In case of intendant's death, &c.—persons refusing to act as intendant page when elected, to forfeit £30.-a warden, £30.-Penalty for intendant and wardens, misbehaving in office-persons acting under the law, may plead the general issue

Intendant, how to be elected-managers to be appointed, and election "held-vacancies, how to be filled who eligible as intendant or warden,

Powers of the intendant-wardens to be elected in the respective wards-when election for wardens to be holden,

Who may vote at elections-names of voters to be inscribed in books→→→ list of names to be taken from tax book-persons taking a false oath-how to be punished,

Wardens to be elected by a general ticket-intendant to be elected at the same time-bounds of the city enlarged,

City council empowered to define wards-to appoint escheator-confirmation of the division of wards declared by an act of the Legislature, passed 19th, dec. 1809,

City bounds-commissioners of fortifications to be annually appointed, &c. and to rent lands-lands attached to the forfications of charles-: ton, 'may be leased for five years-city council authorized to draw lotteries,

Assize of bread-council invested with the powers granted to the commissioners of fortifications-power to regulate buildings on the curtain line-all acts of the legislature which produce a clashing of jurisdiction between the state magistrates, and the city officers repealed-in case of sickness of the intendant, one of the wardens to act,

Any person inveigling or enticing any other person to play at cards, &c. shall on conviction, be deemed guilty of defrauding and swindling-forfeiture on conviction-if not paid how dealt with-complaint, how to be made-proceedings thereon,

Securities given for paying gaming debts, to be deemed fraudulent and void,

Gaming declared unlawful,

Penalty for keeping a gaming table-civil officers to enforce this act, Offender to be committed until the penalty is paid-licence to be withheld from those convicted-money staked to be forfeited-suspected houses may be entered forcibly-informer exonerated and freed from penalty,

Court to determine causes of a civil nature, and for trial of offenders against by-laws of the city-to be a court of record-called inferior city court to be held by the recorder appointed, during good behaviour-all controversies exceeding jurisdiction of a magistrate to be tried by a jury,

City Council to cause a jury box to be made-jury list provided and
jurors to be drawn as in the court of sessions and common pleas-
jurisdiction of the court not to exceed $100, inclusive of costs and
charges,

What persons can sue and be sued in this court-when the court sits-
when motions for new trial, and arrest of judgment are determin-
ed-proceedings, how to be conducted-court vested with powers
to grant rules-to hear and determine questions of law,
Court not to hold plea, where the title of land comes directly into
question-appeal to court of common pleas allowed-writs of man-

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damus and prohibition may issue from court of common pleas and page sessions into said court-intendant, wardens and recorder to prescribe and regulate the practice of said court-fees of attornies, clerks and sheriffs, Recorder not permitted to plead in the superior court, in any cause which has been argued before him-jurisdiction of the justices of the peace and quorum, except in charlesten, extended to $30, (this extension of jurisdiction, declared uncoustitutional) Keeper of gaol in charleston district authorized to receive prisoners committed by authority of said court-inferior city court, to sit once a month-city council may take toll at the lower end of queen-street -intendant and seven wardens to make a quorum, except to impose taxes, and appropriate money.

Price of licence for keeping a billiard table, £50-to retail liquors→→ city council may licence theatres-bodies corporate, may sue for debts, due by their members,

Commissioners of the roads to be answerable to the intendant and
wardens for monies received-city council to have power to take up
and confine to labour strolling beggars--the powers of the governor
respecting quarantine, to be extended to the intendant and wardens
of Charleston, &c.

Vessels to be detained for violating the quarantine laws-pilots liable
to penalty, for violating quarantine laws-vessels to be detained
by force of arms-salary of the keeper of the lazaretto to be dis-
continued, and $1000 in lieu thereof vested in the city council,
City officers exempted from serving on juries-certain officers ex-
empted-no street to be opened without special permission,
Penalty for violating the provisions of this act-city council, (with the
approbation of the board appointed by the legislature) authorized
to widen streets-lots to be valued
How lots are to be valued, where owner refuse to appoint freeholders→→→
low lots within the city to be drained-expences of opening Pinck-
ney-street, how to be assessed-cellars to be pumped out,
Commissioners appointed-broad-street to be made straight-no street
to be less than sixty feet wide-this act a public act,
City Council to elect a coroner-assemblies of slaves and free negroes,
declared unlawful-magistrates, sheriffs, mililtia officers, and officers
of the patrol, required to disperse such meetings,
Corporal punishment, not exceeding twenty lashes to be inflicted on
them-in charleston they are to be delivered to the master of the
work-house-in the country to the nearest magistrate-persons dis-
persing them, not to be sued or prosecuted for it,

Slaves, free negroes, &c. assembled for religious worship, before the
rising and after the going down of the sun, may be dispersed-per-
sons prosecuting, and failing to convict, to pay treble costs-reli-
gious societies not to be interrupted before nine o'clock in the even-
ing, provided a majority of them be white persons
Council to contract with U. States for maintenance of marine hospital,
Council to levy a duty of ten cents per ton-city council to render an
account to comptroller for monies appropriated for the support of the
poor-act passed 19th of Dec. 1801, not to lessen the power of
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ERRATA.

In page 92-Sec. 29-for "three hundred dollars," read, five hundred dollars; as altered by ordinance of June 2d, 1818, in page 97.

Page 126-Sec. 9.—for " five hundred dollars," read, four hundred and fifty dollars; as altered by an ordinance of the 5th of August, 1812, in page 229.

Page 172-4th line-for " thirtieth day of July, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety five," read, August second, one thousand eight hundred and thirteen, pages 7 to 9.

Page 195-2d line, for “ once in every month,” read, once a week, as directed in page 9.

Page 196-Sec. 5th, for "City Council,”-read Commissioners of Orphan-House. See page 97.

Page 239-1st side note-for "substance,”—read, standard.

Page 268-2d line-omit the word "annually," as respects the City Recorder.

APPENDIX. Page 13-letter n omitted-read many acts, instead of “ may." Page 23-in note, second line from the bottom-for "judiciary,"—read, jurisdiction.

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shall be granted by the bil of Jen O'clock. Pell. From to day of September and after from 20th day of September to into his or her premised as any manner retail to the

liquors whatever and every forfeit and pay for each au fifty dollars - Our bealf there shall pussecute the offence - der for the case of the city 2.rth and be it further adan that all Adinances or pa bueto be and the same an Ratified 18 Octobe