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formed, as appears by the report of the commit

tee of accounts.

And whereas, many persons using their own boats and flats, are in the practice of landing upon, and using as a landing place, the ferry slips on both sides of Sampit creek, without rendering to the keeper of the ferry across the said creek, any compensation therefor: And whereas, such practice is injurious and detrimental to the said keeper, he being compelled by law, at all times to have and keep the necessary flats, boats and hands, for attending on said ferry:

Be therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person or persons, who shall hereafter using their own boats choose to use his or their own flats, boat or boats, at George- for the purpose of transporting himself or themtown ferry seives, his or their servants, horses and carriages,

to pay riage.

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or shall transport any other person or persons, his or their servants, horses and carriages, and shall land upon, or use as a landing place, either of the ferry slips aforesaid, every such person and persons shall be liable, and are hereby declared to be obliged to pay, and render to the keeper of the said ferry, the legal ferriage established thercat.

Whereas, it is enacted by the tenth section of an act, passed the twenty-first day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, entitled, "An act to establish certain roads and ferries,” that the slaves residing on the west side of the road leading from Mouzan's bridge on Black river, to M'Gill's swamp, be exempted from working on a road leading from Bruington's lake to Santee:

Be it therefore enacted, That the said clause, Road from so far as it relates to exempt the slaves on the west Mouzan's side of the said road from working thereon, be, and bridge to M'G's the same is hereby repealed.

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And be it enacted, That all slaves residing on the north side of Black river, and on the east side thereon, of the said road, be, and they are hereby exempted from working on the said road; and that William

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Nelson shall be exempted from working on the said road.

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

JOHN WARD, President of the Senate. THEODORE GAILLARD, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

An ACT further to revive and extend an act, entitled, "An act to prohibit the importation of Negroes until the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, until the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and one," to the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and three.

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E 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 act, passed the nineteenth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-six, entitled, "An act to prohibit the importation of negroes until the first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine," be, and the same is hereby further extended to the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and three.

In the Senate House, the twentieth Day of December, in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred, and in the twenty-fifth Year of the Independence of the United States of America,

JOHN WARD, President of the Senate. THEODORE GAILLARD, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

An ACT to incorporate the Georgetown Library

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Society.

HEREAS several inhabitants of Georgetown and its vicinity, have, by their petition, set forth, that they have some time since, entered into an association for the purpose of forming a Library Society, which they conceive will be ul

timately of great benefit to themselves and the community at large, and have prayed that a law may be passed for incorporating them as a society, by the name of The Georgetown Library Society:

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 society above-mentioned, and the persons who now are or hereafter shall be members thereof, and the successors, officers and members of it, shall be, and they are hereby declared to be one corporate body in deed and in law, by the name of The Georgetown Library Society; and by the said name shall have perpetual succession of officers and members, and a common seal, with power to change, alter and make new the same, as often as the said corporation shall judge expedient. And the said corporation and its successors, shall be able and capable in law, to hold and possess any real and personal estate, not exceeding the yearly value of four thousand dollars, and to sell, alien or lease the same, or any part thereof, as it shali think proper: And by its said name, to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto in any court of law or equity in this state; and to make such rules and by-laws, (not contrary and repugnant to the laws of the land,) for the benefit and advantage of the said corporation, and for the order and good government of the same, as shall, from time to time, be agreed upon by a majority of the members, or of such number as the rules of the said society shall constitute a quorum.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful for the said corporation hereby erected, to take and to hold to itself and its successors, for ever, any charitable donations or devises of land and personal estate, and to appropriate the same for the benefit of said corporation, in such way as by their rules shall be

agreed upon. Provided the said donations and de. vises, together with their other finds, do not exceed the yearly value of four thousand dollars aforesaid.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That this act shall be deemed a public act, and notice shall he taken thereof in all courts of justice, and elsewhere, in this state; and it shall be given in evidence on the trial of any issue or cause, without special pleading.

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

JOHN WARD, Provident of the Senate. THEODORE GAILLARD, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

An ACT for altering and amending an act, passed the sixteenth day of December, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-seven, entitled, “in act for opening the navigation of Saluda river.”

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HEREAS the death and removal of several of the commissioners named in the said act, have rendered it almost impracticable to form boards or meetings to carry the purposes of the same into effect: And whereas the confining of the commissioners to distinct limits on the said river, in clearing the same, as far as relates to that space from the mouth of the said river to the old Indian boundary line, will impede the progress of this very beneficial measure:

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 Samuel Mays, Thomas Anderson, major William Moore, Joseph Kennedy, Alexander Boling Stark, Luke Smith, Francis Huggins, Elisha Brooks, John Dyser, William Calk, Julius Nichols, jun. Elihu Creswell, John Cunningham, Joel Lepscomb, James Dysen, Robert Creswell, John Hunter, John Merriwether,

sen. James Goudy, James M'Cracken, Thomas Willoughby Waters, James Caldwell and William Caldwell, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners for the purpose of clearing out and making navigable Saluda river, from the mouth thereof as far up as the old Indian boundary line.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in case of the death, removal or resignation of any one or more of the said commissioners, that it shall and may be lawful for the remainder of the said commissioners, and they are hereby authorized and empowered to fill up any such vacancy or vacancies, at any one of their boards or meetings. Provided, That there be at such board or meeting, thirteen commissioners present.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That seven commissioners shall constitute a quorum to effect the purposes of the said act.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the first clause of the said act, as far as relates to clearing and making navigable Saluda river, from the mouth thereof to the old Indian boundary line, be, and the same is here by repealed.

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

JOHN WARD, President of the Senate. THEODORE GAILLARD, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

An ACT to authorize and allige the keepers of gaols in this State, to receive and keep in safe custody, all prisoners, committed under the authority of the United States, and to oblige sheriffs to provide blankets for criminals confined in their respective gaols.

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HEREAS the Congress of the United States, at their session, begun and holden on the fourth day of March, Anno Domini, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, did