The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-21

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Acts and Joint tResolutions Passed by In O
General Assembly OF South Carolina,
Regular Session, 1871 and 1879.
AN ACT TO CHARTER THR sPARTANBURG AND
PORT ROYAL RAILROAD COMPANY.
0SEoT1oN l. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the State
Of South Carolina, a,o,o met and sinino il,
General Assembly, and by the authoriiv of
the same, That, for the purpose of estab-
fishing railroad from Spartanburp to
Port Royal, charter, with all the rights
and privileges incidental to the same.
be, and is hereby, granted to W. j..
Whipper, r. Smalls, N. B. Myers.
James NJ. Baxter. j. J. Patterson, James
N. Hayne, 81. @. Corwin, 81. G. Wor.
thington, G. Cannon. B. A. Boseman.
W. 81. Jones, James Miller, II. W. Dun.
can, j. 8. Mobley, j. A. Bowley. d. r.
Duncan. Timothy Hurley. VIM: Nun
70, r. M. Smith, 8. j. Lee, J. 81. Evans.
J. Z. B. Jeter, l.. Wofford, F. s. Jacobs.
Il. J. Donaldson, Hardy Solomon, D.
A. Ohilds. 8. A. Swails, T. J. Moore, J :.
Q. Bonsall, 8. L. Hoge, @. D. Melton,
j. NJ. Allen, Thomas Steers and W. J.
Wilkins, and their associates and sue
oessors, who are hereby constituted q
body politic and corporate, by tho name
and style of the Spartanburg and Port
Royal Railroad Company.
SRc 2. That the said company is here
by authorized to construct railroad
from Spartanburg to Port Royal, by
such route as shall be found most suita-
BILE and advantageous.
SEQ. 3. That the capital stock of said
company shall be one And-a- half million
dollars, with the privilege of increasing
It to two and-a-half millions of dollars,
II found necessary, to be divided into
shares Of fifty dollars each; and, for the
purpose OF raising such capital stock, it
Shall be lawful to open books of sub
scriptlon, at such times and places, and
10 Keep them open for such periods of
time, and under the direction of such
persons, as may be determined on by q
majority of said company. That sub
scrlptlons to the capital stock may be
made IN land. at rate, per acre, to be
agreed upon at the time of subscription;
and that each and every person subscrib-
ing land shall execute deed to the said
company; and that all amounts sub
scrlbed in land or money shall consti.
tute the joint stock capital for the pur-
pose OF constructing and carrying into
operation the railroad provided for bv
this Act; and the said railroad shall have
power to mortgage its property and
franchises, and issue bonds, on such
terms and conditions, and for such uses
and purposes of said corporation, as the
Board of Directors thereof may deem ex.
pedient.
SEC. 4. That the said railroad shall be
subject to the provisions of an Act of
the General Assembly of South Carroll.
ma, passed September %, 1868. entitled
IAN Act to declare the manner by which
lands, or right Of way over the lands of
persons or corporations, may bo taken
for the construction or use of RAILWAYS
and other works of internal improve!
ment:" Provided, houerer, That moth
ing herein contained shall be construed
as to exempt the said company from the
payment of taxes: Provided further.
That nothing herein contained shall be
construed 80 as to exempt said company
from the provisions of Section /, Char
ter 63 of the General Statutes.
Approved March 13, 1872.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE AppEy111r
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
SECTION l. Re i: enacted by tie 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 D. Wyatt Aiken, P. II.
Bradley. VIM. FL. Parker, J. s. Cothran.
G. Mod. Miller, W. Joel Smith, F. A.
Connor, James A. Reid, J. NJ. Latimer,
D. N. Rogers, James Pratt, A. M. Aiken,
NJ. Y. Taggart, A. 81. lawson and r. A.
Griffin, and their successors in Office and
associates, be, and they are hereby, con.
stituted body polite, under the name