Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1868-02-08
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maturing called Oconco District.
was grpa!That JAS Lewis, Jas. H. Amblor,
men. owen, JAS u. Hagood, and w. r.
,,.,'as be, aud they are hereby, appointed
Specials commissioners to select proper site,
10. .peatta new Court House Town for Pick.
ems District, which sito shall be as near thc
s c6ssre Of the District as may be practicable ;
and for this. purpose they are hereby author
.iyea to purchase in tho name of the State "a
tract of not less than one hundred, nor more
than four hundred acres Of land, and after re-
serving sufficient quantity for tho public
buildings. lay out the balance into Town lots
of various sizes, as they shall deem most dc.
sirablc, and after not less than two months
previous public notice, sell the same at public
sale to the highest bidder for cash, or other.
wso as may seem to them best, making titles
thereto in the name Of tho State; the pro
ceeds of said sale, after paying for the lands
purchased, to be applied by said Commissions
crs to tho erection ola Court IIouso and Jail,
which will be completed as soon as practi.
cable. '
SEC. g. That Wesley Pitchford, w. L.
Holcombc, Bry Frctwcll, NJ. +. Mitchell and
Dr. 0. NJ. Doyle be, aud they are hereby, op-
pointed Special Commissioners to select
proper site, and locate and erect Court
House and Jail for Oconcc District, which
location shall be either at the Town of
Walhalla, or at somo point on The Blue
Ridge Rail Road, between that place and
Pcrryville, and for the purpose of erecting
said Court House and Jail, said Commission.
crs are hereby authorized, it sufficient contri-
buttons and means cannot be otherwise raised
to purchase in the name of the State 40 much
lands not exceeding the amount limited to
Piokcns District, as they shall decm nccessa
ry, and to lay out, sell, and convey tho same,
as the Commissioners for Pickens District are
authorized to do; the proceeds of said sale, af
ter paying for the lands purchased, to be ap-
piled by said Commissioners to tho erection
of Court House and Jail for said District,
which shall be completed as soon rs practica-
bic.
SEC. 4. That the two Boards of Commission.
crs, acting together, are hereby authorized to
sell the present Court House and Jail, with
the public grounds of Pickcns District, and
convey tho same in the name of the State,
upon such terms as they shall deem most do
sirable; the proceeds of said sale to be equal
ly divided between tho two Boards and ap-
piled by them to the erection Of the new
buildings for their respective Districts Pro.
viactt, that the present Court House and Jail
shall be used for the two Districts until new
Jalls arc erected and some convenient ar
engagements, temporarily or otherwise, for
holding tho Courts separately at the new To-
cations, as to one or both, shall have been
made.
S&c. 5, That it shall be duty Of the said
Boards of Commissioners to report their ac-
ton respectively in the promises, to the first
session of the Legislature that shall assemble
by authority of the Constitution adopted Ly
this Convention, and of the said Legislature
III the same session to perfect the division,
and complete the organization of tho said
Districts of Pickens and Oconee, as the 9th.
cr Judicial and Election Districts of the
State.