Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1867-01-16
Acts Passed by the Last Legislature
AN ACT TO PROVIDE ARTIFICIAL LEGS FOR

Acts Passed by the Last Legislature.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE ARTIFICIAL LEGS FOR
ALL CITIZENS OF THE STATE WHO HAVE
LOST THEIR LEGS DURING THE RECENT WAR.
Tie Governor is hereby authorized to fur
nsh all citizens of thi, State who have lost
their legs during the recent war, in the ser
vice of tue country, with artificial legs; and
the sum of twenty thousand dollars, if 50
much is necessary to pay for the same, is is
hereby appropriated for that purpose, and all
other purposes necessary TO carry out the
provisions of this Act, and that all railroad
companies in this State be requested TO trans
port to and from Columbia, or anyCsher place
that may be designated by the Governor, free
of G. are, all citizens of this Sta eatitlel to
artificial legs under the foregoing section OF
this Act.
Az ACT TO REGULATE TIE FEES OF SnERlFrs
roa DIETING PARsoss CONFINED IN JAIL
AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE MORE ESpEDI-
TI,us PAYMENT THEREOF.
l. Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of representatives., now met and :itting IN
General Assembly ana by authority CT tie
same, That the Sheriff shall be entitled to
chlrse and receive for dieting persons con-
iiued in Jail since the first day Of December,
a. D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty
six, the sum of forty cents per diem. :.
Ii. That at the end of each month it shall
be the duty Of the Sheriff TO file in the office
of the Comptroller General an account set
ting forth the number Of persons coriilcd IN
his Jail, the causes Of their commitment and
the number OF days each has been confined,
sworn to by the Sheriff, and accompanied with
u copy of the warrant or order of commit
ment under which each person las been com
mitted, certified TO By the Clerk of the Court
of Common Pleas and General Sessions. And
upon the discharge OF any person from con:
Gnemcnt il shall be the duty of the Sheriff
to file in the ctlice Of the Comptroller Gen.
eral the original warrant or order Of com
milmeut under which such person was con-
fined in Jail.
III. Tic Comptroller General shall im'nc-
lialeiy, upon the fling OF such account, SC
swori.to AMI r;iicd in his ,iice, examine
the same and upon being satisfied of its cor
rectness, shrli draw his draft on the Treasur-
G. of the ate for heamount OF Such accoun,
PAYABLE to the Sheriff or his order. which
draft the Treasurer shall pay out Of any mon.
evs in the Treasury appropriated for that
purpose or not otherwise specially appro-
priated.
". The Comptroller General shall, in his
annual report to the General Assembly, make
:. statement Of all amouu's paid under the
provisions OF this Act, accompanied withp.op
cr vouchers.
Y. The Sheriff and sureties shall be liable
under his official Bond for any amount fradu-
!cn,ly or improperly drawn from the ,Treasu
ry. under this Act to be recovered by action
OF debt at the suit of the State, and in addi
lion thereto the Sheriff shall be liable to in
dictment as for official misconduct, and upon
conviction shall be fined and imprisoned, al
the discretion Of the Court.
VI. The fees for dieting persons convicted
uuder all indictment or other criminal pro-
cecdings Shall be taxed against such persons
as nov provided for by. law and when the
amount 50 taxed shall be collected by the
Sheriff, it shall be his duty to pay the same
into the Treasury Of the State, within thirty
davs from the time of such collection; an
in case of tie failure of any Sheriff to make
such payment within the time prescribed, he
and his sureties shall be liable, under his off
cia bond, to pay four times the amount Sc
collected, wit. interest on the same, from
the time it is collected, to be recovered by
action of debt at the suit Of tic State.
VII. It. shall be the duty Of the Sheriff, as
soon as he can, after the first Of October, an
nually to report 10 the Comptroller General
hc names of all persons convicted under in
dic.ment or other criminal proceedings, ana
Of the amount drawn from the Treasury fcl
the dieting OF such persons, under the provi.
sious of this Act The Comptroller General
Shall, upon the receipt OF such report, charge
the Sheriff upon his books with The amount
so drawn, in the same manner us IS now pro-
v;dcd by law in the case Of lax executions
and the Sheriff shall only discharge himsel
by the repayment of the amount 20 advanc.
ed, or by return of.nuliG bona upon the
execution issued against the person so con
victed.
VIII. That the Sherifls Of the several Dis
tr;cts, or being ordered by Judge to re
move prisoner from one District to another
or to appear before tie Court of Appeals
shall be allowed to make out their bills fol
themselves, and ono guard fer each prisoner
as row provided for BY law, ard upon making
cath of the correctness of the same, and ap-
pending tue order of the Judge for such re-
moval and the official certificate of the Clerk
of tae Court for the District in which he re-
sides that the service hss been rendered, the
said Sheriff, may present tie same to the
Comptroller General and be paid as herein
provided in case of fees for dieting persons.