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hereafter be held in the parishes of All Saints and Prince Frederick's, A. D. 1787. shall be at the west end of Long Bay for the parish of All Saints, and at George White's, at Indian Town, for the parish of Prince Frederick's.

In the Senate House, the twenty-seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and in the eleventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.

JOHN LLOYD, President of the Senate.

JOHN J. PRINGLE, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

AN ORDINANCE to empower Commissioners therein named to cut No. 1361. and sink Drains and Water Passages in the Swamps and Savannahs formed by Wannel's, otherwise called Cuckold's Creek,a branch of Combahee River.

(Passed March 27, 1787. See last volume.)

AN ACT TO

REGULATE THE FUTURE ELECTIONS OF DELEGATES TO No. 1362. REPRESENT THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA IN THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES.

WHEREAS, by the fifth of the articles of confederation and perpetual union of the United States of America, it is agreed that for the more convenient management of the general interest of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed, in such manner as the Legislature of each State shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November Preamble. in every year, with a power reserved to each State to recal its delegates, or any of them, at any time within the year, and to send others in their stead for the remainder of the year; and whereas, by the twenty-second article of the Act for establishing the constitution of the State of South Carolina, passed the nineteenth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and seventy-eight, it is constituted and enacted that the delegates to represent this State in the Congress of the United States be chosen annually by the Senate and House of Representatives, jointly, by ballot, in the House of Representatives; and whereas, the United States in Congress assembled, on the twenty-third day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eightyfour, resolved that the several States be requested annually to appoint their delegates to serve in Congress, for one year, to commence on the first Monday in November next ensuing the time of their appointment, and it is expedient to conform the future appointment of delegates to represent this State in the Congress of the United States to what appears to have been the intention of the articles of confederation and perpetual union and the said resolution of the United States in Congress assembled ; I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, That the Delegates appointed. delegates elected on the sixth day of March instant, to represent this State in the Congress of the United States, be furnished with commissions under

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the great seal of this State, attested by the Governor, and authorised to represent this State in the Congress of the United States, from the date of the said commissions until the first Monday in November next exclusive, and no longer, by virtue of such election and commission.

11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid That the other delegates, also elected on the eighth day of March instant, to represent egates, to suc- this State in the Congress of the United States, be furnished with like ceed the pre- commissions, under the great seal of the State, attested by the Governor, and authorised to take their seats in the Congress of the United States on the first Monday in November next, and to continue to represent this State in the said Congress of the United States until the first Monday in November then next ensuing, which will be in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight.

Delegates to be

elected at the meeting of the Legislature.

to be filled.

III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in future the election of delegates to represent this State in the Congress of the Untied States shall annually be made at the meeting of the Legislature, in the beginning of each year, and such delegates commissioned to take their seats in Congress on the first Monday in November next ensuing their election. Provided, that nothing in this Act, or in the commissions to be given to such delegates, shall be construed to bar the Legislature of their State from recalling any delegate or delegates, so elected and commissioned, at any time within the year for which he or they may be appointed, and sending others in his or their room and stead; in which case, such delegate so sent in the room of any other that may be recalled, or that may die, or resign his seat in Congress, shall be commissioned and authorised to sit and represent this State in Congress only for the residue of the time not completed by such person so recalled, dying, or declining to serve the State in the Congress of the United States; any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding.

IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any Vacancies how vacancy shall hereafter happen in the delegation from this State to the Congress of the United States, by death, resignation, or refusal to act, during the recess of the Legislature, that it shall and may be lawful for the Governor and Commander-in-chief for the time being, by and with the advice and consent of the honorable the Privy Council, to appoint and commission, in manner aforesaid, any such fit and proper person and persons as they may think expedient, to sit and represent this State for the residue of the term not completed by such person dying, declining or refusing to represent this State in Congress, as aforesaid.

In the Senate House, the twenty-seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and in the eleventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.

JOHN LLOYD, President of the Senate.

JOHN J. PRINGLE, Speaker of the IIouse of Representatives.

No. 1363. AN ACT to incorporate the Vestry and Churchwardens of the Episcopal Church of the Parish of Christ Church.

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A. D. 1787.

AN ORDINANCE for repealing part of an Ordinance passed the 26th No. 1364. day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, in relation to Port Royal Causeway.

(Passed March 27, 1787. See last volume.)

AN ORDINANCE to enable the Court of Georgetown District to No. 1365. procure a Jury for the next Sessions; and for providing a Jury List.

(Passed March 27, 1787. See last volume.)

new

AN ACT for repealing such Acts of Assembly as regulate and restrict the No. 1366. erection of houses below the Curtain Line, on the Bay of Charleston;

to widen the Bay Street; and to permit houses, of any size, to be erected to the eastward of the same.

(Passed March 27, 1787. See last volume.)

AN ACT FOR

RESTORING UNTO MRS. MARGARET ORDE SUCH PART OF No. 1367. HER ESTATE AS HAS BEEN CONFISCATED BY AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act for disposing of certain Estates and banishing certain Persons therein named," PASSED AT JACKSONBURGH, THE TWENTY-SIXTH DAY OF FEBRU ARY, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-TWO.

