A. D. 1737. To the commissioners for repairing the new Market House, To George Livingston, engrossing a bill for estab lishing a chappel of ease at Beach Hill, To Gabriel Manigault. Esq. one of the commission- To John Champneys, Esq. for the same, To so much allowed towards building a place for di- To so much allowed for the payment of two men To the parochial charge of one parish, short reckon- To a sum of five thousand pounds, together with a To the wages and provision of one man short reck- To Doctor Nicholas Trott, for papers made out for To the Honourable Charles Pinckney, Esq. for pre To Gabriel Manigault, Esq. for services in his office To Mary Russell, widow, in full for her husband's In the Council Chamber, the 5th day of March, 1736-7. Assented to: THOS. BROUGHTON. A. D. 1737. AN ACT for prohibiting and preventing the exportation of Corn, No. 629. Peas, small Rice, Flour and Biscuit, from this Province to any other place except the Colony of Georgia, and for the encouraging the importation of those commodities. (Passed October Sth, 1737. The title of this Act is preserved in Grimke's Index, but I cannot find the original Act.) AN ACT for continuing a duty and imposition of three pence per No. 630. gallon on Rum imported, and for raising a Fund to finish and keep in repair the new brick Church in Charlestown, and for the carry ing on and maintaining the fortifications in this Province. (Passed October 8th, 1737. The title preserved in Grimke's Index, but I cannot find the original Act.) AN ADDITIONAL AND EXPLANATORY ACT TO AN ACT FOR ADVAN- WHEREAS, by an Act of the General Assembly of this Province, passed on the 23d day of June, 1722, entitled an Act for advancing the salaries of the Clergy, it is amongst other things enacted, that the churchwardens and any five of the vestry-men of each parish within this Province, shall and they are thereby fully empowered, to rate and assess all the taxable inhabitants of each parish respectively, toward the maintenance of all and every the poor within the same parish, who have resided in any such parish for the space of twelve months then last past, and that rateably and proportionably to the general tax or assessment for the year precedent, and shall levy the same by warrant of distress under the hands and seals of the two church-wardens and five of the said vestry-men against the goods of the said person so refusing to pay the same, and shall make sale thereof, returning the overplus after deducting thereout reasonable charges for the levying the monies so assessed, as in and by the said Act, relation being thereunto had, more fully appears: And whereas, upon the general words of the said recited Act, it has been conceived by some that the rate and assessment by the said Act directed to be made for and towards maintaining of the poor of the several and respective parishes in this Province, ought in proportion to the general tax to be rated and assessed upon the inhabitants, as well for the estates real and personal, lying and being within the respective parishes, for the maintenance of whose poor the said rates and assessments are respectively made, as for such their estates as are lying and being in other parts of this Province, without the limits of the same parish: Now, for the prevention of all doubts, questions and disputes for the future, concerning the manner of making such rates and assessments for the maintenance of the poor of the several and respective parishes in this Province, I. Be it enacted, That the church-wardens and any five vestry-men, who, by the herein before recited Act, are authorized and empowered to No. 631. Preamble. A. D. 1737. Inhabitants of any parish shall only be rated for the poor for such part of their estate as lies in the parish. Proviso. rate and assess the inhabitants of each respective parish in this Province, towards the maintenance of the poor of the same parish, shall in all rates and assessments hereafter to be made in pursuance of the said recited Act, only rate and assess the said inhabitants in proportion to the general tax paid or to be paid in the preceding year for such part of their estates real and personal, as shall or may be situate, lying or being in the parish for the maintenance of whose poor such rate and assessment shall be made: Provided, that all and singular the estates real and personal, of every person and persons whatsoever, which shall or may be rated and assessed in the general tax, shall be also rated and assessed by the churchwardens and any five of the vestrymen, in each respective parish where such estate, real or personal, shall be situate, lying or being, for and towards the relief and maintenance of the poor of every such parish respectively; and the sums which shall be so rated and assessed for and towards the relief and maintenance of the poor of each respective parish, shall be levied and recovered from the owners, possessors or occupiers of such estates, real or personal, or from their attornies, agents, managers or trustees, in the like manner and form as is directed by the before recited Act; any former law, statute, custom or usage, to the contrary thereof in any wise notwithstanding. C. PINCKNEY, Speaker. In the Council Chamber, the 8th day of October, 1737. Assented to: THOS. BROUGHTON. (I cannot find the original. The above is copied from Grimke, page 150.) No. 632. AN ACT further to impower the Commissioners for regulating Pilots for the port and harbour of Charlestown. (Passed February 4th, 1737-8. The original not to be found.) No. 633. AN ACT for Easing the Tax of the current year to the Inhabitants of this Province, by appropriating certain surplus money in aid of the same. (Passed February 4th, 1737-S. The original not to be found.) No. 634. AN ACT for settling a Fair and Markets in Radnor, in the Parish of St. Helena, in Granville County.) (Passed March 11th, 1737-8. The original not now to be found.) No. 635. AN ACT for making and keeping in repair the road that leads from Westo Savannah road, on the East side of Pon Pon river, to Musgrove Ferry, and from thence to Parker's Ferry road in St. Paul's Parish, and to appoint Commissioners for the same. (Passed March 11th, 1737-8. The original not to be found.) AN ACT for making a new List of the Names of persons fit to serve A. D. 1738. Νο. 636. AN ACT for the better regulating the Militia of