The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-05-18
New and Important Laws.
AN ACT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
TRIAL JUSTICES IN ANDERSON COUNTY,
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AN ACT TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF
TRIAL JUSTICES IN ANDERSON COUNTY,
AND TO REGULATE THEIR COURTS.
SECTION l. Be 1t enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met and sit
ting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same, That within sixty
days after the next general election the
Governor shall appoint, by and with the
consent of the Senate, nine Trial Justices
in and for-the County of Anderson, as
follows: For the town of Anderson, one !;
for the townships of Centreyille and
HopeweIl, one; for Varennes, Hall and
Dark Corner, one; for Honea Path and
Martin, one; for Broadway and Bolton,
one; for Williamson and Brushy Creek,
one for Pendleton and Garvin, one; for
the Fork, one; for Rock Mills and
Savannah, one; the said Trial Justices
to serve for the term of two years, or at
the pleasure of the Governor, and to re-
side in and to hold their Offices in the
several districts to which they shall be
appointed:
SEC. 2. That hereafter no fees or costs
shall be retained by any such Trial JUS
tice for any trial or process whatever, ex-
cept in civil cases; and no account or
claim shall be paid to such Trial Justice
by the County Treasurer upon any such
demand; and, if either of the Trial JUS
tices appointed by virtue of this Act shall
neglect to attend to the duties of his
Office, or shall neglect to pay over to the
County Treasurer the fees, costs and fines
collected by him, he shall be liable to in
dictment in the Court of Sessions, and,
upon conviction, to such punishment as is
provided by law to case of larceny in
the same amount, and shall be removed
from Office; and the said Trial Justices
shall make report of their proceedings
in criminal cases to the Clerk OF the
Court of the County of Anderson on the
first Monday in each calendar month
for the month preceding, which report
shall state specifically the names of the
parties in action, the crime charged, the
Judgment rendered, and the penalty, fees,
costs and fines imposed, and whether the
same are collected or nulla bona, and IN
what amounts, and all such amounts
shall, upon the same day, be due and
paid to the County Treasurer, and fail
ure to make this report shall be misde-
meanor, punishable by the Circuit Court
by imprisonment in the County Jail for
not more than thirty days, or fine not
exceeding fifty dollars, or both, in the
discretion of the Court.
Sec. 8. The sum of fifty dollars per
annum shall be paid to each Trial JUS
tice, as herein provided, out of the Coun-
ty funds, except the Trial Justice for
Fork Township, who shall receive twen-
ty-fve dollars the Trial Justice for
Varennes, Hall and Dark Corner Town
ships, who shall receive seventy-fye dol
lars. The Treasurer shall pay the same
in quarterly installments, on the first
Mondays of January, April, July and
October to them or their order, certified
by the County Commissioners.
Sec. 4. All blanks required in the
prosecution of criminal cases shall be
furnished by the County Commissioners,
upon the requisition of the several Trial
Justices, as they may be required in the
performance of the duties of their office.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be the duty of the Trial
Justices to appoint such proper and dis
Greet person or persons as he may select
to serve processes or to make arrests, and
such process or warrant shall, when
assigned to such person for service, invest
the said person, for the purposes therein
set forth, with all the powers belonging
to the Office of Constable; and he shall,
upon receiving any such paper for SER
vice, take and subscribe thereon to the
oath prescribed by law for the qualifica-
ton of Constables; and every such per-
son shall receive for each paper served,
or for each arrest made, the sum of fifty
cents, except summonses for witnesses
and jurors, for which he shall receive the
sum of twenty-five cents, the same to be
paid by the County Treasurer upon the
warrant of the County Commissioners
the account to be certified to by the Trial
Justice who employs said Constable.
Sec. 6. Witnesses and jurors shall
hereafter receive no pay from the County
for service upon criminal cases before
any Trial Justice, and all fees and costs
arising from such compensation are here
by abolished within the County of An
derson.
Sec. Z. Every person acting as Con-
stable for the service of any criminal
process, as hereinbefore provided, shall
be entitled to receive from the County, in
addition to the fees accruing from service,
the sum of five cents for every mile OF
necessary travel required in making such
service, but no mileage shall be allowed
after service of process for any distance
travelled in returning therefrom, and all
such mileage shall be reckoned and GER
titled by the Justice issuing the process
as from the Office of the same to the place
of such service by the nearest usual route
of travel.
Sec. s. All Acts and parts of Acts in
conflict with the provisions herein con-
tanned, so far as they relate to the County
of Anderson, are hereby repealed; and
this Act shall take effect sixty days from
the general election of the year one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-six'
Approved March 25, 1876.
AN ACT CONCERNING HAWKERS AND
PEDDLERS.
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State Of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of the
same:
SECTION l. That before any hawker or
peddler shall expose to sale, or sell any
goods, wares or merchandise in any
county in this State, such hawker or ped
dler shall first apply to the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas and General
Sessions of such county for license for
the sale of his or her goods, wares OF
merchandise, and the said Clerk, upon
the payment to him by such hawker OF
peddler of the sum of ten dollars, shall
thereupon issue to such hawker or ped:
dler license, authorizing the said
hawker or peddler so to expose to sale,
and sell such goods, wares, or merchan-
disc within the limits of the county