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Constitution, Rules and Bylaws OF tht
said corporation, and, moreover, the saio
shares to be disposed to be disposed o.
at the death, resignation or removal
from the State of any share holder, in
such manner as may be prescribed by
the said Constitution, Rules and BY
Laws.
SEC. 8. That the said corporation shall
have such number and succession OF
officers and members as shall be ordain'
ed and chosen according to the constltu'
ton, Rules and Bylaws made, or to be
made, by the said corporation for its
government, and shall have power and
authority to make any such Constitu'
ton, Rules, or Bylaws as are not re-
pugnant to the Constitution and laws OF
the lamp; shall have and keep q common
seal, and alter the same at will, shall!
sue and be sued, plead and be implicated
in any Court of Law or Equity in this
State, and shall have and enjoy all and
every right and privilege incident and
belonging to corporate bodies.
SEC. 4. That the funds of the said cor
poration may be invested in such pro-
perty, real or personal, and securities,
public or private, and loaned to share
holders and members or other persons
or corporations, on such securities, IN
such mode, on such terms, under such
and subject to such regula-
tions, as may be, from time to time, pre-
scribed by the Constitution, Rules and
BY Laws of said corporation, and it
shall and may he lawful for the said cor
Doration to take and hold such lands,
tenements and hereditaments, and per-
sonal property, bonds, stocks, public OF
private, and chooses in action, as they
Shall acquire by purchase, devise, be-
quests, gifts, assignments or otherwise,
and to take and hold such lands, tene-
ments, hereditaments and personal pro-
perty, and such other stocks and bonds,
public or private, or chooses in action, as
Shall be mortgagcd, conveyed, assigned
or pledged to it by way Of security upon
its loans or advances or purchase at sales
thereof, and to sell, alien, transfer, OF
otherwise dispose of the same, from
time to time, as the said corporation
may deem eXpedient.
SEC. 5. That Immediately after the
expiration Of ten years from the present
time, the assets of the corporation shall
be fairly and justly divided among the
and members thereof, and
upon this distribution and division, then
this corporation shall cease and determ-
INC.
SEC. 6. That this Act shall be taken
and deemed q public Act, and that the
same may be given in evidence, with
being specially pleaded.
Approved February II, 1871.
AN ACT to Incorporate the "NashriNe
IndeDcndent Blucs Charitable Associd-
tion,h of the city of Charleston, S. G.
SETON l. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by
the authority of the same, That l. s. La
zarus, +. T.. Raines, J. S. Goldsmith, Il.
J. Ford, and others, who now are, or
hereafter may be, members and officers
of the Nashville Independent Blues
Charitable Association, aud their sue,
cessors, officers and members, be-, and
they are hereby, declared to be body
polite and corporate, under the name
and style of the Nashville Independ-
cnt Blues Charitable Association" and
the said corporation shall, by its corpo-
rate name, sue and be sued, implead and
be impleaded in the Courts of this State,
and Shall be able and empowered by
law to purchase, have, hold, enjoy and
possess any goods, chattels, lands, tene-
Inents or real estate of what kind or
nature soever; and the same, or any part
thereof, to sell, alien or convoy at their
will and pleasure; Provided howcpcr,
That the property SO to be held shall
not exceed the value Of five thousand
dollars; and the said corporation shall
have power to make common seal, ,
with power to change and alter the
same as often as they shall deem neces-
sary. :,
SEC. .. And be it further enacted,
That this Act shall be deemed q pm bile
Act, and shall continue in force for the
term Of fourteen years.
Approved February 18th, 1871.
AN ACT to Regulate the appointment,
Jurisdiction, and Duties Of Notaries
Public.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives, of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same, That the Govern
or be authorized to appoint as many No
taries Pnblic throughout the State as the
public good shall require, to hold their
offices during the pleasure of the Gov
eruor for the time being, whose juris-
diction shall extend throughout the
State.
SEC. 2. That every Notary Public
shall take the oath of Office prescribed
by the Constitution, q certificate OF
which oath shall be recorded in the office
of the Secretary of State.
SEC. 8. That every Notary Public
shall have seal of office, which shall
be affixed to his instruments Of publica-
ton, and to his protestations but the
absence of such seal shall not render his
acts invalid, provided his official title be
affixed. :.
SEC. 4. That Notaries Public shall.
have power to administer oaths, take de-
position and al1idavits, protest for nor
payment bonds, notes, drafts and bills o.
exchange, take Acknowledgements anC
proofs of deeds, and other instrument:
required by law to be acknowledged, anl
take renunciations of dover and inherl
tance.
Approved February. ii, 1911.
AN ACT to Repeal so much Of the Ac
of 1889 as Prohibits tie Clerks Of TIN
Courts Of the State from Acting as ut
torncys or Solicitors IN the Courts Q
the State.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives, o
the State of South Carolina now me
and sitting in General Assembly, and b,
the authority of the same, That so mucl
of the Act Of 1889 as prohibits the Clerk
of the various Courts Of the State from
acting as Attorneys and Solicitors in tn
Courts of the State be, and the same i
hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. That from and after the pas
sage of this Act, the Clerks of the differ
ent Courts of this State shall have tn
privilege of acting as Attorneys and So
licitors in all the Courts of the State, eX
cept in the Courts Of their respectiv
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