STATUTES AT LARGE. AN ORDINANCE FOR ENABLING AND IMPOWERING THE PERSons there- A. D. 1753. No. 810. FORASMUCH as the drought of last summer and late dreadful hurricane, have caused so great a scarcity of Indian corn that it is become absolutely necessary to procure a supply for the subsistence of the inhab- Preamble, itants of this Province; and forasmuch as such supply cannot be had without ready money, which this Government cannot in time provide without borrowing the same from the funds hereinafter mentioned; we therefore humbly pray his most sacred Majesty that it may be ordained, rer to advance herein named to I. And be it ordained, by his Excellency James Glen, Esq. Governorin-chief and Captain General in and over the Province of South Carolina, by and with the advice and consent of his Majesty's Council and the House of Assembly of the said Province, now met in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That Colonel Robert Brewton, the The powder powder receiver of this Province, shall pay the sum of two thousand five receiver and hundred and thirteen pounds and fourteen shillings, now in his hands, public treasuarising by the sale of gunpowder out of the public store in the magazine, monies to comby a resolution of the General Assembly, and that the public treasurer of missioners this Province shall pay the balance which was in the fund appropriated to enable them to the use of the fortifications on the twenty-ninth day of September last, into import 50,000 the hands of Andrew Rutledge, Thomas Smith, Gabriel Manigault, John bushels of Savage, Robert Pringle, Paul Trapier and John Dart, Esquires, whenev-corn. er the said powder receiver and public treasurer, or either of them, shall be thereunto required by the said Andrew Rutledge, Thomas Smith, Gabriel Manigault, John Savage, Robert Pringle, Paul Trapier and John Dart, or any four or more of them, in order to enable them to import into this Province a quantity of Indian corn, not exceeding fifty thousand bushels, for the use and consumption of the inhabitants of this Province, in manner hereinafter directed and appointed. sioners may II. And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That they, the said Andrew Rutledge, Thomas Smith, Gabriel Manigault, John Savage, The commisRobert Pringle, Paul Trapier and John Dart, or any four or more of them, hire and disshall have power, and they are hereby fully impowered and authorized, to patch vessels. hire a vessel or vessels, such as they or any four of them shall judge convenient for the purpose, and immediately to dispatch the same to such of the Northern or other colonies as they shall think proper, for a supply of VOL. IV.-1. A. D. 1753. in London. Indian corn, and also to give directions to their correspondents in any of the said Colonies to purchase upon the credit of bills of exchange payable in To be paid for London, a certain quantity of Indian corn, to freight back the said vessel in bills payable or vessels, and to procure as much more corn as will make up in the whole a quantity not exceeding fifty thousand bushels; and that they, the said Andrew Rutledge, Thomas Smith, Gabriel Manigault, John Savage, Robert Pringle, Paul Trapier and John Dart, or any four or more of them, do direct their said correspondents to hire as many convenient vessels as may serve to bring hither the remainder of the corn that shall be purchased agreeable to their directions; provided always, that the said vessels with the said corn be despatched from the said Colonies for the port of Charlestown, at any time on or before the first day of June next ensuing, and as much sooner as possible, but not after. may hire stores and sell the corn to the poor, not III. And be it also ordained by the authority aforesaid, That when the Commissioners said corn or any part thereof shall be imported, they, the said Andrew Rutledge, Thomas Smith, Gabriel Manigault, John Savage, Robert Pringle, Paul Trapier and John Dart, or any four or more of them, shall have exceeding two power to hire stores for putting the said corn in, if needful, and to sell to bushels per the inhabitants of this Province, giving preference to the poor, any quanhead. tity of the said corn, not exceeding two bushels per head to each person in a family, until the first day of July next ensuing; the person applying for the said corn first making oath before either of the persons above namPersons apply-ed, who are hereby impowered to administer the same, or before any justice of the peace, that the said corn is for the use and consumption of his or her own family, and not for sale or any other use; and the said Andrew Rutledge, Thomas Smith, Gabriel Manigault, John Savage, Robert Pringle, Paul Trapier and John Dart, or any four or more of them, shall have power to employ a store-keeper to keep account, take charge of and measure and deliver out the said corn agreeable to their directions. ing to oath that the corn is intended for the use of their own family. The corn im IV. And be it also ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the said corn shall be sold to the inhabitants of this Province in manner aforesaid, ported not to be at no higher price than will defray the prime cost and all charges; and in case sold higher than will pay it should so happen that corn should be at a low price and the said perprime cost and sons cannot dispose of such corn as shall be imported by virtue of this charges. Ordinance for so much as will defray the expence of importing the same, then the said persons, or any four or more of them, shall and may dispose of the corn by them imported in the best manner they can, according to their discretion. The monies arising from the sale to be imburse the V. And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the monies arising by the sale of the said corn to the inhabitants of this Province, shall be and is hereby applied to reimburse the said Andrew Rutapplied to re- ledge, Thomas Smith, Gabriel Manigault, John Savage, Robert Pringle, Paul Trapier and John Dart, in all such sum and sums of money as they or purchasing of them shall or may be in advance on account of the importation of commissioners, any to replace the the said corn, and to replace