Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1886-01-14
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ACTS OF THE LEGISLATURE.


Section 1. That Section 2,4S7 of the Gen.
eral Statutes be, and the same is hereby
amended, so that the said section shall read
as follows:
"Section 2,4S7. Whoever shall steal from
the field any grain, cotton or vegetables,
whether severed from the freehold or not,
shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
and, on conviction thereof, shall be punish
ed by imprisonment for not more than one
year, or by fine of not more than five hun
dred dollars"
Injuries to Public Highways.
An Act to amend Section l,O74 Of the General
Statutes, relating to Injuries to Public High
/ ways.
Section l. That Section l,O74 of the Gen.
era Statutes of this State be amended so as
to read as follows:
"Section l,074. Ifany person shall wilful-
ly destroy, injure, or in any manner hurt,
damage, impair or obstruct any Of the pub
lie highways, or any part thereof, or any
bridge, culvert, drain, ditch causeWay, en-
bankment, wall, toll-gate, dollhouse, or 9TH
er erection belonging thereto, or any part
thereof the person 80 offending shall, upon
conviction thereof, be imprisoned not more
than six months, or pay fine not exceed
ing $500, or both, at the discretion of the
Court, and shall be further liable to pay all
the expense of repairing the same"
Claim on Lands for Improvements.
An Act to authorize defendants in actions to re-
cover land to setup Claim for Improvements.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of South Caro-
lima, now met and sitting in General Assem-
bly,, and by the authority of the same:
Section l. That in any action hereafter
brought, or now pending, and which has
not been heard, for the recovery of lands
and tenements, whether such action be de-
nominated legal or equitable, the defendant
who may have made improvements or bet
terments on such land, believing at the
time he makes such improvements or bet
terments that his title thereto was in fee,
shall be allowed to set up in his answer a
claim against the plaintiff for So much
money as the land has been increased in
value in consequence of the improvements
SO made.
Search Warrant and Seizures.
An Act to authorize Trial Justices to issue War
rants for search and seizure and for the arrest
of Suspected Persons.
Section ]. That trial justices shall have
authority to issue warrants to make search
or seizure in suspected places, and to arrest
suspected persons and to seize their prop
erty.
Sec. 3. That such warrants shall issue
only in cases of stolen goods and must be
supported by the oath or affirmation of the
party applying for the same, which shall
set forth fully and particularly all the facts
upon which such application is based, and
shall specially designate the suspected place
or places, the object or objects of search or
seizure, the name or names of the person or
persons suspected, and who are to be ar
rested.
Sec. 3. That no such warrant shall issue
except in the cases and with the formalities
herein prescribed.
Road Duty.
An Act to amend Section 1,G9O, Title X, Chapter
XXI, of the General Statutes Of the State
Section /. That Section one thousand
and ninety, Title X, Chapter xxi, of the
General Statutes of this State be amended
by striking out the following words !:
"Members of the State and county boards
of examiners and school trustees, members
of the board of assessors for the assessment
of real estate for taxation, millers engaged
in grst or merchant mills that are kept open
for six days in each week, guards, keepers,
EMPLOYEES and other officers of Lunatic
Asylums, and the Warner for five days.
So that said section when amended shall
read as follows:
"Section 1,O9O Teachers and students of
schools and colleges and ministers of the
Gospel who are serving congregation as
pastor, shall he exempt from road duty"
The Game Laws.
An Act to amend Section 1864 of the General
Statutes, relating to Game Birds.
SECTION 1. That Section 1864 of the
General Statutes, relating to game birds,
be, and the same is hereby, amended so
that the said section shall read as follows
"SECTIoN 1854. It shall not be lawful
for any person in this State, between the
1st day of the and the 1st day of No
| vember, in any year hereafter to catch,
kill or injure, or to pursue with such in
| tent, or to sell or to expose for sale, any
wild turkey, partridge, dove, woodcock or
pheasant; and any person found guilty
thereof shall be fined not less than ten dol
lars, or be imprisoned not less than ten
days, which fine, if imposed, shall go one
half thereof to the informer and the other
half thereof to the school fund OF the coun-
| ty wherein the otfense was committed"
Judge of Probate.
Joint Resolution to amend Section 20, Article
| ", of the Constitution Of this State, by max
ing the term of office of the Judge of Probate
| Court four years instead of two years.
Be it resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of South Car
olina, now met and sitting in General AS
semby and by the authority of the same:
SECTION /. That the following amend
ment to the Constitution of the State be
submitted to the qualified electors of the
State at the next general election, and IT
the majority of the electors qualified to
vote for members of the General Assem-
bly, shall after such election and before
another, ratify the said amendment by
yeas and nays, it shall be part Of the Con-
stitution, to-wit: That Section 90, article
| " of the Constitution may be amended by
striking out the word "two," on the last
| line of said section, and inserting in
lieu thereof the word "four." So that the
section when amended will read as follows:
A Court of Probate shall be established in
each county with jurisdiction in all mat
ters testamentary and Of administration,
and in business appertaining to minors and
the allotment of dover, and in cases of i'd
iocy and lunacy, and persons non coM1pos
mentis. The Judge of said Court shall be
elected by the qualified electors of the re-
spective counties for the term of four years.
The Census Act.
A Joint Resolution proposing an Amendment
to Sections and D. Article ii, of the Constltu-
ton of the State of South Carolina relating to
the Enumeration of the Inhabitants of the
State.
Article II of the Constitution shall he so
amended that hereafter, in place of Sections
and of said article, the following shall be
substituted and known as Section 4, to-wit:
"Section 4. The House of Representatives
shall consist of one hundred and twenty
four members, to be apportioned among the
several counties according to the number of
| inhabitants contained in each. An enumer-
alton of the inhabitants for this purpose
shall be made in eighteen hundred and
ninety-one, and shall be made in the course