The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-06
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ACTS AND JOINT REsoLurIONs

ACTS AND JOINT REsoLUTIOHs
Passed I1y the egislature-- Session 1870
and 1871. s, II. 4 n is
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A NEW JUDICIAL AND
ELECTION COUNTY FROM PORTIONS OF
TaE COUNTIES OF BARNwELL, EDGE
FIELD, LEXINGTON AND oRAEaEDURci.
TO DE KNOWN AS AIKEN COUNTY.
SECTION /. Be il enacted by the Senate
ana House of Representatives. of the
state OF South Curolina, now met and
sitt,ng IN General Assembly, and by the
authority OF the same, That new iud:.
oiai and election County, with its seat of
justice located ut tho town of Aiken
which County shall be known as Aiken
County, shall be formed, and is hereby
authorized to be formed, from portions
OF tue present Counties of Barnwell.
Edgeheid, Lexington and Orangeburg.
with the metes and bounds hereinafter
described, to wit: commencing at the
mouth OF Fox's Creek, in Edeefeld
County, whero it empties into Savannah
river, thence in q straight line to where
the South branch of Chinquepin Falls
Creek Ia tributary Of the North Edisto
Klver) intersects the Edgefield and Lex
ington line; thence down said creeks to
where it empties into the North fork of
the Edisto River, and down the said
North fork to where the dividing line
between Lexington and Orangeburg
Counties running from Big Beaver
Creek to the North fork OF the Edisto)
touches said river; thence in II straight
line to the head Of Tinker's Creek, in
Barnwell County; thence down snid
creek to where it empties into the Upper
Three Runs, and down said Runs creek
to where it emptics into the Savannah
River; thence up the Savannah River to
the Initial point ut the mouth Of Fox's
Greek.
SEC. 2. That Frank Amin. NJ. +.
Maloney, p. r. Rivers. J. L. Jamison,
+. Ferguson, J. N. Hayne. %. J. G.
Wood, p. Il. Rockwell, j. A. Greene.
w. q. Reddish and 3. Byas be, and are
hereby, appointed Commissioners to run
out and properly mark and define the
said boundary lines. with tho assistance
OF two ~ competent surveyors to be
selected by them.
SEC 8. That S. j. Lee, Frank Arnim,
T. 4. Rivers, G. D. Hnyne, John Wooley,
p. J. G. Wood, j. N. Haync, Levi
Chavis. ". II. Reddish and J. Ii. Cor
nisil be, and are hereby, appointed Com.
mlssloncrs to provide suitable buildings
Tor tho several courts aud County Of.
hcers, and to select aud purchase, or
procure sites for the usual public build
ings, and to contract for and supcrin-
tend the erection Of the Court House
and Jail thereon; and that said public
buildings shall be built Mt tue expense
of the citizens of said County, and to
meet the said demands, u special tax on
the assessed value OF real md personal
property in said Comfy be levied.
SEC. 4. Tint an election shall bo held
in the County Of Aiken, us established
by this Act, on the third Wednesday of
October, A. D. 1879, for members of the
General Assembly md the regular Coun-
ty officers provided for by tho Cons:itr-
ton and laws of the State, aud the Off
GERS 80 elected shall, before entering
upon tho duties Of their respective Off.
ces, DC required to give bond, with sure
Ties, as now is or may be required by
law.
Sec. S. That until the next npportiou-
ment OF Representatives, the representa-
ton of the several Counties of this State
affected by this Act shall remain as now
established.
V SEC. 6. That the County Of Aiken bee
and it is hereby, attached. to tho Third
Congressional District, and Shall form
part and parcel OF the Sixth Judicial
Circuit, and That tho regulnr terms of the
Codfts Of General Sessions and Common
Pleas shnll be held in the town Of Aiken,
on the second Monday Of january, May
aud September of each year, and that
the Justices OF the Peace, Coustables, in
the several Cauuties affected by this Act,
who shall be in Office ut tho time this Act
goes into effect, shall continue III Office
until their successors shall have been
elected, and shall have qualified: Pro
pideI, horepcr, That tho Justices of the
Pence and Constablcs now in Office Shall,
from aud after the time this Act goes into
effect, DO confined and limited in their
Official capacity, duty aud power 70 the
limits OF their respective Counties, MS
altered Ivy this Act, nnd the sail officers
residing in Aiken County shall, in like
manner. be restricted in their ollciul
function to Sail County Of Aiken
Sec. z. That from and aftcrthc fourth
day OF October. a. ID. 1872, all snits
pending i'll the courts of Barnwcll,
Edgeiield, Lexington and Orangcburg,
OF which tho defendants reside in those
portions Of tho said Counties now cstub-
lished MS the County Of Aiken, and all
indictments now pending in tho courts
vi said Counties, where The offence was
committed in those parts of the said
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