A. D. 1809. the time of payment, be, in the opinion of the attorney-general, the lawful and regular administrator of the estate of the Prince of Luxemburg, according to the laws of this State, provided the same shall not be paid before the first of March, be, and the same is hereby, repealed; and that the aforesaid balance be kept and remain in the treasury of this State. To Ephraim M'Bride, to be advanced to him on the conditions contained in a resolution of this branch of the legislature, to enable him to construct a spinning machine on the principles mentioned in a patent he holds from the United States, one thousand dollars. For the repairs of Laurens court house and gaol, a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars. To Daniel and Jacob J. Faust, for reprinting the laws from one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one, to one thousand eight hundred and four, both inclusive, one thousand five hundred and forty-eight dollars and fifty cents, including the expense of paper and binding the books. In the Senate House, the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight, and thirty-third year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOSEPH ALSTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. No. 1935. AN ACT to legalize the drawing of the Grand Jurors for Charleston; and for other purposes theren mentioned. (Passed December 19, 1809. See last volume.) No. 1936. AN ACT FOR THE APPORTIONment of the RepresentatioN AMONG THE SEVERAL DISTRICTS OF THIS STATE. Preamble. WHEREAS, it has been found expedient to amend the third, seventh and ninth sections of the first article of the constitution, and to establish a certain rule for the future representation of the several districts of the State, in the General Assembly thereof; and whereas, an Act for the above purposes entitled "An Act to alter the representation of this State," was duly passed and finally ratified, on the seventeenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight : 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 each and every of the several election districts in this State shall, at the next and all future elections, until a new Representation apportioned. apportionment of the representation be made by a future legislature, respectively elect the following number of representatives, to wit: Charleston, including St. Philip's and St. Michael's, sixteen representatives; Christ Church, one representative; St. John, Berkley, three representatives; St. Andrew's, one representative; St. George, Dorchester, one representative; St. James, Goose-creek, one representative; St. Thomas A. D. 1809. and St. Dennis, one representative; St. Paul, two representatives; St. Bartholomews, four representatives; St. James, Santee, two representatives; St. John, Colleton, two representatives; St. Stephen's, one representative; St. Helena, two representatives; St. Luke, two representatives; Prince William, two representatives; St. Peter, two representatives; All Saints, including its ancient boundaries, one representative; Winyaw, not including any part of All Saints, four representatives; Kingston, not including any part of All Saints, one representative; Williamsburgh, two representatives; Liberty, three representatives; Marlborough, two representatives; Chesterfield, one representative; Darlington, two representatives; York, three representatives; Chester, three representatives; Fairfield, four representatives; Richland, two representatives; Lancaster, two representatives; Kershaw, two representatives; Claremont, three representatives; Clarendon, two representatives; Abbeville, five representatives; Edgefield, six representatives; Newberry, four representatives; Laurens, four representatives; Union, three representatives; Spartan, four representatives; Greenville, four representatives; Pendleton, six representatives; St. Matthew's, one representative; Orange, two representatives; Winton, three representatives; and Saxegotha, two representatives. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in conformity to the provisions of the Act aforesaid to alter the representation of this State, the seats of those senators who under the constitution shall Senators, represent two or more election districts, on the day preceding the second Monday of October, which will be in the year one thousand eight hundred and ten, shall be vacated on that day; and that each and every of the said election districts heretofore jointly represented by one or more senators, shall, at the ensuing election to be holden on the second Monday and Tuesday of October, which will be in the year one thousand eight hundred and ten, and for ever after, at such times and in such manner as is provided by the constitution, elect one senator, as follows: Winyaw, one senator; Williamsburgh, one senator; Liberty, one senator; Kingston, one senator; Marlborough, one senator; Chesterfield, one senator; Darlington, one senator; Fairfield, one senator; Richland, one senator: Chester, one senator; Lancaster, one senator; Kershaw, one senator; Claremont, one senator; Clarendon, one senator; St. Matthew, one senator; and Orange, one senator. [In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, and the thirty-fourth year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOSEPH ALSTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives AN ACT to provide for the more easy and expeditious administration No. 1937. A.D. 1809. No. 1938. AN ACT to alter and amend "An Act to incorporate Charleston," by an equal division of Wards; and directing the representation thereof in City Council to be apportioned on the principle of population and taxation; and for other purposes therein mentioned. (Passed December 19, 1800. See last volume.) No. 1939. AN ACT TO DIMINISH THE COST OF THE ATTORNIES, CLERKS AND SHERIFFS, IN CERTAIN CASES AT LAW THEREIN MENTIONED. 