A. D. 1788. for every such negro or slave so imported or brought in. Provided, that nothing in this prohibition contained shall extend to such slaves as are now the property of the citizens of the United States, and at the time of passing this Act shall be within the limits of the said United States. Repealing clause. XVII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all In the Senate, Tuesday, the fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord one JOHN LLOYD, President of the Senate. JOHN J. PRINGLE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. No. 1432. AN ACT FOR NATURALIZING THE REVEREND THOMAS FROST AND THE Preamble. Thomas Frost WHEREAS, the Reverend Thomas Frost, of Charleston, and the Reverend Thomas Mills, of Saint Andrew's parish, in the State aforesaid, have, by their respective petitions to the Legislature, humbly prayed that they and their descendants respectively may be partakers of all the rights, privileges and immunities which the natural born citizens of the State of South Carolina do enjoy ; 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 Thomas Frost and Thomas Mills, on and Thomas taking and subscribing the oaths of allegiance and abjuration, before any Mills admitted one of the judges of the court of common pleas of this State, they and their descendants respectively shall be deemed, adjudged and taken to be natural born citizens of this State, to all intents, constructions and purposes, as , if they had been or were born within the same. citizens. In the Senate House, the fourth day of Eebruary, in the year of our Lord one thou- No. JOHN LLOYD, President of the Senate. JOHN J. PRINGLE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. No. 1433. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE COMMISSIONERS OF THE TREASURY TO PAY I. Be it enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representa- of members. the same, That the commissioners of the treasury be authorized, and they A.D. 1788. are hereby authorized and ordered, to pay, out of any monies in the treasury, (prior to any other claim or order thereon,) or discount out of any Treasurers to duties that are due or may hereafter become due, such certificates as shall pay certificates be presented to the said commissioners for the attendance of the members in the State Convention, subscribed by his Excellency Thomas Pinckney, Esq., President of the said Convention, and all such certificates for attendance of the members in either branch of the Legislature, for the present or the former session as shall be subscribed by the President of the Senate or Speaker of the House of Representatives; also, fifty pounds sterling to Mr. Philip Prioleau, for the use of his house, for the service of the honorable the Senate during the former and present session; any law to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. Allowance to II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That John Sandford Dart, Esq. secretary of the convention, be allowed, for his servi- Secretary, &c. ces, twenty pounds; Ralph Atmar, messenger, and Ichabod Atwell and John Bonnetheau, doorkeepers, five pounds each; and that the secretary be also allowed all incidental charges to the convention, to be paid in the same manner as the members of the Legislature and Convention before recited. In the Senate House, the fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and in the thirteenth 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 REMOVE ANY OBSTRUCTIONS TO THE PASSAGE OF No. 1434. FISH UP ROCKY RIVER, AS FAR AS JOSEPH CULTON'S MILL. 1. Be it ordained, by the honorable the Senate and the House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That every person who hath or may hereafter erect any mill Obstructions to dams or fish dams across Rocky river, between the mouth thereof and Jo- be removed in seph Culton's mill, shall, by the first day of March next after passing this Rocky river. Ordinance, provide a good and sufficient slope, eight feet wide, for the passage of fish; and upon neglect thereof shall forfeit and pay to any person who shall inform and sue for the same, the sum of five pounds for every week during which such obstructions shall continue after the time aforesaid. In the Senate, Tuesday, the fourth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and in the thirteenth 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. A. D. 1789. No. 1435. AN ACT TO EXEMPT JOHN CHAMPNEYS FROM THE PAINS AND PENALTIES OF THE ACT OF CONFISCATION. WHEREAS, a number of citizens have petitioned the Legislature that the Act of confiscation and banishment may be taken off John Champneys; 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 Act, so far as it relates to the said J. Champneys exempted from John Champneys, be repealed; and that the said John Champneys be, penalty, &c. and he is hereby, adınitted to all the rights, privileges and immunities of a citizen of this State, upon his taking and subscribing the oaths of allegiance and abjuration before either one of the judges of the court of common pleas, and recording a certificate thereof in the Secretary's office; any former law to the contrary hereof in any wise notwithstanding. In the Senate House, the seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, and in the thirteenth year of the Independence of the United States of America. D. DESAUSSURE, President of the Senate. JACOB READ, Speaker of the House of Representatives. No. 1436. AN ACT TO ALTER THE PLACES OF HOLDING ELECTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE FOR THE PARISHES OF SAINT JAMES, SANTEE, CHRIST CHURCH, PRINCE FREDERICK, ST. HELENA, ALL SAINTS, AND ST. GEORGE, DORCHESTER; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES THEREIN MEN Preamble. tion for Saint James, Santee, established. TIONED. WHEREAS, the holding of elections for members of the Legislature for the parirhes of St. James, Santee, at the parish church only, as the same is at present by law established, is found from experience to be very inconvenient : I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the Places of elec- authority of the same, That all elections for the parish of St. James, Santee, for members of the Senate and House of Representatives, shall be held in future on the same day, at the Echaw church and the parish church, and that two managers be appointed for conducting the election at Echaw church; that the managers at each of the said churches shall receive the votes and take the names of the electors; and on the day following, they, or any two of them, provided there be one manager from each of the said places of election, shall meet at the parish church of St. James, Santee, compare the votes, and declare the persons elected; any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. For Christ II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the of the elections of members of the Legislature for the parish of managers Christ Church, shall hold the same at the house at present