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An Act appropriating the sum of one thousand two hundred dollars for the purchase of Abraham, and for other purposes therein mentioned. 1804 47 (1804.12)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactssc0059 and id is 1 raw text is: And be it* endled, by The authority afcrrfaid, A toll That a toll bridge shall be, and is hereby estab. bndge . establishi lished over Edisto river,,# at the place where ed over. the ferry commonly called Givham's ferry was. Edist 'established, and vested in Philip Givham, his we heirs and assigns, for the term of fourteen yearsi Pilip and that the following rates of toll be taken there Pha m at, viz. for every waggori and team, and four wheeled carriage, with horses and rider or ti ders, seventy-five cents; for every horse.and chair, and all carriages of two wheels, with the rider or riders, twenty-five cents; -for every man-and.horse, six and a quarter cents; for e very hogshcad of tobacco, with horse -and dri- verg twenty-five cents; for every head of black cattle, two cents; for every head of goats, sheep or hogs, two cents; for every single man or horse, three cents. Provided the. said Philip Givham, his heirs or assigns, will build the said bridge of sufficient height, and of sufficient. breadth to admit the passage of boats and rafts up . and down the said river. in the Senate House, the twenty-first day ofDeenrber, is the rear of our Lord one thousand eight hundred andfour, and the twenyninth. 2ear of the Sovereignty and Inde- per.dence of the United States of Ameria. * JOHN WARD, President of the Senate. W. C. PINCKNEY, Seaker ofthe House of Representatives. An ACT appropriating the fam of one thoqfand two hundred dollars for ,th purcbfe of Abra- ban, andfor other purpofes therein mentioned. WAHEREAS a certain negro man named A- Pream- braham, belonging to Mr. Williarmi Kirk, ble. has rendered certain meritorious services to.tbis state, for which he ought to be rewarded:

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