The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-04-16

| STREAM, IN THIS TATE BY THE DIS.
CHARGE TuEREiN o. BALLAST OF
$roNE, niRr Ard oilILR HEAVY
MATERIALS.
l}c it enacted by the S,n,tc and
House of Representatives. of the s ate
Of South Carolina, row. meev aud sit,
ting in Genera! A>scmbI j., and by the
authority Of the sauc:
SEcrioH /. That any owner or mas
ter Of auy ?essei navigating the wa.
tcrs Of This %ta!i who shall dischaige
or cause or tcra!t to be discharge !,
from said vessel any ballast of stone,
dirt, or ot'ier heavy material into any
harbor, bay, or navigahlc streams Of
this State, whereby the navigation
ther cot is hindcrcd or obstructcd, or il
likely to hinder aud ob>thuct the
navigation, shall be Held to be gGilty
Of misdemeanor, and upcn convic-
tion thereof shall for the first Of
feEse, be imprisoned in the county
Jail for period not less than ten
days or more than thirty days, or
liuc Of not less than ,twcnty dollars
or more than one hundred dollars !;
and for the second ofiense shall be
imp, isoncd for not less than sixty
days nvr more than one year, or fined
not less than one hundred do lars nor
! more than five hundred dollars, or
| both, at the discretion Of the court.
One half of said fine shall 60 to tho
infomer, aud the balance to the
treasury of the county wherein the
offensc was committed.
SECTION 3 That this act shall
take effect Fix months after the pas
sage thereof and it shall be the duty
! OF all harbor masters to notify all
masters of vessels coming into their
respective ports of the PROVISIONS Of
this act and where there is no har-
bor master, the chairman Of the beard
Of pilot commissioners shall nytify
tic masters Of vessels.
Approved February 27, a. D. 1878.
AN. ACT TO AMEND GEcTIoN l2 CHAPTER
Gil, OF TIE GENERAL STATUTES OF
SOUTH CAROLINA.
BE it ell. ctcd by the Senate and
House Of Representative Of the State
Of South Carolina, now met and sit.
til { ii General assembly, and by tho
authority Of the same:
SEcrIoN |. That section IL, chap
GIL, of the general Statutes of South
CaroliLa, be amended, by adding,
after tie word "dcllars,", | inc Gftecn,
these words: "Or be imprisoned for
a period not less than enc month, nor
more than one year, at the discrc-
tion Of the court"
Approved February 25, A. D.
1878.
AN Atf TO AMEND AN ACT ENTITLED
San ACT TO PROVIDE FOR TIE Flee
TON OF THE OFFICERS OF TIE IN.
| CoRrORATED CITIES AND TOWNS. IN
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA"
,. BE it enacted By tho Senate and
Honsc Of represen tatives Of the Stale
Of South Carolina now met and sit
ting in G.neral AS mbly, and by the
authority of the satic:
That section of ar act entitled
"anact to provide for the election of
the officers Of the incorporated cities
and towns il the State Of South Caro-.
lima" be amended on lines four and
five as follows Strike out "seven"
! (O and "live (5) and insert "six" (6)
in lien thereof.
Approved January o5, a. D.
1878.
an ACT TO HrcuL.TrE rnn SERVICE or or
| PROCESS ISSUING FROM TIE sUpREM f
crURT.
=, BE it enacted BY the Senate and
House Of Representatives. Of the Stat o
Of South Carolina, now met and sit.
ting in General Assembly. and by
the authority Of the same
SEcTioN |. That the. Subreme
Court of this State be, and is hereby,
empowered to rec uire the sheriff of
each and every county in this State
to whom any order or process issuing
from said court may be directed to
serve and execute the same, and shall
have the same power to enforce such
service and execution, and to punish
default therein, as is now vested in
the Circuit Courts in process issuing
thercfrom.
Approved February 20, a. y.
1878.
IN ACT .ro AMEND sHcrinN 6 or CHAP
TER Lx,i or TIE GENERAL sfArUrEs.
BE it enacted by the Senate and
House Of Representatives, Of the State
Of South Ga. olna, now met and sit
ting in General Assembly, and by
the au, holity Of the same
SEcr!oa !. That section 8 Of chap.
ter LN!l. Of the general statatca be
! amended so as to read as follows:
"That it shall not be lawful for any
agent of any insurance company in
the United States, or any foreign
State, not Incorporated by the. laws of
this State, to take risks or transact