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j ACTS and JOINT RESOLUTIONS
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CERTAIN CONCURRENT
RESOLUTIONS
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GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of ^uth Carolina
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Twenty- Seventh Volume of the Statute* at Large, commencing
with the Act! of the Regular Sesiion of 1911
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ERRATA.
In line two of Act No. 144, page 227, the word "unlawful" should be
"lawful," so that said section shall read: "Hereafter it shall be law-
ful," etc.
In line nine, Section One of Act No. 159, page 302, "Augusta and
Northern Railway" should read "Augusta Northern Railway."
The side note, page 263, to Act No. 148, should read: "Appropriations
for 1911," instead of "Appropriations for 1910."
«
The reference to Section "Thirteen" of an Act of 1910 in the title of
Act No. 62, page 122, was evidently intended for Section "One" of said
Act, as is shown by the reference in line two of Act No. 62. This Act,
however, is printed just as it passed and was approved.
Act No. 21, page 36, is clearly in error when reference is made both
in the title and body of said Act to "Article XXIV." The correct ref-
erence is "Article XXXIV," but said Act has been printed as it was
enacted.
ANDREW J. BETHEA,
Code Commissioner.
List of Acts and Joint Resolutions
1911
Also Certain Concurrent Resolutions Relating to
Public Officers
PART I— GENERAL LAWS
No. I. An Act to authorize and empower the Board of Trustees of Qemson
Agricultural and Mechanical College to establish two or more
Experimental Stations.
No. 2. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the appoint-
ment of a Bank Examiner and to define the duties of his office/'
approved February 23, 1906, by amending Section 3 thereof, and
by adding another section to be known as Section 4a.
No. 3. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the appoint-
ment of certain banking corporations and trust companies as
trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, receivers or
assignees,'' approved February 20, 1903.
No. 4. An Act to ratify the amendment to Section 7, Article VIII of the
Constitution, relating to municipal bonded indebtedness.
No. 5. An Act to amend Section 2021, Volume I, of the Code of Laws of
South Carolina, 1902, by adding a proviso thereto in regard to
the bonded indebtedness incurred by the Town of St. Matthews.
No. 6. An Act to ratify the amendment to Section 6 of Article X of the
Constitution of 1895, relating to bonded debt of counties and
townships.
No. 7. An Act to ratify the amendment to Section 7, Article VIII of the
Constitution of 1895, relating to municipal bonded indebtedness.
No. 8. An Act to ratify the ' amendment to Section 7, Article VIII of the
Constitution of 1895, relating to municipal bonded indebtedness.
No. 9. An Act to ratify an amendment to Section 7, Article VIII of the
Constitution, relating to municipal bonded indebtedness of the
Town of St. Matthews, in Calhoun County.
No. 10. An Act to establish a civil and criminal court in the County of
Charleston, to be known as "The Civil and Criminal Court of
Charleston," to define the powers and jurisdiction of the same,
and to provide for the conduct of the business thereof, and to
abolish the Judicial Magistrate's Court therein.
r
IV List of Acts and Joint Resolutions.
No. II. An Act to amend Section 1962 of the Code of Laws of South Caro-
lina, 1902, Volume I, by empowering T^wn Councils of less than
five thousand inhabitants to elect recorders.
No. 12. An Act to add a new section to Civil Code of 1902, Volume I, as to
the extension of the boundaries of a city or town.
No. 13. An Act to authorize the Cities of Columbia and Greenville, and tht
Town of Manning to levy and enforce an assessment upon
abutting property owners for the purpose of paying for per-
manent improvements on its streets and sidewalks.
No. 14. An Act to amend Secti<Mi 2023 (13) of an Act entitled "An Act to
amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, Volume I,
Chapter XLIX, relating to municipal corporations, by adding
thereto an article to be known as Article VII, providing a form
of government for cities of more than twenty thousand inhab-
itants and less than fifty thousand inhabitants, such form of
government to be adopted by special election ordered upon
petition," approved 21st day of February, A. D. 1910, so as to
exempt policemen and firemen from the operation of part of said
section.
No. 15. An Act to carry into effect the provisions of Section 28 of Article I
of the State Constitution of 1895.
No. 16. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the traffic in
seed cotton and unpacked lint cotton," approved i8th day Febru-
ary, A. D. 1905, in so far as it relates to Lee and Sumter Coun-
ties.
No. 17. An Act to regulate the buying and selling of cotton in bales and cot-
ton seed.
No. 18. An Act to amend "An Act to regulate employment of children in
factories, mines and manufacturing establishments in this State,"
approved 13th day of February, A. D. 1903.
No. 19. An Act to amend Title XI, Chapter XXXIV, Article II of Volume I
of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, in so far as it
relates to public cotton platforms and the regulation of the pur-
chase, sale and public weighing of cotton, by adding to said
chapter and article additional sections, to be numbered Sections
iS58a and I5s8b, regulating the purchase, sale and public weigh-
ing of cotton in bales in cities of more than twenty and less than
fifty thousand inhabitants, within the townships in which such
cities are located, and providing penalties for violation of such
provisions, such sections being in lieu of similarly designated
sections, enacted by an Act approved the 26th day of February,
List of Acts and Joint Resolutions. v
1910, and to amend Section 353 of the Criminal Code of the Code
of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, by increasing to fifty dollars
fine or ten days* imprisonment the punishment for the violation
of the provisions of this Act.
No. 20. An Act to amend an Act approved the 26th day of February, 191 o,
entitled "An Act to amend Section 1555, Volume I, Code of
Laws of South Carolina, 1902, as amended by an Act approved
the 25th day of February, A. D. 1907, entitled *An Act to amend
Section 1555, Volume I, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902,'
as amended by an Act entitled *An Act to amend Section 1555,
Volume I, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, relative to the
counties exempt from the general law providing for cotton
weighers,' approved the 20th day of February, A. D. 1904, and as
amended .by an Act approved the 14th day of February, A. D.
1908, entitled 'An Act to amend Section 1555, Code of Laws of
South Carolina, 1902, Volume I, by striking out the word "Lex-
ington," on line 6 of the same, by striking out the word "Green-
wood," On line 3, and all after the word "County," on line 7,
down to and including the word "County," on line 16 thereof.'
f »»
No. 21. An Act to amend Sections 1552 and 1555 of Volume I of the Code
of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, so that cotton weighers in
Greenwood County shall be elected to hold office for two years,
and so as to remove York and Lancaster Counties from the list
of excepted counties and make the general provisions of Article
XXIV, Chapter II, relating to cotton weighers, apply in said
counties.
No. 22. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled
*An Act to provide for the election of public cotton weighers,
and to provide for their compensation,* approved the 9th day of
March, 1896, so as to provide the number, manner of election and
term of office of said weighers at Bishopville, Lee County,*'
approved March i, 1904, approved February 24, 1908, so as to
provide for two cotton weighers at Bishopville, Lee County.
No. 23. An Act to provide for the election of public cotton weighers in Bam-
berg County.
No. 24. An Act to amend Section 2718, of Volume I, Code of Laws of South
Carolina, 1902, by providing a penalty and the manner of col-
lection thereof when such corporations fail to pay wages when
due.
No. 25. An Act to provide method of procedure in prosecutions against cor-
porations for violation of the criminal laws of the State.
No. 26. An Act to require corporations to issue new certificates of stock to
shareholders whose certificates have been destroyed or lost.
VI List of Acts and Joint Resolutions.
No. 2:7* An Act to provide for the payment of elections on the question of
forming new counties or for altering county lines.
No. 28. An Act to regulate the method of changing county boundary lines,
and payment of the expenses thereof.
No. 29. An Act to amend Section 655 of the Criminal Code of South Caro-
lina, 1902, permitting Richland County to allow the City of
Columbia to- build a jail on the county lot.
No. 30. An Act to amend the law wiih reference to compensation and sal-
aries of county officers.
No. 31. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend Section 816,
Volume I, Code of Laws, 1902, so as to have same apply to Lee
County," approved 20th day of February, A. D. 1905, so as to
include Cherokee County.
No. 32. An Act to provide for the appointment of Township Commissioners,
to fix their salaries, and to define their duties for the purpose of
securing a more accurate and uniform system of tax returns and
a more equitable valuation of property for the purpose of taxa-
tion.
No. 33. An Act to provide a county government for the County of Oconee.
No. 34. An Act to abolish the offices of County Supervisor and County Com-
missioner in the County of Dillon, and provide a system of
county government for said county.
No. 35. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to abolish the office of
County Supervisor and County Commissioners for Aiken County,
and to provide a government therefor,'* approved the 25th day
of February, 1908.
No. 2IS, An Act to make the terms of office of the County Supervisor of
Dorchester and Darlington Counties four years, and the Super-
intendent of Education of Darlington County four years.
No. 37. An Act to increase number of Board of County Commissioners for
Florence County.
No. 38. An Act to provide for the fees of the Sheriff of Bamberg, Laurens
and Orangeburg Counties for dieting prisoners, and to fix the
fees allowed the Clerk of Court and Register of Mesne Con-
veyances for Calhoun County, and to fix the salary of the Super-
intendent of Education of Calhoun County.
No. 39. An Act to fix the times for holding courts in York County.
List of Acts and Joint Resolutions. * vii
No. 40. An Act to amend Section 801, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
Volume I, by adding a proviso. as to the monthly payment of
the salary of the County Supervisor for Richland County.
No. 41. An Act providing for Township Commissioners for Spartanburg
County, to prescribe their duties, and to otherwise provide for
the county government of said county.
No. 42. An Act to apportion representation in the House of Representatives
among the several counties.
No. 43. An Act to amend the law relating to Magistrates and their Consta-
bles, their powers, duties, jurisdiction, salaries, etc.
No. 44. An Act to create the office of Master of Chesterfield County.
No. 45. An Act to give special referees in Saluda County the same power
• and authority as Masters in Equity in those counties where there
are regular Masters.
No. 46. An Act to fix the salary of the Master of Union County, and to
provide for the appointment of the Master of Dillon County, and
define his duties.
No. 47. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the amount
to be paid jurors in Circuit Courts of the State by amending
Section 2938 of the Civil Code," approved the 20th day of Feb-
ruary, 1907.
No. 48. An Act to require the Qerk of the Court of General Sessions to enter
upon the Calendar the race to which the indicted person belongs.
No. 49. An Act relating to the Courts of the Second Judicial Circuit, fixing
the time for holding the same.
No. so. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide the time for
holding courts in the First Judicial Circuit," approved March 4,
1909, so as to abolish the January term for Calhoun County.
No. 51. An Act to provide for a summer term of the Court of Common Pleas
for the counties of the Fourth Judicial Circuit.
Na 52. An Act relating to the Supreme Court.
No. 53. An Act to amend Section 32 of an Act entitled "An Act to declare
the law in reference to and to regulate the manufacture, sale,
use, consumption, possession, transportation and disposition of
alcoholic liquors and beverages within the State, and to police the
same," approved February 16, 1907. relating to payment of
United States revenue tax.
VIII List of Acts and Joint Resolutions.
No. 54. An Act to promote the public health, convenience and welfare by
leveeing, ditching and draining the wet, swamp and overflowed
lands of the State, and providing for the establishment of levee
or drainage districts for the purpose of enlarging or changing any
natural watercourses, and for digging ditches or canals for secur-
ing better drainage or providing better outlets for drainage, for
building levees or embankments and installing tide gates or
pumping plants for the reclamation of overflowed lands, and pre-
scribing a method for so doing, and providing for the assessment
and collection of the cost and expense of the same, and issuing
and selling bonds therefor, and for the care and maintenance of
such improvements when constructed.
No. 55. An Act to provide a uniform method of awarding scholarships in
the State institutions of higher education.
No. 56. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend Section 1200,
Code of Laws, Volume I, 1902, as amended by an Act entitled
*An Act to amend Section 1200, Code of Laws, Volume I, relat-
ing to County Boards of Education,* approved the i8th day of
February, A. D. 1908, approved March 3, 1909, approved 26th
February, 1910," providing the number of days for which mem-
bers of boards shall be paid in Greenville and Orangeburg Coun-
ties.
No. 57. An Act to amend the law with reference to voting precincts in this
State.
No. 58. An Act to ratify the amendment to Section 12 of Article V of the
Constitution, relating to Associate Justices.
No. 59. An Act to ratify the amendment to Section 2 of Article V of the
Constitution, relating to Associate Justices of the Supreme Court.
No. 60. An Act to require Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical College to
analyze fertilizers on demand of purchaser without requiring pur-
chaser to furnish name of manufacturer or manufacturer's
analysis of said fertilizer.
No. 61. An Act to provide the manner in which the treasurer of the State
Hospital for the Insane shall draw the money appropriated to
said institution.
No. 62. An Act to amend Section 13 of an Act entitled "An Act for the
protection of game birds and animals, and to provide a close
season," approved the 25th day of February, A. D. 1910.
List of Acts and Joint Resolutions. ix
No. 63. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend Section i of an
Act entitled *An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to pro-
hibit the destruction of fox in certain counties of the State,"
approved the 21st day of February, 1908,' approved the 3d day
of March, A. D. 1909, so as to include the Counties of Calhoun,
Kershaw and Orangeburg," approved the 25th day of February,
A. D. 1910, so as to strike out Aiken County.
No. 64. An Act for the protection of game fish in Berkeley, Bamberg, Colle-
ton, Dorchester, Clarendon and Williamsburg Counties, and for
the repeal of certain laws relating thereto.
No. 65. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act for the protection of
game fish in the State of South Carolina, and for the repeal of
certain laws relating thereto," approved 23d day of February,
A. D. 1910, by striking out Sections 2 and 3, and inserting a new
Section 2.
No. 66, An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend Section i of an
Act entitled *An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to pro-
hibit the destruction of fox in certain counties of the State,"
approved the 21st day of February, 1908, so as to include in its
provisions the Counties of Richland and Edgefield,' approved the
3d day of March, A. D. 1909, so as to indpde the Counties of
Calhoun and Orangeburg," approved the 25th day of February,
A. D. 1910, so as to include Abbeville County in the provisions
of said Act.
No. 67. An Act to amend Section 162 of the Criminal Code of South Caro-
lina.
No. 68. An Act to amend Section 1129 of Volume I of the Code of Laws of
South Carolina, 1902.
No. 69. An Act to annul any clause in a contract providing for a less time in
which suit may be brought on such contract other than the
Statute of Limitations as to such causes of action.
No. 70. An Act to require marriage licenses and regulate their issuance.
No. 71. An Act to amend Section 2974, Volume I, Code of Laws, 1902, relat-
ing to appeals in ejectment proceedings.
No. 72. An Act to amend Section 1276, Volume I of the Code of Laws, 1902,
relating to the powers of the Board of Visitors of the Citadel,
the Military College of South Carolina.
No. 7$, An Act to dispense with publication of legal notices in certain cases.
X List of Acts and Joint Resolutions.
No. 74. An Act to require the Clerk of Court to open and publish sealed
sentences.
No. 75. An Act to provide for the custody of destitute, abandoned and unpro-
tected children.
No. 76, An Act to amend Section 762, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
Volume I, by striking out the word "two'' on line i thereof.
No. 77, An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend Section 2655 of
Volume I of the Code of Laws of South Carolina of 1902, so
that said section shall apply to simple contract creditors/'
approved 26th day of February, 1910, by including personal prop-
erty deposited as collateral for a loan.
No. 78. An Act to amend Section 3094, Volume I, Code of Laws of South
Carolina, 1902, by making each first Monday in any month a
legal day for judicial sales or transaction of any other legal
business.
No. 79. An Act relating to the office of Notary Public.
No. 80. An Act to amend Section 359, Volume II, Code of Civil Procedure,
1902, relating to appeals from Magistrates' Courts.
No. 81. An Act to declare the wilful or wanton burning of any building or
personal property in which any person has an interest as mort-
gagee, insurer or otherwise, a felony, and to provide punishment
therefor.
No. 82. An Act to require a license for pool and billiard tables not in incor-
porated cities or towns, and to provide punishment for failure to
comply with this Act.
No. 83. An Act to regulate the hours of labor for women employed in mer-
cantile establishments.
No. 84. An Act to provide a day for the installation of the Governor.
No. 85. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the sale of
cocaine," approved the 20th day of February, A. D. 1907, so as to
further provide for the regulation of the handling and use of
cocaine and to change the punishment therefor.
No. 86. An Act to amend Section 2704, Volume I, Code of Laws, 1902, relat-
ing to adoption of children.
No. 87. An Act to provide Houses of Correction for female convicts.
List of Acts and Joint Resolutions. xi
}fo, 88. An Act to regulate the introduction of the law of other States, the
territories and governments.
No. 89. An Act to amend the Military Code of South Carolina, so as to bet-
ter provide for the discipline of the National Guard.
No. 90. An Act to prohibit the theft of gas and to provide a punishment
therefor.
No. 91. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to protect hotel, inn and
boarding house keepers," approved the 21st day of February,
1908, by prescribing a penalty.
«
No. 92. An Act to require all steamboat companies, firms or corporations
running- boats from Savannah to Bluff ton and way landings, and
return on a regular schedule, to give ten days' notice before
changing said schedule.
No. 93. An Act to amend Section 333 of the Criminal Code of South Caro-
lina, relating to seats for female employees in mercantile estab-
lishments.
No. 94. An Act to require the filing of written instruments lodged for record.
No. 95. An Act to am^nd Section 3005, Volume I, Code of Laws, 1902, relat-
ing to certain mortgages.
No. 96. An Act to amend Subdivision 8 of Section 1893 of Volume I, Civil
Code of 1902, by adding a proviso as to purchase money mort-
gages.
No. 97. An Act to provide for the registry of chattel mortgages of crops and
to fix the fee.
No. 98. An Act to require the petitioners of the territory forming a new
county or becoming annexed to an adjoining county or the
county to which it is annexed, to pay the costs thereof.
No. 99. An Act to amend Section i of an Act entitled "An Act to establish
an Infirmary for Confederate Veterans," approved February 18,
1908, so as to provide for the term of office of the Commissioners
thereof.
No. 100. An Act to provide for the payment of one annual pension for the
benefit of the deceased pensioner.
No. loi. An Act to provide for the appointment of special officers and con-
stables, at the request of common carriers, provide for their com-
pensation, and prescribe their duties.
XII List of Acts and Joint Resolutions.
No. 102. An Act to provide for distribution of fines and penalties collected
from railroad, express, telegraph, or telephone companies for
failing to comply with orders of Railroad Commission between
State and counties.
No. 103. An Act to authorize and empower the Railroad Commission to
require the installation and use of any device which will promote
safety, protection and comfort to train crews and traveling public.
No. 104. An Act to amend Section 887, Volume I, Code of Laws of South
Carolina, 1902, so as to require Coroners and Magistrates, upon
the written request and the tender of the fee for sam^, to file
copy of evidence and proceedings of inquests held over bodies
when death is caused by accidents on railroads.
No. 105. An Act to amend the charter of the Augusta and Columbia Railway
Company, so as to confirm its corporate existence, define and
enlarge its powers, change the amount of its capital stock, and
for other purposes.
No. 106. An Act to amend "An Act to require the cancellation of all real
estate and chattel mortgages and judgments in the different
counties of the State to be entered upon the margin of the
indexes."
No. 107. An Act relating to commutation tax in Edgefield County.
No. 108. An Act to create a Highway Commission for Colleton County.
No. 109. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the
improvement of the highways and public roads in Fairfield
County, and provide a road tax therefor," approved 25th Febru-
ary, 1910, by providing for a Road Supervisor and Engineer,
fixing their compensation and prescribing their duties and
renumbering certain sections.
No. 1X0. An Act to provide for working all able-bodied male convicts on the
public works of the various counties.
No. III. An Act to fix the commutation road tax and to define who are liable
to pay road tax in Pickens County, and provide a penalty for
failing to pay such tax.
No. 1 12. An Act to provide for working the public roads of Lancaster County,
and to levy a tax therefor.
No. 113. An Act to fix the commutation road tax and to define who are liable
to pay said tax in Berkeley County, and to provide a penalty for
failing to pay such tax, to provide a penalty for the overseer
failing to perform his duty, to provide for listing persons so
liable, and to provide for collecting said tax.
List of Acts and Joint Resolutions. xiii
No. 114. An Act to require certain persons in Georgetown County to pay a
road tax in said county, to provide a penalty, to provide for list-
ing persons so liable, and to provide for collecting said tax, and
to authorize Supervisor and Board of County Commissioners to
supplement chaingang work by contract plan whenever practica-
ble.
No. 115. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to fix the commutation
road tax and to define who are liable to pay road tax in Calhoun
County, and provide a penalty for failing to pay such tax,"
approved February 19, 1910, by extending time for payment of
commutation tax to ist March.
No. 116. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to require all persons in
Richland and Abbeville Counties liable to road duty to pay a
commutation or road tax in lieu of working upon public high-
ways in said counties, to provide a penalty, and to provide for
listing persons so liable," so as to exempt the County of Abbe-
ville from its provisions.
No. 117. An Act to require all persons in Barnwell County liable to road
duty to pay a commutation or road tax in lieu of working upon
, public highways in said county, to provide a penalty.
No. 118. An Act to fix the time for the pasrment of commutation tax in Ches-
terfield County.
No. 119. An Act to provide for road inspectors for Lexington County, and
define their duties.
No. 120. An Act to fix the commutation road tax and to define who are liable
to pay road tax in Williamsburg County, and provide a penalty
for failing to pay such tax.
No. 121. An Act to provide for a commutation road tax for Saluda County.
No. 122. An Act to provide for the improvement of the public roads in
Edgefield County, and to levy a property and commutation tax
for working the same.
No. 123. An Act to authorize the Commissioners of Hampton County to raise
funds for roads and bridges.
No. 124. An Act to provide for a commutation road tax for Lajirens County.
No. 125. An Act to fix the commutation road tax and to define who are liable
to pay road tax in Bamberg, Kershaw and Hampton Counties,
and provide a penalty for failing to pay such tax.
No. 126. An Act to create rural police for Pickens County.
XIV List of Acts and Joint Resolutions.
No. 127. An Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a rural
police system in Greenwood County.
No. 128. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for rural
policemen for Laurens County," approved the i8th day of Feb-
ruary, A. D. 1910, so as to increase the number of policemen for
said county.
No. 129. An Act to provide for rural policemen for Marion County.
No. 130. An Act to provide for rural policemen in the County of Barnwell.
No. 131. An Act to provide for rural policemen for Marlboro County.
No. 132. An Act to amend Section 8 of "An Act to abolish the Dispensary
Constabulary force in Aiken County and to provide for the
establishment and maintenance of a rural police syAem,"
approved the 24th day of February, 1910, by increasing the salary
of the rural policeman in Schultz Township.
No. 133. An Act to amend Section 3 of an Act entitled "An Act to provide
for the establishment and maintenance of a county police system
in Richland County, for the better protection of person and
property, especially in the rural district," approved the 4th day
of March, A. D. 1909, by striking out the words "Commission, or
the Chairman thereof," on line three thereof, and inserting in
lieu thereof "County Board of Commissioners," and inserting
between the words "Treasurer" and "and," on line four thereof,
the following words:
No. 134. An Act to provide for rural policemen for Florence County.
No. 135. An Act to provide for rural policemen for Abbeville County.
No. 136. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to create a Police Com-
mission for Charleston County, and to repeal all laws incon-
sistent therewith," approved the 26th day of February, 1908, so
as to extend the system of rural police in said county.
No. 137. An Act to amend Section 2 of an Act entitled "An Act to establish
a special school district in York County, to be known as the
Fort Mill School District, and to authorize the levy and collec-
tion of a local tax therein," approved December 23, 1889, by.
iTroviding for the election of the Board of Trustees.
No. 138. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act
entitled *An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to create the
school district of Yorkville, in York County, and enable it to
organize a system of free schools, and to levy a tax in support
List ©f Acts and Joint Resolutions xv
of the same, and to purchase and hold property/' * approved 23d
December, 1889, by changing the time of meeting to April,"
approved 14th day February, 1908, by authorizing the increase of
the tax levy to five mills.
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No. 139. An Act to validate the election of school trustees for Jonesville
school district, in Union County, and to provide for the election
of their successors.
No. 140. An Act to amend Sections 94 and 95, Code of Laws of South Caro-
lina, 1902, Volume I, Chapter 6, so as to authorize the Sinking
Fund Commission to lend an increased amount of money to
County Treasurers and others upon securities therein prescribed.
No. 141. An Act to provide for securing data relative to the preparation of
the Appropriation Bill.
No. 142. An Act to ratify the amendment to Article X of the Constitution
of 1895, by adding thereto Section 14, to empower the Cities of
Greenville, Spartanburg, and Columbia, and the Town of Man-
ning, to assess abutting property for permanent improvements.
No. 143. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend Section 2223,
Volume I, Code of Laws of South Carolina (1902), so as to
further define and extend the liability of telegraph companies in
cases of mental anguish or suffering," approved 2d day of March,
A. D. 1909.
No. 144. An Act allowing owners of cattle in Bluffton, Yemassee and
Coosawhatchie Townships, of Beaufort County, to pursue same
without gun and dogs.
No. 145. An Act to amend Section 176, Volume I, Code of Laws 1902, so as
to provide for the election of Supervisors of Registration for
Pickens County.
No. 146. An Act to amend Section 430 of Volume I, Civil Code of 1902,
relating to the duration of Hen for taxes.
PART II— LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAWS
No. 147. An Act to provide for the levy of taxes for county and school pur-
poses for the fiscal year beginning January i, 19 11.
No. 148. An Act to make appropriations to meet the ordinary expenses of
the State government for the fiscal year commencing January i,
191 1, and to provide for a tax sufficient to defray the same.
XVI List of Acts and Joint Resolutions.
No. 149. An Act to authorize the town of Ward, in Saluda County, upon a
petition of a majority of its freeholders and the vote of a major-
ity of its qualified electors to vote at an election thereon to issue
not more than five thousand dollars in bonds for the purpose of
general town improvements.
No. 150. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for an elec-
tion on the issue of seventy-five thousand ($75,000) dollars in
coupon bonds by Union County for the purpose of erecting a
courthouse, and to empower the County Commissioners to con-
demn land for a site for same," approved the 4th day of Febru-
ary, A. D. 1910, by adding a section to be known as Section 7,
providing for removal of county offices and records of county.
No. 151. An Act to authorize an election in Sumter County to issue bonds in
the sum of one hundred and fifty thousand dollars for building
and constructing roads and bridges in Sumter County.
No. 152. An Act to authorize and require the County Board of Commission-
ers of Greenwood County to issue bonds for the purpose of pay-
ing the indebtedness of said county, to provide for an annual
levy for the purpose of paying the interest on bonds, to provide
a sinking fund to redeem same, and to provide for the appoint-
ment of a Sinking 'Fund Commission.
No. 153. An Act to empower Beaufort and St. Helena Townships, of Beau-
fort County, to issue bonds for the purpose of building a bridge
and approaches from the Town of Beaufort to Lady's Island, and
to provide for their payment.
No. 154. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the City
Council of Columbia to issue coupon bonds at a rate of interest
not exceeding 4 per cent, per annum, for the purpose of paying
or exchanging the 4 per cent, coupon bonds and script of said
city, maturing July i, 1910," approved February 14, 1908, so that
the bonds so authorized may bear interest at a rate not exceed-
ing 5 per cent, per annum.
No. 155. An Act to authorize and validate the issue of certain municipal
bonds by the City of Orangeburg in aid of the Orangeburg Rail-
way.
No. 156. An Act to authorize the Town of Hartsville, in Darlington County,
upon the petition of a majority of its freeholders and the vote
of a majority of its electors, qualified to vote at an election
thereon, to issue not more than seventeen thousand dollars in
bonds in aid of the South Carolina Western Railway, and to levy
and collect taxes to pay the interest on the said bonds, and the
principal thereof.
List of Acts and Joint Resolutions. xvii
No. 157. An Act to authorize the Town of St. George, in Dorchester County,
to issue coupon bonds for the purpose of furnishing electric
lights and supplying a water system for the said town.
No. 158. An Act to authorize the City of Spartanburg to issue bonds for the
purpose of paying off the floating indebtedness of said city.
No. 159. An Act to authorize the Town of Saluda, in Saluda County, upon
the petition of a majority of its freeholders and the vote of a
majority of its electors qualified to vote at an election thereon,
to issue not more than ten thousand dollars in bonds in aid of
the Augusta Northern Railway, and to levy and collect taxes to
pay the interest on said bonds.
No. 160. An Act to authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the Town of
Barnwell to issue bonds for the purpose of retiring. six thousand
dollars past due bonds of said town heretofore issued for the
purpose of constructing public buildings in said town.
No. 161. An Act to authorize the Townships of Greenwood, Fellowship and
Brooks, in the County of Greenwood, and the Townships Num-
ber 6, Number 4, Number 2 and Number i, in the County of
Saluda, arid Saluda County, upon the vote of a majority of the
electors qualified to vote in the said townships and county,
respectively, to issue the bonds of such townships, and Saluda
County, and to provide for the donation and delivery of the said
bonds to Greenwood and Saluda Railroad, upon the completion
and operation of a railroad by the said corporation from the
Town of Greenwood to the Town of Saluda.
No. 162. An Act to authorize the town council of the Town of Dillon to
issue bonds to perform and redeem the obligation given to secure
the extension and to aid in construction of the North and South
Carolina Railway, and to levy a tax to pay the interest and pro-
vide a sinking fund.
No. 163. An Act to authorize and require the County Board of Commission-
ers of Dillon County to issue bonds, in addition to those hereto-
fore authorized, to erect and furnish a courthouse and jail for
said county, and to purchase a lot or lots for same, and to levy
a special tax to pay same.
No. 164. An Act to authorize the Town of St. Matthews to issue bonds for
the purpose of aiding in the construction of public buildings for
the County of Calhoun, and to levy taxes to pay the interest on
said bonds and the principal thereof.
No. 165. An Act to grant to the City (Council of Charleston, S. C, all the
right, title, interest and estate of the State of South Carolina,
in and to certain low lands and water lots along the Ashley River
water front, in the City of Charleston.
xvni List of Acts and Joint Resolutions.
No. i66. An Act to authorize the City Council of Charleston, S. C, to sell
such portions of the Colonial Common, in the City of Charleston,
as may not be needed for the purpose of a common.
No. 167. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to create a Commission
for the purpose of laying out a public highway from the Town
of Summerville, in Dorchester County, to the City of Charleston,"
approved February 13, 1907, and to authorize the Sanitary and
Drainage Commissioners of Charleston County to work on such
highways.
No. 168. An Act to authorize Holston Corporation, its successors or assigns,
to erect certain coal piers on property now standing in its name
in the County of Charleston, in the northeastern section of the
City of Charleston, on Town Creek, and to divert New Market
Creek on said property.
No. 169. An Act to provide for a public cotton weigher at Ridge Springs,
South Carolina.
No. 170. An Act to provide for the transfer and annexation of a certain por-
tion of Williamsburg County to Florence County, and to alter
the county lines of said county to conform thereto.
No. 171. An Act to provide for the transfer and annexation of a certain por-
tion of Colleton County to Charleston County, and to alter the
county lines of said counties to conform thereto, and to provide
for its government.
No. 172. An Act declaring vacant the office of County Commissioner, now
being held in Colleton County by C. H. Piatt.
No. 173. An Act to authorize and empower the County Board of Commis-
sioners of Laurens County to adjust certain railroad bonded
indebtedness in Sullivan Township, in said county.
No. 174. An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund to
lend funds to Saluda County.
No. 175. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the publish-
ing of legal advertisements and notices in Lancaster County,"
approved the i8th day of February, A. D. 19 10.
No. 176. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for repairing
the courthouse of Laurens County and to authorize the Commis-
sioners of the Sinking Fund to lend funds to said county for
that purpose/' approved the 23d day of February, A. D. 1910.
No. 177. An Act to empower the County Board of Commissioners of Green-
ville County to borrow from the State Sinking Fund Commis-
sion $12,000, and to provide for its payment.
List of Acts and Joint Resolutions. xix
No. 178. An Act to provide for annual appropriations from the taxes levied
for ordinary county expenses in the G>unty of Greenville^ and
for the deposit of the same at interest, for the purpose of retir-
ing certain bonds of said county at maturity.
No. 179. An Act to authorize the Sinking Fund G>mmissioners to lend Lex-
ington County the sum of twenty thousand dollars.
No. 180. An Act to enable the Sinking Fund Commissioners of Cherokee
County to borrow money to pay the amount of railroad bonds
due or to become due in Cherokee Township, of Cherokee County.
No. 181. An Act to require the County Supervisors of Newberry and Saluda
Counties to establish and maintain a free ferry across Saluda
River at Holly's Ferry.
No. 182. An Act to authorize the Supervisor of Lexington County to pay for
one- third of cost of bridge across Congaree River between Lex-
ington and Richland Counties.^
No. 183. An Act to require the Supervisor of Marion County to turn over
to the Road and Highway Commission of Marion County the
chaingang, road machinery and other property used by and con-
nected with said chaingang, also to require him to consult with
and be governed by said Commission in the building of bridges,
repairs and other work on the highways of said county where the
cost of same exceeds one hundred dollars.
No. 184, An Act to enable the County Commissioners of Cherokee County to
borrow money to repay past indebtedness of the county.
No. 185. An Act to authorize and empower the County of Newberry to bor-
row funds to pay certain railroad bonds of Newberry Township,
in Newberry County, issued in aid of the Columbia, Newberry
and Laurens Railroad, and to authorize the County Supervisor
and County Treasurer to pledge the special tax herein provided
to secure the same.
Na 186. An Act to authorize and empower the County of Newberry to
borrow funds to pay certain railroad bonds of Mendenhall Town-
ship, in Newberry County, issued in aid of the Augusta, Edgefield
and Newberry Railroad, and to authorize the County Supervisor
and County Treasurer to pledge the special tax herein provided
to secure the same.
No. 187. An Act to authorize and empower the County Board of Commis-
sioners of York County to sell interest-bearing coupon bonds to
refund $60,000 in behalf of York Township, due ist of April,
1912; $60,000 in behalf of Catawba, and $14,600, due ist of May,
XX List of Acts and Joint Resolutions,
1911, in behalf of Ebenezer Township of said county, the present
bonded indebtedness of each of said townships incurred in aid
of the construction of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
Railroad, and to provide the manner in which the said bonds
shall be executed, issued, registered, sold and retired, and to pro-
vide for an annual levy for the payment of the coupons, and to
provide a sinking fund.
No. 188, An Act to authorize and empower the County Supervisors and
County Commissioners of Colleton, Charleston and Dorchester
Counties to build a bridge across Edisto River, at Parker's Ferry,
for the convenietKe of the traveling public.
No. i8g. An Act to create a fund to be known as the SherilT's Contingent
Fund, for the purpose of enforcing the Prohibition Law and
other laws in Williamsburg County.
No. 190. An Act to enable the County Board of Commissioners of Lancaster
County to borrow mcmey and pledge tax levies for the payment
of same.
No. 191. An Act to authorize and empower the County of Newberry to bor-
row funds to pay certain railroad bonds of Stoney Battery Town-
ship, in Newberry County, issued in aid of the Columbia, New-
berry and Laurens Railroad, and to authorize the County Super-
visor and County Treasurer to pledge the special tax herein pro-
vided to secure the same.
No. 193. An Act to enable the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund to lend
money to Pickens County.
No. 193. An Act to authorize the County Supervisor and Board of Commis-
sioners of Colleton County to duly advertise and sell the County
Poorhouse and Farm.
No. 194. An Act to authorize and empower the County of Newberry to bor- '
row funds to pay certain railroad bonds of Newberry Township,
in Newberry County, issued in aid of the Augusta, Edgefield and
Newberry Railroad, and to authorize the County Supervisor and
County Treasurer to pledge the special tax herein provided to
secure the same.
"~ ■95- An Act to authorize the Treasurer of Edgefield County to borrow
$13,500 from the State Sinking Fund and pledge school taxes for
payment to pay teachers of the county.
96. An Act to permit the Qerk of Court of Berkeley County to allow
records of his ofGce removed during the year 1911, for the pur-
pose of rebinding same.
List of Acts and Joint Resolutions. xxi
No. 197. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to provide for the times
of holding the Circuit Courts in the Seventh Judicial Circuit, and
to arrange the same," approved February 21, A. D. 1906.
No. 198. An Act to provide for the division of profits from any new Dispen-
saries which may be hereafter established in Georgetown County.
No. 199. An Act to validate and confirm the election for Intendant and War-
dens of the Town of Donalds held on February 6, 1911.
No. 200. An Act to declare valid and legal an election authorizing the issuing
of bonds in School District No. 18, Lexington County.
No. aoi. An Act validating the election on the question of issuing ten thou-
sand dollars in bonds of the Town of MuUins, S. C, in aid of
the North and South Carolina Railway Company, held in said
town on April 19, 1910, and to declare the bonds issued in pursu-
ance thereof to be valid obligations of said Town of Mullins,
S. C.
No. 202. An Act to provide for the election of school trustees in School Dis-
trict No. 18^ in Lexington County.
No. 203. An Act to provide for elections of County Commissioners in Bam-
berg County.
No. 204. An Act to validate and confirm the election held in School District
No. 15, of Lexington County, on July 26, 1910, upon the question
of issuing coupon bonds of said district to the amount of twelve
thousand five hundred dollars, and to validate and confirm any
bonds issued, or to be issued by virtue of said election.
No. 205. An Act to provide for election of five trustees for School District
No. 14, of Calhoun County.
No. 206. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Pacolet
Power Company and define its duties and powers," approved Feb-
ruary 23, 1906.
No. 207. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate Newberry
Cotton Mills," approved December 21, 1882.
No. 208. An Act to amend Section 2 of an Act entitled "An Act to incorpo-
rate the Greenville Gas Light Company," ratified the 28th day of
January, A. D. 1861, and the several Acts amendatory thereto.
No. 209. An Act to incorporate Oak Grove School, in Bamberg County.
XXII List of Acts and Joint Resolutions.
No. 2IO. An Act to amend Section 7 of an Act entitled "An Act to incorpo-
rate the Palmetto Power Company/* approved 26th February,
191O1 changing the application of said section to the mouth of
Sawneys Creek instead of Thorn Tree Creek.
No. 211. An Act to incorporate Ashley River Water Front Corporation.
No. 212. An Act to incorporate Anderson College.
No. 213. An Act to amend Section 2 of an Act entitled "An Act to incor-
porate Greenwood and Saluda Railroad Company," so as to
change the corporate name.
No. 214. An Act incorporating Piedmont and Northern Railway Company.
(A Concurrent Resolution having passed both Houses by a two-
thirds vote in each, allowing the introduction of this Bill.)
No. 215. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the
Mechanics Building and Loan Association of Spartanburg,"
approved December 14, 1878.
No. 2x6. An Act to place certain property of the State, known as State
exhibit property, in custody of Commissioner of Agriculture.
No. 217. An Act relating to the action pending in the Supreme Court con-
cerning the dam across the Savannah River, beginning in Edge-
field County, and in relation to the maintenance of so much of
said dam as lies in the waters of Savannah River from the mid-
dle thread of the stream to the South Carolina shore.
No. 218. An Act to authorize and empower the City of Columbia to execute
a mortgage of the property now used by the State Agricultural
and Mechanical Society for the uses of said society.
No. 219. An Act to provide for re-indexing the records of mortgages and
deeds of real estate in Abbeville County.
No. 220. An Act to direct the Clerk of the Court of Colleton County to
eliminate from the indices now being prepared all deeds and
mortgages of real estate located in St. Paul's parish, in Colleton
County.
No. 221. An Act to authorize and empower the City of Laurens to borrow
money to pay past indebtedness of the said city.
No. 222. An Act to authorize the City Council of Spartanburg to make an
appropriation for the Confederate monument.
List of Acts and Joint Resolutions. xxiii
No. 223. An Act to authorize the Town Council of the Town of Greenwood
to subscribe to the capital stock of Piedmont syndicate in the
sum of thirty-five thousand dollars, and to provide means for the
payment of the same.
No. 224. An Act to provide for the refunding of money paid by Reedy River
Power Company for the erection of a bridge across Reedy River,
in the County of Laurens, South Carolina.
No. 225. An Act to sell certain lands to R. M. Covil, and to vest the title
thereto in him and his heirs and assigns forever.
No. 226. An Act to permit Marion W. Seabrook and W. M. Warren to apply
for admission to the bar without complying with all the require-
ments of an Act entitled "An Act to regulate the admission to
practice of attorneys, solicitors and counsellors, to provide for a
Board of Examiners, and to repeal conflicting Acts," approved
26th day of February, A. D. 1910.
No. 227. An Act to make appropriations and to provide for the working of
cross-country roads in the County of Greenville, and to provide
pay for extra services of certain officers.
No. 228. An Act to extend time for pajrment of road tax in Georgetown
County from December 31, 1910, as provided in Section 2 of an
Act entitled "An Act to require all persons in Georgetown County
liable to road duty to pay a commutation or road tax in lieu of
working upon public highways in said county, to provide a pen-
alty, to provide for listing persons so liable, and to provide for
collecting said tax," approved February 15, 1910, to March i,
1911.
No. 229. An Act to authorize the County of Dillon to issue bonds for per-
manent road and highway improvements, and to provide for the
expenditure of the same.
Na 230. An Act to require the Supervisors and County Commissioners of
Colleton and Hampton Counties to build and maintain the road
and bridges of Broxton bridge causeway, in said counties.
No. 231. An Act to provide for the issuance of twenty-five thousand dollars
in coupon bonds by the Townships of Hampton County to build
and improve roads and bridges.
No. 232. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled
*An Act to amend the law in reference to working and main-
taining the public roads of York County, to provide for the
appointment of Township Supervisors, define their duties and
powers, fix their salaries, provide for the payment of the same»
XXIV List of Acts and Joint Resolutions.
declare certain persons liable for road duty, and provide penal-
ties for the violation thereof/" approved the 25th day of Feb-
ruary, A. D. 1909, approved the i8th day of February, 1910, by
providing for the cleaning of streams and building roads through
incorporated towns and cities.
No. 233. An Act to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to create a school district
of that portion of Barnwell County lying within the corporate
limits of the Town of Allendale," approved the 23d day of
December, A. D. 1886.
No. 234. An Act to amend Section 2 of an Act entitled "An Act to amend an
Act entitled 'An Act for the establishment of a new school dis-
trict in the County of York, to be known as Rock Hill School
District, and to authorize the levy and collection of a local tax
therein,' approved December 19, A. D. 1887, by prescribing the
manner of electing trustees, their powers and duties and term of
office," approved the 23d day of February, A. D. 1910, increasing
the levy to six mills. '
No. 235. An Act to authorize and empower the Town Council of Winnsboro
to issue new bonds to pay off the bonded indebtedness of said
town, and to appropriate the amount now applied to the annual
reduction of said bonded debt to the use of the public schools in
the Town of Winnsboro, and to provide a sinking fund.
No. 2^, An Act to authorize and empower North High and Graded School
District, in Orangeburg County, to charge a matriculation fee.
No. 237. An Act to provide for an election in Salley Graded School District,
in the County of Aiken.
No. 238. An Act relating to School District No. 14, in Newberry County.
No. 239. An Act relating to the Newberry School District.
No. 240. An Act to amend art Act entitled "An Act to provide for the estab-
lishment of a new school district in Lancaster County, and to
authorize the levy and collection of a special school tax therein,"
approved 23d December, 1891, by changing the boundary lines
and annexing part of said district to Craigsville School District.
No. 241. An Act to provide for the erection of an Industrial Arts and Science
Building at the Winthrop Normal and Industrial College of
South Carolina, and to appropriate money for the same.
No. 242. An Act to repeal an Act entitled "An Act relating to School Dis-
tricts Nos. 48 and 68, in Aiken County.
List of Acts and Joint Resolutions. xxy
No. 243. An Act to increase the number of trustees for the G>ttageville and
Hendersonvilie School Districts in Colleton County.
No. 244. An Act to authorize the trustees of certain school districts in Dillon
County to charge a matriculation fee of from one to three dol-
lars, annually, for every pupil attending said scho<^ in said dis-
trict
No. 245. An Act relating to School District No. 52, in Newberry County.
No. 246. An Act to authorize and empower the trustees of Estill School Dis-
trict No. 18, in Hampton County, to order an election and issue
coupon bonds of said school district for school purposes.
No. 247. An Act to authorize and empower the voters of Yorkville school
district, of the County of York, to order an election and to issue
coupon bonds of said school district for school purposes.
No. 248. An Act to authorize the Trustees of Chesnee school district, being
Schoc^ District No. 94, of Spartanburg and Cherokee Counties,
to issue bonds for the purpose of erecting a school building and
equipping same, and purchasing a lot or lots.
Na 249. An Act to authorize and empower the Trustees of the school dis-
trict of the City of Greenville to order an election, and to issue
bonds of said school district for school purposes.
No. 250. An Act to authorize the Trustees of the school district of the City
of Spartanburg to issue bonds for the purpose of erecting an
additional school building and equipping same, and purchasing a
lot or lots.
No. 251. An Act to authorize and empower the Trustees of School District
No. 15, of Lexington County, to. order an election and issue
coupon bonds of said school district for school purposes.
No. 252. An Act to provide for an annual tax in Dunklin and Oak Lawn
Townships, of Greenville County, for the purpose of paying the
interest upon certain bonds of said townships, respectively, and
for the deposit of the surplus of said taxes at interest for the
purpose of retiring the same.
No. 253. An Act to extend time for payment of commutation road tax in
Berkeley County.
No. 254. A Joint Resolution to validate the election held in the Town of
Greer, on February 7, 191 1.
No. 255. A Joint Resolution to provide for a scholarship for Hannah Plow-
den and Katie Gunter at Winthrop College.
XXVI List of Acts and Joint Resolutions.
No. 256. A Joint Resolution to require the rebuilding of the bridge across
Saluda River, known as Raisar's bridge.
No. 257. A Joint Resolution to authorize and require the Treasurer of Union
County to transfer certain funds left over as balances for fiscal
year ending December 31, 1909, to account of ordinary county
expenses for the year 1911, and become available.
No. 258. A Joint Resolution to empower the Trustees of Cedar Hill School
District No. 16, of Union County, to borrow not exceeding $500
for four years, and to pledge taxes of said district to pay the
same.
No. 259. A Joint Resolution to authorize and require the payment of the sura
, of one hundred and seventeen dollars to P. McClure Brockington
for certain fees.
No. 260. A Joint Resolution to bring to an end the "merger suit." Section i.
Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina, That the Attorney-General is hereby requested to dis-
miss the appeal now pending in what is known as the "merger
suit,*' recently tried in Richland County. Approved the 13th day
of February, A. D. 191 1.
No. 261. A Joint Resolution to authorize and require the Treasurer of Lee
County to transfer "jail fund" to ordinary county expenses.
No. 262. A Joint Resolution to refund to Mrs. H. D. Wilkins, of Greenville
County, certain overpaid taxes.
No. 263. A Joint Resolution to provide for the payment of expenses of court
of Boyd-Brock inquiry.
No. 264. A Joint Resolution to authorize the payment of $305.15 to S. J. Fitts
for amount expended by him on account of Commissioners and
Managers of Election in Hampton County.
No. 265. A Joint Resolution to authorize the County Commissioners of Ker-
shaw County to issue their warrant in favor of R. D. Williams
for three hundred ($300.00) dollars in relief of personal injuries
received as ferryman in employ of said county.
No. 266. A Joint Resolution to authorize and empower C. G. Barr to practice
law and to discharge him of all disabilities of a person under
twenty-one years of age.
No. 267. A Joint Resolution authorizing the County Treasurer of Union
County to transfer from the account of ordinary county funds for
the fiscal year ending 1909, to the account of schools of said
county, the sum of three thousand forty and 94-100 ($3,040.94)
dollars.
List of Acts and Joint Resolutions. xxvii
Na 26& A Joint Resolution to submit to the qualified electors of Greenville
County the question of erecting a courthouse in said county.
No. 269. A Joint Resolution to provide for the payment of Ernest Moore for
services as special judge for the Sixth Judicial Circuit during the
year 1910.
No. 270. A Joint Resolution requiring the Supervisor of Laurens County to
draw his warrant in favor of T. J. Duckett for the sum of thirty-
one and 25-100 dollars, expenses incurred by him while Sheriff
of Laurens County in the case of the State against J. G. Wham,
and to direct the Treasurer of Laurens County to pay said war-
rant
No. 271. A Joint Resolution to empower the County Board of Commissioners
of York County to sell all or a part of the County Poor Farm, to
purchase a new site and erect suitable buildings.
No. 272. A Joint Resolution to provide free scholarships at Clemson College
for Jerry H. Moore, of Florence Couiity, and Archie T. Odom,
of Marlboro County, successful competitors of the Boys' Corn
Clubs.
No. 273. A Joint Resolution to authorize and require the Comptroller-Gen-
eral to draw his warrant in favor of T. W. McMillian, Sheriff of
Greenwood County, for fifty dollars paid out by him for convey-
ing a criminal from the State of Texas.
No. 274. A Joint Resolution to require the Superintendent of Education of
Saluda County to draw his warrant in favor of Mrs. J. S.
Crouch for the sum of ninety ($go.oo) dollars, and to require the
County Treasurer of Saluda County to pay the same.
No. 275. A Joint Resolution to authorize H. E. Scheper to build a dock over
land below low water in Beaufort River.
No. 276. A Joint Resolution to authorize and require the County Superin-
tendent of Education of Lee County to approve a certain claim
in favor of V/. McD. Green and E. Alexander for $74.76.
No. 277. A Joint Resolution to make up deficit in amount of salary due by
State to C. G. Bruce, County Auditor of Dillon County.
No. 278. A Joint Resolution to provide for the abatement of a certain tax on
live stock in certain townships of Georgetown County, levied
under "An Act to provide for the levy of taxes for county and
school purposes for the fiscal year beginning January i, 191 o,"
and of the January penalty of one per cent, for non-payment of
taxes by citizens of said townships made subject to said live stock
tax by said Act
XXVIII List of Acts and Joint Resolutions.
No. 279. A Joint Resolution to continue the State Hospital Commission for
the Insane, and to authorize it to erect buildings for the use of
said State Hospital for the Insane, and provide the means there-
for.
No. 280. A Joint Resolution to authorize and empower the County Super-
visor of Laurens County to draw his warrant in favor of John
D. Owings, Sheriff of said county, for the sum of three hundred
twenty-two and 60-100 dollars, and to require the Treasurer of
said county to pay the same.
part hi— concurrent resolutions.
No. ^1. A Concurrent Resolution to require the Code Commissioner to pub-
lish all Concurrent Resolutions effecting or relating to public
officers.
Ny>. 2S2, A Concurrent Resolution authorizing the Governor to employ
architect to prepare estimate, plans, etc., suggesting certain
changes in State House approaches.
No. 983. A Concurrent Resolution requesting the Attorney General to dismiss
appeal in "Merger Suit"
No. 284. A Concurrent Resolution requesting State Board of Entomology and
State Entomologist to conduct certain examinations.
No. 2S5, A Concurrent Resolution requiring State Board of Health to investi-
gate sanitary condition of State Penitentiary.
No. 986. A Concurrent Resolution to direct the Attorney General to consent
to an order extending time for city of Columbia to remove certain
water mains and bridge from across Columbia Canal.
No. 987. A Concurrent Resolution requiring State officers to make concise
reports, etc.
No. 988. A Concurrent Resolution requesting the Governor to investigate and
examine into advisability of completing Columbia Canal and
report same to General Assembly.
No. 989. A Concurrent Resolution requesting the Governor and Members of
Congress to furnish the General Assembly with information relat-
ing to claims of South Carolina on public lands of United States
for common school purposes.
No. 990. A Concurrent Resolution requesting Members of Congress to secure
legislation to equalize original Thirteen States in the matter of
public lands.
List of Acts and Joint Resolutions. xxix
No. ^1. A Concurrent Resolution to urge Members of Congress to favor
adjustment of certain difference between United States and
Germany respecting duties on potash salts.
No. S9S, A Concurrent Resolution to urge Members of Congress to support
reciprocity agreement with Canada.
No. £93. A Concurrent Resolution favoring election of United States Senators
by direct vote of the people.
Nql 294. A Concurrent Resolution authorizing County Commissioners of Lan-
caster county to employ accountant to examine certain county
officers upon request of legislative delegation.
Ko. 996. A Concurrent Resolution to require State Board of Fisheries to
patrol the Savannah River below Augusta.
No. 396. A Concurrent Resolution requesting Members of Congress to support
measure to regulate interstate shipment of intoxicating liquors.
No. S97. A Concurrent Resolution requesting the Attorney General to investi-
gate and report legality of the General Assembly electing all
trustees of Clemson College through State control.
NOTE.
At the time these pages go to press (April 20, 1911) the Govemor still has
the following Acts which he has not approved, some of which he will return
to the Legislature with his veto:
An Act to provide for rural policemen for Spartanburg county.
An Act to amend Section 9935 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902,
Volume I, as amended by an Act entitled "An Act to amend Section S9S6^
Volume I, Code of Laws, 1902, relating to exemption from jury duty,"
approved 90th day of February, A. D. 1907, relating to exemption from jury
duty.
An Act to enable and permit cities and towns of not more than ten thousand
inhabitants and not less than four thousand inhabitants to adopt the commis-
sion form of government provided for in an Act entitled "An Act to amend
the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, Volume I, Chapter XLIX, relating
to municipal corporations, by adding thereto an article to be known as Article
VII, providing a form of government for cities of more than twenty thousand
inhabitants and less than," etc.
An Act to provide for an investigation of the acts and doings of the State
Dispensary Commission, and the acts and doings of the Attorney General in
connection therewith, and of the acts and doings of the committee of the
General Assembly appointed under a Concurrent Resolution of the General
Assembly dated January 31, 1905, and of the Acts and doings of any other
person or persons in any way connected with the affairs of the State Dis-
pensary and the investigation and winding up thereof.
An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish an Industrial School
for Boys and provide for its government and maintenance," approveit the
24th day of February, A. D. 1906.
An Act regarding libel and civil proceedings in reference thereto.
An Act to prevent the establishment of ill-shaped counties.
An Act to provide for rural policemen for Cherokee county.
An Act to provide for an assistant superintendent of education in all counties
having a population of between eighty-two and eighty-five thousand.
An Act relating to Newberry county.
An Act to require the distribution of the dispensary fund among the common
schools, and to provide the method of distribution.
An Act to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 190^, Volume I,
Chapter XLIX, relating to municipal corporations, by adding thereto an
article to be known as Article VIII, providing a form of government for cities
of more than nine thousand inhabitants and less than twenty thousand
inhabitants, and for cities of more than fifty thousand inhabitants and less
than one hundred thousand inhabitants, such form of government to be
adopted by special election, ordered upon petition.
ANDREW J. BETHEA, Code Commissioner.
1— A
Acts and Joint Resolutions
OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
State of South Carolina
Passed at the Regular Session which was begun and held at
the City of Columbia on the Tiuth day of January,
A. D. ipii, and was adjourned ^without day on
the Eighteenth day of Februaf'^,'A^''D. igri.
Cole L. Blease, Governor; C. A. Smith, Li^Wtenant-Gov-
ernor and ex officio President of the Senate. Mendel L.
Smith, Speaker of the House of Representatives. "M'r^.
Mann, Clerk of the Senate. Jas. A. Hoyt, Clerk of the
House of Representatives.
PART I
GENERAL AND PERMANENT LAWS
No. 1.
AN ACT TO Authorize and Empower the Board of Trus- a. d. i»ii
tees of Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical Col- n-^^v^*-^
lege to Establish Two or More Experimental Sta-
tions.
Section 1. Be it enacted bv the General Assembly of the ^ ...
State of South Carolina, The Board of Trustees of Clemson stations for
farm demon-
Agricultural and Mechanical College are hereby authorized and stration work,
empowered to establish and operate two or more experimental
stations, as in their judgment the funds of said college will
justify, for the purpose of testing soil, climatic and other
STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 conditions and farm demonstration work: Provided, That one
of such stations shall be established within the Peedee section
of the State, one within the sand hill portion thereof, and the
others wherever in the judgment of said board will result to
the best interest of the State : And provided, further, That due
advertisement for bids in money and donations of land for the
location of any such stations in any section of the State shall
be made before the location thereof is determined.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
• »
•BFo. 2.
AN ACT TO Amend 'an* -Act Entitled "An Act to Provide
• • • •
FOR THE i^JP&llWMENT OF A BaNK ExAMINER AND TO
Define .VtajE "Outies of His Office," Approved Feb-
RUA^/-y3J*1906, BY Amending Section 3 Thereof, and
B\ 'AfS^lNG Another Section to be Known as Sec-
,*/-ji6>f 4a.
;';/$fecTioN 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
w^Stetl!^o»/St^te of South Carolina, That Section 3 of an Act entitled
Two"a2staat "An Act to provide for the appointment of a Bank Examiner
br^omted. ^"d to define the duties of his office," approved February 23,
1906, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the
words beginning "he shall" on line 5 and ending with the
words "his duties" on line 7, and inserting in lieu thereof the
following : "He shall also be empowered to appoint two assist-
ant examiners, one to receive a salary of eighteen hundred dol-
lars per annum, and one to receive a salary of fifteen hun-
dred dollars per annum, and to pay their traveling expenses
while in the discharge of their duties;" and further amend
said Act by adding a section to be known as Section 4a, to
read as follows:
„ , ^ Section 4a. The Bank Examiner shall make at least one
Bank Exam-
iner to examination each year of each branch bank in this State, and
examine "^
branch tuinks. shall coUcct and pay over to the State Treasurer the following
fees for such examination: $20.00 if the total assets do not
exceed $100,000; $30.00 if the total assets exceed $100,000.
All branch banks shall indicate on their stationery, checks,
drafts, notes, signs, advertisements and publications that they
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. • 5
are a branch bank, together with the name and place of biisi- ^' ^- ^•^i
ness of the parent bank, so that said Act. when so amended, ^^"^^"^^
shall read as follows:
Section 1. Immediately after the approval of this Act the Governor to
Governor of the State shall appoint a competent person to SSmlncr .*"
examine, from time to time as hereinafter provided, into the
affairs and the condition of all banks and banking institutions
conducted by corporations or persons in this State. That in
the selection of said Bank Examiner the Governor may advise
with the Executive Committee of the South Carolina Bank-
ers' Association.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of such Bank Examiner, and ^ _ ^
•^ Duty and
he shall have power to make a thorough examination into allcp^c*'.®* Bank
^ '^ , Examiner.
the books, papers and affairs of the aforesaid banks and
banking institutions, and in making such examinations the
examiner shall have authority to administer oaths and to
summon and examine any and all persons connected with the
said banks and banking institutions, and if any person in such
examination before the Bank Examiner shall testify falsely,
he shall be indictable as for perjury. The Bank Examiner
shall make a full and detailed report of his findings and file
the same in the office of the State Treasurer, and in this report ^^^^
shall be set forth all violations, if any, of the banking laws
of this State, and also such a full summary of the affairs ot
the bank, as shall be necessary for the protection of the rights
of the stockholders, depositors and creditors of such bank. It
shall also be the duty of said Bank Examiner to forthwith
bring to the attention of the said banks all such violations of
the banking laws of this State and that the same be remedied
or discontinued.
Sec. 3. The term of office of the said Bank Examiner shall Term of office
be four years, and he shall receive as his compensation there- sation?"***""
for three thousand dollars per annum, and also all actual
expenses, whether traveling or otherwise, incurred by him in
the discharge of his duties. He shall also be empowered to
appoint two assistant examiners, one to receive a salary of . .
^^ssistanta
, eighteen hundred dollars per annum, and one to receive a
salary of fifteen hundred dollars per annum, and to pay their
traveling expenses while in the discharge of their duties. The
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Proviso.
Fees for
Examination
A. D. 1911 Bank Examiner shall also have the right to incur such rea-
sonable expenses as are necessary in the conduct and manage-
ment of his office: Provided, hozvever, That the total of all
his expenses as provided for in this Act, shall not exceed the
sum to be derived by assessments from the various banks in
this State as herein provided for.
Sec. 4. The Bank Examiner shall make at least one exam-
ination every year of all the banks and banking institutions in
this State, and for every examination he shall collect and pay
over to the State Treasurer the following fees: From all
banks having one hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars or
more capital, fifty ($50) dollars; from all banks having over
fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars and under one hundred thou-
sand ($100,000) dollars capital, forty ($40) dollars; from
all banks having over twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars and
under fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars capital, thirty ($30)
dollars; and from all banks having a capital less than twenty
thousand ($20,000) dollars, he shall collect twenty ($20) dol-
lars. No bank shall be compelled to pay for more than one
examination each year, unless such additional examination
shall be requested by the stockholders as hereinafter provided.
Disposition of The State Treasurer shall hold such funds in his hands for
the special purpose' of paying the expenses of the State
Examiner and his office, and shall be payable upon the order
of the said State Bank Examiner. The State Treasurer shall
include in his annual report to the Legislature an abstract of
the reports made to him by the State Bank Examiner, showing
the financial condition of the banks examined by him as shown
by said reports, and also a schedule of the receipts and dis-
bursements connected with the said State Bank Examiner's
office.
Sec. 4a. The Bank Examiner shall make at least one
examination each year of each branch bank in this State, and
shall collect and pay over to the State Treasurer the following
fees for such examination: $20.00 if the tot^l assets do not
exceed $100,000; $30.00 if the total assets exceed $100,000.
Sec. 5. If the State Bank Examiner shall find that any of
of"unsoun*d*^ ^^^ ^^^^ banks or banking institutions are insolvent, or that
their business is being so dishonestly and fraudulently con-
Ponds.
Examine
Branch Banks
banks.
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ducted as to jeodardize the interests of the depositors, credit- A- ^- *"^
ors or stockholders, he shall have full power, upon consulta-
tion with the State Treasurer, to take and retain possession
of all the assets and property of every description belonging
to such bank or banking institution : Provided, He shall first
have applied for and obtained an order to this effect from a Proviso.
Circuit Judge, either residing or presiding at the time, in the
circuit in which such bank or banking institution is located,
two days' notice of such application being first given to the
board of directors of said bank of the application for said
order. And it shall be his duty and he is hereby authorized
and empowered to make proper application to the court for the
appointment of himself or some other person as receiver to
wind up and settle the affairs of such bank or banking insti-
tution.
Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of said Bank Examiner, at any ^^^^^ ^^0^-
time, upon receiving the petition of stockholders representing '"**'®"*-
one-fourth (%) oi the capital stock of any bank which may
be incorporated under the laws of this State to make forthwith
a special examination of such bank and to file a report of the
same with the State Treasurer, and for such special examina-
tion the said bank shall pay to the State Bank Examiner for
the State Treasurer the same fees as is provided for one annual
examination under this Act.
Sec. 7. That no person shall be appointed to the office of QuaitficatioDs
the State Bank Examiner, unless he be an expert accountant ExamSier.
and shall have had practical experience in the banking business,
nor shall he qualify as such examiner until he shall have taken
the oath provided for in the Constitution, and shall have filed
in the office of the State Treasurer a bond, in the sum of
fifteen thousand dollars, with sufficient surety to be approved
by the State Treasurer, and conditioned for the faithful per-
formance of his duties.
Sec. 8. Th6 quarterly statements now required by law to _
, otatemcnts
be published by the banking institutions m this State shall here- V Banks,
after be published, not quarterly as heretofore, but when and
as called for, by the State Bank Examiner, without previous
notice to said banking institutions, and such statements shall be
called for by said Bank Examiner at least four times each
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to obstruct
Bank
Examiner.
^\^'^^\ year, and published in some newspaper in the county wherein
such banking institution is located.
Sec. 9. Any person who obstructs or interferes with the
Misdemeanor State Bank Examiner in any way in the performance of his
duties shall, upon conviction, be deemed guilty of a misde^
meanor, and shall be subject to imprisonment for not more
than one year, or a line not more than one thousand dollars,
or both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec. 10. Nothing contained in this Act shall apply to any
National Bank.
Sec. 11. That all Acts and parts of Acts relating to the
subject of Bank Examiner heretofore enacted in this State
inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 20th day of Februar\% A. D. 1911.
Act of 1008,
84 Stats, 69,
amended.
Banking cor-
porations and
trust compa-
nies author-
ized to act as
guardian,
administrator,
trustee, etc.
No. 3.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Author-
ize THE Appointment of Certain Banking Corpora-
tions AND Trust Companies as Trustees, Executors,
Administrators, Guardians, Receivers or Assignees/'
Approved February 20, 1903.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Section 1 of an Act entitled "An
Act to authorize the appointment of certain banking corpora-
tions and trust companies as trustees, executors, administrators,
guardians, receivers or assignees," approved February 20, 1903,
be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out on lines
4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of said section the wrords, "which has here-
tofore been authorized by its charter, granted by the General
Assembly or granted by the Secretary of State under general
laws, or which may hereafter be authorized by its charter,
granted under general laws by the Secretary of State, to act as
guardian, trustee, receiver, assignee, executor or administra-
tor," so that said section, when so amended, shall read as fol-
lows:
Section 1. Any banking corporation or trust copmany with
a bona Me capital of at least twenty-five thousand dollars
actually paid in, may be appointed executor of a will, codicil
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 9
or writing testamentary, administrator with the will amnexed, '^- ^ ^*^^
administrator of the estate of any person, receiver, assignee, q^^^ q^^^ j
guardian or trustee, under a will or instrument creating a trust co^Vation
for the care and management of property, under the same cir- J? «2cut^"™*
cumstances, in the same manner, and subject to the same con- iS"assent!*°"^
trol by the court having jurisdiction of the same, as a legally
qualified person. Any such appointment as guardian shall
apply to the estate and not to the person of the ward. Such
corporation shall not be required to receive or hold property or
money, or assume or execute a trust under the provisions of
this section, without its assent.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No, 4-
AN ACT TO Ratify the Amendment to Section 7, Article
VIII of the Constitution, Relating to Municipal
Bonded Indebtedness.
Whereas, The General Assembly did, by Joint Resolution, .^^ ^^ ^^
approved the fourth day of February, A. D.*1910, submit to tion of mo,
the qualified electors of the State, at the general election next proposing
^ , ' o amendment to
thereafter, an amendment to the 7th Section of Article VIII See 7. Art. 8,
Constitution
of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina, by adding i896, ratified,
thereto a clause providing: "Provided, That the limitation
proposed by this section, and by Section 5, Article X of this
Constitution, shall not apply to bonded indebtedness incurred
by the town of Darlington, where the proceeds of said bonds
are applied solely for the purpose of drainage of said town and
street improvements, and where the question of incurring such
indebtedness is submitted to the freeholders and qualified
voters of such municipality, as provided in the Constitution,
upon the question of other bonded indebtedness ;"
Whereas, A majority of the electors qualified to vote for
members of the General Assembly voting thereon, at the gen-
eral election next succeeding the passage of the Joint Resolu-
tion, did vote in favor of said amendment ; therefore.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the amendment of Section 7
of Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of South Caro-
10 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 lina^ submitted by the last General Assembly to the quaHfied
electors of the State at the general election next thereafter, and
upon which a majority of the electors qualified to vote for the
members of the General Assembly, voting thereon at the last
past general election, voted in favor thereof, be, and the same
is hereby, ratified and made a part of the Constitution of the
State of South Carolina; and that said amendment so made a
part of the Constitution is as follows: Provided, That the
limitation proposed by this section, and by Section 5, Article
ProvUo to X of this Constitution, shall not apply to bonded indebtedness
^^^SSriin^n. incurrcd by the town of Darlington, where the proceeds of
said bonds are applied solely for the purpose of drainage of
said town and street improvements, and where the question of
incurring such indebtedness is submitted to the freeholders and
qualified voters of such municipality, as provided in the Con-
stitution, upon the question of other bonded indebtedness.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 5.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 2021, Volume I, of the Code
OF Laws of South Carolina, 1902, by Adding a Pro-
viso Thereto in Regard to the Bonded Indebtedness
Incurrb;d by the Town of St. Matthews.
SbXTion 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
i 2081, State of South Carolina, That Section 2021, Volume I of the
amended. ' Codc of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, be, and the same is
exempt town hereby, amended by inserting after said section the following
thews.* words : ''Provided, further, That the limitation imposed by this
section shall not apply to the bonded indebtedness incurred by
the town of St. Matthews, but the said town of St. Matthews
may increase its bonded indebtedness in the manner provided in
said section an amount not exceeding fifteen per cent, of the
value of the taxable property therein, where the proceeds of
said bonds to the amount of twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars
shall be turned over by the town council of the said town of St.
Matthews to the duly appointed commissioners of the county of
Calhoun, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of public
buildings for the county of Calhoun."
I
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 11
Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect immediately upon its ^' ^- ^^^^
approval by the Governor.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 6.
AN ACT TO Ratify the Amendment to Section 6 of Arti-
cle X OF THE Constitution of 1895, Relating to
Bonded Debt of Counties and Townships.
Whereas, The General Assembly did, by a Joint Resolution, Amendment to
approved the 26th day of February, A. D. 1910, submit to the x, Constitu-
,./- « 1 r , r. , ; , . tion, amended.
qualined electors of the State, at the general election next
thereafter, an amendment to Section 6, Article X of the Consti-
tution of 1895, by adding at the end thereof the following
words : "Provided, That the limitation imposed by this section
shall not apply to any township in the county of Greenwood,
nor to any township in the county of Saluda, through which, in
whole or in part, the line of railroad of Greenwood and Saluda
Railroad shall be located and constructed, nor to the county of
Saluda, such said townships in Greenwood county and Saluda
county, and the county of Saluda, being hereby expressly
authorized to vote bonds in aid of the construction of the said
proposed railroad under such restrictions and limitations as the
General Assembly may prescribe hereinafter: Provided, That
the amount of such bonds shall not exceed eight per centum of
the assessed valuation of the taxable property of such town-
ships ;" and,
Whereas, A majority of the electors qualified to vote for
members of the General Assembly voting thereon, at the gen-
eral election next succeeding the passage of said Joint Resolu-
tion, did vote in favor of said amendment ; therefore.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the amendment to Section 6 of
Article X of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina,
submitted by the last General Assembly to the qualified electors
of the State at the general election next thereafter, and upon
which a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members
of the General Assembly voting thereon, voted in favor thereof,
be, and the same is hereby, ratified and made a part of the Con-
12
STATUTES AT LARGE
Saluda
County.
A. i>. 1911 stitution of the State of South Carolina ; the amendment so
Proviso made a part of the Constitution is as follows : Provided, That
Sn^fownshfps ^^^^ limitation imposed by this section shall not apply to any
wood'^and township in the county of Greenwood, nor to any township in
fies^^and^"" ^^^ county of Saluda, through which, in whole or in part, the
line of railroad of Greenwood and Saluda Railroad shall be
located and constructed, nor to the county of Saluda, such said
townships in Greenwood county and Saluda county, and the
county of Saluda, being hereby expressly authorized to vote
bonds in aid of the construction of the said proposed railroad
under such restrictions and limitations as the General Assembly
may prescribe hereinafter : Provided, That the amount of such
bonds shall not exceed eight percentum of the assessed valua-
tion of the taxable property of such townships.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Proviso.
ratified.
No. 7.
AN ACT TO Ratify the Amendment to Section 7, Article
VIII OF THE Constitution of 1895, Relating to Munic-
ipal Bonded Indebtedness.
Whereas, The General Assembly did, by Joint Resolution,
^^^"^^'"^'JJ *° approved the 28th day of February, A. D. 1910, submit to the
tutJon 1895** qualified electors of the State, at the general election next
thereafter, an amendment to the seventh Section of Article
VIII of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina, by
adding thereto a clause providing: Provided, That the limita-
tions imposed by this section and by Section 5 of Article X
of this Constitution, shall not apply to bonded indebtedness
incurred by the towns of Aiken, in the county of Aiken ; Cam-
den, in the county of Kershaw ; Cheraw, in the county of Ches-
terfield; Clinton, in the county of Laurens; Edgefield, in the
county of Edgefield ; and St. Matthews, in the county of Cal-
houn, when the proceeds of said bonds are applied solely and
exclusively for the building, erecting, establishing and main-
tenance of waterworks, electric light plants, sewerage system
or streets, and where the question of incurring such indebted-
ness is submitted to the qualified electors of said municipality,
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. . 13
as provided in the Constitution upon the question of. bonded a. d. 1911
indebtedness.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, that the amendment of Section 7 of
Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of South Caro-
lina, submitted by the last General Assembly to the qualified
electors of the State, at the general election next thereafter, and
upon which a majority of the electors qualified to vote for the
members of the General Assembly, voting thereon at the last
past general election, voted in favor thereof, be, and the same
is hereby, ratified and made a part of the Constitution of the
State of South Carolina; that the said amendment so made a
part of the Constitution, is as follows : Provided, further, That
the limitations imposed by this section, and by Section 5 of Proviso
Article X of this Constitution, shall not apply to the bonded tain, munici-
politics.
indebtedness incurred by the towns of Aiken, in the county
of Aiken; Camden, in the county of Kershaw; Cheraw, in
the county of Chesterfield ; Clinton, in the county of Laurens ;
Edgefield, in the county of Edgefield ; and St. Matthews, in the
county of Calhoun, when the proceeds of said bonds are
applied solely and exclusively for the building, erecting, estab-
lishing and maintenance of waterworks, electric light plants,
sewerage system or streets, and where the question of incur-
ring such indebtedness is submitted to the qualified electors
of said municipality, as provided in the Constitution upon the
question of bonded indebtedness.
Approved the 3d day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 8.
AN ACT TO Ratify the Amendment to Section 7, Article
VIII OF THE Constitution of 1895, Relating to Munic-
ipal Bonded Indebtedness.
Whereas, The General Assembly did, by Joint Resolution,
approved the 28th day of February, A. D. 1910, submit to the ^^j^^jfi^^^
qualified electors of the State, at the general election next
thereafter, an amendment to Section 7 of Article VIII of the
Constitution of the State of South Carolina, by adding thereto
a clause providing: ''Provided, further, That the limitations
Amendment to
U STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 imposed by this section and by Section 5 of Article X of this
Constitution, shall not apply to the bonded indebtedness in and
by any municipal corporation when the proceeds of the said
bonds are applied solely and exclusively for the purchase,
establishment and maintenance of a waterworks plant, or
sewerage system, or lighting plant, and when the question of
incurring such indebtedness is submitted to the freeholders and
qualified voters of such municipality, as provided in the Con-
stitution, upon the question of other bonded indebtedness;"
Whereas, The majority of electors qualified to vote for mem-
bers of the General Assembly, voting thereon at -the general
election next succeeding the passage of the Joint Resolution,
did vote in favor of said amendment ;
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the amendment of Section 7 of
Article VIJI of the Constitution of the State of South Caro-
lina, submitted by the last General Assembly to the qualified
electors of the State, at the genearl election next thereafter,
and upon which a majority of the electors qualified to vote
for the members of the General Assembly, voting thereon at
the last past general election, voted in favor thereof, be, and
the same is hereby, ratified and made a part of the Constitution
of the State of South Carolina; that the said amendment so
made a part of the Constitution is as follows: ''Provided,
further, That the limitations imposed by this section, and by
Section 5 of Article X of this Constitution, shall not apply to
i^miStfons** ^^^ boudcd indebtedness in and by any municipal corporation
fn^artSin*^^*^ when the proceeds of sard bonds are applied solely and exclu-
sively for the purchase, establishment and maintenance of a
waterworks plant, or sewerage system, or lighting plant, and
when the question of incurring such indebtedness is submitted
to the freeholders and qualified voters of such municipality, as
provided in the Constitution, upon the question of other bonded
indebtedness."
Approved the 3d day of February, A. D. 1911.
cases.
Resolution
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 15
No. 9. ^^'^'''\
AN ACT TO Ratii^y an Amendment to Section 7, Article
VIII OF THE Constitution, Relating to Municipal
Boi^DED Indebtedness of the Town of St. Matthews,
in Calhoun County.
Whereas, The General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina did, by Joint Resolution, approved the 28th day of i»idrM
February, A. D. 1910, submit to the qualified electors of the
said State, at the general election next thereafter, an amend-
ment to Section 7, Article VIII, of the Constitution of the
State of South Carolina, by adding thereto a clause providing
as follows: "Provided, further, That the limitations imposed
by this section, and by Section 5, Article X of this Constitu-
tion, shall not apply to bonded indebtedness incurred by the
town of St. Matthews, but said town of St. Matthews may
increase its bonded indebtedness in the manner provided in said
section of said article to an amount not exceeding fifteen per
cent, of the value of the taxable property therein, where the
proceeds of said bonds to the amount of twenty thousand
($20,000) dollars shall be turned over by the Town Council
of said town of St. Matthews to the duly appointed commis-
sioners of the county of Calhoun for the purpose of aiding in
the construction of public buildings for the county of Calhoun ;*'
Whereas, A majority of the electors qualified to vote for
members of the General Assembly voting thereon, at the gen^-
eral election next succeeding the passage of the Joint Resolu-
tion, did vote in favor of said amendment ; therefore.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Amendment to
State of South Carolina, That the amendment to Section 7 of vm, 'ratified.
Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina,
submitted by the last General Assembly of said State to the
qualified electors of the State, at the next general election there-
after, and upon which a majority of the electors qualified to
vote for the members of the General Assembly, voting thereon
at the last past general election, voted in favor thereof, be, and
the same is hereby, ratified and made part of the Constitution
of the State of South Carolina; that the said amendment so
made a part of the Constitution is as follows : "Provided, fur-
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A. D. 1911
Proviso that
limitations
herein shall
not apply in
certain cases.
ther, That the limitations imposed by this section, and by Sec-
tion 5, Article X of this Constitution, shall not apply to bonded
indebtedness incurred by the town of St. Matthews, but said
town of St. Matthews may increase its bonded indebtedness in
the manner provided in said section of said article to an amount
not exceeding fifteen per cent, of the value of the taxable prop-
erty therein, where the proceeds of said bonds to the amount
of twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars shall be turned over by
the Town Council of said town of St. Matthews to the duly
appointed commissioners of the county of Calhoun for the pur-
pose of aiding in the construction of public buildings for the
county of Calhoun."
Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect immediately upon its
approval by the Governor.
Approved the 3d day of February, A. D. 1911.
Court estab-
lished.
Jurisdiction.
No. 10.
AN ACT TO Establish a Civil and Criminal Court in the
County of Charleston, to Be Known as "The Civil
AND Criminal Court of Charleston/' to Define the
Powers and Jurisdiction of the Same, and to Pro-
vide FOR THE Conduct of the Business Thereof, ani>
TO Abolish the Judicial Magistrate's Court Therein.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That a court inferior to the Circuit
Courts, and to be known as "The Civil and Criminal Court of
Charleston," be, and it is hereby, established for the city of
Charleston, and the territory adjacent thereto in the county
of Charleston, within the late parish of St. Philips, outside of
said city, and north of Line street therein, between the Ashley
and Cooper rivers.
Sec. 2. The said Civil and Criminal Court shall have such
jurisdiction as is now provided for by law for the Judicial
Magistrate's Court in said city and county, and in all other
actions heretofore cognizable within the said territorial limits,
wherein the amount sued for or the value of the property
claimed, exclusive of costs, does not exceed five hundred dol-
lars ; but such jurisdiction shall not extend to cases where the
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 17
«
title to real estate is in question, nor to cases in chancery, and ^ ^- ^*^^
shall be concurrent with the Courts of Common Pleas therein,
in matters within the jurisdiction of the court herein established.
Sec. 3. The present judicial magistrate in said city and Presiding
county, shall be the presiding Judge of said Civil and Crim- J"***^*-
inal Court, and shall be by the Governor commissioned as such,
subscribe the oath of office therefor, until the next ensuing gen-
eral election hereafter, when his successor shall be elected in the
same manner as is now provided by law for the election of a
Probate Judge in the county of Charleston. He shall be an
attorney of law,* resident within said territory, and shall be the
presiding Judge of said Civil and Criminal Court, and shall
hold his office for a term of four years, and until his successor
has been elected and qualified. He shall receive as compensa-
tion for his services the sum of twelve hundred dollars per Compensation,
annum, from the time of the issuance of his commission, to
be paid by the County Treasurer of said county of Charleston,
as the judicial magistrate and all other magistrates therein have
heretofore and are now paid, and he is prohibited from practic-
ing as an attorney in said court, or any court inferior to the
Circuit Court, except the Probate Court.
Sec. 4. All summons and other process for said Civil and Ministerial
Criminal Court shall be issued exclusively by one of the min- Magistrates,
isterial magistrates in said territorial jurisdiction, except in
cases wherein the amount sued for or the value of the property
claimed exceeds one hundred dollars, wherein the practice,
pleadings, forms and modes of procedure of force in the Courts
of Common Pleas shall be, and they are hereby, made appli-
cable to and to be followed in said Civil and Criminal Court.
The jurisdiction, powers and duties of the said ministerial
magistrates being hereby and in no way increased or dimin-
ished, but they are to perform the same to the said Civil and
Criminal Court as they do now to the Judicial Magistrate's
Court, and in lieu and stead thereof.
Sec. 5. Any party in any civil cause in said court shall be jury inai.
entitled to a jury trial, the jury to consist of six persons, to
be summoned and empanelled as follows: The Judge of said
Court and the clerk thereof shall constitute a Board of Jury
S-A
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Jury box.
Preparation
of jury box.
Commissioners: Provided, In case either of said board fail to
attend for the purpose of drawing a jury the other may act.
They shall perform the duties required of them as jury com-
missioners without compensation. Whenever a jury trial may
be demanded by any party thereto entitled in this court, said
jury commissioners shall draw from the jury box hereinafter
provided for, indiscriminately, fifteen names, which said
names shall be written on three pieces of paper and numbered
consecutively from one to fifteen, and shall constitute the jury
list ; one copy of which shall be retained by the court and one
copy be given to each of the parties litigant.' The names on
said list shall be stricken off by numbers, from which said list
the parties or their attorneys shall alternately strike, until
there shall be but seven left, the first six of which shall consti-
tute the jury to try the case, unless for any cause any of them
shall mot appear and serve, in which case the seventh shall
act. If, for any cause, a full jury should fail to appear, the
parties may agree to a trial by the number actually appearing.
Upon the selection of the seven names, as hereinabove
described, the Clerk of said Court shall issue a writ of venire
facias, directed to each of said jurors, and shall therein require
regular attendance on the day stated therein, and such other
days as the court may order. Each juror serving in said court
shall receive the sum of fifty cents per day, to be paid in
advance by the party demanding the jury. If any person sum-
moned to attend upon said court shall neglect or refuse to
appear, -without sufficient legal excuse, he shall forfeit and pay
to the said county a fine of five dollars, for which judgment
may be forthwith entered in said court against him, and execu-
tion issued therefor, together with the sum of five dollars cost,
for the officer of said court entering such judgment and levying
such execution, and such judgment and execution shall be of
the same force and effect as are all other judgments and execu-
tions for said court.
Sec 6. The jury box hereinabove referred to shall be pre-
pared as follows: The Board of Registration for the county
of Charleston, together with the County Treasurer and County
Auditor, shall, during the month next succeeding the approval
of this Act, and thereafter during the month of January next
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 19
succeeding every general election for State officers, prepare a ^ ^- ^*^^
list of not less than fifteen hundred of the qualified electors,
now or hereafter qualified by law to act as jurors, and appear-
ing upon the lists of registration on the 31st of December,
1910, and thereafter appearing upon such list at the time of
each next preceding general election, and shall cause the said
names, each one to be written on a separate piece of paper or
ballot, and shall fold up such pieces of paper or ballots so as
to resemble each other as much as possible, so that the name
thereon shall not be visible from the outside, and shall place
them in a jury box to be furnished by the County Commis-
sioners for that purpose, and all names for jurors for said
court shall thereafter be drawn from said box, in the manner
herein provided. It shall be the duty of the Clerk of said
Court to keep said jury box in his custody, and such jury box
shall be provided with two locks, each different ; a key to one cierk to have
lock shall be kept by the Clerk of said Court, and one by the jury box.
Judge of said Court, so that neither of said parties shall hold
keys to the sam« lock. And it shall be the duty of the County
Board of Commissioners for the county of Charleston to
furnish to the said Board of Registration for the county of
Charleston, the County Auditor and the County Treasurer,
a jury box of sufficient size and without any compartments
therein, so that when all the separate pieces of paper or ballots
aforesaid shall be foHed and enclosed therein they may be
capable of being readily shaken out and intermixed in such
box. As soon as all of the said names shall have been placed statements to
in said box the Board of Registration for the county of Charles- ^^ ^*^**-
ton, the County Auditor and County Treasurer, shall file with
the Clerk of said Court their several statements, under oath,
that they have so prepared such list and placed all of the names
in such box, as required by the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 7. In all criminal cases the prosecution may be repre-
sented by any reputable attorney of law, employed by the prose- Criminal
cution, or the solicitor 6i the circuit may be required to attend
and be in charge thereof, in the discretion of the presiding
Judge, or of his own volition.
Sec. 8. The said Civil and Criminal Court shall have full
power and authority to punish for contempt committed during
cases.
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A. D. 1911 the session thereof and in the presence of said court ; and for
May punish ^^^^ contcmpt may impose punishment by fine not exceeding
for contempt, fjf^y doHars, an^d imprisonment not exceeding forty-eight hours,
either or both.
Sec. 9. The Judge of said Court shall have the authority to
Judge mav appoint a clerk for said court, who shall hold the term of office
' for two years from date of appointment ; said clerk shall also
be invested with the same powers and duties as are now or
which hereafter may be devolved upon magistrate's consta-
bles. He shall give bond and qualify as a constable of said
court, and shall receive as compensation the sum of twenty-
five dollars per month, to be paid in the same manner as is
now paid the salary of the clerk or constable of the judicial
magistrate. The duties of said clerk shall be the same as
Duties. those now performed by the clerk of the judicial magistrate,
and to preserve order in said court, and call to his aid a per-
son or persons to preserve order therein, who shall be com-
pensated by him out of the fees hereinafter provided for ; and
such person or persons, when so called, shall have the like
powers of the magistrate's constable.
Sec. 10. In all criminal cases the jury shall serve and be
Jury to serve summoncd without Compensation. In civil cases and special
in^certain*^ procecdiugs, whcre the amount involved is less than one hun-
cases. ^^^^ dollars, there shall be paid in advance to the said clerk the
sum of fifty cents, and in all larger amounts the sum of one
dollar, as a docketing fee, and in lieu of all other costs in said
court whatsoever, except that where a jury trial is demanded
there shall be paid to the clerk in advance by the party demand-
ing the same, as hereinafter provided, the sum of fifty cents
per day for each of the six jurors, and the further sum of
fifty cents for procuring the attendance of same.
Sec. 11. Appeal shall be from the said Civil and Criminal
Appeal Court, in all cases now allowed by law from the ordinary
allowed. , t • *
magistrate s courts, to be presented m the same manner and
under the same regulations as therein prescribed, except that
instead of the testimony being in all cases taken down in writ-
ing and signed by the witnesses, any party shall have the right
to have the testimony taken stenographically by a stenographer,
to be appointed by the Judge of said Court, or th^ Judge may
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 21
appoint a stenographer: Provided, That such party shall pay a. d. i»ii
the charges of such stenographer for taking the testimony, or pro^is^.
the payment for same provided for otherwise by said Judge.
Sec. 12. AH judgments shall be entered, execution issued
thereon, or transcript thereof be made, as now provided by
law for the judgment! rendered in said Judicial Magistrate's
Court.
Sec. 13. The rules of practice, pleadings, forms and modes
of procedure now applicable to and heretofore governing the
said Judicial Magistrate's Court, shall be applicable to and
govern the said Civil and Criminal Court, except as herein
otherwise provided for. The said court shall be held on every
day of the week except Monday, Saturday, Sunday and public in"court. ^
holidays, and may be held on any secular day. The presiding
Judge may set aside any sufficient time during each week or
month for the trial of jury cases only. The place for holding
such court shall be provided by the County Commissioners of
Charleston county, and may be the place at which the Judicial
Magistrate's Court has heretofore been held; and all books,
dockets and other stationery necessary for the business of
said court shall likewise be provided by said County Commis-
sioners.
Sec. 14. In case of the disability, inability from any cause, y^^^ . ^^^
absence from the State, death or resignation of the Judge of ^^«^
said Court, the Governor shall appoint some member of the
bar, resident in said jurisdiction and learned in the law, to
temporarily fill the place without compensation, unless com-
pensated by the Judge of said Court.
Sec. 15. The present Judicial Magistrate's Court for the judicial maci*.
city of Charleston and the territory adjacent thereto, in the JlfoUshcd!"'^
county of Charleston, be, and the same is hereby, abolished.
Sec. 16. AJl laws and parts of laws not inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act be, and the same are specifically, enacted.
Sec. 17. This Act shall go into effect immediately upon its
approval by the Governor.
Sec. 18. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with or
repugnant to this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
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I 1962, Civil
C<
*odc
amended.
No. 11.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 1962 of the Code of Laws of
South Carolina, 1902, Volume I, by Empowering
Town Councils of Less Than Five Thousand Inhab-
itants TO Elect Recorders.
SEcriON 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Section 1962 of the Code of
Laws of South Carolina, 1902, Volume 1, be, and the same is
hereby, amended to read as follows :
Section 1962. Said town council shall have the power to
elect a clerk and treasurer, who shall execute such bond for
faithful performance of his duties as fixed by said town coun-
cil, and his salary shall be fixed before election ; also, said
council shall have the power, if in their judgment it is neces-
sary, to elect a recorder for such town, and fix the salary for
same.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 12.
AN ACT TO Add a New Section to Civil Code of 1902,
Volume L as to the Extension of the Boundaries of
A City or Town.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
New section, .State of South Carolina, That an additional section be added
i997a!|^added to the Civil Code of 1902, Volume I, to be numbered Section
1997a. which shall read as follows:
Section 1997a. Whenever it is proposed to extend the cor-
Extension of poratc Hmits of any city or town in this State so as to include
limits of cities any adjacent territory under the provisions of Section 1997,
and towns by., , .... • i'i«
consoiida- whether the said adjacent territory be m whole or m part an
incorporated municipality, it shall be lawful for said city or
town and such adjacent territory to stipulate and agree upon
terms of consolidation, and such stipulations shall become a
binding contract upon the city or town when enlarged: Pro-
vided, That such stipulations shall be printed in full, or fully
identified by reference to some easily accessible publication
thereof in full, on a majority of the affirmative votes cast at the
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 23
election held under the requirements of the preceding section, ^ ^- "^^
both in the city or town seeking enlargement and in the terri-
tory or portion of territory so included as a result of such
election.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 13.
AN ACT TO Authorize the Cities of Columbia and Green-
ville AND THE Town of Manning to Levy and Enforce
m AN Assessment Upon Abutting Property Owners
FOR THE Purpose of Paying for Permanent Improve-
ments ON Its Streets and Sidewalks.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the cities of Columbia smdfj^^/}^^^
' assessed lor
Greenville and the town of Manning are authorized to provide iScwanT^^jm-
by ordinance for the payment of the cost of the permanent f^^gj^/jf
improvement of their streets and sidewalks, by laying upon ***'**•
the owners of property immediately abutting on the streets
and sidewalks so improved an assessment in proportion to the
frontage only of such property on said streets or sidewalks,
or parts thereof, so improved, of not exceeding in the aggre-
gate one-half of the cost of such improvemients : Provided, Proviso.
That no assessment shall be so laid upon the abutting prop-
erty owners until such improvements have been ordered pur-
suant to such ordinance upon the written consent, signed
and filed with the Clerk of Council, of two-thirds in number
of the owners of the property abutting upon the street, side-
walk, or part of either proposed to be improved, and provision
made for the payment out of the city or town treasury of not
less than one-half of the costs of such improvement. Times
and terms of payment and rates of interest on deferred pay-
ments of assessments by lot owners may be agreed upon as
prescribed by ordinance.
Sec. 2. That the amounts raised by such assessments,
together with the appropriation added thereto out of the city or improvement
town treasury, shall be kept as a separate fund to be used only
for the purpose for which it was contributed and appropriated.
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A. D. 1»11
Assessment
liens.
ProTiso.
Proriso.
Satisfacrion.
Sec. 3. That the assessments so laid shall constitute a lien
upon the property so assessed, and payment thereof may be
enforced as are the payment of city or town taxes : Provided,
Such assessments be entered in a book kept by the City or
Town Clerk, to be entitled "Assessment Liens," stating the
name of the owner, the location of the property and the amount
of the assessment and the time or times of payment: And
provided, further, That such lien shall continue from the date
of entry on such book until the expiration of five years from
the date when final payment is due and payable, unless sooner
paid.
Sec. 4. That it shall by ordinance be made the duty of the
Clerk of Council to make entry of satisfaction on such "Assess-
ment Liens" book as soon as full payment is made, and the
lien shall be thereby extinguished.
Sec. 5. That this Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Sec. 2028
(13), Act of
1910, 96
Stats., 628,
ameaoM.
No, 14.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 2023 (13) of an Act Entitled
"An Act to Amend the Code of Laws of South Caro-
lina, 1902, Volume I, Chapter XLIX, Relating to
Municipal Corporations, by Adding Thereto an
Article to Be Known as Article VII, Providing a
Form of Government for Cities of More Than
Twenty Thousand Inhabitants and Less Than Fifty
Thousand Inhabitants, Such Form of Government
TO Be Adopted by Special Election Ordered Upon
Petition/' Approved 21st Day of February, A. D. 1910,
so AS TO Exempt Policemen and Firemen from the
Operation of Part of Said Section.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Section 2023 (13) of an Act
entitled "An Act to amend the Code of Laws of South Caro-
lina, 1902, Volume I, Chapter XLIX, relating to municipal
corporations, by adding thereto an article to be known as Arti-
clue VII, providing a form of government for cities of more
than twenty thousand inhabitants and less than fifty thousand
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 25
inhabitants, such form of government to be adopted by special ^- ^- ^^^^
election ordered upon petition," approved 21st day of Febru- '""^^^^^^
ary, A. D. 1910, be, and the same is hereby, amended by insert-
ing after the word "employee" and before the word "shall," on
line ten of said section, the following : "Members of the police
and fire departments excepted;" so that said section, as
amended, shall read as follows :
Section 2023 (13). No officer or employee, elected or Qualification
appointed, in any such city shall be interested, directly or indi- ^pi?;^S. *"*^
rectly, in any contract, or job, for work or njaterials, or the
profits thereof, or any services to be furnished or performed
for the city, or for any person, firm or corporation operating
interurban or street railways, waterworks, gasworks, electric
light or power plants, heating plant, telegraph or telephone
system, or other public utility within the territorial limits of
said city, or doing business or proposing to do business in said
city. No such officer or employee, members of the police and
fire departments excepted, shall accept or receive, directly or
indirectly, from any person, firm or corporation operating
within the territorial limits of said city, any such public utili-
ties company, or other business under a public franchise, any
frank, free tickets or free service, or any other service upon
terms more favorable than are granted to the public generally,
or request or induce the granting of any such favor to any
other person. Any violation of the provisions of this section
shall be a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not less than
one hundred ($100.00) dollars nor more than five thousand
($5,000.00) dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than one
(\) month nor more than five (5) years: Provided, however. ^toviBo as %•
That the policemen and firemen in uniform shall have the right JSli^*?^cn.
to free transportation upon any street railway within the limits
of said city.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 15.
AN ACT TO Carry Into Effect the Provisions of Section
28 OF Article I of the State Constitution of 1895.
Section 1. Be it enact-ed by the General Assembly of the °^"«'' «'
-' ^ shores or
State of South Carolina, That the owner or owners of the whanrcs.
Tolls allowed
26 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 shores or any wharf erected on the shores, or in or over the
waters of any navigable streams in this State, are hereby
authorized to charge reasonable tolls for the use thereof.
Sec. 2. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Sec. 3. That this Act shall take effect upon its approval by
the Governor.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 16.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Regu-
late THE Traffic in Seed Cotton and Unpacked Lint
Cotton," Approved 18th Day February, A. D. 1905,
IN so Far as It Relates to Lee and Sumter Counties.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
^f Stots.^®9ii, State of South Carolina, That Section 1 of an Act entitled
amended. "^j^ js^^^ ^q regulate the traffic in seed cotton and unpacked
lint cotton,** be amended by inserting the words, "except in
the county of Lee, where they shall license only from March
1st to August 1st, and in the county of Sumter, where they
shall be licensed only from January 20th to August 1st of
each year," after the words "each year," on line 5, so that
said Act, when amended, shall read:
Section 1. The traffic in seed cotton or unpacked lint cotton
Time fixed for by purchasc, barter or exchange, within the period beginning
seed cotton August 15th and ending December 20th of each year, except
lint cotton in the county of Lee, where they shall be licensed only from
Sumter March 1st to August 1st, and in the county of Sumter, where
they shall be licensed only from January 20th to August 1st
of each year, without license, or between the hours of sunset
and sunrise, is hereby declared against the public welfare, and
is prohibited.
