The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-03-06
SOME NEW LAWS
Passed RI ire Recent Session OF
me legislature
keEp'THEM FOR REFERENCE
Several New ects Of the Legislature
that Will be Read With
Interest.
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS

CRUELTY IO ANlNALo
Sac. l. Be it enacted by the general
assembly Of the S'ste Of South Caro-
lima: That section $500 of the general
statutes Of 1852, incorporated ip section
165 of the c1ini1al statutes Of .o93. be,
and the same is hereby, amended ~
sdding on lire 8, imu edia'e'y a'ter the
word "or," the word ANY" BY adding
on line I, Immediately preceding Il
word "persoua'," the vorda kinds,
class, article or description Of: by
chan gipg the word "and, on line 6, to
the word 'or"; so that sad secucn,
when amended, shall read as follows:
Sec. 165 (25OW. Whoever shall vii.
fully, uulawjully aud mslicicusly cut,
hoot, main, wound, or helwise in.
j11e or destroy any horse, mule neat
cattle, hog, sheep, goat, or any other
kind, class, article, or des cription Of
personal property, the goods and chat
tells of auother, shall be guilty OF
misdesne amor ana upon conviction
tn, reof, shall Re fined or imprisoned at
the di~cr, ton Of the judgebefore
e hom the case shall be tried.
ALIEN OWNERSHIP.
The following is the text of the re-
Gently approved 90; to limit the num'
ber f scres OF laud which any alien,
or any rr,ration control'e: BY allena,
nav OVID uithio this Sta'e:
S cti,L l. That no aliep, CT corpora
tioD con rolled by allie either in his
cr its own right CT a. q trustee, ccstui
que t:u.t o agent. shall own or con'
troll, within tie lini Of this State,
more than 500 acres Ct LAID: Provided,
This SC shall Lot apply to lard pnr'
chased prcer proceedings, eitter BY
sc ion tr power Of sale, to foreelose
any MGR gage feleaf er acquired by
any alien, or ccryoration CONTROLLED BY
aliens purchasing the same, but in
:u.h case such alien, or corporation
.n.roll,d by aliens, shall not be en-
titled to hold said excess Of land more
,hsn Eve years, without sale Of same.
urless tie comptroller general shall
certify ha a sale during that time
would be materisllS detrimental to the
II tere st of su:h a'ien. or corporation
controlled by aliens, in which case the
said alien, or ccrpc ration controlled BY
aliens. may hold the land fer five u ars
longer upon the same conditions.
Sec. 2 NctbiDg in this act shall ap'
ply to lands already owned or con
tioiled by the persons or corporation
referred to in this 'ct, nor to lands al
ready mortgsged to such persons OF
corporations
Sc 3. An act entitled "an act to
limit tie amount Of lar which aliens
or foreign corporations may own with
in this State" approved March 9 1896
and all othsr acts sid parts OF acts
incon ,istent with this sct, are hereby
repealed.
a CHAINGANG ACT
The following il the te2t Of the new
.ct "to pr vide for the establishment
f chain gangs in incorporated cities,
tosus a,d villages situated in counties
that Rave no county chsingsngs," which
IS # considerable inportarc.:
Section /. That the authorities goV'
eraiug any city, town CT village sit
uated in counties where chsineangs dc
no, exist, if they see fit 50 to do, may
e tab ish end operate chaingaDg fol
the purpose of working the streets Of
su,h ci y. town or village, and II pub.
lio roads leading ioto such city, town
or village.
Sec. 2 That al able bodied male
persons convicted before tie court OF
magistrates in counties where nc
county ehaingang exists, 81 ell be cen
tenced, according to law, to work upon
the chaingsrg established under this
act, by the city, town or village near,
est the cfice Of the magistrate senten-
cirg gsuch eIson
Sec. 3. That all able bodied male per-
soos convicted before the court of gen.
ersl sessions of counties not having
c unity chaiDs angs, who are sentenced
for period OF one year or less, shall
be sentspced 10 work upon some one
of the chaingargS established under
this sct.
SEC ( That il after the passage Of
this act, ary county which has not
already established county chalns ang,
should hereafter establish county
cbaingsug, then this act shall not az
ply to such county. And If sitter the
passage Of this act any county should
abandon the county chaingaDg, then,
and in that event, this act shall inme:
diately become operative and Of full
o1ca and effect as to sujh county sc
abandoning the county chsipgaDg sys'
.eu.
THE PENSION ACT
The force Of the pension act of the
Ii gislature Of 1861 bas been questioned
because the general appropriation bill
provided for bat 500, 900 fer this cause,
while the special act provides $3.50. COO
It is lily acoected that the special
act is all right. It reads:
Sc. /. Be it enacted by tie general
assembly Of the State Of South Caro-.
lima: That Sc ct;on Of the SGT entitled
''An act to provide for pensions fol-
certain So eIs and sailors, nov rtsl'
dents Of South Carolina, who were II
the ssr7 ce Of the State or of the Con
federate States, in the late war between
the States," approved 18th Febru
ary, 1900, be, aud the same is hereby,
amended by striking out the words
lone hundred, "and inserting in lieu
thereof ''oue hundred and fifty" before
the word thousand" on lines two and
three of said section, aud by adding at
end Of said section the following, to
wit: Provided, further, In case the
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