And that the sum of sixty dollars and fifty cents be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to be paid to Captain John Hart; and the sum of thirty-nine dollars, seventy-two cents, to James M'Gowen; agreably to a resolution of both houses, bearing date December the seventeenth, one thousand eight hundred and eight. J. B. Earle, for a negro executed, one hundred and twenty-two dollars, forty-three cents. Tim. Barton, ditto, one hundred and twenty-two dollars, forty-three cents. C. C. Ash, ditto, one hundred and twenty-two dollars, forty-three cents. cents. Richard Gains, do. one hundred and twenty-two dollars, forty-three cents. John Rose, do. one hundred and twenty-two dollars, forty-three cents. Joseph Woods, sheriff of Darlington, balance of account, forty-two dollars, three cents. Thomas Tuckett, for a negro executed, one hundred and twenty-two dollars, forty-three cents. For the amount of a judgment obtained against Richard Winn and others, late justices of Fairfield county, founded on a bond given by them for building the court house of Fairfield county, nine hundred and fiftythree dollars, and fourteen cents. For Job Henderson, four hundred and forty-one dollars, twenty-five cents. For the trustees of Ann Buyck, conformably to the resolution of the legislature, fourteen thousand six hundred and nineteen dollars, fifty-eight cents. For John Moncrief, three hundred and thirteen dollars. For William Thompson, fifty-two dollars, thirty-five cents. For James and Elizabeth Kennedy, one hundred and twenty-two dollars, forty-three cents. For the executors of Anthony Toomer, six hundred and twenty-one dollars, fifty cents. As a compensation to D. & J. J. Faust, for printing extracts of the journals of the senate, two hundred and fifty dollars. To William Smith, for a negro executed, one hundred and twenty-two dollars, forty-four cents. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, and in the thirty-fourth year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOSEPH ALSTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. D.1809. AN ACT TO ALTER AND AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act for regula- No. 1962. ting the inspection and exportation of Tobacco; and for other purposes therein mentioned." WHEREAS, great loss and injury frequently accrues to the citizens of this State from the present mode of inspecting tobacco, inasmuch if the VOL. V.-7S. A. D. 1810. same be not of the first quality, it is condemned to be burnt by the inspector; for remedy whereof, I. Be 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 where any hogshead or parcel of tobacco shall be brought to any public tobacco inspection or warehouse for view, on inspection the inspector or inspectors shall cause the same to be classed, according to the qualities thereof; that is to say, the first, second and third quality; and shall weigh, receive and give a note for the same, according to quality of the tobacco and class to which it belongs; and shall not cause or condemn any tobacco to be burnt or destroyed. II. And be it further enacted, That so much of the Act for regulating the inspection and exportation of tobacco, and for other purposes therein mentioned, passed the thirteenth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, as is repugnant to this Act, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten, and in the thirty-fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America. SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOHN GEDDES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. No. 1963. AN ACT TO LESSEN THE SECURITY REQUIRED TO BE GIVEN BY THE WHEREAS, the sum at present required by law to be given by the commissioners of locations, as security for the performance of the duties of their office, is unreasonably large : I. Be 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 from and after the passing of this Act the commissioners of locations who may be hereafter appointed in the respective districts in this State, shall give bond to the treasurer in the sum of one thousand dollars, with two sureties in the sum of five hundred dollars each, for the faithful performance of the duties of their office, instead of the sum at present required by law. In the Senate House, the ninteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten, and in the thirty-fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America. SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOHN GEDDES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. No. 1964. AN ACT to incorporate the Union Bank of South Carolina. A. D. 1810. AN ACT TO DEFINE AND Establish the COMPENSATION which SherIFFS No. 1965. SHALL IN FUTURE RECEIVE FOR DIETING NEGROES CONFINED IN GAOL ; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES THEREIN MENTIONED. I. Be 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 for each negro confined and dieted in any gaol of this State, twenty-five cents per diem shall be allowed to the sheriff who shall have charge thereof, in lieu of all other claims on the part of the said sheriff, for such detention and dieting. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and immediately after the passing of this Act it shall be the duty of the sheriffs of the several districts in this State, and they are enjoined and required, to advertise in the Carolina Gazettes, in Charleston, all such negroes as are in their custody, once in every week for three months; and on failure thereof shall forfeit such compensation for dieting and detention as they would otherwise by this Act be entitled to receive. III. Aud be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any sheriff shall in future hire out, or permit any negro who may be in his custody to . go or be without the walls of the gaol of such district of which he is sheriff, shall, for every such offence, being thereof convicted, be fined a sum not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than two hundred dollars; any law, usage or custom to the contrary hereof notwithstanding. In the Senate House, the twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten, and the thirty-fifth year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOHN GEDDES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE SOUTH No. 1966. CAROLINA HOMESPUN COMPANY TO ESTABLISH A LOTTERY OR LOTTERIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE SAID COMPANY. WHEREAS, it has been represented by the president and directors of the South Carolina Homespun Company, that permission to raise, by one or more lotteries, a sum of money, would greatly aid the said company in the completion of their views, agreeably to the intention of their charter: I. 