The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-03-10
RESULTS OF SESSION.
A Complete List of Ratified Acts.
No Notable New Laws.

| aside from the income tax. the insurance
license bill. the insurance deposit the anti
trust and tie bicycle baggage measures. none
of them are of very general public interest:
An act relating to the appointment OF
school trustees in Barnwe!l comfy.
An act to raise supplies and make appro-
priations for the year 1897.
An act to amend the acs to provide a
system Of county government so lar as the
same relates to Horny and Greerville coun
| ties.
An act to provide for the appointment Of
a constable for Aiken county to IT side at
Langley.
An act to place street railways on a foot
ing with railroads in the matter Of dam.
ages to person. injured.
An act to authorize the purchase of new
set of index books for Union county.
An act to amend the statutes SO far as
they relate to the pilots at Port Royal and
Beaufort
An act to amend the new county law and
provide new voting precincts in certain
contingencies.
A iolnt resolution to authorize the treas
urer OF Charleston county to borrow 81 ,OG0
| to pay county officials salaries.
An act to authorize municipal corpora
tions to issue coupon bonds tor the pur-
pose of refunding bonded Indebtedness ex-
| istirg ct the time of the adoption CT the
| present Constitution.
An act to amend section 231 of the gene
raj statutes so far as it relates to the treas.
urer OF Edgefeld county.
Anact to render uniform the mode of tax
| alton in towns and cities in accordance with
| the present Constitution.
| An act to amend all act TO provide for the
poor of Charleston county.
An act to amend the criminal statutes re-
latiug to disturbing public worship.
An act to authorize the holding of spe-
cial elections in cities and towns for the
purpose of issing bonds for corporate pur-
| poses.
An act to incorporate the Wappoo Bridge
Company.
An act to regulate fishing at certain times
in Aiken, Barnwell, Darlington, Orange
burg and Colleton counties.
An act to declare the jurisdiction of the
recorder of Charleston.
An act to amend an act to regulate the
election OF mayors and wardens.
An en- act to amend an act to incorporate
the South Carolina and Augusta Railroad.
A Joint resolution to provide for the pay
ment of claim of $40 to LeGrand &.
Walker By the treasurer of Georgetown
county.
An act to amend all act to provide for the
aboiishing of the Office of referee SO far as
1t relates TO Saluda county.
A Joint resolution to extend the coliec-
Marchl, 1897.
An act to authorize the eity of Charles
ton to issue 30.year coupon bonds for GER
tain purposes.
An act to authorize cities and towns to
issue negotiable coupon bonds for the pur-
pose of funding indebtedness existing at the
time of the adoption Of the present Consti'
tuition.
To authorize the building of one or more
school houses in Spartanburg.
Authorizing the railroad commissioners
to require all railroads to erect depots.
To provide for the building of a new
court house and jail in Anderson county.
To amend the general laws relating to
jurors.
To prohibit the catching of oysters and
terrapin except under certain regulations.
A Joint resolution to authorize the pay
ment of claims of certain supervisors OF
registration.
TO provide for payment of certain ex-
penses incurred in the Broxton bridge case.
To apf ortion the road fund.
An act to define the Jurisdiction OF mag
istrates.
To provide for the removal of county Of
fcerS in certain cases
To authorize the school trustees of Green
Vile to borrow money for sew werage.
Three acts to recharter Harper's, White
Hall and Big Hal! ferries.
A Joint resolution to provide for the pay
ment to Eliza Baker the pension of S. J.
Yates.
To repeal an act providing for special
tax on certain livestock in Bsrkerly county.
To amend an act relating to the lawful
height Of fences in Berkeley county.
To authorize the deposit OF money in
proceedings in the courts in lieu of bonds.
To prevent the obstruction Of rivers and
harbors.
To validate the election of intendant
and wardens Of Walhalla.
To provide for the claims Of certain
Orangeburg militia companies.
To authorize sheriff, to purchase and
keep blood hounds.
70 regulate the traffic in seed cotton in
certain counties.
TO prohibit the carrying of concealed
weapons.
To provide for the further distribution of
the Beaufort county Federal direct tax.
To provide public school pupils with
books at actual cost.
To provide for the transportation of BIZ
cycles as baggage.
To ex.ead the time of catching shad and
sturgeon with seines.
To exempt Confederate sol Tiers and sail
ors from taking ont licenses IS laTkers or
pcddle's.
To provide for the election Of thu State
boarl of medical examiners by the State
board Of health.
Relating to the bond of the treas urer of
Saluda county.
To exempt certain county treasurers
from publishing quarterly reports
To authorize the payment OF claim of
J. E. B. Sloan.
TO amend section 20 of the county gov
ernment law.
To prevent employment of other than
convict labor on State farms.
To provide for reindexing the records of
! Greenviile county.
To provide compensation for members of
! county boards of assessors while servlnSas
members Of county boards of commission
erS.
To reqnire common carriers to pay dam
ages for goods damaged.
! To establish Bamberg county.
To establish Cherokee county.
To establish Dorchester county.
Relating to special board Of equallza-
ton for Charleston.
To require Communication tax to be ex-
pended in townships where collected.
To provide for the disbursement Of GER
tain moneys collected IN Beaufort county.
To facilitate the settlement of estates Of
testatorS.
TO fix the time for holding court in the
! Fifth crcait.
To provide for the election Of cotton
weigherS.
TO require The sinking fund commission
| to lend funds to the several counties.
To prohibit trusts and combines.
| To exteni the charter Of the Reidsvil.e
High school.
To amend all act relating to indexing
judgments.
To provide for the payment of claim of
| W E. Arthur