The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-03-17
WORK OF THE SESSION.
CLASSIFIED LIST OF THEACTS RAT
IfIED.
It Is so Arranged that those Interested in
Any Particular Measure May Discover at

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Any Particular Measure May Discover at
Glance Whether 1t is Among Them.
The list of acts that have been rati.
fed by the General Assembly are the
very best index as to what has been
done during the session. The ratified
acts have been arranged with some
reference to their subject matter,
which will be of considerable service
to those looking for any special legis.
lation. The list is as follows:
GENERAL MATTERS
An act to amend Article l.. Chapter
L, Title XII, Part I, of the Revised
Statues of 1898, entitled Banking
Companies"
:. An act to amend Section 800 of the
Criminal Statutes, Revised AStatutes
1893, relating to, disturbing religious
meetings.
An act to amend AN act entitled
"An act to prevent the obstruction of
the navigation of rivers and harbors
in South Carolina by cutting in of
timber, drifting of loose logs" etc.,
approved December II A. D. 1894.
An act to prevent the employment
of other than convict labor on any
State farm and the prevention of the
employment of convict labor on any
private farm.
An act to amend an act entitled "An
act vesting all the right and title of
the State in or to the Wateree Canal in
the owners of lands adjacent thereto,
severally," approved December "a, A.
D. 1892.
An act to exempt soldiers and sailors
in the service of the State of South
Carolina or of the Confederate States
in the war between the States from
taking out the license as hawker and
peddler required by Chapter 43, Vol
ume 1, Revised Statutes, 1898, of South
Carolina.
An act TO amend an act entitled "Au
act to provide for the election OF pub
lie cotton weighers and to provide for
their compensation, approved March
9, 1896.
An act in relation to the Revised
Statutes of 1893 and the distribution
thereof.
An act to amend Section $50, Vol
ume 2, of the Revised Statutes of 1898,
being Section 248 and Section $50 of
the Code of Civil Proce dure. so as to
provide for attachment for pilotage.
An act providing punishment for
laborers who violate either written or
verbal contracts after having received
supplies.
An act to prohibit trusts and comb.
nations and to provide penalties.
Az act relating to the phosphate
commission, empowering it to fix roy
alties.
An act to provide for a laborers' lien
To prohibit secret Greek Letter fra
ternities or any organizations of like
nature in State institutions.
A Joint Resolution to authorize and
direct the sinking fund commissioners
to provide for the payment of any
costs and damages consequent upon
the litigation now pending in the Unit
ed States Court between J. E. Tindal
and J. R. Boyles and Edward B. Wes'
ley, involving the question of the title
to the Agricultural Hall; in Columbia.
An act to amend an act entitled IAN
act to require contractors in the erec-
ton, alteration or repairing of build
ings to pay laborers. su b-contractors
and material men for their services
and material furnished" approved
March Q, 1896.
An act to require all State institu-
tons to pay for transporting, clothing,
guarding and for medical treatment
of all convicts received by them under
acts or joint resolutions of the general
assembly, andto give receipts for their
work.
An act to amend the law as contain
ed in Section 943 and 951 of the Re-
vised Statutes of 1898, and an act
amendatory thereto, approved 9th
March, A. D. 1896, relating to PEN
sions.
An act requiring that committee
Of one Senator and two members OF
the House of Representatives be annu-
ally appointed to examine the &C.
counts, books and vouchers of the pen
al and charitable institutions of this
State.
An act to protec! the Mongolian
pheasant.
An act to AUTHORIZE and empower
the sheriffs tn purchase and keep at
the Court House pair of bloodhounds
for the purpose of tracking convicts
and fugitive law breakers.
Joint resolution to authorize the d.
rectors of the Penitentiary to furnish
fifteen convicts to Winthrop College
and twenty convicts to the regents of
the Asylum.
CORPORATIONS AND INTERPRETATIONS.
An act to amend an act entitled
AN act to define in what manner
towns and cities in South Carolina
may increase or diminish their corpo-
rate limits" approved 2Sth February,
1896, as to the petition and as to vot.
ing and so as 70 extend the limits OF
Bennettsville, in Marlboro County.
An act to recharter Harper's Ferry,
in Abbeville County.
An act to recharter White Hall Fer
ry, in Beaufort County.
An &C! to re-charter Big House Fer.
ry, in Beaufort County.
An act to empower The Wappoo
Bridge Company to construct bridge
across Wappoo Cut.
An act to amend Section of an Act
entitled IAN act to authorize special
elections in any incorporated city or
town of this State for the purpose OF
| issuino bonds for corporate purposes,