Abbildungen der Seite
PDF
EPUB

for that of another, to exhibit his or her petition in writing, to any of the A. D. 1814. judges of the Courts of Common Law or Equity of this State, in open court, setting forth in said petition the reasons why he or she is desirous of Proceedings changing his or her name, together with his or her age, place of residence for changing and nativity, and the name by which he or she wishes thereafter to be called names. and known upon which said petition and the reasons therein contained, it shall be the duty of the judge to determine, and grant or not grant the prayer thereof, as to him shall appear proper, having a due regard to the true interest of the petitioner. That whenever the prayer of such petition shall be granted, it shall be the duty of the clerk or commissioner of said court, to enter the same on the minutes of the court, and to file the original petition, with the fiat of the judge, among the papers of his office; and to deliver to the petitioner a true copy of said petition, together with a copy of the judge's order thereon, properly certified, and under the seal of said court; for which the said clerk or commissioner shall be entitled to and receive from the petitioner the sum of five dollars, and no more. And which proceedings so certified as aforesaid, on being produced to the secretary of this State, shall by him be recorded in a book to be by him kept in his office for that purpose, whose duty it shall be forthwith to deliver to the petitioner a true copy of such record, with the seal of this State affixed; for which the said secretary shall be entitled to and receive from the petitioner the sum of five dollars, and no more. And upon the seal of the State being affixed to the record aforesaid, and delivered to the petitioner, his or her name shall be, and is thereby immediately, changed to that contained in the said record.

II. And be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That in all cases, whether in Law or Equity, the person so changing his or her name may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, by his or her new name, and no other. That in all cases where an action or actions shall be pending at the time of such alteration of names, the same shall not abate by the party's name being changed, but the record on motion shall be amended by expunging the old name, and inserting the new name of the party. And that in all cases, whether in Law or Equity, where the party changing his or her name is bound by obligation or otherwise, the effect of which obligation would extend to and impose any obligation on the heirs, executors or administrators of the person so having changed his name, the same heirs shall be and remain bound to all intents and purposes, in the same manner and to the same extent as if the said party had not changed his or her

name.

In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thou. sand eight hundred and fourteen, and in the thirty-ninth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

JAMES R. PRINGLE, President of the Senate.

THOS. BENNETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Effect.

AN ACT to establish a Court of Equity for Edgefield district. (Passed December 20, 1814. See last volume.)

No. 2044.

A. D. 1814.

No. 2045. AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE MARATIME FRONTIER OF THIS STATE.

1. 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 the Governor and Commander-in-chief of this State be, and he is hereby, authorised to cause a survey to be made of the maratime frontier of this State; and, in conjunction with the officer of the United States army commanding this military district, to fix upon certain points for the establishment of block-houses or other fortifications for the protection of the coasting trade; and he is hereby authorized to build block-houses on the said points, or establish such a chain of military posts as will in his opinion most effectually provide for the protection of the maratime frontier; and the Governor is hereby authorized, in case the United States shall not provide a sufficient number of men to occupy and defend the said posts, to call into service such portion of the militia of this State as may be necessary for the purposes aforesaid.

II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the sum of fifty thousand dollars, (if so much be necessary) be, and the same is hereby, appropriated for the purposes above mentioned.

In the Senate House, the twenty first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thou. sand eight hundred and fourteen, and in the thirty-ninth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

JAMES R. PRINGLE, President of the Senate.

THOS. BENNETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

No. 2046. AN ACT to prolong the time for certain militia officers to take the oath or affirmation prescribed by law.

(Passed December 20, 1814. See last volume.)

No. 2047. AN ACT to alter and amend the charter of the Bank of the State of South Carolina, so far as relates to the issuing of bills of a less denomination than one dollar; and for other purposes therein mentioned.

[blocks in formation]

A. D. 1814.

AN ACT to incorporate the several Societies therein mentioned; and No. 2048. for other purposes.

[blocks in formation]

AN ACT TO VEST CERTAIN LANUS IN THE DISTRICT OF MARION IN THE No. 2049.
PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF THE MARION ACADEMY SOCIETY, FOR
THE PURPOSE OF ENDOWING THE MARION ACADEMY.

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 all the confiscated property to which the State is now entitled in the district of Marion, and all such property as hath heretofore or may hereafter accrue to this State in the said district, on account of property which by an Act entitled "An Act to appoint escheators and regulate escheats," hath escheated to this State, provided the same shall not exceed the sum of two thousand dollars, shall be, and the same is hereby, vested in the President and members of the Marion Academy Society, for the benefit of the Marion Academy. And the said Marion Academy Society are hereby vested with all the powers of escheators in the district aforesaid, for the selling and disposing of the land and property aforesaid: Provided, that nothing contained in this shall effect the property of any friendly

aliens residing in this State.

