The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1888-01-25
LAWS OF THE STATE.
come OF tho Work OF til" Recent Session
of tho Losislut urc.

VI 'he A'cSisihI urC.
An Act to amend Section 2,4S2 OF th,
General Statutes Of South Carolina
Relating to HOUSEKEEPING.
That Section 2,lS2 of the Genera
Statutes of South Carolina, relating tc
woodworking, be amended so as tc
read as follows:
"Section 2,4S2. Every person VIII
shall break and enter, or who shall breal
with intent to enter, in tie day time
any dwelling house or other house, o.
who shall break and enter, or shal
break with intent to enter, in the night
time, any house, the breaking and enter
ing of which would not constituto bur.
glnry with intent to commit n felony OF
other crime of a lesser grade, shall be
held guilty Of q felony, and punishable,
at the discretion of the Count BIZ impris.
onment III the county Jail or peniton;iary
Tor a term not exceeding one year"
TRIAL JUSTICE FEE
An Act to prohibit Trial Justices who
receive Salaries charging or rccciviDa
any Fees in Criminal business.
Section |. That from and after tho
passage of this Act it shall be unlawful
Tor any salaricd trial justice in this State
to receive any compensation for their
services III any criminal causes other
than his salary, or to receive for his own
use any portion of his ~conStablo's fees or
salary III any criminal causes whatsoever,
whether said causes arc actually tried,
compromised on transferred Tor ~invCsti-
CATION to the Court Of General Sessions.
Section 2. Any trial justice who shall
violate the preceding section of this Act
shall tNn flAnr,N,I rY,,,Ig,. 4. -.
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
hned not less than iifty dollars, and not
more than two hundred dollars, or i'm
prisoned not less than thirty lays, and
not more than six months, or both line
ana imprisonment Mt the discretion OF
the Court.
OBSTRUCTION s. NAvIG >TIoN.
An y 1t to prohibit the Obstruction Of
Navigation by Bridges over and across
Rivers i'll this State.
Section j. That M person or persons
or corporations in this State, shall keep
or cause to be kept, put or caused TO be
placed, any bridge over and across any
Oh the navlgaOic rivers within this State
SO as thereby to lnjur0 or obstruct the
free navigation OF said rivers, and every
such person or persons OF corporation so
offending shall forfeit, for each and every
such offence, the sum Of two hundred
dollars for each day that such bridge
may be SO kept, or remain as an obstruc-
ton to said Tree navigation, for the use
of the State.
Section =. That any railroad company
or other corporation III this State, which
may now have any bridge over and
across any navigablo river in this State
too low for the purpose of free and I'M
INSTRUCTED navigation be, and they are
hereby, required to remove the same, or
TO SO construct and manage draw spans
Ill SAID bridges as will secure safe and
un~obstructed navigation of said stream,
which SAID spans shall be not less than
sixty feet III width in the clear, and shall
be properly located with reference to
deep wafer and the convenience of navi-
cation, and shall be provided on both
sides of the span with strong and suita-
bic hlndors extending not less than one
hundred tnd fifty feet above, and not
less than eighty feet below the bridge,
and rising above ordinary high water
mark to within rot less than one foot Of
the lower cords of said spana. And upon
failure to do SO, said railroad company
or other corporation shall forfeit for
each and every day that said bridge may
remain too low for free and unohatructcd
navigation tho sum OF two hundred dol
lars, for the uso of the State; Provided,
That this Act shall apply only to such
as are now navigablo by steam boats or
may hereafter be made so.
Section 3. That this Act shall 90 into
effect and become n law within SIX
months after tho approval of the m
Section 4. That Acts and parts of Acts
inconsistent herewith are hereby re-
pealed.
TENANTS NOT TO INJURE PROPERTY.
An Act to amend Section 2,iS5 of the
General Statutes of the State in rela-
lation to Burning or Cutting Untcn-
nutcd Houses.
That Section 2,l8G of tho General
Statutes Of this State be, and the same
Is hereby, amended SO that said section
whom amended shall read as follows:
"Section 2,lS5. Whoever shall malici-
ousiy, unlawfully and w"ilfully burn or
cause to be burned, cut or cause to be
cut or destroyed, any u%ntcnantcd or UNI
finished house or building Of any frame
or iramcs of timber of any other person,
made and prepared, or hereafter to be
made or prepared, for or towards the
making of any house or houses, so that
tho same shall not be suitable for the
purpose for which it was prepared; and
any tenant or tenants ut will, for years
or for life, who shall wilfully and malici-
onsly cut, defacc, mutilato, burn, de-
stroy or otherwise injure any dwelling
house, clubhouse, erection, building or
crops then i'll the possession of such
tenant or tenants, shall be deomod guilty
OF a misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by fine or i'm.
prisonmont, or both, in the discretion of
the Court"
FoRDIDDGNG CocK-FIdmTING.
An Act to punish Cock-fighting within
three miles OF any chartered institu-
ton OF learning in this State.
That it shall be amisdemeanor for any
person to engage in or be present at
cock-iighting within three miles of any
chartered institution of learning in this
State, and any person found guilty shall
be fined not exceeding one hundred dol
lars, or imprisonment not eycnn5ino