The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-13
SOME MORE ACTS.
Th,ee Important Measures That Were
Passed ct the Re Mt S ssion.

session is Of general interest:
Sec !. b. it enacted by the general
assembly Of the SAFE Of South Caro-
liza: That Oh snd after the approval
oe this act. it shal: be unlawful for any
re7soa to assume the Gu les Of any
pu! lie cfiee urtll be has taSen the cath
provided by The constitution, and has
been regularly commissioned ny the
governor. TIE term public tfioe' in
his act sIa'I be construed TO mean all
officers Of the State that have hereto
fore been commissioned, and trustees
Of The various ccllsg cf the State,
m:mlers Of the various State bosrds,
dispcnsary cor stables, ard other per
sons ahoge du;ies ar. off ed by law.
Sc. 2 That 30 fees shall Re charged
or collected by tie secretary Of state
for Qualifying ard Gem nis5ioDing suoh
officers, except for the tfi,:s Ct notarJ
publis ard com missioner Of deeds, who
shall pay fee Of three dollars and
twenty FIVE cents, which shall be trans
mitted by the Ee,r tar; of State to the
State treasury, as other fees COLLECTED
BY him.
Sc 8 TIE secrtt try offs ale is here
by d rected and r. q ,i5ed to -eYo-t to
tie general asselb y at. each r.gu ar
session the Daucs Of all officers com.
missioned by him during the f cal y a.,
with the dates Of their appointment
or election and the dates Of their com
rissione, and OF such other thi ,ers as
he shall deem proper.
The act r:lati to bonds Of public
efistrs was approved By the geV>rntr
February Sth 1t reads:
Sec. /. Be it enacted ty the general
assembly Ct South Carolina: That
bonds Of county cmcers, shall be re
corded in the ef6ce Of the clerk Of
court OF register of uesne convey auce
# the couItJ Of which The aforesaid
cfi ,ers are sid=D:s, anl shall jmme-
diat,ly thereu Jon be taasn>t d to
he secretary Of Safe. who ska.l f e
them in thst fics OF tie State II as
urer.
s c 2. The bends Of S:s'e, dis re:
er circuit officers shall be fled viii tn.
secretary OF STATE, and shsll be rec -rd' d
by him, without charge, in suisab' c
books kept by him for tae purpose, a
when so recorded sha'l be 6led as sfore.
said With the Stat, treasurer: Pro
vjded, TT a. the boDds Of the STA treas
urer shall be fled with the gov,raor.
Sec. 3 The bonds of eounty di-pen
sers shall be recorded as other country
chi ,ers bones, and when so record d
shall be filed With tie State board Ct
directors OF the dispensary ~ the sec
retary Of State.
Sc 4. A copy Of a bond, duly certi
fed By any officer with whom bond:
are required 10 be flied o. r.corde d
herein, shall be good and sufh ,ient evi-
dence in all suits instituted on sui
bends in any of the courts Of this S'a:e
Sec. 5. That it shall b. IN awful fol
any person to assume or attempt to IS
sumo the duties Of any cAi:e OF which
bond is required without having gi7er
the bpnl rec lirsd, aid any per:o as
sunipg or attempting to assume the
duties Of any efi.e as aforesaid, skal
be guilty of misdsmesror or. aud shall be
subject to a 6ae Of fVe'hurdr, q dollar:
or inpr sonment for OF less than tbr, {
months, in the discretion Of ihe Gu t
The old Law I, quiled that tond ot
an amount eqra: to tia. Ct the ST. RI
be given By tie depu:y sheriff CT Cen
stables, appointed as police I. fl e:s il
unincorpGrated N Il villages. This bvEd
nd, it an o3t rroLioitory fsr oons,a
bles Or deputies t, &c; bond Sepa:o!
Mars all bill allows them to b; bol d
ed as TIE constabies appointed b,
maki trates. The new act, Whcl was
approved Feb 8.h, reads:
Sc. l Be it enacted by the genera,
assembly Of S5uth Ga oliaa: That or
and after the approval Of this act, ST
a,t entitled "Aa sct to au:hor;z, ths
appointment Of officers of the peac:
having j1risd.c ion within indus ria.
communities containing ore hundred
inhabitants or mo7e," approved 2Ist
February, 1898, be amended b. adding
thereto tao additional sections, as fol
lows:
Sec. 4 That the person so appointed
polio officer, under the provisions Of
this set, shall execute the bond requr r
ed by constables by section 90l of tbe
r ,vised Statutes Of 1893, volume l
and shall be subject to the provisions
of section 912 Of the said Revised Sat
utes.
Sc. 5 That the sheriff of the county
shsll not be responsible fer the malfea
sarce or misfea ance Of the police Of
fer or, deputy So appointed by hin
under the requirements Of this act.