The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-01-29
THE LAWS OF THE STATE.
Acts Passed by tho Legislature at tho Lat
Session. 'its

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Acts Passed by the Leglsiature q. tho lat,
Session. t
| AN Act to Amend an Act entitled "Al
| Act to Regulate the Issuing Of Check
| to. Laborers upon Plantations or else
where"
BE Il enacted by the Senate and Hous,
OF Representative of the State Of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, aud by the authority of the
same:
( SECTION /. That Section 2 of an Act
entitled ."An Act to regulate the Issuing
of checks TO laborers upon plantations OF
elsewhere" approved 18th of March
1879, be 80 amended by inserting ON the
second line of the second Section, after
tho word "employee," the words, 'iat the
time when the wages of such iaborer OF
employee are due and payable by agreo.
Approved December 12, 1879.
AN ACT to amend an Act Entitled Gan
Act to punish Persons for the Removal
or SecretiDg Of Personal Property lev.
led upon by the Sheriff or other off,
cers," being Act No. 404, approved
November 10, 1873.
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives OF the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting Ia General
Assembly, and by the authority of the
same: ip
That an Act entitled "An Act to pun
ish persons for the removal or secreting
of personal property levied on by the
sheriff or other officers" be hereby amend.
ed by striking out the proviso thereof, so
that 1t shall hereafter read: "That who
soever, with intent to defraud, removes or
secretes personal property which has
feen 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 n misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction, shall be punished by impris-
onment in the county Jail for period
not leas than sixty aay5 nor more than
one year, or by fine of not less than one
hundred dollars nor more than two hun.
dred."
Approved December II, 1879.
AN ACT to amend an Act entitled "An
Act to Utilize the Convict Labor of
this State" approved March /, 1873. 1
BE u enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of South
Caroline, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of The
same:
SECTION /. That Section 8 of an Ac.
entitled 'An Act to utilize the convict
labor OF this State" approved March 1st,
1873, De 30 amended that 1t shall here.
after be and read: "That it shall be the
duty of the Board Of Directors Of the
state Penitentiary in leasing convicts to
hire them to the highest responsible bid
der: Provided, That the Board of Direc-
tors shall have power to reject any and
all bids: Provided, That no bid shall be
received that does not include the board,
clothing and oil other expenses con-
nected with the transportation and safe
keeping. of said convicts, to be paid by
the bidder: Provided, further, That said
bidder do agree that If any convict or
convicts SO hired shall be proved to the
satisfaction of said Directors to have been
i'll treated, or the contract in relation to
them to have beer in any way violated,
to return said convict or convicts ipme.
diately to the Peniseatiary upon the
order of the said Directore."
Approved December "a, 1879.
AN ACT to require the County Treas.
urers of the respective Countiea within
this State to attend at certain places
for the Collection of Taxes. 4
Be IL enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, row met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of the
same: ,ytia i5 +
SECTION /. That the County Treasurer
of each County be, and he is hereby re-.
quired, for the purposes of collecting
taxes, to attend at some convenient point
in each township in his County one or
more days If necessary, and for tie bal
ance of the time allowed by lew for the
collection Of taxes shall be and remain
ct the County seat. az a,s
Sec. 2. The said Treasurer shall give
thirty days public notice Of the days
upon which he will oe at the places des-
ignated in the first Gsction of this Act.
Sec. 3. All Acts or parts of Acts in
consistent with this Act are hereby re-
pealed. 7sl
. Approved December %, 1879.
AN Acr to amend Section $50, Chapter
4, Title z, Part 2 of the Code Of Pro-
cGdure, being Title v, Chapter CXXII
of the Revised Statutes, relating to the
Law of Attachments. ~
Be ii enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met end sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority OF the
| same:
SECTION 1. That Section $50, Chapter
A., Title z, Part Of the Code of Pro-
cedure, being Title v, Chapter CXXII
of the Revised Statutes of the State of
South Carolina relating to the law of at
tachments, be, aud the same is hereby,
amended by striking ont Of said Section
the following words ain an action agia-
ing on contracts for the recovery of
money only, or in an action for the
wrongful conversion of personal prop
'erty," and inserting in lieu thereof the
following words: I'm any action arising
| for the recovery of money or for tha re-
covery of property, whether real or per-
sonal, and damages for the wrongful con-
version and detention Of personal prop
erty, or i'll au action fcy The recovery for
the damages for injury done 20 either
person ar property"
Ss.e i:;:s lt ;.t 1.otts cts "a parts us t.u;s
Inconsistent with this Act be, and the
aame are hereby, repealed.
| Approved, December %, 1879.
ANlAoc to Prevent and Punish the In-
termarrying of Races.
~ BE il enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting In General
! assembly,, and bv The atishl;r;s. <! shn