The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1907-02-20
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Acts of Public Nature Passed
By Legislature
DURING SESSION JUST ENDED
Great Many Matters Of General In
terest Enacted Into Statutes During
tho Forty Days.

Gently closed enacted great many
new laws-more than two hundred IN
fact; of these however,, the larger
portion were special acts applying
only to certain counties or ind1vldu-
ais. The following are the laws OF
q general nature passed during the
session:
Mr.. Saye "A bill to create COM
mission and appropriate $4,000 to
provide for statue Of John c. Cal
houn in the capitol at Washington,
D. C.
Mr.. Cosgrove-A bill to improve
the sanitary and other conditions OF
the State of South Carolina by proper
drainage and to provide for the same.
Mr.. Derham- "A bill to amend sec
ton 4O3, code Of laws of South Caro-
lima, 1902, vol. l, requiring reports
from county treasurers.
Mr.. McMaster-Fo Forbidding the sale
OF cocaine without prescription.
Mr.. Weston-An act to regulate
tae marketing Of deceased cattle.
Mr.. Richards-A bill to provide
for the erection, of a practice school
building at the Winthrop Normal
and Industrial college of South Car
olina. and to appropriate 100000
for the same. 4
An act to amend the charter Of the
Augusta and Columbia Railway COM.
pany, so as to enlarge its powers, and
for other purposes.
An act to regulate the manner of
sale Of any drifted boat, float, water
craft, lumber or timber, and to pre-
scribe penalty for violation thereof.
An act to amend an act entitled
!. An act to prevent delays in the
transportation of freight by rail-
roads in this State - approved 25th
March, a. D. 1904, by striking out
the words s.railroad companies" and
$ company" wherever they appear
and inserting in lieu thereof the
words s common carrier"
Mr.. Frost bill to authorize the
reissue Of certain certificate Of
stock Of the State of South Carolina
for $10e.
An act to amend section 299, code
of civil procedure, 1902, volume 2,
relating to judgments In action to re-
cover personal property.
81 An act eeding to the United States
of America jurisdiction over certain
lands in this State in Sumter county.
An act granting to the United
States the title Of the State to, and
jurisdiction over, a certain lot of
land In the city Of Sumter, for the
purpose of erecting a public building.
A bill to declare the law in refer
ence to and regulate the manufacture,
sale, use, consumption, possession,
transportation and disposition of al
cohohc liquors and beverages within
this State, and to police the same.
a, bill to provide for the DISPOSE
ton of all property connected with
the State dispensary, and to wind up
its affairs.
A joint resolution to require the
comptroller general to issue his war
rant, and the State treasurer to pay
the same, for 126 dollars in favor of
Brutus C. Moore, for professional ser
vices rendered, the State board Of
health in the treatment of smallpox
patients.
A bill in relation to the investment
Sand loan by the commissioners Of the
sinking fund of the fund for State
insurance of public property by the
sinking fund commission.
A bill to provide for the issuing of
bonds in public school districts in
South Carolina.
A bill to incorporate the Audubon
Society of South Carolina and to pro-
vide for the preservation Of the wild
birds and animals of the State.
A bill to provide a minimum sum
for the annual appropriation fo: pen
sions, and fixing the same at $250,000.
a bill to prohibit. the manufacture
or sale of adulterated or misbranded
Or poisonous or deleterious foods or
drugs. :......
A bill to provide for the amount to
be paid Jurors and witnesses in the
general sessions court. -.s.
A bill to amend an act entitled
ssan aet to regulate tho catching,
gathering, sale, exporting or canning
of oysters, terrapin, clans, shad and
sturgeon to provide for the hcens-
ing thereof, and to provide for the
leasing OF public lands suitable for
the cultivation thereof
A bill to provide an annual appro-
priaticn for the holding Of the an
'nusl reunion Of the Confederate
veterans III this State, and to create
commission to disburse the same.
A bill to amend the law in. relation
to the mares and locations Of the
voting precincts III this State.