The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-19

SEC. z. That The powers and duties
exercised by Magistrates, so far
as the same related to distress for rent,
be, and the same are hereby, conferred
upon Trial Justices.
Approved June 8, 1877.
AN ACT to amend sections SIS aud IS.
chapter 120, Of the revised statutes, re-
lative TO liens OIL crops.
SECTION /. Be ii enacted by the Senate |
and House of Representatives Of the State |
Of South Carolina, now met and sitting |
in General Assembly, and by the author
ity of the same, That sections 55 and Sc,
chapter 120 of the revised sta lates, rela-
tive to liens on crops, and all 7mend-
ments thereto. are hereby repealed on
and after the 1st Of January, 1873.
SEC. 2. That all acts and parts Of acts
inconsistent with this Act are hereby re-
pealed.
Approved juno 8. 1877.
AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An
act supplementary to chapter Is, title
4, part /, of the general statutes of
South Carolina, relating to the militia,
and for the better organization and
government of the same"
SECTION l. BE il enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
State Of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly. and hy the
TO the body Of militia known ..s the ma
tional Guard" the Governor as Com
mander-in- Chief, is hereby authorized to
receive all such bodies of citizen soldiery
rs may have rendered or may hereafter
tender their services to the State. to con-
stitut, the Volunteer State Troops, and
to insist of such companies, batalions,
regiments, br'sudes, and divisions rs may
be organized Ivy the authority of the Com
mander-in- Chief. These troops to uni
firm themselves, and to be subject to all
such regulations rs may be prescribed by
the Commander-in-C Chief and issued from
the Office Of the Adjutant and Inspector
General and published.
Sec. 2. The Adjutant and Inspector
General shall appoint an Armorer, who
shall take charge of the State Armory in
Columbia, and keep in order all the arms
end munitions contained therein. His
salary shall be $3.50 per annum.
SEC. 3: The organization known as the
Fourth Brigade, South Carolina Militia,
consisting of the Sixteenth and Seven
teenth Regiments of Infantry, the First
Regiment of Rifles, and First Regiment
of Artillery, with the Charleston Light
Dragons and German Hussars, shall be
received and embodied in the State Vol
unteer Troops. Officers of equal grade
shall take rank in accordance with the
period of time in which they shall have
served in any branch of the military of
the State. The field officers of the said
Fourth Brigade, and their successors,
shall 30 deemed in law the SUCCESSORS of
the original field officers thereof, anu shall
be entitled to hold and enjoy all rights,
franchises and property which were of
the said field officers thereof.
SEC. 4. Immediately after the passage
of this act, tho Governor shall call in all
arms, equipments, and munitions which
are in the hands of any persons not au-
thorized by law to hold the same, and
shall require all commands lawfully hold
ing any such State property to file in the
office of the Adjutant and Inspector Gen
eral full statement OF such property,
with the authority under which it is held,
I'D the present condition thereof. The
Governor shall have authority to permit
the sale or exchange of any military
property of the State, for the purpose Of
obtaining other arms, equipments, or
munitions more suitable to the wants of
the State.
Sec. 5. All field officers of battalions,
regiments, brigades or divisions shall be
elected by the commissioned and nom
commissioned officers and privates of the
same respectively.
Sec. 6. Nothing in this act contained
shall deprive any soldier or officer of the
"National Guard" of any right 10 which
he may be entitled in that organization.
The said National Guard" shall con.
tinue to exist, and shall be separate and
distinct body.
Sec. 8. All commissions issued from
the Office of the Adjutant and Inspector
denerai shall be charged Tor at the rate
of 81 each the fund thus raised to be de-
voted to defraying the expense Cf getting
in, repairing and reissuing the arms and
munitions belonging to the State.
Sec. 8. All acts and parts of acts in.
consistent with this act are hereby re-
pealed.
Approved June 8.
AN ACT TO amend section Is of chapter
80 of the General Statutes, relating to
the power in school districts to levy
and collect special taxes for school
purposes.
SECTION 1. BE it enacted b. tho Senate
and House of Representatives of the State
of South c lima, now met and sitting
in General Assembly, and by the author.
ity OF the same, That section 10 of chap.
ter 80 of the general statutes, be, and
the same IS hereby, amended, by strik-
ing out oil Of subdivision 4 Of said sec
ton.
Sec. 2. AL acts and parts of acts in
consistent with this act, be, and the same
are hereby, repealed.
Approved June 8.
AN ACT to regulate the disbursements of
undrawn balance in the State Treas
ury.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the Stats of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, aud by the authority of the
same, That ell unexpended balances Of
appropriations now in the State Treasury
be held by the Treasurer of the State,
freed and discharged ,rom such appro-
priations, subject and applicable TO the
appropriation made by this General
Assembly; and all acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with or repugnant to this
act, be, and the same arc hereby re-
pealed. ttn
Approved June 8.
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