The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-04-18

also Ge empowered 70 retain, yossess and en-
JOY all sachpfoperty as they NAV now S,
possessed ofos entitled to, or which shall
hereafter besgivea, bequeathed to, or in any
manner aegEfed by them, and to sell, alien
OF IN any manner transfer the same or any
part thereof Provided, the amount of prop
I erty so helder the amount to stock 80 in
vested shalIin no case exceed the sum of
fifteen thousand dollars.
Sec. 9. That the said town council Of
Midway sha1ff have full power to impose On
annual tax Upon all real and personalproper.
ty within the corporate limits of said town:
Providessaid tax does not exceed ten cents
on the oneshundred dollars.
20 SEC. E9That the intendant and wardens
Of the teHa; of Midway shall have power to
regulate Esalos al auction, within the limits
of said town. and to grant licenses to auc-
tioneers:. Provided, that nothing herein
rontaine1 Shall extend to sales by sherifs,
clerk of court, judge of probate coroner, ex-
ecutors, administrators, assignees, or by any
other person under the order ofany court or
trial justice.
Sec. IL. That the intendant and wardens
of the town of Midway shall have power and
authority to require any person OF persons
owning a lot or lots in sal town of Midway,
to keep in repair the sidewalk adjacent to
their lots, respectively, and for default in
this matter, shall have power and authority
to have the work done at the expense cf said
lot owner.
Sec, II. That the power to grant or ranse
licenses to keep tavern, sell intoxicating
drinks, be, and the same is hereby vested in
the town council of the town Of Midway,
and that they also be vested with all neees-
sary power, by ordinance or ordinances, to
suppress Or regulate the sale of intoxicating
drinks, to be drank at the place where sold +,
Or in or upon any of its appurtenances, or in
or upon any Of the highways, streets, lanes,
alleys, commons, kitchens, stores, shops, pub
lie buildings, booths, stalls, Oh outhouses of
said town, or within one-fourth of mile of
the present railroad depot in the town of
Midway, in the county of Barnwell. Provid-
ed that no rule or regulation shall be made
inconsistent with the constitution and laws
of the State.
Sec. 49, That this act shall be taken and
deemed as public act in all courts Of JUS
tice, and shall continue of force for the term
of fourteen years from its passage,
Approved Jany. 9th, 1872.
AN ACT toEmpower the Judges ofthe Pro-
bate Court, in thcirrcspcctiyc Counties, to
issue Executions.
sILsLaSsuu,f- -z1,rla.E HlETC 1!TIs5I6 W1i551Ier
Judges Probate Court in this State are
autho1 issue executions to carry into
effect effect !sns g., sentence or decree of such
BE it ehdcted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of tho State Of South Caro-
lima, now met and sitting in General Assem-
bly,, and blythe authority of the same:
SECTION /. That from and after the pas
sage of this act the judges Of the Probate
Court, in the several counties in this State,
may, and they are hereby, fully authorized
and empowered to issue executions, when
that is the necessary and proper process to
carry into effect any order, sentence or de-
cree Of such court.
Sec. 2. That all lacts and parts Of acts In
consistent with this act, be, and the same
are hereby repealed.
Approved January 81: 1872.
AN ACT to Regulate the Granting of Di'
yorces.
SECTION ]. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the State OF
South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen
eral Assembly, and by the authority Of the
same:
When the validity of marriage shall be
denied or doubted by either of the parties,
the other mag institute suit for affirming the
marriage; and upon due proof Of the valldl-
ty thereof, it shall be docreel to be valid,
and such decree shall be conclusive upon all
persons concerned.
Sec. 2. That divorce from the ban of
matrilnony may be dccrecd for the following
causes.
1st. Adultery.
I'd. Where either party willfully abandons
or deserts the other for the period of two
years: Provided, That when the suit snsti-
tuted by the party dcserting, it appears that
the desertion was caused by
the extreme cruelty Of the other party, OF
that the desertion BY the wife was caused by
the gross or wanton and cruel neglect Of the
husband to provide suitable maintenance Tor
her, lie being of sufficient ability 50 to do
SEC. 3. That the Circuit Courts of Com.
mon Pleas shall have original jurisdiction OF
suits for annulling or affirming marriages or
for divorces. No such suit shall be maintained
unless the parties, Or one Of them, is a citl-
zen of this State, or shall have resided there
in at least one whole year previous to instltut-
ing the same. The suit shall be brought in
the county in which the parties last cohabit-
ed, or Cat tho option ofthe plaintltf) in the
county in which the defendant resides, If a
resident of this State; but if not, then in the
county in which the plaintiff resides.
SEC.;4. That suits for divorce shall be
commenced by summons and complaint, IN
the same manner rs other actions; and,
whether the defendant answers or not, the