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THE
STATUTES AT LARGE
OF
SOUTH CAROLINA;
EDITED, UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE,
BY
DAVID J. McCORD.
VOLUME SIXTH,
CONTAINING the acts from 1814, EXCLUSIVE, TO 1838, INCLUSIVE.
Table of Contents.
N. B.-The Acts which are referred to the last volume are marked thus *.
A. D. 1815.
No. 2068. An Act to authorize Creditors holding the bodies of their Debtors in execution
to discharge them, without impairing the binding efficacy of their judg-
ments........
*2069. An Act for the organization of the Staff of the Militia of South Carolina; and
for other purposes therein mentioned.....
2070. An Act for the relief of the widows and orphans of such persons who died or
were killed, or who have died by diseases contracted, in the late war
between the United States of America and Great Britain..
.....
*2071. An Act to alter and amend the Militia Laws of this State......
*2072. An Act to establish certain Roads, Bridges and Ferries, therein mentioned..
2073. An Act supplemental to the Vendue Act, passed the seventeenth day of
March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-
five, giving the owners of property disposed of by Vendue Masters or
Auctioneers, summary redress against them for the amount of the sales
thereof......
2074. An Act to authorize the collection of Interest on Judgments and Decrees, and
to remove the necessity of frequent revivals thereof....
*2075. An Act to postpone the meeting of the Court of Appeals in Equity at Columbia,
in the fall, one week, so as to prolong the Court in Charleston; and for
other purposes therein mentioned...
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2076. An Act confirming the title of John M. Hopkins to a lot of Land derived through
an Alien.....
*2077. An Act to incorporate the Fishing-creek Circulating Library Society in Ches.
ter district, and the Ladies Benevolent Society of Beaufort district......6
2078. An Act for the prevention of Frivolous Appeals......
2079. An Act to fix the value of Lands in this State for Taxation; and for other pur- poses therein mentioned....
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*2080. An Act to improve and extend the navigation of Black river...........
*2081.
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An Act for the creation of an additional circuit, so as to prolong the Terms in
the Districts of Charleston, Colleton and Beaufort; and for other pur-
poses therein mentioned....
*2082. An Act to amend the charter of the Bank of South Carolina..
*2083. An Act to alter and amend the charter of the State Bank.....
2084. An Act to vest in James Douglass a certain lot of Land in the City of Charles-
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ton..
2085. An Act to alter the manner of electing all District Officers, and to give the
powers of electing the same to the people of their respective Dis-
tricts.....
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*2086. An Act to confirm the division of the City of Charleston into four Wards, as
directed by an Act passed 19th December, 1809; and for other purpo-
ses therein mentioned...
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A. D. 18 15. No. 2087.
A. D. 1816.
An Act to enable the Trustees appointed to carry into effect the last will and
testament of Dr. John De La Howe, to dispose of certain Real Estates
of the said Testator in the manner therein mentioned
2083. An Act for the relief of James Barkley, David Peterson, and Nathaniel Wil-
liams.....
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2089. An Act ratifying and confirming the convention between the Commissioners
of the States of South Carolina and North Carolina, establishing the
dividing line botween the said States, concluded at Greenville, in the
State of South Carolina, on the 2d day of November, 1815... .. .. .. .. .15
2090. An Act to establish one or more Lotteries, the profits of which shall be applied
to the erection of Masonic Halls, for the Grand Lodge of South Caro-
lina Ancient York Masons, and for the building of a Lodge Room for
number sixty-nine, under their jurisdiction....
*2091. An Act to alter and amend an Ordinance entitled "An Ordinance to impower
Commissioners therein named to cut and sink drains and water passages
in the Swamps and Savannahs formed by the North-east branch of
Stono river," passed on the 16th day of March, 1783..
2092. An Act to vest in the State the Lands on which Fortifications are erected for
the defence of Charleston....
2093. An Act to authorize and empower the Superintendants of the Catawba Indians
to institute actions for trespasses on their Land ; and for other purposes
therei. mentioned....
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2094.
An Act to raise supplies for the year one thousand eight hundred and fifteen;
and for other purposes therein mentioned..
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2095. An Act to make Appropriations for the year one thousand eight hundrd and
fifteen, and for other purposes therein mentioned...
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2096. An Act the more effectually to prevent the pernicious practice of gaming......26
209%. An Act to make compensation to persons who shall serve as Commmon Plea
and Petit Jurors and Constables, for their attendance at Courts.....
2098. An Act to alter and amend an Act entitled "An Act to limit the term of service
of certain Officers who have heretofore held their offices during good
behaviour, and for other purposes therein mentioned," passed the 17th
day of December, 1812.....
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*2099. An Act to make all the Officers of the Militia of this State elective....
