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and House Of Representatives OF tn,
State of South Carolina, now met ant
sitting In General Assembly, and by th'
authority of the same: = -:
That the County Commissioners O
Orangeburg County be, and are hereby
empowered and required to. build "a:
early as practicable) O bridge ACROSS the
! North Fork of Edisto River, and to es
tablish road therefrom to the town u
Branchville, In said County; and, if ne
cessary for said purpose, they may and
shall have the right to levy special tax
1 for the purpose aforesaid. -"
Approved March 8, 1871. - -.
AN ACT to Incorporate the Pleasan,
Grove Baptist. Church, in Darlington
Comfy, South Carolina. :. ..,.,. -
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representative of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same: -.
That the members of the said society
be, and are hereby, Incorporated, and
ore hereby declared to be Il body corpo-
rate, by that name and style shall have
succession of officers and members, and
shall have common seal.
Sec. 3. That the said corporation shall
have power to purchase, receive, and
hold any real or personal estate not eX-
cceding in value the sum of twenty
! thousand dollars. and to sell. convey
and dispose Of tie same, and, by its cor
porate name, may sue and be sued in
any Court of this State, and to make
such rules and bylaws; not repbgnant
to law, as it may consider necessary and
cxpedient. ii r,.' sd.
SEC. 8. That this Act shall be deemed
and taken to be a public Act, aud shall
continue in force for the term OF twen-
ty-five years. go. '.: ..' - =.
[ :, Approved March 0, 1871. ....-' - ..
AN ACT to amend an Act Entitled
"AnAct for The Better Protection OF
NigrutolV Fish," TX; a-'/ 40
,.sEc4IoN l. Be it enacted by. the Sen.
ate 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 an Act entitled "An Act for the
amended as follows: That at no time
manent obstructions, of any kind or ma
ture whatever, in any Of the inland
creeks, streams or waters of the State to
the. free migration of fish and on and
after the passage of. this Act there shall
be close time in all the creeks, streams
and inland, waters of this State from
the setting of the sun each Saturday un-
til the rising Of the SUN on each Mon
day, during which time all seines, nets,
wires, Or any plan or, device for the stop
page or catching of fish which obstruct
more than two-thirtls Of any Stream,
other, than q dam for. manufaeturin.
purposes, shall be removed. from said
creeks, streams or waters, and the owner
i'm. whole or in,part, of any such ohstrnc-
tion, plan or device shall be liable to a
fine Of twenty dollars for each aud every
offence, one-haf to go to the informer
and the other half to the use of the
County in which such obstruction is
found. ...,t- - .f.l!E. us.-,.i.
SEC. 9. That all manufacturing COM
panies or persons who have erected, or
may erect, artificial dams across the in
land creeks, streams or waters OF THE
State, which prevent the migratory fish
from ascending the same, shall, iinme-
diately after, the passage of this Act,
construct proper fisaiways over the .samei
and should such manufacturing compa-
nies or persons refuse or fail so .ttoldo,
they shall be liable to fineof five thou
sand dollars, recoverable Ivy the County
in which such dam has been or may be
erected, in Court of competent juris-
diction.
Sec. 3. That should any person or per-
sons cause to flow into, or be cart into,
any of the creeks, streams or inland wa
ters of this State any impurities that are
poisonous to fish or destructive to-thelr
spawn, such person or persons shall,
upou conviction thereof be punishable
with fine of not less than five hundged
dollars. or imprisonment Of not less
than six months in the County Jail the
fine to go onc-half to the infornier, and
the other half to the County: Provided,
That the duties assigned by the Joint
Resolution of January 19, 1870, to. the
Board Of Fish Commissioners, be, and
they are hereby, assigned and transfer.
cd to Commissioner OF the Bureau Of
Agricultural Statistics. ...,
SEC. 4. This Act to take effect Oh and
after its passage
.. Approved March 8, 1871.
AN ACT to Rcchdrtcr 1farweWs
Bridge, over Seneca Rivcr, in Oconec
County.
Be- it 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 the bridge known as Maxwelrs
Bridge, over Seneca River, in Oconce
County, be, and the same is hereby, re-
chartered for the term of fourteen years,
and the same vested in Mary L. Max
we'll, Marion Maxwell and Annie Sloan,
their heirs and assigns, with the snne
privileges and rates of toll as those here
toforc allowed by law.
A,>,,nvuj hurrh q 1871