The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-02-23

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General Assembly. OF South Caroiina,
Regular Session, 1871 and lS72.
AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE COUNTY coMM1s.
61ONRRS OF BARNWKLL TO CONSTRUCT
JAIL AT BhACKvMLn. THE COUNTY SEAT.
SECTION l. Be ii enacled BY the Senate
and House Of Representatives Of the State
q Souih Carolina, noD met and sitting in
General Assembly. and By the authority of
The sans. That the County Commission
ers OF Barnwell County be, and they are
hereby. required and directed, immedi-
ately after the passage of this Aot, to
cause to be constructed Jail for the use
OF said County, at the town of Black
vile. the County seat; the said Jail,
when completed, with the highest prao.
ticabie security for the custody of pri-
soners, not to exceed in cost the su m OF
eight Thousand dollars.
SEC. 2. The said Commissioners are
authorized to advertise for plans and
specifications, and proposals to build
said Jail. in the newspapers published in
Barnwell, and in one daily newspaper
published in Charleston and Columbia.
for the space OF three weeks, and from
the plane, specifications and proposals
submitted to select suoh one as they NAV
think best adapted to the necessities of
jail; and they are further authorized
to contract with the party submitting the
pians, specifications and proposals &C.
cepted by them.
SEQ. 3. On the completion of said Jail,
according to contract, and. after it shall
nave been approved and received by the
sail Commissioners, they shall be au-
thoflzed to draw upon the County Trea.
surer OF Barnwell in favor of the con-
tractor for the amount agreed to be paid
therefor. which draft shall be paid by
the treasurer on presentation; but the
said commissioner are authorized, in
their discretion, to stipulate for payment
to the contractor in instalments as the
Work progresses: Prorided, That no such
payment shall be made except upon an
estimate furnished in writing by the
contractor. and carefully examined by
the Commissioners. showing the amount
OF work actually dono, and of materia,
actually furnished, at the date when pay
ment IS ssked: And proUided, further,
That there shall be reserved OF such esti-
mates twenty cents per. oentum, which
eEaii not be paid to the contractor until
the jail Shall be completed according to
contract' approved and received by the
commissioners. Aud the said Oommis-
10000 =. " esoSAoAAACu W UEaW upon GQ6
County Treasurer for all amounts thus
agreed to be paid, which draft the Trec-
surer shall pay upon the filing With him
the estimates upon which such drafts are
drawn. endorsed with certificate of ap-
proval signed by the said Commission
ers, or by majority of them.
6Ro. 4. The County Treasurer shall
set apart the sum of eight thousand dol.
lara from the County funds, and hold
such sums subject 10 the drafts of the
County Commissioners for payment for
materials and construction of said iail:
And prooided further, That that part of
the County of Barnwell, which, with
portions of the Counties of Edgefield.
Lexington, Orangeburg, now forming
the County OF Aiken, shall not be liable
IN any way for any debts contracted in
building jail at Blockville, in accord
ance with the provisions of this Act.
Approved February Is. 1872.
AN ACT TO RENEW THE CHARTER OF THE
PENDLETON MALE ACADEMY.
BE il enacted by the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of the State of South
Carolina, noU met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the autloritv of Me
same. That the charter of the Pendleton
Maie Academy be, and the same is here
BY, extended, and shall continue in force
until repealed.
Approved February 10. 1872.
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