The Statutes at Large of South Carolina: Acts, 1787-1814

CORPORATIONS, (continued.)

17. Agricultural Society of South Carolina....

18. Williamsburgh Academy, and Trustees allowed to establish a lottery..
19. Episcopal Church at Edisto...

20. United Independent Congregational Church...

21. Vigilant Fire Company, Charleston...

22. Port Republic Bridge company...

23. Medical Society of South Carolina..
24. Free and accepted Masons......
25. Certain religious societies...
26. Charleston Insurance Company.
27. College in Pinckney District....
28. Spartanburgh Philanthropic Society.
29. Charleston Mechanic Society...

30. St. Andrews Society of Charleston.

..266

..267

230

.230

231

235

238

.239

.245

.311

.318

.324

.329

..331

31. Georgetown Fire Company..

.332

32. The Trustees of the Public School of the Clarendon Orphan Society.

337

33. Escheated property in Clarendon vested in them and they made escheators..337
34. May receive charitable donations....

48. The Act repealed for establishing a Company for opening the Navigation of
Broad and Packolet Rivers....

53. An Act to incorporate the State Bank: and imposing certain restrictions on
the directors, officers and servants of Banks, in this State..
54. The by-laws of the Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Philips, Charleston,
confirmed, and the congregation enabled to alter the same, or substitute others,
under certain restrictions....

..435

.436

55. Several Societies incorporated.....

.438

56. The "Abee Yetomim ubne Ebyonim," or Society for the relief of Orphans
and Children of Indigent Parents, incorporated..

70. An Act to incorporate the Presbyterian Church in the Parish of St. Philips

and State of South Carolina..

.599

CORPORATIONS, (continued.)

71. An Act to incorporate several Societies, and for other purposes..

72. The South Carolina Homespun Company..

..526

.572

73.

An Act to amend the charter of Winyaw Indigo Society, and for other pur-
poses..

..576

74. An Act to incorporate several Societies..

.576

75. An Act to incorporate Mount Pleasant Academy, in Christ Church..

.601

77.

76. An Act to alter and amend An Act to incorporate the Fellowship Society.....605
An Act to establish a Company for the Inland Navigation, from Sampit to
Santee, and from Santee to Cooper River....

.605

78.

An Act to incorporate the Union Bank, of South Carolina....
79. An Act to incorporate the Protestant Episcopal Society, for the advancement
of Christianity in South Carolina...

.618

620

80. Wadsworthville Poor School, incorporated...

622

81. An Act to incorporate the several Socities, and for other purposes therein
mentioned......

..622

82 An Act to incorporate the Planters and Mechanics' Bank, of South Caro-
lina....

625

85. The Pendleton Circulating Library Society, and the Sumterville Library So-
ciety......

83. An Act to incorporate the Charleston Fire Insurance Company...
84. An Act for amending the charter of the Planters and Mechanics' Bank, and
for other purposes..

.641

.643

.648

86. An Act to incorporate the Free Mason Hall Company..

....676

87. An Act to establish a Bank, on behalf of and for the benefit of the State......680
88. An Act to explain and amend An Act entitled "An Act to establish a Bank,
on behalf of and for the benefit of the State.".....

.......695

89. An Act to incorporate the several Societies therein mentioned, and for other
purposes.

90. St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Charleston....

.696

..698

91. An Act to alter and amend the charter of the Bank of the State of South Caro-
lina, so far as relates to the issuing of bills of a less denomination than one dollar;
and for other purposes therein mentioned......

.720

92. An Act to incorporate the several Societies therein mentioned, and for other
purposes.........

..721
.722

93. An Act to incorporate the Grand Lodge of South Carolina...

94. Mode of filling vacancies in the Board of Directors of the Bank of the State,
where the Legislature omits to elect a part or the whole Board, annually......732

COOK, JAMES,

1. Allowed to have his accounts audited against a confiscated estate, after the
time limited..

COOSAWHATCHIE,

..68

1. Court House and Goal for Beaufort District removed to Coosawhatchie........76
CORONER AND INQUESTS,

1. Where certified of the dead body of any supposed to have come to a violent
and untimely death, in his county, he shall make out a warrant, directing any
Constable to summon enough for a Jury of twelve, at a certain time and
place.......
..307

2. Constable failing to execute and return such warrant, to pay ten dollars........307
3. Any one warned as a Juror, and failing, to forfeit ten dollars, unless excused by
the Coroner and a Justice of the Peace....
......807

4. All free white persons of 21 and upwards, as well bystanders as others, who
may be convenient, whether freeholders or not, to serve as Jurors on Coroner's
Inquests.....

