A. D 1847. times following, respectively, instead of the times now provided by law, that is to say, for the District of Kershaw on the first Monday after the fourth Monday in March and October in every year, to sit one week at each term; for the District of Sumter on the second Monday after the fourth Monday in March and October in every year, to sit two weeks at each term. Kershaw. Sumter. Writs and pro II. That all writs and process which shall have been made returnable to the Courts of the said District of Kershaw and Sumter, at the times heretofore cess to be vaid provided by Law, shall respectively be legal and valid to all intents and purposes, for the Courts next to be held in the said Districts respectively, according to the provisions of this Act, and that all persons who have been summoned, or may hereafter be summoned to attend the Courts of either of the said Districts, as jurors or witnesses, or who now are, or shall hereafter be bound in recognizance to appear at either of the said Courts, at the times heretofore provided by Law, shall be and are hereby required to attend or appear at the Courts of the said Districts respectively, next to be held according to the provisions of this Act. Writs of Venire. drawn. III. That the Judge who shall cr may hold the next Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions for Sumter District, shall on the first day of the term cause a Jury to be drawn in the manner prescribed by Law for the second week of the same term for the said District and to award a Writ of Venire forthwith for the purpose of summoning the same, to serve the succeeding week. IV. That at each term of the Court for Sumter District, held, subsequent Two juries to be to the passage of this Act, it shall be the duty of the presiding Judge to cause • two Juries to be drawn, in the manner prescribed by Law, one to serve the first week and the other to serve the second week of the Court to which they shall be summoned, In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and in the seventy-second year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America, R. F. W. ALLSTON, President of the Senate pro tem. AN ACT TO GRANT THE USE OF A VACANT LOT IN THE TOWN OF COLUMBIA A. D. 1847. No. 3009. Be it enacted, by the Honcrable the Senate and House of Representatives. now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That all the right, title and interest of the State in a certain Lot of Land in the town of Columbia, and bounded by Lincoln, Gadsden, Plane and Washington Location. streets, be, and the same is hereby vested in the Palmetto Lodge No 5, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, on the following conditions: that is to say, on condition that the said Lot of Land shall be enclosed, and a school house erected thereon within two years from the first day of January next ensuing, Conditions, and on condition, and only so long as the entire Lot and school house to be erected thereon, shall be used exclusively for a school; for the gratuitous education of such children of the members of the said Palmetto Lodge as the funds of the said Lodge shall allow, and for the education of other children: Provided, Provi.cs. that the terms of tuition for all other children than those who are gratutiously educated by the said Lodge, shall be uniform, without regard to the parents or guardians of such children being members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows or otherwise: And provided, that the rates of tuition to be charged in the said school, shall not exceed the annual sum of twenty-five dollars: And provided also, that nothing in this Act shall prevent the State from ceding to any Rail Road Company now existing, or hereafter to be incorporated, the right of way through the said Lot: And provided further, that all trees growing thereon, shall in no manner be cut down or destroyed, so as to endanger the health of persons residing in the neighborhood thereof. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one R. F. W. ALLSTON, President of the Senate pro. tcm. " A. D. 1847. No. 3010. Education of deaf and dumb. E lucation of blind. AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW IN RELATION TO THE EDUCATIOF OF THE DEAF AND DUMB. I. Be it enacted, by the Senate and House of Representativns, now met and sitting in General Assembly, That the Act passed in December, 1834, to provide for the education of the deaf and dumb children of this State, be so amended as to allow the Commissioners a discretion as to the age under which deaf and dumb persons may be admitted to the benefits provided by said Act. II. The said Commissioners shall be authorized to the extent of one-half the appropriation directed by the said Act, to send to some Asylum for the education of the Blind, such blind children as may be deemed appropriate objects, subject to the same provisions as are required by the said Act, and by this amendment thereof. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and in the seventy-second year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. R. F. W. ALLSTON, President of the Senate pro. tem W. F. COLCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives, No. 3011. Act amended. AN ACT TO ALTER THE LAW IN RELATION TO BASTARDY. Be it enacted, by 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, so much of the twelfth section of an Act entitled "An Act concerning the office and duties of Magistrates," passed the twenty-first day of December, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and thirtynine, as provides that on the failure of a defendant, convicted of bastardy, to give the security on recognizance by the same Act provided, the Court shall bind him out to service for any term not exceeding four years, be and the same is hereby repealed, and a defendant hereafter convicted of bastardy, and failing to give the security aforesaid, shall be liable to execution as defendants convictof misdemeanors now are: Provided that on the annual payment of the sum of twenty five dollars, the executions, except as to costs, shall be stayed until another instalment falls due. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one R. F. W. ALLSTON, President of the Senate pro. tem. A. D. 1847. AN ACT TO REPEAL THE SEVENTIETII SECTION OF AN ACT ENTITLED Be it enacted, by 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 seventieth section of an Act entitled "An Act to reduce all Acts and clauses of Acts in relation to the Militia of this State to one Act, and to alter and amend the same," passed on the seventeenth day of December, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred and forty-one, be and the same is hereby repealed. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lerd one • R. F. W. ALLSTON, President of the Senate pro. tem. W. F. COLCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. D. 1817. No. 3013. AN ACT TO VEST THE RIGHT AND TITLE OF THE STATE IN AND TO THE ESTATE Be it enacted by the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, Estate of James now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, M. Egger, &c. that all the right, title and interest of the State, in and to the estate of James M. Egger, late of Chester District, in the hands of William Kirkpatrick, administrator of the said Egger, be, and the same are hereby vested in George Brown and his heirs, forever. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven, and in the seventy-second year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. R. F. W. ALLSTON, President of the Senate pro tem, W. F. COLCOCK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. No. 3014. AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAWS PROHIBITING THE ENTRANCE OF SLAVES INTO S'ave THIS STATE. Be it 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 ratification of this Act, when any Slave, or Slaves, shall have been carried out of this State, in the capacity of Steward, Cook, Firemen, Engineer, Pilot or Mariner, on board of any steamer, or other vessel, Vessel trading to trading with any port, or place in the Island of Cuba, it shall and may be lawful to bring such Slave or Slaves, back into this State, any law, usage, or custom, to the contrary notwithstanding; Provided, Such Slave or Slaves, during his, or their absence from this State, shall not have been in any port or place, in the West Indies, other than the Island of Cuba, aforesaid, or in any port or place, in Europe, Mexico, or any part of South America, or in any State north of the River Potomac, or of the City of Washington. Cuba. Proviso. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord, one R. F. W. ALLSTON, President of the Senate, pro. tem. |