Sec. 2. The Clerks of the Courts of Common Pleas are
Clerks of authorized and empowered to issue licenses to traffic in seed
Court to issue '
license on cotton or Unpacked lint cotton by purchase, barter or exchange,
ditions. within the period beginning August 15th and ending Decem-
ber 20th, except in the county of Lee they shall be licensed
only from March 1st to August 1st, and in the county of
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 27
Sumter, where they shall be licensed only from January 20th a. d. i9ii
to August 1st of each year, and within their respective
counties, to such person or persons as shall file with said
clerks, respectively, a written application therefor, the grant-
ing of which shall be recommended, in writing, by at least ten
landowners within the township wherein said applicant intends
to carry on such traffic. Such license shall specify the exact
place whereat said traffic shall be carried on and the period
within which such traffic is permitted, and shall continue in
force for the period of one year from the date of issue ; and
for such license, if granted, a fee of not more than five hun-
dred dollars and not less than one dollar, the amount of said
license to be fixed by the County Board of Commissioners
thereof, shall be paid by the applicant to the County Treasurer
for the use of the county.
Sec. 3. All persons in the traffic in seed cotton and unpacked
lint cotton are required to keep legibly written in a book, which ^^^^^^ *® ^
shall be open to public mspection, the name of the person or
persons from whom they purchase or receive by way of barter,
exchange, or traffic of any sort, any seed cotton or unpacked
lint cotton, with the number of pounds and date of purchase.
Sec. 4. Any person who shall engage in the traffic in seed
cotton or unpacked lint cotton within the period beginning to "iSutl"*"^
August 15th and ending December 20th, except in the county fiercin °°*
of Sumter, where the period shall begin August 1st and end
January 20th, and except in the county of Lee, where they
shall be licensed from March 1st to August 1st, of any year,
without license, as herein provided, or between the hours of
sunset and sunrise, or who shall fail to keep the book of
record, as herein provided, shall be deemed guilty of a mis-
demeanor, and, on conviction, shall be punished by a fine not
exceeding one hundred d611ars, or imprisonment not exceeding
six months, or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discre-
tion of the court.
Sec. 5. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to the ^^^^
purchase of "linters," nor to the purchase of seed cotton or
unpacked lint cotton sold under process of law in the collec-
tion of rents or of Hens or mortgages previously given on
the cotton sold.
28 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 Sec. 6. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this
AcToTmo ^^^ ^^' ^"^ ^^^ same are hereby, repealed., except an Act
86 Stats., 686. entitled "An Act to regulate the traffic in seed cotton and
unpacked lint cotton in Beaufort county," approved 15th day
of February, A. D. 1910.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 17.
AN ACT TO Regui^ate the Buying and Sei.i.ing of Cotton
IN Baizes and Cotton Seed.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
bought and State of South Carolina, That no city, town or village within
license •r tax. this State shall collect any occupation license or tax from any
person or persons engaged in the business of buying or selling
cotton in bales or cotton seed in any such city, town or village.
Sec. 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act are hereby repealed; and this Act shall go into effect
immediately upon its approval by the Governor.
Sec 3. Nothing herein contained shall apply to cities of more
than 50,000 population. This Act shall not apply to the coun-
ties of Sumter, Clarendon, Orangeburg or Greenville.
Approved the 1.8th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 18.
AN ACT to Amend "An Act to Regulate Employment
OF Children in Factories, Mines and Manufacturing
Establishments in This State,'' Approved 13th Day
OF February, A. D. 1903.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Act of 1908
24 Stats., 118, State of South Carolina, That Section 1 of "An Act to regu-
late employment of children in factories, mines and manufac-
turing establishments in this State," approved the 13th day of
February, A. D. 1903, be amended as follows: By striking
out the words, "except as hereinafter provided," at the end of
said section, so that the said section, when amended, shall
read as follows:
Section 1. That from and after the first day of May, 1903, no
child under the age of ten years shall be employed in any fac-
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tory, mine, or textile manufacturing establishment of this State ; ^' ^- ^®^^
that from and after the first day of May, 1904, no child under ch^i^j^en
the age of eleven years shall be employed in any factory, mine "Jcg^ no"uf*"
or textile establishment of this State ; that from and after the P^ f^ctines^
first day of May, 1905, no child under the age of twelve years
shall be employed in any mine, factory or textile establishment
of this State,
Sec. 2. That the said Act be amended in Section 2 thereof by
striking out the word "twelve," and substituting the word "six-
teen," wherever it occurs, so that the said section, when so
amended, shall read as follows:
Section 2. That from and after May 1st, 1903, no child
under the age of sixteen years shall be permitted to work
between the hours of eight o'clock p. m. and six o'clock in the
morning in any factory, mine or textile manufactory of this
State: Provided^ That children under the age of sixteen,
whose employment is permissible under the provisions of this proviso
Act, may be permitted to work after the hours of eight p. m.
in order to make up lost time which has occurred from some
temporary shut down of the mill, on account of accident or
breaking down in the machinery, which has caused loss of
time: Provided, however. That under no circumstances shall
a child below the age of sixteen work later than the hour of '■*'^**°-
nine p. m.
Sec. 3. That Section 3 of said Act be entirely stricken out.
Sec. 4. That the "4" in Section 4 of said Act be stricken
out, and that the figure "3" be substituted therefor, so that the
said section, when so amended, shall read as follows :
Section 3. That any owner, superintendent, manager or
overseer of any factory, mine or textile manufacturing estab- Misdemeanor
lishment, or any other person thereof or connected therewith, of proviMons.
who shall knowingly employ any child contrary to the pro-
visions of this Act, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and for
every such offense shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not
less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or be impris-
oned not longer than thirty days, at the discretion of ^he
court.
Sec. 5. That Section 5 of the said Act be amended by striking
out the figure "5" and substituting the figure "4," and strik-
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STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911
Misdemeanor
to misrepre-
sent age of
child.
Sworn state*
ment to be
required show-
ing name,
age, etc., of
child.
Commissioner
to issue per-
mit for
employment.
Misdemeanor.
ing out the figure "4" and substituting the figure **3," so that
the said section, when amended, shall read as follows :
Section 4. That any parent, guardian or other person having
under his or her control any child, who consents, suffers or
permits the employment of his or her child or ward under the
ages above provided, or who knowingly or wilfully misrepre-
sents the age of such child or ward to any of the persons
named in Section 3 of this Act, in order to obtain eihployment
for such child or ward, shall be deemed guilty of a misde-
meanor, and for every such offense shall, upon conviction
thereof, be fined not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty
dollars, or be imprisoned not longer than thirty days, in the
discretion of the court.
Sec. 6. That Section 6 of said Act be entirely stricken out.
Sec. 7, That Section 7 of said Act be made Section 5, and
that the entire section as it appears be stricken out, and the
following substituted therefor:
Section 5. That in the employment of any child under the
age of fourteen years in any factory, mine or textile manu-
facturing establishment, the owner or superintendent of such
factory, mine or textile manufacturing establishment shall
require of the parent, guardian or person standing in loco
parentis of such child a sworn statement, made in duplicate,
in which shall be recorded the name, birthplace, age and place
of residence of every such child under fourteen years of age,
the original of which statement shall be produced for inspec-
tion on the demand of Commissioner of Agriculture, Com-
merce and Industries, or his agents or inspectors, and the
duplicate of which shall be forwarded to the commissioner at
his office at Columbia ; the commissioner shall thereupon issue
permit for employment. The commissioner shall prescribe and
furnish forms under registered numbers for these statements
and duplicates, and shall prescribe regulations for the keeping
of proper records of the children employed in the State under
the laws of the State; and any person knowins^ly furnishing
a false statement of the age of such child or children, shall be
guilty of a misdemeanor, and for every such offense shall,
upon conviction, be fined not less than ten dollars nor more
than fifty dollars, or be imprisoned not longer than thirty days.
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in the discretion of the court. The commissioner shall like- a. d. ini
wise prescribe proper forms and regulations for the employ-
ment of children provided for in any other Act, making such
forms and regulations compatible with those provided for in
this section.
Sec. 8. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with
this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 9. This Act shall take effect on January 1, 1913.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 19.
AN ACT TO Amend Title XI, Chapter XXXIV, Article
II OF Volume I op the Code of Laws of South Caro-
lina, 1902, IN so Far as It Relates to Public Cotton
Platforms and the Regulation of the Purchase, Sale
AND Public Weighing of Cotton, by Adding to Said
Chapter and Article Additional Sections, to Be
Numbered Sections 1558a and 1558b, Regulating the
Purchase, Sale and Public Weighing of Cotton
IN Bales in Cities of More Than Twenty and Less
Than Fifty Thousand Inhabitants, Within the
Townships in Which Such Cities Are Located, and
Providing Penalties for Violation of Such Provi-
sions, Such Sections Being in Lieu of Similarly
Designated Sections, Enacted by an Act Approved
THE 26th Day of February, 1910, and to Amend Sec-
tion 353 OF THE Criminal Code of the Code of Laws
OF South Carolina, 1902, by Increasing to Fifty Dol-
lars Fine or Ten Days Imprisonment the Punish-
ment FOR THE Violation of the Provisions of This
Act.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the ^. ., ^ ^
^ ^ Civil Code,
State of South Carolina, That Title XI, Chapter XXXIV, A/*-Ai^^?-
Article II of Volume I of the Code of Laws of South Caro- amended
by addinff f
lina, 1902, be amended by adding thereto the following sections l^?fLJ"^
in lieu of similarly designated sections enacted by an Act
approved the 26th day of February, A. D. 1910, to wit :
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STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 Section 1558a. In every city of more than twenty thousand
Public cotton and less than fifty thousand inhabitants, as shown by the last
mJintSncd preceding United States census, and within the township in
dtiirby" which such city is situated, the purchase and sale of cotton in
of*Commi8.*^ bales shall be regulated by the provisions of this section. The
sioners.
Cotton
weigher to be
elected.
Proviso.
Duties.
County Board of Commissioners shall cause to be maintained a
public cotton platform adequate to hold not less than three
thousand (3,000) bales of cotton, said platform to have a sub-
stantial roof, sufficient number of suitable scales, and to be
located as accessibly as possible to the railroad, or railroads and
to the neighboring cotton warehouse, or warehouses, and com-
presses, if any, for the convenient handling of cotton from said
platform to freight trains and to such cotton warehouses or com-
presses, said platform to be open and accessible to wagons, the
cost of maintenance of the same to be paid by the County Board
of Commissioners out of funds in their hands. The said
County Board of Commissioners shall, on or before the first
day of July, 1911, and every four years thereafter, elect and
commission for the term of four years one cotton weigher for
such city and township: Provided, That said cotton weigher
shall not be related within the sixth degree to any member of
said Board of County Commissioners. Such cotton weigher,
before receiving his commission, shall take and subscribe to
the oath of office and enter into a bond with an approved surety
company as surety, in the sum of one thousand dollars for the
failthful performance of his duties, payable to the County
Board of Commissioners for the use of any party who may be
aggrieved, said bond to be approved by said board and filed
with the Clerk of Court, the premiums on said bond to be paid
by said board. Said cotton weigher shall have a night watch-
man on duty at said platform from sunset to sunrise of every
day, and shall employ one assistant for every day from Sep-
tember 1st to December 31st, and may have other assistants
during the year. He shall frequently test the scales at said
platform and keep them accurate, and shall weigh promptly
and fairly all cotton offered to him and mark each bale of cot-
ton as indicated by tag of buyer and number of each bale of
cotton, and keep together all the cotton of the several buyers
separate and apart from each other, so as to facilitate prompt
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shipment, and issue ticket showing number, mark and weight f^^- ^"
of every bale weighed by him, and adjust any differences
between sellers and buyers as to moisture and mixei or false
packing. Said cotton weigher shall represent neither buyer
nor seller of the cotton weighed nor be interested in any pur-
chase or sale, except in cotton from his own farm, and shall
receive and charge for his services and the use of the platform,
fifteen cents for each bale weighed by him, seven cents to be
paid by the seller and eight cents to be paid by the buyer, and
for such cotton as may remain on the platform for more than
three days the said weigher shall collect an additional charge
of one cent per bale for every additional day, to be paid by the
owner, all cotton to be at the risk of the weigher, loss by fire
excepted, for the first three days, and thereafter at the risk of
the owner. The said cotton weigher shall, during the cotton
season, maintain a blanket insurance to cover at least fifty
bales of cotton left upon the platform for sale, and shall com-
pensate himself for the cost of such insurance by deducting
the amount thereof from the charge hereinafter provided to be
collected for the use of the platform" by cotton remaining
thereon more than three days. The public cotton weigher,
herein provided for, shall appoint a deputy to serve in his place Sdgh°
er may
during necessary absence by sickness or otherwise, such^e^iy!
appointment to be approved by the Board of County Commis-
sioners, which deputy shall take the usual oath of office, the
bond of the cotton weigher being liable for the official acts of
such deputy. The public cotton weigher shall weigh, inspect
and sample before sale every bale of cotton brought to said
platform for sale, and no cotton shall be sold until after it has
been so weighed and inspected. All cotton in bales weighed in
such city or township for sale therein and purchased in such
city or township at weights ascertained by weighing in such
city or township (it being intended hereby not to include under
the terms herein cotton bought upon weights stated in bills of
lading of shipments to said city or town), shall be brought to ^
said patform for sale, and no cotton in bales shall be sold or brought to
platform for
purchased in such city, town or township, by any seller or pur- sale
chaser or agent, except upon certificate that it has been weighed
34
STATUTES AT LARGE
Monthly
statement to
be rendered by
cotton
weigher.
Compensation.
Power to re-
move weigher.
Misdemeanor
to violate
provisions
Herein.
Dutjr of
sheriff and ru-
ral policemen
to enforce
law.
and inspected at such platform by the public cotton weigher
or deputy: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall
not apply to cotton sold by regular cotton dealers out of recog-
nized cotton warehouses or cotton compresses in such city, town
or township, or to cotton weighed upon plantations or at gin-
houses or bought upon the faith of weights guaranteed by the
sellers. The said cotton weigher shall render to the County
Board of Commissioners a monthly statement of the cotton
weighed by him, and shall pay to said board as compensation
for the use of the platform and equipment, after deducting the
cost of maintaining the blanket insurance to cover, during the
cotton season, at least fifty bales of cotton left upon the platform
for sale, as hereinabove provided for, one cent per bale for all
cotton weughed on said platform and one-half the amount col-
lected for cotton remaining on the platform more than three
days. All other moneys received by virtue of the charges
herein provided for shall be retained by the cotton weigher for
his compensation and expenses. The County Board of Com-
missioners shall have power to remove from his office the said
cotton weigher after at least three days' notice why he should
not be removed, and on sufficient cause being shown, and said
board shall fill any vacancy in the manner hereinabove pro-
vided for the election of a cotton weigher.
Section 1558b. Any and every person, for himself or as
agent, and any corporation, who shall sell or buy in such city
or township any cotton bale or bales contrary to the provisions
of Section 1558a, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding fifty
dollars, or imprisonment for not exceeding ten days for each
offense.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the special duty of the Sheriff, the
rural policemen, if any, and the magistrates* constables in the
county in which such city may be situate, and of the city police-
men, to be on the lookout for violations of the provisions of
this Act, and upon information or belief to swear out warrants
and cause prosecutions for the same; and it shall likewise be
the duty of the solicitor and of the city attorney to prosecute
in such cases.
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Sec. 3. That ail Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this f^']^'^^\
Act, or manifestly intended to be superseded by this Act, be,
and the same are hereby, repealed.
Sec. 4. That this Act shall take effect on the day next suc-
ceeding the date of its approval by the Governor.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 20.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Approved the 26th Day of
February, 1910, Entiti^ed "An Act to Amend Section
1555, Volume I, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
1902, AS Amended by an Act Approved the 25th Day
OF February^ A. D, 1907, Entitled 'An Act to Amend
Section 1555, Volume I, Code of Laws of South Car-
olina, 1902,' AS Amended by an Act Entitled 'An
Act to Amend Section 1555, Volume I, Code of Laws
OF South Carolina, 1902, Relative to the Counties
Exempt from the General Law Providing for Cotton
Weighers,' Approved the 20th Day of February, A.
D. 1904, and as Amended by an Act Approved the
14th Day of February, A. D. 1908, Entitled *An Act
TO Amend Section 1555, Code of Laws of South Car-
olina, 1902, Volume I, by Striking Out the Word
"Lexington," on Line 6 of the Same, by Striking Out
THE Word "Greenwood,'' on Line 3, and All After the
Word "County," on Line 7, Down to and Including
THE Word "County," on Line 16 Thereof/ "
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That an Act approved the 26th day Act of i9io,
of February, 1910, being an Act to amend Section 1555, Vol-amendinff
ume I, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, as amended by and f isos
an Act approved the 25th day of February, A. D. 1907, amended.*^'
entitled "An Act to Amend Section 1555, Volume I, Code of
Laws of South Carolina, 1902, as amended by an Act entitled
*An Act to Amend Section 1555, Volume I, Code of Laws of
South Carolina, 1902, relative to counties exempt from the
general law providing for cotton weighers, approved the 20th
day of February, A. D. 1904,' and as amended by an Act
36 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. u. 1911 approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1908, entitled 'An
^"^"^^''^■''^ • Act to Amend Section 1555, Code of Laws of South Caro-
lina, 1902, Volume I, by striking out the word "Lexington" on
line 6 of the same, be and the same is hereby, amended by
striking out the word "Greenwood" on line 3, and by striking
out all after the word "county" on line 7, down to and includ-
ing the word "county" on line 16 thereof ;' " so that said section,
when so amended, shall read as follows :
Section 1555. The provisions of Sections 1553 and 1554 shall
Exceptions to uot apply to salcs made on plantations or at cotton mills, nor
SS 1558. 1554. ^^ ^j^^ counties of Charleston, Laurens, Berkeley, Spartan-
burg, Aiken, Horry, Georgetown, Richland, Saluda, Beaufort,
Lancaster, Abbeville, York, Newberry, Kershaw, Oconee, nor
to the town of Liberty, in Pickens county, or to Anderson
township, in Anderson county: Provided, That in the county
Proviso as to of Edgefield for each cotton weigher, his term of office shall
be for two years from the date of his election, and until bis
successor shall have qualified: Provided, further, That in the
Proviso. county of Edgefield the provisions of this Act shall apply to
all cotton sold or stored in warehouses.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 21.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 1552 and 1555 of Volume I
OF THE Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, so
That Cotton Weighers in Greenwood County Shall
Be Elected to Hold Office for Two Years, and so
AS to Remove York and Lancaster Counties from
THE List of Excepted Counties and Make the Gen-
eral Provisions of Article XXIV, Chapter II, Relat-
ing to Cotton Weighers Apply in Said Counties.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
H 1653, 1655. State of South Carolina, That Section 1552 of Volume I of
Civil Code,
amended. the Codc of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, be, and the same
is hereby, amended by adding the following words at the end
of said section: Provided, That cotton weighers in the county
of Greenwood shall be elected to hold office for two years, and
the cotton weighers already elected in Greenwood county shall
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 37
hold office for two years from their election, and until their ^- ^- ^®^^
successors are elected and qualify, so that said section, when
so amended, shall read as follows :
Section 1552. Upon the petition of fifty or more qualified
electors, who are growers of cotton and who reside within five when public
miles of any place in which there may be a cotton market, the c??ma7bc ^
County Board of Commissioners of that county shall annually ^^*^^***^*
elect one or more public cotton weighers for said cotton
markets, whose term of office shall be for one year and until
the election and qualification of his or their successor or suc-
cessors: Provided, That cotton weighers in the county of
Greenwood shall be elected to hold office for two years, and Proviso as to
the cotton weighers already elected in Greenwood county shall
hold office for two years from their election, and until their
successors are elected and qualify.
Sec. 2. That the words "York and Lancaster," whenever the
same may appear in Section 1555 of the Code of Laws of South York and
Lancaster sub-
Carolina, 1902, Volume I, referring to and meaning York and ject to pro-
, . , « • , visions of law
Lancaster counties be, and the same is hereby, stricken out as to cotton
wcmhcrs
and all the general provisions of Article XXIV, Chapter II,
relating to cotton weighers are hereby made of force in and
applicable to York and Lancaster counties.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 22.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Amend
AN Act Entitled 'An Act to Provide for the Elec-
tion OF Public Cotton Weighers, and to Provide for
Their Compensation/ Approved the 9th Day of
March, 1896, so as to Provide the Number, Manner
OF Election and Term of Office of Said Weighers
at Bishopville, Lee County/' Approved March 1st,
1904, Approved February 24th, 1908, so as to Provide
for Two Cotton Weighers at Bishopville, Lee
County.
Section 1. Be it enccted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That an Act entitled "An Act to«i stit3.7
1190
amend an Act entitled 'An Act to provide for the election of amended.
Act of 1903,
38 STATUTES AJ LARGE
A. D. idii public cotton weighers, and to provide for their compensation/
approved the 9th day of March, 1896, so as to provide the
number, manner of election and term of office of said weighers
at Bishopville, Lee county," approved March 1, 1904, approved
February 24th, 1908, be, and the same is hereby, amended by
striking out in Section 1, as previously amended, on line
eight, the word "one" and insert in lieu thereof the 'word "two,"
and by inserting, on line thirteen, between words "dollars" and
"conditioned" the word "each ;" so that said section, when so
amended, shall read as follows:
Section 1. That upon the petition of fifty or more qualified
electors, who are freeholders and growers of cotton in any
township or parish in which there may be a cotton market, the
County Board of Commissioners of that county shall annually
elect one or more public cotton weighers for said cotton mar-
kets, whose term of office shall be for one year and until the
election and qualification of his or their successors : Provided;
however, That there shall be two public cotton weighers at
Efsho* vific *** Bishopville, Lee county, who shall receive ten cents per bale
Lee County, for weighing cotton, five cents to be paid by the buyer and five
cents by the seller, and who shall give bond, with good and
sufficient surety, to be approved by supervisor, in the sum of
one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars each, conditioned for the
faithful performance of his duty.
Approved the. 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Xo. 28.
AN ACT TO Provide for the Election of Public Cotton
Weighers in Bamberg County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Cotton weigh- State of South Carolina, That hereafter all public cotton
Bambl*i?*** "* wcighers in Bamberg county shall be elected in'the Democratic
County. primaries for their respective districts, as magistrates are now
nominated.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
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No. 24. ^^^^
AN ACT TO Amend Section 2718 of Volume I, Code of
Laws of South Carolina, 1902, by Providing a Pen-
alty AND THE Manner of Collection Thereof When
Such Corporations Fail to Pay Wages When Due.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the . g- „ «. ..
State of South Carolina, That Volume I, Code of Laws of Code. '
atnended.
South Carolina, 1902, be amended by adding at the end of said
section the following : "And if not so paid on demand, then such
laborers shall recover, in addition thereto, a penalty of five dol-
lars per day for every day until such wages are paid, to be
recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction, in the same
action w^ith the wages, or in a separate action,*' so that said sec-
tion, when so amended, shall read as follows :
Section 2718. When any corporation carrying on any busi-
ness in this State in which laborers are employed, whose wages, uborers^Vi be
under the business rules or custom of such corporation, or paid ^^ "f d?s.
monthly or weekly on a fixed day beyond the end of the month ^"SonS" *^"'
or week in which the labor is performed, shall discharge any
such laborer, the wages w-hich have been earned by such dis-
charged laborer shall become immediately due and payable.
And if not so paid, then such laborer shall recover in addition
thereto, a penalty of five dollars per day for every day after
twenty-four hours until such wages are paid, to be recovered in
any court of competent jurisdiction, in the same action with the
wages, or in a separate action: Provided, Such demand has
been made upon the paymaster or other paying officer.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. IDIL
No. 25.
AN ACT TO Provide Method of Procedure in Prosecutions
Against Corporations for Violation of the Criminal
Laws of the State.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That whenever any corporation doing cases against
business in this State, whether incorporated under the laws for violating
of this State or not, shall be charged in any court of compe- "°*'"*
40 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 tent jurisdiction with the violation of any of the criminal laws
of the State appertaining to corporations, the court in which
such prosecution originates shall obtain and have jurisdiction
of such offending corporation in the following manner, to wit :
If the offense charged be within the jurisdiction of the magis-
trates' courts in this State, it shall be, that whenever any per-
son shall make an affidavit before any magistrate that such cor-
poration has violated any of the criminal laws of this State in
any matter now provided for by law, or that hereafter be pro-
vided for by law, it shall be the duty of such magistrate to
issue a warrant against such offending corporation in which
shall be stated the substance of the offense charged against such
corporation, together with a notice to such corporation stating
the time and place and when and where such corporation must
or shall appear for trial ; and in such case, a copy of the war-
rant shall be served upon such corporation in the manner now
provided by law for the service of process in civil actions.
And when there is no agent or officer of the company, the
service shall be made upon such person as is in charge .of the
property of the said corporation, and if no such person can be
found, it shall be served upon the Secretary of State, who shall
transmit a copy of the same by mail to the last known resi-
dence of the managing officer of said corporation, directed to
said officer: Proznded, That no criminal proceeding shall be
instituted against any corporation unless the offense charged,
or some part thereof, shall have been committed in the county
;vhere the prosecution shall be instituted: And provided, fur-
ther, That in the case of a foreign corporation, it shall be neces-
A\hen service sary that such Corporation have an agent or other officer within
may be made ^% . « « i «• «
upon apent the couuty upon whom such process may be served m accord-
^orporatfon. auce with the provisions of the law relating to service of
process upon foreign corporations in civil actions; but if such
foreign corporation have no agent or other officer within the
county where the offense, or some part thereof, has been com-
mitted, then process shall be served on the person appointed
by such corporation to receive service of process as now
required by law regulating foreign corporations, or upon the
Insurance Commissioner in cases when by law service of
process in civil actions may be made upon the Insurance Com-
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 41
missioner, and such service shall be made in the same manner ^- ^- ^•^
provided by law for service of summons in civil actions against
such corporations.
Sec. 2. If such corporation shall appear, or shall fail to in magistrate's
appear, after such service, the magistrate shall proceed with
the trial as in criminal cases, and if such defendant corporation
shall be found guilty of the offense charged, whether by a ver-
dict of a jury or by the findings of the magistrate in case a
trial by jury be waived by the party or parties appearing, the
magistrate shall pronounce sentence in conformity with the law
in such case, and such sentence may be enforced by an execu-
tion against the property of such defendant corporation in the
same manner as now provided by law for enforcing the judg-
ments of magistrates' courts: Provided, That nothing herein
shall be construed to prevent the right of appeal by either party Appeal,
to the Court of General Sessions, as is now provided by law in
criminal cases within the jurisdiction of magistrates.
Sec. 3. If the offense charged against such corporation be in Court of
cognizable by the Courts of General Sessions, the solicitor shall SesdSns.
hand out a bill of indictment to the grand jury of the county
in which such offense, or some part thereof, has been com-
mitted, and if the grand jury shall return a true bill, the
solicitor shall cause a copy of such indictment to be served
on such corporation offending or upon such of its officers or
agents as is now provided by law for the service of process in
civil actions, and in the manner indicated in the preceding
section, together with a notice to such corporation of the term
of the Court of General Sessions in which such case will be
tried; and the sentence and judgment of the Court of General
Sessions shall be enforced in the same manner by execution
against the property of the defendant as is now provided by
law for enforcing the judgments of the Courts of Common
Pleas in civil actions.
Sec. 4. In all cases the right of appeal shall be preserved,
and the procedure therein shall be the sanie as is now provided Appeal
by law in appeals in criminal cases, whether in the magistrates*
courts or in the Courts of General Sessions.
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A.^.wii Sec. 5. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with
this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 26.
AN ACT TO Require Corporations to Issue New Certifi-
cates OF Stock to Shareholders Whose Certificates
Have Been Destroyed or Lost.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Corporations State of South Carolina, That whenever a stockholder hold-
required to .
issue new cer-ing one or more shares of stock in any corporation organized
stock. under any special Act or the general laws of the State, shall
desire a new certificate of stock in the place of his original
certificate of stock which shall have been lost or destroyed, he
shall make application to such corporation for the issuing of
such new certificate, after having caused to be published once
a week for six successive weeks in a newspaper published in
the county where such corporation has its principal place of
business, a notice that such stock certificate (designating its
number) has been lost or destroyed, and that application will
be made to such corporation for a new certificate on a fixed
date.
Sec. 2. That any one so applying shall show to the officers
Only bona fide of such Corporation by affidavit that he is the bona fide owner
stoc"to°have of such shares of stock, and that the original certificate has
catcs.*^* * been destroyed or lost, and has not been disposed of by him
in any manner : Provided, That in addition to the requirement
herein set forth the applicant file with tlie secretary a good
and sufficient bond in the amount of the market value of the
stock so lost or destroyed.
Sec. 3. That such publication shall be notice of the destruc-
tion and cancellation of such original certificate, and it shall
not be redeemable by such corporation after the date fixed in
the notice for the application to the corporation for a new
certificate.
Sec. 4. That this Act shall go into effect immediately upon
its approval by the Governor.
Publication.
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Sec. 6. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this ^' ^- ^^^^
Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 27.
AN ACT TO Provide for the Payment of Elections on
THE Question of Forming New Counties or for Alter-
ing County Lines.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the New counties
, ' to bear elec-
State of South Carolina, That whenever an election is ordered Hon expenses,
as now provided by law for the formation of a new county or
for the alteration of the lines of any county, the territory
embraced in the proposed hew county or the territory which it
is proposed to transfer from one county shall bear all expenses
incident to said election.
Sec. 2. When an election is ordered as herein referred to it rj,^^ ^^ ^^
shall be the duty of the proper officers to levy and collect from i^^jj^n J** ^^
the property of such territory embraced in the proposed new
county or territory to be transferred to another county, a suffi-
cient tax to pay said expense.
Sec. 3. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Act are hereby repealed.
-Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 28.
AN ACT TO Regulate the Method of Changing County
Boundary Lines, and Payment of the Expenses
Thereof.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the ^
. . Commission
State of South Carolina, That whenever a petition according to be appoint-
to law has been presented to the Governor for changing the crnor.
boundary line or lines between two counties whereby a portion
of the territory of one county would be annexed to another, the
Governor shall within thirty days thereafter appoint a commis-
sion of four discreet persons, two from the territory proposed
to be annexed and two from the territory of the county or
44 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1011 counties affected, two of whom, if such are to be found, shall
be opponents and two advocates of the proposed change of line.
Sec. 2. That such commission shall have authority to con-
tract for the survey and location of the proposed change of line
and for such purpose to employ three competent disinterested
surveyors, nonresidents of the counties affected, two to be
selected by the commission, and the third by these two, and
said surveyors shall clearly mark such line upon the land with
due regard to all legal provisions and limitations, and certify
plats of same.
Sec. 3. Said commission shall carefully investigate all facts
Duties. relating to the areas, population and assessed property values of
the territory severed and that remaining, the proximity of the
line to any courthouse, the proper amount of indebtedness of
the county losing area to be assumed by the county gaining the
same, and shall report in writing to the Governor upon all such
and other relevant matters as the Governor may direct for his
information ; and said commission shall also report to the Gov-
ernor an itemized statement of the expense of such survey and
plats.
Sec 4. That certified plats of such line shall be filed with the
Secretary of State and the respective Clerks of Court of
each county affected thereby, and a deposrit of an amount of
money sufficient to cover expenses of survey and plats, and
other necessary expenses, including advertising, shall be made
with the treasurer of the county whose territory is reduced,
by those petitioning for the change of line, and no election upon
the question shall be ordered by the Governor until all such
provisions are complied with.
Sec. 5. That the commissioners so appointed by the Gov-
ernor shall each be entitled as compensation for services to five
Compensation. ($5.00) doUars per day for not exceeding five days, and neces-
sary traveling expenses, to be voted and paid as expense of
survey.
Sec. 6. That upon filing of that report and certified plats as
herein required, said commissioners may draw their warrant
upon the County Treasurer with whom deposit has been made
as herein required, for payment of the expenses of survey,
which warrant shall be payable only out of such fund.
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Sec. 7. That upon the defeat of any proposed change of the ^- ^* ^®^^
boundary line of a county at any election thereon, no election ^j^ctions.
upon the same or any modified change of such boundary line
shall be held within four years thereafter.
Sec. 8. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith
be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Sec. 9. That this Act shall take effect immediately upon its
approval.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 29.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 655 of the Criminal Code
OF South Carolina, 1902, Permitting Richland
County to Allow the City of Columbia to Ruild
a Jail on the County Lot.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the j ^^g cnmi-
State of South Carolina. That Section 655 of the Criminal J*^^^^^^'^'
Code of South Carolina, 1902, be amended by adding at the
end of said section the following: ''Provided, further, That
in the county of Richland the County Board of Commissioners
be, and they hereby are, authorized and allowed to enter into
a contract with the city of Columbia, whereby the said city shall
be allowed at its own cost to erect a suitable jail, or jails,
upon the jail lot of said county, upon such terms and condi-
tions as to the said Board of County Commissioners shall
seem fit and proper;" so that said section, when amended, shall
read as follows:
Section 655. If any person shall erect, or cause to be
erected, any dwelling house, outhouse or other building, or fences not
shall erect, or cause to be erected, any kind of fence, wall, on jail or
or paling of any kind, on any public lot or square, whereon lots.
the jails and courthouses in the several counties are erected,
or who may hereafter hold, occupy, or use, any house, out-
house, or other building erected on such square or lot, such
person shall, for every such offense, upon being thereof
legally convicted by indictment, be fined in a sum not less than
one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars : Pro-
vided, nevertheless, That the jailers of the respective counties.
46
STATUTES AT LARGE
Proviso for
Richland
County Com-
missioners
to contract
with city of
Columbia to
erect jail.
who reside in the jails, shall not be subject to such penalty for
erecting or using such buildings or fences for their private
accommodation : ProiAded, further, That in the county of Rich-
land the County Board of Commissioners be, and they hereby
are, authorized and allowed to enter into a contract with the
city of Columbia, whereby the said city shall be allowed at
its own cost to erect a suitable jail, or jails, upon the jail lot
of said county, upon such terms and conditions as to the said
Board of County Commissioners shall seem fit and proper.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 80.
AN ACT TO Amend thk Law With Reference to Compen-
sation AND Salaries of County Officers.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the law with reference to and
fixing the amount of compensation and salaries to be paid
to county officers shall remain as now provided, except as
hereinafter provided, to wit:
Aiken County ^ikefi Coufity. — The Superintendent of Education 'shall
receive a salary of twelve hundred ($1,200.00) dollars per
annum, payable monthly. The Probate Judge shall receive an
additional salary of two hundred ($200.00) dollars for clerk
hire annually, the same being payable quarterly.
Cherokee County, — ^The County Superintendent of Educa-
tion shall receive eight hundred ($800) dollars.
Chester County, — Salary of Sheriff, twelve hundred
($1,200) dollars per annum, payable monthly.
Chesterfield County, — County Supervisor, twelve hundred
($1,200.00) dollars: Provided, hozvever, He devote all his time
to the duties of his office; County Superintendent of Educa-
tion, six hundred ($600.00) dollars; Coroner, two hundred
($200.00) dollars.
Clarendon County, — The Sheriff shall receive a salary of
one thousand ($1,000) dollars per annum, and be allowed
. three hundred ($300) dollars per annum for services of his
deputy. The Superintendent of Education shall receive a
salary of twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars per anniun. That
Cherokee
County.
Chester
County.
Chesterfield
County.
Clarendon
County.
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said Superintendent of Education shall devote his whole time ^- ^- ^®^^
to the duties of said office. The Treasurer shall be paid the
sum of four hundred ($400) dollars annually for clerical
assistance, in lieu of the sum heretofore allowed.
Colleton County. — Sheriif, $1,300, and thirty cents per day CoUeton
for dieting prisoners; Clerk of Court, four hundred ($400) °^^^'
dollars; County Board of Commissioners, one hundred and
fifty ($150) dollars each; Clerk of County Board of Com-
missioners, two hundred ($200) dollars; County Superin-
tendent of Education, six hundred ($600) dollars, and one
hundred ($100) dollars for traveling expenses; County Super-
visor, six hundred ($600) dollars; Coroner, one hundred and
fifty ($150) dollars; Master and Probate Judge shall receive
no salary from the county of Colleton.
Darlington County. — Sheriff, two thousand ($2,000) dol- Darlington
lars; Clerk of Court, four hundred twenty-five ($425) dol- c*>""*y-
lars; County Commissioner, three ($3) dollars per day for
sixty days, if so much be necessary: Provided, however. That
the Supervisor of Darlington county is hereby empowered and
instructed to divide the county by townships into districts and
to assign one district to each member of the Board of County
Commissioners, and it shall be the duty of said commissioner
to look after the roads and bridges in his district and to be
responsible for the proper care of the same, and it shall be the
duty of the County Supervisor to have general supervision
over all the commissioners and districts of the county; the
Clerk of the County Board of Commissioners, three hundred
($300) dollars; County Superintendent of Education, one
thousand ($1,000) dollars; County Supervisor, twelve hun-
dred ($1,200) dollars; Coroner, two hundred and twenty-five
($225) dollars ; Judge of Probate, one hundred ($100) dollars.
The salaries above mentioned shall be paid monthly and shall
not be paid by the County Supervisor until each officer satis-
fies the supervisor that he has complied with the requirements
of Section 611, Volume I, Code of Laws, 1902.
Dillon County. — Sheriff, fifteen hundred ($1,500) dollars : ^^.jj^^
Provided, That said Sheriff shall act as and perform the duties Coun^.
of constable of the magistrate residing or having his office in
the town of Dillon, without additional compensation, except in
48 . STATUTES AT LARGE
A,D. 1911 matters of a civil nature; Clerk of Court, five hundred ($500)
dollars, in lieu of fees in criminal cases ; Coroner, one hunderd
and fifty ($150) dollars; Judge of Probate, three hundred
($300) dollars; Superintendent of Education, eight hundred
($800) dollars ; -County Auditor, one thousand and eighty
($1,080) dollars, one-third of which last named office shall
be paid by the county, and two-thirds by the State; County
Treasurer, one thousand and eighty ($1,080) dollars, one-third
thereof to be paid by the county, and two-thirds by the State ;
Clerk of the' County Board of Commissioners, four hundred
($4:00) dollars; each member of the County Board of Com-
missioners, two ($'3) dollars per day for each day actually
served, not exceeding twenty-five days in any one year: Pro-
vided, hozvever, That the salary hereinbefore provided respec-
tively for said county officers shall be in lieu and full com-
pensation of all fees, accounts and claims whatsoever against
the county, except dieting of prisoners and transporting or
carrying them to and from place of confinement, and in addi-
tion to the salary hereinbefore provided for the Sheriff he
shall be entitled to charge and receive the amount paid out or
incurred by him for the keep of prisoners in the jails of other
counties, and the expense actually incurred in transporting or
carrying said prisoners to and from said jails, until the con-
struction of a jail for said county of Dillon, after which he
shall be allowed, in addition to said salary, dieting fees as now
fixed by law.
Dorchester County. — County Auditor, one .thousand and
Dorchcrter eighty ($1,080) dollars, of which the State shall pay seven
hundred and twenty ($720) dollars, and the county three
hundred and sixty ($360) dollars, and also seventy-five ($75)
dollars for expenses, to be paid by the county ; County Treas-
urer, one thousand and eighty ($1,080) dollars, of which the
State shall pay seven hundred and twenty ($720) dollars, and
the county three hundred and sixty ($360) dollars, and also
seventy-five ($75) dollars for expenses, to be paid by the
county; SheriflF, one thousand ($1,000) dollars, he shall also
receive thirty cents per day per head for dieting prisoners, he
shall also be paid his actual and necessary expenses in the
transportation of prisoners and in the service of the process
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 49
of the Court of General Sessions to the extent of seventy-five a. d. loii
($75) dollars in each year; Clerk of Court, three hundred
($300) dollars; Township Commissioners, each Township
Commissioner shall receive a salary of two dollars and fifty
cents per day for each day of service actually rendered, not to
exceed forty days in each year, and mileage at three cents per
mile, traveline: in the most direct route from his home to the
county seat and returning, when attending the meetings of
the County Board of Commissioners ; County Supervisor, nine
hundred ($900) dollars, and the said County Supervisor shall
give his entire time to the supervision of the roads and bridges
of said county and to the other duties of the office, and the
said County Supervisor shall be at his office at the county seat
on the first Monday in each month, and at such other times as
he shall deem advisable and necessary; Clerk of the County
Board of Commissioners, two hundred ($200) dollars; County
Superintendent of Education, six hundred ($600) dollars, and
also one hundred ($100) dollars for expenses; Coroner, one
hundred and fifty ($150) dollars; Master, one hundred and
fifty ($150) dollars; Probate Judge, two hundred and fifty
($250) dollars. That said officers shall receive the same fees
which they are now allowed by law to receive.
Florence County. — Sheriflf, twenty-two hundred and fifty pj^^^^^^^
($2,250) dollars; Clerk of Court, four hundred ($400) dol- ^^"'""y *
lars; County Commissioners, one hundred and twenty-five
($125) dollars, and mileage at five cents a mile for each mile
traveled, going to and returning from meetings of the board;
Clerk of the Board of County Commissioners, three hundred
($300) dollars; County Superintendent of Education, fifteen
hundred ($1,500) dollars; Clerk of the Superintendent of
Education, three hundred ($300) dollars; County Supervisor,
fifteen hundred ($1,500) dfollars; County Auditor, fifteen
hundred ($1,500) dollars, six hundred and sixty-six ($666)
dollars by the State and eight hundred and thirty- four ($834)
dollars by the county ; for Clerk of the County Auditor, three
hundred ($300) dollars; County Treasurer, fifteen hundred
($1,500) dollars, six hundred and sixty-six ($666) dollars by
the State and eight hundred and thirty-four ($834) dollars
4-A
50
STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911
Georgetown
County.
Greenville
County.
Greenwood
County.
Horry
County.
by the county ; for Clerk of the County Treasurer, three hun-
dred (300) dollars; Coroner, three hundred ($300) dollars.
The members of the Board of Dispensary Control shall be
paid fifty ($50) dollars per month from the gross profits of
the county dispensaries.
Georgetown County. — Sheriff, two thousand one hundred
($2,100) dollars: Provided, That the SheriflF of Georgetown
shall act as constable for the magistrates residing at George-
town without additional compensation; Clerk of the Court,
nine hundred ($900) dollars; County Commissioners, three
dollars and twenty-five ($3.25) cents per day, not more than
twenty-five (25) days, with five (5) cents per mile for actual
travel each way ; Clerk of the County Board of Commission-
ers, three hundred ($300) dollars, payable monthly; County
Superintendent of Education, nine hundred ($900) dollars;
County Supervisor, fifteen hundred ($1,500) dollars; Coroner,
four hundred ($400) dollars; Probate Judge, three hundred
($300) dollars, and all fees and costs which he is now entitled
in law to charge and receive in compensation for his services.
Greenville County, — All officers' salaries shall remain the
same, except Register of Mesne Conveyance, whose salary
shall be $2,400 ; Superintendent of Education, $900 ; Coroner,
$400.
Greenwood County. — The salaries in Greenwood county
shall remain as now provided by law, except the salary of
County Treasurer, who shall receive the sum of fifteen hun-
dred dollars, one thousand dollars to be paid by the State and
five hundred dollars by the county.
Horry County, — The salaries in Horry county shall remain
as now provided by law, except the salary of Superintendent
of Education, who shall receive seven hundred ($700) dollars,
and one hundred ($100) dollars for organizing and super-
vising boys' corn clubs in Horry county. All costs, fees or
fines collected by the various county officers, including the
Auditor and Treasurer, shall be turned into the county treas-
ury and belonging to the general county funds, except the
Sheriff, who shall retain one-half (J^) of all fees collected by
him.
' OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 51
Laurens County, — The salaries in Laurens county shall ^' ^- ^®^^
remain the same as now provided by law, and the Sheriff of j^^^^^^
Laurens county shall receive the sum of forty cents per day County,
for keeping and dieting prisoners.
Lee County. — Salaries of officers shall remain as now fixed Lee County,
by law, except that the Superintendent of Education shall
receive nine hundred ($900.00) dollars per annum; County
Supervisor, twelve hundred ($1,200.00) dollars per annum.
That the salaries of all county officers be paid monthly.
Marlboro County, — The salary of the Supervisor shall be „ ,,
•^ . "^ *^ Marlboro
fifteen hundred dollars ; the salary of the Coroner shall be two County,
hundred and fifty dollars, to be paid as now provided by law.
Orangeburg County. — Sheriff, two thousand dollars ; Clerk ^^^ ^^^^
of Court, five hundred dollars ; County Superintendent of County.
Education, one thousand dollars ; Coroner, three hundred dol-
lars ; County Supervisor, eleven hundred dollars ; Clerk of the
County Supervisor, four hundred dollars ; County Auditor and
County Treasurer, each, sixteen hundred and fifty dollars, of
which two-thirds shall be payable by the State and one-third
by Orangeburg county ; all of which salaries shall be payable
monthlv.
Pickens County. — The Superintendent of Education shall Pidccns
receive an annual salary of $900.00. The Sheriff of said ^''""*y-
county, $900.00, and in addition to said salary shall receive
thirty-five (35) cents per day for dieting prisoners while in
his custody. The Probate Judge shall receive a salary of two
hundred ($200.00) dollars per annum in addition to fees now
received. The Clerk of Court shall receive a salary of five
hundred ($500.00) dollars.
Richland Comity. — County Supervisor, eighteen hundred
dollars ; County Superintendent of Education, fifteen hundred County,
dollars. Magistrates — VVaverly, four hundred and eighty dol-
lars; Olympia, four hundred and eighty dollars; Camp
Ground, four hundred and eighty dollars; Columbia, twelve
hundred dollars; all others, two hundred and forty dollars.
Constables — Olympia, four hundred dollars; Columbia, four
hundred and eighty dollars ; all others, two hundred and forty
dollars. Rural police, each, twelve hundred dollars. For the
three military companies of militia, five hundred dollars.
52
STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911
Spartanburg
County.
Sumter
County.
Union
County.
Spartanburg County. — Sheriff, twenty-five hundred dollars,
payable quarterly; Clerk of Court, eighteen hundred dollars,
payable quarterly ; Township Commissioners, three dollars per
day for not exceeding eighty-five days in each year, payable
quarterly ; Clerk of County Board of Commissioners, not less
than six hundred dollars and not more than seven hundred and
twenty dollars per annum, payable monthly; County Super-
intendent of Education, twelve hundred dollars per annum,
payable monthly; County Supervisor, fifteen hundred dollars,
payable monthly; Coroner, five hundred dollars, payable
monthly ; commencing March 1st the Sheriff shall be paid forty
cents per day for dieting and caring for prisoners. The
Assistant Superintendent of Education shall receive not
exceeding fifty dollars per month for not more' than six months
in the year.
Sumter County, — As now provided by law, except as fol-
lows: Sheriff, two thousand ($2,000) dollars per annum;
County Superintendent of Education, one thousand ($1,000)
dollars per annum; Clerk of the County Board of Commis-
sioners, one thousand dollars per annum.
Union County. — The County Treasurer of Union county
shall receive three hundred ($300) dollars per annum for cleri-
cal help. The Master of Union county shall receive a salary
of three hundred ($300) dollars in addition to fees now
allowed by law.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 81.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Amend
Section 816, Volume I, Code o^ Laws, 1902, so as to
Have Same Apply to Lee County/' Approved 20th
Day of February, A. D. 1905, so as to Include Chero-
kee County.
Act f 1905 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
24^ suits.. 833. State of South Carolina, That an Act entitled "An Act to
amended.
amend Section 816, Volume I, Code of Laws, 1902, so as to
have same apply to Lee county," approved 20th day of Febru-
ary, A. D. 1905, be amended by inserting the word "Chero-
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 53
kee" on line 4 before the word "Georgetown," so that said Act, ^ ^- ^®^^
when amended, shall read as follows :
Section 816. The County Supervisor, with the approval of
the County Board of Commissioners in each of the counties supervisor
of Greenville, Lee, Pickens, Orangeburg, Abbeville, Hamp- JSJ^ey^i™ cer-
ton, Berkeley, Anderson, Sumter, Chester, Richland, Chero- *^*" ^°""'*"
kee and Georgetown, is hereby authorized and empowered, for
the present and any succeeding fiscal year, to borrow upon
faith and credit of the county, a sufficient sum or sums of
money to pay in advance of the collection of taxes therefor,
ordinary county expenses, school claims and past due claims
against the county, and as a security for the repayment of said
loans, with interest, to pledge the taxes to be collected and
applicable to the claims for the payment of which said money
shall have been borrowed: Provided, That the amount bor-
rowed in any year for any of said purposes shall not exceed Proviso,
the tax levy therefor for that year, and that the rate of interest
shall not exceed seven per cent, per annum : Provided, further.
That in the county of Greenville the sum borrowed for the „
■' Proviso as to
payment of school claims shall not exceed five thousand dol- Greenville,
l-ars in any year.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 82.
AN ACT TO Provide for the Appointment of Township
Commissioners, to Fix Their Salaries, and to Define
Their Duties for the Purpose of Securing a More
Accurate and Uniform System of Tax Returns and
A More Equitable Valuation of Property for the
Purpose op Taxation.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Township
State of South Carolina, That on and after the approval of this crs; how
Act the Governor, upon the recommendation of the delegation certain
in the General Assembly, shall appoint three township com-
missioners in each township in the counties of Berkeley and
Clarendon, whose duty it shall be to appraise and value all the
taxable property in their respective townships for any and all
purposes, and to receive the returns for taxation.
54 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 ggc 2 T.j,g S2^j(j Board of Township Commissioners, for the
Duties. purpose of taking said returns and appraising and valuing the
property, shall attend at a convenient point in their respective
townships as many days as may be necessary, not exceeding
ten, and shall receive as compensation for their services two
($2.00) dollars per day each for not exceeding ten days in any
one year. The said Board of Township Commissioners shall
annually, at the time of taking the list of the personal property,
also take the list of all real property in their respective town-
ships subject to taxation, and of all new structures and previ-
ously listed, and of all old structures which were destroyed dur-
ing the previous year, and shall fix a value thereto, with a
description of the land or lot on which the same was or is situ-
ated. It shall further be the duty of the said Township Com-
missioners to add any amount which they believe ought to be
added to the valuation of the property returned or listed by any
taxpayer within their respective townships. No reduction shall
be made that will reduce the existing aggregate.
Sec. 3. Whenever the said Board of Township Commission-
i,andowners ^^^ shsll deem it neccssary to obtain an accurate description of
furnish^ dc° ^"X Separate tract or lot in their respective townships they
property Spon "^^7 Tcquire the owner or occupier thereof to furnish the same,
request. ^'^^^i any title papers he may have in his possession, and if such
owner or occupier, upon demand made for the same, shall neg-
lect or refuse to furnish a satisfactory description of such par-
cel of real property, the said Board of Commissioners may
employ a competent surveyor to make out a description of the
boundaries and location thereof and a statement of the quan-
tity of land therein contained ; to the expense of such survey
the treasurer and auditor shall add the tax assessed upon such
real property and it shall be collected by the treasurer, and for
the purpose of enabling the said Board of Township Commis-
sioners to determine the value of buildings and their improve-
ments, and also of any personal property in their respective
townships, they are authorized to enter and fully examine all
buildings and structures or personal property of whatever kind
which are not by law expressly exempt from taxation.
Report to Sec. 4. The said Board of Township Commissioners shall,
county ^ '
auditor. ^^ oT bcforc the Ist day of June in each year, make up and com-
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Sn
plete, and shall transmit to the County Auditor, the aggregate ^- ^ ^^^^
.value of the property of their respective townships in which
they shall set forth : 1. The number of acres, exclusive of town
lots returned and appraised by them, with such addition as
shall have been made thereto by the said commissioners. 2.
The aggregate value of such property, other than town lots,
as returned by the taxpayer, with and inclusive of such addi-
tions as shall have been made thereto by the said Board of
Commissioners. 3. The aggregate value of the real porperty
in each town, city and village in their respective townships,
inclusive of such additions as shall have been made thereto by
the said Board of Commissioners.
Sec. 5. The appraisement and valuation of property shall be
deemed and held to be a step in the collection of taxes, and the Taxpayer maj
. , appeal.
foregoing sections shall be construed to mean as giving full
and complete power to the Board of Township Commissioners,
independent of any right conferred upon County Auditors or
other officers as to securing a full and complete collection and
a correct value thereof for taxation in all cases, whether fraud-
ulently or otherwise, improperly or incompletely made, and the
action of said Board of Township Commissioners under and
by virtue of this Act shall not be interfered with by any court
of this State by mandamus, summary process, or any otlier
proceeding, but the taxpayer shall have the right, and no other,
to appeal from the decision and appraisement of the Board of
Township Commissioners to the County Board of Equalization,
which. said County Board of Equalization shall consist of the
chairman of each of the Township Commissioners, and the
decision of the said County Board of Equalization shall be
final and conclusive: Provided, Nothing in this Act contained
shall in any manner abridge the powers and duties of County
Auditors except in the appraisement and valuation of property
and the taking of tax returns: Provided, further, That the
County Auditors shall list and take tax returns at their respec- Proviso,
tive offices at the usual time as now provided by law, which
said returns must be referred to the Board of Township Comr
missioners, and must be passed on by the said Township Com- p^^^.^^
missioners as hereinbefore provided: Provided, further. That
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STATUTES AT LARGE
A.^. 1911 this Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval by the
Governor.
Approved the 3d day of February, A. D. 1911.
Election.
Ballots.
No. 88.
AN ACT TO Provide a County Government for the
County of Oconee.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, The County Supervisor for Oconee
county shall give notice of an election to be held on the fourth
Saturday in April, 1911, between the hours of 8 o'clock in the
forenoon and 4 o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of
determining whether the townships will adopt the township
government as herein provided, and shall appoint three man-
agers of election for each voting place as herein designated,
to wit : For Center township, at Oakway ; for Seneca township,
at Seneca ; for Tugallo township, at Westminster ; for Wagner
township, at Walhalla; for Keowee township, at Salem;
for Whitewater township, at Little River Church ; for Pulaski
township, at Long Creek; for Chattooga township, at Moun-
tain Rest; at which all qualified electors residing in the
respective townships shall be allowed to vote. The ballots
shall be substantially in the following form : *'For
Township Commissioners," and "Against Township Commis-
sioners ;" each elector voting for Township Commissioners shall
write in the blank the number of Township Commissioners he
wishes to govern said township, which shall be not more than
three, and on the same ballot shall wTite the name or names
or one, two or three persons voted for as Township Commis-
commissioners. sioners. If a majority of the ballots cast at such election shall
be for Township Commissioners, then all of the provisions
of this Act shall apply to such township; and if the greater
number of votes be for one Township Comniissioner, then the
person receiving the highest number of votes shall be the
Township Commissioner; if the greater number of votes be
for two Township Commissioners, then the two persons
receiving the highest number of votes shall be the Township
Commissioners for such township, and if the greater number
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of votes be for three Township Commissioners, then the three ^'^- ^^^^
persons receiving the highest number of votes shall be Town- ^"''v^^-^
ship Commissioners for said township. If a majority of the
ballots be against Township Commissioners, then the said
township shall operate under the law as now provided. The
managers of elections, if a majority of the ballots be for Town-
ship Commissioner, shall certify the election to the County
Supervisor and to the Governor, who shall commission them Governor to
m m
as such upon their taking the oath provided by the Constitu- «<>°>^'"*°"-
tion, and who shall enter into bond in the sum of five hundred
dollars, to be approved by the County Supervisor. No particu-
lar kind of paper or size or form of ballot shall be necessary,
but if the ballot is such as to be intelligible it shall be^counted.
Sec. 2. The County Supervisor shall file and keep in his Claims,
office all claims approved by the Township Commissioner or
Commissioners, and shall audit and pay the same, and shall
charge the same to the respective township, and each warrant
must state to which township the same is to be charged, and
the County Treasurer shall pay the same out of the funds of
such township.
Sec. 3. The Township Commissioners elected as herein pro- Term of office,
vided shall hold office until the first Tuesday in January, 1913,
and until their successors have been elected and qualified;
their successors shall be elected at the general election of
1912, and the term of office shall thereafter be for two years
after the first Tuesday in January after each election year.
Such Township Commissioners and the present County Com-
missioners and Clerk of the County Board of Commissioners
shall be removed by the Governor upon the recommendation
of the members of the General Assembly.
Sec. 4. The Township Commissioner or Commissioners
shall have jurisdiction over all matters of working, repairing
and constructing and establishing new roads and changing loca-
tion of roads, and building and repairing bridges; they shall
have meetings in their respective townships as often as may
be necessary for the discharge of their duties; they shall have
all the powers heretofore conferred upon the County Com- %
missioners, with the limitations herein provided. They shall
not make any contracts or expend any moneys except such as
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A. D. 1911
Salaries.
Right of
Appeal.
May hold
election to
raise levj'.
is apportioned to and levied for their respective townships by
the County Supervisor, and any contracts made in violation of
this provision shall be void, and such officers shall be liable for
prosecution as provided by law. They shall approve all claims
within their jurisdiction, keep a record thereof, and the same
shall be audited by the County Supervisor, and paid as all other
claims against the county.
Sec. 5. If there be three Township Commissioners elected
as herein provided, they shall each receive a salary of thirty
dollars per annum; if there be two Township Commissioners
elected as herein provided, they shall receive a salary of forty-
five dollars per annum each ; if there be one Township Com-
missioner elected as herein provided, he shall receive a salary^
of ninety dollars per annuiA, all of such salaries to be paid
out of the funds of their respective townships as other claims
against the township. Every original claim and papers shall
be forwarded by the Township Commissioner to the County
Supervisor, to be kept on file in his office.
Sec. 6. Any claimant feeling aggrieved at the ruling or
judgment of the Township Commissioners or the County
Supervisor shall have the right to appeal to the Court of
Common Pleas.
Sec. 7. That if the Township Commissioner or Commis-
sioners cannc: make satisfactory contracts, then they may have
the work done in any manner that they deem for the best inter-
est and welfare of their township.
Sec. 8. Upon the petition of one-fourth of the qualified
electors of any township in Oconee county asking for an elec-
tion upon the question of levying an additional road tax, which
petition shall specify the number of additional mills desired
to be levied, which shall in no case exceed ten mills, on the
property of the township, the supervisor shall order an elec-
tion and publish a notice in a newspaper published in the town-
ship, or in the case there is none, in a newspaper most likely
to give general notice, or by posted notices of the time and
place of such election, and the Township Commissioners shall
act as managers, or if there be none, then the supervisor shall
appoint three managers. All qualified electors residing in such
township shall be allowed to vote in such election. The form
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 69
of ballots shall be, "For — mills additional road tax/* or a. d. imi
'* Against — mills additional road tax." The Township Com-
missioners or managers shall certify the result of such elec-
tion to the County Supervisor and County Auditor. If a
majority of the votes be for the additional tax, the County
Auditor shall levy the same, and the County Treasurer shall
collect it at the same time and manner as State and county
taxes and plaee it to the credit of the township, and shall not
be paid out except upon claims from said township allowed by
the Township Board of Commissioners and marked "Special
Road Fund Township," and upon the warrant of the
County Supervisor, which shall be indorsed "Special Road
Fund Township :** Provided, Tl]at no particular kind
or color of paper, or form, or size of ballot shall be neces- Proviso,
sary, but if the ballot be intelligible it shall be counted. When
any additional road tax is levied the same shall be levied for
each year thereafter, unless voted off in the same manner
herein prescribed. Any increase in the additional road tax ^ .
*^ , "^ Proviso.
levy may be made m the same manner: Provided, That the
total shall not exceed ten mills : Provided, That the first elec-
tion for additional road tax under this Act shall be ordered by
the County Supervisor without the petition herein mentioned, •
to be held on fourth Saturday in April, 1911, at the same time Proviso.
and place as the election on township government, as provided
in Section 1.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 84.
AN ACT TO Abolish the Offices of County Supervisor
AND County Commis.sioner in the County of Dillon,
AND Provide a System of Couni y Government for
Said County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the offices of County Supervisor
and County Commissioner of and for the county of Dillon be,
and the same are hereby, abolished.
Sec. 2. That there shall be in and for said county of Dillon ^^^^ ^^ ^^^
a County Board of Commissioners, composed of E. L. Moore
mission ers.
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STATUTES AT LARGE
Organization.
A. D. 1911 and W. J. Adams, who shall serve for the term of two years ;
'"'^'^'^'^^ S. F. Bethea and John D. Coleman, who shall serve for the
term of three years; and A. S. Manning, Wade Stackhouse, L.
A. Manning and D. Arch McCoUum, who shall serve for four
Term of office. X^^t^s, and Until their respective successors are appointed and
qualify, as hereinafter provided; that upon the expiration of
the term of office of said commissioners, respectively, as fixed
as aforesaid, their successors, apportioned between the several
townships of the county as nearly equal as practicable, shall be
appointed by the Governor, upon the recommendation of the
delegation, or a majority thereof, of said county of Dillon, in
the General Assembly of this State, to serve for the term of
four years from the date of their appointment, and until their
successors are appointed and qualify.
Sec. 3. That said County Board of Commisisoners shall,
immediately after qualifying, meet and organize by electing one
of their number as chairman, and also elect a clerk, who shall
be designated as Clerk of the County Board of Commissioners ;
he shall hold his office at the will and pleasure of said board,
and receive an annual salary of four hundred ($400.00) dol-
lars, payable monthly upon the warrants of said board: Pro-
vided, however, That said board may, if it sees proper, elect
one of their members as clerk, in which case he shall perform
all the duties and be entitled to receive the salary of said officer,
as herein provided.
Sec. 4. That said County Board of Commissioners shall per-
form all the duties, and have and exercise all the powers,
authority and jurisdiction now devolved upon the Supervisor
and County Board of Commissioners under and by the laws
of this State: Provided^ That said board may designate and
appoint a committee of three of their number, to be known as
the tinance committee, who shall have power and authority to
audit, and approve and pay, by warrant drawn on the County
Treasurer, any claim or account against said county for ordi-
nary expenses and salary of county officers, with right of
appeal to the whole board in case of rejection of any claim ; and
shall exercise and perform any other duty or duties which
said board may impose upon them, not inconsistent with the
Constitution and laws of said State.
Proviso.
Duties and
powers.
Proviso.
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Sec. 5. That, in addition to the other duties to be performed a. d. i9ii
by them, said County Board of Commissioners may, if they see Township
proper, readjust, reform and fix the lines and boundaries of ^^^f^J^^^^ ***'
township Hues of the several townships and parts of tpwnships
into which said county of Dillon is now divided, so that said
townships may be in as compact form as practicable and con-
form as near as possible in area and territory, and designate the
same by name or by number, or by both name and number ; and
in case of such readjustment and re-formation, said board shall
prepare and keep in their office a description showing and indi-
cating, clearly and distinctly, the lines and boundaries of each
such township, file a copy thereof in the office of Clerk of the
Circuit Court, in and for said county, to be by him entered on
the Book of Plats and Locations, and publish the same once in
each week, for four successive weeks, in a newspaper published
in said county.
Sec. 6. That each of said commissioners shall receive as com-
, , . . //Krt /v/v\««t t r 1 Compensation.
pensation tor his services two ($2.00) dollars per day for each
and every day he serves or devotes to the aflFairs of the county :
frorided, That the whole number of days for which he shall
leceive compensation shall not exceed twenty-five (25) days
in any one year.
Sec 7. That this Act shall take eflFect immediately upon its
approval by the (Governor. And all Acts and parts of Acts
inconsistent herewith be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 85.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Abolish
THE Of]?ice of County Supervisor and County Com-
missioners FOR Aiken County, and to Provide a Gov-
ernment Therefor/' Approved the 25th Day of Feb-
ruary, 1908.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the . ^ . _.„_
State of South Carolina, Amend by striking out the figures JJgg^^**"
$1,000.00 in line 4 of Section 3 of said Act, and insert in lieu amended,
thereof the figures $1,200.00, so that when amended, the same
shall read as follows :
62 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. i»ii Section 3. The Chief Commissioner shall be elected and give
Chief commU-^^^ Same bond as now provided by law in Aiken county for
and^^saiMx*** supcrvisor. He shall receive a salary of twelve hundred
($1,200.00) dollars, and shall hold office for the term of two
years, or imtil his successor is elected and qualified. He shall
devote his entire time and attention to the duties of his office.
His office shall be open and his clerk there Mondays, Tuesdays
and Saturdays of each week.
Approved the IT'th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 86.
AN ACT TO Make the Terms of Office of the County
Supervisor of Dorchester and Darlington Counties
Four Years, and the Superintendent of Education
OF Darlington County Four Years.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Terms of State of South Carolina, That hereafter the term of office of
office.
the County Supervisor of Dorchester and Darlington counties,
and the Superintendent of Education of Darlington county,
shall be four years, and until their successors in office shall have
been elected and qualified.
Sec 2. That hereafter the said County Supervisor of said
counties, and Superintendent of Education of Darlington
Elections. county, shall be elected by the qualified electors of said counties
in the general election of 1912, and in the general election every
four years thereafter.
Sec 3. That the present County Supervisor of said counties,
and Superintendent of Education of Darlington county, shall
serve out their present terms of two years as provided by law.
Sec 4. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 87.
AN ACT TO Increase Number of Board of County Com-
missioners for Florence County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That immediately upon approval of
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 63
this Act by the Governor, he shall appoint, in addition to two ^- ^- ^®^^
members who now constitute the Board of County Commis- CMmty^Com-
sioners for Florence county, an additional commissioner, so pi^en"ce" ^°'
that said commission shall be hereafter composed of the super- County,
visor and three members, who shall have all duties, liabilities
and authority now conferred by law.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 88.
AN ACT TO Provide for the Fees of the Sheriff of Bam-
berg, Laurens and Orangeburg Counties for Dieting
Prisoners, and ^o Fix the Fees Allowed the Clerk
OF Court and Register of Mesne Conveyances for
Calhoun County, and to Fix the Salary of thf
Superintendent of Education of Calhoun County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That from and after the passage and fhcAffs^hTcer-
approval of this Act, the fees of the Sheriff of Bamberg county f^r" JJ"^*^**
shall be thirty cents per day for dieting and maintaining each p^Jsonc-s.
and every prisoner already in his custody, evei^ law or custom
to the contrary notwithstanding; and the Sheriff of Laurens
county shall be entitled to receive forty cents per day for feed-
ing and maintaining prisoners ; and in Orangeburg county the
fees for dieting and maintaining prisoners shall be thirty-five
cents per day.
Sec. 2, That the law as. to the fees to be received by the Fees allowed
Clerk of Court and Register of Mesne Conveyance for Cal- alfd^registe?*^
houn county shall be as now provided by law, except as herein- ?ey"ncc ^in °"
after provided, to wit : For filing liens, fifteen cents ; for index- county"
ing mortgages, personal property, fifteen cents; for recording
bill of sale, fifty cents ; for recording and filing lien with mort-
gage, one dollar; for recording deed without dower, one dol-
lar; for recording deed with dower, one dollar; for recording
mortgage, real estate (usual form), without dower, and with-
out insurance tax and attorney fee, one dollar; for recording
same with dower, one dollar ; for recording mortgage real estate
(usual form), with insurance tax and attorney's fees, without
dower, one dollar; for the same with dower, one dollar and
64 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 twenty-five cents ; for recording satisfaction, twenty-five cents ;
for entering satisfaction before the clerk, ten cents ; for record-
ing transfers, twenty-five cents ; for recording bonds, one dol-
lar and fifty cents ; for recording any other paper required to
be recorded, at the rate of six cents for every hundred words.
Superintend- Sec. 3. The County Superintendent of Education of Cal-
houn county shall receive a salary of nine hundred dollars.
Sec. 4. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
ent of Edu-
cation.
Courts in
No. 89.
AN ACT TO Fix the Times for Holding Courts in York
County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
York County. State of South Carolina, The courts for the county of York
shall be held as hereinafter provided, to wit: The Court of
General Sessions at Yorkville, for the county of York, on the
third Monday after the fourth Monday in March, on the
second Monday in July, and on the fourth Monday in Novem-
ber, unless there be five Mondays in October, in which event
the court shall begin on the third Monday in November; and
the Court of Common Pleas, at the same place, on the first
Mondays in February and September, and on the Wednesdays
• first following the Mondays fixed for the holding of the Court
Proviso. of General Sessions, at said place: Provided, That nothing
herein contained shall be held to limit the Court of General
Sessions to two days, if the work before the court is not con-
cluded in such time: And provided, further, That Calendar
1 shall not be called peremptorily at the terms first following
the Court of General Sessions until the Mondays following the
Mondays fixed for holding of the Court of General Sessions at
said place, but this latter provision shall not apply to the
summer term.
Sec. 2. This Act shall take eflFect on approval.
Approved the ITth day of February, A. D. 1911.
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No. 40. ^^^^
AN ACT TO Amend Section 801, Code of Laws of South
Carolina, Volume I, by Adding a Proviso as to the
Monthly Payment of the Salary of the County
Supervisor for Richland County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Section 801 of the Code of Laws Ldc!' ^'^'^
of South Carolina, Volume I, be amended by adding the fol- *™*" ^ '
lowing proviso, to wit: ''Provided, That the salary of the
Supervisor for Richland county be paid monthly," so that said
section, when amended, shall read as follows :
Section 801. The salaries of the supervisor in the several
counties shall be paid quarterly by the County Treasurer out Salaries to be
of the county funds in the same manner as other claims against
the county are paid : Provided, That the salary of the super- Richland,
visor for Richland county be paid monthly.
Approved the 3d day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 41.
AN^ ACT Providing for Towmship Commissioners for
Spartandurg County, to Prescribe Their Duties, and
to Otherwise Provide for the County Government
OF Said County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Board of Com-
. State of South Carolina, That the county government f qj. *"*^*°"^"-
Spartanburg county shall be administered by a supervisor and
advisory board, known as the County Board of Commissioners,
consisting of one member from each township, to be known
locally as Township Commissioners.
Sec. 2. The County vSupervisor shall be elected, give the
same bond and receive the same salary as now provided by law Countjr
in Spartanburg county. He shall examine all claims against
the county, and shall submit the same to the board with his
recommendation thereon. He shall let contracts for bridges
and other public works, and advertise publicly for bids, where
the amount likely to be expended is over fifty dollars. He
shall personally inspect all work done under his contracts, and Duties.
5— A
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A. D. i»ii claims for such' work shall not be valid until approved by the
majority of the Board of County Commissioners.
Sec. 3. The supervisor shall have charge of the chain gang,
and shall distribute its benefits among the various townships
as impartially as possible. He shall appoint the necessary
guards therefor, but their compensation shall be fixed by the
County Board of Commissioners. He shall publish an annual
Annual report, report of the Operations of the chain gang, showing the
expense of the same, the number of days work done by the
convicts, and the total cost of such work, and the value of the
mules, machinery and equipment of the chain gang outfit.
_ . . Sec. 4. The Governor shall appoint and commission, under
Township com- ^'^ '
missioners. the recommeudatiou of the legislative delegation, one man in
each cownship. to be known as the Township Commissioner,
who shall give bond for five hundred dollars for the faithful
performance of their duties, whose term of office shall be two
years, or until their successors are appointed and qualified.
These, together with the supervisor, shall constitute the County
Board of Commissioners, which board shall pass upon all
claims made out against the county, and shall have power to
reduce or reject any claim or claims that may be deemed illegal
or unjust.
Sec. 5. The County Board of Commissioners shall have
Power to bor- power to borrow money for the use of the county, and the
w money, g^pcrvisor shall execute the loan by virtue of a resolution of
the board, and no loan shall be made by him except in pur-
Proviso. .suance of such a resolution : Provided, They shall make no'
obligation except as they may be authorized by special Act.
Sec. 6. Each Township Commissioner shall receive for his
services the sum of three dollars per day for not exceeding
eighty-five (85) days' service actually rendered in each year,
his claim for such services to be itemized and verified and
approved by the supervisor.
Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the Township Commissioners
Duties. to ascertain the names of all persons living in his township,
who are liable for road duty, and to file with the County
Supervisor an alphabetical list of the same. The County
Supervisor shall compare this list with the commutation tax
list as filed by the County Treasurer, and shall report back
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to the Township Commissioners not later than April 1st of ^' ^- ^•^^
each year, the names of all persons in his township who have
not paid the commutation tax and are liable for road duty for
that year. Each Township Commissioner shall summon out
these road hands at such time or tnnes as he thinks most bene-
licial to the public service, and shall work them upon the roads
three days each year.
Sec. 8. It shall be the duty of the Township Commissioners Warrants to
be sworn out.
to swear out warrants before a magistrate against persons who
shall fail or refuse to perform road duty after being sum-
moned thereto.
Sec. 9. The township road fund shall consist of: (a) The ^ f ^
sum apportioned by the County Board of Commissioners to
each township; (b) th6 commutation tax for said township;
(c) any special local tax levied in any township for improve-
ment.
Sec. 10. Each Township Commissioner shall have jurisdic-
tion and control over the township road fund for his township, J""sd»ction.
and shall spend the same for the maintenance and improvement
of the public roads in his township and for the construction
and repair of such bridges as shall cost not more than fifty
dollars. He shall personally inspect all work done under his
jurisdiction, and shall vouch and attest every claim against
his township road fund before it shall be submitted to the
County Board of Commissioners for approval. No Township
Commissioner shall expend more than the sum apportioned to
his township, and no Township Commissioner shall present any
claim for approval for any material, or any hands or teams claims,
furnished by himself. The duties of the chairman of the
Township Board of Assessors as now fixed by law, shall
devolve upon the Township Conmiissioner.
Sec. 11. Immediately after the election of the County
Supervisor and the appointment of the Township Commission-
ers, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the supervisor shall
call a meeting for the purpose of organization, and the County
Board of Commissioners shall meet thereafter on Tuesday
following the first Monday in each month, and a majority of
said board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business. The supervisor may call a meeting at any time, and
68 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 must do so upon the written request of four members of the
board. Immediately after the first meeting of the board, the
supervisor shall appoint a clerk, who shall hold the office for
the term of two years, unless sooner removed by the super-
visor, and the board shall fix the salary of the said clerk, which
shall not be less than six hundred dollars or more than seven
hundred and twenty dollars per annum.
Sec. 12. That all Acts and parts of Acts are hereby repealed
in so far only as the same conflict with the provisions of this
Act.
Approved the 3d day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 42.
AN ACT TO Apportion Representation in the House of
Representatives Among the Several Counties.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
bal?s of"'^"'* State of South Carolina, That for the purpose of the appor-
o?^?epre""n"* tioumcnt of representation in the House of Representatives
Sunties™^'*^ among the several counties in the State, the enumeration of
the inhabitants of the several counties by the United States
census of 1910 is hereby adopted as a true and correct enu-
meration.
Sec, 2. That until the next apportionment the representa-
Son'^^^hi^Mch tion of the several counties in the House of Representatives
county. sh^\\ be as follows: Abbeville three, Aiken three, Anderson
six, Bamberg two, Barnwell three, Beaufort two, Berkeley
two, Calhoun one, Charleston eight, Cherokee two, Chester
two, Chesterfield two. Clarendon three, Colleton two, Darling-
ton three, Dillon two, Dorchester one, Edgefield two, Fairfield
two, Florence three, Georgetown two, Greenville six, Green-
wood three, Hampton two, Horry two, Kershaw two,
Lancaster two, Laurens three, Lee two, Lexington three,
Marion two, Marlboro three, Newberry three, Oconee two.
Orangeburg five, Pickens two, Richland five, Saluda two,
Spartanburg seven, Sumter three, Union two, Williamsburg-
three, and York four.
Sec. 3. That this apportionment shall not take effect until
the next succeeding general election.
Approved 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
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No. 48, A-^-^*"
AN ACT TO Amend the Law Relating to Magistrates and
Their Constables, Their Powers, Duties, Jurisdic-
tion, Salaries, Etc.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the law as to magistrates and
their constables, jurisdiction, salaries, etc., shall be as now pro-
vided by law, except as hereinafter provided, to wit :
Abbeville County. — That the salaries of the magistrates of ^1,1,^^^11^
Abbeville county shall remain the same, except at Lowndes- County,
ville, the salary of the magistrate shall be one hundred
($100.00) dollars, and he shall have a right to appoint a con-
stable at a like salary. The salary of the magistrate at Due
West shall be one hundred ($100.00) dollars, and he shall be
allowed to appoint a constable at a like salary. The salary of
the magistrate at Colverts shall be seventy-five ($75.00) dol-
lars, and he shall be allowed a constable at a like salary. The
salary of the magistrate at Hampton shall be seventy-five
($75.00) dollars, and a constable at a like salary.
Anderson County. — The law now in effect in relation to . ,
. . , Anderson
magistrates shall remain as now in force, and they shall receive County,
the salary that they or their predecessor received during the
year 1910. The various township boards of assessors for
Anderson county shall serve for one hundred and fifty-one
days, each board to serve the number of days as allotted to
such boards by the County Auditor.
Aiken County. — The law relating to magistrates in Aiken Aiken County,
county shall remain as now of force, except the magistrate at
Windsor, in the Third district, shall receive a salary of one
hundred and forty dollars per annum ; the magistrate at War-
renville, in the Fifteenth district, shall receive a salary of two
hundred dollars per annum ; the magistrate at EUenton, in the
second district, shall receive a salary of one hundred dollars
per annum; the magistrate at North Augusta shall receive a
salary of two hundred dollars per annum; the magistrates in
the Sixth and Seventh districts shall receive each an annual
salary of eighty -five dollars; the magistrate at Salley, in the
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Barnwell
County.
Berkeley
County.
Fourth district, shall receive an annual salary of one hundred
and fifty dollars.
Barmvell County, — There shall be eleven magistrates in
Barnwell county, each to appoint a constable with location and
salaries as follows : One magistrate at Barnwell, at a salary of
three hundred ($300.00) dollars per annum, and his constable
a salary of three hundred ($300.00) dollars per annum; one
magistrate each for Blackville, Allendale and Williston, at a
salary of two hundred and fifty ($250.00) dollars each, and
each of these magistrates to appoint a constable, at a salary of
two hundred and eighty-five ($285.00) dollars each; and one
magistrate each at Red Oak, Ulmer, Four Mile, Dunbartoii
and Baldoc, whose salaries each shall be one hundred and
twenty-five ($125.00) dollars, and each of these magistrates
to have a constable, at a salary of one hundred and forty-three
($113) dollars each; and one magistrate each at Kline and
Hilda, whose salary shall be seventy-five ($75) dollars each,
and each of these magistrates shall have a constable, at a salary
of eighty-six f$86) dollars each. The magistrate at Allendale
shall hold his court at Fairfax one day in each week, when the
business of the court requires it.
Berkeley County. ^-Thtr^ shall be ten magistrates in Berke-
ley county, who shall be honxi fide citizens of the county, and
who shall be distributed as follows : One in the neighborhood
of Cam's Cross Roads; one in the neighborhood of the Ten
Mile Hill ; one in the neighborhood of Cross Postoffice ; one at
or near the courthouse ; one at or near St. Stevens ; one in the
neighborhood of Blake Postoffice ; one in the neighborhood of
Cainhoy ; one in the neighborhood of Hilton's Cross Rads ;
one in the neighborhood of Honey Hill, and one in the neigh-
borhood of Conifer. The said magistrates shall each receive,
in lieu of all costs and fees in criminal matters, a salary of one
hundred ($100) dollars per annum, upon warrants to be issued
to them once a quarter by the Board of County Commissioners
of said county, and only after the said several magistrates have
complied with the requirements of Sections 999, 1000 and 1001
of Volume I, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, and all
other Acts or parts of Acts pertaining to the duties of magis-
trates. And the said maj^istrates shall each appoint one regu-
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 71
lar constable, who shall receive the same salary as the magis- a. d. 1911
trate by whom he is appointed, and additional compensation of
ten cents per mile one way for transportation to the county jail
or to the chain gang of prisoners who have been convicted in
magistrates' courts All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent
with this Act are hereby repealed, so far as they apply to
Berkeley county.
Beaufort County. — Nine magistrates shall be appointed in Beaufort
Beaufort county with the following salaries : One at Beaufort,
$700.00, and his constable $200.00 ; one at St. Helena, $360.00,
and his constable $100.00 ; one for Yeraassee township, $300.00,
and his constable $1 20.00 ; Sheldon No. 1, $200.00, and his con-
stable $76.00 ; Shekion No. 2, $200.00, and his constable $75.00 ;
Hilton Head, $150.00, and his constable $76.00; Danfusky.
$150.00, and his constable $75.00 ; Coosawhatchie, $200.00, and
his constable $100.00; Bluffton, $200.00, and his constable
$100.00: Provided, That of the magistrates appointed for Shel-
ton township, one shall be a resident of the upper portion of the
township,, who shall hold his court at Yemassee, the other a
resident of the lower portion of the township, who shall hold
his court at the village of Keams Neck. That of those
appointed for Hilton Head township, one shall be appointed
from and be a resident of Danfusky Island, and shall hold his
court thereon ; the other shall be appointed from and be a resi-
dent of Hilton Head Island, and shall hold his court thereon :
Provided, That the magistrate at Beaufort be allowed to
appoint a constable at Port Royal, at a salary of $100.00.
Calhoun County. — There shall be three magistrates in Cal-
houn county, each to appoint a constable, with location and County,
salaries as follows : One magistrate for District No. 1, located
at St. Matthews, at a salary of five hundred dollars, and three
hundred dollars for his constable ; one magistrate for District
No. 2, located at Cameron, at a salary of one hundred dollars,
and seventy-five dollars for his constable; one magistrate for
District No. 3, located at Lone Star, at a salary of two hun-
dred and twenty-five dollars, and one hundred and twenty-five
for his constable. District No. 1 shall be composed of Amelia,
Caw Caw and Sandy Run townships; District No. 2 shall be
composed of Lyons township, and District No. 3 shall be com-
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Charleston
County.
Colleton
County.
Clarendon
County.
Chester
County.
Chesterfield
County.
Darlington
County.
posed of Pine Grove township. The salaries herein provided
to be payable quarterly, as other county officers for said county.
Charleston County. — The magistrates at Wadmalaw Island
and at Edisto Island shall each receive one hundred and seven-
ty-five ($175.00) dollars per annum.
Colleton County,— The magistrates' salaries shall be as fol-
lows: At Walterboro, two hundred ($200.00) dollars; at
Lodge, Smoaks, Ruffin, Red Bank, Jacksonboro, Round, Green
Pond and Heyward, each, one hundred ($100.00) dollars.
Each magistrate shall appoint a constable who shall receive the
same compensation as the magistrate appointing.
Clarendon County. — The salaries of magistrates shall be as
heretofore, except magistrate at Manning, who shall receive a
salary of four hundred and fifty ($450.00) dollars per annum.
Chester County. — In the Second Judicial District, composed
of Lewisville township, the salary of magistrate shall be two
hundred and twenty-five ($225) dollars. In Fifth Judicial
District, composed of Baton Rouge township, the salary of the
magistrate shall be one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars, and
the salary of the constable shall be one hundred ($100) dollars
Chesterfield County. — The magistrates and their constables
for Alligator, Cole Hill, Steer Pen and Brocks Mill, shall each
receive one hundred and twenty-five dollars.
Darlington County. — There shall be appointed six magis-
trates for Darlington county, one each at Darlington, Harts-
ville, Society Hill, Dovesville, Lydia and Lamar. The mag-
istrates in Darlington county shall receive the following com-
pensation: The magistrate at Darlington, $700 per year: Pro-
vided, however, That it shall be the duty of the County Com-
missioners to provide for the magistrate at Darlington court-
house an office in the courthouse building; the magistrate at
Hartsville, three hundred and fifty ($350) dollars per year;
the magistrate at Society Hill, one hundred and fifty ($150)
dollars per year; the magistrate at Lamar, two hundred and
twenty ($220) dollars per year; the magistrate at Lydia, one
hundred and fifty ($150) dollars per year; the magistrate at
Dovesville, one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars per year.
The magistrates at Hartsville, Society Hill, Dovesville, Lydia
and Lamar shall appoint one constable each, who shall receive
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an annual salary as follows : The constable at Hartsville shall A- ^' i*i^
receive three hundred and fifty ($350) dollars; the constable
at Society Hill shall receive one hundred and fifty ($150) dol-
lars ; the constable at Lamar shall receive three hundred ($300)
dollars : the constable at Lydia shall receive one hundred and
fifty ($150) dollars; the constable at Dovesville shall receive
one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars. On and after the
approval of this Act the Sheriflf of Darlington county and his
regular appointed deputies shall act as constable for the magis-
trate at Darlington courthouse, and shall serve all criminal
process issued, without any additional compensation to the
salary he receives as Sheriflf, and shall serve all civil process
issued by said magistrate when so requested, and shall receive
for the same the fees now allowed by law to magistrates' con-
stables for said service.
Dorchester County. — That there shall be appointed in the Dorchester
county of Dorchester seven magistrates, one at each of the bounty-
following places: Saint George, Harleyville, Ridgeville,
Reevesville, Summerville, Delemars and Knightsville. That
each of said magistrates shall have jurisdiction throughout the
county, in both civil and criminal matters, within his jurisdic-
tion. That each of said magistrates shall receive an annual
salary as follows, to wit : Magistrate at Saint George, two hun-
dred ($200) dollars; magistrate at Harleyville, one hundred
and twenty-five ($125) dollars; magistrate at Ridgeville, one
hundred and fifty ($150) dollars; magistrate at Reevesville,
one hundred ($100) dollars; magistrate at Summerville. one
hundred and fifty ($150) dollars; magistrate at Delemars,
seventy-five ($75) dollars, and the magistrate at Knightsville,
seventy-five ($75) dollars. That each of said magistrates shall
appoint one constable, who shall not be related to the said mag-
istrate by affinity or consanguinity within the third degree, and
the said constable shall receive an annual salary equal to the
salary of the magistrate appointing him. That all costs and
fees in criminal cases shall be turned over to the County Treas-
urer of said county, to be applied as now provided by law.
That the said annual salaries paid to said magistrates and con-
stables shall be in lieu of all costs and fees in criminal cases,
except as hereinafter provided. That the nearest of said mag-
u
STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 istrates shall hold inquests, and for the holding of each inquest
^"■"^"^^"^^ he shall receive the sum of five dollars. That said magistrates
shall hold inquests only when it is not convenient for the coro-
ner of said county to do so. That said constables shall receive
mileage at the rate of four cents per mile both ways when con-
veying prisoners to the county jail or to the county chain gang,
and shall receive like mileage one way for prisoners so con-
veyed. That for services rendered in criminal cases for the
failure to pay poll tax, said magistrates and constables shall
receive their costs and fees: Provided, That said costs and
fees be collected out of and paid by defendants.
Dillon County, — Magistrate at Dillon, $400.00 ; magistrate at
Dillon County. Latta, $200.00 ; constable at Latta, $125.00 ; magistrate at Fork.
$76.00; constable at Fork, $76.00; magistrate at Hamer,
$150.00; constable at Hamer, $120.00; magistrate at Caddy's
Mill, $75.00 ; constable at Caddy's Mill, $75.00 ; magistrate at
Little Rock, $75.00 ; constable at Little Rock, $75.00 ; magis-
trate at Fore, $75.00; constable at Fore, $75.00; magistrate at
Kemper, $75.00; constable at Kemper, $75.00; magistrate at
Bingham, $75.00 ; constable at Bingham, $75.00.
Edgefield County. — That in the county of Edgefield the mag-
istrate of the Fifth Judicial District shall not be required to be
a resident of Parksville, nor shall it be required that his office
shall be there.
Florence County. — There shall be nine magistrates in Flor-
ence county, to be located as follows: In Florence township,
one at a salary of five hundred ($500) dollars; one at Tim-
monsville at a salary of four hundred ($400) dollars; one in
Pee Dee and Hannah, who shall hold court at both Savage and
Hannah, as necessary, at a salary of two hundred ($200) dol-
lars; one in Cains at a salary of two hundred ($200) dollars;
one at Cartersville at a salary of one hundred ($100) dollars :
one in McMillan at a salary of one hundred ($100) dollars;
one in Motts, who .shall hold court at Olanta, at a salary of one
hundred and fifty ($150) dollars; one in Effingham and Lynch,
who shall hold court as necessary at Coward, two hundred and
fifty ($250) dollars, and one m Lake City, Lake and Lee
townships, who shall hold court at Lake City, at a salary of^
four hundred ($400) dollars. Each magistrate shall have the
Kdgefield
County.
Florence
County.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 75
power to appoint one constable, except the magistrate in Effing- ^ ^- ^^^^
ham and Lynch, who may appoint two constables, one in Effing-
ham and one in Lynch, and the constables so appointed shall
receive the salaries, respectively, as follows : The Constables at
Florence shall receive four hundred (i$400) dollars, and shall,
on demand, serve papers for the Sheriff ; the one at Effingham,
one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars; at Lynch, fifty ($50)
dollars; Timmonsville and Lake City, each three hundred
($300) dollars; Pee Dee and Hannah, one hundred ($100)
dollars; Motts, Cains and Cartersville each, one hundred
($100) dollars; McMillan, seventy-five ($75) dollars. Said
salaries for magistrates and constables to be paid in lieu of all
costs and fees in criminal cases. Each constable shall receive
five cents a mile each way in the most direct route to make
arrests and deliver prisoners, and in Florence the Sheriff or
his deputies may be employed to serve as constables : Provided^
That magistrates acting for the coroner in holding inquests
shall be paid for such services as extra compensation the sum
of two dollars and a half ($2.50) for each and every day so
engaged. The County Commisisoners shall furnish to all
magistrates in the county all legal blank forms used in criminal
cases that are necessary in their official duty. Each magistrate
shall keep in a book provided for that purpose all receipts to
him from the County Treasurer .for all fines and costs collected
in his court, which shall be itemized, and such receipts shall be
delivered with the docket of each magistrate to the Board of
County Commissioners at least once in every three months.
Georgetown County. — That the salaries for the magistrates Georgetown
and constables in Georgetown county shall remain as they now ^^""'y-
are.
Greenwood County. — There shall be appointed eight mag- Greenwood
istrates for the county of Greenwood, and no more; one shall
be commissioned for each of the following places : Greenwood.
Ninety Six, Hodges, Troy. Ware Shoals. Gaines, Cambridge
and Lyons ; each shall have his office at the place for which he
shall be appointed. Each magistrate shall receive as compen-
sation for his services and in lieu of all costs and fees in crimi-
nal cases, annually, such sums as are hereby designated for
each, to wit : The magistrate of Greenwood shall receive three
76 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 hundred and fifty ($350) dollars ; the magistrate at Ninety Six
shall receive two hundred and fifty ($260) dollars; the magis-
trate at Gaines shall receive seventy-five ($75) dollars; the
magistrate at Troy shall receive seventy-five ($75) dollars; the
magistrate at Hodges shall receive seventy-five ^^ ($75) dollars;
the magistrate at Ware Shoals shall receive two hundred
($200) dollars; the magistrate at Cambridge shall receive
seventy-five ($75) dollars, and the magistrate at Lyons shall
receive one hundred ($100) dollars. Each magistrate shall
appoint a constable to serve and execute such civil and criminal
papers and processes as he may issue, except the magistrate at
Greenwood ; the Sheriff of Greenwood county shall serve and
execute such papers and processes as may be issued by the
magistrate at Greenwood in civil cases, and receive therefor
such fees as are now allowed by law for constaoles in civil
cases, and he shall serve and execute such papers and processes
in criminal cases as the magistrate at Greenwood may issue,
without compensation. Each constable shall receive for his
services annually in lieu of all costs and fees in criminal cases
the sums designated as follows, to wit : The constable at Ninety
Six shall receive a salary of one hundred and fifty ($150) dol-
lars ; the constable at Hodges shall receive a salary of seventy-
five ($75) dollars; the constable at Gaines shall receive a sal-
ary of seventy-five ($75) dollars; the constable at Cambridge
shall receive seventy- five ($75) dollars; the constable at Lyons
shall receive a salary of one hundred ($100) dollars; the con-
stable at Troy shall receive a salary of seventy-five ($75) dol-
lars ; the constable at Ware Shoals shall receive a salary of two
hundred ($'i00) dollars. Said constables shall be paid, in addi-
tion to their salaries, for conveying prisoners to jail or to the
chain gang at the rate of six cents per mile of necessary travel,
computed from the office of the magistrate to the jail or chain
gang, as the case may be. The salaries and other compensation
of magistrates and constables as herein provided shall be due
and payable quarterly upon the order of the County Super-
visor, and the County Board of Commissioners are authorized
and required to furnish magistrates with the necessar}'^ blanks
used in criminal cases. No magistrate shall collect from any
defendant in any criminal case any sum of money by way of
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 77
costs or fees, but shall collect and pay over to the County a. d. i9ii
Treasurer all fines imposed and collected, and any magistrate
acting otherwise in this regard shall be removed from office.
He shall, at least ten days prior to each term of the Court of
General Sessions of the county, make out and file with the
Clerk of said Court a certified transcript of his criminal docket,
which shall show the amount of fines imposed, and the amount
collected, which transcript shall be for the grand jury, and
shall be in lieu of the investigation of the books and records of
the magistrates of the county, and any failure without good
cause to make out and file such transcript or any false state-
ments or evasion made therein or thereby, shall render the
magistrate making false statements or evading the facts, liable
to removal from office.
Hampton County — Magistrates. — The salary of the magis- 9*^^^°"
trates of Hampton county shall remain as now provided by law,
except as to the magistrate of Pocotaligo township, whose
salary shall be one hundred and fifty ($160) dollars per annum,
payable as now provided. The salary of the constable of the
magistrate of Pocotaligo township shall be the same and pay-
able as that of the magistrate, to wit, the sum of one hundred
and fifty ($150.00) dollars per annum.
Horry County. — That all salaries for magistrates in Horry
county shall remain as now, except magistrate at Adrain, S. C, ^"^ **""*^'
who shall receive one hundred ($100) dollars, and same for
his constable.
Lancaster County. — One magistrate for Gills Creek town-
ship ; one magistrate for Cane Creek township ; one magistrate Lancaster
for Cedar Creek township; one magistrate for Flat Creek
township; one magistrate for Buford township; one magistrate
for Pleasant Hill township ; one magistrate for Waxhaw town-
ship ; one magistrate for Indian Land township ; one magistrate
for town of Kershaw. Each magistrate shall appoint a con-
stable, who shall serve for the same term as that for which the
magistrate is appointed, subject to removal by the magistrate
appointing him. Salaries of magistrates and constables shall
be as now fixed, except as to Gills Creek and Cane Creek. The
magistrate for<jills Creek township shall have exclusive juris-
diction in Gills Creek township, and concurrent jurisdiction in
County.
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A. D. 1911
Laurens
County.
Lexington
County.
Marlboro
County.
Marion
County.
Cane Creek township with the magistrate in said township, and
shall receive a salary of four hundred and twenty-five dollars
per annum, and shall appoint a constable, who shall receive a
like salary of four hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum.
The magistrate for Cane Creek township shall have concurrent
jurisdiction in Cane Creek township with the magistrate for
Gills Creek township, and shall receivea salary of one hundrea
and seventy-five dollars per annum, and shall appoint a con-
stable for said township, who shall receive a like salary of one
hundred and seventy-five dollars per annum. The magistrates
for each township in the county shall have exclusive jurisdic-
tion in the township for which he is appointed, except that the
magistrates for Gills Creek township and Cane Creek township
shall have jurisdiction as is herein provided.
Laurens County. — Dials township magistrate, one hundred
and twenty-five ($125.00) dollars; Cross Hill, one hundred
($100.00) dollars; constable's salary same; Laurens township,
constable's salary, two hundred and fifty ($250.00) dollars;
Waterloo township, magistrate's salary one hundred and fifty
($150) dollars.
Lexington County. — The magistrates shall have exclusive
jurisdiction in their respective districts in all criminal cases
triable by them, and in all preliminary hearings ; and in all civil
cases they shall have jurisdiction throughout the county.
Marlboro County. — The salary of the magistrate of Brights-
ville township shall be two hundred ($200.00) dollars per
annum, and his constable one hundred and seventy-five
($175.00) dollars per annum.
