The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-02-16
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SECn9oN /. Be II Snuctsd by The Senate
aud House og Representatives Of the
State .of. South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly. and by che
authority OF the same, That II. Hames,
n. Klatte. r. O. Windhe;m, y. j. w.
Luden, and their associates and success
sors, are hereby made and created body
Fclitio and corporate, under the name
and style of the "Dsutscher Artillerie
Unterstutzungs Verein."
SEQ. 2. That the said corporation
hereby created and established shall have
succession of officers and members ac-
cording to its bylaws, and shall have
power to make bylaws, not repugnant
to the laws Of the land, and to have, use
and keep common seal, and the same
to alter at will; to sue and be sued in any
Court in this State, and to have and
enjoy every right, power and privilege
incident to such corporation; and it is
hereby empowered to take, hold, retain,
possess and enjoy all such property. real
and personal, as may be given, bequeath-
ed or devised to it, or may be in any
manner whatsoever acquired by the said
corporation: P,ooided, The amount so
held shall not exceed the sum of twenty
thousand dollars.
SEC. 8. That the said corporation may,
from time to time, invest their funds,
moneys, assets and all other property
which it may acquire, in such real or
personal property, stocks, public or pri-
vate, notes, bills, bonds, with or without
security by mortgage of real or personal
property, or by surety, in such sums and
on such terms and conditions rs they
may deem proper. And it shall and may
be lawful for the said corporation, from
time to time, and ut oil times, to sell,
convey, mortgage, assign or transfer any
or all OF its property, real and personal,
as and when it may be deemed proper
and expedient, and to make and execute
bonds, under the corporate seal, with or
without mortgage, for the purchase of
real or personal property.
SEC. 4. That this Act shall continue in
force for the space of fourteen years;
and that the same shall he taken and
deemed public Act, and may be given
in evidence without being specially
pleaded.
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, the 9th day of January,
A. D. 1870. ROBERT X. SCOTT,
Governor.
AN ACT TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF PER
SONS LAWFULLY IN POSSESSION OF
LANDS AND TENEAIENTs.
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 authority of the
same, That after final judgment in an
action to recover lands and tenements,
in favor of the plaintiff, if the defendant
has purchased the lands and tenements
recovered in such action. or taken q
lease thereof, or those under whom he
holds, has purchased title to such lands
and tencments. or taken lease thereof,
snpposing at the time of such purchase
such title to be good in fee, or such lease
to convey and secure the title and inte-
rest therein expressed, such defendant
shall be entitled to recover of the plain
tiff in such action the full value of oil
Improvements made upon such lands by
such defendant, or those under whom he
claims, in the manner hereinafter pro-
vided.
SEQ. g. The sum which such land shall
be found. at the time of the rendition of
such judgment. to be worth more, in
consequence Of improvements so made,
than it would have been had no such
Improvements or bettcrments been made,
shall be deemed to be the value of such
improvements or betterments.
SEC. 8. The defendant in such action
shall, within forty-eight hours after such
judgment, or during the term of the
Court in which the same shall be rem
dered, file complaint against such
plaintiff for so much money as the lands
and tenements are 80 made better, in the
Office of the Clerk of such Court, which
shall be sufficient notice to snch defend
ant in such complaint to appear and
defend against tho same. and all subse-
quent proceedings shall be had in accord
ance with the practice prescribed by the
Code of Procedure.
SEC. 4. The Court, on the entry of