The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-05-23

That the name or the SalQ w lillaLh ~"
thaniel Martin be changed to William Ma
thaniel Davis. ~. .c ..
Sec. 2. That alt rights of legitimacy are
hereby conferred upon said William n. Mar
tin, and that he be considered one of the le-
gal heirs of his father, VIM. B. Davis, as 1t
born in lawful wedlock. ! Ill a......
Approved February p, 1872, 20. 81.
ANAcT to re.chartsr the ferry over the
Combahee River, South Carolina, known
as the Combahee Ferry.
l. SECTION /. Be it enacted by, the Senate
and house of Representatives of the State OF
South Carolina met and sitting in General
Assembly, and byauthority Of the same: =
That from and after the passage Of this
act, the ferry over Combahee River, known
as Combahee Ferry, be, and the same is
hereby rs-chartered and invested in Arthur
Middleton, his heirs and assigns, for the term
of fourteen years, with the following rates OF
toll: For each man and horse, ten cents; for
each horse lead; FIVE cents; for each foot pas
senger, five cents; for'each wagon drawn by
four horses, seventy live cents; for each wa
gon and, carriage drawn by two horses, fifty,
cents; for each wagon drawn by one horse,
twenty-five cents; for each gig or sulkey,
twenty-five cents; for each cart and horse,
twenty-five cents; for each head Of cattle,
five CENTS for each hog, sheep or goat, three
cents; for long or double ferriage, double the
amount of above rates: Provided, that the
said Arthur Middleton, his heirs or assigns
shall keep one or more good, substantial fer
ry boats. together with suitable rope or
chain, or other contriyance, such as will In
sure safe and prompt transportation across
said stream Provided further, that children
going to and returning from school. and vo.
ters going to and returning from the polls on
election day. shall be passed free Of charge
over said ferry. -. s,
Approved, February p, 1877.
AN ACT to revive and renew the charter
and corporate privileges Of the trustees
of the Bennettsvill Academical Society.
. 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: iya f.. = .--.. -.... n '~F-.y..
That Secs. 2, 3: and 16 of an act entitled
An Act to incorporate certain, companies ana
societies, and to renew and amend certain
charters heretofore granted, ratified on the
eighteenth day of December, in the year OF
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
forty-four, be, and the same are hereby re-
viyed nd,re-enacted only in so far as to re-
new -thcsclrarter and corporate privileges
therein conferred upon the trustees of the
Bennettsyillc Academic Society, to be body
polite and corporate, entitled to all the rights
and privileges in said act granted, notrepug-
nant, to the laws of the land, That the said
corporation shall have full power to purchase
receive and possess any real or personal cs-
tate not exceeding in value the sum Of ten
thousand dollars. Provided, that the trrs
tees of the said Bennettsville Academic soci-
ETY., be subject to an act to provide for the
formation of corporations, so far as the same
may be applicable: Provided further, that
nothing herein contained shall exempt them
from the provisions Of Sec. Al, ofan actpass-
ed December II, 1S41.
Sec. 2. That this act shall be considered
q public act, and continue in force until a
mcnded or repealed.
Approved February 81, 1872.