The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-04-12

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General Assembly OF South Carolina,
Regular Session, 1871 und 1872.
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE FORMATION OF,
AND TO INCORPORATE, TIE sPARTANBURd
AND AIKEN RAILROAD.
Whereas it is desirable that there
should be connection by railroad be-
tween the town of Aiken and the town
of Edgefeld, the village of Ninety-Six
and the towns of Laurens and Spartan
burg, in this State; therefore,
SECTION 1. Be ii .endcted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives Of the State
of South Carolina, mo,o met aud sitting IL,
General Assembly, and by the authority of
the same, That the formation of corpo-
rate company is hereby authorized, for
the purpose Of constructing railroad
to connect the town of Aiken, the town
of Edgefeld, the village of Ninety.Six,
the town of Laurens and the town of
Spartanburg, with tho privilege of ex-
tending the same to the town of Ham
burg, in such manner as may be deter
mined by said company.
Sec. 2. That, for the purpose of
raising the capital stock of said COM
pany, it shall be lawful to open books at
the town of Spartanburg, under the
direction of G.. Cannon, J. II. Evans,
Alfred Tollison, D. r. Duncan, S. Bobo
and Joseph Walker; at the town of Lau-
rens, under Y. J. P. Owens, J. ". Fow-
Ter, Joseph Crews, DIR. John Henry and
H. L. MCGOWAN; at the village of Ninety
Six, under Thos. Talbert, DIR. W. A.
Limbecker. j. A. Stuart. Thomas Lake,
Augustus Griffin and P. r. Rivers; at
the town Of Edgefeld, under Lawrence
CAIN NJ. l.. Bonham, VIM. T. Gary. A.
J. Norris, Dr. John A. Barker and Paris
Simpkins; of the village of Aiken, under
J. N. Hayne, E. J. @. Wood, r. b.
Elliott, O. D. .Hayne. E. Ferguson, J. s.
Shuok, P. G. Rockwell and Henry Spar.
nick; in the city of Augusta, under John
j. Cohen, James A. Gray, Josiah Sibley,
Charles ". Harris, DIR. J. A. Miller; and
at such other places in the Counties of
Spartanburg, Laurens, Abbeville, Edge
field and Aiken, and under the diroo-
ton of such other persons as the COM
missioners in their respective Counties
herein above named may designate, for
the purpose of securing subscriptions to
an amount not exceeding two million
five hundred thousand dollars, in shares
of one hundred dollars each, to consti-
tute joint capital stock for the purpose
OF constructing and carrying into opera
tion the said railroad, and, on each
share Of individual stock, the subscriber
shall pay to the commissioners, who shall
be authorized to take the same, the sum
OF five dollars, lawful money of the
United States.
SEC. g. That when tho sum of one
hundred thousand dollars shall have
been subscribed, in the manner before
specified, the subscribers shall be, and
they are hereby, declared body corpo-
rate. to be known by the name and style
OF the "Spartanburg and Aiken Rail
road Company" and may meet and or
ganize said company, at such time and
place as may be designated by the Com
missioners for the town of Spartanburg,
hereinbefore named.
SEC. 4. That, for tho purpose of or
ganizin2 said company, all such powers
as are conferred by the charter of the
Greenville and Columbia Railroad Com
pany. and the Commissioner at Green.
Vile, Snail be, and are hereby, conferred
upon the Commissioners herein appoint
ed at the town of Spartanburg; and oil
the powers, rights and privileges granted
by tho said charter and its amendments
to the "Greenville and Columbia Rail
road Company" shall be, and they are
hereby, granted to the "Spartanburg
and Aiken Railroad Company, and sub
iect to like restrictions as are therein
contained, except as to the capital stock,
the sum necessary to authorize the or
ganization, and the amount Of shares,
except 30 far as may be necessary to con
form to tho special provisions of this
Act: Provided, ho,0eoer, That nothing
herein contained shall be so construed
as to bind the State tc subscribe stock
in said company, or make any appropri-
ations to enable the SAID company to
build said road, or in any manner to
loan the credit of tho State thereto:
Prooided. further. That nothing herein
contained shall be construed 80 as to OK.
empt the said company from the provi-
sions of Section l, Chapter III, of the
General Statutes.
SEC. s. That said company is author