Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1871-04-27
Acts. and Joint Resolutions Passed
by the LegisIature-Sessions 1870
and 1871.
OFFICIAL.

Am Act to Establish o. New judicial
and Election cbpntyJjFona Portions
of the Counties Of BGlnsoe0, Edge
field, Lexington and 30lansebny,
to be Knoacn as AikenfCo1nty. ,a.,
SECTION 1. Be 1t enacted By the
Senate and House iof Rspreseatatsves
Of the State of South drohi''a, moav
met and sitting n. geaezA, assembly,
and By the authority Of the same: That
a new judicial and election County,
with its seat Of jdsticell6cated at the
town of Aiken, which County shall
beiknown as Aiken County, shall be
formed, and is hereby authorized to
be formed, from portions of the pres
ent Counties of BarnwelL. Edgefeld,
Lexington and Orangeburg, with the
metes and bounds hereinafter de-
scribed, to wit !: commencing at the
mouth of Fox's Creek, in Edgefeld
County, where it empties into Savan-
nah River, thence in q straight line
to where the South branch Of Chin
quepin Falls Greek Cal tributary Of
the North Edisto RiVer) intersects
the Edgefeld and Lexington line;
thence down said creeks to where it
empties into the North fork of the
Edisto River, and down the said
north fork to where -the,dividing line
between Lexington and 7 Orangeburg
Counties (running from Big Beaver
Greek to the North fork, of the Eds
toy touches said river; thence i'll
straight line to to the head of Tinksr's
Creek, in sBarnwell County; thence
down said creek to where It empties
into the Upper Three Runs, and down
said Runs Creek to where it empties
into the Savannah River; thence up
the Savannah River to the initial
point at the mouth of Fox s Creek.
Sec. Q. That Frank Arnim, M. F.
Maloney, P. R. Rivers, ]. L. Jamison,
E. Ferguson, J. N. Hayne, E. ]. C.
Wood, P R. Rockwell, j. A. Greene,
W. H. Reddish and B. Byas be, and
are hereby appointed Commissioners
to run out and properly mark and de-
fine the said boundarylines, with the
assistance Of two competent survey
ors to be selected by them.
Sec. 8. That 81. Lee, Frank Ar
MIN, P. R. Rivers, CD Hayne, John.
Wooley, E. ]. G. Wood, j. N. Hayne,
Levi Chavis, W. sH: Reddish and J.
H. Cornish be, and are hereby, ap-
pointed Commissioners to provide
snitable buildings for. the several
Courts and County officers, and to Sc
lect and purchase, or procure sites for
the usual public buildings, and to
contract for and superintend the erec-
tion of the Court House and. Jail
thereon and that said; public build
Iings. shall be built at&e expense of
the citizens Of said County, and to
meet the said demands, special tax
on the assessed value of real and per-
sonal property in laid County be
levied.
SEC. 4. That an election shall be
held in the County Of Aiken, as es-
tablished by this Act, on the third
Wednesday of October, A.. D. 1872, |
for members of the General Assem-
bly,. and for the regular County Off
GERS provided for by tha Constitution
and laws of the State, and the officers
so elected shall, before entering upon
the duties OF their respective offices,
be required to give bond with sure
ties, as now is, or may be required by
law.
SEC. 5. That until the next appor-
tionnent of Representatives, the rep
resentation Of the several Counties of
this State affected by this Act, shall
remain as now established.
SEC. G. That the County Of Aiken !
be, and it is hereby, attached to the
Third Congressional District, and
shall form part and parcel Of the
Sixth Judicial Circuit, and that the
regular terms Of the Courts Of Gen
eral Sessions and Common Pleas shall
be held in the town Of Aiken, on the
second Moaday of January, May and
September Of each year, and that the
Justices of the Peace, Constables, in
the several Counties affected by this |
Act, who shall be in Office at the time
this Act goes into effect, shall con-
tinue in office until their successors
shall have been elected and shall have
qualified Provided, however, That
the Justices Of the Peace and Consta-
bles now in Office shall, from and after
the time this Act goes into effect, be
confined and limited in their official
capacity, duty and power tofhe limits
Of their respective Counties, as al
tered BY this Act, and the said officers
residing in Aiken County shall, in
like manner be restricted in their Off
cial functions to said County of Aiken.
Sec. Z. That from and after the
fourth day Of October, "A: D. 1872,
all suits pending in the Courts of
Barnwell, Edge6eld, Lexington and
Orangeburg, Of which the defendants
residein those portions of the said
GoHHkess noW nov. ssgtlab.lIlsbbsa as the Qoun-
EY Of Aiken, and all indictments now
pending in the Courts of said Coun-
Ties, Where the offence was committed
in those parts Of the said Counties.
now established as the County of
Aiken, shall be transferred to the
dockets of the Courts Of the said
County of Aiken, and all records,
commissions, and other papers belong
ing to any Of the said suits Or indict-
ments, together with all the legal
incidents thereunto appertaining, shall
be transferred to the Clerk of the
Court Of the said County Of Aiken,
and all writs and other processes al
ready issued and made returnable to
the Fall term of the Courts of Barn
well, Edge6eld, Lexington, and Or
angebYrg, where the defendants ia
tie said cases reside in the parts
IF tha saida pq0Yntiss, now established
valid and e8ectuaI as though they
had been issued to the Fall term Of
tho Oonrt of the said fCIoroir bff al.