Wadsworth A.D. 1810. by his executors to certain trustees, who should further convey the said lands to any five persons who should be elected by the freemen residing in Laurens district, in the lower batallion of the 9th regiment, and second brigade of the upper division of said State, to be holden by such five persons and their successors in trust for the purpose of raising a fund for the annual support of a free school, to be situated within the bounds of said batallion; that the said lands have been conveyed according to the direction of the testator, and a school house erected; and that at an election held on the tenth day of March 1809, the said petitioners were returned duly elected as trustees for the said purposes; and praying that they may be incorporated for the purpose of carrying fully into effect the execution of the aforesaid trust; Be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That ville school in- the said petitioners, and their successors in office, appointed or elected, or corporated. to be appointed or elected, according to the form and manner to be prescribed by the said petitioners, shall be, and they are hereby, incorporated as a body politic and corporate, in deed and in law, by the name of the trustees of the Wardsworthville poor school, for the purpose of carrying into effect the aforesaid trust; and shall have perpetual succession of officers and members; and that they may have a common seal, with power to change, alter and make new the same; and by its corporate name to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in any court of law or equity in this State; and to make rules and by-laws, not repugnant or contrary to the laws of the land, as, for the good order and proper government of the said corporation, may by them be thought proper and necessary. IV. And be it further enacted, That all lotteries which have been granted during the present session of the Legislature, or which may hereafter be granted, shall be, and are hereby declared to be, forfeited, unless the same shall have been drawn and completed within the term of five years from the date of the grant. In the Senate House, the twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten, and 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. No. 1971. AN ACT to authorize the Intendant and Wardens of the City of Charleston to widen Motte-street, and to open Kinlock's Court as a street; and for other purposes therein mentioned. No. 1972. AN ACT to incorporate the several Societies, and for other purposes therein mentioned. (Passed December 20, 1810. See last volume.) A. D. 1810. AN АСТ то REGULATE AND ASCERTAIN THE RATES OF LANDING, STO- No. 1973. RING AND WEIGHING OF PRODUCE IN THE TOWN OF GEORGETOWN; AND FOR ABOLISHING THE INSPECTION OF CERTAIN ARTICLES THEREIN MENTIONED IN CHARLESTON AND GEORGETOWN. 1. 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 immediately after the passing of this Act the Rates of storing and weighfollowing rates and sums respectively shall be paid, and no greater shall be ing produce in demanded or exacted by owners of wharves, or any other persons, for Georgetown. wharfage, or for landing, weighing and storing any of the articles hereinafter mentioned, upon the wharves in Georgetown. For landing every barrel of rice, four cents per barrel; weighing every barrel of rice, six cents per barrel; shipping every barrel of rice, four cents per barrel; for storing every barrel of rice, eight cents per week for the first and last weeks, and four cents for each intermediate week. And for storing of half barrels, half the price of whole barrels. For landing every bale or case of cotton, four cents per bale or case; for weighing every bale or case of cotton, six cents per bale or case; for shipping every bale or case of cotton, four cents; for storing every bale or case of cotton, eight cents per bale or case, for the first and last weeks, and four cents per week for every intermediate week. For landing every barrel of tar, pitch and turpentine respectively, one cent; for shipping every barrel of tar, pitch and turpentine respectively, one cent. For landing each and every hundred bushels of corn, peas, potatoes, oats, wheat and rye respectively, thirty-one and a quarter cents; for storing of each and every hundred bushels of corn, peas, potatoes, oats, wheat and rye respectively, per week, thirty-one and a quarter cents; for shipping of every hundred bushels of corn, peas, potatoes, oats, wheat and rye respectively, thirty one and a quarter cents. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That no greater rates or sums respectively shall be paid, and no greater shall be demanded or exacted, for the wharfage, landing, weighing, storing and shipping of any articles not herein particularly named and mentioned, than are now or may hereafter be by law required and demanded at Charleston for like articles respectively. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the first day of January next, there shall be no inspection in CharlesInspection ton and Georgetown, of produce, naval stores, lumber, or any other arti- abolished. cle (tobacco excepted,) brought to market from the interior country, unless the person or persons so bringing to market and offering for sale any such produce, naval stores, lumber, or any other articles as aforesaid, do consent to the inspection thereof; in which case, the inspectors shall as heretofore receive such fees as are now established by law. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ten, and 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. A. D. 1810. No. 1974. AN ACT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF JUSTICES OF THE QUORUM AND JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, IN SEVERAL DISTRICTS IN THIS STATE. Preamble. WHEREAS, it is expedient and necessary to increase the number of justices of the quorum and of the peace, in several districts and parishes in this State : I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of RepNumber of jus-resentatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority tices of the of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this Act, the peace and quo- number of justices of the quorum and of the peace, in the several districts and parishes in this State hereafter mentioned, shall be increased in manner following, that is to say: rum increased. For the parish St. Mathews, two Justices of the quorum and two justices of the peace. For Newberry district, two justices of the quorum. For Chester district, one justice of the quorum. For Edgefield district, two justices of the quorum and two justices of the peace. For Union district, three justices of the peace. For St. Helena, two justices of the quorum and two justices of the peace. For Marion, two justices of the quorum and four justices of the peace. peace. For St. George's, Dorchester, three justices of the quorum. For Winyaw, three justices of the quorum and