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ton being absent from the state, and the term allowed in the said act for rebuilding the said bridge, expired before he could rebuild the same; and the said Wade Hampton having, by his petition to the house, prayed for an extension of his right to rebuild the said bridge:

Be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said above mentioned act shall be, and the same is hereby revived and made of full bridge ov- force and effect; and that the said Wade Hampton shall be, and he is hereby invested with all the in Wade rights and privileges therein contained: Provided Hampton, he builds a bridge across Congarce river, at or near

ree river

revived.

Fraser.

the place that his late bridge was buit, within two years after the passing of this act, and keeps the same in proper repair: And provided also, That nothing contained in the said act, of the 19th of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninetyone, being intended to be revived, shall be held or considered as precluding the establishment of any ferry or erection of any bridge across the said Congarce river, at any place or places, opposite to, or above Senate strect, in the town of Columbia.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforeAshley said, That the ferry, commonly called Ashley-ferferry vestry, shall be, and the same is hereby vested in John Fraser, for the term of seven years; and that it shail and may be lawful for the said John Fraser, his heirs, executors, administrators or assigns, to take and receive the following rates of ferriage, to wit: for every foot passenger, three cents; for a man and horse, six and a quarter cents; for a led horse, three cents; for every waggon or other four wheeled carriage, and horses and riders, twenty-five cents; for a chair or cart, with one horse, and driver or rider, twelve and a half cents; for every head of black cattle, hogs, sheep or cents; and for cach rolling hogshead with the horse or horses, and driver, a half cents.

goats, two of tobacco, twelve and

in good or

der.

And whereas, the aforesaid ferry is of very great resort, and a post road; it is therefore necessary Causeway that it should be effectually attended by two suf- to he kept ficient flats, ropes, and two sufficient fellows; and that the causeway be always kept in such repair as has been heretofore prescribed by law: The commissioners of the roads of the parish of St. Andrew, are hereby empowered to direct and superintend the same, and to enforce the due observance and execution thereof, in the same manner as they were heretofore empowered in any of the acts relative to Ashley-bridge or ferry.

creek to

and to

Santee.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Peter Mouzon, senior, James Burgess, Road from Robert Frierson and Henry Mouzon, senior, be, Lynch's and are hereby appointed commissioners on the Pudding north side of Black river; and that James Camp- swamp, bell. William Buford and Issac Keels, be, and are Murray's hereby appointed commissioners on the south side ferry on of said river, to lay out, open, clear and keep in repair the present road leading down the south side of Lynch's creck to Pudding swamp on Black river, and to continue the same to Mouzon's landing on Black river; and from thence over Mouzon's bridge, the most direct course towards Santee, so as to fall into the road leading from Benbow's ferry on Black river, to Murray's ferry on Sentee: And that the said commissioners be authorized to call upon all the male inhabitants, from the age of sixteen to fifty years of age, residing within three miles of the said road, to lay out, clear, and keep the same in repair as a public road.

from toll.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons who are now exempted by Persons law from paying toll or ferriage at any ferry or exempted bridge established in this state, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be freed and exempted from the payment of toll or ferriage at any bridge or forry established by this act. And that if the owners, keepers or proprietors of any bridge or ferry,

shall insist on receiving, or compel, by threats or other like means, the payment of toll or ferriage, from any person or persons so declared to be exempted from the payment of the same, that such person or persons, guilty of such exaction, shall be subject and liable to a fine, not exceeding the sum of four dollars, to be recovered by warrant under the hand and scal of any justice of the peace of this state, living in the county or parish adjoining to the bridge or ferry where such exaction shall or may be made saforesaid.

In the Senate House, the twenty-first Day of December, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-ight, and in the twenty-third Year of the Independence of the United States of America.

JOHN WARD, President of the Senate. WILLIAM JOHNSON, Jun. Speaker of the House of Representatives.

An ACT to incorporate certain Mechanics, Mamufacturers and Handicrafts, of the City of Charleston, by the name of the "Charleston phanie Society."

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HEREAS John Caspar Folker, esq. president, Peter Smith, vice-president, David Haig, senior warden, and John Johnson, junior warden of the same, have petitioned the legislature to incorporate the said society, stating, that from the nature of their employments, and the smallness of their capital, they are more exposed than any other class of citizens to the inconveniencies and distresses arising from sickness, and such other unavoidable accidents as may deprive themselves and families of the benefit of their exertions, and that they have united into a society, for the purpose of raising a fund, by means of which, such of them as are successful in the world, will be enabled, without inconvenience, to afford relief to the unfortunate:

Be it therefore enacted by the honorable the Senate and Ilouse of Representatives, now met and

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sitting in general assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the said John Caspar Folker, Charlesesq. and all those persons who now are, or who ton Mehereafter shall be members and officers of their as- ciety insociation in Charleston, commonly called, "The corpora Charleston Mechanic Society," shall be, and they are hereby incorporated, as a body politic and corporate, for the purposes above mentioned, and shall be known in deed and in law, by the name of "The Charleston Mechanic Society."

ted.

on of offi

and a com

mon seal.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said corporation, by its name afore- Shall have said, shall have a particular succession of officer: successiand members, to be appointed or elected in such cers and m.nner and according to such form as may be members, prescribed by the rules and regulations now existing or hereafter to be made for the government of the said society; and that tiny shall have a common seal, with power to change, alter and make new the said rules and regulations and common seal, in such manner, and as often as they shall judge necessary and expedient.

real and

personal

And be it further enacted by the authority oforesaid, That the said corporation sh: Il be able and May hold capable in law, to purchase, have, hold, use, take, receive, possess, retain and enjoy, to itself, in fet property, simple, or for any term of years, any estate, real and personal, of what kind or nature soever: Provided the amount thereof shall not exceed the sum of fifteen thousand dollars; and to let, lease, sell, alien, or otherwise dispose of the same, in fee simple, or any term of years, as they may think proper: And that it shall and may be lawful for the said corporation to take, accept and hold for ever, any charitable donations, gifts, devises and bequests of lands or personal property, not exceeding the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, and to appropriate the same to the purposes of the said corporation.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said corporation shall and may, by its

Their powers and privileges.

name aforconid, sue and be sued, implend and he impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in a..y court of law or equity of this state; and shell and may make such rules and by-laws, not uptig,and or contrary to the laws of the land, as for the good order and proper government of the said cog omation, may by them be thought necessary or Cxpedient; and in like manner may change, aler, amend or renew their present, or any of their fo. ture rules, by-laws and regulations.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforeThis act a said, That the said corporation sirul and inay public act. have, take, possess, retain and enjoy all such estates, real and personal, money, goods, chattels and effects, as they now possess, or are in anywise entitled unto, not exceeding the sum aforesaid; and that this act shall be deemed a pube act, and judicially taken notice of as such, and the same may be given in evidence without special pleading.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforeTo remain said, That this act be, and remain in force for five in force for years, from and after the passing of this act, and five years. from thence to the expiration of the next station of the legislature, and no longer.

In the Senate House, the twenty-first Day of December, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-eight, and in the twenty-third Year of the Independence of the United States of America.

JOHN WARD, President of the Senate. WILLIAM JOHNSON, Jun. Speaker of the House of Representatives.

An ACT to enable the Assignees of Bonds, Notes or Bills, to bring Actions for the Recovery of the same, in their own Names.

HEREAS many inconveniencies have been experienced from assigaces of bonds, notes or bills, not payable to order, or not negociable, being compelled to bring suits for the recovery of monics due thereon in the names of the