The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-04-01

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the. damages dope thereby; thb said,da!
images to be ,asdertaihed in the -manner.
above directed With respect to the value
Of the land iit3 -.s[.i .ls.|
), SEQ. IL. That this ACT shall be deemed.
and taken to be public Act, judicisliy
taken notice of as apch,- without special,
pleading, and liberallyt construed for
carrying the purposess aforesaid H. into
effect, for the term 81. -thirty.fve years.
and to the sitting Of the next General
Assembly atheseaftcry p 9S-e yDg.-
Approved the 9th duy Of March, A. D.
i0'A' 4sFfTT5sfi
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE DISPOSITION or
r FINES AND PENALTIES IMPOSED AND
COLLECTED IN,CRIMINAL CAUSES UY THE
CIRCUIT COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS
AND TRIAL JUSTICES. B..f-E. fA-h-
SECTION l. BE IL enacted by the Senate.
and House, OF Representatives of tile
State OF South Carolina, now jmet land
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same. That oil fines
and penalties imposed and collected by
the Circuit Court Of General Sessions in
criminal causes shall be forth with turned
over by the Clerk of said Court to tho
County Treasurer of the County wherein
the same are imposed; and, oil fines and
penalties imposed md collected by Trial
Justices in criminal causes shall be forth
with turned over by them to the County
Treasurer of their respective Counties
for County purposes: Prorided, That
where. by law. any person or persons
entitled, as informer or informers. to any
portion of the fine or penalty imposed
and collected, the same shall be immedi-
ately paid over to him or them. #
SEC. 2. No account Of the Circuit So
licitor, the Clerk Of the Circuit Court of.
General Sessions. the County Sheriff, or
Trial Justices, for fees in any criminal
| cause heard or prosecuted in the Circuit
Court, or before Trial Justice, shall be
paid, unless they, severally, shall declare,
on oath, that the costs in the said cause
have not been recovered of the defend
[ ant, and that he, the defendant, was
unable to pay the same; and, further,
Chat all hnes and penalties heretofore
collected by them have been faithfully
and fully paid over to the County Trea-
surer Of the County.
SEQ. 3. If any Clerk of the Circuit
Court of General Sessions, County She
riff or Trial Justice. ehall negleot or re-
fuse to Immediately pay over, as requied
\
all fines and penalties collected by them
in any criminal cause or proceeding, he
shall, upon conviction thereof, be cub
jeot to fne Of not less than one hun
dred. nor more than one thousand dol
lars. and imprisonment not less than
three, nor moro than six months, and
shall be dismissed from Office, and dis
qualified from holding any Office of
trust and profit under the State of South
Carolina.
Approved the 9th day Of March A. D..
1871.
AN ACT TO DETERMINE THE DAY OF EnEo-
T1oN OF THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF
THE CITY OF CHARLESTON.
SEC. /. BE ii en1cted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State OF
South Carolina, now met and sitting IN
General Assembly, and by the authority
of the same. That so much of the char
ter of the city OF Charleston, and the
amendments thereto, as determines the
day of election be, and the same is
hereby, amended, so as to fix the day of
said city of Charleston on the first
Wedn esday of August, eighteen hundred
and seventy-one, I871,) and on the first
Wednesday Of the same month in each
alternate year thereafter: Provided, That
tho present Mayor and Aldermen shall
continue in Office until the day fixed By
the charter OF tho city Of Charleston for
the qualification of their successors.
Sec. 2. That the Mayor and Aldermen
now in Office shall continue therein until
their successors are elected and qaoli-
fed. -
SEQ. g.. That all laws now in force in
relation to tho election of Mayor and
Aldermen of the city of Charleston, ex.
cept 80 far is hereby repealed, he and
continue in force.
| Approved March Z. 1871.
DEATH OF REV. r. c. GRIEn, D. D.
We regret to learn of the death OF Presi-
dent Grier. Of Ersk;ae College, at his
residence, in Due West, at O'Clock, on