this Province. (Passed March 11th, 1737-8. The original not to be found.) No. 637. AN ACT for Encouraging the Manufacture of Silk in this Province, No. 638. under the direction of Mr. John Lewis Pogas, for seven years. (Passed March 11th, 1737-8. The original not to be found.) AN ACT FOR LICENCING HAWKERS, PEDLARS AND PETTY-CHAPMEN, AND No. 639. WHEREAS, to the great prejudice of the store-keepers and shopkeepers in this Province, who have been and are obliged to pay tax for their stock in trade and otherwise, divers persons of late, who pay no tax towards the support of this government, have travelled from town to town, and from one plantation to another, both by land and water, exposing to sale rum, sugar and other goods, wares and merchandizes, and taken in payment therefor, from negroes and other slaves, hogs, fowls, rice, corn and other produce, to the great prejudice of the planters their masters; I. Therefore be it enacted, That from and after the 24th day of June, 1738, there shall be answered and paid to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, by every hawker, pedlar, petty chapman or other trading person or persons, going from town to town, or to other men's plantations, and trading either on foot or with horses, pettiauguas, boats, canoes or otherwise, within the Province of South Carolina aforesaid, (except as herein after is excepted) carrying to sell or exposing to sale any rum, sugar, or other goods, wares or merchandizes, the several duties or impositions herein after mentioned, that is to say, the sum of £100 current money of the Province aforesaid for a licence to be given to him, her or them, to travel by water in manner as is herein after directed, and shall pay the sum of £100 like current money per annum for each pettiaugua, boat, canoe or other vessel, he or she shall so travel with, over and above the first mentioned duty of £100; and the sum of £50 of like current money of the Province aforesaid for a licence to be given to him, her or them to travel by land in manner as is herein after directed, and shall pay the sum of £50 of like current money per annum for each horse, ass, mule or other beast of burden he, she or they shall so travel with, over and above the said last mentioned duty of £50. Which said several sums or duties shall go and be in aid of the annual general tax, to be raised for the sup Preamble. Amount to be paid for Licences. A. D. 1738. port of the government of this Province, and be appropriated and applied accordingly. Pedlars &c. to give security. Penalty on persons offending. II. And every pedlar, hawker, petty chapman and other trading person or persons, so travelling as aforesaid, shall, before the 24th day of June, 1738, deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the public treasurer or receiver of this Provinee, a note in writing under his or her hand, or under the hand of some person by him or her authorized in that behalf, how or in what manner he or she will travel or trade, whether by land or by water, whether on foot or with one or more horse or horses, ass or asses, mule or mules, or other beast or beasts of burthen, cart or carts, pettiauger or pettiaugers, canoe or canoes, or other vessel or vessels, for her or his so travelling and trading, for which he or she shall thereupon pay, or cause to be paid unto the said publick treasurer or receiver, one moiety of the duty by this Act payable for the same, and give security by bond, with one or more sufficient surety or sureties, to be taken in his Majesty's name, for the true payment of the other moiety of the said duties at the end of six kalendar months, and for his or her good behaviour, and not to trade or commit any offence, contrary to the true intent and meaning of this Act. And thereupon a licence shall be given by the publick treasurer or receiver unto him or her so to travel or trade, and which licence shall be renewed yearly. III. And if any such hawker, pedlar or petty chapman, from and after the said 24th day of June, 1738, is found trading as aforesaid, without or contrary to such licence, such person shall for each and every such offence forfeit the sum of £200 current money, the one moiety thereof to the informer, and the other moiety to the poor of the parish wherein such offender shall be discovered. And that every person so trading, who upon demand made by any justice of the peace, constable, or other officer of the peace of the county or town where he or she shall so trade, shall refuse to produce or shew to such justice or other officer of the peace his or her licence for so trading, to be granted as aforesaid, that then the person so refusing shall forfeit the sum of £100 current money, to be paid to the church wardens of the parish where such demand shall be made, to the use of the poor of the same, and for non payment thereof shall suffer as a common vagrant, and be sent to the common goal in Charlestown, there to remain until such forfeiture shall be paid or satisfied. IV. And be it further enacted, That it shall and may be lawful for the Treasurer to said public treasurer or receiver, and he is hereby directed, appointed and grant licences. required, upon the terms aforesaid, and upon the receipt and security given as aforesaid, to grant a licence, to be by him subscribed, to every such hawker, pedlar, petty chapman, or any other trading person, for him or herself, or for him or herself with one or more horses, mules or other beasts, pettiauguas, canoes or other vessels, which he or she shall travel with, as the case shall require; for the writing and subscribing of which licence there shall be taken only the sum of 20s. current money. Penalty on forging or counterfelting licences. V. If any person or persons whatsoever shall forge or counterfeit any licence or licences, or travel with such forged or counterfeit licences for the purposes aforesaid, or with a licence granted to any other person than to him or herself, such person shall forfeit the sum of £400 current money, one moiety thereof to the King, to be applied as aforesaid, the other to him that shall prosecute or sue for the same, to be recovered by action of debt, bill, plaint or information, in his Majesty's court of common pleas in Charlestewn, in which no essoign, protection, wager of law, or more than one imparlance, shall be allowed, and shall be subject to such |