Three Judges of the Court of Chancery, at £500 each, Collectors of the Customs for the ports of Georgetown and Beaufort, at the rate of Searcher of the customs for the port of Charleston, at the rate of £150 per annum, Two Waiters of the customs for the port of Charleston, at the rate of £100 per Waiter of the customs for the port of Georgetown, at the rate of £30 per annum, Waiter of the customs for the port of Beaufort, at the rate of £20 per annum, until 100 00 00 * 100 00 00 1500 00 00 His Excellency the Governor, for Indian affairs, agreeably to the Resolution of Con- 260 00 00 In the Senate House, the thirteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, and in the thirteenth year of the Independence of the United States of America. D. DESAUSSURE, President of the Senate. JACOB READ, Speaker of the House of Representatives. No. 1469. AN ORDINANCE FOR THE SALE OF SUNDRY LANDS BELONGING TO THE PUBLIC, AND FOR APPOINTING COMMISSIONERS TO PURCHASE OTHER LANDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ERECTING STORE HOUSES, AND HAVING TOBACCO INSPECTED IN OR NEAR CHARLESTON. Preamble. WHEREAS, divers lands whereon the forts and fortifications were erected, and sundry low water and other lots, which had been sold by virtue of an Ordinance passed the sixth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-four, have been re-vested in the public by reason of the purchasers not having complied with the terms on which the same were sold. And whereas, the commerce of this State will be advanced by giving encouragement to the culture of tobacco; A. D. 1789. chase land for I. Be it therefore ordained, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the Persons apauthority of the same, That Josiah Smith, Edward Lightwood, Richard pointed to purLushington, Daniel Stevens, Esquires, and William Turpen, be, and they public use. are hereby, authorized and empowered to purchase one acre and a half of such land as shall be fit and answerable for the purpose of erecting a warehouse or warehouses for the reception and inspection of tobacco, which said land shall be and continue forever for the sole use of inspection and storing of tobacco. have a credit II. And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the said commissioners be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to Purchasers of expose to public sale, on a credit of three years, to be paid for, with the public land to interest thereon annually, in specie or paper medium, so much of the of three years. public lands whereon the several forts and fortifications were erected, and the low water and other lots within the city, as shall be sufficient to pay for the purchase of the said one and a half acre of land hereby directed to be bought; and the remainder of the said lands shall be sold by the said commissioners for general indents, payable in one, two, and three years, with interest thereon; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. the commis III. And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the purchaser or purchasers shall give bonds and a mortgage of the premises, Purchasers to with sufficient security for the said purchases, to the said commissioners, in give bond to trust for the purposes by this Ordinance intended, which bonds shall be sioners. lodged in the Treasury of the State; and the commissioners of the treasury are hereby authorized and required to pay to the persons from whom the purchase of the said land shall be made, the amount of the said bonds, so to be taken for the payment of the said land, or assign the same, if required, to the person or persons from whom the said land shall be purchased as aforesaid. heirs. IV. And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That upon the heirs or legal representatives of John Scott, late of Charleston, de- John Scott and ceased, giving up and conveying to the said commissioners in trust for, and to be sold for the use of, this State, so much of the low water lot adjoining Craven's bastion, at the north end of the bay of Charleston, eastward of the said bastion, and running in a line with the said bastion, as will make the public lands to the channel of the river of an equal width from the bay to the channel of the river, the said heirs or legal representatives, and the estate of the said John Scott, shall be, and they are hereby, exonerated from the purchase of the said bastion, made from the public by the said John Scott, in his lifetime, and all interest thereon; any law to the contrary notwithstanding. to continue V. And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners, previous to selling the land taken back from the heirs of Commissioners John Scott, shall lay out so much land as will continue East Bay street East Bay sixty-six feet wide, until it shall intersect the intended canal north of Cra- street ven's bastion. VI. And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the lands on East Bay street, continued from Mr. Sommer's lot to Ashley river, shall be resold, subject to the former and all future assessments for making and completing the said street. VII. And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the Certain lands to be sold. A.D. 1789. said commissioners shall respectively be allowed and paid out of the moneys arising on the sales of the said public lands, all their reasonable expenses incurred in consequence of the several powers and authorities hereby vested in them. In the Senate House, the thirteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, and in the thirteenth year of the Independence of the United States of America. D. DESAUSSURE, President of the Senate. JACOB READ, Speaker of the House of Representatives. No. 1470. AN ACT for building a Bridge across Ashley River. No. 1471. AN ACT FOR NATURALIZING RICHARD WRAINCH, PATRICK BYRNE, EDWARD BUTLER, GEORGE HARDING, ANDREW SMITH, PAUL SMITH, JAMES BURGESS, JOHN FITZPATRICK, JOHN HARTLEY HARRIS, AND JAMES DOWN, AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. Preamble. Citizenship granted to certain persons. WHEREAS, Richard Wrainch, Patrick Byrne, Edward Butler, George Harding, Andrew Smith, Paul Smith, James Burgess, John Fitzpatrick, John Hartley Harris, and James Down, have, by their respective petitions to the Legislature, humbly prayed that they and their descendants respectively may be partakers of all the rights, privileges and immunities which the natural born citizens of the State of South Carolina do enjoy ; I. Be it therefore enacted, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the said Richard Wrainch, Patrick Byrne, Edward Butler, George Harding, Andrew Smith, Paul Smith, James Burgess, John Fitzpatrick, John Hartley Harris, and James Down, on taking and subscribing the oaths of allegiance and abjuration, before any one of the judges of the court of common pleas of this State, they and their descendants respectively shall be deemed, adjudged, and taken to be natural born citizens of this State, to all intents, constructions, and purposes, as if they had been or were born within the same. Provided