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lucOnSlNtcnC WITH Tile laWS VI tulS Otltc.
SEC. 8. This Act shall be deemed q
public Act, and shall continue in force
for the term Of twenty-five years.
Approved March 8, 1871, g..
AN ACT to Incorporate the Wnyah
Gua:ps, Of Georgetown, South Caro-
Tina.
SECTION 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 ]. Harvey Jones, George Pawley
and Brass Richardson, under the name
and style of. the Winyah Guards, they,
and their successors and associates In
office, be, andth are hereby incorpo-
rated, and made and declared q body
polite and corporate, in deed and in law,
and, as such body pody polite, shall have
the power to use and keep a common
seal, and the sams at will to alter, to
make all necessary bylaws not repug-
nant to the laws of the land, and to
have succession of officers and members,
comfortable to such bylaws, to sue and
be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any
Court of competent jurisdiction in this
State, and to have use and enjoy all
other rights, and be subject to all other
liabilities incident to bodies corporate,
SEC. 2. This Act shall be deemed and
taken to be a public Act, and shall con-
tinue in force for the space of fifteen
years from and after it's passage.
Approved March 7, lS7e.
AN ACT to Permit Burns D. Myers to
adopt and Make his La,gful Heirs, III.
llargarct Grimes, and ": Barns
GRIMES, and to change the Name Of
the said Fl. Margaret Grimes to II.
Murqaret Myers, and the Name of ".
Burns Grimes to ". Burns Myers.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of the
of the State of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and by
tue authority of the same:
That Bnrns D. Myers is hereby au-
thorized and empowered to adopt and
mahe his lawful heirs, H. Margaret
Grimes and w. Burns Grimes, and that
the name of the said H. Margaret
Grimes shall be changed to II. Margaret
Myers. and the name of the said w.
Burns Grimes shall be changed to w.
Burns Myers.
l. SEC. 2. That should the said Burns D.
Myers die Intestate, the said H. Marga-
ref Myers, and the said w. Burns My
ers shall inherit, in common with the
other lawful heirs of the said Burns D.
.Mpcrs, his estate, both personal and
real.
Approved March 9, 1871.
AN ACT Declaring q Tract Of one
Hundred Acres Of Land, IN The Coun
i tn of Fairfield, as Escheated to the
and to vest the Title to the Same IN
the Trustees Of RidgeaUay Acadcn1y.
Whereas, one Mrs. Murdoc, widow,
died, O number Of years since, leaving
"a her estate one hundred acres of lanC
in the County of Fairfield, bounded by
lands of William Dunlap, Samuel NC
! Quarters and others; and, whereas, She
| left no heirs Of representatives; there
fore,
SECTION l.. Be it enacted by the Sen
otc and and House OF Representatives o.
| the State of South Carolina, now me
and sitting in General Assembly, anC
by the authority of the same:
THAT the said tract of one hundred
acles of land be, and the same is here
bv, declared to have eschcated to th'
State. , -, /,
SEC. 9. That the title Of the State tt
soid one hundred acres of land be, ant
the same is hereby, vested in S: NJ
Smart, Moses james and Wyatt Boul
ware, and their successors in office, a
Trustees of the Ridgeway Academy, il
the said County of Fairfield.
SEC. 3. That they are hereby author
lied to sell the same, and apply TIL
money for the purpose Of building
school at or near the above mcntionc'
place. ,o-,
AN ACT to Amend an Act entitled "A
Act to authorize the Commissioners
PubAc Buildings for 1IiMiamsoourr
District to Sell Certain Portions OF tn
Public Grounds,n Passed the Iwenty
second Day of December, Il. u: lS5s
Be it enacted by the Senate and Hous
. of REPRESENTATIVES of the State of Sout
Carolina, now met and sitting in Genel
al Assembly, and by the authority {
the same:
. That so much of an Act entitled IA
Act to authorize the Commissioners {
Public Buildings for Wilmington Di:
trict to sell certain nOrtiOnS Of the put