Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1899-01-21


execution, and the comptroller general
is hereby invested with all the rights
and privileges of plaintiff in execu'
ton to invoke and obtain the aid oi
the court to compel refractory sheriffs
to discharge their duties in the en-
forcement of tax executions and it is
hereby made the duty of the said sher'
ifs, respectively, to make return of al
tax executions to the treasurer of theil
respective counties within 80 days
after the issue thereof, designating
such as may be nulla bona and such as
may have been collected by distress OF
otherwise, and within the same time tc
pay over to the said treasurer all taxes
and penalties collected by them and
the several county treasurers shall, at
the third term of the circuit court in
each year for their respective counties,
deliver to the foreman of the grand
Jury a complete list of all tax execu-
tions delivered to the sheriff for COL
lection aud which have not been col
lected; and the grand jury shall ex-
anime the said list and present the
sheriff for any default or neglect in
performance of his duties relative to
the enforcement of such executions,
and in case any sheriff shall make de-
fault in paying over within the time
aforesaid any moneys collected on
said executions, it shall be the duty OF
the county treasurer, and he is hereby
required, Immediately to bring suit
against such defaulting sheriff in any
court of competent jurisdiction, in
which suit such sheriff shall be liable
in treble the amount for which he has
defaulted and in case of any loss re-
sulting by reason Of the county treas
urer to perform the duties herein set
forth, such treasurer shall be liable
therefor"
Mr.. Hydrick, of Spartapburg, wants
to put an end TO the tricky ways of
most life insurance companies, and for
the further protection of the conhding
public, has introduced the following:
Section l. That any person, firm,
corporation or association doing life
insurance business in this state on the
"legal reserve" plan shall, after three
full premiums have been paid, insert
in or attach to each policy written or
printed agreement extending TO the in
sured the following options:
First. To pay to the said insured in
cash, within 60 days after demand, the
full legal reserve computed by the ex-
perience table of mortality then in use
by said company and interest at 4 per
cent, less a surrender charge not to
exceed per cent. of the amount in
sured.
Second. To loan the insured, his
policy being deposited with the COM
pany as collateral security, at rate
not exceeding 6 per cent, an amount
equal to the first cash surrender herein
before mentioned.
Section 2. That all natural premium
companies doing business in this state
shall he required to print at the top of
the first page of each contract, in bold 4,
CONSPICUOUS type, the words :"Premium
subject to increase" according to the
experience of the company.
Section 8. That all assessment COM
panies doing business in this state shall
have printed on the first page of its
policy, in bold and conspicuous type,
the words: Assessment contract"
Section Z. That any such person,
firm, corporation or association violat
ing any of the provisions of this act
shall be denied the privilege of further
doing business in this state, and its
license to do business shall be caucell-
ed.
Section 5. That the provisions of this
bill shall not apply to fraternal orders
organized and operated upon the lodge
system.
Mr.. Dargan, of Darlington, proposes
a really sincere attempt, to uphold
law and order, especially in regard to
the unauthorized taking of human life.
Here is the bill
That after the approval of this act,
in addition to the oath required by
section 26, article 8, of the constitu-
ton, members of the general, assembly,
all officers, whether state, county or
municipal, before they enter upon the
duties of their Offices, and all members
of the bar, before they enter upon the
practice of their profession, shall take
and subscribe the following: 81 do
further solemnly swear (or afirm) that
I have not, since the lst day of Janua-
ry, in the year of our Lord one thou
sand eight hundred and ninety-nine.
engaged in any lynching of any hu-
man being, where death ensued there
from, as accessory before the fact, as
principal, or was present aiding, abet-
ting or counselling the same, and that
| will not so engage in any such lynch
ing during the term of Office to which
! have been elected (or appointed.) So
help me God"
Mr.. Wharton, of Laurens, seeks to
break up the custom of docking light.
weight bales of cotton by buyers. The
matter was discussed at length with
the result that the house finally adopt
ed the following:
Sec. l. That it shall be unlawful for
any cotton buyer to refuse to accept
any bale of cotton, after he has bought
the same by sample thereof, weighing
over 800 pounds, provided same agrees
in quality with sample bought, and
any such buyer who docks or deducts
any amount from the purchase price
of any such bale of cotton, or attempts
to dock or deduct any amount from