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and to yacate and surrender Is said persons
their several and respective Offices. ~ 81 s

| o~. o. nas kor escn ana every dey's de-
tention or holding of the Offices Of Mayor or
Aldermen Of the city of Charleston, con-
trary to the provisions Of this Act, the per-
son or persons 50 offending shall be subject
to penalty of fifty dollars, the said penalty
to be recovered in an action of debt by the
person or persons aggrieved and kept out of
Office thereby.
Sec 4. That any laws continuing in
Office persons elected or appointed to Office
previous to, during or under the late Pro-
vlsional Government of South Carolina, lor
under or by virtue of any military orders,
shall be held not to apply to, or continue in
office, the present Acting Mayor and Alder
men OF the city of Charleston, but. as to
them, said laws shall be held to be null and
void.
Sec. 8. All Acts or parts of Acts, incon-
slstent with this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved March /, 1869.
An Aot accepting tile donation Of Lands to the
State Of South Carolina for The endo,cn,ent
Of Agricultural Coueqes.
,, SECTION l. BE az endcted by the Senate and
ItohSe Of Representatives Of The State OF South
Cd'oltna, no,o met and sitting in General As
sen'bly, and by lie authority Of the same, The
State OF South Carolina, by this Act, accepts
oil the provisions of an Act of the Congress
OF the United States of America, approved
July 2, 1862, and of subsequent Acts, enti-
tied IAN Act donating public lands to the
several States and Territories which NAV
provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture
and the mechanic arts, !" and consents to the
conditions specified in said Acts, especially
all those set forth in the fifth section there
of, and numbered first, second, third,
fourth, fifth and sixth
SEC. 2 The Governor Of this State is
hereby authorized and directed to notify
the proper authorities of the United States
OF the passage of this Act, by filing with
them an authenticated copy thereof, and to
take such other steps as may be necessary
to obtain the land scrip to which the State
of South Carolina is entitled under the pro-
visions of the Act of Congress referred to in
the foregoing section; and such scrip, when
obtained, shall be held by the Governor for
the use of the State until it is disposed of as
hereinafter provided.
SEC. 3. The Governor, Secretary and
Attorney General of State, shall be, and
they are hereby, authorized and empowered
to receive, sell, and the Attorney General
shall assign, at such times and upon such
terms as they may deem best for the inte-
rests Of South Carolina or as the General
Assembly may hereafter by law direct, the
whole or any part Of the scrip of land war
rants issued, or to be issued, to this State
by virtue of the Act of Congress referred to
Ill JIG urSt seCClOn OF tnlS ACT.
SEC. 4. The proceeds of the sale or sales
aforesaid shall be invested either in bonds
of the United States, or in six per cent.
bearing bonds of this State; the principal of
which bonds shall be forever held sacred for
the purposes directed in the Acts of Con-
gress aforesaid, and the interest shall be
paid over semi-annually in each year, that
is to say. on the first of January and the
first of July, rs directed by law.
SEC. 5. The Governor Secretary and At
torney- General of State, may jointly per-
form and discharge any of the acts, trusts
or duties authorized, directed or conferred
herein, by any agent by them selected and
appointed.
SEC. g. The costs and expenses incurred
in carrying into effect the provisions of this
Act shall be paid ont of the Treasury OF the
State. All Acts, or parts of Acts, inconsis-
tent with this Act or supplied by it, are here
by repealed.
Approved December 10, 1868.
il. DISTRESSING OccURRENoE.-We are panied
to record the death, on the Goth inst, of d
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