Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1866-10-04

February, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty.seven :
Provided, That nothing herein contained
shall be 80 construed as to prevent the hear
ing of motions and cases at Chambers as
now provided by law.
V That nothing in this Act contained
shall prevent Judges of the Court Of Com
mon Pleas and General Sessions from hear,
ing and determining applications for the
substitution of judgments and DEGREES des-
troyed or lost during the late war, as here
tofore.
vi. That all Acts and parts of Acts of
the General Assembly of this State in con-
Aict with the provisions of this Act, be, and
the same are hereby, repealed.
In the Senate House, the twenty-frst day
of September, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
six.
AN ACT to incorporate the Planters
and Farmers Relief Association.
I. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority Of
the same, That Richard W. Gale, George
O. Robinson, Charles E. Robinson, Will
liam H. Bellamy, and their associates and
successors, be, and they are hereby, con-
stituted body corporate aud politic, under
the name and style of "The Planters and
Farmers Relief Association" for the pur-
pose of supplying the planters and farmers
of this State with provisions and pecuniary
aid
II. That the capital stock of said Asso-
citation shall consist of two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars, to be divided into
shares of FIVE hundred dollars each, with
the privilege of increasing the same to an
amount not exceeding two millions of dol
lars; but when the sum of twenty thousand
dollars shall have been subscribed and &C.
tually paid in, in the manner hereinafter
provided, the said Association may be or.
gauized aud 60 into operation
III. That for the purpose of raising the
capital stock of the said Association, books
of subscription may be opened BY or under
the direction of the said Richard W. Gale,
George O. Robinson, Charles E. Robinson
and William II. Bellamy, at such times and
in such places as they may think proper,
and shall be authorized to keep open such
books until the said sum of twenty thousand
dollars has been subscribed and paid in:
Provided, The same shall be done within
twelve months from the ratification of this
Act: Ind provided, further, That they
shall give at least ten days notice of the
time and place of opening said books.
w. That the said Richard W. Gale,
George O. Robinson, Charles E. Robinson,
and William Fl. Bellamy, and the survivors
or survivor of them, shall, Immediately
after the subscriptions to the said Associa.
ton shall amount to the sum of twenty
thousand dollars in cash actually paid in,
call meeting of the stockholders for the
election of such officers as the bylaws
agreed upon by the said stockholders shall
prescribe.
V. That the profits of the said Associa-
tion may, from time to time, be divided
among the shareholders, according to such
rules and regulations, not repuguant to the
laws of this State, as they may prescribe.
vi The stock of said Association may
be transferred, in such manner and form as
may be directed by the bylaws of the As.
sociation.
VII The said Association shall have
power and authority to furnish supplies and
make Advances and loans to planters and
farmers engaged in the cultivation of the
soil, and for all such supplies, advances and
loans so furnished and made, to require
and receive lien upon any real or person.
al estate, and upon any growing crop, to
the extent of such supplies, advances and
loans: Provided, The same shall not inter.
fsre with any existing liens. And they
shall also have power and authority to pur.
chase, take and hold, in fee simple or for
years, to them and their successors, any
lands, tenements or hereditaments, and
other property, of whatsoever kind and
description, which they may find necessary
for the purpose of said Association, and to
transfer and dispose of the same as they
may think proper; and shall have power
and authority to make all bylaws, not re-
pugnant to the laws of the land, to have
and keep common seal, and the same to
alter at will, to sue and be sued, plead and
be impleaded, in any Court of Law or
Equity in the State, and shall have and
enjoy all and every right and privilege iu.
cident to corporate bodies, according to the
laws of this State.
VIII. This Act shall be deemed pub
lie Act, aud shall continue of force for
fourteen years.
In the Senate Honse, the nineteenth day
of September, in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and sixty
six.
AN ACT to secure Advances for Az
ricultural Purposes.
l. Be 1t enacted BY the Senate and House