ons shall meet two days after the close of such elections, at the court house, the managers of the election held within and for the county of Clarendon, to count the votes and declare the persons duly elected; and the inhabitants of said county shall vote for a senator in common with the counties of Claremont and Clarendon, and the votes shall be counted together with the votes of the inhabitants of Claremont and Clarendon counties. And the inhabitants of said county of Salem, shall and may vote for a member of congress at the places of election herein before mentioned, and their votes shall be returned and counted with the votes of the other inhabitants of Camden district, in the manner prescribed by law for the election of members of congress. In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, and in the seventeenth year of the Independence of the United States of America. DAVID RAMSAY, President of the Senate. JACOB READ, Speaker of the House of Representatives. An ACT to prevent the obstructions to the passage of fish up Big Lynch's creek. W HEREAS sundry persons, inhabitants of the several counties of Chesterfield, Darlington, Kershaw and Lancaster, as by their petition to the legislature is set forth, have experienced many inconveniences by obstructions to the passage of fish up Big Lynch's creek: In remedy whereof, dams, to for fish. Be 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 any person or persons, who now Persons have, or hereafter may erect any fish dam or fish erecting dams, mill dam or mill dams, hedge or hedges, leave free or other obstruction or obstructions whatsoever, passage across Big Lynch's creek, shall, after the passing of this act, from time to time, and at all times between the fifteenth day of February and the first day of April in every year, provide and keep a passage at least eight feet wide, sufficient to let fish freely pass up through such fish dams, mill dams, hedges and other obstructions across the said creek. sage. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any person or persons who shall Penalty for neglect or refuse to provide and keep such neglecting pas- or refusing sage as aforesaid, in his, her or their dams, hed- to keep ges or obstructions as aforesaid, shall, for such every pasday he, she or they so refuse or neglect, respectively, forfeit and pay the sum of six pounds lawful money of this state, to be recovered in any court of record having jurisdiction, by any person who shall inform and sue for the same, one moiety to the state for the use of the county where such suit shall be prosecuted, and the other to the person informing and suing for the Provided nevertheless, That no person or persons shall be liable to the forfeiture aforesaid, who shall, during all the time aforesaid, keep open a canal of the width of eight feet, communicating immediately with the said creek above and below his, her or their respective mill dam, and of sufficient depth for the free passage of fish. same. And be it further enacted by the authority This act a aforesaid, That this act shall be deemed and ta. public act. ken to be a public act, and judicially taken hotice of as such without special pleading, and liberally construed for carrying the purposes aforesaid into effect. In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, and in the seventeenth year of the Independence of the United States of America. DAVID RAMSAY, President of the Senate. JACOB READ, Speaker of the House of Representatives. An ACT to ascertain and fix the lines of divi sion between the counties of Kershaw and Lancaster, and also those between the said county of Kershaw and the county of Claremont, and between the said counties of Kershaw and Richland. W act to establish a county and county HEREAS by an act, entitled, "an courts in the district of Kershaw," passed the nineteenth of February, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, John Simpson, Douglass Starke, Isham Moore, Philip Pearson, Thomas Ballard, Benjamin Waring and Samuel Boykin, were appointed commissioners to survey the lines between the aforesaid counties, and to report to the legislature thereupon. And whereas the said commissioners have reported in conformity to the directions of the above mentioned act: Be it therefore enacted by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in general assembly, and by the au thority of the same, That from and after the tween shaw passing of this act, the line to divide the coun- Dividing ties of Kershaw and Lancaster, shall commence line beat and run from Starke's ferry on the east side Lancaster of the Wateree river, in a direct line to the ford and Kerof Hanging Rock creek, on the main road lead- counties. ing from Camden to Waxaws; from thence down the main Charleston road to George Miller's; thence in a direct line to Harrison's ford on Great Lynch's creek; and that the same shall be, and are hereby declared to be the dividing lines between the said counties of Kershaw and Lancaster. Kershaw And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the line to divide the counties of Between Kershaw and Claremont shall commence at and and Clarerun from Spivey's ferry aforesaid, in a direct mont. line, running to the fork of the road at Garret's old field; from thence to the mouth of a small gut which runs out of the Wateree river to Swift creek, above general Sumter's plantation; from thence up the middle of said gut to the Wateree river; and that the same shall be, and are hereby declared to be the dividing lines between the aforesaid counties of Kershaw and Claremont. and Rich And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the line to divide the counties Between of Kershaw and Richland, shall commence at Kershaw and run from the Wateree river, immediately land. opposite to the point or mark terminating the lines of division between the two aforesaid counties of Kershaw and Claremont, to Spear's creek, below the mouth of Ragling's creek, in Richland county; from thence up Ragling's creek aforesaid to John Dougherty's on Twenty-five Mile creek; from thence in a direct line to the mouth of Colonel's creek on the Wateree river; and from thence across the Wateree river to Starke's ferry aforesaid; and that the same shall be and are hereby declared to be the dividing lines between the said counties of Kershaw and Richland. In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-two, and in the seventeenth year of the Independence of the United States of America. DAVID RAMSAY, President of the Senate. JACOB READ, Speaker of the House of Representatives. An ACT to obtain a more accurate Survey and Map of the State. 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 Joseph Purcell be, and he is hereby appointed geographer to the state; and he is hereby vested with full power and authority to survey all the rivers, creeks, high roads, state lines, district lines, county lines, and parish lines of the state; and when the said Joseph Purcell shall have completed his said survey, he, his heirs and assigns, shall have the sole right of publishing and vending the map thereof for the term of twenty years, to commence from the day of first publishing the same: Provided the said map is not drawn on a smaller scale than ten miles to an inch; and if any person or persons shall pirate, sell, publish, or expose to sale within the said term, without the consent of the said Joseph Purcell, his heirs or assigns, the map so to be drawn and published by the said Joseph Purcell, such offender or offenders shall |
