expen

A. D. 1892.

Annual statement.

Delivery to

successors.

expenditures during the preceding two years; and they shall likewise publish at the end of each year after the beginning of their term of office a full statement of their receipts and ditures during the preceding year. And at the expiration of the term of office of each Mayor it shall be the duty of the City Council and of the retiring Aldermen to pay over to their successors any moneys in their hands at the time of making such return belonging to said corporations, and likewise to deliver up promptly, at the end of each Mayor's term, all books, records, property and papers incident to their said offices to their successors, and on failure so to do they shall be liable to be fined in a sum of five hundred dollars, to be collected by said City Council Penalty for by suit in any Court of competent jurisdiction.

SEC. 24. That all fines which shall hereafter be collected by conviction in the Court of Sessions for York County for retailing spirituous liquors without license in the limits of said city shall

failure.

ing liquor.

be paid one-half to the informer and the other half to the city, Fines for sellfor the use of the corporation.

When to take effect.

cil.

Ordinances,

Present Coun

SEC. 25. This Act shall go into effect immediately upon its passage, and all ordinances and by-laws heretofore passed, and all resolutions, rules and regulations heretofore adopted, by the &c., confirmed. Town Council of Rock Hill under existing laws be, and they are hereby declared to be, of full force and effect in the said city of Rock Hill; and until the election of Mayor and Aldermen herein provided for, the Town Council of Rock Hill be, and they are hereby declared to be, the City Council of Rock Hill, and the Intendant vested with all the duties and powers of Mayor of the said city, and the said Wardens are vested with all the powers and duties of Aldermen of the said city. And the said city is hereby declared to be liable for all contracts and obligations of Existing conthe town of Rock Hill.

tracts.

SEC. 26. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act Repealing be, and they are hereby, repealed; and this Act shall be deemed and taken to be a public Act, and shall continue in force for the term of thirty years, and until the end of the session of the Legislature next ensuing.

clause.

Public Act.
Duration.

Approved December 24th, A. D. 1892.

A. D. 1892.

No. 280.

ized.

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF

YORKVILLE, IN THIS STATE, TO PROCEED UNDER SECTION
TWELVE OF THE CHARTER OF THE SAID TOWN TO EFFECT
A LOAN AND ISSUE CORPORATE BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE
OF PURCHASING A STEAM FIRE ENGINE, HOSE, HOSE
REELS, AND OTHER APPARATUS INCIDENT TO FIRE ENGINES,
AND FOR CONSTRUCTING WATER TANKS IN THE STREETS OF
THE SAID TOWN, AND TO PROCEED UNDER SAID SECTION
TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE LOAN SO
EFFECTED, PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST.

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 Loan author- the Town Council of the town of Yorkville, in this State, be, and they are hereby, authorized to proceed under Section twelve of Issue of bonds. the charter of the said town to effect a loan and issue corporate bonds for the purpose (hereby declared to be a corporate purpose, within the meaning of those words as used in the said Section of the said charter) of purchasing for the said town a steam fire engine, hose, hose reels, and the other apparatus incident to fire engines, and for constructing water tanks in the streets of the Provision for said town, and to proceed under said Section to make provision for the payment of the loan so effected, principal and interest.

Purposes.

payment..

Water works.

Bonds.

SEC. 2. That said Town Council shall have authority to build a permanent system of water works for said town at a cost not exceeding sixteen thousand dollars, and may issue seven per cent. interest-bearing coupon bonds to mature twenty-five years from date to meet the cost of the same: Provided, That before any bonds are issued under the provisions of this Section, the said Prior election. Town Council shall submit the question of the issue of said bonds to the approval of the qualified electors of said town, at an election to be by said Council appointed and held for that purpose. And if a majority of the persons so voting approve of said issue of bonds the said Town Council may proceed to issue the same and construct the said works: Provided, That before any election shall be held under the provisions of this Act, a majority Petition by of the freehold voters of the said town shall petition the said Town Council that the said election be ordered.

freeholders.

When to take effect.

SEC. 3. That this Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval.

Approved December 24th, A. D. 1892.

NOTE. For Act relating to running streams in York County, see Act No. 58, ante p. 111

[The following Acts were approved and filed at too late a day A. D. 1892. to be inserted in their proper place in this volume.-EDITOR.]

AN ACT TO EMPOWER THE BOARD OF PHOSPHATE COMMIS-
SIONERS TO FIX THE AMOUNT OF ROYALTY TO BE PAID
ΤΟ THE STATE BY ANY PERSON, COMPANY, CORPORA-
TION MINING PHOSPHATE ROCK AND PHOSPHATIC DEPOSIT
IN THE NAVIGABLE STREAMS AND MARSHES OF THIS
STATE.

No. 281.

fixed.

