The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-08
SOME NEW LAWS.
important statutes Passed a, the Laie
session 1fbe Legislature.

SGAE NEW LA =.
Important statutes Passed a, the Late
session rithe Legislature.
Below will be found the text OF
some Of the Acts of public interest,
passed 1T the recent session of the
Legislature:
THE CIGARETTELAW.
An Act to prohibit the sale, or fur
nishing, or giving, or providing to
certain minors of ofcigarettes. tobacco, Or
cigarette paper, orapy substitute there
for, and to provide penalties for the
sane.
Section l.. Be it enacted ETC., tina.
from and after the passage of this Act
it shall not be lawful for acy person
or persons, either by himself or them
selves, to sell, furnish give or provide
any minor or minors under the age
Is years with cigarettes, tobacco, or
cigarette paper, or any substitute
therefor.
Section 2. That any person or per-
sons violating the provisions Of the
preceding section, either 10 person, by
agent or in any other way, shall be
held aud deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, apd upon Indictment and
conviction therefor shall be punished
by fine not exceeding 500 nor less
than S25, or by Imprisonment for a
term Of not more than one year nor
less than two months, or both, in tho
discretion of the court; one-half OF the
fine imposed to be paid to the infor-
mer of the offanse and the other half
to be paid to the treasurer of the
county in which such conviction shall
be had.
THE STATE FARM.
An Act TO amend the law in regard
to the leasing and hiring out of con-
victs and to provide for the purchase
of state farm or farms and for the !,
employment of the convicts thereon.
Section !. Belt enacted, etc., that
the board ofdirectors Of the State peni- :.
Tertiary be, and they ase hereby, au-
thorizcd and empowered to purchase q
out of the surplus earnings of the pen
itentiary suitable farm or farms to be
worked and planted by convicts under
the superintendent of said board Of
directors; provided, that tie price
paid therefor shall not exceed $4,000
and the said board is authorized to re-
tain in its hsnds and apply to such
purchase all surplus money received
by it from the operations of said in
stitution during the past fiscal year:
provided further, that no farm or farms
shall be purchased il which said di-
rectors or any Of them shall or may be
or indirectly interested.
Section 9. That no contracts for
leasing or hiring out conyicts to be
in phosphate mining or
railroad building shall hereafter be .
made by said board Of directors.
Section 3. That said farm provided
for in Section l shall have sufficient
elevation to prevent the same from
floods and overtlows as near as prac-
.icabie.
LABOR CONTRACTS.
An Act 10 amend Section 2OS4, IT.
lie VII, Chapter LXXVIII, of General
Statutes of'this State, rs1asi
Dor contracts =
Section /. Be it enacted, ETC., that
Section 2084 of the General Statutes of
his State, relating to violation of
contracts, be, and the sameis hereby,
amended by striking out said section
and inserting in lieu thereof the fol-
owing: 'Section 20S4. Whenever
such contract or contracts are viola
ed, or attempted to be violated OF
broken, VI whenever fraud is practiced
or attempted to be practiced, by eth
81 party to such contract or contracts
1t any time before the conditioes of
he same are fulfilled and the parties
released therefrom, either in keeping
any account or accounts between him,
aer, or them, and the other party or
parties to such contracts, or in the
division of the crop or crops, or the
payment of money or other valuable
or if it be disinterest.
ed party chosen to make a division or
divisions Of crops hereinbefore proYi-
led, he, sne, or they shall be liable to
as for misdemeanor, or
n failing wilfully and without just
cause to give the labor reasonable re-
lulred OF MIN, her, or theu Dy oGo
terms of such contract, or in other res
poets shall refuse to comply with the
conditions of such contract or con-
.racts, or shall fraudulently make use
If or carry away from the place where
;he crop or crops he, she, or they may
&c working are planted, any portion ).
IF said crop or crops, or anything con-
necued Herewith or belonging thereto,
such person or persons so offending
shall be guilty OF q misdemeanor, and
upon conviction, be punished by inn
orisonment Of not less than thirty
Jays nor more than two years, or by
fine ofnot less than $25 nor more than
$500, in the discretion of the court.