A. D. 1734. No. 567. AN ACT FOR DIVIDING THE PARISHES OF ST. PAUL'S IN COLLETON COUNTY, AND PRINCE GEORGE WINYAW, IN CRAVEN COUNTY. Preamble. divided as here WHEREAS, the Parishes of St. Paul's, in Colleton County, and Prince George Winyaw, in Craven County, are of a very large extent, so that the inhabitants thereof cannot attend the publick worship according to the custom of the Church of England, by reason of the great distance many of the inhabitants of the said parishes live from the respective parish churches; we therefore humbly pray your most sacred Majesty that it may be enacted, I. And be it enacted, by his Excellency Robert Johnson, Esq. Governour, The Parish of by and with the advice and consent of his Majesty's honourable Council St. Paul's to be and the Commons House of Assembly of this Province, and by the in mentioned. authority of the same, That the Parish of St. Paul's, in Colleton County, shall be divided as hereafter is mentioned; that is to say, that John's Island, Wadmelaw Island and Edisto Island, and the other adjacent Islands to the seaward, be and are hereby declared to be a distinct Parish by itself, separate from the other part of St. Paul's Parish, and for ever hereafter shall be called and known by the name of St. John's Parish, in Colleton County. Winyaw to be also divided. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the The Parish of Parish of Prince George Winyaw shall be divided as hereinafter is menPrince George tioned; that is to say, beginning at the southwestermost part of the plantation of John Du Bose, on Santee river, from thence on a line to the head of John Green's Creek, and down the said creek till you come to Black river, and from thence over Black river to the plantation of John Bogg, and from the said plantation of John Bogg, to be included in the town parish, in a due north line, till you come to Pedee river; and that part of the said parish wherein the parish church now is, shall and is hereby declared to be a distinct parish by itself, separate from the other part of the Parish of Prince George Winyaw, and for ever hereafter shall be called and known by the name of Prince Frederick; and the other part of the parish, where Georgetown lies, shall be called and for ever hereafter be known by the name of Prince George Winyaw. Churches and ses to be built. parsonage hou Rectors, how to be chosen. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the churches and parsonage houses for the said parishes of St. John in Colleton county and Prince George Winyaw in Craven county, respectively, shall be built in such place and places within the bounds of the said parishes respectively, as the major part of the commissioners hereinafter named shall order, direct and appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the major part of the inhabitants of the said parishes respectively, that shall contribute to the building of the same; and the said parishes respectively shall and may have and enjoy all the privileges and immunities as any other parish in this Province, doth or can have, hold or enjoy, by any law, custom or usage, whatsoever. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the rectors or ministers of the said parishes of St. John in Colleton county, and Prince George Winyaw in Craven county, respectively, shall be elected and chosen in the same manner as the other rectors or ministers of the several other parishes in this Province are, and shall have yearly paid to them and their successors, respectively, in the said parishes, for ever, the same sums as are paid to the other rectors and ministers of the other country parishes in this Province; and the publick treasurer of this Pro- A. D. 1734. vince for the time being, is hereby authorized, impowered and required to pay the same, under the same penalties and forfeitures as for not paying the salaries due to the other rectors or ministers of the several other parishes in this Province. And the said rectors or ministers of the said parishes of St. John in Colleton county, and Prince George Winyaw in Craven county, respectively, shall have and enjoy all and every such privileges and advantages, and also shall be under all such rules, laws and restrictions, as the other rectors or ministers of the other parishes in this Province are, or have and enjoy. How many V. And to prevent any disputes that may hereafter arise between the said parishes of St. Paul and St. Johns in Colleton county, and the parish- members of es of Prince George Winyaw and Prince Frederick in Craven county, Assembly shall concerning the choosing and sending their representatives to the General be chosen by said parishes. Assembly of this Province, Be it enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the said parish of St. Pauls shall choose and send three members, and the parish of St. Johns in Colleton county, three members, and no more, and the said parish of Prince George Winyaw, two members, and the parish of Prince Frederick two members, and no more, to represent them respectively in the General Assembly of this Province; and that the said parishes respectively shall choose and elect their respective members to serve in the General Assembly, in the same manner as the other parishes is this Province do, and as is required by an Act entituled an Act to ascertain the manner and form of electing members to represent the inhabitants of this Province in the Commons House of Assembly, and to appoint who shall be deemed and adjudged capable of choosing or being chosen members of the said house, and that writs for electing the members for each of the said parishes above named, shall be issued in the same manner and at the same time as for the several other parishes of this Province. &c. