Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1854-01-18
EDGEFIELD, S. C.,fJANUARY 18, 1854.
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PASSED AT
TIE kAsTISESSI0N

THE LAST SESSION.
AN ACT ITO ESTABLISH CERTAIN: ROADS,
BRIDGES AND FERRIES, AND TO RENEW
CERTAIN CHAPTERS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED
Be ii enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority of
the same, That the ferry across Savannah
River, known as Kilcrease's Ferry, be-, and
the sarneis hereby, re.cbartered for the space
of fourteen years, and vested in Levi II.
his heirs and assigns, with the
same rates of toll as we're heretofore al
lowed by law .'' ,e-o 81
( That Scott's Ferry, across SavannallsRi.
sveE, be e.charteredsund vested in Mary j..
Burt, her heirs and assigns, forthe space OF,
fourteen years, with the same rates of toll
as are allowed at Kilcrease's Ferry. !5.e 5Se
That Island Ford, Ferry, across the Salhda
River, be, aud is hereby re.chartered and
vested in John w. Payne, his heirs and as.
signs, for tue space of.fourteen years, with
the same rates Of toll asswere heretofore al.
lowed by, law.
That public road Ie laid out.isrElge.
field District, from Henderson IS or John
| Dobys, on what isGaIle6t the Five Notch
Road, by 'Thos Latiaam's, JOSIAH Eauham'S
apd George Boswellsssto what is called
Moore's Road, in said district, and to the.
Martin Town Road leading to the Town of
Hamburg, aud that Thomas II. Patterson.
Thomas W. iLauham and George Boswell
be appointed Commissioners, with full power
to lay out and establish the same.
That publiczToad be laid out and es-
tablshed' in, Edge6eld District, from or near
Rocky Pond Post Office to the, Savannah
River, at or near Mrs. Williams. Landing,
and that William F. preSeotr John, F. Mid
dleton and. 4. B. Addisoi.heappointed Com:
missoners'to Jiy iy:oi's5saidTopd, with iithe
powers necessary to..lay ouF and. estai1ish
said ROAD, and tlfrt y ferry te established
across Savannah River, at the poIat- where
the said road touches Said river, to besknotsa
as Howl6 Ferry, and the same be tostedeia,
Edward Hom!e, his heirs and assisns:SfoE
the term Of fourteen years, with the same
rates of toll allowed at the nearest ferry. -
That James Jones and Joseph ]. kenne.
dy, assignces of Henry Shultz and John
McKinne, be, apd they are hereby authorized
to collect the tolls prescribed by the TWEEN
ty.6rst section of the Act to establish GER
tain roads, bridges and ferries" passed the
nineteenth day of December, in the year OF
our Lord eighteen hundred and forty-eight,
from all persons passing from either side
over the bridge across the Savannah River
at Hamburg and Augusta: Provided, how.
| r~er,-that nothing herein contained shall IN
any wise impair or prejudice any right or
property claimed by the City Council OF
Augusta in respect to the one half Of the
material structure Of the said bridge within
the territorial limits of this State.
AN ACT to amend an Act entitled "an
Act to Incorporate the IGwm Of Hamburg,
and for other. purposes" passed on the
nineteenth dag Of December, in The year
of our Lord ono thousand eight hundred
and MirtY,fre.
/. BE it enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives, now met and sitting iii
! General Assembly, and blythe authority. Of
the saiie,s That tho Town Council Of the
Town Of Hamburg be-; aud is hereby, ad'
thorized and empowered to subscribe to the
capial stock of the Savannah River Valley
Rail Road Company the sum of twenty
thousand dollars, and for the payment ofthe
same to issue bonds payable in ten and lf.
teen yeayabearingg=z interest at the rate OF
seven per Csntum per annum.
II. That for the purpose Of paying the
interest'on the said bonds the said Town
Council is hereby authorized and empower
ed to levy sufficient annual tax upon the
real and personal property situate and be.
ing within the corporate limits OF the said
town, in addition to the tax which by law it
is now authorized to levy " to dctray the ex'
penscs OF the said corporation, and to main
tain and project the same;" and the reve.
nue. to arise from the tax herein authorized
to be levied to apply to the payment OF the
interest as it annually becomes due on the
said bonds, and to no other purpose, and the
same to keep separate and apart from all
other funds in the Treasury OF the said
Town Council, and to be designated and
known as the Rail Road Tax.
AN ACT 10 exempt the Surrirors o The
South Carolina Volunteers in The Florida
War from ordinary Militia duty, and to'
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives, now met and sitting II
General Assembly, and by the authority Or
the same, That hereafter all the officers, non
commissioned officers and privates Of the
South Carolina Volunteers in the Florida
war, who were honorably discharged from
the service, be- .and they are hereby, exempt
ed from all ordinary militia duty.
AN ACT for the establishment o { a Gene
raj System of Registration Of Births
Marriages and Dcaths IN the State o
South Carolina.
|. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives, now met and sitting II
General Assembly, and by the authority o
the same, That from and after the passing
of this Act, it shall be the duty of the Tax
Collectors Of the different Districts and Par
ishes in this State, to require of the inhabi
tants of the said Districts and Parishes, a
the time of making their general tax returns
separate return, stating the number o
whites, male and female, who have bee
born, married, or who have died during tn
year in their respective households, and tn
number Of blacks who have been born, o
who have died during the same period, an
return the same 10 the Comptroller Genera
I II. That two Registrars shall be appoint