The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-05-18
%, S. c., WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 49, 1870

south, and from cast to west. .s.s
This h"ing done, all farms designa-
ted bv Old numbers shall be act ap .rt
for settlement by immigrants on these
terms:
| 1T. The proposed settler must be
twenty years Of age or over, and free
from such mental or physical defects
as might inaapacitate him for self
support. Where family or number
OF single persons occupy farm, it
will only be demanded that the head
OF the family or of tho party fulfill
this condition.
I'd. All such settlers will be grant
ed farms free Of cost, the size and
location of the farm to be submitted
to tho choice Of the settler, provided,
that the settlers arriving together
shall have priority Of choice according
to the numbers and ages of the per-
sons composing each family or party
uniting in the occura rancy Of n single
farm. The largest families or parties
to chose first, and when the numbers
are equal, priority to be settled by
the ages of the persons composing
| them.
Sd. All farms thus settled shall be
granted to the settler by formal deed,
duly executed, witnessed and record
ed, in the sole condition and conside-
ration that the land be not deserted
or abandoned within ton years from
the date of tho grant. On failure of
the consideration the deed to be void
and tho land to revert to the society,
otherwise tho title to vest absolutely
in the settler, his heirs or assigns, at
the expiration of the ten years.
The farms designated By even num-
bers shall be retained as the property,
Of the society, and may be farmcd,
leased or sold, as the society may
from time to time determine.
SEC. 3. Tho society may at any
time, either by specific resolves or by
delegation of general discretionary
authority to tho board of manage
ment, provide for the sale of lands or
other property, and the investment of
the money thus realized, or Of any
other funds in hand, in othor lands or
in buildings, canals or railroads, or
in tho purchase Of animals or maohi-
merry, or vessels, or shares in mining.
manufacturing or transportation com
panies, including railroad, canal and
trans Atlantic steamship companies.
SEC. 8. Dividends-Di Dissolution.
The board of management may at
any time distribute surplus earnings,
or any part thereof, among the share
holders as dividends.
After all tho lands set apart for
immigrants are disposed of, as herein
before provided, or failing that, any
time after the expiration of twenty
years from its organization, this So
ciety may be dissolved by the vote Of
n majority Of all its shares. The
mode of winding up to be determined
by the authority deoreeing tho disso.
! luton.
, ARTICLE 5-Debts. No officer or
agent of this society shall incur any
debt or liability for tho society, nor
shall any promissory notes or acoep-
tances or engagements to pay money
be binding upon the corporation.
Provided, always, that the society
may authorize the issue Of bonds, a
majority of all che shares coucurriug.
ArPENDlx "B."
REPORT OF THE GERMAN SOCIETY
| DELEGATION.
The delegation from the German
Society Of South Carolina having been
requested by the Committees Of the
Chamber of Commerce, South Caro-
lima Railroad and Board Of Trade. ut
the meeting held at tho Board Of
Trade rooms on Saturday evcofng,
April 80, to prepare brief statement
of facts in connection with the subject
of immigration, for the use of any
committee Of the May Convention
that may desire the same, ask leave to
submit the following
| The society which they represent
was founded not for the purpose Of
importing emigrants. They remind
their country of the old german
proverb, "remain in your own country
Hnd support yourself honestly" but
at the same time the object of the as-
ISOLATION is charitable and hnmane, to-
sssist With, money, advice and ether
meens, and to offer the hand of well
come to all those who may como
hither 70 seek q new home. .+'
1t appears to us that In order TO
Snduce immigration, and by in ,nigra-
tion we mean not the coming of q few
individuals, but the regular and con-
tinuous course Of travel OF those from
foreign countries seeking settlcme ent
in sll parts Of this, similar to that
which is DOW taking place, by sways Of
New York and Baltimore, it Is ne.
oessary TO bear in mind the following
facts aF .'@ f2''"# "'ls
| J.. The man who emigrates from
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