THE

STATUTES AT LARGE

OF

SOUTH CAROLINA;, statutes

EDITED, UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE LEGISLATURE,

BY

THOMAS COOPER, M. D.-L. L. D.

STANFORD LIBRARY

VOLUME FIRST,

CONTAINING ACTS, RECORDS, AND DOCUMENTS OF A

CONSTITUTIONAL CHARACTER,

ARRANGED CHRONOLOGICALLY.

COLUMBIA, S. C.

PRINTED BY A S. JOHNSTON.

1836.

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Introduction to the Province Laws of S. Carolina, by Nicholas

Trott, L. L. D.

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Contents of the first Charter of South Carolina.

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First Charter granted by Charles 2d to the Lords Proprietors

of Carolina.

Contents of the second Charter of South Carolina.

Second Charter granted by Charles 2d to the Lords Proprietors

of Carolina.

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Note of the Editor.

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Extract from the manuscript journals of the House of Assem-

bly Volume from 1702 to 1706. August 30, 1702.

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The fundamental Constitutions of Carolina-Drawn up by

JOHN LOCKE, March 1, 1669.

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Rules of Precedency. (Locke's Constitutions.)

An Act for removing and preventing all questions and disputes

concerning the assembling and sitting of the present Assembly

of the Settlement in South Carolina.

An Act for supporting the present government under the ad-

ministration of the Honorable James Moore, Esq. the present

Governor of the same, or any succeeding Governor; 17 June,

1720.

An Act for establishing an agreement with seven of the Lords

Proprietors of Carolina, for the surrender of their title and in-

terest in that Province to his Majesty. A. D. 1729.

Of the various promulgations of MAGNA CARTA: by the Editor.

Contents of the Great Charter of King John, A. D. 1215.