the said sum in the hands of the powder readvances of the ceiver, and the monies in the public treasury appropriated to the use of the fortifications, which the said Andrew Rutledge, Thomas Smith, Gabriel Manigault, John Savage, Robert Pringle, Paul Trapier and John Dart are hereby enjoined and required to pay over to the said powder receiver and public treasurer accordingly. powder receiver and public treasurer. VI. But in case of any loss that may be sustained in sending for the said corn, or in case the monies arising from the sale of the corn so to be Any deficiency to be supplied imported, shall not prove sufficient to reimburse the said Andrew Rutby a tax here- ledge, Thomas Smith, Gabriel Manigault, John Savage, Robert Pringle, after to be laid. Paul Trapier and John Dart, all such sum and sums of money as shall be advanced by them, and to replace the said sum in the hands of the powder A. D. 1753. receiver, and the monies borrowed from the fortification fund, then It is hereby ordained, That the deficiency, whatever it may be, shall be raised by a tax on the inhabitants of this Province in the same manner and proportion as the annual charges of this Government are borne and defrayed, and shall be provided for by the first Act that shall be passed for defraying the charges of this Government after such deficiency shall be made appear. In the Upper House of Assembly, the 5th day of March, 1753. In the House of Assembly, the 5th day of March, 1753. By order of the House. JAMES MICHIE, Speaker. Assented to: JAMES GLEN. In the Council Chamber, the 5th day of March, 1753. AN ACT TO IMPOWER THE COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE APPOINTED FOR No. 811. THE PARISH TO ERECT AND SET UP PEWS IN THE SAME, AND TO DISPOSE OF THE SAID PEWS, TO ENABLE WHEREAS, the commissioners who were appointed for building a church in the parish of Prince William, in Granville county, by their Preamble. petition to the General Assembly have set forth, that pursuant to the power given them for building the said church, they had almost finished the same, but the sums given by the General Assembly, and subscribed and paid by private persons, were not sufficient to defray the expense thereof; that in the Act for building the said church, no power is given to the commissioners for erecting and setting up pews, and for disposing of them, which the petitioners conceive if they were impowered to do, "they would thereby be enabled to raise a further sum toward finishing the same, and praying that a law may be made for those purposes; we therefore humbly pray his most sacred Majesty that it may be enacted, ered to set up pews in the pose of the same in fee I. And be it enacted, by his Excellency James Glen, Esquire, Governor in-chief and Captain General in and over the Province of South Carolina, The commisby and with the advice and consent of his Majesty's Council, and the sioners impow House of Assembly of the said Province, now met in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the commissioners for building a church and dischurch in the parish of Prince William, in Granville county, or a majority of them, shall have power and authority, and they are hereby fully impow- simple. ered and authorized, to erect and set up pews in the said church, in such manner as they shall think fit, and to dispose of and convey to any persons, and their heirs and assigns forever, by an instrument of writing to be drawn up and executed for that purpose, the said pews, in the manner following, (that is to say) the persons who shall have contributed most A. D. 1753. toward the building of the said church, shall be entitled to and have the first choice of the pews in the same; provided that the moneys contributed which shall entitle any subscriber to the choice of a pew, shall not make in the whole less than the sum of seventy pounds currency; and in cases where it shall happen that several persons have contributed alike, such persons shall draw lots for the choice. The largest contributor to have the first choice of a pew. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners for building the church in Georgetown, or a majority of them, Commissioners and the commissioners for building a chapel of ease at Echaw, in the of Georgetown and Echaw, parish of St. James Santee, in Craven county, to which board of commismay erect pews sioners Edward Jermain is hereby added and appointed, or a majority of and dispose of them as above. them, shall have power and authority, and they are hereby fully authorized and impowered, to erect and set up pews in the said church and chapel respectively, and to dispose of and convey the said pews to any persons, their heirs and assigns forever, in like manner as the commissioners for building the church in Prince William's parish are impowered to do; which last mentioned commissioners are directed and required to give preference in the choice of the said pews to those persons who shall have estates in the said parish, and have contributed most toward the building of the said church or chapel. Pew money to be laid out on the church. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the moneys which shall be received by the said several sets of commissioners for the disposal of the said pews, shall be by them, or a majority of them, applied for and toward the defraying the expence of building, finishing and adorning the said churches and the said chapel of ease respectively, and to no other use or purpose whatever. JAMES MICHIE, Speaker. In the Council Chamber, the 21st. day of April, 1753. Assented to: JAMES GLEN. No. 812. AN ACT for making Black river navigable, from the Western boundary of the Township of Williamsburgh, down to the tide way, as far as the place commonly called the Narrows. No. 813. (Passed 21st April, 1753. See last volume.) AN ACT for appointing and impowering Commissioners to make the Wateree river navigable, and for laying out and making a road from the Upper Settlements near the Catawba nation, on the Northeast side of the said Wateree river, to the place on Santee river commonly called Beard's Ferry, and from thence to the road leading from the Congrees to Charlestown. (Passed 21st April, 1753. See last volume.) |