Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-07-07

team, fifteen cents; two horse team twenty.
live cents three horse team, thirty five cents;
and four horse teams, fifty cents OK teams,
same as horse teams; foot passengers, fivo
cents; loose horses aud mules five couts each;
cattle, three cents; and hogs, sheep aud
goats, two cents each.
SEQ. 2. That this charter shall remain in
forco for the term of fourteen years: provi.
dcd, That children going to and returning
from school and voters goiu.. to and return,
iny from their polling precinct on election
days, shall be cxempt lrom paying toll ut the
said ferry.
SEC 3. Aud be it further enacted, by the
authority aforesaid, That the County Com
missioncrs of Fairfield county do lay out, or
cause to bo laid out, made and kept in repair
in as direct course as conveniently may be-
a road from tho "Riycr road" crossing the
Watcrcc creek at Pcrry's old mill, to said fer
ry, on the line of road iornerly used to said
ferry.
SEC. 4. And be it further enacted, by the
authority aforesaid, That the county coumis.
sloners of Lancaster county do lay out, make
and keep in repair, in as direct course as
conveniently may be, apublic road from said
ferry, to the road leading to Liberty Hill and
Camden, and that tho same bc declared
public highway, with permission to these over
whose land said roads may pass 10 erect gates
across the same.
Approved March 0, 1871.
An Act to authorize the county commissions
cla of Spartanburg, Grccnvillc, Pickcns
and Oconce, and tho authorities of certain
towns in those counties to provide means
to meet interest on certain bonds
SEcTIoN |. BE it cuactcd by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the State
Of South Carolina, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the autority Of the
same:
That the county commissioners of the
counties of Sparanbulg, GrecnviIc pckcns
and Oconcc, and the proper authorities of
tho said cities and towns in those counties,
having subscribed or proposing sub ,cription,
to the capital STOCK Of the Atl,nt, and Rich
mond Air Line Railway Company, be en-
powered, so soon as the said railway company
shall have complied with the terms Of sub
scription of any one of the above mentioned
counties, cities or towns, and said subscrip.
tlons shall have been acccl ted by said compa
ny, then the comfy commissioners Of such
county, or the ,.roper authority of such city
or town, are authorized aud required to have
levied and collected, from year to year on all
taxable property in such county, city or
town, sum Of money sufficient to meet the
interest aocruing on such bnnds ms may be is
sued to meet such subscription to the capital
stock of the said Atlanta and Richmond Air
Limo Railway company, and to provide fur.
ther payment Of such bonds as they may fall
duo.
Approved March I, 1871.
An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Net
to Define the Criminal Jurisdiction Of
Trial Justices" Approved March |, 1870
SEcrloN |. BE Il enutcd by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina, now met and sittin. in
General Assembly, and by the authority Of
the same:
Whenever trial Justice or Justice Of tho
Peace shall issue a warrant for the arrest
OF any person charged with an offence above
the grade OF nisdcmcanur, such Trial Jus.
ticc Or Justice Of tho Peace shall be author
lied to select any citizen or citizens Of tho
County to execute the same, upon his endorse
mcnt upon the said warran: that, in his juAg
lncnt, the selection of such person or persons
will be conducive to the certain and speedy
execution of the said warrant; and the per.
son or persons so selected shall have all the
powers now, or hereafter, conferred by law
upon any Constable within this State.
SEC. z. Any person or persons selected in
the manner provided for in Section | Of this
Act shall be required forthwith to proceed to
execute the said warrant, and upon his will.
fully, ncgligcntly or carclcssy falling to make
tho arrest, or permitting the party 10 escape
after arrest, he or they shall be punished,
upon conviction, On Indictment, by fine and
Imprisonment i'll the County Jail, in the dis.
crction of the Judge before whom the iudict-
ment may be tried said imprisonment not
to be less than six months
Approved March Q, 1871.
An Act to incorporate tho "Mcchanic's Tn.
ion, NO. l." Of the city Of Charleston,
SEcrIoN |. Belt enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives Of the State of
South Carolina, now met and sitting in Cen.
eral Assembly, and by the authority Of the
same:
That Henry Conncyllc, and such other
persons as may now, or hereafter shall be,
associated with him, arc hereby made and dc.
clared to be a body polite and corporate, by
the name and style Of "The Mechanics Un.
ion, No ]" of the city of Charleston
Sec. 2. That said association shall have
succession of officers and members, according
to its by laws, shall have power to make by
laws (not rcpugnant to law) and to have and
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