A. D. 1893.

Corporators.

pose of providing a depot or terminal facilities at Port Royal, such condemnation proceedings to be conducted in manner provided for by law.

SEC. 2. That this charter, with the rights and privileges and franchises incident thereto, is hereby granted to L. A. Klauber, of George's, S. C., H. H. Harper, of George's, S. C., B. Mantoue, of New York, N. Y., Eugene Mantoue, of New York, N. Y., George F. Von Kolnitz, Jr., of Charleston, S. C., F. M. Ronan, of Charleston, S. C., and R. G. Ward, of Charleston, and such other persons as may be associated with them their successors and assigns, and the said company shall have all the Rights and rights, powers and privileges, and be subject to all the liabilities, provisions and limitations, set forth and contained in an Act entitled "An Act to provide for and regulate the incorporation of 19 Stat., 171. railroad companies in this State," approved December 23rd, 1885.

liabilities.

Name.

Capital stock.

Books of subscription.

SEC. 3. That the name of said company shall be "The Santee, Walterboro and Port Royal Railroad Company."

SEC. 4. The capital stock of said company shall be twenty-five thousand (25,000) dollars, with the right to increase the same to one hundred thousand (100,000) dollars, to be divided into shares of one hundred (100) dollars each, which said capital stock may be used for and appropriated to the purposes above set forth.

SEC. 5. That a majority or any three of the aforesaid corporators shall give one week's notice of the opening of the books of subscription in any newspaper published in Charleston, S. C., to be kept open for thirty days from date of such first notice, and whenever the sum of five thousand (5,000) dollars is subscribed of subscribers. to the capital stock of said company the said corporators, or a

First meeting

majority of them, shall within a reasonable time thereafter appoint a time and place for the meeting of said stockholders, of which two weeks' notice shall be given in such newspapers of this State as they may deem necessary, at which time and place Organization. said stockholders may proceed to the organization of said company by the election of six Directors, which said Directors shall President and elect one of their number to be President of said company. The said Board of Directors and the said President so elected shall Term of office. hold their offices for one year and until their successors are elected.

Directors.

Leases.

SEC. 6. That any lease, transfer or consolidation of the company hereby incorporated shall be submitted to a meeting of the stockholders and be ratified by three-fourths of said stockholders before the same shall be legal or binding.

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Crossing of and

SEC. 7. That the said company shall have power, if need be, to conduct their railroads across and over any public road, river or creek, water or water courses that may be in their route: roads Provided, That the passage of the roads or the navigation of the waters be not obstructed thereby.

streams.

streets.

SEC. 8. That the said railroad company be, and they are here- Track through by, authorized and empowered, by and with the consent of the Council of any towns or cities through which they may pass, or at which their road may terminate, to construct their tracks through one or more of the public streets or ways of such towns or cities: Provided, That in such construction and extension all necessary Proviso. precaution in extending the work be taken not to obstruct or otherwise impair the use of any streets or public highway through which the said railroad may be constructed or extended.

completed sec

SEC. 9. That the said railroad company is further authorized Operation of and empowered forthwith, upon the completion or acquirement tions. by purchase, lease or consolidation, as hereinbefore provided, of any portion or section of said railroad between any points through which the same may be run under this charter, to operate and maintain such portion or section with all the rights, powers and privileges hereby granted to said company.

May issue

coupon bonds.

SEC. 10. The said company is hereby authorized to execute, issue and deliver to any person or persons, trustee, body corporate or politic, bonds not to exceed twenty thousand dollars per mile for the payment of money, with coupons attached, bear- Description. ing a rate of interest not greater than that allowed by law, and

in denominations from one hundred to one thousand dollars each, payable at such time or times as may be determined, to sell and sale of bonds. to dispose of said bonds for such price or consideration as said company may deem proper; said bonds to be secured by one or Mortgages. more deeds of trust or mortgage upon the real estate, property or franchises of said company, to be made payable at such time and authenticated in such manner as the Board of Directors of said company may direct.

SEC. 11. That this Act shall be held and deemed a public Act, Public Act. and the right, powers and privileges conferred in this Act shall rest and continue in the said company and their successors for Duration. and during the period of fifty years or until repealed, to be computed from the time of the approval of this Act.

SEC. 12. It is hereby provided that the said road shall be completed for at least ten miles of its length from the initial point within three years after the passage of this Act, and the balance

Time for com

pletion limited.

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thereof as soon after as practicable, or this charter, or so much thereof as shall not be completed within five years of its date, shall then be forfeited.

Approved January 4th, A. D. 1894.

ed.

