The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-10
LAWS OF THE STATE.
ACTS OF THE GENERAT. ASSEMBLY
OFSOUTH CAROLINA.
Published by Authority.

ACVS OH xdE OENG6dl' ACC6moAL
OFSOUTH CAROLINA.
Published by Authority.
AN ACT to Incorporate the Charleston Lane
and Joint Stock Company.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State ofSouth
Carolina, now met and sitting In General AS.
..sembly, and by the authority of the same:
That G. Slmons, Thomas Mathewes, l.. F.
Campbell. Samuel Porcher, and VIM. Fields,
and such other persons as may now, or here
after shall be, associated with them, are hereby
made and declared a. body polite and corpo-
rate, By the name and style Of the Charleston
Land n Joint Stock Company.
Sec. 2. That the association Aforesaid shall
have succession of officers and members, ac-
cording to lis bylaws, and shall have power
to make bylaws, not %repugnant to the laws of
theflsnd, and have, use and keepa common
seal, and the same to alter at will, to sue and
be sued, and plead and be im%pleaded, In any
court In this State. It Is hereby empowered
to retain, possess and enjoy all such property,
real and personal, as 1t may possess or be en-
titled to, or which hereafter may be pur-
chased, or in any way acquired by 1t, and to
sell, allen. or transfer the same.
SEQ 8. That this act shall be deemed q pub
lie act, and continue in force for the term of
fourteen years.
approved March Is, 1872.
AE ACT to Renew and Extend the Charter of
the Roman Catholic Church Of Saint Mary's,
Charleston.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives. Of the State OF
South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen.
eral Assembly, and by the authority OF the
same:
That the charter heretofore granted to the
Roman Catholic Church of Saint Mary's,
Charleston, be, and the same is hereby, ex-
tended and continued until repealed, with all
therights, powers aud privileges heretofore
granted, and the official transactions Of the
vestry and corporation Of the said church, since
the expiration of its charter, 30 far as consls-
tent with the powers granted thereby, shall
he legal and valid to all intents and purposes.
Approved March Is, 1872.
An ACT to Amend an Act entitled IAN Act
Ito Renew and Amend the Charter OF the
Town OF Mount Pleasant"
Be. 1t enacted by the Senate and House
or Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting In Gene
raj Assembly, and by the authority Of the
same:
Tha. the said town council shall have power
to borrow money for the public use Of the cor
pofatlon by issuing, from time to time, as &C.
caslon may require, the bonds of said corpo-
ration, bearing interest at a rate not to ex-
coed ten per centum per annum, to be paid
semi-annually, for an amount not to exceed
the sum of two thousand dollars; and for the
payment of the interest, and the ultimate re-
demptIon of tho principal, according to the
terms Of the loan, the said corporation shall,
at all times, be liable: Provided, That the
private property OF the Inhabitants of the said
town shall be bound for the redemption of
said loan in no other way than by the imposl-
ton of an annual tax, according to the provis-
Ions Of this act.
SEC. 2. That the corporate limits of the
Town of Mount Pleasant be, and the same is
hereby extended, by continuing the eastern
line Of Boundary street ~northwardly to Shem
Creek, from which point the said creek, and
the waters Of Charleston harbor, shall be the
boundary.
8. That the town council of Mount Pleasant
shall have power to impose and collect an an
nusl tax upon the assessed property of said
town: Provided, No tax shall be imposed In
any one year to exceed the rate Of fifty cents
on each hundred dollars of such assessed
property, and that the money 80 raised shall
be applied to the use of the said town. The
said town council shall have the power to en-
force the payment Of all taxes, levied by the
said town council, to the same extent, and In
the same manner, as Is! now, OF hereafter
shall be, provided by law for the collection of
the general State taxel
SEC. 4. All acts and parts Of acts, inconsist-
emit with the provisions of this act, are hereby
repealed.
Approved March IL, 1872.
AN ACT to Amend an Act Entitled san ACT to
: Establish a New Judicial and Election Coun-
Y llOA IOlLtOuo VI tuO SouupiO -
well, Ed=efeld, Lexington and Orangeburg,
to be known as Aiken County"
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives. of the State of
South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen.
eral ASSEMBLY, and by the authority Of the
same:
That Section 9Th of an act entitled A act
to establish a new judicial aud election county
from portions of the counties of Barnwell,
Edgedeld, Lexington and Orangeburg, to be
known as Aiken County," be amended by
striking out all alter the word 'the," In the
-second line. and inserting ''counties of Aiken,
'Barnwell. Edg-f-ld, Lexington and Orange
burg shall be as follows In the House of Re-
representatives: Aiken, four members; Barn.
we'll, four; Eigrield, five; Lexington, two,
and Orangeburg, five"