Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1855-01-24

Both were rather badly bruised. and The cries
of the lady raised the neighborhood. Archibald
was arres ted for making a disturbance. and
practising on The tender sensbiIilies of his wife
He was bound over to keep the peace in pen.
atty Of fifty doll RS, when he jocularly proposed
his suspended efigy as his surety-bul he found
TO his sorrow, straw bail, was not acceptable un.
der the administration of Mayor Jones.
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AN ACT
To AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED GAN ACT To AU.
THoRIzE THE FORMATION OF THE SAVANNAH
RIVER VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY" AND To
GRANT AID IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THEIR
ROAD.
Be it enacted by the Senaie and House Of Rep.
resentaLires no,o met and sitting in General as.
sembly and by the authority of The same, That
an act entitled ian act TO authorize the forna.
ton of the SaYanndh River Valley Railroad Com.
pany," passed the" sixteenth day Of December
one thousand eight hundred and ftty-two, be
and the samesis hereby amended in the follow
ing particulars, to wit:
l. That the name and style of the said COM
pany shall be changed 10 tine Savannah Valley
Railroad Company
2. That the said company shall have power
to construct Il branch of their road from any
point on the main trunk in Abbevle district 10
Abbeville Court House, and also shall have
power 10 construct branch of their road from
point on the main trunk where the branch to
Abbeville Court House commences, to some
point IN the Savannah River at or near Vienna,
and for that purpose to accept and receive stock
already subscribed or hearafier TO be subscribed,
and to be paid on such terms as have already or
may hearatler he prescribed.
8. That for the purpose of aiding in construct
ing the said Savannah Valley Railroad from
| Hamburg 10 Anderson or its terminus, and the
respective branches 10 AbbeviIle Court House,
and to or near Vienna, whenever satisfactory
proof shall be produced TO the Comptroller Cen
eral That FIVE hundred thousand dollars have
been subscribed to the capilal stock of the said
company by responsible persons or corporations,
and that the company has been duly organized,
it shall be his duty, and he is hereby authorized
and required, to subscribe on the part of the
State the sum of two hundred and fifty thou.
sand dollars in shares belonging to The State in
the Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad Com
pany and Grernvle and Columbia Railroad
Company at their par value.
4. Whenever satisfactory proof shall be pro-
duced to the Comptroller General that the sum
of one hundred thousand dollars shall have been
paid in by the stockholders and expended in
the construction Of said road, the Comptroller
General shall transfer and deliver 10 said com.
pany 80 much of the stock, Of the State in the
Grernville and Columbia Railroad Company as
shall amount, at its par value, to one hundred
thousand dollars; and when similar proof shall
be produced to the Comptroller General that
one hundred thousand dollars more shall have
been paid in and expended as aforesaid, Inc
Comptroller General shall transfer and deliver
ninety-four thousand dollars more Of said stock
to said company, and in the same manner the
remaining subscription of fifty-six thousand
dollars in the stock of The Charlotte and South
Carolina Railroad Company shall be paid to the
said "Savannah Valley Railroad Company"
when the said road shall be finished and in
operation. And the Comptroller General, on
making such transfers shall take, in the name Of
the State, certificates from the said company
for an amount of shares corresponding to the
aforesaid subscription.
5. The State shall in no way whatever be
liable for the debts and contracts Of the said
Railroad Company.
G. The State shall have the same right in the
company, and its management, as is reserved to
private stockholders; and the General Assembly
shall ut any time have right to examine into
the condition of the said company, and the COM
pany shall annually submit to the Legislature
report exhibiting its condition and prospects.
Z. In case any of the payments made by the
State shall be in advance Of the calls upon the
private stockholders, the State shall have lien
upon the whole property of the company TO
secure The same to the State.
8. An rrcvocablc condition is hereby imposed
on said company, that it shall unite it's road
with the South Carolina Railroad ut the town
of Hamburg, or elsewhere, with n track of the
saIne gaugefand on such terms as may be agreed
on by the said companies.
AN ACT
70 EXTEND THE TINE ALLOWED THE GREEN
VILE AND COLUMBIA RAILROAD COMPANY,
AND THE NEWBsRRY AND CHESTER RAILROAD
COMPANY, TO OPEN BOOKS OF SUBSCRIPTION TO
THE CAPITAL STOCK OF SAID COMPANIES.
SEC. /. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives now met and sitting in Gen.
eral Assembly and by the authority of the same,
That The time allowed 10 the Greenve and Co
lumbia Railroad Company by the act entitled
A." m act to amend the charter Of The Greenve
and Columbia Railroad Company" ratified on
the twentieth day of December, in The year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty
three, be extended so that the said company
shall be and is hereby authorized and emp"w-
cred, within two years after the ratification of
this act in such manner and form, and at such
times and places, as the direction of said cumpa-
NJ may order, to open and close books of sub.
scrplion for new stock in the capital of said
company, to be employed in the construction of
Il brunch Of their road from some point on their
main trunk west of the Saluda River to connect
with the South Carolina Railroad at or east of
Aiken.
SEC. Q. That nm act entitled an act to au-
thorze the formation of the Newberry and Ches,
ter Railroad Company, passed on the twentieth
day of December, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and ffly-three be and
the same is hereby so amended, that the time
prescribed in said act for the subscription of
eight thousand shares to the capital stock of the
Newberry and Chester Railroad Company bc
extended to two years from and after the pas
sing of this act, and to one year thereafter for
the commencement of work on said road.
DISPATCHES have been received at the Ma
Wy Department from Consul Hopkins, at Para
quay, announcing that President Lopez had
taken down the American flag, banished our
Consul, and taken possession of the property of
the American company organized for the purpose
of navigating the Paraguay river: The Pres!-
dent had even gone so far as to order all Amerl.
cans connected with the company out of the
country, forbade American vessels OF war to
enter the waters of Paraguay, and obliged the
United States Surveying expedition to suspend
further operations