A. D. 1806. Constables to execute pre cepts. Land for the directed by the town council aforesaid; and any person who shall, at any time or times hereafter, be duly summoned to attend and give evidence before the said town council, and shall neglect and refuse so to do, such person shall be subject to the same penalties, and liable to be proceeded against in the same manner, by process from the said town council, signed as aforesaid, as if such person had refused to give evidence when thereunto lawfully required in any district court of this State. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the town council of Georgetown are hereby authorized and empowered to convey, use of the gaol. for the use of the gaol of the said town, so much of the street on which the said gaol is bounded, as they shall deem sufficient to enlarge the yard thereof. In the Senate House, the twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and in the thirty-first year of the Independence of the United States of America. WILLIAM SMITH, President of the Senate. JOSEPH ALSTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. No. 1881. AN ACT TO REQUIRE PERSONS WHO PURCHASED LOTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE TOWN OF COLUMBIA TO REGISTER THEIR TITLES; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES THEREIN MENTIONED. Preamble. Titles to be registered. WHEREAS, by an Act entitled "An Act to appoint commissioners to purchase land for the purpose of building a town, and for removing the seat of government thereto," it is enacted that there shall be five commissioners elected by the joint ballot of the Senate and House of Representatives. And whereas, when vacancies happened in the said board of commissioners, the Governor, from time to time, issued his commissions to certain other persons, appointing such persons commissioners for carrying the said Act into execution. And whereas, the number of commissioners is not defined in the printed copies of the said Act, by reason of which inaccuracy three persons did sometimes take upon themselves (being commissioned by the Governor as aforesaid) to put into execution the said recited Act. And whereas, many sales of the public lots and squares in the town of Columbia have been made by three or more of the persons so commissioned by the Governor as aforesaid, and the consideration money received by them; to secure, therefore, all persons who have made purchases of any of the lots or squares in the town of Columbia, and who have paid for the same, and to prevent the great damage which may accrue to persons who have so purchased of the commissioners aforesaid: I. 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 all persons having or claiming any right, title or interest, to or in any lot or lots, square or squares, of land in the said town of Columbia, under the title or titles of the commissioners aforesaid, shall, within twelve months from the passing of this Act, produce to the commissioners hereafter to be appointed for carrying into full and complete effect the above recited Act, such title or titles as they may have received from the A. D. 1806. aforesaid commissioners, to be registered in the office of the mesne conveyances of this district, except such as have already been registered; to the intent that such commissioners may certainly know, as well what lands have been sold, as what persons intend to avail themselves of the provisions of this Act. Il. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every person who shall refuse or neglect to produce his or her titles for the purpose of being registered as aforesaid, shall not be entitled to any benefit or advantage of the provisions of this Act. III. And whereas, the first commission was issued by the Governor on Penalty. valid. or about the eleventh of June, one thousand seven hundred and ninety- Former bonds, one; Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all bonds, notes and &c. declared specialties, which shall have been given for the purchase of any lot or lots, square or squares, bought of the commissioners so appointed by the Governor as aforesaid, shall be held and deemed binding and valid, in law and equity, and shall be delivered into the possession of the commissioners hereafter to be appointed, and be sued for and recovered in any court of law or equity, if default have failed in the payment thereof. former com IV. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no title or titles to any lot or lots, square or squares, of land in the said town of Columbia, Titles made by registered as aforesaid, shall be impeached or held to be void for or by missioners dereason of the said commissioners not having been elected by the joint ballot clared good. of the Senate and House of Representatives, or because a less number than five of the said commissioners may have signed the title or titles; but in every case where the said title or titles have been registered as aforesaid, such title or titles shall be held, deemed and taken as firm and effectual, both at law and in equity, as if the same had been signed by commissioners appointed by the joint ballot of the Senate and House of Representatives, as by the said recited Act is required. Provided, that nothing in this Act shall be construed to weaken or impair, in any degree, titles which have been heretofore duly executed by the first commissioners first appointed under and by virtue of the said Act. V. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and immediately after the passing of this Act, his Excellency the Governor shall be, Governor to and he is hereby, authorized and required to commission five fit and appoint five prop- commissioners. er persons, and at all times to fill up such vacancies as may happen, who shall be commissioners for the purpose of carrying into effect the said Act; which said commissioners, before entering upon the execution of their duties, shall comply with all the other requisites of the said Act. commissioners. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall Comptroller to be the duty of the comptroller general for the time being to examine into examine into the accounts and proceedings of the said commissioners, and to report, and report the annually, to the legislature, a true statement thereof; and to cause all the proceedings of bonds, notes and specialties due and owing, or as the same may become due or owing, for the purchase of any lot or lots, square or squares, of land in the town of Columbia, to be placed in the hands of the attorney general and solicitors of the circuits respectively where the persons due or owing the same may reside, for the recovery thereof; and also in like manner to cause suits to be commenced for all such balance or balances as may be in the hands of the respective commissioners, arising from the sales of any lot or lots, square or squares, of land in the said town of Columbia, and for which the said commissioners have not respectively accounted. VII. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said com A. D. 1806. missioners shall, annually, report to the comptroller general the amount of sales, and also their receipts and expenditures. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and in the thirty-first year of the Independence of the United States of America. WILLIAM SMITH, President of the Senate. JOSEPH ALSTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. No. 1882. AN ACT to incorporate the several Societies therein mentioned; and for other purposes therein mentioned. (Passed December 20, 1806. See last volume.) No. 1883. AN ACT TO COMPEL CERTAIN OFFICERS OF THE State to deposit, FOR SAFE-KEEPING, IN THE STATE BANK, THE MONIES THEY HAVE RECEIV they may receive. ED, OR MAY HERTAFTER RECEIVE, IN THEIR CHARACTERS. RESPECTIVE OFFICIAL I. 