TIT. 20. A. A. 1807. 4. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners appointed as aforesaid, or a majority of them, shall, at the next session of the legislature, make a report of such property as The commis- the state may be entitled to, and annually to report an accu sioners to re- rate account of their proceedings in pursuance of this act. port to the legislature. TIT. 21. A. A. 1796. TITLE 21. Sullivan's Island. 1. AND whereas inconvenience has arisen to a number of citizens, who, under the authority of an act of the legislature, have located and improved lots on Sullivan's island, from the 2 Faust 98-9. pesthouse being erected on said island: And whereas the occupants of the said lots are willing and desirous that a pesthouse should be erected in some other place: Intendant and wardens em powered to remove the pesthouse from the island, and le vy a tax on lots thereon. &c. Be it therefore enacted, That the intendant and wardens be empowered, and they are hereby empowered to purchase or hire some convenient and suitable situation, on which a pesthouse may be erected; and to lay a tax or assessment on the lots on Sullivan's island, not exceeding thirteen dollars, to defray the expense of the same:* Provided nevertheless, That the tax or assessment be proportioned to the comparative value of the said lots. 2. And be it further enacted, That the intendant and warAlso, to sell dens be authorized, and they are hereby authorized and emthe lazaretto, powered, to make sale of the building, distinguished by the name of the lazaretto, on said island, or to hire the same, and apply the proceeds arising therefrom, in aid of the funds to be raised by the tax or assessment above mentioned: Provided nevertheless, That no title to be conveyed under this act, shall be more efficient or durable than the title under which the present occupants hold their respective lots. A. A. 1799. streets. S. Be it enacted, That col. Lewis Morris, William Henry 2 Faust 255. Desaussure, Frederick Rutledge, Jacob Sass and William RoCommissionbertson, esquires, or a majority of them, be, and they are hereers appointed by appointed commissioners to lay out such number of streets to lay out on Sullivan's island, as the said commissioners shall deem proper and convenient: Provided nevertheless, That such streets shall not interfere with any dwelling houses or kitchens already erected. And the commissioners are hereby Their powers. vested with full powers to carry into effect the above purposes, and otherwise to regulate the police of the said island. 4. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall assess the inhabitants of the said island, possessed of lots thereon, for the expense of surveying and laying out the * Quere, if constitutional? streets aforesaid; and that, they be authorized to collect or sue for the said assessments so to be made. TIT. 21. 5. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall keep A. A. 1799. or suffer to be kept, any gaming table, or permit any game or 2 Faust 255. games to be played in his, her or their houses, on the said Penalty for keeping a Island, on the Sabbath day, such person or persons, on convicgaming table, tion thereof, before any court having jurisdiction, shall be &c. thereon. fined in the sum of fifty dollars, to be sued for on behalf of, and to be recovered for the use of the state. TITLE 22. Towns and Villages. TIT. 22.. 1. BE it enacted, That from and immediately after the passing of this act, the town heretofore called by the name of Ninety-Six, shall be known and called by the name of Cam- A. A. 1787. bridge, and no other; any law, usage or custom to the contra- P. L. 416. ry notwithstanding. Cambridge. 2. Whereas it is necessary that the places where the dis- A A. 1792. trict courts are held in Pinckney and Washington districts 1 Faust 229, should be known in law by certain names: 230. Be it therefore enacted, That the place or village on the Pinckneysouth west side of Broad river, a little below, and within one ville. mile of the mouth of Pacolet river, being the situation wherein the gaol and court-house of the said district have been built by the direction of the commissioners appointed for that purpose, shall be called Pinckneyviile, and by that name shall always be known in law; and that the place or village in Pendleton county in this state, where the gaol and court- Pickensville. house of Washington district have been built by the direction of the commissioners appointed for that purpose, being upon land lately conveyed to the said commissioners by the honourable brigadier-general Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, shall be called Pickensville, and by that name shall always be known in law. 3. Whereas, Samuel Earle hath petitioned the legislature to A. A. 1801. lay out and establish a town in the fork of Tugaloo and Keo- 2 Faust 402. wee rivers : Be it therefore enacted, That a town shall be, and the same Andersonville is hereby established on the lands of Samuel Earle, lying in established. the fork of Tugaloo and Keowee rivers, in the district of Pen 'dleton; which town shall be known and distinguished by the name of Andersonville. 1 4. And be it enacted, That general Robert Anderson, colo- Commissionnel John Bayles Earle, and Samuel Earle, be and they are ers appointed hereby appointed commissioners to lay off the said town, and to lay out the form such rules and regulations respecting the same, as to same, &c. them, or a majority of them, may be deemed requisite and TIT. 22. A. A. 1801. 2 Faust 421. Conwayborough. A. A. 1803. 2 Faust 523. Winnsbo. rough. Elections to be held for ers of the streets. 