4 Stat. at Large of S.C. 319–20 (1838)

I. And be it enacted, by the Honorable William Bull, Esq., Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-chief, by and with the advice and consent of his Majesty's Council and the Commons House of Assembly of this Province, and by the authority of the same, That the Honorable Rawlins Lowndes, John Rutledge, Henry Laurens, Benjamin Dart, David Oliphant, John Poaug and Miles Brewton, Esquires, be, and they are hereby, appointed commissioners for purchasing a piece of ground at Hobcaw Point, and another on Charlestown Neck, not exceeding four miles distance from the said town, sufficient for building a powder magazine at each of the said places capable of containing forty thousand weight of gun powder, each, and enclosing the same with a substantial brick wall; and that the said commissioners shall, as soon as may be, contract and agree with the owners of the said land for the same, and with some proper person or persons for building and enclosing the said magazines, and causing the same to be done; and that in case the said commissioners and the owners of the said land cannot agree about the value thereof, that it shall be determined by a majority of three persons, one to be chosen by the said commissioners, another by the owners of the said lands, if they will nominate one, and if not, by the said commissioners, and the third by the two persons chosen as aforesaid, and the said land shall thereupon be vested in the public forever. II. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That the magazines at Hobcaw Point and Charlestown Neck shall be under the care of deputy powder receivers, to be appointed for each of the said magazines by the powder receiver for the time being, who shall be answerable for their conduct, and give bond to the public treasurer with sufficient security the penal sum of ten thousand pounds currency for his and their faithful execution of the said offices; and that the said deputy powder receivers shall reside at or near the magazine for which they are respectively appointed. III. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That as soon as the said magazines at Hobcaw and Charlestown Neck are finished, the powder receiver, for the time being, shall be allowed from the public of this Province, a salary of four hundred pounds current money, per annum, besides the present emoluments of his office. IV. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That as soon as the said magazines at Hobcaw and Charlestown Neck are finished, the powder receiver shall cause the powder in the magazine at Charlestown to be removed thither and kept there, and that from thenceforth the said magazine at Charlestown shall no longer be occupied as such. V. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That persons living in Charlestown shall store their gunpowder, except the quantity which by law they are allowed to keep in their houses, in one or other of the said magazines hereby directed to be built, and that the powder receiver shall be entitled to the same fees for the care thereof, as he is for powder now kept by them in the magazine in Charlestown. VI. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That whenever there shall be ten thousand pounds weight of public powder in the said magazines, the powder receiver for the time being shall receive from vessels money in lieu of powder, at the rate of six shillings currency for every pound of powder which they may be liable to pay; and that provision for the expence of purchasing the said land and building the said magazines at Hobcaw and Charlestown Neck, shall be defrayed by the public of this Province; and the commissioners, or the majority of them, herein appointed for building of the said magazines, are hereby authorized and impowered to draw on the public treasurer for the expence of purchasing lands and building the two magazines aforesaid, and the said public treasurer is hereby required to pay the same out of any monies in the public treasury not exceeding the sum of twelve thousand pounds current money of the said Province.