A. D. 1753. AN ACT to exempt the Inhabitants of the lower district of the parish No. 814. of St. James Santee, in Craven county, from working on or contributing towards any repairs to be made to the road or causey leading over Lynch's Island. (Passed 21st April, 1753. See last volume.) AN ACT for appointing Commissioners to build a Bridge over the No. 815. pond in the Four Holes Swamp, commonly called Gibbes's pond, and to lay out, make and keep in repair, a road to and from the said bridge, as convenient as may be, into the Orangeburgh old road, from the head of the path leading from Dorchester to Izard's Cow-pen. (Passed 21st April, 1753. See last volume.) AN ACT to continue an Act entitled "an Act for the better regulating No. 816. the Militia of this Province, and for repealing the former Acts for regulating the Militia, and for repealing an Act for the further security and better defence of this Province." (Passed 21st April, 1753. See last volume.) AN ACT FOR SECURING THE PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF TWO THOUSAND No. 817. EXECUTORS, ADMINISTtrators or ASSIGNS, WITH INTEREST, AT THE RATE PLY THE DEFICIENCY IN THE SAID FUND. WHEREAS, by reason of the great number of foreign Protestants who have lately arrived from Europe to settle in this Province, the fund which was appropriated as a bounty for settling the said Protestants was anticipated, and many of the said Protestants were detained in Charlestown for want of money in the said fund to pay them the said bounty; and whereas, the Honourable Hector Beringer De Beaufain, Esq. lent the sum of two thousand and five hundred pounds, and Gabriel Manigault, Esq. the sum of three thousand and five hundred pounds, for the use of the said poor Protestants, upon a resolution of the General Assembly to pass an Act for securing the payment of the same, with interest, out of the fund aforesaid; we therefore humbly pray his most sacred Majesty that it may be enacted, Preamble. A. D. 1753. 1747, to poor I. And be it enacted, by his Excellency James Glen, Esq., Governor-inchief 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 the public treasurer of this ProNo money to be vince for the time being, shall not, on any account or pretence whatever, paid under the issue or pay any sum or sums of money to any person or persons whoever Act of June 14, out of the fund appropriated as a bounty to poor Protestants coming from Protestant set- Europe to settle in this Province, by an Act of the General Assembly, passed the fourteenth day of June, in the twenty-first year of his present Majesty's reign, commonly called the general duty law, until there shall paid the sums be a sum sufficient in the said fund to satisfy and pay the said Hector they advanced, with 6 per cent. Beringer De Beaufain, his executors, administrators or assigns, the said interest. sum of two thousand and five hundred pounds, and one year's interest, at six per céntum per annum, and the said Gabriel Manigault, his executors, administrators or assigns, the said sum of three thousand and five hundred pounds, with one year's interest, as aforesaid; any thing contained in the said Act or any other Act or Acts of the General Assembly of this Province to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. tlers, till the above named persons are II. Provided always nevertheless, and be it also enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said public treasurer shall be, and he is hereby obliged, enjoined and required, at the end of one year from the time the sums were respectively lent, to pay the said Hector Beringer De Beaufain, his executors, administrators or assigns, the said sum of two thousand and five hundred pounds, and the said Gabriel Manigault, his executors, administrators or assigns, the said sum of three thousand and five hundred pounds, with interest as aforesaid. JAMES MICHIE, Speaker. In the Council Chamber, the 21st day of April, 1753. Assented to: JAMES GLEN. No. 818. AN ACT for raising and granting to his Majesty the sum of Forty-three Thousand one Hundred and two Pounds two shillings and six pence three farthings, for defraying the charges of this Government for one year, commencing the twenty-fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two, Old Style, inclusive, and ending the twenty-fifth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-three, New Style, exclusive. [NOTE. The imperfection of the Julian computation of the annual calendar, occasioned the Gregorian calendar to be adopted in many parts of Europe. In England it was not adopted till the year 1752, when the error required the intercalation of eleven days. Accordingly, by an Act of Parliament of that year, the 3d of September was made the 14th; and the year, which heretofore was reckoned as commencing in March, was ordered to commence the 1st day of January. The difference between old and new style is therefore eleven days. The body of this Act is not inserted, not varying essentially from the Acts of Assembly making annual grants and appropriations, several of which have been already inserted.] No. 819. AN ACT for incorporating the Charlestown Library Society. A. D. 1754. AN ACT for repealing such parts of an Act entitled "An Act to cut No. 820. and sink drains and passages into the north and west branches of Stono river," as relate to the west branch of Stono river, and to impower the commissioners therein named to cut and sink drains and water passages into the said west branch of Stono river, and to cut or sink a drain` or water passage in the swamp called Basford's swamp, in the parish of St. Bartholomew. (Passed May 8, 1754. See last volume.) AN ACT for building a Draw-bridge across Ashley river, in the parish of No. 821. St. Andrew, from some place at or near Stoney Point, on the east side of the marsh opposite to the said Point, on the west side of the said river, and for making a Causey upon the said marsh, leading to the said bridge, and for making a road to the said bridge and causey, and for vesting the said bridge, when built, in such person and persons, his and their heirs and assigns, forever, as shall be at the expence of building the said bridge and making the said causey, and keeping the same at all times hereafter in repair. (Passed May 8, 1754. See last volume.) AN ACT to prevent the inveigling, stealing, and carrying away Ne- No. 822. groes and other Slaves in this Province, and to prevent the carrying away of Schooners and Pettiaugers, and also for repealing so much of an Act entitled "An Act for the better ordering and governing Negroes and other Slaves in this Province," as relates to the time within which offenders that are apprehended shall be tried, and giving the Justices and Freeholders a power to postpone the trial of such offenders. (Passed May 11, 1754. See last volume.) AN ACT for ascertaining the district for cutting, cleansing and keeping No. 823. in repair the Creek or Cut commonly called the Hawl-over. (Passed May 11, 1754. See