The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-02-22
LAWS OF THE STATE.
ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Published by Authority.


AN ACT to authorize the erection of certain
bridge over the Wateree River.
Whereas, a majority of the people Of Fer
shaw County have voted In favor of the efee-
tion of free bridge over Wateree River, on
the Columbia road, near Camden, to be built
and kept up at the expense of said county;
| therefore,
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State Of
South Carolina, now met and sitting In Gene.
raj Assembly, and by the authority of the
| same
That the County of Kershaw be, and is here
by, authorized to build bridge over Wateree
River, on the Columbia road, at the Camden
Ferry, to be kept up and maintained at the
expense of said county for the public use, free
| OF toll.
SEQ 2. That the county commissioners Of
said county, and Names Baum, T. q. Clark
and W. NJ. Shannon be, and they are hereby,
constituted special commission TO contract
or aud superlntend the construction of said
bridge, and to raise and disburse the funds re-
quired for the same.
Sec 8. That, whenever deemed necessary, a
majority of said special commission shall issue
the bonds Of said county, to an amount not
exceeding twenty thousand dollars, payable
ten years after date, and bearing interest at
the rate ofeight per cent. per annum, payable
annually, on the first day Of July, in each and
every year, and shall dispose of said bonds at
such times and places, and In such manner as
majority of said special commission may
direct to raise funds for the construction OF
said bridge.
SEo 4. That the said county commissioners
be and are hereby authorized to levy an an
nual tax on The assessed value of the taxable
properly owned In said county not exceeding
two mills upon every dollar OF the value of
said property, within the townships of Va
teree and DeKalb, Of said county, and not ex-
ceedng one mill upon every dollar Of the
value of such property within the other town.
ships of said county, which tax shall be col
lected as provided by law for the collection of
other county taxes, and be paid out by the
county treasurer upon the order of a majority
Of such special commiss on.
SEC. S. That the proceeds Of such tax shall
be applied, frat to the payment of the inter-
est on said bonds, and the surplus, If any,,
shall be security, invested under the direction
of the joint special commissioners, and create
sinking fund to be applied to the payment
and extlnguIshment OF said bonds at their ma
turity, or to pay up and cancel the same be-
fore maturity, as said commissioners may
deem expedient, and when the same are fully
paid and extingulsbed, the said tax shall
cease to be levied, and the said special COM
| mission shall cease TO exist.
SEQ. 6. That the said special commission
shall appoint treasurer, who shall give bond
before entering upon the discharge OF the
duties of his ONCE, In such amount as may be
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for the faithful discharge of his dulles, who
shall receive and disburse the proceeds OF the
bonds hereinbefore authorized 10 be Issued,
and all other moneys coming to his hands, by
direction of said special commission, and be
subject to such rules and regulations as the
said special commission may prescribe.
SEC. Z. That the said special commissioners
shall, annually, file a correct account of their
receipts and disbursements, and report OF
| their proceedings in the Office of the clerk OF
the Circuit Court, on or before the first day of
| the January term of said court, to be open Tor
the inspection OF the citizens of said county,
and 10 be laid before the Grand Jury, at said
term, for their examination, and falling to do
80 the members of the said commission shall
be liable to Indictment as for q misdemeanor'
and, upon conviction, shall each be punished
by fine, or Imprisonment, at the discretion Of
the court, not exceeding one hundred dollars
fn', or six months imprisonment.
SEC. 8. That, In case Of o vacancy at any
time In said special commission, occasloncd
by the death, resignation, removal or refusal
10 serve of the said Names Baum, T. d.
Clarke and W. N. Shannon, or their success
sors, or any one or more OF them, such vacan-
cy shall be supplied by the remaining mem-
bers OF such special commission, by appoint
ment from among the twenty persons In said
county who shall have paid, In bis own right,
the highest tax to the Slate for The year next
preceding such appointment.
SEC. Q. That for the purpose of enabling the
said special commission to carry into effect
the provisions of this act, the said County OF
Kershaw is invested with all the rights oil the
Slate In the piers of the bridges Of the Cam
den Bridge Company and the landings and
roadbed which formerly led 10 and from The
same; and the said special commission may
make such compensation to the stockholders
of the said company as may be deemed equlta-
BILE and just by the said special commission,
under the circumstances OF the case. Pro-
vIded, That the entire cost of said bridge and
Its appurtenances shall not, together with the
compensation to the Camden Bridge Company,
exceed the sum of twenty thousand dollars.
SEC. 10. That the Camden Bridge Company
be, and they are hereby, authorized to keep
up the Camden Ferry up to and until the
opening of The bridge herelnbefore provided
for, at the same rates of toll as were charged
on the first day of December last; and the said
company ehall then cease to be body polite
and corporate; but the stockholders thereof,
shall then be at liberty to sell their property
and assets and divide the proceeds of the
same among them ratably, according to the
number of the shares of the said stock, held
by them respectively, having first paid the
debt of the said corporation: Provided, That
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