..331
5. If one is summoned and neglects or refuses to serve, he shall pay a penalty of
ten dollars, unless excused by the Coroner..

COSTS, See Fees.

COTTON, JAMES,

1. Allowed the exclusive right to run a line of Stages between Charleston and
Georgetown

..331

.580

COTTON GIN, See Miller and Whitney,
COURTS,

1. An Act for establishing County Courts....
2. Courts for trial of piracy and felonies at sea..

3. Temporary place provided for them in Charleston.

4. An Act to amend the County Court Acts....

5. An Act concerning the Courts of Ordinary...

6. County Courts, between Savannah and Saluda Rivers.

..44

.67, 83

7. The 36th clause of the Act of the 25th August, 1731, and the 1st clause of the
Act 16th March, 1783, and 1st and 2d clauses of an Act 26th March, 1784, al-
lowing of special Courts for the trial of causes of transient persons about to
leave the State, repealed.......

.70

.75

.101

.106

.....45

8. An Act to revive and continue the authority, acts and judicial proceedings of
the Court of Common Pleas, to be held in Charleston, and for other purposes...102
9. Justices of the County Courts vested with power of Vestry and Church
Wardens, as to the poor, and orphan children....

.122

10. An Act for granting to the Circuit Courts complete, original and final jurisdic-
tion, &c......

..139

11. An Act concerning the sitting of the Court at Cambridge, and to oblige She-
riffs to receive prisoners ...

...141

12. Court of Equity, established..

...164

13. Amendment of the Acts for establishing Circuit Courts throughout the State..165
14. An Act concerning County Courts....
15. County Courts established in Kershaw...

...165
.......179

16. An additional Act to "An Act to establish a Court of Equity in the State,". 192
17. The law respecting Juries, altered and amended.......

.193

18. Some additional regulations to the Acts for establishing the Circuit Courts. . . . 193
19. An Act to amend the several Acts respecting the Circuit Courts....

28. A room in Court House of Charleston appropriated for United States Courts...245
29. An Act to establish an uniform and more convenient system of judicature....340

A Court of Inferior Jurisdiction established in Charleston, and the jurisdiction
of Magistratos extended in other parts of the State. . . . . . .

.399

33. The upper Districts of the State divided into four Circuits...

.477

34. Sitting of those of Clarendon, Claremont, Chester, Spartan, York and Abbe-
ville.....

.266

35. Court of Equity for Charleston, Colleton and Beaufort, when to sit..
36. Irregular proceedings of the late County Courts made valid in law. . . ..
37. A transcript from their minute-books may be given in evidence in Law and
Equity, where it is necessary to give such proceedings in evidence........
38. Such transcript to be regularly and duly under the hand and sworn to by the
Clerk or keeper of the records of the County Courts, so abolished...
39. At what time the Courts in the Southern Circuit are to sit.
40. Court at Williamsburgh..

.381

.497

41. Jury lists to be made and juries drawn for Lexington and Williamsburgh..... 497
42. An Act relating to the sittings of the Court of Equity, and for the establishment
of a Court of Appeals for the same. . . ..

.565

43. An Act to provide for the more easy and expeditious administration of jus-
tice in the Courts of this State. . . .

..595

44. An Act to establish a Court of Equity in and for the District of Beaufort, &c. .625
VOL. V.96.

COURTS, (continued.)

45. An Act for regulating the Courts held by the Associate Judges at the conclu-
sion of their Circuits, and of the Courts of Appeals, held by the Judges of the
Courts of Equity, and for other purposes. . .

.....645

46. An Act to extend the provisions of "An Act to remedy the defects of the
Court of Ordinary, in the several Districts where there are no County Courts,
as to matters and cases in which the Ordinaries of those districts may be res-
pectively interested," passed 17th March, 1789, to all the Circuit Court Districts
throughout the State. . . ..

....

47. An Act to amend "An Act for regulating the Courts held by the Associate
Judges, at the conclusion of their Circuits, and of the Courts of Appeal, held
by the Judges of the Courts of Equity," passed 21st December, 1811, by chang-
ing the day for holding the Courts; and for other purposes..
48. An Act for appointing an additional Commissioner or Master in Equity for
Charleston.......

