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shall dcem proper, and the same to break, alter and renew, at their picasure; and by the name, title and style afores ud, shall be able and capable at law and in equity, to sue and be sued, implead and be impicaded, answer and be answered unto, in all or any of the courts or tribunals of this state, in all manner of suits, pleas and demands whatsoever: And they are hereby authorized and empowered to appoint a president and other officers and directors, in such numbers, at such periods and with such duties as they shall sce fit; and also to make rules, by-laws and ordinances, and to do every thing needful for the good government and support of the affairs of the said corporation: Provided always, That the said rules, by-laws and ordinances, shall not be repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States, and of this state.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said corporation shall have a right May hold and power to purchase, acquire, take and hold, in real estate. their said corporate name, lands and real estate, and the same to demise, grant, sell, assign and convey, in fee-simple or otherwise: Provided the clear yearly income of the real estate so to be held, shall not, at any time, exceed ten thousand dollars.

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And be it further enacted by the authority aforeIn what said, That the said corporation shall have a right and power, by their said name, and by the signature of their president for the time being, or by tracts, &c. the signature of such other person or persons, and with such ceremonies of authenticity as they shall, from time to time, in and by their rules and bylaws, ordain and appoint, to make contracts and underwrite policies of assurance and indemnity upon marine risques, whether of vessels or of goods and merchandizes, in whole or in part, foreign and domestic, whether lying in foreign ports or shipped upon the high seas, or in any of the ports of the United States, or within any of the rivers, bays, creeks, cands or waters of this state, lying or be

ing, or laden or to be laden; and also to lend and advance money upon bottomry or respondentia, and generally to transact and perform all the business relating to the objects aforesaid, according to the usage and custom of merchants; and Ly such contracts effectually to bind and pledge their said capital stock.

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And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said corporation shall, and they are Mayenhereby invested with full power to enforce upon force their their own members the duc ol servance of all legal and sue by-laws, rules and regulations for their better go their own vernment, under such penalties as they shall, in and by such by-laws, limit and prescribe; and to that end, if need be, shall and may institute and maintain, in their said corporate name, against any one or more of their members, either at law or in equity, all just and necessary suits, actions and plus, for the recovery of all and any sum and sums of money, to the use of the said corporation, in as ample a manner as such suits might be maintained against persons not members of the said corporation, any law, usage or custom to the contray thereof in any wise, notwithstanding.

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And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall continue and be or foret. This act in for and during the term of fourteen years, and force for from thence to the end of the next session of the legislature of this state thereafter; and this act shall be deemed a public act, and the judges in the courts of this state shall be bound to take judicial notice thereof, without the same being specially pleaded.

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.

ROBERT BARNWELL, Speaker of the
House of Representatives.

An ACT to establish an Inspection of Tobacco in the Town of Columbia, and to add two Commissioners for the Inspection at Camden.

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HEREAS it has been represented to the legislature, by the inhabitants of the town of Columbia and its vicinity, that it would be very much for the convenience of the inhabitants of the said town, and the planters of the interior country, that an inspection of tobacco should be established in the said town:

Be it enacted therefore by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, in general assembly now met and sitting, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, That an inspection and ware-house, for the inspection and reception of tobacco, shall be established and erected in the said town of Columbia; which shall be subject to all regulations, restrictions and conditions, mentioned, set forth and expressed in and by an act of the legislature of this state, entitled, "An act for regulating the inspection and exportation of tobacco," passed on the thirtieth day of March, in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine.

Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Timothy Rives, Alexander Purvis, George Wade, Benjamin Waring and Swanson Lunsford, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to fix upon the most convenient place in the said town for the said inspection and ware-house; and that the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall have the power to choose an inspector for the said inspection and ware-house, and to make such regulations for carrying into effect this act, as they, or a majority of them, shall deem necessary.

Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That James Kershaw and John Kershaw, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners, (in addition to those already appointed,) to fix on proper places for tobacco ware-houses, on the

Wateree river or in the town of Camden, and to appoint inspectors for the said ware-houses.

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.
ROBERT BARNWELL, Speaker of the
House of Representatives.

An ACT to repeal the several acts therein mentioned, to establish a company for clearing and improving the navigation of Pine-tree creek, and for opening a canal, with locks, from the same creek up to or near the town of Camden.

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HEREAS Thomas Broom, Duncan M'

Ra, Zachariah Cantcy, James Kershaw and John Kershaw, in whom the free and exclusive right to the use and navigation of Pine-tree creck is now vested, by an act, entided, "An act to vest the exclusive right of navigating Pine-tree creek in certain persons therein mentioned," passed the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, have, by their memorial to the legislature, set forth, that they have made some progress in the work of opening the navigation of the said creek; but that from experience and information, they have found the expense of proceeding with, and finishing the intended navigation, will far exceed their calculations and means; and that, upon a more particular examination of the said creek, they have found that the navigation thereof might, by means of a canal and locks, at no very great additional expense, be carried up to or near the town of Camden, and become of much greater utility and advantage to the said town, and the public in general: And further stating, that the following persons, that is to say: John Chesnut, John Adamson, James Chesnut, William Lang, Samuel Mathis, William Langley, Benjamin Carter, Richard

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Lloyd Champion, John M'Caa, Daniel Brown, Dan Carpenter, Burrel Boykin, Joseph Brevard, James English and Jonathan Belton, being willing to promote so useful an undertaking, have agreed to be associated with the aforesaid, in the said undertaking, provided they can be admitted upon equal and safe terms: And whereas the several persons last above mentioned, have also subscribed and agreed to the aforesaid memorial, and pray to be incorporated, together with the said Thomas Broom, James Kershaw, John Kershaw, Duncan M'Ra and Zachariah Cantey: And whereas the memorial aforesaid prays, that the above mentioned act, vesting the exclusive navigation aforesaid, may be r pcaled, and that the memorialists, and their associates aforesaid, may be incorporated, and vested with such privileges and powers as are necessary and proper, to enable them to effectuate the useful purposes of this act: And whereas undertakings of this nature tend to the encouragement of industry, and are greatly beneficial to the public:

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 an act, entitied, “An act for opening the navigation of Pine-tree creek, from the mouth of the said creck to the forks thereof, near Camden," passed the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four; and also the aforesaid act, entitled, " An act to vest the exclusive right of navigating Pine-tree creek, in certain persons therein mentioned," passed the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, be, and the same acts are hereby repealed.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforeCertain said, That the free and exclusive right to the use and navigation of Pine-tree creek, be, and the same is hereby vested in the aforesaid Thomas

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