A. D. 1811. No. 1983. AN ACT TO PREVENT ANY CITIZEN OF THIS STATE FROM BEING SENT TO GAOL, UNTIL HE BE HEARD BY HIMSELF OR COUNSEL. WHEREAS, it is contrary to natural justice and the rights of every free citizen to be deprived of his liberty or property without being heard in his own defence: 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 no citizen of this State shall be sent to gaol for any contempt of court, or supposed contempt of court, committed during the sitting of the court, and in disturbance of the court, until he be brought before the court, and there be heard by himself or counsel, or shall stand mute. II. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That when any affray shall happen during the sitting of any court within this State, and within the hearing or to the disturbance of the court, the court shall order the sheriff, or other lawful officer, to take the affrayers, or other disturbers of the peace, or those guilty of contempt, and bring the offender or offenders before the court, and the court shall make such order or orders thereon as is or may be consistent with law, justice and good order. In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and in the thirty-sixth 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. 1984. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act to repeal an Act of the General Assembly of this State entitled an Act for the better regulating the streets and markets of the Town of Columbia, and to incorporate the said town." WHEREAS, doubts have existed whether the inhabitants of the said town are not exempted from working on the streets in the same, by reason whereof the streets have been much neglected, and in many places almost impassable: İ. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the passing of this Act the inhabitants of said town are hereby declared to be liable to work upon and keep the streets of the said town in good and sufficient repair, under the control and direction of the intendant and wardens thereof, under the same regulations and restrictions as the citizens of this State are liable to work upon the public roads of this State; any law, usage or custom to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. 11. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the intendant and wardens of the said town be, and they are hereby, required, authorized and empowered, to settle and regulate the assize of all bread A. D. 1811. made and sold within the limits thereof, upon such terms as they shall, from time to time, order and establish. In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and in the thirty-sixth 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 the widening of State, late Motte and Union No. 1985. Streets, in the City of Charleston, in such manner and under such provisions as are herein specified. (Passed December 21, 1811. See last volume.) AN ACT for amending the charter of the Planter's and Mechanic's Bank No. 1986. of South Carolina; and for other purposes therein mentioned. (Passed December 21, 1811. See last volume.) AN ACT TO MAKE APPROPRIATION FOR THE SUPPORT OF A PROFESSOR No. 1987. OF CHEMISTRY IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. WHEREAS, the trustees of the South Carolina College have, by their memorial, represented to the legislature, that the establishment of a professorship of chemistry in said college would be of great utility to the State, by widening the circle of knowledge, and diffusing useful information throughout the same, and have solicited the legislature in aid thereof: 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 in addition to the sums already appropriated by law for the support of the faculty of the said college, the comptroller be, and hereby is, authorized and empowered, upon application of the said trustees, to pay over to them the sum of sixteen hundred dollars yearly, and every year, to be applied to the purpose of paying the salary of a professor of chemistry in the said college. In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and in the thirty-sixth 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. 181. No. 1988. AN ACT TO VEST IN HUGH MILLING AND HIS HEIRS THE RIGHT AND TITLE OF THE STATE TO A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND. Preamble. Title to land vested in H. Milling. WHEREAS, Hugh Milling, of Fairfield district, in his petition to the legislature, has set forth, that in order to make provision for his niece, Sarah Gordon, of the kingdom of Ireland, and induce her to emigrate and settle in this State, he obtained a grant for a certain tract of land, containing four hundred and twenty-one acres, situate in the district of Camden, on a branch of the Wateree creek, near the road from Charleston to King's Mountain, in the name of the said Sarah Gordon; and that the said Sarah Gordon, in her passage from Ireland to America, was wrecked on the coast of Scotland, and never came to America to avail herself of the benefit of the said grant; and that he, the said Hugh Milling, paid all the expenses attendant on the surveying of the said land and obtaining a grant therefor, and also paid to the State nine pounds fifteen shillings and five pence half penny, for the consideration or bounty money of the said land, and therefore prays that the said tract of land may be vested in him. And whereas, the said Sarah Gordon, being an alien at the time of making the said grant, the right and title of the said tract of land escheated and became vested in the State: 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 right, title and interest of the State, of, in or to the said laud, being a tract of four hundred and twenty-one acres, situate in the district of Camden, now in the district of Fairfield, on a branch of Wateree creek, near the road from Charleston to King's Mountain, granted to Sarah Gordon on the twenty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, be, and the same is, vested in the said Hugh Milling, his heirs and assigns, for ever. Provided nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall be taken or construed to invalidate, or in any manner destroy, the right or title of any person or persons, acquired prior to the passing of this Act, to the said land or any part thereof. In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and in the thirty-sixth 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. 