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ling whether said town shall be allow
ed to issue bonds to the amount of
eight thousand dollars to build court
house and Jail if new county is estab,
| lished with county seat at Honea
Path" approved 2Sth February A. D.
1896, so as to provide for $1O,OOO IN
stead OF IS, 1000 in bonds to be is7ued.
RAILROADS.
An act to make penal the doing of
any act in this State by railroad COM
panies doing business herein, their Of
ticers, agents or employees, which VIC:
lates any of the provisions OF Act OF
Congress entitled can act to regulate
commerce" and the several acts amen
datory thereof, and of the orders of
the Inter. State commerce commission
issued Hereunder, and to prescribe
punishments therefor.
An act to req uire the railroad tax
on the Wilmington, Chadbourn and
Conway Railroad, now called Will
mington. Columbia and Augusta rail.
road, in Horny county, to be applied
to the partial discharge of the annual
inteaest on sinking fund for the bonds
of certain townships issued in aid OF
said railroad.
An an to require all common car
riers to pay all loss or damages for
loss, damage and breakaee OF any ar.
ticles shipped over their lines or to re.
fuse to do so within certain time.
An act authorizing the railroad
commissioners to require all railroads
to erect depots, and to impose PEN
atty for their failure to do SO when re-
quired.
An act to limit the hours of labor of
certain employees of horse railway
companies and electric railway COM
panies and other street railway com
panles.
An act to amend an act entitled
san act to regulate the schedule OF
passenger trains in certain cases,
approved the 9th day of March, 1896.
An act to provide for the collection
of past due railroad taxes and for the
distribution of the same.
An act to amend Section 1,528 OF
the General Statutes, being Section
II, 691 of the Revised Statutes, so as to
include street railways in its provis'
ions.
An act to make corporations liable
for damages resulting to land owners
from the wrongful obstruction Of wa,
ter courses.
An act to provide penalty on rail
road companies owning, leasing or op-
Grating competing railroad lines with
in this State, and to provide for the
recovery thereof.
| An act to repeal an act entitled IAN
act to validate and confirm the con.
Isolidation of the Augusta, Edgefeld
and Newberry Railroad company with
the Northwestern Railroad company,
under the name of the Georgia and
| Carolina Midland Railroad company,
and the consolidation of the last nam.
ed company with the Charleston,
Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad com.
pany, and to confer certain powers, u
approved December "a, A. D. 1887.
An act to provide for the transpor.
tation by common carriers of bicy
cles.
An act to incorporate the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad company OF
South Carolina and to authorize the
consolidation of certain railroads un-
der that name.
An act to provide for the forfeiture
of abandoned railroad property, and
the providing of penalties for viola
ton of the act.
DISPENsARY.
A Joint Resolution to authorize the
State board of control to pay to the
city of Columbia certain dispensary
profits.
An act to amend an act entitled
IAN act to provide for election of
State board of control and to further
regulate the sale, use, consumption,
transportation and disposition of in
toxicating and alcoholic liquors or Ii
guilds in the State, and prescribe pen
alties for violation of the dispensary
laws, and to police the same," appro.
we'd March 6, 1896, so as to regulate
the importing of liquors for personal
use.
An act to amend the dispsnsary
law so us to provide for the licensing
and restrictions Of distillers in this
State.
SCHOOLS.
An act to authorize the school dis
trict of the city of Spartanburg to is
sue bonds for the purpose of building
one or more public school houses in
the city of Spartanburg and of acquir'
ing lot or lots for the same.
An act to authorize the school trus.
tees OF Greenville to borrow money
for sewerage.
| An act to amend an act entitled
San act to authorize the board OF
trustees of the school district of the
town of Laurens to submit to the
qualified voters the question of issuing
bonds for the use of said school dis
trict," approved December "a, 1891.
| An act to amend Section 1, 120 of the
Revised Statutes of 1893, volume 1,
being Section of an act entitled IAN
act to accept the devise and bequest
of Thomas G.. Clemson and to estab
lish an agricultural college in connec.
tion Herewith" approved November
I27, 1889.
An act to renew and amend the
charter of incorporation of the Cokes
bury Conference School at Cokesbury
| in Abbsville county.
| An act to extend the charter of the
| Reidvilla Hiph School.