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the Honorable Col. John Fenwicke, Col. John Gibbes, Mr. John Stanyarn, sen. Names of comCapt. Samuel Underwood and Captain John Jenkins, for the parish of missioners St. John, in Colleton county, and for the parish of Prince George Winyaw, Maj. George Pawley, Mr. Daniel La Roche and Mr. Elias Horry, senior, are hereby nominated and appointed to be the commissioners mentioned in this Act; and they, or the major part of them, are hereby Impowered to authorized and impowered to accept and take any grant or conveyances receive any of any lands within the said parishes respectively, to them and their heirs, grant of land, in trust, for the inhabitants of the said parishes of St. John, in Colleton county, and Prince George Winyaw, for building and erecting parish churches and parsonage houses in the said parishes respectively, and for a glebe for the use of the same; and they are hereby authorized, required and impowered to exercise all the authorities and powers given them as commissioners by this Act; and in case of the death, absence or resignation of any of the said commissioners, the remaining commissioners, or the major part of them, shall summon the freeholders of the respective parishes to choose person or persons to be commissioner or commissioners in the room or place of such person or persons so dead, gone off, or resigning, as How vacancies to them shall seem meet, which persons so chosen by the majority of the shall be filled. freeholders then present, shall, and are hereby declared to be commissioners of this Act, and are and shall be invested with the same powers and authorities as the other commissioners appointed and named in this Act. VII. And forasmuch as several bridges are unfinished and out of repair in the said parish of St. Pauls, at the time of the making of this Act, to which all the inhabitants of the said parish before the division of the same ought A. D. 1734. collectively and respectively to contribute, Be it therefore further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all the bridges which within the term of Bridges built, two years shall be finished, rebuilt or repaired, within the limits of the &c. to be at the said parish of St. Pauls, as the said parish was limited and bounded before joint expense of the making of this Act, shall be finished, rebuilt and repaired at the united both parishes. expence of all the inhabitants of the said parish, as if this Act had never been made, and as if the said parish had still remained undivided, any thing in this Act or any other Act to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, that after the said term of two years, to commence after the ratification of this Act, the said divided parishes shall sustain the expence of all the said bridges, distinctly, severally and respectively, according to the usage and laws now subsisting in other parishes. PAUL JENYS, Speaker. In the Council Chamber, the 9th April, 1734. Assented to ROBT. JOHNSON. : No. 568. AN ACT FOR REPAIRING, ENLARGING AND PEWING THE Preamble. The church wardens and vestry to repair and enlarge the pre St. George. And may appoint persons to receive and collect money for the same. The said church-war dens may dis pose of the pews in said church. CHURCH OF ST. GEORGE'S PARISH, IN DOrchester. PAROCHIAL WHEREAS, the parish church of St. George in Dorchester, is in a very decayed and ruinous condition, and the same being also too small for the present number of the inhabitants of the said parish, and others resorting thereto, we therefore humbly pray your most sacred Majesty, that it may be enacted, I. And be it enacted, by his Excellency Robert Johnson, Esq. Governour, Captain General and Commander-in-chief, &c. and with the advice and consent of his Majesty's honourable Council and the Assembly of this Province, and by the authority of the same, That it shall and may be lawful to and for the church-wardens and vestry of the said parish, or the major part of them, for the time being, to repair and new-pew the present church of St. George parish in Dorchester, and make an addition to the said church, after such manner as they shall think proper. II. And the better to raise a fund for the repairing and adding to the said church as aforesaid, It is hereby further enacted, by the authority aforesaid, That the church-wardens and vestry, for the time being, or the major part of them, shall from time to time be enabled to appoint any two or more proper persons for the said parish, to receive and collect any sum or sums of money or other donations, for the use and purpose aforesaid, by the voluntary subscription or subscriptions of the parochial inhabitants, or any other religious or well disposed persons who have, or shall at any time be pleased to present gifts, or subscribe to the same; which said sum or sums of money, donations or subscriptions, which have, or shall be given, subscribed and collected as aforesaid, shall be disposed of in such manner as the church-wardens and vestry of the said parish, or major part of them, shall think most suitable and convenient. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That after the said church is repaired and the addition made, the church-wardens and vestry, or the major part of them for the time being, shall have full power, right and authority to grant, give and dispose of the said pews and seats, or the ground room for pews and seats of and in the said church, to such persons and in such order and situation, as the said church-wardens and A. D. 1734. vestry, or the major part of them, for the time being, shall think proper; which said titles shall be good and effectual, any law, usage, right or custom, in any wise to the contrary notwithstanding. IV. And it is hereby further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That it shall and may be lawful to and for any person or persons to give, grant Any person and convey in fee or otherwise, without any license of mortmain, any plat