Year: 1876

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NEW STATE LAWS.


INTERESTING AND WHOLESOME LEGISLATION.


The following acts of Assembly, passed at
the present session and laws by the Cover
nor's approval, are published for public in
formation:


AN ACT to punish persons for obtaining proper


ty, &C., by any fraudulent pretense or repre-


Bet enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the State of South Caro-
lima, now met and sitting in General Assem-
bly,, and by the authority Of the same:


That if any person or persons shall, by any
false pretence or representation, obtain the
signature of any person or persons to any
written instrument, or shall obtain from any
other person or persons any chattel, money,
valuable security or other property, real or
personal, with intent to cheat and detraud
any person or persons of the same, every such
offender shall be guilty of misdemeanor,
and, on conviction, be sentenced to pay fine
not exceeding 6vehundred dollars and under
20 an imprisonment not exceeding three years:
Provided, always, That if, upon the trial Of
any person or persons indicted for such a
misdemeanor, it shall be proved that he or
they obtained the property in such manner
as to amount in law, to larceny, he or they
shall not, by reason thereof, be entitled to be
acquitted of such misdemeanor and no per-
son or persons tried for such misdemeanor
shall be liable to be afterwards prosecuted for
larceny upon the same facts.


AN ACT to amend an act entitled "An act to pro-


vide for the granting OF certain charters


Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives Of the State Of South Caro-
lima, now met and sitting in General Assem-.
bly,, and by the authority Of the same:


That an act entitled can act to provide for
granting of certain charters" approved the
twentieth day of February, 1874, be, and the
same is hereby amended as follows, to wit:
"The stockholders of any companies already
incorporated, or which may hereafter be in.
corporated under the said act, shall be jointly
and severally liable for the debts of such COM
pany until the capital stock agreed upon at
the time Of its organization shall be subscribed
and actually paid up in full"


AN ACT to amend Section l, Cnapter Ak!V VI


the General Statutes, in Relation to Sales by


Executors, Administrators and Fiduciaries.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the State Of South Caro-
lima, now met and sitting in General Assem-
bly,, and by the authority Of the same:


That Section 1, Chapter XCIV, Title V, Of
the General Statutes, be amended so as to read
as follows "That whenever any person has
directed, or shall direct, by his or her last will
and testament, duly executed in the presence
of three or more creditable witnesses, that his
or her land shall be sold for the payment of
his or her debts, or for the purpose of dis
tributing the money which may arise from the
sale thereof among his or her legatees, or for
any other purpose whatsoever, that then, in
such case, if either such power of sale be ex.
pressly given to the executor or executors OF
said will, or if no person is named in said will
to execute the said power, it may and shall
be lawful to and for the executors, or 2 ma
Jority Of such executors, who shall qualify on
the said will, to sell and convey the said lands
agreeably to the intention of the testator.
AN ACT to provide the manner Of passing claims


against the State by the General Assembly.


Be it enacted by the Senate and House Of
Representatives of the State of South Caro-
lima, now met and sitting in General Assem-
bly,, and by the authority of the same:


SECTION 1. That all claims against the
State which may hereafter be submitted to the
General Assembly for their action thereon,
shall be required to have the form of bills or
Joint resolutions, and be passed or rejected as
such, in all respects as provided by the State
Constitution, unless the amount Of any such
claim shall be less than twenty-five dollars !:
Provided, That this exception shall not apply
to any such CLAIM or claims if it shall appear
that any claim has been divided in order to
evade the provisions of this Section. And
on the passage of any claim, the vouchers
and all the papers connected Herewith shall
be filed in the Office of the comptroller-gener-
al, who shall receipt for the same; and on
presentation of such receipt to the presiding
officers of the General Assembly, they shall
issue joint certificate for the amount Of the
claim so passed, which shall be attested by the
clerks of both houses and filed with the
comptroller-general, whereupon the comptrol-
ler-general shall issue his warrant on the State
treasurer for the amount therein named to
the person to whom the same may be due, or
to his lawful attorney as in other cases Pro-
vided, That such joint certificate shall set
forth upon its face the nature and date Of the
allowance of such claim, and shall be duly
cancelled and filed with other vouchers there
to relating in the Office of the comptroller
general.


SEC. 2. This act shall be of force from its
passage, and all acts and parts of acts incon-
sistent Herewith are hereby repealed.