The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1876-03-23

SEC. 4. All blanks required in the pros
ecution of criminal cases shall be furn-
ished by the County Commissioners, upon
the requisition of the several Trial Justi-
ces, as they may be required in the per-
formance of the duties of. their office.
SIC. 5. 1t shall be the duty of the
Trial Justice to appoint such proper and
discreet person or persons as he may Sc
lect, 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-
tion of Constables and every such per-
son shall receive for each paper served,
or for each arrest made, the sum of twen-
ty-fve cents, except summonses for wit
nesses and jurors, for which he shall re-
ceive the sum of ten cents, the same to
be paid by the County Treasurer upon
the warrant of the County Commission
ers.
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. 7. Every person acting as Consta-
Bile 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 tray
eled in returning thereforn, and all such
mileage shall be reckoned and certified
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. 8. All Acts and parts of Acts in
conflict with the provisions herein con-
tained, so far as they relate to the County
of Anderson, are hereby repealed, and
this Act shall take effect on the first day
of November, in the year A. D. one thou
sand eight hundred and seventy-si1.
AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL, NO. l54,
TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TRIAL
JUSTICES IN ANDERSON COUNTY, AND
TO REGULATE THEIR COURTS.
Section 1, line 1.-Strike out $780," and
insert $780," between the words within
and days.
Sec. 2, Tine 15.-strike out payable" I"
and insert "paid," and add after the Sec
ton, the following: "And failure to
make this report shall be misdemeanor,
punishable by the Circuit Court by i'm
prisonment in the county Jail for not
more than thirty days, or fine not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars, or both, in the dis
cretion of the Court"
Sec. 8, Tine 3.-Strike out "and", and
insert "for," between Justice and Varen-
mes and on line a, between dollars and
the, insert, "and the Trial Justice for
Anderson G. H., who shall receive one
hundred dollars" This amendment the
Senate would not concur in, and was lost.
Sec. 5, line 8.-Strike out twenty-five"
between of and cents, and insert "ffty."
Sec. 5, line 9.-Strike out "ten" between
of and cents, and insert twenty-five" J"
and add the following at the end of the
section: "The account to be certified to
by the Trial Justice who employs said
constable"
Sec. 8, line S.-Strike out "on the first
day of November in" and insert "sixty
days from the General Election Of"
Strike out "a. D."