Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1858-12-29
LIST OF ACTS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE
Ratified 22d December, 1858.

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LIST OF ACTS PASSED BY THE LEGISLATURE.
Ratified 22d December, 1858.
ACTS ORIGINATING IN THE SENATE.
An act to authorize the City Council Of Guar
lesion to appoint inspectors of naval stores.
An act to provide for Commissioners OF Poor
for the District of Lancaster.
An oct to increase the compensation to owners
of slaves executed.
An act to secure to mechanics, tradeSnlen and
material-men payment for work done, aud ma
terias and supplies furnished ships owned Ill
tks State.
An act to authorize the formation of new
volunteer company of infantry, to be called the
Saluda Guards.
An act to vest the right and title of the State
in and to certain lot OF land i'll Lexington Dis
trict, in certain persons therein named.
An act to extend the charter OF tue South
Western Railroad Bank.
An act to increase the number OF ConmiS
sioners of Free Schools for st. Mathews and
Kingston Parishes, and for Barnwell District.
An act to afford further aid to the North
Eastern Railroad Company.
An act to exempt Samuel Rivers Cox, free
person of color, from capitation tax.
An act to provide for the appointment of Com
missioners of the Poor for Williamsburg Dis
trict.
An act to incorporate the Cheohee Mining
Company.
An act to secure the purity Of elections.
An act to amend the 9th section Of al act,
entitled an act for the bettor ordering and gov
erning negroes and other persons of color in
this province, passed May, l74O.
An act to incorporate the Blue Ridge Mining
Company.
An act to punish assaults committed with
concealed weapons.
Anact to authorize the North. Eastern Railroad
Company to continue the use Of the present To-
cation of their track, near the city of Charles
ton, known as the crossing Of the Meeting street
road.
An act to repeal an act, entitled an act to de-
fine the terms upon which the State viii! aid in
the construction Of turnpike roads, ratified on
tho 10th day Of December, 1888.
An act to amend an act concerning the Luna
tic Asylum, passed in the year 1880.
An act to incorporate the Carolina Steam
Packet Company.
ACTS ORIGINATING IN THE HOUSE.
An act to make appropriations for the year
commencing in October, 1853.
An act to raise supplies for the year COM
mencing in October, 1858.
An act to establish certain roads, bridges and
ferries, and to renew and amend the charters Of
others heretofore granted.
An act to regulate the mode Of election for
President and Directors of tho Bank OF the
State, and for other purposes.
An act to revive the charter Of the society
for the relief of elderly aud disabled ministers,
and of the widows and orphans of tue clergy
of the Independent or Congregational Church
of South Carolina.
An act providing for the punishment Of pri-
vily stealing from the person.
An act to increase the compensation of grand
and petit jurors.
An act to authorize the issue Of bonds for the
purpose of continuing the construction of the
State House.
An act to incorporate the Columbia and Ham
burg Railroad Company.
An act to incorporate the South Carolina
Staye and Barrel Factory.
An act to incorporate the Palmetto Fire En-
CINE Company.
An act to confne the military divisions Of
Sumter and Clarendon Districts, and the elec-
tions held therein.
An act to incorporate the Chausa Lime and
Manufacturing Company.
An act providing for code Of the Statute
Laws of South Carolina.
An act to authorize the Commissioners Of
Public Buildings in Orangeburg to sell the Jail
lot in said District.
An act to provide for q census of the free
white inhabitants Of this State.
An act to incorporate the Georgetown Rail-
road Company.
An act to raise an independent battalion of
militia in St. Helena's Parish.
An act to authorize the formation of new
volunteer company of artillery, within the limits
of the 18th Regiment of South Carolina Militia
An act to incorporate certain towns and vii
lases and to renew and amend the charters Of
Others heretofore granted.
An act to incorporate certain societies, asso-
cations and companies, and to renew and amend
the charters of others heretofore granted.
An act to incorporate certain religious socie-
ties and societies for the advancement of educa-
ton, and to renew and amend the charters of
Others heretofore granted.
An act to amend an act entitled and act for
organizing the fire guard Of Charleston.
An act to alter the law in relation to last
wills and testaments, and for purposes.
An act to alter and amend the law in relation
to the registration of births, deaths and mar
risges.
An act to authorize the South Carolina Rail-
road to retain its present bridge over Wateree