lexandria act, entitled, "An act to appoint escheators and the trus to regulate escheats," hath escheated, or may es- tees of Acheat to this state, shail be, and the same is here- College. by vested in the trustees of Alexandria College, for the purpose of promoting the beneficial purposes of the college, and for endowing and supporting said college: Provided the same do not excccd the sum of nine thousand dollars. And for re ceiving and disposing of the same property, the said trustces are hereby vested with all the powers heretofore vested in the person or persons heretofore appointed escheators in the several districts throughout this state, so far as the same concerns that part of the state at present included in the limits of Union, York and Chester counties. And be it further enacted by the authority afore- said trussaid, That the said trustees of Alexandria College, tees to dibe, and the said trustees are hereby vested with reche applicatidiscretionary power to direct the application of the on of said said property, in such manner and way as shall property, scem to the said trustees best calculated to promote the interest of the Alexandria College. account And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That And to the said trustees of Alexandria College shall keep keep an an accurate account of all their proccedings, in re- thereof. gard to the property being vested in them; which, whenever required so to do, they shall lay before the legislature for their inspection. within the And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all such property as hath heretofore escheat. Escheats ed, or may hereafter escheat to the state, by virtue district of of the aforesaid act to appoint escheators and re- Williamsburgh, vegulate escheats within the election district of Wil- sted in the liamsburgh, shall be, and the same is hereby vest- trustees of ed in trustees for the establishment of the Will the Williamsburgh amsburgh Academy; which said trustees, or a ma- academy. jority of them, are hereby vested with all the powers given to the escheators by the act aforesaid, so far as the said powers relate to the escheated property within the said district. Provided, That the Powers and duties trustees. property so vested, shall not exceed the amount of ten thousand dollars. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees are hereby vested with amof the said ple powers to sue for and recover the same, in the name of "the trustees of the Williamsburgh Academy;" and may direct and apply the said property, after the same shall be recovered by law, or given up to them, in such manner as the said trustees, or a majority of them, shall think best for the benefit of the said academy; and the said trustees shall also keep regular and accurate journals and accounts of all their proceedings in regard to the property vested in them as aforesaid; which accounts of their proceedings, shall always be liable to the inspection of the courts of common pleas, and of the legislature, when called for. district of trustees for a And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, Escheats That all such property as hath heretofore escheatwithin the ed, or may hereafter escheat to the state, by virColleton tue of the aforesaid act to appoint escheators and vested in regulate escheats within the district of Colleton, shall be, and the same is hereby vested in the trusschool. tces herein after to be appointed, for the establishment of a school in the said district; which said trustees, or a majority of them, are hercby vested with all the powers given to the escheators by the act aforesaid, so far as the said powers relate to the escheated property within the said district: Provided, That the property so vested, shall not exceed the amount of ten thousand dollars. Trustees named to apply escheated And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That general John M'Pherson, Thomas Osborn, Paul Hamilton, O'Brien Smith, William B. Mitchell, John Glaze, Benjamin Postell, doctor James property. Perry, William Postell, Benjamin Perry, Thomas Waring of Pine-hill, William Hayne and doctor Matthew O'Discoll, be, and they are hereby appointed trustees for the purposes of receiving and disposing of the property above specified, within the district of Colleton; and the said trustces, or a majority of them, are hereby vested with ample powers to sue for and recover the same; and they may direct and apply the said property, after the same shall be recovered by law or given up to them, in such manner as the said trustees, or a majority of them, shall think most conducive to the benefit of the said school; and the said trustees shall also keep regular and accurate journals and accounts of all their proceedings in regard to the property vested in them as aforesaid; which accounts of their proceedings shall always be liable to the inspection of the courts of common pleas or equity, and of the legislature when called for. stees, how And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases where vacancies may hap- Vacancies pen in any of the boards of trustees established by among truthis act, the remaining trustees shall have power to be filled. to fill up said vacancies, in the same manner commissioners of the high reads now fill up vacancies in their boards. in St. Phi the City And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all the escheated property in the two Escheats parishes of Saint Philip and Saint Michael, now lip and St. escheated, or which shall hereafter escheat to this Michael, state, situated in the said parishes, not exceeding vested in fifty thousand dollars, shall be, and the same is Council of hereby vested in the city council of Charleston, for Charlesthe benefit of the Orphan House of Charleston; benefit of and the said city council shall be, and they are here- the orphan by vested with all the powers necessary for es- house. cheating, selling and appropriating the said property for the benefit of the said Orphan House. In the Senate House, the twenty-first Day of December, JOHN WARD, President of the Senate. ton, for the An ACT respecting the division line between the parishes of St. Jame's, Goose-creek, and St. George's, Dorchester. WHE HEREAS the inhabitants of the upper part of the parishes of St. Jame's Goosecreek, and St. George, Dorchester, are subjected to many inconveniencies from the division line between the said parishes not being fully ascertained and established: 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 Robert Thornly, Abraham Rumph, Hugh Strain Winters, Gideon Browning and Zachariah Dehay, or any three of them, and they are hereby appointed commissioners for running the division line between the parishes of St. James, Goose-creek, and St. George, Dorchester; and they, or any three of them, are hereby vested with full powers to employ one or more surveyors, as they shall judge necessary, for running the aforesaid line; and to allow to such surveyor or surveyors, such compensation for his or their services, as the said commissioners, or any three of them, shall deem adequate for their services. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the twenty-third clause of "An act to alter and amend an act respecting the high roads and bridges, passed the 22d of March, 1785, and for laying out several new roads, and establishing sundry ferries therein mentioned," passed the 27th day of February, 1788; and the sixth clause of "An act declaring the powers and duties of the enquirers, assessors and collectors of the taxes, and other persons concerned therein," passed in the same session, be, and the same are hereby repealed. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners hereby appointed, shall proceed forthwith in the business committed to them, and they are hereby directed, when' the same shall be complcted, to make a full report of their proceedings, with an accurate survey annexed to the same to this house, in order that the said survey may be placed on record. In the Senate House, the twenty-first Day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-nine, and in the twenty-fourth Year of the Independence of the United States of America. JOHN WARD, President of the Senate. WILLIAM JOHNSON, Jun. Speaker of the House of Representatives. An ACT to invest John English, junior, son of Robert English, deceased, with such part of his father's estate, in this state, as remains undisposed of by the Commissioners of Confiscated Estates. WH HEREAS John English, junior, son of Robert English, deceased, hath, by his petition to the legislature, stated, that the estate of his father hath been confiscated, and all of it sold and disposed of that was thought worthy of the notice of the commissioners of confiscated estates; and prayed that such part thereof as remains undisposed of, should be restored to, and invested in him: 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 all the estate and property which was of and belonging to the said Robert English, at the time of the passing of the confiscation act, now remaining unsold and undisposed of by the commissioners of confiscations, be, and the same is hereby restored to and vested in the said John English, junior, and his heirs and assigns, for ever, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided nothing herein contained, be construed to exonerate or discharge the said estate from the just |
