or other per especially appointed by the said town oom to collect the same, and all properly u] which? tax sball bo levied and assessed hereby declared and mode liable for the p ment thereof in preference to other debts < by the person owning such property at time of tbe assessment, except debts duo : State, which shall be met paid. The s moneys, together with all other moneys c looted by authority of the provisions of t act, and the ordinances passod io conform thereto, from whatever source said mom may arise, to bo paid into the treasary of s town for tbe use of the corporation. bsa 10. That returoB shall bs made, oath, to tbe clerk of the town conncil, duri the month of January in each year, of t amount or all sales of merchandise, professii al, mechanical or other incomes, and of < quantity and Und of all other property tb rial estate subject to taxation undor the pi visions of this act, by persons who may liable to pay the taxes on the same; and t said taxos shall be paid on or before the flt day of March then next ensuing. Uoon failt thereof, any porty in default shall, be sn bj? to tho penalties now provided, by law for failu to pay the general Stato tax. SEO. ll. That the said town council sh have authority to require all pcraotiB owning lot or lots in said town to make and keep coed repair sidewalks in front of said lot lots, whenever rbey shall front on or adjo any pnblio street of said town, if, in tbe jnd meet of the council, such sidewalks shall 1 necessary, the width thereof and the manner their construction to be designated and reg lated by tbe said counoil; and for default or r fuss! to make and keep in iepair sci sidewalks, the town council may cause tl same to be made and put in repair, and r quire the owner to pay tho price of making i repairing; and the said town counoil are her by "empowered to sue for '.od recover the ROD action of debt in any court of competent j uri diction in Anderson County: Provided, Tbi euch contract for making or repairing be let I the lowest bidder. SEO. 12. That the said town council sha have power, with the consent of tho adj J cet land-owners, to close all such roads,at reel s an ways within tho said town as they may dcei necessary, by sale of the freobold thereii either at private or pnblio sale, as tbey ma adjudge best for the interest of said town; an they shall also have power to lay out, adopi open and keep iu repair all such new street! roads and ways as they may, from time t time, deem imper taut or necessary for the in: provement and convenience of said towt Provided, That no new street, road or wa shall be opened without first ha vin g ob taine tho consent of thc land-ovner through wbos premises any snob new street, road or wa; may pass. SEO. 13. Thal the said town council ebal have power, and. are hereby authorized, ti elect one or more marshals, to affix their Bala r?es and present) i their duties, who shall bi duly sworn in, and invested with all the pow er aod subject to all the duties nod liabilitiei that constables now have or aro subjected, h law, in addition to the duties and liabilitiei specially conferred and imposed on them ty the town counoil: Provided, That their juris diction shall be confined to the corporate limits of saidtown. SEC. 14. That the said town ouncil shal have power to establish a guardhouse, and tc prescribe, by ordinances, suitable rules and regulations for keeping and governing thc same, and for the confinement of all persone who may be subject to be committed for tbe violation of any ordinance of the town, passed in conformity with tbe provisions of this act; and tbe said town council may, by ordinance, or the said intendant and wardens, in person, anyone or more ot them, authorize and re? quire the marshal of the town, or any con? stable specially appointed for that purpose, lo arrest and commit to tbe said guardhouse, for a term not exceeding tweuty-fourbours.any per? son or persons who, within the corporate limits of said town, may bc engaged in a broach of the peace, any riotous or disorderly conduct, opon obscenity, public drunkenness, or in any conduct grossly indecent or dangerous to the citizens of eaid town, or any of them; and it shall he the duty of tbe town marshals to ar? rest and commit all such offenders, when re. quired to do so, and who shall have power to call to Ibeir assistance the posse comitatus, if need be, to aid ia making such arresta; and upon the failure of such marchais to perform 1 euch duty as required, they shall, severally, be ' subject to such fines and penalties as tbe i town council may establish, and all poreons so imprisoned shall pay tho costs and expenses inciden', to their imprisonment: Provided, That Bubb imprisonment ahall not' exempt the party from payment of any fine the connell may impose for the offence for which he may have been committed. SEO. 15. That the