The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1888-01-25

proved December 2G, 1884.
That an Act to amend Section $40 O
the General Statutes, relating to case.
tfiod or examined before trial Justices
approved December %, 1884, be and i
hereby amended 80 rs to read as follows
'SeCtion $40. Whenever O. person
charged with crime, to DO tried or to b,
examined under Section 800 hereof be
fore n trial Justice, or whenever cithe
party to o civil action which is TO be triet
before a trial justice, shall make and fl,
before the trial issuing tho papers al
affidavit to the effect that he does not be
ilcvo that he can obtain n fair trial or OK
animation before the trial Justice, tn,
papers shall he turned ovcr to the near
cat trial ~iuttico OF that county, who shall
proceed 10 try the case or hold tue ex
animation as ii he had issued the papers
Provided, That such affidavit shall Sc
forth tho grounds of such belief; tina
two days notice Of tho application fol
such transfer shall be given TO tho ad
verse party, and but n such transfer
shall be allowed to each party in any
case. This section shall not apply tt
trials before the judicial trial justices OF
the City of Charleston"
TO REGULATE SEED COTTON TRAFFIC.
An Act to regulate the traffic in seed
cotton IN tue counties of Abboville,
Aiken, Sumter, York, Edgetield, Bcrke
ley, korshaw, Eichland, Orangeburg,
Charleston, Chester and Union.
Section ]. That the traffic in seed cot.
ton by purchase, barter or exchange, in
the counties Of Abbcviilc, Sumter, York,
EdGctlcld, Berkeley, kcrShaw, Eichland,
()rl (n,nYl,sIn, Il,,,4.. -
Union, within tho periods hereinafter
named without license is hereby pro.
hibited.
Scction2 2. That the Clerks of the Court
OF Common Pleas for tho counties in
this State respectively named in the first
section o. tins Act bc, and are hereby,
authorized aud empowered to issue
licenses 10 traillc in seed cotton Ivy pur-
chase, baxter or exchange, within The
period beginning the 18th OF August and
ending the 10Th Of December OF each
year, TO such person or persons as shall
Tile with said Clerks respectively IA writ.
ten application therefor, tho granting of
which shall be recommended by at least
tea landowners resident within the
township wherein said applicant intends
to do business. Such license shall
specify the exact place Whcreut tic said
business shall be carried on and the
period within Which such traffic is per
mittcd, and Shall continue in force for
the space OF one year from the date of
issue; and for such license if granted n
leo OF three hundred dollars shall be paid
by the applicant to the county treasurer
Tor tho uso Of the counties respectively.
oNcoptin the counties of Berkeley and
Charleston, where the license shall be
fifty dollars.
section 3. That any person who shall
hereafter traffic in seed cotton by pur-
chase, barter or exchange, without first
having obtained 4iccn9o us above pro-
Vided, shall be guilty of a misdcmcanor,
aud, on conviction, shall be punished for
each offence by Il fine OF not less than
one hundred dollars, orby imprisonment
OF not less than II year, or by both
I'm and Imprisonment, within the dis
erection of tho Court.
Section I. That every person to whom
ilccnsc to trailic in seed cotton may be
granted shall Keep at said place OF bust
ness DOCK Ill which shall be entered
the date OF every purchase, from whom
purchased and tho quantity purchased,
winch book shall always be open to
Inspection OF persons applying therefor;
and any person to WON n license NAV
DE granted, as hctGin provided, failing
to comply with the requirements Of this
section, shall, on conviction, be liable 10
tho penalties apecilicd in Section 3.
Section .. That nothing herein con-
tanned shall be construed TO repeal or in
anYwIso modify the provisions of Section
lois Of the General Statutes.
BuRNING HAY, GRAIN or STRAW STACKS, OR
KILNS.
An LIT to amend Section Psi OF the
General Statutes, relating TO the burn
ing Of ricks, &c.
That Section 2,4St of the General
Statutes bo, and the same is hereby,
amended, SO that said Section shall read.
"Scction 2,iSl. Whoever shall in the
night tlmo maIIciouSly, uuluwfnng and
wlIiully burn or cause TO be burnett o,
destroyed any ricks or stacks Of hay,
straw or grain, or kilns, shall for every
such offence be punished by hard labor
III the pcnitcntiary for life or for a
period o less than two years, accord
ing to tho a8Grayation Of the offence"
IsTGN FORFEITED LANDS.
An Act to Allow Unimprovod Lands
Which Have Not Been on the Tax
Books Since 1875 to be Listed Without
Penalty.
Section /. Bo it enacted by tho Senate
and houso Of Representatives of the
State OF South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority OF the same, That in all cases
where unimproycd land which has not
been upon tho tax books since the fiscal
year commencing November Ist, 1875,
and which are not on the forfeited list,
shall vt any time before tho LIST day OF
October, 1888, be returned to tho'Coun.
'ty Auditor for taxation, the said Auditor
be, and he is hereby, instructed to assess
the same and to enter it upon the dupli.
cate of the fiscal year commencing No.
vember LIST, 1887, with the simple taxes
OF that year.
Section 2. That all such lands as max
be returned to the Auditor for taxation
between the first day OF October, 1888
and tho first day OF October, 1889, shall
DO assessed and charged with the simple
taxes of the two fiscal years commencing
respectively on the first day of Novem,
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