shua Ammons and Barnabas Hennagan, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out the same.

county.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a public road shall be laid off and open- Marlboed, from Marlborough court-house, to cross Na- rough ked creek at the old ford above William Pledger's mill pond, and to intersect the road leading up Pedee river, a little above the meeting-house on the said road, and that Robert Allison, William Pledger and Edward Crossland, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out the same; and the public road between Marlborough courthouse, and the intersection of the aforesaid new road therewith, shall be discontinued from the time the said new road shall be completed.

to Cat isl

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That that clause of the act of the legislature, Road from passed on the nineteenth day of December, in the Geo.town year seventeen hundred and ninety-five, establishing and fort a public road from Georgetown to Cat-island fort, stopt. shall be, and the same is hereby repcaled.

ton court

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a public road shall be laid off and open- Road from ed, to begin at the road from Darlington court- Darling. house to Camden, about five miles from Green- house to ville, and thence to run the best course, so as to Camden, cross Black creek at John Powell's bridge, to lead over M'Callum's ferry upon Lynch's creek, and to intersect the road to Stateburg; and that Joshua Jones, William Williams, Albert Ford, Michael Mixon and John Powell, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out the same.

son's

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a public road shall be laid off and open- Road from ed, to lead from William Williamson's bridge, Williamover Black creek, to Jeffers's, crossing the said bridge. creek at John Garner's bridge, to run thence to Sparrow-swamp, to the six mile ford, and to intersect the road leading to M'Callum's ferry on

Tate's ferry,

ferry.

Lynch's creek; and that John Gardner, William Heath, Andrew Hunter, Henry Cannon and Archibald M'Bride, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out the same.

And be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That the ferry on Broad river, near the Cherokee ford, called Tate's ferry, shall be, and the same is hereby continued, and vested in the representatives of William Tate, agreeably to the terms of his will, for the term of fourteen years; and that the same rates of ferriage be there taken and received, as have been heretofore taken and received there.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforeWragg's said, That Paul Trapier, Peter Horry, Samuel Wragg, Philip Gadsden and John Keith, be, and are hereby appointed commissioners to examine the situation of Wragg's ferry, and report to the legislature in November next, whether the said ferry is established and placed on an improper situation; and if so, to recommend to the legislature a place more proper for that purpose.

Horse

creek not structed.

to be ob

And be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That no person shall obstruct Horse creek, in Edgefield county, so as to prevent rafts or boats from passing through it; but that every person now owning, or hereafter holding, owning or possessing any mill, mill-dam or other dam or obstruction thereon, shall always, after the passing of this act, have and keep a good and sufficient floodgate, lock, or other passage, at least thirteen feet wide, which he shall always open, as often as any one may wish to carry through it any raft, boat, lumber or other thing; and if any such person shall not have, and keep constantly, such a flood-gate, lock, or other passage, or when required as aforesaid, shall not open the same, such dam, lock, flood-gate or other passage may be cut open by the direction of a magistrate and freeholders; in the same manner and by the same mode of proceeding

as rice dams by law may be cut; and the owner or possessor thereof shall also be liable to be indicted, or to be sued by special action on that case.

and

ed.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the ferry called Murray's ferry, and the Murray's ferry called Skrine's ferry, both on Santee river, arine's shall be continued, and established as public fer- ferries ries, for the term of fourteen years, and be vcsted establish in Theodore Gourdin, esq. (the present owner and proprietor thereof,) and his heirs and assigns; and that the following rates of ferriage be received and paid at the said ferries, when the said river may be passable by the short ferry, that is to say: for every four wheeled carriage, and the horses in harness or gears, with the riders or driver, one dollar; for every two wheeled carriage, and the Lorse in harness or gears, and the rider or driver, fifty cents; for every man and horse, twenty cents; for every foot passenger, four cents; for every head of horses, twelve and a half cents; for every head of black cattle, seven cents; for every head of hogs, four cents; for every head of goats and sheep, two cents; for every head of black cattle swimming over, four cents; for every head of hogs swimming over, two cents: And that the following rates of ferriage shall be paid and received at the said two ferries whenever it may be necessary to cross them by the long ferries, that is to say: for every four wheeled carriage, and the horses in harness or gears, and the drivers or riders, two dollars; for every two wheeled carriage, and the horses in gears or harness, and the rider or driver, one dollar; for every man and horse, fifty cents; for every foot passenger, eight cents; for every head of horses, twenty-five cents; for every head of black cattle, twenty-five cents; for every head of hogs, sheep or goats, seven cents.

