The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-22

Sac. Z. The said company shall be entitled
to all the rights and privileges accorded to
Other corporations incorporated by the laws Of
this State: Provided, That nothing in this
act shall be constru,d as giving 10 the said
South Carolina Phosphate and Phosphate
River Mining Company the exclusive right to
dig and mire in the nayigable rivers and
waters OF the State.
SEC. 9. All acts and parts OF acts i%nconsis-
tent with this act; are hereby repealed.
Approved the.9th day Of March, AID. ISL.
Az ACT to establish q new judicial and cleo.
tion county from portions Of the Counties OF
BarnwelI, Edgeaed, Lexington and Orange
burg, TO be known as Aiken County.
SECTION /. BE IL enacted by the Senate and
House OF Representatives Of the State ofsouth
Carolina, now met and. sitting in Generals $
sembly. and by the authority OF the ssns
That j new judicial aud ele .tion county,
with its seat OF justice located at che Town OF
Aiken, which county shall be known as Aiken
County, shall be formed, and is hereby autbo-
rized to be formed, from portions of the pres.
emit Counties of BarnTeD, Edgefeld, Lexilg-
ton and orangeburp, with the metes aud
bounds hereinafter described, to Wit: COM
mencius q. the mouth OF Fo1's Creek, in Edge.
field County, where it empties into Savannah
River, thence in a straight line to where he
south branch of Chinquepin Falls Creek IA
tributary Of the North Edisto Rlver) intsrsects
the Edgefeld and Lexington line; thence down
said creeks to where it empties into the north
fork of the Edfsto River, aud down the said
north fork to where the dividing line between
Lexington and orangeburg Counties (runplng
from Big Beaver Creek tothe north fork OF the
Edisto, touches said river; thence in a straight
line to the head of Tinker's Creek, in Bafnwell
County; thence down said creek to where it
empties into the Upper Three Buns, and down
said Runs Greek to where it empties into the
Savannah River; thence up the Savannah River
to the Initial point ct the mouth OF Fox's
Creek.
T. SEC. 2. That Frank Arnim, A.. F. Maloney,
P. 3. Rivers J.. r. Jamison, E. Ferguson, J. N.
Rsyne, E. ]. q. Wood. P. r.. Rockwell, J. A.
Greene, y. d. Reedlsh and B. Byas be, and
are hereby, appointed commissioners to run
out and properly mark and define The said
boundary lines, with the assistance OF two COM
peteut surveyors to be selected by them.
SEC. 8. That ). J. Lee, Frank Arnim, P. Is.
Rivers, C. D.. H6Sne, John Wooley, E. ]. Wood,
J.. N. Hayne, Lew Chavis, W.. Il. Reddish and
]. H. Cornish be, n are hereby, appointed
commissioners to provide. suitable buildings
TOR the several courts and county officers, and
TO select and purchase, or procure sites for the
usual public buildings, and to. contract for and
superintend, tho erection Of the courthouse
and jsii. thereon; and that aaid public buildings
shall be bail. at the expense OF the citizens oil
said county. and to meet the said demands, q
speciattax on tho assessed value Of real and
personal property in SAID county be levied. ~
SEC. 4. Thet an election shall be held in the
County Of Aiken, as established by this act. on
the third Wednesday Of October, A. D. 1877,
fer members Of the General Assembly, and for
the regular county officers provided for By the
constitution and laws Of the State, and the
ofacors 20 elected shall, before entoring uPon
the duties Of their respective Offices, be re-
CURED to give bond With s%uretics, as now is or
may be required by Law.
SEc.l6. That until the next apportionment
OF representatives; the representation Of the
several counties OF this State affected BY this
act, shall 1emaia as now established.
SIC. G. That the County OF Aiken he, and II
is hereby, attached to.he Third Congressional
District, and shall form part and psrcel OF the
Sixth Judicial Circuit, and that. the regular
terms Of the. Courts OF General Sessions and
Common Pleas shall be held 10 the town, oI
Aiken, on the second Monday Of January. MaJ
md September Of each year, and that the Jus
tees of the peace, consiables, in the severn
counties affected by this act, who shall be in
Office at the tim, this act e oes into. effect, shall
continue in Office until their successors shall
have bsen elected and shall have qualified
Provided, however, That the justices OF the
peace and constabl 8 now in ofics shall, from
and after tie time this act goes. into effect, be
confined aud limited in their; official capacity,
duty and power 20 the limits of their respec-
tive counties, as altered by this act, and the
bald officers residing in Aiken County shall, in
like manner, be restriotedin their Official func.
tions to said County Of Alke1.
SEC. I. Thai from and after the fourthsQay
OF October, A. D. 1872, air suits pending in the
Courts OF Barnwell, Bdgefeld, Lexington ant
orang aburg, of which the defendants reside in
those portions Of the said counties nov estab-
lisbei as the County OF Aiken, aad all indict
meuts now pending in The courts Of said. coun
ties Where the offence vas committed d. in those
parts Of the eai5 counties. now established in
the County of Aiken, shall. be transferred tc
thu dockets OF the courts Of the said County>o'
AIKEN, and ali records, commissions and other
papers belonging to any Of the said suits
orindictments, together with all the legs
fncide1ts thereun.o appersaining, shall be
transferred to the clerk, Of the court OF the
said County of Aiken, aud al. writs and
| other processes already issued and made re
turnable to the fall tenn OF the courts of Barn
well, Edgefeld, Lexington and orangeburg
where the defendants in the said cases reside
in tie parts Of the said counties now establish
| ed ts the County Of Aiken, shah be as valit
and ~effsctual as though they had been issued
to the fall term of the court Of The said Count!
| OF Aiken; and the service of such processes b.
tie sheriff Of any Of the said counties, shall b
az good and ~effectual as q service to the tai
term Of the court Of The said County OF Aiken
and all such writs aud processes shall BIZ
| transferred BY the clerks Of the courts OF thu
| said counties, to the clerks of the court. OF TIT