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concerns that part of the State which is included in the present limits of Kershaw county.

II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Said society to Camden Orphan Society be, and the said society is hereby, vested with a direct the application of such discretionary power of directing the application of the said property, in property. such manner and way as shall seem to the said society best calculated to auswer the beneficial purposes of this Act.

draw lotteries.

III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Empowered to Camden Orphan Society be, and the said society is hereby, empowered and authorized to establish and proceed to draw and finally conclude, one or more lottery or lotteries, for the purposes aforesaid. Provided, that there shall not be raised, by means thereof, a sum exceeding seven thousand dollars.

Escheated property in Lancaster County vested in trustees, for endowing a school.

Trustees appointed for Lancaster, to direct the ap

plication of escheated property.

IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all such property as hath heretofore escheated, or may hereafter escheat, to this State, in the county of Lancaster, under the operation of the above recited Act, shall be, and the same is hereby, vested in the trustees hereafter appointed, for the purpose of endowing and supporting a school in the said county of Lancaster; which said trustees, or any three of them, shall have, and they are hereby vested with, all the powers vested in the person or persons appointed eschealors in the several districts throughout this State, so far as the same concerns that part of the State included within the present bounds of the said county of Lancaster: vided, the said property shall not exceed the value of nine thousand dollars.

Pro

V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Rev. John Brown, Dr. Samuel C. Dunlap, Jr. John Ingram, John Montgomery and William Nesbit, shall be, and they are hereby appointed, trustees for the purpose of receiving and disposing of the escheated property within the said county of Lancaster; and that they, or any three of them, shall have, and they are hereby vested with, a discretionary power of directing the application of the escheated property in the said county of Lancaster, in such manner and way as to them shall seem most conducive to the beneficial purposes of this Act.

VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said And to keep an Cainden Orphan Society, and the said trustees for the said county of Lanaccount of the caster, shall keep an accurate account of all their proceedings in regard to the property granted as aforesaid, which, whenever required so to do, they shall lay the same before the Legislature, for their information.

property so

granted to them.

Certain es-
cheated prop
erty vested in
the trustees of

Alexandria
College.

VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all such property as hath heretofore escheated, or which may hereafter escheat, to this State, in the counties of Union, York and Chester, or within the present limits thereof, which by an Act entitled "An Act to appoint escheators and to regulate escheats," hath escheated, or may escheat, to this State, shall be, and the same is hereby, vested in the trustees of Alexandria College, for the purposes of promoting the beneficial purposes of the college, and for endowing and supporting said college; provided, the same do not exceed the sum of nine thousand dollars. And for receiving and disposing of the said property, the said trustees 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.

VIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees of Alexandria College be, and the said trustees are hereby, vested

with a discretionary power to direct the application of the said property, in A.D. 1799. such manner and way as shall seem to the said trustees best calculated to promote the interest of Alexandria College.

IX. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees of Alexandria College shall keep an accurate account of all their proceed- Said trustees to ings, in regard to the property hereby vested in them, which, whenever keep an acrequired so to do, they shall lay before the Legislature for their inspection.

count thereof.

in the district of

X. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all such property as hath heretofore escheated, or may hereafter escheat, to the Escheats withState, by virtue of the aforesaid Act to appoint escheators and regulate Williamsburgh escheats, within the election district of Williamsburgh, shall be, and the vested in the same is hereby, vested in the trustees for the establishment of the Williams- trustees of the Williamsburgh burgh Academy; which said trustees, or a majority of them, are hereby Academy. 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 exeeed the amount of ten thousand dollars.

duties of the

XI. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said trustees are hereby vested with ample powers to sue for and recover the same, Powers and in the name of "The Trustees of the Williamsburgh Academy;" and may said trustees. 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.

Escheats within the district

tees for a

XII. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all such property as hath heretofore escheated, or may hereafter escheat, to the State, by virtue of the aforesaid Act to appoint escheators and regulate escheats, of Colleton within the district of Colleton, shall be, and the same is hereby, vested in vested in trusthe trustees hereinafter to be appointed, for the establishment of a school school. in the said district; which said trustees, or a majority 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 property so vested shall not exceed the amount of ten thousand dollars.

Trustees to

XIII. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That General John M'Pherson, Thomas Osborn, Paul Hamilton, O'Brien Smith, William B. apply escheatMitchell, John Glaze, Benjamin Postell, Dr. James Perry, William Post-ed property. ell, Benjamin Perry, Thomas Waring, of Pine Hill, William Hayne, and Dr. 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 trustees, 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.

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XIV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases where vacancies may happen in any of the boards of trustees established by this Act, the remaining trustees shall have power to fill up the said among trustees vacancies, in the same manner commissioners of the high roads now fill up how to be vacancies in their boards. supplied.

Vacancies

XV. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all the Escheats in St. escheated property in the two parishes of Saint Philip and Saint Michael, Philip and St. now escheated, or which shall hereafter escheat, to this State, situated Michael vested in the said parishes, not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, shall be, in the City Council of and the same is hereby, vested in the City Council of Charleston, for the Charleston, for benefit of the Orphan House of Charleston; and the said City Council shall be, and they are hereby, vested with all the powers necessary for escheating, selling, and appropriating the said property for the benefit of said Orphan House.

the benefit of the Orphan

House.

