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ABBEVIIIE S. c.. WEDNESDAY, May 1872

construed SO as to prohibit tile giving 0
checks upon any Of the authorized bank!
of deposit or issue in This State. e q
I SEC. 8. All Acts orlparts of Acts in
consistent with this Act are hereby re
Epealed. 4 81 II. a.. r-.,.....l ..
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AN ACTIto Incorporate the Beaufort
Horse Railroad Company, in the toa1
ond county of Beaufort. -.:, H.
SECTION l. Be itenacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives ot
the State of South Carolina, now met
and sitting in General Assembly, and
by authority Of the same: no sar -.
| That Robert Smalls, R. s. Bennett, p
fE. Ezekiel, James, NJ. Crofut,, w. j.
Whipper, J. B. Bascomb, Samuel
Greene, J..W. Collins, N. B. Meyers, T.
Nehemias, and all those persons who
may hereafter be associated with them
be, and the same are hereby, made and
declared q body, corporate !; under the
style and tytle of the Beaufort, Horse
Railroad Company, and, by sucn title
may sue and be sued, and may plead
and be impleaded, and, shall have ,au-
Fthority and power to take, subscribe and
raise q capital, stock to the amount ol
twenty-five thousand .(25,000) dollars, in
shares of twenty-five. dollars iS25) each
for the purpose herein specified; and
they are hereby further authorized and
empowercn to increase the said capital
stock to the sum of fifty thousand dol
lars; Provided. that such increase shall
be assented to by the majority of the
stockholders. :, ,:... f.. ..;...,, ....,,.., .,.
SEC. 2. That the said Beaufort Horse
Railroad Company, Of Beaufort, shall
have power and authority to lay a track
from the east end of Bay street, in, the
town of Beaufort, through and along
Bay street, and connecting with the Port
Royal Railroad, and such other! points
as they may deem most advantageous.
SEC. 8. That the said Beaufort Horse
Railroad Company, of Beaufort, shall be
able and capable, by its corporate name,
| to buy property, and to sell, for the purr:
tpose ofits business, to sue and be sued,
to plead and be impleaded in any Court
Of law or equity in this State, and have
succession of officers and members, and
shall have power to make bylaws not
repugnant to the laws of the land, TO,
the repugnant to the laws Of the land
for the government and good order, ol
its members, as shall be deemed expedi;
ent by q majority of the Stockholders
and to have a common seal, and to alter
and make new the same. ma .. a...,.-.
! SEC. 4. That the said Beaufort Horse
Railroad Company, of Beaufort, shall
have power and, authority ito, issue bonds
to an amount. equal to 0ne-half of the
capital subscribed, the. same to be re.
deemable at such time, not exceeding
ten (lO) years, as may be agreed upon by
said Company, and to bear interest al
seven per cent per annllm.a payable
semi-annually. -.t..., .l.-. ..r.. r..,1.,i
SEC. 8. That this Act shall remain in
force, and continue for the term Of nine
ty nine years. ... .-rfs 9..
SEC. 8. All acts, and parts Of acts
inconsistent with this act, are hereby
repealed. ....y ....s ....
Approved March -, 1872. -.-
AN ACT to Renew and Amend the
Charter OF Erskine College, at Due
West, in A6beuiXe County, s.. G.
Section 1. Be it 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:
The Rev. l.. Boyce, D. D., Rev. w. NJ.
Cirier, J. T.. Miller, J..W. Hearst, P H
Bradley, w. X. Bradley, D. o.. Haw
thorn, J. l.. PRESLEY, w. S. Lowry
VIM. Hood, Rev. J. N. Young, Rev. J
PRESLEY, D. d., Rev. j. G. Chalmers
Rev. II. 7. Sloan. J: Pratt, Rev. 4. A.
Ross, Rev. II: Latham. r.. G. Sharp
Rev. r. A. Fair, r. w. Lites, Rev. J
Galloway, Rev. r. w. Brice, j. Neil
James Lowry, Rev. j. G. Boyd, Rev
| w. l.. Presley, S. Donald, r. II. Hemp
hill, and and their successors in Office,
be, and they are hereby created body
polite and corporate, by the name ant
style of the Trustees of Erskine Col
lege,n a seminary of learning, situated a
Die West, in AbbevilIe County, in the
State of South Carolina, and US such
and by said name, shall be capable anC
liable in law and equity, to sue and be
sued, plead and be impleaded, to use
common seal, and to make such bylaw:
and rules for the regulation Of the sale
College, as they may deem necessary
Provided that said bylaws and rules DF
not repugnant to the Constitution ant
laws of this State, or OF the Unltet
States. ......,.
of an Act entitled IAN Act to charte
and incorporate Erskine College, at Du'
West, in Abbeville District" ratified
December 70, 1850, be, and the same art
thereby, continued in force. ,.i,.
SEC. 3. That this Act shall b'
taken and deemed to be a public Act
and shall continue in force until re
!. pealcd. i . u nix -. .i-af> .
= Approved March u, 1872. a~....
u JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing TN
J State Treasurer to Pay the Widow @
iS,su,merfeid Montgomery, 1aCo Hua
dred and Fifty Dollars.
Whereas, Summerfcld Montgomery
late Auditor of Newberry County, die'
1during the last quarter of the fiscal year
and the salary of such Auditor being I'LL
paid; therefore, :. ,s.a.,, .ae~., ,+...
r Be it resolved by the Senate am
, House, of Representatives Of tn
IStatc Of South Carolina, now met an
. sitting in General Assembly, and b. ,.
7 the authority Of the same: - 1.''
That the State Treasurer is hereby au
thorized and required to pay. to tn
widow Of Summcrfield Montgomery, til
salary of such Auditor for the last quar-
ter of the fiscal year, amounting to tw
:. hundred and fifty dollars, and that he
= recei shall be full and sufficient Voucl
] er for the payment of said sum-, .. g.
Approved March 9, 1872. ,s.. ~-.
: AN ACT to Establish the ,Chdrlcsto
! Lund and Joint Sock COMPANY.
f SECTION l. Belt enacted by tn
, Senate and House of Representative
of the State of South Carolina, nov
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