The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-02-17

tne year lOfOs received ttS urSC reaulng
and was laid over under the rule.
On motion, Council adjourned.
j. S. MCMAHON, City Clerk.
Acts Passed by tho Legislature OF South
Cnroiina.
AN ACT TO VEST IN ToNRY STAFFORD THE
CHARTER OF FERRY FROM DILL BLUFF,
ON JAMES ISLAND, TO THE CITY OF
CHARLESTON.
SECTION 1. Be ii enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly. and by the
authority of the same, That n public
ferry shall be, and the same is hereby,
established from place known as Dill's
Bluff on james Island, to tho oity of
Charleston, apd that the said ferry shall
be vested in Toney Stafford, his heirs
and assigns, for the term of fourteen
years. ,-,,
SRc. Q. That tho said Tonsy Stafford,
his heirs and assigns, shall enjoy the ex-
elusive charter OF said ferry, with the
privilege of charging ten cents Tor each
passenger conveyed: Prouided, That he
shall have che said ferry fully established
and In good working order within six
months after the passage of this Act.
In the Senate House. the thirty first
day of January, in the year of our
Lord one Thousand eight hundred and
seventy.
CHAS. W. MONTGOMERY,
President pro tenn. of the Senate.
FRANKLIN J. MOSES, Jn,
Speaker House of Representatives..
Approved the third day of February,
a. =. 1876.
ROBERT X. SCOTT. Governor.
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "AN
ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ENUMERATION
OF THE INHABITANTS OF THIS STATE"
SECTION 1. BE ii endcted by the Senate
aud House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same, That so much Of
Section 6 of an Act to provide for the
enumeration of the Inhabitants of this
State, approved March 10, 1869, as re-
quired that the work shall be completed
by the 1st day of November, 1869, is
hereby repealed.
Sec 9. That tho time for the compile
ton of the census returns is hereby ex-
tended to the thirty-tirst (31st) day OF
December, in the present year.
| In the Senate House, the sixteenth day
of December, in the year OF our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-nin
CHAS. w. MONTGOMERY,
President pro tenn. of the Senate.
FRANKLIN j. MOSES, JR.,
Speaker of the House of Representatives..
Approved the 18th day of December, A.
d. 1869. ROBERT X. SCOTT,
Governor.
AN ACT TO RE-CHARTER DLYTHES GAP
| TURNPIKE ROAD.
SECTION l. BE ii endcted by the Senate
aud House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same, That Blythe's Gap
Turnpike Road, located and being stu
ate in Greenville County, be and the
same is hereby rAchartered for the term
of fourteen years, and the same vested
in James L. Hagood, for the benefit OF
the heirs of Benjamin Hagood, deceased,
with the same privileges and rates Of toll
as those heretofore established by law.
In the Senate House. the twenty-second
day of January, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
seventy.
CHAS. w. MONTGOMERY,
President pro tenn. of the Senate.
FRANKLIN J. MOSES, JR.,
Speaker House of Representatives.
Approved, tho 9th day of January,
A. ID. 1870. ROBERT K. SCOTT,
Governor.
ALLEGED BRUTAL MURDER. R.-The Nor
folk papers mention the brutal murder
of colored boy, one or two days ago,
near Hickory Ground, Norfolk County,
which is charged upon his employers,
also colored people, named Seguine.
The boy; it seems, lost some money, and
was severely beaten by his employers,
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