Marion County. — There shall be appointed for Marion
county, magistrates as follows, who shall receive the salaries
hereinafter stated as compensation for all costs and fees in
criminal cases, and on inquests, acting as coroner: Two mag-
istrates at Marion, with an annual salary of two hundred and
fifty ($250) dollars each; one magistrate at MuUins, with an
annual salary of two hundred ($200) dollars, and who shall
appoint a constable at two hundred ($200) dollars annual
salary; one magistrate at Nichols, with an annual salary of
seventy-five ($76) dollars; two magistrates south of the court-
house, at an annual salary of seventy-five ($75) dollars each
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 71)
per annum ; one magistrate at or near Zion, with an annual ^- ^- ^^^^
salary of fifty ($50) dollars ; one magistrate at or near Sellers. '^-^'"^^"^^
with an aimual salary of one hundred ($100) dollars. Each
of said magistrates and constables shall have all the powers and
be subject to all the duties now provided by law; that any
magistrate may direct his papers to the Sheriff for service,
and in such cases the Sheriff shall serve same and receive
therefor the same fees as are allowed by law to constables for
same service, except papers directed to the Sheriff at Marion,
the payment for this special service being other\vise provided
for by law : Proi'ided, That all magistrates of the county of
Marion may direct their papers to the rural policemen appointed
for Marion county, and they are hereby required and directed
to serve such papers for said magistrates without extra com-
pensation : Provided, That in cases requiring immediate action,
said magistrates are hereby authorized to appoint special con-
stables, who shall receive such compensation as is now provided
by law.
Oconee County. — There shall be appointed for Oconee
county niagistrates, whose annual compensation shall be as fol- coun^.
lows : One at Walhalla, two hundred and fifty dollars ; one at
Seneca, one hundred and forty-four dollars; one at West-
minster, one hundred and forty- four dollars; one at or near
Oakney, eighty dollars ; one at or near Salem, thirty-five dol-
lars ; one at or near Fair Play, fifty dollars ; and ten others may
be appointed, each of whose compensation shall be twenty-five
dollars per annum.
Newberry County, — In Newberry county eleven magistrates
shall be appointed : One in the town of Newberry, whose salary County,
shall be three hundred and fifty ($350) dollars per annum,
and whose constable shall receive four hundred ($400) dollars
per annum ; one in the town of Prosperity, whose salary shall
be two hundred ($200) dollars per annum, and whose constable
shall receive the same salary ; one in the town of Little Moun-
tain, whose salary shall be sixty ($60) dollars per annum, and
whose constable shall receive the same salary; one in each
Townships Nos. 2, 3, 5. 6, 10. who shall receive an annual
salary of fifty ($50) dollars each, and whose constable shall
receive the same salary ; one in Township No. 4, whose salar\'
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Proviso.
Proviso.
Orangeburg
County.
shall be two hundred ($200) dollars, and whose constable shall
receive the same salary; one in Township No. 7, who shall
receive a salary of sixty ($60) dollars per annum, and whose
constable shall receive the same salary; one in Township No.
11, who shall receive a salary of sixty ($60) dollars per annum,
and whose constable shall receive the same salary, said salary
shall be in lieu of all fees in criminal cases, and shall be paid
quarterly. And each of said constables shall also receive five
(5) cents per mile each way for each mile necessarily traveled
in serying and executing arrests or witnesses' warrants in
criminal cases in Court of General Sessions, and for conveying
prisoners after conviction to the jail or chain gang. Each
magistrate shall file with the Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas and General Sessions a certificate of the appointment of
his constable, and said constable, before entering upon the dis-
charge of his duties, shall file with the said clerk a bond, in the
penal sum of two hundred ($200) dollars, in the form requirea
by law for constables. The County Supervisor shall furnish
dockets and blanks for said magistrate for criminal cases only :
Provided, That the constables appointed as aforesaid shall
serve throughout the county all papers issued in criminal cases
by magistrates appointing them, except in case where said con-
stables are not able to serve the same for good and sufficient
cause, which cause shall be made to appear by affidavit on any
account rendered against the county by the person actually
serving the same: Provided, further, That the County Board
of Commissioners shall furnish a suitable office for the magis-
trate in the town of Newberry. The jurisdiction of each mag-
istrate shall extend throughout the county, and shall not be'
confined to the townships in which he resides.
Orangeburg County. — Shall be divided into judicial dis-
tricts, as follows: District No. 1 shall be comprised of the
townships of City, Orange, Zion and that portion of Middle
not included in District No. 9, and Limestone, with one mag-
istrate, who shall have an office in the courthouse, with one
constable, whose salary shall be, each, six hundred dollars per
annum. District No. 2 shall be comprised of the townships of
Branchvillc and New Hope, with one magistrate and one con-
stable, whose salaries shall be two hundred dollears each per
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annum. The said magistrate shall have at least two office days ^- ^- ^^^^
at the town of Branchville each week. District No. 3 shall be
comprised of the townships of Elloree, Providence and V^ance.
with one magistrate and one constable, whose salaries shall be
two hundred dollars each per annum. The said magfistrate shall
have at least one office day in each week in the town of Elloree
and two davs in each month in the town of Vance. District
No. 4^ shall be comprised of the townships of Edisto and
Union, with one magistrate and one constable, whose salaries
shall be one hundred and twenty-five dollars each per annum.
District No. 5 shall be comprised of the township of Willow,
and all that part of Goodland not in District No. 6, lying east
of a straight line drawn from the mouth of Goodland Swamp
on the South Edisto River, to Jones Bridge on the North
Edisto River, with one magistrate and one constable, whose
salaries shall be one hundred and fifty dollars each per annum.
District No. 6 shall be comprised of the territory situated to
the west of a line drawn as set forth in District No. 5, with
one magistrate and one constable, whose salaries shall be one
hundred and fifty dollars each per annum. District No. 7 shall
comprise the township of Elizabeth, with one magistrate and
one constable, whose salaries shall be one hundred and tn^enty-
five dollars each per annum. District No. 8 shall be comprised
of the townships of Hebron and Liberty, with one magistrate
and one constable, whose salaries shall be one hundred and
twenty-five dollars each per annum. District No. 1) shall com-
pose the territory bounded as follows: Beginning at a point
on the Orangeburg and Charleston road, just north of resi-
dence of Willie H. Dukes, in Middle township, where the Four
Holes Bridge road comes into said road, thence in a straight
line to point where Rowesville road intersects the New Hope
township line ; thence along the line between Middle and New
Hope townships, and between Branchville and Cow Castlt
townships to the Dorchester county line ; thence along the lint
of Dorchester county to run of Four Holes Swamp ; thence up
the run of Four Holes Swamp to where Five Chop road
crosses said swamp; thence eastward along public road lead-
ing from the said crossing to starting point on Orangeburg-
82 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 Charleston road, with one magistrate and one constable, whose
salaries shall be one hundred and seventy-five dollars each per
annum. District No. 10 shall comprise Holly Hill township,
with one magistrate and one constable, whose salaries shall be
one hundred dollars each per annum. District No. 11 shall
comprise Eutaw township, with one magistrate and one con-
stable, whose salaries shall be two hundred dollars each per
annum. The said magistrate shall have at least two office
days in each month at Ferguson. Each of said magistrates
shall be a resident of the district for which he is appointed, and
shall reside therein during his term of office. In all criminal
actions triable by said magistrates, they shall have exclusive
jurisdiction within the limits of their magisterial districts. In
prosecutions cognizable by the Court of General Sessions and
in civil cases within their jurisdiction, said magistrates shall
each have jurisdiction throughout the limits of the county.
But criminal prosecutions and civil actions may be removed
from one magistrate to another for the same causes and in the
same manner as is provided by law. In cases of sickness,
absence or temporary disability of any magistrate, the nearest
magistrate is authorized to hear and determine any cause that
may arise within the jurisdiction of the magistrate so absent,
sick or disabled as aforesaid. All constables herein, in addi-
tion to their respective salaries, shall receive five cents per mile
for necessary travel for transporting prisoners to the chain
gang or to the county jail. The magistrate of District No. 1
may employ additional constable service at a cost not exceed-
ing one hundred dollars per annum; and the magistrate for
District No. 11 may employ additional constable service at a
cost not to exceed fifty dollars per annum, to be paid to the
Darty or parties rendering such service by the Board of County
Commissioners upon the claim or claims therefor being
aproved by the said magistrates, respectively.
Pickens Pickens Coufity. — There shall be a magistrate at Easley, at
County. ^ sj^iary of $325.00 ; Liberty, at a salary of $225.00 ; Pickens,
at a salary of $225.00; Central, at a salary of $150.00;
Cateechee, at a salary of $75.00 : Provided, That the magistrate
appointed for Easley township, in Pickens county, shall receive
a salary of four hundred ($400.00) dollars per annum, and the
OF SOUTH CAROLINA , 83
magistrates appointed for Pickens and Liberty townships, in a. d. i9ii
Pickens county, shall each receive a salary of two hundred and
twenty-five ($225) dollars, and the magistrate for Central, in
Pickens county, at Central, shall receive a salary of one hun-
dred and fifty ($160.00) dollars per annum. All of the above
salaries shall be paid quarterly.
Spartanburq County. — There shall be twenty-four magis- Spartanburg
trates appointed in and for Spartanburg county, tw^o of whom
shall reside and have their offices in the city of Spartanburg,
and one of whom shall reside and have his office in the town
of Woodruff. The said magistrates shall be paid for their
services annual salaries, payable quarterly, on the first day of
January, April, July and October, as follows : The magistrates
in the city of Spartanburg shall each receive five hundred and
fifty dollars; the magistrate at Duncans, two hundred and fifty
dollars ; the magistrate at Woodruff, two hundred dollars ; the
magistrate at Glendale, two hundred dollars ; the magistrate at
Campobello, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; the magis-
trate at Pacolet Mills, two hundred dollars ; the magistrate at
Arlington, one hundred and seventy-fiva dollars ; the magistrate
at Cowpens and Clifton, two hundred dollars; the magistrate
at Enoree, one hundred and twenty-five dollars; the magis-
trate at Chesnee, one hundred dollars; the magistrate at
Moore, one hundred dollars ; the magistrate at Reidsville, one
hundred dollars. Each of the other magistrates in the county
shall receive seventy dollars. The law in regard to the pay-
ment of salaries, the appointment of constables, and the pay- •
ment of their salaries, shall remain as it now is.
York County. — The County Board of Commissioners are
1 , . , /■•If • f • 1 York County.
hereby required to furnish the magistrates of said county
blanks used in criminal cases.
Williamsburg County. — There shall be appointed for Wil-
liamsburg county eight (8) magistrates: One at Kingstree, one County,
at Lanes, one at Greeleyville, one at Trio, one at Morrisville,
one at Johnsonville, one at Salem's Mill, and one at Hebron.
Each shall receive a salary of seventy-five dollars per annum,
except the magistrates at Kingstree and Greeleyville. The
magistrate at Kingstree shall receive a salary of four hundred
dollars per annum, and the magistrate at Greeleyville shall
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A. D. 1911
receive a salary of one hundred dollars per annum. All the
salaries payable quarterly. Each magistrate shall appoint his
own constable, at a salary of sixty dollars per annum, except
the constable of the magistrate at Kingstree, whose salary shall
be three hundred dollars per annum, and their duties shall be
as now prescribed by law, and their salaries shall be payable
quarterly. The magistrate at Kingstree may appoint the
SheriflF as his constable, and in such event the Sheriff shall
receive as compensation for such service the same salary as
above provided for the constable of said magistrate, and, upon
request of said Sheriff, such appointment shall be made. It
shall be the duty of each magistrate in Williamsburg county to
hold inquests in their respective communities over ten miles
from the county seat without compensation : Proznded, That the
coroner shall hold all inquests within a radius of ten miles of
the county seat.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Master for
Chesterfield
County.
Proviso.
Fees.
No. 44.
AN ACT TO Create the Office of Master of Chester-
field County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the office of Master be, and
hereby is, created for the county of Chesterfield, and the Master
shall be appointed by the Governor on the recommendation
of the delegation in the General Assembly, and his term of
office and fees and duties shall be the same as are provided
by law in the Code of 1902 for Masters generally: Provided,
That the said Master shall be allowed to practice in the Court
of Common Pleas on the law side of the court.
Sec 2. The said Master shall receive the usual fees allowed
special referees, and the usual commissions allowed Sheriff
and Clerk of Court in all sales held by said Master.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
OF SOUTH CAROUX.JL S5
Xo. 45. t^^
\S ACT TO Gnx Speci.\l Referees ix Saluda Couxty the
Same Power axd Aithority as Masters ix Equity ix
Those Couxties Where There Are Regular ^L\sters-
Sectiox 1- Br it enacted bv the General Assembly o£ the Rri«vcs n
State of South Carolina, That the same power and autborit>' Coatr.
now given, or that ma^' hereafter be given, to Masters in
Equity, be conferred upon special referees in Saluda county:
Prozided^ That the court appointing said special referees may
limit their power and authority by a written order.
Approved the 17th da\' of Februar\-, A. D. 1911.
AnTTnal salai7
Xo. 46.
-\X ACT to Fix the Sal.\ry of the Master ov Uxi<»x
Couxty, axd to Provide for the .\ppoixtiiext of the
^LASTER of Dillox Cou.ntw .\xd Defixe His Duties.
Sectiox 1. Be it enacted bv the General .\s5emWv of the
State of South Carolina, That in addition to the fees and com- "«^
missions now allowed by law, the Master of Union county
shall be paid an annual salary- of three hundred dc»llar5. pay-
able quarterly.
Sec. 2. That the Master for the county- of Dil]*?n shall be Masarr of no-
appointed by the Governor upon the recommendaiion of the^"^^^^^^
delegation in the General Assembly from said counts*, who
shall serve for the term of four vears, and until his successor
is appointed and has qualiiied, and who shall give a bond and
exercise and perform all the duties and jurisdkriion now
devolved by law upon such officers.
Sec. 3- That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with
this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 18th day of Februar>% A. D. 1911.
86 STATUTES AT LARGE
t^^ No. 47.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Provide
FOR THE Amount to Be Paid Jurors in Circuit Courts
OF THE State by Amending Section 2938 of the Civil
Code/' Approved the 20th Day of February, 1907.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Act of 1907
26 Stats.. 618. State of South Carolina, That Section 2938 of the Code of
1 .2988, Laws of South Carolina, 1902, Volume I, be amended by strik-
amcnded. ' ing out the words '*twenty-five" in line 4 of said section, and
inserting in lieu thereof the words "fifty cents;" so that said
section, when amended, shall read as follows :
„ ,. ^ Section 2938. Jurors shall receive per day two dollars, besides
Per diem and "^ ,
mileage of mileacTe at the rate of five cents per mile eomg to and return-
jurors. ° IT O O
ing from court. Jurors in magistrate courts shall receive fifty
cents for each civil case tried and mileage as allowed other
jurors. Whenever provision is made by law for the payment
of the mileage of jurors, witnesses and other persons required
to attend court, or to travel to perform any legal duty, said
clilfpScci**^^ mileage shall be computed and paid for by the shortest practical
route to be traveled over any regular established highway.
Sec 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 48.
AN ACT TO Require the Clerk of the Court of General
Sessions to Enter Upon the Calendar the Race to
Which the Indicted Person Belongs.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Clerk of court State of South Carolina, That hereafter all the Clerks of the
cMcr'^upon Court of General Sessions shall enter upon the calendar of said
to* which ^**^* court the race to which each person indicted in said court
person , ,
belongs. DelOngS.
Sec 2. That it shall be the duty of the Circuit Judges to
enforce faw. require the Clerks of Court to comply with the requirements of
this Act.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 87
No. 49. t^^
AN ACT Relating to the Courts of the Second Judicial
Circuit, Fixing the Time for Holding the Same.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Second circuit
State of South Carolina,- The Circuit Courts of the Second
Judicial Circuit shall be held as follows: (a) The Court of
General Sessions, at Aiken, for the county of Aiken, on the Aiken,
fourth Monday in February, two weeks, the second Monday in
June, one week, and the first Monday in September; and the
Court of Common Pleas, at the same place, on the second Mon-
day in April, and on Wednesday after the fourth Monday in .
September: Provided, That the April and September terms
may hold longer than three weeks: And provided, further,
That at the time allotted for the Court of General Sessions, the Proviso.
Court of Common Pleas can be opened for the purpose of
granting judgments by default and the hearing of any matter
in the Common Pleas Court by consent of counsel, (b) The Hampton
Court of General Sessions, at Hampton, for the county of
Hampton, on the third Monday in February, the third Monday
in June, and the fourth Monday in October ; and the Court of
Common Pleas, at the same place, on Wednesday after the
third Monday in February, on Wednesday after the third Mon-
day in June, and on Wedtiesday after the fourth Monday in
October : Provided , That each of said courts shall not continue *^®^*****
longer than two weeks, (c) The Court of General Sessions,
at Bamberg, for the county of Bamberg, on the first Monday in Bamberg.
March, on the first Monday in July, and the second Monday in
November ; and the Court of Common Pleas, at the same place,
on Tuesday after the first Monday in March, on Tuesday after
the first Monday in July, and on Tuesday after the second
Monday in November : Provided, That the March and Novem-
ber courts shall not hold longer than two weeks, and the July
court not longer than one week: Provided, further, That no
jury trials shall be had at the July court on the Common Pleas Proviso,
side of the court unless by consent of counsel, (d) The Court
of General Sessions, at Barnwell, for the county of Barnwell, _
Barnwell.
on the third Monday in March, on the second Monday in July,
and on the fourth Monday in November; and the Court of
Common Pleas, at the same place, on Wednesday after the
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A. D. 1911
Proviso.
third Monday in March, on the third Monday in May, two
weeks, chi Wednesday after the second Monday in July, and on
Wednesday after the fourth Monday in November: Provided,
That the March court shall not continue longer than three
weeks, and the November court not longer than four weeks,
an\i the July court not longer than three weeks.
Sec. 2. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 50.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled **An Act to Provide
THE Time for Holding Courts in the First Judicial
Circuit," Approved March 4th, 1909, so as to Abolish
THE January Term for Calhoun County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Acrof'i909. State of South Carolina. That an Act entitled *'An Act to
Amended.' ^^^* provide the time for holding courts in the First Judicial Cir-
cuit," approved March 4th, 1909, be, and the same is hereby,
amended by striking out the words "first Monday in January,"
in paragraph four (4) of said Act relating to Calhoun county,
so that said Act, when so amended, shall read as follows :
Section 1. That the Circuit Courts of the First Judicial Cir-
cuit shall be held as follows: (1) The Court of General Ses-
sions, at Orangeburg, for the county of Orangeburg, on the
second Monday in January, first Monday in May, and the first
Monday in September ; and the Court of Common Pleas, at the
same place, on the third Monday in March, first Monday in
June, and the first Monday in October. (2) The Court of
General Sessions, at Monck's Corner, for the county of Berke-
ley, on the first Monday in March, the first Monday in July,
and the first Monday in November ; and the Court of Common
Pleas, at the same place, on the Wednesdays following the days
named. (3) The Court of General Sessions, at St. George,
for the county of Dorchester, on the first Monday in April,
and the third Monday in October ; and the Court of Common
Pleas, at the same place, on the Tuesdays succeeding the Mon-
days herein fixed for the holding of the Court of General
Courts in
First Circuit
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 89
Sessions at said place, and also a Court of Common Pleas at ^ ^- ^^^^
said place, on the second Monday in July; said last named
court to be held without juries. (4) The Court of General
Sessions, at St Matthews, for the county of Calhoun, the third
Monday in May and the third Monday in November ; and the
Court of Common Pleas, at the same place, on the Tuesdays
following the days named.
Sec. 2. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with
this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Sec. 3. That this Act shall take effect on the 1st day of
April, 1911.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 51.
AN ACT TO Provide for a Summer Term of the Court of
Common Pleas for the Counties of the Fourth Judi-
cial Circuit.
SEcnoN 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That in addition to the terms of court Act of i9io,
in the Fourth Circuit, provided for under the Act of February itth refer"*'
23, 1910, there shall be the following terms of the Court of courti^in
Common Pleas in said circuit, to wit : Court of Common Pleas cuiSr amended,
at Dillon, on the second Monday after the fourth Monday inDiUon.
June; at Darlington, on the third Monday after the fourth DarUngton.
Monday of June ; at Chesterfield, on the fourth Monday after chesterfield,
the fourth Monday of June, and at Bennettsville, the fifth
Monday after the fourth Monday of June.
Sec. 2. That this Act shall take eflFect immediately on its
approval.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 52.
AN ACT Relating to the Supreme Court.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the ^ . ^
^ •' Organuation.
State of South Carolina, That the Supreme Court shall con-
sist of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices, who shall
be elected by a joint viva voce vote of the General Assembly,
90 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 for the term of ten years, and shall continue in office until
'""^^^^^^^ their successors are elected and qualified, and shall be so classi-
fied that one of them shall go out of office every two years.
Quorum '^^y ^^rce of the Justices shall constitute a Quorum. It shall
be the duty of all the Justices to be present, and the Chief Jus-
tice shall preside. In the absence of the Chief Justice, the
Justice oldest in service shall preside. If at any stated term of
the court a quorum thereof shall not attend on the first day of
the term, the Justice or Justices attending shall have the author-
ity to adjourn the court from day to day for ten days after the
time appointed for the commencement of the said term, unless
a quorum shall sooner attend; or unless a sufficient number
of men learned in the law, commissioned by the Governor, as
provided in Section 2729 of Volume I, Code of Laws, 1902, to
make a quorum shall sooner attend; and the business of the
court shall not in such case be continued over to the next stated
term thereof, until the expiration of said ten days.
Sec. 2. The present Chief Justice and Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court are hereby declared to be the Chief
Justice and three of the Associate Justices of said court until
the terms for which they were elected shall expire, and the
fourth x\ssociate Justice shall be elected by the General Assem-
bly at the present session.
Sec. 3. That the term of office of the fourth Associate
Term j)f^offiee Justice to be elected at the present session of the General
Justice. Assembly shall commence upon his election and qualification
and shall expire on the thirty-first day of July, in the year nine-
teen hundred and twenty. Hereafter the successors of the
Chief Justice and Associate Justices shall each be elected at
the session of the General Assembly next preceding the expira-
tion of their respective teims, for a term of ten years.
Approved the 8th day of February, A. D. 1911.
OF SC)UTH CAROLINA. 01
No. 58. :^^^
AN ACT TO Amend Section 32 of an Act Entitled "An
Act to Declare the Law in Reference to and to Regu-
late THE Manufacture, Sale, Use, Consumption, Pos-
session, Transportation and Disposition of Alcoholic
Liquors and Beverages Within the State, and to
Police the Same,'" Approved February 16th, 1907,
Relating to Payment of United States Revenue Tax.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Act of i907.
State of South Carolina, That Section 32 of an Act entitled "An j^82!^mcndJd:
Act to declare the law in reference to and to regulate the manu-
facture, sale, use, consumption, possession, transportation and
disposition of alcoholic liquors and beverages within the State,
and to police the same," approved February 16th, 1907, be, and
the same is hereby, amended by adding at the end of said section
the following proviso : Provided, That the proof of the fact of
such payment of the United States special tax as a liquor seller,
or notice, etc., may be made without the production of the origi-
nal books of the collector of internal revenue, by the oath of
anyone who may have inspected the same, so that said section,
as amended, shall read as follows :
Section 32. The payment of the United States special tax as Payment of
a liquor seller, or notice of any kind in any place of resort, or ^ pVi^a*""^
in any store or shop, indicating that alcoholic liquors are there of*^*vioUtion"^*
sold, kept or given away, shall be held to be prima facie evi- **^ ^*^'
dence that the person or persons paying said tax, and the parties
displaying such notices, are acting in violation of this Act, and
unless said person or parties are selling under appointment as
prescribed by this Act, they shall be punished by a fine of not
less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred. dol-
lars, or by imprisonment for a term of not less than three
months nor more than twelve months. Conviction in the United
States Court of illicit sales of liquor, shall be taken as prima
facie evidence of violation of the provisions of this Act, and
any distiller or manufacturer of liquors containing alcohol, so
convicted in the United States Court, shall, by reason of such Forfeit
conviction, forfeit the permit or license granted him herein, in
addition to the other penalties provided: Provided, That the
92 STATUTES AT LARGE
A, D. 1911 proof of the fact of such payment of the United States special
Proviso^"''*^ tax as a liquor seller, or notice, etc., may be made without the
production of the original books of the collector of internal
revenue, by the oath of anyone who may have inspected the
same.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 54.
AN ACT TO Promote the Purlic Health, Convenience
AND Welfare by Leveeing, Ditching and Draining
THE Wet, Swamp and Overflowed Lands of the
State, and Providing for the Establishment of
Levee or Drainage Districts for the Purpose of
Enlarging or Changing Any Natural Watercourses,
AND for Digging Ditches or Canals for Securing
Better Drainage or Providing Better Outlets for
Drainage, for Building Levees or Embankments and
Installing Tide Gates or Pumping Plants for the
Reclamation or Overflowed Lands, and Prescribing
A Method for so Doing, and Providing for the Assess-
ment and Collection of the Cost and Expense of
the Same, and Issuing and Selling Bonds Therefor,
and for the Care and Maintenance of Such Improve-
ments When Constructed.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Provision for State of South Carolina : Duty and Powers of the Clerk of
cxcept^in ccr- the Court of CommoH Pleas, — That the Clerk of the Court of
am coun les. (^qjj^j^q,^ Pleas of any county of the State of South Carolina,
except the counties of Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Bamberg,
Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Edgefield, Fair-
field, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Lee, Lexington, Marl-
boro, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Saluda, Spartanburg, Union
and York, shall have jurisdiction, power and authority to
establish a levee or drainage district or districts in his county,
and to locate and establish levees, drains or canals, and cause
to be constructed, straightened, widened or deepened, any
ditch, drain or watercourse, and to build levees or embank-
ments and erect tide gates and pumping plants for the pur-
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 93
|X)se of draining and reclaiming wet, swamp or overflowed a. d. 1911
lands; and it is hereby declared that the drainage of swamps
and the drainage of surface water from agricultural lands and
the reclamation of tidal marshes shall be considered a public
benefit and conducive to the public health, convenience, utility
and welfare.
Sec. 2. Petition, Bond, Board of Viewers. — Whenever a Petition,
petition, signed by a majority of the resident landowners in a
proposed drainage district, or by the owners of more than half
the land in acreage, which will be affected by or assessed
for the expense of the proposed improvements, shall be filed
in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of
any county in which a part of said lands are located, setting
forth that any specific body or district of land in the county
and adjoining counties, described in such a way as to convey
an intelligent idea as to location of such land, is subject to
overflow or too wet for cultivation, and the public benefit or
utility, or the public health, convenience or welfare will be
promoted by draining, ditching or leveeing the same, or by
changing or improving the natural watercourses, or by the
installation of tile systems, and setting forth therein, as far
as practicable, the starting point, route and terminus and lateral
branches, if necessary, of the proposed improvement. The
said clerk shall issue a summons to be served on all the land-
owners, who have not joined in the petition, and whose lands
are included in the proposed drainage district. Upon the
return day the said clerk shall appoint a disinterested and
competent civil and drainage engineer and two resident free-
holders of the county or counties in which said lands are
located as a Board of Viewers, to examine the lands described
in the petition and make a preliminary report thereon, and the
compensation for the services of such engineer and his neces- Board of
sary assistants, to be fixed as herein provided, shall be paid
from the funds of the county treasury in which said district
is located. When the lands proposed to be drained and created
into a drainage district are located in two or more counties,
the Clerk of Court of the Common Pleas of either county shall
have and exercise the jurisdiction herein conferred, and the
venue shall be in that county in which the petition is first filed.
viewers.
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A. D. 1911 The law and rules of the Civil Code shall be applicable to this
^"''"^^^^"^ Act so far as may be practicable. The summons may be served
by publication as to any defendants who cannot be person-
ally served as provided by law. The services of such notice
upon the station agent of any railroad, interurban, or other
companies in any county in which the right of way of such
company will be affected by such drainage, will be sufficient
notice to such railroad or other company, and in case there be
no agent of such company in such county, such company shall
be notified in the same manner as nonresident landowners.
Sec. 3. Examination — Preliminary Report, — The Board of
Examination. Vicwcrs shall procccd to examine the land described in said
petition, and other land, if necessary, to locate properly such
improvement or improvements as are petitioned for, along
the route described in the petition, or any other route answer-
ing the same purpose if found more practicable or feasible,
and may make surveys such as may be necessary to determine
the boundaries and elevations of the several parts of the dis-
trict, and shall make and return to the Clerk of the. Court of
Common Pleas within thirty days, unless the time shall be
extended by the said clerk, a written report, which shall set
forth :
1. Whether the proposed drainage is practicable or not.
2. Whether it will benefit the public health or any public
highway, or be conducive to the general welfare of the com-
munity.
3. Whether the improvements proposed will benefit the land
sought to be benefited.
4. Whether or not all the lands that are benefited are
included in the proposed drainage district.
They shall also file with this report a map of the proposed
drainage district, showing the location of the ditch or ditches
or other improvement to be constructed in the lands that will
be affected thereby, and such other information as they may
have collected that will tend to show the correctness of their
findings.
Sec. 4. Filing Preliminary Report, — The Clerk of Court.
M *°*rJport°* ^^ aforesaid, shall consider this report. If the viewers report
that the drainage is not practicable or that it will not benefit
Preliminary
report.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 96
the public health or any public highway, or be conducive to ^' ^- 1®^^
the general welfare of the community, and the Clerk of Court
shall approve such findings, the petition shall be dismissed.
Such petition or proceedings may again be instituted by the
same or additional landowners at any time after six months.
upon proper allegations that conditions have changed or that
material facts were omitted or overlooked. If the viewers
report that the drainage is practicable and that it will benefit
the public health or any public highway, or be conducive to
the general welfare of the community, and the Clerk of Court
shall so find, then the said clerk shall fix a day when the report
will be further heard and considered.
Sec. 5. Notice. — If the petition is entertained by the afore-
said Clerk of Court, notice shall be given by publication for Notice,
two consecutive weeks in some newspaper of general circu-
lation within the county or counties, if one shall be published
in such counties, and also by posting a written or printed notice
at the door of the courthouse, and at five conspicuous places
within the drainage district, that on the date set, naming the
day, the said Clerk of Court will consider and pass upon the
report of the viewers. At least fifteen days shall intervene
between the date of publication and the posting of notices and
the date set for the hearing.
Sec. 6. Hearing Preliminary Report, — At the date appointed
for the hearing, the Clerk of Court, as aforesaid, shall hear Hearing
and determine any objections that may be offered to the report reportsT*'^
of the viewers. If it appear that there is any land within
the proposed levee or drainage district that will not be affected
by the leveeing or drainage thereof, such lands shall be
excluded and the names of the owners withdrawn from such
proceedings; and if it shall be shown that there is any land
not within the proposed district that will be affected by the
constructing of the proposed levee or drain, Ihe boundary of
the district shall be so changed as to include such land, and
such additional landowners shall be made parties plaintiff or
defendant, respectively, and summons shall issue accordingly,
as hereinbefore provided. After such change in the boundaries
is made, the sufficiency of the petition shall be verified, to
determine whether or not it conforms to the requirements
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A. D. 1911 of the statute as provided in Section 2. The efficiency of the
^^•^^^"^^^"^^ drainage or levees may also be determined, and if it appears
that the location of any levee or drain can be changed so as
to make it more effective, or that other branches or spurs
should be constructed, or that any branch or spur projected
may be eliminated or other changes made that will tend to
increase the benefits of the proposed work, such modification
and changes shall be made by the board. The engineer and
the other two viewers may attend this meeting and give any
information or evidence that may be sought to verify and to
substantiate their reports. If necessary, the petition, as
amended, shall be referred by the Clerk of the Court to the
engineer and two viewers for further report. The above
facts having been determined to the satisfaction of the Clerk
of the Court, and the boundaries of the proposed district, so
determined, he shall declare the establishment of the drainage
or levee district, which shall be designated by a name or
number, for the object and purpose as herein set forth.
Sec. 7. May Condemn Land, — If it shall be necessary to
unJ ^°"^^"*" acquire a right of way or an outlet over and through lands
not affected by the drainage, and the same cannot be acquired
by purchase, then, and in such event, the proceeding to secure
the condemnation of any right of way which may be necessary
for the proper drainage of any drainage district, or any part
thereof, and to fix the compensation of the same, shall be the
same as that provided by Article IX, Section 20 of the Con-
stitution of 1895, and the statutes enacted pursuant thereto,
except that such compensation shall be ascertained by a jury
of twelve men, in a court of record, and such damages as may
be awarded as compensation shall be paid by the Board of
Drainage Commissioners out of the first funds which shall
be available from the proceeds of sale of bonds or otherwise.
Sec. 8. Right of Appeal. — Any person or corporation
Right of owning lands within the drainage or levee district which he
appeal.
or it thinks will not be benefited by the improvement and
should not be included in the district, may appeal from the
decision of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of such
county, in term time or at chambers, by filing an appeal,
accompanied by a bond conditioned for the payment of the
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costs, if the appeal should be decided against him, for such a. d. 1911
sum as the court may require, not exceeding two hundred dol- ^^^^'^^^^
!ars, signed by two or more solvent sureties, or in some
approved surety company, to be approved by the court.
Sec. 9. Complete Survey, — After the district is established complete
the Clerk of the Court shall refer the report of the engineer s"»^'«y-
and viewers back to them to make a complete survey, plans
and specifications for the drains or levees or other improve-
ments, and fix a time when said engineer and viewers shall
complete and file their report, not exceeding sixty days.
Sec. 10. Complete Report. — The engineer and viewers shall complete
have power to employ such assistants as may be necessary to "p***^*
make a complete, survey of the drainage district, and shall
enter upon the ground and make a survey of the main drain
or drains and all its laterals. The line of each ditch, drain or
levee shall be plainly and substantially marked on the ground.
The course and distance of each ditch shall be carefully noted
and sufficient notes made, so that it may be accurately platted
and mapped. A line of levels shall be run for the entire work
and sufficient data secured from which accurate profiles and
plans may be made. Frequent bench marks shall be established
along the line, on permanent objects, and theii elevation
recorded in the field books. If it is deemed expedient by the
engineer and viewers, other levels may be run to determine
the fall from one part of the district to another. If an old
watercourse, ditch or channel is being widened, deepened or
straightened, it shall be accurately cross-sectioned, so as to
compute the amount of cubic yards saved by the use of such
old channel. A drainage map of the district shall then be
completed, showing the location of the ditch or ditches and
other improvements and the boundary, as closely as may be
determined by the records of the lands owned by each indi-
vidual landowner within the district. The location of any
railroads or public highways and the boundary of any incor-
porated town or village within the district shall be shown on
the map. There shall also be prepared to accompany this map
a profile of each levee, drain or watercourse, showing the sur-
face of the ground, the bottom or grade of the proposed
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A. D. 1911 improvement and the number of cubic yards of excavation or
^"^"^^^"^^ fill in each mile or fraction thereof, and the total yards in the
proposed improvement and the estimated cost thereof, and
plans and specifications, and the cost of any other work
required to be done.
Sec. 11. Assessment of Damages. — It shall be the further
Assessment of duty of the engineer and viewers to assess the damages claimed
dsm 3 Kcs
by any one that is justly right and due to them for land taken or
for inconvenience imposed because of the construction of the
improvement, or for any other legal damages sustained, such
damage shall be considered separate and apart from any
benefit the land would receive because of the proposed work,
and shall be paid by the Board of Drainage Commissioners
when funds shall come into their hands.
Sec. 12. Classification of Land According to Benefits, — It
of^aSd^^ac" ^^^^^ be the further duty of the engineer and viewers to per-
nefits"* *° ^^ sonally examine the land in the district and classify it with
reference to the benfit it v/ill receive from the construction of
the levee, ditch, drain or watercourse or other improvement.
In the case of drainage, the degree of wetness of the land, its
proximity to the ditch or a natural outlet and the fertility of
the soil and its efl:'ect upon health conditions in the district,
shall be considered in determining the amount of benefit it will
receive by the construction of the ditch. The land benefited
shall be separated in five classes. The land receiving the
highest benefit, "Class A;" that receiving the next highest
benefit, "Class B;" that receiving the next highest benefit,
"Class C ;" that receiving the next highest benefit, "Class D,"
and that receiving the smallest benefit, "Class E." The holdings
of any one landowner need not necessarily be all in one class,
but the number of acres in each class be ascertained, though
its boundary need not be marked on the ground or shown on
the map. The total number of acres owned by one person in
each class and the total number of acres benefited shall be
determined. The total number of acres of each class in the
entire district shall be obtained and presented in tabulated
form. Tlie scale of assessment upon the several classes of
land returned by the engineer and viewers shall be in the
ratio of five, four, three, two and one ; that is to say, as often
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as five mills per acre is assessed against the land in "Class a. d. 1911
A," four mills per acre shall be assessed against the land in ^^-^""v'''*^
"Class B," three mills per acre in "Class C," two mills per
acre in "Class D," and one mill per acre in "Class E." This
shall form the basis of the assessment of benefits to the lands
for drainage purposes.
Sec. 13. Cost of the Survey. — The engineer and viewers
shall keep an accurate account and report to the Clerk of the Cost of the
Court the name and number of days each person was employed
on the survey and the kind of work he was doing and any
expense that may have been incurred in going to and from
the work, and the cost of any supplies or material that mav
have been used in making the survey.
Sec. 14. Delay — Extension of Time. — In case the work is
delayed by high water, sickness or any other good cause, and ^^^^jj^^^^^ "'
the report is not completed at the time fixed by the Clerk of *»"^«-
the Court, the engineer and viewers shall appear before the
Clerk of Court, and state in writing the cause of such failure
and ask for sufficient time in which to complete the work, and
the Clerk of Court shall set another date by which the report
shall be completed and filed.
Sec. 15. Final Report — Notice of Hearing. — When the
final report is completed and filed it shall be examined by the Final report
Clerk of Court, and if it is found to be in due form and in hearing***^'^ °
.accordance with the law it shall be accepted, and if not in
due form it may be referred back to the engineer and viewers,
with instruction to secure further information, to be reported
at a subsequent date to be fixed by the Clerk of the Court.
When the report is fully completed and accepted by the Clerk
of the Court a date, not less than twenty days thereafter, shall
be fixed by the said Clerk of Court for the final hearing upon
the rep>ort, and notice thereof shall be given by publication in
a newspaper of general circulation in the county and by post-
ing a written or printed notice on the door of the courthouse
and at five conspicuous places throughout the district, such
publication to be made for at least two weeks before the final
hearing. During this time a copy of the report shall be on
file in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas,
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A. D. 1911
Adjudication
id
port.
ana final re-
Appeal.
Drainage rec-
ord.
and shall be open to the inspection of any landowner or other
persons interested within the drainage district.
Sec. 16. Adjudication — Final Report, — ^At the date set for
hearing any landowner may appear in person or by counsel
and file his objection in writing to the report of the viewers ;
and it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Court to carefully
review the report of the viewers and the objections filed
thereto, and make such changes as are necessary to render
substantial and equal justice to all the landowners in the dis-
trict. If, in the opinion of the clerk, the cost of construction,
together with the amount of damages assessed, is not greater
than the benefits that will accrue to the land affected, the clerk
shall confirm the report of the viewers. If, however, the
clerk finds that the cost of construction, together with the
damages assessed, is greater than the resulting benefit that will
accrue to the lands affected, the clerk shall dismiss the pro-
ceedings at the cost of the petitioners, and the sureties upon
the bond so filed by them shall be liable for such costs. The
Clerk of Court may from time to time collect from the peti-
tioners such amounts as may be necessary to pay costs accru-
ing, other than costs of the engineer and his assistants, such
amounts to be repaid from the special tax hereby authorized.
Sec. 17. Appeal, — Any party aggrieved may, within ten days
after the confirmation of the assessor's report, appeal to the
Court of Common Pleas in term time. Such appeal shall be
taken and prosecuted as now provided by the Civil Code for
appeals from a Magistrate's Court to the Court of Common
Pleas.
Sec. 18. Drainage Record. — The Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas shall provide a suitable book to be known as
the "drainage record," In which he shall transcribe every peti-
tion, motion, order, report, judgment or finding of the board
ia every drainage transaction that may come before it, in
such a manner as to make a complete and continuous record of
the case. Copies of all the maps and profiles are to be fur-
nished by the engineer and marked by the clerk "official
copies," which shall be kept on file by him in his office, and
one other copy shall be pasted or otherwise attached to his
record book.
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Sec. 19. Appointment* of Drainage Commission. — After the a.d. loii
said drainage district shall have been declared established, A^iJ^h^tii!^
as aforesaid, and the survey and plan therefor approved, the coiS^isSon*
Clerk of the Court shall appoint three persons, who shall be
designated as the Board of Drainage Commissioners. Any
vacancy thereafter occurring shall be filled in* like manner.
Such three Drainage Commissioners, when so appointed, shall
be immediately created a body corporate under the name and
style of "The Board of Drainage Commissioners of
District," with the right to hold property^and convey the same,
to sue and be sued, and shall possess suck^«othe.i: oowers as
usually pertain to corporations. They shall organite-by elect-
ing from among their number a chairman and a vice chair-
man. They shall also elect a secretary, either within or \Aihr
out their body. The treasurer of the county in which the
proceeding was instituted shall be ex officio treasurer of such
Drainage Commissioners. Such Board of Drainage Commis-
sioners shall adopt a seal, which they may alter at pleasure.
The Board of Drainage Commissioners shaH have and possess
such powers as are herein granted. The name of such drain-
age district, whether designated by number or otherwise, shall
constitute a part of its corporate name ; for illustration : "The
Board of Drainage Commissioners of (No. 1 or McClellan-
ville) District."
Sec. 20. Superintendent of Construction, — The Board ot superintend-
Drainage Commissioners shall appoint a competent person a:» st"ruction?"'
superintendent of construction. Such person shall furnish a
bond to be approved by the commissioners, in the penal sum of
ten thousand dollars, conditioned upon the honest and faithful
performance of his duties, such bond to be in favor of the
Board of Drainage Commissioners.
Sec. 21. Notice of Letting Contract — Bond of Contractor, —
The Board of Drainage Commissioners shall cause notice to ting contract.
- . - .• I • 1 ^o"^ ^^ con-
be given for two consecutive weeks in some newspaper pub- tractor.
lished in the county wherein such improvement is located, if
such there be, and publication for the same length of time
in at least one engineering or contracting journal of wide cir-
culation, of the time and place of letting the work of con-
struction of said improvement; and in such notice they shall
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A. D. 1911 specify the approximate amount of \tork to be done and the
time fixed for the completion thereof; and in the date
appointed for the letting, they, together with the superintend-
ent of construction, shall convene and let to the lowest respon-
sible bidder, either as a whole or in sections, as they may
deem most advantageous for the district, the proposed work.
No bid shall be entertained that e'xceeds the estimated cost,
except for good and sati^jEactory reasons it shall be shown
that the original estiip^te^was erroneous. They shall h^ve the
right to reject.all-hrdaS^rtci advertise again the work, if in their
judgment-. the. tnferest of the district will be subserved by
doing."gp::\The successful bidder shall be required to enter
,.^itito\a 'contract with the Board of Drainage Commissioners
;[•/;• 2uW*to execute a bond for the faithful performance of such
contract, with sufficient sureties, in favor of the Board of
Drainage Commissioners, for the use and benefit of the levee
or drainage district, in an amount equal to twenty-five per
centum of the estimated cost of the work awarded to him,
and any person furnishing labor or material to such contractor
or subcontractor, or furnishing board or lodging to the
employees of such contractor or subcontractor in the construc-
tion of such work and failing to receive compensation there-
for, shall have a right of action on such bond for the amount
found due him or them.
Sec. 22. Payment for Work Done. — The superintendent in
charge of construction shall make monthly estimates of the
work d"onc.*''^ amouut of work done, and furnish one copy to the contractor
and file the other with the secretary of the Board of Drainage
Commissioners, and the board shall meet and direct the secre-
tary to draw a warrant in favor of such contractor for ninety
per centum of the work done, according to the specifications
and contract; and upon the presentation of such warrant,
properly signed by the chairman and secretary, to the treas-
urer of the drainage fund, he shall pay the amount due thereon.
When the work is fully completed and accepted by the super-
intendent, he shall make an estimate for the whole amount due,
including the amounts withheld on the previous monthly esti-
mates, which shall be paid from the drainage fund as before
provided.
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Sec. 23. Failure of Contractor — Reletting. — If any con- a. d. loii
tractor to whom a portion of said work shall have been let shall pamil^^^non.
fail to perform the same according to the terms specified in his tractor,
contract, action may be had in behalf of the Board of Drainage
Commissioners against such contractor and his bond in the
Court of Common Pleas for damages sustained by the levee or
drainage district, and recovery made against such contractor
and his sureties. In such an event the work shall be adver- Reletting,
tised and relet in the same manner as the original letting.
Sec. 24. — Right of Contractor. — In the construction of the
work the contractor shall have the right to enter upon the lands tractor.
necessary for this purpose and the right to remove private or
public bridges or fences and to cross private lands in going to
or from the work. In case the right of way of the improve-
ment is through timber the owner thereof shall have the right
to remove it, if he so desires, before the work of construction
begins, and in case it is not removed by the landowners it may
be removed by Jiim.
Sec. 26. — Highways Affected. — Where any public ditch, Highways af-
drain or watercourse established under the provisions of this ^«<^*«<*-
Act crosses a public highway, the actual cost of constructing
the same across the highway or removing old bridges or build-
ing new ones shall be paid for from the fund of the drainage
district. Wherever any highway within the levee or drainage
district shall be beneficially affected by the construction of any
improvement or improvements in such district, it shall be the
duty of the viewers appointed to classify the land to give in
their report the amount of benefit to such highways, and notice
shall be given by the Clerk of the Board of County Commis-
sioners in the county where the road is located of the amount
of such assessment, and the County Commissioners shall have
the right to appear before the Clerk of the Court and file its
objections to the same as any landowner.
Sec. 26. Railroad — Damage — Benefit. — Wherever the engi- „ ., ,
. , 1 / , Railroads.
neer and the viewers m charge shall make a survey for the
purpose of locating a public levee or drainage district or
changing a natural watercourse, and the same would cross the
right of way of any railroad company, it shall be the duty of
the viewers in charge of the work to notify the railroad com-
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Damages.
Renefits.
Notice to rail'
road.
pany, by serving written notice upon the agent of such com-
pany or its lessee or receiver, that they will meet the company
at the place where the proposed ditch, drain or watercourse
crosses the right of way of such company, said notice fixing
the time of such meeting, which shall not be less than ten days
after the service of the same, for the purpose of conferring
with said raili-oad company with relation to the place where
and the manner in which such improvement shall cross such
right of way. When the time shall arrive fixed for such con-
ference, unless for good cause more time is agreed upon, it
shall be the duty of the viewers in charge and the railroad
company to agree, if possible, upon the place where and the
manner and method in which such improvement shall cross
sucK right of way. If the viewers in charge and the railroad
company cannot agree, or if the railroad company shall fail,
neglect or refuse to confer with the viewers, they shall deter-
mine the place and manner of crossing the right of way of said
railroad company, and shall specify the number and the size of
openings required, and the damages, if any, to said railroad
company, and so specify in their report. The fact that the
railroad company is required by the construction of the
improvement to build a new bridge or culvert, or to enlarge or
strengthen an old one, shall not be considered as damages to
said railroad company. The engineer and viewers shall also
assess the benefits that will accrue to the right of way, roadbed
and other property of said company by affording better drain-
age or a better outlet for drainage, but no benefits shall be
assessed because of the increase of business that may come to
said road because of the construction of the improvement.
The benefits shall be assessed at a fixed sum, determined solely
by the physical benefit that its property will receive by the
construction of said improvement, and it shall be reported by
the viewers as a special assessment, due personally from the
railroad company as a special assessment; it may be collected
in the manner of an ordinary debt in any court having juris-
diction.
Sec. 27. Notice to Railroad, — ^The Clerk of the Court of
Common Pleas shall have notice served upon the railroad com-
pany of the time and place of the meeting to hear and deter-
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mine the final report of the engineer and viewers; and the said ^ ^- ^^^^
railroad company shall have the right to file objections to said "^'"^'^
report and to appeal from the findings of the Board of Com-
missioners in the same manner as any landowner. But such
an appeal shall not delay or defeat the construction of the
improvement.
Sec. 28. Manner of Crossing Right of Way — Penalty for Manner of
*'*''-' - ' crossing right
Delay — Cost. — ^Af ter the contract is let and the actual construe- of way.
tion is commenced, if the work is being done with a floating
dredge, the superintendent in charge of construction shall notify
the railroad company of the probable time at which the contrac-
tor will be ready to enter upon the right of way of said road and
construct the work thereon. It shall be the duty of said rail-
road to send a representative to view the ground with the
superintendent of construction and arrange the exact time at
which such work can be most conveniently done. At the time
agreed upon the said railroad company shall remove its rails,
ties, stringers, and such other obstructions, if such removal
should be necessary to permit the expeditious execution of the
work across its right of way. The work shall be so planned
and conducted as to interfere in the least possible manner with
the business of said railroad. In case the railroad company
refuses and fails to make the aforenamed provision for the
execution of the work on its right of way, it shall be held as
delaying the construction of the improvement, and such com-
pany shall be liable to a penalty of twenty-five dollars per day Penalty for
for each day of delay, to be collected by the Board of Drain- * ^*
age Commissioners for the benefit of the drainage district, as
in the case of other penalties. Such a penalty may be collected
in any court having jurisdiction and shall inure to the benefit
of the drainage district. Within thirty days after the work is
completed, an itemized bill for the actual expenses incurred
by the railroad company for opening its tracks shall be made
and presented to the superintendent of construction of the
drainage improvement. Such bill, however, shall not include
the cost of putting in a new bridge or strengthening or enlarg-
ing an old one. The superintendent of construction shall Cost,
audit this bill and, if found correct, approve the same and file
it with the Secretary of the Board of Drainage Commissioners.
repairs.
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A. D. 1911 The coiniTiissioners shall deduct from this bill the cost of the
excavation or other work done by the Drainage Commission
on the right of way of said railroad company at the contract
price, and pay the difference, if any, to said railroad company.
Sec. 29. Control and Repairs. — Whenever any improvement
Control and coustructcd Under this Act is completed it shall be under the
control and supervision of the Board of Drainage Commission-
ers : Provided, That such parts of public drains as are within
the corporate limits of any city or town shall be kept in repair
by such city or town, and also that any city or town may con-
vert into a sewer any part of any drain within such corporate
limits, and to that end may change the location of any such
part of such drain on condition only that such change of loca-
tion or conversion of such drain into a sewer shall not injuri-
ou,sly affect the general purposes of such drainage, and that no
lands outside of such corporate limits shall be charged thereby
with any additional burden. It shall be the duty of the said
board to keep the levee, ditch, drain or watercourse in good
repair, and for this purpose they may levy an assessment on
the lands benefited by the construction of such improvement in
the same manner and in the same proportion as the original
assessments were made, and the fund that is collected shall be
used for repairing and maintaining the ditch, drain or water-
course in perfect order: Provided, however, That if any
repairs are made necessary by the act or negligence of the
o\ATier of any land through which such improvement is con-
structed or by the act or negligence of his agent or employee,
or if the same is caused by the cattle, hogs or other stock of
said owner, employee or agent, then the cost thereof shall be
assessed and levied against the lands of said owner alone, to
be collected by proper suit instituted by the Drainage Commis-
sioners. It shall be unlawful for any person to injure or
damage or obstruct or build any bridge, fence or floodgate in
such a way as to injure or damage any levee, ditch, drain, or
watercourse constructed or improved under the provisions of
this Act, and any person causing such injury shall be guilty of
a dimdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, may be fined in
any sum not exceeding twice the damage or injury done or
caused.
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Sec. 30. Outlet for Lateral Drains. — The owner of any land ^- ^- ^'^^
that has been assessed for the cost of the construction of any q^^^^^ f^^
ditch, drain or watercourse, as herein provided, shall have the ^***^"^ drains,
right to use the ditch, drain or watercourse as an outlet for
lateral drains from said land; and if said land is separated
from the ditch, drain or watercourse by the land of another or
others, and the owner thereof shall be unable to agree with said
other or others as to the terms and conditions on which he may
enter their lands and construct said drain or ditch, he may file
his auxiliary petition in such pending proceeding to the court,
and the procedure shall be as now provided by law. When the
ditch is constructed it shall become a part of the drainage sys-
tem and shall be under the control of the Board of Drainage
Commissioners and be kept in repair by them as herein pro-
vided.
Sec. 31. Assessment — Tax Roll. — ^After the classification of
the land and the ratio of assessment of the different classes to Assessment,
be made thereon has been confirmed by the Clerk of Court, the
Drainage Commissioners shall prepare an assessment roll or
drainage tax duplicate, giving a description of all the land in
said drainage district, the name of the owner, so far as can be
ascertained from the public records, and the amount of assess-
ment against each of the several tracts of land, and other
property in the district which is benefited by the proposed
works. In preparing this assessment roll the board shall ascer-
tain the total cost of the improvement, including the damages
awarded and to be paid to the owners of land, and all incidental
expenses, and deduct therefrom any special assessment made
against any railroad or highway, and the remainder shall be the
amount to be borne and paid by the lands benefited. This
amount shall be assessed against the several tracts of land
according to the benefit received, as shown by the classification
and ratio of assessment made by the viewers and confirmed by
the Board of Drainage Commissioners. This drainage tax
roll shall be made in duplicate, signed by the chairman and Tax roii.
secretary, and one copy, filed with the drainage record and the
other delivered to the Sheriff or other county tax collector.
There shall be appended an order to colle-ct the said assess-
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ment.
A. D. 1011 ments. and the same shall have the force and eflfect of a judg-
ment as in the case of State and county taxes.
Sec. 32. Time of Payment, — If the total cost of the work is
Time of pay- Icss than an average of twenty-five cents per acre on all the
land in the district, the assessment made against the several
tracts shall be collected in one installment, by the same officer
and in the same manner as State and county taxes are collected,
and payable at the same time. In case the total assessment
exceeds the average of twenty-five cents per acre on all the
lands in the district the said Board of Drainage Commission-
ers may give notice of three weeks by publication in some news-
paper of general circulation in the district, if there be one, and
also by posting a written or printed notice at the door of the
courthouse and at five conspicuous places in the drainage dis-
trict, that they propose to issue bonds for the construction of
said improvement, giving the amount of bonds to be issued, the
rate of interest they are to bear and the time when payable.
Any landowner having lands assessed in the district and not
wanting to pay interest on the bonds may, within thirty days
after the publication of said notice, pay the County Treasurer
the full amount of his assessment and have his land released
therefrom.
Sec. 33. Defense — Waiver, — Each and every person owning
land in the district which is assessed for the construction of an
«
improvement, who shall neglect or fail to pay the full amount
of his assessment to the County Treasurer within the time
specified, shall be deemed as consenting to the issuing of said
drainage bonds, and in consideration of the right to pay his
assessment in installments he hereby waives his right to any
defense* against the collection of said assessment because of
any irregularity, illegality or defect in the proceedings prior to
this time, except in the case of an appeal, as Heretofore pro-
vided, which is not affected by this waiver. The term "per-
son," as used in this Act, includes any firm, company or cor-
poration.
Sec. 34. Bond Issue. — After the expiration of the thirty
days after the publication the Board of Drainage Commission-
ers may issue bonds for the full amount of the assessment not
paid into the county treasury, together with the interest-
Defense.
W^aiver.
Bond issue.
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thereon, cost of collection or other incidental expenses. These ^' ^- ^^^^
bonds shall bear interest at a rate not exceeding six per cent,
per annum, payable semi-annually. The bonds shall be pay-
able within twenty-five years, and shall be paid up in full at
maturity. In order to provide for the payment of bonds at
maturity, a "sinking fund" shall be provided as follows : Five
years from the date of bond issue and at the same time each
succeeding year for nineteen years thereafter, the Board of
Drainage Commissioners shall collect from the several tracts
assessed in the bond issue a sum of money, which, when placed
in a bank and interest paid thereon at four per cent., com-
pounded quarterly, shall equal the total assessment against all
the tracts in the bond issue at the end of twenty years. This
amount shall be placed in some State or National bank of repu-
table standing and shall bear four per cent, interest, com-
pounded quarterly. This sum shall be collected along with the
interest on the bonds and at the same time and in the same
manner as State and county taxes are collected. At the date
of maturity of the bonds, or at the end of twenty-five years, the
said sum shall be paid over to the bondholders in liquidation
of the said bonds. Said funds to be drawn out of the banks
of deposit by the Clerk of the Court. In no case shall bonds
be issued until the tax levy has been made to meet them as they
come due. The bonds issued shall be for the exclusive use of
the levee or drainage district specified on their face, and should
be numbered by the Board of Drainage Commissioners and
recorded in the drainage record, which record shall set out
specifically the lands embraced in the district on which the tax
has not been paid in full, and which land is assessed for the
payment of the bonds issued and the interest thereon. The
interest upon said bonds shall be paid to the holders thereof by
the County Treasurer, warrant of the County Commissioners,
who shall audit and approve the claims of the said bondholders.
This assessment shall constitute the first and paramount lien,
second only to State and county taxes, upon the lands assessed
for the payment of said bonds and the interest thereon as they
become .due, and shall be collected in the same manner by the
same officers as the State and county taxes are collected. If
any installment of principal or interest represented by the said
110 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 bond shall not be paid at the time and in the manner when the
^""^'"^'^^^ same shall become due and payable, and such default shall con-
tinue for a period of six months, the holder or holders of such
bond or bonds upon which default has been made may have a
right of action against said drainage district or the Board of
Drainage Commissioners of said district, and any Judge of the
Court of Common Pleas may issue a writ of mandamus against
the said drainage district, its officers, including the County
Commissioner, Auditor or Treasurer, directing the levying of a
tax or special assessment as herein provided, and the collection
of same, in such sum as may be necessary to meet any unpaid
installments of principal and interest and cost of action, and
such other remedies are hereby vested in the holder or holders
of such bond or bonds in default as may be authorized by law,
and the right of action is hereby vested in the holder or holders
of such bond upon which default has been made authorizing
them to institute suit against any officer on his official bond for
failure to perform any duty imposed by the provisions of this
Act. The official bonds of the County Commissioners and
County Treasurer shall be liable for the faithful performance
of the duties herein assigned them.
Sec. 35. Relevy, — Where the Clerk of the Court has con-
Reicvy. firmed an assessment for the construction of any public levee,
ditch or drain, and such assessment has been modified by the
court of superior jurisdiction, but for some unforeseen cause it
cannot be collected, the Board of Drainage Commissioners shall
have power to change or modify the assessment as originally
confirmed to conform to the judgment of the Court of Common
Pleas, and to cover any deficit that may have been caused by
the order of said court or unforeseen occurrence. The said
relevy shall be made for the additional sum required, in the
same ratio on the lands benefited as the original assessment
was made.
Sec 36. Fees and Expenses, — Any engineer employed under
Fees and ex- the provisions of this Act shall receive such compensation per
y^ pcnscs. ... .
^ diem for his services as shall be fixed and determined bv the
Drainage Commissioners. The viewers, other than the engi-
neer, shall receive three dollars per day; the rodmen, axmen,
chainmen and other laborers shall receive not to exceed two
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. Ill
dollars per day each. All other fees and costs incurred under A- ^- 1®"
the provisions of this Act shall be the same as provided by law ^"'^'v^-^
for like services in other cases. Said costs and expenses shall
be paid by the order of the Clerk of the Court, out of the drain-
age fund provided for that purpose, and the Board of Drainage
Commissioners shall issue warrants therefor when funds shall
be in the hands of the treasurer.
Sec. 37. Def-ects in Proceedings. — The provisions of this Defects in pro-
ccedinss
Act shall be liberally construed to promote the leveeing, ditch-
ing, draining and reclamation of wet and overflowed lands.
The collection of the assessment shall not be defeated, where
the proper notices have been given, by reason of any defect in
the proceedings occurring prior to the order of the Clerk of the
Court confirming the final report of the viewers ; but such order
or orders shall be conclusive and final that all prior proceedings
were regular and according to law, unless they were appealed
from. ' If on appeal the court shall deem it just and proper to
release any person or to modify his assessments or liability, it
shall in no manner affect the rights and legality of any person
other than the appellant, and the failure to appeal from the
order of the Clerk of the Court within the time specified shall
be a waiver of any illegality in the proceedings, and the reme-
dies provided for in this Act shall exclude all other remedies.
Sec. 38. Border States Affected by Draitiage, — Whenever it
may be desirable to construct, widen, deepen, straighten or affected by^*"
change any ditch, drain, watercourse, or levee, lying on or *'**"^^*'
along, across or near the State line between the State of South
Carolina and the adjoining States, or whenever it may be
desirable to construct, repair or improve any work of drainage
as provided for in this Act, which ditch, drain, watercourse, or
other work of drainage cannot be constructed, repaired or
improved in the best manner without affecting land in such
adjoining States, the Board of Drainage Commissioners in the
coimty in which such work is located shall have authority to
join with the proper officers of such adjacent counties of other
States in the construction, widening, deepening, straightening,
repairing or improving of any such drain, ditch, watercourse,
or other work of drainage. Such Drainage Commissioners in
any county of this State are given power jointly to enter into
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A. D. 1011 contracts with the proper officers of such counties in adjoining
States to construct, repair, or improve any such work of drain-
age, each to pay such proportion of costs and expenses of the
work as the contracting officials shall deem just. Such work
of drainage shall be made on petition of landowners or corpora-
tions, as provided for in this Act in relation to other works of
drainage, and all other provisions of this Act, so far as applica-
ble, shall govern the Drainage Commissioners and other officers
of this State in relation to such joint work of drainage: Pro-
vided, Such adjoining county or counties in other States shall
pay their proper share of necessary costs and expenses.
Sec. 39. United States Government Aid. — That in the event
United States that the United States Government makes provision for loans
government » '^
aid- to prosecute drainage and reclamation work, or provides for
such work to be done under the supervision of its officials, the
■ drainage districts created under this Act are empowered to
avail themselves of such provision at any time, turning over to
the United States Government for completion any work begun
prior to such provision being made, and said drainage district
is empowered to levy and collect in the manner herein provided
the taxes against the land and to pledge and pay to the United
States Government the receipts from such levy in liquidation
of the loan made as aforesaid by the United States Govern-
ment. That it shall be the duty of the officials of this State to
solicit the co-operation of the various bureaus of the United
States Government in the prosecution of all work undertaken
under this Act.
Sec. 40. Payment of County Officers. — Inasmuch as under
Payment of the provisions of this Act much additional work is thrown on
cers. the county officials, they arc empowered to collect from the
Board of Drainage Commissioners such reasonable fees as are
usual in such cases ; same to be included in the general costs of
the work.
Clerk of court ^^^' ^^' Proceedings under this Act may be ex parte or
may remove advisory. Ally engineer, viewer, superintendent of construe-
tion or other person appointed under this Act may be removed
by the Clerk of the Court, upon petition, for corruption, negli-
gence of duties, or other good arid satisfactory cause shown.
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Sec. 42. This Act shall not repeal or change any local drain- ^' ^- ^^^^
age laws already enacted or to be enacted by the General
Assembly of one thousand nine hundred and eleven, or affect
existing laws as to the Sanitary and Drainage Commission of
Charleston county.
Sec. 43. All laws in conflict with this Act are hereby
repealed: Provided, That proceedings now pending by virtue
of any statute now or heretofore in force in this State, in any
county, shall not be affected by this Act, but that such proceed-
ings may be continued in force with such statute.
Sec. 44. This Act shall take effect from the date of its Existing drain-
approval by the Governor. The provisions of this Act shall not JfJcafcT "**
apply to Clarendon county.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Xo. 55.
AN ACT TO Provide a Uniform Method of Awardin(]
Scholarships in the State Institutions of Higher
Education.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the scholarships provided by of Education
law in the University of South, Carolina, in the Clemson Agri- tain^Tchoia?'^
cultural College, in The Citadel, the Military College of South * *^'
Carolina, and in the Winthrop Normal and Industrial College,
shall be awarded by the State Board of Education upon the
recommendation of the faculties of the respective institutions,
or of such committees as may be appointed for that purpose by
the boards of trustees of those institutions.
Sec. 2. That these recommendations shall be determined by nates of com-
, , petitive exami-
competitive examinations. The dates of these examinations nations.
shall be as follows : For the University of South Carolina, and
for the Clemson Agricultural College, the second Friday in July
of each year. For The Citadel, the Military College of South
Carolina, the second Friday in August of each year. For the
Winthrop Normal and Industrial College, the first Friday in
July of each year.
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Proviso.
A. D. 1911 S£c^ 3 That the conditions and methods of these examina-
Conditions and ^^^^^ ^^^^^ be as f ollows I No pcrson who, during the current
aminatk)M ^ Y^^^y ^^^ won or holds a scholarship at one State institution
shall be eligible to stand an examination for a scholarship in
any other State institution. No applicant for a scholarship
shall be eligible to stand an examination for a scholarship if
such applicant has already attended the institution for which
the scholarship is intended, or any other institution of higher
learning known as college or university: Provided, That this
condition shall not apply where there is no other applicant.
No student who has forfeited a free scholarship, because of
failure to maintain himself, shall be eligible to compete for
reappointment at the same institution, or appointment in any
other institution. No applicant shall be debarred from any of
these examinations by reason of the fact that he or she has not
obtained a permit to stand. The questions for these examina-
tions shall be prepared under the direction of the presiding
officers of the several institutions, and shall be forwarded to
the respective County Superintendents of Education ten days
before the dates appointed for the respective examinations.
The said County Superintendents of Education shall hold the
said examinations under such rules as may be prescribed by
the respective institutions and approved by the State Board of
Education, and the County Superintendents of Education shall
forward the papers to the presiding officers of the several insti-
tutions. The papers shall be examined under the direction of
the presiding officers of the respective institutions, and the
faculty of each institution, or such committee as the board of
trustees thereof may appoint for that purpose, shall make
recommendations as to the award of the scholarships to the
State Board of Education. Each institution shall have the
right to reject any applicant who, in respect of age, of examina-
tion papers, or in any respect, fails to meet its requirements for
admission.
Sec. 4. That if a vacancy shall occur in a scholarship for
which there is no eligible applicant from the county to which
that scholarship belongs, the faculty of the institution in which
that vacancy occurs, or the committee to which this duty has
been entrusted by the board of trustees, may fill the vacancy
Vacancies;
how filled.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 115
by* the appointment of any applicant from the State at large : ^- ^- ^^^^
Provided, That when such vacancy if filled by such appoint- p^^^j^
ment the same shall become vacant upon an eligible applicant
from such county, but when such vacancy if filled from the
State at large the beneficiary shall hold same for that year.
Sec. 5. That those receiving scholarships in the University
of South Carolina shall be required to take the regular teachers'
normal course.
Sec. 6. That all holders of normal scholarships in the Uni-
versity of South Carolina shall be required at the time of the
receipt of any scholarship funds by them to deposit with the ar^ deposli?** "
treasurer of the University their notes for the amount of schol- "°*®*'
arship money received, promising to repay such money to the
State Treasurer at or before the expiration of eight years after
the date of such receipt, which notes and promises shall be
cancelled on presentation to the dean of the department of
education of satisfactory evidence of the promissors' having
taught school in South Carolina for two years after leaving
the institution.
Sec. 7. The provisions of this Act are not intended to aflFect
existing laws except as modified by this Act.
Approved the 17th day of Febri^ary, A. D. 1911.
No. 56.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entiti^ed "An Act to Amend
Section 1200, Code of Laws, Volume I, 1902, as
Amended by an Act Entitled *An Act to Amend Sec-
tion 1200", Code of Laws, Volume I, Relating to
County Boards of Education/ Approved the 18th Day
of February, A. D. 1908, Approved March 3d, 1909,
Approved 26th February, 1910," Providing the Num-
ber OF Days for Which Members of Boards Shall Be
Paid in Greenville and Orangeburg Counties.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Section 1200, as amended by an .^ - ,^,^
' -^ Act of 1910,
Act entitled "An Act to amend Section 1200, Code of Laws, J^endS" 7^'
Volume I, 1902, as amended by an Act entitled *An Act to ^^^^ c»^»i
amend Section 1200, Code of Laws, Volume I, relating to*™*"**^*^
116 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 County Boards of Education/ approved the 18th day of Febru-
"^""^"^^""^^ ary, A. D. 1908, approved March 3d, 1909," be, and the same
is hereby, amended so as to read as follows, to wit :
Section 1200. The County Board of Education shall exam<ine
Duties of 2ill Candidates for the position of teacher, and give to each
of^^EXc^Som person found qualified a certificate setting forth the branches
of learning he or she may be capable of teaching, and the per-
centages attained in each branch, said certificate to be valid for
a term of two years, unless sooner revoked, and it may be
renewed with or without examinations, at the discretion of the
board, all of which shall be done under such regulations as the
State Board of Education may prescribe. No teacher shall be
employed in any of the free public schools without a certificate
from the County Board of Education or the State Board of
Education : Provided, That no examination as to the qualifica-
tion shall be made in the case of any applicant who produces
a full diploma from any chartered college or university of
this State, or Memminger Normal School of Charleston, and
furnish satisfactory evidence of good moral character: Pro-
vided, further. That the State Board of Education shall exam-
Proviso. ine into the curriculum standing, faculty and equipment of each
institution, and see that it is doing real college work, before
certificates may be issued on its diplomas. The two members
of the board appointed by the State Board of Education shall
receive for the services rendered by them compensation at the
rate of three dollars per diem for not exceeding seven days,
except in the counties of Greenville and Orangeburg, where
the number of days shall not exceed twenty, and in the counties
of Barnwell, Dorchester, York and Hampton, where the num-
ber of days shall be ten, if so much be necessary, in each year,
and mileage of five cents for each mile of necessary travel,
the same to be paid by the County Board of Commissioners
out of the ordinary county funds.
Sec. 2. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
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No. 57. t^^
AN ACT TO Amend the Law With Reference to Voting
Precincts in This State.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the ^
Spartanburg
State of South Carolina, In addition to the voting precincts now County.
■
provided by law for Spartanburg county, three other precincts
are hereby created, one at Chesnee and one at W. T.
McDowell's Store and Zion Hill, to be known as "Chesnee"
and "McDowell" and "Zion Hill."
Sec. 2. In addition to the voting precincts in Edgefield ^^^^^
county, as now provided by law, shall be added a precinct at County.
Long Branch School House.
Sec 3. That all voting precincts in Dillon county shall be as
now constituted by law, except that there shall be, and is ^.jj^^ county,
hereby, created another to be known as "Kemper," at Kemper
station, on North and South Carolina Railroad.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 58.
AN ACT TO Ratify the Amendment to Section 12 of
Article V of the Constitution Relating to Asso-
ciate Justices.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Amendment to
State of South Carolina, That the amendment to Section 12 v^^'orcorsti.
of Article V of the Constitution, which was submitted by Joint '"'*°" "'*^*^^
Resolution of the last past General Assembly, approved the
26th day of February, A. D. 1910, to the qualified electors of
the State, at the general election next thereafter, to amend
Section 12 of Article V of the Constitution relating to Asso-
ciate Justice, by striking out in lines 3, 4 and 5 the words,
"but if the four Justices equally divide in opinion, the judgment
below shall be affirmed," and by striking out the word "two"
in line 8, and inserting in lieu thereof the word "three," so
that when amended, the same shall read as follows :
Section 12. In all cases decided by the Supreme Court, the Concurrence
of three Ju»-
concurrence of three of the Justices shall be necessary for a i>ce» necessary
, for a reversal
reversal of the judgment below, subject to the provisions here- of judgment
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A. D. 1911
Court to sit
en banc;
when.
Proviso.
Number of
udges must
e odd.
I
How deter-
mined who
shall sit.
Amendment,
etc.
inafter prescribed. Whenever, upon the hearing of any cause
or question before the Supreme Court in the exercise of its
original or appellate jurisdiction, it shall appear to the Justices
thereof, or any of them, that there is involved a question of
constitutional law, or of conflict between the Constitution and
laws of this State and of the United States, or between the
duties and obligations of her citizens under the same, upon the
determination of which the entire court is not agreed, or when-
ever the Justices of said court, or any two of them, desire it on
any cause of question so before said court, the Chief Justice, or
in his absence the presiding Associate Justice, shall call to the
assistance of the Supreme Court all of the Judges of the Cir-
cuit Court: Provided, however, That when the matter to be
submitted is involved in an appeal from the Circuit Court, the
Circuit Judge -who tried the cause shall not sit. A majority of
the Justices of the Supreme Court and Circuit Judges shall con-
stitute a quorum. The decision of ' the Court so consti-
tuted, or a majority of the Justices and Judges sitting, shall
be final and conclusive. In such case the Chief Justice, or
in his absence the presiding Associate Justice, shall preside.
Whenever the Justices of the Supreme Court and the Circuit
Judges meet together for the purposes aforesaid, if the num-
ber thereof be qualified to sit constitute an even number,
then one of the Circuit Judges must retire; and the Cir-
cuit Judges present shall determine by lot which of their
number shall retire; and upon which a majority of the
electors, qualified to vote for members of the General Assem-
bly of this State, voting thereon, voted in favor of said amend-
ment, be, and the same is hereby, ratified and made a part of
the Constitution of the State of South Carolina. That the said
amendment so made a part of said Constitution is as follows :
That Section 12 of Article V of said Constitution is amended
by striking out in lines 3, 4 and 5 the words, "but if the four
Justices equally divide in opinion, the judgment below shall
be affirmed," and' by striking out the word "two" in line 8 and
inserting the word "three," so that as amended the same shall
read as follows :
Section 12. In all cases decided by the Supreme Court, the
concurrence of three of the Justices shall be necessary for a
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 119
reversal of the judgment below, subject to the provisions ^-^^^^^\
hereinafter prescribed. Whenever, upon the hearing of any
cause or question before the Supreme Court, in the exercise of
its original or appellate jurisdiction, it shall appear to the Jus-
tices thereof, or any of them, that there is involved a question
of constitutional law, or of conflict between the Constitution
and Laws of this State and of the United States, or between
the duties and obligations of her citizens under the same, upon
the determination of which the entire court is not agreed, or
whenever the Justices of said court, or any two of them, desire
it on any cause or question so before said court, the Chief Jus-
tice, or in his absence the presiding Associate Justice, shall call
to the assistance of the Supreme Court all of the Judges of
the Circuit Court: Provided, however, That when the matter
to be submitted is involved in an appeal from the Circuit
Court, the Circuit Judge who tried the cause shall not sit. A
majority of the Justices of the Supreme Court and the Circuit
Judges* shall constitute a quorum. The decision of the court
so constituted, or a majority of the Justices and Judges sitting,
shall be final and conclusive. In such case the Chief Justice,
or in his absence the presiding Associate Justice, shall preside.
Whenever the Justices of the Supreme Court and the Circuit
Judges meet together for the purposes aforesaid, if the nimiber
thereof be qualified to sit constitute an even number, then one
of the Circuit Judges must retire ; and the Circuit Judges pres-
ent shall determine by lot which of their number shall retire.
Approved the 3d day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 59.
AN ACT TO Ratify the Amendment to Section 2 of
Article V of the Constitution, Relating to Asso-
ciate Justices of the Supreme Court.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the amendment to Section 2 of J jjj' *^ ^uts..
Article V of the Constitution, relating to Associate Justices
of the Supreme Court, which was submitted by Joint Resolu-
tion of the last past General Assembly, approved the 26th day
of February, A. D. 1910, to the qualified electors of the State
Resolution
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A. D. 1911 at the general election next thereafter, to amend Section 2 of
Article V of the Constitution, relating to Associate Justices of
the Supreme Court, by striking out the word "three" in line 2,
and inserting in lieu thereof the word "four," and striking out
the word "eight" in line 6, and inserting the word "ten," so
that when amended the same shall read as follows :
Section 2. The Supreme Court shall consist of a Chief Jus-
tice and four Associate Justices, any three of 'whom shall con-
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The Chief
Justice shall preside, and in his absence, the senior Associate
Justice. They shall be elected for the term of ten years, and
shall continue in office until their successors shall be elected
and qualified, and shall be so classified that one of them shall
go out of office every two years. And upon which a majority
of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General
Assembly of this State, voting thereon, voted in* favor of said
amendment, be, and the same is hereby, ratified and made a
part of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina. That
the said amendment so made a part of the said Constitution
is as follows : That Section 2 of Article V of said Constitution
is amended by striking out the word "three" in line 2, and
inserting in lieu thereof the word "four," and striking out
the word "eight" in line 6, and inserting the word "ten;" so
that, as amended, the same shall read as follows:
Section 2. The Supreme Court shall consist of a Chief Jus-
tice and four Associate Justices, any three of whom shall con-
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The Chief
Justice shall preside, and in his absence, the senior Associate
Justice. They shall be elected for the term of ten years, and
Term of office, shall contiuuc in office until their successors shall be elected
and qualified, and shall be so classified that one of them shall
go out of office every two years.
Approved the 28th day of January, A. D. 1911.
Amendment
ratified.
Organization
of Supreme
Court.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 121
I
No. 60. t^^
AN ACT TO Require Clemson Agricultural and Mechan-
ical College to Analyze Fertilizers on Demand of
Purchaser Without Requiring Purchaser to Fur-
nish Name of Manufacturer or Manufacturer's
Analysis of Said Fertilizer.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
f, , . Clemson Col-
State of South Carolina, That after the passage of this Act it legc^to analyze
shall be the duty of Clemson Agricultural and Mechanical Col- without requir-
lege to analyze samples of commercial fertilizers, manure, or manufacturer,
cotton seed meal furnished by a citizen of this State, as now
required by law, without requiring the purchaser of said ferti-
lizers to give the name of the manufacturers or the manufac-
turers' analysis. The person sending such sample shall fur-
nish the said college with the name of the manufacturer of
such fertilizer and the ingredients thereof immediately after
the receipt of the analysis of such fertilizer: Provided, how-
ez'er, That it shall be the duty of any citizen sending Samples -p^^^^
to Clemson College for analysis to give to the college the names
of the fertilizer ingredients represented to be in said fertilizer.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 61.
AN ACT TO Provide the Manner in Which the Treas-
urer OF THE State Hospitai. for the Insane Shall
Draw the Money Appropriated to Said Institution.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Money to be
State of South Carolina, That the money appropriated to the
State Hospital for the Insane shall be paid to the treasurer of
said institution in the following manner : On the first of each
month the said treasurer shall draw his receipt warrant upon
the Comptroller General for one-twelfth of the amount appro-
priated for the use of said institution, which receipt warrant
shall be countersigned by the superintendent of said institu-
tion. Upon receipt by the Comptroller General of such
receipt warrant so countersigned, the said Comptroller Central
shall issue his warrant on the State Treasurer in favor of the
122 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 treasurer of the State Hospital, and the said treasurer shall pay
^'"'^"^^^"^■'^ the same, the amount thereof to be charged to the appropriation
account of said institution by the Comptroller General and the
State Treasurer. At the end of such month, and before pre-
senting any other receipt warrant, the said treasurer of the
Itemized sute- State Hospital shall file with the Comptroller General an item-
ment to be {^^(j swom Statement showing the disbursements in detail for
the previous month.
Sec. 2. All Acts in so far as they conflict with the provisions
herein are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This Act shall go into effect immediately upon its
approval by the Governor.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No, 62.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 13 of an Act Entitled "An
Act for the Protection of Game Birds and Animals,
AND to Provide a Close Season/^ Approved the 25th
Day of February, A. D. 1910.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
$ 1 of Act of State of South Carolina, That Section 1 of an Act entitled "An
sTg^amM^d^! A^t for the protection of game birds and animals, and to pro-
vide a close season," approved the 26th day of February, A. D.
1910, be amended by striking out the word "February," on
line 4, and inserting in lieu the word "January." On line 4
strike out the word "November" and insert in lieu the word
"September." Strike out lines 5 and 6, beginning at "or any"
and ending with "this Act." Strike out in line 7 the. word
"first" and insert in lieu the word "fifteenth." Strike out in
line 8 the word "fifteenth" and insert in lieu the word "first."
Insert in line 12, after the word "November," the words "or
any wood ducks between the first day of March and the first
day of September." Add at the end of said Section 1 the
following: ''Provided, It shall be unlawful for any person or
persons to cast abroad on, or bait with wheat, rye, peas or any
other grain or food attractive to birds, any field, farm or other
lands for the purpose of hunting or shooting doves between the
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. . 123
first day of March and the first day of December;" so that a.d. i»ii
when amended the same shall read as follows : v.-*-v^«w^
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That it shall be unlawful to shoot, p, „
chase, trap or catch any deer within the borders of this State and^a^ma^/s^^^
between the first day of January and the first day of Septem-
ber, or any partridge or wild turkey between the fifteenth day
of March and the fifteenth day of November, or any dove
between the first day of March and the fifteenth day of August,
or any woodcock between the fifteenth day of January and the
first day of September, or any willet between the first day of
March and the first day of November, or any wood ducks
between the first day of March and the first day of September,
or any grackle between the first day of March and the first day
of October, or to disturb the nests of, or eggs of, any of the
birds above mentioned, except as is provided for otherwise;
and any person violating this Act shall be fined ten dollars for
each bird killed, caught or pursued with such intent, or for
each nest of eggs so disturbed, and twenty-five dollars for each ^^^ ^'
deer killed, caught or pursued contrary to this Act, or be
imprisoned one day for each dollar fined and unpaid, not to
exceed one hundred dollars fine or thirty days imprisonment:
Provided^ It shall be unlawful for any person or persons to Proviso,
cast abroad on, or bait with wheat, rye, peas or any other grain
or food attractive to birds, any field, farm or other lands for
the purpose of hunting or shooting doves between the fifteenth
day of March and the first day of December.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 63.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Amend
Section 1 of an Act Entitled 'An Act to Amend an
Act Entitled "An Act to Prohibit the Destruction
OF Fox in Certain Counties of the State,'' Approved
the 21st Day of February, 1908,* Approved the 3d
Day of March, A. D. 1909, so as to Include the Coun-
ties OF Calhoun, Kershaw and Orangeburg/'
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A. D. 1911 Approved the 26th Day of February, A. D. 1910, so as
'"-'^'^^'^^ TO Strike Out Aiken County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Act of 1910. State of South Carolina, That Section 1 of an Act entitled "An
amendiSg ^2« * Act to amend Section 1 of an Act entitled *An Act to amend
Criminai'fcodc, an Act entitled "An Act to prohibit the destruction of fox in
amended. Certain counties of the State," approved the 21st day of Feb-
ruary, 1908, so as to include in its provisions the counties of
Aiken, Richland and Edgefield,' approved the 3d day of March,
A. D. 1909, so as to include the counties of Calhoun and
Orangeburg," approved the 25th day of February, A. D. 1910.
be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking out the words
"Aiken" and "Richland," in said section, so that said section,
when so amended, shall read as follows :
Section 1. That in the counties of York, Union, Chesterfield,
Lee, Cherokee, Chester, Hampton, Calhoun, Kershaw and
Orangeburg it shall be unlawful to shoot or trap any fox at any
time, or to kill or take in any other manner any fox between the
15th day of February and the 1st of September of any year
hereafter, under a penalty of not more than twenty-five dollars,
or thirty days imprisonment.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 64.
AN ACT FOR the Protection of G\me Fish in Berkeley,
Bamberg, Colleton, Dorchester, Clarendon and Wil-
liamsburg Counties, and for the Repeal of Certain
Laws Relating Thereto.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Game fish. State of South Carolina, That in the counties of Berkeley,
Bamberg, Colleton, Dorchester, Clarendon and Williamburg,
for the purpose of classification, the following fish shall be
known as game fish, viz. : Jackfish or pickerel, pike, black bass
or pond trout, striped bass or rockfish, warmouth, redbelly,
robin, bream, copper-face or ball bream, banded bream, yellow-
belly perch, sun perch, red-fin trout or yellow perch, rainbow
trout, speckled trout, flyer, crappin, rock bass, goggle-eye and
white perch.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 125
Sec. 2. That hereafter, during the months of April, May, a. d. 1911
June and July, no person or persons shall cast, draw, fasten or ^^^^^^^
otherwise make use of any seine or drift net, fyke net of any ^^4^-^^^
other description, or use any other appliances for the catching
of game fish, except hook and line and ordinary bait, or by
spoon, or by artificial fly, or by phantom minnow, or by arti-
ficial bait. For the violation of this section the party so violat-
ing shall be fined twenty ($30.00) dollars, or be imprisoned
thirty (30) days for each offense: Provided, That this section
shall not apply to such person or persons as are catching game
fish with a net or other appliances for the purpose of stocking a
pond or other stream, and not for commercial purposes : Pro-
videdf also. That any or all persons engaged in catching game
fish for the purpose of stocking a pond or stream must notify
the nearest magistrate of his or their purpose to so catch the
fish : Provided, further. That this shall not prohibit the catch-
ing of any kind of fish in a private pond not erected on a navi-
gable stream in any manner by the owner of such pond or by
permission of owner at any season of the year.
Sec. 3. It shall be unlawful to poison the streams or waters unlawful to
in the counties of Bamberg, Berkeley, Colleton, Clarendon and fn"ccm?n^*"'
Williamsburg in any manner whatsoever for the purpose of *^<>""^*<^»'
taking fish. The muddying of streams or ponds, or the intro-
duction of any substance which results in making the fish sick,
so that they may be caught, is hereby declared to be poisoning
in the sense of this Act. For violating this section, the person
so violating shall be fined five hundred ($500) dollars, or be
imprisoned six (6) months.
Sec. 4. No navigable stream in the counties of Bamberg,
Berkeley, Colleton, Clarendon and Williamsburg shall be
obstructed by dam or otherwise unless there be provided a fish-
way in same. For the violation of this section the person or
corporation so violating shall be fined not less than twenty-five
($25.00) dollars for each day that such obstruction shall exist
without said fishway in same after having been notified in writ-
ing by any person that such obstruction exists.
Sec. 5. Any nonmigratory fish, except game fish, may be ^j^j^tor fiah
caught at any time or in any manner not prohibited by this Act.
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Penalty for
violation of
provisions
herein.
Dynamite.
Migratory fish may be caught in accordance with such laws as
now exist or may hereafter be enacted.
Sec. 6. That for the violation of any provisions of this Act
not otherwise provided for shall, upon conviction, be fined not
less than ten dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars, or be
imprisoned for not less, than ten days nor more than thirty days,
and for the violation of any provision of Section 4, upon con-
viction, be fined .not less than one dollar nor more than twenty-
five dollars, or be imprisoned for not less than one day nor
more than thirty days.
Sec. 7. Such parts of Sections 524, 625, 532 and 535 of
Volume II of the Code, and such other Acts or parts of Acts
as conflict with the several provisions of this Xct are hereby
repealed.
Sec. 8. It shall be unlawful to throw, place or put dynamite
or any explosive in any lake, stream or inland water in Bam-
berg, Berkeley, Colleton, Clarendon and Williamsburg counties
for the purpose of taking fish. For the violation of this sec-
tion the person so violating shall be fined five hundred ($500)
dollars, or be imprisoned one year.
Sec. 9. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act are hereby repealed.
Sec 10. That all fines collected for the violation of any of
the sections of this Act shall be turned into the county treasury
to be disbursed the same as any ordinary county fund.
Sec. 11. That this Act shall take eflFect immediately on its
passage and approval by the Governor.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 65.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act for the
Protection of Game Fish in the State of South Caro-
lina, AND for the Repeal of Certain Laws Relating
Thereto/' Approved 23d Day of February, A. D. 1910,
BY Striking Out Sections 2 and 3, and Inserting a
New Section 2.
2e%tot8./67«; Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
amcndei' ' State of South Carolina, That an Act entitled "An Act for the
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 127
protection of game fish in the State of South Carolina, and for A- ^- ^^^^
the repeal of certain laws relating thereto," approved the 23d
day of February, A. D. 1910, be, and it is hereby, amended
by striking out Section 'Z and inserting in lieu thereof the fol-
lowing :
Section 2. That hereafter no person or persons shall cast,
draw, fasten or otherwise make use of any seine or drift net, excepted,
fyke net of any other description, or use any other appliances
for the catching of fish in the waters of this State other than
privately owned ponds or lakes, except hook and line and ordi-
nary bait or by spoon, or by artificial fly, or by phantom
minnow, or by artificial bait, between the first day of April
and the first day of November of each year: Provided, Thatp^ .
in the counties of Bamberg, Berkeley, Clarendon, Colleton,
Dorchester and Williamsburg the close; season shall be between
the first day of April and the first day of August of each year.
For violation of this section, the party so violating shall be fined
twenty ($20.00) dollars or imprisoned thirty (30) days for
each oflfense: Provided, That this section shall not apply to
such person or persons as are catching game fish with a net or fxccptcd.^^"^
other appliances for the purpose of stocking a pond or other
streams not for commercial purposes: Promded, That in the
counties of Bamberg, Berkeley, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorches- ^'o^^so.
ter and Williamsburg fish may be sold: Provided, also. That
any or all persons engaged in catching fish for the purpose of proviso,
stocking a pond or stream must notify the nearest game war-
den or magistrate of his or their purpose to so catch the fish :
Provided, also. That no game fish shall be sold during the
months of April, May and June : Provided, That in the coun- '■°^*^**-
ties of Bamberg, Berkeley, Clarendon, Colleton, Dorchester and
Williamsburg persons engaged in catching fish for the purpose
of stocking a pond or stream must notify the nearest magis-
trate of his or their purpose to so catch fish.
Sec. 3. That in the counties of Bamberg, Berkeley, Clar- ^. . .
. ^ Disposition of
endon, Colleton, Dorchester, Darlington, Williamsburg, fines in cer-
Chesterfield and Marlboro all fines accruing from the viola-
tions of any of the provisions of this Act shall be turned into
the county treasury of said counties, to be disbursed as ordi-
nary county funds.
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Unlawful
to poison
streams.
Dynamite.
Sec. 4. It shall be unlawful to poison the streams of waters
of the State in any manner whatsoever for the purpose of
taking fish. The introduction of any substance which results
in making the fish sick, so that they may be caught, is hereby
declared to be poisoning in the sense of this Act. It shall be
unlawful to throw, place or put any dynamite or any explosive
in any lake, stream or water in the State for the purpose of
taking fish. For violation of this section the person or per-
sons so violating shall be fined five hundred ($500.00) dollars,
or imprisoned six (6) months.
Sec. 5. It shall be unlawful to fish in any private pond or
stream without the permission of the owner.
Sec. 6. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 66.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Amend
Section 1 of an Act Entitled 'An Act to Amend
AN Act Entitled "An Acr to Prohibit the Destruc-
tion OF Fox in Certain Counties of the State/'
Approved the 21st Day of February, 1908, so as to
Include in Its Provisions the Counties of Richland
AND Edgefield/ Approved the 3d Day of March, A. D.
1909, so AS TO Include the Counties of Calhoun and
Orangeburg/' Approved the 25th Day of February,
A. D. 1910, so AS to Include Abbeville County in the
Provisions of Said Act.
*
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
^ , _ State of South Carolina. That Section 1 of an Act entitled
Act of 1910,
26 Stats.. 682, "An Act to amend Section 1 of an Act entitled *An Act to
amending 20
Stats., 72, amend an Act entitled "An Act to prohibit the destruction of
Cnminal
Code, |654b, fox in Certain counties of the State/' approved the 21st dav
amended. e -r^ ' i-sr *
of February, 1908, so as to include m its provisions
the counties of Kichland and Edgefield,' approved the 3d
day of March, A. D. 1909, so as to include the counties
of Calhoun and Orangeburg," approved the 25th day of Feb-
ruary, A. D. 1910, so as to include Abbeville county in the
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 129
provisions of said Act, be, and the same is hereby, amended ^- ^- ^^^^
by inserting the word "Abbeville" between the words "Rich-
land" and "Calhoun;" so that, when amended, said section
shall read as follows :
Section 1. That in the counties of York, Union, Chester- unlawful to
field, Edgefield, Lee, Cherokee, Chester, Richland, Abbeville, t^ee^^e^in
Calhoun and Orangeburg, it shall be unlawful to shoot or trap ^****'
any fox at any time, or to kill or take, in any other manner,
any fox between the 15th day of February and the 1st of
September of any year hereafter, under a penalty of not more
than twenty-five dollars or thirty days imprisonment.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 67.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 162 of the Criminal Code of
South Carolina.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the < 1^2 Crim-
State of South Carolina, That Section 162 of the Criminal Code amindel^'
of South Carolina, be, and the same is hereby, amended by
striking out the words "at will, for years or for life," so that
the section, when amended, would read as follows:
Section 162. Whoever shall maliciously, unlawfully and
wilfully burn, or cause to be burned, cut, or cause to be cut or ting^^cfc.,^ wi-
destroyed, any untenanted or unfinshed house or building of u^iTfinished***^
any frame, or frames of timber, of any other person, made and "*^*^*"^®*
prepared, or hereafter to be made or prepared, for or towards
the making of any house or houses, so that the same shall not
be suitable for the purpose for which it was prepared ; and any
tenant or tenants, who shall wilfully or maliciously cut, deface,
mutilate, bum, destroy or otherwise injure any dwelling house, injury done
outhouse, erection, building or crops then in possession of such
tenant or tenants, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by fine or Punishment,
imprisonment, or both, in the discretion of the court.
Sec 2. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act
are hereby repealed.
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A. D. 1911 Sec. 3. This Act shall take eifect immediately upon its
approval.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Civil Code,
amended.
Meeting of
Board of Ex-
aminers.
Notice.
Course of
Study.
Licenses.
Registry.
Fee.
No. 68.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 1129 of Volume I of the Code
OF Laws of South Carolina^ 1903.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Section 1129 of Volume I of the
Code of Laws of South Carolina, be amended as follows: By
striking out the words "at the time and place of meeting of
the South Carolina State Dental Association," and inserting
in lieu thereof "at such time and place as they shall designate ;"
so that said section, when so amended, shall read as follows :
Section 1129. The Board of Examiners shall meet annually
at such time and place as they shall designate, giving thirty
days* notice in the public newspapers, published in not less than
three different places in the State, viz. : One in Charleston, one
in Columbia and one in Greenville, of such annual meeting;
shall prescribe a course of reading for those who study dentis-
try under private instructions ; shall grant licenses to all appli-
cants who undergo a satisfactory examination; shall keep a
book in which shall be registered all persons licensed to prac-
tice dentistry in the State of South Carolina. The expenses
of said license shall be fifteen dollars, to be paid by said
licensee.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 69.
AN ACT TO Annul Any Clause in a Contract Providing
FOR A Less Time in Which Suit May Be Brought on
Such Contract Other Than the Statute of Limita-
tions AS to Such Causes of Action.
Section 1. Be it en<icted by the General Assembly of the
fiJnitotion ?n State of South Carolina, That no clause, provision or agree-
dared^^vofd.^** meut in any contract of whatsoever nature, verbal or written,
Clause in any
contract not
in conformity
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 131
whereby it is agreed that either party shall be barred from a.d. i9ii
bringing suit upon any cause of action arising out of said con-
tract if not brought within a period less than the time pre-
scribed by the statute of limitation, for similar causes of action,
shall bar such action, but the same may be brought notwith-
standing such clause, provision or agreement if brought within
the time prescribed by the statute of limitations in reference to
like caiises of action.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 70.
AN ACT TO Require Marriage Licenses and Regulate
Their Issuance.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That from and after the first day of Jiired^foT
July, 1911, it shall be unlawful for any persons to contract matrimony.
matrimony within this State without first procuring a license as
is hereinafter provided ; and it shall likewise be unlawful for
any one, whomsoever, to perform the marriage ceremony for
any such persons without said persons first delivering to the
party performing said marriage ceremony a license as is here-
inafter provided, duly authorizing said persons to contract
matrimony. Any officer or person performing the marriage
ceremony without the production of such license shall, on con-
viction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than one
hundred ($100) dollars nor less than twenty-five ($35) dol-
lars, or imprisonment not more than thirty days nor less than
ten.
Sec. 2. For the purpose of carrying out the foregoing provi-
sions, the Judge of Probate shall issue a license for the mar- Probate judge
to issue
riage of any persons upon the payment of a fee of one ($1.00) license.
dollar therefor, and a statement, under oath or affirmation, to
the effect that the persons seeking to contract matrimony are
legally capacitated to marry, together with the full names of
the persons, their ages and places of residence. Of the fee of
one ($1.00) dollar the Judge of Probate shall retain twenty-
five cents as his compensation ; the remaining seventy-five cents
shall be paid into the county treasury and go to the school fund
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Proviso.
Proviso.
A. D. 1911 of said county : Provided, No such license shall be issued when
the woman or woman-child is under the age of fourteen or the
man or male is under the age of eighteen : Provided, further.
That when either party to the proposed marriage shall be under
eighteen years of age and shall reside with father or mother,
or other relative or guardian, the Probate Judge shall not issue
a license for such marriage until the consent of such relative
or guardian in writing shall first be delivered to him : Provided,
Clerk of court That such Hceuse shall be issued in the counties of Beaufort,
*cc?toin^** Colleton, Darlington, Georgetown, Horry, Oconee and Sumter
by the Clerks of Court.
