Be it therefore enacted by the hororable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in general assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the said company shall Vigilant be, and they are hereby incorporated as a body Fire C mpolitic and corporate, and shall be known in decc. Forated. and in law, by the name of "The Vigilant Fire Company." Sucession bers, and a And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, Tht the said company, by tincir Shail have name aforesaid, shall have perpetual succession parretud of officers and members, to be clected in such of officers manner and according to such form as may be and memprescribed by the rules and regulations, now con.mon existing or hereafter to be made, for the government thereof; and that they shall have a common scal, with power to change, alter or make new the said rules and regulations and common scal as often as they shall judge expedient. scal. se and be su he implea And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said company shall be ablc May hold and capable in law to purchase, have, hold, take, property, receivc, possess, retain and enjoy, to itself in and re perpetuity or for any term of years, any estate, ed, imreal or personal; (Provided the same shall no plead and produce a clear income exceeding five hundred ded. dollars per annum,) and to sell, alien or otherwise dispose of the same, as they may think pro-, per; and by their said name to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any court in this state, and to make such rules, regulations and by-laws, (not repugnant to the laws of the land,) as they may judge proper: Provided always, That nothing in this act contained shall be deemed or construed to affect or operate to counteract the power and authority now or hereafter to be vested in the Intendant and Wardens of the city of Charleston, as they are by the laws of this state; and that all and every regulation or by-law that may be made by the said corporation, called the Vigilant Fire Čompany, contrary to the rules or by-laws established or to be established by the corporation or city council of Charleston, or the fire-masters, shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be null and void. And be it further enacted by the authority Shall hold aforesaid, That the said company shall have, such estate hold, possess, retain and enjoy all such estate, real now entit- or personal, money, goods, chattels and effects, as they are now intitled to, and that this act shall This act a be deemed and taken to be a public act, and jupublic act. dicially noticed as such without special pleading. In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of led to. December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, and in the eighteenth year of the Independence of the United States of America. DAVID RAMSAY, President of the Senate. JACOB READ, Speaker of the House of Representatives. An ACT to alter and change the times of holding several county courts, and for other purposes therein mentioned.. W HEREAS it is found necessary and expedient to change the times of holding the courts for the counties herein after mentioned: Be it therefore enacted by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in general assembly, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the passing of this act, the courts in the counties herein afchanged ter mentioned, shall be holden at the several times herein after directed, to wit: at Richland, Times of holding certain courts on the fifth day of January and July; at Fairfield, on the sixteenth of January and July; at Lancaster, on the twenty-seventh of January and July; at Kershaw, on the seventh of February and August; at Chesterfield, on the eighteenth of February and August; at Marlborough, on the first of March and September; at Darlington, on the eleventh of March and September; at Salem, on the twenty-second of March and September; at Claremont, on the third of April and October; and at Clarendon on the fourteenth of April and October, each year. And be it further enacted by the authority Time for oforesaid, That from and after the passing of this holding act, the court now directed to be held for the Edgefield county of Edgefield, on the first day of Septem-tered. ber, shall, for the future, be holden on the tenth day of October in each year. court al Interme when to And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the intermediate courts, for the several diate counties hereafter mentioned, shall be held on courts, the days following, to wit: For Richland coun- be held. ty, on the fifth day of April and October; for Fairfield, on the sixteenth of April and October; for Lancaster, on the twenty-seventh of April and October; for Kershaw, on the seventh of May and November; for Chesterfield, the eighteenth of May and November; for Marlborough, on the first day of June and December; for Darlington, on the eleventh of June and December; for Salem, on the twenty-second day of June and December; for Claremont, on the third day of July and January; for Clarendon, on the fourteenth day of July and January; and for Edgefield county, on the first Monday of January and July, in each year. Provided always nevertheless, That if it should happen that either of the days now prescribed for holding the said courts session, when to should fall on Sunday, that in such case the court shall be holden on the day following. And be it further enacted by the authority The next aforesaid, That to prevent any inconvenience which may result from the change of the times of holding the courts above mentioned, the next session of them shall be at the several times to which they now stand adjourned. be held. And be it further enacted by the authority A former aforesaid, That so much of an act, passed the reped-ineteenth day of February, 1791, entitled, act ed. "An act to amend the several acts for establish- DAVID RAMSAY, President of the Senate. JACOB READ, Speaker of the House of Representatives. An ACT to ascertain and fix on some more convenient and central situation for the courthouse and other public buildings for the county of Greenville. W HEREAS a number of the inhabitants of Greenville county have preferred their petition to the legislature, praying that the court-house, and other necessary public buildings for the said county, might be erected in some more convenient and central situation than that in which they are: Be it therefore enacted by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in general assembly, and by the autho holding rity of the same, That from and immediately af- Place to be ter the passing of this act, the commissioners chosen for herein after named, shall be, and they are here- Greenville by authorized, and fully empowered to assemble court. and consult on the most suitable and convenient place for holding the said court for the county aforesaid, having respect to the central situation of the same with regard to all the inhabitants of the said county. contigu ous to said And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the court for the said county of Court to Greenville shall be held at some place contigu- be held ous to the spot hereafter to be ascertained and fixed by the commissioners, until the court- place. house and other public buildings are erected; and that all records and papers, appertaining to the said court, shall be removed by the judges of the said court, as soon as conveniently may be, after the passing of this act. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Henry Mitchell Wood, Larkin commisTarrant, Jolm Thomas, junior, and James Har- sioners appointed. rison Barrett, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners for carrying this act into execution; and that the place to be fixed on by the commissioners, or a majority or them, shall be the permanent place for holding the court in the county aforesaid, any law, usage or custom to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-three, and in the eighteenth year of the Independence of the United States of America. DAVID RAMSAY, President of the Senate. JACOB READ, Speaker of the House of Representatives. |