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 A. D. 1788. on the paper medium of this State on the first Wednesday in March, one 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 ment 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; son admitted 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 Simpand 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. "An No. 1394. AN ACT TO OBLIGE ALL PERSONS WHO HAVE BECOME CITIZENS OF THIS Preamble. recorded in the Secretary's 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 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 is directed, (if he or they are residing within the limits of the city of Charles A. D. 1788. ton,) within the space of three months, and (if residing in any part of the country) within six months from the passing of this Act, all such person or persons so neglecting to record the certificate in the secretary's office, the person or persons who intend to avail himself or themselves of any of the rights granted in the said recited Acts shall be obliged, when required, to produce a record of his or their certificate from the secretary's office, and in default thereof the privilege demanded shall not be admitted. 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. AN ACT to alter and amend the Act respecting the High Roads and No. 1395. Bridges, passed the twenty-second of March, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five; and for laying out several new Roads, and establishing sundry Ferries, therein mentioned (Passed February 27, 1788. See last volume.) AN ACT to carry into effect the Ordinances of Congress for establish- No. 1396. ing Courts for Trial of Piracy and Felonies committed on the High Seas. (Passed February 27, 1788. See last volume.) AN ACT to incorporate the Camden Orphan Society, and the Friendly No. 1397. Cambridge Society, in Ninety-Six District. (Passed February 27, 1788. See last volume.) AN ACT FOR REPEALING AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act for disposing of No. 1398. WHEREAS, by an Act passed at Jacksonborough, on the twenty-sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred A.D. 1788. and eighty-two, entitled "An Act for disposing of certain estates, and ban Preamble. Former act repealed to a certain extent. ishing certain persons therein mentioned," commonly called the Confiscation Act, all the estates, real and personal, which were of Jeremiah Knott, deceased, at the time of his death, or of his heirs or devisees at the time of passing the said Act, were confiscated and forfeited to the use of this State. And whereas, James Vallotton, of or near Purisburgh, on the river Savannah, and Elizabeth his wife, lately filed their bill in the honorable the court of chancery of this State, to prove and substantiate the right of the said Elizabeth Vallotton to the said estates, real and personal, as the niece and heiress at law of the said Jeremiah Knott, deceased; which said claim, after due form of law, hath there been proved and established; I. Be it therefore enacted by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, in General Assembly met, and, by the authority of the same, That the said recited Act be, and is hereby, repealed, so far as the same relates to the said estates, real and personal, of the said Jeremiah Knott, deceased; which said estates shall be, and they are hereby, taken from and divested out of the commissioners of forfeited estates, and from and after the passing of this Act the same shall be, and they are hereby, vested in the said James Vallotton, in trust for the use of his said wife Elizabeth Vallotton, her heirs and assigns forever, or for such uses and purposes as she shall by her last will and testament direct and appoint, in as full and ample manner as if the said said Act had never passed. 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. 1399. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE AUDITOR GENERAL TO RECEIVE and audit THE CLAIMS AND DEMANDS OF JAMES COOK AGAINST THE CONFISCATED ESTATE OF JOHN CHAMPNEYS, AND THE CLAIMS OF LEWIS BOTTNER AGAINST THE STATE. Preamble. WHEREAS, by an Act passed the eleventh of March, one thou. sand seven hundred and eighty-six, it was enacted that no account, either against the State or against persons whose estates have been confiscated, should be received by the auditor after the expiration of three months from the passing of the said Act. And whereas, James Cook hath, in and by his petition set forth, that John Champneys is justly and truly indebted unto him in and by a certain bond or obligation, with a mortgage of certain lots situate on the wharf formerly the property of the said John Champneys, and since confiscated, both bearing date the second day of Feb. one thousand seven hundred end eighty-two, for the payment of one thousand pounds sterling money, and also in and by another bond or obligation bearing date the second day of December, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, conditioned for the payment of one hundred and twenty-seven pounds five shillings and eight pence sterling. And whereas, it appears that the said claims and demands are just and fair, but that the said James Cook was prevented by unavoidable misfortunes and extraordinary circumstances, from delivering in the same to the auditor, to be received and audited, within the time prescribed by the law as aforesaid; |