The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-02-29

ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
PASSED BIZ THE
LEGISI.AFURESESSION 1871 AND 1879.
COFFICIAL]
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE CLERKS OF THE
COURTS OF COMMON PLEAS TO TAKE TEsTl-
MONY IN CERTAIN CASES.
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:
That the Clerks of the Courts of Common
pleas in this State, in all civil causes or pro-
ceedings hereafter to be instituted, or now
nendin1 or at issue in the Courts of Common
pleas for their respective counties, shall, upon
the application of either party to such cause or
proceeding, after ten DAYS notice to the adverse
party, take in writing the dePositions OF sad
party; or of any witness or witnesses IN saio %
cause or proceeding, whose examination snail
be required by the party making such appica-
tion; upon taking which depositions, the sev-
eral parties shall be entitled to the same rights
of examination. cross-examination, and exama-
nation in reply, and the same EXCEPTIONS totne
admissibility of evidence, as are allowed by Law
upon examination before the court And the
denos;tions so taken shall be certified by the
Clerk before whom such examination was had,
and shall be read in evidence at the trial of the
said cause or proceeding; subject nevertheless
to the right of either party to require the per-
sonal attendance, and viva voce examination
of the witness or witnesses at the trial OF SAID
cause or proceeding, the exercise of which right
however not to cause &. continuance or delay In
the trial of the said cause or proceeding.
Sec. 2. That every Clerk of the Court OF
Common Pleas shall have power to compel the
attendance before him of the witness or wit
nesses to be examined as aforesaid, upon the
application of a. party to any civil cause or pro-
ceeding hereafter to be instituted, pending or
ut issue in the said court, for which purpose ne
NAV issue a subpoena to any such witness,
which shall be served personally; and If any
witness upon whom such subpoena has been
duly served, shall fail to attend conformably
thereto. the Clerk by whom the same was lssu-
ed. shall have power to issue rule, requiring
such witness to show cause why he should not
be attached for contempt; and upon the fall
ure or neglect of such witness to show cause,
the said Clerk shall have power to issue an at
tachment against such witness for contempt,
which attachment shall not he dissolved, except
by the order Of a Judge, or of the said Clerk. i.
Sec 3. That every CLERK of the Court OF
Common Pleas for taking the depositions here,
inbefore mentioned, shall De entitled to demand
and receive the sum of one dollar for each wit
ness examined, to be paid by the party against
whom judgment shall be rendered In SAID cause
or proceeding.
Approved February 10, 1872.
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE LABOR OF PERSONS
CONFINED IN THE PENITENTIARY OF THE
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
Section 1. 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,
That all labor, Of whatever character, which
is now being, or may hereafter be, discharged
by any person or persons who are now, or may
hereafter be confined In the Penitentiary Oh
this State, shall be for the exclusive benefit OF
the State; and the labor of the convicts In the
Penitentiary shall not be hired to any person
or persons, for price less than is paid to any
other class of laborers for the same kind of la
bor and the Superintendent of said institution
shall keep correct record, stating the kind OF
labor. and the amount realized therefor, and
the whole of which amount shall be turned
over to the State Treasurer monthly, to be re-
tanned by him, subject to the draft of the said
Superintendent, for the benefit of said lnstltu-
ton, which draft shall be accompanied by o
written statement of The items for which each
amount is required.
Sec. 2. Any violation of this act, on the part
Superintendent, shall be an official niscon-
duct; and on information of any person to the
Attorney-General, ne. shall Immediately COM
mence legal proceeding against him therefor.
:, Sec. 8. All acts or parts CT acts inconsistent
with this act, are hereby repealed.
Approved February Is, 1872.
AN ACT TO CHARTER THE TOWN OF BELTON, IN
THE COUNTY OF ANDERSON, AND STATE OF
SOUTH CAROLINA.
Section /. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State OF South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General AS
sembiy, and by the authority of the same:
That from and after the passage OF this act
all citizens of this State, having resided sixty
days in the Town of Bolton, shall be deemed,
and are hereby declared TO be body polite
and corporate, and the said town shall be
called and known by the name of Belton, and
its corporate limits shall extend one-half mile
in each direction from the depot in said town.
Sec. 2. That the said town shall be govern
ed by IN intepdant and six wardens, who
shall be citizens Of the United States, and
shall have been residents of the said town for
sixty DAYS Immediately preceding their elec-
ton, which shall be elected on the second
Monday in April, 1872, and every year there
after on the second Monday in January, ten
days public notice thereof being previously
given, and that all male inhabitants of the age
of twenty-one l2l) years, citizens of the State,
and who shall have resided in the said town
for sixty days Immediately preceding the cleo
tion, shall be entitled to vote for said intend
ant and vrardens.
Sec. 8. That the election for intendant and
wardens Of the said town shall be held in some
convenient house, or some other convenient
public place in the said town, from nine o'clock
in the morning until FIVE o'clock in the after
noon; and when the polls shall be closed, the
managers shall forthwith count the votes and
proclaim the election, and give notice in wri-
ting to the persons elected. At the first cleo
ton for intendant and wardens, Messrs. G. w.
MCGEE, B. D. Dean and Ira Williams are here
hy anpointed To act as managers with authors