The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1872-04-24

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all, their ordinancesi and by their said
corporate, name may sue and be sued,
plead and be impleaded, in any court
Of law or equity in this State. The
said Town Council shall have full
power under it's corporate SEAL to
make all such rules, bylaws and or
dinances, respecting the road Streets,
market and police of said town as
shall appear to them necessary and
requisite for. the security, welfare,
good government and convenienceso sof
the same, and for preserving the
health, peace and good order thereof;
but no fine above the. SUNK twenty
dollars shall be- collected by said
Council, except;aby suit in the Court
Of Common Pleas for .AbbevilIe Coun-
ty: Provided, That no fine exceeding
fifty dollars shall be imposed, and that
nothing herein contained shall sau.
thorize the said Council to make any
bylaws inconsistent with or ,repug-
nant to the laws;of' this State. sgl--3'
]. SEC. g.. That the Intendant and
Wardens of tho said Town shall have
full and only power Of granting licen-
ses for billiard tables. to, keep taverns,
retail spirituous liquors within the
said limits, which license, shall be
granted in the same manner, and
upon the SAME conditions, as they
now are, or may hereafter be, granted
by. the County Commissioners under
the laws of this State; and the powers
vested in the County Commission
ers are hereby granted to the said In
tend.nt and WardeDs within the said
limits; and all moneys paid for licen-
ses, and for fines and torfeitures for
retailing spirituous liquors, keeping
taverns and billiard tables within the
said limits without license, shall be
appropriated to the use Of said .corpo-
ration, ..ss 10 :;
SEC. 8. The Intendant and Wur-
dens shall have power to- appoint
Marshals, who shall be duly.sworn in,
and invested with all the powers. Con-
stables have by law, and whose. :ju-
rsdiction and authority shall be, oont
fined within the corporate limits OF
said town., .rE. ~ asy.sa} Do:
SEC. 9. That for any willful viola
tion or neglect of duty, malpractice
abuse Or oppression, the Intendant
and .Wardens, asev orally, shall be la
BILE to indictment, and upon convic7
ton, to be fined at the discretion Of
the court, not exceeding one hundred
dollars and removal from office, be-
sides being liable for damages TO- any
person injured 4,s seG,.r
Sec. 10. All Acts and parts of AIS
heretofore passed in relation to the
corporation of the town Of Greenwood
be, and the same are hereuy repealed.
SEC. II. That this act shall be
deemed public Act. and shall con,
tinue in force for the space of twenty
years from and after its passage.
Approved March 13, 1872. - -
AN ACT to Charter the Greenwood and
augusta Ratlroad Company.
SECTION l. Be it enacted by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives Of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same,
That, for the purpose of establishing
a railroad, on the most practicable route,
from Greenwood, in the State of South
Carolina, to Augusta, in the State OF
Georgia, which company, when formed, !,
with the conditions heretofore prescribed
shall have corporate existence rs body
polite in perpetuity. nj. -.
SEC. 2. That this charter, with the
rights and privileges incidental thereto,
Is hereby granted to vestedin ]. H.
jennings, A. NJ. Aiken, s. P. Boozer,
P. H. Bradley, Nick Merriwether. J. D.
Neill, VIM. l.. Parks, J. L. White, VIM.
X. Blake and G. J. Sheppard, of the
State of South Carolina, and Robert H.
May, Thomas Phinizy, John D. Butt,
Edward Carry, Austin Mullarky, Wa.
Ramsey, T. Jefferson Jennings, Joseph
r. Smith and VIM. P. Crawford, of the
State of Georgia, and J. A. Barker,
Lawrence Cain, Everidge Cain, II. NJ.
Talbert, of the State of South Carolina
SEC. 3. That, for the purpose of raising
the necessary capital stock of said COM
pany, it shall be lawful to open books of
subscription, in the State of South Caro-
lima, in the counties of Abbeville and
Edgefield; and, in the State of Georgia,
in the counties Of Richmond and Column
bia; and in such cities and towns as
NAV be deemed for the best interest of
the corporation, under the direction OF
the corporaters, to an amount not ex-
ceeding one million dollars Isl 900 ,000,)
in shares of twenty dollars ($20) each,
to constitute joint capital stock, for the
purpose of constructing and carrying
into operation the aforesaid railroad, or
any part thereof. And it shall be the
duty of the said corporators, or a major
ity of them, to open books of subscrip-
ton as soon after the ratification of this
Act as may be practicable, Of which
twenty days previous notice must be
given in any newspaper or newspapers
in the States aforesaid !; and the sub
scription books shall be kept open for
sixty days; that on each share of stock
subscribed, the said subscribers shall
pay two dollars (S2,) or its equivalent,
in currency, to the. corporators, who
shall give certificate for the same; and
on the non-payment OF said installment
the subscription shall he void; the cor.
porators shall deposit the money eyreceived
by them on said cash installhlents in q
solvent bank, in any of the States afore'
said, and at the expiration of every
thirty days. That when the sum of one
hundred and fifty thousand dollars (S15O,'
OO0) are subscribed, the said corporators
or a majority of them, shall give notice
Of tho II m O md nlnna of rnentinO for or.