The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1895-12-19

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delegate to any municipal corporation
the power to license the sale OF alco
hOlic liquors.
Article relates to corporations othe,
than municipal, religious, penal, edu
cational or charitable. No charter cal
be granted except under general laws
or two-thirds vote of the General AS
semDly. No common carrier or com
| mon transmitter shall make any con-
tract that shall relieve it from an,
legal liability. All corporations doing
business in this State must maintair
an agent hero upon whom processes
may be served. There shall be no dis.
ordinations in charges for the same
service to different parties, except
excursion Gand communication, tickets
are allowed to be sold at special rates.
NO railroad or express or telegraph
company Is allowed to obtain posses
| sion or control Of another in this State
by consolidation, lease, purchase or
otherwise. The right to build or oper-
ate railroad, telegraph or express
business in this State, shall not be
granted to any foreign corporation,
unless such foreign corporation first
be Incorporated under tho general
laws of this State. No corporation
snail issue stocks or bonds except for
labor performed, or money actually
paid, and no fictitious values shall be
created. The General Assembly is re-
quired to enact laws to prevent tho
organization OF trusts or corporations
All employees Of corporations are guar
anteed the fullest right to recover
damages in case Of injuries, and they
are not allowed to make any contract
that viii exempt the corporations for
which they work from responsibility.
Stockholders of insolvent corporations
can on ly oe held liable for un paid sub
scriptions to the capital stock. Bank
stockholders are liable in double the
amount OF the face value Of their stock
Article 10 relates to finance and
taxation. The most important feature
OF the article is the fact that no county
or township can be authorized to in
crease its bonded indebtedness for uny
purpose, except to pay ordinary county
expenses, build public roads and
bridges, and increase educational facil-
tiles. The State debt cannot be in
creased except on vote Of the people.
Article ii relates to education. The
supervision Of the public school system
is vested in the State superintendent
Of education and a board Of education
composed of the governor and not
more than seven other pcrsons, to be
appointed by him every four years
The Leg islature is charged with the
duty Of making provisions for the cleo
tion or appointments of all other school
officers. The salaries of all State and
county school officers must be provided
for by the General Assembly out of
other than school funds. The General
Assembly is required to provide o
liberal system for the education of all
the children between the ages OF & and
II years. The counties must be divid-
ed into special school districts, except
that graded school districts are not
to be ointerfered with. County boards
OF commissioners are required to levy
an annual tax OF mills on the dollar
for school purposes, and, in addition,
there is to be levied on all polls be-
tween the ages Of 81 aud 60 tax of 81
In the case of Confederate soldiers
tho limit Of age only goes to so. If
during the noXt three years the school
fund amounts to less than So per capita
for the enrolment, then the comptrol-
ier general is required to make such
additional levy on the whole State as
Will be necessary to supply deficiencies
IN counties that do not come up to re-
quirements. After December |, 1898,
o'iS SShSi ei LhSoSiuoly 10 W
evy, in addition to what has already
been provided for, such tax as NAV be
necessary to bring the school fund up
TO an amount that will guarantee the
operation Of the schools for such terms
Turing the year as the General Assem-
Dly may thin& desirable. Separate
schools shall be provided for whites
and cOlored, and it shall be unlawful
for the children Of one race to attend
school with the children of the other
race. The Legislature may provide
Tor the various higher Institutions az it
secs lit. 1t shall be unlawful to use
the property of the State, or any polit-
ical subdivision Of it, in the mainIc-
nance OF any denominatiOnal institu-
tion. All Of the States profits from
the sale Of alcoholic liquors, shall gu
to supplement taxes for school pur-
poses.
Article II relates to the pcnal and
charitable institutions. 1t provides
that institutions for thn care Of the
blind, deaf and dumb and insane shall
be fostorcd by the State. The coun-
ties are required to provide for the
poor within their borders unable to
provide for themselves. Convicts sem
fenced by any of the courts to hard
itlOO. may Dt "Ol hSl vi UIlC puUllC
roads OF the State, or Of the counties
from which they wore sentenced. The
General Assembly is authorized to es-
tabish a reformatory for juvenile Of
tenders. All penitentiary convictS
must forever remain under the super
vision and control Of State officers.
Article l3 relates to the militia. All
able bodied males in the State, between
the ages of lS and .l5 years, except
such as may be exempt for various rca,
sons, constitute the militia, and shall
be under command Of an adjutant and
inspector general elected by the pco-
plo. The governor is commandor-in-
chief, and has the power to call out
the militia when the safety Of the
State or enforcement of laws demand.
The General Assembly is empowered
and required to pass laws providing
for pensions for indigent Confederate
soldiors and sailors, and for their
widows.
Articles If and Is relate to eminent
domain and impeachmente. They are
about tho Same as in the old cOnstitu-
tion. Article 16, relating to amend
ment and revision, is also practically
tho samo as in tho old instrument
Article II relating to miscellaneous