Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-02-15

existing, or hereafter to be made In
relation to such property.
Approved January 81, 1872.
AN ACT to Alter and Amend the
Charter Of the z0au'a Of Georgetown.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the
Senate 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 so much of the charter of the
town of Georgetown as determines
the day Of election be, and the same
is hereby, amended so as to fix the
day of election of Intendant and
Wardens of the town of Georgetown
on the first Monday in April, eighteen
hundred and seventy-two (lS72), and
on the first Monday of the same
month in every year thereafter Said
election to be held in some convent
ent public place in said town, from
eight o'clock A. NJ. until five o'clock
P. NJ; and when the polls shall be
closed, the managers shall forthwith
count the votes, and declare the cleo
tion, and give notice thereof, in wri-
ting, to the intendant therein being,
who shall, within two days thereafter,
give notice, or cause the same to be
given, to the persons duly elected;
provided, that the intendant and war
dens now in Office shall continue un-
til their successors are elected and
qualified.
Sec. 2. That all laws now of force
in relation to the election of intendant
and wardens, except SO far as hereby
repealed, be and continue in force.
SEC. 5. That the intendant and
wardens Of the said town of George
town are hereby vested with all the
power and authority over the poor
within the town of Georgetown, which,
by the law, now belong, or may here
after belong, to the county commits
sioners of Georgetown county over
the poor of said county; and, for the
purpose o. raising funds to provide
for the comfort and support of the
said poor, the said intendant and var
dens may assess and collect poor
tax on the taxable property of the
said town, in the same manneras they
assess and collect taxes thereon for
the support of the government Of the
town; provided, that said tax shall
not exceed ten (l0) per cent. on the
amount of taxes therein paid to the
said town; provided, further, that the
tax payers Of the. said town of George
town shall not be taxed for the sup
port of the poor ontside of the cor
porate limits of said town.
Approved Sth January, 1872.
AN ACT to Incorporate the Moun-
tuineer Fire Engine Company Of
Wa1halla, South Carollna.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the
Senate 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 William Koeber, John Dale, A.
Brennecke, $. S. Smeltzer, Martin
Ansel, P. Hoyte, H. Stucke, Jacob
Schroeder, Jr., James Watson, and
their successors in office, shall be
known by the name and style of the
Mountaineer Fire Engine Company,
of Walhalla, South Carolina, be, and
they are hereby, created and consti-
tuted a body corporate and polite.
with capital stock not to exceed five
thousand dollars, with the right to
sue and be sued, plead and be i'm
pleaded, in any Court of competent
Jurisdiction, to have and to use com
mon seal, and the same to alter at
will and pleasure, and with all the
rights, privileges and immunities that
are now, or may hereafter be secured
by law to like incorporated bodies
Sec. 2. That this Act shall be
deemed a public Act, and shall re-
main in force Tor the term of fourteen
years.
Approved January Sth, 1872.
AN ACT to Incorporate The Young
Mems Ata1cunuS Debating Club.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the
Senate 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
T. A. Davis, R. w. Givens, R. S.
Robertson, F. J. Pugh, R. Nesbit, N.
Lewis, A. Latham, ]. G. Finley, and
B. F. Dennis, and their associates
and successors, are hereby made and
created a body polite and corpo.
rate under the name and style Of
the Young Mems Africarus Debat-
ing Club" situated in the city Of
Charleston.
SEC. 2. And said corporation shall
have power to make bylaws not re-
pugnant to the laws of the land, and
shall have succession of officers and
members according to their elections,
and to keep and use common seal,
The same to alter at will, to sue and
be sued in any Court in this State, to
have and enjoy every right, power
and privilege incident to such cor
poration; and it is hereby empower
ed to acquire, retain and enjoy all
such property, real and personal, as
may be given or bequeathed to, or
purchased by it, and to sell, convey
or mortgage the same or any part
thereof at will.
SEC 8. That said corporation may,
from time to time, invest their mon
eys, assets, or any property which it
may acquire, in such real and person
al property, bonds, stocks, or in sure
ties, in such sums and on such terms
and conditions as it may deem prop
er, and to execute bonds, &C., under
its corporate seal: Provided, That
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