A. D. 1731. rent reserved on his original grant or deed, provided no person hath purchased the same before the passing of this Act; and if it appears that any person hath a less number of acres than by his grant or deed is expressed, that then and in such case he shall pay no more quit-rent than what he shall appear to be possessed of on such new survey, any thing herein before contained to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding; and when there is a less quantity of acres of lands in any person's grant or deed than his grant or deed expresses, such person shall be entitled to a new grant of vacant land to make up the deficiency, at the same quit-rent that is reserved on such grant or deed. WM. DONNING, Speaker. Charlestown, Council Chamber, the twentieth of August, 1731. Assented to: ROBT. JOHNSON. No. 533. AN ACT TO REPEAL AN ACT FOR APPOINTING A CHAPEL AT ECHAW, IN THE PARISH OF SAINT JAMES SANTEE, IN CRAVEN COUNTY, and for ERECTING TWO OTHER CHAPELS IN THE SAID PARISH, AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE RECTOR FOR THE TIME BEING OF THE SAID PARISH, DO PREACH AND PERFORM DIVINE SERVICE IN THE ENGLISH TONGUE. Preamble. WHEREAS, the Parish of Saint James Santee, in Craven County, is a Parish of large extent, and the habitations of many of the parishioners are remote and too far distant from the Parish Church, we humbly pray your most sacred Majesty that it may be enacted, I. And be it enacted by his Excellency Robert Johnson, Esq., Governour, by and with the advice and consent of his Majesty's honourable One chapel to Council, and the Commons House of Assembly of this Province, and by be built in the the authority of the some, That one chappel of ease be built and erected lower part of the parish of St. in the lower part of the said parish, that is to say, at the point of the dividJames Santee. ing of the paths leading to Mr. Jerman's and Santee Savannah, commonly called Mr. Horry's Savannah. Another in the upper part of the parish. Duties of the II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That one other chappel of ease be built and erected in the upper part of the said parish, some where near the place in the said district commonly known by the name of Mr. Waties's wolf trap. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the rector of the parish of Saint James Santee, for the time being, be impowered and he is hereby required to perform all ecclesiastical duties in the said parish, one Sunday at the parish church, the next Sunday at the chapel in the lower district, the third Sunday at the chapel in the upper district of the said parish alternately, in the English tongue, according to the rules and customs of the church of England, and according to the laws and customs of the churches and chapels in other parts of this Province, any law, usage or custom to the contrary in any wise notwithstanding. IV. And whereas, an Act entituled an Act to erect a parochial chapel in the parish of Saint James Santee, ratified in open Assembly, the twelfth day of June, one thousand seven hundred and fourteen, at that part of the parish commonly called Echaw, and the said chapel having been found by experience to be of small use to the greatest part of the inhabitants of the said parish, and the chappel to be erected in the lower district of the said parish will much better answer the designs of the said law, Be it therefore further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the aforesaid law, and all things therein contained, be hereby repealed and made void. A. D. 1731. V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That Mr. Jonah Collins, Mr. Daniel McGregory and Mr. Elias Horry, be and are hereby Commissioners appointed commissioners to erect and build the said chapel in the lower appointed for district, and that Mr. William Waties, Mr. William Drake and Mr. Thom-building the said chapels. as Cooper be also appointed commissioners to build the said chapel in the upper district, and the commissioners for the lower chapel have power to draw on the publick treasurer of this Province for the sum of two hundred pounds, for the erecting the lower chapel, and that the commissioners for the upper chapel have also power to draw on the publick treasurer of this Province for the sum of two hundred pounds for erecting the upper chapel; and the said publick treasurer is hereby impowered and required to pay the same accordingly. WILLIAM DONNING, Speaker. Charlestown, Council Chamber, the twentieth of August, 1731. Assented to: ROBT, JOHNSON. AN ACT FOR CALLING IN, REPRINTING AND EXCHANGING THE PAPER BILLS OF CREDIT. Νο. 534. WHEREAS, the present paper bills of credit current in this Province are now become old, and, by passing from man to man, obliterated, torn Preamble. and defaced, so that their denominations are very difficult to be distinguished, to the great obstructing of their currency and the prejudice of the possessors of them; we most humbly pray your most sacred Majesty that it may be enacted, I. And be it enacted by his Excellency Robert Johnson, Esquire, Governour, by and with the advice and consent of his Majesty's honourable Commissioners Council, and the Commons House of Assembly, and by the authority of appointed. the same, That the Honourable Francis Yonge, Esq., Mr. Roger Saunders and Mr. Othniel Beale, be and are hereby appointed commissioners to put in execution the several powers and authorities herein after mentioned; and shall be sworn and enter into a bond jointly and separately to the publick treasurer of this Province, for the use of the publick, in the penalty of three thousand pounds proclamation money, that they will duly execute the several powers given them by this Act, before they enter on their said office. bills of credit. