The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1900-03-07

1r2cGS-IDe CASo "aJ o"AAI
Pistois-A Law to Fix the Weight
of a Bushel CT Meal.
The legislature has passed a law
forbidding municipal officers CT
officials from taking contracts With
the town or city. The act reads:
Section I. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly Of the State OF
South Carolina: That from and after
the passage of this act, 90 municipal
officer shall take a contract to per
form work or furnish material for the
municipal corporation of which he lie
an officer, and DO such officer shall
receive any compensation on any
contract for said purpose; Provided
that>in cities Of Y thirty thousand
inhabitants such contracts may be
allowed by the unanimous vote OF
city council upon each specific con-
tract, such vote to be taken by yeas
and nays and entered upon councils
journals.
Sec. 2 That any person violating
the provisions of this act shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor. and upon
conviction thereof shall be punished
by fine or imprisonment, in the dis
cretion of the court before whom
such conviction is had.
BoLTED c2RS MEAL
The Legislature has fixed the
weight of a bushel of bolted corn
meal. The reason assigned was that
imported sacks weigh less than meal
ground and put up in this State.
The law reads:
Section !. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of the State OF
South Carolina: That from and after
the frst day of March, 1900, it shall
be unlawful for any person, firm,
company or corporation to sell, or
offer for sale, within the limits of
the State OF South Carolina unbolted
corn meal OF less weight than at the
rate of 4S pounds per bashel, and
bolsed meal at the rate of Is pounds
per bushel. Any person violating
: this law shall be faed fifty dollars
or be imprisoned for the term Of
thirty days.
c.NCEALED wEAp. rs
The law as it now stands requires
policemen, Sherifs and all other
pesce officers to carry weapons e1
posed. II this law wers implicitly
obeyed It would work a hardship on
officers trying to do detective work
The last Legislature amended the
law in that particular. TIE new act
reads:
Section /. b it enacted By thu
General Assembly of the State OF
South Caroliua: That Section | Of
an act entitled 'an act prohibiting
the carrying of concealed weapons,
providing a penalty therefor, and in
cooperating a count for the violation
of the same in indictments for muir"
der, manslsughter, assault and bat
terry of a high aud aggravated nature,
assault and assault and battery with
intent to kill. and in every case where
the crime is charged to have been
committed with a deadly weapon"
approved the 17sh day OF February,
A. D. 1897, be, and the same is here
by amended by adding thereto, at
the Of said section, the following
words; Cor peace offers in the &C.
tusl discharge OF their duties as
peace officer" so that said section,
amended, shall read as follows:
Section 1. Be it enacted by tie
General Assembly OF the State Of
South Carolina: That any person
carrying a pistol, dilk. slingsbot,
metal knuckles, razor, or other deadly
weapon usually used for the ira'c-
ton of personal injury, concealed
about his person, shall be guilty OF d
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof before a court OF competent
jurisdiction, sh~allforfeit to the county
the weapon 80 carried concealed, and
be fined in the sum of not more than
o hundred dollars and not less
than twenty dollars, or Imprisoned
not more than thirty nor less than
ten days, in the discretion OF the
court. Nothing herein contained
shall be construed 10 apply to per-
sops carrying c~)ncealed weapons
upon their Own premises OF peace
officers 10 the actual discharge OF
their duties as peace off ;
Oh, Where is Miss Jswatt!
Bsker Family Suffering and Massa-