said town council shall have power-to collect the taxes from all per? sons representing publicly, within the corpo? rate limits, for gain or reward, any plays or shows, of'what batnro or kmd'soevor, to be nsed for the pur poses of said corporation. .. . SEO. 16. That ail fines/ whioh shaU.hereafter be collected by conviction in tho Courts of Ses? sions, for retailing without license within (his corporate limita of said town, shall bo paid one half to tbe informer, and the other half to said town council, for the uses of "the corpora^ , tion. j SEC. 17. The eaid town conncil shall have power and authority to ?bate all nuisances within the corporate limits, and also to ap? point a board of health for said town, and ii pass all snch ordinances as may be necessary! to define the pokers and duties of said board. SEO. 18. That' the intendant and' wardens shall, daring'their term pf office, bo exempt from street duty; and each town council shall] within one month after the expiration of their term of office, mike out and return to their successors a full account of their receipts and expenditures daring their term, and shall pay! over all moneys in their hands belonging to tbe corporation, and deliver np ali property, books, records and other papers incident to their office, to their successors; and, on failure' so to do, they shall be liable to the punish-j mont prescribed in tbe twentieth section of this act. .Vj SEO. 19. That all ordinances heretofore piss ed by tho town council of WiUiamston, in con? formity with the authority granted by the ex? ist ing Laws shalt be, and they are hereby, de? clared legal and valid. SEO. 20. That tor any wilful violation of duty, malpractice, abuse or oppression, tbe1 said intendant aud wardens, jointly and aove rally, shall be liable to indictment lu the Court1 of Sessions, and, upon conviction, to punish? ment by fino not exceeding one hundred dol? lars, besides being liablo for damages to any; person injured. ' SEO. 21. That all aots, and parts of acts, here-; tofore passed in telation to the incorporation! of the Town o f Williams ton, bo, and the same! aro hereby, repealed. And this act shall bo deemed and taken to be a publio act, and con-i liuuo in torco for tho term of twenty years, and! until the end of the session of the Legislature; then next ensuing. Approved March 9,1872. AR ACT to Incorporate the South Carolina Real Estate Plauting and Mining Company. 'J SECTION 1. Be il enacted by the Senate and Houso of Representativos of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gene? ral Apsombly, and by the authority of the j same: That B.F.Graham, Edward Bold, George Kline, fi. E. Hay ne, B. F. Briggs, S. A. Swails. W. A. Grant, W. B. Nash, Edward Mickey, 0,| B. Levy, William Elliott, J. A. Bowley, Barney Humphreys, Jordan Lang, C. C. Bowen, Timothy Hurley, T. A. Davis, N. B. Myers, J. B. BaBcomb, S. Greeno, J. S. tfobley, and their associates, successors and assigns, are hereby created a body politic and corporate, nader the name and style of tho "South Carolina Bea'. Eatato, Planting and Mining Company," for the purpose of securing foreign and domestic capital in the purchase and improvement of lands and other property, and for tho working of the samo, and for selling and settling the same: Provided, however, That tbe said cor? poration shall be organized and go into oper? ation within two years from the passage of this act. SEC. 2. And bo it further provided, That the capital stock of said corporation shall be one million of dollars ($1,000,000,; in abaros of one hundred dollars ($100) each, with the privilege ot increasing the same, from time to time, to tho extent necessary for which said company is formed, said increase not to exceed the sam of five million dollars ($5,000,000,) and said in? crease to be mode only at a regular meeting ot the said company, upon a vote of two-thirds in amouut of tba stock for tho time being in favor of such increase. Sic 3. That the said shares shall be deemed personal property, and shall be transferable only on the books of the company. SEO. 4. That the said corporation shall have power to purchase, acquire, hold, use, work and dispose of real estate in any of the coun? ties of this State, to work and oporato mines, to work and oporato farms and plantations within tho State, and to dispose, generally, of tbe products of the same. SEO. 5. That theuiid corporation shall also have,power to make all by-laws necessary for tho disposition of its property, and for the management of its afftirs, for tho regulation of the term of office of its officers, and pre I scribing their duties, and to carry out the general objects of tho corporation, and tho same at pleasure to annul and repeal: Pro? vided, That snch by-laws, rules and regula? tions shall not oonflict with any laws or the United States or the State of South