The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-03-19

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of!E5TS' AND JOINT Rss0LUTIOss' b
Passed 10y tho Legislature oa Sessioh 1870
Mad i;,fs ~ and 1871. ,t .,g5 G.li
AN ACT TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF PARENTS
AND TO PREVENT THE PROCURING ANn
CARRYING AWAY FROM THE STATE PER
SONS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY. ONE
90 YEARS. f@ts Ii.u
SECTION l. Be IL enacted by the Senate
snd House of Representatives OF the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same. That if any per-
son shall hire or employ any minor, or
person under the age of twenty -one
years, without the knowledge and con-
sent of the parents or guardian OF such
minor, such person shall pay to the said
parents or guardian the full value of the
labor of said minor, from and after
notice from the parents or guardian TINT
payment for such service shall be made
to him or them, as the case may be, or
be imprisoned in the County Jail for
period Of six month.
SEQ. 3. That if any person shall pro-
State any minor, or person under the age
OF Fl years, without the consent of the
parents or guardian Of ench minor, such
person shall, upon conviction thereof, be
lined in sum not less than one hundred
nor more than five hundred dollars, or
be imprisoned in the penitentiary of the
State for period of not less than one
year.
Approved March LIST, A. D. 1871.
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED ''AN
ACT TO DEFINE THE JURISDICTION AND
DUTIES OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS"
SECTION 1. Be it enacted 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 an Act en-
titled "An Act to define the jurisdiction
and duties of the County Commission
ers." passed the 26th day of September,
A. D. 1868, be amended as follows: At
the end of Section 10, Paragraph L, add,
'and the County Commissioners shall
not, in anticipation of the tax levied
upon the County, draw upon the County
Treasurer for more than three-fourths of
the whole amount of said tax in any one
year, nor shall any order be drawn upon
the County Treasurer until after the
monthly return of the Treasurer shall
have been made to the County Commits
Biouers of the amount of funds collected,
nor unless he has the funds in the trea
sury to pay the same, and the County
Commissioners shall inform the County
Treasurer of the orders drawn, in whose
favor the amount, and the order in
which they are drawn. And should the
Comfy Commissioners, or any of them,
purchase, directly or indirectly, any
order drawn upon the County Treasurer,
for less than it's face value, they shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor in Of
fce, and. upon conviction thereof. shall
be punished by fine or imprisonment in
the discretion of the court, by any court
of competent jurisdiction.'
SEC. 2. At the end of Paragraph 4,
Section 10; add, "and all work given out
by the County Commissioners, when the
amount shall exceed the sum of one hun
dred dollars. shall be done by contract,
and the Commissioners are hereby re-
quired to advertise the same at least in
one OF the papers of the County, and also
post the same in three conspicuous
places in the County for thirty days, in
viting proposals. Said proposals shall.
In all cases, be accompanied by two or
more sufficient sureties, and the County
Commissioners shall have the right to
reject any or oil bids, if. in their jndg
ment, the interests of the County SO re-
require"
SEC. 3. Amend Section = Of said Act
80 that it will read rs follows: '.That oil
the Boards of County Commissioners
shall be present for the transaction of
business. and shall audit and sign all
bills and checks. The checks shall. in
all cases. be countersigned by the Clerk
of the Board"
Sec. 4. Strike out November wher-
ever it occurs in the Act, and insert
''Septomber."