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners shall have power, and they are hereby authorized, to To reprint reprint the sum of one hundred and six thousand five hundred pounds, in £106,500, in bills of credit, and with such devices and stamps as they the said commissioners shall be appointed and directed by his Excellency the Governour, by and with the advice of his Majesty's Council; and they, the said commissioners, are hereby directed to prepare and lay a scheme accordingly before them for their approbation; the lowest bill to be five shillings, and the highest twenty pounds, to be used and disposed of in manner as is herein after directed. VOL. III.-39. A. D. 1731, indented and numbered. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all bills printed by virtue of this Act shall be indented, and the counterpart of the The bills to be indenture kept on files, and that each of the said bills shall be numbered, and the counterpart of each bill shall have the same number as the bill, to the intent that if any person shall suspect any of the said bills to be counterfeited, rased or altered, such person may compare the indenture of the said bill with the counterpart thereof; and the said commissioners are hereby required to lodge the files of counterparts in the hands of the publick treasurer of this Province, to be produced to any person that shall desire to compare any of the aforesaid bills therewith, without fee or reward; and the said bills, and each and every of them, shall also be signed by the said commissioners, who shall cause each of the said bills to be stamped with the value or denomination thereof, and shall take all such further and other necessary ways and means to prevent the said bills from being counterfeited, as they in their discretion shall think fit. Said bills to be current in all payments. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all and every the aforesaid bills of credit, to be printed by virtue of this Act, shall be current in all payments for the sum of money therein mentioned, and shall be taken and deemed a good tender in law; and in case any person or persons shall refuse to accept any of the said bills, being tendered in payment, that the person or persons who shall have tendered the same may, on any action brought for the sum so tendered, give such tender, refusal, and this Act, in evidence, on the general issue pleaded, which shall be taken and deemed as an absolute discharge of the said debt, and shall perpetually bar the plaintiff from recovering such sum so tendered as aforesaid. V. And be it further enacted, That any person or persons whatsoever Counterfeiting that shall counterfeit, rase or alter any of the said bills, so to be reprinted the bills, made and issued out by virtue of this Act, or shall offer the same in payment, felony. knowing the same to be counterfeited, rased or altered, and every person and persons that shall assist, abet or procure the counterfeiting, raseing or altering such bills, being thereof duely convicted, are hereby declared and deemed to be guilty of felony, and shall suffer death as felons, without the benefit of the clergy. VI. And be it further enacted, That as soon as the said new bills are reCommissioners printed, signed and fit to be issued, the said commissioners shall call in all to exchange the the bills now outstanding, and the said commissioners shall exchange the new bills for the old. said new bills for the old, and shall give publick notice under their hands of the place where they keep their office for exchanging the same, and times when they sit to exchange the said bills; and shall enter into a book to be kept for that purpose the name of the person bringing in any bills, and the sum brought in, in the presence of the party bringing in the same, and shall put the bills so brought in on a file or bundle; and the said commissioners are hereby impowered to deliver unto the proprietors of the old bills, new bills, in value equal to the old bills. VII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all The old bills to the old bills that shall be received by the said commissioners, and filed or be called in and bundled according to the direction of this Act, shall be by the said com burnt. missioners burnt, in the presence of his Excellency the Governour, or the Governour or Commander-in-chief for the time being, and any two of his Majesty's Council, and in the presence of a committee to be appointed by the Commons House of Assembly: and that after the first day of June, one thousand seven hundred and thirty-two, none of the bills now outstanding shall be a lawful tender or of value to any person whatsoever. VIII. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That upon exchanging the new bills for the old, if it shall so happen that there are more new bills stamped than there are brought in old bills, that then the Bills unexchansaid commissioners shall pay the remaining part unto the publick treasurer, ged to be paid for the use of this Province. to Treasurer. IX. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That each of Commissioners the said commissioners shall be allowed for their service in execution of allowed £500. this Act, the sum of five hundred pounds, to be paid them out of the publick treasury of this Province. WILLIAM DONNING, Speaker. Charlestown, Council Chamber, the twentieth of August, 1731. Assented to: ROBT. JOHNSON. AN ACT FOR APPOINTING An Agent to solicit the AFFAIRS OF THIS WHEREAS, there are many great and important affairs depending at this time before the General Assembly of this Province, to be represented, solicited and transacted in Great Britain, which cannot be effectually done without an Agent to be appointed for that purpose; and whereas the General Assembly of this Province have thought Peregrine Fury, Esquire, to be a proper person to be appointed Agent for the said purposes; wherefore, we beseech your most sacred Majesty that it may be enacted, No. 535. Preamble. I. And be it enacted by his Excellency Robert Johnson, Esquire, his Majesty's Governour, Captain General and Commander-in-chief in and Peregrine Fury over this Province, by and with the advice and consent of his Majesty's appointed. honourable Council and of the Commons House of Assembly, now met at Charlestown, and by the authority of the same, That the said Peregrine Fury be and he is hereby declared, nominated and appointed Agent, to represent, solicit and transact the affairs of this Province in Great Britain. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Peregrine Fury shall and he is hereby authorized and impowered to follow His duty. and pursue all such instructions as he shall from time to time receive from the General Assembly of this Province, or from the Committee hereafter appointed to correspond with him. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That John Lloyd, Esquire, Mr. Charles Pinckney, Mr. Othniel Beale, Mr. Paul Committee Jennys, Mr. Robert Yonge and Mr. Nathaniel Broughton, and the Hon-of Correspondourable Francis Yonge and John Fenwick, Esquires, members of his ence. Majesty's Council, or any three of them, one of which always to be of the Council, be and they are hereby nominated and appointed a Committee, to correspond with the said Peregrine Fury, and to give him such orders and instructions as they shall judge for the service of this Province, with the approbation of his Excellency the Governour, or the Governour or Commander-in-chief for the time being-the General Assembly not then sitting. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That there shall be allowed and paid unto the said Peregrine Fury, for his agency, Agent's salary. from the twenty-ninth day of September next ensuing until the twenty ninth day of September which will be in the year of our Lord one thou A. D. 1731. sand seven hundred and thirty-two, the sum of one hundred pounds sterling, of good and lawful money of Great Britain, over and besides his reasonable charges and disbursements, on his application to the several boards and offices, on transacting the affairs of this Province. V. And whereas, it is necessary that there should be a Clerk allowed Clerk appoint to the said Committee of Correspondence, to draw, copy out, and traned, salary £50. scribe all letters and papers which may be thought necessary to the said Agent by the said committee; Be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said committee have power, and they are hereby impowered, to nominate and appoint a Clerk, who shall be allowed any sum not exceeding fifty pounds current money of this Province, to be paid out of the money to be appropriated for contingencies, for his services. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said Peregrine Fury shall be and continue Agent of this Province for one whole year, to commence on the twenty-ninth day of September next ensuing. WILLIAM DONNING, Speaker. Charlestown, Council Chamber, August 20, 1731. Assented to: ROBT. JOHNSON. No. 536. AN ACT FOR RAISING THE SUM OF TWENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FIVE POUNDS, FOR DEFRAYING THE CHARGES OF THE GOVERNMENT FOR ONE YEAR, COMMENCING THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY-ONE, AND ENDING THE TWENTY-FIFTH DAY OF MARCH, ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED Preamble. AND THIRTY-TWO. WHEREAS, it appears upon an estimate made of the charges of this Government, that the sum of twenty-seven thousand nine hundred and five pounds, in the present currency, will be wanting for defraying of the same; we therefore pray your most sacred Majesty that it may be enacted, I. And be it enacted by his Excellency Robert Johnson, Esq., Governour, by and with the advice and consent of his Majesty's honourable Council, A tax of £27,- and the Assembly of this Province, and by the authority of the same, 905, currency, That a tax or sum of twenty-seven thousand nine hundred and five pounds imposed. current moneys of this Province, be imposed and levied on the several inhabitants thereof; that is to say, the sum of twenty shillings per head on all negroes and other slaves; the sum of four thousand six hundred and fifty pounds sixteen shillings and eight pence, being one sixth part of the said Details of the twenty-seven thousand nine hundred and five pounds, on the merchants and inhabitants of Charlestown; and the residue of the said sum of twentyseven thousand nine hundred and five pounds, on all lands and town lots throughout the said Province, without the limits of Charlestown plat, rateably and proportionably, according to the value of such lands and lots respectively. tax. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all persons whatsoever who are possessed of any lands or slaves in this Province, either in their own right or in the right of any other person, or are |