three justices of the peace. For St. James, Santee, one justice of the quorum. For York, two justices of the quorum. For Barnwell, one justice of the quorum. For the parishes of St. Philips and St. Michaels, Charleston district, five justices of the quorum and five of the peace. For the parish of St. James, Goose-creek, one justice of the quorum and two justices of the peace. For Fairfield district, one justice of the quorum and two justices of the peace. For Laurens district, one justice of the quorum and three of the peace. For the county of Orange, one justice of the quorum. For the parish of St. Johns, Colleton, two justices of the quorum and two justices of the peace. For Kingston, four justices of the peace. For Lexington, two justices of the quorum and two justices of the peace. II. Whereas, it has occured that many justices of the peace and quorum in the different districts of this State, from misapprehension of the law directing the mode of taking the oaths of office, have taken the said oaths of office before a justice of the peace or quorum only, instead of taking the Oath of office. same before two justices, one whereof being of the quorum, as required by law; Be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the qualifications of the justices of the quorum and peace, who have taken the oath of office before one justice of the quorum or peace only, shall be good and valid in law, for the time such justice of the quorum or peace shall have A.D. 1810. been appointed; and that all the acts and proceedings of such justices of the quorum and peace, shall be good and effectual in law, as if the said justices had been duly qualified according to the laws of this State. III. Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the clerks of the courts and notarys public, in their several districts of this State, shall be justices of the quorum in all cases, except for the trial of small and mean causes. In the Senate House, the nineteenth 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 incorporate the Planters and Mechanics Bank of South Carolina. (Passed December 19, 1810. See last volume.) AN ACT establishing a Court of Equity in and for the District of (Passed December 19, 1810. See last volume.) No. 1975. No. 1976. AN ACT to establish certain Roads, Bridges and Ferries; and for No. 1977. other purposes therein mentioned. (Passed December 20, 1810. See last volume.) AN ACT TO RAISE SUPPLIES FOR THE YEAR ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUN- No. 1978 DRED AND TEN; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES THEREIN MENTIONED. raised. I. Be it enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority Tax to be of the same, That a tax, for the sums and in the manner hereinafter mentioned, shall be raised, and paid into the public treasury of this State, and for the use and service thereof. VOL. V.-79. A. D. 1810. Rate of taxa II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That fifteen cents per centum ad valorem be paid in specie or paper medium on all lands granted within this State, under the several regulations hereintion on lands. after mentioned. Class No. 1 shall contain all tide swamp of the first quality, not generally affected by the salts or freshes, which shall be rated at twenty-six dollars per acre; all tide swamp of the second quality, not generally affected by the salts or freshes, which shall be rated at seventeen dollars per acre; all tide swamp of the third quality, not generally affected by the salts or freshes, which shall be rated at eight dollars and fifty cents per acre; all pine barren lands adjoining such swamps, or contiguous thereto with respect to the benefit of water carriage, which shall be rated at two dollars per acre; all prime inland swamp, cultivated and uncultivated, which shall be rated at an average of thirteen dollars per acre; all inland swamp of the second quality, which shall be rated at eight dollars and fifty cents per acre; all inland swamp of the third quality, which shall be rated at four dollars per acre; pine barren lands, adjoining or contiguous thereto, which shall be rated at one dollar per acre; and all salt marsh, or inland swamp, clearly proved to the collectors to be incapable of immediate cultivation, which shall be rated at one dollar per acre. Class No. 2 shall comprehend all high river swamps and low grounds, cultivated and uncultivated, including such as are commonly called second low grounds, lying above the flow of the tides, and as high up the coun try as Snow Hill on Savannah river, and the fork of Broad and Saluda rivers on the Congaree, Graves's Ford on the Wateree, and the boundary line on Pedee; the first quality to be rated at thirteen dollars per acre; the second quality at eight dollars and fifty cents per acre; the third quality at four dollars per acre; excepting such as may be clearly proved to the collectors to be incapable of immediate cultivation, which shall be assessed at one dollar per acre. Class No. 3 shall comprehend all high river swamps and low grounds lying above Snow Hill, and the fork of Broad and Saluda rivers, Graves's Ford on the Wateree, and the old Indian boundary line, which shall be rated at three dollars per acre. Class No. 4 shall comprehend all high lands without the limits of St. Philip's and St. Michael's parishes, within twenty miles of Charleston, and on John's Island and James's Island, which shall be rated at four dollars per acre. Class No. 5 shall comprehend all lands lying on the Sea islands, (Slann's island included,) or lying on or contiguous to the seashore, usually cultivated, or capable of cultivation, in corn, cotton or indigo, not within the limits prescribed in class No. 4, which shall be rated at four dollars per acre. Class No. 6 shall comprehend all oak and hickory high lands lying below Snow Hill and the fork of Broad and Saluda rivers, Graves's Ford, and the new boundary line on Pedee, and not included in the limits or description of the two preceding classes, numbers 4 and 5, which shall be rated at three dollars per acre. Class No. 7 shall include all pine barren lands not included in classes numbered 1, 4 and 5, which shall be rated at twenty cents per acre. Class No. 8 shall comprehend all oak and hickory high lands lying above Snow Hill, the fork of Broad and Saluda rivers, and Graves's Ford, the first quality of which shall be rated at one dollar and fifty cents per acre; and the second quality at one dollar per acre; and the third quality at forty cents per acre. Class No. 9 shall comprehend all oak and hickory high lands above the old Indian boundary line, the first quality of which shall be rated at one dollar and twenty cents per acre; the second quality at sixty cents per acre; and the third quality at twenty cents per acre. Class No. 10 shall include all lands within the parishes of St. Philip's and St. Michael's, which shall be assessed in the same manner and upon the same principles as |
