The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-01-09

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jby the confni6n consent OF the whole Gen.
oral Assembly, and can be safely regarded
therefore, as settlement that tho people
by their representatives, approve of aud
will faithfully carry out.
| Provision is made in a separate Act for
the funding of all State indebtedness which
by law is fundable, and for the consolidation
and funding of Interest on the unfunded
valid debt from 1874 up to and including
| 1879.
The Act regarding the funding of the
bills of tho Bank of tho State authorizes
their funding in Consolidation bonds at the
rate OF fifty cents on the dollar, the first
coupon being payable in 1881. This re.
lieves the State of another chronic trouble.
The Act creating Department of Agri-
culture places it under the control of a
Board consisting of the Governor, the Mas
ter of the State Grange, the President of
the State Agricultural and Mechanical So
ciety, and two other persons to be selected
by the General Assembly. The Commits.
sioner of Agriculture and his clerk will be
under the control of this Board. which shall
also have power to require County Auditors
to furnish such statistical and other infor-
nation as may be needed, 1t shall invcsti-
gate all subjects regarding agriculture, i'm
migration, &C., superintend and quarantine
diseased stock, take charge of the Fish De.
partment, exact and issue licenses for fer
tilizers, (replacing the present phosphate
inspector and agent, inspect fertilizers, &c,
and generally devote itself to tho advance
mcnt of the Agricultural Interests of the
State,
The Act to declare tho law regarding
liens provides.that hereafter, at the expira-
tion of twenty years, q lien or judgeme at
shall be presumed to have been satisfied un-
less some acknowledgment by tho debtor,
such as payment of interest, or payment on
account, be recorded with the judgment or
lien.
The Act to require Railroads to furnish
consignccs an itemizcd statement of freight
charges, and requiring them to settle accord
ing to the bill of lading, expresses its scope
in its title: The penalties for violation of
its provisions are, first, a penalty of double
the amount of the charges, to be recovered
by the consignee by civil process; and Sec
ond, that the agent SO offending shall bo
guilty of misdemeanor, and punishable by
fine of not less than SO, or Imprisonment
for not less than FIVE or moro than thirty
| days, unless lie be acting under orders of a
superior officer, in which case the latter shall
be subject to double the above penalties.
The Bill to alter and amend the law re-
lating to juries and jurors provides that no
petit juror shall be required to serve more
tEap one week at any tcrrl.of the Courts of
bGe4esii1 bsss siirse ld sssG gisss and S!
each week. No jury, How ever, chafs1l
with case shall be discharged before lis
completion, by reason of this Act, aud the
County of Charleston is exempted from its
provisions.
The Act fixing the time for Legislative
enactments to take effect, provides that on
and after the first day of February next no
Act or Joint Resolution. shall take effect
until twenty days after its approval, unless
otherwise specified.
Tho Act regulating the running of trains
on Sunday prohibits the running or loading
Of freight trains on that day, allowing each
| road to run only one train for the transpor-
tation of mail and express matter and pas.
sengers.
The Act amending the law relative to
stealing crops from the field extends the
provision of existing statutes (Which make
the stealing of crops growing in the fields
telony) to the stealing of crops gathered
but left in the field
The Bill to provide artificial legs for cit.
izens manned in the service of the State
from 1861 to 1865 was amended by the
Senate SO as to furnish arms also, and SO
passed.
The Supply Bill fixes the State levy at
four and one-haif mills, and the general
county levy at three mills, excep. when 9th.
erwise specified With the addition of the
two mill school tax this will make the total
levy in each county as follows: