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Be it enaeted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State
of South CAROLINA, now met and sit
ting in General Assembly, and by the
of the samo, = :. IL . =.
That The charter of the Hope Fire
Engine Company, of Charleston, is
hereby renewed and continue in force
uptil repealed, and the said company
is hereby authorized to adopt the
name and style of the Hope Steam
Fire Engine Company, Of Charleston:
Provided, The said Hope Steam Fire
Engine Company, Of Charleston, ano
the members thereof, shall, at al
times, be subject to the provisions o.
the 18th Section Of the Act passed or
the 2lst day of December, in the
year 1886, entitled, entitled can Act
for the better regulating of the Fire
Department Of the City of Char
leston."
Approved March 9, 1872.
AN ACT to Incorporate the Bul
River and Port Royal Railroad
Company. .....
Section 1. 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. for the purpose of establish
ing a railroad from some point on
Bull Hiver, to a junction with the
Port Royal Railroad, at point at or
near Whale Branch, a charter, with
the rights and privileges, incidental
to the same, be, and the same ls here
by, granted to and vested in ID. c.
Wilson, Robert SmalIs, J. u. Thomp,
son, w. J. Whipper, J. NJ. Crofut, N
B. Myers. F. E. Wilder, J. B. Bascomb
W. NJ. French Samuel Green, P. L.
Wiggin, S. B. Thomson, Alfred Viii
Iiams, NJ. Pollitzer, P. Coxum. W. E
Towne. ]. S. Brown, J. S. Mobley
and their associates; and when 0
company shall be- formed, in compli
ance with the conditions herein pre-
scribed, it shall be known by the
name of Bull River and Port Royal
Railroad Company, and shall have y
existence, as body polite
perpetuity.
Sec. 2. That the capital stock Of
said company shall be one million
Il ,Oe0. .G0Ol dollars, in shares of TWEEN
Eve dollars each; and. in order to
raise the said capital stock, it shall be
lawful to open books of subscription
in such places, and at such times. as
may be deemed for the best interest
of the corporation, under. the direc'
ton of the corporators; the times
and places for. receiving such sub.
scriptions to be determined by ma
jority of the incorporators; but
should such majority fail to fix such
times and places, they may be fixed
by any four Of the corporators here
iubcfore named, they have first given
due notice Of the same in any news
paper published in Beaufort or Char
lesion Counties; and said subscrip.
ton books shall be kept open for
twenty days from such time, and al
such places, as said corporators may
When fifty thousand dol.
lars shall have been subscribed, the
said corporators may determine
When fifty thousand dollars shall
have been subscribed, the said cor
porators, any four of them, shal. give
notice, by publication for at least ter
days. of the ,imo and place OF meet
ting for organization.
Sec. 3. Whenever the said sum O
ffty thousand, dollars shall have beer
subscribed, the subscribers, thei1
executors, administrators and assigns
shall be, and they are hereby declar
ed to be. incorporated into a compa
ny, with all the rights, powers ant
privileges conferred upon the "Por
Royal Railroad Company" by al
Act entitled "An Act to charter tn
Port Royal Railroad Company" rat
fled December the 2lst. A. D. 1857
Provided, That nothing herein con
tanned shall be so construed as to ex
smpt said company from the sprovie
ions of Se,tion l Of Chapter 63 o
the General Statutes.
Sec 4. That said "Bull River AM
Port Royal Railroad Company" shall
have power to mortgage it's propert.
and franchises, and issue bonds, q
such rates of interest, and upon sucl
terms and conditions, and for sucl
uses and purposes of said corporation
as the Board of Directors thereo
may deem expedient.
Sec. 6. That no other railroad shal
be constructed with terminus o
point Of beginning within ten mile
Of the line of seid "Bull River am
Port Royal Railroad" for a period 0
ten years.
+ Sec. 6. That the said company shal
have the right to build bridges acros
bavigable rivers;'' Provided, The,
shall put in good and sufficient draws
and shall construct necessary station
and turn-outs, and shall have one o
more tracts TO the road, with sucI
guage as will correspond with that G
the "Port Royal Railroad."e
Sec. z. No,hing herein containe'
shall be so construed as to exemp
the said company from the paymen
Of taxes. - - '' " -. ...
Sec. 8. Said railroad shall be com
mencel within ono year, and compile
ted within seven years, after the pas
sage Of this Ac1
Approved Masck12, 1879. 8
AN ACT to Prevent Certain Officer
From buying, Discounting or Sha
wing Teachers Ply Certificates o
other Orders on School Funds, o