A. D. 1788. INCIDENTAL CHARGES Expenses of the Members of the Legislature, Printer's bill, For the transient poor, Interest of the domestic debt, Provision for Congress, to be paid in facilities, $108,996 Interest due to foreign creditors, to Jan. 1st, 1788, For the maintenance of the post of Fort Johnson, For the payment of Resolutions of the General Assembly, Contingent fund, to remain subject to the Governor's drafts, Clerk to the Commissioner of Accounts, Resolutions of the Legislature, to be paid his Excellency the Governor, $2,000, for Indian affairs, In the Senate, Wednesday, the twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and in the twelfth 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. No. 1385. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act for establishing a Market in the Town of Georgetown." Preamble. WHEREAS, by an Act passed the twenty-seventh day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, it is enacted that the public market place in the town of Georgetown, shall thereafter be and continue in the centre of Front or Bay street, at the end of Broad street; and whereas, the inhabitants of the said town have prayed, by their petition to the Legislature, that the place aforesaid may be altered, and that the place hereinafter mentioned may be established instead thereof, for the purpose aforesaid; I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the Market place authority of the same, That the public market place in the town of Georgetown aforesaid, shall hereafter be and continue at the end of Screven street, on Front or Bay street, any law to the contrary notwithstanding. altered. In the Senate House, the twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and in the twelfth 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. No. 1386. AN ACT TO ALTER THE PLACE OF HOLDING THE ELECTIONS FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE AND PARISH OFFICERS, FOR THE PARISH OF ST. JOHN, COLLETON COUNTY. WHEREAS, the holding of the elections for the members of the Legislature and parish officers for the parish of St. John, Colleton county, are inconvenient and partial, inasmuch as the said parish church is not centrically situated; A. D. 1788. altered. I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the Place for holdauthority of the same, That all elections in future for members of the ing elections Legislature and parish officers, which shall hereafter be held in the parish of St. John, Colleton county, shall be at the Rock Landing, at the end of the public road, on Wadmelaw Island. II. Be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the commis- A small buildsioners of the high roads shall have full power, and are hereby authorised, ing to he erectto erect a small building at the end of the public road at the Rock Land- ed for holding ing, on Wadmelaw Island, for the purpose of holding the said elections; elections. the expense of which to be defrayed by the voluntary subscription of the inhabitants of the said parish. In the Senate House, the twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord onə thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and in the twelfth 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 ACT authorising Justices of the Peace, where there are no County No. 1387. Courts established, to issue Attachments against the property of per sons who are about to abscond, or remove privately out of the State or District. (Passed February 27, 1788. See last volume.) AN ACT TO IMPOWER PHILIP PORCHER TO PAY HIS AMERCEMENT BY No. 1388. A DISCOUNT ON THE GENERAL INDENTS PAID TO HIM BY THIS STATE 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, it shall and may be lawful for Philip Porcher to pay the amount of his amercement by a discount from the general indent given to him for monies lent by him to this State; and the commissioners of the treasury are hereby authorised and directed to receive the same in discount, as full payment from Philip Porcher, for his amercement. In the Senate House, the twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and in the twelfth 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. 1788. No. 1389. AN ACT authorising persons having in their possession or taking up runaway Slaves, to send them to the gaols of the districts where they may be apprehended, and not to the work-house of Charleston. (Passed February 27, 1788. See last volume.) No. 1390. AN ACT TO EXEMPT THE ESTATE OF HENRY PERONNEAU, DECEASED, Preamble. The estate of FROM THE PAYMENT OF THE AMERCEMENT IMPOSED THEREON. WHEREAS, Mrs. Mary Peronneau, the widow of Arthur Peronneau, merchant, deceased, hath, by her petition to the General Assembly, represented that the late Henry Peronneau did, by his last will and testament, devise and bequeath the residue of his estate to her son, William Peronneau, whereby he is become liable to discharge the amercement imposed on the said estate; and whereas, it appears from the said petition that the said Mary Peronneau and her children have sustained such considerable losses from the calamities of war and fire, as to entitle them to legislative attention; I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the H. Peronneau authority of the same, That the estate of the said Henry Peronneau be, exempted from and the same is hereby, exonerated and discharged of and from the amercement laid on the said Henry Peronneau, by an Act passed the twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four; any thing therein contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. amercement. In the Senate House, the twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and in the twelfth 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. No. 1391. AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE THE INTEREST ARISING FROM THE PAPER MEDIUM OF THIS STATE TO THE DISCHARGE OF THE FOREIGN DEBT, Preamble. IN AID OF SUCH OTHER FUNDS AS HAVE BEEN OR SHALL BE HEREAFTER WHEREAS, the funds which have been from time to time appropriated to the payment of the foreign debt of this State have been greatly deficient, and inadequate even to the discharge of the interest thereof, and the Legislature of this State are solicitous to adopt every system which can expedite the payment of the said debt; 1. 