belonging to and in the occupation of James Gotier Eden. Frederick's III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the elec- A. D. 1789. tions for members of the Legislature for Prince Frederick parish shall, in future, be held on the same days, at the Kingstree bridge, and at the Places of elechouse at present in the occupation of George White, and also at the house tion for Prince at present in the occupation of Captain John McCree, and also at the parish. Episcopal church of said parish; and that two managers shall be appointed for holding them at each of the said houses of George White and Captain John McCree, and at the Episcopal church, and Kingstree bridge, respectively. And the said managers, when the poll is closed, shall respectively seal up the ballot boxes; and any four or more of them, provided there shall be one from each of the said places last aforesaid, shall meet on the following day at the said house of the said George White, to open the same, and then and there declare the persons elected members of the General Assembly for the said parish. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all elections in St. Helena parish for members of the Senate and House of Representa- For St.Helena. tives shall be held at the church at Beaufort, and at the place appointed for building St. Luke's church, on the main, on the same days; and that managers be appointed for conducting the election on the main; and that the managers of both elections shall receive the votes, and take the names of the electors; and in six days after the election, the said managers, or any two of them, provided there shall be one manager from each of the said places of election, shall meet in Beaufort, and compare the votes, and declare the persons elected; any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the managers for the election in All Saints parish, for members to the House of For All Saints. Representatives, shall keep a box and receive votes for a senator, to serve for the joint parishes of Prince George and All Saints; and the box shall be carried to Georgetown, within six days after the said election, by one of the managers for the said parish of All Saints, and the same shall be opened by the managers in Prince George's parish, in the presence of the managers of All Saints parish, and the votes shall be added to those received in Prince George's parish, and the managers as aforesaid shall declare the person elected a senator. Dorchester. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all the elections for the parish of St. George, Dorchester, for members of the For St.George, Senate and House of Representatives, shall be held in future on the same days, at the parish church in the village of Dorchester, and at the chapel of ease at the Four Holes, in the said parish; and that two managers be appointed for conducting the election at the chapel of ease; that the managers of both elections shall receive the votes and take the names of the electors; and on the day following, they, or any two of them, provided there be one manager from each of the said places of election, shall meet at the parish church of St. George, Dorchester, to compare the votes and declare the persons elected; any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. vote at more VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall not be lawful for any elector, in any or either of the parishes or districts No elector to which have been subdivided for the convenience of electors, to give more than one place than one vote in the same parish or election district, for senators or for of election. members of the House of Representatives of this State, under pain of forfeiting ten pounds lawful money of this State for every vote after the first, to be recovered by the attorney general, upon information of any citizen of this State, and to be applied to the sole use of the State. Managers of elections to publish this clause. A. D. 1789. And in order to carry this purpose into effect, and to prevent as much as possible the giving of double votes, the managers of elections are hereby directed and required to publish, at the time of election, this clause, in the several parishes or districts subdivided, and to return to the clerk of the House from which any writ of election shall issue, together with the writ, an accurate list of the names of the voters in their respective parishes or election districts, who may vote at any such election for senators or members of the House of Representatives, on pain of forfeiting for such neglect the sum of ten pounds lawful money of this State, to be sued for, recovered and applied in like manner as the penalty last above mentioned, to the use of this State. In the Senate House, the seventh day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, and in the thirteenth year of the Independence of the United States of America. D. DESAUSSURE, President of the Senate. JACOB READ, Speaker of the House of Representatives. No. 1437. AN ACT TO CONFIRM THE TITLE OF THE COMPANY FOR OPENING THE NAVIGATION OF THE CATAWBA AND WATEREE RIVERS TO LANDS PURCHASED BY THEM OF RICHARD ELLIS; AND TO VEST IN THE SAID COMPANY THE LANDS THEREIN MENTIONED. WHEREAS, the company for opening the navigation of the Catawba and Wateree rivers purchased five hundred acres of land at and near Rocky Mount, on the Catawba river, from Richard Ellis, for five hundred and eighty-one pounds sixteen shillings and three pence, and paid the said Richard Ellis one hundred and eighty pounds, in part of the said purchase money, but have lately discovered that a moiety of the premises was conPreamble. veyed to him from James Rugge, since the twenty-sixth day of February, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, and is therefore liable to be sold by the commissioners of confiscated estates, for the benefit of the public, as part of the estate of the said James Rugge, whose estate has been confiscated; and whereas, the price given for the said land was the value thereof at the time of the said purchase, but the value has been greatly increased by the improvements, labour and expense of the said company; and from the indigent circumstances of the said Richard Ellis, they could not be recompensed in damages on being evicted of the said land; and the said Richard Ellis having consented to release the said company from a moiety of their debt, and that such moiety shall be paid by them to the public in case the Legislature think proper to confirm the title of the said company to the said land; confirmed. 1. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and the House of Title to land Representatives, met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the right and title of the said company of, in and to the land at and near Rocky Mount, on Catawba river, purchased by them of the said Richard Ellis, shall be, and the same is hereby, confirmed and established, and the said land is hereby vested in the said company and their successors forever. |
