The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-02-23

fertilizers, to furnish to the inspector OF phos-
pilates q formula representing The average
| contents OF each fifty tons of the same, and TO
cause the same, or as many packages tnereol
| as may be necessary to make correct average
| sample of the whole, to be examined ana IN
| spected. And 1t shall be the duty Oh me in'
spector to examine and analyze all such sam
pies of guanos and other fertilizers, and II
| found to agree with the formula thereof, re-
ouired to be furnished as above, and as pub
| lished TO the public, to mark or brand each
| package thereof; but If the same. upon analy-
| sis, shall not conform to the formula 80 fur
nlshed and published, the inspector shall not
brand or mark the same, and it shall be un-
lawful for the holder or owner thereof to sell
the same.
SEC. S. That, to carry Into effect the pur-
poses of the foregoing section of this act. the
inspector Of phosphates shall at all times nave
and be allowed free and uninterrupted access
to all vessels, cara, warehouses, manufactures
and storehouses where such fertilizers are or
are supposed 10 be, and to take samples there
of. And it shall be the duty of all captains of
vessels or other carriers or persons bringing
such fertilizers into the State to report the
same to the inspector of phosphates imme-
dlately upon arrival; and 1t shall be the duty
of all manufactures of such fertilizers 10 TINS
State to report to the said inspector all quanti-
ties manufactured for sale. And, further, 10
carry out the purposes of this act, the said In
spector is authorized to Impose and require
conformity to all such rules and regulations as
may be reasonable and proper.
Sec. 6. That II any person shall brand or
mark any package not Inspected by the said
Inspector, or shall repack any package, by
him branded, without defacing or obliteratlng
such brand, he shall, on conviction thereof, be
fined, for each and every offence, the sum OF
one hundred dollars.
Sec. Z. That In case of the sickness or tenn
porary absence of the inspector, or If the con-
venient dispatch Of the duties OF his otfice
shall require the same, the said inspector Is
hereby authorized 10 appoint deputy-one
OF more.
SEC. 8. That for his compensation for the
inspection and branding of fertilizers, the said
inspector shall be entitled to charge ftLy cents
for each ton go inspected and branded, the
same to be paid by the owner, agent or manu-,
facturer, and which shall be collectaole OF ana
from the person having The same In charge.
And for his compensation for the examination
of the phosphate rocks. and phosphate de,
posits dug, mined, excavated and removed
from the beds Of the navigable waters and
streams Of the State, he shall be paid, from
the State treasury, ten CENTS per centum on
all amounts paid to the State as royalty ior tae
privilege OF 80 digging, mining, excaVauns
and removing such rocks and deposits.
SEC. 9. that If any person shall violate the
provisions of this act, or shall refuse o6edl-
ence to any reasonable rules and regulations
which snail be made by the Inspector to carry
out the provisions OF this act, or shall attempt
to evade Its provisions, he shall be ad)udged
guilty of mlsdemeanor, and upon conVlctlon
thereof shall be fined at the discretion Oh the
court.
SEC. 10. That all acts or parts Of acts, incon-
sistent with the provisions OF t1ls act, are
hereby repealed.
In the House, almost The entire session was
occupied with discussion of Lees substitute
for the general appropriation bill, which dis
cussion was finally cut short by the adjourn
ment The committee on privileges aud elec-
tions fulfilled one Of The predictions made 10
this correspondence few DAYS ago, by report
ing fayoraby upon Jerveys new election law,
short synopsis of which was given at The time
of its introduction. As it Is not Improbable
that this bill may pass the House, ana per-
haps meet also the approval OF the senate.
the following additional details OF Its contents
NAV be of interest: The bill requires the gen.
eral elections to be held on the third Wednes-
day of October, In every second year. Inree
commissioners of election for each county are
10 be elected by the General Assembly and 10
receive three dollars per day while actually
employed, aud ten cents per mile ior neces'
sary travel. These commissioners are to ap-
point three managers of election for each
election precinct, at two dollars per day ana
mileage, and each board Is allowed tO ap-
point one clerk, at the same pay as the mana
GERS. Polls are to be kept open from a. 81.
to 6 P. NJ, and all bar-roomB are to be closed,
and all sale of liquor prohibited from slx
O'Clock of the evening preceding the election
to six O'Clock of the morning 1olloWlng tne
same The eleventh and thirteenth sections
are important, and are as follows:
SEC. IL. The commissioners OF elections
shall provide one box for each election pre-
cinct. An opening shall be made In the lid of
the box, not larger than shall be sufficient Tor
single ballot to be inserted therein at one
time, through which each ballot received,
proper u to be placed In such box, shall be in.
Serted By the person voting, and by no other.
Each box shall be provided with sufficient
lock, and said box shall be publicly opened
and inspected, 10 see that It is empty and
| secure; and then locked just before
the opening of the poll, and the keys re-
opened during the election. Such boxes shall
be- labelled as follows: Congress" Estate, !"
.!sclrcultr and ''county officers.n
SEC l3. At the close Of the election the
managers and clerk shall Immediately pro-
ceed, publicly, to open the balot-box, and
count The ballots therein, and make such
statement of the result thereof, aud sign
the same, as the nature OF the election
shall require. Il, In counting, two or
gether compactly, the same shall be des-
troyed, and not counted. If more ballots
shall be found, on opening the box. than
there are names On the poll list, all the ballots
shall be returned to the box and thoroughly
mixed together, and one OF the managers or
the clerk shall, without seeing the ballots,
draw therefrom and Immediately destroy as
many as there are in excess of the number Of
names on the poll lisl. Within three days
thereafter the chairman Of the board of man
sgers, or one OF them, to be designated In
writing by the board, shall deliver to the
commissioners or elections the POLL list and a
written statement of the result Of the cleo.
tion In his precinct.
The remainder OF the bill Is occupied mainly
with dehHing the duties of the board Of State
canyassers which IL to consist Of the secretary
of State, omptroller.genera, attorney-gene-
raj, State auditor, State treasurer, adjutant
and inspector-general, and The chairman Of
the committee on privileges and electious OF
the House of Representatives. PICKET.
ANSWERING LETrERs.-A great many people
In this country are shamefulIy negligent about
answering letters. Nothing Is more annoy.
ing. In European countries 1t is regarded as
the height Of ill-breeding to allow a letter
which needs reply TO go unanswered, and so
IL ought 10 be considered here, This iS O point