The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-07-10

agreements which may have been
lawfully entered into by said su-
bordinate Lodges, under their or
ganization heretofore, shall be
binding upon them in their seve-
raj corporate capacities under this
Act and the same may be en-.
forced by them respectively, and
the property and effects owned BY
them, being dedicated to charita-
BILE purposes, only, shall be exempt
from taxation.
SIC. 6. That this Act shall be
deemed and taken as q public Act,
and notice thereof shall be taken
in all the Courts of Justice and
elsewhere in this State, and shall
be given in evidence on any trial
of any issue or cause, without spe-
cially pleading.
Approved March 9, 1872.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE T H E
oRANGEBURG COUNTY FAIR Asso-
CATION.
Be it 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:
That William F. Barton, sam'l
Dibble, Harpin Riggs, Laurence
r. Beckwith, Wesley W. Culler
and James D. Trezavant, Benja-
min Byas, J. NJ. Jamison, Henry
Johnson and T. N. Sasportas, and
their associates and successors, be
and they are hereby declared to
be a body corporate and polite, in
law and in deed, by the name of
the "Orangeburg County Fair AS
sociation," and by the said name
shall have perpetual succession Of
officers and members, and a COM
mon seal, with power to change
the same as often as the said cor
poratlon shall judge expedient,
and the said corporation shall be
liable and capable in law to Pur
chase, have, hold, receive, enjoy,
possess and retain to itself and its
successors in perpetuity, and any
and every estate, real Or personal,
whether sccruing to the same by
gift purchase, devise or conveyance,
not exceeding in value fifty thous-
find dollars, and the same, or any
part thereof, to sell, alien, devise
or exchange as often as the said
corporation may deem proper, and
and by its name to sue and be
sued, implead and be impleaded,
answer and be answered, unto in
any Court oflaw in this State, and
to make all such bylaws and rules
for the government of the said
corporation as may, from time to
time, be deemed necessary. Pro-
uided, Such bylaws and rules be
not repugnant TO the laws Of the
land.
SEc.,2. That the principal end
of the said corporation shall be
the promotion of agriculture, me.
chanical arts, and other industry
and ingenuity, through an annual
Fair, and other appropriate meas.
ures, according to such rules and
regulations as they may see fit to
establish.
SEC. 8. That the members Of the
| said corporation shall be, several
ly, liable for all debts and contracts
Of said corporation only to the ex'
| tent and amount Of their respec
tive shares therein and the capi
| tai stock Of the said corporation
shall not be less than FIVE thous
and nor more than fifty thousand
dollars.
| Sec. 4. That the property ane
stock Of the said corporation shall
be exempted from county and
municipal taxation, so long as NJ
! dividends shall be declared anc
distributed among it's members.
| SEC. 5. That this Act shall b
deemed a public Act, and shall b.
taken notice of in all the Court
of this State without being spe
clally pleaded:
| Approved March IL, 1872.