provisions as to former sole traders...

See insolvent debtor's Act, of April 7, 1759, sec. 13, 14, 15. And the attach-
ment Act of March 12, 1783. County Court Act of March 17, 1785, sec.
6,7, &c. Attachment Act of February 27, 1788. Act to alter and amend
the County Court Act, February 29, 1788, sec. 7.

See note to No. 709, p. 794.

B.

BAIL. See 1 and 2 Philip and Mary, ch. 13, 1554. Also, 2 and 3 Philip and Mary, ch. 10,
1555. Also, sec. 20 of 4 Ann, ch. 16, 1705. Also, Act relating to escapes, 1

Ann, Stat. 1, ch. 6, 1701, sec, 3.

.620

bail to be endorsed on the writ..

.119

bail in attachment by the debtor.

.620

See sec. 4 and 26, of the Court Act of July 29, 1769. And the County Court
Act of March 17, 1785, sec. 4, 9, 10, 17.

BARTHOLOMEW PARISH. A Parochial Chapel of Ease established..........

.253

BAPTISTS. Antipedo Baptists......

.660

BARGAIN AND SALE. If pleaded, a copy shall be allowed in evidence. See Stat. of 10
Ann, ch. 18. Qu. if adopted?

BASTARD. See Index to vol. 2. And sec. 4 of the Act of March 28, 1787, relating to
County Courts.

BEACH HILL, (St. Pauls.) A Parochial Chapel of Ease established.....
BEASTS OF PREY. To destroy, 271, 351, 632....

BEAUFORT. To encourage the settlement of Beaufort Town, page 574, and..

Act to appoint Receivers, Comptrollers, and Waiters..

A Pilot Boat to be kept there, page 713, and...
County Waiters appointed....

BEEF AND PORK. Act to prevent frauds in those and other articles..

BILLIARD TABLES. See Act for regulating Taverns and Punch Houses..

(This Act made perpetual by the revival Act of March, 1782.)

.453

786

.575

..597

.757

...776

.686

..370

.581

BILLS OF CREDIT. See Tax Acts, 188, 219, 305, 349, 368, 411, 423, 464, 671, 702.............. .775
No legal tender. See Act of February 6, 1782.

BOOKS OF ACCOMPT. Made evidence of debt by Act of September 20, 1721, sec. 10.
The original Act is not now to be found. Grimke has inserted a mutilated
copy in his public Laws, p. 116.

BONDS. For money borrowed of the public

bonds, notes and securities for money: punishment for stealing

BREAD, Assize of...

See Act of March 26, 1784, relating to Charleston, sec. 3,

232-245

.468

.715

BRICKS. Persons building with bricks in Charleston, may set half the partition wall on
neighbor's ground. See Act relating to fires in Charleston, sec 2. See vol. 2,
p. 607.

BUOYS AND BEACONS, To be set up near Georgetown..

also, at Prince George's harbor, Winyaw...

C.

CAPIAS AD SATISFACIENDUM. None to issue for debt under £20 currency.

Act for the trial of small and mean causes, June 13, 1747, sec. 5.
return, sec. 35, 36, of the County Court Act, of March 17, 1785.
Act of 1 Ann, Stat. 1, ch. 6.

.678

.406

..694

Form of
Escape

.643-649

CATTLE. To prevent infectious disorders among Cattle..............
CAUSES, SMALL AND MEAN. All the Acts relating to this subject, will be collected and

published in the concluding volume, relating to Courts, &c.

CHALLENGE TO JURORS. See page...

.281

See sec. 23 of Jury Act of July 29, 1769.

CHARGES OF GOVERNMENT. Estimate thereof...
CHEROKEES. Aid to be sent to them......

See Act of March 22, 1786.

CHILDSBURY.

Fair and Markets established there.....
A Parochial Chapel of Ease established..
Free Schools to be erected there..

CHOSES IN ACTION. Felony to steal them...

To be mentioned in the schedule of Insolvent Debtors, sec. 1, of Act of
April 7, 1759. Also, sec. 10, of Act of March 17, 1785, (County Court Act.)
Also, sec. 4, of the Prison Bounds Act, of February 29, 1788.

CHURCH ACT, Provision of.......

CHURCH WARDENS. Penalty for not enforcing the Hawkers and Pedlars Act
may bind out Orphans and transfer their Indentures.......

must inform against persons omitting to carry àrms to church. See among the
Acts relating to negro slaves, Act of May 7, 1743, sec. 3, 4.

CLERGY, their salaries advanced...

CLERGY, benefit of. See Index of last volume.

.186

39

.204

.252

.364

.470

.11
.489

544

.11, 174, 485, 650

not allowed to stealers of Choses in action.....
nor to counterfeiters of certificates, Act of April 9, 1776. Also, Act of April
11, 1776, against sedition, sec. 4. Also, Act of March 16, 1783, against plun-
dering vessels in distress. Also, Act of October 12, 1785, concerning a
medium of circulation, sec. 11. Also, Act against stealing horses, March 13,
1789, sec. 1.

