The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-05-02

the Bos I'd in one or more OF the news
papers published in the County for which
be shall act for forty days next previous
to the election. And the proper cor
porate authorities of any city or town In
any of The three Counties of Anderson,
Abbeville and Edge6eld, upon the writ
ten petition of fifty voters in any such
city or town, shall, in like manner and
after like notice, submit the question to
the qualified electors in said city or town,
and declare the result as is herein direct
ed in cases of County or township elec-
tions.
Sec. s. 1t shall be the duty of the
Managers to make returns and meet at
their respective court houses or Council
chambers, as tho case may be, and count
the votes and declare the result as in
other elections, which result shall be GER
titled in writing by the Chairman of each
Board of Managers to the Chairman OF
the Board of County Commissioners or
to the City or Town Council, as the case
may be.
SEC. 8. In case the majority of the
ballots cast shall have written or printed
thereon "subscription," then the Chair
man of the Board of County Commits
sioners, in all cases Of County or town.
ship elections, shall be authorized and
required to subscribe TO the capital stock
of said company in behalf of said Coun.
ty the SUM which may have been fixed
and named in the resolution of said
Board, published as aforesaid, which
subscription shall be made in seven per
cent. bonds, as aforesaid, with interest
payable semi-annually; but in all SUBJ
scriptions made under the direction of
township election, as authorized by this
Act, it shall he so expressed in the bonds
and coupons Issued in payment of such
subscription, under The provisions of
Section of this Act and all tax levies
for the purpose of raising funds to pay
che said bonds or coupons shall be made
only upon the taxable property in such
township; and if majority of the bal.
lots cast in any city or town election
shall be for subscription, the proper cor
porate authorities of such city or town
are authorized and required to subscribe
in behalf of such city or towh in like
manner and to like extent as the County
Commissioners are herein required in all
cases of County subscriptions.
SEC. 10. That for the payment of the
interest on said bonds the County Audi.
tor or other officer discharging such du-
ties or the City or Town Treasurer, as
the case may be, shall be authorized and
required to assess annually upon the
property of such city or town, County or
township such per centum as may be
necessary to pay said interest, which
shall be known aud styled in the tax
books as said railroad tax, which shall
be collected by the Treasurer under the
same regulations as are provided by law
for the collection of taxes in any of the
Counties, cities or towns so subscribing,
and which shall be paid over by the said
Treasurer to the holders of said bonds as
the interest shall become due: Provided,
That within ten years Of the time said
bonds shall fall due the money to pay
the same shall be raised by taxation in
the same manner and paid out by the
County Treasurer as provided above for
the payment Of the annual interest.
Sec. IL. That in collecting said taxes
the County, City or Town Treasurer shall
deliver to the taxpayer q special receipt
therefor, which shall express that the
amount stated therein is the tax for said
railroad. And when any person, hold
,,r of such receipts issued in his own
name or in that Of another person and
duly transferred to such holder by the
endorsement thereon of the name of the
person to whom the same was issued,
shall present an amount thereof to the
President of said company equal to one
share of the stock Of the said company,
the said President shall cause to be issued
to the holder of said receipt one share of
stock, and such person shall be a stock
holder in said company from the date of
the scrip for such stock so issued as afore-
said, and the like proceedings and rights
and liabilities snail he had and attach to
any person who may present such tax
receipts amounting to more than one
share: Provided, That said scrip shall
not be issued for any fractional part OF
share.
SEC. IL. That said railroad company
shall have every right, privilege and
power necessary for the purpose of ac-
quiring such lands or rights of way as
they may require for the location or con-
struction of the said railroad or for the
erection or location of depots, ware
houses, stationB and other necessary es-
Establishments, or for extending or alter.
ing the same, and the said company shall
have the benefit of every process or pro-
ceeding aud shall be subject to all the
restrictions provided or imposed in Sec
tions rs to S6, both inclusive, of Chapter
LHIII of the General Statutes.
SEC. 13. That nothing in this Act con-
tained shall be construed to exempt the
property of said railroad company from
taxation for Stale and County purposes.
SEC. IA. That this Act shall be a pub
lie Act, to take effect on and after its
passage: Provided, That this charter
shall cease and determine unless the
construction of said railroad is commen-
ced on or before January l, 1883, and
completed on or before January /, 1888.
Approved March IL, 1878.
AN ACT for the Preservation of Certain
Insectivorous and other Birds therein
named.
SECTION 1. Be it 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: That no person
shall at any time or place within this
State take, kill, sell, expose for sale, ex-
port beyond the limits of the State or
cause to be taken, killed, sold, exposed
for sale or exported beyond the limits of
the State any rnockingbird, nonpareil,
swallow, beebird, redbird, woodpecker,