Carolina. SEO. 6. That said corporation shall havo power to barrow money )>y issuing interest bearing bonds, secured by mortgage of its property and franchises, or of any portion of the same; and, for this purpose, may issue bonds for sterling, gold coin or curronoy, payablo in London, New York or Charleston, secured py mortgage to trustees for the payment of the said bonds; and, also, may purchase land, for cash or for bond, se rared by mortgage, or partly for cash and partly for bonds and mortgages: Provided, That tho stockholders of said corporation shall be liable to the amount of their respective share or shares of stock io said corporation for all its . debts and liabilities upon note, bill or other? wise. The books and accounts of said corpo? ration shall be open to inspection, under such regulations aa may be prescribed by law. SEC. 7. That said corporation shall have the power to establish! agencie s at such place in Europe and America as it may deem desirable for the carrying out of its objects; and may, also, bold and purchase the stocks or bonds of any joint stock or incorporated companies, and the bonds of private individuals. SEO. 8. That, within the time prescribed for going into operation of this act, a meeting, of said company shall be held, at which meeting fifteen directors shall be elected by the said corporation, which said directors shall elect from thoir own number a president and treas? urer; and they shall also elect such other offi? cers and agents as they may deem necessary for effecting the object of the said corporation; and, annually after the said meeting, the said stockholders shall elect twelve directois. SEC. 9. The said corporation shall have suc? cession of officers, power to adopt and use a corporate soal, to BUB and bo snod, to plead and bo i m plea ded, (?o defend and be defended, m any court of law or of equity. SEO. 10. This corporation shall have the right to establish wagon roads to and upon its properly, with the privilege of connecting the same with any roads in the State, and shall enjoy all the privileges that aro awarded, un? der the general laws of tbe Stale, to any corpo? ration, together with tbe special privileges awarded by this charter. Approved March 18,1872. 0f Aar to Incorporate the Village ( . .' Bock, in the Conoby ot Marion, and f Purposes therein mentioned. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by tbe Sen Honse of Represen ta ti vcs of the Btate 0 Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen semblyy'and by the authority of the sar Tir?t from and after the passage of t all citizens, of this State, having resided -mouths wi&ia thu* Stoic, and sixty day Town of Little Rock, shall be deemed, hereby declared to be, a body, politic ai pora-te, and tbe said town shall bo ca the came of Little Bock, and its cb .limits , sball extend three-fourths of a each direction from the Methodist chi said town: Provided, That the corporal its of said town shall not extend bey 01 Little Pee Dee river. SEC. 2. That the said town shall b eraed by an intendant and fonr wa who shall be citizens of tbe United Stab who shall have resided m this State months, and shall have boen residents said town sixty days immediately pr? their election. Tbe said intendant am dens shall be elected on the second Sa in April, in every year, rise days' notice previously giveo, and .shall continue in for one year, and until tbe election and c cation of their successors; and all male i tauts of said town, who shall have, attain age. of twenty-one years, paupers and p< u oder disabilities for infamous crimes e i ed, and sball baye resided therein sixty immediately preceding the election, Bb entitled to vote for said intendant and wai SEO. S. Tbe said election shall be h some convenient public place in said, from six o'clock in tho-morning until o'clock in tbe evening, and when tbe shall be closed, tba managers shah fort count the votes and declare tho electiot give notice thereof in writing to the. pe elected. The intendant and wardens, I entering upon tho duties of their offices, each take the oath! prescribed by the Con : tion of thia State, and also the following to wit: "As intendant (or warden, aa thc may ba) of the Town of Little Bock, ] equally and impartially, to the best < abihty.exercise the trust reposed in me, am use my beat endeavors to preserve the i and carry into effect, according to law purposes for whioh I bave been elected help' me Cod." And if any person, upoi ing elected intendant or warden, shall r to aol as such, he sball forfeit and pay t town council t be sum of ten dollars, foi use of said town: Provided, That no p< who has attained the aga of sixty years be compelled to soi ve in either of > said of nor shall any other parson be compel?