The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-05-02
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Approved February Is, 1872,

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Approved February Is, 1872.
An ACT to Establish q public Road in
Barnwell and Orangeburg Counties.
SECTION /. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State Of
South Carolina now met and sitting in Gene,
raj Assembly, and by authority Of the same:
That j. D. Cleckly, F. F. Salinas, Isaac s.
Bamberg and Daniel Quattlebaum be. and
they are hereby, authorized and empowered,
Immediately after the passage of this act, TO-
lay out construct and open public road.
leading by the west and north (direct wayl
from Bamberg, in BarnweIl County, to-
Fogle's Mill, on the Orangeburg Road, in
Orangeburg County.
SEo 2. That in the construction Of said
road the commissioners aforesaid shall cause
to be contracted and erected such bridges
as they may deem necessary: Provided,
however, The cost of erecting such bridges
shall not exceed the sum of four hundred
dollars, to be paid, equally, by the said Coun-
ties of Barnwell and Orangeburg.
SEC. 2. That said commissioners be further
authorized and required to order out all per-
sons liable to road duty residing within five
miles of the line of said road, as located, (ex-
cepting those living in incorporated towns,)
to perform three days work in each month
on said road until its completion.
Approved February l5, 1872.
AN ACT to alter and amend an act entitled
"An act to charter the Town OF Hamburg"
Approved February %, 1871.
SECTION !. Belt 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: .' ,... ...-r....
That the act to which this is amendatory
be altered and amended by striking out from
section first all after the word Georgia"
in the eighth line of said section, and insert
ing in the place thereof "one mile in a wes-
terly direction, up and along the Savannah
River thence one mile and half in q
northerly direction, upon a line at right
angles with the line of the Savannah River;
thence one mile and one-half of a mile in an
easterly direction, upon line parallel with
the line of the Savannah River; thence one
mile and half in southerly direction, to
the Savannah River, and upon line at
right angles with the line of Savannah River;
thence one-half Of mile in westerly direc-
ton, up the Savannah River to the said
Savannah Bridge, said town to be ip the
form of square" e.
SEC. 2. That said act be further amended
by stricking out, from the seventh line of
section 10 of said act, tile word 'ffteen,"
and inserting in place. thereof the words
"thirty-fve."
Approved February Is, 1872.
AN ACT to incorporate the Wallingford.
Church and Academy Of Charleston,
South Carolina. ...I, ..
WHEREAS, A. G. McClelland, Joshua D.
Geddings, Nathan Ritter, S. j. Knox, Law
renee Mills, William Mills, Samuel Marion
and William Williamson, trustees Of the
church formerly known as "Siloam," now as
Wallingford Presbyterian Church and Aca-.
DENY, by petition therefrom, have prayed to
be incorporated: ...-.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and Hou:e of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina, Now met and sitting in
General assembly, and by authority Of the
same:
That from and Immediately after the pas,
sage of this act, all those persons who now
are, or hereafter may or shall become men,
bers of the said society, shall be, and, they
arssAereby Incorporated, and are hereby de-
clarcd to be body corporate in deed and in =.
law, by the name and style Of the Walling-
ford Presbyterian Church and Academy Of
Charleston South Carolina, for the advance
ment of chritianity, and by the said name
shall have perpetual succession Of officers
and members, and common seal, with pow
er to change alter and make new the same
as often as said corporation shall deem expe-
dient.
Sec. 2. That said corporation shall be capa-'
pable in law, to purchase, have, hold, receive
enjoy, possess and to retain to itself In per-
petuity, or for any term Of years, any lands.
tenements or hcriditaments, or other proper
ty, of what nature soever, not exceeding the
sum of two hundred thousand dollars, or to-
sell or alien the same. as the said corpora
ton shall see fit, and by its name, to sue and
be sued, plead and be empleaded, answer and
be answered unto, in any court of law or eq-
uity in this State, and to make such rules
and bylaws, not repugnant to the laws of the
land, as, for the order, rule. good government
and management thereof may be deemed
necessary and expedient. Provided: That
nothing herein contained shall be construed
to interfere with the prerogatives, control
and direction of the General Assembly of the
PRESBYTERIAN Church in the United Seates
of America over the institution aforesaid.
SEC. 3. That this act shall be deemed a
nublic act and continue in force until re-
pealed, and as such shall be judicially noticr
ed in all the courts Of this State.
Approved Feby. Is, 1872.
AN ACT to authorize Clerks of the Court Of
Common Pleas to take testimony in GER
tain cases. ...l
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Sonata
and House of Representatives of the State