And be it further enacted by the authority afore- wadbasaid, That so much of the act passed at the last cant road session of the legislature, as directs a road to be stopt

Silver

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lished.

Tread

opened from the north side of Wadbacant lake to the public road leading from Lenud's ferry on Santee river, to Georgetown, and to come into the same at or near Summer's bridge, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed; and that the commissioners named to open the said road, to wit: Edward Thomas, Thomas Boone and Theodore Gourdin, or the majority of them, shall, in lieu of the said road, have such other road opened and cleared out as to them may seem most adviseable.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a public ferry shall be established at Silver Bluff, across Savannah river, and shall be vested in the proprietors of Silver Bluff for the term of fourteen years; and that the following rates of ferriage shall be paid and received at the same, that is to say: for every four wheeled carriage, and the horses in harness or gears, with the riders or drivers, seventy-five cents; for every two wheeled carriage, and the horse in harness or gears, and the rider or driver, fifty cents; for every man and horse, eleven cents; for every head of horses or black cattle, five cents; for every head of hogs, sheep or goats, two cents; for every foot passenger, two cents.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforeRoad from said, That a public road shall be laid out and opened, the nearest and best way from Treadway's, on the Three Runs, to Silver Bluff, and that Alcana Green, Thomas Newman, be commissioners to have the same laid out.

way's to Silver Bluff.

the Pine

And be it further enacted by the authority aforeRoad from said, That a public road shall be laid out and openlog to Sil. ed, the nearest and best way from Johnston's, at the ver Bluff. Pine log, on South Edisto, to Silver Bluff; and that John Red, Isaac Todd and John Randall, shall be commissioners for laying out and opening the same.

Red Bluff

And be it further enacted by the authority aforelanding es- said, That a piece of land, not exceeding one huntablished. dred yards in width, upon Savannah river, nor one

hundred yards in depth from the said river, at the place called Red Bluff, in Winton county, shall be, and the same is hereby declared to be a public landing; and to be for ever hereafter free and accessable to the use of the public at large; and that the road now leading therefrom to the highland, on the said river, and to the public broad road, shall, for and hereafter be deemed a public road, and as such shall be constantly kept in repair as other public roads are repaired.

Whereas, the inhabitants of St. Bartholemew's parish liable to work upon the road, from the Temple to Combahee river, did, by petition, state that the commissioners of the roads for the said parish, had directed that all persons living between the Temple and Ashepoo bridge, and liable to work upon the road leading from the said bridge to Combahee, should only be required to work upon so much of the said road as lies between the said bridge and the Temple; and that those persons only, who live between the Temple and Combahee, and are liable to work upon the said road, should work on that part of the road which lies between the Temple and Combahee, whereby the petitioners were subject to more than a proportionate degree of labour:

Combahee

Be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the division of the road so made by the commissioners aforesaid, shall be henceforth abo- causeway lished and discontinued: But that all such persons road. as are liable to work upon any part of the said road, shall be liable to work upon every part thereof, including Combahee causeway.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Henry Jones is empowered, at his own Jones's expense, to make, erect and keep in repair, a bridge on causeway and bridge over the North Fork of Edis- N. Fork to, at the plantation of the said Henry Jones; and the bridge to be erected is hereby declared to be a toll bridge, and to be vested in the said Henry

Edisto.