Sec. 3. That upon the back of each license so issued there
shall be a blank to be filled out by the party performing the
marriage ceremony, and shall be signed by both contracting
parties, and the form of the license and certificate shall be- as
follows :
"MARRIAGE LICENSE.
to
in
counties.
Form of
license.
Certificate.
"State of South Carolina,
•'County of
"Whereas, It has been made to appear to me ,
Judge of Probate for County, upon oath, that of
and of are
legally capacitated to contract matrimony, and that their ages
are, respectively, years and months, and
years and months, and that
their race is , and their nationality is
These are, therefore, to authorize any person qualified to per-
form the marriage ceremonies to perform the marriage cere-
mony for the persons above named, and for the so doing this
shall be sufficient warrant.
"Given under my hand and seal this day of ,
A. D
ti
"Judge of Probate for County."
"Certificate. — This is lo certify that I, , did
this day perform the marriage ceremony for the within named
persons at , S. C, day of
.., A. D "
OF SOUTH CAROLIIV^. 133
Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the party performing the mar- ^ ^- i^i^
riage ceremony to take the marriage license and fill out certi- pj-^j^j^^^ j^^^^
ficate of marriage and within fifteen days, turn the same over to*° ^*^p record,
the Judge of Probate who issued it, and it shall be the duty of
the Judge of Probate to record and index same in a book kept
for that purpose ; and it shall be the duty of the Judge of Pro-
bate to issue a certified copy of said license and certificate to
any person upon such person paying him the sum of twenty-five
cents as a fee therefor.
Sec. 5. That all fines imposed and recovered for any viola-
tion of this Act shall be paid to the County Treasurer and Fines,
credited by him to the school fund of the county in which the
violation occurs.
Sec. 6. Nothing herein contained shall render any marriage
illegal without the issuance of a license.
Sec. 7. The production of such certificate or a copy thereof
with the blank on the back thereof properly filled out and marriage suf-
signed by the person performing such ceremony, and certified dcnce in
by the Clerk of Court or Judge of Probate, if issued by that
officer, shall be received as sufficient evidence in prof of the
contract of marriage between the parties therein named in any
of the courts of this State : Provided, That nothing in this Act
shall prevent proof of marriage in any way now allowed by law
in this State.
Sec. 8. That only ministers of the gospel or accepted Jewish
Rabbi and officers authorized to administer oaths in this State ^o^^ mamago
ceremony.
are authorized to admmister a marriage ceremony in this State.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
"So. 71.
AX ACT TO Amend Section 2974, Volume I, Code of Laws,
1902, Relating to Appeals in Ejectment Proceed-
ings.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Section 2974, Volume I, Code civil dode,
of Laws, 1902, be, and the same is hereby, amended by insert-
ing between the word "cases" and the word "restraining" the
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A. D. 1911
Either party
right of ap-
peal.
words "upon giving the bond required by Section 297'2;" so
that, when thus amended, said section shall read as follows :
Section 2974. Either party to these proceedings shall have
the right of appeal. The magistrate shall not issue his war-
rant until the expiration of five days after he announces his
decision, and in the meantime the defendant may apply for an
injunction, as in other cases, upon giving the bond required by
Section 2972, restraining the execution of such warrant pend-
ing the determination of his appeal by the Circuit Court.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
i 1276.
Civil Code,
amended.
Powers of
Board of Visi-
tors.
No. 72.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 1276, Volume I of the Code of
Laws, 1902, Relating to the Powers of the Board of
Visitors of the Citadel. The Military College of
South Carolina.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Section 1276, Volume I of the
Code of Laws, 1902, be amended by inserting after the words
"bachelor of science" the words "and the degree of civil
engineer;" so that said section, when amended, shall read as
follows :
Section 1276. Said board shall have the power to establish
such regulations as they may deem necessary for the organiza-
tion and good government of said Academy, and to establish
such by-laws for the manegement thereof as shall not be incon-
sistent with the laws of this State, or of the limited States, to
appoint professors qualified to give instruction in military
science, and of other branches of knowledge which they may
deem essential, to fix their salaries and the period for which
said professors shall serve, and the said board shall have full
power to confer the degree of bachelor of science and the degree
of civil engineer on graduates of the said Academy.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 135
No. 78. ^ ^- ""
AN ACT TO Dispense With Publication of Legal Notices
IN Certain Cases.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That from and after the approval St^llSticS^or
of thi« Act, it shall not be necessary to publish in any news- rl^ui?cd to°^e
paper, any notice or citation relating to any estate in the courts p"^^»*^«<^-
of probate, where the value of such estate, or estates, does
not exceed two hundred dollars : Provided, That in such cases proviso,
the notices required by law shall be posted at the door of
courthouse of the county where such estate or estates may be
situated, for the time required by law.
Sec. 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent herewith
are hereby repealed.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 74.
«
AN ACT TO Require the Clerk of Court to Open and
Publish Sealed Sentences.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, Upon the arrest of a party for whom ^'*Ji^j.°j ^^^^^
there is a sealed sentence, the Sheriff shall forthwith carry the j-^h^g^^'ji'*"**'
prisoner before the Clerk of Court, who shall, in the presence ■enteiwcs.
of the prisoner and the attorney of record, if there be one, open
and publish said sentence, and it shall at once be enforced unless
stayed by appeal.
Sec. 2. That Act No. 296, approved 18th February, 1910 j^^^^ ^pealed.
(Acts 1910, page 587), and Act No. 414, approved 28th Feb-
ruary (Acts 1910, page 762), and all Acts and parts of Acts in
conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 75.
AN ACT TO Provide for the Custody of Destitute, Aban-
doned AND Unprotected Children.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the *° apprehend
•^ •' abandoned
State of South Carolina, That whenever any girl under the age children.
Police officers
136 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 of fourteen, or boy under the age of ten years, shall be found
^"*''"^^"^*''^ by any policeman, sheriff, constable or other person in any
county, city or town in circumstances of destitution or suffer-
ing, or of abandonment, exposure or neglect, or of beggary,
or in any house of ill fame, it shall be lawful for, and the duty
of, such officer to make report thereof to the Probate Judge of
said county. Thereupon, such Probate Judge shall forthwith
fix a time for the hearing and investigation of such case, as
speedily as possible, and give notice of such hearing to the
parent or parents, if known, or to the guardian or custodian of
Probate Judge such child, if knovvn. And such Probate Judge shall hear all
tfgSionl*"^**^ the evidence oflFered before him and investigate fully the cir-
cumstances and surroundings of such child. And if upon such
investigation the said officer shall find that said child is aban-
doned, or is being brought up in immoral or vicious surround-
ings, or without any adequate or proper care and custody, it
shall be lawful for, and the duty of, such officer to issue a war-
rant of commitment, committing said child to the custody, care
Rescue
orphanages, and rearing of the Rescue Orphanage, situated at Columbia,
S. C, or to any similar orphanage in the State devoted to the
relief and care of such children.
Sec. 2. The said orphanage and any other orphanage.
Rights. devoted to the relief of children who are destitute, abandoned
or being raised in immoral and vicious surroundings, shall have
full care and control over any child committed to it, as provided
in Section 1 above; subject always to the right of the courts
to inquire into the propriety and sufficiency of the care and
maintenance being provided for any such child, and to modify
or change the care and custody of any child, as the court may
deem proper.
Sec. 3. That any such orphanage to which a child has been
chfi^rin* to**in- committed, as provided in the last two preceding sections, shall
f 'mu"*^ **' ^^^^ *^^ right to intrust any such child, for its care, mainte-
nance, rearing, education, and adoption to the care and custody
of any individual or family, which it may deem proper, upon
such guarantees as may be required by such orphanage. But
this right shall be subject to the supervision, investigation and
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control of the Courts of Common Pleas for said State of South ^- ^- ^•^^
Carolina, upon application made to such courts.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 76.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 762, Code o^ Laws of South
Caroi^ina, Voi^ume I, BY Striking Out the Word
"Two"' on Line 1 Thereof.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Section 762, Code of Laws of Cmi tode,
South Carolina, Volume I, be amended by striking out the
word "two" on line 1 thereof, so that said section, when
amended, shall read as follows:
Section 762. The said County Commissioners, appointed or
elected as prescribed in Section 756, shall each give bond in the Bond of Com-
r 1 1 It r • missioners.
sum of one thousand dollars, except m Lexington and Pickens ^
*^ *=* Counties ex-
counties, where their bond shall be in the penal sum of twoc«pted.
thousand dollars.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 77.
AN ACT to Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Amend
Section 2655 of Volume I of the Code of Laws of
South Carolina of 1902, so That Said Section Shall
Apply to Simple Contract Creditors," Approved 26th
Day of February, 1910, by Including Personal Prop-
erty Deposited as Collateral for a Loan.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That an Act entitled "An Act to amend 26 sute, 747,'
an Act to amend Section 2655 of Volume I of the Code of
Laws of South Carolina," approved 26th day of February,
1910, be amended by inserting after the word "thereon" the
words "or as a pledge or collateral to a loan ;" so that said sec-
tion, when so amended, shall read as follows :
Section 2655. Every agreement between the vendor and
vendee, bailor or bailee, of personal property, whereby the
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Agreement re-
serving any in-
terest in per-
sonal property
to vendors or
bailor void
against credi-
tors, etc., un-
less in writing
and recorded.
Exceptions.
vendor or bailor shall reserve to himself any interest in the
same, shall be null and void as to subsequent creditors
(whether lien creditors or simple contract creditors) or pur-
chasers for valuable consideration without notice, unless the
same be reduced to writing and recorded in the manner now
provided by law for the recording of mortgages, but nothing
herein contained shall apply to livery stable keepers, inn keep-
ers, or any other persons letting or hiring property for tempo-
rary use, or for agricultural purposes, or depositing such prop-
erty for the purpose of repairs or work or labor done thereon,
or depositing any personal property as a pledge or collateral
to a loan.
Approved the 3d day of February, A. D. 1911.
i 3094,
Civil Code,
amended.
No. 78.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 3094, Volume I, Code of Laws
OF South Carolina, 1902, by Making Each First Mon-
day IN Any Month a Legal Day for Judicial Sales
OR Transaction of Any Other Legal Business.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Section 3094, Volume I, Code
of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, be, and the same is hereby,
amended by striking out all of the proviso at the end of said
section, and inserting in lieu thereof the following : "Provided,
That each first Monday in any month shall be a legal day for
judicial sales or the transaction of any other legal business;"
so that said section, when so amended, shall read as follows :
Section 3094. National thanksgiving days and all general
Legal holidays, election days, and also the first day of January, the nineteenth
day of January, the twenty-second day of February, the tenth
day of May, the third day of June, the fourth day of July,
the first Monday in September and the twenty-fifth day of
December in each and every year shall be legal holidays ; Pro-
vided, That each first Monday in any month shall be a legal day
for judicial sales or the transaction of any other legal business.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
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No. 79. ^^^^
AN ACT Relating to the Office of Notary Public.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly, of the Notaries
State of South Carolina, The Governor is authorized to appoint ^"**^*^'
as many notaries public throughout the State as the public
good shall require, to hold their offices during the pleasure of
the Governor, and whose jurisdiction shall extend throughout
the State.
Sec. 2. Every notary public shall take the oath of office pre- Oaths.
scribed by the Constitution, and the oath with respect to
duelling, which shall be recorded and filed in the office of the
Secretary of State.
Sec. 3. That every notary public shall, within fifteen days . .
after he has been commissioned, exhibit his commission to the to be enrolled.
Clerk of the Court of the county in which he resides and be
enrolled by said clerk as now required by law in case of
magistrates.
Sec. 4. Every notary public shall have a seal, which shall be g^^j
affixed to his instruments of publication and protestations ; but
the absence of such seal shall not render his acts invalid, pro-
vided his official title be affixed.
Sec. 5, He shall have power to administer oaths, take depo-
sitions and affidavits, protests for nonpayment of bonds, notes, ^°^^"-
drafts and bills of exchange, take acknowledgments and
proofe of deeds and other instruments required by law to be
acknowledged, take renunciation of dower, and perform all
other acts now or that may hereafter be provided by law.
Sec 6. No notary public shall be appointed except upon the Endorsement
endoresement of one of the legislative delegation from th€
county in which the applicant resides.
Sec 7. The fee for the commission shall be two dollars, col-
Fee
lected by the Secretary of State as other fees.
Sec 8. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with
this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec 9. This Act shall go into effect immediately upon its
approval by the Governor.
Approved the 10th day of February, A. D. 1911.
140 STATUTES AT LARGE
^^^^^ No. 80,
AN ACT TO Amend Section 359, Volume II, Code o? Civil
Procedure, 1902, Relating to Appeals from Magis-
trates' Courts.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
yfi^p^^d- State of South Carolina, That Section 359, Volume II, Code of
ure, amended, q— j Procedure, 1902, be, and the same is hereby, amended by
striking out the word "judgment" after the word "after" and
before the word "serve," lines one and two, and inserting in
lieu thereof the words "written notice of judgment has been
given him or his attorney by the^ magistrate (except where the
judgment is announced at the trial in the presence of the appel-
lant or his attorney, in which event, no written notice shall be
necessary)," so that said section, when so amended, shall read
as follows:
Section 359. The appellant shall, within five days after
Appeal; when written noticc of judgment has been given him or his attorney
by the magistrate (except when the judgment is announced at
the trial in the presence of the appellant or his attorney, in
which event no written notice shall be necessary), serve a notice
of appeal, stating the grounds upon which the appeal is
founded. If the judgment is rendered upon process not per-
sonally served, and the defendant did not appear, he shall have
five days, after personal notice of the judgment, to serve the
notice of appeal provided for in this and the next section.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 81.
AN ACT TO Declare the Wilful or Wanton Burning of
Any Building or Personal Property in Which Any
Person Has an Interest as Mortgagee, Insurer or
Otherwise, a Felony, and to Provide Punishment
Therefor.
Section 1. ffe it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Certain burn- State of South Carolina, Any person who shall wilfully or wan-
a felony. tonly sct fire to or bum, or attempt to burn, any building or
structure or any personal property in which such person has
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 141
an interest as mortgagee, insurer or otherwise, whether such ^- ^- ^®^^
person be the owner thereof or not, or any person, present or
absent, who shall aid, assist, procure or council therein, and
who shall thereafter make claim or demand for the insurance
thereon, shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by imprisonment, in the discretion of the
court.
Sec. 2. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act
are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its
approval.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 82.
AN ACT TO Require a License for Pool and Billiard
Tables Not in Incorporated Cities or Towns^ and to
Provide Punishment for Failure to Comply With
This Act.
Section 1, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That from and after the first day of Annual Ucensc
re<iuired to
April, 1911, every person operating any pool or billiard table operate pool
in this State, outside of an incorporated city or town, shall pay tables ouuide
to the Clerk of the Court of the county in which such table is dty or town,
operated, an annual license of one hundred dollars, to be turned
into the school funds of such county : Provided, That this Act
shall not apply to clubs or individuals where the table is not
operated for private gain.
Sec. 2. That anyone violating the provisions of this Act shall p^^^j^
be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars, or
imprisonment for not more than thirty days, for each day such
table may be. run or operated without such license.
Sec. 3. This Act shall not apply to the counties of Sumter, counties ex-
Dillon, or Charleston. c«p*«<i-
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
142 STATUTES AT LARGE
^^^^^ No. 88.
AN ACT TO Regulate the Hours of Labor for Women
Employed in Mercantile Establishments.
^ , ^ Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Hours of labor "^ •'
for women in State of South Carolina, That from and after the passage of
mercantile *^ *=*
establishments this Act the hours of labor of women employed in mercantile
limited. . , , "^
establishments in this State shall be limited to sixty hours per
week, not to exceed twelve hours in any one day, and that such
female employees shall not be required to work later than the
hour of ten o'clock p. m. The enforcement of this law is
placed in the hands of the Commissioner and Inspectors.
Sec. 2. Any employer or employers of female labor in mer-
Misdemcanor. pantile establishments who .shall violate the provisions of this
Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be pun-
ished by a fine not less than $10.00 nor more than $40.00, or
imprisonment of not less than ten days nor exceeding thirty
days.
Sec. 3. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act
are hereby repealed.
Sec 4. This Act shall become iif force and effect immedi-
ately upon its approval by the Governor.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D, 1911.
No. 84.
AN ACT TO Provide a Day for the Installation of the
Governor.
Time fixed for SECTION 1. Be it ettacted by the General Assembly of the
Governor!" ""* State of South Carolina. That the Governor shall be installed
into office on the third Tuesday of January following his elec-
tion: Provided, That in case the Governor is unable to be
installed on the day therein provided, he shall be' installed into
ofnce as soon thereafter as he is able.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
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No. 85. ;^^^
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Regulate
THE Sale of Cocaine/' Approved the 20th Day of Feb-
ruary, A. D. 1907, so AS TO Further Provide for the
Regulation of the Handling and Use of Cocaine and
TO Change the Punishment Therefor.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Act of ;907,
State of South Carolina, That an Act entitled "An Act to regu- JLndcdV "^'
late the sale of cocaine," approved the 20£h day of February,
A. D*. 1907, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding after
the word "physician" and before the word "shall," on line five
of Section 1 of said Act, the following: "Or any person who
shall be found in possession of any cocaine, or any person who
shall be found in possession of any compound or mixture
thereof, except where the bottle, box or vessel containing said
compound or mixture bears the name of the practicing physi-
cian prescribing it and the name of the druggist or pharmacist
compounding or mixing it," s6 that Section 1 of said Act, as
amended, shall read as follows :
Section 1. That any person, firm or company who shall sell saic of cocaine
cocaine, except on the written prescription of a practicing phy- dlmeanSr.™**"
sician to be used under the personal supervision of such physi-
cian, or any person who shall be found in possession of any
cocaine, or any person who shall be found in possession of any
compQund or mixture thereof, except when the bottle, box or
vessel containing said compound or mixture bears the name of
the practicing physician prescribing it and the name of the drug-
gist or pharmacist compounding or mixing it, shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment not
exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court, with
or without hard labor : Provided, That nothing herein contained
shall prevent the sale of cocaine by wholesale druggists to the
retail or wholesale druggist, nor the use of the same by any
regular licensed dental practitioner in his own practice: Pro-
vided, That the unlawful possession by any person of cocaine,
or any mixture, or combination thereof, shall be prima facie
evidence of an intent to sell, give away, or otherwise dispense
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Proviso.
Civil Code»
amended.
Adoption of
children,
change of
name, etc.;
how effected.
Proviso.
same : Provided, That it shall be the duty of all boards of health
in this State, whether State, county or municipal, to prosecute
violators of this Act, or assist in the prosecution of same.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 86.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 2704, Volume I, Code of Laws,
1902, Relating to Adoption of Children.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Section 2704, Volume I, Code of
Laws, 1902, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding at
the end of said section the following proviso : Provided, further.
That where the custody of any child is given to any person or
persons by any orphan or foundling home, and said person or
persons desire to adopt said child, they may file their petition in
accordance v^th the provisions of this chapter, in the county
where said petitioner or petitioners reside, and it shall not be
necessary to prove who is the father or mother of said child,
so that when amended, the said section shall read as follows :
Section 2704.^ Any person or persons who may desire to
adopt any child or children in this State, and confer upon such
child or children so adopted the right to inherit as the lawful
child of the said person or persons, whether it be desired to
change the name of such child or children or not, shall be
authorized to file his or their petition in the Court of Common
Pleas for the county in which he, she or they may reside ; and
thereupon, the court, upon an examination into the merits of the
said petition, either in open court or upon reference, shall be
authorized to grant the prayer thereof, upon such terms as may
to the court seem proper ; and, thereupon, the name of the said
child or children shall be changed, if so provided in the decree
of said court, and such child or children shall be entitled to
inherit from the said petitioner or petitioners as his, her or
their lawful child or children: Provided, That before any
hearing shall be had on said petition, the child or children so
sought to be adopted, and whose name or names are sought to
be changed, shall be served with a copy of said petition, and
guardian ad litem for such child or children shall be appointed
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OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 145
as in other civil actions : Provided, further, That whenever the ^' ^* ^^^^
child or children, whose adoption may be desired by any person proviso:
or persons in accordance with the foregoing provisions of thisj^^^^^^^^^JJU
section, is or are an inmate or inmates of any orphan house p***** ^®"^*-
within this State, then the petition for the adoption of such child
or children hereinbefore required may be filed, and all other
proceedings in reference thereto had in the Court of Common
Pleas for the county in which such orphan house is situated,
with like force and effect in every respect as if such petition had
been filed and such proceedings had in the Court of Common
Pleas for the county in which the petitioner or petitioners may
reside : Provided, That no person in this State shall adopt an Proviso,
illegitimate child unless the father and mother of such child, if
both were unmarried at the time of its birth, could have law-
fully contracted matrimony under the Constitution and laws of
this State, nor when the person seeking to adopt an illegitimate
child has, at the time of filing the petition, either a lawful wife
or child, unless the wife is the mother of such illegitimate
child, and unless the wife file her written consent to said
adoption in the office of the Clerk of Court of the county
wherein said petition is filed : Provided, further. That no person pj^^g^. ^ ^
who adopts any illegitimate child shall give to such child, by f,f ®^^^^®^
deed, will or otherwise, any greater portion of his estate than cb»w»"«n-
is now allowed by law, unless such person has no lawful wife
or issue living at the time of his death ; nor shall such illegiti-
mate child inherit, in case of intestacy, from the adopted parent
any greater portion of his estate than may be given to such
child by deed or will when such intestate leaves a widow or
lawful issue surviving him : Provided, further, That where the
custody of any child is given to any person or persons by any proviso,
orphan or foundling home, and said person or persons desire to
adopt said child, they may file their petition in accordance with
the provisions of this chapter in the county where said peti-
tioner or petitioners reside, and it shall not be necessary to
prove who is the father or mother of said child.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
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A^D^ No. 87.
AN ACT TO Provide Houses of Correction for Female
Convicts.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the. General Assembly of the
rection for State of South Carolina, The County Board of Commissioners
victs. of the several counties in this State may provide and maintain,
in connection with the poor farm, a suitable house of correction
to which female convicts may be sentenced, except convicts
for capital offenses, wherein such convicts shall be employed in
useful occupations.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Printed copies
No. 88.
AN ACT TO Regulate the Introduction of the Law of
Other States, the Territories and Governments.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
orTorcign*'*" State of South Carolina, That all printed copies of statutes,
IaWS to DC SIQ'
milled as pre- codcs, decided cases or other written law enacted by any other
sumptive evi- . -, . . -
dcncc. sovereignty, btate, territory or government purportmg to be
published under the authority thereof, or purporting to be an
authentic publication by a reputable publisher shall be admitted
by the courts and officers of this State as presumptive evi-
dence of such laws without further proof.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 89.
AN ACT to Amend the Military Code of South Caro-
lina, so as to Better Provide for the Discipline of
the National Guard.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina. That the Military Code of South
Militia when Carolina be amended as follows:
on duly sub-
ject to same Amend Section 11, so as to read as follows: When the
rules and ar- '
tides of war^iilitia are ordered out, or have volunteered for. and while
as u. b.
troops. they are in active service, as heretofore specified, or are in
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 147
camps of instruction, they shall be subject to the same rules a. d. i9ii
and articles of war as troops of the United States, and during
their term of service be entitled to the same pay, rations and
allowances for clothing as are, or may be, established by law
for the army of the United States. When called upon as a
military organization to aid any civil officer in the execution p^y
of the laws or preservation of the peace, each officer and
enlisted man of the militia so engaged shall receive the sum
of one dollar and fifty cents per day and actual expenses, to Spensc"whcn
be paid by the Governor through the commanding officer of **" ^^^'
the organization so ordered out. When the National Guard
and the Naval Militia are on duty together at the same time,
the commanding officer of the National Guard shall command
the whole force.
Amend further by adding a new section to be known as
Section 15 (a), as follows:
Section 15 (a). There shall be for the State a National
Guard Council, consisting of the brigade commander, who cSa^d *Coun.
shall be the president of the council, the adjutant general, ^^'
and one officer of each regiment; one officer from the Coast
Artillery Corps, and one officer from the Naval Militia; at
least one of the officers so appointed shall be a company com-
mander of infantry. The National Guard Council shall be
advisory in its function. It shall recommend to the Governor,
from time to time, such action as it may deem advisable, relat-
ing to the Military Code, regulations, organization, equipment,
duty and discipline of the National Guard, and it shall report
on such matters as are referred to it by the Governor, or by
the General Assembly of the State. The National Guard
Council shall audit the accounts of the adjutant general and Duty to audit
the disbursing officer. The National Guard Council shall hold Adjutant Gen-
cral ctCi
sessions in Columbia, at the call of the Governor, the presi-
dent of the council or a majority of the council, and shall serve
without pay, but the actual expenses of the members in attend-
ing these sessions shall be allowed and paid out of the con-
tingent fund of the adjutant general.
Amend further by adding a new section to be known as
Section 30, as follows :
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A. D. 1911 Section 30. (9) The adjutant general shall give bond to
Bond required. ^^^ State in an approved surety company in the sum of ten
thousand ($10,000) dollars, conditioned on the faithful per-
formance of his duties, and the cost and expenses incurred by
entering into such bond shall be paid out of the contingent
fund of the adjutant general.
Amend further by adding a new section to be known as
Section 47 :
Section 47. The brigadier general shall be appointed by the
eraPand offi- Govemor upou the recommendation of a majority of the field
corps \nd de- officers of the line of the National Guard. Officers of the staflf
how^ppSntcd. corps and departments, the extra officers allowed to regiments
and battalions for staff duty, veterinarians and chaplains, shall
be appointed by the Governor, upon the recommendation of
the commanding officer on whose staff they are to serve. For
administrative purposes, a detachment of the hospital corps
shall be considered a subdivision of the organization to which
it is attached. '
Amend further by adding a new section to be known as
SecticHi 78, as follows:
_. , Section 78. General court martials shall be convened by the
Court martial. , <
Governor, and may consist of from three to seven officers,
but they shall not consist of less than seven when that number
can' be convened without manifest injury to the service.
Amend further by adding a new section to be known as
Deck court. Section 81 (a), as follows: The commanding officers of the
Naval Battalion may at any time appoint a deck court for
the trial of enlisted men of the Naval Militia. This court
shall have the same powers and jurisdiction over the Naval
Militia as a summary court has over the National Guard.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 90.
AN ACT TO Prohibit the Theft of Gas and to Provide
A Punishment Therefor.
Violation of SECTION 1. Be it enoctcd by the General Assembly of the
m^nor ^^^^ State of South Carolina, That any person who has no contract,
agreement, license or permission with or from any person or
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corporation authorized to manufacture, sell or use gas for the ^- ^- ^^^^
purpose of light, heat or power, or with or from any author-
ized agent or such person or corporation, for the use of gas
belonging to, or produced or furnished by, any such person or
corporation, who shall wilfully withdraw, or cause to be with-
drawn, in any manner and appropriate such gas from the
pipes or conduits of any such person or corporation, for his
own use, or for the use of any other person or corporation,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding one hundred
($100) dollars, or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty (30)
days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. And any
person who shall aid, abet or assist such other person in such
withdrawing and appropriating of such gas from such pipes or
conduits to or for the use of such other person, or to or for the
use of any other person or corporation, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction, be punished in like
manner.
Sec. 2. That any person who has a contract, agreement,
license or permission, oral or written with or from any per-^Y*^"ntrart
son or corporation authorized to manufacture, sell or use gas ^Jom^yi^ating
for the purpose of light, heat or power, or with or from any ^^•
authorized agent of the same, for the use of the gas belonging
to, or produced or furnished by, any such person or corpora-
tion, for certain specified purposes, who shall wilfully and
intentionally withdraw, or cause to be withdrawn, in any man-
ner and appropriate to his own use, or to the use of any other
person or corporation, for purposes other than those specified,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished as provided in Section 1 of this Act. And
any such person to whom such gas is furnished from or by
means of a meter, who shall wilfully and with intention to
cheat and defraud any of said persons or corporations, alter or
interfere with such meter, or by any contrivance whatsoever
withdraw or take off gas in any manner except through such
meter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be punished as
provided in Section 1 of this Act.
Persons hold-
150 STATUTES AT LARGE
A.^. 1911 S£c. 3. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 91.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Protect
Hotel, Inn and Boarding Housekeepers/' Approved
THE 21sT Day of February^ 1908, by Prescribing a
Penalty.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Act of 1908, State of South Carolina, That an Act entitled "An Act to pro-
25 Stats.
1086, "' tect hotel, inn and boarding housekeepers," approved the 21st
day of February, 1908, be amended by adding thereto another
section to be Section 4, as follows:
Section 4. Any person convicted of violating the provisions
Punishment of this Aot shall oav a fine of not more than fifty dollars, or be
for violation , '^ •' ''
of provisions, imprisoned for not more than thirty days, in the discretion of
the magistrate.
Approved the 3cl day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 92.
AN ACT to Require All Steamboat Companies, Firms or
Corporations, Running Boats from Savannah to
Bluffton and Way Landings, and Return on a
Regular Schedule, to Give Ten Days' Notice Before
Changing Said Schedule.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Unlawful for State of South Carolina, It shall hereafter be unlawful for any
steamboat stcamboat compauy, firm or corporation, running a line of
change schcd- boats from Savaunah to Bluflfton, South Carolina, and way
notice. Stations, and return on a regular schedule, to change their
schedule without giving ten days' notice of said change by
posting same in a conspicuous place at each landing.
Sec. 2. Any steamboat company, firm or corporation violat-
ing the provisions of Section 1 of this Act, shall be subject to
a fine of not less than $50 and not more than $100.
AppY-oved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911
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No. 98. t^:^
AN ACT TO Amend Section 333 of the Criminal Code of
South Carolina, Relating to Seats for Female
Employees in Mercantile Establishments.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the . ^^^ ^^.^
State of South Carolina, That Section 333, of the Criminal »"»! Code.
' \ amended.
Code of South Carolina, be amended by adding at the end of
said section the words: "The Commissioner of Agriculture,
Commerce and Industries, and the State Factory Inspectors
are hereby charged with the enforcement of the provisions of
this law, and said Commissioner is hereby empowered, from
time to time whenever he may deem it necessary, to employ
female inspectors for the purpose of collecting evidence. The
sum of $300.00, if so much be necessary, shall annually be
appropriated for the purpose of compensating such female
inspectors," so that the section, when so amended, shall read
as follows :
Section 333. It shall be the duty of all employers of females
in any mercantile establishment, or any place where goods, or fo"r*femair*^^
wares, or merchandise are offered for sale, to provide and *^'"^^**^"'*
maintain chairs, or stools, or other suitable seats for the use
of such female employees, to the number of one seat for every
three females employed, and to permit the use of such seats by
such employees at reasonable times to such an extent as may be
requisite for the preservation of their health. And such
employees shall be permitted to use same, as above set forth, in
front of the counter, table, desk or any fixture, when the female
employee for the use of whom said seat shall be kept and main-
tained is principally engaged in front of said counter, table,
desk or fixture, and behind such counter, table, desk or fixture,
when the female employee for the use of whom said seat shall
be kept and maintained is principally engaged behind said
counter, table, desk or fixture. Any person who violates or
omits to comply with any of the foregoing provisions of this Misdemeanor,
section, or who suffers or permits any woman to stand, in vio-
lation of its provisions, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
on conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
twenty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars for each
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offense. The Commissioner of Agriculture, Commerce and
Industries, and the State Factory Inspectors are hereby charged
with the enforcement of the provisions of this law, and said
commissioner is hereby empowered, from time to time when-
ever he may deem it necessary, to employ female inspectors for
the purpose of collecting evidence. The sum of $300.00, if
so much be necessary, shall annually be appropriated for the
purpose of compensating such female inspectors.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Filing of writ-
ten instru>
ments re-
quired.
No. 94.
AN ACT TO Require the Filing of Written Instruments
Lodged for Record.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That it shall be the duty of all Clerks
of Court and Registers of Mesne Conveyances in this State to
keep a file book in his office in which he shall file all convey-
ances, mortgages, liens, contracts and papers relating to real
and personal property, by entering therein the names of the
grantor and grantee, mortgagor and mortgagee, obligor and
obligee, date of filing and nature of the instrument immediately
upon its lodgment for record, and such filing shall be notice
to all persons, sufficient to put them upon inquiry of the pur-
port of the instrument so filed and the property affected
thereby: Provided, That this Act shall not apply to the
counties of Clarendon, Colleton and Sumter.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
i 8006.
Civil Code,
amended.
No. 95.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 3005, Voi,ume I, Code of Laws,
1902, Relating to Certain Mortgages.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Section 3005, Volume I, Code
of Laws, 1902, be, and the same is hereby, amended by striking-
out the period at the end of said section and inserting in lieu
thereof a comma, and by adding after said comma the follow-
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mg words, "which said mortgage, when so taken, shall consti- ^ ^- ^•^^
tute a lien on the crops therein described in preference to all
subsequent mortgages on said crop or crops," so that said sec-
tion, when so amended, shall read as follows :
Section 3006. No mortgage of any crop or crops shall be Mortgage of
good and effective to convey to the mortgagee any interest in onl?* fSj^^'the
any crop or crops other than the crop or crops to be raised Sg pU^to*bc
during the year in which said mortgage is given, and unless the <^^**^"°«**-
land whereon said crop or crops are to be raised shall be
described or mentioned in said mortgage, which said mortgage,
when so taken, when indexed or recorded as required by law,
shall constitute a lien oh the crops therein described in prefer-
ence to all subsequent mortgages on said crop or crops.
Approved 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 96.
AN ACT TO Amend Subdivision 8 of Section 1893 of Vol-
ume I, Civil Code of 1902, by Adding a Proviso as to
Purchase Money Mortgages.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Subdivision 8 of Section 1893 f^y^JS;'' ®
of Volume I, Civil Code of 1902, be amended by adding thereto ^"^ncSd '''
the following: ''And provided, further, That nothing herein
contained shall prevent a corporation where so authorized by
resolution of its board of directors or managing board, from
executing and delivering a valid mortgage on property to secure
a bond (or note) given solely for the unpaid portion of the
purchase money of property bona fide purchased and mort-
gaged, where the conveyance or grant to the corporation and
such bond (or note) and mortgage bear the same date, are
interchangeably delivered at the same time, and the mortgage
covers no more property than that which has been so pur-
chased, such mortgage being hereby authorized ;" so that said
paragraph 8 of Section 1893, when so amended, will read as
follows :
Section 1893. * * * 8. To borrow money for the purpose p
of carrying out the objects of its charter ; to make notes, bonds ™„'l!^ °***^'
or other evidences of debt; and upon a vote of the stock-
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Proviso.
Proviso.
holders, had after such notice as is provided in Section 1889,
to secure the payments of its obligations by mortgage or deed
in trust on all or any of its property and franchises, both real
and personal : Provided, however, That no such notice or vote
shall be required to enable the proper officers of any corporation
to secure the payment of any temporary loan on promissory
note or otherwise by pledge or hypothecation of any chose in
action held or owned by such corporation or of the products,
goods, wares or merchandise produced or manufactured by
such corporation, unless such notice and vote be required by
the by-laws or rules of such corporation : And provided, fur-
ther. That nothing herein contained shall prevent a corpora-
tion, when so authorized by resolution of its board of directors
or managing board, from executing and delivering a valid
mortgage on property to secure a bond (or note) given solely
for the unpaid portion of the purchase money of property bona
fide purchased and mortgaged, where the conveyance or grant
to the corporation and such bond (or note) and mortgage bear
the same date, are interchangeably delivered at the same time,
and the mortgage covers no more property than that which has
been so purchased, such mortgage being hereby authorized.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 97.
AN ACT TO Provide for the Registry of Chattel Mort-
gages OF Crops and to Fix the Fee.
Section I. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
registry record State of South Carolina. That it shall be a sufficient registry
mortgages of and rccord of any chattel mortgage covering crop or crops
without reference to the amount thereof, to enter upon an
index book to be kept for that purpose by Register of Mesne
Conveyances the names of mortgagor and mortgagee, the
amount and character of the debt secured and brief descrip-
tion of the crops pledged, also the year in which, and a brief
description of the lands on which, such crops are cultivated,
the date of the maturing of the debt and the date of filing
such mortgage for record: Provided, however, If other chat-
Proviso. teis are included in a mortgage with crops and such mortgage
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is recorded in the regular way, such recording shall be suf- ^- ^- ^^^^
ficient notice of the crop mortgage without indexing same: pj.Q^jgQ. ^er-
Providedy That this Act shall not apply to the counties of ^^pSd.""**^"
Sumter, Clarendon, Berkeley, Georgetown, Abbeville, Rich-
land, Greenville and Beaufort.
Sec. 2. That the Register of Mesne Conveyances shall be
entitled to charge for the indexing and registering any such dcxing^Wd"
mortgage a fee of fifteen cents. registering.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect immediately upon approval
by the Governor.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D*. 1911.
No. 98.
AN ACT TO Require the Petitioners of the TERRi-fORY
Forming a New County or Becoming Annexed to an
Adjoining County or the County to Which It Is
Annexed to Pay the Costs Thereof.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Petitioners to
State of South Carolina, That whenever a petition is filed for ^^^^^ ™^"^?
the formation of a new county, or for the annexation of any J^J a^nnclca"
portion of one county to another, the petitioners shall deposit **®°*-
with the Clerks of Court of any county affected thereby an
amount of money sufficient to cover expenses of survey and
plats, and of the commissioners and of the election held for
the purpose to determine the formation of a new county or for
the annexation of any portion of one county to another, and
in case the result of the election be unfavorable to the for-
mation or the annexation as referred to, the deposit so required
and designated shall become a part of the funds of the county
from which such new county was proposed to be formed, or
from which such annexation to another was proposed.
Sec. 2. That in case such new county is formed or annexa-
tion is consummated the county so newly created shall pay all Speciaj tax to
. , . be levied in
the costs and expenses of its creation ; and if one portion of one annexed ter-
county is annexed to another, the county to which it is annexed
shall levy a special tax upon all property in such annexed dis-
trict to cover the cost of survey and transfer, or so much
thereof as the County Board of Commissioners of the county
156 STATUTES AT LARGE-
A. D. 1911 to which annexation or addition is made, shall deem just and
'*'"^*^^^^^ proper, and they may levy upon the property within the origi-
nal lines of their county such tax as in their judgment shall
seem just and fair to augment the amount raised by taxation
within the annexed district to reimburse and refund those who
made the deposit, as provided in Section 1, for the costs of
annexation, and in no wise shall any county which has been
cut for the formation of a new county, or to add to the terri-
tory of another county, be liable for any of the costs or
expenses incurred in cutting the same, or in the formation
thereof. The auditor of the newly created county, after such
Auditor^ to county has been organized and its officers elected, shall levy a
new coun^. tax upon all the taxable property in his county sufficient to
cover the costs and expenses of its creation.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 99.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 1 of an Act Entitled "An
Act to Establish an Infirmary for Confederate Vet-
erans." Approved February 18. 1908, so as to Provide
FOR THE Term of Office of the Commissioners
Thereof.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Act of 1908, State of South Carolina. That an Act entitled "An Act to
amended. ' establish an Infirmary for Confederate Veterans," approved
February 18, 1908, be amended by inserting between the words
"State" and "that" the words "That the term of office of said
commissioners shall be five years: Provided, That present
members of the commission determine by lot the term of their
office so that one of them shall serve respectively for a period
of one, two, three, four and five years," so that said section,
when amended, shall read as follows:
Section 1. That a commission consisting of five members,
Commission three of whom shall be ex-Confederate soldiers or sailors, be
established to «
manage an in- appointed by the Governor, who are hereby empowered and
Confederate required to establish and manage an infirmary for the infirm
veterans. ^ ,
and destitute Confederate sailors and soldiers of the State, on
what is known as the Belle place, on Wallace land, now owned
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 15?
by the State. That the term of office of said commissioners ^- ^- ^^^^
shall be five years : Provided, That the present members of ^^^ ^^ ^^^
the commission determine by lot the term of their office, so proviso,
that one of them shall serve respectively for a period of one,
two, three, four and five years. That said commission shall
prescribe rules, regulating admission to said infirmary: Pro-
vided, That two veterans shall be admitted from each county, ^'■®^"^-
on the recommendation of the County Pension Board: Pro-
vided, further^ That in case any county board fails to make Proviso,
such recommendation, the said commission may fill the
vacancy from the same or any other county.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 100.
AN ACT TO Provide for the Payment of One Annual
ft
Pension for the Benefit of the Deceased Pensioner.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Deceased pcn-
•' •' uoner to have
State of South Carolina, After the death of any pensioner, ^^^\ ^^^J^^
whether such pensioner be a soldier or soldier's widow, the"*^'*-
widow, child, children or party with whom such deceased pen-
sioner last resided shall collect the pension to which such pen-
sioner would have been entitled for the year of the death of
such deceased pensioner, and apply such sum so collected to
the last illness and funeral expenses of such deceased pensioner :
Provided, That if there be a legally appointed executor or proviso,
administrator the pension shall be paid to such executor or
administrator for the purpose aforesaid.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 101.
AN ACT TO Provide for the Appointment of Special
Officers and Constables^ at the Request of Common
Carriers, Provide for Their Compensation, and Pre- Special offi-
rr» T-\ cers or con-
scribe Their Duties. stabiea to be
appointed for
Section i. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the protection of
•' •' common car-
State of South Carolina, Upon the application of the superin- "««•
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Duties.
Bond
required.
Proviso.
tendent or manager of any railway or other common carrier
doing business in this State the Gk>vernor shall appoint special
officers, or constables, for the protection and safety of all prop-
erty and interest of such common carriers, provided such
ollicers and constables are paid by the common carriers apply-
ing for their appointment.
Sec. 2. That the special officers or constables herein provided
shall have all the powers, duties and responsibilities of deputy
sheriffs and other police officers during the term for which they
are commissioned.
Sec. 3. Each and every special officer or constable appointed
under the provisions of this Act shall be required to enter into
a good and sufficient bond in the sum of five hundred dollars,
conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties, said
bond to be approved by the Attorney General.
Sec. 4. Provided, That nothing herein shall limit the liability
cf any common carrier for any trespass or tort of such special
o nicer or constable.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 102.
AN ACT TO Provide for Distribution of Fines and Pen-
alties Collected from Railroad, Express, Telegraph
or Telephone Companies for Failing to Comply
With Orders of Railroad Commission Between State
and Counties.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That all penalties and forfeitures col-
Fines and - - .
penalties to be lected f roui railroad, express, telegraph and telephone com-
tnbuted be- pauies in pursuance of Acts providing same for failure to
and county in comply with Certain orders of the Railroad Commission
certain cases.
defined in said Acts, be paid over, one-half into the State
treasury of South Carolina and the other half into the county
treasury of the county in which the suit is brought imposing
the penalty or forfeiture so collected, the said revenues accru-
ing from such collections to be used for general State and
county purposes.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
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No. 108. t^^
AN ACT TO Authorize and Empower the Railroad Com-
mission TO Require the Installation and Use of
Any Device Which Will Promote Safety, Protection
AND Comfort to Train Crews and Traveling Public.
Section 1. Be it eruicted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the Railroad Commission be, fo^^^^in^^Jifed
and is hereby, given the authority to require the installation j^iijold*0)m^
and use by the railroads operating trains in or through this"*®**°"'
State of any safety device, which in their judgment, after due
consideration and trial, shall have been proved to materially
contribute to the safety of the operation of trains and for the
protection of the lives and limbs of the crews operating such
trains or the traveling public, or for their reasonable comfort,
or for the sanitation of passenger and freight trains on which
passengers travel or employees work, as well as all depots,
both passenger and freight.
Sec 2. That a failure to comply with such orders of said
Railroad Commission within time fixed by said commission. Penalty for
•^ failure to obey
shall subject said railroad to a penalty of five hundred dollars, commission.
to be collected by suit in any court of competent jurisdiction by
any person or order aggrieved. All penalties and forfeitures
collected to be paid over, one-half into the State treasury of
South Carolina, and the other half into the county treasury of
the county in which the suit is brought imposing the said pen-
alty, the said revenues accruing from such collections to be
used for general State and county purposes.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 104.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 887, Volume I, Code of Laws
OF South Carolina, 1902, so as to Require Coroners
AND Magistrates, Upon the Written Request and the
Tender of the Fee for Same, to File Copy of Evi-
dence AND Proceedings of Inquests Held Over Bodies
When Death Is Caused by Accidents on Railroads.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the ^j^f/todc
State of South Carolina, That Section 887, Volume I, Code of amended. '
160 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 19H Laws of South Carolina be, and the same is hereby, amended
by adding at the end of the section the following: "And it is
hereby made the duty of all coroners and magistrates to file
with the Railroad Commission, upon written request for the
same and the tender of fee of nine cents per hundred words,
an exact copy of all evidence and proceedings of inquests held
over bodies when death is caused by any accidents whatever by
railroads ; this report to be filed with the Railroad Commission
not later than five days after the inquest is finished ;" so that
said section, when so amended, shall read as follows :
Section 887. Every coroner, within the county for which he
Coroners to has been elected or appointed, is empowered to take inquest of
inquc s-^j^gyj^j Qj. violent deaths, where the dead body is lying within
his county. And it is hereby made the duty of all coroners and
magistrates to file with the Railroad Commission, upon written
request for the same and the tender of fee of nine cents per
hundred words, an exact copy of all evidence and proceedings
of inquests held over bodies when death is caused by any acci-
dents whatever by railroads; this report to be filed with the
Railroad Commission not later than five days after the inquest
is finished.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 105,
AN ACT TO Amend the Charter of the Augusta and
Columbia Railway Company, so as to Confirm Its
Corporate Existence, Define and Enlarge Its Powers,
Change the Amount of Its Capital Stock, and for
Other Purposes.
Whereas, A Concurrent Resolution, allowing the introduc-
tion of a Bill to amend the charter of the Augusta and Colum-
bia Railway Company has been passed by a two-thirds vote of
each House as required by the Constitution; and.
Whereas, Heretofore on the 12th day of March, 1906, the
Charter Secretary of State of South Carolina granted unto the Augusta
Acts**wo7^^p* ^^^ Columbia Railway Company a charter which is printed in
887). the Laws of 1907, beginning at page 887 ; and,
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Whereas, Heretofore and on the 13th day of February, 1907, ^ ^- ^^^^
a special Act of the General Assembly of the State of South charter
Carolina was approved amending said charter and enlarging aSS* *^im7^^^
the powers of said company as defined in its said charter, which ''^^^^•
Act is printed in the Laws of 1907, beginning at page 770 ; and.
Whereas, Heretofore and on the 11th day of March, 1908, charter
the Secretary of State of the State of South Carolina issued a aSu ^^wog^^*
certificate granting and allowing certain amendments to said *®®^'
charter, which amendments are printed in the Laws of 1909,
beginning at page 486 ; and,
Whereas, Said company has not yet begun the construction
of its proposed road or any part thereof and has not purchased
or otherwise acquired any completed road to be used as a sec-
tion of its proposed road ;
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That said Augusta and Columbia Rail- Declared duly
, organized cor-
way Company is hereby declared to be a corporation regularly poration.
and validly organized, and that the charter granted by the
Secretary of State of South Carolina to said Augusta and
Columbia Railway Company on the 12th day of March, 1906,
as amended by a special Act of the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, approved on the 13th day of February,
1907, and the amendments granted and allowed by the Secre-
tary of State of South Carolina to said Augusta and Columbia
Railway Company on the 11th day of March, 1908, together
with all and every of the rights, powers, privileges and fran-
chises in said charter, said Act and said amendments or anv
thereof specified or in any manner set forth or claimed, be and
the same hereby are, ratified, confirmed and made valid to the Ratified,
same extent as if all of the same had been duly and expressly
granted to said Augusta and Columbia Railway Company by
the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, so that
said Augusta and Columbia Railway Company shall have and
enjoy all and every of the said rights, powers, privileges and
franchises.
Sec. 2. That in case said Augusta and Columbia Railway said* corpora^*^
Company shall acquire the properties and franchises of the properties' and.
Augusta and Aiken Railway Company within two years from A^gSstr'and
Aiken Railway
Company.
11— A
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A. D. 1911 the date hereof, it shall be deemed thereby to have complied
with all and every of the provisions for beginning or complet-
ing the construction of the proposed road contained in its
said charter issued by the Secretary of State of South Caro-
lina on the 12th day of March, 1906, or in any of the aforesaid
amendments thereto, and none of its charter rights, franchises
or privileges shall be deemed to have been waived or forfeited
or shall be liable to forfeiture by reason of any failure, past or
future, to begin or to complete the construction of its proposed
road or any part thereof, or to purchase or otherwise acquire
any completed road to be used as a section of its proposed
road, or to comply with any other condition contained in its
said charter or in said Act or in said amendments.
Sec. 3. That said Augusta and Columbia Railway Com-
Righta and pany shall have the right and power, in addition to the rights
and powers granted to it as aforesaid, and express authority is
hereby given to said company, to acquire by lease, purchase,
merger or consolivlation and to hold, own, operate, mortgage
and otherwise enjoy the property, rights and franchises of the
Augusta Railway and Electric Company, a corporation of the
State of Georgia, located in the city of Augusta and county of
Richmond in said State, and doing a street railway and electric
lighting and other like bu-siness.
Sec. 4. That said Augusta and Columbia Railway Com-
st?ucY a** dam! pany shall have the power, and express authority is hereby
given to said company, to construct a dam or dams across
the Saluda River, in Lexington county, in the State of South
Carolina, at Dreher's Shoals or Ranch's Shoals, or at both,
or any other point or points at which said river is not now
navigable, upon its own land or upon land the. use whereof
shall have been authorized by the owner or owners thereof,
and to utilize the water power of said river to generate and
produce electricity, light, heat or power, and for other pur-
poses: Provided, however, That proper fishways and sluices
shall be constructed and maintained over said dam or dams
so as to allow migratory fish to cross the same; and to erect
poles along the public highways, roads, streets and alleys, upon
obtaining the consent thereto of the local authorities, and to
hang wires thereon for the transmission of electrical current,
Proviso.
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and to supply, sell and otherwise dispose thereof or of light, a.d. loii
heat and power or any of them, to any person, or persons,
association or associations, corporation or corporations what-
soever, public or private, within the State of South Carolina
or elsewhere.
Sec. 5. That said Augusta and Columbia Railway Com- May assume
pany shall have the power, and express authority is hereby pJmcfoai °and
given to said company, to assume payment of the principal of, bondsf
and interest upon, the bonds, whether now issued or hereafter
to be issued, of any corporation, the property whereof shall be
acquired by it and likewise the obligation of all of the covenants
and provisions contained in such bonds or in any mortgage,
trust indenture, trust agreement or other instrument securing
the same, and all other indebtedness, liabilities, obligations and
duties of such corporation, and to exercise any or all of the
rights and powers conferred upon the mortgagor or other
maker by any such instrument.
Sec. 6. That the total authorized capital stock of said q^^^^^^^ ^^^^^
Augusta and Columbia Railway Company, anything in its
charter granted by the Secretary of State of South Carolina
on the 12th day of March, 1906, or in any of the successive
amendments thereto to contrary notwithstanding, in the first
instance shall be three million seven hundred and fifty thousand
($3,750,000) dollars, divided into thirty-seven thousand five
hundred (37,500) shares of the par value of one hundred ($100)
dollars each; and said Augusta and Columbia Railway Com-
pany in and by provisions of its by-laws adopted or approved
by the unanimous vote of its stockholders, may at any time
divide its said capital stock into two or more classes and may
fix the amounts thereof and define the respective preferences,
rights and burdens thereof, with respect of participation in
earnings, distribution of assets, voting rights and otherwise,
and may make such provision for the redemption or retire-
ment of any class or classes of said stock and the terms and
conditions thereof as to said stockholders may seem advisable.
Said Augusta and Columbia Railway Company shall, however,
have the power, and express authority is hereby given to said
company, from time to time, to increase the amount of its j^^ increase
capital stock or any class thereof by proceeding according to capital «^<x^^
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A. D. 1911 Sections 1926 and 1927 of the Code of Laws of 1902 and Acts
amendatory thereof.
Sec. 7. That said Augusta and Columbia Railway Company
Declared a '^ hereby declared to be an electric railroad corporation pos-
wur^ccrSSn sessing all and every of the rights, powers, privileges and
rights, etc franchises enumerated in its charter granted by the Secretary
of State of South Carolina on the 12th day of March, 1906, and
the successive amendments thereto and in this Act or in any of
the same.
Sec. 8. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its
approval.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No, 106.
AN ACT TO Amend "An Act to Require the Cancella-
tion OF All Real Estate and Chattel Mortgages and
Judgments in the Different Counties of the State
TO Be Entered Upon the Margin of the Indexes
Thereof/' Approved the 15th Day of February, 1910.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Act of 1910. State of South Carolina, That said Act be amended by striking
amended' ' out Scction 2 and placing in lieu thereof the following :
Section 2. Any clerk or other officer wilfully violating this
Act shall, on conviction, be fined not more than one hundred
dollars, or be imprisoned not more than thirty days, in the
discretion of the court, and it shall be the duty of the Solicitor
of each Circuit to see that the law is complied with or to forth-
with prosecute the violators. Also by adding the following :
Section 3. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with
this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Sec. 4. This Act shall go into effect on the first day of July,
1911.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
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No. 107- t^^
AN ACT Relating to Commutation Tax in Edgefield
County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That in the county of Edgefield, in STfoT^EdJe-
lieu of performing the labor of ten hours per day, as required ^^^^ County,
for the several counties, a commutation tax of not less than
one dollar nor more than three dollars, as may be fixed by the
County Board of Commissioners,. may be paid annually by the
person so liable on or before the first of April of each year:
Provided, That a person liable to road duty shall have the right proviso,
to furnish a competent substitute to labor in his stead ; said sub-
stitute not to be less than eighteen nor more than fifty years of
age. All commutation tax collected shall be expended by the
Board of County Commissioners upon the public roads in the
townships where the commutation tax is collected; and any
failure to pay said road tax, furnish a substitute, or perform
labor as required by law% shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and
the offender, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine not
less than five dollars and not exceeding fifty dollars, or impris-
onment for not less than ten days and not exceeding thirty
days.
Sec. 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No, 108.
AN ACT TO Create a Highway Commission for Colleton
County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That a Highway Commission for be appointed.
Colleton county is hereby created for the purpose of carrying
out the provisions of this Act. Said commission shall be com-
posed of three members to be appointed and commissioned by
the Governor, upon the recommendation of a majority of the
members of the General Assembly from Colleton county.
Their term of office shall be for two years and until their sue-
166 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 cessors have qualified, unless sooner removed by the Governor
^-'^"^'^'^^ upon the recommendation of a majority of the members of the
General Assembly of Colleton county.
Sec. 2. The said commission shall, as soon as appointed and
Bond required, qualified, elcct oue of their number as chairman and one as
clerk. Each member of said commission shall give bond in the
sum of one thousand ($1,000) dollars, to be approved by the
Clerk of Court for Colleton county.
Sec. 3. The said commission shall at once arrange for the
systematic work on the roads and bridges in the several town-
ships of the county. Said commission shall appoint one or
more overseers in each township, whose duty shall be to super-
intend and work the roads and build and repair bridges in their
several townships by the approval of County Highway Com-
mission. Said overseer or overseers shall not work less than
eight men in each gang and shall pay not over one ($1.00) dol-
lar per day for ten hours' work. All work must be done to the
satisfaction of the Highway Commission.
Sec. 4. The said Highway Commission shall have the same
power as that now possessed and exercised by the Supervisor
and County Board of Commissioners over the public highways
and bridges in each township of the county. The said commis-
sion shall have the exclusive management of the chain gang,
, teams and all of the equipment of the county now being used
by the Supervisor for w^orking upon the public highways and
bridges of the county, and the said Supervisor and County
Board of Commissioners are hereby authorized and directed to
audit, approve and pay any and all claims presented to them for
paymeftt by the said Highway Commission.
Sec. 5. All moneys that are derived by taxation from the
three-mill special road tax and the commutation tax for the
building and repair of public highways and bridges shall be
expended in the township from which the same is derived,
except that the funds derived from taxation on railroads for
3uch purpose shall be paid equally to each township for roads
and bridges.
Sec. 6. All funds derived from three-mill road tax for the
building of public highways and bridges in municipal corpora-
tions shall be paid over by the County Treasurer to the Town
Power of com-
mission.
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Treasurer from which the same was derived, and by such ^ ^- i^^i
municipal corporation expended on the public streets of said ^'-^'"v'^**^
town.
Sec. 7. The said Highway Commission shall be required to Reports,
make such itemized reports as is now required under the law
by the Supervisor and County Board of Commissioners of Col-
leton county.
Sec. 8. The Treasurer of Colleton county shall keep an
accurate account of the taxes for road purposes in each of the
townships of the county, and said taxes shall go to pay for
work done on the roads and bridges in the respective town-
ships, subject to the order of the Highway Commission herein-
before provided.
Sec. 9. The chairman of the Highway Commission shall
receive five ($5.00) dollars per day as compensation for his ®'"p*"«*^**°-
services not to exceed seventy-five (75) days in any one year,
and the member selected as clerk of said commission shall
receive four ($4.00) dollars per day not to exceed seventy-five
(75) days in any one year, and the other member shall receive
four ($4.00) dollars per day not to exceed fifty (50) days in
one year.
Sec. 10. The Supervisor is hereby authorized and directed to
pay said salaries as provided in Section 9 of this Act, as well as
all expenses of the chain gang and its equipment, out of the
ordinary fund in Colleton county.
Sec. 11. The Supervisor and County Board ot Commis-
sioners shall continue to perform all other duties required of
them by law except as herein provided.
Sec. 12. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with
this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Sec. 13. This Act shall take eflfect immediately upon its
approval by the Governor.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
168 STATUTES AT LARGE
t^!^ No. 109.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Provide
FOR THE Improvement of the Highways and Public
Roads in Fairfield County and Provide a Road Tax
Therefor," Approved 25th February^ 1910, by Pro-
viding FOR A Road Supervisor and Engineer, Fixing
Their Compensation and Prescribing Their Duties
AND Renumbering Certain Sections.
Act of 1910. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Amended.' '^^*' State of South Carolina, That Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 of an
Act entitled "An Act to provide for the improvement of the
highways and public roads in Fairfield county and provide a
road tax therefor," approved 25th February, 1910, be, and the
same are hereby, stricken out and the following inserted in
lieu thereof, to be Sections 1 and 2 of said Act, to wit:
Section 1. That for the purpose of working and improving
visor to be the public roads and highways in Fairfield county, the County
or District Commissioners of said county shall, as soon as
practicable after the passage of this Act, employ a competent
man to be known as road supervisor, at a salary of not more
than eight hundred dollars per annum, whose duty it shall be
to supervise the working and improvement of the public roads,
to have control of the chain gang and other forces that may
be used for this purpose, under the general direction of the
County Commissioners and perform such other duties as said
County Commissioners may require.
Sec 2. That whenever in the judgment of County Com-
Civil engineer. . . .^ . ^, « ....
missioners it is necessary, they may employ a civil engineer
whose fees and expenses shall not exceed three hundred dol-
lars per annum.
Sec. 3. That Section 7 of said Act be numbered Section
3 and amended to read as follows:
Section 3. That in order to provide funds for working and
Commutation maintaining the public roads, and building and repairing the
bridges of said county, there shall be levied on all able-bodied
male citizens of said county, between the age of twenty-one
and fifty-five years, the sum of two dollars per annum, said
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 169
sum to be in lieu of all work on the public roads of said county, ^' ^- ^^^^
outside of the incorporated towns.
Sec. 4. That Sections 8, 9, 10 and 11 of said Act be changed
to Sections 4, 5, 6 and 7, respectively.
Sec. 5. That Sections 13 and 13 be stricken out and Sections
8 and 9 be inserted in lieu thereof as follows:
Section 8. That this Act shall go into effect upon approval
by the Governor.
Section 9. That all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with
the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 110-
AN ACT TO Provide for Working All Able-Bodied Male
Convicts on the Public Works of the Various
Counties. »
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That all able-bodied male convicts ^",f ionvSS*'
shall hereafter be sentenced to hard labor on the public works cSun^ chai"
of the county in which convicted, if such county maintains ^^^^
a chain gang, without regard to the length of sentence, and in
the alternative to imprisonment in the county jail or State
penitentiary at hard labor: Provided, That in any case thq Proviso,
presiding judge shall have the power, by special order, to
direct that any person convicted before him be confined in
the State penitentiary if it is considered unsafe or unwise
for such cotjvict to be committed to county chain gang: Pro-
vided, That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the ceptcd.
counties of Greenville and Clarendon : Provided, That a sepa- Proviso,
ration of the sexes and races be at all times observed, except
in the penitentiary and on the State farms, and Kershaw
county: Provided, further, Should the supervisor or commis-
e . n * .n '. ' ' • . . Proviso.
sioner of any county find that it is inconvenient or impractica-
ble to work any convict committed to the county chain gang,
• he may turn said convict over to the penitentiary authorities.
Sec. 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
170 STATUTES AT LARGE
^^^^^^ No. 111.
AN ACT TO Fix the Commutation Ro^ Tax and to
Define Who Are Liable to Pay Road Tax in Pickens
County, and Provide a Penalty for Failing to Pay
Such Tax.
Road tax re- SECTION 1. Be it cfiactcd by the General Assembly of the
ISy^^Counr^ State of South Carolina, That all able-bodied male persons
from the age of twenty-one to fifty years, both ipclusive, in
the county of Pickens, shall be required annually to pay one
and 50-100 dollars commutation or road tax, except ministers
of the gospel actually in charge of a congregation, persons .
Exemptions, permanently disabled in the military service of this State, and
persons who served in the late War Between the States, and
all persons actually employed in the quarantine service of this
State, and all students who may be attending any school or
college at the time when the comumtation tax hereinabove
provided for shall become due.
Sec 2. That all persons who are liable to road duty in said
county, as fixed by Section 1 of this Act, in lieu of performing.
Time of pay- or causing to be performed, labor upon the public highways of
said county, shall be required to pay to the County Treasurer of
said county, between the 15th day of October and the 31st day
of December in each and every year, an annual commutation
or road tax of one and 50-100 dollars per head, which shall be
expended upon the public roads of the county, and, as nearly
as possible, from the township from which it was collected ;
and any failure to pay said road tax shall be a misdemeanor.
Penalty. and the offender, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine
of not less than five dollars and not more than fifty dollars, or
imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
Sec. 3. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 171
No, 112. t^:^
AN ACT TO Provide for Working the Public Roads of
Lancaster County, and to Levy a Tax Therefor.
Section 1. Be if enacted by the General Assembly of the ^^^ ^^ ^^
State of South Carolina, That for the purpose of working and Jj^^j«^ *coun"
maintaining the public roads and repairing and building the ^o*" ^oads.
bridges of Lancaster county, there shall be levied an annual tax
of 5 mills on all property in said county, which shall be col-
lected as are all other taxes ; and at the same time there shall
be levied on all male citizens in said county between the ages of
21 and 55 years an annual road tax of $3.00, which shall be
collected as all other taxes are. In addition to the above taxes
for roads and bridges, all fines and forfeitures collected in the pines.
magistrate courts and the Court of General Sessions for said
county shall be credited by the County Treasurer to the road
fund of the county, so that said fund shall consist of the funds
derived from the 5 mill levy, on property, the $3.00 head tax,
and fines and forfeitures of said courts, and the hire of the
convicts of the county when they are not at work upon the
public highways thereof: Provided, That the taxes herein
levied shall be in lieu of all road taxes, either county or munic-
ipal, heretofore levied in said county and ^11 work required to
be done on the public roads thereof.
Sec 2. Any party failing to pay said road tax by March first
following the year for which it was levied, shall be deemed ^"*^^"*®"®'''
guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be pun-
ished by a fine not exceeding $100.00, or by imprisonment for
not more than 30 days.
Sec 3. The County Auditor shall list and enter the names County audi-
of all persons in the county liable for road tax, and shall levy law.
and collect said tax as all other taxes are now levied and
collected.
Sec 4. The County Treasurer shall keep the road fund
County treas-
separate from all other funds, and shall pay the same out only urer to issue
warrants
Upon the warrant of the County Supervisor and Clerk of the
board, and every such warrant shall show for what purpose it
i« drawn, whether for permanent repair, or maintenance of
roads, and what road repair or building of bridges, purchase of
Proviso.
Proviso.
172 STATUTES AT LARGE
A- D. 1911 supplies, material, road machinery, pay of salaries, or any other
purpose, so that said warrant shall be a record and check of
such payment : Provided, That when work is being done under
the supervision of a road engineer, except where such work is
done by the chain gang or a regular road force of the county,
that said warrant shall not be issued until such work is
approved by the road engineer: Provided, further, That war-
rants for the purchase of material used in such work shall not
be issued without the approval of said engineer when such
material is purchased under the direction of such engineer.
Sec. 5. One mill of the 5 mills levy on property, if so much
Fund to con- be necessary, shall be deemed a fund for the construction of
struct bridges.
permanent bridges in said county. Such fund to be used only
when necessary to construct new bridges; permanent bridges
shall be constructed of reinforced concrete or steel, care being
taken by the County Commissioners to use such form of struc-
ture as will most economically serve the interest of the county :
Provided, That if the sum raised by said one mill be insuffi-
Proviso. cient for the construction of bridges in any year, the said
county board may supplement the same by drawing on the gen-
eral road and bridge fund.
Sec. 6. The Supervisor and County Commissioners shall
Records. have the Clerk of the Board to keep a clear and concise record
of all payments made through their office, keeping a separate
account for the chain gang; another for each of the forces
employed by the county, another for all work done by contract,
another for bridge work, another showing equipment purchased
and a general account, and such accounts shall be kept in such
a manner as to show clearly the transactions covered thereby,
showing, as far as possible, what road such sums were spent
on, class of work done, and in what township located, and such
accounts shall be open to public inspection.
Sec. 7. The superintendent of the chain gang and the fore-
man of all other forces employed by the county, shall file in the
be filed in office of the County Supervisor for public inspection, on the
supervisor 8 J ir r r
office. first day of every month, a statement showmg the number of
hands, number of mules, and the equipment worked under him
during the preceding months, the mileage of road worked,
what kind of work done, what roads worked, what equipment
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 173
purchased for his force, what supplies consumed, what repairs ^ ^- ^^^^
and by whom niade ; and shall give to supervisor an estimate
of the supplies and new equipment needed for his force for the
ensuing month ; and for his failure to file said statement and
estimate shall be liable to forfeit his pay.
Sec. 8. The Supervisor and County Board, upon receiving Supplies to be
such estimate, shall carefully examine the same and shall pre- Eow. *^
pare a list of all supplies and equipment needed ; and shall pur-
chase said supplies monthly, except such supplies as may advan-
tageously be purchased for a greater length of time, first
receiving in writing bids from any one filing the same before
the 5th of the month, and such supplies shall be purchased from
the lowest responsible bidder : Provided, That wholesale pur- ^.
chases may be made whenever necessary: Provided, further,
That the necessary purchase of articles arising during the Proviso,
month may be made.
Sec. 9. The Supervisor and Board of Commissioners shall j^^^^ engineer
employ a competent road engineer to lay out, map and draw JJoy^d.*™"
plans and specifications for all permanent road and bridge
work, and for completing the estimates and specifications of the
roads of the county that have not already been mapped and laid
off, and all road work shall be done under the supervision of
such road engineer. And if said Work be done by contract, no
warrant in payment thereof shall be issued until the same has
been approved by the road engineer : Provided, Payments may
be made by the direction of said engineer as such work pro- ^**^***'
gresses.
Sec. 10. The chain gang shall be used for permanent road
work on the public roads leading into the county seat, under the Chain gang.
directions af the road engineer, care being taken by the super-
visor to distribute such permanent road work as equally as
possible on all main public roads. No permanent road shall be
less than twenty feet in width and as much wider as said super-
visor and engineers may determine, and have such grades as the
engineer may prescribe. Permanent roads shall be straight-
cned wherever to the material interest of the county. The
supervisor shall provide for permanent road work, so far as
the same may be possible, in and around the towns of Heath
Springs and Kershaw, using the other county forces for such
174 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. leii work or letting the Fame to contract as in his judgment is to the
Proviso ^^* interest of the county : Provided, Said supervisor may
work all roads or any single road leading into said towns as in
his judgment will serve the greatest number of people.
Sec. 11. All public roads of the county that have not already
let to contiact. been worked, shall as speedily as possible be laid off by a road
engineer for such work, and the County Supervisor shall as
speedily as possible let the same to contract in sections not
exceeding the estimate for said work made by the road engineer
in charge, and if such roads cannot be let to contract within 3
reasonable time, the same shall be worked under the super-
vision of the road engineer by any county force available, and
it is hereby made the duty of the supervisor to facilitate the
working of such roads as much as possible.
Sec. 12. The said supervisor shall, as soon as possible after
Engineer to ^^e passagc of this Act, havc the road engineer to estimate the
™annuai'ciS ''""'^^' ^*^^^ o^ maintaining the roads of the county that have
been worked, and as other roads are worked the annual cost
of maintenance shall be made by said engineer, and where the
maintenance of said road can be let to contract at the estimates
made by said engineer he shall lay off the same in sections, and
the said supervisor shall let said sections to contract — not
exceeding the estimate made by said engineer — for a period of
one year, paying for such work as the same progresses under
the direction and approval of the road engineer in charge :
Provided, That if said roads cannot be let to contract for such
maintenance within four months after the passage of this Act,
that the said supervisor, by and with the advice of the road
engineer, shall organize such repair road forces as may be
Proviso. necessary to keep the roads of the county in repair : Provided,
That when roads are so let to contracts any one contractor may
contract for as many miles of road as he desires.
Sec. 13. Whenever the repair or maintenance of the roads, or
the construction of permanent roads, may be more advan-
tageously done by contract than by the county forces, the said
supervisor may let the same to contract under the terms herein
mentioned.
Sec. 14. The Supervisor and Commissioners of said county
of Lancaster shall employ a road engineer only when necessary
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 175
to carry out the provisions of this Act, and shall see that the f^^- ^'^\
road engineer employed shall, as expeditiously and with as
little expense as possible, make such plans, specifications, draw-
ings, and estimates as are necessary to be made for all road
work within the county.
Sec. 15. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act are hereby repealed. And this Act shall go into effect
immediately upon its approval by the Governor.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 118.
AN ACT TO Fix the Commutation Road Tax, and to
Define Who Are Liable to Pay Said Tax in Berke-
ley County, and to Provide a Penalty for Failing
to Pay Such Tax, to Provide a Penalty for the Over-
seer Failing to Perform His Duty, to Provide for
Listing Persons so Liable, and to Provide for Col-
lecting Said Tax.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That all able-bodied male persons foV^^clfmiuta-
from the age of twenty-one to fifty years, both inclusive, in the Berkeley ^°^
county of Berkeley, shall be liable to road duty, except min- ^""*^*
isters of the gospel actually in charge of a congregation,
teachers employed in the public schools, school trustees, and ExempUona.
all persons actually employed in the quarantine service of the
State, and all students who may be attending any school or
college at the time when the commutation tax hereinafter pro-
vided for shall become due : Provided, That any person claim-
ing exemption from the provisions of this Act on the ground
of physical disability, where such disability is not apparent,
shall be required to produce a certificate of disability from a
regular physician, dated within twelve months.
Sec. 2. That all persons who are liable to road duty in said
county as fixed by Section 1 of this Act, in lieu of performing: Persons re-
•^ "^ f o quired to pay
or causing to be performed, labor upon the public highways *a^
of said county, shall be required to pay to the County Treas-
urer of said county an annual commutation or road tax of
176 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 Qne and one-half (1 50-100) dollars per head, which shall be
^"""""^^""^^ expended upon the public roads of the county, and as nearly
as possible in the parish from which collected; said tax to be
paid at the same time and subject to the same penalties as
attached to other State and county taxes.
Sec. 3. That every person in said county liable for said
Returns. road tax shall return himself for taxation for such tax to the
County Auditor of said county in each and every year between
the first day of January and the twentieth day of February,
and the County Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to
solicit and take such returns. That thereafter the County Audi-
tor shall make out and deliver to the parish commissioners of
the several parishes of said county, lists of the names of the per-
sons who have returned themselves for taxation for such tax
in their parishes. That said parish commissioners shall add
to said lists the names of all persons in their respective
parishes liable for said tax, but who have not returned them-
selves to the County Auditor. That said County Auditor in
each and every year, on or before the fifteenth day of October,
shall make out and deliver a list of the names of all persons
liable for said road tax in said county, alphabetically arranged
by parishes, to the County Treasurer of said county.
Sec. 4. That said County Treasurer is hereby authorized
County trcas- and directed to collect said tax, and to turn the same into the
Tcclrd? ^^ road fund for said county. That said County Treasurer shall
keep a book in which shall be recorded by parishes the names
of those paying said, commutation or road tax. Any person
liable to road duty in said county failing to pay said commu-
tation tax shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction thereof, fined not less than five dollars n<Jr more
than twenty dollars, or be confined at hard labor for a period
of twenty days.
Sec. 5. The parish commissioners of each parish are directed
Overseers. to appoint an. overscer for their respective parishes ; the said
overseer shall hire men to work the roads in his parish at
such prices per day as prevail for such kind of work in his
parish, and he shall not -work less than ten men on any day for
which he shall charge pay for his overseeing, but he may
appoint one or more men to perform certain tasks, he may also
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 177
hire such teams as may be necessary to the best working of a. d. 1911
the roads. Said overseer shall make a sworn itemized state-
ment showing to whom the money is paid and the kind and
extent of the work done. It shall be the duty of the parish parish com-
commissioners of each parish to inspect the work done by the iSs^c?"ork!
respective overseers and endorse the aforementioned itemized
statement if the work has been properly performed ; the over-
seer may include in said statement a charge of two dollars per
day for his own services as overseer. Said statement shall
be presented to the County Supervisor and the Board of be* approved!
County Commissioners, and, upon their approval, a check
upon the County Treasurer issued. The County Treasurer
shall pay for said check out of the funds appropriated for
that purpose.
Sec. 6. The parish commissioners of each parish shall so
Roads to be
apportion the amount of said road fund alloted to their parish worked twice
a year.
that the roads can be worked twice in each year at such times
as they may direct.
Sec. 7. Anyone who accepts the position of overseer and
when directed by the commissioners shall fail or refuse to Misdemeanor,
perform his duties as overseer, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and, upon conviction, be sentenced to pay a fine of
not less than ten dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or be
confined at hard labor upon the public works of the county for
a period of thirty days.
Sec. 8. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith
are repealed.
Sec. 9. This Act shall go into effect immediately upon its
approval by the Governor.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
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STATUTES AT LARGE
Exemptions.
;^J^ No. 114,
AN ACT TO Require Certain Persons in Georgetown
County to Pay a Road Tax in Said County, to Pro-
vide A Penalty, to Provide for Listing Persons so
Liable, and to Provide for Collecting Said Tax, and
TO Authorize Supervisor and Board of County Com-
missioners TO Supplement Chain Gang Work by Con-
tract Plan Whenever Practicable.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Road tax re State of South Carolina, That all able-bodied male persons,
Georgetown f rom the age of twenty-one to sixty years, both inclusive, in the
county of Georgetown, except residents of incorporated cities
and towns, shall be required annually to pay two dollars as a
road tax, except ministers of the gospel actually in charge of a
congregation, teachers employed in public schools, school trus-
tees, and persons permanently disabled in the military service
of this State, and persons who served in the late War Between
the States, and all persons actually employed in the quarantine
service of this State, and all students who may be attending any
school or college at the time when the road tax hereinabove
provided for shall become due : Provided, however. That any
of the persons comprehended in this section who shall claim
such disability or disabilities as would take them out of the
class hereinbefore denominated "able-bodied," shall be per-
mitted to show the same by a certificate of at least two reputa-
ble physicians practicing in the county of Georgetown, actually
furnished at or after the making of returns or the listing for
said tax as hereinafter provided, and such showing shall be
conclusive of the exemption of such persons by reason of such
disability or disabilities from the operation of this Act.
Sec 2. That all persons who are required to pay said road
tax, in said county, as fixed by Section 1 of the Act shall pay
the same to the County Treasurer of said county, between the
fifteenth day of October and the thirty-first day of December,
in each and every year, and it shall be expended upon the public
roads of the county ; and any failure to pay said road tax shall
be a misdemeanor, and the offender, upon conviction, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than ten dollars and not more
Proviso.
Time of pay-
ment.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 179
than twenty-five dollars, or imprisonment for not more than a. d. imi
thirty days, out of which fine the magistrate shall be allowed
to retain two dollars as compensation for his services therein,
and the same process and proceedings shall be had and taken
as in cases of default in payment of poll tax.
Sec. 3. That every person in said county liable for said road Returns,
tax shall return himself for taxation for such tax to the County
Auditor of said county in each and every calendar year between
the first day of January and the twentieth day of February, and
the County Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to solicit
and take such returns, and he shall make out and deliver to the
Township As'sessors of the several townships of said county
lists of the names of the persons who have returned themselves
for taxation for such tax in their townships. That the Town-
ship Assessors, and the County Supervisor and County Com-
missioners shall add to said lists the names of all persons in the
county liable for said tax, and who have not returned themselves
to the County Auditor, and said lists shall be returned as
promptly as possible to said County Auditor. That said County
Auditor, in each and every year, on or before the fifteenth day
of October, shall make out and deliver a list of the names of all
persons liable for said road tax in said county, alphabetically
arranged by townships, to the County Treasurer of said county.
Sec. 4. That the said County Treasurer is hereby authorized ^^^^ ^^^^
and directed to collect said tax, and to turn the same into the
road fund for said county. That said County Treasurer shall
keep a book, in which shall be recorded by townships, the names
of those paying said commutation or road 'tax.
Sec. 5. As a supplement to the chain gang work in said
county, the County Supervisor and Board of County Commis- ^^^^^'^^^ p^°-
sioners are hereby authorized, whenever practicable, to have
roads worked by contract plan.
Sec. 6. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take eflFect April 1st, 1911.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
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^^^^^ No. 115.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Fix the
Commutation Road Tax and to Define Who Are Lia-
ble TO Pay Road Tax in Calhoun County, and Pro-
vide A Penalty for Failing to Pay Such Tax/'
Approved February 19th, 1910, by Extending Time for
Payment of Commutation Tax to 1st March.
Act of 1910 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
amended *"' State of South Carolina, That Section 2 of an Act entitled "An
Act to fix the commutation road <tax and to define who are
liable to pay road tax in Calhoun county, and provide a penalty
for faihng to pay such tax," approved February 19th, 1910, by
striking out on lines five and six of said section, the words
''31st day of December/* and inserting in lieu thereof the
words *'first day of March/' so that said section, when so
amended, shall read as follows :
Section 2. That all persons who are liable to road duty in
said county, as fixed by Section 1 of this Act, in lieu of per-
Commutation e • • . ^ e 111 xt. 1.1*
tax in Calhoun lormmg, or causmg to be performed, labor upon the pubhc
highways of said county, shall be required to pay to the County
Treasurer of said county, between the 15th day of October and
the first day of March in each and every year, an annual com-
mutation or road tax of two dollars per head, which shall be
expended upon the public roads of the county, and, as nearly
as possible, from the township from which it was collected ;
and any failure to pay said road tax shall be a misdemeanor,
and the offender, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine
of not less than five dollars and not more than fifty dollars, or
imprisoned for not more than thirty days.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
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No. 116. A'^""
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Requtre
All Persons in Richland and Abbeville Counties
Liable to Road Duty to Pay a Commutation or Road
Tax in Lieu of Working Upon Public Highways in
Said Counties, to Provide a Penalty, and to Provide
for Listing Persons so Liable/' so as to Exempt the
CoiTNTY OF Abbeville from Its Provisions.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Act of i9io.
State of South Carolina, That an Act entitled "An Act to amended ®*^'
require all persons in Richland and Abbeville counties liable to
road duty to pay a commutation or road tax in lieu of working
upon public highways in said counties, to provide a penalty, and
to provide for listing persons so liable," so as to exempt the
county of Abbeville from its provisions, approved February
23, 1910, be amended by striking out the word "Abbeville" and
the word "counties," whenever the words occur in said Act, so
that said Act, when amended, shall read as follows :
Section 1. That all able-bodied male persons from the age ^^^^ ^„^y .„
of eighteen to fifty years, both inclusive, in the county of Rich- AbbcvSil *"**
land shall be required annually to pay one dollar commutation bounties,
or road tax, except ministers of the gospel actually in change
of a congregation, teachers employed in the public schools,
school trustees and persons permanently disabled in the mili-
tary service of this State, and persons who served in the late
War Between the States, and all persons actually employed in
the quarantine service of this State, and all students who may
be attending any school or college at the time when the com-
mutation tax hereinabove provided for shall become due.
Sec. 2. That all persons who are liable to road duty in said
county as fixed by Section 1 of this Act, in lieu of performing Commutation
tax.
or causing to be performed labor upon the public highways of '
said county, shall be required to pay the County Treasurer of
said county, between the fifteenth day of October and the
thirty-first day of December in each and every year, an annual
commutation or road tax of one dollar per head, which shall be
expended upon the public roads of the county, and as nearly as
possible in the township from which it was collected ; and any
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A. D. 1911 failure to pay said road tax shall be a misdemeanor, and the
offender, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not
less than five dollars and not more than fifty dollars, or impris-
onment for not more than thirty days.
Sec. 3. That for the year 1910 it shall be the duty of the
List of those County Auditor of said county to make out a list of the names
duty. of all persons in said county liable for said road tax alphabeti-
cally arranged by townships, and deliver said list to the County
Treasurer on or before the fifteenth day of October in said
year, and it shall be the duty of the rural policemen and Town-
ship Assessors of said county to aid the County Auditor in the
preparation of said list, by furnishing him the names of per-
sons in their respective townships who are liable for said com-
mutation tax.
Sec. 4. That beginning with the year 1911, and each and
Return for ^very year thereafter, every person in said county liable for
road tax. ^^id road tax shall return himself for taxation for such tax
to the County Auditor of said county between the first day of
January and the twentieth day of February, and the County
Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to solicit and take
such returns. That hereafter the County Auditor shall make
out and deliver to the Township Boards of Assessors of the
townships of said county lists of the names of the persons who
have returned themselves for taxation for such tax in their
townships. That said Township Boards of Assessors shall
add to said Hsts the names of all persons in their respective
townships liable for said tax, but who have not returned them-
selves to the County Auditor. That said County Auditor in
each and every year, on or before the fifteenth day of October,
shall make out and deliver a list of the names of all persons
liable for said road tax in said county, alphabetically arranged
by townships, to the County Treasurer of said county: Pro-
Proviso. vided, That the Auditor shall add a penalty of fifty (50) cents
to each person liable for said commutation tax who had not
returned himself for such tax as hereinabove required.
Sec. 6. That the said County Treasurer is hereby authorized
Collection of and directed to collect said tax, and to turn the same into the
tax. '
road fund for said county : Provided, That the money collected
Proviso. in the corporate limits of the city of Columbia be divided as
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follows : One-half turned over to city of Columbia for perma- ^* ^- ^^^^
ment street improvement and one-half to county for roads.
That said County Treasurer ?hall keep a book in which shall
be recorded by townships the names of those paying said com-
mutation or road tax.
Sec. 6. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with
this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 3d day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 117.
AN ACT TO Require All Persons in Barnwell County
Liable to Road Duty to Pay a Commutation or Road
Tax in Lieu of Working Upon Public Highways in
Said County, to Provide a Penalty.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That all persons who are Uable to ^^^"JlJ^^^j"
road duty as now provided by law, in said county, in lieu of county."^^"
performing, or causing to be performed, labor upon the public
highways of said county, shall be required to pay to the County
Treasurer of said county, at the same time and in the same
manner as ordinary State and county taxes are paid in said
county, and subject to the same penalties for default in pay-
ment, in each and every year, an annual commutation tax or
road tax of one dollar and fifty cents per head, which shall be
expended upon the public roads of said county, and as nearly
as p>ossible the amount of such taxes derived from each town-
ship shall be expended upon the roads of such township ; and
«., , >« m , till •« « Misdemeanor.
any failure to pay said road tax shall be a misdemeanor, and
the offender, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not
less than five dollars nor more than fifty dollars, or imprison-
ment for not more than thirty days.
Sec. 2. That immediately upon the approval of this Act, it
shall be the duty of the County Auditor for said county to County audi-
, . ,. , r ti i« . 1 1 « . « . tor to prepare
make out a list of all persons hable to road duty in his county, »!«* <>' **»<>"
alphabetically arranged by townships, and deliver said list to
the County Treasurer on or before the 15th day of October in
each year, and it shall be the duty of such rural policemen as
may be in office and the Board of Assessors of said county to
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A. D. 1911 aid the County Auditor in the preparation of such list, by f ur-
^'-^"''"^ nishing him the names of persons who are liable for said com-
mutation tax.
Sec. 3. That from and after the approval of this Act, and
Returns. ^^^^ V^^^ thereafter, every person in said county liable for
said road tax, shall return himself for taxation to the Countv
Auditor for the payment of such tax, before the first day of
May, and the County Auditor is hereby authorized and directed
to solicit and take such returns. That hereafter the County
Auditor shall make out and deliver to each member of the
Board of Assessors and such rural policemen or other county
police officers as are in office, lists of the names of the per-
sons who have returned themselves for taxation in the respec-
tive townships of such officers. That said officers shall furnish
the County Auditor with the names of ail persons liable to
road duty, in their respective townships who have not returned
themselves for such taxation. That the County Auditor in
each year hereafter, on or before the fifteenth day of October,
shall make out and deliver a list of the names of all persons
liable to road tax in said county, alphabetically arranged by
townships, to the treasurer of the said county: Provided, That
the auditor shall add a penalty of fifty cents to the amount of
taxes due by each person who had not returned himself as
herein provided.
Sec. 4. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 118.
AN ACT TO Fix the Time for the Payment of Commuta-
TiON Tax in Chesterfield County.
.Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Time to pay State of South CaroHna, That after the approval of this Act,
commutation .• . <
tax in chcs-the persons m Chesterfield county liable to labor upon the
County. public roads and highways of said county may, in lieu of such
labor, pay to the County Treasurer the amount now provided
by law on or before the first day of March of each year, and
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the receipt of the said treasurer shall exempt the holder from ^- ^- ^^^\
such labor.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 119.
AX ACT TO Provide for Road Inspectors for Lexington
County, and Define Their Duties.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the onc road in-
State of South Carolina, Upon the recommendation of the ISc?°ownship.
Senator and Members of the House of Representatives of Lex-
ington county, the Governor shall appoint an inspector of roads
in each township of said county, whose terms of office shall be
for four years from the date of their appointment and until
their successors have been appointed and qualified. Said
inspectors shall meet at the office of the County Supervisor as
soon after their appointment as practicable, and shall organize
by the election of one of their number as chairman and another
as secretary.
Sec. 2. Such inspectors are required to inspect and exam-ine
the public roads and highways in their respective townships at °"^*«»-
least twice every year — once in the month of May and once in
the month of November — and report the true condition of such
roads, highways, side ditches and cross drains and bridges
thereof; and the failure or neglect of the road overseers, or
other persons required by law to perform work thereon,
together with any suggestions or recommendations for the
improvement of the condition of such roads and highways ;
such reports shall be made in duplicate, in writing, to the Reports.
County Supervisor and Board of Commissioners of said county
at a joint meeting of said inspectors called for that purpose,
and one copy of such kept on file in their office; the other
copy shall be delivered to the foreman of the grand jury for
consideration by it, to which shall be attached a report of any
and all failures and neglects on the part of the County Super-
visor or Commissioners in reference to building or repairing,
or maintaining of any of the said highways, roads, or bridges.
It shall be the especial duty of said inspectors to examine thor- •
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Per diem.
Oath.
oughly into the condition of the county chain gang, with a view
to the expense of maintaining same and the method of its gen-
eral management, and make such recommendations concerning
same as they may deem proper in their reports provided for in
this Act. The supervisor's office shall furnish said inspectors
suitable blanks to make reports.
Sec. 3. Each inspector shall be entitled to receive for such
services a per diem of two dollars, for not exceeding ten days,
during any one year during his term of office.
Sec. 4. The said road inspectors shall, before entering upon
the discharge of the duties of their office, take the oath of office
prescribed in the Constitution of the State, and shall file the
same in the office of the Clerk of Court for Lexington county.
Sec. 6. This Act shall go into effect immediately on its
approval by the Governor.
Approved the 3d day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 120.
AN ACT TO Fix the Commutation Road Tax and to
Define Who Are Liable to Pay Road Tax in Wil-
liamsburg County, and Provide a Penalty for Fail-
ing TO Pay Such Tax.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Commutation State of South Carolina, That all able-bodied male persons
iS^ Wifiiama. from the age of twenty-one to sixty years, both inclusive, in
burg ounty. ^^^ county of WilHamsburg, shall be required annually to pay
two dollars commutation or road tax, except ministers of the
Exemptions, gospel actually in charge of a congregation, teachers employed
in public schools, persons permanently disabled in the military
service of this State, and persons who served in the Late War
Between the States, and all persons actually employed in the
quarantine service of this State, and all students who may be
attending any school or college at the time when the commu-
tation tax herein above provided for shall become due.
Sec 2. That all persons who are liable to road duty in said
Time of pay. county, as fixcd by Section 1 of this Act, in lieu of performing,
or causing to be performed, .labor upon the public highways of
incnt.
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said county, shall be required to pay to the County Treasurer ^- ^- ^•^^
of said county, at the same time other taxes are paid, an annual
commutation or road tax of two dollars per head, which shall
be expended upon the public roads of the county, and as nearly
as possible from the township from which it was collected.
Said tax to be collected as poll tax is now collected, and any
failure to pay said road tax shall be a misdemeanor, and the Misdemeanor,
offender, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less
than five dollars and not more than fifty dollars, or impris-
oned for not more than thirty days.
Sec. 3. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 121.
AN ACT TO Provide for a Commutation Road Tax for
Saluda County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the commutotion
State of South Carolina, That each and every person in the S'^sSdl"^
county of Saluda liable to road duty shall pay an annual com- c<>""*y-
mutation tax of three dollars in lieu of performing the services
now required by law upon roads of said county, said tax
to be returned to the County Auditor and collected by the
County Treasurer at the same time and in the same manner
as now provided for assessment and collection of poll tax.
That a separate account of said commutation tax shall be
kept by the County Treasurer, and shall constitute a part of
the road fund of said county, to be expended as nearly as prac-
ticable in the communities from which collected: Provided,
That the County Board of Commissioners of said county may. Proviso,
in their discretion, by resolution, reduce said tax for any year
to not less than two dollars, if in their judgment said amount
will raise a sufficient sum to supplement the road fund derived
from the property tax for such year.
Sec. 2. That any person who shall fail to pay said commuta- ,,. ,
•^ ^ ^ -^ Misdemeanor.
tion tax shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction
thereof by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be pun-
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Commutation
tax required
in Edgefield
County.
Exemptions.
Proviso.
ished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more than twenty
dollars, or be confined at hard labor upon the public works
of said county for not less than ten days nor more than thirty
days.
Sec. 3. That this Act shall not in any way interfere with
the collection of the commutation tax due and collectible for
said county of Saluda for the present year as now provided by
law, but the tax herein provided for shall be assessed by the
County Auditor during the present year and collected by the
County Treasurer at the same time as other taxes are collected
for the present year and in like manner every year thereafter.
Sec. 4. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. This Act shall go into effect immediately after its
approval by the Governor.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 122.
AN ACT TO Provide for the Improvement of the Public
Roads in Edgefield County, and to Lew a Property
AND Commutation Tax for Working the Same.
Section 1, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That all able-bodied male persons
from the age of eighteen to fifty-five, both ihclusive, in the
county of Edgefield, shall be required annually to pay a com-
mutation or road tax of not less than one dollar nor more than
three dollars, as may be fixed by the County Board of Com-
missioners, except ministers of the gospel actually in charge of
congregations, teachers employed in the public schools, school
trustees, and all students who may be attending any school or
college at the time when the said commutation tax shall become
due: Provided, That any person claiming exemption from the
provisions of this Act, on the grounds of physical disability,
where such disability is not apparent, shall be required to pro-
duce a certificate of disability from one regular physician, dated
within twelve months.
Sec. 2. That all persons who are liable to road duty in said
county as fixed by Section 1 of this Act, in lieu of performing.
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or causing to be performed, labor upon the public highways of ^- ^- ^^^^
said county, shall be required to pay to the County Treasurer ^j^^^^ ^^ ^^
of said county between the fifteenth day of October and the ^*-
thirty-first day of December in each and every year, an annual
commutation or road tax of not less than one dollar nor more
than three dollars, as fixed by the County Board of Commis-
sioners, as hereinabove provided, which shall be expended upon
the public roads of the county, and as nearly as possible in the
township from which it was collected; and any failure to pay
said road tax shall be a misdemeanor and the offender, upon Misdemeanor,
conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than five
dollars and not more than fifty dollars, or imprisonment for not
less than ten days nor more than tjiirty days.
Sec. 3. That for the year 1911, it shall be the duty of the ^ .
•^ ^ •' County super-
County Supervisor, the County Commissioners and the County ^^so*^ ..'» p*"«-
Auditor of said county to make out a list of the names of all
persons in said county liable for said road tax, alphabetically
arranged by townships, and deliver said list to the County
Treasurer on or before the 15th day of October in said year.
Sec. 4. That beginning with the year 1912 and each and
every year thereafter, every person in said county liable for ^«^"">'-
said road tax shall return himself for taxation for such tax to
the County Auditor of said county in each and every year
between the first day of January and the twentieth day of Feb-
ruary, and the County Auditor is hereby authorized and directed
to solicit and take such returns. That thereafter the County
Auditor shall make out and deliver to the township assessors
of the several townships of said county, lists of the names of
the persons who have returned themselves for taxation for such
tax in their townships. That said township assessors shall
a<kl to said lists the names of all persons in their respective
townships liable for said tax, but who have not returned them-
selves to the County Auditor. That said County Auditor, in
each and every year on or before the fifteenth day of October,
shall make out and deliver a list of the names of all persons
liable for said road tax in said county, alphabetically arranged
by townships, to the County Treasurer of said county.
Sec 5. That the said County Treasurer is hereby authorized j^^^^rd
and directed to collect said tax, and to return the same into the
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Contracts to
be let.
Bond.
Property
to be levied.
tax
A. D. 1911 road fund for said county. That said County Treasurer shall
keep a book, in which shall be recorded, by townships, the
names of those paying said commutation or road tax.
Sec. 6. As a supplement to the chain gang work in the
county of Edgefield, the County Board of Commissioners of
said county are hereby authorized and directed and required
whenever practicable, to have the roads «worked by contract,
or by employing laborers and superintendents of road work.
When roads are worked by contract the contractors shall enter
into good and sufficient bond to work said roads in accordance
with contract. And that whenever practicable said commis-
sioners are required to clay the sand roads and to sand the
clay roads.
Sec. 7. For the purpose of maintaining and improving the
public highways, there shall be levied, from and after the
approval of this Act, an annual property tax of one mill for
road purposes in said county, which shall be levied and col-
lected in the same way and at the same time as all other taxes,
one-half of which tax shall be used in the township in -which
it is collected, and the other half shall be used as a general
road fund, which may be used to secure machinery, tools,
appliances and stock and to supplement other road funds.
Sec. 8. The roadbeds of all roads heretofore or hereafter
laid out, shall not be less than eighteen nor more than twenty-
four feet wide, exclusive of side ditches, roots and other
obstruction, unless otherwise ordered by County Board of
Commissioners.
Sec. 9. For the purpose of beginning at once the working
and improvement of the public roads under this Act, the
County Commissioners and County Treasurer are hereby
authorized to borrow for the road fund an amount not exceed-
ing five thousand dollars and to hypothecate as a security for
said loan the taxes herein provided to be collected.
Sec. 10. All roads over which routes have been established
or may hereafter be established by the United States govem-
Pubiic roada. ment, foT the Carriage of rural free delivery mails in Edgefield
county, shall be, and they are hereby, made public roads, and
it shall be the duty of the County Commissioners to work and
maintain them as such.
Roadbeds.
Road fttnd.
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Sec. 11. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with a. d. 1911
this Act be, anJ the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 128.
AN ACT TO Authorize the Commissioners of Hampton
County to Raise Funds for Roads and Bridges.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the County Com-
, , missi oners to
State of South Carolina, That for the purpose of building, levy tax for
roads and
working, keeping and maintaining the public highways and bridges,
bridges of Hampton county, the County Commissioners are
directed to levy a tax of four mills on all taxable property
of said county, and the treasurer of said county is hereby
directed to collect said tax.
