Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-04-13

Justly put upon her. Unless the bill passes it
| will be twenty years more before South Caro-
| lima can receive any arms from the general
government under the act of 1903.
ACTS Of THE LEGISLATURE.
A number of Acts of the last Legislature
will be found Oh the fourth page of issue,
which, with those heretofore published in the
ENQUIRER embrace all of the Acts of gener-
al or special Importance passed at the last
session, except the Registration Act, and the
general Railroad law. We will publish the
registration law next week. The general
Railroad law, entitled can Act to provide a
general railroad law for the management and
regulation of railroads in this State, and for
the appointment of a railroad commissioner,
and to prescribe his powers and duties," ap-
proved February 9, 1882, is very lengthy, con-
tanning 13S sections. We copy such sections
as are of general interest:
SEC. "A. Every conductor, baggage master,
engineer, brakeman, or other servant of any
railroad corporation employed on passenger
| train or at stations for passengers, shall wear
on his hat or cap badge which shall indicate
his office and the initial letters of the style of
the corporation by which he is employed. No
conductor or collector without such badge
shall have any authority to meddle or interfere
with any passenger, his baggage, or property.
And it is the duty of said railroad corporation
to see that such badges as aforesaid are worn.
SEC. IS. Every railroad company in this
State shall cause all it's trains of cars for pas
sengers to entirely stop upon each arrival at a
station, advertised by such company as a sta
tion for receiving passengers upon such trains,
tor time sufficient to receive and let off pas
Sengers.
Sec 81. That whenever any passenger train
on any railroad in this State shall be more than
one-half of one hour behind it's schedule time,
it shall be the duty of said railroad company
to keep posted at every telegraph station along
it's line the time such train is behind its sched-
ule, and shall change such bulletin every halt
hour until such train arrives stating therein
the time which such train is behind and the
hour at which it is expected to arrive: Prori-
ded, That such bulletins shall not be required
to be posted at any station until one-half hour
before the regular schedule time at which such
train is to arrive at the station at which such
bulletin is required to be kept.
SEC. 104. Whoever, without right, loiters or
remains within any station house of 4 railroad
corporation, or upon the platform or grounds
adjacent to such station, after being requested
to leave the same by any railroad officer, shall
forfeit sum not less than two nor more than
twenty dollars.
SEC. 105. Conductors of railroad trains, and
station or depot agents, are hereby declared to
I've conservators of the peace, and they. and
each of them, shall have the same power to
make arrests that constables now have, except
chat the conductors shall only have such power
on board their respective trains, and the agents
at their respective places OF business; and the
said conductors and agents may cause any per-
son or persons so arrested by them to be de-
tanned and delivered to the proper authorities
for trial as soon as practicable.
SEC. JOG. Whoever fraudulently evades OF
attempts to evade the payment of any toll or
fare lawfully established bya railroad corpora
ton, either by giving a false answer to the col
ector of the toll or fare, or by travelling beyond
the point to which he has paid the same. or by
leaving the train without having paid the toll
or fare established for the distance travelled, or
otherwise, shall forfeit sum of not less than
five nor more than twenty dollars. Whoever
does not upon demand first pay such toll or
fare shall not be entitled to be transported for
any distance.
SEC. 107. Whoever wilfully and maliciously
Injuries, in any way, any railroad or anything
appertaining thereto, or any materials or I'M
plements for the construction OF use thereon,
or aids or abets in such trespass, shall forfeit
to the use of the corporation for each offence,
treble the amount of damage proved to have
been sustained thereby, to be recovered in an
action of tort in the name of the corporation
and may further be punished by fine not ex-
ceeding one thousand dollars, or imprisonment
not exceeding one year.
SEC. 108. Whoever commits any OF the acts
mentioned in the preceding Section Section
1917, in such manner as thereby to endanger
life, shall be punished as provided III SAID Sec
tion, or by Imprisonment in the penitentiary
not exceeding twenty years.
THE REGISTRATION LAWS.
A letter was addressed to the Secretary of
State, the Hon. r. NJ. Sims, few days ago, by
Mr. Fred. Horsey, Supervisor of Registration
for Charleston county containing number OF
questions relative to the construction OF the
Registration Act. In reply to these the Sec
retary of State says that he is not sure that it
is his duty to interpret the law, but his opin-
ion is given for what it is worth. The ques-
tions and the replies are as follows
l. Is there an Act designating the polling
precincts ? A. There is, emphatlcally. See
Act of 1872, No. 664, page ,04s, 18th vol.
Statutes
2. Where there are two polls i'll registration
precinct, ''as has been the practice in Wards
3, and in the City of Charleston,'' are the
wards to be divided and separate registration
lists made and kept for each poll See Elec-
ton laws, Sections 10 and II. n. Separate
books are to be kept for each polling precinct.
The adoption of oftownships, parishes and wards
for registration purposes is simply for the con-
venence of the supervisor. See Section lO,
lines and 6, Election laws.
3. Is the duplicate copy of registration lists
to be kept by the supervisor as permanent
record and leave his custody under no consid-
Grafton See Election laws, Section Z. A.
think so it is to be regarded as a book OF
original entry on file with the supervisor.
4. When there is newspaper published in
a county, should the remote precincts be post
ed with notice of time of registration See
Election laws, Section Is. A. Yes.
6. Are Federal supervisors of election to be
allowed free access to the registration books to
scrutinize them. or to attest them by their sig