An ACT to cede to the United States the jurisdiction over a certain tract of land on NorthIsland, whereon a light-house may be erected. WHEREAS the congress of the United States, on the twenty-first day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-five, passed an act, authorizing the erection of a light-house near the entrance of Georgetown harbour in this state; and Paul Trapier, esquire, having made a gratuitous conveyance, in fee-simple, to the use of the United States, for the above purpose, of a certain tract of seven acres of land, situated on North-island, butting and bounding to the eastward on the sea, to the west and north by lands belonging to the said Paul Trapier, and to the south by Winyaw-bay. And whereas an act of the legislature, passed the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, ceding to the United States the jurisdiction over the said tract of seven acres of land, has been found to contain improper restrictions: 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 jurisdiction over the said tract of seven acres of land, conveyed by the said Paul Trapier, as aforesaid, be, and the same is hereby ceded to the United States: Provided nevertheless, That nothing contained in this cession shall be construed to exclude or prevent any process, criminal or civil, issuing from any of the courts of this state, from being served or executed within the limits of the said tract of seven acres of land. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the act of the legislature, passed the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, entitled, "An act to cede to the United States the juU risdiction of a proper place on North-island, whereon a light-house may be erected," Le, and the same is hereby repealed. In the Senate House, the sixteenth Day of December, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and rinsti- ven, and in the twenty-second Year of the Independence of the United States of America. B DAVID RAMSAY, President of the Senate. AA CT to amend the law respecting quarantines. E it enacted by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sittag in general assembly, and by the authority of the same, That upon all occasions, when the governor or commander in chief of this state may deem it necessary, he shall have a right, and he is hereby required, at the expense of the state, to hire and employ boats and small craft, and a sufficient number of able men, well armed, to be stationed wherever he may think fit, and to act under his directions, in order to enforce obedience to the laws of this state, requiring the performance of quarantine; and also to arm such men, if requisite, with any fire arms belonging to this state. In the Senate House, the sixteenth Day of December, in the year of our Lord one thou, and seven hundred and ninety-seven, and in the twenty-second Year of the Independence of the United States of America. DAVID RAMSAY, President of the Senate. An ACT to exempt the clerk of the City Council, and clerk of the Court of Wardens of Charleston, and the clerks of the County Courts throughout the state, from serving as jurors. W HEREAS the public business requires that the clerk of the city council, and clerk of the court of wardens of Charleston, and the clerks of the county courts throughout the state, should uninterruptedly employ their attention and time in executing the dutics of their respective offices: 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 officers, and their successors in office, for ever hereafter, shall be exempted from serving as jurors upon all juries whatever; any law, usage or custom to the contrary the.ccf in any wise, notwithstanding. In the Senate House, the sixteenth Day of December, in the Year of our Lord one thou and seven hundred and ninety-seven, and in the twenty-second Year of the I dependence of the United States of America, DAVID RAMSAY, President of the Serate. An ACT to explain and amend the act, entitled, "An act for establishing an easier and cheaper mode of recovering Money secured by Mortgage on Real Estates, and barring the equity of redemption, and for abolishing the fictitious proceedings in the action of ejectment.” W "An HEREAS under the act, entitled, act for establishing an easier and cheaper mode of recovering money secured by mong ge on real estates, and barring the equity of redemption, and for abolishing the fictitious proceedings in the action of ejectment," doubts have arisen, whether a mortgagee, taki. g a clease of the equity of redemption from his mortgagor, can be considered as legally and fully scized of the premises mortgaged, inasmuch as that act declares, that tie premises mortgaged are still to be deemed the estate of the mortg gor, and only a pledge in the hands of the mortgagee, who is not thereby vested with any legal estate, and therefore cannot be benefited by such a reicuse : 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 all releases of the equity of redemption made since the passing of the said act, or hereafter to be made, shall have the same force and effect in law as if the said act had not been passed. In the Senate House, the sixteenth Day of December, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, and in the twenty-second Year of the Independence of the United States of America. DAVID RAMSAY, President of the Senate An ACT to incorporate the Charleston Insurance Company. HEREAS it is conceived that if a corpora WH tion, with a competent capital, were established in this state, for the purpose of effecting marine insurances, and transacting business connected therewith, advantages would result therefrom to the community in general, and to the mercantile interest in particular, by retaining in the state, as well the capital necessary for such purpose, as also large sums of money which would otherwise be drawn from the country, for premiums and commissions to foreign correspondents, for effecting insurances; and also by more effectually securing the assured from the risques and dangers incident to the policies and assurances of private and particular persons, for the most part in foreign countries; and also that domestic insurances tend to place the interests of the mercantile class of citizens more under the guardianship of the laws of this country, and thereby to secure a strict adherence to the true principles of insurance: And whereas a number of the citizens of this state have already associated together for the said purposes of marine insurance, and have been doing business since the tenth day of June last, and have petitioned the legislature to be incorporated, by the name of The Charleston Insurance Company, for the purposes aforesaid: ance Com 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 Daniel Desaussure, Thomas CharlesCorbet, William Crafts, John Splatt Cripps, ton InsurGeorge Forrest, John Geyer, William Green- pany incor wood, James Gregorie, James Hamilton, Joshua porated. Hargreaves, James Miller, Thomas Morris, Thomas Ogier, William Presstman, William Price, John Price, Nathaniel Russell, James Theus, Adam Tunno, Thomas Tunno, James Bulgin, James Gairdner, Robert Hazlehurst and Casper C. Schutt, who have already formed an association or copartnership, under the said firm or name of The Charleston Insurance Company, and their successors and assigns, according to the rules by them established and to be established for the purposes aforesaid, shall be, and they are hereby created into a corporation, or body politic, in law and in fact, under the name, style and title of The Charleston Insurance Company, and by the said name, style and title, shall have perpetual succession, and all the powers, privileges and franchises incident to a corporation; and shall be capable of taking, holding and disposing of their capital stock to whatever amount they shall, according to their own rules, regulations and institutions, judge proper: Provided the same be not limited at less than three hundred thousand dollars; and also of taking, holding and disposing of or investing, as the said corporation shall, from time to time judge fit, the increase, profit and emolument of their said capital stock, to their own proper use; and shall have full power and authority to make, have and use, a common scal, with such device and inscription as they |