1989. AN ACT to authorize the Commissioners of the Orphan House of Charleston to select the number of youths therein mentioned, from those educated and maintained on the bounty of that institution, who shall be allowed to complete their education at the South Carolina College. (Passed December 21, 1811. See last volume.) A.D. 1811. AN ACT for regulating the Courts held by the Associate Judges of No. 1990. this State at the conclusion of their respective circuits, and of the Courts of Appeals held by the Judges of the Courts of Equity, within this State; and for other purposes therein mentioned. (Passed December 21, 1811. See last volume.) AN ACT TO APPOINT CERTAIN COMMISSIONERS TO ESTABLISH THE PAR- No. 1991. WHEREAS, the inhabitants of the above parishes are subjected to many inconveniencies from the division lines thereof not being fully ascertained and established: 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 authority Commissioners of the same, That John Johnson, Jr, James Nicholson, George Keckly, appointed. Wm. Cattle and Seth T. Prior be, and they are hereby appointed, commissioners for running, defining and establishing the division lines between the parishes of St. Philip's and St. Andrew's ; between St. Andrew's and St. James, Goose-creek; and between St. Andrew's and St. George's, Dorchester; between St. Philip's and St. James, Goose-creek; and between St. James, Goose-creek, and St. George's, Dorchester. And the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall proceed to run the said line according to the best information they can obtain, and the law originally laid down; and to the best of their judgments, determine on and establish the said lines. And the said commissioners, or a majority of them, are hereby vested with full power and authority to employ one or more surveyors, not exceeding three, and two chain carriers, as the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall judge necessary for running and establishing the said lines. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners hereby appointed, or a majority of them, shall proceed forthwith in Commissioners the business committed to them; and they are hereby directed, when the to report to the same shall be completed, to make a full report, with a platt thereof, to the Legislature. Legislature; and shall lodge an accurate survey of the said lines in the secretary of state's office of Charleston district, that the same may be placed on record. In the Senate House, the twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eleven, and in the thirty-sixth 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. 1811. No. 1992. AN ACT TO PREVENT Preamble. ANY PERSON THAT NOW HOLDS, OR WHO MAY HEREAFTER HOLD, THE OFFICE OF ORDINARY OF ANY DISTICT IN THIS STATE, FROM PRACTICING AS AN ATTORNEY, SOLICITOR OR COUNSEL, IN ANY OF THE COURTS, EITHER OF LAW OR EQUITY, WITHIN THIS STATE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES THEREIN MENTIONED. WHEREAS, it has been found to be inconsistent with the principles of justice and its due administration, that any person should be allowed to practice law, or receive fees, either as an attorney, solicitor or counsel, touching any matter, cause, or thing that may officially come before him whilst he holds the office and sits as a judge of the said court of ordinary: I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Ordinaries for Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the bidden to take authority of the same, That from and immediately after the passing of this fees for advice, Act, no person who now holds, or who may hereafter hold, the office of Ordinary for any district within this State, shall be allowed, whilst he holds the said office, in his own name, or in the name of any other person or persons, to receive any fee as a counsel fee, either as an attorney or solicitor, or in any other shape whatever, concerning or touching any cause, matter, thing or estate, that shall or may officially come before him as Ordinary, in any district within this State; otherwise than such fee or fees as now are, or shall, or may hereafter be, allowed to such Ordinary for his services in the execution of his duty therein, by any Act of Assembly of this State; any law, custom or usage to the contrary thereof, in any wise notwithstanding. law. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and immediately after the passing of this Act, no person who now holds or Or to practice who may hereafter hold the office of Ordinary for any district within this State, shall be allowed, whilst he holds the said office, to practice law in his own name, or in the name of any other person, in any court of law or equity within this State; any law, custom or usage to the contrary thereof, in any wise notwithstanding. Ordinary of in his office. III. And whereas, it would be highly beneficial to the citizens of Charleston district and the State at large, that the Ordinary of Charleston district should be compelled to attend in his said office in the same manner that when to attend other public officers are compelled by law to attend; Be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and after the first day of January next, it shall be the duty of the said Ordinary to give constant attendance at his office every day, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, Christmas day, and the fourth day of July only excepted, from nine of the clock in the forenoon, to two of the clock in the afternoon of each day; any law, custom or usage to the contrary thereof, in any wise notwithstanding. Ordinary to make search and furnish copies. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That from and immediately after the passing of this Act, and at all times thereafter, it shall be the duty of the respective Ordinaries of this State, for the time being, when applied to by any person for that purpose at their respective offices, to search and examine any book, record or paper appertaining to any such office, as such person may require and be in want of, and to furnish any such person with a copy or copies, of any part thereof, or of the whole, of any proceeding touching any estate or estates in his care or custody as Ordinary aforesaid, and to certify the same; for which respective services he shall be allowed at the rate of nine cents for each copy sheet the same may contain, and twenty-five cents for every certificate he shall |
