The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-04-06
LAWS OF TIE TATE.
Acts and john Resolutions, Passed by
lIns, Session OF 1s7O-'71.
10 FFICIAL.]

loFF1cIAL.l les6 ais
AN ACT to incorporate and recharter certain
religious institutions.
SECTION 1. Be It enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the State Of South
Carolina; new met and sitting in General AS
sembly, and by the authority OF the same:
Thatrso much Of the ctpsssed on:the niue
teenth day Of December, in the year Of our Lord
eighteen hundred and .forty-Dine,t as tneorpo.
rated .tsThe orangeburg Presbyterian Church
Society" be revived and continued Of force for
the period Of twenty-one years.
SEQ. 2. That Walnut Grove Baptist Church,
in the County of Abbeville, in South Carolina,
be, and the same is. hereby rechartered for the
term of twsnty.on years, with the same rights,
powers and privileges rs those heretofore al
lowed by law.
SEC. 8. ThalI all acts done or authorized to
be done by the offoerst Of said church since
the expiration Of its former charter, be, and
the same are hereby declared valid and bind
ing in all respects and to all intents.
szo. 4. Whereas Robert Knox, John g.
Fringe, Ezetiei Hunnicutt and John L. Viii
son, as trustees OF the New Hope Baptist
Church, in Oconee County, have prayedto be
incorporated: Therefore, from and immedi-
ately after the passage. Of this act all those
persons who NOW are, or who hereafter may
become members OF the, said society shall be,
aud they are hereby, Incorporated, and are
hereby declared to be a body corporate, in
deed and IN law; BY the name and style Of the
New Hope Baptist Church, 0conee County.
and by the said name shall have perpetual'suc
cesaion Of officers and members, and q COM
mon seal, with power. to change, alter ard
make new the same Is often as the said cor
poration shall judge expedlent. ~.
Sec. 5. That the said corporation shall be
capable, in Inv, TO purchase, have, hold, e.
ceive, enjoy, possess and retain to itself, id6er-
petuity, or for any term OF years, any lands,
tenements or Entertainments, or other property,
Of what nature soever, not exceeding the sum
Of ten Thousand dollars, or to sell or alien the
same, as the said corporation shall think At,
and by itsrsaid name to sue and be sued. inn
plead and be implicated, answer and be answer
ed unto, in any court Of law or equity in this
State, and make such rules and bylaws (not
r~epugnant to the laws of the. land) as for the
good government and management thereof
may be thought necessary and expedient.
SEC. O. That Balls Hix, Wiley B. Hs-bin,
William IsDsll, Livingston Isbell, A. Sloan
Stephens, and their successors in Office, be,
and they are hereby, constituted q body cor
porate and polite. under the name and style
OF the Beaver Dam Baptist Church. of ocenee
County, with a capital stock not exceeding the
sum of five thousand doIare, with the right to
ssue and be sued, 10 plead and be impieadsd in
any court Of competent jurisdiction, to have
and to hold q common seal, aid the same to
alter. at will and pleasure, and with all other
rights and privileges that are now secured by
law to like INCORPORATED bodies.
sso..7. That W. J. ParnelI,' Joseph Fletcher,
a. Humbert, Henry Washington,
Jacob Lindsay; Louis Kelley, Abra' n Peter
son and Jack QuiIIisn, aud al persons who now
are, or who, hereafter shall or may become
members OF the sud society, shaI be, and they
are hereby, Incorporated and declared 9 body
polite, under the name and style Of the
Trinity Baptist Church, Of Florence. Z.
SEC. 8. That the said corporatiou shall have
power to purchase, receive and possess any
real OF personal estate for the purpose of this
act, not exceeding in value the sum Of twenty
five thousand dollars, or to sell the came, and
by its Corporate name sue and be sued, plead
and be implicated, in any court in this State,
and to make ouch rules and bylaws (not re-
pugnaut to law,) as may be thought necessary
and expedisnt. and said society shall have all
the powers, and be subject to al the liabilities
restrictions Of this set to regulate the for
of corporations. so far as applicable.
SEQ. 8. Whereas, Oliver Hewett and his
have prayed to- be incorporated;
therefore, that from and immediately after the
passage Of this act, all persona who now are,
or who hereafter shall or may become MEM
5ers Of the said society, abal be, and they are
hereby, Incorporated and declared to be q body
corporate, by the name and style OF the Bin
naker Camp Meeting Society, and by saidname
shall have succession Of officers and members,
and have q common seal.
SEC. 10. That said corporation shall have
to purchase, receive and possess any
resi- or personal estate, not exceeding in value
the sum of twenty thousand dollars. or to sell
the same, and by it's corporate name to sue aud
be sued, in any court in this State, and to make
such rules and bylaws mot repugnant to law)
as may be thought necessary and expedient.
SEQ. II. That the foregoing acts are deemed
pubIic acts, and the charters and recharters
contained in this act shall continue in force
after the ratification of this act, for the term
of twenty-one years, and until the next meet.
ing of the Genera! Assembly thereafter.
approved the 7th day OF March,, "A. D. 1871.
An ACT to alter and amend an act entitled an
"Au act to alter and amend the charter OF
the City of G~reenvile, andf for other purpo-
ses," approved March %, 1885,
SECTION 1. Be it enacted By the Senate and
House Of Representatives, Of the State OF south
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
I..a~,hJ, on5 ~, Sha .uIho~s%v - &1o oan1a.