and Obadiah Hand, additional commissioners of said board; any law or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. ver, vested And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the ferry heretofore established over Ferry over Ashley river, and vested in John Freazer, deceas- Ashley ri ed, be re-established, and vested in Sarah Freazer, in Sarah his widow, her heirs and assigns, for the term of Freazer. seven years: Provided the said Sarah Freazer do, at all times, keep in good and sufficient repair, the causeway attached to the said ferry, and subject to the same emoluments, penalties and restrictions as heretofore established by law. river, vest. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a toll bridge shall be, and is hereby estab- Bridge ov lished over Edisto river, at the place where the er Edisto ferry commonly called Givham's ferry, was estab- ed in P. lished, and vested in Philip Givham, his heirs and Givham. assigns, for the term of fourteen years, and that the following rates of toil be taken thereat, viz. for every waggon and team, and four wheeled carriage, with horses and rider or riders, seventy-five cents; for every horse and chair, and all carriages of two wheels, with the rider or riders, twenty-five cents; for every man and horse, six and a quarter cents; for every hogshead of tobacco, with horse and driver, twenty-five cents; for every head of black cattle, two cents; for every head of goats, sheep or hogs, two cents; for every single man or horse, three cents. Provided the said Philip Givham, his heirs or assigns, will build the said bridge of sufficient height, and of sufficient breadth to admit the passage of boats and rafts up and down the said river. In the Senate House, the twenty-first Day of December, An ACT to compel persons having any papers of the late county courts, appertaining to the office of ordinary, to deliver the same to the respective judges of the courts of ordinary. HEREAS much inconvenience has ari W" sen, and daily does accrue to the citizens of this state, by reason of the papers and records of the late county courts, appertaining to the ordinary's office, remaining in the offices of the clerks of the district courts within this state: 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 clerks of the several district courts within this state, and all persons having any papers, books or records of the late county courts, relating or appertaining to business of the courts of ordinary, be, and they are hereby directed and required to deliver over to the judge of the courts of ordinary, in his respective districts, all such papers and books, exclusively relating to, or appertain to the said courts of ordinary, and not containing any of the minutes or records of the late coun. ty courts; any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the several ordinaries for the districts of Pendleton, Greenville, Laurens, Spartanburgh, Newberry and Lancaster, be, and they are hereby respectively directed to attend at the court-house of their several districts, on the first Monday in every month in every year, from and after the first day of February next, from the hour of ten in the morning till four in the evening, then and there to receive and transact any business that may be offered, appertaining to their offices. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That should any ordinary for the aforesaid districts, fail or neglect to comply with injunctions above enacted, he or they shall, for every such of fence, forfeit and pay the sum of twenty dollars, to be recovered by any person who shall suc for the same in any court of law having competent jurisdiction. In the Senate House, the twenty-first Day of December,in the year of our Lord one thousand right hundred and four, and the twenty-ninth Year of the Sover/igniy and Independence of the United States of America. JOHN WARD, President of the Senate. W. C. PINCKNEY, Speaker of the House of Representatives. An ACT to indemnify Samuel Harris for the loss of a negro, killed working on the roads, in the public service. W HEREAS Samuel Harris has set forth in his petition to the legislature, that the only negro man slave which he owned, was accidentally killed whilst working on the public roads, and it is just and reasonable that he should be compensated therefor: 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 Comptroller is hereby authorized and directed to issue a warrant, directed to the treasurer at Columbia, authorizing him to pay to the said Samuel Harris, the sum of four hundred dollars, to indemnify him for the loss of his said negro. In the Senate House, the twenty-first Day of December, in the Year of our Lord one thousand eight Lundred and four, and the twenty-ninth Year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. JOHN WARD, President of the Senate. W. C. PINCKNEY, Speaker of the IIouse of Representatives. END OF THE ACTS OF DECEMBER, 1804; A ACTS OF DECEMBER, 1795. N act to cede to the United States, a proper place, upon An act to facilitate the conveyance of real estates, An act concerning the office of sheriff, An act to enable the United States to purchase a quantity of land in this state, not excceding two thousand acres, for arsenals and magazines, 3 4 8 12 An act to provide for the barrelling and packing of beef and pork, for exportation, at the towns of Chatham, Camden and Vienna, 13 An act to regulate the manner of keeping public accounts in this state, 15 16 An act to give further encouragement to the proprietors for opening the navigation of the Catawba and Wateree rivers, An act to authorize a lottery, the profits whereof shall be appropriated to the promotion of useful manufactures in this state, 17 An act to authorize the commissioners therein appointed to clear out and remove the obstructions in the river Savannah, between Vienna and Campbelton and the town of Augusta, and to draw a lottery or lotteries for that purpore, An act for opening a public road from Granby to Hampton's bridge at Augusta, and for establishing four toll bridges, and for other purposes therein mentioned, An act to empower commissioners therein named, to cut, sink, and keep in repair, drains and water passages in Cawcaw Swamp, in Saint Paul's parish, An act to complete East Bay-street in Charleston, and for other purposes therein mentioned, An act to vest the city council of Charleston with certain powers therein mentioned, An act to revive and continue in force the Fee Bill, passed the fourteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, and for other purposes therein mentioned, An additional act, to the act, entitled, "An act to organize the Militia throughout the state of South-Carolina, in conformity with the act of congress," and for other purposes therein mentioned, An act to alter the time for the sitting of the courts of Clarendon, Claremont, Chester, Spartan, York and Abbeville, An act to alter and amend an act, entitled, "An act to enable commissioners therein appointed, to clear out and remove the obstructions in that branch of Ashepco river which is called the Horse Shoe creek; and to cut or sink, and keep in repair, a drain or canal, from the head of the said creek up the swamp 19 20 23 29 32 33 34 37 |