The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-02-22
Ian ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE ERECTION OF
A CERTAIN BRIDGE OVER THE wATEREE
RIVER

erection of free bridge over the Wateree
River, on the Columbia road, near Camden,
to be built and kept up at the expense OF
said County; therefore,
SECTION l. BE 1t enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives. cftIe State Of
South Carolina, nop met and sitting an Gen.
cral assembly, and by arthority Of the same,
That the County Of Kershaw be, and is
hereby, authorized to build a bridge over
Wateree River, on the Columbia road, at the
Camden ferry, to be kept and maintained
at the expense of said County for the public
use, free of toll.
Sec. 2. That the County Commissioners
of said County, and Names Baum, Il. Il.
Clark and w, NJ. Shannon be, and are here
by, constituted special commission to con.
tract for and superintend the construction OF
said bridge, and to raise and disburse the
funds required for the same.
Sec. 3. That whenever deemed necessary
majority of said special commission shall
issue the bonds of said County, to an amount
not exceeding twenty thousand dollars, pay
able ten years after date, and bearing inter-
est at the rate of eight per cent. per annum,
payable annually, on the first day of July,
in each and every year; and shall dispose of
said bonds, at such times aud places, and IN
such manner, as majority of said special
commission may direct, to raise funds for the
construction of said bridge.
Sec. 4. That the said County Commission
ers be- and are hereby, authorized to levy
an annual tax on the assessed value OF the
taxable property held and owned in said
County, not exceeding two mills on the dol
lar of the value of said property, within the
townships of Watcree and DeKalb, of said
County, and not exceeding one mill upon
every dollar of the value Of such property
within the other townships of said County,
which tax shill be collected as provided by
law for the collection OF other County taxes,
and be paid out by the County Treasurer,
upon the order Of majority Of such special
commission.
Sec. 5. That the proceeds of said tax
shall be applied, first, to the payment Of the
interest on the said bonds, and the surplus,
if any, shall be securely, invested under
the direction of the joint speci commission
ers, and create a,sinking fund to albe appicdto
the payment and extinguishment OF said
bonds at their maturity. as said commissions
may deem expcdicnt, and when the same are
fully pld and extinguished, the said tax
shall cease to be levied, and the said special
commissioner shall cease to exist.
Sec. 6. That the said special commission
shall appoint treasurer, who shall give
bond before entering upon the discharge Of
his duties of his office, such amount as may
be deemed sufficient for the purpose, con-
ditoned for the faithful discharge of his du-
t,es, who shall receive and disbursc the pro-
cccds Of the bonds hereinbefore authorized
to be issued, and all other moneys coming
to his hands. by direction Of said special
commission, and be subject to such rules and
regulations as tho said special commission
may prescribe.
SEC. Z. That the said special commission
ers shall. annually. file correct account OF
their receipts and disbursements, and re-
port of their proceedings, in the office of the
Clerk of the Circuit Court, on, or before,
tn, first d,y of the January term of said
court, to be open for the inspection Of tie
citizens of said County, and to be laid before
tho grand jury, at said term,for their exam
inatiou, and, failing to do so, the members ct
said commission shall be liable to Indictment
as for m;sdemeanor, and, upon conviction,
shall each be punished, by fine or impr'son-
ment. at the discretion Of the court, not cx.
cecdng one hundred dollars fine or Six months
imprisonment.
Sec. s. That, in case of a vacancy at any
time in said special commission, occasloncd
by the death, resignation, removal or refusal
to serve of the said Names Baum, L. Ii.
Clark and w. NJ. Shannon, or their success
sors, or any one or more of them, such
vacancy shall be supplied by the remaining
members of such special commission, by ap-
pointmcut from among the twenty persons
in said County who shall have paid, in his
own right, the highest tax to the State for
the year pext preceding such appointment,
Sec. 8. That for the purpose Of enabling
the said special commission to carry into
effect the provisions of this Act, the said
County of Kershaw is invested with all the
rights Of the State in the piers of the bridges
of the Camden Blidgc Company and tho
landings and road.bcd which formerly led to
and from the same; and the said special COM
mission may make such compensation to the
stockholders of the said company as may he
deemed equitable and just by the said special
commission, under the circumstances Of the
case: Provided, That the entire cost of said
bridge and the appurtenanccs shall not, to-
gether with the compensation to the Camden
Bridge Company, exceed the sum Of twenty
thousand dollars.
Sec. 10. The Camden Bridge Company
be, and they are hereby, authorized to keep
up the Camden Ferry up to and until the
opening of the bridge hereinbcfore provided
for, at the same rates of toll as were charged
on the first day Of December last; and the
said company shall then cease to be body
polite and corporate; but the stockholders
thereof shall then be at liberty 10 sell their
property and assets, and divide the proceeds
of the same among them rataHly, according
to the number of the shares of the said stock
held by them respectively, having first paid