A.D. 1803. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE PRODUCTION OF OFFICE COPIES OF GRANTS No. 1805. IN EVIDENCE, UNDER CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS. WHEREAS, the courts of law in this State have decided, that office copies of grants of land cannot be produced in evidence, without first proving the loss of the originals, by reason whereof many of the good citizens of this State are placed in the hazard of losing their lands, although justly entitled to them, because, during the revolution a very large portion of the citizens lost a part, and in many instances the whole, of their titles, deeds and papers; and others have, by accident, lost their original grants. And whereas, it generally has been difficult, and it is daily becoming more difficult, to prove such loss, because the witnesses capable of proving the same are already dead or far advanced in life : Preamble. I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the Office copies of authority of the same, That it shall be lawful, at any time hereafter, in grants to be every court of this State, for any party, plaintiff or defendant, to produce evidence. in evidence, a copy certified by the Secretary of State and surveyor-general, of any grant and plat of land issued under the authority of this State, or certified copies of grants, under the authority of the State of North Carolina Provided, that the person or persons so applying to produce an office copy of a grant in evidence, swear that the original grant is lost, destroyed, or out of his, her or their power to produce; and that he, she or they, have not destroyed, mislaid, or in any way willingly, previous to that time, put it out of his, her or their power to produce the same, with an intention to produce an office copy of the same in evidence: And provided also, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to deprive any party in possession of the original grant, of any advantage he would have had or derived from possessing the same, in case this Act had never been passed. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twenty-eighth. JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate. ROBERT STARK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE RICHARD ANDREWS RAPLEY, JULIUS NICHOLS, No. 1806. WHEREAS, it hath been represented by petition, that the surviving trustees of the College of Cambridge find it impossible to form a board, in consequence of the death, removal, and remote residence of some of the trustees: I. 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 Richard Andrews Rapley, Julius Nichols, Henry A.D. 1803. Wilson and John Bowie, be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to sell and dispose of all the lands, town lots, buildings, and other property belonging to the college of Cambridge, on a credit of one and two years; and to pay and discharge all the debts, dues and demands which may be due and owing by the said college; and to apply the surplus, if any there should be, towards the establishment of grammar schools within the district of Abbeville. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twenty-eighth. JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate. ROBERT STARK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. No. 1807. AN ACT directing the Secretary of State to give up the bond of Thomas Gough, given for building and keeping in order a Bridge over Pon Pon River at Jacksonborough, and to vest the Ferry in Leslie Gough, for fourteen years. (Passed December 17, 1803. See last volume.) No. 1808, AN ACT to continue for fourteen years an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate certain Mechanics, Manufacturers and Handicrafts of the City of Charleston, by the name of the Charleston Mechanic Society;" and to alter and amend the same. (Passed December 17, 1803. See last volume.) No. 1809, AN ACT APPOINTING COMMISSIONERS TO RUN OUT THE LINES OF THE SEVERAL ELECTION DISTRICTS THEREIN MENTIONED; AND TO ASCERTAIN THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN ORANGE AND WINTON COUNTIES. Preamble, Commissioners appointed. WHEREAS, the dividing lines between the election districts of Saint Matthew's and Saxegotha have never been ascertained and marked out, by reason of which great inconveniencies have arisen, the managers of elections not knowing whose votes to receive, and in carrying into execution the road laws of this State: 1. 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 Alexander B. Stark, John Hill, Doctor Jamieson, Jacob Rumph, Jr. and Benjamin Hart, be, and they are hereby appointed, commissioners, and they, or a majority of them, are hereby invested with full power to run, mark out, and blaze the same, in the follow ing manner, that is to say: the old dividing line between the parishes of A. D.1803. St. Matthew's and Orange shall be continued until it strikes Beaver creek, if the same can be found; otherwise a line shall be run from the head of Four Hole Swamp, N. 45 W. until it strikes Beaver creek on its main branch; and shall be known and considered as the dividing line between the said parishes of St. Matthew's and Orange; and Beaver creek, from where the said line strikes its main branch, down to its entrance into the Congaree river, shall be the dividing line between St. Matthew's and Saxegotha. The dividing line between Orange and Saxegotha shall commence where the line dividing St. Matthew's from Orange parishes shall strike the main branch of Beaver creek; and the old dividing line, if it can be found, shall be pursued; otherwise it shall run from thence S. 54o W. until it strikes the road in the fork of Edisto leading from Orangeburgh to Cambridge, and (for the purpose of ascertaining the line between Orange county and that part of Winton county which lies north of South Edisto,) from thence the same course until it strikes South Edisto river. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall proceed in running out the Their powers lines aforesaid, on or before the first day of June next, and that they em- and duties. ploy a surveyor to run out, and persons to blaze the same, on the most reasonable terms they can, to be paid by the State; and that they return a plot thereof into the surveyor general's office of this State, who is hereby directed to record the same, and file the original in the secretary's office at Columbia. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the lines so run out shall be hereafter the limits of the parish of St. Matthew's or Lewisburg county, and Orange parish or county, and Lexington county; and the tax collectors, commissioners of the roads, and other officers, shall notice the same as the limits of their respective precincts. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twenty-eighth. JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate. ROBERT STARK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. AN АСТ то AUTHORIZE THE TREASURER AT COLUMBIA TO DELIVER No. 1810. TO WILLIAM ZIMMERMAN THE CERTIFICATES THEREIN MENTIONED. WHEREAS, William Zimmerman, by his petition to the legislature, hath set forth that on the twenty-eighth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, he caused to be registered in the books of the treasurer at Columbia two indented certificates of this State, of the tenor and descriptions following, that is to say one certificate granted to Shadrach Williamson, for eight pounds eight shillings and ten pence one farthing; the interest of which, calculated to the first of October, one thousand eight hundred, amounting to seven pounds. seven shillings and one penny three farthings; one other certificate, granted to Samuel Perritt, for four pounds nineteen shillings and three pence halfpenny, with the interest calculated to the time aforesaid, amounting to four pounds thirteen shillings and seven pence three farth Preamble. ings. And whereas, the said William Zimmerman hath stated to the legislature that he hath lost the original certificates aforesaid, and prays that the treasurer at Columbia be authorized and directed to deliver to him new certificates of the descriptions of those so by him as aforesaid lost: I. 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 the treasurer at Columbia be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to deliver to the said William Zimmerman two new certificates of the descriptions of those above mentioned, in lieu of those so by him as above mentioned, said to be lost. Provided, that the said William Zimmerman shall, before he be permitted to receive such new certificates, give bond with security, to the treasurer, to indemnify the State against the demand or demands of any person or persons hereafter holding and possessing the said original certificates, and against any claim or claims against the State on that account. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twenty-eighth. JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate. ROBERT STARK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. No. 1811. AN ACT to alter part of an Act entitled "An Act respecting Slaves, Free Negroes, Mulattoes and Mestizoes; for enforcing the more punctual performacce of Patrol duty; and to impose certain restrictions on the emancipation of Slaves." (Passed December 17, 1803. See last volume.) No. 1812. AN ACT to amend an Act entitled "An Act establishing a Tobacco Inspection in the City of Charleston." (Passed December 17, 1803. See last volume.) No. 1813. AN ACT TO ALTER THE PLACE OF HOLDING ELECTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE, IN THE ELECTION DISTRICTS THEREIN MEN Preamble. TIONED. WHEREAS, by the Act of Assembly passed on the seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eightynine, the managers of the elections for members of the Legislature for the parish of Christ Church, shall hold the same at the house of James Gotier Eden; but by reason of the death of the said James Gotier Eden, the occupation of the said house has become abandoned, and the holding of elections at the same inconvenient: A. D. 1803. I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatiues, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That in all future elections for members of the Places for holding eleclegislature for the parish of Christ Church, the managers of elections shall tions in Christ hold and conduct the same at the Independent Church in the said parish, Church parish. on the first day of the said elections, and at the Episcopal Church in the said parish, on the second day of the said election. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of the said above recited Act as relates to the holding of elections in aud for the parish of Christ Church, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. III. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all elections for the district of Fairfield, for members of the Senate and House of Re-Fairfield dispresentatives, shall, in future, be held on two and the same days, at Fair-trict. field court-house, and at the house at present in the occupation of Ezekiel Wooley, at a plantation called Sutton's Old Place; and managers shall be appointed for holding the elections at each of the places aforesaid; and the said managers shall meet, the day after, at the court-house of Fairfield, to count over the votes and declare the election. IV. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all elections for the district of York for members of the Senate and House of Represen- York district. tatives, shall, in future, be held on two and the same days, at the three following places, that is to say; at York court-house, and at the house of William Elliott, on the Indian land, and at Dill's mill, on King's creek. And managers shall be appointed for holding the elections at and for the places aforesaid; and the said managers shall meet, the day after the said elections, at the court-house for York district, to count over the votes and declare the election. V. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That so much of an Act passed the seventh day of March, one thousand seven hundred Williamsburg. and eighty-nine, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, so far as relates to fixing the general election at Kingstree and the house of George White, in Williamsburgh election district. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three, and of the Independence of the United States of America the twenty-eighth. JOHN GAILLARD, President of the Senate. ROBERT STARK, Speaker of the House of Representatives. AN ACT to alter and amend the several Acts respecting the importa- No. 1814. tion or bringing into this State, from beyond seas, or elsewhere, Negroes and other Persons of Colour; and for other purposes therein mentioned. (Passed December 17, 1803. See last volume.) |