The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-04-10
AN ACT TO PROVIDE ToR AN ASSESSMENT
OF REAL PROPERTY IN THE YEAY 1870.

OF property, passed the hfteenth day OF
September. 1868. 'g54,.lt!sf .,l.,sl
SEQ. g. The State Auditor is hereby
authorized and directed to adopt, the
measures necessary to carry outthe in
tent of this Act, and to exercise, for the
purpose Of making and completing the
assessment provided for in this Act, all
the powers relating to the assessment Of
real property conferred upon him by the
Act to provide for the assessment and
taxation of property before cited.
CHAS. w. MONTGOMERY,
President pro tenn. of the Senate.
FRANKLIN J. MOSES, JR.,
Speaker of the House Of Representatives..
Approved the 2Sth day Of February,
1870. .:ag.. ~
ROBERT K. SCOTT, Governor.
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED 'tAN
ACT TO CHARTER THE PORT ROYAL
RAILROAD COMPANY" RATIFIED DE-
GENDER TWENTY FIRST, A. D.. ONE
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY
SEVEN. a,
SECTION 1. Be IL enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives Of the
State of South Carolina, not met and
sitting in General Assembly, and the au-
thority of the same, That Section five
of an Act entitled ''An Act to charter
the Port Royal Railroad Company" rati-
fed December twenty first. A. D. one
thousand eight hundred and ffty-seven,
be, and the same is hereby, amended by
adding thereto the following words:
''A.nd the said Port Royal Railroad Com
pany shall have power to mortgage its
property and franchises. Gncludipg the
| privilege to be Il corporation,) and issue
bonds at such rates of interest, and upon
such terms and conditions, and for such
uses and purposes of said corporation,
| as the Board of Directors thereof may
deem expedient." aa..t
SEC. O. That the time for the compile
tion of said Railroad is hereby extended
to August first, eighteen hundred and
seventy-one; Provided, Fifty miles are
completed from the town of Beaufort,
on or before January first, eighteen hun
dred and seventy-one; and when so COM
pleted the charter Of said Company shall
be deemed and held to be, and hereby
is, extended for an additional period Of
hfty years; Pouided, That the property
Of said corporation shall always be sub
ject to taxation. s.,}
SEQ. 8. That all Acts or parts of Acts
inconsistent with this Act be, and are
hereby, repealed. pt.
Approved February %, 1870.
L
AN ACT GIVING AUTHORITY TO THE CITY
COUNCIL OF CHA RLEsToN TO AMEND AN
ORDINANCE ENTITLED .AN ORDINANCE
TO AID IN REBUILDING THE BURNT DIS
TRIors AND WASTE PLACES IN THE CITY
OF CHARLESTON.
SECTION l. Be il enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina, now met and sitting
in General Assembly, and by the authori-
ty of the same, That authority liz hereby
given to the City Council Of Charleston
to amend an Ordinance entitled s.An
Ordinance to aid in rebuilding the burnt
districts and waste places in The City OF
| Charleston" ratified the twenty eighth
day of August, in the year one thousand
eight hundred aud sixty-six, which said
Ordinance was confirmed and ratified BY
an Act of the General Assembly, passed
September the nineteenth, in the year
one thousand eight hundred end sixty-
six, in any manuer not inconsistent with
the provisions of an Act entitled "An
Act to repeal ON Ordinance entitled tAn
Ordinance to prevent the erection of
| wooden buildings, and to provide greater
security against fres,'" and also certain
portions of the Acts of the General AS
sembly referring to the erection of
| wooden buildings in the city Of Charles
ton, passed in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy,
and also such Sections of an Act of tho
General Assembly entitled San Act for
rebuilding the City of Charleston" as
prohibit the erection of wooden build
ings within the corporate limits of the
said city of Charleston.
CHAS. w. MONTGOMERY,
President pro tenn. of the Senate.
FRANKLIN j. NOSES,
Speaker House of Representatives.
Approved the 2Sth day of February,
1870. ROBERT X. SCOTT,
Governor.
AN ACT RELATIVE TO THE POWER OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF CHARLESTON TO IMPOSE
PUNIsHMENTs FOR THE VIOLATION OF CITY
ORDINANCES. l-..-z-4.-;5..s.s
SECTION l. BE ii enncied 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 the City
(Onncil Of Charleston ha and t},av l,aro