The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1870-02-08

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# Whereas t2z5 Cona1n az the Uaitaal
States OF AnSerica, &C !she third sessie<
of the FortiEth Congress, passed an Act
entitled can Act making appropriations,
for spndry cizil expenses cs The Govern
inent for the year ending June tliiStiesh,.
eighteen hundred ana seventy, and for
other purposes" which Act Nas approY-
ed ON the third day OF March, In the
year Of our Lord one Thousand eight
hundred and sixty nine; and the said Act,
among other things, provided rs fol-
lows: s--.~.,-.- ----4-.-.--~- .-
For the purchase of building known
as "The Club House." at Charleston,
South Carolina, and the fitting mp there
of for the use of the United States
Courts, forty-six thousand dollars, or go
much thereof as may be required, and
the Secretary OF the Interior is hereby
authorized to make such purchase, and
fit up said building for the said purpose:
Propided, That the same can be done at
an expense not larger than the said for
ty-six thousand dollars.
And whereas, by joint resolution of
the Congress of the United States, ap-
proved September the eleventh, one
thousand eight hundred and forty. one,
entitled "A Joint Resolution making it
the duty of the Attorney General to ex-
anime into the titles of the lands or sites
for the purpose of erecting thereon ar
mories and other public works and build.
tngs, and for other purposes" it was
resolved, among other things, that no
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any site or land thereafter to.. be purchas-
ed by the United States, for the purpose
aforesaid, until the written opinion of
the Attorney General shall be had in
favor Of the validity of the title, and
also the consent of the Legislature of
the State in which the land or site may
be, should be given to said purchaser;
therefore,
SECTION 1. Be enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives Of the
State of South Carolina, now met
and sitting i'll General Assembly, and by
the authority of the same, That the
consent of the Legislature Of the said
State be, and is hereby, given to the
United States of America, to purchase,
in fee simple, from the owner or owners
thereof. for q court honse and offices
connected Herewith, for the use of the
United States courts, or for any other
purposes to which the Government of the
United States may think proper to apply
it, and to exercise authority and jurisdic-
tion over, all that lot, piece or parcel of
land, with the buildings thereon, known
as the charleston Club House," situate,
lying and being on the West side of
Meeting street, in said city, measuring
and containing in front, on Meeting
street, fifty-eight feet, more or less, by
about two hundred and thirty six feet in
depth, more or less; bounding North on
lands now or late of William P. Green
land; to the East on Meeting street; to
the South on lands of Nj. G. Mordecai; :;
and to the West on lands of the French
Protestant Church: Proricied, That all
process, civil or criminal, issued under
the authority of this State, or any officer
thereof, shall and may be served ond
executed on any part of tho said pre-
misses, and on any person or persons
there being and implicated in any matter
of law: And prorided, dl,rdys, That the
said lot of land, and all the buildings and
structures of every kind already thereon
erected, or that may hereafter be erected
thereon, shall be absolutely and forever
exempt from all taxes of the County of
Charleston, and the corporation of the
city OF Charleston. and of the aforesaid
State: Prouided, further, That all taxes
heretofore laid or levied upon the said
land shall be n lien thereon till paid.
In the Senate House, the twenty second
day of December, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty y-nine.
CHAS. w. MONTGOMERY,
President pro tenn. of the Senate.
FRANKLIN j. MOSES, JR.,
Speaker House of Representatives.
Approved the twenty-third day of De
cember, A. D. 1869.
ROBERT X. SCOTT. Governor.
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