5. And be it further enacted, That the name of the village in the said district* shall be changed from that of Kingston to Conwayborough; and all lots unsold, or liable to be escheated therein, be sold by the commissioners aforesaid, and applied to the use of the poor of the aforesaid Horry district; any law to the contrary notwithstanding.t 6. Whereas the inhabitants of the town of Winnsborough have, by their petition to the legislature of this state, set forth, that the powers vested in the commissioners of the streets of the said town, by the act of assembly, passed in March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, are not sufficiently extensive and complete, and not fully calculated for the well governing and regulating the streets and markets of the said town: And whereas, the inhabitants of the said town have, in their said petition, prayed the repeal of the said law : Be it therefore enacted, That on the first Monday in April next, and on the first Monday in April in every year therecommission after, an election, by ballot, for five commissioners of the streets and markets, shall be held at some convenient and public place in the town of Winnsborough, and that all free white male inhabitants of the said town, of the age of twentyone years, who have been citizens of this state for two years, and who have resided in the said town twelve months previous to the said election, shall be entitled to vote for the said commissioners. Managers of succeeding elections ap appointed. Commissioners vested ers of com 7. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners so elected as before directed, or any three of them, shall have power to appoint managers for each succeeding election of commissioners of the town of Winnsborough. And in case of the death, resignation or removal out of town, of any commissioner, the said commissioners shall have full power, and they are hereby directed to appoint a day for, and managers to conduct the election for another commissioner to fill such vacancy, occasioned as aforesaid. And it shall be the duty of such managers to give ten days notice at least, previous to such election. 8. And be it further enacted, That the commissioners of the streets and markets of the said town shall be, and they are with the pow- hereby vested with all the powers within the limits of the said town, that are by law vested in commissioners of the roads; and the inhabitants of the said town shall be, and they are hereby excused from working on the public roads without the limits of the said town. missioners of roads. May grant licenses. May make 9. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall have power to grant tavern licenses, and licenses for retailing spirituous liquors within the limits of the said town, and to receive the fees for the same. 10. And be it further enacted, That the said commissioners shall have power to make, establish and pass, all such rules Horry district-See Districts and Parishes. † See A. A. 1805. The proceeds of the sale is directed to be other wise applied. See Academies and Schools. and regulations, within the limits of the said town, as they TIT. 22. may deem proper and requisite, for the promotion of the quiet gulations; and safety of the inhabitants of the said town, and for the re- A. A. 1803. gulation of the streets and markets, public springs or foun- 2 Faust 524-5. tains of water, and performance of patrol duty, within the rules and relimits of the said town: Provided such rules and regulations be not repugnant to the existing laws of this state or of the United States; and shall have power to impose such fine or And may imfines on any person or persons who may infringe the by-laws, pose fines not rules and regulations, passed and enacted by the commission- exceeding ers: Provided, That no penalty or fine for one and the same twenty doloffence shall exceed twenty dollars; to be recovered in any court having jurisdiction. lars. licenses, are to be applied. 11. And be it further enacted, That the funds arising from How the the fines and forfeitures that may be incurred by the inhabi- funds arising tants, from tavern licenses, and licenses for retailing spiritu- from fines and ous liquors, shall be applied in keeping in repair the market, and in keeping in good order the public springs or fountains. of water, and in opening and keeping in good order, such streets in the town of Winnsborough as they shall judge for the convenience and utility of the inhabitants of the said town, and for the payment of the salary of a clerk of the market, and such other officers as they may appoint to carry this act into effect. 12. And be it further enacted, That so much of the act, pas- Part of a sed in March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, former act which relates to the appointing and empowering commission- repealed. ers of the streets in the town of Winnsborough, shall be, and the same is hereby repealed. force for four 13. And be it further enacted, That this law shall be ta- This act a ken and deemed as a public act in all courts of this state, and to be of public act, and given in evidence as such, without special pleading. 14. And be it enacted, That this act shall continue and be of force for fourteen years, and from thence until the next meeting and sitting of the legislature. [See Titles Camden, Columbia, Beaufort, Georgetown, &c.] teen years. TITLE 23. Wharfage and Storage, TIT. 23. 1. WHEREAS it is proper and expedient to alter and amend the first clause of an act, passed the twelfth day of April, 1768, entitled, "An act for regulating and ascertain- A. A. 1778. ing the rates of storage in Charlestown:" Be it therefore P. L. 294-5. enacted, That immediately from and after the passing of this [See Title, Charleston] act, the following rates and sumns respectively shall be paid, and no greater shall be demanded or exacted by owners of wharves, or any other person for wharfage of ships, vessels and merchandize, imported and exported, and also for weigh TIT. 23. A. A 1778. ing and storing of goods upon the wharves in Charlestown, to wit: P. L. 294-5. Wharfage of ships and other vessels-for each and every day that such vessel respectively shall lay at any wharf. Rates of wharfage established. For every ship, snow, brigantine, or billander, load- £. s. d. For every other such vessel, laying and not loading, For every sloop or schooner (coasters excepted) For every sloop or schooner, laying and not loading Wharfage of goods landed or laden from one vessel For every barrel or half barrel of rice, or other grain, For every barrel, box, cask or other package of in- For every barrel of turpentine, pitch, rosin, tar, For corn, pease, oats and other grain, not in barrels, For every thousand feet of inch, three-fourths of For every thousand barrel staves and heading, land- For every thousand pipe staves, and hogshead staves For every thousand bricks or hearth tiles, For every cord of tanner's bark, For every tierce of ship-bread, hogshead of wine, For every hogshead of rum, pipe of wine, and other For every hogshead of sugar or tobacco of one thou- 0 15 0 1 10 0 0 10 0 1 0 0 009 0 2 6 · 0 1 0 0 10 - 0 1 6 0 4 0 - 0 5 6 |