The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-05-01
General Assembly, and by the au-

NChClul AoSCtuoIy, tho " VhO "V-
| thority Of tho same:
That Franklin J. Moses, Jr.,
Samuel Lcc, II. b. Johnson, A. l..
Singleton, J. N. Corbett, w. j.
Andrews, together with such oth-
or person or persons, rs arc now,
OF may hereafter be, associated
with them, shall be, and they arc
hereby, constituted and made Il
body polite and corporate, by tue
name and style Of "Thc Sumter
Academical Society,"" with power
to sue and be sued, to plead and
be implcadcd, to possess and hold,
subject to former grants, cschcat-
cd and other property within the
County Of Sumter, to an amount
not exceeding twenty thousand
dollars.
SEC. 2. That all the property
heretofore vested in the Trustees
Of "Tho Sumter Acadcmical Socic-
ty," incorporated by al Act cnti-
tied can Act to incorporate Ger
tain Companies and Societies, !"
passed On tho twentieth day Of
December, a. d., 1887, be, and tho
same is hereby, vested in tho in
corporators named in this Act t,and
such incorporators shall be deemed
and held in law to be tho proper
and legal SUCCESSORS Of such for
mcr Trustees.
SEC. 3. That the corporators of
the said Sumter Acadcmical Soci-
ETY., named in the first section Of
this Act be, and they arc hereby,
authorized and empowered for the
benefit of the Society herein incor.
poratcd, and for no other purpose,
to exchange the lot Of land which
was conveyed by the late J. B.
Miller, to certain Trustees for ed
ucational purposes, Of whom i. }.
Moses, ST., is tho Survivor Pro-
ridrd, That the condition Of the
exchange shall be, that n lot of
tho same size, within the corpo-
rate limits Of the town Of Sumter,
shall be given, and II frame house
Of equal capacity Of tho Academy
lately destroyed by fire, compIctc-
~ furnished with desks and seats,
shall be erected thereon, subject to
the acceptance of tho atorcmcn.
toned corporators.
SEC. 4. This Act to be and to
remain in full force until repealed.
Approved March 13, 1872.
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED
GAN ACT TO GRANT, RENEW AND
AMEND THE CHARTER or CERTAIN
TOWNS AND VILLAGES THEREIN
MENTIONED" APPROVED MARCH
8, 1871.
SECTION |. BE it enacted by the
Senate and House Of Representa-
tivcs, Of the State Of South Carroll
na, now met and sitting in Gene
raj Assembly, and by tho authori-
ty Of the same:
That the provision in Section
nincty-scvcn (97) Of tho said Act
be, and the same is hereby, amend
cd SO rs to read as follows: "Ihat
tho owners Of lands over which
such street or sheets may pass
shall be duly compensated by tho
said Town Council"
SEC. 2. That in case the Coun.
Gil and land owners cannot agree
upon the amount Of such compcn-
sation, the same shall be asccr-
tanned by three commissioners, to
be appointed, one by the Town
Town Council, ono by the land
owner, and tho third BY the Board
Of County Commissioners for Or
angcburg County Provided, That
either party may appeal from. such
assessment to tho Court Of Com
mon Pleas, who shall submit the
issue Of value to a jury: and, pro-
uided, further, that the assessment
agreed on, whether by tho aforc-
said Commissioners or by the jury,
shall be recorded in tho Office of
Register of Mesnc Conveyance for
the aforesaid county OF Orango-
burg.
Approved March 13, 1872.