The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-31

or dispatches as Che President Or Board
OF Directors may direct. The said COM
pany may connect said line of telegraph
with theLL line or luss of any other tele-
graph company in this; State, .or adjoin-
ing State, and may lease, farm out. or
sell the above right. as in the Judgment
of the President and Board Of Directors
mny be most advantageous to the inter
est OF the company. So
SEo. g.: That the said company is
hereby authorized and empowered to
mortgage any or all 81 its property and
franchises, -shd issue bonds and pre-
ferred stock to ON amount, and on such
conditions, and for suoh uses and pur.
poses OF the said corporation, as the
President and, Directors thereof deem
e1pedient for the best interest of the
company. .,,,s
hereby authorized and empowered to
estate, real, personal and mixed, fran
ohises, rights, privileges and property,
into and with the capital stock, estate,
real, personal and mixed, franchises,
rights. privileges or property of any
other railroad company or companies
chartered by, and organized under, the
laws OF this or any other State or States,
whenever theStwo or more companies 80
to be merged and consolidated shall or
may form continuous line of railrond
with each other, or by means of any in
tervening railroad bridge or ferry, and
such consolidation shall or may be effect
ed in such manner, and on such terms
and conditions as the President and
Board OF Directors may determine.
SEC. 8. That the said railroad compa-
ny shall be subject to the provisions of
an Act of the General Assembly of South
Carolina, passed September %, 1868.
entitled IAN Act to declare the manner
by which the lands or right OF way over
the lands of persons or corporations may
be taken for the construction and uses
Of railways and other works Of internal
improvement: Prootded, howeuer, That
nothing herein contained shall be so
construed as to exempt the said railroad
company from the payment OF taxes"
SEQ. 8. That this ACT shall take effect
on and after its passage, and all Acts or
parts of Acts inconsistent with any of
the provisions Of this Act are hereby re-
pealed.
Approved March 9, 1872.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AN INFERIOR COURT
TIE COUNTY OF CHARLESTON.
SECTION l. Be IL endcted 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 san,s, That there shall be established
in the County of Charleston an Inferior
Court for the trial OF criminal cases, to
be called the Criminal Court of Charles
ton County, and which shall be organ
lied by the Judge thereof, Immediately
after his election.
SEQ. Q. The Clerk OF the Court OF
Common Pleas and General Sessions,
and the Sheriff of the County, shall re-
speotiyely be the Clerk and the Sheriff
OF the Criminal Court, and may act in
person or by deputy. All prosecutions
shall be conducted by the Attorney
General. or the Solicitor of the Circuit
to which the County of Charleston may
be attached. These officers shall receive
the same fees as are now provided by
law, and the Judge OF the Criminal
Court shall approve their bills for services
rendered in the said court, in the same
manner, and in like cases, as judges OF
the Circuit Court are now required by
law.
SEC. g. The Judge OF tho Criminal
Court, herein provided for, shall be
elected by the General Assembly ut the
present session. and Immediately after
the passage OF this Act; he shall qualify
in the same manner as the Circuit
Judges. and shall hold his Office for the
term Of four years. and until his sue
cessor is elected and qualified. He shall
receive, from the Treasury Of the State,
salary Of two thousand five hundred
dollars, payable in the same manner as
the salary OF Circuit Judges. He shall
have power to practice rs an attorney in
all other courts except the Criminal
Court.
SEC. 4. The Criminal Court shall have
exclusive appellate jurisdiction of all
criminal causes from the Courts of Trial
Justices for Charleston County, and ex-
elusive original jurisdiction of all crimi-
nal eanses less than capital, aud not at
present conferred by law upon the Courts
Of Trial Justices. In these cases the
same laws, fees, powers and practice
shall prevail in the Criminal Court as in
the Court of General Sessions, and the
juries shall be drawn and empanneled in
the same manner as is provided by law
for the Court Of General Sessions: Pro.