In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and in the thirty-ninth year of the Sovereignty and Independence of the United States of America.

JAMES R. PRINGLE, President of the Senate.

THOS. BENNETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

AN ACT TO ALTER AND CHANGE THE NAME OF ALEXANDER SILLS.

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 the name of Alexander Sills be changed and altered to that of John Alexander Willey; and that from and after the passage of this Act the said Alexander Sills shall be known and called, in deed and in law, by the name of John Alexander Willey.

In the Senate House, the twentieth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and in the thirty-ninth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

JAMES R. PRINGLE, President of the Senate.

THOS. BENNETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

VOL. V.-91.

No. 2050.

A. D. 1814.

No. 2051. AN ACT TO ENABLE JOHN WILLIAMS TO TAKE BY DESCENT
MOTHER, NANCY WILLIAMS.

FROM HIS

WHEREAS, John Williams has represented, by his petition to the Legislature of this State, that he is the illegitimate child of Nancy Williams, and that she is seized and possessed of a considerable estate, and by reason of her insanity is unable to devise or dispose of the said estate in favor of the said John Williams:

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 said John Williams shall be able and capable in law to have, hold and take by descent all such property or estate, of what nature or kind soever, of which the said Nancy Williams shall or may be seized or possessed of at the time of her death, in as full and ample a manner as if he, the said John Williams, had been born in lawful wedlock.

In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen, and in the thirty-ninth year of the Independence of the United States of America.

JAMES R. PRINGLE, President of the Senate.

THOS. BENNETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

No. 2052. AN ACT to alter the Southern Circuit, so as to give to the District of Edgefield two weeks for the sitting of its Courts; and to alter the time of holding the election for Sheriff of Beaufort District.

(Passed December 21, 1814. See last volume.)

No. 2053.

AN ACT for incorporating the Grand

(Passed December 20, 1814.

Lodge of South Carolina.
See last volume.)

No. 2054.

No. 2055,

AN ACT to divide the State into Five Divisions and Ten Brigades. (Passed December 21, 1814. See last volume.)

AN ACT to raise a Brigade of State Troops.
(Passed Dec. 20, 1814. See last volume.)

AN ACT TO VEST CERTAIN REAL ESTATES IN JOHN M'NINCH.

WHEREAS, John M'Ninch, whilst an alien, purchased certain real estates, which he has petitioned the Legislature to vest in him:

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 all lands and real estates which the said John M'Ninch may have purchased, whilst an alien, shall be, and the same are hereby, vested in the said John M'Ninch, his heirs and assigns, for ever; any law to the contrary notwithstanding.

In the Senate House, the twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteeen, and in the thirty-ninth year of the Independence of the United States of America

JAMES R. PRINGLE, President of the Senate.

THOS. BENNETT, Speaker of the House of Representatives.

A. D. 1814.

No 2056.

AN ACT to establish certain Roads, Bridges and Ferries; and for other No. 2057. purposes therein mentioned.

(Passed December 21, 1814. See last volume.)

66

AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXPLAIN AN ACT ENTITLED An Act limiting No. 2058. the term of service of certain Officers who have heretofore held their offices during good behaviour; and for other purposes therein mentioned,"

SO FAR AS RELATES TO THE mode oF APPROVING THE SECURITY TO BE

GIVEN BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, SOLICITORS, REGISTERS and Com-
MISSIONERS IN EQUITY.

WHEREAS, it is required by the aforesaid Act that the attorney general and solicitors shall respectively give bond with two good securities, to the State of South Carolina, to wit: the attorney general in the penal sum of ten thousand dollars, and the solicitors each in the sum of five thousand dollars, for the faithful discharge of the duties of their respective offices; and it being doubtful whether any person or persons are authorized by the said Act to approve of such security :

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 the comptroller general be, and he is hereby, authorized to approve of the security hereafter to be given by the attorney general and solicitors respectively.

II. And whereas, B. H. Saxon hath, during the present session of the Legislature, been duly elected a solicitor for the western circuit of this State, but hath not given bond and security agreeable to the Act aforesaid, or entered upon the duties of his office: Be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the comptroller general be, and he is hereby, authorized to approve of the security and receive the bond to be executed

« ZurückWeiter »