Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1872-03-07

in cost the sum @A eight thousand
- SEC. ;ze'' ?. The sad aidld Commissioners are
authorized to advertise for plans and
specifications and proposals ITO build
said Jail, IN the newspspor publ ;5nd
in Barlweli. and iM<nef If - 3
paper published iii Charleston and
Columbia, for th, space If three.
weeks, and from the plans, specifca-
ticns and proposals submitted to Sc
lect such one as they may think best
adapted to the necessities q! a Jail
and hey are, further authorized. to
contract with the party submitting
the plans, specifications and proposals
accepted by them -. s
Sec. g; s. On the completion Of. said
Jail according to contract, and aftrr
it shall have, been approved and re-
ceived by the said. Commissioners,
they shall be authorized to draw.
upon the County Treasurer of Barn
well in favor of the, contractor. for.
the amount agreed to be paid there
for, whiehgdrafty shal 1besIpaid BY the
Treasurer on presentatlon. But the
said Commissioners are authorized,
in their discretion, to -stipulate for
the payment to the contractor IL. in
stalments as the work progresses
PROVIDED, That7no such pasment shall
be made except upon an ssstimateI
furnished IN writing by hetontractor,
and carefully examined by the Cons;
missioners, showing the amount Of
work actually DONE. and Of material
actually furnished, at the date when
payment is asked; -And. a'ropded:-
further, That there shall be. reserved
of such estimates twenty cents per
tcentum, which shall not, be, paid to
the contractor until the Jail shall be
completed according to, contract .ap-l
proved and received BY the Commits.
sioners. = And the said Commissioners
are ,authorized TO draw, upon the
County Treasurer for all amounts
thus agreed to be, paid which draft
Rthe Treasurer sh:df pay Upon The
Eflingawfafh shimg aKe Estimates auponf
doFssa ! a Mifh halsar rdkSsts APPROVAL
signed by the said Commissioners, or
by a majority ofathem.
SRe,4zTTheaG County Treaanresshatl
set apasttheaum d. eight thousand
dollars. from the county funds, and
hold such sums subject 70 the drafts
Of the County Commissioners for pay
ment for ;nateyials and construction
Of ,ssaidsJails And, .PEouiaea, further
that that part Of the County Of Barn
we'll which, with portions of the
Counties Of Edge6eld, Lexington and
Oraneehurg, now forming the County
of Aiken, shall not.be liable in any
way for any debts contracted in
building q Jail at Biackville, in ac-
cordance with the provisions of this
Act.
Approved February Is, 1872.
- yss 44:zI gEs 1s.
IAN ACT 10: zascoepordteths Carolina
Gil Company. 'Fsys As 81 ..@:sl
SECTION l. BE 1t enacted By, the
Sen: tie 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 VIM. McGuinnis, Edward Hope,
Robert C. Shiver, S.. L. Leapheart,
John Agnew, and their assoclatesand
successors, are hereby made and
created e body polite and corporate,
in law, under the name and style Of
the Carolina Oil Company, for the
purpose of extracting and manufac-
turing oil from cotton seed and other
seeds, or grain, and for the purpose
of carrying on such other business as
may be connected Herewith, with
such Capital as may be subscribed,
not exceeding fifty thousand dollars,
said capital to be divided into shares
tof one hundred dollars each.
Sec. 2. That said company shall
have power, from time to time, by a
stock voteAof not less than two thirds
of.the capital paid; in, to increase
their capital stock t" any amount not
exceeding one hundred thousand dol
lars, including their present capital
stock. Books may'be rc.opened for
the purpose of-ob baining additional
subscribers to snc!l increased stock,
in such manner rs the company MAY
deem expsdient; and whcAeyer any
increase of capital shall be made be- t,e.s
yond fifty th usanl dollars,S;as aiores
said, the. President, of the company
shall make affidavit Of the fact, and
file the same fn.tIeloHics Of the Se;-
retary Of State, md make public no.
tiec thereof once a week for three
weeks consecurively Ii; q newspaper
in tie o.ty OF coislahi4. YhichSsLall
be legal notice to AL parsoha' dea ing
with SAID corporation. f
SEC 8. That if any certificate or
public notice given by the officers OF
sud company, in pursuance OF the
provisions of this Act. is false in any
m:,t.rial representation, all the officers
who siglled the Same; 1klioMing gsatFto
ibe false, shall be jointly and severai5
ly liahle fnF n arhts Of thhee g efyeg9RpIa1y III
c,u.rattsd .WEiie3tllt;Y. were 6ek;z;
holders or officers thereof.
SEC. 4. The said company shall
have succession pfpficers- -audeuneln-,
bers, to be chosen according tn the
rules and by. laws made and to be
made for their government and diree-
ton. and shall have power and au-
thority to make bylaws not repug-
nant to the laws of. the land, to make,
have and use common seal, and the
same TO alter at will, to sue and be
sued, plead and be implsaded in any
Court of this State, to purchase and
hold any land, tenements or heredita-:,
ments, goods or chattels, which may
be necessary, connected with, or con.
ducive, to the purposes for wnich said
company is established, and ii sell or
mortgage the same.