The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1872-04-11

Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, ten thousand
dollars, to be paid on the warrant OF the Comp
troller.G General, on application of the chairman
and secretary Of the board of commissioners of
the Deaf, Dumb and Blind.
Sec. Z. That all taxes, assessed and payable
under this Act, shall be paid in the following
kind of funds, viz: Bills receivable OF the
State, United States currency, National Bank
notes, revenue bond scrip, gold or silver coin.
Approved March 1S, 1872.
AN ACT TO ESTABLISH AN INFERIOR COURT
FOR THE TRIAL OF CRIMINAL CASES IN THE
COUNTY OF CHARLESTON.
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 there shall be established in the county
of Charleston an Inferior Court for the trial OF
criminal cases, to be called the Criminal Court
of Charleston county, and which shall be or
ganized by the Judge thereof, Immediately at
ter his election.
Sec. q The Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas and General Sessions and the Sheriff OF
the county, shall respectively be the Clerk and
the Sheriff of the Criminal Court, and may act
in person or by deputy. All prosecutions shall
be conducted by the Attorney General, or the
Solicitor of the Circuit to which the county OF
Charleston may be attached. These officers
shall receive the same fees as are now provided
by law, and the Judge of the Criminal Court
shall approve their bills for services rendered
in the said court, in the same manner, and in
like cases, as Judges of the Circuit Court are
now required by law.
Sec 3. The Judge of the Criminal Court
herein provided for, shall be elected by the
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Immediately after the passage of this Act; he
shall qualify, in the same manner as the Cir
cult judges, and shall hold his Office for the
term of four years, and until his successor is
elected and qualified He shall receive from
the Treasurer of the State, q salary of two
thousand FIVE hundred dollars, payable in the
same manner as the salary Of Circuit Judges.
He shall have power to practice as an Attor-
new, in all other Courts except the Criminal
Court
Sec. 4. The Criminal Court shall have ex-
elusive appellate jurisdiction of all criminal
causes from the Courts of Trial Justices for
Charleston county, and exclusive original ju-
risdiction of all criminal causes less than cap
ital, and not at present conferred by law upon
the Courts of Trial Justices. In these cases,
the same laws, fees, powers, and practice shall
prevail in the Criminal Court as in the Court
of General Sessions, and the Juries shall be
drawn and empannelled in the same manner
as is provided by law for the Court of General
Sessions: Provided, That the Grand Juries
drawn for the Court of General Sessions shall
also be the Grand Juries in the Criminal Court.
Sec 8. The Criminal Court shall have the
same power and jurisdiction as the Court of
General Sessions in reference to defaulting ju-
rors estreating recognizances taken In all causes
within its jurisdiction, and Furnishing for con-
tempt, and may issue rules, orders and attach
ments in the same manner and in like cases as
the Court of General Sessions. The Judges OF
the Criminal Court shall ex-oficio have all the
powers of a Trial Justice.
Sec. 6. That the Judge of the Criminal
Court shall have power to execute the provis-
ions of the habeas corpus act and shall also
exercise Jurisdiction under habeas corpus at
common law in all cases arising within the
county of Charleston Provided, That during
the session of the Court of General Sessions
for the said county, he shall exercise no COM
mon law jurisdiction under habeas corpus
Sec. 7. The Criminal Court shall be Court
of Record. 1t shall ordinarily sit in the court
room of the County Court House, and when
the Court House may be occupied by the Cir
cult Court, suitable place near by shall be
provided for its sittings by the County Com
missioners In case of an epidemic disease
prevailing at the Court House, or for any other
good cause in the discretion of the Judge, he
NAV adjourn the court over to future day, or
to some other place in the county; and wit
nesses, jurors and all persons concerned hav-
ing notice thereof, shall attend at such time or
place.
Sec 8. The Criminal Court shall hold four
regular terms during each year, on the first
Monday of January, April, July and October,
each term to be continued so long as business
may require, and, if necessary, to be adjourned,
from time to time, in the discretion of the
Judge. The Judge shall also have power to
hold special sessions at any time, in his discre-
ton, and all processes issued and recognizances
taken for the next regular term shall be held
to refer to such special term; due notice hav-
ing been given by publication in one or more
days before the commencement of such special
session.
Sec 9. Appeals from the Criminal Courts
shall lie to the Supreme Court in all cases
within the Jurisdiction of the Criminal Court,
in like manner as is provided by law for ap-
peals from the Circuit Court.
Sec. 10. The Judge of the Criminal Court
shall, Immediately after his election, order q
special term of the court herein constituted, to
be held within ten days after the publication
of such order; all cases less than capital now
on the dockets of Courts of General Sessions,
shall be transferred to the dockets of the Grim
inal Court at the special term provided for in
this section.
Sec. II. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsis-
tent with this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved March 13, 1872.
AN ACT TO REGULATE THE ISSUING OF CHECKS
TO LABoKERs UPON PLANTATIONS, OR ELSE
WHERE.
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, unless otherwise provided for by spe-
al contract, it shall be, and it is hereby re-
quired, of all persons who, employ laboTers
upon plantations or elsewhere, by t.rl sne Gay, y,
emnlnvees in limited States bank notes or fraC.