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 Board of Phosphate Commissioners of the State be, and they ¡Royalty to be are hereby, authorized and empowered to fix the royalty to be paid the State by parties mining in the navigable waters and the marshes of this State at such amounts, not to exceed two dollars Limit. per ton, and for such periods, as they, upon full investigation and examination, may deem advisable: Provided, That six months' notice be given of any raising of such royalty above the sum of one dollar.

Approved January 7th, A. D. 1893.

Notice of increase.

AN ACT TO RENEW AND AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN No. 282. OF BEAUFORT.

Charter renewed.

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 charter of the town of Beaufort, with the amendments thereto, 17 stat., 52. are hereby renewed and extended for the term of twenty years. SEC. 2. The municipal authorities of said town of Beaufort Power to levy are hereby authorized and empowered to levy a tax upon all real and personal property in said town to an amount not exceeding one (1) per cent. of the assessed value of said property.

SEC. 3. All Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with or repugnant

to this Act are hereby repealed.

Approved January 11th, A. D. 1893.

taxes.

Repealing

clause.

APPENDIX.

LIST OF CHARTERS

GRANTED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE,

Under the provisions of the Act of December 23d, 1886, (19 Stat., 540,) entitled "An Act to provide for the formation of corporations under general laws," and Acts amending the same, and reported by the Secretary of State to the General Assembly in his Report of November 1892, published under authority of Section 3 of Act of 1892, 21 Stat., 23.

ABBEVILLE COUNTY HEDGE FENCE COMPANY.-Incorporated to build hedge and wire fences for profit and gain. Location, Abbeville, S. C. Amount of capital stock, twenty thousand dollars. Par value, one hundred dollars each. Date of charter, 5th July, 1892.

AIKEN COUNTY HEDGE FENCE COMPANY.-Incorporated to do general fence business, to sell, plant, grow, trim, plash, contract for and build wire and hedge fences. Location, Aiken, S. C. Amount of capital stock, sixteen thousand dollars. Par value, one hundred dollars each. Date of charter, 11th March, 1892.

AIKEN WAREHOUSE, STORE AND MANUFACTURING COMPANY.Incorporated to store and sell all kinds of goods and manufacture fertilizers. Location, Aiken, S. C. Amount of capital stock, five thousand dollars. Par value, one hundred dollars each. Date of charter, 10th May, 1892.

AIKEN WATER COMPANY.-Incorporated to supply water for public use to the city of Aiken, S. C. Location, Aiken, S. C. Amount of capital stock, sixty thousand dollars. Par value, one hundred dollars each. Date of charter, 20th September, 1892.

THE ALLIANCE PUBLISHING COMPANY.-Incorporated to do a general publishing business. Location, Columbia, S. C. Amount of capital stock, ten thousand dollars. Par value, ten dollars each. Date of charter, 23d December, 1891.

ANDERSON COUNTY HEDGE FENCE COMPANY.-Incorporated to build hedge and wire fences. Location, Anderson, S. C. Amount of capital stock, twenty thousand dollars. Par value, one hundred dol

lars each. Date of charter, 26th October, 1892.

THE ANDERSON SAVINGS LOAN AND INVESTMENT COMPANY.Incorporated to do a general building and loan business. Location, Anderson, S. C. Amount of capital stock, fifty thousand dollars. Par value, one hundred dollars each. Date of charter, 7th June,

1892.

THE BANK OF COLUMBIA, S. C.-Incorporated to do a general banking business. Location, Columbia, S. C. Amount of capital stock, one hundred thousand dollars. Par value, one hundred dollars each. Date of charter, 21st May, 1892.

BARNWELL COUNTY HEDGE FENCE COMPANY.-Incorporated to sell, plant, grow and maintain hedge and wire fences. Location, Barnwell, S. C. Amount of capital stock, sixteen thousand dollars. Par value, one hundred dollars each. Date of charter, 27th April, 1892.

THE BARNWELL MANUFACTURING COMPANY.-Incorporated to manufacture, buy and sell doors, sash, blinds, carriages, &c. Location, Barnwell, S. C. Amount of capital stock, ten thousand dollars. Par value, one hundred dollars each. Date of charter, 29th February, 1892.

THE BLACKSBURG MINING AND MILLING COMPANY.-Incorporated to do a mining and manufacturing business. Location, Blacksburg, S. C. Amount of capital stock, thirty thousand dollars. Par value, one hundred dollars each. Date of charter, 9th January, 1892.

THE BLACKSBURG PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY.—Incorporated to do a general newspaper and job printing business. Location, Blacksburg, S. C. Amount of capital stock, six thousand dollars, Par value, twenty-five dollars each. Date of charter, 25th April, 1892.

THE CAPITAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY.-Incorporated to buy, sell and manufacture cotton. Location, Columbia, S. C. Amount of capital stock, ten thousand dollars. Par value, one hundred dollars each. Date of charter, 7th May, 1892.