CLERKS OF COURTS. See volume containing the Acts concerning Courts of Law.
COASTING VESSELS. The port charges eased......

COMMISSIONERS of Roads and Highways. See volume including all these Acts.

of Public Loans......

COMPTROLLER and Treasurer for Georgetown, appointed..

CONSTABLES. Act to improve that office...

how appointed.............

protected from vexatious suits...

duty under Hawker's and Pedlar's Act, sec. 8.

how appointed.....

must attend sessions once a year.

exempted from fee of 8s proclamation money.

when liable to pay other fees......

duty under the Act of 1747, for the trial of small and mean causes..

to conduct fugitive seamen to prison.....

470

.491

..28, 232, 245

.722

..586

283

366

.489

.555

.586

.586

.625

.694

.736

See also, Act August 23, 1769, sec. 2, concerning house breakers. Also,

reviving Act of March 28,
17,1785, as to fees, sec. 59.
promotion of industry. Also, Act of February 25, 1788, as to County
Courts, sec. 4, 7. Also, Act concerning Estrays, March 13, 1789, sec. 8.

1778, sec. 6. Also, County Court Act of March

Also, Act of March 28, 1787, sec. 8, 9, for the

CONTAGIOUS DISTEMPERS; Acts concerning,....

See Act of March 26, 1784, and March 19, 1785.
CONVEYANCES. See vol. 2, Registering and Recording.

..127, 643, 694, 720, 771, 773

office for recording them, &c. See Quit Rent Act....

See confiscation Act of February 26, 1782. County Court Act, March 17, 1785,
sec. 44, 45, 46, 47. Act to amend that Act, March 11, 1786, sec. 10. Re-
cording Act of March 13, 1789. Act to enlarge the time of recording, &c.
March 23, 1789.

for gaming debts void. See 9 Ann, ch. 14, 1710.

COPARTNERS. Estates may be disposed of by will....

partition on application to the Common Pleas...

COPIES. See County Court Act, of September 20, 1721, sec. 11.
See County Court Act, of March 17, 1785, sec. 31.
Copies of writs left at defendant's house......
See Act 10 Ann, ch. 18, 1711.

.289

.382

..707

..117

.470

CORPORATIONS, Mandamus and quo warranto, 9 Ann, ch. 20, 1711.
COUNCIL. Two allowed to persons capitally indicted..

D.

DAMS AND BANKS. Act to regulate them. . . ..

See Act of March 26, 1784, and March 11, 1786.

DEBT. Proof of debt under £20 currency. See Act of June 13, 1747, for the trial of
small and mean causes.

Real Estate may be attached for debt. See Act March 12, 1783. Act relating
to Executors, March 17, 1787. County Court Act, March 17,
45, &c. Act November 4, 1788, as to creditors of foreigners.
of the State, March 13, 1789.

DEBTORS. Acts for relief of debtors..

See attachment Act, of May 29, 1744..

1785, sec. 13,
Foreign debt

.287

.609

.694

..105, 106, 173

County Court Act, March 17, 1785. Act concerning probates, March 13, 1789,
sec. 25. See also, the attachment Act.

DEBTORS, INSOLVENT, Going away...

Act for relief of ....

See also, insolvent debtors Act, of April 7, 1759.
Deserting the Province. See Attachment Act..

DECLARATION not to be filed till return of the writ....

.616

.122, 176, 785, 786
.105, 106, 640, 662, 786

.616

.468

In attachment, to be filed within a month after the return of the writ. See
attachment Act, May 29, 1744.

DEEDS. See recording, registering and conveyances, not to be impeached for want of
livery of seizin. See sec. 28 of Quit Rent Act.. . . . . . .

In case of lost deeds, the record with possession of the party, shall be evidence
at Law.......

.289

.289

Lost and not recorded, the party proving 7 years possession, may obtain a new
grant...

....289

See County Court Act, March 17, 1785, sec. 45, 47.

Amendment to that Act, March 17, 1786, sec. 10 and 29; Act of February 17,
1786, sec. 1.

DISTEMPER, CONTAGIOUS. Act to prevent their spreading in Charleston...

DOWER. Feme Covert may renounce. See sec. 29, of the Quit Rent Act.
See also, County Court Act, of March, 1785, sec. 46.

.289

Widow may bequeath the growing crop where she has dower.....

.382

See Act April 19, 1767, sec. 7. Act March 28, 1778, sec. 10. County
Court Act, March 17, 1785, sec 46. Dower Act, of March 22, 1786.

E.

ECHAW. Act concerning the Chapel there....

EDMONDSBURY To establish a Parochial Chapel there.

EJECTMENT. Act to allow more than one suit in Ejectment...

ELECTION. For members of Assembly, see 2, 3, 4, 50, 135, 656, 695 and..
See subsequent Act, March 8, 1787. Act March 7, 1789.

EMBARGO laid on all vessels...

VOL. III.-101.

.304

.651

.612

.785

453

ESCAPE. See Act of Parliament on this subject, 8 and 9 W. 3, and 1 Ann, Stat. 1, ch. 6,

A. D. 1701.

EXPORT of provisions forbidden.......

