The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-01-25
ACES or THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

ACTS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
AN ACT TO AMEND THE Law KNOWN AS
THE STAY LAw."
eitsenacted blythe Senate and House Of
Representatives, no,o met and sitting IN Gen
eral Assembly, and By the authority Of the
same, That the Act of the General Assem-
bly,, entitled e An Act to Extend Relief
to Debtors, and to Prevent the Sacrifice
of Property at Public Sales" passed the
.twenty-frst day of December, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and sixty-one, and all Acts amending said
Act, be, and the same are, hereby con-
tinued in force, until the adjournment of
the next regular session of this General
Assembly, and that nothing herein con-
tanned shall be construed to apply to any
cause of action arising er rdelicto, nor to
any process of distress for the collection
of rent.
II. That nothing herein contained shall
be construed to apply to any cause of ac-
ton which may hereafter originate; nor
shall any debtor be entitled to plead the
benefit of this Act, who shall fail, if de-
manded, at least three months previously,
to pay, on or before the first day of De-
cember next, one-tenth of the aggregate
amount of the debt and interest due at
the time such demand is made; but in
such cases, the creditor shall be at liberty
to proceed to Judgment, as if this Act had
not been passed, and,to enter execution
provided that no, execution SO obtained
shall, during the continuance of this Act
be enforced for more than the costs and
one-tenth of the aggregate am unit OF the
debt and interest.
III, Neither shall any debtor Oh final
process now subsisting, be cntitled to the
benefit of this Act, who shall fail, if de-
manded, at least three months previously,
by the creditor, or his or her attorney, to
pay, on or before the first ;lay of Decem-
.bcr next, the costs and one-scnth part Of
the aggregate amount of principal and in
tercst due on such process, at the time OF
such demand And when such debtor, on
demand made as aforesaid, shall fail TO pay
as aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for
such creditor to enforce such process for
tho costs and one-tenth part of the aggre-
gate amount of principal and interest due.
~, During the continuance of this Act,
the Statutes of Limitations be, and arc
suspended against the claims of all persons
in possession of property of debtors on
final process, and on which such process
may have lien.
In the Senate House, the twentieth day
of December, in the year of our Lord
3 one thousand eight hundred and sixty
- five.
W. D. PORTER,
Speaker of the Senate.
C. H. SIMONTON,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Approved: JAMES L. ORn.
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE DIsTlLIArIoN
ToF Sp1RTUous LIQUORS.
BE it enacted By the Senate aud House OF
Representatives. no,o met and sitting in Gen
eral Assembly, and By TIE authority af- the
sen,e, That hereafter it shall be unlawful
for any person in this State to be en-
gagged in the distillation of spirituous
liquors from or out of any grain or other
substance, except raw sorghum and the
ordinary fruits in their season, without a
license therefor from the Commissioners
of Public Buildings of the District in which
such person shall be so engaged.
II. That before the license hereinbeforc
mentioned shall be granted, the person OF
persons applying for the same shall pay
into the hands of the Commissioners Of
Public Buildings of the District in which
such application shall be made, the sum
OF two hundred dollars, on and for each
and every still, OF other apparatus used in
the distillation of spirituous liquors, cx-
cept from fruits. as aforesaid; which Ii
cense shall not be granted fol. longer
period than twelve months.
III. That violation of any Of the pro
visions contained in this Act shall subject
the person so offending to Indictment as
for a high misdemeanor, and, upon con
viction thereof, such person shall be fned
in a sum not less than five hundred mol
more than two thousand dollars, and i'm
prisoned not less three months nor more
than two years; two hundred and fifty