Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-02-13
THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.

TUESDAY February4.
In THE SENATE, Mr.. Corwin introduced a
bill to amend section as, chapter %, title g.,
part 2, of the General Statutes, relating to
trial justices. This section prescribes, as a
penalty for failure of trial justices to pay over
fines collected by them, a fine, Imprisonment
and disqualification from Office; and the
amendment proposes to strike off from the
section the disqualification from office.
Mr.. Cain introduced bill to amend section
8, chapter 3, title 2, part 8, of the General
Statutes, relating to the drawing of juries:
The amendment proposed is in the addition of
the following words to the end of this section
"If from any cause the Board of Jury Com
missioners shall fail to prepare said lists du-
ring the month of January, it may be done
at any time thereafter: Provided, That the
same is completed at least three weeks before
the sitting of the Circuit Court in the county
for which said jury is to be drawn, and until
said list is completed juries may be drawn
from the box prepared for the preceding year
and shall serve at all courts held in the county
for which they are drawn, until the list for
that year is completed.
The bill relating to the boundaries of York
and Lancaster counties received Its third read
ing and was sent to the House.
A bill to punish any person who shall sell
and convey any real and personal property on
which lien of any kind may exist without
giving notice of the same to the purchaser or
puschashers, was taken up, amended, and Or
dered to be engrossed for third reading.
In THE HOUSE, the following bills were re-
ceived from the Senate with the concurrence
of the latter body: A bill to charter the Ches-
ter and Cheraw railroad company bill to
repeal section of an act entitled can act to
relieve the State of South Carolina of all lia-
bility for its guarantee of the bonds Of the
Blue Ridge Railroad Company, by providing
for the securing and destruction of the same, y
approved March 2, 1870, and to repeal so
much of section 62, chapter II, title 3, Of the
General Statutes as authorizes the State Au-
ditor to give notice annually to each county
auditor the rate per centum to be levied for
various purposes bill relating to the boun-
diaries of York and Lancaster counties.
Mr. Cochrane introduced bill to provide
for the granting of certain charters. The bill
proposes that charters for churches, cemete'
ries, fire, hook and ladder and military COM
panies, Free Masons, Odd Fellows and knights
oofPythias lodges, charitable and religious in
stitutions or societies, labor, agricultural, man
ufacturing, industrial or other like societies,
&c., shall be granted by the clerks of court
upon the written application of the parties de-
string the charter If within ten days fifty
persons ofthe county, who may be affected or
interested by the granting ofthe charter, shall
object to it, the clerk shall refuse to grant the
charter if he consider the objections sufficient
grounds for refusal; and, in that case, the
persons desiring the charter may then apply
to the General Assembly for their charter
The remaining sections of the bill, which is
very voluminous, prescribe the form of char
ter to be issued to the various classes OF or
CARNATIONS, and require the Secretary of State
to issue the necessary blanks for the char
tiers, which shall be filled up in duplicate, one
copy to be issued to the organization and tt the
other to be filed in the clerks office, and tho
clerk is to receive fee Of three dollars f"l