Sec 2. That all taxes collected under this Act shall be
applied to the township from which it was collected.
Sec. 3. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with
this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 124.
AN ACT TO Provide for a Commutation Road Tax for
Laurens County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commuution
State of South Carolina, That each and every person in the iS^uSrens
county of Laurens liable to road duty, shall pay an annual
commutation tax of one dollar and fifty cents in lieu of per-
forming the services now required by law upon roads of said
county, said tax to be returned to the County Auditor and
collected by the County Treasurer at the same time and in the
same manner as now provided for assessment and collection of
poll tax. That a separate account of said commutation tax
shall be kept by the County Treasurer, and shall constitute a
part of the road fund of said county, to be expended as nearly ^^^ ^""<^-
as practicable in the communities from which collected.
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'Misdemeanor.
Sec. 2. That any person who shall fail to pay said commu-
tation tax shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon convic-
tion thereof by any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be
punished by a fine of not less than five dollars nor more
than twenty dollars, or be confined at bard labor upon
the public works of said county for not less than ten days nor
more than thirty days.
Sec. 3. That this Act shall not in any way interfere with
ment ° '**^' the collectiou of the commutation tax due and collectible for
said county of Laurens for the present year, as now provided
by law, but the tax herein provided for shall be assessed by the
County Auditor during the present year and collected by the
County Treasurer at the same time as other taxes are collected
for the present year and in like manner every year thereafter.
Sec. 4. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. This Act shall go into effect immediately after its
approval by th^Governor.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Commutation
tax required
in certain
counties.
No. 125.
AN ACT TO Fix THE Commutation Road Tax and to
Define Who Are Liable to Pay Road Tax in Bam-
berg, Kershaw and Hampton Counties, and Provide
A Penalty for Failing to Pay Such Tax.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That all able-bodied male persons
between the age of twenty-one and fifty-five years, in the
counties of Bamberg, Hampton and Kershaw, shall be liable to
road duty.
Sec. 2. That all persons who are liable to road duty in said
counties, as fixed by Section 1 of this Act, in lieu of perform-
ing, or causing to be performed, labor upon the public high-
ways of said counties, shall be required to pay to the County
Treasurers of said counties an annual commutation or road
tax of two dollars per head, which shall be expended upon the
public roads of the county, and, as nearly as possible, within
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the township from which it was collected ; and any failure to ^- ^- ^•^^
pay said road tax shall be a misdemeanor, and the offender,
upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine of not less than
five dollars and not more than fifty dollars, or imprisoned for
not more than thirty days.
Sec. 3. That for the year 1911 it shall be the duty of the Ust of those
liable.
County Supervisor, the County Commissioners and the County
Auditor in each of said counties to make out a list of the
names of all persons in their respective counties liable for said
road tax, alphabetically arranged by townships, and deliver
said list to the County Treasurer on or before the 15th of
October in said year.
Sec. 4. That beginning with the year 1912, and each and
every year thereafter, every person in said counties liable for ^<^*"™*-
said tax shall return himself for taxation to the County Audi-
tor between the 1st day of January and the 20th day of Feb-
ruary, and the Auditor is required to take such returns and
enter same upon the tax duplicates, and such tax shall be
collected by the treasurer in the same manner and times as
other taxes.
Sec. 5. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 126.
AN ACT TO Cre\te Rural Police for Pickens County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Appointments
State of South Carolina, Whenever in the judgment of that
officer, the public .^^afety or the enforcement of the law may
require it, the Sheriff of Pickens county may appoint, with
the approval of the Board of County Commissioners, two
rural policemen for said county, who shall be paid a salary of
twenty dollars each, for each month; said policemen shall be
qualified electors of Pickens county, not addicted to the use of Qualification!,
intoxicating liquors, and of good moral character and known
courage. Each of the said policemen shall give a bond of five
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power.
A. D. 1911 hundred dollars each, conditioned for the faithful discharge
of duty.
Sec. 2. The policemen shall have all the authority and pow-
Authority and ^^^ ^^ deputy sheriffs, and under the direction of the Sheriff
of Pickens county, patrol and police the county, especially in
the rural districts, and to prevent or detect violations of the
criminal law, making arrests upon their own initiative, as well
as upon complaint or information, and to report all their acts,
and all known and suspected violations of criminal law in
Pickens county to the Sheriff once a week; shall have the
right to break open doors, in the pursuit and arrest of persons
charged with crime, and to follow in pursuit across the county
line into other counties, and there make arrest, break doors,
in pursuit of persons charged with crime, and shall appear
at the Court of Sessions on the first day of each term, report
to the solicitor and grand jury any and all violation of law
within the county, and be subject to the solicitor during the
term.
Sec. 3. Said policemen shall be paid monthly upon itemized
and sworn account, to be approved by the Clerk of the Board
of County Commissioners, and shall be subject to suspension
of the Sheriff for cause : Provided, Such suspension is approved
by the Board of County Commissioners at their next ensuing
meeting by whom such policemen may be discharged: Pro-
vided, That the expenses herein allowed shall not exceed
twenty dollars a month each or two hundred and forty dollars
per year each.
Sec. 4. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
How paid.
Suspension.
Proviso.
Proviso.
No. 127.
AN ACT TO Provide for the Establishment and Mainte-
XANCE OF A Rural Police System in Greenwood
County.
Rural lice- SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
"Inted ^r**^ Statc of South Carolina, That upon the approval of this Act
greenwood jt ?\vM he the duty of the Governor, upon the recommendation
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 195
ot the legislative delegation of Greenwood county, to appoint A- ^- ^^^^
three able-bodied men of the county of Greenwood, who are of ^"^'"v-^-^
good habits and of courage, coolness and discretion, known as
men who are not addicted to the use of alcoholic liquors, or of
drugs, and shall commission them as county policemen, for a
term of four years, subject to removal by the Governor for
cause : Provided, hoxvever, That no person shall be eligible to proviso,
appointment as such policeman who makes application for such
appoiniment.
Sec. 2. That it shall be the duty of said policemen, under
the direction of the Sheriff and under the general supervision " *"*
(>f the foreman of the grand jury of said county, to patrol and
police the county, especially in the rural districts, and to prevent
or detect, to the extent of their ability, and prosecute all per-
sons, whether officers of the county or private persons, for
violation of the criminal law of every kind, making arrests upon
their own initiative as well as upon complaint or information,
and to report all their acts, and all known or suspected viola-
tions of criminal law, to the Sheriff and foreman of the grand
jury once a week, and they shall at each term of the Court of
General Sessions, on a day appointed by the solicitor, appear
before the solicitor in his room, before the presiding Judge at
his chambers, and before the grand jury, to be by each advised,
instructed and charged in respect to their duties and questioned
in respect to conditions of lawlessness in the county.
Sec. 3. That said policemen shall patrol the entire county at
least twice a week by sections assigned to single policemen by " ^' " ****
the Sheriff for one or more days, remaining on duty at night,
when occasion or circumstances suggest the propriety thereof,
to prevent or detect a crime or to make an arrest, and they
shall always be on duty not less than ten hours a day, except
when granted occasional indulgences or leaves of absence by
the Sheriff of the county, they shall frequent public places
where people congregate, or disorder is probable, or vagrants
may be loafing, or alcoholic liquors may be sold or drunk, and
they shall, as often as practicable, ride by homes that are off
from the public highways and in lonely parts of the county,
especially such as are without male protectors, and they shall
use every means to prevent crime or detect the perpetrators
Misdemeanor.
196 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 thereof and arrest and prosecute for breaches of the peace,
^"*'"^^^"*^ drunkenness, obscene or profane language, or boisterous con-
duct, or discharge of firearms on a public highway or at a pub-
lic place or gathering, carrying weapons contrary to law, hunt-
ing or otherwise trespassing on land without the permission of
the owner or manager, gambling, vagrancy, carrying fire on
lands of another, setting out fire, violation of the fish and game
laws, cruelty to animals, or to children, or violation of the child
labor laws, miscegenation, adultery, fornication, lynching and
also any and every other violation of the criminal laws.
Sec. 4. That said policemen shall have authority for any
Authority. freshly committed crime, to arrest without warrant, and in
pursuit of the criminal to enter homes or break therein, whether
in their own county or in an adjoining county ; and they shall
have authority to summon the posse cotnitatus to assist in
enforcing the laws, and any person who shall fail to respond
and render assistance, when so summoned, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by
imprisonment for 30 days, or fine of one hundred ($100.00)
dollars.
Sec. 5. That each of said policemen before receiving his
commission shall, in addition to the oath of office now pre-
scribed by Section 26 of Article III of the Constitution, and by
Section 58i3 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902,
Volume I, take and subscribe the following oath or affirma-
tion, to wit: "I do further solemnly swear (or affirm) that
during my term of office as county policeman I will study the
Act creating my office and prescribing my duties, and will
endeavor to inform myself of the criminal laws of the State,
both statutory and common law, and will be alert and vigilant
to enforce the laws, and to detect and bring to punishment
every violation of the same within my county, and will conduct
myself at all times with due consideration to all persons, and
will not impose upon the weak or ignorant. So help me, God."
And the State Librarian shall furnish to each policeman, free
of charge, a copy of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, and
the Acts amendatory to the criminal statutes.
Sec. 6. That each said policeman before he is commissioned
shall enter into a bond made payable to the county, to be
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 197
approved by the County Commissioners, and by the Clerk of a.d. i9ii
Court with whom the same shall be filed, with two good sure- J^^T^^'^'^^
ties, or an approved surety company, in the sum of five hun-
dred ($600.00) dollars, conditioned for the faithful perforni-
ance of his duties and for such damages as may be sustained by
reason of his malfeasance in office or abuse of his authority.
Sec. 7. The three policemen above referred to shall be paid
an annual salary of one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars each, Salary,
upon the order of the foreman of the grand jury and the war-
rant of the County Commissioners on the County Treasurer,
the same to be paid in monthly installments: Provided, how-
ever, That said policemen shall provide themselves with uni- ProWso.
forms, policemen's billets, and with such firearms as may be
prescribed and approved by the foreman of the grand jury, and
with horses for regular use in riding over the county and per-
forming duty as mounted police, and shall bear all expenses
incident thereto. Failure on the part of any policeman to pro-
vide himself with the equipments mentioned in this proviso
shall be deemed sufficient cause and shall require his removal
from office.
Sec. 8. That said policemen shall serve no civil process or
perform any similar duty. That said policemen shall hold no movai.
other office, except that of notary ^Dublic, during their term of
office ; nor shall they personally perform or engage in any other
icind of work or business. The violation of any of the provi-
sions herein shall be good cause for removal from office.
Sec. 9. That the Sheriff of Greenwood county shall aid and gj^^^jf^tg
instruct said policemen, in the discharge of their duties, and duties,
shall keep his office open by himself or his deputy, each day
in the week, and he shall require his jailer or some one duly
authorized by him, to be at all times in attendance at the jail.
Sec. 10. That the magistrates in Greenwood county shall aid
said policemen in the prompt discharge of their duties.
Sec. 11. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this
.\ct are hereby repealed.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
198 STATUTES AT LARGE
,^^^^^ No. 128.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Provide
FOR Rural Policemen for Laurens County/' Approved
THE 18th Day op February, A. D. 1910, so as to
Increase the Number op Policemen por Said County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
M *staL/703; State of South Carolina, That Section 1 of an Act entitled "An
amen c . ^^^ ^^ provide foF rural policemen for Laurens county/'
approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1910, be, and the
same is hereby, amended by striking out the word "two," on
line six of said section, and inserting in lieu thereof the word
"five;" so that, when amended, said section shall read as
follows :
Section 1. That immediately after the approval of this Act
Governor to ^ the Govcrnor, upon the recommendation of the members of
appoint rural
policemen. the General Assembly for the county of Laurens, shall appoint
from the registered electors of said county five able-bodied men
of good habits, and known as men -who are not addicted to the
use of alcoholic liquors, and shall commission them as county
policemen, for the term of two years, subject always to removal
by the Governor for cause.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 129.
AN ACT TO Provide por Rural Policemen por Marion
County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
men" to £e ap- State of South Carolina, That immediately after the approval
^*" ^ ' of this Act by the Governor, the County Commissioners of
Marion county, upon the approval of the members of the Gen-
eral Assembly for said county, shall appoint from the regis-
tered voters of said county not less than one nor more than
three able-bodied men of good habits, and known as men not
addicted to the use of alcoholic liquors, who shall be known as
county policemen, whose term of office shall be for the temi
of one year, subject, however, to removal by the County Com-
missioners.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 199
Sec. 2. That the County Board of Commissioners of Marion ^- ^- ^•i^
county shall fix the salaries of said policemen, which shalj not saUncs pro-
exceed seventy-five dollars per month, payable monthly by the ^***^^-
County Treasurer upon the warrant of the County Supervisor
out of the ordinary county funds : Provided, hozvever, That said
policemen shall provide themselves with uniforms, policemen's
billets and such firearms as may be prescribed by the said
County Board of Commissioners, and with horses for regular
use in riding over the county and performing duty as mounted
policemen, and shall bear all expenses incident to their service.
Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of said policemen, under the
general control and direction of the Sheriff of the county of
Marion, to patrol and police the county, especially in the rural
districts, and to prevent or to detect and prosecute for viola-
tions of the criminal law of every kind, making arrests upon
their own initiative as well as upon complaint or information,
and to report all their acts and all known or suspected viola-
tions of the criminal law to the Sheriff of the county once a
week, or oftener if required, and they shall appear before the
Court of General Sessions on the first day of each term thereof
and report to the solicitor the conditions with reference to
lawlessness in the county, and during the term of the court to
be subject to the direction of the solicitor.
Sec. 4. The said policemen shall patrol the entire county at
least twice a week by sections assigned to each by the Sheriff, ^^^^^^ ^"****-
remaining on duty at night when occasion or circumstances
suggest the propriety thereof, to prevent or detect crime or to
make an arrest, an-d they shall always be on duty for not less
than ten hours a day, except when granted occasional indul-
gences or leaves of absence by the Sheriff. They shall frequent
railroad depots, stores and other public places where people
congregate or disorder is probable, or vagrants may be loafing,
or alcoholic liquors may be sold, bartered or given away, and
they shall as often as practicable ride by houses that are off the
public highway and in lonely parts of the county, especially
such as are without male protectors, and shall use every means
to prevent or detect, arrest and prosecute for breaches of the
peace, drunkenness, using obscene or profane language, bois-
terous conduct or discharging of firearms on the public high-
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A. D. 1911
Authority.
Proviso.
Bond.
Oath.
way or at any public place or gathering, carrying weapons con-
trary to law, gambling, vagrancy, setting out fire, violation of
the game and fish laws, cruelty to animals or children, violation
of the child labor laws, l)mching and for the violation of any
and every law which is detrimental to the peace, good order
and good morals of the community.
Sec. 5. That said policemen shall have authority for any
suspected freshly committed crime, whether upon view or upon
prompt information or complaint, to arrest without warrant,
and in pursuit of the criminal or suspected criminal, to enter
houses or break therein, whether in their own county or in an
adjoining county, and they shall have the right and authority
to summon the posse comitatus to assist in enforcing the laws,
and any citizen who shall fail to respond and render assistance
when so summoned shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon
conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for thirty days,
or by a fine of not less than thirty dollars nor more than one
hundred dollars: Provided, Where an arrest is made without
-warrant, the person so arrested shall be forthwith carried
before the nearest magistrate and a warrant of arrest procured
and disposed of as the magistrate shall direct.
Sec. 6. That each of said policemen shall, before entering
upon the discharge of his duty, enter into bond in the Bum of
one thousand dollars, with sufficient surety to be approved by
the County Board of Commissioners of the county of Marion,
conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties and for
such damages as may be sustained by reason of his malfeasance
in office or abuse of his discretion, and shall, in addition to the
oath of office now prescribed by Section 26 of Article III of
the Constitution, and by Section 682, Volume I, Code of Laws,
1902, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, to
wit: "I further solemnly swear (or affirm) that during my
term of office as county policeman, I will study the Act cre-
ating my office and prescribing my duties, an-d will be alert and
vigilant to enforce the criminal laws of the State and 'to detect
and bring to punishment every violation of the same, and will
conduct myself, at all times, with due consideration to all per-
sons, and will not be influenced in any matter on account of
personal bias or prejudice. So help me, God." The said bond
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 201
am! oath shall be filed and kept with the Cerk of Gjurt for a.d. i»ii
Marion county.
Sec. 7. That after the appointment and qualification of the
two policemen provided for in this Act, all dispensary conr Dispensary
stables appomted by the Governor under an Act known as the coSSJuid ^'*
Carey-Cothran Act, shall be discontinued in so far as Marion
county is concerned.
Sec. 8. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
State of South Oaroliiwi, That after the approval of this Act °J,^°^*3 ^'|/P"
the Governor, upon the recommendation of the members of ^J^^*^"
No. 180.
AN ACT TO Provide for Rural Policemen in the County
OF Barnwell.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the j^^^^j ^^^
me
poi
Ba
Co
the General Assembly for the county of Barnwell, shall appoint
from the registered electors of said county of Barnwell two
able-bodied men of good habits and known as men who are not
addicted to the use of alcoholic liquors, and shall commission
them for the term of two years as rural county policemen for
said county, subject always to removal by the Governor for
cause.
Sec 2. That the County Board of Commissioners for Bam-
well county shall fix the salaries of said policemen in their dis- ^*^"^
cretion, which shall not be less than fifty ($50) dollars nor
more than eighty ($80) dollars per month, payable monthly
by the County Treasurer, upon the order of the Sheriff and
the wiarranit of the County Board of Commissioners, out of
the ordinary funds of said county, and said policemen shall
each furnish himself with policemen's bilTets, and such firearms
as may be prescribed by said Board of Commissioners, and
with horses for regular use in riding over the county and per-
forming duty as mounted policemen, and shall bear all expenses
incident to their service.
Sec 3. That it shall be the duty of said policemen, under j^^^
the general control and direction of the Sheriff of the county of
20-3 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 Barnwell, to patrol and police the county, especially in the
rural districts, and to prevent or detect and prosecute viola-
tions of the criminal law of every kind, making arrests upon
their own initiative as well as upon complaint or information,
and to report all their acts and all known or suspected viola-
tions of the criminal law to the Sheriff of the county once a
week, or oftener if required; and they shall appear before the
Court of General Sessions on the first day of each term thereof
and report to the solicitor the conditions with reference to law-
lessness in the county, and during the term of the court to be
subject to the direction of the solicitor.
S^c. 4. That the said policemen shall patrol the entire county
Further duties, at least once a week, by sections assigned to each by the Sheriff,
remaining on duty at night when occasion or circumtsances
suggest the propriety thereof, to prevent or deter crime, or to
make an arrest ; and they shall always be on duty for not less
than ten hours a day, except when granted occasional indul-
gences or leave of absence by the Sheriff. They shall frequent
railroad depots, stores and other public places where people
congregate or disorder is probable, or vagrants may be loafing,
or alcoholic liquors may be sold, bartered or given away, and
they shall as often as practicable ride by houses that are off
the public highway, and in lonely parts of the county, espe-
cially such as are without male protectors, and shall use every
means to prevent or detect, arrest and prosecute for breaches
of the peace, drunkenness, using obscene or profane language,
boisterous conduct or discharging of firearms on the public
highway, or at any public place or gatherii^, carrying weapons
contrary to law, gambling, setting out fire, violation of the
game and fish laws, cruelty to animals or children, violation of
the child labor la\ys, lynching and for the violation of any and
every law for the preservation of the peace, good morals and
good order of the combiunity.
Sec. 5. That said policemen shall have authority for any
. freshly committed crime, upon view or upon prompt informa-
tion or complaint, to arrest without warrant any violator or
violators of the law, and in pursuit of the criminal they may
enter any house where such criminal has concealed himself or
may be harbored by the owner or occupants of said house,
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 203
whether in their own county or in an adjoining county, and ''^- ^' ^®^^
they shall have the right and authority to summon the posse
conUtatus to assist in enforcing the laws, and any citizen or
citizens who shall fail to respond and render assistance when
so summoned shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, Misdemeanor,
upon conviction, shall be punished as now provided for by law :
Provided, That where an arrest is made without warrant, the
person arrested shall be forthwith carried before the nearest ^°^"**-
magistrate and a warrant of arrest procured, and the case be
disposed of according to law.
Sec. 6. That each of said policemen shall, before entering
upon the discharge of his duty, enter into bond in the sum of Bond,
one thousand dollars, with sufficient surety to be approved by
the Clerk of Court of Barnwell county, conditioned for the
faithful performance of his duties and conditioned for the pay-
ment of such damages as may be sustained by any party on
account of any malfeasance in office on his part, or abuse of
discretion, and shall, in addition to the oath of office now pre-
scribed in Section 26 of Article III of the Constitution of 1895,
and by section 582 of Volume I, Code of Laws of 1902, take
and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, to wit : "I
further solemnly swear (or affirm) that during my term of ^^^j^
office as county policeman, I will study the Act creating my
office and prescriWng my duties, and will be alert and vigilant
to enforce the criminal laws of this State, and to detect and
bring to punishment every violation* of the same, and w^U con-
duct myself at all times with due consideration to all persons,
and will not be influenced on account of personal bias or pre-
judice. So help me. Clod." The said bond and oaths shall be
filed and kept with the Clerk of Court of Barnwell county.
Sec 7. That after the appointment and qualification of the
two policemen provided for in this Act, no dispensary constable SmsubSe""*^
shall be appointed by the Governor, and all duties heretofore * **^'^*" ^ *
performed by such dispensary constable shall devolve upon
sakl rural policemen.
Sec. 8. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act
are hereby repealed.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
!04 STATUTES AT LARGE
^;^^ No. 181.
AN ACT TO Provide for Rural Policemen for Marlboro
County.
Section 1, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
., State of South Carolina, That immediately after the approval
""led f "^ °^ ^^^ ^'^^ ^* Governor, upon the recommendation of the
Marlboro County Supervisor and the Board of County Commissioners of
Marlboro county, shall appoint from the registered electors of
said county three (3) able-bodied men of good habits, and
known as men who are not addicted to the use of alcoholic
liquors, and shall commission them as county poHcemen for
the term of two years, subject always to removal by the Gov-
ernor for cause.
Sec. S. That the salaries of each of said policemen shall be
seventy-five dollars per month each, payable monthly by the
County Treasurer upon the warrant of the County Supervisor,
out of the ordinary county funds ; but before issuing said war-
rant to any policemart the said supervisor shall require such
policeman to take and subscribe an oath that he has fully and
faithfully performed during the preceding month the duties
required of him by this Act. The County Board of Commis-
sioners shall furnish to each of said policemen two uniforms
per year, to be prescribed and approved by the said board.
Said policemen shall provide themselves with policemen's bil-
lets and such firearms as may be prescribed by said county
board, and with horses for regular use in riding over the county
and performing duty as mounted policemen, and they shall bear
all expenses incident to their service.
Sec, 3. That it shall be the duty of said policemen, under
the general control and direction of the supervisor of the
county, especially in the riu^al districts, to patrol and police
the county, and to prevent or to detect and prosecute for the
violations of the criminal law of every kind, making arrests
upon their own initiative as well as upon complaint or informa-
1, and to report all their acts and all known or suspected
lations of the criminal law to the supervisor of the county,
ce a week or oftener, if required by him, and they shall at
times obey and carry out the orders and directions of the
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 206
said County Supervisor, when not inconsistent with the terms a. d. i9ii
of this Act. ^— ^-v-*^
Sec. 4. The said policemen shall patrol the entire county at
least twice a week by sections assigned to each by the County Further duties.
Supervisor and County Board of Commissioners, remaining on
duty at night when occasion or circumstances suggest the pro-
priety thereof, to prevent or detect crime or to make an arrest,
and they shall always be on duty for not less than ten hours a
day, except when granted occasional indulgences or leaves of
absence by the supervisor. They shall frequent railroad
depots, stores and other public places where people congre-
gate or disorder is probable, or vagrants may be loafing, or
alcoholic liquors may be sold, bartered or given away, and they
shall as often as practicable ride by houses that are off the
public highways and in lonely parts of the county, especially
such as are without male protectors, and shall use every means
to prevent or detect, arrest and prosecute for breaches of the
peace, drunkenness, using obscene language, boisterous conduct
or discharging of firearms on the public highways, or at any
public place or gathering, carrying weapons contrary to law,
gambling, vagrancy, setting out fire, violation of the game and
fish laws, violation of the dispensary laws, cruelty to animals
or children, violation of the child labor laws, lynching, and for
the violation of any and every law which is detrimental to the
peace, good order and morals of the community.
Sec. 5. That said policemen shall have authority, for any
suspected freshly committed crime, whether upon view or upon Authority,
prompt information or complaint, to arrest without warrant,
and in pursuit of the criminal or suspected criminal, to enter
houses or break and enter the same, whether in their own
county or in an adjoining county, and they shall have the
right and authority to summon the posse comitatus to assist in
enforcing the laws and in arresting violators or suspected
violators thereof, and any citizen who shall fail to respond and
render assistance when so summoned or called upon, shall be
gudky of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be pun-
ished by imprisonment for thirty days, or by a fine of not less Misdemeanor
than thirty dollars nor more than one hundred d^ollars. When
an arrest is made without warrant, the person so arrested shall
it
Oath.
206 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 be forthwith carried before a magistrate and a warrant of
''"''^^''^^ arrest procured, and disposed of as the magistrate shall direct.
Sec. 6. That each of said policemen shall, before entering
Bond. upon the discharge of his duty and before being commis-
sioned by the Governor, enter into bond in the sum of one
thousand ($1,000,00) dollars, with sufficient surety to be
approved by the Supervisor and the County Board of Com-
missioners of said county, conditioned for the faithful per-
formance of his duties and for the payment to the county and
to any person or corporation, all such damages as they or any
of them may sustain by reason of his malfeasance in office or
abuse of has discretion, and shall, in addition to the oath of
office now prescribed by Section 26 of Article III of the Con-
stiution, and by Section 582, Volume I, Code of Laws, 1902,
take and prescribe the following oath (or affirmation), to wit:
I further solemnly swear (or affirm) that during my term
of office as county policeman, I will study the Act creating
the office and prescribing my duties, and will be alert and
vigilant to enforce the criminal laws of the State, and to detect
and bring to punishment every violation of the same, and will
conduct myself, at all times, with due consideration to all per-
sons, and will not be influenced in any matter on account of
personal bias or prejudice. So help me, God." The form of
said bond shall be approved by the County Attorney, and, with
the oaths, shall be filed with and kept by the Clerk of the
Court for said county.
Sec. 7. That after the appointment and qualification of said
S?nrtab^7dis- ^ural poHccmen, the dispensary constables appointed under the
continued. authority of laws heretofore passed, shall be discontinued in
said county, and their duties devolve upon and be performed
by the said policemen.
Sec. 8. This Act shall take effect from and after its approval
by the Governor.
Sec. 9. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with
this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 207
No. 182. t^^
AN ACT TO Aaiend Section 8 of "An Act to Abolish the
Dispensary Constabulary Force in Aiken County
AND to Provide for the Establishment and Mainte-
nance OF A Rural Police System/' Approved the 24th
Day of February, 1910, by Increasing the Salary of
the Rural Policeman in Schultz Township.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the ^^^^^ g ^^.^
State of South Carolina, That Section 8 of "An Act to abolish |(^i®^^%'g*«
the dispensary constabulary force in Aiken county and to pro- amended.
vide for the establishment and maintenance of a rural police
system," appproved the 24th day of February, 1910, be'
amended by striking out "$500.00," on line nine thereof, and
inserting in lieu thereof "$900.00 ;" so that said section, when
so amended, shall jread as follows:
Section 8. That for the township of Schultz, in said county, Policeman for
a policeman, possessing the qualifications enumerated in Sec- fhi^"**' ^°'^'
tion 1, shall be appointed in the manner provided in this sec-
tion, and shall have the same duties and powers provided for
the other policemen in this Act, and be subject to all the pro-
visions thereof, with the exception that his services shall be
exclusively in Schultz township ; that this policeman shall give Bond,
bond in the sum of $250.00 : Provided, That he, for his serv-
ices, shall be paid by the county $900.00 per year, and shall
be permitted to accept any additional salary that may be paid alS^
him by the Town Council of North Augusta.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 188.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 3 of an Act Entitled "An
Act to Provide for the Establishment and Mainte-
nance OF A County Police System in Richland
County, for the Better Protection op Person and
Property, Especiali^y in the Rural District,^' Ap-
proved the 4th Day of March, A. D. 1909, by Strik-
ing Out the Words "Commission, or the Chairman
Thereof,^' on Line Three Thereof, and Inserting in
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A. D. 1911 Lieu Thereof "County Board of Commissioners," and
^"^"^'^"^^ Inserting Between the Words "Treasurer" and
"and," on Line Four Thereof, the Following Words :
"Claims Therefor Having Been First Verified by
the Chairman of the Police Commission and Audited
BY THE County Board of Commissioners in the Same
Manner as Other Claims Against the County Are
Audited."
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
SlJSk *«f* ^^ State of South Carolina, That Section 3 of an Act entitled "An
1909, 26 . ' .
Stets.. 416, Act to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a
amended. '^
county police system in Richland county, for the better protec-
tion of person and property, especially in the rural districts,'*
approved the 4th day of March, A. D. 1909, be amended by
striking out the words "Commission, or chairman thereof,"
on line three thereof, and inserting in lieu thereof "County
Board of Commissioners," and inserting between the words
"Treasurer" and "and," on line four thereof, the following
words : "Claims therefor having been first verified by the Chair-
man of the Police Commission and audited by the County
Board of Commissioners in the same manner as other claims
against the county are audited;" so that said section, when
amended, shall read as follows :
Section 3. That said policemen shall be paid salaries of not
tio"*© "police- less than fifty and not more than seventy-five dollars per
"^"' month, on the order of the County Board of Commissioners
upon the County Treasurer, claims therefor having been first
verified by the Chairman of the Police Commission and audited
by the County Board of Commissioners in the same manner
as other claims against the county are audited, and shall be
furnished each with two uniforms per year, to be prescribed
and approved by the commission: Provided, however, That
Proviso. said policemen shall provide themselves with policemen's
billets and with 3uch firearms as may be prescribed and
approved by the commission, and with horses for regular use in
riding over the county and performing duty as mounted police,
and shall bear all the expenses incident to their service.
Approved the 3d day of February, A. D. 1911.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 209
No. 184. ^^^^^
AN ACT TO Provide for Rural Poucemen for Florence
County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the^^^^^ j.
State of South Carolina, That immediately after the approval pj5,"^.f°J
of this Act the Governor, upon the recommendation of the ^'o"nty.
members of the General Assembly for the county of Florence,
shall appoint, upon recommendation of legislative delegation
from the registered electors of said county, four able-bodied
men of good habits, and known as men who are not addicted
to the use of alcoholic liquors, and shall commission them as
county policemen for the term of two years, subject always
to removal by the Governor for cause.
Sec. 2. That the County Board of Commissioners of Flor- salary,
ence county shall fix the salary of said policemen, which shall
be seventyrfive dollars per month, payable monthly by the
County Treasurer upon the warrant of the County Super-
visor, out of the ordinary county funds, and shall be furnished
each with two uniforms per year, to be prescribed and
approved by the County Board of Commissioners: Provided,
however,' That said policemen shall provide themselves with
policemen's billets and such firearms as may be prescribed by
the said County Board of Commissioners, and with horses
for regular use in riding over the county and performing duty
as mounted policemen, and shall bear all expenses incident to
their service.
Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of said policemen, under
the general control and direction of the Sheriflf of the county i^«t»«s.
of Florence, to patrol and police the. county, especially in the
rural districts, and to prevent or detect and prosecute for viola-
tions of the criminal law of every kind, make arrests upon
their own initiative, as well as upon complaint or information,
and to report all their acts and all known or suspected viola-
ixCxis of the criminal law to the SheriflF of the county once a
week, or oftener if required, and they shall appear before the
Court of General Sessions on the first day of each term thereof,
and report to the solicitor the conditions with reference to
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Further
duties.
Authority.
Proviso.
lawlessness in the county, and during the temi of the court
to be subject to the direction of the solicitor.
Sec. 4. The said policemen shall patrol the entire county
at least twice a week by sections assigned to each by the
Sheriff, remaining on duty at night when occasion or circum-
stances suggest the propriety thereof, or when so ordered by
the Sheriff, to prevent or detect crime or to make an arrest,
and they shall always be on duty for not less than ten hours a
day, except when granted occasional indulgences or leaves of
absence by the Sheriff. They shall frequent railroad depots,
stores and other public places where people congregate or dis-
order is probable, or where vagrants may loaf, or alcoholic
liquors may be sold, bartered or given away, and they shall, as
often as practicable, ride by houses that are off the public
highway and in lonely parts of the coimty, especially such as
are without male protectors, and shall use every means to pre-
vent or detect, arrest and prosecute for breaches of the peace,
drunkenness, using obscene or profane language, boisterous
conduct, or discharging of firearms on or near the public high-
way, or at any public place or gathering, carrying weapons
contrary to law, gambling, vagrancy, setting out fire, violation
of the game and fish laws, cruelty to animals or children, vio-
lation of the child labor laws, lynching, and for violation of
any and every law which is detrimental to the community.
Sec. 5. That said policemen shall have authority, where any
crime has been freshly committed, whether upon view or upon
prompt information or complaint, to arrest a suspect without
warrant, and in pursuit of the criminal or suspected criminal,
to enter houses or break therein, whether in their own county
or in an adjoining county, and they shall have the right and
authority to summon the posse comitatiis to assist in enforcing
the laws, and any citizen -who shall fail to respond and render
assistance, when so summoned, shall be guilty of a misde-
meanor, and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprison-
ment for thirty days, or by a fine of not less than thirty dollars
nor more than one hundred dollars : Provided, Where an arrest
is made without warrant, the person so arrested shall be forth-
with carried before the nearest magistrate and a warrant of
arrest procured and disposed of as the magistrate shall direct.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 211
Sec. 6. That each of said policemen shall, before entering a. d. i9ii
{\[X)n the discharge of his duty, enter into bond in the sum of ^^^^
one thousand dollars, with sufficient surety to be approved
by the County Board of Commissioners of the county of Flor-
ence, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties and
for such damages as may be sustained by reason of his malfeas-
ance in office or abuse of his discretion, and shall, in addition to
the oath of office now prescribed by Section 26, Article III of
the Constitution, and by Section 582, Volume I, Code of Laws,
1902, take and subscribe the following oath or affirmation, to
wit: "I further solemnly swear (or affirm) that during my term
of office as county policeman, I will study the Act creating my
office and prescribing my duties, and will be alert and vigilant
to enforce the criminal laws of the State and to detect and
bring to punishment every violation of the same, and will con-
duct myself at all times, with due consideration to all persons,
and will not be influenced in any matter on account of personal
bias or prejudice. So help me, God." The said bond and oaths
shall be filed and kept by the Clerk of Court for Florence
county.
Sec. 7. That after the appointment and qualification of the
four policemen provided for in this Act, the rural policemen ^°^*"-
shall have the same powers as are coaferred on magistrates'
constables and deputy sheriflFs of the county, and may serve
any summons, warrant or other process of any court in the
districts patrolled by them, when patrolling such district. It
shall be the further duty of the rural police to look after the
county roads and bridges and inspect the same from time to
time ; especially shall they inspect the bridges during and after
any freshet or heavy rains that might render them unsafe, and To inspect
upon their finding work necessary on any road or bridge, they bridges,
shall notify the road overseer in that district and report such
notification to the County Supervisor of the county. It shall
be their duty to post warning upon any dangerous roads or
bridges at such convenient places as will best serve the interest
of the traveling public, and perform such other duties as may
be required of them by the Board of County Commissioners
as may not be incompatible with the discharge of their duty
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to patrol the roads and suppress lawlessness and make arrests
for disorder in their districts.
Sec. 8. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 185.
AN ACT TO Provide for Rural Policemen for Abbeville
County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
County police- State of South Carolina, That after the approval of this Act
men for AddC' ,
▼iUe County, the Govemor, upon the recommendation of the Shenir, super-
visor and sub-supervisor for the county of Abbeville, shall
appoint, if the Sheriff, supervisor and sub-supervisor shall
deem same necessary, from the registered electors of said
county, two able-bodied men of good habits, and known as men
who are not addicted to the use of alcoholic liquors, and shall
commission them as county policemen for a period ending with
the term of the Govemor, subject always to removal by the
Governor for cause. The said policemen shall enter upon the
duties of their office on September 1st, 1911.
Sec. 2. That the salaries of said policemen shall be twelve
hundred and fifty dollars per annum, payable monthly by the
County Treasurer upon the warrant of the County Super-
visor out of the ordinary county funds, and shall furnish them-
selves with two uniforms per year, to be prescribed and
approved by the County Board of Commissioners: Provided,
however, That said policemen shall provide themselves with
policemen's billets, and such firearms as may be prescribed by
the said County Board of Commissioners, and with horses
for regular use in riding over the county and performing duty
as mounted policemen, and shall bear all expenses incident to
their service.
Sec. 3. That it shall be the duty of said policemen, under the
gieneral control and direction of the Sheriff of the county of
Abbeville, to patrol and police the county, especially in the
rural districts, and to prevent or to detect and prosecute for
violations of the criminal law of every kind, making arrest^s
Salaries.
Proviso.
Duties.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 213
upon their own initiative as well as upon complaint or informa- ^ ^- ^•^^
tion, and to report all their acts and all known or suspected '^^^^''^^'^^
violations of the criminal law to the Sheriff of the county once
a week, or oftener if required, and they shall appear before
the Court of General Sessions on the first day of each term
thereof and report to the solicitor the conditions with refer-
ence to lawlessness in the county, and during the term of the
court to be subject to the direction of the solicitor.
Sec. 4. The said policemen shall patrol the entire county at
least twice a week by sections assigned to each by the Sheriff, Further duties,
remaining on duty at night when occasion or circumstances
suggest the propriety thereof, to prevent or detect crime, or to
make an arrest, and they shall always be on duty for not less
than ten hours a day, except when granted occasional indul-
gences or leaves of absence by the Sheriff. They shall frequent
railroad depots, stores and other public places where people
congregate or disorder is probable, or vagrants may be loafing,
or alcoholic liquors may be sold, bartered or given away, and
they wihall, as often as practicable, ride by houses that are off
the public highways, and in lonely parts of the county, especially
such as are without male protectors, and shall use every means
to prevent or detect, arrest and prosecute for breaches of the
j>e.ice. drunkenness, using obscene or profane language, boister-
ous conduct or discharging of firearms on the public highway,
or at any public place or gathering, carrying weapons con-
trary to law, gambling, vagrancy, setting out fire, violation of
the game and fish laws, cruelty to animals or children, violation
of the child labor laws, lynching, and for the violation of
any and every law which is detrimental to the peace, good order
and good morals of the community.
Sec. 5. That said policemen shall have authority for any
suspected freshly committed crime, whether upon view or upon Authority,
prompt information or complaint, to arrest without warrant,
and in pursuit of the criminal or suspected criminal, to enter
houses or break therein, whether in their own county or in an
adjoining county, and they shall have the right and authority
to summon the posse comitattis to assist in enforcing the laws, ... ^
.. ttiir*i Misdemeanor,
and any citizen who shall fail to respond and render assistance
when so summoned, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and.
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Proviso.
Bond.
•atk.
Upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for thirty
days, or by a fine of not less than thirty dollars nor more than
one hundred dollars : Provided, Where an arrest is made with-
out warrant, the person so arrested shall be forthwith carried
before the nearest magistrate and a warrant of arrest procured
and disposed of as the magistrate shall direct.
Sec. 6. That each of said policemen shall, before entering
upon the discharge of his duty, enter into bond in the sum of
one thousand dollars with sufficient surety, to be approved by
the County Board of Commissioners of the county of Abbe-
ville, conditioned for faithful performance of his duties, and
for such damages as may be sustained by reason of his mal-
feasance in office or abuse of his discretion, and shall, in addi-
tion to the oath of office now prescribed by Section 26 of Article
III of the Constitution, and by Section 582, Volume I, Code of
Laws, 1902, take and subscribe the following oath or affirma-
tion, to wit: '1 further solemnly swear (or affirm) that during
my term of office as county policeman, I will study the Act
creating my office and prescribing my duties, and will be alert
and vigilant to enforce the criminal laws of the State, and to
detect and bring to punishment every violation of the same,
and will conduct myself at all times with due consideration to
all persons, and will n6t be influenced in any matter on account
of personal bias or prejudice. So help me, God." The said
bond and oaths shall be filed and kept with the Clerk of Court
for Abbeville county.
Sec. 7. That after the appointment and qualification of the
two policemen provided for in this Act, the present dispensary
constables, appointed by the Governor under an Act known as
the Carey-Cothran Act, shall be discontinued in so far as
Abbeville county is concerned.
Sec 8. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 215
No. 186. t^^
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Create
A Police Commission for Charleston County, and
TO Repeal All Laws Inconsistent Therewith,"
Approved the 26th Day of February, 1908, so as to
Extend the System of Rural Police in Said County.
Section 1. Be it en^icted by the General Assembly of the ^^^ ^^ ^^^
State of South Carolina, That an Act entitled "An Act to create f^'^^i "**•
a Police Commission for Charleston county, and to repeal all
laws inconsistent therewith," approved the 2Gth day. of Febru-
ary, 1908, be, and the same is hereby, amended as follows :
Amend Section 3 by striking out the words "out of the
ordinary funds of the county," and inserting in lieu thereof
the words "by the County Treasurer." Strike out Section
5, and insert the following in lieu thereof : "That four police-
men shall be appointed by the said board, two of whom shall
serve in the territory lying between the Ashley and Cooper
rivers and the northern boundaries of the city of Charleston
and the county of Charleston, and two of whom shall serve in
St. Andrew's parish." Strike out all after Section 5, and
add matter to be known as Sections 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and
13 ; so that the complete and entire Act, when so amended, shall
read as follows :
Section 1. That the Governor shall, on the recommendation
of the Senator and Members of the House of Representatives Governor to
of Charleston coimty, appoint for said county a Rural Police ¥oS^^qo^
Commission, composed of three discreet citizens, one of whom "'■"**"•
shall be the Sheriff of said county, who shall be an ex officio
member of said cormnission, and serve without compensation
other than* that now or hereafter provided by law. Neither
one of said commissioners, except the Sheriff, shall hold any
office other than that of notary public.
Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of said Police Commission, on or
before the 15th day of April, 1908, to organize by electing a r>j«ty of Com-
chairman and secretary, and they shall elect the number of
rural policemen hereinafter provided for. Said policemen shall
each be selected for a term of eight months from the first
day of May, 1908, and each subsequent election shall be for
hJ
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A. D. 1011
Salary of
policemen.
Bond of
police.
Expense of
maintenance.
a term of one year from the first day of January of each suc-
ceeding year. Said policemen shall be subject to removal for
cause by said Police Commission at any time.
Sec. 3. Each rural policeman shall receive a salary of sev-
enty-five ($75) dollars per month, to be paid at the end of
each month by the County Treasurer, upon the order of the
Chairman of the Police Commission of the county, out of
which shall be provided a suitable uniform and a suitable horse,
which shall be maintained by him, so that he may perform his
duties as a mounted officer.
Sec. 4. The persons so appointed under the provisions of this
Act shall each execute a bond in the amount of five hundred
($600) dollars, in other respect as required of constables by
Section 1047 of the Code of Laws, 1902, and shall be subject
to the provisions of Section 1054 of said Code.
Sec. 5. That four policemen shall be appointed by the said
board, two of whom shall serve in the territory lying between
the Ashley and Cooper rivers and the northern boundaries of
the city of Charleston and the county of Charleston, and two
of whom shall serve in St. Andrew's parish.
Sec. 6. That the expense of maintaining all rural police
existing or created under this Act shall be borne, one-half by
the township or territory in which one or more police serve and
one-half by the county, in equal proportion. And for the pur-
pose of apportioning the expense there shall be collected in the
same manner and at the same time each year as ordinary
State and county taxes a particular tax in each township or ter-
ritory in which rural police are located in amount sufficient to
meet the proportion of one-half the total yearly pay of any
and all policemen appointed and serving under this Act within
the said township or territory, the remaining one-half to be
paid out of ordinary county funds. And the Township Board
of Commissioners in each township' of said county which may
have one or more policemen serving therein is hereby author-
ized and required to levy said tax annually upon property
within the township, as assessed on the books of Charleston
county, for the purpose of township police protection, and the
amount sufficient for paying the proportionate expense of the
township for the yearly maintenance of said p(^ce, which said
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 217
tax shall be uniform in respect' to persons and property within ^ ^- ^^i*
the township. And the said Township Board of Commissioners
shall furnish the County Auditor with a statement of the
amount so levied, and the auditor shall enter the same in the
tax duplicates, and the County Treasurer shall collect the^rcasarcr to
same as other tounty and State taxes. In any instance where ~^**^ ***'
the territory for which one or more policemen are appointed
is composed of more than one township, the one-half expense
for such territory shall be apportioned between the townships
on a basis of the combined assessed valuation of property
within the whole of said territory, and the tax levied in each
township accordingly : Provided, That during any period when Proruo.
the proceeds o^ said tax may be unavailable, the County Treas-
urer is authorized to pay the whole sum out of ordinary county
funds and reimburse the accotmt when said tax shall have
been paid: Provided, also, That should there be any surplus
remaining over from proceeds of said tax, such surplus shall
remain to the credit of the rural police fund of the said town-
ship or territory, and go to redtrce the levy for that particular
purpose the year following.
Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the said Sheriff to take charge
of all rural policemen for the county, and direct their conduct ^"and* ^
and movements and maintain discipline. He shall require that <^p^*°* p®'***-
each policeman report to him regularly and at the shortest prac-
ticable intervals, and he shall be charged with the enforcement
of a proper regard for their specified duties by said policemen,
and of all rules and regulations formulated by said commis-
sion for the government of the rural police force.
Sec. 8. The policemen appointed under this Act shall be
able-bodied men of good habits and of discretion. While ofpoUMnMn!
serving in the capacity of policemen they shall have no other
occupation or pursuit of any kind, and they shall always be
on duty not less than ten hours a day, except when granted
occasional indulgences or leave of absence by the said com-
mission.
Sec. 9. It shall be the duty of said policemen, under the ^ .
. . . . Dntiea.
general direction and control of said Police Commission, and
under direct orders of the Sheriff, to police and patrol the
township or territory respectively assigned to them, and to
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A. D. 1911 prevent or detect and prosecute for violations of the criminal
law of every kind, making arrests upon their own initiative
as well as upon complaint or information, and they shall, at
each term of the Court of General Sessions, on a day appointed
by the Sheriff, appear before the solicitor and before the grand
jury to be by each advised and charged in respect to their
duties and questioned in respect to conditions of lawlessness in
the county. The said policemen shall be particularly charged
with the enforcement of the laws regulating the sale of seed
cotton in the details of which the said commission shall instruct
them. They shall patrol regularly and completely the township
Farther duties, or territory respectively assigned to them, and shall frequent
depots, stores and other such places where people congregate,
or disorder is probable, or idle persons may be loafing, or
alcoholic liquors may be sold or drunk, and they shall use
every means to prevent or detect and arrest and prosecute for
breaches of the peace, drunkenness, obscene or profane lan-
guage or boisterous conduct or discharge of firearms on a
public highway or at any public place of gathering, carrying
weapons contrary to law, hunting or otherwise trespassing on
lands without the permission of the owner, gambling, vagrancy,
carrying fire on lands of another, violation of the fish and game
laws, cruelty to animals, miscegenation, and eve:ry other viola-
tion of the criminal laws.
Sec. 10. That said policemen shall have authority for any
Authority. suspectcd freshly committed breach of the criminal law
to arrest without warrant, and in pursuit of a fugitive to
enter houses or break therein, and they shall have authority
to summon the posse comitatus to assist in enforcing the laws,
and generally to act as conservators of the peace and good order
of the territory or township in which they serve.
Sec. 11. In addition to the policemen hereinbefore provided
for, one mounted policeman shall be appointed by the Police
ooliccmcn to Commissiou in any or all of the remaining townships of said
in certain couuty, to wit I Johu's Island, James Island, Wadmalaw, Bdisto,
townships. ,
Christ church and Santee, upon the written petition of a major-
ity of the freeholders in any of said townships who shall be
assessed on the tax books of Charleston county in an amount
not less than five hundred ($500) dollars, setting forth their
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OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 219
desire for police protection under the terms of this Act and '^- ^- ^^^^
nominating the person whom they desire appointed, and the
said commission, upon receipt of such petition, shall forthwith
make such appointment for the township so petitioning for a
term of one year : Provided, That said policemen shall be sub- Proviso as to
ject to removal at any time for cause by the said commission '"<^"°^**-
of its own motion or upon a similar written petition from the
freeholders of the appropriate township requesting such
removal. And vacancies shall be filled by petition in the same
manner. Policemen who may be appointed under the pro-
visions of this section shall each receive a salary of sixty-two
and a half ($62.50) dollars per month, payable in the same
manner as hereinbefore provided, and shall provide them-
selves with suitable horse and uniform as prescribed by said
commission, and shall conform and be subject to the provi-
sions of this Act.
Sec. 12. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 13. This Act shall go into effect immediately upon its
approval by the Governor.
Approved the 20th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 187.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 2 of an Act Entitled "An
Act to Establish a Special School District in Yqrk
County, to Be Known as the Fort Mill School Dis-
trict, and to Authorize the Levy and Collection of
A I^cal Tax Therein," Approved December 23d, 1889,
BY Providing for the Election of the Board of
Trustees.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Section 2 of an Act entitled "An ^
Act of 1889,
Act to establish a special school district in York county, to be «o Stau.. 6i4,
, , amended.
known as the Fort Mill School District, and to authorize the
levy and collection of a local tax therein," approved December
23d, A. D. 1889, be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to
read as follows:
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A. D. 1911 Section 2. That between the first day of April and the first
EiMtioiTfor ^^y ^^ J^^^f 1911, to be fixed by the present board of trustees,
trustee*. and by them advertised for at least two weeks in some news-
paper published in York county, an election shall be held in
Fort Mill, at the usual voting precincts, for nine persons to
serve said school districts as a board of trustees, three of whom
shall serve respectively for two, four and six years, to be
determined by them at their first meeting by lot, and every two
years thereafter the successors of those whose term of office
expire shall be elected for terms of six years at the municipal
election of the town of Fort Mill, and until their successors
are elected and qualified. And said board of trustees shall.
Power to fill during their term of office, have power to fill vacancies occur-
▼acanoes. ^.^^ therein arising from any cause : Provided, That no person
shall be eligible to become a member of said board unless he
Proviso. is a patron of said school or personally contributes to the
support of the schools of said districts.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 188.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Amend
AN Act Entitled 'An Act to Amend an Act Entitled
"An Act to Create the School District of York-
viLLE^ in York County^ and Enable It to Organ-
ize A System of Free Schools, and to Levy a Tax in
Support of the Same, and to Purchase and Hold
Property," ' Approved 23d December, 1889, by Chang-
ing the Time of Meeting to April, Approved 14th
Day February, 1908, by Authorizing the Increase
of the Tax Levy to Five Mills.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Act of 1M8, 86 State of South Carolina, That Section 4, as amended in above
amended, ' entitled act, be further amended so as to read as follows :
Section 4. The board of trustees created pursuant to the
„, . , third section of this Act shall, between the 1st day of April
Election to be j r
held for spe- and the 20th day of July in each year, call together, in annual
for schools, school meeting, the voters resident in said school district, at
which meeting the trustees shall submit a full report of their
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 221
transactions for the previous school year and their estimates a. d. i9ii
of expenditures necessary for the ensuing school year, and on ^"-^"^^"^^
the <lay of said meeting, or at some day subsequent to the time
appointed for the said meeting (in case the same for any
reason should not be held), three managers, appointed by said
trustees, shall open a poll at the courthouse in Yorkville, in
said district, not later than twelve o'clock m., and to be kept
open until 5 o'clock p. m., at which election the qualified voters
of said district shall vote for or against the assessment and
levy of such local tax upon all taxable property within said
school district as the trustees may have recommended for the
school year commencing 1st day of November following, which
shall not exceed the sum of five mills on the dollar in any one
year ; and it shall be the duty of the chairman and secretary of
the board of trustees to certify to the amount so voted or
recommended to the County Auditor of York county, who shall
forthwith assess the same for collection, and deliver his war-
rant to the treasurer of said county for collection at the time
other taxes are collected: Provided, That any tax voted to
be levied at the first election, herein provided for under Section Proviso.
2 of this Act, shall be certified by the County Superintendent
of Education to the Auditor of York county, whose duty it
shall be to assess the same upon all taxable property in said
school district for immediate collection, and he shall deliver _ .
' Tax: how
his warrant to the treasurer to collect the same within thirty collected,
days from the date of the delivery, and subject to the usual
penalties prescribed by law against taxpayers making default
in payment.
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect upon approval and all Acts
or parts of Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are
hereby repealed.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
STATUTES AT LARGE
AN ACT TO Validate the Election of School Trustees
FOR JONESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IN UMION CouNTY,
AND TO Provide for the Election of Their Successors.
Whereas, At an election held for Jonesville School District,
in Union county, in 1910, a board of trustees was elected for
a period of two years, or until their successors are elected ; and,
Whereas, There is some doubt as to the validity of that
election ; therefore.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
^a de. State of South Carolina, That the trustees elected for Jonesville
elected. School District for Union county be declared the trustees for
Jonesville School District for a period of two years, or until
their successors are elected.
Sec. 8. The trustees shall order an election to be held on the
Ml for fourth Tuesday of April, one thousand nine hundred and twelve,
to elect five school trustees for the said Jonesville School
District, to serve for a period of two years, from the first
Tuesday in May, one thousand nine hundred and twelve, and
thereafter there shall be elected every two years, on the fourth
Tuesday in April, five trustees for said school district. All
elections for trustees or any vacancy therein to be ordered by
the trustees, by giving thirty days' notice published in a news-
paper published in Union county, and conducted by managers
appointed by the board of trustees.
Sec. 3. Said board of trustees shall organize by the election
iwtion °^ °"* °^ their members as chairman, and one of their mem-
bers as secretary, and shall have all the rights, powers and
duties of school trustees, as ncrw provided by law.
Sec, 4. That only qualified and duly registered electors shall
participate in the nomination and election of the board of
trustees or any member thereof.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its
approval,
Annrntr^d the 14th day of February, A. D, 1911,
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No. 140. t^^
AN ACT TO Amend Sections 04 and 95, Code of Laws of
South Carolina, 1902, Volume I, Chapter 6, so as to
Authorize the Sinking Fund Commission to Lend an
Increased Amount of Money to County Treasurers
and Others Upon Securities Therein Prescribed.
Section 1, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the .. ^^ ^^^ ^,
State of South Carolina, That Section 94 be amended by J^^jj^^ ^<>^«^'
adding after word "one," line 6, by adding between it and
"year" the words "or more ;" and by adding to the word "year"
the letter "s,'* and on line 13 strike out "one-half" and insert
"two-thirds," so when amended said section shall read as
follows :
Section 94. The Sinking Fund Commission are hereby
authorized and required, when in the judgment of said Com- Commission to
missioners of the Sinking Fund valid bonds of the State are counties;
when
not offered or attainable at a reasonable price, to lend the
money of the Sinking Fund Commission, both accumulated
and ordinary, for a period of one or more years at a rate of
interest of five per cent, per annum. The said loan shall be
made by the said commissioners upon the valid securities of
the several States of the United States, giving preference
thereto, or upon the note of the County Treasurer and County
Supervisor of any of the counties of this State, who shall
make application for a loan: Provided, The said loan be not p«"ov>s<>-
more than two-thirds of the tax lev}' of said county, and the
whole of the taxes of the said county shall be pledged for the
repayment of the money so borrowed of the said Sinking
Fund Commission. The County Treasurers of the respective
counties borrowing funds of the Sinking Fund Commission
shall pay the note so given out of the first taxes collected for
the fiscal year for which the said money is borrowed.
Sec 2. That Section 95 be amended by striking out on line
9 the word "one-half," and insert in lieu of same the word
"two-thirds," so when amended said section shall read a^ fol-
lows :
Section 95. The Sinking Fund Commissioners shall receive
applications for the various counties and file the same until
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A. D. i»ii (jjg firgt (jgy q£ March of every subsequent year hereafter, and
AppiLiaiioni '^ ^^^ appIicatiOTis aggregate more than the entire fund in the
ihin rewiWd; l^aids of the Sinking Fund Commissioners, said commissioners
to'be*7iMi«3 shall prorate the loan to be made to the several counties in
proriied. proportion to the taxes paid by the respective counties : Pro-
vided, That no loan shall be made to any county in excess of
ProTiM. two-thirds of the amount of the tax levy for such county for
county purposes.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 141.
AN ACT TO Provide for Securing Data Relative to the
Preparation of the Appropriation Bili,,
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
sute officer! State of South Carolina, All State officers or heads of depart-
d^tmeou' mc-nts of the State government, the governing boards or ofHcial
J^ij'^n,'" "' heads of all institutions supported In whole or in part by the
to''«p?/opn"** State, and all other persons whomsoever, desiring or requir-
c^^r^« ing appropriations to be made from the public funds or the
Gencni. State trcasurv, shall, on or before the first Tuesday in Jan-
uary in each year, prepare and file with the Comptroller Gen-
eral a written statement showing the amount of appropria-
tions made for use in such office or department and all other
income accruing to such institution for the fiscal year ending
December 31st, immediately preceding; the amount of such
appropriations or income expended, and an estimate of amount
of the appropriation or appropriations which will be needet*
for the use of such office, department or institution during
the current fiscal year, together with a brief statement of the
any change in the amount of the appropriations
made for such office, department or institution.
The Comptroller General shall forthwith tabulate
tements filed with him as directed in Section 1, and
: same with a special report thereon to ihe General
n or before the second Tuesday in January, for the
I and use of the General Assembly in fixing the
appropriations to be made for the current year.
II furnish a copy of such statements to the Finance
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Committee of the Senate and the Ways and Means Commit- ^'^']^\
tee of the House.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 142.
AN ACT TO Ratify the Amendment to Article X of the
Constitution of 1895, by Adding Thereto Section 14,
TO Empower the Cities of Greenville, Spartanburg
AND Columbia, and the Town of Manning, to Assess
Abutting Property for Permanent Improvements.
Whereas, The General Assembly did, by Joint Resolution, Amendment to
approved the 26th day of February, A. D. 1910, submit to the ^'[lifiS,^
qualified electors of the State, at the genearl election next
thereafter, an amendment to Article X of the Constitution of
the State of South Carolina, by adding thereto Section 14 as
follows :
Section 14. The General Assembly may authorize the corpo- ,,
May levy as-
rate authorities of the cities of Greenville, Spartanburg and sessment on
. - abutting prop-
Columbia, and the town of Manning, to levy an assessment erty.
upon abutting property for the purpose of paying for perma-
nent improvements on streets and sidewalks immediately abut-
ting such property: Proinded, That said improvements be
ordered only upon the written consent of two-thirds of the p^^^-^^^
owners of the property abutting upon the street, sidewalk or
part of either proposed to be improved, and upon condition
that said corporate authorities shall pay at least one-half of
the costs of such improvements ; and,
Whereas, A majority of the electors qualified to vote for
members of the General Assembly, voting thereon at the gen-
eral election next succeeding the passage of the Joint Resolu-
tion, did vote in favor of said amendment; therefore,
Section 1. Be it ena<:ted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That amendment to Article X of the
Constitution of the State of South Carolina whereby Section
14 was added thereto, submitted by the last General Assembly
to the qualified electors of the State at the general election
16— A
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A. D. 1011 next thereafter, and upon which a majority of the electors
qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly, voting
thereon at the last general election, voted in favor thereof, be,
Ratified. ^^^ ^^e Same is hereby, ratified and made a part of the Con-
stitution of the State of South Carolina ; that the said amend-
ment so made a part of the said Constitution is as follows :
Section 14. The General Assembly may authorize the cor-
porate authorities of the cities of Greenville, Spartanburg and
may levy * a" ColumWa, and the town of Manning, to levy an assessment
abuSng prop- upon abutting property for the purpose of paying for perma-
^^^' nent improvements on streets and sidewalks immediately abut-
ting such property: Provided, That said improvements be
Proviso. ordered only upon the written consent of two-thirds of the
owners of the property abutting upon the street, sidewalk or
part of either proposed to be improved, and upon condition that
said corporate authorities shall pay at least one-half of the
costs of such improvements.
Approved the 3d day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 148.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Amend
Section 2223, Volume I, Code of Laws of South Caro-
lina (1902), so as to Further Define and Extend the
Liability of Telegraph Companies in Cases of Men-
tal Anguish or Suffering," Approved 2d Day of
March, A. D. 1909.
Section 1, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Act of 1909. State of South Carolina, That line fifteen of an Act entitled
amending | ' "An Act to amend Section 2*323, Volume I, Code of Laws of
222S
Civil Code, South Carolina (1902), so as to further define and extend the
liability of telegraph companies in cases of mental anguish or
suffering," approved 2d day of March, A. D. 1909, be amended
by striking out the word "recklessness," and insert in lieu
thereof the word "sickness," so that said Act, when amended,
shall read:
Section 2223. All telegraph companies doing business in this
State shall be liable in damages for mental anguish or suffer-
ing, even in the absence of bodily injury, for negligence in
i
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receiving, transmitting or delivering messages, without regard a. d. i9ii
to relationship by blood or marriage, or whether such messages
afforded notice of such relationship or otherwise, or that injury
or damage would result if such anguish or suffering resulted
as a matter of fact. Nothing contained in this section shall
abridge the rights or remedies now provided by law against
telegraph companies, and the rights and remedies provided for
by this section shall be in addition to those now existing. In
all actions under this section the jury may award such damages
as they conclude resulted from negligence, wantonness, wilful-
ness, or recklessness; of said telegraph companies : Provided, proviso.
That when a telegram shows on its face that it relates to sick-
xitss or death, the real party for whose benefit the telegram
was sent, and who suffered mental anguish by reason of the
negligence or wilfulness of the telegraph company, may recover
damages as hereinbefore provided, without being required to
allege or prove that the telegraph company had notice or
knowledge at the time the message was sent of his or her
relation to it, or of the extent or scope of his or her damage : _ .
_.,,_, , . .,.,.* , ,1 rr Proviso.
Provided, That nothmg contamed in this Act shall afiect cases
now pending in the courts.
Approved 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No, 144.
AN ACT Allowing Owners of Cattle in Bluffton,
Yemassee and Coosawhatchie Townships, of Beau-
fort County, to Pursue Same Without Gun anp Dogs.
Section 1, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
T Jivr AS to CX*
State of South Carolina, Hereafter it shall be unlawful for the cmptcd tern-
owner of any horse, mule, ass, jennet, swine, sheep, goat, or
neat cattle of any description, that goes or strays upon the
lands of any person, firm or corporation exempted from the
operation of the general stock law in the county of Berkeley,
and in the county of Beaufort, embracing the townships of
Bluffton, Yemassee and Coosawhatchie, to pursue and take
from such exempted territory said animals above mentioned :
Provided, Said animals must be taken off by the residents of
said townships and in a quiet and orderly manner. And no p»"ov»»o-
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A. D. 1911 person or persons engaged in the pursuit of animals as herein
Misdemeanor, providcd shall Carry a gun or any firearm ; any person violating
this provision shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and,
upon conviction, shall be fined for each oilense not more than
twenty dollars, or be imprisoned not more than thirty days:
And provided, further, Said cattle must have been returned
Proviso. £qj. ta^xes in said counties.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Sec. 176,
Civil Code,
amended
by adding pro-
viso as to
Board of
Registration
for Pickens
County.
Board of
Registration ;
appointment
of, duties of,
term of office,
etc.
Proviso.
No. 145.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 176, Volume I, Code of Laws,
1902, so AS to Provide for the Election of Supervisors
of Registration for Pickens County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Section 176, Volume I, Code of
Laws, 1902, be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding
at the end of said section the following proviso: "Provided,
That in the county of Pickens the said Board of Registration
shall be elected at the general election of 1912, and every two
years thereafter;" so that said section, when amended, shall
read as follows :
Section 176. Between the first day of January and the fif-
teenth day of March, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and
between said dates in every second year thereafter, the Gov-
ernor shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the
Senate, if in session, and if not in session, subject to its
approval at its next session, subject to removal by the Gov-
ernor for incapacity, misconduct or neglect of duty, three com-
petent and discreet persons in each county, who shall be
citizens and qualified electors thereof, and who shall be known
as the Board of Registration of county, whose duty
it shall be to register and to conduct the registration of the
electors who shall apply for registration in such county as
herein required. Their office shall be at the county seat, and
they shall keep record of all their official acts and proceedings.
Their term of office shall be for two years from the date of
their appointment, and they shall continue in office until their
successors shall have been appointed and shall qualify: Pro-
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vided. That in case of a vacancy from any cause, in the office ^- ^- ^®^^
of Board of Registration, the Governor shall fill such vacancy, proviso
by and with the consent of the Senate, as aforesaid : Provided,
That in the county of Pickens the said Board of Registration
shall be elected at the general election of 1912, and every two
years thereafter."
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 146.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 430 of Volume I, Civil Code
OF 1902, Relating to the Duration of Lien for Taxes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South CaroHna, That Section 430 of Volume I, Civil i.*?V a
' ' Civil Code,
Code of 1902, be amended by inserting in the first Hne thereof, amended,
after the word '*taxes" the words ^'heretofore or," so that said
section, as amended, shall read :
Section 430. All taxes heretofore or hereafter levied or
becoming due under the laws of this State, shall be conclusively lj^^s for
presumed paid after ten years from the last date said taxes {en^larll!*^ *"
could have been paid without penalty : Provided, That this Act proviso,
shall not apply to taxes for the collection of which the State
shall institute judicial proceedings, within the time Hmited
above: Provided, further, That the State may bring suit in
court for back taxes any time within ten years from the date ^*'**^"°-
when they should be paid, whether they are on or off the tax
books, and may bring suit in court for any taxes which should
have been paid before March 31st, 1899, at any time within ten
years from the 28th of February, 1899, whether on or off the
tax books ; and on collection of such taxes they shall be distrib-
uted to the State, counties and school districts to which thev
would have gone if they had been paid at the time fixed by the
Act which levied the same : Provided, further. That except as Proviso,
to the conclusive presumption after ten years of payment of
taxes by taxpayer as herein provided, this Act shall in no way
affect or impair the operation of Section 102, 103, 104.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Acts and Joint Resolutions
OF THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
OF THE
State of South Carolina
Passed at the Regular Session which was begun and held at
the City of Columbia on the Tenth day of January,
A. D. ipfi, and was adjourned without day on
the Eighteenth day of February, A. D. ipii.
PART II
LOCAL AND TEMPORARY LAWS
No. 147.
AN ACT TO Provide for the Levy of Taxes for County ^ j^ ^j^^
AND School Purposes for the Fiscal Year Beginning v-^-v-w
January 1, 1911.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That a tax is hereby levied upon all
taxable property in each of the counties of the State for county
purposes, for the fiscal year commencing January 1, 1911, for
the amounts hereinafter stated, respectively, that is to say :
Sec 2. That the County Board of Commissioners in each
County Board
of the several counties of the State shall levy a tax of three of commisdon.
era to levy
mills on the dollar upon all taxable property of their respective taxes,
counties for the support of public schools in their respective
counties, which shall be collected at the same time and by the
same officers as the other taxes for the current year, and shall
be held in the county treasuries of the respective counties and
paid out exclusively for the support of the public schools, as
provided by law in pursuance of the Constitution.
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A. D. 1911 Abbeville County. — For ordinary county purposes, six mills ;
Abbeville ^"^ ^"^ onc-quartcr (1J4) mills for the purpose of paying
County. interest and principal of the debt for new courthouse, and one
and one-half (IJ^) mills for paying principal and interest of
debt for completion of and furnishing the new courthouse ; one
and one-quarter {!%) mills for paying past indebtedness as
provided by Bill to borrow from the Sinking Fund Commis-
sion. The Supervisor is hereby allowed the sum of four hun-
dred dollars for the purpose of employing a clerk for the
Board of County Commissioners, and the Supervisor is allowed
the sum of three hundred ($300) dollars as salary an addition
to his salary as now provided by law. The County Treasurer
is hereby allowed the sum of three hundred ($300) dollars as
additional salary, the said increase to be apportioned between
the State and county as the balance of his salary is apportioned.
Aiken County, — For the county of Aiken, for ordinary
Aiken County, county purposcs, a levy of two and one-half (2^) mills, to be
expended as follows : County Auditor, five hundred and thirty-
four ($534) dollars; for four Commissioners, each three hun-
dred ($300) dollars; for Chief Commissioner, twelve hundred
($1,200) dollars; for Clerk of County Commissioners, six
hundred ($600) dollars; for County Treasurer, five hundred
and thirty-four ($534) dollars; for Equalization Board, four
hundred ($400) dollars, if so much be necessary; jury, wit-
nesses and constables, seven thousand ($7,000) dollars; Clerk
of Court, five hundred ($500) dollars; Sheriil, two thousand
($2,000) dollars; Magistrates and Constables, four thousand
and two hundred ($4,200) dollars; Coroner, three hundred
($300) dollars; maintenance of the poorhouse and building
of improvements for the poor, three thousand ($3,000) dol-
lars; for repairs of public buildings, two thousand and five
hundred ($2,500) dollars, if so much be necessary; for repair-
ing and remodeling the office of the Superintendent of Educa-
tion, one hundred ($100) dollars; books, stationery and print-
ing, SIX hundred ($600) dollars; contingent expenses, three
hundred ($300) dollars; light and water public offices, four
hundred ($400) dollars; post mortem examination, lunatics,
conveying, etc., six hundred ($600) dollars; Jury Commis-
sioners and insurance, two hundred ($200) dollars; fuel for
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courthouse, two hundred ($200) dollars; jail fuel, one hun- a. d. 1911
dred ($100) dollars ; Sheriff, feeding prisoners, fifteen hundred
($1,500) dollars, if so much be necessary; County Superin-
tendent of Education, salary, twelve hundred ($1,200) dollars;
County Physician, salary, three hundred and fifty ($350) dol-
lars; County Board of Education, sixty ($60) dollars, if so
much be necessary; for public school beneficiaries, three hun-
dred ($300) dollars, if so much be necessary; Clerk of Court,
on account due for recording judgments, one hundred and
seventy ($170) dollars; Rural Police, three thousand and nine
hundred ($3,900) dollars ; roads and bridges, fifteen thousand
($15,000) dollars; County Attorney's salary, three hundred
($300) dollars; Jail Janitor, twenty-seven ($27) dollars per
month (in full of all salary ; for salary of a Clerk for the Pro-
bate Judge for the year 1911, two hundred ($200) dollars; for
the purchase of an iron safe for the office of Probate Judge,
two hundred ($200) dollars, if so much be necessary. All
other money to the credit of the county's ordinary, including
any surplus carried over from the last fiscal year, as well as
any surplus that might remain from the current fiscal year,
after paying the above amounts specifically appropriated, shall
be used by the proper county officials to pay any deficiency that
may arise out of this year's appropriations, and to pay any
ordinary county debts carried over from last year, if any, and
also any other lawful debt the county might owe by statute or
that might be lawfully contracted by the county or its officials
during the current fiscal year: Provided, Eighteen hundred
($1,800) dollars, if so much be necessary, is hereby specifically
appropriated for the purpose of paying Aiken county's legiti-
mate portion of the expenses of the survey of Heyward county
proposition.
Anderson County. — For ordinary county purposes, three and _.
AndersoQ
one-half (3J4) mills; for past indebtedness, one (1) mill; county.
Clerk County Supervisor, six hundred ($600) dollars; County
Auditor's Clerk, two hundred ($200) dollars; Clerk County
Superintendent of Education, two hundred ($200) dollars;
twelve hundred and sixty-six ($1,266) dollars to the Clerk of
Court, for reindexing of records.
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A. D. 1911
Bamberg
County.
Barnwell
County.
Bamberg County. — For the county of Bamberg, for ordinary
county purposes, five and one-half {bj4) m^Us. All salaries
now provided by law shall be paid as provided by law, except
that the salary of County Supervisor shall be one thousand
($1,000) dollars. The Sheriff, in addition to the salary pro-
vided, shall receive the sum of two dollars per day and actual
expenses for work lin criminal cases and other work for the
county performed beyond the limits of the county. The salary
provided for the Jailer shall be in lieu of all fees for keeping
prisoners in jail and attendance thereon. The Sheriff shall
receive thirty cents per day for dieting and maintaining each
prisoner in jail. For services of County Physician, not more
than one hundred and seventy-five ($175) dollars, and said
physician shall, in addition to giving his personal attention to
all wards of the county, including both prisoners and con-
victs, furnish all medicines, and he is required to examine,
with some other physician, all parties claimed to be lunatics.
He shall conduct all post mortem examinations, and no fur-
ther charge than the amount herein prescribed shall be allowed
for the services herein prescribed. The sum of fifty ($50)
dollars is appropriated for County Attorney, to be paid as
salaries for county officers are paid. Each Magistrate of the
county at the end of each month, and before the County Super-
visor is authorized to issue his salary warrant, shall file with
the Clerk of the Court a report of all criminal cases had before
him in which warrants were issued, said report to show dis-
position of the cases and amount of costs and fines taxed and
collected, and he shall furnish the supervisor with the County
Treasurer's receipt for such moneys as his report shows to be
due the county.
Barnwell County. — For the county of Barnwell two (2)
mills for back indebtedness, and six (6) mills for general county
purposes, appropriated as follows: For Auditor, $583.32; for
County Commissioners' and Clerks' salaries, $1,000.00; for
County Treasurer, $583.32; for County Board of Equaliza-
tion, $450.00 ; for court expenses, $6,000.00 ; for Clerk of Court,
$400.00; for Sheriff, $1,500.00; for Supervisor, $1,050.00; for
Magistrates and their Constables, $4,121.00; for Coroner,
$325.00 ; for poorhouse and poor, $2,000.00 ; for repairs, bridges
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 235
and lumber, $2,800.00; for repairs, public buildings, $500.00; a.d.i9ii
for books, stationery and printing, $1,200.00; for contingent
expenses, $500.00 ; for public offices, $250.00 ; for post mortem
examining and conveying lunatics, $800.00; for insurance,
$200.00; for courthouse fuel, etc., $200.00; for jail, $200.00;
for Physician's and Attorney's fees, $400.00 ; for Judge of Pro-
bate, $300.00 ; for Superintendent of Education, $900.00 ; for
County Board of Education, $150.00; for dieting prisoners,
$898.00; for county chain gang, $10,000.00; for Rural Police,
$2,500.00. Total, $40,600.64 : Provided, That if the rural police
is not installed, the appropriation therefor shall be applied
to the back indebtedness; for inspection of public schools,
$250.00, and to that end the County Superintendent of Edu-
cation is hereby authorized and empowered to employ one or
more assistants, in Ws discretion, to inspect public schools in
the county while they are in session; to make suggestions to
local boards of trustees, and to teachers; and to report upon
the methods of instruction and branches taught and the char-
acter and conditions of the schools visited : Provided, further,
That the appropriations herein shall only be used for the pur-
poses designated, and any surplus remaining at the end of the
fiscal year, to the credit of any of them, shall be carried over
to same account into the next year, and to this end, the County
Treasurer shall not pay any warrant unless it is plainly written
upon it the account upon which it is drawn.
Beaufort County, — For the county of Beaufort, for ordinary
county purposes, 4^ mills, to be expended in part as follows : county.
For the salaries of county officers: Sheriff, $1,500; Clerk of
Court, $400; County Superintendent of Education, $400, and
for traveling expenses, $50; Probate Judge, two hunderd
($200) dollars; Coroner, three hundred ($300) dollars;
County Supervisor, eight hundred ($800) dollars, for travel-
ing expenses, one hundred ($100) dollars; for his Clerk, per
diem, the total not to exceed ($50) dollars; County Commis-
sioners, two and one-half ($2.50) dollars per diem, while
attending meeting of the County Board of Commissioners, and
mileage at the rate of five cents per mile going to the court-
house and returning to their homes when summoned to said
meeting: Provided, That the supervisor may employ any Town-
236 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. d: 1911 ship Commissioner to perform or direct work on the public
^"^"^^^*'^ highways, and for such service said commissioner shall receive
a per diem of two and one-half ($2.50) dollars and mileage,
at the rate of five cents per mile; Secretary of the County
Board of Commissioners, fifty ($50) dollars; salary of the
County Attorney, $150; Clerk of the Court, for copying direct
tax commissioners' maps of Beaufort county now on file in
Washington, D. C, two hundred ($200) dollars; the County
Board of Commissioners may employ an agent or agents to
collect licenses for buyers of cotton, and sellers of cartridges,
patent medicines and lightning rods, and from all others
required to pay county licenses, and pay for said service a com-
pensation not to exceed ten per cent, of the amount collected :
Provided, That the supervisor shall show m each published
quarterly report of county finances the total amount expended
during the quarter, the balance of cash on hand at the begin-
ning and end of each quarter, the total amount spent for roads
and bridges, courts, salaries, public buildings, other expenses ;
and that the County Commissioners be authorized to expend
ten dollars additional each quarter for clerical service for the
preparation of said quairterly report. For the purpose of
building a bridge across Coosaw River, at Port Royal Ferry,
and to rebuild a road or roads from Bluffton to some point on
the Savannah River, one mill: Proznded, That the County
Attorney shall not be the attorney for any county official. That
the County Commission be authorized to appoint a County
Physician, whose compensation shall be $400, which shall
include services and medicines. The County Commissioners
are authorized to pay the claim of H. G. Hey ward for $16.50,
advanced by him to cover fine in case of Elbert Mock.
Berkeley County, — For the county of Berkeley, for ordi-
nary county purposes, four (4) mills; for repaying third year's
County. instalment on sinking fund loan for ordinary , county purposes,
one and one-half (V/i) mills ; for road tax, one-half (^) mill ;
for the purpose of erecting and maintaining a stock law
exemption fence, as set out in Section 1505, Volume I, Code
of Laws of South Carolina, a tax of five (5) cents per head on
all cattle, and three (3) cents per head on all sheep, goats and
hogs in the exempted territory, to be expended by the com-
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 237
mission now existing for that purpose. The proceeds of the a. d. 1911
said levy of four (4) mills, together with all revenues from
fines, costs, license fees and other revenues, any unexpended
balance, inclusive of moneys in hands of treasurer paid by
insurance companies, shall be used for the following purposes :
For County Auditor, four hundred ($400) dollars; County
Commissioners' salaries, one thousand ($1,000) dollars ; County
Supervisor, eight hundred ($800) dollars; County Treas-
urer, four hundred ($400) dollars; County Board of Equal-
ization, two hundred ($200) dollars; jury, witness and con-
stables' tickets, two thousand ($2,000) dollars ; Clerk of Court,
five hundred ($500) dollars; Sheriff, one thousand ($1,000)
dollars; Clerk of County Board, two hundred and fifty ($2o0)
dollars; Magistrates and Constables, two thousand ($2,000)
dollars; Coroner, one hundred ($100) dollars; poorhouse and
poor, fifteen hundred ($1,500) dollars; repairs on roads and
bridges, three thousand ($3,000) dollars; repairs on public
buildings, fifty ($50) dollars; books, stationery and printing,
three hundred ($300) dollars; contingent expenses, one hun-
dred and fifty ($150) dollars ; bookbinding, three hundred and
fifty ($350) dollars ; post mortem, examining lunatics and con-
veying, two hundred ($200) dollars; insurance, one hundred
($100) dollars; jail and dieting prisoners, eight hundred
($800) dollars ; support of chain gang, three thousand ($3,000)
dollars, if a chain gang be maintained; if not maintained, the
sum so appropriated shall be used by the supervisor on the
roads of said county, and be divided among the respective
parishes and subject to the warrant of the supervisor, as in
the case of other expenditures of road funds; Physician, one
hundred ($100) dollars ; County Attorney, two hundred ($200)
dollars; Superintendent of Education, five hundred ($500)
dollars; Judge of Probate, four hundred ($400) dollars; Jan-
itor, Watchman, fuel and lights, three hundred ($300) dol-
lairs; conveying convicted prisoners, two hundred ($200) dol-
lars; Board of Registration, two hundred and fifty ($250) dol-
lars, of which one hundred and fifty ($150) dollars shall be
paid by the treasurer by March 15, 1911 ; enforcing the liquor
law, three hundred ($300) dollars; postage, fifty ($50) dol-
lars; for purchase of mules and dump cart, to be used upon
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A. D. 1011
Calhoun
County.
Clftrendoa
County.
Charleston
County.
the roads of the county, three hundred ($300) dollars, to which
shall be added the proceeds from the sale of other mules
owned by the county: Provided, That all funds derived from
commutation road tax shall be expended upon the public roads
and bridges of said county, as now provided by law, in addi-
tion to the amount above provided for roads and bridges : Pro-
vided, further, That in case of all expenditures where the
amount thereof is not definitely fixed by law, only so much of
the amount herein appropriated shall be expended as shall be
strictly necessary.
Calhoun County. — By authorizing county of Calhoun to levy
four mills, instead of three mills, for county purposes.
Clarendon County, — For ordinary county purposes, four and
one-half (4J4) mills; for past in-d-ebtedness, one-half (^)
mill. The County Board of Commission'crs shall use the said
four and one-half (4J4) mills herein provided for ordinary
county purposes, including salaries, roads, bridges, and the
necessary expenses of the courts : Provided, however, That the
County Supervisor is prohibited from approving any claim or
drawing his warrant for any claim not authorized by law in any
cases whatsoever, and the County Treasurer is hereby pro-
hibited from paying such claim or claims.
Charleston County, — For the county of Charleston, one-
eighth {%) oi one mill, for the militia of said county, to be
set apart and applied solely for said purpose, in accordance
with the provisions of a special Act relating thereto, and to
be paid to the Board of Officers of State Volunteer Troops, in
the city of Charleston; one mill to be set apart and applied
solely for the purpose of paying the past due or unpaid official
note or notes of the County Treasurer of the county of Charles-
ton, and one and seven-eighths (IJ^) mills for other purposes,
to be applied as follows: (1) The sum of five hundred ($500)
dollars, if so much be necessary, for the poor of the county,
according to the provisions of an Act to provide for the poor
of Charleston county, approved 9th March, 1896, as the same
has been amended or may be amended. (2) The sum of four
thousand ($4,000) dollars, if so much be necessary, for the
roads and bridges outside the city of Charleston, other than
the roads hereinafter provided for : Provided, That no portion
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 239
of said amount shall be expended upon the continuation of the ^- ^- ^^^^
Stone Road. (3) The sum of two thousand seven hundred
and fifty ($2,760) dollars, to be expended under the direction
of the County Supervisor, for roads in Christ's Church and
Santee townships, as follows : To grade Georgetown Road from
Mazyck's Ferry toward Charleston, five hundred ($500) dol-
lars ; Georgetown Road from Amendaw Bridge toward McClel-
lansville, five hundred ($600) dollars ; Georgetown Road from
Amendaw Bridge toward Charleston, Georgetown Road from
Mount Pleasant toward McClellansville, one thousand
($1,000) dollars; to shell Morrison Road from McClellansville
towards Charleston, two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars. (4)
The sum of three hundred ($300) dollars to increase the salary
of the Janitor of the fireproof building, so as to make his salary
six hundred ($600) dollars for the fiscal year 1911. (5) The
sum of one hundred ($100) dollars for the Physician of the
county jail, so as to make his salary six hundred ($600) dollars
for the fiscal year 1911. (6) The sum of one hundred and fifty
($150) dollars for each Master of Charleston county for the
salary of a stenographer. (7) The sum of fifteen hundred
($1,500) dollars for the purpose of re-establishing and main-
taining the Edisto Island Ferry and approaches. (8) The sum
of two hundred and sixty-four dollars and sixty-five cents
($264.65) to pay the cost of the recent general election payable
to C. N. Hastie, chairman. (9) The sum of two hundred and
sixty-four dollars and sixty-five cents ($264,65) to pay the cost
of the recent general election, payable to D. L. Sinkler, chair-
man. (10) For the salary of the Night Watchman for the county
jail the sum of forty ($40) dollars per month for the fiscal year
1911. Such sum or sums as may be necessary to pay in full-
whatever balance or balances may remain due and unpaid for
salaries for the months of January or February, 1911, or on any
official note or notes, or other similar evidence or evidences of
indebtedness already given by the County Treasurer of the
county of Charleston, under authority of law, during the year
1910. And for the purpose of paying in cash, the foregoing and
all other general and ordinary county expenses for the fiscal
year 1911 (including the salaries of any officers of the said
county of Charleston, and the dieting of prisoners, and the pay
240 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 of witnesses and jurors and constables for the fiscal year 1911,
as by law provided for), the County Treasurer for the said
county of Charleston be, and he is hereby, authorized and
directed to borrow from time to time, as may be necessary, on
his official note or notes or other similar evidence or evidences
of indebtedness, after three days' notice by advertising once in
some newspaper published in the city of Charleston, and on the
lowest terms offered, but at a rate of interest not exceeding six
per cent, per annum, a sum or sums not to exceed sixty thousand
($60,000) dollars in the aggregate. In case the sum or sums
hereinabove authorized to be borrowed be more than sufficient
to pay the amounts hereinabove authorized to be paid, then the
excess thereof may be used to pay salaries of the officers of
said county for the months of January and February, 1911.
Any and all such sum or sums that may be borrowed by the said
County Treasurer, as hereinabove authorized, shall be repaid,
with interest thereon, by the said County Treasurer, out of
taxes levied and to be collected in said county for the fiscal
year 1911, and also out of all funds paid and to be paid to the
said county from the dispensary in said county, and out of and
from all fines and other sources which shall not have been used
for the current expenses of said county, as soon as the same
may be collected; but in case, at any time, any of the funds
derived from such dispensaries or fines, or other sources than
the taxes herein levied, shall amount to one thousand ($1,000)
dollars or more, then the said County Treasurer is hereby
authorized, in his discretion, to use the same for any of the pay-
ments hereinabove authorized and directed to be made; and
any sum so used by the said County Treasurer, he is hereby
authorized and directed to replace, out of the proceeds of said
notes or other similar evidences of indebtedness, when the same
is needed for the current expenses of said county ; and the sum
or sums so borrowed shall constitute a valid claim against said
county, and have lien prior to all other, except unpaid treas-
urer's notes of the preceding year, on all the county taxes,
except school taxes for the present year 1911, and future fiscal
years, until the same are paid and discharged in full ; and such
sum or sums, if so borrowed, shall be used for the purpose
hereinabove authorized and mentioned, without any preference
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whatever. All claims and demands against the said county, ^^"^"^^
excepting the salaries of officers of the said county and the
County Treasurer's note or notes, or other similar evidence or
evidences of indebtedness (including interest thereon) shall
be paid upon the warrant of the County Supervisor of said
county, as hereinbelow provided. The salaries of officers of
the said county shall be paid by the County Treasurer monthly,
upon receipt of such officers. The original or duplicate receipts
for all payments made by said County Treasurer, excepting
payments upon said notes or similar evidences of indebtedness,
and upon warrant of said County Supervisor, shall be filed by
said County Treasurer with the said County Supervisor. All
claims and demands of every kind whatever against the said
county, excepting such salaries and County Treasurer's notes,
and the certificates or tickets of witnesses and jurors and con-
stables, shall be itemized before they can be audited, and when
so itemized shall be first audited by a committee of five, now
and heretofore existing, and their successors, or a majority
thereof, and (if approved) shall thereupon be certified and
signed by said committee, or a majority thereof, and by the
clerk or secretary of the County Board of Commissioners, and
no such claims or demands shall be paid unless first audited
and approved by said committee, or a majority thereof, and
also approved by said County Board of Commissioners, and also
certified and signed by the clerk or secretary of said board, as
aforesaid, except amounts expended by the Sanitary and Drain-
age Commission, which shall be paid by the County Treasurer
as hereinbefore specifically provided for: Proznded, That any
and all claims and demands arising outside of the city of
Charleston may be audited and approved and certified and
signed. No payment for salary, service, charge, fees, or com-
pensation of any character or description, shall be made to any
officer required by law to transmit or file an itemized copy of
«
his account to or with the County Supervisor, unless the County
Supervisor shall have previously certified to such officer, or to
the County Treasurer, that such itemized copy of accounts for
the preceding year, and all preceding years since said law was
enacted, has been transmitted or filed by such officer, as afore-
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242
STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911
Cherokee
County.
Chester
County.
said, which certificate the County Supervisor is required to
make, without charge, on the demand of such officer on the
County Treasurer, in case such officer has complied with such
requirements; and no magistrate or other officer, by whom
fees or fines are payable on behalf of the said State or county,
shall receive any compensation unless he makes oath, to be
filed with said County Treasurer before such payment is made,
that all of said fees and fines collected by him since the date
of the last payment to him of his compensation from said county
have been paid to said County Treasurer in full, accompanied
by an itemized statement, showing the cases in which, and the
persons from whom, said fines or fees have been received.
Cherokee County, — For ordinary county purposes, five mills ;
Stacy's Ferry, one-half mill ; road tax, two and one-half mills ;
for Black's Ferry bridge, one-half mill, which shall be used to
repay the amount of the repairs on same; Gaffney Graded
School EHstrict No. 10, for school bonds, one mill, and for sp)e-
cial local, three and one-half mills, in lieu of other special levies
heretofore made; sinking fund Cherokee township, for rail-
road bonds, one mill, and for interest on same, one-half mill ;
for sinking fund for Draytonville and Gowdeyesville townships,
for railroad bonds, one mill, and for interest on same, one-half
mill; for repaying past indebtedness of the county, one mill.
Chester County. — For ordinary purposes, four (4) mills:
Provided, That from the said taxes not more than $7,000.00
shall be used for the expenses of the chain gang, and $2,000.00,
if so much be necessary, shall be set apart for bridges and road
material ; $600.00 may be used for outside paupers in the dis-
cretion of the commissioners, and $260.00 may be used as a
contingent fund for the SheriflF in paying expenses of detecting
and apprehending criminals, to be paid on verified accounts
approved by the commissioners ; that $50.00 in addition to his
salary be paid to the Coroner for the year 1911 : Provided, Any
inquest held during said year by a magistrate shall be paid
from the aforesaid sum. For interest and sinking fund on
county railroad aid bonds, three-fourths (J4) of one mill; for
special tax levy for roads two (2) mills, to be apportioned
according to the road law. That from the ordinary county
funds the commissioners shall pay the sum of nineteen dollars
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to Alex. Wise, and the sum of nineteen dollars to J. R. P. a. d. i»ii
Gibson, for the fees of the said magistrates and their constabes
for holding two inquests each in 1910, and the sum- of fifty
dollars to R. L. Douglas, Cerk of said Board of Commissioners,
for his services for the year 1911, in addition to his salary.
That the commissioners are hereby authorized to borrow an
amount or amounts not exceeding five thousand dollars for
ordinary county expenses at a rate of interest not exceeding
six per cent., and pledge the taxes hereby levied for the pay-
ment of said loan.
Chesterfield County, — For ordinary county purposes five and
one-fourth mills : for road tax, two mills : for interest on rail- cheaterflew
County.
road bonds, one and one-half mills ; for past indebtedness, one
and one- fourth mills; Cheraw township, special road tax, two
mills. The treasurer and supervisor are authorized to borrow
$5,000.00 from the Sinking Fund Commission or from some
other source to meet current expenses, and they are authorized
to pledge the taxes to be collected during the year 1911, to
secure pa)rment of said loan.
Colleton County. — For the county of Colleton, for ordinary
county purposes, four (4) mills; for roads, three (3) mills ;^JJ«^
and the County Supervisor and County Treasurer are hereby
authorized to borrow a sum of not exceeding $12,000 for ordi-
nary county purposes, and a sum of not exceeding $9,000 for the
three-mill road tax levy, and a sum not to exceed $3,000 from
commutation road tax, and pledge the levies herein as security
for same : Provided, The interest paid shall not exceed six per
cent. The County Supervisor is hereby authorized and directed
to draw his warrant in favor of Wm. C. Geraty and Company,
for three hundred ($300.00) dollars for surveying Adams Run
and Collins township, and the County Treasurer is directed to
pay the same : Afid it is further provided, That the expenditures
for the year 1911 shall not exceed the levies herein, and the
bond of the County Supervisor is hereby made liable for any
amount spent in excess of the levy herein made.
Darlington County. — For the county of Darlington, one-half
of one mill, for interest on courthouse bonds; for ordinary d»^*o^o«
county purposes, four and one-half (4^4) mills. The County
Supervisor of Darlington county is hereby empowered and
2U STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 directed to pay to W. Albert Parrott, Clerk of Court, the sum
^""^"^^^*"^ of one hundred and twenty and 27-100 dollars for his salary
while serving as Sheriff of the county in the year 1910. And
he is further directed, empowered and required to pay to J. D.
Large the sum of thirty-eight and 40-100 dollars for services
as constable for magistrate at Society Hill, S. C.
Dillon County. — For ordinary county purposes, four (4)
Dillon County. miUs ; for interest on courthouse bonds and highway improve-
ment bonds, one and three-quarter (1J4) niills; to pay balance
due on claims incurred to establish Dillon county, one-fourth
(J4) of one mill: Provided, That the County Board of Com-
missioners of said county be, and they are hereby, authorized
and empowered to borrow, from time to time, as the same is
needed for the use of the county, a sum not exceeding twelve
thousand ($12,000.00) dollars at a rate of interest not greater
than six (6) per cent, per annum, and for that purpose the
chairman of said board and the County Treasurer of said
county are hereby authorized and empowered to execute the
proper obligation or obligations, and to pledge the taxes herein
and hereby levied for payment of same.
Dorchester County. — For ordinary county purposes, six (6)
Dorchcstcf mills, which shall be expended as follows, if so much be
County. necessary: For salaries of county officers, five thousand five
hundred ($5,500) dollars; for County Board of Equalization,
five hundred ($500) dollars; for salaries of Magistrates and
Constables, one thousand seven hundred ($1,700) dollars; for
members County Board of Education, sixty ($60) dollars; for
jury, witness and constables' tickets, two thousand ($2,000)
dollars; for poor fund, six'hundred ($600) dollars; for repairs
on public buildings, three hundred ($300) dollars; for books,
stationery and printing, five hundred ($500) dollars; for post
mortem examinations, examining lunatics and conveying, four
hundred ($400) dollars; for insurance on public buildings,
seventy-five ($75) dollars; for jail and maintenance thereof,
five hundred ($500) dollars; for Physician's and Attorney's
fees, three hundred ($300) dollars; for contingent fund, five
hundred ($500) dollars; for roads and bridges, two thousand
($2,000) dollars; for maintenance of the county chain gang,
four thousand ($4,000) dollars. That after the expenditure as
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aforesaid, any balance derived from said taxes and remaining ^ ^- ^^^^
on hand shall be expended for ordinary county purposes. For
sinking fund as now provided by law, one-half (J4) of one (1)
mill; for interest on county bonds, one-half f J^) of one (1)
mill. The County Treasurer and County Supervisor are hereby
authorized and empowered to borrow during the current year
1911, to the extent of ten thousand ($10,000) dollars, if so
much be necessary, upon their joint note or notes, to keep the
county upon a cash basis, and the said County Treasurer and
County Supervisor are hereby authorized and empowered to
pledge as security for such borrowed money and interest the
taxes levied for the year 1911.
Edgefield County. — For the county of Edgefield, for ordinary
county purposes, five (5) mills. The County Board of Com- Edareficw
missioners are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow
money for ordinary county purposes, and to pledge said levy
as security therefor. In addition to the above levy, the County
Board of Commissioners shall make such levies as may be
necessary in Johnston, Pine Grove, Pickens, Wise and Shaw
townships, in said county, to pay the coupons on the valid
railroad bonds issued by and now outstanding against said
townships ; and they are hereby authorized and required to pay
said coupons as they may mature, and pledge such levies as
security therefor. The County Board of Commissioners are
hereby authorized and empowered to levy a sum not exceeding
one (1) mill on the dollar on all taxable property in the county
of Edgefield, for past indebtedness, if the same be necessary.
