Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-01-29
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LAWS OF THE STATE.

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LAWS OF THE STATE.
AN ACT to protect the Rights of Creditors of
Joint Stock Companies and to regulate the
same.
Section l. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of South
now met and sitting in General As
sembly, and by the authority Of the same:
That every joint stock company issuing
scrip or certificates for shares transferable
at the will of the holder thereof, hereafter
formed, shall, within thirty days after its for
nation, cause the articles of their agreement
or association to be recorded in the Office of a
clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of the
county, with the names of the shareholders
and the number of the shares held by each,
in every county in which it has an Office or
agency at which its business is carried on.
And all such companies which have been here
tofore formed and still exist shall, within nine
ty days after the adjournment of the present
session of the Legislature, cause their articles
of agreement or association, with the names
of their shareholders and the number Of the
to be recorded in like manner.
Sec. g. That in actions by or against such
companies so recorded, suit may be brought by
or against them in the name of the company or
association without naming the shareholders
therein and in suits brought against any such
company, service upon the president, chief
manager, purser or other princi pal officer
named in the said articles of agreement, shall
be good service upon each and every one Of
the said company or association at that time
recorded as shareholders therein, or who were
so at the time the cause of action arose, and
no change or transfer Of the shares pending
the said suit shall cause any abatement thereof.
Sec. 8. That no transfer of stock or shares
shall avail to discharge the shareholder trans.
ferring the same from liability to third per-
sons, until it has been reported to the clerk of
the court where any such company is recorded,
and by him or his clerk been entered in a
column to be kept for that purpose, annexed to
or in connection with the list of shareholders
previously recorded.
Sec. 4. That the clerks of the courts of the
respective counties shall be required to keep
proper books for recording such articles Of
agreement and association, and shall be en-
titled to the same fees as the registrars Of
mesne conveyance are entitled for recording
papers, and twenty-five cents for registering
each transfer of shares.
Sec 5. That the provision of this Act shall
not apply to companies chartered by the Gen
eral Assembly.
Approved December %, 1879.
- ~ -''' of Races.
Section /. Be It enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Senate Of
South Carolina, now met and sitting in Gen
eral Assembly, and by the authority Of the
same:
That from and after the passage of this Act,
it shall be unlawful for any white man to in
termarry with any woman of either the lndi-
an or negro races, or any mulatto, mestizo
or half breed, or any white woman to inter
marry with any person other than white
man, or for any mulatto, half-breed negro,
Indian, or mestizo to intermarry with white
woman. And any such marriage or attemp
ted marriage, shall be utterly null and void
and of none eff ct.
Sec. 2. Any person who shall violate the
first section Of this Act, or any of the provis
ions thereof, shall be guilty of misdemeanor,
and on conviction thereof shall be punished
by fine of not less than $500, or imprison-
ment for not less than twelve months or both,
in the discretion of the Court.
Sec 8. That any clergyman, minister of
the gospel, magistrate or other person author.
lied by law to perform the marriage ceremony,
who shall knowingly and wilfully unite in
the bonds of matrimony any person of diff
ferent races as above prohibited, shall be
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon convic
tion thereof shall be liable to the same penalty
or penalties provided in the preceding sec.
ton. Approved December II, 1879.
AN ACT the better to protect those who make
Advances for Agricultural Purposes.
Section l. Be 1t enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General As
sembly, and by the authority of the same.
That any person who shall make advances
in provisions, supplies and other articles for
agricultural purposes, shall have lien, in
preference 10 all other liens existing or other
wise, upon such provisions, supplies and other
articles, until the same shall be consumed in
the use.
Sec. g. That in case any one to whom such
provisions supplies and other articles are so
advanced shall eudeavor to dispose of the
same for other purposes than that for which
they were advanced, or in case any person
shall endeavor to make said provisions, sup
plies and other articles liable for the debts of
the party to whom they were advanced, then
the party advancing said provisions, supplies
and other articles shall have all the remedies
and means for enforcing his lien, upon such
provisions, supplies and other articles ad-
vanced, as is provided in the Act entitled "An
Act to secure landlords and persons making
advances" approved March 4, 1878, fer en-
forcing liens on crops for advances made.
Approved December "a, 1879.
AN ACT to amend an Act Entitled "An Act
to punish Persons for the Removal or Secreting
of Personal Property levied upon by the Sher-
iff or other officers being Act No. 4O4 APPROX
ed November 10, 1873.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of South Caro-
lima, now met and sitting in General Assem-
bly,, and by authority of the same:
That an act entitled can act to punish per.
sons for the removal or secreting of personal
property levied on by the sheriff or other
officers" be hereby amended by striking out
the proviso thereof, 80 that it shall hereafter
read: "That whosoever, with intent to de.
fraud, removes or secretes personal property
which has been attached or levied on by the
sheriff or any other officer authorized by law
to make such attachment or levy, shall be
held guilty of misdemeanor, and upon con-