to run the said line, beginning at the corner of the lower line of the parish A.D. 1809. of St. George, and the upper line of St. Andrew's parish, where it intersects with the line of St. James parish, Goose-creek; from thence a direct north-west course, until it strikes the Four-hole swamp; after which the said commissioners, or a majority of them, are authorized and empowered to establish the channel of the said Four-hole swamp the remaining part of the boundary line between the said parishes of St. James, Goose-creek, and St. George's, Dorchester. And that they, the said commissioners, are hereby vested with full power and authority to employ one or more surveyors, not exceeding three, as they shall judge necessary, for running the aforesaid boundary and dividing line; and to allow the said surveyor or surveyors such compensation for his or their services as the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall deem adequate for their services, not exceeding three dollars per day each. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners hereby appointed shall proceed forthwith in the business committed to them; and they are hereby directed, when the same shall be completed, to make a full report thereof to the legislature; and shall lodge an accurate survey of said line in the Secretary of State's office, in order that the same may be placed on record. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, and in the thirty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America. SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOSEPH ALSTON Speaker of the House of Representatives. AN ACT to incorporate the Presbyterian Church in the Parish of St. No. 1946. Philip's and State of South Carolina. (Passed December 19, 1809. See last volume.) AN ACT TO PROHIBIT THE SALE OF SPIRITUOUS LIQUORS, OR OTHER No. 1947. ARTICLES, AT OR NEAR THE PLACES ASSIGNED FOR DIVINE WORSHIP. I. 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 no person or persons shall hereafter retail, sell or otherwise dispose of, any spirituous or other intoxicating liquors, within one mile of any church, meeting-house, or other place set apart for the worship of Almighty God, on the day or days of worship, under the penalty of fifty dollars, to be recovered, by action of debt or indictment, in any court having jurisdiction thereof, the money to be applied to the use of the poor of the parish or district in which such act shall be committed. Provided nevertheless, that this Act shall not be considered to interfere with or affect the rights persons who may reside within one mile of such place of worship, and of A. D. 1809. who may be licensed to retail such liquors according to law, so as to prevent their retailing at their own houses. II. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and immediately after the passing of this Act it shall not be lawful for the City Council of Charleston to require, on licenses to retail spirituous liquors, any other or greater tax than sixty dollars. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, and in the thirty-fourth year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOSEPH ALSTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. No. 1948. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE WILLIAM AIKINS, FORMERLY SHERIFF of York COUNTY, TO MAKE TITLES TO A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND PURCHASED BY JOSEPH LEECH AT SHERIFF'S SALE. WHEREAS, Joseph Leech, by his petition to the Legislature, has represented, that at a sale made by William Aikens, sheriff of York county, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, he became the purchaser of a tract of four hundred acres of land, lying in York county, on both sides of Turkey creek, sold as the property or estate of David Leech, by virtue of an execution against the said David Leech, and that the said William Aikins neglected to make and execute titles therefor while in office. 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 said William Aikins, late sheriff of York county, shall be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to make and execute to the said Joseph Leech, good and sufficient titles for a tract of four hundred acres of land, situate in the late county of York, on both sides of Turkey creek; which said tract of land was sold by the said William Aikens, as sheriff of York county, as the estate of David Leech, by virtue of an execution in his hands, against the said David Leech, in favor of Barnett, and purchased at such sale by the said Joseph Leech; which title so to be made shall bear date from the time of the sale of the said land by the said William Aikins, as sheriff, to the said Joseph Leech. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, and in the thirty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America. SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOSEPH ALSTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. D. 1809. AN ACT TO EMPOWER CAPTAIN GEORGE GRACE AND OTHERS, IN THE No. 1949. WHEREAS, sunday inhabitants of Greenville district have petitioned the Legislature for permission and authority to establish a lottery to raise Preamble. money for the purpose of building a house for public worship; and whereas, any encouragement to morals and the promotion of religion always conduces to the benefit of a State: 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 Captain George Grace, Colonel Reuben Nash, Captain Micajah Berry, Humphrey Cobb, and William Downs, Esq., shall have full power and authority, and they are hereby fully authorized and empowered, to erect and proceed to the drawing, and finally to conclude, a lottery, for the purpose of building a house for public worship, in the district of Greenville: Provided they do not, by the said lottery, raise a fund exceeding six hundred dollars. in Lottery II. Whereas, the vestry and wardens of the Episcopal church of Georgetown, Winyaw, praying to be empowered to draw a lottery or lotteries for In Georgetown. the purpose of