* serve more than one year in any term of! years. The intendant and wardens, foi time being shall always appoint a boa three managers to conduct the election, before they open the polls, sball take an fairly and impartially to conduct the s rhat James Stackbouse, Benjamin Mace. R. P. Earner are hereby appointed mona to hold the election on tho second 8a turd a March, one thousand eight hundred and enty-two. I SEO. 4. That in case a vacancy shall o in the offloe ot intendant, or any of tba dens, by death, resignation, removal or ot wise, au election to fill such vacancy sha! held by order of the intendant and warden a majority of the same, five days public na being previously given; and in eas: sickness or temporary absence of ?be inti ant, the wardens, forming the counoil sbal empowered to elect one of their number to aa intendant for the lime being. SEC. 5. That the intendant and wardi duly elected and qualified, shall, daring tl term of a ir nco, severally and respect ly, bi vested with all the powers hi toforo granted to magistritos, trial jost: or justices of the peace, as the c may be, in this State, within tbe limits of said to vu, except for the trial"of causee si and mean. And the intendant shall and nc as often asmay be necessary, summon the v dens to meet in council, any two bf whom, v the intendant or any three wardens, may c siitute a quorum to transact business; and tl shall be known ss-tho town council of Li Book; and they and their successors, hereal to be elected, may have a common seal, wh shall be affixed to all the ordinances; may i and be eued; plead and be impleaded in i court of law or equity in thin State; and u parchase, hold, possess and enjoy, to th and their successors, in perpetuity, or fori term of years, any estate, real, personal mixed, and Bell, alien or convey the same: P vided the same shall not exceed, at any c time, tbe sum of ten thousand dollars. A the intendant and wardens sball have fall pov to make and establish all such rules, and 1 lawa and ordinances, respecting tho Mai streets, market and police of said town as Bb appear to them necessary and requisite for t security, welfare and convenience of the BI town, or for preserving health, peace, ord and good government within the same. And t said town council may fix and impose fines a: penalties for the violation thereof, and appi priate the same to the public uses of the sa corporation. Provided, That no fina shall e ceed fifty dollars for any one offence; and, ab that nothing herein contained shall anthon the said council to make any by-laws ince sistent with, or repugnant to, the constitute and laws of this State; and all by-laws and ort nances the council may make sball, at all time be subject to revision or repeal by tbe Legit I tore of this State. SEO. 6. That the intsndant add wardens the said town shall have fall power to grant < refuse licenses to keep taverns or to retail sp i itnous liquors within tbe corporate limits i said town, upon such conditions, and undi snob circumstances as to them sball seem pu per and right : Provided, That in uo ins tam shall tbe price of a license to keep a tavern or 1 retail spirituous liquors, be at a less sum tba is established by tba laws of tho State; and a moneys paid for licenses, and for fines and foi feitnres for retailing spirituous liquors, keepin taverns and billiard tables within the said lin its without licenses, shall be appropriated t the pnblio uses of said town : Provided, Tha the intendant and wardens shall not bav power to grant any license to keep taverns, c to retail spirituous liquors, to extend bayon the term for which they have been elected. SEO. 7. That it shall be tbe duty of the sai intendant and wardens to keep all roads, way E bridges and streets, within the corporate limite open, and in good repair; and they may lay on new streets, close up, widen, or otherwise alta those now in use, and for that purpose, the; aro invested with all the powers and duties o county commissoners, or commissioners o roads, for and within the corporate limita o said town. They sball bave power to com pound with all persons liable to work tin streets, ways and roads of said town, upon sud terms as they shall, by ordinance, establish the moneys BO received to be applied to thi public use of said town; and all persons re fusing to labor, or failing to pay such commn tatum, shall be liable to such fine, not exceed ing twenty dollars, as the town council maj impose. ! SEO. 8. They shall have the power to irr pose an annual tax. not exceeding fifty cente on every hundred dollars of the value of all real and personal property, lying within the corporate limits of said town, the real and personal property of churches and school aseo dations excepted. The said t o wn connell shall hare power to regulate the pnce of licenses npon all public shows and exhibitions in said town, to erect a powder magazine, and to com? pel soy person holding more than twenty-fire