The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1873-02-06
Legislative Notes.

County Commissioners to give bond before en-
tering upon their duties. y 81
The bin to- incorporate the the Wifliamston
Female College has received. its final reading
in The Senate, and ordered Sobe enrolled. .
The Senators from Anderson and Oconee
propose to revise, amend and reduce to one Act
the present Homestead Law, and if possible,
makeit clear and ineligible.
Messrs. F. L. Cardoza, B. F. Whittemore and
A. o. Jones have been elected Trustees of the
Agricultural College and Mechanics Institute,
located at Orangeburg. The joint assembly
had quite number Of names proposed for this
position, which must be more desirable than
one would think at moments glance, if we
Judge from, the number of aspirants.
!, In the House of Representatives a bill has
been introduced to incorporate the Carolina
Fire Insurance Company, with the following
corporators: VIM. Perry, Jas. L. Orr, Wilson
Cook, J.. NJ. Allen, J. S. Cothran, Jas. M. Bax-
ter, q. H. Thompson, w. E. Earle, A. Blythe,
w. 81. Brawley, ]. 7. R. Thompson, T. @.
Cover and J. P. Moore.
A joint resolution has been introduced into
the House of Representatives to submit the re-
peal of the fence laws to the voters of the
State, which is the most practical measure yet
introduced on this subject, as it will obyiate
the objections in regard to difficulties arising
between parties on the line of Counties, where
different laws prevail. In other words, the
measure now proposed would make the law
applicable to the entire State. - ~
"A biIT before the Legislature proposes to sal
ary the Sherifs of the various counties in place
of the fees now allowed. 1t provides that the
Sherifs of the respective counties in the State,
with theexception of Charleston and Richland,
shall hereafter receive an annual salary of two
thousand dollars, payable quarterly by the
county treasurers, and that they shall receive
no fees except for dieting prisoners and in civil
cases.
Mr.. Cochran's bill to ascertain the amount
and validity of the State debt, provides for a
Commission to consist of the Governor, Comp
troller General, Treasurer, Attorney General,
the President of the Senate and the Speaker of
the House. Five thousand dollars, if SO much
is necessary, is appropriated for the commits
sion. Heavy fines and penalties attach to
failure to report to the General Assembly with
in twenty days after the commencement of the
next session. .
A bill is pending before the Legislature to
enforce the collection of the poll tax This is
one of the measures on which action should
be taken before the adjournment 1t is well
known fact that fully one hundred thousand
dollars are lost to the educational fund of the
State every year through the failure to collect
this tax. There being under the law, as it now
exists, no penalty for non-payment, it IS the
prevailing practice to neglect or refuse to pay
it. There certainly is q remedy, and it should
be found and vigorously applied.
The bill introduced few days ago by Rep
resentatiye Cochran to incorporate the Ander-
son, Aiken, Port Royal and Charleston Railroad
Company, names as incorporators John R.
Cochran, William Perry, B. D. Dean, Jere-
miah Hollinshead, B. II. Nerland, Stephen
Millet, H. 7. Peake, Alexander Isaacs, WINS.
HastieseCharles Minort, R. H. Humbert, r.
d. Gather and w. A. Grant, with the usual
rights of Incorporated companies, and with au-
thority toronstruct equip and maintain rail-
road from the town of Anderson to the town
of Aiken, by the way Of the towns of Abbe-
Vile and Edgefeld, with power to connec. with
the Port Royal Railroad at point on the Sa-
vannah River, at or near the town of Hamburg.
Authority is also given to the proposed compa-
ny to extend its railroad or to construct branch
es thereof to any points or place within this
State with all the powers and privileges con-
ferred with this act.
A bill to regulate fowage in this State was
introduced last Saturday by Senator seryey, of
Charleston. It provides that owners Of mills
may improve the streams and ponds without
molestation; any person aggrieved thereby may
commence action for damages, defendant hav-
ing the right to appeal from judgment, such
appeal to BE made within FIVE days when final
Judgment is obtained, q sherif's jury shall fix
the amount, disinterested judge attending to
decide all questions Of law, with power. to fill
the panel in case of vacancy; the damage
which the plaintiff ought yearly to. receive
shall be fixed from the date Of the claim until
FIVE years after the dam shall be removed upon
such action the court shall continue the cause
until next term before rendering judgements
and the plaintiff shall file his election between
the assessed and pay yearly damages, which
shall be for ever binding, the judgment of the
court following the election of the plaintiff;
but if he shall neglect to make any, the court
shall enter up Judgment for the yearly damage
found by the jury. Sales on executions to be
valid, any person entitled being. allowed to re-
deem within one year upon paying the pur-
chaser the price he paid with twelve per cent
interest. If the plaintiff elect to receive the
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