The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-04-05

answer and be answered unto in any Court OF laa
or equity in this State, and make such rules anG
bylaws mot repugnant to the laws Of the land
as for the good government and management
thereof may be thought necessary and expe
dent. -. - = -. -, -. .. = ..
SEC 6. That Balls H1x, WILEY R. HARBIN, VII
LIAM IsBELL, LIVINGSTON IsBELL, A. SLOAN STE.
PHESs, and their successors in Office, be, and they
are hereby constituted body corporate and
polite, under the name and style Of the Beaver
Dam Baptist Church, Of Oconee County, with 9
capital stock not exceeding the sum Of five. thou.
sand dollars, with the right to sue and be sued
to plead and be impleaded in any Court Of com
petent jurisdiction, to have and to hold common
seal, and the same to alter at will and pleasure
and with all other rights AID privileges that
are now secured by law to Ike incorporated
! bodies.
Sec {. That ". J. PARNELL, JOS. FLETCHER,
RICHARD q. HUBERT, HENRY WASHINGTON, ia.
COB LINDSAY, LOUIS KELLEY, ABRAHAM PETERSON,
and JAcK QU1LLIAN, aud all persons Tho now are
or who hereafter shall or may bccoms members
Of the said society," shall be, and they ere hereby
incorporated and declared q body polite, under
the name and style Of the Trinity Baptist Church
OF Tloreucc. .
! Sec 8. That the said corpora N shall have
power to purchase, receive and !,iseess any rea
or pernonal estate for the pu:po.c Of this Act no,
exceeding in value the sum Of tSentystive thou,
sand dollars, or to sell the same, and by its cor.
porate name sue and be sued, plead and be i'm.
pleaded, in any Court in this State, and to make
auch rules and bylaws (not repugnaut to law
as may be thought necessary and expedient, and
said society shall nave all the powers, and be sub
iect to all the liabilities and restrictions Of this
Act to regulate the formation of corporations, sc
far Is applicable.
SEC. o. Whereas, Oliver Hewett and his associ-
ates have prayed to be incorporated; therefore,
that from and immediately after the passage oi
this Act, all persona who now are, OF who hereaf
ter shall or may become members Of the said So.
ciety, shall be, and they arc hereby, incorporated
and declared to be a body corporate, by the name
and style of the Binnaker Camp Meeting Society,
and by ssid name shall have succession Of officers
and members, and hsvo common seal.
SEC. 10. That said corporation shall have power
to purchase, receive and possess any real or per.
sonal estate, not exceeding in value the SUM OF
twenty thousand dollars, or to sell the same, and
BY its corporate name to sue and be sued, in any
Court in this State, and to make such rules and
bylaws (uot repugnant to law,) as may be
thought necessary and ex2edient
Sec. II. That the foregoing Acts are deemed
public Acts, and the charters and re-charters con.
tained in this Act shall continue in force after the
ratification of this Act, for the term of twenty.
one years, and until the next meeting of the
General Assembly thereafter.
Approved the 7thdsy OF March, A. D. 1871.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE TIE COLUMBIA, WALTER
BoRo' AND YENAsEE EAIL ROAD COMPANY.
SECTION l. Be ii enGcted by the Senate d1.C
House Of Representatives, IF the State Of Soun
Carolina, now met and sitting in General assem-
W. BUgBRlDGE, JOHN 7. JENNINGS, ". -. THOMAS
J. S. GLOVER, BUER1L SANDERS, WILLIAM DR1EELE
| G. D. RICHARDSON. EDWARD HoLIEs, o. P. VII
LIAMs, GEORGE F. MCINTYRE, l.. j. MAnnocKs, a
F. O'Bk1ES, CALEB SAULs, Z. P. HOLMES, RoBEg,
SaAILs, N. B. MYERS, J. J. KLEIN, and their asso
ciatos and successors, are hereby constituted /;
body polite and corporate, by the name and style
Of the Columbia, WATERFORD and Yemasee Raj
Road Company.
SEC 2. That the said company is hereby author
lied to construct rail road from the town o
Branchville, in nearly ss direct line as possible
to the town of WATERFORD, and from thence Il
some point on the Charleston and Savannah Raj
Road, as near as possible to the town CT Yemasec
on the said rail road.
SEC 5. That for the purpose Of raising the capi-
tai stock Of the said company it shall be lawful tt
open books in the town Of Walterboro' under the
direction of JOHN ". BURBa1DGE, J. S. GLoyEI
and WILLIAM DRIFFLE; ct the city of Charleston
under the direction Of JOIN T. JENNINGS, WILLIAM
Il. THOMAS and E. P. HOLINESS at tie city Of Co
lumbis, under the direction Of GEORGE F. McIS
TYRE, G. D. RICHARDSON and EDWARD HOLMES, fol
the purpose Of receiving subscriptions to al
amount not exceeding one million five hundred
thousand dollars in shares Of one hundred dollar;
each, for the purpose Of constructing the rail roac
provided for by this Act
SEC. 4. That tho times and places for receiving
| such subscriptions shall be fixed by the Commits
soners IN the town of WATERFORD, or a majority
of thenl and shall be advertised for thirty days il
one or moro newspapers Of this State; and the
books for receiving such subscriptions shall be
kept open for sixty days at each of the places
where the came shall be opened.
SEC. S. That on each share OF the stock sub
scribed, the subscriber shall pay.to the Commits
sioner receiving such subscription, the sum Of five
dollars, who shall deposit the same in come
National Bank, and no subscription shall be yaliG
without such payments; and at the expiration o.
the time hereby prescribed for keeping open the
books, the said Commissioners shall make a re-
turn Of the subscriptions taken by them, ard the
sums paid thereon, to the Commissioners in the
town Of WATERFORD.
SEC G. That when the sum of two hundred anc
fifty thousand dollars shall be subscribed in the
manner herein prescribed, the said company may
meet and organize, at such time and place as ma!
be designated by majority of the Commissioners
herein named for t.-e town Of WATERFORD, due
notice having first been given.
Sec. 7. That for the purpose Of organizing anG
formingt this company, all the powers conferred
by the original charter Of the Northeastern
Rail Road Company in the Commissioners therein
named, shall be vested in the Commissioner
named in this Act, each subscriber being entitled
to vote for each share OF stock: Provided, Ths
nothing herein contained shall be 40 construed aG
to exempt the saiG company from the payment O
taxes, or to pledge by way Of endorsement Of
otherwise, the credit or The funds Of the State o.
South Carolina in aid of the construction Of sale