The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-02-01

or feal representative as the case may
bel of deceased persons, and the legal
of insolvent persons, and
defunct or inso,vent corporations, oany
law or rule to the contrary notwithstand.
ing.
Approved December 20, A D. 1892.
An Act to amend an Act entitled "An
Act to utilize the labor of Jail and
municipal convicts and to empower the
Courts and municipal authorities to
impose the punishment of labor within
their respective Jurisdictions" approx
ed December %, 1885.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of South
Carolina, now met and sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of the
same, That an Act entitled "An Act to
utilize the labor of jail and municipal
convicts and to empower the Courts and
municipal authorities to impose the pun
ishment of labor within their respective
Jurisdictions" approved December %,
1885, be, and the same iu hereby, amend.
ed so as to read as follows:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House of Representatives of the
State of South Carolina, now met and
sitting in General Assembly, and by the
authority of the same, That from and
after the passage of this Act all Courts
and municipal authorities which under
existing laws have power to sentence
convicts to confinement in prisons may,
within their discretion and Jurisdiction,
impose the condition of hard labor during
the period of such sentence.
Section g. That all male convicts 30
sentenced to hard labor and confinement
for period not exceeding twelve months
may, upon the conditions hereinafter
specified, be required to perform hard
labor upon the public highways, roads,
bridges and other public works of the
County in which the offence of which
they are convicted was committed, or
upon the streets or other public works
within the limits of the incorporate
cities, towns and villages in the said
County in which the offence for which
they are sentenced was committed.
Section 8. That all convicts so sentenc
ed to hard labor for the County shall be
under the direction and control of the
board of County Commissioners, aud the
said municipal convicts under sentence
to hard labor shall be under the direction
and control of the said municipal au-
thorities, who shall respectively direct
the time, place and manner of labor to
be performed: Provided, that in their
Judgment it be practicable to employ the
labor to advantage: And provided, fur
ther, that the said board of County Com
missioners and said municipal autheri-
ties, respectively, provide suitable and
efficient guards for the safe keeping of
said convicts, the said guards and all ex'
penses incident to the dieting, clothing,
guarding and working Of said couvicts to
be paid out of the County funds when
employed by the said board of County
Commissioners and out of municipal
funds when employed by aaid municipal
authorities And it is further provided,
that in case suitable and efficient guard
for the safekeepiDg of convicts shall be
provided by for authorities of an incor-
porated city, town or village, and there
shall be no such guard provided by the
board of County Commissioners of the
County, city, town or village is situated,
it shall be lawful for the Courts, State as
vel! as municipal, to sentence to hard
labor on the streets, or other public works
of such city, town or village persons con-
victed of ofenses committed within the
County, as we'll as persons convicted of
offences committed within the city, town
or village, aud such convicts 80 sentenced
to hard labor shall during the work hours
of the day, or during term of days to
be specified by said municipal authori.
ties or board of County Commissioners
as the case may be, deliver them to the
safe keeping of the authorities herein
provided for their control and direction ;
Provided, that no fees shall be charged
By tho Sheriffs other than that of the
original commitment and fusl discharge.
Approved December 20, 1892.