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 said board of directors of the South Carolina Homespun Company is hereby empowered and authorized to establish and proceed to draw, and finally conclude, one or more lottery or lotteries, for the purpose aforesaid. Provided, there shall not be raised, by means thereof, a sum exceeding eighteen thousand dollars. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten, and in the thirty-fifth year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOHN GEDDES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A.D. 1810. No. 1967. AN ACT to incorporate the Protestant Episcopal Society for the advancement of Christianity in South Carolina. (Passed December 19, 1810. See last volume.) No. 1968. AN ACT authorizing the building of a Bridge over Cooper River, at Clement's Ferry. (Passed December 19, 1810. See last volume.) No. 1969. AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE GAOLERS OF CHARLESTON, Prisoners in fined. WILLIAMSBURG, MARION AND HORRY DISTRICTS, TO RECEIVE AND TAKE CHARGE OF I. Be it enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of Georgetown, the same, That in all cases where any person or persons shall be apprehow to be con-hended and liable to be committed according to law in the district of Georgetown, they and each of them shall and may be committed to the gaol of either of the adjoining districts of Charleston, Williamsburg, Marion, or Horry, until a gaol or proper place of confinement be built, and put into a state fit for the reception of prisoners, in the district of Georgetown; and the gaolers of each or either of the aforesaid districts of Charleston, Williamsburg, Marion and Horry, shall be, and are hereby, authorized and bound to receive and take charge of such person or persons apprehended and liable to be committed as aforesaid in the said district of Georgetown; and shall be, and are hereby, authorized to demand and receive such fee or fees for the receiving and safe keeping of any person or persons so apprehended, and liable to be committed in the said district of Georgetown, as though the said person or persons had been apprehended and liable to be committed in either of the respective districts of Charleston, Williamsburgh, Marion or Horry. How to be trial. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall be the duty of the respective sheriffs of the districts of Charleston, Williamsbrought up for burgh, Marion and Horry, to deliver up to the sheriff of Georgetown district, or to his regular deputy, on the order of the said sheriff, any person so apprehended and confined in either of the respective gaols of the aforesaid districts, in order that the said prisoner may, by the said sheriff, be brought up before the court for trial, or otherwise dealt with as the said court of Georgetown district shall order and adjudge. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That a sum Appropriation not exceeding seven thousand dollars be, and is hereby, appropriated for for building the building a good and sufficient gaol in the town of Georgetown; and goal in George- that Thomas Chapman, Savage Smith, John L. Wilson, John Shackelford town. and William Grant, be appointed commissioners, who, or a majority of A.D. 1810. whom, are hereby authorized and empowered to contract for and have built, under their immediate direction and superintendance, a substantial gaol of brick; and from time to time to draw for and receive the whole, or any part, of the aforesaid sum of seven thousand dollars, to be by them appropriated, according to their discretion, towards the building of the said gaol in the town of Georgetown. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten, and in the thirty-fifth year of the Independence of the United States of America. SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOHN GEDDES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE CERTAIN SOCIETIES TO RAISE A SUM OF MONEY No. 1970. BY LOTTERY; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES THEKEIN MENTIOned. WHEREAS, James Garvin the president, and Barnet H. Brown the secretary, of the Savannah River Literary Society, in behalf of the said society, have petitioned for leave to raise a sum of money by lottery for the benefit of the said society: Preamble. Savannah Riv I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authori- Lottery authoty of the same, That James Garvin president, and Barnet H. Brown secre- rized for the tary, and the members of the Savannah River Literary Society, and their er Literary successors, as a body corporate in law, under the name of the Savannah Society. Literary Society, shall have full power and authority, and they are hereby fully authorized and empowered, to erect and proceed to the drawing and finally to conclude a lottery, for the use and benefit of the said society: Provided, they do not by the said lottery raise a sum exceeding two thousand dollars; and that Lewis S. Hay, Washington Bryan, Michael Brown, William Black, and James R. Vince be, and they are hereby appointed, commissioners to manage and conduct said lottery. For school in II. And whereas, John A. Cuthbert president, James Postell treasurer, and John Riley secretary, of the Beaufort District Society, in behalf of the Beaufort. said society, have petitioned the Legislature, praying to be permitted to raise a sum of money by lottery, for the purpose of building a school in the said district of Beaufort; 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 John A. Cuthbert the president, James Postell treasurer, and John Riley secretary, of the Beaufort District Society, and their successors, as a body corporate in law under the name of the Beaufort District Society, shall have full power and authority, and they are hereby fully authorized and empowered, to erect and proceed to the drawing, and finally to conclude one or more lotteries, for the purpose of building a school in Beaufort district: Provided, the sum to be raised by the said lottery or lotteries do not exceed five thousand dollars. III. Whereas, William Burnsides, Zachariah Bailey, James Memehan, James Young and William Lowe, have by their petition set forth that Thomas Wadsworth, late of Charleston, deceased, did by his last will and testament order and direct that sundry tracts of land should be conveyed |
