Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1888-01-11

animation of diplomas shall be FIVE dollars
or thirty dollars for personal examination.
The clerk of court shall not allow any one
to register without a license from the State
Board of Medical Examiners. The State
Board of Medical Examiners shall meet
annually in the city of Columbia on the
third Tuesday of August.
An Act to amend Section 2485 of the General
Statutes in relation to burning or cutting I'M
tenanted houses.
This amends the law so as to make it
apply to tenants having control, under
lease, of unoccupied houses, n also ap,,
plies to crops in possession of tenants, and
provides a punishment of fine or lmprls-
onment in the discretion of the Court.
An Act to amend Section 1856 of the Code OF
Procedure in relation to appeals to the Su-
preme Court.
This act adds the provision at the end
of said section that a notice of appeal from
an order overruling IN oral objection to
the jurisdiction of the Court, or to the SUI
fciency of a complaint, shall not operate
as a stay of the trial of the cause, but the
trial shall proceed and the order may be
reviewed only upon an appeal from the
final judgment rendered in said cause.
An Act to amend Section 249S Of the General
Statutes relating to petit larceny.
This Act fixes the punishment for petit
larceny at not more than one hundred dol
lars fine, or not more than thirty days. i'm
prisonment, thus restoring the jurisdiction
of trial justices in cases of petit larceny as
it was before the decision of the Supreme
Court. A similar act was also passed re-
storing Jurisdiction of trial justices in cases
Of receiving stolen goods where the amount
so received does not exceed twenty dol
lars in value.
An Act to amend Sections 81, So and 1858 of the
Code of CivilPrUeednre,' relating to the prac-
tice in Trial Justices Courts.
This act remedies the anomalous condi-
ton which permitted a party who had OBJ
tanned a judgment before a trial justice, to
apply for and obtain a transcript of Judg-.
ment, and file the same with the clerk OF
the circuit court before the expiration OF
the five days in which the defendant is
allowed to make up his appeal, and pro-
vides that defendant may give bond TOR
delivery of property levied upon when
appeal is heard and determined.
An Act to amend Section 1495 of the General
Statutes, relating to posting the schedule of
passenger trains behind time.
This amends the present law by adding
that any railroad company which shall re-
fuse or neglect to post notice setting iorth
when any passenger train that IS beh!nd
time may be expected to arrive, shall for
felt and pay to the State the sum OF tive
dollars, one half of which shall 60 to the
informer.
An Act to provide for the mannerin which the
salaries of the respective circuit stenogra-
pliers shall be paid.
This act makes these salaries payable by
the State, instead of by the counties, as
heretofore.
An Act to provide for the relief Of certain sol
diers, sailors and widows of soldiers or sail
ors of the late war between the States.
Igave a pretty full synopsis of this act
in a previous letter in this paper. 1t was
passed without any change except that
the provision that any soldier or widow of
a soldier who owned five hundred dollars
worth Of property should not be entitled
to the benefits of the act, was stricken out,
and the condition that they do not W a
sufficient property to produce an income OF
tho hundred and fifty dollars was substitu-
ted therefor.
An Act to prohibit Trial Justices who receive
salaries in criminal business to charge or re-
ceive any fees.
This prohibits Trial Justices who receive
salaries to receive for their W use any
lCcS lOI CllIl1ludl UuOluCoS3 ~ any PoAeOA
of their constables' fees or salary land pro-
vides a punishment for any violation OF
this Act.
A Joint Resolution proposing an Amendment
to Article \ of the Constitution. OF the state
of South Carolina by striking out Section 2
thereof.
This proposed amendment, if adopted,
abolishes the office of County School Com
missioner as a constitutional Office and
brings the regulation of the duties and
powers of County School Commissioner
under the control ofthe General Assembly.
A Joint Resolution proposing an amendment
to Article " of. the Constitution OF the State
of South Carolina.
This refers to Jurisdiction and term of
Office of Probate Judge. 1t gives jurlsdlc-
ton in all matters t~estamentary and OF
administrations-in business pertaining to
minors, and dover in cases of idiocy and
lunacy, and persons non conapos meatiS, and
fixes his term of office at four years.
An Act to renew and amend the Charter of the
town of Blacks.
The only feature of interest in this act
is the provision prohibiting the granting
of license for the sale of distilled spirits
and wine, and allowing the sale of lager
beer and other malt liquors, and applying
Ille pTluClple VI !ny1 CcCoitoo W u6Si
who do a large business in filling prescrip-
tons for distilled spirits by physicians.
This license fee can be made to cover
so or Is per cent. of the amount of such
sales by druggists. In the act renewing
the charter Of the town of Fort Mill, the
same provision exists in regard to requir-
ing druggists to take out a license be-
fore they can sell distilled or any other
liquors upon prescription by physicians.
An Act to amend Chapter XIX of the General
Statutes, entitled of the university of South
Carolina"
This act reorganizes the University and
makes it consist of a College of Agriculture
and Mechanic Arts; a College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences; a College of Pharma-
cy; a Normal School; and a School of
Law; and such other Colleges and Schools
as the Board of Trustees may see fit to es-
tablish, or as the funds at command may
warrant. 1t makes the Clafflin College for
colored pupils at Orangeburg, and the
South Carolina Military Academy, at
Charleston, a part of the University.
An Act was passed amending the Charter
of the town of Rock Hill; also an Act to au-
thorize and empower the Town Council of
Rock Hill to issue bonds to the amount of
four thousand dollars for the purchase Of
a steam fire engine and for the improve
ment of the fire department of the town.
Also an Act to establish a new school dis
triat in the county of York, to be known
as the Rock Hill School District, and to
authorize the levy and collection of a local
tax therein; also, an Act to authorize the
School District of Rock Hill to issue bonds
to the amount of seven thousand dollars
for educational purposes, to be used in
erecting school buildings and purchasing
furniture for the same.
An Act was also passed providing for
the establishment of a new school district