The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-01-15

, ested.
Section 2. That no contracts for the
hiring or leasing of convicts to be en-
ployed in phosphate mining shall
hereafter be made by said board Of dio
rectors.
Section 8. That said farm provided
for in Section / shall have sufficient
elevation to prevent the same from
foods and overfows as near as practl-
cable.
approved December %, 1889.
TIE TARE ON COTTON.
An act to amend Section l,195 cf
the General Statutes, relating to tare
on bales OF cotton.
Section l. That Section 1,1S5 Of the
General Statutes, relsting TO tare on
bales Of cotton, be, and the same here
by is, amended by striking out. the
whole of said section and inserting
the following in lieu thereof, so that
said section, SIS amended, shall read IS
follows:
Section l 1876 The custom Of making
a deSSccttiion from the actual weight OF
bales Of unmanufactured Gotten, ss an
allowance for breakage or draft there
on, is abolished; and all contracts
made in relation to such cotton shall
be deemed and taken as referring to
the true ard actual weight thereof
without deduction; and no tare shall
be deducted from the weight of such
bales otcotton except the actual weight
of the bagging and ties used in baiing
said cotton.
Section 2, That this Act shall take
effect from and after the lst day of Sep
ternber, 1880.
Section 5. That all Acts or parts OF
Acts IN conflict, CT inconsistent, with
the provisions Of this Act be, and the
same are hereby, repealed. And when
ever it shall be agreed between the
buyer and seller to deduct tare on cct-
ton bales it shall be as follows: For
bales of cotton covered with seven
wards of standard cotton bagginS and
six iron ties the actual tare shai! oe,
and is hereby, fixed st sixteen pounds,
and for tsles Of cotton covered with
seven wards of standard jute bagging
and six iron ties, the actual tare shall
be, and is hereby, fixed at twenty.1our
pounds; and when buyer and seller
agree to sell at net weight, and when
bales Of cotton are covered with
seven wards CT standard cotton bag
gins and six iron ties the actual tare
Shall be, and is hereby, fixed at SIX
teen pounds, and when bales of cotton
are covered with seven yards of stan
dard ju;e eagging and six iron ties the
actual tare stall be, and is hereby,
fixed at twenty-four pounds.
THE RATE OF INTEREST.
y An Act to amend an Act entitled
"An Act to amend Section 1,2SS Of the
General Statutes, regulating the ratio
of interest upon any contract arising n
this State for the hiring, lending OF
use ofmoney or other commodity"
approved December q, 1882.
Section I. That Section of an Act
entitled "AnAct to amend Section
1,2sS of the General Statutes, regula-
ting the rate of finterest upon any con-
tract arising in this State for the hir-
inc. lending or Use of money or other
commodity" approved December q,
1882, be, and the same is hel eby, amen
6ed by striking out the word 'ten"
wherever it appears in said section and
inserting in lieu thereof the word
sseight," so that said section, when
amended, shall read as follows: Sec
ton l. That Section 1,2SS Of the Gene.
raj Statute be, and the same is hereby,
amended by inserting after the word
commodity, Oh the third line CT said
section, the folloing words to wit: Ex-
cept upon written contracts, wherein,
BY express agreement, a rete OF IN
terest not exceeding eight per cent
may be charged. So that said section,
when thus amended, shall read as fol-
lows: No greater rate Of interest than
seven per centun per annum shall be
charged, taken, agreed upon OF allow
ed upo,, any contract arising in this
State for the hiring, lending OF use Ct
money or other commodity, except
upon written contracts wherein, by e1
press agreement, rate Of interest not
exceeding eight per cent may be che-g
ed. No person or corporation lending
or advancing money or other comnod
itv u2oo greater rate Of inte-est
shall be allowed to recover ia any
Court Of this State any portion OF the
interest so unlawfully charged; and th'
principal sum, amount or value 5;
lent or advanced, without any inter
est, shall be deemed and taken by tn
Counts ofthis State to be the true leSa
debt or measure Of damages to al IN
tents and purposes whatsoever, to b
recovered without costs. PROVIDED
that the provisions of this Act shal
not apply tocontrscts or agreement
entered into, or discounts or .arrange
ments made, prior to the first Of March
1890.
WORKING coNy1cTs ON THE STREETS
An Act to authorize and empowe
certain ncorpc-atod towns IN tn
State of So-;n Carolina to substitut
hard lshoc on their streets for fine az
imprisonmenti in cases Of mis0e-ne:I
or Unich come under their jurisdi'
ton:
Section |. That ell incorporate
towns in the State Of South Carolln
of three hundred inhabitants or MOI
are hereby authorized and empcwere
to substitute hard labor on their stree
for fine and imprisonment, in cases
noisdemeanor which come under the
jurisdiction: Provided, that in I
case shall such sentence to hard lab'
exceeda term of thirty days, unle
otherwise provided by law.
q Section 2. That this Act shall tai