The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-17
NEW LAWS OF THE STATE.
Acts Passed Mt the Recent Session of The
Assembly.

1898, relating to special board for
equalization OF property in the city
of Charleston.
Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State of South Carroll
Ina:
| Section 1. That Section 256 of the
General Statutes of 1882, being Sec.
ton 311 of the Revised Statutes of
1898, be amended, so that when
amended it shall read as follows:
| Section 311 1885, There shall be a
special board for the equalization of
real and personal property, moneys
and credits in the city of Charleston,
to be composed of the county auditor
and six citizens of said city to he elect.
ed by the city council of Charleston
and subject to removal by the said
city council, which board shall meet
annually at the county auditors office
on the first Tuesday in March, and
shall have power to equalize the value
of the real and personal property,
moneys and credits within said city
and shall be governed by the rules.
provisions and limitations prescribed
for the government Of the annual coun-
ty boards of equalization, but said
board shall not continue in session for
more than two weeks in one year; and
it shall be the duty of the county au'
ditor, and he is hereby required, on
or before the 20th day of March in
each and every year, to furnish to the
municipal authorities. for the purpose
of municipal taxation, an abstract OF
the real and personal property in the
city of Charleston, with the assess
ment of valuation thereon, according
ing to the said county auditors books.
And in order that the said county au'
ditor may comply with this require
ment, the city assessor of the city of
Charleston, his deputies and clerks,
shall attend and assist the county au-
ditor in his Office, and under his di.
reclion control and supervision, be-
tween the first day of January and the
10th day of March, shall receive and
enter the tax returns for all property
within the county of Charleston that
is within the corporate limit of the
city of Charleston and make an alb
stract within the assessment Of vslua.
ton thereon according to the county
auditors books, which abstract shall
be certified by the county auditor as
complete assessment of the proper
ty assessed and such abstract so
made and certified shall be deemed
official and shall be available as oasis
for the assessment of taxes for mum.
cipal purposes on or before the goth
day of March in each year.
Approved the 25th day Of February,
1897.
An act authorizing the railroad COM
missioners to require all railroads
to erect at functional points union
depots, and to impose penalty for
their failure TO do so when required
Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the State of South Carolina:
Section 1. That the. railroad COM
misioners of this State are hereby in
vested with authority to require all
railroads in this State to erect union
or other depots for the convenience
and accommodation of the public, and
if any railroad company shall fail or
refuse to do so when required by the
said railroad commissioners 1t shall
forfeit and pay sum of not less than
S. 900 to be recovered in an action in
any county in this State where such
violation has occurred, and shall be
in the name of the State of South Car
olina. The commissioners shall lnstl-
tute such action through the Attorney
General or any OF the solicitors OF the
Estate.
Approved February IL. 1897.
An act prohibiting the carrying OF
concealed weapons, pro 7idlng a
penalty therefor and incorporating
a count for the violation of the same
in indictments for murder, man.
slaughter, assault and assault and
battery of q high and aggravated ma.
ture, assault and assault and battery
with intent to kill, and in every
case where the crime is charged to
have been committed with deadly
weapon.
Be it enacted by the General Assem-
bly, of the State of South Carolina:
| Section /. Any person carrying a
pistol, dirk, dagger, slungshot, metal
lknuckles, razor or other deadly weap-
on usually used for the infiction OF
personal injury concealed about his
person shall be guilty of a misdemean-
or, and upon conviction thereof be-
fore Court of competent jurisdiction
forfeit to the county the weapon so
carried concealed and be fined in the
the sum OF not more than one hun
dred dollars and not less than twenty
dollars or be imprisoned at hard labor
not more than thirty nor less than
ten days, in the discretion OF the
Court: Nothing herein contained
shall be construed to apply to persons
carrying concealed weapons upon
their own premises.
Section 2. In every indictment Tor
murder, manslaughter, assault and
assault and battery of a high and ag-
gravated nature, assault and assault
and battery with intent to kill, and in
every case where the crime is charged
to have been committed with deadly
weapon of the character specified in
the first section, there shall be spec
| ial count in said indictment for carry
ling concealed weapons, and the jury
shall be required to find verdict on such
special count; andall cases embraced
in this section, including the carrying
of he weapons, shall be in the exclus-
live jurisdiction of the Court of Gener-
al Sessions: Provided, that one.half
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