pounds of powder to st?re the same therein, and to make regulations for rates of storage thereof, and for keeping and delivering the > same. The said, town connell snail nave power to enforce the payment of all taxes Wd assess? ments levied nnder the authority of this act,, against the property of defaulters, to the same extent, and in the same, man? ner, as is provided r by law for the collec? tion of the general State tax, except tint ex? ecutions i to. enforce the payment of the town taxes shall be issued nnder the seal of the cor? poration,'and directed to the town marshal, or other person especially appointed by tbe said town council to collect the same; and all prop? erty apon which a tax shall be levied and as? sessed is hereby declared and made liable for 'the payment thereof io preference to all other debts against the said property, except debts due this State, which shall be first paid, r Ssa 9. The said town., council shall have power and authority to require all persons owning a lot or lots in said town, to close in, and to mas? and keep in good repair sidewalks in front of said lot or lots,. whenever the same shall front or adjoin any public street of said town, if, in the judgment of th cv council, snch sidewalk shall be necessary, the width thereof, .and the manner of construction, to be desig? nated and regulated, by the said council; and for default or refusal after reasonable notice, to make and keep in good repair snch sider walk, and to close in such lot or lots, the town co une.i may caus? the same to be made, or putin repair, and require the owner to pay the price of making or repairing. And the said town conned are hereby empowered to sue for and receive the same by action ot debt in any court of competent Jurisdiction: Provided, That such contract for making and repairing be let to tbe lowest bidder. The cemeteries and graveyards aro also placed under the jurisdiction of the town council. SEO. 10. the said town council shall bav? power, wilb the consent of the adjacent land owners, to close all such roods, streets and ways, within the said town, cs they may deem necessary, by sale ol the freehold therein,; either at private or public sale, as they may ad? judge best for the interest of the said town; and' they shall bave, also, power to lay out, adopt,: widen or otherwise alter those streets now in j use, open and keep in repair all such new. streets, roads and ways, as they may, from time to time, deem necessary for the improve-: mont or convenience of said town: Provided, That no street, road or way shall be opened without first having obtained the consent of the land owner or owners through whore premises any such new street, road or way may pass. SEO. ll. The said town council shall have power, and are hereby authorized, to elect one or more marshals; to fix their salaries and pre? scribe their duties, who shall be sworn in, and invested with all the powers and subjected to all the duties and liabilities that constables now have, or are subject to, by law, in addi? tion to the duties and liabilities specially con? ferred and empowered on them by the town council : Provided, Tbat .their j misdid ion shall be confined within the limits of the said town. SEC. 12. That the said town council shall have power to establish a guardhouse, and to prescribe, by ordinance, suitable rules and regulations for keeping and governing the samo; and the said town council may, by ordi? nance, or the said intendant or wardens in per? son, any one or moro of them, authorize and require any marshal o f the town, or any Con? stable, specially appointed for tbat purpose, to arrest and commit to the said guardhouse, for a term not exceeding twenty-four hours, any person or persona who, within the corporate limits of said town, may be engaged in any breich of the peace, any riotous or disorderly conduct, open obscenity, public drunkenness, or in any conduct grossly indecent or danger? ous to the citizens of said town, or any of them; and it shall be the duty ot the town marshal to arrest and commit all such offend? ers, when required so to do, who shah have ?uwer to cali to their assistance the posse oomitatus, if need be, to aid in making such arrests; and upon failure of said marshal to perform snob duty, as requited, they shall severally be subject lo such flues and penal? ties aa the town council may establish. And < .11 persons so imprisoned shall pay the costs and expenses incident to their imprisonment, which said costs and expenses shall be col? lected in tbe same manner as is provided by this act for the collection of fines imposed for the violation of ordinances: Provided, That such imprisonment shall not exempt the party from tbe payment ol any flue the council may impose for the offence for which he may have been committed. SEO. 13. The Baid town council shall bave power to impose