The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-25

other property. other than real estate,
subject to taxation under tho provisions
OF this Act, by persons who may be lin-
BILE to pay the taxes on the same; and
any person in default of payment of such
taxes, when such payment mny become
due, shall be subject to the penalties now
provided by law for failure to pny the
general State fax. That all moneys paid
for licenses and for fines and forfeitures
for retailing spirituous liquors, keeping
tnvern and billiard tables within the said
limits, without licenses, shall be appro-
priated to the public uses of said town.
SEQ. 8. That all Acts, or parts of Acts,
In relation to the Town Council of Beau
fort, repugnant to, or supplied by this
bill, be, and the same are hereby, re-
pealed.
Approved March 8, 1872.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TRACTION
STEAM FIRE ENGINE COMPANY, OF THE
CITY OF COLUMBIA.
SECTION 1. Be ii enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the State
Of Souh Carolina, no,o met and sitting :n
General Assembly. and by the authority of
he same, That Richard Tozer, John
Bratton, Edward Hope, George SYM
mers. T. w. Woodward, George Dial,
j. Mckenzie, 8. 81. Spencer, VIM. ST.
mons. A. Goodson, W. B. Nash, T. J.
Moses. Jr., VIM. Green, James Davis,
y. Is. Thompson and r. Tarlton, toge-
ther with such other persons who now
are, or hereafter may be, associated with
them, be, and are hereby, Incorporated
and declared body polite and corpo-
rate, under the name and style of the
Traction Steam Engine Company, of the
city OF Columbia, for the purpose of ma
nutacturing, selling and using the same,
and also for the transaction of gil such
business as may be connected with the
same. The capital stock shall consist of
twenty thousand (20,0OO dollars, in
shares OF fifty (50) dollars each. with the
privilege to lncreaBe it to any extent not
exceeding fifty thousand (5C, ,OOO) dollars,
with the consent Of majority OF the
stockholders being first had and oh.
tained.
Sec. Q. That the said corporation shall
nave such number and succession Of Of
fcers and members as shall he ordained
and chosen according to the constitu-
tlou. rules and bylaws made, or to be
made, by the said corporation, for its
government, and shall have power and
authority to make any such constitution,
rules, or bylaws, as are not repugnant
to the Constitution and laws OF the land,
shall have and keep common seal, and
alter the samo at will; shall sue and be
sued, plead and be impleaded in any
court of law in this State, and shall hayo
and enjoy all and every right and priyi-
lege incident and belonging to CORPORATE
bodies.
SEQ. 8. That the said company shall
be empowered to purchase, retain and
enjoy oil such property, real and per
sonal, as it may possess, be entitled to.
or which shall hereafter be given, be.
queathed to, or in any manner be &C.
CURED by it. and to sell, alien or trans.
fer the same.
SEQ. 4. That the aaid company shall
have the power to erect machine shops.
and other building. necessary to carry
on the said business. That they shall
have the power to use such engines in
any part Of the State of South Carolina,
for the purpose of drayage, carrying
passengers, or cultivating land, and may
use the same in any oorporated city:
ProUtded, No danger to life or property
ensues: Prooided, That said corpora
tion shall bo liable for the payment of
any and all damages done to life and
property.
SEQ. 5. That said company may open
books for subscriptions to the capital
stock in the city of Columbia, or else
where, Mt their discretion.
SEC. 6. That tho private, as we'll as
tho corporate property Of tho corpora
tors, shall be liable for all debts con-
tracted for the corporation by its au-
thoriZed agents.
SEQ. z. That the said corporation shall
have legal existence from the time of
the passage of this Act, and this Act
shall continue in force until repealed.
Approved March IL, 1872.
AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE dowENsyILLE
LODGE, NO. LOT, ANCIENT FREE MAsoNs,
OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
SECTION l. Be ii enactcd 6v the Senate
and House Of Representatives. Of the State
Of South Carolina, no,c met and siNinq in
General Assembly, and by the amhoriiv Of
The same. That the officers and members
that now are, or hereafter may be, their
associates and successors, shall be known
In law under the name and style of tho