The Board of County Commissioners are authorized and
required to reserve a sufficient amount of money out of the
funds borrowed or levied by them to pay in cash the sal-
aries of the public officers of Edgefield county, as the same
become due. The County Commissioners shall pay the Jailer
forty cents per day for dieting prisoners, fifty cents as a turnkey
fee for each prisoner, and in lieu of fees and salaries for court
crier and baliifs, two dollars per day for each day's service
during attendance of court, and in lieu of all salaries and fees
they shall pay the Clerk to the County Board of Commissioners
two hundred dollars per annum. That the County Commission-
ers, of Edgefield county shall not purchase any supplies for the
246 STATUTES AT LARGE
A: D. 1911 county on credit to be paid for in script, nor let any contract
to be paid for in script, unless in the event first of their failure
upon due diligence to obtain a loan or loans at the legal rate
of interest, sufficient to pay cash the amount or amounts of
said purchases or contracts. They shall pay S. B. Mays and
L. R. Brunson per diem and mileage as commissioners for
proposed new county. The County Treasurer of Edgefield
county is duly authorized and empowered to borrow sufficient
funds to pay in cash the teachers in the public schools of the
county, and to pledge the taxes for school purposes as security
for said loan.
Fairfield County. — For the county of Fairfield for past
J^irflew indebtedness, one mill, to be applied as fourth payment on a
loan of $22,000 due the State Sinking Fund Commission ; for
ordinary county purposes, four and three-quarter mills. For
County Auditor, four hundred ($400.00) dollars; for salary to
Clerk of Board of County Commissioners, three hundred
($300) dollars; for County Treasurer's salary, four hundred
($400) dollars; for County Board of Equalization, two hun-
dred ($200) dollars ; for jury, witnesses and constables' tickets,
three thousand five hundred ($3,500) dollars; for Clerk of
Court, salary, three hundred ($300) dollars; for Sheriflf, salary,
one thousand two hundred ($1,200) dollars; for Magistrates'
and Constables' salaries, two thousand five hundred and fifty
($2,550) dollars; for Coroner's salary, seventy-five ($75) dol-
lars; for poorhouse and poor maintenance, seven hundred
($700) dollars ; for repairs on roads and bridges and the upkeep
of chain gang, ten thousand ($10,000) dollars; for repairs on
public buildings and insurance of same, five hundred ($500)
dollars ; for contingent expenses, stationery, postage and office
supplies for county use, five hundred ($500) dollars'; for post
mortems, examining lunatics and transportation of same, two
hundred and fifty ($250) dollars; for Physician's and Attor-
ney's fees, three hundred ($300) dollars ; for Superintendent of
Education and his traveling expenses, and the Board of Edu-
cation, six hundred and fifty ($650) dollars; for Probate Judge,
seven hundred ($700) dollars; for military company, "The
Guards," seventy-five ($75) dollars; for payment to Mrs. Mary
J. Broom, for fees due her late husband, former Probate Judge,
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wghty-four ($84) dollars, if so much be necessary; for main- a. d. idii
tenance of jail and dieting of prisoners, Qne thousand two hun-
dred ($1,200) dollars ; for maintenance of jail and dieting of
prisoners the Sheriff shall render an itemized statement to
the Board of County Commissioners of the number of prison-
ers and of days they are confined and fed ; for the Supervisor
of Public Roads, if so much be necessary, eight hundred
($800) dollars ; for the Civil Engineer, if so much be necessary,
four hundred ($400) dollars; for the premiums on official
bonds of the Board of County Commissioners, sixty three ($63)
dollars. The Board of County Commissioners are hereby
authorized to borrow not in excess of $25,000, to be bbrrowed
in installments as needed, and to be applied to county expenses
for the current year, the interest thereon not to exceed seven
(7) per centum per annum. The Board of County Commis-
sioners are hereby authorized and empowered to pledge the
county tax levy now laid for the purpose of security for the said
sum so borrowed. For the interest due upon advances amount-
ing to $1,823.41 by the Bank of Fairfield to meet the expenses
of holding court terms in 1910, if so much be necessary, $150.
The Board of County Commissioners may increase the above
amounts up to the levy herein provided, but in no case shall
they exceed the levy by contract, expenditure or otherwise.
All county claims past due and not presented for payment to
the said board before the first day of April, 1911, are hereby
declared to be null and void, and the said board or subsequent
board, is hereby forbidden to pay the same, or any of them.
All claims hereafter due by the county shall be presented within
thirty days from the date on which they arise, or they shall
likewise be null and void, and the payment of the same is
hereby barred and forbidden. All claims shall be approved
by a majority of record of the whole board, or shall not be
deemed valid and payable. All meetings of thei board shall be
open to the public, unless by unanimous consent of the mem-
bers present, it is deemed prejudicial to the county's interest.
Claims arising in the month of December shall be presented for
approval at the first regular meeting of the board in the month
of January following. A commutation road tax of two dollars
diall be due and payable at the same time as other county taxes
348
STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911
Florence
County.
Qeorgetow*
County.
Green vills
County.
by all able-bodied male citizens of the county living outside the
incorporated towns therein, between the ages of twenty-one and
fifty-five years, any provisions to the contrary notwithstanding.
The penalty for failure to pay the said commutation road tax
shall be enforced as now -provided. Interest accruing upon
deposits in bank or held unused shall inure to the benefit of the
county, and not become a perquisite of any public official in
whose charge any public fund may lie. Any balance of the
several county funds on hand at end of current fiscal year may
be used in liquidation of caims now past due.
Florence County. — For ordinary county purposes, one mill;
special road tax, one mill.
Georgetown County, — For ordinary county purposes, five (5)
mills ; for the purpose of paying interest upon and establishing
a sinking fund for the retirement of certain bonds of Winyah
Indigo School District, issued under Act of February 19, 1904,
one and one- fourth (1J4) mills, upon all of the taxable real and
personal property in said school district. Special school tax for
Rosemary School District for the purpose of paying interest
upon and establishing a sinking fund for the retirement of
certain bonds of Rosemary School District, which have been
issued under "An Act to provide for the issuing of bonds in
public school districts in South Carolina," approved 19th Feb-
ruary, 1907, and Acts amendatory thereof, six (6) mills, upon
all of the taxable real and personal property in said school dis-
trict. Georgetown Rifle Guards, three hundred ($300) dollars,
to apply on liquidating debt on new armory, and for no other
purpose. The County Board of Commissioners are hereby
authorized and instructed to draw their pay certificate for, and
the County Treasurer to pay H. C. Tallevast, auditor, one hun-
dred ($100) dollars in addition to his salary, as special com-
pensation, and from and after the approval of this Act the
County Supervisor shall publish monthly in a newspaper pub-
lished in the county of Georgetown, an itemized statement of
all claims approved and contracts made by said board, or by
him, showing for whom approved and with whom made, and
the nature and amounts thereof.
Greenville County, — For the county of Greenville, for all
county purposes, 9J4 mills^ and including the one (1) mill road
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tax authorized by law, to be expended as follows, if so much ^ ^- ^•i^
be necessary: Item 1. Cross-country roads, $10,000.00; Item
2. For erection of sign boards at cross roads, $500.00 ; Item 3.
For paying county's part of paving debt where property abuts
on street, $750.00; Item 4. Roads and bridges, $28,692.64;
Item 6. Maintenance of convicts and road-working organiza-
tion, $19,192.37; Item 5. (a) For building a road from Mer-
rettsville, $2,000.00; Item 6. Public buildings and offices,
$1,300.00 ; Item 7. Jail expenses, $2,500.00 ; Item 8. Poorhouse
and poor, $2,500.00 ; Item 9. Court expenses, $8,500.00 ; Item
10. Books, stationery and printing, $1,000.00; Item 11. Post
mortems and lunacy, $1,500.00; Item 12. Inquests, $100.00;
Item 13. Board of Education, $150.00; Item 14. Board of
Equalization, $600.00; Item 15. Insurance, $90.00; Item 16.
Interest on loans in anticipation of taxes, including unpaid
interest on loans of 1910 accruing after January 1, 1911,
$2,500.00; Item 17. Contingent expenses, $500.00; Total
$87,390.00. Item 18. Salaries: (a) Clerk of Court, $1,600.00;
(b) Sheriff, $2,200.00; (c) Treasurer, $600.00; (d) Auditor,
$600.00; (e) Superintendent of Education, $900.00 ; (f) Super-
visor, $1,320.00; (g) Commissioners, $480.00; (h) Clerk of
Board, $600,00 ; (i) Magistrates and Constables, $4,590.00 ; (j)
Register Mesne Conveyances, $2,400.00 ; (k) Coroner, $400.00 ;
(1) Attorney, $500.00; (m) Physician, $500.00; (n) Janitor of
courthouse, $300.00; Total, $16,990.00. Item 19. For pay-
ment of interest due July 1, 1911, Oct. 1, 1911, Jan. 1, 1912.
and April 1, 1912, upon county bonds (the total amount of
bonds outstanding Jan. 1, 1911, being $260,000.00) as per
schedule of bonds and interest set forth in Acts, 1910, page 817,
$11,990.00; For sinking fund under proposed Act of 1910, to
retire bonds, $3,000.00; Total, $14,990.00. Item 20. Sinking
Fund Commission (total amount unpaid Jan. 1, 1911, upon all
loans is $42,238.15 after applying proceeds of 1910 taxes) : (a)
Principal (in part) and interest on note to Sinking Fund Com-
mission, dated April 22, 1908, $33,000.00, 5 per cent interest;
balance unpaid Jan. 1, 1911, $7,938.15 upon principal, $6,600,
and upon interest to Jan. 1, 1912, $396.90; leaving balance
unpaid Jan. 1, 1912, $1,338.15 ; Total, $6,996.90. (b) Principal
(in part) and interest on note to Sinking Fund Commission,
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A. D. 1911 dated Dec. 21, 1908, $6,500, 5 per cent, interest ; balance unpaid
Jan. 1, 1911, $3,900; upon principal, $1,300, and upon interest
to Jan. 1, 1912, $195.00; leaving balance unpaid Jan. 1, 1912,
of $2,600 ; Total, $1,495.00. (c) Principal (in part) and inter-
est on note to Sinking Fund Commission, for flood damages
in 1908, dated April 22, 1909, $38,000, 5 per cent, interest;
balance unpaid Jan. 1, 1911, $30,400; upon principal, $3,800,
and upon interest to Jan. 1,1912, $1,520 ; leaving balance unpaid
Jan. 1, 1912, of $26,600; Total, $5,320.00. (d) Principal (in
part) and interest on proposed note to Sinking Fund Commis-
sion for poorhouse indebtedness, dated , — , 1911, 5 per
cent, interest, upon principal and interest; Total, $3,000.00.
Balances unpaid Jan. 1, 1912, after application of these appro-
priations: On (a) supra, $1,338.15; On (b) supra, $2,600.00;
On (c) supra, $26,600.00; Total, $30,538.15. Item 21. For
past indebtedness; (1) Unpaid claims of 1909; No. 1764,
Greenville News Co., $25.00; No. 1765, Peace Printing Co.,
$34.75 ; No. 1803, J. Perry Poole, $63.00 ; No. 1804, Dr. W. C.
Black, $100.00 ; No. 1805, J. H. Woodside, $342.14 ; No. 1839,
Gilreath-Durham Co., $46.90; Total, $611.79. (2) Unpaid
claims of 1910, in excess of appropriations Nos. 1681 to 1841,
inclusive, except 1764, 1765, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1839 above, as
follows: Maintenance of convicts, $1,807.63; public buildings,
$604.68; jail expenses, $515.95; county home, $574.06; con-
tingent expenses, $396.85; books, stationery, etc., $823.04; post
mortem, $302.32; interest on loans, $894.17; contingent,
$249.17 ; roads and bridges, $807.36 ; aid in the equipment of
the Butler Guards, $200.00; Total, $6,975.23. Item 22. For
payment of claims of Dr. N. T. Richardson, $42.00. Item 23.
For payment of interest on notes given for county home, if
so much be necessary, $500.00.
Greenwood County. — For ordinary county purposes, two
(2) mills; for past indebtedness, two (2) mills; for roads and
o^ty. bridges, three (3) mills; for interest on railroad bonds:
Ninety-Six township, one (1) mill; Cooper township, three (3)
mills, to be expended in the following manner: For County
Auditor, four hundred ($400) dollars; for County Super-
visor, Commissioners and Clerk's salaries, one thousand
seven hundred ($1,700) dollars; for County Treasurer's
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salary, five hundred ($500) dollars; for County Board of a.d.19ii
Equalization, four hundred and seventy ($470) dollars; for
jury, witnesses and constables* tickets, four thousand five
hundred ($4,500) dollars; for Clerk of Court, three hundred
and fifty ($350) dollars; for Sheriff, one thousand four hun-
dred ($1,400) dollars; for Magistrates, Constables and Rural
Police, five thousand ($5,000) dollars; for Coroner, two hun-
dred ($200) dollars; for poorhouse and poor, one thousand
($1,000) dollars; for repairs on roads and bridges, eighteen
thousand ($18,000) dollars; for repairs on public buildings
($1,000) dollars; for books, stationery and printing, nine hun-
dred ($900) dollars; for contingent expenses, two thousand
($2,000) dollars; for post mortems, examining lunatics and
conveying, seven hundred ($700) dollars; for Jury Commis-
sioners and insurance, two hundred ($200) dollars ; for jail and
repairs, twenty-two hundred ($2,200) dollars: Provided, The
Jailer shall be allowed thirty-five cents per day for each
prisoner for dieting prisoners ; for interest on railroad bonds,
four thousand two hundred ($4,200) dollars; for public offi-
cers, twelve hundred and fifty ($1,250) dollars; for Physician^s
and Attorney's fees, two hundred ($200) dollars; for past
indebtedness, twelve thousand ($12,000) dollars; for Superin-
tendent of Education, nine hundred ($900) dollars: Provided,
That out of the amount raised for ordinary county purposes as
above set forth, the County Board of Commissioners shall be
authorized and empowered to pay to the auditor the sum of two
hundred and fifty ($250) dollars for clerk hire.
Hampton County — For ordinary county purposes, four (4)
mills; for improvement and construction of public roads, tocowSy."
be used in the township where levied by contract or otherwise
as may be considered best by the Supervisor and County Com-
missioners, four (4) mills; for contingent school fund, one (1)
mill.
Horry County, — For ordinary county purposes, roads and
bridges, five and one-half (5J/$) mills; for courthouse and
jail bonds, one (1) mill; to complete bridges across Wacca-
maw River, one-half (J4) mill, the one-half mill to be turned
over to. and be subject to the order of the building commis-
sioners of the said county.
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County.
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County.
Kershaw County, — For ordinary county purposes, four and
one-fourth (4J4) mills; for road tax, two and one-half (2J^)
mills; for interest on R. R. bonds, one and one-half (1J4)
mills; for past indebtedness, three- fourths (^) mill. In case
the proceeds of any levy for any specific purpose shall exceed
the amount needed for such, the surplus shall be applicable to
any other purpose for which the levy hereby made may be
deficient, or to general county purposes. That the County
Commissioners for Kershaw county be, and are hereby, author-
ized to employ some competent person to arrange, enroll,
number and index the confused records of the probate court
for said county, and to pay not exceeding three hundred
($300) dollars for such service; they are also authorized out
of any available funds to allow for aid of the Kershaw Guards
Military Company not exceeding two hundred ($200) dollars;
and to pay the permium of the surety company bond of the
Treasurer for Kershaw county to the extent of eighty ($80)
dollars.
Lancaster County. — For past indebtedness, which fund shall
be used exclusively by the County Commissioners for paying
said past indebtedness, 5 mills; for ordinary county purposes,
3J4 mills; for interest, Cheraw and Chester Railroad bonds,
% mill; for sinking fund to retire said bonds, J/^ mill; for
public roads and bridges, 5 mills. For payment of interest on
township bonds issued in aid of Charleston, Cincinnati and
Chicago Railroad, the following special taxes are hereby
levied: In Pleasant Hill township, 2J^ mills; in Gill's Creek
township, 2^ mills ; in Cane Creek township, 2J/2 mills : Pro-
vided, That the County Treasurer shall apply to the payment
of interest on bonds of said township the funds arising from
the Sonuth Carolina and Georgia Extension Railroad Com-
pany, in Lancaster county, on the levy for ordinary county
purposes, to be applied to said interest in proportion to the
amount of the bonds of said township, respectively, outstand-
ing. The County Commissioners are hereby directed to use
all funds in the county treasury or in the banks belonging to
Pleasant Hill township to purchase and retire the bonds of
said township, or to invest said funds in any other like bonds.
The treasurer is hereby required to keep all funds now in his
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hands, or hereafter collected by him, for the retirement of a. d. i9ii
township or county bonds on deposit with the banks of Lan-
caster county at interest. Said funds and all other funds
belonging to the county shall be kept on deposit with said
banks, in proportion to their capital stock, respectively. The
fees for witnesses in the Court of General Sessions shall be
fifty (50) cents per day and mileage as now provided by law.
It shall be unlawful for the County Commissioners to support
any pauper, wholly or in part, except in the county poorhouse.
Laurens County, — For constitutional school tax, three (3) Laurens
mills; for ordinary county purposes, three (3) mills; for
interest on railroad bonds, one (1) mill; for roads and bridges
bonds, three (3) mills; for courthouse bonds, two (2) mills.
Lee County. — For ordinary county purposes, six (6) mills ;Le« county.
for sinking fund, one and one- fourth (1J4) niills; that the
County Supervisor be required to bridge and build dam over
stream known as Scape-O'er Swamp at Arrant's Crossing, and
the sum of eight hundred ($800.00) dollars be apportioned out
of the road and bridge fund to build said crossing and any
part of said eight hundred ($800.00) dollars not expended at
Arrant's Crossing be reverted to road and bridge fund. The
sum of ten thousand ($10,000.00) dollars to be used as road
and bridge fund.
Lexington County, — County ordinary, 4 mills; permanent Lexington
road buildingf 2 mills ; create reserve fund for county, 2 mills ; ^"°*^-
building steel bridge over Saluda river, as per Act 1910, 3/2
mill. One-half of one mill as a special fund for building a
steel bridge over Saluda River, at or near Amick's Ferry, in
Lexington county. Supervisor and County Treasurer are
authorized to borrow from the Sinking Fund Commission of
the State for use of county for 1911, a sum not to exceed
twenty thousand dollars, on their joint notes, at a rate of inter-
est not exceeding six (6) per cent., and to pledge county taxes
for the year 1911 to secure the same. The notes heretofore
executed to the Home National Bank, of Lexington, by the
supervisor and treasurer of said county jointly, for funds with
which to pay for the steel bridge over Saluda River at Wyse's
Ferry, as authorized by the Act of 1910, page 824, are hereby
validated, and said Supervisor and County Treasurer are
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A. D. leii hereby authorized to renew the said notes from year to year,
at interest payable in advance, until the whole amount due on
said notes shall have been fully paid, and said County Super-
visor and County Treasurer are further authorized to pledge
the taxable property of Lexington county to the extent of such
amount as shall be levied as a tax from year to year for the
payment of such notes and all renewals thereof until the full
amount of said notes for said bridge contract shall have been
fully paid. The Supervisor of Lexington county shall be paid
one thousand dollars per annum, payable monthly.
Marion County. — For salaries, two and one-quarter (2J4)
Hiriw mills, as follows: Sheriff, eighteen hundred ($1,800) dollars,
and two hundred ($200) dollars for service of magistrate's
papers; Supervisor, one thousand ($1,000) dollars; Superin-
tendent of Education, eight hundred ($800) dollars; County
Commissioners, four hundred (400) dollars; Clerk for County
Commissioners, four hundred ($400) dollars; Clerk of Court,
five hundred ($500) dollars; County Treasurer, four hundred
and thirty-three ($433) dollars; Auditor, four hundred and
thirty-three ($433) dollars; Magistrates and Constables, two
thousand ($2,000) dollars; Coroner, one hundred and seventy-
five ($175) dollars; witnesses, jurors and court constaWcs,
twenty-five hundred ($2,500) dollars; dieting jail prisoners,
five hundred ($500) dollars; post mortem examinations, luna-
tics, four hundred ($400) dollars; County Board of Equaliza-
tion, three hundred ($300) dollars, which amount shall be
paid quarterly, except those items that public good demand
otherwise. For roads and bridges one and one-fourth mills:
Provided, That seventy-five per cent, of the amount derived
from the levy of one and one-fourth mills for roads and
bridges be paid monthly to the Highway Commission of
Marion county for the support of the chain gang. For poor-
house and poor, one (1) mill, as follows: For poorhouse and
poor, twenty-five hundred ($2,500) dollars; for contkigent
fund, one thousand ($1,000) dollars; stationery and printing,
'our houndred ($400) dollars; County Board of Education,
fty ($50) dollars; for the indebtedness placed upon Marion
aunty by the commission appointed under the Act creating
Hllon county, as Marion county's one-half of said debt, one
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and one- fourth (1>4) mills: Provided, There shall be kept a a.d.i»ii
ledger account with each item herein appropriated, and that all
contracts and accounts for the expenditure of all moneys, not
salaries, the County Commissioners shall have equal authority i
with County Supervisor, and no account shall be paid for mer-
chandise, material or other purpose, unless at least one of the
board shall have personal knowledge of the work done, mate-
rial furnished or completion of contract before paying such
claim : And, provided, That the various funds arising from the
levies herein made shall be applied only to the purposes herein
named, and five and three- fourths (5J4) "liHs shall cover all
levies made for Marion county for 1911: And, provided, fur-
ther. That all balances from any fund of 1910, or previous
years, be brought forward to the general fund for 1911 ; and the
County Commissioners and County Treasurer are authorized,
from time to time, to borrow such amounts of money as may
be required and to pledge the taxes herein levied, not to exceed
three-fourths of the taxes so levied, and a first lien shall be
given to parties loaning the money herein provided for.
Marlboro County. — For ordinary county purposes, two and
three-eighths (2^) mills; for road tax, three and one-half Jf^ij,^'*
(3J4) mills; for past indebtedness, one-eighth (J^) mill.
Total, six (6) mills.
Newberry County. — For the county of Newberry, for ordi-
nary county purposes, three and one-half (3J4) mills. ThecJjJ^T^
County Supervisor is hereby authorized and empowered to.
borrow from the Sinking Fund Commission, for current
expenses, a sum not exceeding twenty-five th«>usand ($25,000)
dollars, at a rate of interest not gi eater than five (5) per cent.
per annum, but in the event said amount cannot be obtained
from the Sinking Fund Commission, then the said County
Supervisor is hereby authorized and empowered to borrow
from any other source an amount not exceeding twenty-five
thousand ($25,000.00) dollars, at a rate of interest not exceed-
ing seven (7) per cent, per annum; for the payment of said
loan, the ordinary county taxes for the year 1911 shall be
pledged upon the note or notes of the County Supervisor and
County Treasurer. The County Board of Commissioners are
hereby authorized and directed to pay the sum of one thou-
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sand ($1,000) dollars, balance due on a bridge constructed
during the year 1910 over Saluda River, between Bouknight's
Ferry and Kempson's Ferry, the said amount to be paid out of
the ordinary county fund. The County Board of Commis-
sioners are hereby authorized anJ directed to construct, at an
early time as practicable, an iron or steel bridge across Enoree
River, at a point known as Brazzleman's Ferry. For the pur-
pose of constructing said bridge the County Board of Com-
missioners may use a sum not exceeding twenty-five hundred
($S,500) dollars, said amount to be paid in four equal annual
installments, as follows: Six hundred and twenty-five ($625)
dollars out of the ordinary county funds for the year 1911 ; six
hundred and twenty-five ($625) dollars out of the ordinary
county funds for the year 1912; six hundred and twenty-five
($625) dollars out of the ordinary county funds for the year
1913; six hundred and twenty-five ($635) dollars out of the
ordinary county funds for the year 1914: Proznded, That notes
may be given by the County Supervisof and the County Treas-
urer to secure amounts borrowed for the years 1912, 1913 and
1914, said notes to bear interest at a rate not exceeding seven
(7) per cent. The County Board of Commissioners are hereby
directed, anJ it shall be their duty, to ascertain the true condi-
tion of the county jail, and to get estimates of the cost of put-
ting same in good condition ; and they are hereby required to
make report of their investigations to the Senator and Repre-
sentatives from Newberry county on or before January 1, 1912.
Oconee County. — There shall be levied for Oconee county
' 6J4 mills on all fhe taxable property for all county purposes,
and the County Commissioners are hereby prohibited from
levying any other tax for roads or any other purpose than is
herein permitted. The funds arising from this levy and paid
or payable to the county from all sources, except for schools,
11 be used for the purpose hereinafter expressly stated, and
other, if so much be necessary, to wit: For County Audi-
's salary, $400 ; for County Commissioners and Clerk's
iries, $1,700; for County Treasurer's salary, $400; for
4nty Board of Equalization, $250; for jury, witnesses and
istables' tickets, $4,000; for Clerk of Court, $300; for
;rifF's salary, $1,000; for Magistrates and Constables.
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$3,000; for Coroner, salary, $100; for poorhouse anl jpoor, a,d. wii
$300; for post mortems, examining lunatics and conveying,
$500; for Physician for poor and prisoners, $200; for past
indebtedness, $5,000; for books, stationery juid fuel for Clerk
of Court, $200; for County Auditor, stationery, stamps and
fuel, $100; for County Treasurer, stationery, stamps and fuel,
$100; for Clerk of Court, copying and indexing real estate
records, $1,500; for Clerk of Court for two typewriters, two
bookholders, additional books and index strips, $389.19; for
Clerk of Court, reindexing all unsatisfied real estate mortgages
January 1st, 1890, to date, $610; for maintaining the county
chain gang, $2,400; for repainting steel bridges, $200; for
roads and bridges. Center township, $1,000; for roads and
bridges, Seneca township, $1,000; for roads and bnidges,
Wagner township, $1,000; for roads and bridges, Tugaloo
township, $1,000; for roads and bridges, Keowee township,
$1,000 ; for roads and bridges, Pulaski township, $1,000 ; for
roads and bridges, Chattooga township, $1,000 ; for roads and
bridges, Whitewater township, $1,000. The County Super-
visor and County Treasurer is authorized to borrow from the
Sinking Fund Commission and the Sinking P'und Conunission
is authorized to make such loan to the amount of twenty-five
thousand dollars. If the said loan cannot be had from the
Sinking Fund Commission then the same may be procured
from other source at a rate of interest not exceeding seven per
cent. The County Supervisor and County Commissioners
shall not make any contracts for road or bridge work in any of
the townships until after the fifteenth day of May. Townships
which elect township commissioners shall have the money
appropriated for the respective townships, and all other funds
to which such township may be entitled to by law from com-
mutation road tax or other source placed to the credit of their
respective townships.
Orangeburg County. — For ordinary county purposes, five
(5) mills: Provided, That out of the funds collected tmderc<
this levy the County Treasurer shall first pay the cost of any
work authorized to be done or expenditure incurred under any
special Act of the General Assembly.
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Pickois County. — Ordinary county tax, 6 mills ; chain gang,
2y2 mills ; past indebtedness, }4 mill, $950.00 ; constabulary or
rural police, '/^ mill ; sinking fund, % mill.
Richland County. — For the county of Richland, for ordinary'
county purposes, two and one-half (3)4) mills, and an addi-
tional tax of two mills in the school district of the city of
Columbia, being the special tax authorized to be levied by an
Act entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of a new
school district in Richland county, and to authorize the levy
and collection of the local tax therein," approved December
24th, 1880 ; an additional tax of two mills in school district No.
12, being the special tax authorized by an election in said dis-
trict under and in accordance with Section 1208 of Volume I
of the Code of 1902, as amended. The proceeds of the said
two and one-half (25^) mills tax, together with the other
funds available for use by the Board of County Commission-
ers, shall be expended as follows, to wit: For the publication
of the quarterly statement for the current year 1911, two hun-
dred ($1100.00) dollars, to be paid in quarterly payments of
fifty ($50.00) dollars; for maintenance of county police sys-
tem, as provided by Act of 1909, five thousand ($5,000.00)
dollars, if so much be' necessary ; to the County Treasurer for
employment of clerical services, three hundred ($300.00) dol-
lars for the current year IPll, payable in monthly installments;
for road, bridges and chain gang, fifty thousand ($50,000.00)
dollars, if so much be necessary: Provided, however. That all
contracts for implements and supplies of whatever kind, includ-
ing all purchases for poorhouse. chain gang, bridges and for
every other purpose, shall be upon competitive bids every
month, after advertisement for at least one week previous to
the regular monthh' meeting of the County Board of Commis-
sioners in at least four issues of one of the daily papers pub-
lished in the city of Columbia, which advertisement shall set
forth the articles and approximately the amounts thereof to be
purchased, and the said contracts of purchase shall be awarded
to the lowest responsible bidder for the period of one month.
Award for supplies as hereinbefore provided for shall be
based on the delivery of said supplies at the county courthouse :
Provided, further. That in cases of emergency the supervisor
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may make purchases where the cost thereof does not exceed a. d. i9ii
twenty-five ($25.00) dollars: Provided, further, That no bill ^^""^^^^^
or accounts against the county shall be paid unless previously
contracted for by such competition or by the supervisor in the
before-mentioned cases of emergency, and unless the claim be
filed for audit within thirty (30) days from the furnishing of
the supplies of whatever the said claim may be for : Provided,
further. That each magistrate shall make and file with the
County Supei-visor, and also the Clerk of Court, each month a
repbrt of all criminal cases begun before him and of their status
or disposition, and of all fines collected: Provided, further
That the constable of each magistrate in said county shall make
and file, each month with the County Supervisor, and also the
Qerk of Court, a report setting forth the name of each criminal
and of every criminal proceeding in which a warrant or other
process has been issued to him during the preceding month,
with the process and the disposition thereof by said constable ;
and the said Board of County Commissioners shall not pay any
salary of magistrates and constables any month until said
reports have been made and filed as herein required; for the
County Supervisor, in addition to his salary now provided by
law, three hundred ($300.00) dollars, payable monthly; for the
County Superintendent of Education, in addition to his salary
now provided by law, three hundred ($300.00) dollars, payable
monthly ; for Magistrate at Olympia, one hundred and eighty
($180.00) dollars, payable monthly, in addition to salary now
provided by law; for Constable at Olympia, one hundred
($100.00) dollars, payable monthly, in addition to salary now
provided by law; for Rural Policemen, in addition to salary
now provided by law, twenty-five dollars per month, each, pay-
able monthly. For the three militia companies, the sum of one
thousand ($1,000.00) dollars in equal proportions, to be paid •
monthly upon the filing of the proper receipts of the respective
captains.
Saluda County. — For the county of Saluda, for ordinary ^,_^ ^
, ^ d^ » a^iixKt Count J'.
county purposes, seven mills. The County Board of Commis-
sioners of said county are hereby authorized and empowered to
borrow a sum sufficient for the purpose of defraying expenses
of the county for the fiscal year 1911, and to pay past indebted-
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A. D. 1911 ness in such amounts and at such times as to them may seem
^"'^^'^^^^ proper : Provided, That the sum so borrowed shall not exceed
the sum of eighteen thousand ($18,000) dollars, at not exceed-
ing seven per cent, interest. The levy herein made may be
pledged as security for the payment of the loan so made.
Spartanburg County, — For ordinary county purposes, three
Spartanburg and oue-half mills; for ordinary road purposes, one (1) mill;
"° '' for interest on bonds, one-half mill ; sinking fund, one mill ;
for permanent improvements on roads and bridges, one and
one-half mills. The accounts for each of these purposes shall
be kept distinct, but in case there is a surplus in the ordinary
county fund, the same may be expended for roads ; and in case
there is a surplus in the fund provided for interest on bonds,
the same shall be added to the sinking fund. In anticipation
of the collection of taxes, as hereinbefore levied for the general
purposes of the county, the County Supervisor and the County
Treasurer are hereby authorized to borrow not exceeding
eighty-five per cent, of the amount levied, and are authorized
to secure such loan, if necessary. Any security or note given
for a greater amount than eighty-five per cent, shall be null
and void. The county authorities are hereby forbidden to
borrow more than sixty per cent, of the levy for ordinary
county purposes before the first of July, 1911, and the time for
collection of road taxes for Spartanburg county shall not expire
until the 15th of March, 1911. The commissioners may, if
they deem best, appropriate the sum of twenty-five dollars ptT
month' for the Good Samaritan Hospital, to be used by them in
payment of expenses of charity patients in such institution.
They are further authorized to appropriate the sum of five
hundred dollars for the work of the Spartanburg County
Health League. They are further authorized to appropriate
• the sum of seven hundred dollars, if they think best, to pay
for the Confederate monument now in course of erection. In
order to equalize the various townships, some of which have
overdrawn their share of the road fund, the commission is
hereby authorized to apply a sufficient amount of the perma-
nent road fund to pay off these differences. The commissioner
of each township is hereby forbidden to overdraw his account.
.Stimp« shall be furnished to the Register of Mesne Convey-
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ances by the County Board of Commissioners in the same man- a. d. i»ii
ner as other county officers. The Sheriff of Spartanburg ^^-^^^^^
county shall receive forty cents per day each for feeding pris-
oners, to be paid as now provided by law.
Sumter County. — For ordinary county purposes, six (6) sumtcr
mills. That the County Commissioners be authorized to bor- ^""^''
row a sum not exceeding three thousand ($3,000.00) dollars,
to be expended in defraying the expenses of maintaining and
building roads and bridges, and for such purposes only: Pro-
vided, That the rate of interest or discount upon such loan shall
not exceed the rate of seven (7) per cent, per annum. That
the County Commissioners be authorized to expend the sum of
five hundred ($500.00) dollars as they may deem best for the
suppression of tuberculosis in said county of Sumter. That
the County Commissioners are directed to pay to the Sumter
Light Infantry Company, for rent of armory and fixtures, the
sum of two hundred ($200.00) dollars.. That the County
Board of Commissioners of said county be authorized and
directed to furnish and supply to the several magistrates of
said county official's blanks and supplies, including dockets.
That the County Commissioners shall go over and inspect the
roads and bridges of said county and make a report to the
County Board of Commissioners of such inspection and condi-
tion of said roads and bridges, each commissioner to inspect and
report upon the condition of the roads and bridges in the sec-
tion of the county in which he resides, as near as practicable,
such inspection and report to be made quarterly, and for such
inspection and report they shall each receive the sum of five
($5.00) dollars, but no mileage. The County Board oi Com-
missioners be authorized to use and expend any surplus here-
under for building and maintaining roads and bridges.
Union County, — For ordinary county purposes, 3^ mills;
for road tax, 2J/2 mills; for interest on R. R. bonds, 1 mill;
for past indebtedness, V/i mills; for old soldiers, yi mill; for
constitutional school, 3 mills; for courthouse, 1 mill.
Williamshurg County, — For chain gang and bridges, one-half wiiiiamibuf»
(J4) mill, and for ordinary county purposes, three (3) mills,
to be expended as follows, if so much be necessary: For
County Auditor, four hundred ($400) dollars; for County
262 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 Commissioner and Auditing Board, seven hundred ($700)
dollars; for County Treasurer, four hundred ($100) dollars;
for County Board of Equalization, one thousand ($1,000) dol-
lars; for the pay of jurors, witnesses and constables, four
thousand ($1,0.00) dollars; for the Clerk of Court, four hun-
dred and twenty-five ($425) dollars; for Sheriff, one thousand
fivt hundred ($1,500) dollars; for Magistrates and Constables,
one thousand seven hundred ($1,700) dollars; for Coroner, one
hundred fifty ($150) dollars; for the poorhouse and poor, two
thousand ($'^,000) dollars; for repairs to roads and bridges
and chain gang expenses by road engineer, two thousand
($*?,000) dollars; for books, stationery and printing, one thou-
sand ($1,000) dollars; for contingent expenses, one thousand
(:$1,000) dollars; for post mortem, five hundred ($500) dol-
lars; for Jury Commissioners and insurance, two hundred
($200) dollars ; for courthouse, two hundred and fifty ($250)
dollars; for jail and dieting prisoners, six hundred ($600)
dollars; for Physicians and Attorney's fees, two hundred
($200) dollars ; for past indebtedness, two thousand five hun-
dred ($2,500) dollars; for Superintendent of Education and
board, seven, hundred and fifty ($750) dollars; for Road
Engineer, one thousand two hundred ($1,200) dollars. The
County Commissioner is authorized and directed to issue his
pay certificate for, and the treasurer to pay such of the above
amounts as are in addition to the salaries of the following
officers, to wit : The Clerk of Court, pne hundred and fifty
($150) dollars, in addition to his salary as now provided by
law ; the Sheriff, two hundred and fifty ($250) dollars, in addi-
tion to- his salary as now provided by law; the County Com-
missioner, three hundred ($300) dollars, in addition to his
salary as now provided by law, and the County Auditor, one
hundred ($100) dollars, in addition to his salary as now pro-
vided by law.
York County. — For the county of York, for ordinary county
purposes, four and one-half (4J/2) mills; a levy of two (2)
mills for road purposes, as provided by law, the treasurer to
apportion same, as required by law ; also a special levy of one-
half (J4) of one mill for the purpose of the completion of an
iron or steel bridge over Catawba River, at Ivey's mill, as
York County.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 263
provided for by Acts of 1910 ; in Ebenezer township, a special ^' ^- i^ii
levy of three- fourths (J4) of one mill; in Catawba township, a
special levy of one and three- fourths (1^) mills; in York
township, a special levy of three (3) mills, to pay the interest
on bonds issued by said townships in interest of the Charleston,
Cincinnati and Chicago Railroad; also in said townships of
Ebenezer, Catawba and York, a special levy of one-half (j/i)
mill, as a sinking fund to retire said bonds ; the Treasurer of
Yoric county, for collecting and disbursing this special levy,
shall be allowed commissions as now provided by law. A levy
of one-quarter (%) of one mill to be placed by the County
Treasurer to the county bridge fund to be expended according
to law. The County Commissioners of York county: are
hereby authorized and empowered to borrow a sum of money,
not exceeding twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars, at* a rate of
interest not to exceed six (6) per cent, for ordinary county
purposes, and .to pledge the tax levy of said county to secure
the same. In addition to this amount for ordinary county
purposes, the County Commissioners of York county . are
authorized and empowered to borrow a sum of not exceeding
four thousand five hundred ($4,500) dollars, at a rate of inter-
est not to exceed six (6) per cent., for the purpose of erecting
an iron or steel bridge over Catawba River, at Ivey's mill, and
to pledge the special tax levy of one-half (J4) of one mill to
secure the same. For reindexing deeds, thirteen hundred
($1,300.00) dollars, in office of Register of Mesne Convey-
ances under the supervision of the Clerk of Court ; for special
Constables' salary and actual expenses, thirteen hundred
($1,300.00) dollars, if so much be necessary.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 148.
AN ACT TO Make Appropriations to Meet the Ordii^ary
Expenses of the State Gkdvernment for the Fiscal
Year Commencing January 1, 1911, and to Provide
for a Tax Sufficient to Defray the Same.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the .
^ Appropriations
State of South Carolina, That the following sums of money, '" ^^^ ^"®-
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A. D. 1011
Stat« levy.
Governor.
Secretary of
State.
if SO much be necessary, be, and the same are hereby, appro-
priated out of the State treasury to meet the ordinary expenses
of the State government for the several objects and purposes
specified during the fiscal year beginning January 1, 1911; and
a tax of five and three-fourths mills upon all taxable property
in the State is hereby levied to defray the same, and such other
indebtedness as may be created by the present General Assem-
bly:
SECTION 1.
Governor's Office.
Item 1. Salary of Governor $ 3,000 00
Item ii. Salary of Private Secretary 1,500 00
Item 3. Salary of Messenger 480 00
Item 4. Salary of Stenographer 900 00
Item 5. Contingent fund, for rewards and
other purposes 5,000 00
Item 6. Stationery and stamps 350 00
Item 7. Special fund for enforcement of law. . 5,000 00
Item 8. For furnishings 865 00
Total $ 17,086 00
SECTION 2.
Secretary of State's Office,
Item 1. Salary of Secretary of State $ 1,900 00
Item 2. Salary of Clerk 1,500 00
Item 3. Salary of Assistant Clerk 1,500 00
Item 4. Salary of Stenographer 720 00
Item 5. Contingent fund 200 00
Item 6. Stationery and stamps 650 00
Item 7. Books, blanks, furnishings and fittings. 300 00
Item 8. Contingent fund, as keeper of State
House and grounds 500 00
Total $ 7,270 00
jifoTg. — The Appropriation Act has been made to conform to the action of the
.General Assembly upon the several items vetoed by the Governor. The items in
'which the veto was sustained having been omitted, the residue becomes law.
ANoaSw J. BXTHEA, Code Commissioner.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 265
SECTION 3. A.D.mi
Comptroller General's Office.
Item 1. Salary of Comptroller General $ 1,900 00 ^.^^p^j^jj^^
Item 2. Salary of Chief Clerk 1,600 00 ^°«~»-
Item 3. Salary of Audit Clerk 1,400 00
Item 4. For extra clerical services 1,400 00
Item 5. Salary of Bookkeeper 1,500 00
Item 6. Salary of Stenographer 400 00
Item 7. Salary of Porter 300 00
Item 8. Stationery and stamps 600 00
Item 9. Printing 850 00
Item 10. Contingent fund 300 00
Item 12. Traveling expenses of Comptroller
General and assistants in witness-
ing annual settlements 500 00
Total $ 10,750 00
SECTION 4.
Insurance Commissioner's Office,
Item 1. Salary of Commissioner $ 2,500 00 insurance
Item 2. Clerical work ' 2,300 00 commtoioner.
Item 3. Stamps, stationery and printing 1,200 00
Item 4. Contingent fund 1,500 00
Item 6. For a Deputy 400 00
Item 7. For rent and necessary office expenses. 600 00
Item 8. Provided, That nothing herein con-
tained shall be construed to prevent
the collection and disbursing of any
license fees or taxes for specific
purposes in accordance with Act or
Acts authorizing the same.
Total $ 8,500 00
All fees, licenses and charges collected by this department
shall be paid to the State Treasurer, and this appropriation,
which is exclusive of all authorized disbursements by this
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A. D. 1911 department, shall be dispensed in the same manner as all other
appropriations are directed to be, anything in the Act of 1909,
page 7, to the contrary notwithstanding.
SECTION 6.
State Treasurer's Office,
stat« TreaBurer. Item 1. Salary of State Treasurer $ 1.900 00
Item 2. Salary of Chief Clerk 1,600 00
Item 4. Salary of Bookkeeper 1,500 00
Item 6. Salary of Second Bookkeeper 1,600 00
Item 6. Stamps and stationery 300 00
Item 7. Printing 200 00
Item 8. Contingent fund and Porter 300 00
Item 9. The Brown Consol Fund shall be
turned into the General Fund, and
should other Brown Consols be
presenter! for payment they shall
be paid out of the General Fund.
Total $ 7,300 OO
state SuDcrin-
tendent of Ed-
ucation.
SECTION 6.
State Superintendent of Education's Office.
Item 1. Salary of Superintendent $ 1,900 OO
Item 2. Salary of Assistant Superintendent. . . 1,500 00
Item 3. Salary of Stenographer 720 OO
Item 4. Stationery and stamps 500 00
Item 5. Traveling expenses 300 OO
Item 6. Printing books and blanks for public
schools, and the County Superin-
tendents of Education shall be
required to use said books and
blanks 2,000 00
Item 7. Contingent fund 400 00
Item 8. Rent of office 480 00
Total $ 7,800 Oa
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 267
SECTION 7. t^'^
Adjutant General's OMce.
Item 1. Salary of Adjutant General $ 1,900 00
Item 2. Salary of 'Assistant Adjutant General. 1,600 00 Gciem"
Item 3. Salary of State Armorer, and expenses
of maintaining armory 500 00
Item 4. Salary of Stenographer 720 00 .
Item 6. Contingent fund 500 00
Item 6. Stamps and stationery 300 00
Item 7. Collecting arms, freight, advertise-
ments, printing, expenses of inspec-
tion, purchasing missing parts of
arms, ammunition 660 00
Item 8. Assisting military companies .to main-
tain their organizations 12,000 00
Total $ 18,070 00
SECTION 8.
Attorney General's OfUce.
Item 1. Salary of Attorney General $ 1,900 00 Attmwy
Item 2. Salary of Assistant Attorney General. 1,800 00 '*'"**"•
Item 3. Salary of Stenographer and Law Qerk 720 00
Item 4. Stationery and stamps 125 00
Item 5. Contingent fund 300 00
Item 6. Expenses of litigation 3,000 00
Total $ 7,570 00
That out of the appropriation in Item 6, for expenses of Hti-
^tion, the Attorney General be allowed to use as much as
$200 to pay his actual expenses in attending the Convention of
Attorneys General of the different States, held annually, and
$25.00 to pay premium on his official bond.
SECTION 9.
Railroad Commissioners' Office.
Item 1. Salary of Commisisoners $ 5,700 00 p^j,^j
Item 2: Salary of Secretary 1,800 00 commi-ioner.
268
A. ami Item
Item
Item
Chief Game
Warden.
Item
Item
Stat« Librarian.
Item
Item
Item
Item
ings.
Public Build- Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
STATUTES AT LARGE
3. Salary of Stenographer 720 00
4. Printing 300 copies of Conunissioners'
Report, freight rates, classification,
rules and regulations 350 00
5. Contingent expenses and rent of offices. 3,000 00
Total $ 11,670 00
SECTION 10.
Chief Game Warden's Office.
1. Salary of Chief Game Warden $ 1,900 00
2, Traveling expenses 1,000 00
Total $ 2,900 00
SECTION 11.
State Librarian's Office,
1. Salary of Librarian $ 1,000 00
2. Stationery and stamps 300 00
3. Contingent fund 300 00
4. Purchasing and binding books -200 00
Total $ 1,800 00
SECTION 12.
Public Buildings.
1. Electrician and engineer of State House $ 1,075 00
2. Two watchmen for State House and
grounds, at $65 per month each. . 1,560 00
3. Janitor for State House 160 00
4. Janitress for State House 120 00
5. Two firemen for heating apparatus of
State House 785 00
6. Fuel for State House 2,000 00
7. Water for public institutions, located
in Columbia, and for sewerage
pipes 7,500 00
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 269
Item 8. Lights, shades, fixtures, tools and sup- ^ °- ^®^^
plies for lighting State House and
grounds 600 00
Item 9. Lighting State House and grounds,
State Hospital, University grounds.
Governor's Mansion and Peniten-
tiary 6,000 00
Item 10. Insurance on Mansion and bam 34 33
Item 11. Repairs, furniture and fuel for Man-
sion 1,350 00
Item 13. Sinking Fund Commission on account
of loan of $175,000 to complete
State House, under Act of Febru-
ary 17, 1900, XXIII Statutes, 601. 17,400 00
Balance unpaid April 1,
1010 $60,000 00
Interest, 4 per cent., to
April 1, 1911 2,400 00
$62,400 00
Less this appropriation, which must be
paid ad diem on April 1, 1911 17,400 00
Leaving balance unpaid April 1, 1911. $45,000 00
Item 14. Sinking Fund Commission, in full on
account of loan of $45,000 to com-
plete State House, under Act of
February 25, 1904, XXIV Stat-
utes, 663 21,840 00
Balance unpaid April 1,
1910 $21,000 00
Interest, 4 per cent., to April
1, 1911 840 00
$21,840 00
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A. D. 1011 Item 16. Sinking Fund Commission, on account
of loan made to Asylum Commis-
sion, under Act of 1910, payable
ad diem April 1, 1911 50,000 00
Item 17. For repairing of Arsenal 400 00
Total $110,824 33
SECTION 13.
State Geologist's Oihce.
o. . ^ , .^ Item 1. Salary of State Geologist $ 1,500 00
State Geologist. "^ ^ ^
Total $ 1,500 00
SECTION 14.
Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Industries.
Department of Item 1. Salary . of Commissioner $ 1,900 00
cgSmiJcT'and Item 2. Salary of Clerk 1,400 00
induatries. j^^^^ 3 Expenses 4,000 00
Item 4. Prizes for farmers 500 00
Item 5. Salary of Stenographer 720 00
Item 8. Farm demonstration work, payable to
Commissioner and State Agent of
United States farm demonstration
work, and to be expended under
their direction 10,000 00
Item 9. South Carolina Corn Breeders' Asso-
ciation for furthering work and for
prizes: Provided, That $4,000.00
is raised by the association for the
purpose, this amount to be ex-
pended under the direction of the
President and Vice President of
the association, the Commissioner
of Agriculture, the Superintendent
of School Extension of Clemson
College, and the Professor of Agri-
culture of ClemscMi College 3,000 00
Total $ 21,520 00
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 271
SECTION 15. A. D. 1911
Judicial Department,
Item 1. Salary of Chief Justice Jones $ 3,000 00 ju^idai De-
Item 2. Salary of Associate Justice Gary 3,000 00 partmcnt.
Item 3. Salary of Associate Justice Woods. . . 2,850 00
Item 4. Salary of Associate Justice D. E.
Hydrick 3,000 00
Item 5. Salaries of Circuit Judges 36,000 00
Item 6. Salaries of Solicitors 20,400 00
Item 7. Salaries of Stenographers 18,000 00
Item 8. Salary Clerk of Supreme Court 1,000 00
Item 9. Salary of Reporter 1,300 00
Item 10. Salary of Librarian Supreme Court. . 900 00
Item 11. Salary of Messenger 200 00
Item 12. Salary of Stenographer 720 00
Item 13. Salary of attendant 200 00
Item 14. Contingent fund 800 00
Item 15. Books for Supreme Court 750 00
Item 16. Current volumes Supreme Court
Reports 600 00
Item 17. Stenographers for Justices Supreme
Court •. . 2,000 00
Item 18. Salary of Code Commissioner 500 00
Item 19. Special Court Stenographers 500 00
Item 20. Supreme Court Librarian, for deficit
1910, $150; typewriter, $100; car-
pet, $150 400 00
Item 21. Pay of Hon. J. F. J. Caldwell, Special
Judge 50 00
Item 22. For extra work of Code Commissioner
for preparing Code 450 00
Item 23. Pay of Hon. W. T. Aycock, Special
Judge 170 00
Item 24. Pay of Hon. Henry Mullins, Special
Judge 87 50
Item 25. Pay for telephone for Supreme Court. 50 00
\
272
STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 Item 26. For improvements in Supreme Court
^^0-„r-<t^ ^^^ consultation rooms, if so much
be necessary 500 00
Total $ 97,427 50
SECTION 16.
Health Department,
Health Depart- Item 1. Salary of State Health Officer $ 2,500 00
"®"** Item 2. Traveling expenses of same 1,000 00
Item 3. Salary of Clerk to same 720 00
Item 4. Expenses of State Board of Health . . 2,000 00
Item 5. Contingent fund for protection against
spread of contagious and infectious
diseases, free distribution of diph-
theria antitoxin, director and porter
of laboratory; to be expended at
discretion of the State Board of
Health, under supervision of the
Governor 15,000 00
Item 7. Deficit for 1910 6,085 27
Total $ 27,305 27
SECTION 17.
Board of Medical Examiners.
Board of Med- Item 1. For expenscs, salaries, etc $ 2,500 00
ical Examiners.
Total $ 2,500 00
SECTION IS.
Tax Department,
Tax Depart- Item 1. Salaries of County Auditors $ 38,166 57
ment.
Item 2. Salaries of County Treasurers 38,166 57
Item 3. Books and blanks 3,500 00
Item 4. Per diem and mileage of State Board
of Equalization 2,000 00
Total $ 81.833 14
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 273
SECTION 19. A.D.mi
University of South Carolina,
Item 1. Maintenance $ 59,863 19 university of
South Carolina.
Item 2. Extraordinary expenses for 1910 8,746 25
Item 3. General repairs 1,000 00
Item 5. Fuel 800 00
Item 7. For 43 scholarships ($100 each) 4,300 00
Total $ 74,709 44
That the Board of Trustees of the University of South
Carolina is hereby authorized to apportion the appropriation
made by the General Assembly among the different schools of
the University as it sees proper, and to accept any gifts or
donations to the University, if acceptance of such gifts and
donations in nowise involves additional appropriations, or
other financial obligations, on the part of the State of South
Carolina, other than the annual appropriations made by the
General Assembly.
That the faculty of the University of South Carolina, under
such regulations as may be adopted by the Board of Trustees,
be, and are hereby, authorized to admit, without charge for
tuition, Ihe duly accredited graduates of the University, and of
the colleges of South Carolina, as graduate students of the
University in all courses of study, except law.
SECTION 20.
Winthrop Normal and Industrial College.
Item 1. Maintenance \ $ 87,942 44 winthrop Nor-
Item 2. Scholarships 12,400 00 [^-fii "^oiilscl"^
Item 3. For enlarging dining room 12,000 00
Item 6. Insurance 4,000 00
Item 6. • Installing vault 1,200 00
Item 8. Raise in salaries of women assistant
teachers 1,160 00
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274 STATUTES AT LARGE
«
A. D. 1011 Item 9. For Industrial Arts and Science build-
^'^'^^^^"^ ing, $20,000 out of taxes of 1911,
$20,000 out of taxes of 1912, $20,-
000 out of taxes of 1913 20,000 00
Total $ 138,702 44
SECTION 21.
The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina.
The citadeL it^m 1. Maintenance $ 30,000 00
Item 2. For building and equipping east wing
to main building, $25,000, to be paid
out of the taxes of 1911, and
$25,000 to be paid out of the taxes
of 1912 25,000 00
Total $ 55,000 00
SECTION 22.
Institute for Education of Deaf, Dumb and Blind.
EduatiSn'o'i Item 1. Maintenance $ 30.000 00
SS'biSiT** Item 2. Repairs and improving grounds 1,000 00
Item 3. Insurance 1,446 98
Item 4. Four scholarships, $150 each, to stu-
dents of this Institute matriculat-
ing in any college in the United
States, to be expended under the
supervision of the Board of- Com-
missioners ; unexpended balance to
be applied to literary or industrial
department, at the discretion of the
Board 600 00
Total $ 33,046 98
SECTION 23.
State Colored Industrial and Mechanical College.
stou Colored ]tem 1. Maintenance and repairs $ 5,000 00
Indufltnal and *^ ^
^«*a^«i Item 2. iialance on new dormitory 14,000 00
Total $ 19,000 00
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 2?5
SECTION 24. A. D. 1911
Other Educational Purposes.
item 1. High Schools, which is to be paid out
of the dispensary fund $ 60,000 00 other Educa-
item 2. Rural Libraries 5,000 qq'^'^^'^'^''^
Item 3. School for Catawba Indians 200 00
Item 4. State Board of Education 1,000 00
Item 5. For extension of public schools under
Act of 1910 to be paid out of the
dispensary fund 60,000 00
Item 7. Public school buildings under Act No.
430, Acts of 1910. which is to be
paid out of the dispensary fund. . 20,000 00
Item 8. Confederate Home College 2,000 00
Item 9. Committee to Check State Institiitions. 348 70
Total $ 148,648 70
SECTION 25.
State Hospital for Insane.
Item 1. Mamtenance $ 225,000 00
Item 2. Salary of Superintendent 3,000 00 fS^lnSS?****
Iterri 3.. Board of Regents 1,200 00
Item 4. For improvements and repairs and fur-
nishing, if so much be necessary. . 36,000 00
item 6. P^or deficit 1910 30,226 00
Item 6. Fire protection, $500; amusement,
$500 1,000 00
Item 7. Insurance 6,500 00
Item 8. For dentist, $250, and eye and ear spe-
cialist, $250 500 00
Item 9. Pathologist 1,500 00
hem 10. Dietician 600 00
Total $ 304,526 00
276
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A. D. 1011
South Carolina Item
Industrial _
School. Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Penitentiary.
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
Item
other Charito- Item
ble and Penal
Purposes.
Item
Pensions.
Item
Item
SECTION 26.
South Carolina, Industrial School.
1. Maintenance $ 10,000 00
3. Cooking range, water heater and uten-
sils 300 00
4. Cauldron 35 00
5. Four milch caws 200 00
6. Sewer tile 650 00
7. Sewing machine for tailor shop 37 00
8. Plumbing for present building 500 00
9. Necessary furnishings 250 00
Total $ 11,972 00
SECTION 27.
• State Penitentiary.
1. Salary of Superintendent $ 1,900 00
2. Salary of Captain of Guard 1,200 00
3. Salary of Physician 1,500 00
4. Salary of Chaplain 600 00
5. Salary of Chaplain Reformatory 150 00
6. Salary of Clerk of Penitentiary 1 ,200 00
Total $ 6,550 00
SECTION 28.
Other Charitable and Penal Purposes,
1. Committee on Examination of Penal
and Charitable Institutions $ 405 00
2. Board of Pardons 400 00
Total $ 805 00
SECTION 29.
Pensions.
1. For pensions $ 250,000 00
2. For maintenance of the Confederate
Infirmary 14,000 00
Total $ 264,000 00
OF SOUTH £:AR0LINA. 277
Mrs. M. A. Smith, Oconee county, back pension for 1907- A. d. i9ii
1909, $42.27, to be paid out of above appropriations for pen- ^^-'•v-^-'
sions.
SECTION 30.
Historical Commission,
Item 1. Secretary $ 1,500 00 Higtoricai com-
Item 2. Contingent fund 250 00 ™*«^««-
Item 3. Printing 600 00
Item 4. Expenses, of Commission 100 00
Item 6. Filing cases' 260 00
Total $ 2,600 00
SECTION 31.
Interest on Bonded Debt,
Item 1. Interest on $5,619,251.47 R. B. C, at
Interest on
4J4 per cent $ 252,866 22 bonded debt.
Item 2. Interest on $400,000 Blue, at 4j^ per
cent.. . 18,000 00
Item 3. Interest on $191,800 Agricultural Col-
lege Perpetual Stock, at 6 per cent. 11,508 00
Item 4. Interest on $58,539.39 Clemson College
Perpetual Stock, at 6 per cent 3,512 00
Item 5. Interest likely to accrue 10,000 00
Total $ 295,886 22
SECTION 32.
Elections.
Item 1. Supervisors of Registration $ 7,050 00
Item 2. Commissioners and Managers of Elec-
tions 1,500 00
Item 3. Advertising elections 400 00
Item 4. Deficit 1910 for advertising 4,100 00
Total $ 13,050 00
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A.D.WU SECTION 33.
Miscellaneous.
MiscciianeouB. Item 1. Claim passed by the General Assembly,
if so much be necessary $ 23,000 00
Item 2. Public printing ' 25,000 00
Item 3. Phosphate Commission 300 00
Item 4. Committee on Books of State Officers 575 00
Item 6. Confederate Museum 100 00
Item 6. Board of Fisheries 7,200 00
Item 7. Premiums on surety bonds of clerks
in State offices 190 00
Item 8. Reunion of veterans 1,500 00
Item 9. Catawba Indians 5,000 00
Item 10. Tax stamps and blanks for Board of
Fisheries 400 00
Item 11. State Board of Law Examiners for
1910, $450; for 19U, $450 900 00
Item 12. South Carolina Live Stock Association 1,000 00
Item 13. To reimburse Richland county for ex-
penses "Merger Suit" 1,062 00
Item 16. For Custodian of Relic Room 300 00
Total $ 66,527 00
SECTION 34.
The Senate.
Item 1. Pay, mileage and stationery of Presi-
^* ^''^^' dent and Senators $ 9,526 43
Item 2. Clerk 800 00
Item 3. Assistant Clerk . . . .* 400 00
Item 4. Journal Clerk 280 00
Item 5. Reading Clerk 300 00
Item 6. Sergeant-at-Arms 200 00
Item 7. Bill Clerk 200 00
Item 8. Clerk of Judiciary Committee 160 00
Item 9. Clerk of Finance Committee 160 00
Item 10. Clerk Committee on Education, Incor-
porations and Railroads . . ., 160 00
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 279
Item 11. Clerk of Claims Committee. 40 00 a, d. wii
Item 12. For Clerk of Police Regulations and
Banking and Insurance 40 00
Item 13. Three Doorkeepers, $120.00 each 360 00
Item 14. Two Pages, $80.00 each 196 00
Item 15. Private Secretary to Lieutenant Gov-
ernor 200 00
Item 16. Mail Carrier 120 00
Item 17. Chaplain 100 00
Item 18. Laborers (2), $80.00 each 160 00
Item 19. One Doorkeeper of Committee Room. 80 00
Item 20. Contingent fund 2,050 00
Item 21. Three laborers, $80.00 each 240 00
Total $ 16,772 43
SECTION 35.
The House of Representatives,
Item 1. Pay, mileage and stationery of mem- „ouse of Rep-
bers $ 26,652 20 '^"^"t^^ves.
Item 2. Clerk 800 00
Item 3. Assistant Clerk 400 00
Item 4. Journal Clerk 280 00
Item 5. Reading Clerk 300 00
Item 6. Bill Clerk 200 00
Item 7. Sergeant-at-Arms 200 00
Item 8. Clerk Ways and Means 200 00
Item 9. Clerk Judiciary 200 00
Item 10. Three Doorkeepers, $120.00 each 360 00
Item 11. Four Pages, $80.00 each 320 00
Item 12. Secretary to Speaker 200 00
Item 13. Mail Carrier 120 00
Item 14. Chaplain 100 00
Item 15. Porter Judiciary * 80 00
Item 16. Porter Ways and Means 80 00
Item 17. Five laborers, $80.00 each 400 00
Item 18. Contingent fund 1,600 00
Item 19. For pay of two extra clerks 400 00
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En^ossin^ De
partment.
A. D. 1011 Item 20. Extra services of Sergeant-at-Arms in
purchasing furniture and disposing
of furniture 129 50
Item 21. Porter Speaker's room 80 00
Item 22. H. N. Edmunds as clerk 50 00
Item 23. E. M. Rucker, $35.00; Jas. A. Hoyt,
$35.00, service in securing new fur-
niture '. . . 70 00
Item 24. Purchasing new furniture and expenses
incident' thereto 5,330 00
Total $ 38,452 13
SECTION 36.
Engrossing Department.
Item 1. Pay of Solicitors: each Solicitor shall
receive $5.00 for each day's actual
attendance, and the mileage of a
member of the General Assembly,
to be paid upon the certificate of
the Solicitors, approved by the At-
torney General $ 2,157 00
Item 2. Chief Clerk 250 00
Item 3. Clerks 3,120 00
Item 4. Porter • 80 00
Item 5. Extra Porter 40 00
Item 6. Mail Carrier 80 00
Item 7. Contingent fund 323 72
Total $ 6,050 72
SECTION 37.
Expenses Common to Both Houses,
m
Item 1. Flag raiser $ 80 00
Item 2. Three laborers, $80.00 each 240 00
Total : $ 320 00
Expenses com
mon to both
hoiueft.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 281
SECTION 38. A. D. 1911
Recapitulation.
Section 1. Gk>vernor's office , $ 17,086 00
Section 2. Secretary of State's office 7,270 00 «*«^p^*"^***^'^-
Section 3. Comptroller General's office 10,760 00
.Section 4. Insurance Commissioner's office . . . , 8,500 00
Section 5. State Treasurer's office 7,300 00
Section 6. State Superintendent of Education's
office 7,800 00
Section 7. Adjutant General's office 18,070 00
Section 8. Attorney General's office 7,670 00
Section 9. Railroad Commissioners' office .... 11,670 00
Section 10. Chief Game Warden's office 2,900 00
Section 11. State Librarian's office 1,800 00
Section 12. Public Buildings 110,824 33
Section 13. State Geologist's office .* 1,600 00
Section 14. Department of Agriculture, Com-
merce and Industries 21,620 00
Section 16. Judicial Department - 97,427 60
Section 16. Health Department 27,306 27
Section 17. Board of Medical Examiners 2,600 00
Section 18. Tax Department 81,833 14
Section 19. University of South Carolina 74,709 44
Section 20. Winthrop Normal and Industrial
College . . 138,702 44
Section 21. The Citadel, The Military College
of South Carolina 66,000 00
Section 22. Institute for Education of Deaf,
Dumb and Blind 33,046 98
Section 23. State Colored Industrial and Me-
chanical College 19,000 00
Section 24. Other Educational Purposes 148,648 70
Section 26. State Hospital for Insane 304,526 00
Section 26. South Carolina Industrial School... 11,972 00
Section 27. State Penitentiary 6,660 00
Section 28. Other Charitable and Penal Pur-
poses 806 00
Section 29. Pensions 264,000 00
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A. D. ini Section 30. Historical Commission 2,600 00
^■'*'^^"*^ Section 31. Interest on Bonded Debt 295,886 22
Section 32. Elections 13,050 00
Section 33. Miscellaneous 66,527 00
Section 34. The Senate 15,772 43
Section 35. The House of Representatives.... 38,452 13
Section 36. Engrossing Department 6,050 72
Section 37. Expenses common to both houses. . 320 00
Total $1,939,042 30
SECTION 39.
That in anticipation of the taxes hereinbefore levied the
Governor, State Govemor and the State Treasurer and the Comptroller Gen-
comptroiier" eral be, and they are hereby, empowered to borrow on credit
izlS^to borrow of the State, so much money from time to time as may be
™°"*^^' needed to meet promptly, at maturity, the interest which will
mature on the first day of July and on the first day of January
of each year, on the valid debt of the State, and to pay the cur-
rent expenses of the State government for the present fiscal
proviw. year, and for pensions: Provided, That the sum so borrowed
. shall not exceed six hundred thousand ($600,000) dollars.
SECTION 40.
It shall not be lawful for any expenditure authorized under
the various sections of this Act to exceed the amounts specifi-
cally appropriated therefor.
SECTION 41.
That this Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval
by the Govemor.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 283
No. 149. ^^^^
AN ACT TO Authorize the Town op Ward, in Saluda
County, Upon a Petition of a Majority op Its Free-
holders AND THE Vote of a Majority of Its Quali-
fied Electors to Vote at an Election Thereon to
Issue Not More Than Five Thousand Dollars in
sonds for the purpose of general town improve-
MENTS.
Section l. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Town Coundi
State of South Carolina, That upon a petition of a majority JhoS!? to"
of the freeholders of the town of Ward, in Saluda county, as f^^bond^'^i^e,
shown by its tax books, to hold a special election in said town
for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors residing
in said town of Ward, at an election upon the question of issu-
ing bonds to an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars for
the purpose of general town improvement, that the Town
Council of said town is authorized and empowered to order
an election upon said bond issue, at which election all persons
qualified to vote in said election shall be allowed to vote, and
the said Town Council shall give two weeks' notice in some
newspaper published in the county, which notice shall state
the time, place and purpose of said election.
Sec. 2. The said Town Council of the town of Ward shall j^^.^ council
appoint the managers, prescribe the form of ballot to be used, SJaiuSera"\iDd
receive the returns and declare the result of said election, keep- p'*p*'^ baiiot*.
ing a proper written record of the same. The said Town
Council shall provide two (2) sets of ballots for use in said
election ; on one shall be the words, "For Bonds," and on the
other the words, "Against Bonds." If a majority voting vote
"For Bonds," then said bonis shall be issued and disposed of
by the Town Council of the town of Ward in aid of and for
the benefit of general town improvement.
Sec 3. That in case a majority of votes cast in said election
be in favor of said bond issue, the bonds shall be issued, and Bonda.
they shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed six per cent.,
payable annually from date of issue, and they shall be of the par
value of one hundred dollars each ; they shall be signed by the
intendant or mayor of the town, and shall be countersigned by
284
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A. D. 1911 thg Clerk of the Town Council, and they shall mature twenty
(20) years after date, and the coupons thereof shall be receiv-
able for town taxes.
Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of the said Town Council to
Annual tax to ^^^y and coUect annually a tax upon all property in said town
pay^intCTw? on subject to taxation, both real and personal, sufficient to pay the
interest on said bonds as it may become due, this tax to be
in addition to that levied and collected for ordinary purposes.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its
approval by the Governor, and all Acts or parts of Acts incon-
sistent with this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 19H.
bondfl.
No. 150.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Provide
FOR AN Election on the Issue of Seventy-five Thou-
sand ($75,000) Dollars in Coupon Bonds by Union
County for the Purpose of Erecting a Courthouse,
AND to Empower the County Commissioners to Con-
demn Land for a Site for Same,*' Approved the 4th
Day of February, A. D. 1910, by Adding a Section
TO Be Known as Section 7, Providing for Removal of
County Offices and Records of County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Stot8°' m' ^ State of South Carolina, That an Act entitled "An Act to pro-
vide for an election on the issue of seventy-five thousand
($75,000) dollars in coupon bonds by Union county for the
purpose of erecting a courthouse, and to empower the County
Commissioners to condemn land for a site for same," approved
the 4th day of February, A. D. 1910, be, and the same is
hereby, amended by adding to said Act the following section to
be known as Section 7 :
Section 7. That the said County Board of Commissioners
are hereby authorized and directed, if necessary, to rent or
lease a building or buildings in which to hold court for said
county during the construction of said courthouse, and also to
provide suitable offices for the county officials, and shall
amended.
County Com-
missioners au
thorized to
provide tem-
porary court
building.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 286
remove all records, papers and documents to a place of safety a. d. i9ii
until same can be removed to and placed in the new court-
house authorized by this Act. The costs and expenses incident
to the renting of said buildings and removal and safekeeping
of records, papers, etc., shall be paid by the County Treasurer,
upon the warrant of the County Board of Commissioners,
out of the ordinary funds of the county.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911. .
No. 151.
AN ACT TO Authorize an Election in Sumter County
TO Issue Bonds in the Sum of One Hundred and
Fifty Thousand Dollars for Building akd Con-
structing Roads and Bridges in Sumter County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That an election in Sumter county Election au-
. thorized m
IS hereby authorized as to the issue of coupon bonds of saidsumter county
■*^ on question of
county to the amount of one hundred and fifty thousand dol- bonds for
■^ "' roads.
lars, for the purpose of building and maintaining roads and
bridges in Sumter county.
Sec. 2. That said election shall be held and conducted under
the direction of the Commissioners for State Elections, who
shall appoint the managers, prepare the ballots, canvass the
returns, and declare the resiilt, as provided by law for general
elections.
Sec. 3. The election herein provided for shall be held on
the first Tuesday in August, one thousand nine hundred and heW.'
eleven; those voting in favor of the issuing such bonds shall
vote a ballot on which is printed or written the words, *'Shall
Sumter county issue bonds to the amount of $150,000, at the
_ ^^ . ^^^ r r^ • ft Ballots.
rate of $30,000 a year for five consecutive years, for the pur-
pose of building and constructing roads and bridges in Sumter
county?*' "Yes." Those voting against the issuing of such
bonds shall vote a ballot on which is printed or written the
words: "Shall Sumter county issue bonds to the amount of
$150,000, at the rate of $30,000 a year for five consecutive
years, for the purpose of building and constructing roads and
When to be
^86 STATUTES AT LARGE
A.D. i»ii bridges in Sumter county?" "No." And if a majority of the
qualified electors voting in said election shall vote for bonds,
then the Supervisor and County Commissioners of Sumter
county shall issue said bonds as herein provided; but if a
majority of the qualified electors voting in said election shall
vote against bonds, then no bonds shall be issued under this
Act.
Sec. 4. Said bonds to be issued in denominations of one
Dcnomina. hundred dollars, five hundred dollars and one thousand dollars,
tionsof bond*. ,,.,<.. ,.
as may be determined, bearmg mterest at a rate not exceedmg
five per centum per annum, payable annually, and to mature
twenty years from date of issue.
Sec. 5. That said bonds shall not be sold for less than par,
Sin brTOid. ^"^ ^^ proceeds of the sale of said bonds as sold shall be paid
over to the County Treasurer, to be used for said purposes.
Sec. 6. That thirty thousand ($30,000) dollars of said bonds
shall be sold annually.
Sec. 7. That there shall be retained out of the proceeds of
JSid^nuai^! sale of such bonds as may first be sold, a sum sufficient to
pay the first year's interest thereon ; that thereafter the proper
authorities of said county shall annually cause to be levied
a tax on all the taxable property, real and personal, in said
county, sufficient to pay the interest on such bonds as shall
have been sold, and provide a sinking fund to retire said bonds
at maturity.
Sec. 8. That all bonds issued hereunder and in pursuance of
this Act shall be signed by the Supervisor and members of the
said County Board of Commissioners of said county: Pro-
vided, That the signatures of the supervisor and members of
Proviso as to , ,. , , , , ,
sigiuiturei. said board may be lithographed or engraved upon the coupons
attached to said bonds, and such lithographed or engraved
signatures shall be a sufficient signing thereof. That the treas-
urer of said county shall be liable upon his bond for the pro-
ceeds of sale of such bonds sold and turned into the county
treasury of said county.
Sec. 9. Said commissioners «hall employ an engineer, who
Engineer to be shall also be skilled in scientific road construction, at such
employed. ^ ^ '
salary as may be fixed by said commissioners, payable monthly,
from the proceeds of the sale of bonds herein provided for.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 287
And such assistant engineers, with like qualifications as they a. d. loii
may deem necessary, whose salary shall be fixed and paid in ^
like maimer. It shall be the duty of the engineer, under the
direction of the commissioners, to survey, locate and relocate,
when necessary, every section of road before any permanent
work shall be done thereon, furnishing complete maps, show-
ing location, grade, together with complete plans and speci-
fications for the permanent construction of such road or
highway.
Sec. 10. That nothing herein shall affect in any respect any
bond or bonds, or the right to issue any bond or bonds imder suta?' ftss^not
the provisions of an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the*^**^^*^"
Supervisor and County Commissioners of Sumter county to
issue bonds in the sum of fifty thousand dollars for building
and maintaining roads and bridges in Sumter county,"
approved the 26th day of February, A. D. 1910.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No, 152.
AN ACT TO Authorize and Require the County Board
OF Commissioners of Greenwood County to Issue
Bonds for the Purpose of Paying the Indebtedness
OF Said County, to Provide for an Annual Levy for
the Purpose of Paying the Interest on Bonds, to
Provide a Sinking Fund to Redeem Same, and to Pro-
vide FOR the Appointment of a Sinking Fund Com-
mission.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State x>f South Carolina, That for the purpose of providing county com-
funds for paying the indebtedness, fifty thousand dollars forthorteed to .«-
school, and sixty thousand dollars for general, indebtedness, bonds.
now due by the county of Greenwood, the County Board of
Commissioners of said county be, and they are hereby, author-
ized and empowered to issue interest-bearing coupon bonds of
said county, to be known as public debt bonds, in the aggre-
gate sum of one hundred and ten thousand ($110,000) dol-
lars, in denominations of one thousand dollars and five hun-
dred dollars, numbered consecutively from one upwards, and
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A. D. 1911
Proviso.
Ballots.
Bonds to be
signed; how.
Proviso.
bearing interest at a rate not exceeding five per cent, per
annum, payable annually on the first day of April until
the same shall fall due, which bonds shall be made payable to
bearer, not more than twenty-five years from the date thereof ;
and a record of the respective numbers, denomination and
amount of said bonds shall be registered and kept by said
board in a suitable book provided by said board for that pur-
pose : Provided, That for the purpose of determining the issue
of bonds authorized in the foregoing section hereof, the said
commissioners shall order an election to be held in said county,
on a day to be named by said commissioners, on the question
whether the said bonds shall be issued, at which election onlv
the qualified voters of said county shall be allowed to vote, and
said commissioners shall give notice of said election for three
weeks in the newspapers published in said county ; the voting
places shall be those now provided by law for general elec-
tions in said county, and the said commissioners shall desig-
nate the time and appoint the managers of such election,
receive the returns of the managers and declare the result.
Sec. 2. The said commissioners shall have printed for the
use of the voters in said election two sets of ballots, which
shall be placed, an equal number of each, at the polling places.
On one set of said ballots shall be printed the words, "For
Bonds," and on the other set of which shall be printed the
words, "Against Bonds." If a majority of the votes cast at
said election shall be for the issuing of coupon bonds provided
for in Section 1 hereof, then the said commissioners shall issue
the said bonds, as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 3. That the bonds hereby authorized shall be signed
by the Supervisor of Greenwood county, and countersigned by
the Clerk of the County Board of Commissioners thereof;
they shall be impressed with the seal of the County Super-
visor, and the coupons thereof shall be signed in the same
manner: Provided ^ however, That the signatures of said offi-
cers to the coupons of said bonds may be engraved or litho-
graphed, and such engraving or lithographing shall be sufficient
signing thereof. Said bonds shall be nontaxable tor all pur-
poses whatsoever, and the coupons thereof, when due, shall be
receivable in payment of all county taxes.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 289
Sec. 4. That said County Board of Commissioners shall have ^- ^- ^®^^
entire charge of the sale of said issue of bonds hereby author- j^^^ ^j ^^^^
ized, and they shall, upon the issuance of the same, without J^g^'^™™^"*^!):
delay, proceed to make sale of said bonds by advertisement in **' *'^"^*' ^^^•
one or more newspapers published in this State, and other-
wise as they deem proper; no offer for the same less than
par to be considered, and when said sale shall have been made, .
the proceeds derived therefrom shall be paid by the purchaser
or purchasers to the County Treasurer of said county, to be
held by him for the purposes herein provided and designated
on his books as the "Public Debt Fund," which said fund
shall be deposited by said treasurer in two or more chartered
banks in the county of Greenwood, and paid out by him as
hereinafter provided ; and said County Treasurer's official bond
shall be liable, as in case of other funds in his hands, for all
funds deposited with him under and by authority of this Act.
Sec. 5. That the proceeds of the sale of said bonds herein Proceeds to be
' % 1 r i«ii •t«ii/-« rn disbursed, how.
provided for shall be deposited with the County Treasurer as
herein required, and shall be used for no other purpose or pur-
poses than as herein designated, and shall be paid out or dis-
bursed by the said County Treasurer at the instance and
requirement of the said County Board of Commissioners, and
in no other manner or by any other means than upon the
special warrant or warrants of said commissioners, drawn
upon said County Treasurer, which warrant or warrants shall
be signed by the County Supervisor and countersigned by the
Clerk or Secretary of said County Board of Commissioners,
based upon itemized and verified vouchers, filed with said
County Board of Commissioners, which vouchers shall be filed
in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for
Greenwood county, and all orders drawn or issued by said
County Board of Commissioners, and to be paid by said County
Treasurer as herein provided, shall specify in each case the
object for which they are drawn.
Sec. 6. Should there be any balance of said funds herein
authorized and provided for, after paying the said indebted- hoVSiaS^. °
ness, the County Treasurer shall transfer such balance to the
special sinking fund hereinafter authorized.
19— A
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STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1011
Annual tax to
be levied to
pay interest.
Sinking fund.
Proviso author'
izinpr invest-
ment of fund,
etc.
Fund for per-
manent im-
provement of
school build-
ings, etc.
Sec. 7. That for the purpose of paying the interest on the
bonds hereinbefore authorized to be issued, and the retire-
ment of the same at maturity, the County Board of Commis-
sioners of the county of Greenwood, and their successors in
office shall, from year to year, from 1911, levy a tax of one
mill on the dollar upon all the taxable property of said county,
to be known as the public debt tax, to be collected as the other
taxes of said county, and after the payment of the said inter-
est the balance of the said special levy shall be held by the said
County Treasurer, which sum shall be, and constitute, a sink-
ing fund for the payment of the principal debt of said bonds
at maturity.
Sec. 8. That the sinking fund hereby created shall be kept
separate and intact by the County Treasurer, and shall be by
him deposited at interest in two or more chartered banks for
the benefit of said fund, and upon the expiration of the period
of time herein fixed at which said bonds are to be redeemed
and retired, the said County Board of Commissioners, or their
successors in office, shall redeem and retire, by means of said
sinking fund, said bonds, in which event they shall call in and
pay ofl? said bonds so redeemed and retired, and when so
redeemed and retired shall, together with the attached and
unearned coupons, be destroyed or mutilated by said board,
and a record of said bonds so redeemed and retired shall be
kept in the book herein provided for: Provided, however.
That the said County Board of Commissioners, and their suc-
cessors in office, may invest any part or all of said funds on
hand at any time in said bonds, if same can be purchased at a
price not exceeding par, the proper records 'of all such pur-
chases and cancellations to be kept as hereinbefore provided.
Sec. 9. Should there be any remaining fund in the hands
of the said County Treasurer, after all bonds are redeemed
and retired by the said sinking fund, the same shall be held as a
fund for the permanent improvement of the public school
buildings and furniture thereof, and for the repair of the
public roads of said county, forty-three per cent, to be applied
to the former and fifty-seven per cent, thereof to the latter
purpose, and drawn on for such purpose or purposes by the
County Board of Commissioners and the County Superin-
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 291
tendeiit of Education, respectively, and as above appor- ^ ^- ^^^^
tioned.
Sec. 10. That the County Board of Commissioners and two ginj^jn^ p„„j
persons to be hereafter named by the Senator and members of corapMcd°"of
the House of Representatives of said county shall constitute ^'*^^™-
the Sinking Fund Commission provided for herein.
Sec. 11. This Act shall take effect immediately after its
approval by the Governor.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 158.
AN ACT TO Empower Beaufort and St. Helena Town-
ships^ OF Beaufort County, to Issue Bonds for the
Purpose of Building a Bridge and Approaches from
THE Town of Beaufort to Lady^s Island, and to Pro-
vide FOR Their Payment.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, The County Board of Commissioners !;^"V/„ ^^^"iTr
' •' missioners oi
of Beaufort county be, and they are hereby, authorized and ®®*^|2[Jqj.^5"*
empowered to issue and sell coupon bonds of and for the |^ *^"uin°"*^
townships of Beaufort and St. Helena, of said county, payable *°^®*^*p*-
to bearer, in such denominations and to such amount as they
may deem necessary, not to exceed the sum of eighty thousand
dollars, bearing a rate of interest not to exceed five per centum
per annum, payable annually or semi-annually, at such time
as they may deem best, for the purpose of erecting a bridge
and approaches thereto from the town of Beaufort to Lady's
Island : Provided, That the question of issuing said bonds shall
be first submitted to the qualified voters of said townships proviso.
upon the petition of one hundred freeholders of each of said
townships, at an election to be held at the usual voting pre-
cincts in said townships at such times as the said Board of
Commissioners shall deem best.
Sec. 2. That after said petition has been so filed with said
. . . Election.
County Board of Commissioners, they shall appoint managers
and order an election to be held on the question of whether
said bonds shall be issued or not, in which election only quali-
fied electors shall be allowed to vote; and the said Board of
292 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 Commissioners shall publish a notice ordering said election,
for not less than three weeks, in one or more of the newspapers
published in the town of Beaufort, and said managers shall
conduct, direct and declare the results of said election, and
make returns thereof to said Board of Commissioners.
Sec. 3. That said Board of Commissioners shall have
Ballot*. printed for the use of the voters in said election an equal num-
ber of ballots, on which shall be printed the words, "For the
issue of bonds," and on the other set the words, "Against the
issuing of bonds."
Sec. 4. If the majority of votes cast at said election shall be
bonds; how to for the issuing of bonds, the said Board of Commissioners may
"" ' issue said bonds, which shall run for a period of twenty years,
the proceeds of which shall be used for the purpose of erecting
a bridge and approaches thereto connecting the town of Beau-
fort and Lady's Island. Upon the issuance of said bonds or
any part of the same, it shall be the duty of the County Auditor
and County Treasurer, respectively, or other officers charged
with their duties, to levy and collect annually from all property,
real and personal, within the limits of said townships a tax not
to exceed three mills to pay the interest on said bonds and
provide a sinking fund for the payment of said bonds.
Sec. 5. That said bonds and coupons thereto attached shall
be signed by the chairman and countersigned by the Secretary
of said Board of Commissioners of said county: Provided,
That the signatures of said officers may be lithographed upon
the coupons- attached to the said bonds and such Uthographed
signatures shall be sufficient signatures thereof.
Sec. 6. That the bonds issued in pursuance of this Act shall
be exempt from all taxes. State, county and municipal.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Proviso as to
signatures.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 293
No. 154. t^^
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled '^An Act to Author-
ize THE City Council of Columbia to Issue Coupon
Bonds at a Rate of Interest Not Exceeding Four
Per Cent. Per Annum, for the Purpose of Paying
OR Exchanging the Four Per Cent. Coupon Bonds
AND Script of Said City, Maturing July 1, 1910,"
Approved February 14, 1908, so That the Bonds so
Authorized May Bear Interest at a Rate Not
Exceeding Five Per Cent. Per Annum.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the ^^.^ ^i i^^a ,5
State of South Carolina, That an Act entitled "An Act to f^e^J^ed ^*'
authorize tlie city council of Columbia to issue coupon bonds
at a rate of interest not exceeding four per cent, per annum
for the purpose of paying or exchanging the four per cent,
coupon bonds and script of said city, maturing July 1, 1910,"
approved February 14, 1908, be amended by substituting the
word "five" for the word Vfour" in line 3 of the title, in line
12 of the preamble and line 11 of Section 1 ; so that said title,
preamble and Section 1 shall read as amended:
An Act to authorize the city council of the city of Columbia
to issue coupon bonds at a rate of interest not exceeding five
per cent, per annum for the purpose of paying or exchanging
the four per cent, coupon bonds and script of said city matur-
ing July 1, 1910.
Whereas, Certain four per cent, coupon bonds and script
of the city of Columbia, heretofore issued pursuant to law,
will mature on July 1 A. D. 1910; that is to say, eight hun-
dred and forty-eight thousand, one hundred ($848,100.00)
dollars of bonds and twenty-four hundred and forty-seven
and 99-100 ($2,447.99) dollars of script, and the city council
of the city of Columbia desire to provide for the payment
or exchange of said bonds and script so maturing as afore-
said by the issue of new bonds in the aggregate not exceed-
ing the sum of eight hundred and fifty thousand, five hundred
and forty-eight ($850,548.00) dollars, bearing interest at a rate
not exceeding 5 per cent, per annum ; therefore,
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A. D. 1911 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
( itv of coium- State of South Carolina, That for the purpose of payment or
to'^ijSurbomil exchange of the four per cent, coupon bonds and script of the
city of Columbia, maturing on the 1st day of July, A. D. 1910.
the city council of the city of Columbia are hereby authorized
and empowered, from time to time, to execute and issue coupon
bonds in such amounts as shall be proper, payable in thirty
years from their respective dates, to an amount not exceeding
in the aggregate eight hundred and fifty thousand, five hundred
and forty-eight ($850,548.00) dollars; said bonds to bear inter-
est not exceeding five per cent, per annum, payable semi-
annually, and to be used and disposed of either by sale or
exchange, for the purpose of refunding or paying at not less
than par the aforesaid four per cent, bonds and script of the
said city, maturing July 1 A. D. 1910 ; said bonds to bear date
from the date of the payment or exchange of the said bonds or
script for which they shall be respectively sold or exchanged.
The principal and interest of said bonds shall be paid in any
legal tender money of the United States.
Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect on the day of its
approval.
Approved the '^Sth day of January A. D. 1911.
No. 155.
AN ACT TO Authorize and Validate the Issue oi^ Certain
Municipal Bonds by the City of Orangeburg in Aid
OF the Orangeburg Railway.
Whereas, The freeholders of the city of Orangeburg did
heretofore, by their majority petition, request the city council
of the city of Orangeburg to order an election upon the ques-
tion of issuing municipal coupon bonds of the said city to the
amount of twenty thousand dollars in aid of the Orangeburg
Railway, railroad corporation duly authorized under the laws
of this State, proposing to build a line of railroad about eigh-
teen miles in length, from the city of Orangeburg to the town
of North, both in said State ; and.
Whereas, Such election was dulv ordered and held in the
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manner provided by law ; and,
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Whereas, A majority of the qualified electors of the said city ^- ^- ^^^^
voting in said election voted in favor of issuing such bonds;
and.
Whereas, The city council of said city did thereupon enter
into an agreement with the said railroad corporation regarding
the issue of such bonds, properly protecting the interest of the
said city ; but that some question has arisen as to whether such
election could be held without an Act of the General Assennbly
authorizing the same ; so now,
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Election in city
State of South Carolina, That such election be, and the same for iminicipi?
1 «• i*i^i* 1 1 ^•i bonds ratified.
hereby is, validated in each and every particular.
Sec. 2. That the city council of the city of Orangeburg be,
and hereby are, authorized, after all other provisions of law city coundi to
have been complied with, to issue the aforesaid municipal bonds
for the purposes hereinbefore stated.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Xo. 156.
AN ACT TO Authorize the Town of Hartsville, in Dar-
lington County, Upon the Petition of a Majority of
Its Freeholders and the Vote of a Majority of Its
Electors, Qualified to Vote at an Election Thereon,
TO Issue Not More Than Seventeen Thousand Dol-
lars IN Bonds in Aid of the South Carolina West-
ern Railway, and to Levy and Collect Taxes to Pay
the Interest on the Said Bonds, and the Principal
Thereof.
Whereas, The South Carolina Western Railway is now
building and constructing a line of railroad which is to be
operated from the town of McBee, through the towns of Harts-
ville and Darlington to t'lorence, in the State of South Caro-
lina; and,
Whereas, The opening up of .this new line of transportation
is expected to be of great benefit and advantage to the com-
mercial welfare of the town of Hartsville and vicinity, and
the citizens of the same town have agreed to raise certain funds
to secure a right of way and a depot site through the town of
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A, D. 1911 Hartsville for the said railroad in consideration of the bene-
fit and advantage to accrue to them from the constructioii
and operation of said railroad ;
Town ckwncii SECTION 1. Be it cnocted by the General Assembly of the
authorized to State of South Carolina, That upon a petition of a majority of
for raUro«d° the freeholders of the town of Hartsville, Darlington county,
tftion for^iimt as s-hown by its tax books, to hold a. special election in said
town for the purpose of submitting to the qualified electors
residing in said town of Hartsville, at an election upon the
question of issuing bonds to an amount not to exceed seventeen
thousand dollars for the purpose of aiding in the building and
construction of the South Carolina Western Railway, that the
town council of said town is authorized and empowered to
order an election upon said bond issue, at which election all
persons qualified to vote in said election shall be allowed to
vote, and the said town council shall give three weeks' notice
in some newspaper published in the county, which notice shall
state the time, place and purpose of said election.
Sec. 2. The said town council of the town of Hartsville
shall appoint the managers, prescribe the form of ballot to be
used, receive the returns and declare the result of said elec-
tion.
Sec. 3. That in case a majority of votes cast in said election
Bonds to be ^e in favor of said bond issue, the bonds shall be issued, and
iamied, etc. ^^^^ gj^^j ^^^ interest at a rate not to exceed six per cent.,
payable annually, and they shall be of the par value of one
hundred dollars each; they shall be signed by the intendent
or mayor of the town, and shall be countersigned by the clerk
of the town council, and they shall mature ten years after
date, and the coupons thereof shall be receivable for town
taxes, and any or all of said bonds may be redeemable by the
said town at any time after the elapse of five years from their
date at the option of the town council of the town of Harts-
ville.
Sec. 4. That the said bonds, or any part thereof, may be
Sale. sold by the town coimcil, either at public or private sale:
Provided, That none of the said bonds shall sell for less than
Proviso.
their par value.
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Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of the said town council a.d. wii
to levy and collect annually a tax upon all property in said town Annual tax to
subject to taxation, both real and personal, sufficient to pay ply^^n^l^cst
the interest on said bonds as it may become due, this tax to be
in addition to that levied and collected for ordinary purposes.
Sec. 6. In addition to the tax hereinbefore provided to meet
the annual interest on said bonds, and in addition to the taxes ^^^^^ '""^
for ordinary purposes, the town council of the town of Harts-
ville shall levy and collect annually a tax on all property in
said town subject to taxation, both real and personal, to be
not less than ten per cent, of the face value of said bonds,
which said sum shall be denominated a sinking fund, and which
shall be applied to the extinguishment of said bonds whenever
they shall be retired: Provided, That the sums collected for
said sinking fund shall be invested by the town council ofPtoWao.
the town of Hartsville, in safe interest-bearing security, applied
on the liquidation and payment of said bonds before their
maturity.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its
approval by the Governor, and all Acts or parts of Acts incon-
sistent with this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 157.
AN ACT TO Authorize the Town of St. George, in Dor-
chester County, to Issue Coupon Bonds for the Pur-
pose of Furnishing Electric Lights and Supplying
A Water System for the Said Town.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the town of St. George, in Town of st.
Dorchester" county, is hereby authorized and empowered to i«ed to iasue
issue and sell coupon bonds of said town in an amount not
exceeding seventeen thousand ($17,000) dollars, as it may
deem necessary, for the purpose of furnishing electric lights and
supplying a water system for the said town: Provided, That
the question of issuing the bonds authorized in this section shall ProviK>.
first be submitted to the qualified electors of the said town at
an election to be held to determine whether said bonds shall
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he issued or not, as hereinafter provided: Provided-, further.
That no election shall be held except upon petition therefor,
signed by a majority of the freeholders of said town, as shown
by its tax books.
Sec. 2. That for the purpose of determining the issue of
bonds authorized in Section one (1) of this Act, the town
council of the said town shall order an election to be held in
the said town on the question of whether the said bonds shall
be issued or not, in which election only the qualified voters of
the said town, under Section 13, Article II of the Constitu-
tion of 1895 of the State, residing in the said town shall be
allowed to vote; and said town council shall give notice of
the said election three (3) weeks prior thereto in the Dor-
chester Eagle, a weekly newspaper, published in the town of
St. George, and shall designate the time and place of said
election, appoint the managers and receive the returns of the
said managers, and declare the result of the said election.
S^c. 3. That the said town council shall have printed for
the use of the voters in said election, two sets of ballots, which
shall be placed, an equal number of each, at the polling place,
on one set of which shall be printed the words, "For the
issuing of bonds," and on the other set of which shall be printed
the words, "Against the issuing of bonds." If a majority of
the votes cast at said election shall be for the issuing of the
coupon bonds provided for in Section one (1) hereof, the said
town council shall issue the said bonds or such amount thereof,
not exceeding seventeen thousand ($17,000) dollars, as they
may deem necessary for the purposes set out in Section one
ri) of this Act, which said bonds shall be of the par value
of one hundred ($100.00) dollars each, payable to bearer, to
run for a period of thirty years, with the privilege to the said
town to redeem and retire the same after fifteen years from
date of issue, bearing interest not to exceed five per centum
per annum, payable annually. Any bonds executed and not
issued shall be cancelled.
Sec. 4. That the said bonds or any part thereof may be
sold by the said town council, either at public or private sale :
Proinded, aki^ays, That none of the said bonds shall be sold
for less than par value.
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Sec. 5. That the said town council is hereby authorized a. d. 1911
and directed to assess, levy and collect, in addition to the annual Annual tax to
taxes levied for other purposes, a sufficient annual tax on all p^y ^nt^rrat
the taxable property in said town to pay the interest on said
bonds as it shall become due. That the fund so collected shall
be applied by said town council solely to the payment of the
interest on said bonds as it shall become due.
Sec. 6. That all bonds issued under and in pursuance of
this Act shall be signed by the intendant and countersigned by S^Sl^;^^how.
the Town Treasurer of the said town: Provided, That the
signatures of said intendant and treasurer may be lithc^aphed
or engraved upon the coupons attached to the said bonds, and
such lithographed or engraved signatures shall be a sufficient
signing thereof.
Sec. 7. That said town council is hereby authorized and
directed to assess, levy and collect, in addition to the annual ' *° *"*
taxes levied for other purposes, a sufficient annual tax on all
the taxable property in said town to raise the sum of at least
one-fiftieth (1-60) part of the entire bonded debt as a sinking
fund in aid of the retirement and payment of said bonds. That
said sinking fund shall be under the control and management
of the said town council, and shall be deposited in some bank
of good financial standing at interest, the rate of interest to be
agreed upon, pending the application of said sinking fund to
said bonds. That said sinking fund shall be applied by said
town council to the retirement and redemption of said bonds
before maturity or to the payment of said bonds at maturity.
Sec. 8. That the bonds issued under this Act shall be exempt
from all taxes.
Sec. 9. That all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the Exempt from
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. **''"•
Sec. 10. That this Act shall take effect immediately upon
its approval by. the Governor.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
ProriM.
Proviao.
300 STATUTES AT LARGE
^^;^!^ No. 158.
AN ACT TO Authorize the City of Spartanburg to Issue
Bonds for the Purpose of Paying Off the Floating
Indebtedness of Said City.
cit of s r- Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
tho^d to ifl. S^^^^ ^^ South Carolina, That the city of Spartanburg is hereby
sue bonds. authorized and empowered to issue and sell coupon bonds of
said city in an amount not exceeding ninety thousand dollars,
for the purpose of paying off the floating indebtedness of the
said city: Provided, That the question of issuing the bonds
authorized in this section shall first be submitted to the qualified
electors of said city at an election to be held to determine
whether said bonds shall be issued or not, as hereinafter pro-
vided : Provided, further. That no election shall be held except
upon petition therefor, signed by a majority of the freeholders
of said city, as is shown by the tax books.
Sec. 2. That for the purpose of determining the issue of
EiecUon. bouds authorized in Section 1 of this Act, the city council shall
order an election to be held in the said city on the question of
whether the said bonds shall be issued or not, in which election
only the qualified voters, under Section 13, Article II of the
Constitution of 1895 of the State, residing in said city, shall
be allowed to vote; and said city council shall give notice of
said election for three weeks in at least two of the county
papers published in the city of Spartanburg; shall designate
the time and place, and appoint the managers of such election,
and receive the returns of the managers, and declare the result.
