The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1871-03-29
Acts and Joint Resolutions
Passed BY the Legislature-Sessioa 1870 and
1871.

Passed by the Legislature-sessioa 1870 aad
1871.
[OFFICIAL.]
AN ACT TO PROTECT THE RIGHTS
OF PARENTS. AND TO PREVENT
THE PROCURING AND CARRYING
: AWAY FROM THE STATE PERSONS
= UNDER THE AGE OF TwENTY-oNE
YEARS.
SECTION I. Be 1t 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 if any person shall hire or
employ any minor or person un-
der the age of tweoty-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 that pay
mept for such service shall be made
to him or them, as the case may
be, or be imprisoned in the county
Jail for a period Of six months.
Sec. 2. That if any person shall
procure and carry without the
limits of the State any minor or
person under the age Of twenty
one years, without the consent Of
. the parents or guardian Of such
minor, such person shall, upon
conviction thereof, be fined in a
sum not less than one hundred nor
more than FIVE hundred dollars, or
be imprisoned in the Penitentiary
Of the State for a period OF not
less than one year.
Approved March lst, 4. D. 1871.
AN ACT TO AMEND AN ACT ENTI.
TIED "AN ACT TO DEFINE THE
JURISDICTION AND DUTIES OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
- SECTION l. Be it enacted By the
Senate and House Of Representatives
Of the State Of South Carolina, no,o
met and sitting in General assembly,
and By the authority Of the same,
. That an Act entitled An ACT to
define the jurisdiction and duties
of the County Commissioners"
passed the 26th day Of September,
A. D. 1868, be amended As follows:
At the end of Section 10, Para
graph l, add, land the county
Commissioners shal! not, in ansici-
PISTON 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 haze been made to the Coun-
ty Commissioners Of the amount
OF funds collected, nor unless he
has the funds in the treasury TO
paw the same, and the County
Commissioners shall inform the
County Trcasurer oF the orders
drawn, in whose favor the amount,
and the order in which they are
drawn. And should the County
Commissioners, or any of them,
purchase, directly or indirectly,
any order drawn upon the County
Treasurer, for less than its face
value, they shall be deemed guilty
of = misdemeanor in Office, and,
upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by fne.or Imprisonment
in the discretion of the court, by
any court Of competent jurisdic-
tion."
SEC. 2. At the end of Paragraph
4. Section 10, add, "and all work
given out by the County Commis-
sioners, when the amount shall
exceed the sum Of one hundred
dollars, shall be done by contract,
and the Commissioners are hereby
required 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, inviting
proposals. Said proposals shall,
in all cases, be accompanied by
swo or more sufficient sureties,
and the Counry Commissioners
shall have the right to reject any
: or ali bids, if, in tLsir judgment,
the interests of the county so re-
quire." :,
SEC. 8. Amend sectlon-of said
act so that it will read as follows:
sThat all the Boards Of County
Commissioners shall be present
for the transaction of business,
and shall audit and sign all bills
snd checks. The checks shall, IN
all cases, be countersigned by the
clerk of the board
SEC. 4. Strike out November
wherever it occurs in the act, and
insert "Septcmber."
Approved March 9, 1871.
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE MANNER
Of DRAWING JURIES.