always, that none of the above mentioned persons, or either of them, shall be eligible to the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, delegate to Congress, Intendant of the city of Charleston, member of the City Council, or to the office of justice of the peace, nor to a seat in the Privy Council, or either branch of the Legislature, for and during the term of four years from and after the passing of this Act, subject, nevertheless, to such regulations A.D. 1789. within that period as shall be established by the Federal Government. In the Senate House, the thirteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, and in the thirteenth year of the Independence of the United States of America. D. DESAUSSURE, President of the Senate. JACOB READ, Speaker of the House of Representatives. AN ORDINANCE FOR FUNDING, AND ULTIMATELY DISCHARGING, THE No. 1472. FOREIGN DEBT OF THIS STATE. Preamble. to pay the foreign debt. WHEREAS, it is essential to the honor and credit of this State that funds should be forthwith provided for the discharge of the foreign debt; I. Be it therefore ordained, by the honorable the Senate and House of Representatives, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the following funds shall be, and the same are Sums pledged hereby, solemnly pledged for the payment of the foreign debt; that is to say, the sum of ten thousand pounds out of the moneys to be collected on the first day of the month of April, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety, by virtue of the tax Act passed at the present session. Also the interest which shall annually grow due on the paper medium. Also the balances which are due, and shall become due, on bonds which were given for confiscated estates, and which are payable in specie. Also, all sums due, or to become due, for amercements, payable in specie. Also, the balances of all the bonds which were given for general duties, and which are payable by instalments. And also all bonds for duties that became due prior to the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-eight, and that are not installed. groes for a cer II. And be it further ordained, by the authority aforesaid, That a tax of one-fourth of a dollar per head per annum, is hereby imposed on all Tax on nenegroes, mustizoes, and mulattoes, and the assessors and collectors for the tain period. time being are hereby authorized and required to assess and collect the same annually, for the term of ten years, beginning from the mouth of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and ninety-. one, and the moneys to arise therefrom shall be paid into the treasury separate and apart from any money which shall be collected for defraying the annual expenses of Government. And the commissioners of the treasury are hereby required to keep distinct accounts of all moneys which shall be paid to them as aforesaid, and apply the same to the payment of the foreign debt only. tle the ac III. And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the auditor be, and is hereby, directed and empowered to settle, balance, and Auditor to setcredit the account of each foreign creditor respectively, who, either in counts of foperson or by attorney duly authorized for such purpose, shall signify his reign creditors. acceptance of the provision made by this ordinance, in lieu of a precise fulfilment of the stipulations heretofore entered into with the agent of the State; and that upon the sum total that shall be so found due thereon, interest shall be annually paid as aforesaid. A. D. 1789. IV. And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners of the treasury be, and they are hereby, directed to open Commissioners an account in the books of the treasury, and therein enter to the credit of the treasury of the foreign creditors respectively, all such sums of money as shall aprecord of the pear to be due to them, and the sum so entered shall be and remain a sums due to fo- transferable stock, subject to the regulations hereinafter mentioned; that reign creditors. is to say, the commissioners of the treasury having made a fair record, to keep a fair Form of the certificate to be given by the commissioners. Interest to be paid before the principal. Manner of paying foreign debt. as aforesaid, the sum thus recorded shall be and remain the property of the respective creditors, and shall in no wise be transferred or become the property of any other person whatever, except only by the act of the said creditors respectively, appearing in their proper persons at the treasury, and signing an order for such transfer, or by their special power of attor ney authorizing a person to appear in their name and make such transfer on their account, and in such case the sum thus transferred by each or either of the said methods, shall, by virtue thereof, become the sole, free, and full property of the persons in whose name it is so recorded, to all intents and purposes whatsoever. V. And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That the commissioners of the treasury shall give to the person or persons to whose credit the said demand shall be entered, a certificate for his said debt or debts, in the words following: "Treasury of the State of South Carolina : -day of In pursuance of an Ordinance of the Legislature of South Carolina, passed the day of we do hereby certify and declare, that there is due by the State of South Carolina to A B, the sum of sterling money of this State, in specie, redeemable in the cities of Paris or Amsterdam, as the case may be, bearing interest, payable at the treasury of this State yearly, at seven per centum per annum, from the day of in the year which debt is duly recorded in the books of the treasury, and transferrable there only according to the rules and terms expressed in the said Ordinance.” Provided, nevertheless, that the said certificate shall in no case be issued until the bonds or indents which have already been given for the said debts respectively shall be delivered up to the commissioners of the treasury, or to some person or persons duly authorized by the Governor or Commanderin-chief for the time being, to receive the same. VI. And be it further ordained by the authority aforesaid, That no part of the capital of the foreign debt be paid out of any moneys hereby appropriated as aforesaid, until a sufficient sum be first applied to the extinguishment of the interest. VII. And be it further ordained, That no dividend for the reimbursement of the capital of the foreign debt shall be made except annually, and subsequent to the yearly discharge of the interest, and such dividend shall be rendered only in exact proportion to the relative amount of the capital owned by each creditor respectivley, so that equal justice may be extended to all the foreign creditors of this State. In the Senate House, this thirteenth day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-nine, and in the thirteenth year of the Independence of the United States of America. D. DESAUSSURE, President of the Senate. JACOB READ, Speaker of the House of Representatives. |