The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1880-03-31
Wednesday, March 81. 1880.
Important Acts and Some Corrections.

Important Acts and Some Corrections.
We have carefully examined the recent
" published Acts and Joint Resolutions
of 1879 and Extra Session of 1880, n we
compliment the State Printers, Calro q
Patton on the workmanlike way i'll which
thew have performed their part OF the
work. The publication is designed TO
form part of the Seventeenth Volume OF
the Statutes al Large, commencing with
the Acts of 1875" and it shows thai the
General Assembly which sat during the
REGULAR session of 70 and the extra ses-
siou of 80 did a great deal of good work.
We need not enumerate all the list OF
Acts and Joint Resolutions passed. We
simply single out those of general anu
peculiar importance to the Common
wealth -
An Act to prevent and punish the in
termarrying of races which has our
hearty commentator !; provided that the
white man will be blamed much more
than the black man who violates this
law.
An Act to authorize shcriffs to appoint
special deputies without the approval OF
q circuit Judge "a great convenience 70
sheriffs and the public.
An Act to enforce the use of UNIFORM
series of textbooks in the free puoiic
schools of this State. This act appears 10
,s to be a blunderbuss loaded with blank
cartridge, insomuch as it fails to impose
n penalty on "any teacher who may
.cause to be introduced into his or her
school any text books not prescribed by
the State Board of Examiners The
pbrase "it shall not be lawful will hurt
NO offending teacher, especially if that
teacher bears in mind thai he Estate
BOARD of Examiners is itself unconsti-
%tutional.
Several acts were passed ito enable
various young men under twenty-one
wears of age, and various other young
mon h had not read law ''for the full
term of two years in a lawyers office to
apply for admission to the Bar
An act to alter and amend section lag OF
chapter CXXlI, V, part III, of the Gene
raj Statutes, relating to the place of trial
Of civil actions (which strikes out that
part of the said section that made it pos
sible for a trial to be had, by consent OF
parties or by order Of Court, in the wrong
county.
An act to require Railroads to furnish
consicnees an itemized statement OF
freight charges, and requiring them TO
settle according to the Bill Of Lading.
An act to prohibit the running of freight
trains, and to regulate the running VI
passenger and mail trains, on Sunday.
An act to amend Section ", chapter
CIV part III, Title I, of the General
Statutes;-by which the time is extended
from five to twelve months;-why,
we can't tell, unless it be to enable Gov
ernor Simpson, Chief Justice, elect to
hold Office as Governor until the end OF
the campaign of 1880.
An act to amend al Act entitled AN
Act to regulate the costs OF Platntlhs'
and Defendants Attorneys, and the costs
of fees of Clerks of Court and Probate
Judges, Sheriffs, Trial Justices, therein
mentioned" which is in the main a re-
turn to the fee bill that obtained here be-
fore the wal.
A very important Act is the one emit
tied IAN Act the better to protect those
who make advances for agricultural pur-
noses" the text of which we shall print
hereafter.
IAN Act to fix the time for advertising
personal property before SALE" fixes tina
time at fifteen days.
The "Act to amend Section 81, Chap
ter III. Title NJ, Part II, of the General
Statutes, in relation to the service OF no
tice of appeal on Courts of Trial Justices
should refer to Chapter CXXII, Title v,
of Part III.
Another correction is necessary in Act
No, LOG, to suit the edition of the Revised
Statutes Of 1873. In the sixth line Of said
Act, the phrase first line" should be
second line" The Act refers to steal
ing crops from the field.
We have noticed only one typograph-
ical error in the whole volume, viz: on
page 1872, where personal" is spelt "per-
senal." In all other respects and with
this insignificant and harmless exception
the Acts and Resolutions are admirably
set forth by our State printers and their
import reflects great credit on u Gene
-eral Assembly.