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SEC. 8. That whenever deemed neces
i. sary, q majority of said special commls
sion shall issue the bonds of said county
/ to an amount not exceeding twent,
Thousand dollars, payable ten years afte
date, and bearing interest at the rate o
leight per cent. per annum, payable an
nually, on the first day, of July, in eacl
and every year and shall dispose of sait
bonds, at such times and places, and il
such manner, as q majority of sale
special commission may direct, to rais'
funds for the construction Of said bridge
SEC. 4. That the satd county commits
: sioners be, and are hereby, authorized Il
levy an annual tax on the assessed value
. of the taxable property held and oWnec
, in said county, not exceeding two mill:
upon every dollar of the value OF sale
, nroperty, within the townships OF wa
teree and DekaIb, of said county, ano
not exceeding one mill upon every dol
lar Of the value of such property WITHIN
the other townships of said county,
which tax shall be collected as PROVIDED
hv law for the collection OF other county
tsxes and be paid out by the county
Treas,1rer upon the order OF maJorl'S
of such special commission.
SEC. S. That the proceeds OF saia .ax "a
shall be applied, first, to the payment Vi
the interest on said bonds, and the sur,
nIns if any, shall be security, investea
Under the direction of joint special COM
missioners, and create sinking, FUND TO
he applied to the payment ana extih-
onishment of said bonds at their matu-
ritv. as said commission may deem ex-
nedient, and when the same are fully
paid and extinguished the said tax shali
cease c to be levied, and the said special
commission shall cease to exist.
SEC. 6. That the said special commits,
sion shall appoint treasurer, who shall
Give bond before entering upon the dls-
charge of the duties of his office, in such
amoInt as may be deemed sufficient for
the purpose, conditioned by the faithful
discharge of his duties, who shall re-
ceiye and disburse the proceeds of the
bonds hereinbefore authorized to be Is
sued. 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 COM
mission may prescribe.
SEC. 7. That the said special commits
sioners shall, annually, file correct ac-
eobnt 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 Janu-
arv term of said court, to be open for the
insnection of the citizens of said county,
and to be laid before the grand jury, at
said term, for their examination, and
falling to do so the members of said COM
mission shall be liable to indictment as
for a misdemeanor, and, upon convlc-
t;on shall each be punished by fine or
Iimnrisonment, at the discretion of the
court. not exceeding one hundred dol
lars fine or six months imprisonment:
SEC. 8. That, in case Of q vacancy at
anv time in said special commission, oc-
casioned by the death, resignation, re.
moyal or refusal to serve Of the said
Names Baum, #. 81. Clark and w. NJ.
shannon, or their successors, or any one
or more of them, such vacancy shall be
supplied by the remaining members of
such special commission, by appoint
ment, from among the twenty persons
in said county who shall have paid, in
his own right, the highest tax to the
State for the year next preceding such
fSEc. 8. That for the purpose of ena-
bling the said special commission to
carry into effect the provisions of this
act. the said county Of ,Kershaw is in
vested with all the rights of the State i'll
the piers of the bridges of the Camden
Bridge Company and the landings and
road.bed which formerly led to and from
the same, and the said special commits
sion NAV make such compensation to
the stockholders of the said company IS
NAV be deemed equitable and just by
the said special commission, under the
circumstances of the case; provided that
the entire cost of said bridge and the ap-
purtenances 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, au-
thorized to keep the Camden ferry up to
and until the opening of the bridge here
inbefore provided for, at the same rates
of toll as were charged on the hrst day
of December last; and the SAID com
pany shall then cease to be BODY polite
and corporate; but the stockholders there-
of, shall then be at liberty to sell their
property and assets, and divide the pro-
ceeds of the same among them rateabiy,
according to the number OF shares OF the
said stock, held by them respectively,
having first paid the debt of the said
cor ooration; provided that nothing con
tanned in this section shall connict Win
or abridge any Of the powers, rights ana
privileges, hereinbefore conferred upon
the said county of Kershaw, or the said
special commission.
SEC. II. That this act shall be deemed
a public act, and'be so taken and deemed
in all the courts of this state:
Approved February Is, 1872.
AN ACT to authorize the Clerks of the
Courts of Common Pleas to take testi-
naony in certain cases.
Section l. 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 the Clerks of the Courts of Com
mon pleas in this State, in all civil causes
or proceedings hereafter to be instituted,
or now pending, or at tissue In the Courts
of Common Pleas for their respective
counties, shall, upon the application Of
either party to such cause or proceeding,
after ten days' notice to the adverse party,
take in writing the depositions of said
party or of any witness or witnesses III
said cause or proceeding, whose examin-
alton shall be required by the party
making such application upon taking
Witch danositi0ns the several parties
shall be entitled to the same rights of
-..;.at;nn nrosc examination and