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 the sheriff of Charleston district, the prothonotary of the Certain public court of common pleas and general sessions, and the master in equity, shall, officers to de- weekly or monthly, deposit, for safe-keeping, the monies which they may posit in the State Bank the receive in their respective official characters, whether the same shall bemonies which long to the public or to an individual or individuals, in the State Bank only; and it shall be, and is hereby declared to be, the duty of the officer depositing monies as aforesaid to express, to the proper officer of the bank, for whom and on whose account the said monies are deposited: and after depositing such monies in the said bank, it shall not be lawful for the said officers, or either of them, to draw the same, or any part thereof, out of the said bank, except by order of court, or by checks expressing in favor of whom, for whom, and on what account, the said monies are drawn; nor shall it be lawful for the said officers, or either of them, to draw out of the said bank the monies deposited as aforesaid, or any part thereof, except for the purpose of immediately applying the same to the payment of him, her or them, who may be entitled to receive the same. Also the mon II. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the officers aforesaid, and each and every of them, shall deposit in the said State Bank, within ies which they one month after passing this Act, the monies which they have received have received. in their said respective official characters, and which have not been paid by them to the persons entitled to receive the same; and the deposits of monies received by the said officers shall be made in like manner as deposits are required to be made in the preceding clause; and the said monies, received and required to be deposited, shall not be drawn out of the said bank, except in the manner and for the purpose declared in the said preceding clause. A. D. 1806. III. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That on failure of complying with each and every of the provisions of this Act, each and every public officer so failing to comply therewith, on conviction thereof in any Penalty. court of competent jurssdiction, for each and every offence committed as aforesaid shall forfeit and pay the sum of one thousand dollars, one half of which shall go to the informer, and the other half to be paid into the public treasury of the State, in aid of the revenue thereof. In the Senate House, the twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and in the thirty-first year of the Independence of the United States of America. WILLIAM SMITH, President of the Senate. JOSEPH ALSTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AND OBLIGE THE GAOLER OF GEORGETOWN DIS- No. 1884. BE APPREHENDED, ACCORDING TO LAW, IN THE DISTRICT OF WILLIAMS- I. 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 in all cases where any person or persons shall be apprehended, according to law, in the district of Williamsburgh, they, and each of them, shall be committed to the gaol of Georgetown district for safekeeping, until the gaol, now building, or about to be built, in the district of Williamsburgh, shall be finished, or put into a state fit for the reception of prisoners. And the gaoler of the said gaol of Georgetown district shall be, and is hereby, authorized and bound to receive such person or persons, apprehended as aforesaid, in the said district of Williamsburgh, and shall be, and is hereby, authorized to demand and receive such fee or fees for the receiving and safe-keeping of any person or persons so apprehended in the said district of Williamsburgh, as though the said person or persons had been apprehended in the district of Georgetown. In the Senate House, the twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and six, and in the thirty-first year of the Independence of the United States of America. WILLIAM SMITH, President of the Senate. JOSEPH ALSTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. AN ACT to establish certain Roads, Bridges and Ferries; and for No. 1885. other purposes therein mentioned. (Passed December 20, 1806. See last volume.) A. D. 1806. No. 1886. AN ACT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF JUSTICES OF THE QUORUM AND OF THE PEACE IN SEVERAL OF THE DISTRICTS OF THIS STATE. Preamble. WHEREAS, it is expedient and necessary to increase the number of Justices of the Quorum and Justices of the Peace in several districts in this State : I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of RepThe number of resentatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authorijustices of the ty of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this Act, the number of justices of the quorum and justices of the peace, in the several districts in this State hereafter mentioned, shall be increased, in manner following, that is to say: quorum and peace increased. For the district of Chester, two justices of the quorum, and two justices of the peace, in addition to the number already allowed by law. For the district of York, one justice of the quorum, in addition to the number already allowed by law. For the district of Newberry, one justice of the quorum, in addition to the number already allowed by law. For the district of Lancaster, one justice of the quorum, and one of the peace, in addition to the number already allowed by law. For the district of Fairfield, one justice of the quorum, and four justices of the peace, in addition to the number already allowed by law. For the district of Greenville, three justices of the quorum, and four justices of the peace, in addition to the number already allowed by law. For Abbeville district, four justices of the quorum, and two justices of the peace, in addition to the number already allowed by law. For St. Bartholomew's, one justice of the quorum, and two of the peace, in addition to those already allowed by law. For the district of Union, two justices of the quorum, in addition to the number already allowed by law. For the district of Spartanburgh, two justices of the quorum, and two justices of the peace, in addition to the number already allowed by law. For the district of Laurens, one justice of the peace, in addition to the number already allowed by law. For the district of Marion, two justices of the quorum, in addition to the number now allowed by law. For the parish of Prince William, one justice of the quorum, and four justices of the peace, in addition to the number already allowed by law. Lexington, one justice of the quorum, and two justices of the peace, in addition to the number at present allowed, making in all five justices of the quorum and ten of the peace, for the district. For the district of Edgefield, four justices of the quorum, and two of the peace, in addition to those already allowed by law. For St. Peter's parish, one justice of the quorum, and two justices of the peace, in addition to those already allowed by law. For the county of Clarendon, in addition to the number allowed by law, two justices of the quorum. For Orange county, three justices of the quorum, and three of the peace, in addition to the number already allowed by law. For the parish of St. Helena, one justice of the quorum, and two of the peace, in addition to those already allowed by law. For St. James, Santee, one justice of the quorum, and two justices of the peace, more than now allowed by law. |