The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1879-01-30
LAWS OF THE STATE.
Acts Passed at the Recent Session of the
Legislature.

Acts Passed at the Recent Session of the
Legislature.
A BILL to establish system of general
rights to dig and mine Phosphate Rock
+ and Phosphate Deposits in the Navi-
gable Streams and Waters of theiState
and to provide mode of ascertaining
and of protecting the interests of the
/ State therein.
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of the
same:
SECTION /. That the comptroller-gen-
eral be authorized and required to issue
to all citizens of the State and bodies cor
porate applying for the same licenses
granting general right to dig and mine
phosphate, rock and phosphate deposits
in the following rivers and streams in
the State not now occupied by compa-
nies having exclusive rights therein, to
wit: From all parts of Edisto River up
to the Savannah and Charleston Railroad
bridge; from the beds of Morgan River
and its tributaries and the other waters
and marshes south of and opposite Nor
gan's Island; from the beds of Parrot
Greek and Beaufort River; from the beds
of Ashepoo and Combahee Rivers FROM
the beds of Stono River and its tributa-
ries, including Wappoo Cut; Cooper
River and its tributaries, except Wando
River; from the beds of Edisto River !;
from Raysor's bridge to the Orangeburg
line, Filbear's Creek and Goose Creek |;
from Station Creek, Skull Creek, Mars
River and its tributaries; from Hazard
and Archers Greek, Colleton River and
its tributaries, and all other navigable
streams and waters of the State.
Sec. 2. That each and every person or
body corporate to whom licenses shall be
issued, as provided in the foregoing Sec
ton, are hereby required to make to the
comptroller-general true and lawful re-
turns of the phosphate rock and phos-
phatic deposits they may have dug,
mined, removed and shipped, or other
wise sent to market, at the end of every
month, and shall punctually pay to the
State treasurer at the eud Of every quar-
ter, or three months, the royalty provi.
ded by law to be paid thereon, to wit
One dollar upon each and every ton
which has not been steamed or kiln dried,
or one dollar and ten cents on every ton
which has been steamed or kiln dried,
the first quarter to commence to run on
the first day of January in each year.
That, as condition precedent to the
right to dig, mine and remove the said
rocks and deposits hereby granted, each
person or company shall enter into bond
with security in the penal sum of five
thousand dollars, conditioned for the
making true and faithful returns to the
comptroller.general of the number OF
tons of phosphate rock and phosphate
deposits SO dug, mined and removed and
shipped, or otherwise sent to market, ut
the end of every month, and the punctual
payment to the State treasurer of the
royalty hereinbefore provided, which
bond and sureties therein shall be SUBJ
ject to the approval now required by law
for the bonds of State officers.
SEC. 8. That any company having ex.
elusive rights under an act entitled "An
Act to protect the rights and interests of
the State in the phosphate rocks and
phosphate deposits in the navigable
streams and waters of the State" ap-
proved March %, 1878, and who have
complied with the provisions of said act,
shall have the right and privilege at any
time to surrender their said exclusive
rights on notifying the comptroler-gen-
eral in writing of such surrender, and
thereupon they shall be entitled to all
the benefits of this act, and the said nav
igable streams and waters in which they
had exclusive rights at the time of such
surrender shall no longer be subject to
said exclusive rights, but be included in
the provisions OF this act relating to the
navigable streams and waters hereinbe-
fore in this act mentioned and referred
to, upon complying with the conditions
of this act.
Sec. 4. That all territory the exclusive
right to which shall have been granted
to any companies under the act aforesaid,
and which shall, in the judgment of the
comptroller general, not have been work
ed and developed to the best interest of
the State, in accordance with the provis-
ions of the seventh section of the act
aforesaid, shall no longer be subject to
said exclusive right, but be included in
and subject to all the provisions of this
act in relation to licenses granting gen.
eral rights to dig and mine in the navi-
gable waters of the State.
Sec. 5. That the comptroller.general
is, and he is hereby, directed to receive
from the Marine and River Phosphate
Mining and Manufacturing Company of
South Carolina, in United States cur
rency or national bank bills, thirty thou
sand five hundred and four 70-100 dollars
in full of all royalty o1e by said company
to the State of South Carolina up to and
including Both September, 1878: Provi-
ded, That the same shall be paid within
thirty days from the passage of this act:
And provided, further, That in case the
said company shall fail to comply with
the terms Of this act, the comptroller
general is hereby directed to take such.