may give land or tract of ground to the church-wardens of the said parish, and their for the use of successors forever, for the better support of the reparation of the said church, and as a glebe or meusal land for the use and behoof of the resident rector or minister of the said parish, and his successors forever. PAUL JENYS, Speaker. In the Council Chamber, the 9th April, 1734. Assented to: ROBT. JOHNSON. the said church. AN ACT FOR SETTLING THE SALARYS OF THE MASTERS OF THE FREE No. 569. WHEREAS, in and by an Act entituled an Act for founding and erecting a free school in Charlestown, for the use of the inhabitants of Preamble. this Province of South Carolina, among other things it is enacted, that the master of the said school thereby erected, for a further encouragement to him, should have and receive out of the publick treasury of this Province the full sum of one hundred pounds per annum, to be paid him half yearly, and the Publick Receiver for the time being is thereby authorized, required and commanded, punctually to pay the same out of the said publick treasury: And whereas, also in and by the said Act, the commissioners therein named and their successors, are authorized and impowered to appoint an usher and a writing master, who shall also teach arithmetic and merchants accounts, and also the art of navigation and surveying, and other practical parts of the mathematicks, who for their encouragement should be allowed, by order of the said commissioners, not exceeding fifty pounds per annum each, to be paid in the same manner by the Publick Treasurer, as the master's salary is appointed to be paid: And whereas, since the passing of the said Act, being now upwards of twenty-one years, the alteration that hath happened in the currency of this Province, hath reduced the said salarys to one-fifth part of their original values, for remedy whereof we humbly pray your most sacred Majesty, that it may be enacted, I. And be it enacted, by his Excellency Robert Johnson, Esq. Governour, Captain General and Commander-in-chief, in and over his Majesty's Salaries of Province of South Carolina, by and with the advice and consent of his masters and Majesty's honourable Council and the Commons House of Assembly of ushers, how to be paid. this Province, and by the authority of the same, That from and after the ratification of this Act, and the settlement of the said masters and ushers in the said school, or any of them, the said salaries of such masters and ushers so settled, or so much thereof as from time to time shall grow due, shall be paid by the Publick Treasurer of this Province, to the said masters and ushers respectively, as shall be so settled, in manner as is VOL. III.-48. A. D. 1734. directed by the said herein before in part recited Act, in the current money of this Province, at four hundred per centum advance; any thing to the contrary notwithstanding. PAUL JENYS, Speaker. In the Council Chamber, the 9th of April, 1734. Assented to: ROBT. JOHNSON. No. 570. Preamble. The persons within named and their successors, to be one body politick and corporate, by the name within mentioned. AN ACT FOR FOUNDING AND ERECTING, GOVERNING, ORDERING AND WHEREAS, by the blessing of almighty God, the youth of this Province are become very numerous, and their parents so well inclined to have them instructed in grammar, and other liberal arts and sciences, and other useful learning, and also in the principles of the christian religion, that the free school erected, authorized and established in Charlestown for this purpose, is not sufficient fully to answer the good intent of such an undertaking: And whereas, several of the inhabitants of this Province who have a numerous issue, and live at such a distance from the said free school now established in Charlestown, that their circumstances may not be sufficient to permit them to send their children thither to be educated, whereby they may be deprived of so great a benefit; and it therefore appearing necessary that one or more schools be founded and erected in other part or parts of this Province as shall be most convenient for the carrying on so laudable a design, we therefore most humbly pray your most sacred majesty Majesty that it may be enacted, I. And be it enacted, by his Excellency Robert Johnson, Esq. Governour of this his Majesty's Province of South Carolina, by and with the advice and consent of his Majesty's honourable Council and the Assembly of this Province, and by the authority of the same, That the honourable Alexander Skene, Thomas Waring, Joseph Blake, Arthur Middleton, Ralph Izard, Robert Wright, Paul Jenys, Walter Izard, Benjamin Waring, Esqrs. the Reverend Francis Vernod, and William Cattell and John Williams, Esqrs. and their successors to be elected as hereinafter directed, be and shall forever hereafter be one body politick and corporate in deed and in name, by the name of the commissioners for founding, erecting, governing, ordering and visiting a free school at the town of Dorchester, in the parish of St. George, in Berkley county, for the use of the inhabitants of South Carolina; and that they and their successors by the same name, by the authority aforesaid, be fully made, ordained, constituted and declared one body politick and corporate in deed and in name; and that by the same name, they and their successors shall and may have perpetual succession; and that they and their successors by that name, shall and may forever hereafter be persons able and capable in law to purchase, have, take, receive and enjoy to them and their successors, lands, messuages, tenements, rents, libertys, privileges, jurisdictions, franchises and other hereditaments, of whatsoever nature, kind, quality or value they be, in fee, and in perpetuity,and also estates for lives, and for years; and all other manner of goods, chattels and things whatsoever, of what name, |