The Sumter banner. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1846-1855, 1847-02-17

fOfsexery hundred. miles; and for tho lrans-l
porta,ionsOf thasm mails, such sums as they
may agree for with the Iag gent elthe United
States. is - "a.
Is XVIII sb6n as thirty mi les of tlla
Rail 1taad hereby yauthorizptl.s be com.
.pletet, the President aud Directors shall, !,
annually or semi.annuully. declare and
make sucll3diyi,lends as they lnay deem
proper. of the melt profits arising fromilfe
resources of be said company, . iter dsduc-
ling the snece cessary current aud contingent
expenses of the said Company, and shall
divide the same among the proprietorso OF
the st',ck of sai.l com pany, in proportion io
their respective shares, So. +.
XXYllI.ts The President end Directors.
shall rendcr distinct accounts of their pro-.
ceedings md disbursements Of money, Ia
The annual me eIings Of The stoc kholders. ,sss
xxx. The President and Directors
sllall cansc 10 BIZ wrilien,. 0rs printed, Ger.
lifcates Of The shares Of the stock in The
said cnmpany, and shall deliver one such,
|cer,ificate, signed by the President ln,i,l
coun,ersigne.l by tho Treasurer 10 each
person, for tbe number Of shares sul,scrib.t
oil BY lin; whiclfccr,i6ca,es les shall brtrhti.s.
! llera3:2, subJec I, however, all pay ments
due orto bccome duo thcreon; anlHsuch
assignee. having first caused the transfer
or ASST gnmcntstoa be entered imFa book '6t'
the company, tn he kept for thar purpose,
shailsthcncelurth hecnme member 'Oi tho
company afDJesnit!, md shall be liable 10
pny all sums due or TO become .!.,e upon
the stnc X assigned him. S.i,sHEf.l q IA
V xxx. Be 1T further enacted: Tint this
Act shall he in fDice from aud after ihe ra.
titicalion thereof, anu shall be regarded us
a public Act, aud may be given Tin evidence,
as such, in all cuscs, without special plead
ing 's',.2
XXI. BE it further enacted. Thutlhis
Charter shall innowise be subjcc, 10 the
provisions Of the forty first section Of lie
Act Of the Assembly of South Carolinn,
passed on The seventeenth day Of peccm-
bcr. A. D. lone thousand eight hundred aud
fnriy-one. s
HIRRIBLE TaAaEoY,-On monday last,
about 6 . clock, r. VI. J. P. Langford re-.
siding in Rome township, in this county,
says The Bradford Pa. Argus, Of the 10TH
inst. murdered his wife by shooting her
through the body aoith pistol! Langford
had been in the habit of,hreu ,enipg TO take
tho life Of his wife, until she had become
so accustomed to il, thai she pui! lilllr al.
tenlion tn " hat he said. On Monday even.
ing nbou, dark, he told his wife that he
was going tn shoot her, and drew pistol
from his pocket aud deliberately loaded IT,
in her presence, for The purpose Of putting
his diabolical threat into execution. Afcr
having charged the weapon very heavily.
he stepped out of The house and told his
little son lad Of seven years Of age, thai
he was g"ing to kill his (the boys mother.
lie Instantly returned inln the house. nn.l'
disrryartling the entrcatcS Of his wife,
held her with ore hand. while with The 9th
cr discharged the contents nf the pisiul
through her body, the ball entering her ah-
domcn aud coming oui jusl above Tho hip.
near the back bone. She fingered in grca,
sng"ny. until Thursday nigh, 10 o'clock,
when she expired, Tie remains Of The
deccuscd were brought to this place yes
,erday, accompanied by number of The
citizens Of Rome. Three infunt children.
are left to mourn the loss Of fond aud
doating mother, and deplure the errors Of
nn unnatural father. Lnngford made no
attempt to escape, and is now in Jail awai-
ting his trial,
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B"ston Trumpet, that bills may. wi,hou,
cosl. be. enclosed in newspapers by pub
fishers to their subscribers:
Can Printers Send Bills? Some doubt
has been entertained by publishers ofncws
papers. since the late Circular Of The Posts
master General was issued. whether bills
can be lawfully sen, enclnsctl in paper
aud with no additional poslnge. We maie
application fur information al the Boston
Office, but The postmaster here was in
doubt. We then addressed letter To Tile
Department. at Washington, to Itch we
hnve received the following answer. X,
seems that publishers will continue 10 have
the privilege they have renj"yed. Of send
ing bills emveloped in papers:
App't. Office, p. 0. Department,
December 29th, 1916.
SIR. Yours Of the 2lth has been rccciy.
ed. Now rs before the passage "f The Post
Office law If lS45, publishers nf nowspa-
pcrs may ,rnnsmi, their bills fnr subscrip.
tions due, free ."G pnsIage. according To tile
provisions Of Sec. l56 Of The Posi- Office
regulations.
Respectfully yours. w. BROWN,