The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1868-10-31

ing office by reason of any General
or Special Orders issued by any mill
tary commanders in this State are
hereby continued in Office until their
successors shall be appointed or
elected and qualified.
In the Senate House, the twenty
second day of September, in the
year Of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty eight.
L. BOOZER,
President of the Senate.
F. j. MOSES, JR.,
Speaker House of Representatives.
Approved:
r. X. SCOTT, Governor.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH BUREAU OF AG-
RICULTURAL STATISTICS FOR THE EN-
CoURAGEMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENTER
PRISES, AND TO INVITE CAPITAL TO
SOUTH CAROLINA, FOR THE DEVELOP
MENT OF THE RESOURCES OF THE
STATE.
1. BE ii enacied by lie Senate and
House Of Representatives of tie State
Of South Carolina, no,o met and sitting
in General assembly, and 5yM autho-
1'ity Of the same, That for the purpose
of encouraging, promoting and pro-
tecting industrial enterprises in this
State, and of supplying truthful in
formation to the people of the United
States, and inducing them to bring
hither their capital and aid in the de-
velopment of the resources of South
Carolina, the Governor is hereby au-
thorized to establish Bureau of Ag-
ricultural Statistics, and to appoint
Commissioner thereof, to perform
such duties as may appertain to the
office.
II. It shall be the duty of the
said Commissioner to collect all the
information practicable concerning
lands, crops, climate, railroads, tele-
graphs, manufacture water powers,
schools, churches, and other institu-
tons in the several Counties of the
State, and preserve record of the
same, in such manner that the facts
relating to any locality may be
promptly communicated to the in
quirer.
III. That the said Commissioner
shall be specially charged to ascer-
tain, by advertisement or otherwise,
the location of lands for sale, and to
cause said lands, after having been
duly laid off and described, to be
registered, together with the price
demanded and the conditions of pay
ment.
". That the said Commissioner
shall, by official publications in the
journals of the North and West, by
correspondence and pamphlets, con-
vey this information, describe the
lands thus offered for sale, and the
advantages which this State offers in
soil, climate, productions, and-so-
forth, to the industrious and frugal
citizen, and at the same time invite
him to bring hither his means and
aid in the promotion of general pros
perity,
V. That the said Commissioner
shall be charged with the duty of an
sUering all communications on the
subject of the resources of the State
that may be referred to him, and do
all in his power to encourage the in
fux of capital and the growth of new
enterprise.
VI. That the Commissioner shall
be paid for his services the salary of
fifteen hundred dollars per annum,
and be authorized to employ o clerk
at salary not exceeding five hun
dred dollars per annum; tho said
sums, together with the necessary
expenses of the Office, such as print.
, ing, advertising, registry books, post.
age,B stationery, rent, and-so- forth,
to be paid from the balance of the
appropriation made under the Act oi
December, 1866, entitled "An Act fol
the encouragement and protection oi
European immigration, &C."
VII. That the said Commissioner
shall make a report of his proceed.
ings, and special report on rail
; roads and telegraphs, to the Cover.
nor of the State, annually, or as
! often as he may require.
, VIII. That all acts inconsistent
, with the provisions of this Act are
hereby repealed.
In the Senate House, the twenty.
sixth day of September, in the
. year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and sixty-eight.
l.. BOOZER,
President of the Senate.
F. j. MOSES, JR.,
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