No. 363. A JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPOINT A BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ESTATE OF DR. JOHN DE LA HOWE.

SECTION 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That Board appoint- James C. Klugh, A. K. Watson, B. A. Boyd, John B. Holliway. and J. U. Wardlaw be, and they are hereby, appointed a Board of Trustees of the estate of Dr. John De La Howe, late of Term of office. Abbeville County, who shall hold their offices for the term of four years from the first Monday in April, A. D. 1894. Approved December 20th, A. D. 1893.

No. 364. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE TOWN OF CORONACA, IN THE COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That from Incorporation. and after the passage of this Act all citizens of this State who have resided sixty days in the town of Coronaca, in the County of Abbeville, shall be deemed, and are hereby declared, a body politic and corporate, and the town shall be called and known as Name and Coronaca, and its corporate limits shall extend one-half mile North, South, East and West from the depot of the "Port Royal and Western Carolina Railway," so that said town of Coronaca shall be one mile square.

limits.

Rights and liabilities.

SEC. 2. That the said town of Coronaca shall have all the rights, powers and privileges and be subject to all the provisions and limitations enumerated and contained in an Act entitled 19 Stat., 174. "An Act to provide for and regulate the incorporation of towns of less than one thousand inhabitants in this State," approved 23rd

December, 1885.

The first election for Intendant and Wardens of said town shall be held on the 14th day of February, 1894, between the hours of 9 A. M. and 4 P. M.

A. D. 1893.

First election.

prohibited.

SEC. 3. That it shall be unlawful for any druggist or other Sale of liquors person to sell any spirituous or malt liquors, or any medicated liquor of which spirituous liquors form an ingredient, within the incorporate limits of said town, upon the prescription of a physician or otherwise, and any and all persons violating the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, Penalties. and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine or imprisonment, or both, within the discretion of the Court. And the Town Council of said town is hereby authorized and empowered Ordinances. to pass such ordinances as may be deemed necessary, with appropriate penalties, to enforce the observance and punish all violations of the provisions of this Section.

Public Act.

SEC. 4. That this Act shall be deemed a public Act, shall go into effect for a period of thirty years, and until the final ad- Duration. journment of the General Assembly next thereafter. Approved January 4th, A. D. 1894.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1 OF AN ACT ENTITLED "AN No. 365.
ACT TO RENEW AND AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN

OF DUE WEST, IN THE COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE,” AP-
PROVED MARCH 9, 1874.

,, 15 Stat., 615,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That Section 1 of an Act entitled "An Act to renew and amend the A. A. 1874, §1, charter of the town of Due West, in the County of Abbeville," amended. approved March 9th, 1874, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the words "in each direction," on line nine, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "East and seven-eighths of a mile West"; and by striking out the words "a half," on line twelve, and inserting in lieu thereof the words "five-eighths." So the said Section when amended shall read as follows:

SECTION 1. That all persons, citizens of the United States and Incorporation. of this State, who now are, or hereafter may be, inhabitants of the town of Due West, in the County of Abbeville, shall be deemed, and are hereby declared, a body politic and corporate;

A. D. 1893.

Name and limits.

and said town shall be called and known by the name of Due West, and its limits shall be deemed and held to extend threequarters of a mile East and seven-eighths of a mile West along the main street, from the Associate Reformed Church as a centre, and a half mile on each side of said main street, so as to include an area of one and five-eighths miles in length and one mile in width.

Approved January 4th, A. D. 1894.

No. 366. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY COUNCIL OF AIKEN TO USE CERTAIN MONEYS COLLECTED UNDER A SPECIAL TAX AU

Water tax.

THORIZED BY ACT OF DECEMBER 23, 1891, FOR THE CERTAIN
PURPOSES OF SAID CITY.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That whereas a special tax was levied and collected by the City Coun20 Stat., 1210. cil of Aiken under said Act of December 23d, 1891, called the water tax, which has never been used as provided in said Act, the said City Council is hereby authorized and empowered to use Appropriated. said fund in defraying the expenses of an artesian well now being dug in said city.

Approved December 20th, A. D. 1893

No. 367. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CITY COUNCIL OF AIKEN TO
ORDER AN ELECTION FOR THE PURPOSE OF ISSUING BONDS

FOR THE PURPOSE OF PUTTING IN A SYSTEM OF WATER
WORKS AND SEWERAGE.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the On petition. City Council of Aiken is hereby authorized and empowered, upon the presentation to them of a petition, in writing, of a majority of the freehold voters of said city, to order an election, upon two weeks' notice by advertisement in a newspaper published in said

Election to be advertised.