County Court Act, March 17, 1785, sec. 23. Prison Bounds Act, of February
29, 1788, sec. 8 to 11.

118

.117

132

146

.....146

EXECUTION not to be granted till 30 days after judgement..

When to be stayed by injunction.....

To run through every county and precinct..
Returnable to the Court issuing them...

Court Act of July 29, 1769, sec. 6. County Court Act, March 17, 1789, sec.
11, 36, &c. &c. Act of November 4, 1789.

EXECUTORS. Unexpired apprenticeships assets, (sec. 5)....

Act to direct Executors and Administrators how to return inventories and ac-
counts, &c... .. .

.544

.666

See Act of March 17, 1787. Eschent Act, sec. 8, of March 28, 1787. Act con-
cerning Enquirers, Collectors, &c. 1783. Act of March 7, 1789, as to
Courts of Ordinary. Circuit Court Act, of March 13, 1789, as to judgements
not docketed. Probate Act, of March 13, 1789, throughout.

EXTORTION. See Act for trial of Small and Mean Causes...
See County Court Act, March 17, 1785, sec. 24.

..694

See Act of March 12, 1783. County Court Act, March 17, 1785, sec. 24, 25,
58. Circuit Court Act, of March 13, 1789, sec. 9, 10.

See Act of April 9, 1776, counterfeiting certificates. Tobacco Act, of March
13, 1789, sec. 31.

FORTS AND GARRISONS, Act to regulate......

Fort Johnson. See Act, February 29, 1788.

FRAUD in selling Rice, Pitch, Tar. &c., to prevent...

FREE SCHOOLS in Charleston, salary of the master..

In Dorchester...

In Childsbury..

.234, 468

.497, 686

.377

.378

.364

G.

GAMING. Against excessive and deceitful gaming, 9 Ann, ch. 14, A. D. 1710..
See sec. 8, of the Insolvent Debtor's Act, April 7, 1759.

GEORGETOWN. Act for building a Parish Church and instituting a Parsonage there.............. .579

Act to appoint Receivers, Comptrollers, and Waiters there...
Buoys and beacons to be set up...

.579

.678, 760

Comptroller and Treasurer appointed....

Act for appropriating the duties there received, to the building of a Church....755

Country Waiters appointed....

GLEBE. Emblements of the Glebe...

GOVERNOR impowered to raise forces..

Impowered to send aid to the Cherokees..

GUARDIANS, To impower the appointment of........

See Act of February 17, 1789.

May divide their commissions..

To impower the appointment of..

See Act of 6 Ann, ch. 18, A. D. 1707, sec. 4.

GUNPOWDER, To raise a public store of..

H.

HABEAS CORPUS. Habeas Corpus Act of Ch. 2. See vol. 1.

Act to prevent disturbances on account of the Habeas Corpus Act.....
See County Court Act, of March 17, 1785, sec. 20.

HAWKERS AND PEDLARS trading with servants and slaves..
To take out licence.

ST. HELEN'S PARISH, Act to divide it..

HEMP, Flax and Silk Manufactures, Act to encourage..
HORSES and neat Cattle, Act against stealing..

I.

IMPOTENT and infirm persons burthensome to the parish, not to be imported...

.722

.776

.383

.23, 39

.39

.667

.667

..707

..588

.347

.489

.489

.658

436, 786
603

Buying land from them prohibited.

INHABITANTS of the Ferry Path annexed to the inhabitants of the South side of Ashley

491

INDIAN TRADE. Acts regulating it, 45, 86, 141, 184, 229, 273, 327, 371, 399, 448, 452, 724
and....

..754

INDIANS, to preserve amity with, 448, 517, and.

763

525

222

river....

INFECTIOUS DISTEMPERS among Cattle, 643, 649 and.

INFANTS. Their Guardians to make return of monies received, every 3 months.

How Guardians may be appointed....

See sec.
9, of the Escheat Act, March 23, 1787. See proviso, in the latter part
of sec. 1, of the Enquirers' Act, of February 27, 1788. See also, the sus-
pending Act, of February 29, 1788. Stat. of 13 Ed. 1, st. 1, ch. 15, A. D.
1285.
INHERITANCE of Feme Coverts, how renounced. See Feme Coverts and....
.302
Also, Act for holding Courts, April 19, 1767, sec. . 7, reviving Act of March 28,
1778, sec. 10. County Court Act, of March 17, 1785 sec 46.

See also, County Court Act, March 17, 1785, sec. 39. Also, Insolvent Debtor's
Act, April 7, 1759. Also, Act concerning Vendues, March 27, 1787, sec. 1.
Also, Prison Bounds Act, February 29, 1788.

INTEREST OF MONEY reduced from 10 to 8 per cent........

See Ordinance, March 26, 1784. Also, sec. 1 and 8, of the Act of November

4, 1788, to regulate the payment of debts.

INVENTORIES of Executors and Administrators, how to be made out..

...666