The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1886-12-08

instructions OF the board, the power to
quarantine II Eases of contagious dis
eases among stock, animals, &c.
Section - dircc3s the secretary 10 col
lect - cents per ton on commercial fer
tiiZers sold or offered for sale in the
State, the money TO be paid into the
State treasury to the credit Of the board.
Railroad companies and other common
carriers are prohibited from delivering
any fertilizer that does not bear the pre-
scribed tag Railroads and other COM
mon carriers are required to keep u
record of al fertilizers transported by
them, and report to The secretary the
names OF shippers, consignees ard dates
of delivery. Said report to be made on
the l5:h of July annually, under 4 pen.
atty OF not less than 500 nor mere than
$500, or imprisonment.
Section : requires tags to he affixed
to each !r.chagc Of fertilizer showing the
net pounds, name Of manufacturer, and
chcmica! analysis showing s:ihe per
centagc CT nitrogen or its equivalent in
ammo2ia ii any available form Of potash
soluble "a water, and of phosphoric acid
/ in an :.raiiGblc form soluble or reverted,
as vel: - The total phosphoric: acid.
I Section u requires manufacturers and
sellers oF fertilizers to deposit samples
of tlejr goods with the secretary.
Section Is. The secretary IS consti-
tuted thc State inspector OF fertilizers,
and he or lis deputy are authorized to
open aid aualyze samples Of all tertillz-
ers exposed ior sale
Sect;@& l. provides for t3ac appoint
ment by thc board Of a State chemist,
and prescribes his duties.
Section is provides that no person
shall offer for sale ''any pulverHea leath-
er, raw, steamed, roasted, or in any form
as a fertilizer cr as al ingredient with
out attaching to every package of it a
certificate Of that fact.
Section 10 provides the penalties for
violating these provisions; fine from
S1GO to $500, or imprisonment from
thirty days to six months.
Section 20. The powers and duties
heretofore exercised by the State board
OF agriculture in connection with the
collection OF phosphate royalty are, by
this section, transferred to the comrteol-
Ter general.
Section p. Sixty days after tie pass
age OF this Act the commissione~ Of agri-
culture be directed to turn over to the
new board all the property, &c.
Section % appropriates the sum OF
$l5, ,0G0 to defray the expenses Of the
new board for the current fiscal year
Section % gives the board supervision
of the fish interests Of the State.
Section - contains the usual repeal
ing clause oI all ACTS inconsistent, &c.
The following are among the new bills
introduced: Bill to regulate the sale OF
liquor by prescription IN towns where
the local option law prevails; bil; to re-
q,liro persons fishing with seines 70 regis
tel their names in the clerks Office, and
TO give bond not to violate the i sh laws;
bill to devolve the duties Of supervisor
OF registration upon jury commissioners;
bill 70 amend Section -, Chapter ,, OF
the General Statutes, relating to the
compensation OF members OF the General
Assembly; bill to make SANDER crimi
nal oifensc; biz to charter the Chester
and Newberry Railroad; bill to punish
the stealing OF melons, fruits, potatoes
or turnips, whether severed from the
freehold or not; bill to reduce tie salary
OF the trial justice at the town OF Man
ming; bill to limit the number of trial
justices in Edgetield county; bill to au-
thoriZe the county commissioners Of
Clarendon 10 borrow money.
The bill to abolish the salary of the
Office of Lieutenant Governor was passed
to its thir,I reading. The bill provides
that that officer shall receive only $40
per diem and mileage during the session
of the General Assembly. \ motion was
made to reduce the per diem to :S5, but
this was voted down. Under the pres
cnt ,aw the Lieutenant Governor gets
81 600 per annum in addition to his per
diem during the session OF the Legisla
ture. Future Lieutenant Governors will
receive only about $500 per annum all
told.
The bill to amend Section >, G23 of the
General Statutes, relating to drawing
and terms Of service OF grand jurors was
passed to its third reading. In effect it
makes thorough change in the jury
system so far as it relates to grand
juries AS explained by its author it
proposes to make the grand jury a per-
petual body, constituted On tie same
plan as the State Senate is constituted.
The officers of Court to draw vcnircs on
December, 1888, two revives OF 9 men
each, thus making Is grand jurors.
Nine 1s these are to serve Tor one year
and Tor two ears. After the expira-
ton Of one year only 8 jurors are drawn.
every year, SO that there will be 9 old
! jurors and 8 new jurors on every grand
! jury. The judiciary committee had re-
! ported the bill unfavorably, and desig-
mated Mr.. $. ?. Hamilton to conduct
the case as It were. Mr.. Hamilton,
therefore, moved to strike out the enact
ing clause. The motion was lost, and
! the bill passed, as before stated.
The bill authorizing the foremen Of
grand juies to administer oaths to wit
ness summoned by the solicitor was
passed to third reading.
The committees, in their reports, sat
down upon quite number OF bills,
among them the following: Bill TO limit
the rate OF interest to per cent; bill
providing for ':horiZontal' reduction
in the salaries OF all the State officers;
! bill to abolish the Office OF registrar OF
mesne conveyance il Greenville county,
(tlls bin was rejected and killed ''out OF
hand:'') Gill to regulate the sale OF
liquors by druggists; bill to make SLAM
der :. criminal offence, (this bill was also
liIIed;j bill TO reduce the salaries Of Su-
prcmc and Circuit Judges. III these,
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