The State guard., 1848-03-21

Marine Railway and Insurance Company
 40. An net to incorporate the Oro afalo and Female Institute of Pike county
 Al. An sc, supplemental to an act cn titled an act 10 amend an act to incorpo rste the Dayton Literary Association, ap proved lith February, ls43, and for othe purposes.
 l42. An net to amond an act to incor porate the Madison Turnpike Company approved 14th January, 1884.
 14s. An act to incorporate tho Lafay ssfe Branch Railroad company.
 IA. An act to amend an act entitled an act to incorporate the town of Green talc, In the county of Butler, and for othel purposes, approved l4th February, ls43 l45. An act to incorporate tho town o 6nntsrsvillc, in the county of Marshall.
 l46. An act for the preservation of the State Capitol and the grounds belonging to the samo.
 147. An act to alter and amend the soy. eral acts prescribing the duties of the Clerk oftho Supreme Court, to regulate tho fees of said officer, and for other purpo- ecs mentioned therein.
 14s. An act for the relief of tho repre- sentatives of Jonathan Hunt, deceased.
 l49. An act providing for tho appoint mont of q general administrator for the county of Sumter.
 l50. An act to regulate the time of the sitting of the winter term of the Supreme Court. This act provides that the winter term ofthc Supreme Court shall commence on tho first Monday in January.
 15l. An act to diminish the cost ofsuits. This act provides that whom witness il, . civil suit is summoned, lc shall attend from tcrn to term until said cause is deter mined, unless sooner discharged, without further notice, in all counties where the torm of the Court is not of longer duration than one week, &c.
 l52. An act to tax costs in certain cases This Act provides that all suits in any o tho Courts of this State, where the testimo. , ny ofany witness shall have been taken by deposition or ntcrrogatories, it shall be the duty cfthc Clerk or Register of such Court to tax tho sarno al the rate af twenty cent: for every hundred words, besides postage to be inserted in the execution as other items ofcost. That the costs of all trans crip's of records from other Courts, whcl may be used as testimony in any Court i, this State, shall also be taxed by Clerk. and Registers, and inserted in the cxccu ton as other items of costs, provided thai such transcripts be the foundation of sais action or dcfonce.
 l33. An act amcndatory of the laws or tho subject of divorce This act provide: that when cause of divorce exist in favo of any married woman, against her hus band, it shall bo competent for her {, prosecute a suit on the same in the Chan cery district of his residence or freehold or in caso Inc has no residences and free hold, then in tho district of the distric of tho residence and freehold of her mex fricnd provided that no suit shall bt brought under this unless the husband o the wife Ina, been resident of this Satt for three years before the filing of tho bill and in case either party has been resi- dent ofthi, State for tho period atorc said il shall be sufficient to vcst the Court witl jurisdiction, any law to the contrary not withstanding.
 l3l. An act to require Sheriff, to kccl boob', an for other purpo,,s. This az requires tho Shcriffs ot thc several countc l this State to keep we'll bound book O books, in which they shall enter the name of tho plaintiff and dctonl,nt to all pro cess, whether mcsne or final, which ma como into their hands to b, cxccuted tho time olthe receipt of such process. an tho court from which it issued or to whc 1t may be rcturnable, and the return mad by them thereon and if the process be writ of execution, or order of sale, tn date of the judgment or decree on whic the came was issued and h. shall cnte in said book tho amount received on sue execution, separating tho principal fror the interest, and affixing tho true date ( tho receipt. That in the book or book kept as aforesaid, it shall be the duty , khc said sheriffs to cntor the several item ofcosts by them charged for cxccu,in euch process, or such as may in any wa be incidental thereto, and all other cos fAIcd thorein and if such process be .heri focias, or order of sale, then tho sai sheIiffs shall ontcr in words and figures ; length, the fees by them charged as con missions, and the services by them rcn;lc cd, for which such charge or charges ma he m.dc That it sha noic ,ver, bc til duty of said shcriffs to keep book books in which they shall enter each an every article of property sold by thel under execution or order of sale the prt ecs, un1cr which tho samc was sold when sold; by whom purchased and what price. That the said books an each and cvory ofthem; shall, at all time be open to tho inspecti ,n of the publi, while in the possession of said sheriffs and the same shall, by said shcriffs, wi;l is sisty days after tho expiration of tho term of service, De filed in the office of tn clerk ofths circuit court of their respacti, counties, whose duty it is made to recei, and keep the same in their respective of ecs. The penalty affixed on failure of tl shcriffs to comply with the provisions this act, is fine in double the amount the costs charged by said sheriff.