Beaufort Republican. [volume] (Beaufort, S.C.) 1871-1873, 1872-03-14
OFFICIAL.
Acts and Jcint Resolutions passed by the
General Assembly Of South Carolina,
Regular Session, 1871 and 1872.


General Assembly of South Carolina,
Regular Session, 1871 and 1872.
An Act to Renee the Charter Of the Pal
naetto Fire Engine Corpongol Columbia
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now mH and sitting in General
Assembly, and iby the authority of the
same:
That the charter of the Palmetto Fire
Engine Company, of Columbia, be, and
the same is hereby renewed and extended
for period of fifteen years; and the said
company is hereby authorized to adopt the
name and style of Palmetto Steam Fire
Engine Company.
Approved January 81, 1872.
An Act to authorize the Clerks of the Courts
Of Common Pleas to tuke testimony in GER
tain cases.
Section l. Be it 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 Clerks Of the Courts Of Common
Pleas in this State, in all civil causes or
proceedings hereafter to be instituted, or
row pending, or at issue in the Courts of
Common Pleas for their respective coun,
ties, shall, upon the application of either
party to such cause or proceeding, after
ten days notice to the adverse party, take
in writing the deposiLions Of said party,
or Of any witness or witnesses in said case
or procet ding, whose examination shall be
required by the party making such appli-
cation; upon taking which depositions,
the several parties shall be entitle ito the
slme rights Determination, cross examin-
alton, and examination ipfreply, and the
same exceptions to the samissibiliy of ev-
idence, as are allowedSby law upon exam
inatiop before the court. And the deposi'
ti,ns 50 taken shall be certified by the
Clerk before whom the examination was
had, and shallbesread in evidence at the
trial Of the said cause or proceeding; sub
ject nevertheless to the right ofeither par
ty to require the personal attendance, and
viva vece examination of the witness or
witnesses at the trial Of said cause orpro-
ceeding, the exercise of which right how
ever not to cause a. continuance or delay
in the trial Of the said cause or proceed
ing.
See. 9. That every Clerk Of the Court
Of Common Pleas shall have power to COM
pei the attendance before him of the wit
ness or witnesses to be examined as afore-
said, upon the application Of a party to
any civil cause or proceeding hereafter to
be instituted, pending or at issue in the
said court, for which purpose he may issue
subpoena to any such witness, which
Shall be served personally; and any wit
ness upon whom such subpoena has-been
duly served, shall fail to attend couform-
bly, thereto, the Clerk by whom the same
was issued, shall have power to issue a
rule, requiring such witness to show cause
Why he should not be attached for con-
tempt; and upon the failure or neglect OF
such witness to show cause, the said Clerk
shall have power to issue an attachment
against such witness for contempt, which
attachment shalfnot be dissolved, except
by the order ola Judge, or Of the said
Clerk.
Sec 8. That every Clerk Of the Court
ofCammOn Pleas for taking the dep )si-
tiDQ hcreinb4Eore mentioned, shall be en-
titled b demand aud receive the sum of
one dollar foT each witness examined. to
b. ipad by tho party against whom judg
ment shall be rendered in 'said cause or
proceeding.
Approved February b, 1872.
IN Act 70 rcY,7a'e the labor Of persons con.
fasd IN the Pynilentiary Of the State of
South Caroj;na.