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

panv may pc transferred III sum induuei
and form as may be directed BY the by,
laws of the Company.
SEC. 7. The said Company shall be
entitled to all the rights aud privileges
accorded to other corporations iucopora.
ted bv the laws ofthis State Procided,
That nothing in this Act shall be con-
strued as giving to the said South Caro-
lima Phosphate aud Phosphate River
Mining Company tie exclusive right to
dig and mine in the navigable rivers
and waters of the State.
SEC. 8. AN Acts and parts of Acts
inconsistent with this Act, are hereby
repealed.
Approved the 10Th day of March, A.
D. 1871.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NEW JUDICIAL
AND ELECTION COUNTY FROM PoR
TIoNs OF THE COUNTIES CO BARN
WELL, EDaEFIELD, LEXINGTON AND
oRANGEBURG, TO BE KNOWN AS
AIKEN COUNTY.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met aud
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority Of the same: That new
judicial aud election County, with its
scat of justice located at the town Of
Aiken, which County shall be kuc~n as
Aiken County, shall be formed, and is
hereby authorized to be formed, from
portions of the present. Counties of
BaruBell, Edge6eld, Lexington and
Orangeburg, with the netes and bounds
hereinafter described, TO wit: commenc
ing at the mouth of Fox's Creek, in
Edge6eld County, where it empties into
Savannah River, thence in a straight
line to where the South branch Of Chin
quepiu Falls Creek, "a tributary Of the
North Edisto River interscc,s the
Edge6eld and Lexington line; thence
down said creeks to, where 1t empiies
into the North fork of The .Edisto River,
and down the said north fork to where
the dividing line between Lexington
sud Orangeburg Counties (ruunins from
Big Beaver Greek to the North fork OF
the Edisto) touches said river; thence
in a straight line to the head Of Tinker's
Creek, in Ba7nwcll County; thence
down said creek to where it empties
iu,o the Upper Three Runs, and down
said Runs Greek to where it emptIes
into the Savannah River; thence up
the Savannah River to the initial point
at the mouth of Fvz's Creek.
SEC. .. That Frank Arnim, VI. +.
Malcney, p. X. Rivers, j. L. Jamison,
y. Ferguson, j. n. hayne, +. j. T..
Wood. 2. r. Rockwell, j. A. 6reene.
W. II. Reedish and u. Byas. be, and
are hereby appointed Commissioners to
run ou, and properly mark and define
the said boundary lines, with the assis-
tance of'tuo competent surveyors to be
selected by them.
Sec 8. That S. j. Lee, Frank Arnlin,
P. Il Rivers, C. D Hayne, John Woo'ey,
f. J. Wood, J. n. Hayne, Levi Chavis,
W. II Reedish apd j. H. Cornish be,
and are hereby, appointed Commissions
ers to provide suitable buildings for the
several Courts aud Coanty ofFiccrs, aud
to select aud purchase, or procure sites
for the usual public buildings, and to
contract for and superinterd the erection
OF the Court House and Jail thereon;
and that said public buildings shall be
built a. the expense Of the citizens of
said County, and to meet the said de-
mauds, a special t,x on the assessed
value ofreal aud personal property IN
said County be levied.
'- SEc. 4. That an election shall be held
10 the County Of Aiken, as established
by this. Act, on ,theIhird Wednesday Of
October, A, d. 1872. for members of
the General Assembly, aud for the regu.
lar Corsty Officers provided for by the
Constitution apd laws ofthe State, aud
the ofzceB es elected sha!l.:before cpter
ing upon the duties of their respective
Offices, be required to give bond with
sureties, as now is or may be required
by law.
SEC 5, That until the next apportiOu-
nent of Representatives, the rePresen,
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