The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1888-01-04
SOME NEW VS..
Acts and Joint Resolutions of the Session
of 1887.

SoWF Nt" Laws.
Acts and Joint Resolutions of the Session
of 1887.
The following Acts and Joint Resolu.
tons became Laws ut the lato session oil
the State Legislature:
An Act to allow Unimproved Lands,
which have not been on tho Tax Books
since 1875, to be Listed without
penalty.
Section !. That in ali cases where un-
improved land, which has not been upon
the tax books since the fiscal year com
mencing November lst, 1875, and which
is not in the forfeited list, shall at any
tiulc before the lst day of October, 1888,
be returned to the county auditor for
taxation, the said auditor be, and he is
hereby, instructed to assess the sarue and
to enter 1T upon tho duplicate of the
fiscal year commencing November LIST,
1887, with the simple taxes of that year.
Section 2. That all such lands as may
be returned to the auditor Tor taxation,
between the first day of October, 1888,
and the first day Of October, 1889, shall
be assessed and charged with the simple
taxes of the two fiscal years commencing
respectively on the LIST day of Novem-
her, 1887, and the LIST day Of November,
1888.
Section 3. That as soon as practicable
after the passage of this Act the comp
troller general is directed to furnish a
copy Of the amc to each auditor in the
State, and tho auditors arc required to
publish the same in each OF their county
papers once a week for three months
during the year 1888, and for tho same
nnrl0I nf TINA lurin,r tbn nn 1SSu.,~l
he cost of such publication shall be paid
by the county treasurer, upon the order
OF the county commissioners, out of the
ordinary county tax last collected.
An Act to exempt certain portions of
berkeley and Charleston counties from
the operations of Chapter XXVII.,
Title n, of the General Statutes, re-
lating to the General Stock Law and
Fencing Stock.
Section /. That such portions of
Berkeley and Charleston counties as are
Included within the lines hereinafter de-
lined be, and the same are hereby, ex-
cmptcd from the operation and pro vision
OF Part |, Title Y, Chapter XXVII., re-
latlng to the general stock law and
fencing stock, and that within said
limits all live stock may he permitted to
range at large without being confined by
fences: Provided, That parties who have
complied with tho general stock law en-
braced i'll and adjoining the territory
described in the following section shall
have the rights of Chapter NNVII..
Title ", Of the General Statutes, re-
latinR to the stock law, and only deprived
of same by the erection and keeping up,
at the expenses OF the owners of stock
claiming the benefit Of the exemption
herein Of all such fences as may be
necessary for such purpose, whether
such fences be necessary around one
plantation or several.
Section 2. That the portions Of said
counties in the foregoing section referred
to shall be bounded by the following
limos, to wit: Commencing on tho south
bank If the Santec River, ut the point
where the Northeastern Railroad touches
the same, along the eastern side Of said
track to II point where said track crosses
he antce Canal; from that point along
he eastern bank of said canal to its
Southern extremity; thence by tho
shortest line to the Cooper River road,
at Wapboo Bridge and along said road to
n convenient point on the eastern branch
OF Cooper River, thence down said
eastern branch Of said river to the main
river; thence down said river to the
Wando Rivor; thence up the western
bank of said Wanda River 10 the Wando
plantation, about twelve miles above
Mount Pleasant; thence across Christ
Church Parish TO n point due north of
the head waters OF Owendaw Creek, and
along the eastern bank Of said creek to
the sea; thence along the seacoast line of
Charleston county to the mouth q the
Santee River, and along said river, the
same being the county line, to tho point
OF intersection the track Of the North
eastern Railroad with the said river.
An Act to amend an "Act to change the
timo of Listing Property for Taxa