repairing their church; Be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the vestry and wardens of the Episcopal church of Georgetown, Winyaw, or a majority of them, shall have full power and authority, and they are hereby fully authorized and empowered, to erect and to proceed to the drawing of one or more lotteries, for the use and benefit of said institution: Provided, that the nett proceeds do not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, and in the thirty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America. SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOSEPH ALSTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. AN ACT to incorporate the Mount Pleasant Academy, in the parish No. 1950. of Christ Church, and to enable the trustees to recover a legacy for the education of the poor children of the said parish. (Passed December 19, 1809. See last volume.) AN ACT to establish certain Roads, Bridges and Ferries, therein mentioned. (Passed December 19, 1809. See last volume.) VOL. V.-76. No. 1951. A. D. 1809. No. 1952. AN ACT authorizing the president and trustees of the second Presbyterian Church of the city and suburbs of Charleston, to raise in aid of their funds for the building of a church, a sum of money by way of lottery. (Passed December 19, 1809. See last volume.) No. 1953. AN ACT TO GRANT PERMISSION TO THE HONORABLE JOSEPH BREVARD TO LEAVE THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA FOR THREE MONTHS, BETWEEN THE FIRST OF MAY AND THE FIRST OF OCTOBER, IN THE YEAR 1810, OR 1811. l'reamble. leave the State. WHEREAS, the honorable Joseph Brevard, one of the associate judges, hath requested leave of absence from the State of South Carolina : I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of J. Brevard to Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the said Joseph Brevard shall, and is hereby authorized to, leave and absent himself from the State for the term of three months, at any time between the first day of May and the first day of October, anno domini one thousand eight hundred and ten, or one thousand eight hundred and eleven; the said term of three months to be computed from the day of his departure; any law, usage or custom to the contrary thereof, notwithstanding. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, and the thirty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America. SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOSEPH ALSTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. No. 1954. AN ACT TO REGULATE THE PLACE OR PLACES FOR HOLDING GENERAL ELECTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE, IN THE ELECTION DISTRICTS IN THIS STATE, AND FOR REPEALING ALL ACTS RELATIVE THERETO. 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 from and immediately after the passing of this Act, the place or places of holding the general elections in each election district, for a member or members to serve in either branch of the Legislature, shall be fixed by a joint resolution of the Senate and House of Represen tatives; any law, usage or custom to the contrary thereof, in any wise, A.D.1809. notwithstanding. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, and the thirty-fourth year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOSEPH ALSTON, Speaker of the House of Representatrics. AN ACT TO ESTABLISH A WAREHOUSE AND INSPECTION FOR TOBACCO, No. 1955. LANDS OF AARON FERREL, ON TOOGALOO RIVER, IN THE DISTRICT 1. 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 an inspection and warehouse for the inspection and reception of tobacco, and for the reception and storing of cotton and other produce, shall be established and erected on the lands of Aaron Ferrel, near Mullen's ford, on Toogaloo river, in the district of Pendleton, as soon as conveniently may be after the passing of this Act; which, in as far as the same relates to tobacco, shall be subject to all regulations and restrictions and conditions mentioned, set forth and expressed, in and by an Act of the Legislature entitled "An Act for regulating the inspection and exportation of tobacco," passed the thirteenth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine: Provided, that the expense of erecting and keeping in repair the said inspection, be at the cost and charge of the persons interested in the same. Tobacco in spection and warehouse es tablished on Toogaloo. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That James Wood, Alexander Kilpatric, John Varner, David Peu, Wm. W. Cochran, John Commissioners Harrison and Aaron Ferrel, shall be, and are hereby appointed, commis- appointed. sioners to fix upon the most convenient place at or near Mullen's ford, on Toogaloo river, for the said inspection and warehouse. And that the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall have power to choose inspectors for the warehouse, and to make such regulations respecting tobacco as are prescribed by law; and also such regulations as they, or a majority of them, shall deem expedient and necessary, with regard to the receiving and storing of cotton and other produce: Provided the rates of storage to be taken and received at said warehouse shall not exceed the rates of storage at present taken and received at the warehouse established at Andersonville. tobacco and storing of cotton on Kewee river. III. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That an inspection and warehouse for the inspection of tobacco, and for the storing of cotton and Inspection of other produce, shall be established and erected at or near the old fort, on the land of Henry Burch, on Keewee river, in the district of Pendleton, as soon as conveniently may be after the passing of this Act, which, in as far as relates to tobacco, shall be subject to all regulations, restrictions and conditions, mentioned, set forth and expressed in an Act of the Legislature entitled "An Act for regulating the inspection and exportation of tobacco," passed the thirteenth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine. |