The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-03-11
GOVERNOR SIGNS
NUMEROUS ACTS
BILLS OF INTEREST TO WOMEN
NOW LAW
Measures of Importance Get "John
Hancock" of the Chief
Executive
The State, 18.

The State, 18.
Governor Cooper yesterday COM
pleted signing all the bills passed by
the general assembly at the session
closing Sunday, with the exception
of four measures of statewide effect
and four county bills in duplicate.
! The total number passed is 444.
: The chief executive placed his sig
nature on several bills of interest to
the women Of the state, the measures
! thereby becoming law. He signed the
measure of Representative Sapp
, placing the females on parity with
men in all elections in South Carroll
ma, general and primaries. The
measure places the same age limit and
the same constitutional requirements
on the new made electors.
Another measure fathered or per-
haps mothered by the women was the
measure raising the age of consent
of woman child from Ia to 16.
This act was signed and is now law.
The bill, besides raising the age of
consent from IA to 16, provides that
I if the woman child be over 10 years
!, of age the jury may bring in a special
verdict recommending the mercy OF
the court and in this case the judge
can not sentence the convicted man
to more than IA years in the peniten-
tiary. Another provision is that when
the girl is between the ages Of ID and
16 the punishment shall not exceed
five years, the punishment to be In {
the discretion Of the presiding judge.
The most important provision Of the
measure is the last one inserted tthe
insistence of Senator Clifton that
provides where the defendant can
prove previous unchastity Of the girl
that the punishment shaH not exceed /
one year or fine Of $500.
Representative Cooper's measure
fixing the open season for domestic
doves and marsh hens in South Cairo
lima from August Is to March was
among the acts getting the "Jchn
Hancock" of the governor. VI
The act amending the high school
, law so as to allow at least one state
aided high school in each county y1as
also signed and thereby became law.
Rabbit Bill Signed
Representative Peurifoy's rabbit
BILL" allowing persons to kill rabbits
raccoons and squirrels on and after
July Is if the animals were eating
crops was given the signature Of the
chief executive. The measure makes
the closed season for rabbits, rae
coons, squirrels and opossuns from
March 1 to September 1, but allows
the killing after July Is, if crops are
being destroyed.
Another "women's" bill, the one
placing the females in the exempted
class as to jury duty, was signed and
is now the law Of the state.
The measure making it unlawful
for any state or county officer to ex-
ceed the amount appropriated for the
various offices and preventing the
converting Of one fund to another
activity was signed. :
The governor also placed his sig
nature on the bill to ratify consti-
tutional amendment so as to- allow
cities and towns to own and operate
ice plants. He likewise signed the
measure introduced by C. T. Smith, I
Jr., increasing the number of names
to be placed in the tales box from
400 to 800.
The bill placing railway mail clerks
in the exempted class as to serving
on juries was given the executive ap-
proval and signed.
Other measures of more than usual
interest included the bill by Senator
Miller enlarging the powers Of cir
cult judges at chambers, the meas
ure reenacting the state warehouse
law so as to eliminate certain objec-
tions raised by the federal reserve
banks on the cotton certificates and
making the term of the warehouse
commission four years, the reenact-
ment of the fishing laws with num-
ber of minor changes.
Four Measures Held Up
The Richland county supply bill,
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