The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-30
Acts and Joint Resolutions Passed by the
General Assembly OF South Carolina,
Regular Session, 1871 and 1879.

ADAMS RUN (NARRow GAUGE RAILROAD
COMPANY.
SECTION 1. Be IL enacted 6y tie Senate
and House Of Representatives Of the STATE
Of Souih Carolina, 7oD met and sittin0 in
General Assembly, and by The authority of
the same, That, for the purpose of ests-
blishing railroad company from Big
Bay. with lateral branch to Eddings'
Bay. Edisto Island, to run in the most
feasible and direct route to Adams Run,
intersecting the Charleston and Savan-
nah Railroad at the above points; that q
charter, with the rights and privileges
incidental to the same, be. and the same
is hereby. granted to, and invested in,
John Wright, Henry Weldon, Carl
Berlin, George Marstella, A. Berg, and
their associates; and when company
shall be formed, in compliance with the
conditions herein prescribed, it shall be
known by the name Of Big Bay and
Adams Run Railroad Company, and
shall have corporate existence as body
politic in perpetuity.
SEQ. q That the capital stock of said
company shall be two hundred thousand
dollars, in shares of twenty-five dollars
each, and, in order to raise the said
capital stock, it shall be lawful to open
books of subscription, in such places,
and at such times, as may be deemed for
the best interest of the corporation.
under The direction of the corporators.
the times and places for receiving such
subscription to be determined by q ma
]ority OF the corporators; but should
suoh majority fail to fix such times and
places, then such times and places NAV
be fixed by any three of the oorporators
hereinbefore named, having given duo
notice OF the same in any newspaper of
the State. and the subscription books
shall be kept open for thirty days from
such times, and at suoh places, as said
corporators may determine; that on
each share OF stock subscribed, the said
subscribers shall pay two dollars to the
corporators, who shalt deposit it in some
National or State Bank. When ten
thousand dollars shall have been sub
soribed, the said corporators, or any
three OF them, shall give notice, by pub
hcation for at least ten days, of the time
and place of meeting.
SEQ. 8. That they are hereby author
lzed to build railroad from Adams
Run Station. on the Charleston and Sa-
vannah Railroad. to Big, or Eddings',
Bay. Edisto Island, South Carolina,
with one or more tracks: Provided, They
do not obstruct any regular mail or pas
senger trains on any road, or obstruct
the navigation on any navigabIe stream,
over which the road aforesaid may have
to GROSS; that good and sufficient draw
bridges are to be built by the sold corpo-
ration, should necessity require the same
to be done: Prooided, Further, That said
road shall be subject to the provisions of
an Act to declare the manner by which
the lands or the right of way over the
lands OF persons or corporations may be
taken for the construction and uses of
railways and other works of internal
improvements is5s. ratified September 90
Approved March 12, 1872.
AN ACT TO CHARTER THE VILLAGE OF LIS.
BON.
SECTION l. BE i. enacted 0v Me Senate
and House Of Representatives Of the State
or SoMh Carolina, ''o,o met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by The authority of
the same, That from and after the pas-
sage of this Act all and every person or
persons who shall have resided in the
corporate limits Of the village of Lisbon.
in the County Of Darlington, State of
South Carolina. for two months, are
hereby declared to be members Of the
corporation hereby to be created. That
the said persons shall, from and after the
passage of this Act, become body poll
tic and corporate, and shall be known
and called by the name of the village of
Lisbon, and its corporate limits shall ex-
tend one-half mile from "the cross
roads," so.called, in every direction.
SEQ. 2. That the powers and duties OF
the officers of the village, the govern
mens Of tho same and ell th;ngs pertain
ing to the charter of said village, shall
be the same as provided for in the Act
entitled 'An Act to incorporate the town
OF Florence" approved March 9, 1871,
excepting only the corporate limits.
SEC. 3. This Act shall be deemed o
public Act, and continue in force until
amended or repealed.
Approved March 13, 1872.
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED GAN
ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED AN ACT
FOR THE DETER PROTECTION OF MIaRA-
TORY FISH,"
SECTION 1. Be ii enacted by lie Senate
ana House of Representatives Of the State