.667

..694

696

..697

49. An Act to alter the times of holding the Courts of Common Pleas and Ge-
neral Sessions in Horry District.....

30. An Act to establish a Court of Equity for Edgefield District.

..719

51. 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 elec-
tion for Sheriff of Beaufort District......

.722

COURT HOUSES AND GOALS,

1. Governor empowered to appoint Commissioners to repair or re-build the
Court Houses and Goals in the different Districts......

.77

2. Commissioners appointed to build certain Court Houses..
3. Of certain County Courts, ordered te be sold......

.236

.466, 467

4. The proceeds, how to be disposed of. . . ..

467

5. Penalty for erecting any building, fence or wall of any kind, or for occupying
or using, &c., any such building, &c, on the Court House lot or square.......597
6. Six months allowed for removing any heretofore erected...
COUNTY COURt officers,

..597

1. The Courts being abolished, the Comptroller to pay the officers what is due
them, from the sale of old County Court Houses and Goals. .. .. ..

.467

CRIPPS, JOHN S.

1. Foreign agent, ordered to draw for certain monies in England, and to deposit
the same in the Treasury....

Division line between it and Chesterfield to be run out and marked....
DEBT, See Public Debt.

.480

DEBT OF THE REVOLUTION,

1. The annual quota of South Carolina, in satisfaction of the debt of the Revo-
lution, to the United States.....

DEBTOR AND CREDITOR, See Instalment Law Executors and Administrators.

DEER,

1. Where any person, (not a citizen of this State,) has died, or shall die, already
indebted to a citizen of this State, the assets and effects within the same, being
sufficient for the payment of all his debts, shall be liable to discharge the debts
due the citizens of this State, in the same manner as if the same had been li-
quidated by bond or other specialty. .. .. ..

1. Penalty for killing, while fire-hunting.....

... .86

.124

2. Penalty for killing Does between 1st March and 1st September....
DE LA HOWE, DR. JOHN, See Agricultural Society of South Carolina.
DEVISE, See Wills and Testaments.

DIERSON, BARNEND,

1. Exempted from the operation of the escheat law, as to certain real property
purchased by him before he became a citizen.

DIRECT TAX, See United States Direct Tax.

439

1. Penalties for fighting a duel, or for giving, sending or accepting a challenge, or
being directly or indirectly concerned in a duel, &c.....

.671

2. This Act not to be construed to save the offenders, in case of death, from
the pains and penalties of the law, for the punishment of homicide..........671

DUTIES,

1. Rate of, on wines, liquors, goods, merchandise, negroes, &c.....

2. No duties on goods of the growth, produce or manufacture of the United
States...

..8

Act....

19.

1. To take the name of Francis Marion......

3. Three per cent on all other goods.

4. Value, how to be ascertained..

6. Bond to be given for goods to be re-shipped..

7. Goods seized, to be forfeited....

8. Payment of the transient duty...

9. Not demanded of the subject of any country in commercial alliance with the
United States.

11. No entry to be made by Vendue Masters.

13. Duties under £10 to be paid before goods are landed..

16. Commissioners of the Treasury to keep an account of duties imposed by this

17. Clauses of former Acts repealed..

18. French vessels exempted from infirmary duties..

An Act for the entry of vessels, passed 8th October, 1798, repealed..

20. Duties on lands and negroes sold at auction, repealed,...

21. City Council of Charleston authorized to lay a duty on tonnage.

DWIGHT, FRANCIS MARION,

EDISTO RIVER,

..8

.10

..10

.11

.45

.81, 82

.480

.348

1. An Act for clearing and improving the navigation, ... ... .... ... ... ....

2 David Campbell allowed to erect a dam across, on certain conditions........
3. Mode of proceeding, in case it is injurious to any one...

.354

EJECTMENT, See Trespass to try Title.

EKELSALE, MARY,

1. Allowed to bring certain slaves into the State from the Bahamas.....
ELECTIONS,

1. On an election by the Legislature for Attorney General, Solicitors, Tax-Col-
lectors, Ordinaries, Clerks of Courts, Registers, Master and Commissioners in
Equity, Commissioners of Location, and Register of Mesne Conveyances, a
majority of all the votes given on such joint ballot, shall be necessary to consti-
tute an election......

2. For members of the Legislature. See Legislature.

3. For members from St. Johns, Colleton. See St. Johns, Colleton.

4. For members of Congress. See Congress, United States.

.507

..674

5. For electors of President and Vice President of United States. See Electors
ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES,
1. How and when electors for President shall be appointed...

.86

Oath...

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