The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-07-26
Acts Passed by the General Assembly
at the Extra Session Of 1877.

Acts Passed by the General Assembly
at the Extra Session Of 1877.
Az ACT to repeal an act to protect the
interest of the State whcrcon the pay
mcnt of interest now due remains un.
paid on bonds issued by any railroad
company, and whcrcon the guarantee
of The State is endorsed.
Be il cnactcd 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 an act to protect the interest
of the State whcrcon the payment of in
tcrcst now due remains unpaid on bonds
issued by any railroad company, and
whcrcon the guarantee Of the State is en-
dorsed, approved, March I, 1871, be, and
the same is hereby, repealed.
Approved May 23, 1877.
AN ACT to revive the charter and 10 cX-
tend the time for the commencement
of work on the Anderson, Aiken, Port
Royal and Charleston Railroad.
SECTION l. BE It cnacfol 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 an act entitled
".An act to charter the Anderson, Aiken
and Port Royal Railroad" approved
February 26, 1873, and an act amcndato-
ry thereto, approved March II, 1874, cx-
piring by limitation on the Goth Fcbru-
ary, 1876, be, and the same are hereby,
renewed and rc-cnactcd, and that the
said charter be rcinyestcd in John Il.
Cochran and his associates Pr0rhlM,
That the work on the said railroad shall
be commenced within three years from
the passage Of this act.
SEC. .. That section Of the act be
amended by striking out the words ''of
all railroad corporations of a similar
kind, now existing or hereafter to be
created in this State" and insert "ol the
Northeastern Railroad Company by their
original charter"
Approved June Z, 1877.
JOINT RESOLUTION to provide for re-
organization of the University ofSouth
Carolina, and Of the State Normal
School.
Whereas experience has demonstrated
that the existing method of conducting
the University of South Carolina and the
State Normal School arc impracticablc,
and unnecessarily expensive, and that
the results attained under them are COM
mcnsuratc neither with the liberal design
of the Legislature, nor with the hopes of
the people who arc taxed for the maintc-
nance of these institutions Of learning ;
and whereas sound public policy mani
festly dictotcs the cxpcdiency of placing
these and similar Institutions, as far as
may be practicable, upon such basis as
will enable them to afford the largest
possible educational advantages to all
classes of citizens at an outlay com.
patiblc with the present embarrassed
condition of the finances of the State ;
therefore,
SECTION /. BE il rcsolrcl 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 his Excel
lency the Governor be, and he is hereby,
directed to assume control of all the
property, real and personal, Of the State
University and Normal Schoi now be-
longing to and used by thcsci. ;itutions,
and to place the same in the custody and
under the management of some discreet
and competent person, who shall have
the power, by and with the advice and
consent of the Governor, 10 rent the
dwelling houses thereof to suitable ten
ants, and use the proceeds arising from
such rentals in keeping all the property
in good condition and repair, and in COM
pcnsating himself for his services in this
regard: Pron1|cl, That such compcnsa-
ton shall be determined by the Governor,
and that an tcmizcd account of the re-
ccipts and expenditures herein contcm-
plated shall be transmitted, through the
Governor, to the General Assembly, at
its next regular session, and annually
thereafter until it shall be otherwise or
dcrcd by the Legislature.
SEC. ,. That his Exccllcncy the Gov
crnor and the Board of Trustees, who,
together with the Chairman of the Com
mittccs on Education of the Senate and
Of the House of Representatives, rcspcc-
lively, shall constitute commission to
inquire into and devise plans for the or
ganization and maintenance of one uni
Ycrsity or college for the whites, and one
for the colorcd youths Of the State, which
said universities or colleges shall be kept
separate and apart, but shall forever
enjoy precisely the same privileges and
advantages with respect to their stan
dards of learning, and the amounts of
revenue to be appropriated by the State
for their maintenance. This commission
to report by bill or otherwise, at the next
regular session of the General Assembly,
and receive no compensation for the ser
vices of its members.
SEC. 9. That said commission shall
suggest such measures as they may deem
necessary to secure 4 more economical
management Of said institutions, and to
consolidate where practicable the differ
cnt departments thereof.
Approved June I, 1877.
JOINT RESOLUTION to declare valid the
recording of certain convcyanccs re-
corded without tho endorsement of the
County Auditor.
Whereas the Clerks of Court and Reg
lister of Mcsnc Conveyance of each coun-
ty arc required to have the endorsement
of the County Auditor OH each and every
deed Of conveyance for real property, be-
fore the same can be recorded in The
Office cl the said Clerks Of Court or Reg
istcr Mcsnc of Conveyance and whereas
for some time past there has been no
County Auditors in the several coun-
ties:
SECTION |. BE It rcsolrolby the Senate
and House of Representatives Of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the