bonds, with one or more good and sufficient secu. ritics, to be approved of by the governor or commander in chief for the time being, payable to the state, and conditioned well and faithfully to discharge the several duties of their offices; and that the bond or bonds to be given by the treasurer in Charleston and his securities, shall be joint and scveral, and shall be in the penalty of sixty thousand dollars; and that the bond or bonds to be given by the treasurer in Columbia and his securities, shall also be joint and several, and shall be in the penalty of thirty thousand dollars: and that the bonds so to be given, shall be deposited in the of fice of the secretary of state, there to remain of record, subject to the order of the legislature.

In the Senate House, the eighteenth Day of December, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and in the twenty-fourth 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 authorize the City Council of Charleston to impose and levy a tax on the lots on Sullivan's Island, to defray the cost of erecting a Pest-house on the north-east point of James's

Island.

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HEREAS the intendant and wardens of the city of Charleston, have erected a pesthouse on the north-east point of James's Island, at an expense of five thousand three hundred dollars, under authority of an act of the legislature; and in pursuance of the direction of the said act, have made sale of the Lazaretto on Sullivan's Island, and have also levied an assessment on the lots of the same, of thirteen dollars each, the proceeds whereof have been applied towards erecting of the said building; but in as much as the sums arising therefrom, have fallen short of the expenses incur red thereby:

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 intendant and wardens of Charleston, be, and they are hereby empowered to impose and levy a further tax or assessment on the lots on Sullivan's Island, to defray the expenses already incurred, and yet to be incurred, for the finishing of the same: Provided, That the tax or assessment be proportioned to the comparative value and improvements of the said lots: And provided also, That no title conveyed under this act, by reason of such tax, shall be more efficient than that under which the present occupants hold their respective lots.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That every owner of a lot of land on Sullivan's Island, whether the same be improved or not, shall be, and the same is hereby made liable to such tax or assessment as may be imposed thercon by the city council of Charleston, for defraying the expense of building the said pest-house; and if any owner of any lot shall neglect or refuse to pay the assessment made as aforesaid, on such day as shall be fixed for the payment of the same by the said city council, the said city council shall cause a warrant of distress to issue against any goods or chattels that may be found on the premises, and the same shall be seized and publicly sold, and so much deducted from the amount of sales as will be necessary to pay the assessment aforesaid, and also the cost and charges of such seizure and sale, paying the overplus, if any, to the person whose goods and chattels have been so seized; and if no goods or chattels can be found on the premises, the said city council shall proceed to sell such right and title as the party in default may have in the said lot, returning the overplus in manner as above directed.

And be it further enacted by the authority afore said, That every tenant or occupant of any house

or lot on Sullivan's Island, shall be liable to pay the assessment aforesaid: Provided nevertheless, That if he should voluntarily pay the same, or should have his goods, chattels or effects seized and sold, in pursuance of this act, it shall be lawful for such tenant or occupant to deduct the same from the rent which shall or may become due.

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

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

An ACT to appoint Commissioners to lay out streets on Sullivan's Island, and for other purposes therein mentioned.

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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 col. Lewis Morris, William Henry Desaussure, Frederick Rutledge, Jacob Sass and William Robertson, esquires, or a majority of them, be, and they are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out such number of streets on Sullivan's Island, as the said commissioners shall deem proper and convenient: Provided nevertheless, That such streats shall not interfere with any dwelling-houses or kitchens already erected. And the commissioners are hereby vested with full powers to carry into effect the above purposes, and otherwise to regulate the police of the said Island.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, 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 streets aforesaid; and that they be authorized to collect or sue for the said assessments so to be made.

And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person shati keep or suffer to be kept, any gaming table, or permit any game or games to be played in his, her or their houses, on the said island, on the Sabbath day, such person or persons, on conviction thereof, before any court having jurisdiction, shall be fined in the sum of fifty dollars, to be sued for on behalf of, and to be recovered for the use of the state.

In the Senate House, the eighteeth Day of December, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and in the twenty-fourth 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 release Pierce Butler, esquire, from his executorship, to which he was appointed by the last will and testament of the late lexander Gillan, esquire.

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HEREAS Pierce Butler, esquire, hath set forth, by his petition to the legislature, that by the last will and testament of the late Alexander Gillon, esquire, he was appointed one of his executors, and that he was induced, from a desire of being serviceable to the widow and infant children of a deceased friend, to administer upon the estate of the said Alexander Gillon, esquire; but from the complicated affairs of the said estate, the general ill health of the said Pierce Butler, esquire, and his usual absence from the state for several months every year, he finds that he cannot be of such service to the widow and children of the deceased, as he once expected, while he is subjected to many inconveniencies of a serious nature, on account of the said executorship: Among others, not less injurious to him, there is one in particular, that as the said Alexander Gillon, esquire, in his life time, became bound by his obligation in behalf of the state, to the late duke of Luxemburgh, which

obligation is now in the hands of the republic of France, as the said Pierce Butler hath been informed; so that the said Pierce Butler, esquire, cannot visit Europe or the said republic upon business, (which he finds he must be obliged shortly to do,) without being in danger of being arrested on account of the said obligation. And in as much as the said Pierce Butler, esqurie, has not administered on the estate of the deceased Commodore Gillon, nor ever had or taken the property, books or papers of the deceased into his possession:

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 Picrce Butler, squire, be, and he is hereby released from his executorship, to which he was appointed under the last will and testament of the late Alexander Gillon, esquire; and also from all the losses, liabilities and expenses or inconveniencies to which he may have been or hercafrer might become liable or exposed to by law, as executor of the last will and testament of the said Alexander Gillen, esquire, deceased, whether the said liability should arise in consequence of any public or private transaction of the late Alexander Gillon, esquire, in Lis Lifetime.

In the Senate House, the eighteenth Day of December, in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and in the twenty-fourth 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 permit William Telfair and Elizabeth his wife, the representatives of the late Artemas Elliott Ferguson, and John Moultrie, to bring certain Negro slaves into this State.

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HEREAS William Telfair and Elizabeth his wife, did, some considerable time ago, remove from this state to Exuma. And whereas the