Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-01-11
For the Y0rkYille ENQUIRER.
THE WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE.

Blacks, S. c., January 3.
EDITOR OF THE ENQUIRER: In &C
cordance with my promise, l give you oe-
low a short synopsis of such Acts and Joint
Resolutions, passed by the General Assem-
bly, at the session just ended, as are gener-
al in their character, or thatm be of local
interest. This work is not perfectly accu-
rate, as T must necessarily trust to memory
in many things.
An Act to amend an Act to change the time OF
listing property for taxation.
This act provides that at the time OF
making the annual returns of property for
taxation, which is i n January as heretofore,
that the returns of the following agricul-
tural products, to-wit: corn, cotton, wheat,
oats, rice, peas and long forage, shall be the
amount actually on hand on August 1st
Immediately preceding the date of said re-
turn, but applies to only such said pro-
ducts as are actually in the hands OF the
producers. 1t will be seen that if any of
such articles are on the 1st of January IN
the hands of a purchaser, whether he be a
farmer or merchant, they are liable to tax
alton as is any other species of property.
An Act to validate and confirm the consolida-
ton OF the Augusta, Edgetield and Newber-
western Railroad, to be known as the Geor-
gia and Carolina Midland Railroad, and the
consolidation of the last named with the
Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad.
This is an act simply to validate a con-
solidation already made, the railroads
thus consolidated to form the Augusta Di-
vision of the Charleston, Cincinnati and
Chicago Railroad.
An Act to provide for the compensation of
agents appointed by the Governor in cases of
requisition for fugitives from justice.
Tl:o NJ 0,ox,;lo no fhof fhn oronfc onnninf.
ed by the Governor to bring such fugltlves
into this State, shall receive in compensa-
ton for their services the sum of three
dollars per day for the time actually en-
ployed, and be reimbursed their expenses
actually incurred the same to be paid out
of the regular contingent fund ofthe Gov
ernor.
An Act to amend the laws in relation to the
location and names of voting precincts in
this State.
The only change in York county made
by this act, is the establishment of a new
voting precinct at Tirzah Church, in Ebe-
nezer township, and the change of"Moore's
Cross Roads," in Cherokee, to "Moore's
School House."
An Act to regulate criminal practice in the
Courts of General Sessions OF this State.
This act provides, among other things of
no special interest to any person except ne
be a lawyer (for whom | am not wrltlng)
that any person who shall be arraigned for
the crime of murder, manslaughter, burg
larry, arson, rape or grand larceny, shall
be entitled 10 peremptory challenges not
exceeding ten, and gives the State in such
cases five peremptory challenges; and any
person who may be indicted for any Oh
tense or crime other than those enumer-
ated above, shall he entitled to five per-
emptory challenges and the State to two !;
but no right to stand aside jurors shall be
allowed to the State in any case. 1t IS
provided that nothing contained in this
act shall apply to any case where an in
case is actually pending.
An Act in relation to forfeited lands, delin-
quent lands and collection of taxes.
For this most important law, we are in
debted to Senator Patterson, of Chester,
who, I will take occasion to say, is one OF