The Sumter watchman. [volume] (Sumterville, S.C.) 1855-1881, 1871-04-12

Corporation ahall think ct, aad BY its said name
TO sue and be sued, implssd and.be impleaded.
answer and be answered unto, in any Court OF Law
or equity in this State, and make such rules and
bylaws (not repugnsnt to the laws Of the land)
as FOR the good government, and management
thereof may be thought necessary and expe-
dient.
Sec s. That Balls EI1, WILEY B. HARB1N, Wn-
LIAM hsELI, LIVINGSTON IsAEIL, A. SLOAN STE
sRfSs, and their successorsin Office, be, and they
Are hereby constituted 3. body corporate and
polite under the name and style Of the Beaver
Dam Baptist Church, Of Oconee County, with
capital stock not exceeding the sum Of 6ve thou
sand dollars, with the right to sue and be sued,
to plead and be impieaded III any Court OF COM
petent jurisdiction, to have and TO hold common
seal, and the same to alter at will and pleasure,
and with all other rights and privileges that
are now secured by Law to like incorporated
bodies.
SEc 7. That ". J. PARSELL, Jos. FLETCHER,
RICHARD q. HUMBERT, HENRY WAsHrNaToN, IA
COB LINDSAY, LOUIS KELLEY, ABRAHAM PETEnsoN,
and JACK QUILLrAN, and al persons who now are,
or who hereafter shall or may become members
of the said society, shall be, and :ley are hereby
incorporated and declared bosy polite, under
the name and style Of the Trinity BAPTIST Church.
Of Florence.
Sec. 8. That the said corporation shall have
power to purchase, receive and possess sny real
or pernonsl estate for the purpose Of this Act not
exceeding in value the sum Of twenty-five thou
sand dollars, or to sell the same, and by its cor
porase name sue and be sued, plead and be i'm
pleaded, in any Court iu this State, and to make
such rules and bylaws (not repugnaut to lawj,
as may be thought necessary and expedent. and
said society shall have all the powers, and be SUBJ
ject TO all the liabilities and restrictions Of this
Act to regulate the formation Of corporations, 80
far as applicable.
SEC. 9. Whereas, Oliver aewett and his associ-
ates have prayed to be Incorporated; therefore,
that from and immediately after the passage Of
this Act, all persons who new are, or who hereaf-
ter shall or may become members Of the said So
ciesy shall be, and they are hereby, incorporated
and declared to be q body corporate, by the name
and style Of the Binnaker Camp Meeting Society,
and by said name shall have succession of officers
and members, and have 8 common seal.
SEC. 10. That said corporation shall have power
to purchase, receive and possess any real or per-
sonal estate, not exceeding in value the sum Of
twenty thousand dollars, or to sell the same, and
by its corporate nsme to sue and be sued, in any
Court in this State, and to make such rules and
by-laws mot repusnant to law,) as may be
thought necessary and ex2edient.
SEC. ii. That thp foregoing Acts are deemed
public Acts and the charters and re-charters con-
tanned in this ACT shall continue in force after the
ratification Of this Act, for the term of twenty
one years, and until the next meeting of the
General Assembly thereafter.
Approved the 7th day of March, A. D. 1871.
BoRo' AND YEMAsEE RAIL RoAD COMPANY.
SECTION /. Be ii enacted ly Tie Senate ard
House of Representatives, Of the State Of Souu.
Carolina, nou met and sitting in General assem-
by, and 6y the authority of Tie same, That JOHN
". BcRBRlDaE, JOHN T. JENNINGS, W. n. THOMAS,
J. s. GLOVER, BURRIL SANDERS, WILLIAM DRIFFLE,
G. D. RICHARDSON, EDWARD HOLMES, o. P. VIII
I1AMs. GEORGE F. MCINTYRE, L. ]. MADDocya, A.
F. o'Bk1EN, CALEB SAULs, E. P. HOLMES, ROBERT
STALLS, n. B. Ayers, J. J. KLEIN. and their asso-
ciates aud successors, are hereby constituted q
body polite and corporate, By the name and etyle
Of the Columbia, WATERFORD and Yemasee Bail
Road Company.
SEC. 2. That the said company is hereby author
lied to construct q rail road from the town OF
Brsnchvlle, in nearly direct line as possible,
to the town Of WATERFORD, and from thence to
some point on the Charleston and Savannsh Rail
Road, as near as possible 10 the town CT Yemasee,
on the said rail road.
SEC. g. That for the purpose Of raising the capi-
tal stock Of the said company it shall be lawful to
open books IN the town Of WATERFORD, under the
direction Of JoHN W. BURBRrDoE, J. S. GLOVER
and WILLIAM DRlYFLE; ct the city Of Charleston,
under the direction of JOIN T. JENNINGS. WILLIAM
II. TzoxAs and E. P. HOLMES; at the city Of CO.
lurbia, under the direction Of GEORGE F. McIN-
rYRz, G.. D. RICHARDSON and EDWARD HOLMES, for
the purpose Of receiving subscriptions to IN
amount not exceeding one million fve hundred
thousand dollars, in shares ofone hundred dollars
each for the purpose Of constructing the rail road
provided for b. this Act.
SIC. 4. That the times and places for receiving
such subscriptions shall be fixed by the Commis-
sioners IN the town OF WATERFORD, or majority
Of them and shall be advertised for thirty days in
one or more newspapers of this Ssate; and the
books for receiving such subscriptions shall be
kept open for sixty days at each of the places
where the same shall be opened.
SIC. s. That on each share OF the stock sub
scribed, the subscriber shall pay to the Conmis-
sioner receiving such subscription, the sum of five
dollars, who shall deposit the same in come
Nat,ocal Bank, and no subscription shall be valid
without Nuoh payments; snd at the expiration OF
tho time hereby prescribed for keeping open the
books, the said Commissioners shall make re-
turn Of the subscriptions taken by them, and the
suras paid thereon. to the Commissioners in the
town Of WATERFORD,
SDc. 6. That when the sum Of two hundred and
nfty thousand dollars shall be subscribed in the
manner herein prescribed, the said company may
meet end organize, at such time and place as may
be desisnAted by majority of the Commissioners
herein named for the town Of WATERFORD, due
notice hsving first been given.
SDc. z. That for the purpose Of organizing and
forming this company, all the powers conferred
by the original charter Of the Northeastern
Bail Road Company in the Commissioners therein
named, shall bs Vested in the Commissioners
named in This Act, each subscriber being entitled
10 vo>e for each share Of stock: Procided, That
nothing herein contained shall be 90 construed as
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