last volume.) A. D. 1754. No. 824. Preamble. in Craven county. AN ACT то DIVIDE THE PARISH OF ST. JAMES SANTEE, IN CRAVEN WHEREAS, the inhabitants of the parish of St. James Santee, in Craven county, by their petition to the General Assembly, have represented many inconveniencys which they labour under for want of having the said parish divided, and prayed that a law may be passed for that purpose; we therefore humbly pray his most sacred Majesty that it may be enacted, I. And be it enacted, by his Excellency James Glen, Esq., Governor-inchief 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 Assembly of the said Province, and by the authority of the same, Thať immediately from and after the passing of this Act, the parish of St. James Division of the Santee, in Čraven county, shall be divided into two parishes, in the followparish of St. James Santee, ing manner, that is to say: the broad road leading from Strawberry to the ferry commonly known by the name of Skrine's ferry, where the parish line crosses the said road, and from thence along the present road leading to the said ferry, till the said road reaches a post with three notches in it, being the mark of a boundary between the plantation of John Gendron, Esq. and the plantation where the said Skrine's ferry was kept, as aforesaid, and from thence to continue the same course in a direct line to Santee river; and all the lands which are situate on the west side of the line hereby directed to be made shall be a distinct parish by itself, separate from the other part of the parish of St. James Santee, and shall hereafter Parish of St. be called and known by the name of the parish of St. Stephen; and the inhabitants of the said parish of St. Stephen shall and may have, hold and enjoy all the rights, privileges and immunitys that the inhabitants of any other parish doth or can have, hold or enjoy, by any law or laws of this Province. Stephen. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the chapel The chapel within the district and limits of the said parish of St. Stephen, intended to in St. Stephen be hereby separated from the parish of St. James Santee, shall forever hereafter be, and is hereby declared and appointed to be, the parish church church. of the said parish of St. Stephen. declared to be the parish III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Mr. DanCommissioners iel Horry, Mr. John Mayrant, Mr. Tacitus Gaillard, Mr. John Gendron, jr. erecting a and Mr. Edward Jermayn, or any three of them, shall be, and they are chapel of ease. hereby appointed, commissioners for erecting a chapel of ease near Wam nominated for baw bridge, in the parish of St. James Santee; and they are hereby impowered to take subscriptions, and to receive, gather, collect and sue for A.D. 1754. all such sum and sums of money as any pious and well disposed person shall give and contribute for building the said chapel. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Chapel of ease chapel of ease at Echaw, in the said parish of St. James Santee, shall at Echaw deforever hereafter be, and is hereby declared to be, the parish church of St. clared to be the James Santee; and the rector or minister of the said parish of St. James Parish church Santee for the time being, shall be and he is hereby obliged, enjoined and Santee. required to preach and perform divine service at the said church, and at the chapel of ease to be erected near Wambaw bridge, alternately. of St. James be chosen in proclamation V. And be it also enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the rector or minister of the said parish of St. Stephen shall be elected and chosen in The minister to the same manner as the rectors or ministers of the several other parishes the usual manin this Province are elected and chosen; and shall have yearly paid him ner, with a salthe sum of one hundred pounds proclamation money as a salary, out of the ary of £100, fund appropriated or to be appropriated for payment of the salarys of the clergy in this Province; and the public treasurer of this Province, for the time being, is hereby authorized, impowered and required to pay the same, To be paid by the public under the like penaltys and forfeitures as for not paying the salarys due to the other rectors and ministers of the several other parishes in this Province; and the said rector or minister of the parish of St. Stephen shall have and enjoy all and every such privileges and advantages, and shall also be under such rules, laws and restrictions, as the rectors or ministers of the other parishes in this Province have and enjoy, or are subject and liable unto. treasurer. maintained at VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the expence of maintaining the poor at present upon the parish of St. James The poor to be Santee shall be borne and defrayed equally by the inhabitants of both the equal exparishes, and that all such moneys as have been received by the vestry of pense of both parishes. St. James Santee, for parochial charges, as have not been already expended, be equally divided between the said parishes of St. James Santee and St. Stephen. St. James to VII. And to prevent any disputes that may arise between the said parishes concerning their choosing of members to represent them in the Gen- The parish of eral Assembly of this Province, Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, send two memThat the inhabitants of the parish of St. James Santee, qualified by the bers of AssemElection Act, shall choose and send two members of Assembly, and the bly, and the inhabitants of the said parish of St. Stephen shall choose and send one Stephen one. parish of St. member of Assembly, and no more; any law, usage or custom to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding: And that writs for the electing of members to serve in the General Assembly, for each of the said parishes, shall be issued in the same manner and at the same time as for the several other parishes in this Province, pursuant to the directions of the Act entitled "An Act to ascertain the manner and form of electing members to represent the inhabitants of this Province in the Commons House of Assembly, and to appoint who shall be deemed and adjudged capable of choosing and being chosen members of the said House." Commissioners VIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Daniel Horry, Theodore Gaillard, Alexander Chovine, Tacitus Gaillard, Edward Jermyn, John Mayrant, John Gendron, Jr., Thomas Hall and Peter nominated for Roberts, shall be, and they are hereby appointed, commissioners for the the high roads. high roads in the said parish of St. James Santee; and that Rene Peyre, Charles Cantey, Samuel Peyre, John Palmer, Samuel Cordes, Peter Porcher and Isaac Porcher, shall be, and they are hereby appointed, commissioners for the high roads in the parish of St. Stephen; and the road which divides the said parishes, as aforesaid, shall be kept in repair by the inhabVOL. IV. 2. |