Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1871-07-14
Acts and JOINT Resolutions Passed by the
Legislature Session 1870 and 1871.
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An Act to Incorporate tho Workingmen' s
Mutual BcncGt Life Association, of South
Carolina,
SECTION l.. Be it enacted by the Senate
of South Carolina, now met and sitting in
Gcucral Assembly, aud by the authority Of
the same
That Edward Mickey, Samuel j. Keith,
A. j. Ransier Isaac II. White, w. ii. j.
Brodie, r. Ii. Humbert, Stephen Gary,
Samuel B. Thompson. n Il. Edwards, Thom
MS ID. Mcdowell, W. j. NlckinIay, p. L..
Rivers, Il. Ii. Frost, w. Il. johnson, Wm
Hayne, and their associates and successors,
arc hereby made and created body polite
aud corporate, under the name and style Of
tho Workingmcn's Mutual Benefit Life AS.
suranco Association of South Carolina.
That the said corporation hereby created
and established shall have ST cccssion of Off.
ccrs aud members according to its by laws,
and shall have power to make such by laws,
not repugnant to the laws of the land. and to
have, use and keep common seal, and the
same to alter at will, to sue and be sued, plead
and be implcadcd in any Court in this State,
and to have and enjoy all such property,
real and PERSONAL as may be given, bcqucath.
ed or devised to it, or may be In any manner
whatsoever acquired by the said corporation !:
Provided, Tho amount so held shall not cx.
cccd the sum of twenty-five thousand Co.,
000) dollars.
SEC. 3. That the said corporation may
from time, invest their funds, moneys, assets
and all other property, stocks, publ, or pr.
vatc, notes, bills, bonds, with or without Sc.
ourity, by mortgage of real or personal pro-
pcrty, or by surety, in such sums and on
such terms and conditions as they may deem
proper: and it Shall be lawful for the said
corporation, from time to time, and at all
times, to sell, convey, mortgage, assign or
transfer all Of its property, real and personal,
as and when it may be dcenrcd proper and
cxpcdicnt and to make and execute bonds
undor their corporate seal, with or without
mortgage, for the purchase Of real or personal
property.
SEC. 4. That this Act shall continue in
fbrco for the space of twenty years, and that
the same shall be taken and deemed public
Act and may be given in evidence without
being special pleaded.
Approved March I, 1881.
An Act to Regulate the Disposition of Fines
and Penalties Imposed and Collected in
Criminal Causes by the Circuit Court Of
General Sessions and Trial Justices.
SEcTIoN |. BE it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives OF the State of
South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gene
raj Assembly, and by the authority Of the
samc
That all fines and pcnal;es imposed and
collected by the Circuit Court of General
Sessions in criminal causes, shall be forthwith
turncd over by the Clerk of said Court to the
County Treasurer Of the County wherein the
same arc imposed; and all fines md penalties
imposed and collected by Trial Justices, in
criminal causes, shall be forthwith turicd
oYe, by them to the County Trcasurcrs of
their respective counties, for county purposes
: Provided, That when. by law, any person or
any portion of tho fine or penalty imposed
paid over to him or them.
SEC. 2. No account of the Circuit Solici-
tor, the Clerk Of the Circuit Court OF General
Sessions, tho County Sheriff, or Trial JUS
ticcs, for fees, in any criminal cause, heard
or prosecuted in the Circuit Court, or before
a Trial Justice, shal! be paid, unless they
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the said cause have not been recovered Of the
defendant, and that he, the defendant, was
unable to pay the same; and, further, that
all fines and penalties heretofore collected by
them have been faithfully and fully paid over
to the County Treasurer Of the County.
SEC If any icrk of the Circuit Court of
General Sessions, County Sheriff, or Trial
Justice, shall neglect or refuse to Immediate
ly pay over, as required by the first Section
OF this Act, any and all lincs and penalties
collected by them in any criminal cause or
proceeding, he shall, on conviction thereof
be subject to fine of not less than one hun.
dred, nor moro than one thousand dollars
and imprisonment not less than three nor
more than six months, and shall be dismissed
from Office, and disqualified from holding any
Office Of trust and profit under the State Of
South Carolina.
Approved March 0, 1871.
An Act to Incorporate the Charleston Rife.
men Club.
SECTION l. I}c it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives of the State of
South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen.
.rll Assembly, and by the authority of the
same:
That tho Charleston Rilomcn Club, OF
Charleston, and tho several persons who DOW
are, or hcrcaftcr may be, officers and mcnbcE