The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1870-04-07
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Passed by the Legislature Of South Carolina.

80 81 '>T ACTS :
Passed by the Legislature Of South Carolina.
AN ACT To CARRY INTO EFFECT THE PROVES
IONS OF THE CONSTITUTION IN RELATION
TO THE RIGHTS OF MARRIED WOMEN. .S'F
SECTION /. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives Of the State ofSouth
Carolina. now met and setting in General AS
sembly, and by. the authority of the same:
That the real and personal property of mar
ried woman, whether held by her at the time
of her marriage or accrued to her thereafter,
either By gift, grant, inheritance, devise, pur-
chase or otherwise shall not be subject to levy
and sale for her husbands debts,r but shall be
her separate property. ,f7 ..s:s5a- ff3,.r a,...-
Sec g A married woman shall have power
to bequeath, devise or convey her separate
property in the same manner and to the sarae
extent as if she were unmarried; and it dying
intestate, her property shall descend IN the
same manner as the law now provides for the
descent of the property of husbands, and all
Deeds mortgages and legal instruments of what
ever kind, shall be executed by her in the same
manner, and have the same legal force and ef-
feet as if she were unmarried. H.
Sec g. A married woman shall have the
right to purchase any species of property in
her own name, and to take proper legal con-
veyance therefor, and to contract and be con-
tracted with in the same manner as if she were
unmarried Provided, That the husband shall
not be liable for the debts of the wife contrac-
ted prior to or after their marriage, except for
her necessary support. ~ a.. rs ~, ttasa
SEC. 4. All Acts and parts tof Acts in con-
flict with the provisions of this Act are hereby
repealed y '. -
Approved January q, 1870. ,tsfia;ea 7i:;.'
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR a GENERAL ELECTION
OF COUNTY OFFICERS.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General As
sembly, and by the authority of the same,
There shall be general election for the cleo
ton of the various County officers (elective)
held in each County on the third Wednesday
of October Ammo Domini one thousand eight
hundred and seventy, and on the same day in
every second year thereafter, the officers other
wise provided for in the Constitution of the
State excepted.
SEC. 2. That the present County officers shall
continue to perform the duties Of their respec-
tive offices until their successors shall be cleo
ted and duly qualified s.
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sistent with this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved February IA, 1870.
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
AND THE KEEPING IN REPAIR OF PUBLIC
HIGHWAYS AND ROADS.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives OF the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General AS
sembly, and by authority of the same, That all
able-bodied male persons, and all male persons
able to perform, or cause to be performed, the
labor herein required, between the ages of eigh-
teen and forty-fve years, shall be liable annu-
ally to perform such days labor on the public
highways and roads as shall not exceed ten
days, in one year, under the direction of the
Commissioners of the County in which he shall
reside Provided, That if any person being
warned as hereinafter provided, shall pay to
the County Treasurer of the County in which
he may reside the sum of one dollar per day,
after being notified by the Commissioners, the
same shall be received in lieu of such labor, and
shall be applied by the said Commissioners to
the construction and repair of highways and
roads in the precinct to which they belong.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be the duty of the Commits
sioners of each and every County in this State
to order out every such person, resident as
aforesaid, between the first Monday in De-
cember and the first Monday in August an
nually, to do and perform the work atoresaid
on the public highways and roads in their re-
spective Counties; and if any such resident,
being personally warned by such Commission
ers, or by having written notice served at'his
place of residences shall refuse or neglect, hay-
himself or substitute equally able to perform
led, how off od oh q
refuse to obey the directions of the said Com
missioners, shall, upon conviction threof, be
fined by the County Commissioners, in a sum
not less than five nor more than fifteen dollars,
the same to be collected as other judgments.
SEC. 3. In case any person shall remove from
one County to another, who has, prior to such
removal, performed the whole or any part OF
the labor aforesaid, or in any other way has
paid the whole amount aforesaid in lieu of such
labor, and,,shall produce certificate of the same
from the Commissioners of the proper County,
uch certificate shall be complete discharge
for the amount therein specified.
SEC f. Any person called upon to perform
any labor upon the public highways and roads,
under the provisions of this Act, shall by HIM
self or substitute appear at the the place ap-
pointed BIZ the Commissioners at the hour OF
eight o'clock in the forenoon, with such neces-
sary tools ana Implements as the COMMISSION
ers may direct; and the Commissioners, may, if
necessary for the construction or repair of the
highway or road, order any person owning the
same to furnish team of horses, mules oroxen,
any wagon, cart, pillow or scraper, to be employ
ed and used upon the said highway or road un-
der their direction. ss~ if 'rs;s -
Sec. 5. For the purposes provided for under
the preceding Sections of this Act, the resi-
dence of any person who has family shall be-
held to be where his family resides, and the
residence of any other person shall be held to
be where he boards, in any County in this
State. ec !! ~ 5stsa y,
SEC. 6. In all cases man, horse, plow and
cart, shall be equivalent to three days labor; /;
a man, wagon and two horses shall be equiva-
lent to FIVE days labor; and so in proportion
for all teams and wagons used by and under the
directions of said Commissioners And the