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.

WM. JOHNSON, Jr. Speaker of the House of Representatives.

No. 1733. AN ACT RESPECTING THE DIVISION LINE BETWEEN THE PARISHES OF ST. JAMES, GOOSE CREEK, AND ST. GEORGE, DORCHESter.

Preamble.

WHEREAS, the inhabitants of the upper part of the parishes of St. James, Goose Creek, and St. George, Dorchester, are subjected to many inconveniences from the division line between the said parishes not being fully ascertained and established:

I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the Commissioners authority of the same, That Robert Thornly, Abraham Rumph, Hugh

appointed.

Strain Winters, Gideon Browning and Zachariah Dehay, or any three of them, be, and they 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.

II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the twentyPart of former third clause of "An Act to alter and amend an Act respecting the high Acts repealed. roads and bridges, passed the 22d of March, 1785, and for laying out sev

eral 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.

III. 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

completed, 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.

WM. JOHNSON, Jr. Speaker of the House of Representatives

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AN АСТ то INVEST JOHN ENGLISH, JR. SON OF ROBERT ENGLISH, No. 1734.
DECEASED, WITH SUCH PART OF HIS FATHER'S ESTATE, IN THIS STATE,

AS REMAINS UNDISPOSED OF BY THE COMMISSIONERS OF CONFISCATED
ESTATES.

WHEREAS, John English, Jr. 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:

Preamble.

Confiscated

estate vested in

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 all the estate and property which was of and belonged 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 confiscation, be, and the same is hereby, re- John English. stored to and vested in the said John English, Jr. and his heirs and assigns, forever; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. Provided, nothing herein contained be construed to exonerate or discharge the said estate from the just debts of the said Robert English, should any arise or appear against him. Provided also, nothing herein contained be construed to guarantee to the said John English the said property or any part thereof, but merely to give to the said John English the right of the State of, in and to the said property that remains unsold and undisposed of. And provided also, that nothing herein contained be construed to deprive any person or persons of any right or title that they may have acquired to the said property, or any part thereof, by possession, or that they may have acquired in and by virtue of the Act of the Legislature of this State entitled "An Act for settling the titles of the inhabitants of this Province to their possessions in their estates within the same, and for limitation of actions, and for avoiding suits in law."

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.

WM. JOHNSON, Jr. Speaker of the House of Representatives.

A. D. 1799.

No. 1735. AN ACT to incorporate a Company for opening a Canal from Back River to Chapel Bridge.

No. 1736. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TREASURERS TO PAY CERTAIN PERSONS THEREIN MENTIONED, THEIR ANNUITIES, AND REGULATING PAYMENT TO ANNUITANTS.

Preamble.

Treasurers to pay certain annuities.

Sums to be
paid to A.
Campbell and
M. Henderson.

WHEREAS, it is found that Joseph Crofts, Mourning Tyler, Mary Going, Daniel M'Ellderff, Henry Casten, Dorothy Loper, Priscilla Liles, William Carter, Nathan Lusk, Eleanor Rogers, James Swan, David Kerr, John Calhoun, David Jackson, Thomas Davidson, Andrew Pickens, of Abbeville, Samuel Laird, James Breves, Ann Cannon, and Sarah Hodge, are respectively entitled to a certain sum of money due to them for anuuities, which have not been paid in consequence of a resolution passed on the tenth day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-four, directing the commissioners of the treasury not to pay annuties in future, without the particular order and direction of the Legislature:

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 treasurers be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to cause to be paid, in the manner herein after mentioned, to each of the persons aforesaid, an annuity or sum of five pounds in specie, to be calculated from the year one thousand seven hundred and ninetythree, upon their producing certificates to the treasurers of their being by law entitled to such annuties: Provided, that the said persons have not heretofore received any compensation on account of their respective annuties; in which case the sum or sums paid them on account thereof shall be deducted from that which they may become entitled to receive under and by virtue of this Act.

II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said treasurers be authorized and directed to cause to be paid, in the manner herein after directed, to Agnes Campbell, formerly Duff, the sum of twenty-five pounds, in full of the arrears of annuity due to her previously to her late marriage; and also the sum of fifteen pounds to Margaret Henderson, due her for arrears of her annuity previous to her late marriage.

III. And whereas, it has but too frequently happened that public crediOrders in favor tors have been the prey of the designing speculator, and it is highly proper, of annuitants, as far as possible, to guard the unfortunate; Be it therefore enacted by the how to be paid. authority aforesaid, that the treasurers be, and they are hereby, authorized

and required to draw orders on the tax collectors of the district in which each of the annuitants entitled to the public bounty may reside, in his or her favor, for the amount which may be due; and the tax collector on whom such order is drawn is hereby authorized and required to pay out of the public monies then in his hands, or from the first public monies he shall receive, the amount of such order to the drawer only, and not to his or her