Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-02-06

matters of detail that may arise upon the con-
solidation of companies herein authorized,
shall be determined by the respective compa-
nies at the meetings hereinbefore provided for,
or at adjourned meetings held subsequent
thereto.
Sec. II. That it shall be lawful for any
county or town interested in the construction
of the said Chester and Lenoir Railroad to
subscrbeto the capital stock of said company,
or of any company with whichit may consol-
idate or unite such sum, and to be payable in
such manner as the people or proper authorl-
ties of such county or town shall deem best,
determine and authorize and in all meetings
of stockholders, the county commissioners OF
the respective counties, and the town councils
of the respective towns, shall appoint some
person to represent the stock of their respect
i've counties and towns.
THE SOUTH CAROLINA LEGISLATURE.
TUESDAY, January %.
INTHESENATE, Mr. Whittemore introduced
bill to punish persons for obtaining money,
chattels and valuable securities by false pre-
lenses. The bill provides that any person
committing such crime shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon convc-
ton, at the discretion of the court, shall be
punished by fine and imprisonment, with or
without hard labor, for period not exceed
ing two years the fine not exceeding Sl,OOO.
The bill, however, provides that if the crime
shall be equal to larceny, so proved, he shall
not be entitled to acquittal of misdemeanor,
but, being tried for that, he shall not be sub
iect afterwards to trial for larceny upon the
same facts. 1t shall also be sufficient, many
indictment under the provisions of this bill,
to allege that the party did the act with in
tent to defraud, and upon the trial it shall not
be necessary to prove the intent to defraud
any particular person. Section 2 provides
that, whoever shall, by any false pretense,
promise any money to be paid, chattel, or
merchandise, valuable security, &C., delivered
to any person, or if any person, by any such
fraud, shall have obtained the same, shall be
deemed guilty, or cause or induce any other
person to do so, or any company or copart-
nership, corporate body or society, and pun
ishable in the same manner. The interpre-
tation of the term valuable security" inclu-
ded in the above shall include any order, or
other security whatever, emitting or eviden-
cling the title of any person, or body corporate,
to any share of interest in any public stock or
fund, or any stock or fund of any corporate
body or society, or bank deposits, deeds,
bonds, bills, notes, warrants, and other secu-
rites for the payment of money, title of
goods, paper used in the ordinary course of
business, &c.
Mr.. Jameson, from the Committee on
county offices, reported favorably on bill to
make the county Auditor clerk of the board
of county Commissioners.
Mr.. White introduced bill to incorporate
the Yorkville Manufacturing Company. The
bill names as incorporators Messrs. James F.
Hart, T. Nj. Dobson, L. NJ. Grist and George
R. Ratchford, with authority to establish
mandatory for spinning and manufacturing
cotton and woollen fabrics, at such locality in
York county as the company may decide.
The capital stock of the company is fixed at
100000, in shares of 500 each, and authori'
ty is given to commence operations as soon as
$4,000 shall have been subscribed.
A bill to amend an act to authorize the
formation of and to incorporate the Spartan
burg and Aiken railroad, was referred to the
Committee on Railroads. The proposed
amendments are to allow the trustees of each
school district, through or near which the
road may run, to subscribe to the capital stock
of the company upon popular vote by a
majority of the electors of the school district
to that effect.
In THE HOUSE, several bills were intro
duced in regard to the bonded debt, which
were referred. One by Ccchrane, of Ander
son, another by Wallace, of Union; and a
third by Hamilton, of Newberry. The bill
of Wallace, of Union, is as follows:
Section 1. That all the bonds and stocks of
this State may be registered, to the end that
the valid debt of this State may be ascertain
ed, be it resolved, &C., that no bonds or stocks
purporting to be bonds or stocks of this State
shall be binding upon the State that are not
registered in the office of the comptroler-gen-
eral on or before the first day of January next.
Sec. 2. That the comptroller shall provide
book for the said registration, which book
shall always be open to public inspection.
Sec 8. That the mptroller-general and
encouragement be and are hereby appointed
commissioners, whose duty it shall be to as
certain and report to this General Assembly,
at its next session, the amount Of bonds and
stock so registered, under what authority, by
whom, to whom, upon what consideration,
and at what rate of discount said bonds and
stocks were issued, and properly classifying
the same, describing such as are valid, such
as are invalid, and that they do report any
special matter connected with the alleged
debt of the State.
Sec. f. That said commissioners are hereby
invested with all necessary power and author
ity to fully carry out the objects mentioned
in this resolution, and that they do report all
cases Of contempt Of their authority to this
General Assembly.
Sec. s. That the sum of twenty-five hun
dred dollars, if 80 much be necessary, be and
is hereby appropriated to pay the necessary
expenses of said commissioners in carrying
out the objects and purposes of this resolution.
Sec. 6. That said commissioners cause sub
division of this joint resolution to be publish
ed in one or more newspapers at Columbia,
Charleston and New York city, respectively.
WEDNESDAY, January 49,
In THE SENATE, Mr.. Owen, from the Com
mittee on Finance, reported unfavorably upon
a bill to refund certain taxes claimed to have
been paid in excess by Alexander Williford,
of York, for the reason that the necessary evil
dence of the validity of the claim was lacking.
The bill to amend the charter of the town
of Chester was taken up for a second reading.
On motion of Mr.. Lee, the enacting clause of
the bill was stricken out, and message sent
to the House of Representatives accordingly.
Mr.. Donaldson, from the Committee on
Enrolled Acts, reported that the following
acts and joint resolutions, having been duly
enrolled, sealed and ratified, were presented