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 so much of the interest which shall grow due ment on the paper medium of this State on the first Wednesday in March, one A. D. 1788. thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, after deducting therefrom the sum of three thousand five hundred pounds, and as much more as will Appropriation defray the expenses of the loan office, and satisfy the salaries of the com- for the pay missioners of the same; and that so much of the interest which shall grow of the foreign due on the said paper medium on the first Wednesday in March of the debt. years one thousand seven hundred and ninety and one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, respectively, after deducting therefrom the expenses and salaries aforesaid, be, and the same is hereby, appropriated to the payment of the said foreign debt, in aid of such other funds as have been or shall hereafter be applied to that purpose; and the said several sums so arising as aforesaid from the interest to become due on the said paper medium, shall not, except as aforesaid, be applied to any other purpose whatsoever. In the Senate, Wednesday, the twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and in the twelfth 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 ACT FOR NATURALIZING JAMES ATKINS AND JOHN SIMPSON. No. 1392. WHEREAS, the said James Atkins, a native of England, and John Simpson, a native of Ireland, have, by their petition to the Legislature, Preamble. humbly prayed that they may be partakers of the rights, privileges and immunities of citizens of the State of South Carolina; 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 James Atkins same, That James Atkins, a native of England, now a resident at Camden, and John Simpson admitted and John Simpson, a native of Ireland, now a resident in Laurens county, to the rights of Ninety-Six district, in this State, on their respectively taking and subscri- citizenship. bing the oaths of allegiance and abjuration, before any one of the associate judges of the court of common pleas of this State, be deemed, adjudged and taken to be citizens of the State aforesaid, to all intents, constructions, and purposes, (and which said oaths any one of the said judges for the time being is hereby authorised and empowered to administer); any law, usage or custom to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. Provided nevertheless, that nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to make the said James Atkins and John Simpson eligible to be members of the Legislature until after they have resided in this State seven years; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. In the Senate House, the twenty-seventh day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and in the twelfth 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. VOL. V.-9. A. D. 1788. No. 1393. AN ACT for granting the sum of three thousand five hundred pounds for the building of a Court House and Jury Rooms for the District of Charleston, and for appointing and empowering Commissioners to execute the same. (Passed February 27, 1788. See last volume.) "An No. 1394. AN ACT TO OBLIGE ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE BECOME CITIZENS of this Preamble. office. WHEREAS, it is necessary and proper that a record should be kept of the names of all such person and persons who have applied for and have been admitted to the rights and privileges of citizenship of this State, by virtue of the Act entitled "An Act to confer the rights of Citizenship on Aliens," passed the twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four," and also an Act entitled "An Act to confer certain rights and privileges on Aliens, and for repealing the Acts therein mentioned," passed the twenty-second day of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-six-that the descendants of such persons as have become citizens may hereafter, if need require, have an opportunity of obtaining an authenticated certificate thereof, and also that the public at large may know who have become citizens of this State, by virtue of the above recited Acts; I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now sitting in General Names of perAssembly, and by the authority of the same, That the Secretary of the sons admitted State for the time being shall, and he is hereby directed and required to, citizens to be keep a book in his office for the purpose of recording all certificates which recorded in the Secretary's shall be produced to him by any person or persons who have obtained the same from either of the judges of the court of common pleas, agreeable to the direction of the said recited Acts, of their having taken the oaths and become citizens of this State; and after entering the same in the said book of record, the Secretary shall return to all such person and persons a certificate thereof, that he or they may produce the said certificate when so required; and for recording the same, and giving a certificate thereof as aforesaid, the secretary shall be entitled to take and receive a fee of five shillings, current money of this State, and no more. And in case any person or persons who have been admitted to the rights and privileges of a citizen, and taken the oath mentioned in the said Acts, shall refuse or neglect to carry the certificate of his being admitted a citizen to the secretary's office as aforesaid, and obtain a certificate from the secretary, as by this Act |