Sec. 3. The said city council shall have printed for the
Ballots. use of the voters in the said election two sets of ballots, which
shall be placed at the various polling places in the said city.
On one set of these ballots shall be printed the words, "For
the issuing of bonds," and on the other of which shall be
printed the words, "Against the issuing of bonds." If a
majority of the votes cast at said election shall be for the
issuing of the coupon bonds provided for in Section 1 hereof,
the said city council shall issue said bonds in an amount not
exceeding ninety thousand dollars, as they may deem requisite
for purposes set forth in Section 1 of this Act, payable to
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bearer, to run for a period of twenty years. Said bonds shall ^- ^- ^®^^
bear a rate of interest not exceeding four and one-half per
cent, per annum, payable semi-annually.
Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of the municipal officers of
the city of Spartanburg charged with the assessment and col- Annual tax to
lection of taxes in the said city to levy such a tax annually ^y^j^J^ggJ®
upon all property, real and personal, within the limits of said
city, and collect the same as other taxes are now levied and
collected, as will raise a sum sfficient to pay the interest on
all bonds issued under and in pursuance of this Act. The
fund so collected to be applied by the said municipal officers
of said city, solely to the payment of interest on said bonds :
Provided, That any surplus or balance may be used as here- ^*
inafter provided.
Sec. 5. That all bonds issued under and in pursuance of
this Act shall be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by Bonda to be
the City Treasurer of said city: Provided, That the signa-
tures of said Mayor and Treasurer may be lithographed or
engraved upon the coupons attached to said bonds, and such
lithographed or engraved signatures shall be sufficient sign-
ing thereof.
Sec. 6. That any balance or surplus arising from the tax
collected from property in said city pursuant to this Act shall sinking fund.
be set aside as a sinking fund for liquidating said bonds at
maturity.
Sec. 7. That the bonds issued under this Act shall be exempt Ej^empt from
from all taxation. taxation.
Sec. 8. That all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with the
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 9. That this Act shall take effect upon approval by the
Govemo;r.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
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^^^^;^ No. 159.
AN ACT TO Authorize the Town of Saluda, in Saluda
County, Upon the Petition of a Majority of Its
Freeholders and the Vote of a Majority of Its Elec-
tors, Qualified to Vote at an Election Thereon, to
Issue Not More Than Ten Thousand Dollars in
Bonds in Aid of the Augusta Northern Railway and
TO Levy and Collect Taxes to Pay the Interest on
Said Bonds.
Whereas, The Augusta Northern Railway is now building
and constructing a line of railroad which is to be operated '
between the town of Wards and the town of Saluda, in the
State of South Carolina; and,
Whereas, The opening up of the new line of transportation
is expected to be of great benefit and advantage to the com-
mercial welfare of the town of Saluda and vicinity, and the
citizens of said town of Saluda have agreed to raise certain
funds in aid of said railroad in consideration of the benefit and
advantage to accrue to them from the construction and opera-
tion of said railroad ;
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
3^rhoi(f*i?^ State of South Carolina, That upon a petition of a majority of
tion on bond.. ^^^ freeholders of the town of Saluda, in Saluda county, as
shown by its tax books, to hold a special election in said town
for the purpose of subnfitting to the qualified electors residing in
said town of Saluda, at an election upon the question of issuing
bonds to an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars for the
purpose of aiding in the building and construction of the
Augusta and Northern Railway, that the town council of said,
town is authorized and empowered to order an election upon
said bond issue, at which election all persons qualified to vote
in said election shall be allowed to vote, and the said town
council shall give two weeks' notice in some newspaper pub-
lished in the county, which notice shall state the time, place
and purpose of said election.
Sec. 2. The said town council of the town of Saluda shall
Ballot*. appoint the managers, prescribe the fonti of ballot to be used,
receive the returns and declare the result of said election, keep-
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ing a proper written record of the same. The said town a. d. wii
council shall provide two (2) sets of ballots for use in said
election, on one shall be the words, "For bonds," and on the
other the words, "Against bonds/' If a majority voting vote
"For bonds," then said bonds shall be issued and disposed of
by the town council of the town of Saluda, in aid of and for
the benefit of said Augusta Northern Railway only when the
same is completed and operated into the town of Saluda from
the town of Wards.
Sec. 3. That in case a majority of votes cast in said election
be in favor of said bond issue, the bonds shall be issued, and
they shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed seven per cent,
payable annually from date of issue, and they shall be of the
par value of one hundred dollars each ; they shall be signed by
the intendant or mayor of the town, and shall be countersigned
by the clerk of the town council, and they shall mature
twenty (20) years after date, and the coupons thereof shall be
receivable for town taxes.
Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of said town council to
levy and collect annually a tax upon all property in said ^ov/n^^^^}^^^^^
subject to taxation, both real and personal, sufficient to pay
the interest on said bonds as it may become due ; this tax to be
in addition to that levied and collected for ordinary purposes.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its
approval by the Governor, and all Acts or parts of Acts incon-
sistent with this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 160.
AN ACT TO Authorize the Mayor and Aldermen of the
Town of Barnwell to Issue Bonds for the Purpose
OF Retiring Six Thousand Dollars Past Due Bonds
OF Said Town Heretofore Issued for the Purpose of
Constructing Public Buildings in Said Town.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the^^^ ^^ ^^
State of South Carolina, That the Mayor and Board of Alder- j^^u ""^HST^
^ ^ -f to issue bonds.
men of the town of Barnwell shall have power, and are hereby
authorized, to issue bonds of said town on or before the first
ProTiso.
304 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 (Jay of April, A. D. nineteen hundred and eleven, to the amount
of six thousand dollars for the purpose of retiring bonds of the
face value of six thousand dollars, now due and payable in
denominations of one hundred dollars, made payable twenty
years from date of said bonds, with interest, payable semi-
annually at the rate of not more than six per cent, per annum,
and the coupons for said interest, when due, to be receivable
in payment of all taxes levied by or due the said town.
Sec. 2, That the said Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the
Bonds to bo said towu of Barnwell shall turn over said bonds when issued
sold by Bank
of Barnwell, to the cashier of the Bank of Western Carolina (Barnw^ell
Branch), which said bank is hereby authorized to sell said
bonds: Provided, That said bonds shall not be sold for less
than their par value; and until said bonds are sold, and when
so sold, the proceeds thereof shall be deposited in said bank,
to be drawn out only upon the joint order of the mayor and
at least three of the aldermen of said town, accompanied by the
sworn voucher and receipt of the person in whose favor said
order is drawn.
Sec. 3. That the money arising from the sale of said bonds
usedrbow*.^ ^ shall bc uscd exclusively for the purposes set out in Section
1 of this Act, and to this end shall be expended under the direc-
tion and control of the said Mayor and Board of Aldermen of
the said town of Barnwell; and should any of said bonds be
not sold by said bank, the same shall be returned to the said
Mayor and Aldermen of the aforesaid town, and by it cancelled.
Sec. 4. That the said Mayor and Board of Aldermen of said
town of Barnwell shall semi-annually, at such time and place
as they shall fix and determine, pay the interest due on said
bonds ; and for this purpose the said Mayor and Aldermen of
i>e levied to said towu in addition to the powers already conferred, shall
be, and they are hereby, authorized and required to levy such
tax upon the real and personal property assessed for taxation
in said town as may be deemed necessary to pay the interest
on said bonds, which may become due in each and every year
until the whole of said bonds be paid.
Sec. 5. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with
the provisions of this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
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Sec. 6. That this Act shall take effect immediately after its A- ^- i«ii
approval by the Governor.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 161.
AN ACT TO Authorize the Townships op Greenwood, Fel-
lowship AND Brooks, in the County of Greenwood,
AND THE Townships Number 6, Number 4, Number 2
and Number 1, in the County of Saluda, and Saluda
County, Upon the Vote of a Majority of the Elec-
tors Qualified to Vote in the Said Townships and
County, Respectively, to Issue the Bonds of Such
Townships, and Saluda County, and to Provide for
THE Donation and Delivery of the Said Bonds to
Greenwood and Saluda Railroad, Upon the Comple-
tion AND Operation of a Railroad by the Said Cor-
poration from the Town of Greenwood to the Town
OF Saluda.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the County Board of Commis-^f/cltioM'Ti^**^
sioners of Greenwood county and the County Board of Com-o^^jjj>oj"a„d
missioners of Saluda county be, and they are hereby, respec- ^^"*^o ^^"je
tively authorized, directed and required to hold special elections 2?rtain"raii-
in their respective counties ; that is to say, the County Board '°*** **°"**®'
of Commissioners for Greenwood county shall hold elections
for the townships of Greenwood, Fellowship and Brooks, in
Greenwood county, and the County Board of Commissioners
for Saluda county shall hold elections for townships numbers
6, 4, 2>and 1, in Saluda county, and an election for the county
of Saluda, for the purpose of submitting to the qualified elec-
tors of the said townships, and the said county of Saluda,
the question of bonds or no bonds to be donated and delivered
by the said townships, and said Saluda county, to the Green-
wood and Saluda Railroad, immediately upon the completion
and operation of a railroad by the said corporation from the
town of Greenwood, county of Greenwood, State of South
Carolina, to the town of Saluda, county of Saluda, in the said
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Votinif pre-
cincts.
Proviso.
A. D. 19X1 State, and the said election shall be held on the second Tues-
day in August, 1911, and the respective County Board of Com-
missioners shall give notice in one or more newspapers pub-
lished in their respective counties for at least three weeks next
preceding the election, of the time, place and purpose of said
election.
Sec. 2. That at the said election one voting precinct shall
be provided for each of the townships of Greenwood, Fellow-
ship and Brooks, in the county of Greenwood, and one pre-
cinct in each of the townships numbers 6, 4, 2 and 1, in the
county of Saluda, and one precinct in each of the townships
of Saluda county, for the election on the question of bonds
as to Saluda county: Provided, Separate boxes shall be pro-
vided for the election on the question of bonds as to Saluda
county. And the said County Board of Commissioners shall
for their respective elections appoint three managers at each
of said precincts, which managers shall, without compensation,
hold and conduct said election. There shall be provided two
forms of ballots, on one of which shall be printed the words,
"For bonds," and on the other the words, "Against bonds:"
Provided, Only persons qualified to vote under the laws of the
State of South Carolina in the said respective townships and
residing therein shall be allowed to vote at said election on
township bonds: Provided, further. Only qualified electors
residing in Saluda county shall be allowed to vote at said elec-
tion on the question of bonds as to Saluda county.
Sec. 3. In the township of Greenwood, county of Green-
wood, the amount of bonds upon which the said elections
iHindfl for scv*
erai townships, shall be held shall be the sum of thirty-five thousand dollars,
and in the township of Fellowship, county of Greenwood, the
amount of bonds upon which the said election shall be held
shall be the sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars; in
the township of Brooks, county of Greenwood, the amount of
bonds upon which the said election shall be held shall be the
sum of seven thousand five hundred dollars, and in the town-
ship number 6, in Saluda county, the amount of bonds upon
which the said election shall be held the sum of fifteen thou-
sand dollars, and in township number 4, county of Saluda, the
amount of l)onds upon which the said election shall be held
Proviso.
Proviso.
Amount of
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shall be the sum of twenty thousand dollars, and in township ^- ^- ^^^^
number 2, county of Saluda, the amount of bonds upon which
the said election shall be held shall be the sum of fifteen thou-
sand dollars, and in township number 1, county of Saluda, the
amount of bonds upon which said election shall be held shall be
the sum of fifteen thousand dollars, and in the county of
Saluda for the issue of bonds by Saluda county, the amount
of bonds upon which the said election shall be held shall be the
sum of thirty-five thousand dollars.
Sec. 4. The managers of said election shall immediately votes to be
count the votes cast at the said elections and transmit the said "^"" ^ » *^ ^•
votes, with their report thereon, to the County Boards of Com-
missioners of the respective counties in which the said elec-
tions are held. Within five days thereafter, the County Board
of Commissioners of the respective counties shall count the
said votes and ballots, and if a majority of the said ballots cast
in the said townships at the said election, or at either of them,
or in the election held for Saluda county, be in favor of the
issuing of bonds, then, the said County Board of Commission-
ers of the respective counties shall forthwith be authorized and
required to issue the bonds of the sSiid townships and Saluda
county in denominations of one hundred, five hundred or one
thousand dollars, as may be desired by the proper officials of
Greenwood and Saluda Railroad, for the amount of the respec-
tive bonds voted for, which said bonds shall bear interest at^"*^'"**
the rate of five per cent, per annum, payable semi-annually, and
the semi-annual interest on the said bonds shall be evidenced
by coupons attached thereto, and the said bonds shall become
due and payable at the end of twenty years from the date of
issue.
Sec. 5. Immediately upon the issue of said bonds as provided Bonds to be
hereinabove, the County Board of Commissioners of said ^ "*^
counties, respectively, shall place the said bonds in some bank
or banks, within the State of South Carolina, whose paid up
capital shall not be less than twenty-five thousand dollars, in
escrow, to be delivered to the Greenwood and Saluda Railroad
by the said bank or banks, upon the completion and operation of
a railroad by the said corporation from the town of Greenwood,
in the county of Greenwood, to the town of Saluda, in the
308 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. iBii county of Saluda, and the acceptance of the said railroad by the
Railroad Commissioners of the State of South Carolina.
Sec, 6. That for the payment of the interest on the said
Anotui ur to bonds, the County Board of Commissioners of Greenwood and
X'tw^Mt Saluda counties shall annually levy and collect from the said
townships and from Saluda county, respectively, an amount
sufficient to meet the interest on said bonds as the same becomes
due.
Sec, 7. That in addition to the levy above provided for to
siDkins ftind. j^^^^j ^j^^ interest on the said bonds, the said County Board of
Commissioners may in like manner levy and collect a sufficient
amount from the said townships and from Saluda county,
respectively, to create a sinking fund for the retirement of the
said bonds at their maturity, which said sum so raised shall
be applied to the payment of the said bonds as they become
due, and the said County Board of Commissioners are author-
ized, empowered and directed to invest the said sinking fund
so collected so as to obtain thereon not less than four per
cent, interest.
Sec. 8. That if the said railroad is not built and operated
bum'in'three ^^°^ ^^^ towu of Grcenwood to the town of Saluda within three
^ dat"^ '" y^^''^ from the date of issue of said bonds, then the said bonds
shall be returned by the bank or banks holding the same to the
said County Board of Commissioners of the respective counties,
and shall by the said County Board of Commissioners be
destroyed : Provided, That the respective County Boards of
ptoiHuo. Commissioners shall give ten days' notice by puUication of the
ime and place of the destruction of said bonds previous thereto.
Sec. 9. That at the maturity of said bonds the same may be
■efunded by the issue of other bonds for a like period of time,
it such rate of interest as may be deemed advisable by the
bounty Board of Commissioners of the respective counties,
lot, however, to exceed five per cent, per annum.
Sec 10. That the bonds of townships numbers 1 and 2, in
5aluda county, shall not be delivered until said railroad has
>een extended, and is in operation through or across the said
■espective townships.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
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No. 162. t^:^
AN ACT TO Authorize the Town Council of the Town of
Dillon to Issue Bonds to Perform and Redeem the
Obligation Given to Secure the Extension and to
Aid in Construction of the North and South Caro-
lina Railway, and to Levy a Tax to Pay the Interest
AND Provide a Sinking Fund.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the r^^^ coundi
State of South Carolina, That the town council of the town of ?horiJ^Jd V""
Dillon, in Dillon County, be, and it is hereby, authorized, Jj^^i^fi^*^^"
empowered and directed, upon the petition of a majority of the ^"^
freeholders residing in said town to order an election submit-
ting to the qualified electors residing in said town the question
of issuing coupon bonds of not more than ten thousand
($10,000) dollars, for the purpose of performing the agree-
ment and redeeming the obligation entered into and given by
certain citizens of said town, thereunto duly authorized, to the
North and South Carolina Railway Company, a corporation
duly chartered, organized and operated under and by virtue of
the laws of the State of South Carolina, to secure the extension
and to aid in the construction of said railroad to and through
said town of Dillon.
Sec. 2. That upon the filing of said petition with the clerk
thereof, the town council of said town of Dillon shall fix the^^®*^***^
time and place for holding said election, the mayor, or acting
mayor, giving public notice thereof by publication in a. news-
paper published in said town, once in each week for four suc-
cessive weeks, and the supervisor of registration for said town
shall open the books of registration not less than fifteen days
before, and keep the same open until five days preceding the
date fixed for said election, during which time all citizens resid-
ing within the corporate limits of said town and possessing
the qualifications required by the Constitution and laws of this
State shall be entitled tQ register, notice of the time and place
of opening said books of registration being given by publica-
tion of the same once in each week for two successive weeks
in such newspaper.
310 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 Sec. 3. That the polls shall be open at eight o'clock in the
Ballot-. forenoon and remain open until four o'clock of the afternoon
on the day fixed for said election ; the said town council shall
have printed for the use of the voters a sufficient number of
ballots, which shall be placed at the voting place, on part of
which shall be printed the words, "For the issue of bonds," and
on a part thereof the words, "Against the issue of bonds ;" that
they shall appoint three managers to conduct said election, and
all qualified voters registered as aforesaid and residing within
the corporate limits of said town shall be allowed to vote ; that
upon the close of the polls, said managers shall forthwith pro-
ceed publicly to count the votes, and declare the results, making
a written return which, with the poll list, ballots and all other
papers connected with and used in said election, shall be imme-
diately delivered to the clerk of said town council, and by him
turned over to said town council, who, within three days there-
after, shall canvass said return, declare the result and have the
same entered upon the minute book or other record of said
town.
Sec. 4. That in case a majority of the votes cast in said
May iiwue clcctiou bc in favor of the issue of said bonds, the town coun-
'^"''*- cil of said town of Dillon is hereby authorized, empowered and
directed to issue interest-bearing coupon bonds of said town in
such denominations as they deem proper and best in the aggre-
gate sum of not more than ten thousand ($10,000) dollars,
numbered consecutively from one upward and bearing interest
at a rate not to exceed six per cent, per annum, payable annually
on such date in such year as said town council may determine
upon, which said bonds shall be made payable to bearer not
more than twenty years from* the date thereof, redeemable at
the option of said town at any time after the lapse of five years ;
they shall be signed by the mayor of said town, countersigned
by the clerk, with the seal of said town impressed thereon:
Provided, however, That the signature of said officers to the
Proviso. coupons attached to said bonds may. be engraved or litho-
graphed, and such engraving and lithographing shall be suffi-
cient signing thereof. Said bonds shall be nontaxable for all
purposes whatsoever, and the coupons thereof, when due, shall
be receivable in payment of all municipal taxes.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 311
Sec. 5. That said bonds, when so issued, or so much thereof ^- ^- ^'^^
as shall be necessary for the purpose aforesaid, shall be nego- f^,^ ^^^ ^g^_
tiated or sold at not less than par by said town council, and '*^****" **' ^"**»-
the proceeds thereof paid and turned over to said North and
South Carolina Railway Company, its successors or assigns, in
full liquidation, satisfaction and payment of the obligation
aforesaid : Provided, That said North and South Carolina Rail- Proviso.
way Company shall furnish and submit to said town council
a full itemized statement or account showing the amount paid
out, together with any cost, expense and fees incurred on
account of said obligation or obligations: Provided, further,
That said town council, by and with the consent of the presi- '*^" '
dent thereof, turn over and deliver to said North and South
Carolina Railway Company, its successors or assigns, a suffi-
cient amount of said bonds at the par value thereof to liquidate
and satisfy as aforesaid said obligation or obligations.
Sec. 6. That an Act entitled "An Act to authorize the town
of Dillon, in Dillon county, upon the petition of a majority of Act of lom, so
its freeholders and the vote of a majority of its electors quali- peaieti
fied to vote at an election thereon, to issue not more than ten
thousand dollars in bonds in aid of the North Carolina and
South Carolina Railroad, and to levy and collect taxes to pay
the interest on said bonds and the principal thereof," approved
February 23d, A. D. 1910, and all other Acts or parts of Acts
inconsistent with or supplied by this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 7. That this Act shall take effect immediately upon its
approval and be deemed a public Act.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 163.
AN ACT TO Authorize and Require the County Board of
Commissioners oe Dillon County to Issue Bonds, in
Addition to Those Heretofore Authorized, to Erect
AND Furnish a Courthouse and Jail for Said County,
and to Purchase a Lot or Lots for Same, and to Levy
A Special Tax to Pay Same.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That in addition to the bonds here-
Sl^' STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 tofore authorized and required to be issued by an Act entitled
Act of 1910, 26 '^^ "^^^ ^^ authorize and require the County Board of Com-
state., 960. missioners of Dillon county to issue bonds for the purpose
of aiding in erecting and furnishing a courthouse and jail at
Dillon, and to provide a special building commission, to be
known as the Courthouse Commssion, and to prescribe their
powers and duties, and to provide for an annual levy for the
purpose of paying the interest on bonds, and to provide a sink-
ing fund to redeem same," approved February 23d, 1910, the
County Board of Commissioners of the county of Dillon shall
County Board issue bouds to the amouut of twenty-five thousand ($25,000)
ew to iBBue ad- dollars. Said bonds to be exempt from all municipal, county and
State taxes, in addition to the amount authorized by said Act,
making the amount of bonds which shall be issued by said
county of Dillon, in the aggregate, sixty-five thousand ($65,-
000.00) dollars, the proceeds of which, if so much be necessary,
together with all other sums of money, or contributions here-
tofore, or which may hereafter, be contributed or made for that
purpose, shall be used for the purchase of suitable grounds, or
lot or lots, on such additional ground, or lot or lots, as may be
necessary, upon which to erect, and for erecting and furnishing
a courthouse and jail for said county of Dillon.
Sec. 2. That the additional bonds herein and hereby provided
to be issued shall be supplemental of, and deemed and taken
bond8r"proviflo as of, the Same issue as those provided for in the Act aforesaid^
to the intent that they shall be interest-bearing coupon bonds,
known as courthouse bonds, in denominations of five hundred
($500.00) dollars and one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars, num-
bered consecutively from the last number of those issued under
said Act upwards, and bear interest at a rate not exceeding five
per centum per annum, payable semi-annually on the first days
of April and October in each and every year succeeding date
of issue until the same shall mature, and shall be made payable
to bearer not more than twenty years from date thereof;
and a record of the respective numbers, denominations and
amount of said bonds shall be registered and kept by said board
in a suitable book to be provided for that purpose.
Sec. 3. That all the provisions, conditions and stipulations of
the Act aforesaid, entitled "An Act to authorize and require the
as to.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 313
County Board of Commissioners of Dillon county to issue bonds ^- ^» ^•^^
for the purpose of aiding and erecting and furnishing a court- siMi^^lvml
house and jail at Dillon, and to provide a special building com- p'o^^'^*^-
mission, to be known as the Courthouse Commission, and to
prescribe their, powers and duties, and to provide for an annual
levy for the purpose of paying the interest on bonds, and to
provide a sinking fund to redeem same. In regard to the exe-
cution of the bonds therein provided for and the coupons
thereto attached, together with the disposition and the applica-
tion of the proceeds of a sale of the same, the levy of a special
tax and creating a sinking fund are hereby made applicable to
the bonds and coupons herein provided to be issued : Provided, ProvUo,
That no election shall be necessary to determine the question of
the issuing of said bonds.
Sec. 4. That this Act shall take effect immediately upon its
apprpval, and all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith
be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 164.
AN ACT TO Authorize the Town oi^ St. Matthews to
Issue Bonds for the Purpose of Aiding in the Con-
struction OF Public Buildings for the County of
Calhoun, and to Levy Taxes to Pay the Interest on
t Said Bonds and the Principal Thereof.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the town of St. Matthews is Town of 8t.
hereby authorized and empowered to issue and sell coupon imu* bSidT*^
bonds of the said town to the amount of twenty thousand
($20,000) dollars, for the purpose of aiding in the construction
of public buildings for the county of Calhoun : Provided, That
the question of issuing the bonds authorized in this section shall
first be submitted to the qualified electors residing within the
corporate limits of the said town of St. Matthews, at an elec-
tion to be held to determine whether or not said bonds shall be
issued by the said town as hereinafter provided : Provided, fur-
ther. That no election shall be held except upon petition there-
?*U STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. i»ii fQ^ signed by a majority of the freeholders residing within the
corporate limits of the said town, as shown by the tax books.
. Sec. 2. That for the purpose of determining the issue of the
Election to be bonds authorized in Section 1 of this Act, the town council of
ordered. ^j^^ g^jj ^^^j^ q£ g^ Matthews shall order an election to be held
in said town on the question of whether or not the said bonds
shall be issued, at which election all qualified electors under
Section 13, Article II of the Constitution of 1895 of this State,
residing within the corporate limits of the said town of St.
Matthews shall be allowed to vote ; and the town council of the
said town shall give notice of said election for three weeks,
published in a newspaper within the county of Calhoun, which
said notice shall give the time and place of said election ; and
the town council shall appoint the managers, prescribe the form
of ballot, and arrange the details of such election.
Sec. 3. The managers of said election shall at the close
thereof forthwith count the ballots and declare the result, and
make and file a written return of the same with the town coun-
cil, which shall be received by the said town council and
recorded in the minute books or records of said town.
Sec. 4. That if a majority of the votes cast at said election
SSd*if*2iertion shall be in favor of the issuing of the said coupon bonds pro-
favorabie. yidcd for in Scctiou 1 of this Act, the town council of the town
of St. Matthews shall issue said bonds to the amount of twenty
thousand ($20,000) dollars, in such denominations as the said
town council may deem best, payable to bearer, to run for a**
period of forty years, with the privilege to the town of St.
Matthews to redeem and retire the same after twenty years
from date of issue, bearing interest not exceeding six per cent,
per annum, payable semi-annually, which interest coupons,
when due, shall be receivable for taxes and for debts due the
said town ; and the said town council shall forthwith, after the
sale of the said bonds, turn over the proceeds thereof to the duly
appointed commissioners of the county of Calhoun, for the pur-
pose of aiding in the construction of public buildings for the
said county of Calhoun ; and the commissioners named in Sec-
Act i9<W; 25 tion 2 of an Act entitled "An Act to establish Calhoun county,"
approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1908, and their suc-
cessors in office, are hereby declared to be such duly appointed
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 315
commissioners : Provided, That no bonds shall be sold for less ^- ^- ^^^^
than par value thereof. proviso.
Sec. 6. That it shall be the duty of the town council of the
town of St. Matthews, and they are hereby, authorized, ^""evied!''^ ^"^
empowered and directed, to levy such a tax annually up6n all
property, real and personal, within the said town, and collect
the same as other taxes are now levied and collected, as will pay
the interest coupons of said bonds when due, and also to raise
a sinking fund of not less than five hundred dollars per annum,
for the redemption and payment of the said bonds when due,
and shall so apply the same.
Sec. 6. That the said coupon bonds issued under and in pur-
Proviso AS to
suance of this Act shall be signed by the mayor and counter- signaturca.
signed by the town clerk and treasurer of the said town : Pro-
vided, That the signatures of the said mayor and town clerk
and treasurer may be lithographed or engraved upon the cou-
pons attached to sadd bonds, and such lithographed or engraved
signatures shall be a sufficient signing thereof.
Sec. 7. That the bonds under the provisions of this Act shall
be exempt from all taxes.
Sec. 8. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its
approval by the Governor.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 165,
AN ACT TO Grant to the City Council of Charleston,
S. C, All the Right, Title, Interest and Estate of
THE State of South Carolina, in and to Certain Low
Lands and Water Lots Along the Ashley River
Water Front, in the City of Charleston.
Whereas, The City Council of Charleston, S. C, contemplates
the extension and improvement of the western water front of
the said city by extending its sea wall from a point at the foot
of Tradd street to Hampton Park, on the Ashley River, as
defined upon a plat hereinafter mentioned, and the filling in of
low lands lying between the said sea wall and the high lands
of the said city, and the extension and construction of highways
upon the lands so reclaimed ;
316 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
City of Charles- State of South Carolina, In consideration of the public improve-
MrtiS^ ma inents involved in the work aforesaid, the State of South Caro-
Itete/^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^ ^^ given and granted, and by this Act does give and grant,
unto the City Council of Charleston, its successors and assigns,
all the right, title, interest and estate of the State of South
Carolina as the same may now be, of, in and to the land not
heretofore granted, lying between high watermark and outer
line indicated upon the plat of James O'Hear, civil engineer,
and designed as "A map of the western section of Charleston,
S. C, made January, 1911, for the City Council by James
O'Hear, C. E., copies of which are filed in the office of the
Secretary of State, and also recorded in the office of the Regis-
ter of Mesne Conveyance for the county of Charleston, with
the right to construct a sea wall thereon and to dig, excavate
and remove from the bed of the Ashley River such soil as may
be necessary to fill up the land lying between the said sea wall
and the high land of the present western water front of the said
city : Provided, however, That this grant shall not be considered
as prejudicing the title of any person or corporations now hav-
ing a legal title to any portion of the low lands lying below high
watermark within the line of the sea wall as indicated on the
said plat, nor any riparian rights or other rights or easements
of persons or corporations owning lands butting or bounding
on any navigable creeks within or running through the area
covered by said plat, and the right to the unobstructed use of
such navigable stream."
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 166.
AN ACT TO Authorize the City Council of Charleston,
S. C, TO Sell Such Portions of the Colonial Com-
mon, IN the City of Charleston, as May Not Be
Needed for the Purpose of a Common.
Whereas, It has been determined to reclaim certain low
lands lying along the Ashley River water front, in the city of
Charleston, according to a general plan, to be adopted by City
Council of Charleston, for reclaiming the low lands and devel-
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 317
opment of the Ashley River water front, and included in such ^' ^- ^•^^
lands is a portion of the lands dedicated as a Colonial Com-
mon for the use of the public, which Colonial Common is
under the care and charge of the Commissioners of the Colo-
nial Common and Ashley River Embankment, the fee in said
lands, however, being vested in the City Council of Charleston,
as and for a common for the use of the people of Charleston ;
and,
Whereas, In the area so to be reclaimed, certain portions of
the said lands of the Colonial Common may be deemed unnec-
essary for j)ublic purposes, and the Commissioners of the
Colonial Common and Ashley River Embankment, being with-
out funds for the prosecution of the said work contemplated,
desire that such portions of the area as are not needed for a
common be sold and the proceeds applied to defray the expenses
of reclaiming the other lands which it is proposed to hold for
the use of the people of Charleston as a common ;
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina,That the City Council of Charleston, S%h^?^on
S. C, when requested by the Board of Commissioners of the J^j^**^j^^***
Colonial Common, so to be reclaimed, and Ashley River g^JJ^^'JJ ^om*
Embankment, be, and the said city council is hereby, author- "®°' ®*^-
ized, from time to time, to sell such portions of the Colonial
Common as may be declared by the said Commissioners of the
Colonial Common and Ashley River Embankment, and con-
curred in by city council, to be no longer needed for the pur-
pose of a common : Provided, That the proceeds of such sales Proviso.
be held by the Commissioners of the Ashley River Embank-
ment for the purposes of defraying the expenses of reclaiming
the other lands not so sold, and for the general purposes of
the maintenance of said common.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
318
STATUTES AT LARGE
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Create
A Commission for the Purpose of Laying Out a Pub-
lic Highway from the Town of Summerville, in Dor-
chester County, to the City of Charleston/'
Approved February 13th, 1907, and to Authorize
THE Sanitary and Drainage Commissioners of
Charleston County to Work on Such Highways.
Act of 1907, 25 Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
aS^ded!"'' State of South Cardina, That Section 1 of an Act entitled "An
Act to create a commission for the purpose of laying- out a pub-
lic highway from the town of Summerville, in Dorchester
county, to the city of Charleston," be, and the same is hereby,
amended; so that said section, as amended, shall read as fol-
lows:
Section 1. That Robert Lathan, Julius D. Koster, W. J.
Storen, T. R. Waring, Julian Mitchell, J. P. Clark, P. R.
Rivers, M. P. Panne, Jr., and L. C. Waring are hereby cre-
ated a commission under the name and style of the "Highway
Commission of Dorchester, Berkeley and Charleston counties/'
Sec. 2. That Section 2 of said Act shall be amended by
inserting on the second line of said section, in place of the
words "public highway," the words "two public highways,"
and adding the letter "s" to the word "highway" in the sixtli
and seventh lines ; so that said section, as amended, shall read
as follows :
Section 2. That it shall be the duty of the said commissioners
Duty of com- to lay out and open up two public highways not less than fifty
^ "* (50) feet wide from the town of Summerville, in Dorchester
county, to the city of Charleston, and they shall have the right
to use any and all portions of any public road for the purpose
of said highways. The said commissioners shall also have the
same power, and authority to condemn land for the use of the
said highways as are now by law given to County Boards of
Commissioners : Provided, That where said Highway Commis-
Proviso. sion shall condemn any land, that the owner of said land shall
have the right to appeal from the decision of said Highway
Commission to the Court of Common Reas in and for the
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 311)
county in which said land is situate, and that the proceedings ^- ^- ^®^^
in said appeal shall be the same as in appeals from the County
Boards of Commissioners in condemnation proceedings.
Sec 3. That Section 3 of said Act be amended by adding
the letter "s" to the word "highway" in the third, sixth, tenth
and twentieth lines of said section, and by striking out the word
"its" in the seventh line and inserting the word "their" in place
thereof, and by,striking out the word "one-half" in the eleventh
line, and the words "and one-half from funds contributed to
said commission by private subscription or otherwise, and that
no work shall be done thereon beyond the limits of Charleston
county until the sum of four thousand dollars shall have been
paid to said commission for the purpose of said highway, by
private subscription or otherwise;" so that said section, as
amended, shall read as follows :
Section 3. That the Sanitary and Drainage Commissioners of
Charleston county are hereby authorized and empowered to use How highway
•^ "^ ^ to be built.
the convicts in their charge in working one of the said high-
ways, and all authority and power now granted or that may be
granted by law to said commission in Charleston county is
hereby made to extend to and include one of the said high-
ways throughout its entire length without regard to county
lines. The said commission shall have the right to purchase
such road machinery as may be necessary: Provided, That all
costs and expenses of said commission incurred in working the Proviso,
said highways outside the limits of Charleston county shall be
paid from the funds of the Sanitary and Drainage Commission
of Charleston county to an amount not exceeding six thousand
($6,000) dollars: Provided, further. That no grant be everp^y
given to any common carrier to lay tracks upon and along
said highways or any part thereof.
Sec. 4. Should any vacancy occur in said commission caused
by death, resignation, refusal to serve or otherwise, the Gov-
ernor shall have power to fill said vacancy by appointment.
Sec. 5. The term of office for said commissioners shall be
m
four years and until their successors shall be appointed and
qualified.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
ISO.
330
STATUTES AT LARGE
Holston Cor-
poration may
erect certain
coal piers.
^•^"" No, 168,
AN ACT TO Authorize Holston Corporation, Its Succes-
sors OR Assigns, to Erect Certain Coal Piers on Prop-
erty Now Standing in Its Name in the County of
Charleston, in the Northeastern Section oi^ the
City of Charleston, on Town Creek, and to Divert
New Market Creek on Said Property.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Holston Corporation, its succes-
sors or assigns, be, and they are hereby, authorized to erect
certain coal piers on the property now standing in its name in
the county of Charleston, in the northeastern section of the
city of Charleston, on Town Creek, and to divert on said prop-
erty New Market Creek, as shown on the plan or map hereto
annexed, dated December 29th, 1910, designated C-18-1, a copy
of which shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State.
Sec 2. That Holston Corporation, its successors or assigns,
are hereby granted permission to take from the river immedi-
ately in front of said property above mentioned such mud as
may be necessary for filling in said property.
Sec. 3. That Holston Corporation, its successors or assigns,
are hereby authorized in carrying out the project provided for
mission may , .^ «=» tr j sr
approve piang. hercm, to make any reasonable alterations or modifications in
the plans herewith filed that may be approved by the Board of
Harbor Commissioners of the port of Charleston.
Sec 4. That this Act shall take effect upon its approval by
the Governor.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Kay remove
mud.
Harbor Com-
No. 169.
AN ACT TO Provide for a Public Cotton Weigher at
Ridge Springs, South Carolina.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Election for State of South Carolina, Upon the petition of twenty-five or
cotton weigher » r- i- j
s^rin***** more qualified electors who are growers and buyers of
cotton or cotton growers or cotton buyers, resident within
five miles of Ridge Springs, the town council of said
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 321
town shall, within thirty days after the receipt of said peti- ^- ^- ^®^^
tion, provide for an annual election, and in the usual manner
of elections in the said town, for a public cotton weigher for
said town, whose term of office shall be for one year, or until
the election and qualification of his successor. At such elec-
tion all and only cotton growers and cotton buyers, who are
qualified electors, and reside within a radius of five miles of
the depot in said town, shall be entitled to vote ; the said town
council shall declare the result of said election, and the person
receiving the highest number of votes shall be the public cot-
ton weigher for said town, and he shall receive as compensa-
tion for his services not exceeding: ten cents per bale for every compenaauon
*^ '^ "^ and duties.
bale of cotton weighed, one-half to be paid by the buyer and
one-half by the seller. Such weigher shall finally adjust and
settle all differences and disputes between buyers and sellers
as to proper deduction to be allowed from water, dampness,
damaged cotton, or any false packing; and the said weigher
shall test the scales every morning before weighing any cotton,
so as to insure accuracy. In case of inability, from sickness
or other cause, the said weigher may appoint a deputy, who
shall take, before entering upon his duties, the usual oath of J^p^tyf'^hln.
office in the manner required of the weigher. Before enter-
ing upon the duties of his office, said cotton weigher shall be
legally sworn to discharge the duties of his position by the
intendant of the town of Ridge Springs, and shall enter into
bond in the sum of three hundred dollars for the faithful
performance of his duty, which bond shall be approved by the
town council of Ridge Springs, and filed with the Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas for Saluda county. The elected
weigher shall be responsible, on his bond, for the official acts
of his deputy. ,
Approved the 14th day of Februarv, A. D. 1911.
21— A
322 STATUTES AT LARGE
^^^:^ No. 170.
AN ACT TO Provide for the Transfer and Annexation
OF A Certain Portion of Wii^liamsburg County to
Florence County, and to Alter the County Lines^of
Said County to Conform Thereto.
Whereas, At an election duly ordered and held in accordance
with the provisions of the Constitution and laws of this State,
on the question whether the county lines of Williamsburg
county and of Florence county should be so altered so as to
transfer and annex to Florence county a certain portion of
Williamsburg county, more than two-thirds of the votes cast
in said election were in favor of such transfer and annexation ;
and,
Whereas, All of the conditions required by the Constitution
and laiws of this State were, and have been, complied with ;
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
t^^\\n^oi State of South Carolina, That the county lines of Williamsburg
]!nd^iOTeS2l county and of Florence county be, and the same are hereby, so
altered as to cut off from said Williamsburg county and to
transfer and annex to and incorporate within said Florence
county all of that certain territory or portion of Williamsburg
county embraced within the following lines and boundaries,
to wit: Beginning at Stake X, 3 N., on Lynches River, north-
east, opposite Cathole Landing, follows the run of Lynches
River in a northwesterly direction to point where said river
intersects former Florence county line, thence down said line
S. 86'' 25' W. 47,650 feet to a stake in said Florence county
line marked X, 3 N., thence S. 28° W. 27,400 feet to a stake in
Centennial Road at intersection of said road with Clarendon
county line, marked X, 3 N., thence the Centennial Road, its
various courses to Green Road, thence down Green Road in
southeasterly direction, its various courses to Centennial Road
again, thence eastward along said Centennial Road, its various
courses to stake marked X, 3 N., thence S. 32° E. 20,552 feet
to Lake City township line to a stake marked X, 3 N., thence
due east along said line 15,811 feet to a gum marked X, 3 N.,
on run of Long Branch, thence down the run of Long Branch
to intersection of Singleton's Swamp, thence up Singleton's
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 323
Swamp' to a point where the median line of the run of Lynches ^- ^- ^•^^
Lake Swamp intersects the median line of the run of Singleton's
Swamp, thence north 16° E. 26,000 feet to Cathole Landing,
thence an easterly direction to Lynches River at point of begin-
ning, containing 92.30 square miles, as per map made by O.
M. Page and H. L. Reaves, official surveyors, and filed in Gov-
ernor's and Clerk of Court's office for Florence county.
Sec. 2. Lake City township transferred and annexed to Lake city
Florence county under this Act shall be known as Lake City
township, and those portions of Lee and Sumter townships of
Williamsburg county transferred and annexed to Florence
county under this Act shall be known as Lee township, and
those parts of Lake and Ridge townships hereby annexed to
Florence county shall be known as Lake township. And that
portion of Lake township which, by above description of official
survey, is left in Williamsburg county, shall be incorporated
in, and known as, Indian township by an extension of the line
between Ridge township and Indian township to Lynches River.
That all of the townships herein formed are hereby declared
to be bodies corporate, with such powers, duties, liabilities and
incidents as now or may hereafter be provided by law for said
townships, as herein named.
Sec. 3, That immediately upon the approval of this Act by
the Governor, he shall appoint some competent person magis-^^oSt^'nSiris-
trate for the territory herein annexed, whose salary shall ben«wi'tcrri"
four hundred dollars per annum, with the power to appoint a****^'
constable, whose salary shall be three hundred dollars. The
magistrate so appointed shall have such further rights, duties
and powers, and be subject to such restrictions as are now
provided by law for the magistrates for Florence county, and
shall continue in office until his successor is appointed and
duly qualified, at such time and in such manner as the other
magistrates for Florence county.
Sec. 4. That the County Auditor of Williamsburg county
shall segregate from the tax returns for 1911 the returns for Duty of county
auditors as to
all taxable property and polls located in that portion of Wil- transfer of
,. • , f , . * -A* records in rc-
liamsburg county annexed under this Act to Florence county, annexed tcrri-
and he shall also prepare copies of the returns for 1910 of all
taxpayers in said territory whose names appear on the tax
324 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 duplicates of Williamsburg couftty for 1910, and who have
failed or neglected to make returns for 1911, and that the same
shall be turned over by the auditor of Williamsburg county to
the auditor of Florence county on or before April 1st, 1911;
and upon satisfactory performance of the foregoing duties, and
■all other necessary duties to carry this Act into effect, the
Compensation, auditor of WilHamsburg county shall be paid the sum of sev-
enty-five dollars by the county of Florence. That the per-
sonnel of Township Board of Assessors for Lake City, Lake
and Lee townships, as herein constituted, shall be the same as
for said townships while in Williamsburg county, who shall
hold office for the same term and shall be appointed and have
the same duties and compensation as now provided by law
for the township assessors of Florence county. In case it shall
be necessary for the proper adjustment of the tax valuations
or other matters between the two counties for the County Audi-
tor of Florence county to go to county seat of Williamsburg
county, or to the territory annexed to Florence county under
this Act, he shall be allowed compensation therefor for not
exceeding ten days, at the rate of three dollars per day and his
Florence Coun- "^^^^^^^^y cxpenses. The cxpcnscs authorized and incurred
tain**expSii8CT' "i^^cr this Act shall be paid by the Treasurer of Florence county
incurred. jj^ jj^^ manner as other lawful claims against Florence county
are paid. The County Auditor of Williamsburg county shall
furnish to the County Auditor for Florence county any infor-
mation regarding any bonded indebtedness outstanding against
any school district included* in the territory annexed to Flor-
ence county under this Act, that is to be had, and all possi-
ble information regarding the formation and lines of the school
districts of such section, and any other information or abstracts
required of him by the auditor of Florence county.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of the County Superintend-
Duty of super- ent of Education of Williamsburg: county to forthwith furnish
intendents of _^ _^
education to- to the Couuty Superintendent of Education of Florence county a
ward each j ir j
other, etc. statem-cnt of amounts of disbursements and balances on hand
for each of the school districts or portions thereof in the terri-
tory annexed to Florence county under this Act, together with
such further information as may be necessary for the proper
continuation of the public schools located in such territory;
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 325
and the County Superintendent of Education of Williams- a. d. 1911
burg county shall apportion and distribute to the various school
districts or portions thereof in said territory their lawful share
of all school funds collected, or to be collected, from the taxes
of the year 1910, and from any State or county dispensary
funds, to which they may now or hereafter be entitled to under
the law, and as soon as possible he shall furnish a duplicate
statement thereof to the County Superintendent of Education
of Florence county. In case it shall be necessary for the
County Superintendent of Education of Florence county to
visit the county seat of Williamsburg county, for the purpose
of adjusting any matter or matters referred to in this section
or pertaining to his duties toward the public schools, he shall
be allowed compensation therefor, for not exceeding five days,
at the rate of three dollars per day and his necessary expenses.
The Superintendent of Education of Williamsburg county shall
be paid the sum of twenty-five dollars by Florence county upon
satisfactory compliance with the provisions of this section.
Sec. 6. The County Treasurer of Willian^burg county shall
pay over to the County Treasurer of Florence county any {J^][>'y ^^^'^^"J*^*^^^
school funds or bonded debt funds now or hereafter in his
hands belonging to any school district, or portion thereof,
embraced in the territory transferred from Williamsburg county
and annexed to Florence county under this Act, together with
any special road fund or funds belonging to any road or roads,
or portions thereof, in said territory, together with such com-
mutation tax or taxes as may have been heretofore or may
hereafter be collected from citizens of said territory, and have
not heretofore been expended on the public roads in said terri-
tory, and he shall furnish the County Treasurer of Florence
county a list of such commutation taxpayers; and the receipt
of the County Treasurer of Florence county shall be his legal
discharge for the custody of said funds. It shall be the duty
of the County Treasurer of Florence county to hold and dis-
burse any funds turned over to him under this section, as now
provided by law.
Sec. 7. That all civil actions now pending in the Court of^_, . ^^,
. Certain civil
Common Pleas for the county of Williamsburg, which, hadjjj^« t™"*-
they been commenced after the passage of this Act, would have
326
STATUTES AT LARGE
Certaii
bote (
'ertain Pro-
Court
fasea trans-
ferred.
A. D. 1911 ly^Qn within the jurisdiction of the Court of Common Pleas
for Florence county, by reason of the fact that defendants
therein are residents of, or the real property subject matters
thereof are situated in the said county of Florence be, and
the same are hereby, transferred to the Court of Common Pleas
of the county of Florence, and the Clerk of Court of Williams-
burg county shall forthwith, after the passage of this Act,
transmit all the records in his office relating to said action, to
the Clerk of Court of Florence county, and all matters, actions,
and things now pending in the Probate Court of said county
of Williamsburg, which, had they originated or been com-
menced after the passage of this Act, would have been within
the jurisdiction of the Probate Court of Florence county for
any reason, be, and the same are hereby, transferred to the
Probate Court of Florence county, and the Probate Judge of
Williamsburg county shall forthwith, after the passage of this
Act, transmit all the records in his office and court relating
to said matters, actions, and things. And where indictments
are now pending in Williamsburg county, where the offenses
were committed in the territory annexed under this Act, prior
to the approval of this Act, all such cases shall be tried in Wil-
liamsburg county.
Sec. 8. The County Auditor of Williamsburg county and
Debt to be pro- ^^^ Couuty Auditor of Florence county, together with a dis-
fS?Jn°TOuntiM. interested third party to be appointed by the Governor, who
shall not be a resident of either county, and who shall receive
compensation of five dollars per day for not exceeding six days
and necessary expenses, are hereby authorized and directed to
ascertain and determine the proper proportion of the present
indebtedness of Williamsburg county, if any, of the section
transferred under this Act, to be assumed by Florence county ;
and they shall report the same to the Governor prior to the
next session of the General Assembly.
Sec. 9. That this Act shall go into effect immediately upon
the approval by the Governor.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Indictments.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 327
No. 171- t^:^
AN ACT TO Provide for the Transfer and Annexation
OF A Certain Portion of Colleton County to
Charleston County, and to Alter the County Lines
of Said Counties to Conform Thereto, and to Pro-
vide for Its Government.
Whereas, At an election duly ordered and held in accord-
ance with the provisions of the Constitution and laws of this
State on the question of whether the county lines of Colleton
county and Charleston county should be so altered as to trans-
fer and annex to Charleston county a certain portion of Col-
leton county, more than two-thirds of the votes cast in said
election were in favor of such transfer and annexation; and,
Whereas, All the conditions required by the Constitution
and laws of this State were and have been complied with ;
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the county lines of Colleton To^annex^rer^^
county and of Charleston county be, and the same are hereby, ty "to^chariCT-
so altered as to cut off from said Colleton county and to trans- ^^'^ ('©"nty.
fer and annex to and incorporate wathin said Charleston
county all that certain territory or portion of Colleton county
embraced within the following lines and boundaries, to wit:
Beginning at a point at Rantowles Creek, where the Dorchester
and Colleton county lines now come together; then running
west along the lines between Dorchester and Colleton county
to Edisto River ; then south along the line of Edisto River to
a point known as Dawhoo Creek, where the Colleton and
Charleston county lines now meet; then east along the line
between Charleston and Colleton counties, which is the Daw-
hoo Creek to Wadmalaw River ; then Wadmalaw River to the
mouth of Rantowles Creek ; then north along Rantowles Creek
to the point of beginning.
Sec. 2. That the said territory transferred and annexed to
Charleston county under this Act do constitute one township gt. Paui'B
^ ... Township.
to be known as St. Paul's township, with voting places at
Meggett, Adam's Run Station, and Warren's Cross Roads. The
said township is hereby declared to be a body corporate, with
such powers, duties, liabilities and incidents as now or may
328 STATUTES AT LARGE
A.D. loij hereafter be provided by law for the other townships of
Charleston county.
Sec. 3. That until the magistrate hereinafter provided for
Preaent nugu- has been appointed and has received his commission the magis-
new temtoiy trates now holding office and residing in the territory hereby
mcnt made, annexed to Charleston county under this Act Shall be magis-
trates of Charleston county, and shall receive the same salaries
and fees that they now receive, and they are vested with the
same authority and jurisdiction as is now provided by law for
the magistrates of Charleston county outside of the city of
Charleston. As soon as practicable after the approval of this
Governor to ^^* ^^ ^^^ Govcrnor, he shall appoint a suitable and competent
jppoint masri* persou f rom the territory hereby annexed to Charleston county
as a magistrate for Charleston county, said magistrate 50
appointed to reside in said territory hereby annexed to Charles-
ton county and to hold his court in at least three places in the
said territory weekly. Said places of holding court to be as
uniformly distributed over said territory as is practicable and
convenient. Said magistrate is hereby vested with the same
jurisdiction, authority and powers as are now provided by law
for the magistrates of Charleston county outside of the city of
Charleston. After his appointment and commission as afore-
said, the magistrates now holding office and residing in said
territory are to transfer to him all cases, both civil and crimi-
nal, now pending before them, said magistrate so appointed
leei*^ an ^^^ commissioned to receive a salary of nine hundred dollars
per year in lieu of fees in criminal cases, and to have the
authority and power to appoint a constable for his court, who is
to receive a salary of three hundred dollars per year.
Sec. 4. That the County Auditor of Colleton county shall
Duty of county - , r^^^^t c %t
auditor of Col- Segregate from the tax returns for 1911 the returns for all tax-
leton to furnish , , , «i « « • « !• ^ n
county auditor able property and polls located m that portion of Colleton
of Charleston ,,,•* ^11
dau as to re- couuty annexed under this Act to Charleston county, and he
turns, etc., in, . ^, r-r^^/xrti
annexed tcrri- shall also prepare copies of the returns for 1910 of all taxpay-
ers in said territory whose names appear on the tax duplicates
of Colleton county for 1910, and who have failed or neglected
to make returns for 1911. and the same shall be turned over
by the Auditor of Colleton county to the Auditor of Charles-
ton county on or before April 1, 1911 ; and upon satisfactory
miaaionera.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. . 329
performance of the foregoing duties, and all other necessary a.d. loii
duties to carry this Act into effect, the Auditor of Colleton
county shall be paid the sum of one hundred dollars by the
county of Charleston. The Governor shall appoint three dis-
creet qualified electors from St. Paul's township, who shall
constitute a Board of Township Commissioners for said Township com-
township, whose term of office shall be coterminal* with that
of the Governor by whom they shall have been appointed and
until their successors are appointed and qualified; and they
shall be appointed and have the same duties and compensation
as provided by law for the Township Commissioners of
Charleston county; and the chairman of the Township Board
of Commissioners aforesaid shall be a member of the County
Board of Equalization for Charleston county. The Board of
Township Commissioners aforesaid shall ascertain and furnish Duties,
the County Auditor of Charleston county the names of such
persons residing in their township that may be liable for the
payment of poll tax and whose names may not appear on the
returns furnished to said Auditor of Charleston county, by
the Auditor of Colleton county. If it be necessary for the
proper adjustment of matters within the jurisdiction of the
Township Board of Commissioners, the chairman of said town-
ship board may go to the county seat of Colleton county for
official information, and may make further investigation and
inquiry as provided in this Act and as may be necessary under
the direction of the County Auditor of Charleston county ; and
he shall be allowed three dollars per day and necessar>'
expenses, for not exceeding live days, for such additional serv-
ices. In case it shall be necessary for the proper adjustment
of the tax valuations or other matters between the two counties
for the County Auditor of Charleston county to go to the
county seat of Colleton county or to the territory annexed to
Charleston county under this Act, he shall be allowed compen-
sation therefor for not exceeding twenty days, at the rate of
three dollars per day and his necessary expenses. The expenses
authorized and incurred under this Act shall be paid by the
Supervisor of Charleston county in like manner as other lawful
claims against Charleston county are paid. The County Audi-
tor of Colleton county shall furnish to the County Auditor of
330 , STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 Charleston county information regarding any bonded indebted-
ness outstanding against any school district included in the
territory annexed to Charleston county under this Act, and all
possible information regarding the formation and lines of the
school districts of said section, and any other information or
abstracts required of him by the Auditor of Charleston county.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of the County Superintend-
county super- ent of Education of Colleton county to furnish to the County
education of Superintendent of Education of Charleston county a statement
furnish county of amouuts of disbursements and balances on hand for each
superintendent
of education of the school districts or portions thereof in the territory
Charleston '^ . , . i
statement as annexed to Charleston county under this Act, together with
mente and bai- such fufther information as may be necessary for the proper
ances of school -^ •' ^ *^
fund, etc., in continuation of the public schools located in such territory,
annexed tern- ^ ''
to«7. and the County Superintendent of Education of Colleton
county shall apportion and distribute to the various school dis-
tricts or portions thereof in said territory their lawful share
of all school funds collected or to be collected from the taxes
of the year 1910, or from any State or county funds, to which
they may be now or hereafter entitled under the law, and as
soon as possible he shall furnish a duplicate statement therof
to the County Superintendent of Education of Charleston
county. In case it shall be necessary for the County Superin-
tendent of Education of Charleston county to visit the county
seat of Colleton county, for the purpose of adjusting any mat-
ter or matters referred to in this section or pertaining to his
duties towards the public schools, he shall be allowed compen-
sation therefor for not exceeding five days, at the rate of three
dollars per day and his necessary expenses. The Superin-
tendent of Education of Colleton county shall be paid the sum
of twenty-five dollars by Charleston county upon satisfactory
compliance with the provisions of this section.
Sec. 6. That the County Treasurer of Colleton county shall
County treas-
urer of Colic- pay over to the County Treasurer of Charleston county any
ton to pay over * ■' -'
to the county school f urfds or boudcd debt fund now or hereafter in his
treasurer of
Charleston hands belonging to any school district or portion thereof
in»? to tcrritonr embraced in the territory transferred from Colleton county
to be annexed. "^
and annexed to Charleston county under this Act, together
with any special road fund or funds belonging to any road or
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 331
roads or portions thereof in said territory, together with such ^ ^- ^^^^
commutation tax or taxes as may have been heretofore or may
hereafter be collected from citizens of said territory, and have
not heretofore been expended on the public roads in said ter-
ritory, and he shall furnish the County Treasurer of Charles-
ton county a list of such commutation taxpayers; and the
receipt of the County Treasurer of Charleston county shall be
his legal discharge for the custody of said funds. It shall be
the duty of the County Treasurer of Charleston county to
hold and disburse any funds turned over to him under this
section as now provided by law.
Sec. 7. All cases transferred from magistrates' courts here-
under shall be to the next nearest magistrate of CharlestdnTra°rfer o(
county ; and all cases, civil and criminal, warrants or inf orma- «>8c«.
tions, pending before the magistrate now residing in the said
territory hereby annexed to Charleston county, against citizens
residing outside the said territory, but in Colleton county, or
where the offense was committed outside of said territory,
but in Colleton county, shall be transferred to the next nearest
magistrate residing in Colleton county outside of said territory
hereby annexed to Charleston county.
Sec. 8. The County Auditor of Colleton county and the
County Auditor of Charleston county, together with a dis-The ficbt be
interested third party, to be appointed by the Governor, who (o,m?i€fl to* be
shall not be a resident of either county, and who shall receive ho\?!^***^" '
a compensation of five dollars per day for not exceeding six
days, and necessary expenses, are hereby authorized and
directed to ascertain and determine the proper proportion of
the present existing indebtedness of Colleton county, if any,
of the section transferred under this Act to be assumed by
Charleston county; and they shall report the same to the
Governor prior to the next session of the General Assembly.
Sec. 9. That upon the approval of this Act by the Governor,
"^ Copies of rec-
the Clerk of Court and Register of Mesne Conveyance for Col- oris to be
"^ transferrea.
leton county is hereby directed to make or cause to be made,
six months after receiving the instruments, copies of all con-
veyances, mortgages, judgment rolls and liens of every kind
or description effecting or pertaining to real estate embraced
in the territory annexed under this Act to Charleston county
333 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 that may be on record in his office, said instruments to be
copied in substantial books designated by the Register of
Mesne Conveyance and Clerk of Court for Charleston county,
and when filed in the proper offices in Charleston county shall
be accepted to all intents and purposes as original records of
said county. The Clerk of Court and Register of Mesne Con-
veyance of Colleton county shall receive as compensation for
making and certifying the said records one-half of the com-
pensation he would be entitled to under the law for originally
recording such instruments, and the costs of the books and
stationery used in transcribing the said records as well as his
compensation, and all other expenses incident to the same,
shall be paid by the county of Charleston upon a satisfactory
compliance with the provisions of this section.
Sec. 10. That except as mentioned herein the laws now in
force in Charleston county shall apply and have force in the
territory annexed under this Act to Charleston county.
Sec. 11. That this Act shall take effect immediately on its
passage and approval by the Governor.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 172.
AN ACT Declaring Vacant the Office of County Com-
missioner, Now Being Held in Colleton County by
C. H. Platt.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the office of County Commis-
Offlco declared • f/^nx ^ t_ij j 'ji-
vacant. sioncr lor Colleton county, now held and occupied by
C. H. Platt, in St. Paul's parish, in Colleton county, be, and
the same is hereby, declared vacant, the territory wherein
said C. H. Platt resides having been transferred and annexed
to Charleston county.
Sec 2. That the Governor be, and hereby is, authorized to
fill said vacancy by appointment for the unexpired term of
All vacancy, the Said C. H. Platt, upon the recommendation by a majority
of the members of the General Assembly from Colleton
county.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 333
Sec. 3. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this ;^'^'^^\
Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No, 178,
AN ACT TO Authorize and Empower the County Board
OF Commissioners of Laurens County to Adjust Cer-
tain Railroad Bonded Indebtedness in Sullivan
Township, in Said County.
Whereas, There is now pending in the United States Court
an action by W. L. C. Stevens against the County Board of
Commissioners of Laurens county to recover an amount alleged
to be due on two certain bonds issued by Sullivan township,
dated the 4th day of May, 1886, for the sum of five hundred
dollars each, numbered fourteen and eighteen respectively, and
payable in twenty-four and twenty-eight years respectively,
from date; and.
Whereas, Certain negotiations are now pending, looking to
the adjustment of the amount due on said bonds;
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the County Board of Com- ^^JSoneS'^'Sf
missioners of Laurens county are hereby authorized .andty^authorie^to
empowered to adjust and pay the amounts due on said bonds, SS© oIT^ceruin
together with the costs of said suit, excluding the interest ^° * ^ *^'
coupons on said bonds, which matured more than six years
prior to the commencement of said suit.
Sec. 2. That in order to provide a fund to pay said bonded
indebtedness, the County Board of Commissioners of Laurens coupon bonds
county are hereby authorized and empowered to issue coupon etc.
bonds of Sullivan township in such amount as may be neces-
sary to pay the amounts due upon the bonds aforesaid, and to
pay the costs and expenses involved in said litigation, the
bonds to be of such denomination and bearing interest at such
rate as may be deemed best by the said Board of County Com-
missioners, interest payable semi-annually on the first days
of January and July of each year, and the principal to be pay-
able at such time or times as said board may determine, not
exceeding thirty years.
334 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1011 Sec. 3. The bonds so issued shall be a debt chargeable
suiu^in^lOTra. ^i^i^st SulHvan township, and shall be paid by the levy and
mS bonSi^et? coUection of taxes against the property within said township ;
and to pay the interest due upon the bonds so issued, the
County Auditor of Laurens county, or other officer discharg-
ing the same or similar duties, is hereby required to levy
annually upon the property in said township a sufficient tax
to pay said interest, and the County Treasurer or other officer
exercising the same or similar duties, is hereby required to
collect the tax so levied, said assessment and collection to be
at the same time and in the same manner provided for the
assessment and collection of State and county taxes.
Sec. 4. That if the bonds so issued are not paid at maturity
the County Board of Commissioners of said county, or such
other officers exercising the same or similar duties, are hereby
authorized and required to refund any unpaid bonds by issuing
new coupon bonds in pursuance of the provisions of an Act
entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to author-
ize and empower cities, towns, townships and other municipal
corporations to issue negotiable coupon bonds for the refund-
ing or payment in whole or in part, all bonded indebtedness
and any unpaid past due interest thereon existing at the time
of the adoption of the present Constitution.' "
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No, 174.
AN ACT TO Authorize the Commissioners op the Sink-
ing Fund to Lend Funds to Saluda County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
sinkinij Fund State of South Carolina, That the Commissioners of the Sink-
Commissioners . _^ , , , « . , , « « «
authorized to mg Fund are hereby authorized and empowered to lend to
sum to Saluda the county of Saluda the sum of seventeen thousand dollars, at
bounty- ;. . ,. /-
a rate of mterest not exceedmg five per cent, per annum,
payable within one year from date, for ordinary county
expenses, and tax levy for ordinary county purposes to be
pledged for same.
Sec. 2. The Coimty Supervisor and County Treasurer are
hereby authorized to execute a note, or notes, for the amount
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 335
herein named, payable to the Commissioners of the Sinking a.d. i9ii
Fund within one year from date, and to pledge the taxes levied ^ote and
in said county, as stated in Section 1 of this Act, to pay same. fiJ?to*be'*"^
Sec. 3. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its JJ^^; jfy^"^^;
approval, and all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this "'"*'"•
Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 175.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Regulate
THE Publishing of Legal Advertisements and Notices
IN Lancaster County,'" Approved the 18th Day of
February, A. D. 1910. ^
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Act^of jqio^^
State of South Carolina, That Section 2 of an Act entitled "An amended.'
Act to regulate the publishing of legal advertisements and
notices in Lancaster county," approved the 18th day of Febru-
ary, A. D. 1910, be stricken out and the following inserted in
lieu thereof :
Section 2. That the contract price for such advertisements p^cc
and publications shall not exceed the sum of fifty cents per
inch for the first insertion of such advertisements and publi-
cations, and twenty-five cents per inch for each subsequent
insertion.
Sec. 2. That Section 3 of said Act be amended by striking
out the words "of two hundred dollars," line 3 of said section,
and inserting in lieu thereof the words "fixed in Section 2 of
this Act;" so that, when amended, said section shall read as
follows :
Section 3. That in case said commissioners are unable to
contract said advertising and publishing to a newspaper in said tice j>n<J«v^
county at said sum fixed in Section 2 of this Act, said commis- tion«.
sioners are authorized and directed to post in five public and
conspicuous places all notices and other matters now required
by law to be advertised or published in a newspaper in said
county.
Sec. 3. That Section 4 of said Act be stricken out and the
following inserted in lieu thereof:
336 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 Section 4. All stationery, books, and office equipment of
stetement to ^very kind purchased by the county of Lancaster for the use of
couSty* com*5 its offices shall be purchased through and by the County Com-
pufcha^ office inissioners, and every officer of said county requiring station-
supplies. ^jy^ books and office equipment for his office shall file with the
Board of County Commissioners on the first days of March and
September, respectively, 6f every year, a statement showing
the stationery, books and equipment required for the use of
his office for the ensuing six months, and it is hereby made the
duty of the supervisor to demand of each officer of said county
Proviso. such Statement: Provided, Said Board of Commissioners may
purchase such stationery, books and equipment m such quanti-
ties as may be to the best interest of the county.
^ Sec. 4. That Section 5 be stricken out and the following
inserted in lieu thereof:
Section 5. Said County Board of Commissioners shall, upon
To award con- . . , . . rt* • t '
tract to loweat receivmg such statement from said county officials, prepare a
list of all stationery, books and office equipment needed for
said county for the ensuing six months, and shall award the
contract to furnish the same to the lowest responsible bidder:
Proviso. Provided, Said County Commissioners may award to different
parties the furnishing of different articles.
Sec. 5. Add as Section 6: Any newspaper of said county
^ contracting to publish advertisements and notices for said
count}' shall use the same style and size of type as are pre-
scribed by law for the publication of legal notices.
Add as Section 7 : This Act shall go into effect immediately
upon its approval by the Governor, and all Acts and parts of
Acts inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 337
No, 176. t^^
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Provide
FOR Repairing the Courthouse of Laurens County
AND to Authorize the Commissioners of the Sinking
Fund to Lend Funds to Said County for That Pur-
pose/' Approved tHE 23d Day of February, A. D. 1910.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Sections 1, 2, 3 and 5 of an Actstata!! nsr/
entitled "An Act to provide for repairing the courthouse of""*"
Laurens county and to authorize the Commissioners of the
Sinking Fund to lend funds to said county for that purpose,"
approved the 23d Jay of February, A. D. 1910, be, and the
same are hereby, amended so as to read as follows :
Section 1. That the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund are
hereby authorized to send to Laurens county not exceeding the siakinj? Fund
.. 'ii 11 1- •• CommiOTioners
sum ot torty-eight thousand dollars, to be used m repainng and may lend to
equipping the courthouse building of said county, on notes or Oounty.
bonds of the County Supervisor and County Treasurer, at a
rate of interest not exceeding five per cent, per annum, for a
term not exceeding six years. The said County Supervisor and
County Treasurer are hereby authorized to borrow such sum
from the Sinking Fund Commission on the terms aforesaid.
Section 2. If the whole of the said sum cannot be secured May borrow
from the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, the said County Iou?ce"^
Supervisor and County Treasurer are hereby authorized to
boirow the same or any part thereof from any other source at
a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent, per annum, in the
same manner as if borrowed from the Commissioners of the
Sinking Fund.
Section 3. For the purpose of paying the said loan and
interest thereon a tax of one mill on the dollar shall be annually levy,
levied for six years, or until a sum sufficient to pay said loan
and interest is realized, upon all the taxable property in Lau-
rens county, and collected by the County Treasurer at the same
time that other taxes are collected. The tax thus collected
shall be applied annually on the notes or bonds authorized in
this Act, and said tax is hereby pledged to the payment of said
loan and shall not be used for any other purpose.
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338
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A. D. 1911
Repairs to
courthouse.
Section 5. The County Board of Commissioners of Laurens
county are hereby authorized to have such repairs made upon
the county courthouse and county offices as in their judgment
is necessary, the cost of same not to exceed forty-eight thou-
sand dollars, and to pay for same out of the money authorized
to be borrowed by this Act, said work to be commenced as soon
after the approval of this Act as practicable.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 177.
AN ACT TO Empower the County Board of Commission-
ers OF Greenville County to Borrow from the State
Sinking Fund Commission $12,000, and to Provide for
Its Payment.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
County Com- State of South Carolina, That the County Board of Commis-
missionera of . •'
Greenviiio sioucrs of Grecnville county be, and they are, authorized
C-ounty author- •' f ^ ^
ized to borrow arid empowered to borrow from the State Sinking: Fund Com-
certaiQ sum ^ '^ °
from Sinking mission the sum of twelve thousand dollars, at a rate of interest
Fund Commis- '
not to exceed five per cent, per annum, payable on or before
the 31st day of December, 1912.
Sec. 2. The said board are required to pay three thousand
dollars and interest out of the taxes collected for county pur-
poses during the year 1911, and nine thousand dollars and the
interest thereon out of the taxes collected during the year
1912; Provided, The said board may anticipate the payment
of any part, or all, of said sum of money.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
81 on.
Sinking fund
for Greenville
(^ounty.
No. 178.
AN ACT TO Provide for Annual Appropriations from the
Taxes Levied for Ordinary County Expenses in the
County of Greenville, and for the Deposit of the
Same at Interest, for the Purpose of Retiring Cer-
tain Bonds of Said County at Maturity.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That out of the proceeds of the taxes
OF. SOUTH CAROLINA. 33D
to be levied and collected annually for ordinary county ^* ^- ^^^^
expenses, in the county of Greenville, the sum of three thou-
sand dollars per annum be, and the same is hereby, appropriated
annually for the purpose of accumulating a sinking fund to be
applied to the outstanding bonds of said county, at maturity
of same.
Sec. 2. That on January 1st of each year hereafter prefer- Anmwi depo«it
ence being given to these appropriations, the County Treas-t-Sunty'"t*reM./
urer of Greenville county is hereby directed, upon the order ?onduroni. *"*
of the County Board of Commissioners, to pay out of any
funds on hand applicable to ordinary county expenses of
said county, collected during the preceding year, to some reli-
able savings institution in the county of Greenville, to be
approved by the State Bank Examiner, the several appropri-
ations herein provided for, upon the execution and delivery to
him by said institution of a time certificate of deposit, bearing
interest from date at not less than 5 per cent, per annum, com-
pounded annually and payable at the datte of maturity of the
series of bonds maturing next after the date of said deposit.
Sec. 3. That at the several dates of the maturity of ^^^^ ^etinmcnt of
bonds, the County Board of Commissioners of Greenville ^^"***-
county is hereby directed to apply the said deposits, with accu-
mulated interest, to the retirement of said bonds.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 179.
AN ACT TO Authorize the Sinking Fund Commissioners
TO Lend Lexington County the Sum op Twenty
Thousand Dollars.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of thcH«nkin« Fund
State of South Carolina, That the Sinking Fund Commission- muth^/riW to
ers are hereby authorized to lend the County Board of Com- Corami%*ionef»
missioners of Lexington county, out of any funds m their ^""nty «Tuin
turn.
hands, the sum of twenty thousand dollars, to be used for ordi-
nary county purposes at a rate of interest not to exceed five per
cent, per annum, for a period of not more than one year.
Sec. 2. That the treasurer and supervisor of said county are
hereby authorized to execute a note or notes to said Sinking
340 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 pund Commissioners for the amount of said loan, and the tax
Tax levy to be ^^^ ^^ ^^^^ county for Ordinary county purposes shall be, and
pa^^t 'oi ^s hereby, pledged to secure the payment of said note or notes
loan. j^j^^ ^jj interest due thereon.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 180.
AN ACT TO Enable the Sinking Fund Commissioners of
Cherokee County to Borrow Money to Pay the
Amount of Railroad Bonds Due or to Become Due
IN Cherokee Township, of Cherokee County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Sinking Fund State of South Carolina, The Sinking^ Fund Commissioners
Commiasioneni r ^i < « i « • i «
o( Cherokee of Cherokee county are hereby authorized and empowered to
County author-
ized to borrow borrow such sum or sums of money from any source as Jiiay
money to pay
certain railroad be Sufficient to enable them to pay in full the amount of princi-
bondfl, etc. . , "^ "^
pal and interest due on the railroad bonds for Cherokee town-
ship, of Cherokee county, and may secure the same by their
note or notes, and by the amount of the levy for said township
as made in the supply bill for Cherokee county, the proceeds
of which shall be used in repaying said loan or loans as the
same may mature, or any extensions or renewals of said loan or
loans, should the same be necessary.
Sec. 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 181.
AN ACT TO Require the County Supervisors of Newberry
AND Saluda Counties to Establish and Maintain a
Free Ferry Across Saluda River at Holly's Ferry.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
SuperviBora of at* •
Newberry and State of South Carolina, That the supervisors of Newberry
c8t«bHBh*'imd^° '^^^ Saluda counties are hereby required, jointy, to establish
maintain Hoi- and maintain a free ferry across Saluda River, at Holly's Ferrv,
ly's Ferry. •' ^ ^ , -
„ . between said counties : Provided, Said ferry shall not cost more
Proviso. ' •'
than one hundred dollars per annum.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 341
Sec. 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this a.d. i»ii
Act are hereby -repealed.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 182.
AN ACT TO Authorize the Supervisor of Lexington
County to Pay for One-third of Cost of Bridge
Across Congaree River, Between Lexington and
Richland Counties.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the Supervisor of Lexington supervisor of
'^ . Lexinirton
county be, and he is hereby, authorized to issue tive notes of county author-
Lexington county, each in the sum of four thousand dollars, p»rt coet of
*^ "' ' bndtre acro«
payable in one, two, three, four and five years, at not "^ore Congarw
than six per cent, interest, payable annually, if so much be ^^^iJJJ?" •"**
necessary, for the purpose of paying one-third of the cost of
purchasing the bridge now used and repairing the same, or
building a new bridge across Congaree River, between Rich-
land and Lexington counties, at some point within the corpo-
rate limits of the town of Brooklyn, in Lexington county,
whenever the city of Columbia, or Columbia township, or
Richland county is ready to furnish the money to pay the two-
thirds part of the cost of such bridge: Provided, That before
such notes are issued the including section of Lexington county, ^*'*"^***-
embracing the town of New Brookland, now proposed to be
cut into Richland county, votes against such annexation or the
petition therefor is withdrawn.
Sec 2. That if Columbia township raises the two-thirds of
the cost of such a bridge under the Act of 1908, XXVth Stat- Act of iwe. u
utes, page 1431, then the County Supervisor is authorized and
directed to deliver to the proper authority of said township
the notes to issue aforesaid.
Sec 3. That if the city of Columbia should raise the two-
thirds of the cost of such bridge and desire to own the same, city of coium-
bia may pur*
then the supervisor is authorized and directed to deliver to «^h«»« brfdire.
the proper authorities of the city the note so issued as aforesaid.
Sec 4. That if the county of Richland assumes the cost of
two-thirds of such bridge, the Supervisor of Lexington county
34^ STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 is authorized to co-operate with the Supervisor of Richland
D^tT'oTI^- ^^""*y in the purchase and, repair or building such bridge and
Tiaort. tQ pj^y one-third of the cost thereof, and shall raise the funds
therefor by sale of so many of said notes as may be necessar>',
and the county of Lexington shall be charged with keeping in
repair one-third of such bridge.
Sec. o. That all parts of Acts or charters inconsistent with
this Act be, and the same is hereby, repealed.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 188,
AN ACT TO Require the Supervisor of Marion County to
Turn Over to the Road and Highway Commission
of Marion County the Chain Gang, Road Machinery
and Other Property Used by and Connected With
Said Chain Gang, Also to Require Him to Consult
With and Be Governed by Said Commission in the
Building of Bridges, Repairs and Other Work ox
THE Highways of Said County, Where the Cost of
Same Exceeds One Hundred Dollars.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Sirirn^'countT State of South Carolina, That the Supervisor of Marion county
tSSJ^^er^diain be, and he is hereby, required upon the approval of this Act by
'ei'd and^HiKh- the Govcmor, to turn over to the Road and Highway Com-
way oniinis- j^^gsiou of Marion county the chain gang and all other convicts
hereafter sentenced to work on the public works of said county,
together with all other property belonging to said county, used
by him in operating said chain gang, which said Highway Com-
mission may select, taking their receipt therefor, and when
he has done so his responsibility for the same shall cease.
Sec. 2. That the said super-visor shall also consult with said
viaor to consult Road and Highway Connmission before undertaking any road
improvement, or bridge building, or repairs where the cost of
the same will exceed the sum of one hundred dollars.
Sec. 3. That the failure of said supervisor to perform the
iiaifeaMnce or jytv herein required of him shall cause him to be liable as for
misfeasance for -^ ^
failure to per- malfcasance or misfeasance in office.
form duty.
OF SOUTH CAROUNA. 34:$
Sec. 4. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this ^ ^ ^"
Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its pas-
sage and approval by the Governor.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 184.
AN ACT TO Ex.-vBLE the County Commissioners of Chero-
kee County to Borrow Money to Repay Past
Indebtedness of the County.
Section 1. Be it enacted bv the General Assembly of theoonny
State of South Carolina, The County Commissioners of Chero-
kee county are hereby authorized and empowered to borrow
a sum or sums of money not exceeding in the aggregate the
sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, at a rate of interest not
to exceed seven per centum per annum, the same to.be used
to repay the amount borrowed by them from the Sinking Fund
Commission of Cherokee county, and any other debt that the
County Commissioners may have contracted, and which are
not protected by a special tax levy.
Sec. 2. That said loan or loans be repaid in five equal instal- 1,^,.^ to be ir-
ments, and the same shall be secured by note or notes of the**"^' ^'^'
supervisor and Board of County Commissioners, for which
the amount of taxes collected from the levy of one mill pro-
vided for in the supply bill shall not stand pledged to pay the
principal and interest as the same may become due ; and should
the amount from such levy be insufficient to pay such instal-
ments of principal and interest when the same shall be due, the
County Commissioners are authorized and empowered to
renew any note or notes that may be due, or to borrow such
additional sum or sums of money as may be necessary for such
purposes : Provided, That if any loan or loans be obtained f rcnn Pnnriso.
the State Sinking Fund Commission, the County Commission-
ers are hereby authorized to make such contract or contracts
with the State Sinking Fund Commission as they may require
as to the time of repayment.
344 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. i»ii. Sec. 3. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent herewith
are hereby repealed.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 185.
AN ACT TO Authorize and Empower the County of New-
berry TO Borrow Funds to Pay Certain Railroad
Bonds of Newberry Township, in Newberry County,
Issued in Aid of the Columbia, Newberry and Lau-
rens Railroad, and to Authorize the County Super-
visor and County Treasurer to Pledge the Special
Tax Herein Provided to Secure the Same.
Section 1. Be it atacted by the General Assembly of the
c^iSLi^""^ State of South Carolina, That the Commissioners of the Sink-
fc"n*d°«rtlii[^ ing Fund of this State are hereby authorized and empowered
KJJy^counTy. ^^ ^^"^ *^ ^^^ county of Newberry, on the note or bond of the
County Supervisor and County Treasurer, the sum of five
thousand five hundred dollars, at a rate of interest not exceed-
ing five per centum per annum, said loan to be used for the pur-
pose of paying and retiring the bonds outstanding, which were
issued by Newberry township, in Newberry county, in aid of
the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Railroad. In case said
from ou!(?r amount cannot be obtained or borrowed from the Commission-
source, w en. ^^g ^£ ^j^^ Sinking Fund of this State, the County Supervisor
and County Treasurer are authorized to torrow such sums
Proviso. from any other source : Provided, That the rate of interest shall
not exceed six per centum per annum.
Sec. 2, That for the purpose of repaying the said loan, and
levy to pay in- in Hcu of the special tax now levied for the payment of the
principal and interest on said bonds, a tax of one-half of one
mill on the dollar shall be annually levied by the County Audi-
tor upon the taxable property in said Newberry township, and
collected by the County Treasurer at the same time and in the
same manner as other taxes. The tax thus collected shall be
annually paid on the note or bond of the County Supervisor
and County Treasurer, given for the loan aforesaid, and said
tax shall stand pledged for the payment of said loan, and shall
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 345
be collected each year until the loan is paid in full, both prin- -^^ ^- ^'^^
cipal and interest.
Sec. 3. That the money borrowed for the purpose aforesaid
shall be held by the County Treasurer, and shall be forthwith j|<^^ ^^ ^
paid out by him, on the warrant of the Commissioners of the ****** °"*' ^^^'
Sinking Fund, townships numbers one, eight and nine of New-
berry county, signed by them or a majority of them, which
warrant shall state the particular purpose and particular bonds
and interest for which it was issued.
Sec. 4. That this Act shall take effect immediately upon its
approval by the Governor.
Approved the 17th day' of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 186.
AN ACT TO Authorize and Empower the County of New-
berry TO Borrow Funds to Pay Certain Railroad
Bonds op Mendenhall Township, in Newberry
County, Issued in Aid of the Augusta, Edgefield
AND Newberry Railroad, and to Authorize the
County Supervisor and County Treasurer to Pledge
THE Special Tax Herein Provided to Secure the
Same.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the Commissioners of the Sink-commfssion"
ing Fund of this State are hereby authorized and empowered *oan°certain°
to lend to the county of Newberry, on the note or bond of the SJiy countT to
County Supervisor and County Treasurer, the sum of six thou- Jinder Act of
sand four hundred dollars, at a rate of interest not exceeding 917."
five per centum per annum, and said loan to be used for the
purpose of paying and retiring the bonds outstanding which
were issued by Mendenhall township, in Newberry county, in
aid of the Augusta, Edgefield and Newberry Railroad, and
validated in accordance with an Act of the General Assembly
of South Carolina entitled "An Act relating to the adjustment
of the bonded indebtedness of Mendenhall or No. 8 township,
of Newberry county," approved the 16th day of February,
1898. In case said amount cannot be obtained or borrowed
from the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of this State,
346 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. idii the County Supervisor and the County Treasurer are author-
Proviso ^^^^ ^^ borrow such sum from any other source: Provided,
That the rate of interest shall not exceed six per centum per
annum.
Sec. 2. That for the purpose of repaying the said loan, and
b?"iSied*to*^in lieu of the special tax now levied for the payment of the
pay interest, principal and interest on said bonds, a tax of three mills on
the dollar shall be annually levied by the County Auditor upon
the taxable property in said Mendenhall township, and col-
lected by the County Treasurer at the same time and in the same
manner as other taxes. The tax thus collected shall be
annually paid on the note or bond of the County Supervisor
and County Treasurer, given for the loan aforesaid, and said
tax shall stand pledged for the payment of said loan, and shall
be collected each year until the loan is paid in full, both prin-
cipal and interest.
Sec. 3. That the money borrowed for the purpose aforesaid
Monigr to be shall be held by the County Treasurer and shall forthwith be
pftid out; how.
paid out by him, on the warrant of the Commissioners of the
Sinking Fund, townships numbers one, eight and nine of New-
berry county, signed by them, or a majority of them, which
warrant shall state the particular purpose and particular bonds
and interest for which it was issued.
Sec. 4. That this Act shall take effect immediately upon its
approval by the Governor.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 187.
AN ACT TO Authorize and Empower the County Board
OF Commissioners of York County to Sell Interest-
Bearing Coupon Bonds to Refund $60,000 in Beha^lf
of York Township, Due 1st of April, 1912; $60,000
IN Behalf of C.\tawba, and $14,600, Due 1st of May
1911, in Behalf of Ebenezer, Townships of Said
County, the Present Bonded Indebtedness of Each
of Said Townships Incurred in Aid of the Construc-
tion of the Charleston, Cincinnati and Chicago
Railroad, and to Provide the Manner in Which the
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 347
Said Bonds Shall Be Executed, Issued, Registered, a.d. iqh
Sold and Retired, and to Provide for an Annual
Levy for the Payment of the Coupons, and to Pro-
vide A Sinking Fund.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That for the purpose of refunding county com.
,...,,, r -^r t r-^ ^ j niissioners of
the present bonded indebtedness of York, Catawba and York author-
ized to issue
Ebenezer townships, of the county of York, upon bonds issued bonds to refund
-,_,,, -,. . . - debt in certain
in aid of the construction of the Charleston, Cincinnati and townshipe.
Chicago Railroad, which bonds fall due on 1st of May, 1911,
and 1st of April, 1912, the County Board of Commissioners
of the county of York be, and hereby are, authorized and
empowered to issue and sell interest-bearing coupon bonds
as follows, to wit: For an amount not to exceed sixty thou-
sand dollars for and in behalf of York township ; not to exceed
sixty thousand dollars for and in behalf of Catawba town-
ship, and not to exceed fourteen thousand and four hundred
dollars for and in behalf of Ebenezer township, of said county,
payable to bearer, and in such denominations as they may deem
best, and bearing interest at a rate not exceeding five per cent,
per annum, payable annually, on the first day of April of
each and every year as to the bonds issued for York town-
ship, and first day of May of each and every year as to the
bonds issued for Catawba and Ebenezer townships, to bear
date the first day of April, A. D. 1912, for the bonds of York
township, and first day of May, A. D. 1911, for the bonds of
Catawba and Ebenezer townships, to be made payable thirty
years from the date thereof, with the right to redeem and
retire the same, or any part thereof, after fifteen years, and
to be made payable in any legal tender of the United States ;
and said bonds shall be exempt from all State, county and
municipal taxes.
Sec. 2. That said Countv Board of Commissioners of York
county shall issue said bonds, to be signed by the County Bonds to^ be
Supervisor and countersigned by the Clerk of the Board of
County Commissioners, to be impressed with the seal of the
County Supervisor, and the coupons thereof shall be signed in
the same manner : Provided, however, That the signatures of p^^y^g^
said officers may be lithographed upon the coupons of said
348
STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 bond, and such lithographing shall be sufficient signing, thereof ,
^''"^^^"'^'^ and said bonds shall be numbered consecutively from one
upward, and a record of the respective numbers, denomina-
tion and amount of said bonds shall be registered and kept by
said board, in a suitable book provided by said board for that
purpose.
Sec. 3. That said Coimty Board of Commissioners shall
Sale of bonds negotiate and sell said bonds for cash, and for not less than
par, and shall appropriate the proceeds of sale to the purpose
of paying off and retiring the bonds that are now outstanding
as aforesaid.
Sec. 4. That there shall be levied and collected annually.
Annual tax f rom and upon all the property within the said townships, a
levy to pay in- ^ , . .
tcrert. sum Sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds ; and the County
Treasurer shall collect the same and pay said coupons as they
mature. And there shall also be levied and collected upon all
the taxable values of the said townships one-half of one mill
for the years 1911 and 1912, respectively, and for each and
every year thereafter, which sum shall be and constitute a
sinking fund for the payment of said bonds when they mature :
Provided, The County Treasurer is entitled to the same amount
of commission on the taxes hereunder collected, as now pro-
vided by law for the collection of other taxes.
Sec. 5. That the sinking fund hereby created shall be kept
separate and intact by the County Treasurer, and shall be by
him deposited at interest in some solvent bank or banks, within
the State, for the benefit of said fund, and upon the expira-
tion of fifteen years from the date of said bonds the Count}'
Board of Commissioners, or their successors in office, shall
begin to retire, by means of said sinking fund, the said bonds,
and shall call in and pay off said bonds as far as said fund
will enable the said board to do so, the bonds so retired to be
selected by lot from the entire issue, and when so retired shall,
together with the attached and unearned coupons, be destroyed
or mutilated by said board, and a record of said bonds so
retired shall be kept in the books hereinbefore provided for.
Sec. 6. That the said County Board of Commissioners shall
pay out of the sinking fund already accumulated, to retire
said' bonds, the interest falling due thereon respectively the
Proviao.
Sinking fund.
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1st day of April, 1912, and the 1st day of May, 1911, and may /^;^- ""
apply the balance of such sinking fund to the cancellation of
any of said bonds then falling due.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 188.
AN ACT TO Authorize and Empower the County Super-
visors AND County Commissioners of Colleton,
Charleston and Dorchester Counties to Build a
Bridge Across Edisto River, at Parker's Ferry, for
THE Convenience of the Traveling Public
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the County Supervisors and Sl?d*^to *ii* ^^'
County Commissioners of the counties of Charleston, Colle- Edisto^^RiYer
ton and Dorchester are hereby authorized and empowered to peny**^
build a suitable bridge across the Edisto River, at Parker's
Ferry, for the convenience of the traveling public. Said bridge
to be built according to definite plans and specifications agreed
upon and reduced to writing by said Supervisors and Commis-
sioners, or a majority thereof, and completed within twelve
months from the approval of this Act by the Governor.
Sec. 2. The contract for building said bridge to be let to
the lowest responsible bidder, approved by a majority of the let.
County Supervisors of said counties, and one-half of the cost
and expense for the construction of said bridge to be borne by ^^ ^^^ ^^ ^
the county of Colleton, one-fourth by the county of Charles- bome; how.
ton and one-fourth by the county of Dorchester.
This Act to take effect immediately upon. its approval by
the Governor.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
350
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A. D. 1911
Sheriff of Wil-
liamsburg
County may
employ detec-
tives to secure
evidence.
Compensation.
How fund is
disbursed.
Proviso.
Proviso.
No. 189.
AN ACT TO Create a P'und to Be Known as the Sheriff's
Contingent Fund^ for the Purpose of Enforcing the
Prohibition Law and Other Laws in Williamsburg
County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That for the purpose of better enforc-
ing the laws in Williamsburg county, the Sheriff of said county
is directed and authorized to employ detectives or suitable
persons to work under his direction and authority in securing
evidence and giving information against persons violating the
prohibition law or other laws in said county.
Sec. 2. That such persons or detectives as may be employed
by the Sheriff of Williamsburg county shall serve during the
pleasure of the Sheriff and shall receive such compensation as
the Sheriff shall contract to give for the special service to be
rendered, or for a special term of office.
Sec. 3. That the County Commissioner of Williamsburg
county is directed to issue his warrant, payable to the Sheriff
of said county, and the treasurer of said county is directed to
pay said warrant out of the ordinary county funds for any
expense incurred by the said Sheriff under the provisions of
this Act: Provided, That County Commissioner will issue said
pay warrant only on the sworn statement of the Sheriff : Pro-
vided, further, That the expenditure under the provisions of
this Act shall not exceed one thousand dollars per annum.
Sec. 4. This Act shall go into effect on the day of
A. D. 1911.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
County CJom-
missioners of
Lancaster au-
thorized to bor-
row money;
how.
No. 190.
AN ACT TO Enable the County Board of Commissioners
OF Lancaster County to Borrow Money and Pledge
Tax Levies for the Payment of Same..
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the County Board of Commis-
sioners of Lancaster county are hereby authorized and empow-
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ered to pledge the taxes for the year 1911 for the purpose of a.d. wii
borrowing money to pay the current expenses of the county, p^o^a J
and for paying the past indebtedness of the county : Provided,
That the funds raised by the levy for past indebtedness shall
be used exclusively for reducing said past indebtedness : Pro- ^°^"®-
vided, further, That said commissioners shall borrow such
money only as the same may be needed.
Sec. 2. If said County Commissioners shall find it impossi- Authority to
ble to finance said county on the loans herein provided for, gum in exceas.
they are hereby authorized to borrow the sum of ten thousand
dollars in excess of the amount estimated to be derived from
the tax levies for roads and bridges, pas-t indebtedness and ordi-
nary county purposes: Provided, That they shall not borrow
any sum for a longer period than one year.
Sec. 3. The said commissioners are authorized to borrow sinking Fund
Commission
such money from the State Sinking Fund Corhmission, if thejnay make
same can be secured, and the said commission is hereby author-
ized to make said loan.
Sec. 4. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act are hereby repealed, and this Act shall be effective upon
its approval by the Governor.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 191.
AN ACT TO Authorize and Empower the County ojP New-
berry TO Borrow Funds to Pay Certain Railroad
Bonds of Stoney Battery Township, in Newberry
County, Issued in Aid of the Columbia, Newberry
and Laurens Railroad, and to Authorize the County
Supervisor and County Treasurer to Pledge the
Special Tax Herein Provided to Secure the. Same.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the^. ,. „ _.
•^ •' SinkinjET Fund
State of South Carolina, That the Commissioners of the Sink- commission
incf Fund of this State are hereby authorized and empowered Jfnd Newberry
® "^ '^ Countv certain
to lend to the county of Newberry, on the note or bond of the sum for retire-
•^ "^ ment of cer-
authorlEed to
1
10
County Supervisor and County Treasurer, the sum of five ^»n ^^^^
thousand one hundred and fifty dollars, at a rate of interest not
exceeding five per centum per annum, said loan to be used for
353 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. i»ii f jig purpose of paying and retiring the bonds outstanding,
which were issued by Stoney Battery township, in Newberry
county, in aid of the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens Rail-
road. In case the said amount cannot be obtained or borrowed
from the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of this State, the
County Supervisor and County Treasurer are authorized to
Proviso. borrow such sum from any other source: Provided, That the
rate of interest shall not exceed six per centum per annum.
Sec. 2. That for the purpose of repaying the said loan, and
in lieu of the special tax now levied for the payment of the
be levied to principal and interest on said bonds, a tax of two mills on
•the dollar shall be annually levied by the County Auditor
upon the taxable property in said Stoney Battery township, and
collected by the County Treasurer at the same time and in the
same manner as other taxes. The tax thus collected shall be
annually paid on the note or bond of the County Supervisor
and County Treasurer given for the loan aforesaid, and said
tax shall stand pledged for the payment of said loan, and
shall be collected each year until the loan is paid in full, both
principal and interest.
Sec. 3. That the money borrowed for the purpose aforesaid
^ii\^l, hmv. shall be held by the County Treasurer and shall be forthwith
paid out by him on the warrant of the Commissioners of the
Sinking Fund, township numbers one, eight and nine of New-
berry county, signed by them or a majority of them, which
warrant shall state the particular purpose and particular bonds
and interest for which it was issued.
Sec. 4. That this Act shall take effect immediately upon its
approval by the Governor.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 192.
AN ACT TO Enable the Commissioners of the Sinking
Fund to Lend Money to Pickens County.
sinkin Fund SECTION 1. Bc it cnacted by the General Assembly of the
commiMion State of South Carolina, That the Commissioners of the Sink-
authonzed to ^ *
iMckeni°"^^ *^ ing Fuud be, and are hereby, authorized to loan to Pickens
County. county not exceeding fifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars, at a
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 353
rate of interest at 5 per cent, per annum, upon the pledge to the ^* ^- *®^^
Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of all of the ordinary
county tax levy for Pickens county for the year 1911, and all of
the ordinary county tax levy of Pickens county for the year
1912 ; the said levy of neither of which years shall be less than
six mills. That said loan shall be made upon the following Terms of loan.
terms, to wit : So much of the first proceeds of the tax levy of
1911 shall be applied to the repayment of said debt as may be
necessary to repay eight thousand ($8,000.00) dollars of the
principal, and to pay all of the interest upon said loan for one
year, and so much of the first proceeds of the said levy of 1912
shall be appHed to the payment of said debt as may be necessary
to repay, on or before the first day of January, 1913, the bal-
ance remaining unpaid upon said debt, principal and interest.
Sec. 2. That the Sinking Fund Commission shall have a
prior and preferred lien upon the said ordinary county tax
levies for the repayment of this debt, principal and interest, and
that the County Supervisor and County Treasurer of said
county are hereby authorized to execute such note or notes as
may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 198.
AN ACT TO Authorize the County Supervisor and Board
OF Commissioners of Colleton County to Duly Adver-
tise AND Sell the County Poorhouse and Farm.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the county poor-
State of South Carolina, The County Supervisor and County 5?"^iSj„'"""
Board of Commissioners of Colleton county are hereby goTa"^^ *** ^
required, authorized and empowered to advertise and sell the
county poorhouse and farm, in the county of Colleton, on the
first Monday in January, 1912, to the highest bidder for cash,
notice of said sale to be duly advertised in all the newspapers
in Colleton county for four successive weeks before the said
sale.
Sec. 2. The said Supervisor and Commissioners shall not
receive nor accept any bid for said poorhouse and farm less price and dis-
position of
2S — A proceeds.
364 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 tjjan twenty ($20.00) dollars per acre, and the funds arising
from said sale shall be paid into the ordinary county fund.
Sec. 3. That after the sale of the poorhouse and farm in
Poor to be January, 1912, if same is sold, the Supervisor and County Board
cared for; how. ^^f Commissioners shall care for the poor in Colleton county :
'Provided, however, That not more than six hundred dollars
shall be paid out by the Supervisor and Board of Commission-
ers in caring for the poor in any one year.
AboiiBhed. Sec. 4. That the poorhouse and farm in Colleton county is
hereby abolished, after January, 1912.
Sec. 5. That if said poorhouse and farm is sold, as herein-
before provided, the Supervisor and County Board of Commis-
sioners of Colleton county shall give a good and sufficient title
to same.
Sec. 6. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with
this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved tlie 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Title.
No. 194.
