The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-07

have power and authority to make by
laws, not repugnant to the laws of tho
land. to make, have and use q common
seal, and the same to alter at will, to sue
and be sued, to plead and be impleaded,
in any court Of law and equity, to pur.
chase and hold any lands, tenementn or
hereditaments, goods or ohattels, which
may be necessary, connected with, or
conducive to, the purposes for which
said company is established.
SEQ. 6. The said corporation shall not
go into operation until thirty thousand
dollars Of the cnpital stock shall be paid,
in gold or silver or United States Trea-
sury notes; and an oath or affirmation of
the payment thereof shall be made by
the President, Treasurer, and majority
Of the Board OF Directors, which shall
be recorded in tho Secretary of States
Office, and published in any newspaper
in the town of Beaufort, or as ncpr to
the establishment Ms circumstances will
admit.
Approved March Q. 1872.
AN ACT TO PREVENT CERTAIN OFFICERS
FROM BUYING. DIsCoUNTING OR SHAVING
TEACHERS PAY CERTIFICATES, OR OTHER
ORDERS ON SCHOOL FUNDS, OR JURORS
CERTIFICATES.
SECTION l. Be ii enocted by The Senate
and House Of Representatives Of tie State
Of SouM Carolina, mo,0 met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by tie authority of
The same, That it is hereby declared to
be unlawful for any County Treasurer,
County Auditor, County School Com.
missioner, or School Trustee, to buy,
discount, or shave, directly or Indirectly,
or be in any way interested in any
teachers pay certificate, or other order
on school funds or jurors certificates.
SEC. 2. That, if any of the officers,
aforesaid, shall violate the provisions of
Section l of this Act, he shall be deemed
to be guilty of misdemeanor, and, on
conviction thereof, shall pay fine of
not less than five hundred ($50O) dollars,
nor more than two thousand (S2,0OO)
dollars, to be used for school purposes
in his County, and shall be imprisoned
at the discretion of the court, or either,
or both.
SEC. 3. That this Act shall take effect
from it's passage.
Approved March -, 1872.
AN ACT TO EMPOWER FATHERS TO LEGITI-
MIzE CERTAIN CHILDREN BY LAST WILL,
AND TESTAMENT.
BE it enacted by The Senate and House
Of Representatives of the State Of South
Carolina, no,o met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by lie authority of the
same, That white fathers of children
born of black or colored mothers, who
were formerly held as slaves, either dur
ing the time of such mothers servitude
or since emancipation, the cohabitation
between the parents of such children
being still continued, be, and the same
are hereby. authorized to 40 far legiti-
mize such children, by last will and tes-
lament, as to enable them to inherit,
possess and enjoy oil rights. titles and
hereditam ents, the same as lawful cail-
dren born in wedlock: Provided, hoD-
erer, That no such father may have been
married during or at any time previous,
whose wife was then living, or who since
may have broken off snch cohabitation
for the purpose of marriage, or any
other cause, shall be entitled to the
power conferred by the provisions of
this Act.
Approved March 12, 1872.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE PAYMENT OF
CERTAIN DEBTS BY THE COUNTY OF AIKEN.
Whereas, by an Act approved March
10, 1871. new judicial County, by the
name of Aiken, was formed By portions
of Barnwell, Edgefeld, Lexington and
Orangeburg; and whereas the said named
Counties. Mt the time the Act to establish
the said County of Aiken was passed,
were, and still are. in debt; and whereas,
it is but fair and just that the said Coun-
ty of Aiken should assume her proper
tion of the debts Of the various Counties
from which it has been created; there
fore,
SECTION I. Be IL enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of The State
of South Carolina, no,o met and sitting in
General Assembly. and by the authority of
The same, That of the outstanding debts
of the Counties of Barnwell, Edgefield,
Lexington and Orangeburg, of portions
of which the said County of Aiken has