WHEREAS, Mrs. Margaret Orde, formerly Margaret Stevens, a native of this State, and wife of John Orde, formerly a captain in his Britannic Majesty's Navy, but now Governor of the Island of Dominique, hath petitioned the Legislature of this State that such part of her estate as became vested in the said John Orde, by virtue of his intermarriage with her, and which was confiscated by an Act entitled "An Act for disposing of certain estates and banishing certain persons therein named," passed the twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand seven hundred and eightytwo, be restored to her; and whereas, her petition, from a full investigation of the circumstances attending her case, appears to be reasonable;

Preamble.

I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the author- The estate of Margaret Orde ity of the same, That all the estate, both real and personal, which belonged restored to her. unto the said Mrs. Margaret Orde, previous to her intermarriage with the said John Orde, be, and is hereby, restored unto the said Mrs. Margaret

A.D. 1787. Orde, her heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, absolutely, for ever, for her sole and separate use and disposal, and free from the interference or intermeddling of her said husband; and that the said Margaret Orde shall have a right to give, grant, sell, bequeath or devise the same, as she may think proper, notwithstanding her coverture. Provided always, that this act of restoration shall not extend to any property actually sold by the commissioners of confiscation, or to any negroes given as bounty to the military.

In the Senate House, the twenty-seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and in the eleventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.

JOHN LLOYD, President of the Senate.

JOHN J. PRINGLE, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

No. 1368. AN ACT FOR REGULATING AND FIXING THE SALARIES OF SEVERAL OFFICERS; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES THEREIN MENTIONED.

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WHEREAS, by reason of the large debt incurred by the Revolution, and the consequent great distress of the State, it behooves every good citizen to step forward in the duty required of him by his country on terms less burthensome to the public than heretofore;

I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the same, That every officer hereinafter recited, elected or to be elected, shall, for the performance of the duties of his office, receive a certain salary, that is to say:

The Governor of the State, nine hundred pounds per annum.

Associate judges, five hundred pounds per annum each.

Attorney General, two hundred pounds per annum.

Delegates to Congress, six hundred pounds each, to be paid at the seat of Congress.

Private secretary to his Excellency the Governor, who shall also be clerk of the Privy Council, one hundred and fifty pounds.

Auditor of public accounts, three hundred and seventy-three pounds six shillings and eight pence, for one year; provided that the said auditor shall bring up his books, and have them ready for the inspection of the Legislature at their next meeting.

Commissioners of the treasury, five hundred and seventy-one pounds eight shillings and eight pence.

Clerk of the Senate, two hundred and eighty-seven pounds per annum. Clerk of the House of Representatives, two hundred and eighty-seven pounds per annum.

Two messengers, one for the Senate, and the other for the House of Representatives, seventy pounds each per annum.

Two doorkeepers, fifty pounds each per annum.

Powder inspector and arsenal keeper, one hundred pounds per annum. Collector of the customs for the port of Charleston, five hundred pounds per annum.

Collector of the customs for the port of Georgetown, one hundred pounds per annum.

Collector of the customs for the port of Beaufort, one hundred pounds A.D. 1787.

per annum.

Two waiters of the customs for the port of Charleston, one hundred pounds each per annum.

Waiter of the customs for the port of Georgetown, thirty pounds per

annum.

Waiter of the customs for the port of Beaufort, twenty pounds per

annum.

Searcher of the customs for the port of Charleston, one hundred and fifty pounds per annum.

Which said salaries the commissioners of the treasury are hereby au- To be paid thorized and required to pay to each officer so recited, in quarterly pay-quarterly. ments, any law, custom, or usage, to the contrary notwithstanding.

II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no officer

either House to

of the Senate and the House of Representaves, shall hereafter take or re- No officer of
ceive, directly or indirectly, any fee or perquisite whatsoever, except by receive any
order of the House to which he respectively belongs; any usage or custom fee, &c.
to the contrary notwithstanding.

III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no officer Officers not to
heretofore elected, or hereafter to be elected, to any pecuniary office in hold any other
this State, above one hundred and fifty pounds, shall hold any other office ment.
of emolument under this or the United States.

office of emolu

IV. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all Acts or Acts and clause or clauses of Acts, where the salaries of any of the aforesaid clauses of acts repealed. officers are fixed, so much of the said Act, clause, or clauses of Acts as relates thereto, is hereby repealed.

In the Senate House, the twenty-seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, and in the eleventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.

JOHN LLOYD, President of the Senate.

JOHN J. PRINGLE, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

AN ACT FOR ESTABLISHING A MARKET IN THE TOWN OF GEORGETOWN; No. 1369.
AND FOR EMPOWERING THE COMMISSIONERS THEREIN NAMED TO SELL

AND DISPOSE OF A LOT OF LAND IN THE SAID TOWN; AND FOR APPOINT-
ING AND AUTHORIZING COMMISSIONERS FOR THE TOWN AND MARKETS
OF CAMDEN; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES THEREIN MENTIONED.

WHEREAS, the place allotted and set apart in the original plan of the town of Georgetown, for a market place, is at too great a distance from the settled part of the said town to be made use of by the inhabitants thereof for the said purpose;

Preamble.

I. Be it therefore enacted by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly met, and by the authority of the Location of the same, That the public market place in the said town shall hereafter be market house. and continue in the centre of Front or Bay street, at the end of Broad street; and the said place shall be held, deemed, and taken to be the market for selling and exposing to sale all sorts of wholesome meats, provisions, and other necessaries, and for the resort of all or any of the in

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