Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-04-11
LAW OF GENERAL INTEREST

AN Act to authorize and empower tho
appointment Of commission to control
and direct the development and disposal
of the property of the State known as
tho Columbia canal and its appurteuauces
SECTION l. BE 1t enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
Of South Carolina, now met and sitting iu
General Assembly, and by tho authority of
the same, That the Attorney General, the
Comptroller General and Secretary of State,
and four citizens of the State to be appointed
by tho Governor, arc hereby constituted
md appointed commission to take such
steps as may be lawful to obtain possession
of the property of the State known as the
Columbia canal, with its appurtenances,
and to control and direct tho development
and the disposal of the same.
SEC. g. Said commission shall have
authority to grant, lease or sell sites of this
property to parties desiring to erect facto-
ries, on such terms as may be decided on by
said commission; Provided, That in all oascs
they shall take bond with other sufficient
security from grantees or other contracting
parties for the fulflment of their contracts,
and shall make annually report of all their
actings and doings to the Legislature.
SEQ. 8 That for the purpose of develop
ing tho power, the commission is authorized
to employ convicts from tho pententiary,
and for that purpose may call on the super
iutendcnt for two hundred convicts.
SEC A. That said grants, leases or sales
shall only be made for manufacturing pur-
poses and shall revert 10 The Stute when
not used for that purpose, and in all grants
that may bo made sufficient power shall be
reserved to the State for the use of the Pen.
itentiary and the city of Columbia;
SEC. s. That the commission shall re-.
ceive no pay and shall continue in Office
until their successors are appointed.
Approved March II, 1878.
An Act to declare tho title of tho State in
the Columbia Canal and its appurte-
Dances.
Whereas, default has been made in the
conditions imposed in the decd of convey
anoe of the right, title and interest of the
State in the Columbia Canal and in oil
lands, privileges and appurtenances owned
by the State thereunto belonging or nppcr-
tanning, executed to Samuel Pearoe, Jr.,
as trustee for William Spraguo, by the
commission appointed to cell and convey
the same bearing date September 81, A. D.
1868, notwithstanding the privilege allowed
and tho extension of timo afforded by the
acts of the General Assembly subsequent to
tho act entitled "An act to authorize the
sale of the Columbia Canal" passed Sop
tember 81, 1868, and approved by the Go
vernon:
| Be IL enactetl by the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina, now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by tho authority Of
the same, That the title to tho premises
conveyed by tho said deed of conveyance
has reverted to the State.
Approved February II, 1878.
An ACT to prevent public officers from
using checks except upon Funds
| actually to their credit, or from paying
tho aamo.
SECTION /. Be IL enacted by the Senate
aud House Of Representatives Of the State
of South Carolina, now met and sitting
in General Assembly, and by the authority
!. tho same, That tho board Of county oom-
missioners shall draw orders on the county
treasurer for ell accounts against the county
which thoy have allowed; but they shal
draw no orders until after the monthly
report of tho treasurer has been received
by them, and unless he has reported the
funds In the treasury to pay tho same; and
tho county commissioners shall inform the
tcountv treasurer of tha ordera drawn ir