The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1871-05-11

the SAID society, shall be, anu tncy are hereDy,
incorporated and declared to be body corpo-
rate by the name and style of the Binnaker
Camp Meeting Society, and by the said name
shall have succession OF officers and members,
and have common SEAL
| Sec 10. That said corporation shall have
power to purchase, receive and possess any real
or personal 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 (not repugnant to law
as may be thought necessary and e1pedient. :.
Sec IL. That the foregoing acts are deemed
public acts, and the charters and recharters
contained in this act ehall continue in force
after the ratification of this act, for the tern
of twenty-one years, and until the next NETT
ing of the. General Assembly hereafter.
Approved the 9TH day of March, 1871.
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED GAN ACT
FOR THE BETTER PROTECTION OF MIGRATE
| RY FISH,"
SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General As
sembly, and by the authority of the same, That
an Act entitled can Act for the better protec-
ton of migratory fish," be amended as
follows: That at no time during the year
shall there be any permanent obstruc-
tions, of any kind or nature whatever, in any
of the inland creeks streams or waters OF the
State to the free migration of fish ; and on and
after the passage of this Act there shall be
close time in all the creeks, streams and inland
waters of this State from the setting Of the sun
each Saturday until the rising of the sun on
each Monday, during which time all seines,
nets, wires, or any other plan or device for the
. .+o,r,no ~ ootohipo of Ech which Ohstr11ct
more than two-thirds of any stream, other
than dam for manufacturing purposes, shall
be removed from said creeks, streams or wa
tiers, and the owner, in whole or in part, of any
such obstruction, plan or device shall be liable
to fine of twenty dollars for each and every
offence, one-half to go to the informer, and
the other half to the use of the County in
which such obstruction is found.
SEC. 9. That all manufacturing companies
or persons who have erected or may erect, ar
titicial dams across the inland creeks, streams
or waters Of this State, which prevent the mig
ratory fish from ascending the same, shall, i'm
mediately after the passage of this Act, con-
struct proper fish ways over the same and
should such manufacturing companies or per-
sons refuse or fail so to do, they shall be liable
to fine of five thousand dollars, recoverable
] by the County in which such dam has been or
may be erected, in Court of competent juris-
diction.
SEC. 3. That should any person or persons
cause to flow into or be cast into, any OF the
creeks, streams or inland waters of this State
any impurities that are poisonous to fish or des-
tructive to their spawn, such person or persons
shall, upon conviction thereof, be punishable
with fine of not less thar five hundred dol
lars, or Imprisonment of not less than six
months in the County Jail; the fine to 60 one
half to the informer, and the other half to the
County: Provided, That the duties assigned
by the Joint Resolution of January 19, 1870, to
the Board of Fish Commissioners, be- and they
are hereby, assinged and transferred to Com
missioners of the Bureau Of Agricultural Sta
tistics.
SEC. f. This Act to take effect on and after
its passage.
Approved March 9, 1871.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE CERTAIN RELIGIOUS
| INSTITUTIONS.
| SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State ofSouth
Carolina, now met and sitting IN General As
sembly, and by the authority of the same, That
from and after the passage Of this Act all per-
sons who now are or who hereafter shall or
may become members Of the said society, shall
be, and they are hereby, incorporated, and are
hereby declared to bo body polite and cor
porate by the name and style of the Mount
Pleasant Baptist Church, and by the said name
shall have q succession of officers and members,
and have O common seal.
SEC. 2. That the said corporation shall have
power to purchase, receive and possess real and
personal property, and to sell the same, and
by its corporate name to sue and be sued IN any
court and to make such rules and bylaws, not
repugnant to law, as may be thought necessary
and expedient.
SEC. 8. That from and Immediately after the
passage of this Act all persons who now are or
who hereafter shall or may become, members
of the Hopewel Baptist Church, shall be, and
they are hereby, Incorporated under the name
and style of the Hopeewell Baptist Church, OF OF
Laurens County, and by the said name shal!
have successors of officers and members, ano
have and use common seal.
SEC f. The said corporation shall have pow
er to purchase. receive and possess any real
or personal estate not exceeding In value the
sum of twenty thousand dollars, or to sell tho
same, and by its corporate name to sue and be
sued in any court in this State, and to make
such rules and bylaws, not repugnant to law,
as may be thought necessary and eSpedient.
Sec. s. That Patrick Smalls, Lewis Smalls,
James I. Bolan, John Alexander, Robert CHS
olm, Joseph Idencutter and Caesar Gillison, to-
gether with all who are now, or who hereafter
Shall or may become members of the said Eu-
haw Baptist Church of Graham, shall be, and
they are hereby, declared to be body corpo-
rate, by the name and style of the Second Eu-
haw. Baptist Church, and by this said name
shall have succession of officers and members,
and have common seal.
| Sec 6. That the said corporation shall havo
power to purchase, receive and possess any real
! or personal estate not exceeding in value the
sum of ten thousand dollars, or to dispose Of
the same by its corporate name, to sue and be
sued, plead and be implicated in any court of
law or equity in this State, and to make such
rules and bylaws, not repuglant to the laws of
the land, as may be thought necessary and ex-
Src Tbat samuel Marshall Antim Nc