The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1871-04-29
OFFICIAL
Acts and Joint ResorntioEs
Passed by the Legislature.
Session 1870 and 1s71.

~ rErAFEaEf- .rH
SECTION 1, BE it resolved by the
Senate and House Of Representatives of
the State Of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and by
the nnthority Of the same, That SO
much of the act passed on the nineteenth
dsyofD December, in Of our Lord eigh.
teen hundred and ~forty-nine as incorpo-
rated aThe Orangeburg Presbyterian
Church Society" DO revived and con-
tinued of force for the period of twenty
one years.
Sol. That Walnut Grove Baptist
Church, in,the County of Abbeyillc, in
South Carolina, be, AID the I'M is
hereby, rechartered for the term of.
twsnty-ope years, with tho same rights,
powers, powers and privileges as those
heretofore allowed by law.
SEC. g.. That all acts done or author
lied to be done by the officers of said
church since the expiration of its former
charter, be, and the same are hereby
declared valid and binding in all respects
and to, all intentss.
Sec. a. Whereas Robert Knox, John
G. Fringe, Ezekiel Hunnicutt and John
l.. Wilson, as trustees of the New Hope
Baptist Church, in Oconee County, have
prayed to be Incorporated {: Therefore
from and immedistely after the passage
of this act all those persons who now
are, or who hereafter may become mem
bers of the said society shall be, and
they are hereby, Incorporated, and arc
hereby declared TO bo body corporate,
in deed and in law, by the name and
style of the New Hope Baptist Church,
oeonss County, and by the said name.
shall have perpetual succession of officers
and members, and a common seal, with
power to change, after and make new
the same as often as the said corporation
shall judge ~expedient.
SEC. 5. That the said corporation
shall be capable, in law, to purchase,
have, hold, receive, enjoy, possess and
retain to itself, in perpctuity, or for any
term of years, any lands, tenements or
Entertainments, or other property, of
what nature soeyer, not exceeding the
sum- of ten thousand dollars, or to sell or
alien the same, as the said corporation
shall think fit, aud BY its said name to
sue and be sued, implead and be implcad-
ed, answer and be answered unto, in any
coart of law OF equity in this State, and]
makesueh rules ard bylaws quot repng.
nant to the laws Of the land) as for the
good government and management there
Of may be thought necessary and cxpc-
dent.
SEC. 6. That Balls Hix, Wiley, r.
Hardin, William Isbell, Livingston Is
bell, A. Sloan stdep;thiaahiss. f and their sue
cessors in Office BE, aud they are + hereby,
constituted a body corporate and polite,
under the name and style of the Beaver
Dam Baptist Church, of Oconce County,
with n capital stock not exceeding the
sum of FIVE thousand dollars, with the
right to suer andahe sued; to plead and
be impleaded in any court Of competent
Jurisdiction, to haveaahd to hold a COM
mon seal, and the same to alter ut will
and pleasure, and with ali other rights
and privileges that are now secured by
law to.iike Incorporated bodies.
SEC. T3jThattW;J. ParneIl, Joseph
Fletcher, Ridhard III! Hunibert, Henry
.WashingtoB, Jacob Liudsay, Louis Mel
ley, Abraham Peterson and Jack Quill
liam, andsalhpessons who now are, or
who hereafter shall or,may become mem
bcrs of the saidsociety,N s. Shall be, and
they are hereby3f Incorporated aud de-
clared a body polite, under tho name
and style Of the Trinity BArtist Church,
Of Florence. .nr
SEC. 8. That stae, ,ssid corporation
shall haYc sppwer to purchase, receive
and possess any real Or personal estate
for the pajpose Of this iaet, mot exceed
ing in value the sym oftwenty-aye thou
sand dollars, or to sell the same, and by
its corporate name sue and be sued, plead
and be implicated, in. any. court in this
State, ans, to make such rules and by
laws quot ~TsPqgpant to lka~, as may be
thought necessary and, expedient, and
said society shall have all the powers,
and DO subject to all the liabilities and