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 Costs reduced. the same, That from and after the passing of this Act, the cost of all and every suit at law, upon contract, be the same liquidated or on open account, which shall be brought and commenced within the summary jurisdiction of the court of common pleas in this State, and which suit shall be for a demand of not more than fifty dollars, shall be no more than one half of the sum or sums heretofore allowed by law to the attornies, clerks and sheriffs respectively; any law, usage or custom to the contrary thereof notwithstanding. be made out. II. And be it further enacted, That no person whatever shall be obliged Bill of costs to or liable to pay the cost allowed by this Act, unless a fair account, containing all the items of such cost, shall have been duly taxed and certified by the clerk of the district, when demanded, wherein the suit has been instituted upon which such cost have accrued. Penalty on III. And be it further enacted, That if any person shall take or receive any higher or greater cost than are allowed by this Act in such cases, such over charge. person shall forfeit and pay, for every such offence, the sum of fifty dollars, to be recovered in any court of record in this State; one half thereof to go the party aggrieved, and the other half to the State. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, and in the thirty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America. SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOSEPH ALSTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. No. 1940. AN ACT to amend and explain the Militia Laws of this State. (Passed December 19, 1809. See last volume.) A. D.1809. AN ACT to authorize the City Council of Charleston to erect and No. 1941. build, within the enclosure of the city burial ground, lying without the city, on the borders of Ashley river, a substantial brick magazine, for the storing of gunpowder. AN ACT to incorporate the several Societies therein mentioned; and No. 1942. for other purposes. (Passed December 19, 1809. See last volume.) HOUSES OR No. 1943. AN ACT TO PREVENT INDIVIDUALS BUILDING OR ERECTING 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 if any person or persons shall hereafter erect, or cause to be erected, any dwelling-house, out-house, or other building, or shall erect, or cause to be erected, any kind of fence, wall or paling, of any kind, on any public lot or square above described, or who may hereafter hold, occupy or use any house, out-house, or other building, heretofore erected on such square or lot, he, she or they shall, for every such offence, upon being thereof legally convicted by indictment, be fined in a sum not less than one hundred dollars, nor more than one thousand dollars. Provided nevertheless, that the gaolers of the respective districts, who reside in the gaols, shall not be subject to such penalty for erecting or using any such buildings or fences for their private accommodation; and provided, that any person who has heretofore erected any such building or fence, shall not be subject to such penalty, provided he or she shall remove the same within six months from and after the passing of this Act. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, and in the thirty-fourth year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America. SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOSEPH ALSTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. A. D. 1809. No. 1944. AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act to prevent the spreading of Contagious Distempers in the State," AND ALSO "An Act to amend the law respecting Quarantines." I. Be it enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Rep resentatives, now met in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the officer or officers who may be entrusted with the execution of the quarantine laws, be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed, in case of a violation, or an attempt to violate any, of the said laws, to board, by force of arms, any vessel used in such violation or attempt to violate, and to detain her and her crew and passengers; and that the penalty for a breach of any of the quarantine laws shall not be less than one hundred dollars, nor more than two thousand dollars; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. II. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each and every pilot who shall bring, or attempt to bring, into any port in this State, any vessel, or the whole or any part of her crew, beyond the places appointed for her examination, without being examined agreeably to law, shall, in addition to the penalty of one hundred pounds sterling, to which he is subject by an Act of Assembly passed the twenty-sixth day of March, in the year one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, be deprived of his branch as a pilot. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That any vessel which shall be restrained under quarantine law, shall attempt to violate the same, may be fired upon and detained by force of arms. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nine, and in the thirty-fourth year of the Independence of the United States of America. SAMUEL WARREN, President of the Senate. JOSEPH ALSTON, Speaker of the House of Representatives. No. 1945. AN ACT TO Preamble. APPOINT CERTAIN COMMISSIONERS FOR RUNNING THE LINE BETWEEN THE PARISHES OF ST. JAMES, GOOSE-Creek, and St. George, WHEREAS, the inhabitants of the upper part of the parish of St. James, Goose-creek, and St. George's, Dorchester, are subjected to many inconveniencies from the division line between the said parishes not being fully ascertained and established: I. Be it therefore enacted, by the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That Elisha Mallard, James Dehay, George Keckly, Commissioners James R. Steward, David Rumph, senior, and Jeremiah Russell, be, and appointed they are hereby appointed, commissioners for running the division line between the parishes of St. James, Goose-creek, and St. George, Dorchester; and the said commissioners, or a majority of them, shall proceed |