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light of the State to said property be-
and the same is hereby released.
Approved January 26, 1871.

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of the same. That in addition to the tax
heretofore authorized to be levied, the
County Commissioners OF Oconee Coun,
ty are hereby authorized to levy and
cause to be collected speclai TAX OF
one mill on dollar, the same 10 oe USED
exclusively to paying the lnaeotenhess
of the County.
AN ACT to Incorporate the HeSiges
Light Guard, Of Edisto, So'It" car
otiaa.
SECTION 1. 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 P. p. He'd
ges, Abram Brown, Jonas Grant, Wal
lace Wescott, and James Hutchinson,
under 9he name and style of the He'd
ges Light Guard, and their successors
and associates, be, and they are respec-
lively incorporated and made and de-
clared body polite and corporate in
deed and in law, and as such body polite
shall have the power to use and keep a
common seal, and the same at Wilt to
alter, to make all necessary bylaws not
repugnant to the laws of the land, and
to have succession of officers and men,
bers conformable to such bylaws, to
sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded
in any Court or Law or Equity in this
State, and to have, use and enjoy all
other rights, and be subject to all other
rights, aud be subject to all other liabil-
tiles incident to bodies corporate.
SEC, 2. That this Act shall be deemed
and taken to be public Act, and shall
continue in force for the space of four
teen years from and after its passage.
Approved the 23d day of January,
JOINT RESOLUTION authorizing
the State Librarian to cause to be
Prepared On, Inder to Tolunae Four
teen of the Statutes of the State.
Whereas, in binding the Statutes OF
the State of South Carolina at large, de-
signed to form the Fourteenth Volume,
it becomes necessary that an index OF
contents be prepared for the same;
therefore,
SECTION /. Be it Resolved 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 the State
Librarian be, and he is hereby, author
lied to cause to be compiled an index of
contents to the Fourteenth Volume of
the States of this State, at cost not ex-
ceeding one hundred and ninety dol
lars. :.
Sec. 2. That the Treasurer Of the
State be, and is hereby, authorized and
directed to pay the amountnamedin the
ant Nf or,S
funds not otherwise appropriated, on
the receipto of sufficient evidence Of the
completion of the work.
Approved the 10th day of December,
A. D. 1870.
AN ACT to Rc-charter the Pumpkin
to,0n Turnpike Road, in Pickens
County
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 the Turn
pike Road leading from Pumpkintown
to Table Rock, in Pickens County, be:
and same is hereby re-chartered in the
name of Marcus d. Keith, for the term
of fourteen years, which the same rates
OF toll Us tuose uetetoAoie "Aioneu ~
law.
SEC. 9. That all persons going to and
returning from elections, churches and
mills be allowed to pass over the road
free of toll.
Approved January 2Sd, 1871.
AN ACT to incorporate the Stonea0aH
Fire COUDanu of Chester.
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 II. S. Mills,
r. M. Dunlevy, E. IT. Atkinson, J. r.
Elliott, David Hemphill, J. II. Vanness,
J. a. Bradley, Jr., by the name and
style of the Stonewall Fire Engine
Company, of the Town of Chester, and
their associates and successors in office,
be and are hereby created and constitut-
ed body polite, by and under the
name and style aforesaid, with capital
stock not to exceed ten thousand dollars,
with the right to sue and be sued, plead
and be impleaded, in any Court of COM
petent jurisdiction, to have and to use
common seal, and the same to alter at
| will and pleasure, and with all other
rights, privileges and immunities that
are now, or hereafter may be, secured by
law to like incorporated bodies.
SEC. 2. That this Act shall be deemed
public Act, and shall remain in force
for the term of fourteen years.
Approved January 23d, 1871.
AN ACT to make appropriations for
tic Payment of the per- dien, and dlit-
cage Of the Members Of the General
assembly and the salaries Of the sub
ordinate Officers, and other Expenses
Incidental Thereto.
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 for the pay
ment of the per diem and mileage of
the members of the General Assembly
and the salaries of the subordinate Off
GERS und other expenses incidental
thereto, the sum of one hundred and
thirty-tive thousand dollars if that be
necessary, be, and the same is hereby
appropriated out of any funds in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. 2. That the Clerks of the Senate
and House of Representatives be-, and
they are hereby authorized, and direct
ed to furnish to each member of their
respective bodies pay certificate for the
amount of his mileage and per diem, to
include such dates rs the General AS
sembly shall, by Concurrent Resolution,
direct. -,
SEC. 3. That such certificate shall
conform to the provisions of Section 23,
Article II, of the Constitution Of the
State, and shall be certified by the Pres
ident of the Senate, and attested by the
Clerk of the Senate, for all members of
that body, and by the speaker, of the
House of Representatives., and by the
Clerk of the same, for all members of