and collect taxes from all persons representing publicly within their corporate limits, for gain ur reward, any plays or shows, of what nature or kind whatsoever, to be appropriated to the publio uses of said town. SEO. ll. The said town council shall haas full power and authority to abate all nuisances within the corporate limits of said town. SEC. 15. The intendant and wardens elect shall, daring their term of office, be exempt from street duty. Each town conncil shall, within one month after the expiration of their term of office, make ont and rotura to their successors a full account of their receipts and expenditures during their term, which account shall be published in ono or more papers m the county, and shall bay over all moneys in their possession belonging to the corporation, and shall deliver up all books, records and other papers inoident to their office, to their Buocessois; and on failure so to do, they shall be liable to be fined in a som not exceeding five hundred dollars, to be collected hy tbe town oounoil. SEO. 16. For any wiliul violation or neglect of duty, malpractice, abuse or oppression, the Baid intendant and wardens, jointly and severally, shall be liable to indictment, in the Court of Sessions, and, upon conviction, to punishment aa prescribed m tbe preceding section, besides being liable for damages to any person or persons injured. SEO. 17. This act shall bo deemed a pub? lic act, and continue in force for tbe term of fifteen years, and until th? end of the'session of the Legislature then next ensuing. Approved March 9,1872. AN ACT to Incorporate the Merchants' Build? ing, Trust and Loan Association, of Aiken, South Carolina. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by tbe Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina/ now met and sitting in General As? sembly, and by the authority 0f the same: That vV. H. Jones, H. J. Maxwell, J. A. Bow? ley, P. B, Rivers, E. P. Stoney, James Major, Josheph Quash, M. J. Hirsch, G. D. Hayne, John C. Ford, E. Ferguson, James Johnson, J. B. Baacomb, J. S, Alobley and E. M. Sumter, together with such other persons who are now or may hereafter be associated with them, be, and they aro hereby, declared a body politic and corporate, (for tbe purpose of making loans of money by certificate or otherwise, secured by mortgage on real estate and per? sonal property, of any and all description, or by conveyance of the same to their members end stockholders or otner persono,; uj name and style <jf the; "Merchants' Building, Trust and Lo3n Association, of Aiken, Boa th Carolina.?- The capital stojk ,of said associa? tion shall consist of twenty-five hundred shares, to be paid ia by successive monthly instalments-ot one dollar on each anare, so long as the corporation shall continue; and the ?aid nh arcs to he- held, tnnsfttrrod, ~aa?iffaed and pledged, and the holden (hereof tobe subject to such regnjationsj for defaults in their payments, as, may be prescribed, by th? bj-1 aw? created for the government of the cor? poration. X . Bsa. 2. That the said corporation shall have power and authority to make any such roles and by-laws for its government as are not re? pugnant to the constitution and laws of the land; and have such succession and number of members and officers as shall. bo ordained mad obosen, according to. the rules or., by-la wa made, or to be made, Dy them; shall bax?:and keep a common seal, and alter .tile, esme at will; may sue and be sped, plead ? ?nd .be im? pleaded, in any cenrt of law? equity a this State; and shall hare and enjoy every right, privilege and immunity belonging tocorporaie bodies, aa guaranteed by the laws,of the land. SEO. 8. That the said corporation ahail hare power to take, pm oh ase, lb old and enjoy real estate, and to sell and tranetfer the emme, as may be deemed proper, to. its members and others, on euch terms and. on such conditions, and subject to snob regulations as may be pre? scribed cy the roles and by-laws of said ear- ^ poration.:. . ^jSiweaa SEO. 4. That tba funds .of said corporation shall be loaned and advanced to ita members and stockholders or o tb en upon tho security of rial and peron al property, and asedia the purchase of real estate tor the benefit of ita members and stockholders, on each term*, sod on sach conditions, and subject to auch regu? lations as may, from time lo time, ?be pre? scribed by the rules and by-laws of said cor poratioa; and it-shall, be lawful tor the said corporation to bold saab lands, tesamente, hereditaments and personal property as shall be mortgaged ot. oonieyed to. .them bi. good faith, by wayof security, upon ito 'loans and advances, and may sell, alien or otherwise dis? pose of the same to its members, stockholders or others, as they, from, time to time, may deem expedient. 