The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1902-01-22
presented bearing upon the trust issue,
and yesterday Mr.. DeBruhl offered
the following bill:

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Section |. Be it enacted, etc, Tha
from and after the approval of this Ac
no permit or license shall be granted
to any foreign business corporation tc
locate or do business within this State
and any or all permit or licenses here.
after granted to any foreign business
corporations to locate or do busine.s
within this State are hereby declared
to be withdrawn, revoked and of nc
effect from ard after the lst day OF
April, A. D. 1902, and no foreign bust.
ness corporation shall thereafter be
permitted to locate and do business
within the State under the charter of
any other State, or any Territory of
this Union, or any other foreign coun-
try; and any such foreign business cor
poration violating the terns of this
Act shall forfeit to the State. upon the
suit of the Attorney General, the sum
of five hundred do lars per day for each
day such corporation may be SO located
or doing business.
Section 2. That the term "business
corporation, as herein used, shall in
clude all kinds Of corporations except
charitable, religious, educational, sure
ty insurance, banking and quasi-pub-
lie corporations, loan associations and
trust companies.
Section That from and after the
approval of this Act any foreign cor
poration, of whatsoever character, Or
ganized underline laws of any other
States or Territory of this Union or
any country In treaty and amity with
the United States, for purpose recog-
niZed as lawful by the statutes OF this
State, may become a domestic corpo-
ration of this State by complying with
all the requirements Of citizens of this
Strte applying for charter: Provided
that it shall appear 10 the satisfaction
of Secretary of State, or with any other
office empowered to grant charters on
behalf Of the State, that any foreign
corporation, seeking to obtain charter
as herein provided, has removed. or
attempted to remove any suit, in which
said corporation was or is Il party, be-
gun in the Courts of this State to the
Federal Courts, or has located or done
business within this State more than
sixty days prior to the filing of the
stipulations heretofore required by
Section ,466 of the Revised Statutes of
1893, or has violated in any way the
laws of this State, such charter shall
not be granted.
Section 4. That all Acts or parts of
Acts inconsistent with this Act be,
and the same are, hereby repealed.
There will be the usual fight over
the proposition to repeal the lien law
and the economists will have their say
about the appropriations for the
various State colleges, but it is not
likely that anything unusual will be
done.
A REDISTRICTING BILL.
The general disposition is to pass
redistricting bill. The present dlstrils
are unsatisfactory and were only
agreed upon because of the necessities
of the time. Exactly which of the
pending bills will be adopted it Is hard
to say, but the chances are that some
of the features or arrangements will
be taken from the various bills aud
that measure satisfactory to most of
the members will be agreed upon.
The disposition and desire is to have
Columbia in a district separate, and
distinct from Greenville and Spartan
burg, and Charleston and Beaufort
seem to be anxious to part Congress
sional company.