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associates: and when Q company
shall be formed in compliance with
the conditions herein prescribed; it
shall be known by the name of Big
Bay and Adams Run Railroad Com
pany, and shalEhave a corporate ex-
istence, as body polite, in perpetui-
ty.
Sec. 2. That the capital sstoclsof
said company shall BIZ two hundred
thousand dollars, in shares Of 3twen-
Eve dollars each !; and.4 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 tho 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 .n ma
jority of The. incorporators i; but
should such majority fail to fix such
times and places, then such times and
may be fixed by any three of the cor
porators hereinbrfore named, having
given due notice of the same 10 any
newspaper of the Statef and the istib-
scription books shall be kept open for
thirty days from such time, and at
such places, as said corporators may
determine; that, on each share of
stock subscribed, the said subscribers
shall pay two dollars to the corpora
tors, who shall deposit, it. in some
National or State Bank. When ten
thousand dollars shall have been sub
scribed, the corporators, OF any, three
of them, shall give; e;notice. BY, ,pnbiica-
ton for at least ten, days, OF the time
and place of meeting. : ~, 80. !. 9''.t
SEC. 3. That they are hereby iau-, /,
thorized to build q railroad iifem
Adams Run Station, on the Char.
lesion and Savannah Railroad, TO Big
OF. Edding's Bay. Edisto Island South
Carolina, with one. or more tracks:
They do not obstruct any regular
mail or passenger trrins n any road,
or obstruct the navigation ion any
navigabIe stream over which the road
aforesaid may have to- cross; that
good and sufficient draw bridges arc :
10 be built BY the said corporation,
should necessity require the same ito
be done: Provided, further, That
said road shall be subject to the pro-
visions Of an Act to declare the tddn.s
ner by which the lands, or the right
Of way over the lands, of personraor
corporations may be taken for tho
CONSTRUCTION and uses Of railways and
other works Of internal Improvement,
ratified September 20, 1S63aih sll s
Approved March II, 1872. eli .
AN ACT to incorporate tho Rivers
Guards, of Hamburg, South Caro-
lima. ifta9@ 8tjt IL. II isEgtng
SEC. /. 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, Z, t,iaf
That John Williams, Lewis Cart
'|lege, Cato McGraw, james Coleman,
and their SUCCESSORS, and associates,
are hereby incorporated and mado
and declared body polite and cor
porate, in deed and IN law, by the
name and style Of the 'Rivers
Guards" of Hamburg, South Caro-.
Ina; aud, as such body polite and
corporate, shall have power to make,
use, have and keep a common seal,
and the same to alteratwill; tUmake
all necessary bylaws, not rcpngnapt
to tie Constitution and laws Of this
State; and to have succession of Off
GERS and members, conformable ito
such bylaws; to sue and be shed,
plead and be impleadcd, in any, Court
of competent jurisdisdiction; and to
have, use and enjoy all other rights,
and be subject to oil other liabilities,
incident to bodies corporate. d;;g
Sec. 2. This Act shall be deemed
and taken to be public Act, and
shall continue in force, from and4fter
its passage, for the space, Of ninety
nine years. a.s,,..
Approved March 12, 1872. 80
AN ACT to Incorporate the Damae-
Gus Baptist Church, in Sumter
County, South Carolina,
SEC. 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 members Of the said So
ciety be, and they are hereby declar
ed to be, body corporate, BY tame
and style of the damascus Baptist
Church" and by that name and style
shall have succession of officers and
members, and shall have a"common
seal
Soc. 2. That the said corpor .tion
shall have power to purchase, re "ire
and hold any real or personal estate,
not exceeding in value the sum OF
twenty thousand dollars, and to sell,
convey and dispose of the same ;ifand,
by it corporate Dame, may sue and be
sued, in any Court of this State; and
to make such rules and bylaws, not
rel ugnant to law, as it may consider
necc ssarv and expedient. .,r:I5G
Sic. 6. This Act shall be deemed
and taken as p lOIic Act, aud shall
continue in tor.e the term Of ninety
nine years. afl.-. ta' 2@'f"'3
Approved March l3, 1872. II
AN ACT to Abolish the Office Of
State Auditor, and confer the Du-
ties of his Office upon the Comp.
troller General.
Whereas, multiplicity of Offices
should be avoided by the State, as
we'll as unnecessary expenditures in