2 BOOB a??i ?? REO. 6. That ali the privileges, right* and immunities conferred upon any and all char? tered banking corporations in thia State be, and the same are hereby, conferred upon the association hereby?, incorporated, - and they shall be, ?nd are hereby, authorized and em? powered to adopt any and all. euch charters to facilitate them, in carrying on the business contemplated by tbe association. ? .-' ;. - ra SEC. 6. That this sot shall be deemed a pub? lic act, and continue in force for the term of fourteen years; and the same ' may be given In evidence without being specially pleaded. Approved March 13,1872. AN ACT to Incorporate the Traction Steam En? gl ne Company, of the City of Columbia. ' r SECTION 1. Bait enacteu by the. Senate and House of Kepre senta ti vea of the State of South Carolina, now mat and sitting in General Aa sembly, and by the authority of tba same: ' ' That Rich ard Tozer, John Bretton, Ed war d Hope, George 8yrumers, T. W.' Woodward, George Dial, J. McKenzie, S. H. t? pincer, Wm. Simons, A. Goodson, W. B. Nash, F. J. Moses, Jr., Jas. Davis, S.B. Thompson,and E. Tar!ton, together with such other persona who now are, or hereafter may be, associated with them, be, and are hereby, incorporated and declared a body politic and corporate, nnder the name and style of tbe Traction Steam Engine Com? pany, of the City of Colombia, for the purpose . of'manufacturing, selling and using the same, and also for the transaction of all euch bus? iness as may be connected with the sams. Tho capital stock sball consist of twenty thou? sand (20,000) dollars, in shares of. fifty (50 ) dollars each, with the privilege to increase it to any extent not exceeding fifty thousand (60,000) dollars, with the consent of a majority of the stockholders being first had and ob? tained. , -, SEO. 2. That tbe said corporal ion shaU haye sach number and succession, of officers and members as shall be ordained and chosen ac? cording to theconstitution, roles and. by-laws made, or to be made, by the said corporation for its government, and shall have power and] authority to make any such constitution, rules or by-laws as are not repugnant to the constitution and laws of the land, shall ha ve? an d keep a common seal, and altar the same at will; shall sue and be sued, plead and be im? pleaded iu any court of law in this State, and shall have and enjoy all and every right and privilege incident and belonging to corporate bodies. ' SEO. 3, Shat the said company shall be em? powered to purchase, retain ani enjoy all sach property, real and personal, as it may possess, be entitled to, or which shall hereafter be given, bequeathed to, or in any manner be acquired by it, and to sell, alienor transfer the same. SEO. 1. That the Bani oompany shall have the power to erect machine shops and other band? ings necessary to carry on the said business. Tnat they sball have the power to use such engines in any part of the State of South Car? olina, for the purpose of drayage, carrying passengers or cultivating land, and mayase the same in any corporated city: Provided, Nd danger to life or property ensues: Provided, That said company shall be liable for the pay? ment of any and all damages done to fifa and property. SEO. 5. That said oompany may open books for Bubscriptions to the capital stock in the City or Colombia, or elsewhere, at their dis*' bretton. . . SEO. 6. That the private as well as the cor? porate property.of the corporators shall be liable for all debts contracted for the corpora- ? tion by its au thorned agents. SEO. 7. That the said corporation shall bave a legal existence from the time of the passager of this act, and-this act sball con tonne In force until repealed. Approved March 12,1872. AN ACT to Incorporate tho Elvers Guards, of Hamburg, South Carolina. . SECTION l. Be it enacted by tba Senate and House of Repr?sentatives of the State of South Carolina now met and sitting in General As? sembly, and by tbe authority of the same: Tbat John Williams, Lewis Cartledge, Cato McGraw, James Coleman, aud their successors and associates, are hereby incorporated and made and declared a body politic and corpOr rate, in deed and in law, by the name and style of the '-Rivers Guards," of Hamborg, South Carolina, and, as such body politic and.corpo? rate, shall have power to make, use, haye and keep a common seal, and. tbe same at will to alter; to make all necessary by-laws, not repug? na ut to tbe constitution and b wa of this State, and to nave succession of officers and mem? bers, conformable to such by-laws, to sae and be sued, plead and he impleaded, bi any court of competent jurisdiction; and to have, use and enjoy all other rights, sod be subject to all other habilites, incident to bodies corporate. SEC. 2. This act shall be deemed .and taken v to be a public act, and shall continue in force, from and after its passage, for the space of ninety-nine years. . ?