Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1863-03-06
EScheator-F A Conner.

EScheator-F A Conner.
$AN ACT TO PROVIDE AGAINST DEAnrus
OF SALT.
lie II cnucted, by the Senate aud House
! OF Representatives, now met and sitting in
ieneral Assembly and by the authority OF
the same, empowered TO contract in hchalr
pt the State, for the purchase OF silt, where
OF not more than twenty thousand bushels
Shall DC deliverable in each and every year
Tor the term Of twenty years from and after
the passing Of this Act, at any price, no,
exceeding fifty cents per bushel: Provided
that the salt SO to be purchased shaI! Je
made with" the State 10y solar evapora-
t'on) ant provided, also, that no such
contract shall he made for tie purchase
OF more than five thousand bushels of salt
annually from one and the same person
partnership or corporation or OF NOR. than
live thousand bushels annually of the nr,
duce Of any one establishment for the ma
king salt: and 1roriled .turther, that
the said salt shall be delivered in Charles.
ton or Columbia, at the option Of the sci
Ter.
H. I, sla!! to lawful iSr tic E,vcrnor
TO dispense with the deli serv Of salt under
any snch contract rs a.o,c aid, whenever
and SO long as tho cnrre't price of snl, in
Charleston sha'i he above fifty cents pc,
hnshel; and a stipulation to that ctf., I,
may be inser:c'! in the contract.
III There SHALL be CONSTRUCTED or other.
wis1procnrel for the use of The State tv o
p3d'c magazines, or s,orrhouses, for the
Fstorin" a':d safe keeping Of salt, each ca "a,
bic OF containing at leas: one hundred
thousand bushels, one of which shall b.
located i'll or near the city o. Chare,to ton.
and the other in or near the city of Column
1'a' aud for tn" purpose Of purcla ing such
magazines or storehouses, or Of purchasing
proper sites anl erecting suitable buildings
Tor The same, the sum Of twenty thousand
dollars is hesely appropriated.
~. The Governor shall appoint three
Commissioners for Charleston and three
Commissioners for Columbia, who shall be
styled respectively commissioners of The
Charleston Salt magazine and "Commis-
sloners of the Columbia Salt Magazine"
And the said Commissioners shall hold
their Offices for the term Of four years from
The time OF Their appointment and until a
new appointment shall be made, and it shall
be the.r duty TO direct and surerinrerd the
purchase or construction Of the magazines
Tor which they are respectively appointed
and Tor that purpose they shall be author
'zed to draw the money bcreintefo,e an
Propriatcd, as the same may be from time
TO time required. 1t shall also be the ,uty
OF the saia Commissioners and their sue
cesSors to receive such salt as may be de.
'lvercd under any contract made in behalf
OF the State for the purchase Of sal: in pur
suance of the provisions of this Act, and
to cause the Same to be stored and safely
kept III the public magaziurs to be provi
ded ,heselor.. and for that purpose lhey
shall be authorized to employ proper per
SOUS under them at such reasonable com
Pensatlon as may be fixed by them, with
the appreciation Of the Governor, subject
always however to the revision AMI contro!
of the Legislature.
V. In case any salt shall be deliye, ed in
pursuance OF any such contract as aforesaid
before tie said pnblic magazines or either
OF them shall be ready to receive the same.
the said Commissioners shall be authorized
to, sell.such salt at the highest price lha,
Can be obtained therefor. and whenever
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