Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-02-23
SOME NEW LAWS.
Acts That Are Of Especial Local or
General Interest.

Acts That Are Of Especial Local or
General Interest.
There were about two hundred new
laws added to the statute books during
the session Of the general assembly
that adjourned last Saturday. Many
of them are Of purely local interest.
Among those of more especial general
interest to the people of the state and
to this locality are the following:
| Senator Warren-To provide for BIZ
ennial sessions of the general assem-
bly,.
| Mr.. Lanham-To require common
carriers Of passengers to transport
baggage or sample trunks of two hum
dred pounds weight or less, free Of
charge with any passenger.
Mr.. RichardSon-To require owners
and tenants to fence in or fill up aban-
doned wells.
Mr.. Wright-To provide punishment
for safe crackers.
Mr.. DeBruhl-To amend the consti-
| tuition, so as to permit the general as
sembly to enact local and special road
laws.
Mr.. Haile-To grant electric light
ing and power companies all the rights,
pOWGTS anu pIlNllS6Go SOlllCiiC Gu oPoAi
telegraph and telephone companies.
Mr.. Tribble-To exempt soldiers and
sailors from paying license.
| Mr.. Morgan-To amend section Z,
article s, of the constitution, relating
to municipal bonded Indebtedness.
Mr.. Gause-To prevent the shipping
of shad beyond the limits of this state.
Mr.. Smith-To allow persons to be
tried before magistrates to deposit a
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|recognizance for their appearance for
trial.
| Mr.. Haile-To have constables for
industrial communities Of so persons.
Mr.. Gaston-To authorize commits
sioners of Chester to issue $4,000 of
interest bearing coupon bonds for the
purpose of refunding the present bond
ed indebtedness Of said county, falling
due 1st of February, 1905, upon bonds
issued in aid Of the Cheraw and Ches-
ter Railroad company.
Mr.. Misunderstanding an addi-
tional magistrate in Lancaster county.
Senator Talbird-To amend code In
reference to acquisition of land by the
United States for public purposes.
To provide for repairing the monu-
ment erected by the state upon the
battlefield of Chickamauga.
To encourage the establishment of
libraries III lle puDllC SCuOoio VI SiiS
rural districts.
Mr. D. o. Herbert-To amend the
code, as to mileage Of members Of the
general assembly, so as to make 1t con-
form to the provisions of the constitu-
tion Of 1895.
To provide for the reindexing and
rebinding of certain records in the
office of the clerk Of court and probate
Judge of Union.
Mr.. McCain-To provide for the re-
funding to Mrs. M. E. Massey of YORK
s50.1S excess taxes.
Mr.. Pyatt-To prohibit the theft of
electric current.
Mr.. Williams-To authorize commits
sioners Of Lancaster to issue not ex-
ceeding $4,000 of interest bearing cou-
pom bonds for the purpose of refunding
the present bonded Indebtedness OF said
county, falling due Feb. 1, 1905, upon
bonds issued in aid Of the CheraW ana
Chester Railroad company.
Mr. Coggeshall-To prevent freight
transportation delay.
Senator Brice-To allow voting out
of established dispensaries.
Senator Warren-To amend code re-
llating to the summer terms of the cir
cult courts of this state.
Senator Brice-To empower the spe-
cial school district Of Yorkville to levy
a tax Of mills in support OF Its pubic
schools.
Mr. DeBruhl-To amend code relat-
ing to the formation Of foreign cor
Iporations.
Mr. Moses, for tax commissioner
To require the payment of annual IL
lcense fees Of corporations doing busi-
ness in this state and report to the
secretary of state.
Mr.. Misunderstanding to the schol-
arships at Winthrop, providing s1oO
for each scholarship and. prescribing
the conditions of competition.
Senator Hydrick-To give the rail-
road commissioners jurisdiction over
all telephone lipeS in this state.
Senator Raysor-To fix the salaries
of county supervisors.
Senator Stanland-To repeal an act
to provide for the erection Of a new
Ijail in Berkeley.
Senator Harden--To provide for cot
tonseed meal inspection.
Mr. Sinkler-To regulate the giving
of security for loans under $25.
Senator Sharpe-To amend the code
relating to education.
Senator Mayfield-To amend the code
relating to the oath of appraisers.
Mr.. Moses-The new medical regula-
ton act.
Mr. Johnson-To declare all NUM-
Clpdl CndFleTS perpetual uHleSS olici :
wise provided.
Senator Mayfield-To test the South
ern's lease over the S. c. & G. by suit.
conducted by the attorney general.
Mr.. Lancaster-To allow entire fam
lilies the use of mileage tickets.
Judiciary Committee-Ceding lands
in Richland, York. Spartanburg and
Georgetown to the government for
Federal buildings.
Mr.. Logan-To create pension funds
for disabled and superannuated fire.
men.
Mr.. Bomar-To allow city officers to
grant warrants to break into and en-
ter gambling dens in cities of 5000 in
habitants.
Mr.. Mauldin-To provide for the in
vestigation Of incendiary fires and for
the better prevention Of excessive fire
insurance rates.
Ways and Means Committee-Gen-
eral appropriation bill, supply bill.
Mr.. Sarratt-To exempt certain citi-
zens of Cherokee from taxation for
1903.
Mr.. Irby-Pay check system of la
borers' wages.
LOCAL OPTION VS.. DIsPENsARY.