Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-05-19


constituted body corporate and polite, un.
( dor the name aud stylo OF Saa,nnnda Hook
and L,dder Compnny, with u capital stock
wl,iah shall not exceed the sum Of five thou.
saud dollars, with the right to sue aud be
sued, to plead und be implcuded. in any court
of competent jurisdiction. to have and to use
a common seal and the same to alter at will
aud pleasure; and to have and enjoy III 9th
er rights, pri, llcges and inmunities th,t are
now or may hereafter be provided by law to
like Incorporated bodies:
SEC. This act shall be deemed public
act. and shall continue in force for the term
of fourteen years.
Approved lst day Of NJ arch, A. d. 1871
An Act to authorize circuit judges to hold
/ courts III other circuits than their own.
! BE it enacted hy the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the State Of South Caro-
i'na, now met and sitting in General Assem-.
bly,. and by the authority of the same:
| SEC. |. That circuit Judge OF amy circuit
shall have power to hold any stated or $, ecal
term of the circuit CO urt in any other circuit,
upon the written request of the circuit Judge
OF that circuit
Approved the 2sth day of February, A.
d. 1871.
An Act to incorporate the Continental Tee-
graph Compn, Y.
SECTION BE it ennctcd by the Senate
aud House of Representatives of the State of
South Carolina, now met and sitting IN Gen
ernl Assembly, AMI by the authority of the
same:
Thnt William M. Hall. Etran A. Hnllond
Charles Thurman. and all those who shall be-
come stock holdcrsin the company hereby in
c"rporated, shall he body polite and curpo-
rate, hy the name Of the Continental Tee-
graph Company, and by that name shall have
perpetual succpssiun aud may have and use
common seal, and may sue or be sued, in any
court of competent jurisdiction.
SEC 2 Such corpnrntion is authorized to
construct lines Of telegraph along, upon across,
over, under aud beside ot the Grecnvillc aud
Columbia Railroad and any Of the public
roads and higl Ways, and under and across
any Of the waters within the limits of this
State. or so much or SD ,nauy of either of the
foregoing as may he dcemcd cxpcdient, by
est"blshn. suitable Offices aud the erection
o! the nccrsSny cords or wires aud fixtures,
l"rludng posts. piers or "butmcnts for Sus
taining the cords or wires at such lines: Pro
vidcd, Thea shall not bc 50 constructed AS tn
incommode the public use of said roads o,
highways. or injuri"usly interrupt the navi
CATION "f said waters aud also tn construct
line or lines of telegraph. and to establish "!li
ceS nu'i erect such necessary cords Or wires
aud fixtures, including the posts, piers or
abutncnts, as aud for the purposes aforesaid
and keep. hold aud maintain the necessary
Offices upon, through or over. any other land.
subject to the right OF the owner or owners
ktr o., fall -
be agreed upon by said owner or owners aud
the said corporaton or to he fixed or deter
mined as hereinafter provided; and the said
corporation may, in like manrcr. and with
like power. construct lines Of telegraph to
such place or places without this State, as the
bUa I'd Of directors may elect.
SEC Such corp"ralnn shall have ful,
power to purchase, lease, rccrivc. hold and
convey real estate, or any interest therein,
aud may, in addition thereto, use such real
estate, or any interest thcren,as may be ncces
sary for the convenient transaction of the
business and for eff"c,ualIy carrying on the
operations of said corpnr ,tinn; and may ap
point such directors. officers and agents, and
make snch prudential rules, regulations aud
by laws as may TIC necessary in the trnn>ac
ton OF its business, mt Inconsistent with The
constitution of this State or of the United
States
SEC. 4. If any owner or owners Of NJ,
land taken or used, or likely to he taken or
used, by said corporation, shall considrr him
self aggrievcd, or likely to be, or damaged
thereby, or shall refuse 10 arccp, the con,prn
| saton offered by said corpnration therefor. il
shall be the duty Of the Circuit Court, to hr
held in the cnunty within which said lands
are, on the application of such owner or own
crs, or OF such cnrpnration,hy by petition, stain.
the facts in relation thereto aud on such no
tcc to the opposite party as such court shall
prescribe, to appoint three dlsintcrcstcd per,
sons as commissioners, who shrl scvcrnlIS
| take and subscribe IN oath before any person
authorized toadmnister naths, faithfully und
impartialy to perform the duties required uf
them by this act and it shall be the duty ut
, said commissioners, or a majority Of them, t."
make u Just and equitable assessment or up.
praiseu'rnt of all the losses or uamnge sus
tanned, or which is likely to bc sustained, by
rcaS"p OF any land, or interest therein, taken
or used, or likely t" be taken or used. for said
siiccs. liens, posts. piers, or nbutnrnts, and
the erection and operation of said telegraph,
lines and such assessment or appraisal shalt,
in any proper case or cases. determine the
nual rent or compensation to he paid hy such
company for such use, or in lieu thereof u
sum in gross as the compensation for allow
| ing tic fixtures belonging to such associq
ton permanently to continue and the same
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