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laws Of South Carolina
ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
PASSED BY THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY.
Published by Authority.]

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AN ACT to incorporate the Orange
burg County Fair Association.
SIC, l Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives OF the
State Of South Carolina, now met
and slit ny in General Assembly, anu
By the auth orily Of the same,
That VIM. F. BSton, Samuel Dib,
ble, Harpin Riggs, Laurence r. Beck
with, Wesley W. Cutler, James D
Trezevant, Benjamin Byas. J. l.. Jam
ison, Henry Johnson and 7. X. Sas'
lportas, and their associates and sue
ccsSors. be, and they are hereby
declared to be, body corporate and
polite, in law and in deed. by the
fname of the ."Orangeburg County
Fair Association" and by the said
name shall have perpetual succession
of officers and members, aud com
mon seal, with power TO change the
same us often as said corporation shall
Judge cXpedient; and the said corpo.
ration shall be liable and capable i'll
law to purchase, have, hold, receive,
enjoy, possess and retain to itself and
its successors, in perpetaity, any and
every estate, real or personal, whether
accruing to the same by gift, purchase,
devise or conveyance, not exceeding
in value fifty thousand dollars, aud
the same, or any part thereof, to sell,
alien, devise or exchange as often us
the said corporation may deem prop
er; and, by its name, to sue and be
sued, plead and be impIeaded, answer
and be answered, in any Court OF law
in this State; and to make all such
bylaws and rules for the government
of the corporation as may from time
to time, be deemed necessary; Previ'
ded, Such bylaws and rules be not
rcpugnant to the laws Of the land.
Sec. 2. That the principal end oi
said corporation shall be the promo
tion OF agriculture, mechanical arts
and other industry and ingenuity
through an annual Fair, and other
appropriate measures, according t.
such rules and regulations as they
may see fit to establish.
SEC. 3. That the members of tho
said corporation shall be, severalIy
Liable for all debts and contracts VI
said corporation only to the extent
and amount of their respective share:
therein; and the capital stock Of SAID
corporation shall not BE- less than five
thousand nor more than fifty thousand
dollars.
Sec 4. That the property and stock
of the said corporation shall be ex.
empted from County and municipal
taxation, SO long as no dividends sha
be declared and distributed among its
members.
Sec. 5. That this Act shall be deem
cd public Act, and shall he taken
notice of in all the Courts Of this
State without being specially pleaded
Approved March II, 1872.
AN ACT to Incorporate the Traction
Steam Engine Company, Of the
City of Columbia.
Sec. l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives, Of Tho
State of South Carolina, now me
and sitting in General Assembly, aut
by the authority Of the same,
That Richard Tozer, John Bratton
Edward Hop, George Summers, L
w. Woodward, George Dial, J. Nc
IKenzic, S. II. Spencer, William 81
mons, A. Goodson, W. B. Nash, F J
Moses, Jr, William Green. jaime
1 Davis, S. B. Thompson, Il. Tar'lon
together with such other persons.wh'
now are, or hereafter may be. asso
ciated with them, be, and are hereby
incorporated and declared a bod,
polite and corporate, under the nam
ana style of the Traction Steam En-
CINE Company, for the purpose o
manufacturing, selling, and using tn
same, and also for transaction OF al
business as may be connected with tn
, same, The capital stock shall consls
Of twenty thousand (20, 0,0O0) dollars
in shares of fifty (5O) dollars each
with the privilege to increase it to an,
. extent not exceeding fifty thousen'
, E0,0 ,00O) dollars, with the consent OF
) majority of the stockholders belni
first had and obtained.
5 Sec. 2. That the said corporation
shall have such number and successio
r of officers and members as shall b
ordained and chosen according to tn
: constitution, rules and bylaws made
Ior to be made, by the said corporatio
for its government; and shall hav