*2106. An Act to provide a more expeditious mode for disposing of the cases on the
Dockets of the Constitutional Courts at Charleston and Columbia......30
2101. An Act to relieve the Judges from the necessity of giving separate opinions in
appeal cases, and to provide for the publication of such opinions, for
the information of the people...
.31
2102. An Act to authorize the President and Directors of the Bank of the State of
South Carolina to call in the Paper Medium Loan Office Bonds, and to
establish a Branch Bank in Georgetown....
2103. An Act to secure the just rights of Mechanics, Handicrafts-men, and for other
purposes therein mentioned...
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2104. An Act to enable Assignees of Judgments and Decrees to bring suit in their
own names........
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*2105. An Act to alter the times appointed for holding the Courts of Common Pleas
and General Sessions in the Southern and Southeastern Circuits of this
State.......
2106. An Act to increase the number of Justices of the Quorum and of the Peace
in the districts of Edgefield, Spartanburgh, and other districts therein
mentioned
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*2107. An Act to prohibit the importation of Slaves into this State from any of the
United States; and for other purposes therein mentioned......
2108. An Act to prohibit the isssuing of Bills or negociable Notes under the denomi-
nation of one Dollar; and for other purposes therein mentioned........34
*2109. An Act to continue in force an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Town of
Beaufort;" and for other purposes therein mentioned.......
2110. An Act to establish and confirm the boundary line between St, George's Dor- chester, and St. James Goose-creek, which has been run out by Com-
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A. D. 1816. No.
missioners appointed for that purpose; and for other purposes therein
mentioned....
*2111. An Act to incorporate the Winyaw and Wando Canal Company; and for oth-
er purposes therein mentioned.....
2112. An Act to increase the Pensions of certain persons within this State...........36
*2113. An Act to open and extend Pinckney-street, in the City of Charleston, to Meet-
ing-street.....
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2114.
An Act to establish a Court of Equity for Sumter District, and for other pur-
.37
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2115. An Act to authorize a Lottery for the relief of the late sufferers by fire at
Pickensville....
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2116. An Act to vest certain property in Mary Ann Hooker....
*2117. An Act to incorporate the Williamsburgh Library Society, and other Societies
therein mentioned......
*2118.
2119.
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An Act to incorporate the Societe Francaise of the City of Charleston........38
An Act to confirm the Treaty between the State of South Carolina and the
Cherokee Indians, relinquishing the title of the said nation of Cherokee
Indians to that part of their territory lying within the chartered limits
of this State; for appointing commissioners to resurvey and lay out the
said lands; and for other purposes, therein mentioned.......
2120. An Act to enable and authorize Serenus Mayer to manumit and set free, by his
last will and testament, certain slaves.....
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2121. An Act to authorize the City Council of Charleston, with the consent of Con-
gress, to impose and levy a duty on the tonnage of Ships and Vessels
of the United States, arriving from foreign, ports, for the maintenance
of a Marine Hospital; and for other purposes therein mentioned.......41
2122. An Act to vest in the incorporated Vestry of the Parish of Saint Thomas,
power to dispose of a certain tract of land therein mentioned......
2123. An Act authorizing Elias Horry, Esquire, Intendant of the City of Charleston,
his heirs or executors, to convey, in fee simple, to the United States of
America, two lots of land in the Village of Hampstead, as a site for a
Marine Hospital....
2125.
*2124. An Act to establish certain Roads, Bridges and Ferries; and for other purposes
therein mentioned.....
An Act to authorize the Honorable Richard Gantt, one of the Judges of the
Court of General Sesssions and Common Pleas of the State, to leave
the same for the time therein mentioned....
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2126. An Act to enable parties to suits in the Courts of Law and Equity in this State,
to take the examination, by commission, of witnesses who are about to
leave this State.....
2127. A Bill to alter the third Section of the tenth Article of the Constitution of the
State of South Carolina.....
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2128.
An Act to raise supplies for the year one thousand eight hundred and sixteen;
and for other purposes therein mentioned......
2129.
An Act to make appropriations for the year one thousand eight hundred and
sixteen; and for other purposes therein mentioned....
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A. D. 1817.
2130.
An Act to provide a more expeditious mode of disposing of such motions as
may be made for New Trial, and in arrest of Judgment, and such
points of Law as may be submitted to the Judges; and for other pur-
poses therein mentioned......
2131. An Act to alter and amend an Act entitled "An Act to confirm the Treaty be-
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tween the State of South Carolina and the Cherokee Indians, relin-
quishing the title of the said Nation of Cherokee Indians to that part of
their Territory lying within the chartered limits of this State; for ap-
pointing Commissioners to re-survey and lay out the said lands; and
for other purposes therein mentioned.".. ......56
2132. An Act making appropriations for the Extra Session of the Legislature, in the
year one thousand eight hundred and seventeen; and for other purpo-
ses therein mentioned....
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