The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-08-09
Acts Passed by the General Assembly
at the Extra Session OF 1877.

various counties in this State, and to
regulate the manner Of paying the
same.
SECTION 1. BE IL enacted Ey the Senate
and House of Representative Of the State
81 South Carolina, now met and sitting
in General Assembly, and by tho author.
ity of the same, That upon the petition
of fifty taxpayers of any county in the
State. stating that snid county is in debt,
and that the validity of said debt or some
portion thcreofis doubted and challenged,
IT shall be the duty Of the Governor OF
the State to appoint n commission, con
sistng of three competent and discreet
citizens of said county, TO Investigate and
ascertain the true and real bona j7de in.
dcbtcdness of said county, who shall re-.
port in writing TO the board of county
commissioners n statement Of said bona
file indebtedness, and shall also report
to the General Assembly, ut its next ses.
sion, the amount of said bona G,le indebt.
ctlness.
SEC. 2. Tl.et the Rnid commission shnlI
have the povcr to send for PERSONS and
papers, be authorized to swear witnesses.
and to call all persons having ciaims to
appear before it, and establish such
cnims, after due and sufficient notice, by
publication Of thirty days in the pnper Of
said county that pending said invc,ti-
CATION the proper officers of said county
and counties arc hereby directed and re.
strained from lcvying and collecting any
special tax for the payment Of said pnst
county debt, created3pfiof tothe first day
Of November, a. y. 1876.
SEC. 3. That the members of said COM
mission shall each be entitled to re-
ceive 81 per- diem for each day actually
employed in.stlch work. not TO exceed in
all thirty days.
Approved Juno IL, 1877.
AN ACT to Amend an Ac. entitled "Au
Act Supplementary to Chapter XIV,
Title Nv, Part I, OF the General Sta.
tutes of South Carolina, Relating to
the Militia, aud for She Better Organi-
zation and Government of the Same"
SECrIoN 1. BE il resolved 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, That In addition
to the body of militia known as the "Na-
tiopal Guard" the Governor, as comman-
dcr-in- chief, is hereby authorized TO re-
ceive all such bodies Of citizen soldiery
rs Hnny have rendered, or may hefeafter
tender, theIz services to Che State, to con
stitute the Yolunteer, State Troops aud
10 Consist 0I ai,cii iosii isiisss, ,sstsl;a.is,
regiments, brigades and divisions as may
DO organized by the authority of the
commander-in-chief.- These troops to
uniform themselves, and 10 be butjeSt 10
all such regulations as may be prescribed
by the Communicating chief. aud issued
from the Office Of the Ad;utant and In.
SDect0r Ganara1 md puhl;rhoJ
SEC. 2. The Adjutant and INSPECTOR
General shall appoint an armorer, who
shall take charge of the State arnory ia
Columbia, and keep in order all the arms
and munitions contained therein, whose
salary shall be 1880 per annum.
SEC. 3. The organization known "a the
Fourth Brigade, South Carolina Militia,
consisting Of tho Sixteenth and Seven,
teenth Regiments of infantry, the First
Regiment of Rifles, sUd First Regiment
OF Artillery, with tho Charleston Light
Dragons and German Hugsars. shall be
revived. 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 fold officers of the said
Fourth Brigade anal their SUCCESSORS,
shGll be deemed Ia law tho succ,. .soEs OF
the original Geld officers thereof. and
shall be entitled TO hold and enjoy all
rights, bftsnehises Asjd .erop6fEyy siliiCfi
were of the said field officers thereof.
s 9. 4. Immediately after the passage
of this act The Governor shall caIi IN aii
arms, equipments and munitions which
are in the hands OF any persons not au.
thorized by law TO hole the same, and
shall require all commands, lawfully
holding any such State property, to Ale
in the office Of The Adjntant and Tnspeo.
tor General q full Abatement OF such
property, with the authority under which
it is held and present condition thereof
The Governor snail have authority &c
permit the sale or exchange OF any mil
itary property Of the State fer the pur
pose Of obtaining ether Anna, eqhipmentG
of the State. altia. 81 ,t.s 81; i
SEC. 8. All field officers of battalions
regiments, brigades or divisions siiail be
elected by the commissioned and non
commissioned, officers and privates of thu
snme. reanectively. III
SEC. g.. Nothing in this act contained
shall deprive any soldier or officer Of tht
National Gueru or any right TO which
he may be entitled In that organization
The ssid National Guard shall contiuu,
to exist, and shall be separate and dis
tinct body sais J
SEC. q. All commissions issued from
the Office Of tho Adjutauty aud E4speeto
General shall be charged for s, the rat,
of one dollar each, tho fhnSa {, ls raise;
to be devoted 10 deffaying tLa Ipelse .
getting in, repairing and re ming th
aEEls and mutations belonging to tn
State.a sss sS,s5 4,
SEC. 8. ALI acts and parts OF. acss In
consistent with this act are hareby ra
pealed.s IS 0.5e tsa as
Approved yuhe s, 1867.
An AcT TO carry into effect the tonrteentl
section of Article 4 OF the Congiituiiol
relating TO tho judiciary. n, Isl ! (
Whereas Ene eC0nRtitution 1f this Stat
provides "Jndges of the Circuit Court
shall interchange tsiseuisS With !, eacl
otherir ioi la6hn6S as fbhsll Se asAy
mined By laW:n
SEcrsosS I. lBs u ycsUlveG by tho sehatt
and Holsse OF Reo5esk skEtativhs of kh
\ State Of South Qas0lina, now met an
sittitlg in General szembly, and by th
authority &f the Hanie, TAat 10 Garry th
said tonstS.titiUnai pfoeisioa into eiiiGe
within sixty days after the passage 70
this;ac tie Cd 3 Jnstise of the Sup pren
Court oi, In case OF his death, resiEna
I. tion, Illness or absence from the Etate
the ptesiding Associate Justice, = shal