AN ACT TO Authorize and Empower the County of New-
berry TO Borrow Funds to Pay Certain Railroad
Bonds of Newberry Township, in Newberry County,
Issued in Aid of the Augusta, Edgefield and New-
berry Railroad, and to Authorize the County Super-
visor AND County Treasurer to Pledge the Special
Tax Herein Provided to Secure the Same.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
SSlSwry* may State of South Carolina, That the Commissioners of the Sink-
^mror ce n .^^ fund of this State are hereby authorized and empowered
to lend to the county of Newberry, on the note or bond of the
County Supervisor and County Treasurer, the sum of twenty
thousand six hundred dollars, at a rate of interest not exceed-
ing five per cent, per annum, said loan to be used for the pur-
pose of paying and retiring the bonds outstanding, which were
issued by Newberry township, in Newberry county, in aid of
the Augusta, Edgefield and Newberry Railroad, and vali-
dated in accordance with an Act of the General Assembly of
5>outh Carolina entitled "An Act relating to the adjustment of
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 355
certain bonded indebtedness herein mentioned of Newbyerry a. d. i«ii
township, or Township No. 1 of Newberry county/' approved ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^
the 16th day of February, 1898. In case said amount cannot ^***"» ®^*-
be obtained or borrowed from the Commissioners of the Sink-
ing Fund of this State, the County Supervisor and County
Treasurer are authorized to borrow such sum from any other proviBo as to
source: Provided, That the rate of interest shall not exceed ^"^'®"*^*
six per centiun per annum.
Sec. 2. That for the purpose of repaying the said loan, and Annual tax to
in lieu of the special tax now levied for the payment of the ^ ^^^^^
principal and interest on said bonds, a tax of one and one-half
mills on the dollar shall be annually levied by the County
Auditor upon the taxable property in said Newberry township,
and collected by the County Treasurer at the same time and in
the same manner as other taxes. The tax thus collected shall
be annually paid on the note or bond of the County Supervisor
and County Treasurer given for the loan aforesaid, and said
tax shall stand pledged for the payment of said loan, and shall
be collected each year until the loan is paid in full, both prin-
cipal and interest.
Sec. 3. That the money borrowed for the purpose aforesaid
shall be held by the County Treasurer, and shall forthwith be ^^53%^^ ^low
paid out by him on the warrant of the Commissioners of the
Sinking Fund, townships numbers one, eight and nine of New- •
berry county, signed by them or a majority of them, which
warrant shall state the particular purpose and particular bonds
and interest for which it was issued.
Sec. 4. That this Act shall take effect immediately upon its
approval by the Governor.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1011.
No. 195.
AN ACT TO Authorize the Treasurer of Edgefiei^d
County to Borrow $13,500 from the State Sinking
Fund and Pledge School Taxes for Payment to
Pay Teachers of the County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the County Treasurer of Edge-
356 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 figi J county be, and he is hereby, authorized and empowered to
County treas- borrow not more than thirteen thousand and five hundred dol-
fllw Suth^riLi'^^s ^^^ ^^^ y^^^ 1^11' ^* ^^ much be necessary, from the State
uin^ mlSr from Sinking Fund Commission, at a rate of interest not to exceed
commfLsi^^ five pcF ceutum per annum, for the purpose of paying the
salaries of school teachers of said county when due.
Sec. 2. That the said treasurer is authorized to execute his
Security. official note and pledge all the general school taxes levied in
said county for school purposes to secure the payment of said
loan, with interest, and such payment must be made whenever
sufficient taxes have been collected to meet the same.
Sec. 3. That the said County Superintendent of Education
May borrow is further authorized and empowered, in case he cannot
sources; when, borrow Said sum from the Sinking Fund Commission, to
borrow from other sources, at a rate of interest not to exceed
seven per cent, per annum.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 196.
AN ACT TO Permit the Clerk of Court of Berkeley
County to Allow Records of His Office Removed
During the Year 1911, for the Purpose of Rebinding
Same.
Clerk of court SECTION 1. Be it enoctcd by the General Assembly of the
tLri^^^to ?i- ^^^^^ ^^ S^"^'^ Carolina, That during the year 1911, the Clerk
OTdi^lSfwJd*^"^^ Court of Berkeley county be, and he is hereby, authorized
for rebindinsr. and permitted to allow such books of record and plat books in
his office as need rebinding to be removed from his office for
the purpose of having the said books rebound.
Sec. 2. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act
be, and are hereby, repealed.
Sec. 3. This Act to go into effect upon approval by the Gov-
ernor.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 367
No. 197. t^^
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Provide
FOR THE Times of Holding the Circuit Courts in the
Seventh Judicial Circuit, and to Arrange the Same/'
Approved Feiiruary 21, A. D. 1906.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the ^^ ^^ ^^^ ^
State o£ South Carolina, The Court of Common Pleas forstau.. js.
amended.
Spartanburg county shall convene on the third Monday of
January for two weeks, on the fourth Monday of March for
three weeks, on the third Monday of May for three weeks, on
the second Monday of July for three weeks, and on the first
Monday of November for three weeks. The Court of Gen-
eral Sessions for Spartanburg county shall convene at Spar- J^'jjjj*'*"'*
tanburg on the first Monday of January for two weeks, on the
third Monday after the fourth Monday of March, on the
third Monday after the third Monday in May, on the third
Monday after the second Monday of July, and on the fourth
Monday of November.
Sec 2. The Court of Common Pleas for Union shall con-
. Union County.
vene at Union on the first Monday of February for two weeks,
on the first Monday of May, one week, and on the first Tues-
day of Septerhber for two weeks. The Court of General Ses-
sions shall meet at Union on the third Monday of February, on
the second Monday of May, and on the third Monday of Sep-
tember.
Sec ^. The Court of Common Pleas for Cherokee county
shall convene at Gaffney on the fourth Monday of February coSSy^
for two weeks, on the third Monday of June, one week, and on
the first Monday of October for two weeks. The Court of
General Sessions for Cherokee county shall convene at Gaffney
on the second Monday after the fourth Monday of February,
on the fourth Monday of June, and on the third Monday of
October.
Sec 4. If the business of the Court of General Sessions is
Court of Oen-
not concluded at the end of any week, except the second week erai sesaions.
in January at Spartanburg and the third Monday of February
at Union, the petit jury drawn for that term of the Sessions
358
STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911
Time take
effect.
Proviso as to
Cherokee
County.
Court shall be continued for the next week, or until the busi-
ness of the Sessions Court is completed.
Sec. 5. That the Court of Common Pleas, for each of the
counties within the Circuit, shall be opened during the Court of
Sessions, for the purpose of hearing equity cases, passing
orders or transacting any Common Pleas business not requir-
ing a petit jury.
Sec. 6. This Act shall go into effect on the 1st day of March.
A. D. 1911: Provided, That nothing herein shall affect the
spring term of Court for Cherokee county for 1911.
Sec. 7. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with
this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 198.
AN ACT TO Provide for the Division of Profits from Any
New Dispensaries Which May Be Hereafter Estab-
lished IN Georgetown County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Profits from State of South Carolina, That in case there shall hereafter be
new dispen-
sariea in established by the County Dispensary Board of Greorgetown
bounty divid- county any new dispensaries in any of the incorporated cities
or towns of said county as provided by law, that the profits
arising therefrom shall be divided as follows, that is to say.
forty per cent, thereof shall be paid to the county, forty per
cent, thereof shall be paid to the city or town in which such
dispensary or dispensaries may be established, and twenty
per cent, thereof shall be paid to the school fund of the county •
Proviso. Provided, That nothing herein contained shall affect the law
now existing.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 869
No. 199. -'^"""
AN ACT TO Validate and Confirm the Election for
Intendant and Wardens of the Town of Donalds
Held on February 6th, 1911.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the election held in and by the I?'^omi^*'^
town of Donalds on February 6th, 1911, for intendant and ^*"*'»*«*'-
wardens be, and the same is hereby, validated and confirmed,
notwithstanding any irregularities which may have occurred
in the conduct of same.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 200.
AN ACT to Declare Valid and Legal an Election
Authorizing the Issuing of Bonds in School District
No. 18, Lexington County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Bond election
State of South Carolina, That an election held September 15th, SricwsT^LSc"
A. D. 1910, in School District No. eighteen (18), of Lexing-"^ted. ""''
ton county, authorizing the issuance of bonds by said district
in the sum of fifteen thousand ($15,000) dollars, bearing inter-
est at the rate of five per cent, per annum, for the purpose of
erecting and equipping a modem school building in said dis-
trict be, and the same is hereby, validated and declared legal
in any and all respects whatsoever.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 201.
AN ACT Validating the Election on the Question of
Issuing Ten Thousand Dollars in Bonds of the Town
OF MuLLiNS, S. C, IN Aid of the North and South
Carolina Railway Company, Held in Said Town on
April 19, 1910, and to Declare the Bonds Is.sued in
Pursuance Thereof to Be Valid Obligations of Said
Town of Mullins, S. C.
Bond elecUon
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the y^^^ ^j.
State of South Carolina, That the election held in the town of ^^^-
360 STATUTES AT LARGE
>^^'i!^ Mullins, S. C, on April 19, 1910, on the question of issuing
ten thousand dollars in bonds of the said town of Mullins, in
aid of the North and South Carolina Railway Company be,
and the same hereby is, validated in all respects, together with
the bonds issued in pursuance of said election, and said bonds
are hereby declared to be valid and legal in all respects and
valid obligations of the said town of Mullins, S. C.
Sec. 2. That this Act shall take effect immediately upon its
approval, and that all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with
this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 202.
AN ACT TO Provide for the Election of School Trustees
IN School District No. 18, in Lexington County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Election for State of South Carolina, That in School District No. 18, in
Bchool trustea
in District Lexinglon county, there shall be held an election for school
No. 18, Lex- **-.,;.. . , . ,
ington County, trustccs of said district, some time during the month preceding
provided. mt ^
the expiration of the terms of office of present trustees for said
district, and each two years thereafter; said election shall be
held in the town of Batesburg, where ballots and a ballot box
shall be provided by the trustees of said district. Notice of
said election shall be given by said school trustees at least ten
days before said election, and shall appoint three managers to
hold said election, whose duty it shall be to conduct said elec-
tion in accordance with the provision of law with reference to
general elections which are applicable thereto, and they shall
dieclare the result of the same as soon as may be practicable
after tabulating the ballots cast, and they shall forthwith mak^
a report of the same, in writing, to the County Superintendent
of Education for Lexington county, who shall file and keep
said report as a record of his office.
Sec. 2. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 14th day of February, A* D* 1911/
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No. 208. t^:^
AN ACT TO Provide for Elections of County Commis-
sioners IN Bamberg County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the^j^^^ ^^
State of South Carolina, That Bamberg county is hereby J^^^ ^™-
divided into two election districts, so far as the election of ^JJJ^^jJ**"*
County Commissioners is concerned, which districts shall be:
District one, composed of Buford Bridge and Bamberg town-
ships, and district two shall be composed of Midway Fish
Pond and Three Miles townships..
Sec. 2. Each of said districts shall be entitled to one County
Commissioner to be elected as now provided by law.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 204.
AN ACT TO Validate and Confirm the Election Held in
School District No. 15, of Lexington County, on July
26, 1910, Upon the Question of Issuing Coupon Bonds
OF Said District to the Amount of Twelve Thousand
Five Hundred Dollars, and to Validate and Confirm
Any Bonds Issued, or to Be Issued, by Virtue, of Said
Election.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the election held on July 26th, dated and coo-
1910, in School District No. 15, in Lexington county, on the
question of issuing coupon bonds of said district to the amount
of twelve thousand five hundred dollars, be, and the same is
hereby, validated and confirmed, notwithstanding any irregu-
larity which may have occurred in the conduct and manage-
ment of the same, and all bonds of said district issued, or to
be issued, by virtue of said election, are hereby declared to be
a valid debt of said district.
Sec. 2. All Acts or parts or Acts inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 3d day of February, A. D. 1911.
3Q'l STATUTES AT LARGE
^^^^^ No. 206.
AN ACT TO Provide for Election of Five Trustees for
School District No. 14, of Calhoun County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Sw**?« toua- State of South Carolina, That the Board of Trustees of School
mSrict Sb. u, District No. 14, of Calhoun county, shall be composed of five
cSuiSy? members, to be elected by the qualified electors of said school
district. The Superintendent of Education of Calhoun county
shall order an election under the rules governing general elec-
tions, to be held on some day in April, 1911, for the election
of the said five trustees, giving at least twenty days' notice
of said election. That the said board of trustees shall, as soon
as practicable after their election, qualify and organize as now
provided by law.
^ _ Sec. 2. That the terms of office of said board of trustees
Term o( office.
shall be for two years, and until their successors are elected
and qualified. Subsequent elections for trustees of said dis-
trict shall be held every two years on some day in April, to be
fixed' by the County Superintendent of Education.
Sec. 3. That the said board of trustees shall have and exer-
dotiS! *°** ^^^^ *^'^ ^^^ powers and perform all the duties now devolved
by law upon the trustees of said school district.
Sec. 4| This Act shall take eflfect upon its approval by the
Governor, and all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with the
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 206.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Incor-
porate THE Pacolet Power Company and Define Its
Duties and Powers,'' Approved February 23d, 1906.
.Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Act of 1006, 25 State of South Carolina, That Section 3 of an Act entitled
state., 316,
amended. "An Act to incorporate the Pacolet Power Company and define
its duties and powers," approved February 23d, 1906, be
amended by striking out the words "five" and "ten" in line
18 thereof, and inserting in Heu thereof the words "fifteen"
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and "twenty/* respectively, so that said section, when so ^- ^- ^®^^
amended, shall read as follows :
Section 3. The said corporation shall have the right to con-
demn such property and lands subject to be overflowed andj^i^^t ^^ ^^,
rights of way as may be necessary to enable said company to^®'"" property.
successfully construct, erect and operate its power plants and
pole lines for electric wires ; such property and lands subject
to be overflowed and rights of way to be condemned, and
such compensation to be determined in the manner now pro-
vided by law for the condemnation of lands and rights of way proviso.
by railroad corporations: Provided, In so constructing such
dam or dams, canals, mills, buildings or machine shops, proper
fishways and sluices over said dam or dams shall be con-
structed, so as not to prevent migratory fish from crossing
same; and should such manufacturing company, companies
or persons refuse or fail to do so, they shall be liable to a
fine of five thousand dollars, recoverable by the county in
which such dam may be erected, in a court of competent juris-
diction: Provided, further. That work shall be commenced
in good faith on the erection of said dam within ten years,
and shall be completed within fifteen years from the approval
of this Act.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 207.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Incorpo-
rate Newberry Cotton Mills," Approved December
21, 1882.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Section 8 of an Act entitled "An ^**?^^ ?J
Act to incorporate Newberry Cotton Mills," approved Decem- f^wdJ^'
ber 21, 1882, be stricken out and the following be inserted in
lieu thereof:
"Section 8. That this Act continue of force until repealed."
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
361 STATUTES AT LARGE
;^^^^^ No. 208.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 2 of an Act. Entitled "An Act
TO Incorporate the Greenville Gas Light Company/'
Ratified the 28th Day of January, A. D. 1861, and
THE Several Acts Amendatory Thereto.
Section 2, Act SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
7M?'a4ldS:' State of South Carolina, That Section 2 of an Act entitled
"An Act to incorporate the Greenville Gas Light Company,"
ratified January 28,«1861, be, and the same is hereby, amended
by striking out the words, "a capital of twenty-five thousand
dollars, with the privilege of increasing the same to forty thou-
sand dollars," and inserting in lieu thereof "a capital of three
hundred and fifty thousand dollars, with the privilege of
increasing the same to five hundred thousand dollars ;*' so that
the said Section 2, when amended, shall read as follows :
Section 2. That the said corporation shall have full power
Power and ^"^ authority to manufacture, make and sell gas to be made
authority. of fosiu, coal, oil, turpentine, or other material, and to furnish
such quantities of gas as may be required in and near the town
of Greenville for lighting the streets, stores, dwellings, and
manufactories, and buildings there situate, and for other pur-
poses, to lay pipes and other conductors for conducting gas
through the streets, alleys, lanes or squares of the town of
Greenville aforesaid, or its vicinity, and to erect such buildings
and to hold such real and personal estate as may be requisite or
necessary to carry on the business afoiesaid; and the said cor-
poration shall have power to raise by subscription, in shares of
fifty dollars each, a capital of three hundred and fifty thousand
dollars, with the privilege of increasing the same to five hun-
dred thousand dollars, and the said corporation shall or may go
into operation ; and the rights, privileges and franchises hereby
granted shall attach whenever fifteen thousand dollars of the
capital stock aforesaid shall have been actually paid in and
an oath or affirmation thereof shall have been made by the
president, treasurer and a majority of the board of directors
of the said company, and recorded in the office of the Secretary
of State at Columbia, and shall have been published in one of
the newspapers in the town of Greenville. And said corpora-
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 365
tion shall further have full power and authority to carry on f^^'^^\
and conduct the business of using electricity and of manufactur-
ing light, heat and power, or any or all of them, by electricity,
in and near the city of Greenville, in this State, for lighting
and heating the streets, roads, lanes, avenues and public
grounds of said city of Greenville and vicinity ; and for lighting
and heating the stores, dwellings, manufactories and other
buildings there situate, and to furnish such motive power by
means of electricity as may be needed for industrial and manu-
facturing purposes, and for such purposes to erect all necessary
poles, pipes and conductors, subject to proper municipal ordi-
nances and restrictions, and the supplying of power to carry on
and conduct the business of dealing in dynamo-electric
machines, voltaic, arc and incandescent lamps, regulators,
meters and other apparatus, devices and appliances which may
be used or applied in producing light, power or heat by elec-
tricity or in connection therewith: Provided, That the fees Proviso,
required by law are paid to the Secretary of State.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 209.
»
AN ACT TO Incorporate Oak Grove School, in Bamberg
County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the^^^ q^^^
State of South Carolina, That Oak Grove School, in Bamberg g^l^^ivg^coun-
county, be, and the same is hereby, incorporated, and that D. ^iei""*'^®*
P. Smith, L. H. Carter and M. W. Rentz, the present trustees,
and their successors in office, shall be, and are hereby, declared
a body politic and corporate, and shall hold all property now
and hereafter belonging to said school district for school pur-
poses and none other.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
366 STATUTES AT LARGE
^^J^ No. 210.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 7 of an Act Entitled "An Act
TO Incorporate the Palmetto Power Company/'
Approved 26th February, 1910, Changing the Appli-
cation OF Said Section to the Mouth of Sawneys
Creek Instead of Thorn Tree Creek.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
26 stoti.. * State of South Carolina, That Section 7 of an Act entitled "An
Act to incorporate the Palmetto Power Company," approved
the 26th day of February, A. D. 1910, be amended by striking
out on line 2 of said section the words "Thorn Tree" and insert
in lieu thereof the words "the mouth of Sawneys f so that said
section, when so amended, shall read as follows :
Section 7. This Act shall be construed to apply only to
Wateree River, at or within ten miles of the mouth of Sawneys
Creek, and to Broad River, at or within twenty miles of Lyles
Ford.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 211.
AN ACT TO Incorporate Ashley River Water Front Cor-
poration.
Whereas, The General Assembly has, by a two-thirds vote
of each House on a Concurrent Resolution, allowed the intro-
duction of this Bill;
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Aahiey Water State of South Carolina, That R. G. Rhett, the mayor of the
poration. citv of Charleston; T. J. McCarty, the chairman of the com-
mittee on pleasure grounds of the city of Charleston ; Samuel
Lapham, the chairman of the park board of the city of Charles-
ton; James R. Johnson, the i^resident of the board of public
works of the city of Charleston ; Wilson G. Harvey, the chair-
man of the commissioners of the colonial common and Ashley
River embankment of the city of Charleston; and H. W. H.
Buck, Julius H. Jahnz, P. H. Gadsden and T. R. Waring, and
their successors, be. and they are hereby, made and created a
body corporate, under the name and style of "Ashley River
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 367
Water Front Corporation," for the purpose of reclaiming, a.d. i9ii
developing and improving all that portion of the city of
Charleston lying upon or adjacent to the Ashley River.
Sec. 2. That the incumbents of the public offices above when incum-
named shall, except as hereinafter provided, cease to be mem- JSL to be
bers of said corporation so soon as they shall cease to fill said ° ^
offices, and their successors in said offices, by virtue thereof,
shall immediately become members of said corporation. In
the event that any one of said public officers shall for any cause
cease to exist, so that there shall be no public officer answering
any one of the descriptions above named, the incumbent of
said office at the time it shall go out of existence shall continue
to be a member of said corporation for a period of four years
from the date when said office shall be discontinued, and the
city council shall determine how and for what term the
vacancy shall be tilled at the expiration of said period of
four years, or within that time if the office shall in the mean-
time become vacant by death, resignation or otherwise. That
the said H. W. H. Buck and P. H. Gadsden shall each serve
until the 15th of January, 191?, and until their successors are
elected and qualified; and the said J. H. Jahnz and T. R.
Waring until the 15th of January, 1915, and until their succes-
sors are elected and qualified. That the successors of the said
H. W. H. Buck and Julius H. Jahnz shall be elected by City
Council of Charleston some time within thirty (30) days prior
to the expiration of their terms of office, and shall hold office
for a period of four years, and in the event of the death, resig-
nation or removal from office of either of the said H.
W. H. Buck or Julius H. Jahnz, or their successors, the vacancy
shall be filled by the City Council of Charleston. That the
successors of the said P. H. Gadsden and T. R. Waring shall
be elected by the chamber of commerce of the city of Charles-
ton some time within thirty (30) days prior to the expiration
of their terms of office, and shall hold office for a period of four
years, and in the event of the death, resignation or removal
from office of either of the said P. H. Gadsden and T. R.
Waring, or their successors, the vacancy shall be filled bv the
said chamber of commerce.
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A. D. 1911
Poweni and
privileges of
said corpora-
tion.
May con-
demn lands.
Sec. 3. That the said *'Ashley River Water Front Corpora-
tion," hereby incorporated, may have and use a common seal,
may sue and be sued, contract and be contracted with, and
may adopt such rules and by-laws determining the ntmiber and
nature of the officers of the said corporation and the mode
and manner of its operation as may be agreed to by a majority
of the members of the corporation ; said corporation shall have
and may exercise the following powers, viz.: It may acquire
land within the limits of the city of Charleston, by purchase,
gift, donation, or otherwise, and hold the same upon such
terms, trusts, or conditions, not inconsistent with, the provi-
sions of this Act or the laws of the State, as shall be expressed
in the deeds or grants conveying said land, and it may develop
or improve any land so acquired in accordance with plans and
regulations which shall first be approved by the City Council
of Charleston. It may, with the consent and approval of the
City Council of Charleston, dedicate, appropriate and lay out
any part or parts of said land as streets, highways, public
parks, or for other public purposes ; and it may sell or dispose
of any part or parts of said land not appropriated to any public
use; and for the purpose of acquiring land, or of reclaiming,
improving or developing lands held by said corporation, it may
contract debts, and in evidence thereof give its notes, bonds,
or other obligations, and secure the same by mortgage or deed
of trust of any of its lands not appropriated to a public pur-
pose, or by pledge of its securities; and such debts shall be
the debts of the said corporation only, and in no case what-
soever shall they be held or taken to be the debts of the City
Council of Charleston or the State of South Carolina. No
moneys received by the said corporation from any source shall
be applied to any purpose other than the expenses of maintain-
ing the said corporation, the payment of its debts, the acqui-
sition of land and the development and improvement of the
same.
Sec. 4. Said corporation shall have the right and power to
condemn any and all lands, property, water, riparian, or other
rights or easements, or any interest therein necessary for the
extension, improvement or protection of any property devoted
to a public use, upon the same terms and conditions and in the
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 369
same manner as now provided by law for the condemnations ^- ^- ^•^^
by railways, canal and turnpike companies: Provided, Thatp^^^^
just compensation shall first be paid for any property owned
by individuals or corporations before the same are taken by
said corporation in the construction of said sea wall and filling
up said area, and just compensation shall also be first paid indi*
viduals or corporations owning lands butting or bounding on
any navigable streams within or running through said area
before the same are impeded, stopped or their use interfered
with, all of which compensation shall include not only the value
of the property taken, but also the damages inflicted upon such
business as may be conducted on said property or said lands
butting or bounding on said navigable streams, by either the
taking of the property or the impeding or stoppage of such
stream or interference with the use thereof.
Sec. 5. That whenever such extension, improvement or pro-
tection shall make necessary the filling up of low lands, owned may be aiied
- . f, «i*ii«f •* r-** r-> -t^y corporation
by private parties, to a level estabhshed by the said City Council at expcnie of
r i^i 1 1 1 ^11' « « private owner.
of Charleston, and such filling up is proposed to be accom-
plished by excavations from the bed of the Ashley River, bor-
dering the water front so to be extended, improved or protected,
under a general plan established by said City Council of
Charleston, said low lands may be filled up by the said corpora-
tion at the expense of the said private owners, and the cost
thereof shall be a lien upon the land so filled up ; the said cost
to each private owner shall be determined by the proportion
which the cubic contents of the filling in each lot or parcel of
land, separately owned, shall be to the cubic contents of the
whole area filled : Provided, however. That if the corporation
and the owner cannot agree as to the cost of filling, aforesaid **^*'''"®-
to be borne by such private owner, then the same shall be deter-
mined by a proceeding in the nature of an action against such
party, to be instituted by the corporation, in the Court of
Common Pleas, to recover the amount claimed to be due, and
the reasonable cost to be paid by such lot owner shall be deter-
mined by the jury, as in the case of similar actions. The
corporation shall first notify each private owner interested of
the plan proposed, and of the level up to which said lots are to
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370 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 5g filled, and such private owners may, if they see fit, arrange
to fill up their lands at their own expense, such filling up to
be done either prior to or contemporaneously with the filling
done by the corporation, such filling to be in accord with the
general plan adopted. In the event that any lot owner objects
to the cost of filling of his lot or lots, then, and in that event,
such owner may require the corporation tO purchase said lot
at a price agreed upon between the said corporation and the
owner; and in case of failure to agree upon the price, then,
and in that event, the said corporation is hereby authorized
to condemn the said lot or lots ; and upon paying to the owner
or owners the price that may be fixed therefor, as hereinafter
provided, the title thereof shall vest in said corporation, who
shall proceed to fill said lot or lots, and may sell the same to
reimburse itself for all expenses and charges. That for the
purpose of such condemnation the said corporation shall file,
in the Court of Common Pleas, a petition setting forth the
necessity of filling of such lots, and that the owner or owners
have refused or failed to fill the same, upon being notified, and
that said owner objects to the estimated cost of said filling, a
copy of which petition shall be served upon the owner or
owners of said lots as summons are now served in cases of law.
That the Judge of said Court of Common Pleas shall there-
upon cause a jury to proceed to fix the value to the said lot
or lots to be paid by the said corporation.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
• No. 212.
AN ACT TO Incorporate Anderson College.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
College Cor- State of South Carolina, A Concurrent Resolution, allowing
poration.
this Bill to be introduced, having been passed by a two-thirds
vote of each House, as required by the Constitution, that S.
C. Mitchell, of Columbia, S. C. ; C. C. Brown, of Sumter, S.
C. ; W. E. Thayer, of Laurens, S. C. ; L. N. Roper, of Spartan-
burg, S. C. ; Louis J. Bristow, of Abbeville, S. C. ; W. B.
Wilbur, of Charleston, S. C. ; J. K. Durst, of Greenwciod, S.
C. ; W. H. Hunt, of Newberry, S. C, and J. J. Fretwell, W. A.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 371
Watson, C. S. Sullivan, M. M. Mattison, R. S. Ligon, Joseph a. d. 1911
N. Brown and H. H. Watkins, of Anderson, S. C, trustees ^"-^"v-**^
who have been elected by the State Convention of the Baptist
Denomination in South Carolina, and their successors in office
be, and they are hereby, created and constituted a body politic
and corporate, under the name and style of "Anderson College,"
and as such corporation and in, by, and under said name of
Anderson College, shall have the right to contract and be con- Rights of nia
tracted with, to sue and be sued, and in any manner whatso- ^'pomtion.
ever, to acquire, hold and dispose of any and all kinds of
property, real, personal and mixed, and to lease or mortgage
the same; to have and use a common seal; to make such
by-laws, rules and regulations as may be thought proper, and
generally, to have all such rights, powers and privileges as are
usually incident to corporations of like nature and as now are,
or hereafter may be, conferred by general laws upon corpora*
tions organized for educational purposes, and as may not be
repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State or of the
United States.
Sec. 2. That the said corporation shall have, and it is hereby
given, the power to establish, maintain and operate at or near ^^jaj*
the city of Anderson, in the State of South Carolina, a high- rofteglT^*'
grade college for the liberal education of girls and women,
and for these purposes shall be authorized to do all such acts
and make all such contracts as may be proper or necessary.
Sec. 3. That all the powers given said corporation shall be,
and they hereby are, lodged in a board of trustees, consisting in^rd of
of the persons named in Section 1 of this Act, and such other "" ^^
persons as may be substituted for them or any of them, or
chosen to succeed them or any of them by the said The State
Convention of the Baptist Denomination in South Carolina or
in pursuance of resolutions adopted by said convention. The
said The State Convention of the Baptist Denomination in
South Carolina shall have the right and power to increase the
number of the members of said board to not exceeding twenty-
five (35), or to reduce said number to not less than nine (9)
members ; it shall have the power to provide by resolution for
the terms of office of the various members of the board, and
may arrange so that said terms shall not expire at the same
372
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A. D. 1911
May award
degreea, etc.
Charter
perpetual.
time, and shall also have the power to provide for the removal
of any member or members of the board, at any time for any
cause that may to it seem proper. The powers herein given
to said The State Convention of the Baptist Denomination in
South Carolina may in whole or in part be delegated to a
majority of the board or to such other persons or organization
as to the said convention may seem proper. All members of
said board of trustees shall hold office until their successors
have been duly elected or appointed.
Sec. 4. The said corporation shall have power and authority
to confer and award all such distinctions, honors and degrees
as are usually conferred or awarded by any of the colleges
or universities of the United States.
Sec. 5. The charter herein granted shall be held in perpe-
tuity, unless said corporation should be dissolved in accordance
with the provisions of law.
Sec. 6. This Act shall be deemed and taken to be a public
Act, and shall go into effect and continue of force from and
immediately after the day of its approval.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 213.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 2 of an Act Entitled "An
Act to Incorporate Greenwood and Saluda Railroad
Company/' so as to Change the Corporate Name.
Section 1. Be it enccted by the General Assembly of the
Ac*t ^ o" 1910, State of South Carolina, That Section 2 of ah Act entitled "An
amended. ' Act to incorporate Greenwood and Saluda Railroad Company,"
approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1910, be, and the
same is hereby, amended by striking out the word "company,"
line 2; so that said section, when amended, shall read as
follows :
Section 2. That the name of the said company shall be
"Greenwood and Saluda Railroad;" and the capital stock
of the said company shall be the sum of two hundred thou-
sand dollars, in shares of one hundred dollars each, with the
privilege of increasing such capital stock in such amounts as
the said company from time to time, may by a majority vote
Name and
capital stock.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 373
of its stockholders, determine upon in order to carry out the ^' ^* ^^^^
purpose of this Act : Provided, That the capital stock shall at ^^^^
no time exceed the sum of one million dollars.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 214.
AN ACT Incorporating Piedmont and N6rthern Rail-
way Company. (A Concurrent Resolution Having
Passed Both Houses by a Two-thirds Vote in Each,
Allowing the Introduction of This Bill.)
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the . ^
•^ "^ Piedmont
State of South Carolina, That J. B. Duke, of Somerville, N. J. ; Northern
' •' ' > ./ 'Railway Com-
B. N. Duke, of New York, N. Y. ; Samuel McRoberts, of New panr.
York, N. Y. ; W. S. Lee, of Charlotte, N. C. ; Ellison A. Smyth
and Lewis W. Parker, of Greenville, S. C, and such other per-
sons as they may associate with themselves, and their succes-
sors and assigns, be, and they are hereby, created a body politic
and corporate, under the name and style of Piedmont and
Northern Railway Company, and by that name may sue and be
sued, make contracts and do all other corporate acts, and may
accept, purchase, hold, lease or otherwise acquire and dispose
of property, real or personal, use a corporate seal ; and in addi-
tion to the rights herein enumerated, shall have the rights and
powers conferred upon railway corporations by Chapter
XLVni of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, and by all
amendatory and supplemental Acts. Said corporation may
adopt by-laws, determine the number of directors, which shall
not be less than five nor more than twenty-five, divide the same
into classes, and prescribe their powers and duties, and the
duration of their respective terms.
Sec. 2. That the said railway company is authorized to con-
struct, maintain and operate a line or lines of railway, with Authority
gn^ven to con-
one or more tracks, to be operated by electricity or other motive struct, main-
power, beginning at some point in York county, on the North of laiiway.
Carolina line, and extending thence into, across or through the
following counties: York, Cherokee, Spartanburg, Greenville,
Anderson, Abbeville and Greenwood, or any of them, and by or
through the villages, towns and cities situate in sai 1 counties.
374 STATUTES AT LARGE
«
A. D. 1911 ^j. any of them, and to the Georgia State line. That said rail-
way company is further authorized to build, construct, main-
tain and operate other lines of railway connecting with its main-
line and into, across or through the following counties, to wit :
Union, Laurens, Saluda, Lexington, Newberry, Richland,
Chester, or such of them as may be determined upon, and into
such other counties and to such other points in this State as
may be selected by said corporation, and by and through the
villages, towns and cities situate in said counties, including a
branch or branches to some town or city, on or near the sea-
•
coast, at either of or between the towns of Georgetown and
Port Royal. And said company is authorized to construct and
maintain such sidetracks, turnouts, switches, industrial tracks
and such other operating appliances and structures as may be
found convenient. And for this purpose it shall have the
enf^etc ^^^ right and power, from time to time, to change the gauge of
its tracks and to cross the roads, streets and highways of the
State, and to construct and maintain culverts, trestles and
bridges over and across the streams and watercourses in its
route, providing that in crossing any navigable stream or water-
course, said corporation shall provide draw bridges for the
convenience of boats navigating the same. And said corpora-
tion shall have the right to cross, at grade, over or under any
other railroad or railway now constructed, or that may here-
after be constructed in this State, subject to the laws, rules
and regulations of this State. And said corporation shall have
the right and power to erect and maintain such depots, stations,
warehouses, elevators, compresses, wharves, docks, yards and
terminals, and other necessary and convenient establishments
and structures along or near its lines of railway for the accom-
modation of passengers and freight, and shall be entitled to
charge and collect reasonable compensation for storage, dock-
age, wharfage, lighterage, and all labor and services incident
thereto, and that said corporation shall have the right and
power, in connection with its railway, or otherwise, to own,
operate, or make traffic arrangements and agreements with
one or more lines of steamboats, ferries, ferry boats or other
vessels for the transportation of passengers and freight, and
may charge and collect reasonable fares and tolls therefor.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 375
All the charges, arrangements and tolls provided for herein a. d. 1911
shall be exercised subject to the regulations adopted by the ^""^"^^"^^
Railroad Commission. And it may construct, maintain and
operate along its right of way and extending into the villages,
towns and cities through or near which it may pass, lines of
railway, telephone, telegraph and electric power transmission,
with all suitable poles, towers, fastenings and appliances there-
for, and shall be entitled to charge and collect reasonable fares
and tolls for all messages and for power furnished: Provided,
however, That said corporation shall not be entitled to extend Proviso,
said lines along the streets of any village, town or city of this
State without first securing the consent of the municipal
authorities: Provided, That unless the said corporation shall
enter and begin actual construction of its lines in any county
into which it is empowered to enter, either expressly or under
the general clause of this Act, within ten years from March
1st, 1911, all rights and franchises given to enter such county
shall expire.
Sec. 3. That said corporation shall have the right and power
to construct, purchase, or otherwise acquire, maintain and ^^ JS**to
operate street railways, run by electricity or other improved ^^* railways,
motive power, in the villages, towns and cities through or
near which its lines of railway may pass, with one or more
tracks and with such wires, poles, supports, pipes, conduits
and other apparatus and appliances as may be deemed neces-
sary : Provided, however, That nothing contained in this stat- ^°^^'
ute shall be held to authorize the construction and operation
of a street railway in any village, town or city of this State,
except under or in pursuance of a franchise from, or the con-
sent of, the municipal authorities thereof.
Sec. 4. That said corporation shall have the right to pur-
chase, lease or otherwise acquire the railway and other prop- Right and
erty, including the rights and franchises, of any other railroad quire railways,
etc
company or street railway company now in existence or here-
after created, in this State, or in any other State of the United
States, and may hold, possess, operate, enjoy, exercise and
dispense of the same, and shall also have the right and power
to purchase, or otherwise acquire, the stock, bonds, or other
securities of any such railroad, or street railway corpora-
376 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 tion, including the right to vote the said stock and to guaran-
tee the payment of dividends, or interest on any shares, stocks,
debentures or other securities issued by such corporation, or
to aid in the development of the business thereof; and said
corporation shall further have the right to make such traffic
agreements and operating contracts with other corporations
owning or operating railroads or street railways in this or any
other State, as may be deemed necessary or advisable for the
efficient and economical conduct of the business: Promded,
Proviao. howevcT, That nothing contained in this section shall authorize
this corporation to purchase, acquire or obtain control over any
parallel and competing line of railway in this State.
Sec. 5. That said railway company shall be authorized and
Biay esUbliflh . .
automobile empowered to establish such Imes of automobiles, cabs or
lines, cabfl, '^
etc. other movable vehicles as may be deemed necessary or con-
venient for the efficient and economical conduct of its business,
as aforesaid. And it shall have the right to generate, develop
and contract for electric power, and to dispose of such power
as may not be needed for its own purposes, unto individuals,
corporations or municipalities for light and power; subject,
however, to the laws of this State.
Sec. 6. Said corporation shall have the right to enter upon
Power of con- the lauds of Other persons or corporations for the purpose of
emna ion. making surveys, laying out and locating the route or routes for
its railways, street railways, power transmission, telephone or
telegraph lines and for its various structures, and shall have
the right to condemn lands for its depots, stations, warehouses,
terminals, yards and structures, and rights of way for its lines
of railway, street railway, power transmission, telephone and
telegraph, of such width as may be determined upon by said
railway company, not exceeding fifty feet on either side
of the center; with the right, however, to protect the said
railway and line or lines of wires from trees situate on and
near said right of way. The power of condemnation thus
vested in said corporation shall be exercised in the same
manner and to the same extent as prescribed by the statutes
of this State, and particularly by Article IX of Chapter L of
the Civil Code of South Carolina and the Acts amendatory
and supplemental thereto.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 377
Sec. 7. That said corporation shall have the power and a. d. 1911
authority to acquire by gift, devise, purchase or otherwise, and j^ acquire
to improve and develop such real estate as may be deemed ^ ^^^'Jp^^
expedient, and to erect, sell, lease or dispose of schools, stores,
mills, warehouses, hotels and restaurants and other convenient
structures, to lay out and plat its real estate, or any of it, into
blocks, lots squares, town sites, factory sites, parks, amuse-
ments or other properties as may be deemed to the best inter-
est of said corporation, together with the right to dedicate to
the public use such streets, avenues, alleys and parks as may
be deemed advisable.
Sec. 8. That this corporation is authorized to do business „
^ ^ , Scope of
of carrying passengers, mail, express, merchandise, and other buMneea and
freight, and shall possess the power to borrow money and con- loans,
tract debts, and make and issue its bonds, notes and other evi-
dences of indebtedness in such form as may be determined
upon, and to secure the payment of the same by a mortgage or
mortgages, and deed or deeds of trust upon any or all of its
property, rights and franchises. The rights herein granted to
be exercised in pursuance of the general statutes of this State,
and of all Acts amendatory thereof. Said corporation shall
further have all the rights, privileges and franchises given unto
railway corporations and street railway corporations under
and by virtue of the general statutes of this State, and all
amendatory and supplemental Acts.
Sec. 9. That the 'capital stock of said corporation shall be
five million ($5,000,000) dollars in common or preferred, or capital
partly in each, as may be determined upon by the said corpora-
tors. The capital stock shall be divided into shares of the
par value of one hundred ($100) dollars each, payable in
money, real estate, stocks, bonds or any other property, or in
services, as may be determined upon by agreement between
said corporations and the subscribers to or purchasers of said
stocks: Provided, That said corporation may from time to
time, and as often as may be deemed advisable, increase itsP«>viao.
capital stock, or amend its charter in other particulars, upon
a vote of the stockholders in the manner and form prescribed
by the general statutes of this State, and all amendments and
378 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 Acts suppemental thereto, upon the payment to the State of the
fees provided by law.
Sec. 10. That a consolidation and merger of the capital
conaoiidation stock, property and franchises of Greenville, Spartanburg and
wrtain^'Ster-** Audersou Railway Company with that of Piedmont and North-
ired. " cm Railway Company is hereby authorized upon the follow-
ing terms, to wit : The directors of said corporations may enter
into an agreement under the corporate seal of each of said
corporations, setting forth the terms of consolidation, which
agreement shaH then be submitted to the stockholders of each
of said corporations at a meeting of which five days' notice
shall be given by publishing said notice in some newspaper pub-
lished in the city of Greenville, S. C, and if a majority of the
stockholders of said companies, respectively, shall by ballot
vote for said agreement, then this fact shall be certified by
the secretaries of said corporations, respectively, under their
corporate seals, together with a certified copy of the agreement,
and thereupon the agreement and action of said companies
shall be duly certified by the Secretary of State, under the
seal thereof, and said certified copy shall be evidence of said
merger in any judicial proceeding in this State. And there-
upon, the existence of said Greenville, Spartanburg and Ander-
son Railway Company shall be taken and deemed to be merged
into that of the Piedmont and Northern Railway Company,
which company shall have, possess, enjoy and exercise all the
property, real estate and personal, rights, privileges and fran-
chises, and be subject to all the restrictions, liabilities and duties
of each of said corporations, as effectually and fully as the said
property, right, privileges and franchises were originally vested
in the said Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson Railway
Company. And further, that any company now char-
tered, or hereafter to be chartered by this or any other
State, or the United States having, or authorized to have, lines
of railway in any of the towns, villages or cities or counties
of this State, or any other State, through or near which said
Piedmont and Northern Railway Company passes or proposes
to pass with its lines, shall be authorized to consolidate and
merge its capital stock, property and franchises with said
Piedmont and Northern Railway Company in the manner and
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 379
upon the terms prescribed in this section for the merger of the f^^- ^\
Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson Railway Com'pany with
said Piedmont and Northern Railway Company, and thereupon
said Piedmont and Northern Railway Company shall be entitled
to all the property, rights and franchises of said railway or
street railway company, and shall be subject to all of its liabil-
ities: Provided, however, That all rights of the creditors of Proviso,
either of the merging companies shall be preserved unimpaired,
and the respective corporations may be deemed to continue in
existence to preserve the same, and all debts, liabilities and
duties of either of said companies shall thenceforth attach to,
and be enf orcible against, the said Piedmont and Northern Rail-
way Company to the same extent as if the same had been
. Proviso.
contracted by it: And provided, further. That there shall be
paid to this State the fees allowed by law for the dissolution
of corporations: And provided, further, That nothing herein
shall authorize the consolidation or merger of paralld and
competing railway lines in this State.
Sec. 11. That this Act shall be held and deemed to be a
public Act, and shall go into effect immediatey upon its
approval by the Governor: Provided, That there shall be paid
to the Secretary of State, before said corporation shall engage P'o^«>-
in business, the charter fees chargeable against corporations
organized under the general statutes, based upon the author-
ized capital stock mentioned in paragraph 9 of this Act.
Approved the 24th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 216.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Incorpo-
rate THE Mechanics Building and Loan Association
OF Spartanburg/' Approved December 14, 1878.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Section 1 of an Act entitled "An If«f.h«n^<*» ,
Building and
Act to incorporate Mechanics Building Loan Association of^oan Awocia-
Spartanburg," approved December 14th, 1878, be amended by tanburg.
striking out the word "one" in line fourteen (14) thereof and
inserting in lieu thereof the word "ten;" so that said section,
when so amended, shall read as follows :
380 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting
in General Assembly, and by authority of the same, That
H. E. Heinitsh, George Cofield, William T. Russell, C. E.
Fleming, John B. Cleveland, William K. Blake, Lewis Cannon,
John E. Bryce and John H. Montgomery, together with other
persons who now are, or may hereafter be, associated with
them, be, and they are hereby, declared a body corporate and
politic, for the purpose of making loans of money, secured by
mortgage or real estate or personal property, or by conveyance
of the same to their members and stockholders, or in any other
way as may be provided in their by-laws, by the name and style
of the Mechanics Building and Loan Association of Spartan-
burg, the capital stock of which shall consist of four hundred
shares, but may be increased to ten thousand shares, to be paid
in by successive monthly installments of one dollar on each
share •SO long as the association shall continue. The said shares
to be held, transferred, assigned and pledged, and the holder
thereof to be subject to such fines and forfeitures for default
in their payments according to such regulations as may be pre-
scribed by the by-laws of said corporation : Provided, That the
Proviso. said corporation pay to the Secretary of State the fees now
required to be paid in such cases.
Sec. 2. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 216.
AN ACT TO Place Certain Property of the State, Known
AS State Exhibit Property, in Custody of Commis-
sioner of Agriculture.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Certain State State of South Carolina, That from and after the passage of
exhibit prop- ,
erty to be held this Act the property of the State of South Carolina, known
in custody of ,
State Depart- as the State Exhibit property, now temporarily in the care and
inent of Ag^-
culture, Com- custody of the State Agricultural and Mechanical Society, be
raerce and In- "^ «• r* r
duitriet. held in the care and custody of the State Department of Agri-
culture, Commerce and Industries, with authority to the Com-
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 381
missioner of Agriculture to add to it, and to house it, in his ^'^' ^^\
discretion, in such buildings as may be oflFered, and upon guar-
antee to properly care for it, where it may be continually open
to public inspection, and with authority to use such portions of
the property as may be desirable at the annual State fairs and
at any exposition outside the State, where such display may be
deemed advantageous.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 217.
AN ACT Relating to the Action Pending in the Supreme
Court Concerning the Dam Across the Savannah
River, Beginning in Edgefield County, and in Rela-
tion TO THE Maintenance of so Much of Said Dam
AS Lies in the Waters of Savannah River, from the
Middle Thread of the Stream to the South Caro-
lina Shore.
Whereas, The General Assembly of the State of South Caro-
lina did in the year 1909 (see Journal of the Senate of 1909,
page 807) adopt the following resolution:
"Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate
concurring. That the Attorney General be, and he is hereby,
required to bring an action against the owners of the dam
situated in Edgefield county, State of South Carolina, above
the city of Augusta, to erect and maintain proper fishways, or
an action to abate the said dam as in violation of the terms of
the original grant by the said State of South Carolina as he is
advised ;" and.
Whereas, The Attorney General of this State did, in com-
pliance with said resolution, institute an action before the
Supreme Court of this State against the City Council of
Augusta for the purpose of effectuating the object of said
resolution ; and,
Whereas, The City Council of Augusta, the defendant to
said action, has made answer thereto, the full text of which
will appear by reference to said answer on file in the office
of the Clerk of the Supreme Court of South Carolina ; and.
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A. D. 1911
Attorney Gen-
eral directed
to apply for
decree to re-
quire City
Council of
Augusta to
construct cer-
tain flshway.
Proviso.
Proviso.
Fishway to be
maintained.
Whereas, The City Council of Augusta has secured from the
Department of Fisheries of the United States an approved plan
of the best kind and location of fishway, and said plan and
location has been examined by a majority of the members of
the committee from the General Assembly charged with this
matter and by the Attorney General, and such plan and loca-
tion is now in the hands of the Attorney General to be filed
with the Secretary of State; now,
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the Attorney General be, and he
is hereby, authorized and directed to apply for the entry of a
decree in the above mentioned action of the State of South
Carolina Ex relatione J. Fraser Lyon. Attorney General,
against the City Council of Augusta, now pending in the
Supreme Court of this State, to the following effect, to wit:
That the City Council of Augusta shall be required to promptly
construct a fishway of the kind and .in the location indicated
on the said plan, approved by the Department of Fisheries of
the United States and by the Attorney General, and to be filed
by him in the office of the Secretary of State ; and that so long
as such fishway be maintained and thus constructed this will
be recognized as a compliance with the duties of the city of
Augusta as to the maintenance of such fishway. That such
fishway as aforesaid shall be constructed by the first day of
May, nineteen hundred and eleven ; the said decree to contain
such other provisions as may be proper to carry out the pur-
poses of this Act : Provided, That if work of constructing said
fishway be prevented by bad weather or other unavoidable
reasonable cause, the Attorney General is empowered to extend
the time for constructing the same: Provided, further. That
the application for the decree above provided for shall not be
made until a resolution or ordinance shall be duly adopted
by the City Council of Augusta and filed in the Supreme Court
of this State, authorizing and directing their attorneys to
appear in said court and consent to such decree.
Sec. 2. That should such fishway at any time be damaged
or destroyed, it shall be repaired or restored, as may be neces-
sary, according to the plans hereinbefore referred to, unless
other plans shall then be prescribed by the General Assembly,
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 383
within such reasonable time as may be prescribed by the Board ^ ^- ^•^^
of Fisheries of South Carolina.
Sec. 3. When such fishway shall have been completed the
Attorney General shall request the Department of Fisheries u. s. Depart-
of the United States to cause the same to be inspected by a erfes or s. c.
- . - - , , r 1 Board of Fiah-
representative of said department, and the report of such rep- enes to inspect
resentative of the Department of Fisheries as to whether or
not it has been constructed in accordance with the aforesaid
plans shall be filed with the Secretary of State to be kept along
with said plans. If, however, said Department of Fisheries
declines to inspect the said fishway, then the Board of Fisheries
of the State of South Carolina, appointed in pursuance of Act
number 60 of the Acts of the General Assembly of this State
for the year 1906, be, and they are hereby, required to inspect
such fishways so erected, and make their report to the Attorney
General and to the Secretary of State, which said report shall
be filed with said plans.
Sec. 4. That the right and power of the City Council of
Augusta, Georgia, to maintain the aforesaid dam at its present ^JJitJj^^^by
height across Savannah River, from the middle thread of the ^^jft^^** o^^^r-
stream of the said river to the South Carolina shore, is hereby ^'"^ conditions,
granted to the City Council of Augusta, and its successors in
office, subject, however, to the condition that they shall main-
tain a fishway in accordance with the aforesaid plans, and shall
keep open, both above and below said fishway, an unobstructed
channel sufficient for the free and uninterrupted passage of
fish: Provided, however. That nothing herein contained shall
preclude the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina proviao.
from requiring the location, construction and maintenance on
said dam of suitable locks for the passage of boats sufficient
for the commerce of the river, whenever in its judgment the
same is necessary. The cost thereof to be borne by the city
of Augusta.
Sec. 5. That in the event the City Council of Aueiista shall
•^ ^ Attorney Oen-
f ail or refuse to consent to the decree provided for in Section 1 e™i may apply
"^ for relie* if
of this Act, or having consented thereto, shall thereafter fail or city of au-
refuse to obey the said decree or to comply with the provisions "jy o"* J^-
of this Act, the Attorney General shall have the right to apply
to the Supreme Court in the said case now pending for the
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A. D. 1911
Proviso.
relief demanded in the petition, or such other relief as the
court shall deem to be proper: Provided, The Attorney Gen-
eral, in the event the City Council of Augusta shall fail or
refuse to comply with the provisions of the decree hereinbefore
provided for, or with any of the provisions of tliis Act what-
soever, then the Attorney General may, in his discretion, insti-
tute such action or proceeding as he may deem advisable for
the purpose of compelling compliance with the intention of
this Act, or for the purpose of abating, as a public nuisance,
so much of said dam as lies within the boundaries of South
Carolina.
Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its
approval by the Governor.
Approved the 3d day of February, A. D. 1911.
City Council
of Columbia
authorized to
excute a mort-
gage of prop-
erty used by
State Agricul-
tural and Me-
chanical
Society.
No. 218.
AN ACT TO Authorize and Empower the City of Colum-
bia TO Execute a Mortgage of the Property Now
Used by the State Agricultural and Mechanical
Society for the Uses of Said Society.
Whereas, The lefi:al title to the land in Columbia township,
south of the city of Columbia, now occupied and used by the
State Agricultural and Mechanical Society of South Carolina
for holding its annual State fair, is vested in said city, and
was acquired for such uses as long as so used;
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina. That the City Council of Columbia
are authorized and empowered by ordinance to direct the
execution and delivery, on the written request of the State
Agricultural and Mechanical Society, a mortgage by the city
of Columbia of the tract of land conveyed by said company
to the city of Columbia by deed dated May 4, 1904, and
recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court for Richland
county, in Deed Book A. G., at page 410, to secure the princi-
pal and interest of bonds of said company to an amount in
the aggregate not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars, the
principal whereof is payable at not more than ten years after
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 385
their date, and the proceeds of which are to be used in the a. d. 1911
construction of new buildings on the property.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No, 219.
AN ACT TO Provide for Re-Indexing the Records op
Mortgages and Deeds of Real Estate in Abbeville
County.
Section 1. Be tt enacted by the General Assembly of the certain sum to
State of South Carolina, That the sum of six hundred dollars priatSF^^ti pay
be, and the same is hereby, appropriated from the funds f or Jjli^iJ^^^^S,
ordinary county purposes, now or hereafter to come into the ^ountyf ^^"*
hands of the treasurer of Abbeville county, for the purpose of
re-indexing the records of mortgages and deeds of real estate
in Abbeville county.
Sec. 2. That William P. Greene, William N. Graydon and
J. L. Perrin, or a majority of them, be, and they are hereby, ciSi^!
authorized to contract with some competent person to do the
said work of re-indexing according to some approved and
up-to-date system.
Sec. 3. That the treasurer be, and he is hereby, authorized
to pay the sum hereinabove appropriated upon the warrant of
the said William P. Greene, William N. Graydon and J. L.
Perrin, or ^ majority of them.
Sec. 4. That the persons above named shall report from
time to time to the grand jury of Abbeville county such
progress as shall have been made in the work, and when it
shall have been completed they shall make a final report con-
cerning the work and its cost.
Sec. 5. That this Act shall go into effect immediately upon
its approval by the Governor.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
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386 STATUTES AT LARGE
A^D^ No. 220.
AN ACT TO Direct the Ci.erk oi^ the Court of Colleton
County to Eliminate from the Indices Now Being
P&EPARED All Deeds and Mortgages of Real Estate
Located in St. Paul's Parish^ in Colleton County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
m^g« of State of South Carolina, That the Clerk of the Court of Cone-
s'* strpaurs ton county be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed in the
ton County, \o preparation of the indices of deeds of conveyance and mort-
frora \ndicefl. gages of real estate as required by the Act of 1910, to elimi-
1910. «6^tet8., nate from such indices all deeds of conveyance and mortgages
of real estate of and to all lands located in Saint Paul's parish,
in Colleton county.
Sec. 2. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act be, and the same ar hereby, repealed.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 221.
AN ACT TO Authorize and Empower the City of Laurens
TO Borrow Money to Pay Past Indebtedness of the
Said City.
Whereas, The city of Laurens is indebted in the sum of fif-
teen thousand dollars, which debt has been in existence for a
number of years and remains unpaid ; now, therefore,
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Liurens au- State of South Carolina, That the Mayor of the city of Lau-
bo??iw certain rcus, with the approval of the City Council of Laurens, is
hereby authorized and empowered for the present and any
succeeding fiscal year to borrow, upon the faith and credit of
the said city of Laurens, a sufficient sum or sums of money to
Proviso. pay said indebtedness with interest thereon : Provided, That the
amount borrowed for any year for said purpose shall not
exceed the sum of fifteen thousand dollars.
- ^» Sec 2. The obligation for the repayment of the said loan
Form of obli- ° . ^ "^ r» ^
gation. shall be substantially in the followmg form : Xaurens, S. C,
day of , A. D On or before the
day of ., A. D , the city of Laurens promises to
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 387
pay or order, the sum of dollars with interest f^^- ^^\
at per cent, per annum from money borrowed
to pay past indebtedness of the said city of Laurens, under
authority of an Act of the General Assembly of the State of
South Carolina, passed at regular session 1911." "Witness the
hand and official seal of the Mayor of the said city of Laurens,
attested by the Clerk of the City Council of the said city, the
day and year first above written." "Attested by Mayor
of the city of Laurens." (Seal.) " Clerk of the City
Council of the city of Laurens." That an obligation substan-
tially in the above form shall constitute a valid debt against the
city of Laurens as hereinbefore provided and may be renewed
from time to time as occasion may warrant or necessity demand.
Sec. 3. That this Act shall go into effect immediately upon
its approval.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 222,
AN ACT TO Authorize the City Council of Spartanburg
TO Make an Appropriation for the Confederate
Monument.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the euy coundi
State of South Carolina, The City Council of Spartanburg are aith^ri^d"*?"^^
hereby authorized, if they deem best, to appropriate not exceed- J^SaiS^ium
ing three hundred and fifty dollars toward the Confederate iSSita^mon-
monument in the city of Spartanburg. cUyT* ^ ^^^
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 223,
AN ACT TO Authorize the Town Council of the Town
OF Greenwood to Subscribe to the Capital Stock of
Piedmont Syndicate in the Sum of Thirty-five
Thousand Dollars, and to Provide Means for the
Payment of the Same.
Whereas, It will be to the public interest of the town of
Greenwood to have the public highway company, known as
388 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 Piedmont Syndicate, extend its road into the said town ; and,
Whereas, A majority of the qualified voters of the said town
have, by their ballot, voted in favor of the said town subscrib-
ing to the capital stock of the said Piedmont Syndicate in the
sum of thirty-five thousand dollars ; and;
Whereas, It appears to be to the best interest of the said town
that the said subscription be made ; now, therefore.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Town Council State of South Carolina, That the town council of the town
auth<!ri^'to of Greenwood be, and the same are hereby, authorized to sub-
Spitai *Bt<MJk scribe to the capital stock of Piedmont Syndicate in the sum of
syndicate^and thirty-five thousand dollars, and the said council may, for the
issue stock ... £ j.'L. ' J A. y
certificates, purpose of raismg money to pay for the said stock, issue cer-
tificates of indebtedness of the said town in such form and
payable on such dates, with such rates of interest, and on such
terms generally as to the said council may seem to be to the
best interests of the said town.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
etc.
No. 224.
AN ACT TO Provide for the Refunding of Money Paid by
Reedy River Power Company for the Erection of a
Bridge Across Reedy River, in the County of Laurens,
South Carolina.
Whereas, Reedy River Power Company heretofore expended
the sum of two thousand three hundred sixty-seven and 75-100
($2,367.75) dollars in the erection of piers and providing
lumber for the construction of a bridge at Boyd's Mill, across
Reedy River ; and,
Whereas, The County Board of Commissioners agreed to
pay such part of said sum as the county of Laurens ought to
pay;
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Treasurer of State of South CaroHua, That the Treasurer of Laurens county
Laurens
County re- be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to pay the said
quired to pay ' •' ' .
j^rtain R?"* *° Rccdy River Power Company, each year, an amount equiva-
Power Com- lent to the taxes assessed aefainst it for each year for county
pany annually. *^ "^ "^
purposes, until such amount be paid as may be fixed by the
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 38?
unanimous vote of the County Board of Commissioners of said ^^' "^^
county as being due, if any be due, on account of the construc-
tion of said bridge not to exceed the amount above stated.
Sec. 2. That the said treasurer is not to make any payment
under the terms of this Act until the County Board of Commis-
sioners shall fix the amount due, as aforesaid, during the present
year, 1911.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 225.
AN ACT TO Sell Certain Lands to R. M. Covil, and to
Vest the Title Thereto in Him and His Heirs and
Assigns Forever.
Whereas, J. A. Covil, late of Greenville county, in the State
of South Carolina, died intestate on the 5th day of June, A. D.
1910, owning in fee simple the two tracts of land hereinafter
described, but leaving no heirs at law, and owing debts, some
of which he secured by mortgages on said two tracts of land,
and not leaving personal estate sufficient to pay his debts ; and,
Whereas, R. M. Covil, the natural nephew of said J. A.
Covil, has offered to pay three hundred dollars for said two
tracts of land, in addition to the debts of said J. A. Covil ; and,
Whereas, Such sum seems to be a fair price for said lands,
after the payment of said debts ; and,
Whereas, The said R. M. Covil is the natural nephew of said
J. A. Covil, and was raised by him, and expressed his intention
to leave said R. M. Covil his property by his last will and
testament ;
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the State of South Carolina, in tain estate
consideration of the sum of three hundred dollars, to be paid m. cpvii on'
by said R. M. Covil within ninety days from the approval of ditiona.
this Act, hereby grants, bargains and sells and renounces,
relmauishes and releases unto said R. M. Covil, his heirs and
assigns forever, all her right, title, interest and estate, what-
ever the same may be or however derived of in and to the fol-
lowing two tracts of land, to wit: All that piece, parcel and
tract of land situate, lying and being in the State of South
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A. D. 1911
Sinking Fund
Commissi OQ
to invest
precocds of
sale.
Carolina and cotmty of Greenville, and O'Neall township, con-
taining eighty-four and one-half acres, more or less, and
bounded by lands of Sparten Dill, Misses Sallie and Lou Watts,
Abe Collins, Hamilton Bull and Pell Collins, and being the
same tract of land conveyed to said J. A. Covil by S. A. Keller
by deed bearing date the 3d day of March, 1906, and recorded in
the office of the Register of Mesne Conveyances for said county
in Deed Book S S S, page 505, and known as the home place
of said J. A. Covil ; also all that other piece, parcel and tract
of land situate, lying and being in the State and county afore-
said and Highland township, containing fifty acres, more or
less, and bounded by lands of A. J. Donehue, the estate of John
T. Jackson and the estate of D. A. Pearson, lying on both sides
of Wild Cat Creek, and being the same tract of land conveyed
to said J. A. Covil by Mrs. Rosa Zimmerman by -deed bearing
date the 4th day of March, 1910 : Provided, That the said R. M.
Covil shall, within ninety days from the approval of this Act,
pay to the Secretary of State of the State of South Carolina, as
agent of the Board of Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, the
sum of three hundred dollars, and his receipt therefor or the
entry thereof in the proper book, in his office, by the State
Treasurer, shall be sufficient evidence of such payment and of
the title of said R. M. Covil to said lands.
Sec. 2. That said sum of money, when so paid by the said
R. M. Covil, shall be paid by the Secretary of State into the
State treasury, and shall be entered and kept as a separate
fund by the State Treasurer, to be invested by the Commis-
sioners of the Sinking Fund as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 3. That the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund shall
securely invest said money, as required by Article XI, Section
2 of the Constitution of this State of 1895, for the uses and
purposes provided in said article and said section of said Con-
stitution.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 391
No. 226. /^- ^ ^•^
AN ACT TO Permit Marion W. Seabrook and W. M.
Warren to Apply for Admission to the Bar With-
out Complying With All the Requirements of an
Act Entitled "An Act to Regulate the Admission to
Practice of Attorneys, Solicitors and Counsellors,
to Provide for a F:oard of Examiners, and to Repeal
Conflicting Acts," Approved 26th Day of February,
A. D. 1910.
Section 1. Be it efmcted by the General Assembly of the
Marion W.
State of South Carolina, That Marion W. Seabrcx)k, of Sum- seabrpok and
W. M. Warren
ter county, and W. M. Warren, of Orangeburg county, be per- permitted to
mitted to apply for admission to the bar, and take the examina- miflmon to bar
* *^ •' ^ on certain con-
tions prescribed by said Act, without furnishing proof that they ditiona.
have studied law in a law school, or in the office under the
direction of a member of the bar of this State, for a period of
two years, during at least thirty-six weeks of each year, and
after passing a satisfactory examination before the State Board
of Law Examiners and paying a fee of ten dollars each the
said Marion W. Seabrook and W. M. Warren shall be admitted
to practice in all the courts of this State, with all rights and
privileges to each as if he had furnished certificates of having
completed such course of study in a law school, or under ^he
direction of a member of the bar of this State; and shall be
duly enrolled as an attorney of record in the Supreme Court.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 227.
AN ACT TO Make Appropriations and to Provide for the
Working of Cross-Country Roads in the County of
Greenville and to Provide Pay for Extra Services
of Certain Officers.
Section 1. Be ii enacted by the General Assembly of the
"^ Annual appro*
State of South Carolina, That the sum of $10,000 annually ispnat»on pro-
, , . , r , ^^^ *" Green-
hereby appropriated out of the proceeds of taxes levied foryin® county
. ^ for certain
county expenses m the county of Greenville for the purpose "»<J*-
392 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. iDii of maintaining in proper repair the cross-country roads in
said county.
Sec. 2. That the term cross-country roads shall include all
Crosscountry P^i^lic highways Connecting directly or indirectly with the
roada. public highways leading out of any city or town in said county.
Sec. 3. That the Supervisor and County Commissioners of
Contract to GrecnviUe county shall, upon the written petition of any tax-
be let by bid. pj^y^,. interested, by reason of residence or ownership of prop-
erty thereon, in any cross-country road or section thereof, let
the maintenance of said road by contract to the lowest respon-
sible bidder for the remainder of the fiscal year. The con-
tractor shall receive no part of the agreed compensation until
his road shall have been inspected and approved by the Super-
visor and County Commissioners, or their agent: Provided,
Proviso. That nothing herein shall prevent the Supervisor and County
Commissioners from apportioning the sum of money herein-
above appropriated among the cross-country roads of the sev-
eral townships in Greenville county, as in their discretion may
seem proper. That the County Commissioners shall receive
one hundred ($100.00) dollars each for the additional services
herein required, to be paid out of this fund.
Sec. 4. The provision for the maintenance of said cross-
Duty and in- ^ountry Toads shall not relieve the supervisor from the care
tlso'r °' ^^" ^^ "^^^^ roads or deprive them of their interest in the appro-
priation for roads, bridges and convicts.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 228,
AN ACT TO Extend Time for Payment of Road Tax in
Georgetown County from December 31st, 1910, as
Provided in Section 2 of an Act Entitled "An Act
TO Require All Persons in Georgetown County
Liable to Road Duty to Pay a Commutation or Road
Tax in Lieu of Working Upon Public Highways in
Said County, to Provide a Penalty, to Provide for
Listing Persons so Liable, and to Provide for Col-
lecting Said Tax/' Approved February 15th, 1910, to
March 1st, 1911.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 393
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the a. d. 1911
State of South Carolina, That time for payment of road tax in ^^^ ^, p^.
Georgetown county, as provided in Section 2 of an Act entitled S? V^eor^e-
" An Act to require all persons in Georgetown county liable to *®^ county.
road duty to pay a commutation or road tax in lieu of work-2e*^sJ^^^*JJi
ing upon public highways in said county, to provide a penalty,
to provide for listing per^ns so liable, and to provide for col-
lecting said tax," approved February 16th, 1910, be extended
from December 31st, 1910, to April 1st, 1911. And that in
case of nonpayment of said tax the procedure for the collection
of same shall be the same as for the collection of delinquent
poll taxes.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 229.
AN ACT TO Authorize the County of Dii^lon to Issue
Bonds for Permanent Road and Highway Improve-
ments, AND TO Provide for the Expenditure of the
Same.
«
Section 1. Be it Enacted by the General Assembly of the county com-
State of South Carolina, That the County Board of Commis- JJlf^cSunty^""
sioners of the county of Dillon be, and are hereby, authorized JJJJJi^tOTiV'for
and directed to issue coupon bonds to an amount not exceeding f^JJ'e^en'^^
one hundred thousand ($100,000) dollars, to pay the past
indebtedness of, and for the permanent improvement and buildr
ing of roads and highways in, said county; said bonds to be
known as highway improvement bonds ; to be issued in denomi-
nations as said County Board of Commissioners may deter-
mine; numbered consecutively from one upwards, and bear
interest at a rate not exceeding five per centum per annum,
payable semi-annually, on the first day of January and July of
^ch year until maturity of principal; said bonds shall be pay-
able not more than thirty years from the date thereof, with
the option on the part of said county to redeem the same, or
any part thereof, at any time after the expiration of five years.
A record of the respective numbers, denominations and amount
of said bonds shall be registered and kept by said board in a
suitable book provided for that purpose.
394
STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911
Bonds to be
signed; how.
Proviso.
Duty of com-
missionera as
to sale, etc.,
of bonds.
Proceeds of
sale of bonds
to be used;
how.
Sec. 2. That the bonds hereby authorized and directed to be
issued shall be signed by the chairman of the County Board
of Commissioners of said county, countersigned by the clerk
thereof, and shall be impressed with the seal of said county, and
the coupons thereof shall be signed in the same manner: Pro-
vided, however, That the signature of the said officers to the
coupons attached to the said bonds may be engraved or litho-
graphed, and such engraving or lithographing shall be sufficient
signing thereof ; they shall be non-taxable for all purposes
whatsoever, and the coupons thereof, when due, shall be receiv-
able in payment of all county taxes.
Sec. 3. That said County Board of Commissioners shall offer
said bonds for sale in blocks of not less than ten thousand
($10,000) dollars, as the same may be needed, for the purposes
of this Act, to the highest bidder, reserving the right to reject
any and all bids; and the proceeds from said sale shall be
deposited in one or more of the responsible banks of this State,
to be selected by the said County Board of Commissioners,
jointly with the County Treasurer, at the highest rate of inter-
est offered, regard b^ing had to the responsibility of such bank
or banks, and shall be held subject to the warrant of said
County Board of Commissioners; said proceeds to be drawn
as required only for the purpose of paying the indebtedness of
said county as hereinafter provided, and for permanent work
of improving, constructing and building the public roads and
highways of said county of Dillon, as the said work progresses,
and is approved by said County Board of Commi.<isioners and
the engineer hereinafter provi<led for.
Sec 4. That said County Board of Commissioners are
authorized, empowered and directed to use an amount not
exceeding fourteen thousand ($14,000) dollars of the proceeds
of said sales, if so much be necessary, in payment of the present
indebtedness of said county of Dillon; four thousand eight
hundred and twenty-nine and 67-100 ($4,829.67) dollars of
which said sum shall be applied to the payment of the debt
found to be due by said county of Dillon by the commission
appointed to divide and apportion between the counties of
Marion and Dillon the lawful and bona Me indebtedness of
Marion county, and such sum to Livingston & Gibson for pro-
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 395
fessional services rendered the commission to establish Dillon a. d. 1911
county and to the courthouse commission as the said County
Board of Commissioners may deem just and proper, and the
balance of said proceeds, in the proportion hereinafter stated,
for improving existing and constructing new public roads or
highways in said county> or otherwise in permanently improv-
ing and building the public roads and highways of said county :
Provided, That before any of said money is so expended such Proviso.
road or highway shall be surveyed, located or otherwise laid
out as hereinafter provided, and for the purposes of this Act
any road now known as a private path or neighborhood road
may be laid out and designed as a public road or highway by
said County Board of Commissioners.
Sec. 5. The said County Board of Commissioners niay^^ .^^^
employ an engineer, who shall also be skilled in scientific road ^ e^ipioyed.
construction, at such salary as may be fixed by said board,
payable monthly from the proceeds of the sale aforesaid of said
bonds, with such assistance, or assistant engineer, with like
qualifications, as they may deem necessary, whose salary shall
be fixed and paid in like manner. It shall be the duty of the
engineer, under the direction of said board, to survey, locate, ^uty of Engl-
and relocate, whenever necessary, every road and section of"^®'*
road before any work shall be done thereon, furnishing com-
plete profiles or maps, showing location, grade and other con-
ditions, together with complete plans and specifications for the
permanent construction of such road or highway, and furnish
any other information and perform any other labor, within his
power, required of him by said board.
Sec. 6. For the purpose of locating any new or relocating
any road now existing and when deemed necessary, the County Power to con-
-. J ^ ^ . . . , ^ , deinn lands.
Board of Commissioners may acquire by grant, purchase or
condemnation according to law, all necessary lands for the
purpose; they shall, if in their judgment it seems best, let to
the lowest responsible bidder, after due advertisement, the
improvement, building or construction of said public roads
and highways, or any portion of the same, or any part or sec-
tion of any road or highway, or employ labor and have the
work done, using the chain gang and road machinery for such ^^^ J^JJfJrit
purpose; full power, authority and discretion being hereby «ji^^^'^|JJjJ^J^
396 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 given to said County Board of Commissioners to perform and
execute the work^ and to accomplish the purposes of this Act
in the manner which, in their judgment, will prove most eco-
nomical, quality relatively considered.
Sec. 7. That said County Board of Commissioners shall set
County Com- aside and allot twenty-five per cent, of the general fund arising
expend *fund; from the salc of Said bonds for the building and construction
of bridges, unusual cuts and embankments and other expensive
works, and shall expend in each township an amount which
shall not be less than seventy-five per cent, of such sum as shall
bear the same ratio to one hundred thousand ($100,000) dol-
lars, the total bond issue, as the taxable value of the property
of said township shall bear to the taxable property of the
county.
Sec. 8. That no road or highway that is permanently
Width of high- improved or constructed, as herein provided by said County
ways improved *^ ^ r j j
or constructed. Board of Commissioners, shall be less than twenty (20) feet
wide, exclusive of side ditches and drains, not less than ten
(10) feet of which shall be of permanent construction: Pro-
Proviso. vided. That said County Board of Commissioners shall have
the power and authority to expend, in their discretion and as
they may think necessary and proper, such sums of money
arising from the bond issue herein provided for upon the
streets of any of the towns of said county which form a direct
connection and part of the public roads or highways leading
into such towns.
Sec. 9. That all warrants drawn for the disposition and
expenditure of the proceeds of the sale of said bonds as herein-
be*'drawn;*' before provided, whether for the payment of the past indebted-
ness of said county or attorney's fees, or for the improvement
and construction of bridges, roads and highways, shall be
signed by the chairman of said County Board of Commission-
ers, countersigned by the clerk thereof and impressed with the
county seal ; and no warrant or warrants shall be drawn against
said fund unless an itennized, verified statement or account shall
be presented to and approved by said County Board of Com-
missioners.
Sec. 10. That said board shall, quarterly, prepare and file
in the office of the clerk thereof, and also in the office of the
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 397 '
Clerk of the Circuit Court in and for said county, a succinct ^- ^- ^®^^
but clear statement of the work done and accomplished thcg^^^ ^^ j,,^^^
preceding quarter, with an itemized account of all money^J^^aJd'^n^
received and disbursed, and annually, at the close of each year, ""*^ ™p°'*-
sh^ll make a full report of its transactions during the year then
closed, including an itemized statement of all moneys received
and disbursed, and for what purpose, which said report shall
be transmitted to the Circuit Judge and by him turned over
to the grand jury at the first term of the court next following,
and it shall be the duty of the grand jury of said county to
examine said report fully and minutely and submit their find-
ings thereon to said court at the same or next ensuing term
thereof; and, in addition thereto, said grand jury shall make
an annual examination of the books, papers, accounts and work
of said County Board of Commissioners, as they are now
required by law to make of other ofiicers of said county.
Sec. 11. That said County Board of Commissioners shall
carry forward the permanent work herein provided for as bounty com-
•^ *^ *^ miasionera to
expeditiously as possible and as good work will permit, and to expedite work,
that end shall select a startmg point, and otherwise determine
the roads or highways to be improved or constructed, making
such selection as in their judgment will best subserve the pur-
poses of this Act and the interest of the greatest number of
people in said county.
Sec. 12. That for the purpose of paying the interest on said Annual tax to
bonds hereby and herein authorized to be issued as said interest ^y^^nSrcst.
accrues, said County Board of Commissioners are hereby
authorized and directed to levy annually a tax on all the taxable
property in said county of Dillon, sufficient to pay the same,
said tax to be placed on the county duplicate by the County
Auditor of said county, collected by the County Treasurer as
now provided by law for the collection of other taxes, and shall
be held and kept as a distinct fund applied as hereinbefore
provided.
Sec. 13. That this Act shall take eifect upon its approval by
the Governor, and all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent here-
with be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
398
STATUTES AT LARGE
^^^^:^ No. 280.
AN ACT TO Require the Supervisors and County Commis-
sioners OF Colleton and Hampton Counties to Build
AND Maintain the Road and Bridges of Broxton
BR^)GE Causeway, in Said Counties.
County Super- SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
mteio"«^oT" vState of South Carolina, That the Supervisor and County Com-
coiSty*'°author- n^issioners of Colleton county are hereby authorized and
aroxton**bridge^^^^^^^^» ^^^ ^^ ^"X ^^nds on hand, to build and maintain the
uin"di8tanaf/ ^oad and bridges of Broxton Bridge Causeway to the county
line of Hampton.
Sec 2. That the Supervisor and County Commissioners of
Hampton county are hereby authorized and directed to build
and maintain, out of any funds in their hands not otherwise
appropriated, the road and bridges of Broxton Bridge Cause-
way to the line at said causeway separating the counties of
Colleton and Hampton.
Sec 3. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with
this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 281.
AN ACT TO Provide for the Issuance of Twenty-five
Thousand Dollars in Coupon Bonds by the Town-
ships OF Hampton County to Build and Improve
Roads and Bridges.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
County Com- State of South Carolina, That the County Board of Commis-
Hampton sioncrs of Hamptou county be, and thev are hereby, authorized
County author- , f • ,. ' ^ ,
ized to ianie and empowered to issue not exceedmg twenty-five thousand
highways, etc. dollars in interest-bcaring coupon bonds of and for the several
townships of said county, for the purpose of building and
improving the public highways and bridges in the respective
townships of said county : Provided, That the question of issu-
ing the bonds authorized in this section shall first be submitted
to the qualified voters of each of said townships, at an election
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 391)
to be held to determine whether said bonds shall be issued or ^- ^- ^^^^
not, as hereinafter provided.
Stc. 2. That for the purpose of determining the issue of
bonds authorized in Section one (1) of this Act, the said Election.
County Board of Commissioners shall order an election to be
held at the usual voting precincts in the respective townships
in the said county, on the question of whether the said bonds
shall be issued or not, in which election only the qualified voters
residing in said district shall be allowed to vote, and said
County Board of Commissioners shall give notice of said elec-
tion for three weeks in at least one of the county papers pub-
Ished in the said county, shall designate the time and place and
appoint the managers of such election, and receive the returns
of managers and declare the result
Sec. 3. The said County Board of Commissioners shall have Baiiou.
printed for the use of the voters in said election, two sets of
ballots, which shall be placed, an equal number of each, at the
polling place, on one set of which shall be printed the words,
"For the issuing of bonds," and on the other set of which shall
be printed the words, "Against the issuing of Bonds." If a
majority of the votes cast at said election shall be for the
issuit^ of the coupon bonds provided for in Section one (1)
hereof, the said Board of County Commissioners may issue
bonds in such denominations and to such amount as they may
deem necessary or requisite, for the purpose set forth in Sec-
tion 1 of this Act, not exceeding twenty-five thousand dollars,
payable to bearer, to run for a period not to exceed thirty
years from date of issue, and bearing interest not exceeding
five per cent, per annum, payable annually or semi-annually.
Skc. 4. That it shall be the duty of the county officers of
. Duty of certain
Hampton county charged with the assessment and collection officer* to coi-
, , 11 11 , lect and apply
of taxes, to levy such a tax annually upon all property, real and 'und to pay
persona;l, within the limits of any such township for which
bonds are issued, and collect the same as taxes for State, county
and school purposes are now levied and collected, as will raise
a sum sufficient to pay the interest on all bonds issued under
and in pursuance of this Act; the fund so collected to be
applied by the said County Board of Commissioners and the
Treasurer of Hampton county solely to the payment of interest
400 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 on said bonds. And for the purpose of creating a sinking fund
to retire said bonds at maturity said county officers shall assess
and collect annually two mills to be invested or deposited in
some safe bank or deposit company at interest.
Sec. 5. That said bonds and coupons thereto attached shall
Proviso as to ^ signcd by the chairman and countersigned by the clerk of
bondlT'* *"' the said Board of Commissioners : Provided, That the signa-
tures of said officers may be lithographed or engraved upon the
coupons attached to said bonds; and such lithographed or
engraved signatures shall be sufficient signatures thereto.
Sec. 6. That this Act shall take effect immediately upon its
approval by the Governor.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 282.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Amend
AX Act ENTrrLED 'An Act to Amend the L \w in Ref-
erence to Working and Maintaining the Public
Roads of York County, to Provide for the Appoint-
ment of Township Supervisors. Define Their Duties
AND Powers, Fix Their Salaries, Provide for the Pay-
ment OF THE Same, Declare Certain Persons Liable
FOR Road Duty, and Provide Penalties for the Viola-
rios Thereof,"^ " Approved the /36th Day of February,
A. D. 1909, Approved the 18th Day of February, 1910,
BY Providing for the Cleaning of Streams and Build-
ing Roads Through Incorporated Towns and Cities.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Act of 1910. State of South Carolina, That Section 4 of an Act entitled
amended'.' ' **An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to amend the law
in reference to working and maintaining the public roads of
York county, to provide for the appointment of Township
Supervisors, define their duties and powers, fix their salaries,
provide for the payment of the same, declare certain persons
liable for road duty, and provide penalties for the violation
thereof,' " approved the 25th day of February, A. D. 1909, be
amended as follows : After the word ''township*' and before the
word "he" insert the following: "Given written notice to all
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 401
landowners along the streams in his township to clean said a.d. i»ii
streams as required by law, and they shall make report to the ^■"^'*^^"*^
County Board of Commissioners at their regular meeting in
September of each year of all the parties in their townships who
have failed or refused to comply with said law, and said Board
of County Commissioners shall forthwith order said Township
Supervisor to hire necessary hands to clean out said streams as
required by law and to render an itemized statement thereof to
the County Board, which shall be paid by the county, and the
County Board of Commissioners shall forthwith thereafter
proceed to collect same from the landowners in accordance
with the law;" so that said section, when so amended, shall
read as follows:
Section 4. It shall be the duty of the Township Supervisor
anually, before the 15th day of March, to ascertain the names Duty of town-
of all persons living in his township liable for road duty, and
file with the County Supervisor an alphabetical list of the same.
The County Supervisor shall forthwith file said list with the
County Auditor, who shall file same, after making any correc-
tions or additions from information in his office, with the
County Treasurer. The Township Supervisor may let con-
tracts for the working of all sections of roads and the con-
struction and repair of all bridges in his township not over
fifteen feet in length, and shall pay from his township fund
all damages recovered from defects in said bridges, and shall
co-operate with the County. Supervisor in letting all contracts
for the working of all sections of roads in his township costing
over twenty dollars. He shall see that the law in reference to
keeping the streams free from rafts is complied with in his
township, given written notice to all landowners along the
streams in his township to clean said streams as required by
law, and they shall make report to the County Board of Com-
missioners at the regular meeting in September of each year
of all the parties in their township who have failed or refused
to comply with said law, and said Board of County Commis-
sioners shall forthwith order said Township Supervisor to
hire the necessary hands to clean out said streams as required
by law, and to render an itemized statement thereof to the
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402 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 County Board, which shall be paid by the county, and the
County Board of Commissioners shall forthwith thereafter pro-
ceed to collect same from the landowners, in accordance with
Road overseera. ^^^ ^^^- ^^ ^^Y appoint not over four road overseers in his
township, at not exceeding $3 per day for each day actually
worked, . to superintend and have worked those sections of
road which he has not worked himself, or which have not been
let to a contractor to be worked. He may, after the first day
of July of each year, assign any person liable to road duty,
who has not paid his commutation tax in lieu thereof, to the
control of any of said road overseer to work upon any section
oi road? in the township which he may direct. He may also
hire hands, at not exceeding $1 per day, to work on said sec-
tions of roads, either under his direction or under the direction
of his overseers: "Provided, The Township Supervisor shall
expend the commutation tax, as far as practicable, upon the
road where same has been collected." The Township Super-
visor shall, when so requested, give his receipt to all those
persons who may have worked out their full road duty, and it
shall be valid in the county for that year.
Sec. 2. That Section 12 of said Act be amended by adding
s^u^T2.* '*" the following proviso : Provided, further, That in building the
main highways hereinbefore referred to, when the same passes
through the incorporated cities and towns in said county, the
chain gang may construct said roads through said incorporated
cities or towns, such municipality to furnish the rights of way
and place thereon the sand, gravel or other material to be used.
All of which shall be done under the supervision and direc-
tion of the County Commissioners; so that said section, when
so amended, shall read as follows :
Section 12. The county chain gang shall be used in opening,
ganff to be building, grading and repairing three of the main highways of
einployed for ^ , .
road work. the county ; one of said roads to run from the most practi-
cable point on the county line between Lancaster and York
counties, through the city of Rock Hill, through the town of
Yorkville, and on to the most practicable point on the county
line between Cherokee county and York county; another of
said roads to run from the most practicable point on the county
line between Chester and York counties, through McConnells-
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 403
ville, through the town of Yorkville, through Clover and on to ^ ^- i®ii
the most practicable point on the line between York county ^"^^^^^^
and North Carolina; another of said roads to run from the
most practicable point on the York county line through the town
of Fort Mill, then as near as practicable a straight line to the
city of Rock Hill, then through the Blackjack section to
McConnellsville : Provided, That any of the townships of York proviso,
county which neither of said roads run into or through shall
receive a proportionate part of the work of the chain gang in
such township on such road or roads as the Township Super-
visor of said townships and the County Board of Commis-
sioners may determine upon: Provided, No macadam work
shall be done by the chain gang where a sand and clay or
gravel road is practicable, and sand, gravel and clay may be
put down by the chain gang if the same be furnished by the
Township Supervisor or otherwise: Provided, further, The
work and control of the chain gang shall at all times be under chain gang to
, ^^ bo under super-
the exclusive supervision and direction of the County Super- vision of
, . . . county super-
visor, and the time or rotation of the workmg of said roads wsor.
above referred to shall be entirely within the discretion of the
County Supervisor and County Commissioners, and that in
selecting the roads to be so opened, built, graded and repaired,
the County Commissioners and County Supervisor shall have
in view the greatest good to the greatest number of people:
Provided, further, That in building the main highways herein- ^^^^^^^^ ^^^
before referred to, when the same passes through the incorpo- ^"JJJJfJ ^^J?^"
rated cities and towns in said county, the chain gang may con- *"*> ^'^■•
struct said roads through said incorporated cities or towns,
such municipality to furnish the rights of way and place
thereon the sand, gravel or other material to be used. All of
which shall be done under the supervision and direction of the
County Commissioners.
Approved the 3d day of February, A. D. 1911.
404 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 19U J^Q 288.
AN ACT TO Repeal an Act Entitled *'An Act to Create
A School District of That Portion of Barnwell
County Lying Within the Corporate Limits of the
Town of Allendale," Approved the 23d Day of
December, A. D. 1886.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
R^ai Act g^^^^ ^j g^^^j^ Carolina. That an Act entitled "An Act to
create a school district of that portion of Barnwell county
lying within the corporate . limits of the town of Allendale,"
approved the twenty-third day of December, A. D. 1886, be,
and the same is hereby, repealed.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 284.
AN ACT TO Amend Section 2 of an Act Entitled "An
Act to Amend an Act Entitled 'An Act for the
Establishment^ of a New School District, in the
County of York, to Be Known as Rock Hill School
District, and to Authorize the Levy and Collection
of a Local Tax Therein/ Approved December 19, A.
D. 1887, BY Prescribing the Manner of Electing
Trustees, Their Powers and Duties and Term of
Office," Approved the 23d Day of February, A. D.
1910, Increasing the Levy to Six Mills.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
26 state, 920, State of South Carolina, That Section 2 of an Act entitled
"An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act for the establish-
ment of a new school district, in the county of York, to be
known as Rock Hill School District, and to authorize the levy
and collection of a local tax therein,' approved December 19,
A. D. 1887, by prescribing the manner of electing trustees, their
powers and duties and term of office," approved the 23d day of
February, A. D. 1910, be amended so as to read as follows :
Section 2. That in addition to the rights, powers, privileges,
"* wera *o? dis- ^i^^^^^tics and immunities hereinbefore granted, the said school
«TOdai*taxef. ^^s^rict shall have power to levy on all real and personal prop-
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 405
erty returned in said district a tax not exceeding six mills on a. d. i9ii
the dollar, subject to the following provisions: The school
trustees of said school district shall at any time prior to the
25th day of December of each and every year, upon the written
request of five property holders in said district, issue a call
for a public meeting of all those citizens of said district and
State, who return real or personal property for taxation in
said school district; and such notice shall be published in a
newspaper published in the said school district, and posted
in some public place in said school district for at least two
weeks before the meeting is held, and notice specifying time,
place and purpose of said meeting. When so assembled, the
persons answering the above description shall have power:
First, to elect a chairman and secretary, adjourn from time
to time, decide what tax, if any, in addition to the constitu-
tional school tax apportioned to the schools of said school dis-
a
trict, not to exceed the six-mill tax hereinbefore prescribed,
shall be levied for the educational interests of said district,
under the direction of the trustees thereof : Provided, That no Proviso.
tax thus levied shall be repealed at any subsequent meeting
during the same fiscal year: Provided, further, That if for
. Proviso.
any reason said meeting shall not be called during any year,
the tax levy of the previous year shall be collected and applied
in the manner hereinbefore provided. Second, to fill any
vacancy or vacancies that may exist in the board of trustees
by reason of death, removal, resignation or otherwise, until
the next regular municipal election, when such vacancy or
vacancies shall be filled in the manner hereinafter provided for
the election of trustees: Provided^ further, That at all such
meetings only those persons shall have power to vote who are ^^°'^^'
qualified electors in said State, residing in said school district,
and who return real or personal property for taxation within
said school district.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
406
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A. D. 1911
Town Council
Winnsboro
authorized to
issue* bonds.
Bonds issued
may be ex-
chanf^ed for
other bonds,
etc.
Town Coun-
cil to pay
Mount Zion
Society cer-
tain funds.
Annual tax to
be levied to
create sinking
fund.
No. 285,
AN ACT TO Authorize and Empower the Town Council
OF Winnsboro to Issue New Bonds to Pay Off the
Bonded Indebtedness of Said Town^ and to Appro-
priate THE Amount Now Applied to the Annual
Reduction of Said Bonded Debt to the Use of the
Public Schools in the Town of Winnsboro, and to
Provide a Sinking Fund.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the Town Council of Winnsboro
be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered and
required to issue bonds of said town, to the amount of seven
thousand dollars, for the purpose of paying off the present
bonded indebtedness of said town, said bonds to be issued in
such denomination as said Town Council may deem best, and
to be payable in forty years from the date thereof, with interest
from date of issue at the rate of five per centum per annum ;
and the coupons for said interest, when due, shall be receiv-
able in payment of all taxes levied by or due to said town.
Sec 2. That said bonds may be used in exchange for other
bonds of said town at par ; or in case such exchange cannot be
effected, the said Town Council is authorized to sell or
hypothecate said bonds and apply the proceeds or moneys
arising therefrom to the payment of the present bonded
indebtedness of said town, when the same shall become due.
Sec 3. That said Town Council be, and they are hereby,
authorized, empowered and required, annually, to appropriate
and to pay over to the Mount Zion Society of the town of
Winnsboro, for the use of the public schools in said town, the
amount now annually appropriated and applied to the payment
and reduction of the principal of the present bonded debt of
said town, to wit, the sum of six hundred dollars. Said sum
of six hundred dollars to be used by said Mount Zion Society
for the exclusive support of the public schools within the cor-
porate limits of said town of Winnsboro.
Sec. 4. That for the purpose of creating a sinking fund for
the payment of said bonds when due. the said Town Council
shall annually levy and collect the sum of one hundred and
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 407
seventy-five dollars on all property in said town, which shall be ^- ^- ^^^^
invested by the purchase of any of said bonds or other securi-
ties, or deposited at interest in some safe bank or deposit
company.
Sec. 5. That said bonds shall be free and exempt fronig^n^ exempt
all State, county and municipal taxes. '"*"' **'^'*''''"-
Sec. 6. That all Acts or parts of Acts in conflict with the
provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 2afe.
AN ACT TO Authorize and Empower North High and
Graded School District, jn Orangeburg County, to
Charge a Matriculation Fee.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina. That the Board of Trustees of theTruBtceB school
District No. 34,
North Hieh and Graded School District, being designated as orangeburp:
^ 1 1. County, author-
School District No. 34, in Orangeburg county, are hereby ized to coiiert
" *' "^ . . , , matnciilation
authonzed and empowered to charge and cqllect an mcidental fee.
or matriculation fee from each pupil of not exceeding two dol-
lars per annum, the same to be payable at such times and in
such installments as the said trustees may require. The said
fees shall be used for the purposes of heating, repairing and
lighting the school building, for janitor's service, for insur-
ance and other necessary incidental expenses : Provided, That p^^jg^
no pupil shall be prohibited from attending the school for fail-
ure to pay the said incidental or matriculation fee, upon satis-
factory showing to the said trustees of the inability of such
pupil or of his or her parent or guardian to pay the same.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 287.
AN ACT TO Provide for an Election in S alley Graded
School District, in the County of Aiken.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That a special election shall be held
in Salley Graded School District, in Aiken county, on the
408 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1011 question whether an Act entitled "An Act to create a sq)arate
Election au- school district from portions of Aiken and Orangeburg
ch?Sje^Art counties, including the town of Salley, in Aiken county,"
Ireice'^to ^'- approved the 22d day of December, 1891, shall be changed so
trict Tn °°^ ^ ^^ ^^ place the Salley graded school under the general school
2[5"MkS^ laws of this State, to wit: The election shall be held on the
^J^"j^^2Q^^*^* first Tuesday in June, 1911. The Commissioners of Election
sutu., 1206.) f^^^ Aiken county shall appoint the managers of election in said
school district, and receive and tabulate the votes as in other
elections. They shall make their report ia writing in dupli-
cate, one copy to be filed )vith the County Superintendent
of Education, and the other with the Secretary of State. The
managers of election shall serve without any compensation,
and the managers shall have the power and authority to sub-
stitute managers to act in their stead. The County Board of
Commissioners of Aiken county is authorized and required
to furnish to the Election Commissioners of said county, in
ample time before said election, a sufficient number of ballots
for and against said change of the aforesaid statute. On one
set of the ballots §hall be printed the words, "For change of
the special Act of 1891,'' and on the other set shall be printed
the words, "Against the change of the special Act of 1891."
The commissioners are authorized to pay the expenses of said
printing out of the general county funds. In all other respects
said election shall be held as other elections under the gen-
eral laws of this State, and the same regulations apply thereto
in so far as are consistent with this Act. If said election shall
be carried by a majority of the qualified electors in said dis-
trict, then the proposed changes shall be carried out by the
representatives of said county. If said election is declared
against the proposed change in the law, no change of the
present laws shall be made.
Sec. 2, All ballots in said election shall be cast at the legally
established precincts within the said Salley Graded School
r^nl!" '*'' *"* District, and no other : Provided, Any qualified electors resid-
ing within said school district may be transferred to a pre-
cinct within the district at any time within fifteen days prior
to the date of said election.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Ik
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 409
No. 288. A. D. 1911
AN ACT Relating to School District No. 14, in New-
berry County.
Section 1. Be it ettacted by the General Assembly of ^^e^^^^^^^^
State of South Carolina, That for the purpose of paying off^^^ ^^
and retiring all the unpaid balance due on the bonds of School ^"j^^^ "•
District No. 14, in Newberry county, issued under an ^^^rSS^ixmda
entitled "An Act to enable and authorize School District No.j^^^^'gAct^^^
14, in Newberry county, to issue bonds for the purpose of®^-
building and erecting a schoolhousc thereon and to purchase
a lot therefor," approved January 25, 1904, the trustees of said
school district are hereby authorized and required to issue
coupon bonds to the amount of three thousand ($3,000) dol-
lars, if so much be necessary, payable in five years and bearing
interest at not exceeding the rate of six per cent, per annum,
payable annually: Provided, That a majority of the qualified
electors of said school district voting shall be in favor of such
issue at an election hereafter to be held.
Sec 2. That the trustees of said school district are hereby
required to give three weeks' previous notice in one or moreTruateea to
of the newspapers published in the county of Newberry of the election,
time and place of such election, appoint the managers, pre-
scribe the form of ballots, receive the returns and declare the
result.
Sec 3. The said bonds shall be issued in such denominations
as the trustees may fix and shall be signed by the chairman of Bonds to be
the trustees and coimtersigned by the secretary. The coupons ii^^;*how.
attached to said bonds shall be receivable in payment of any
taxes in said school district. The said bonds shall be exempt
from taxation for State, county and municipal purposes.
Sec 4. That for the purpose of paying the interest on said
bonds and providing a sinking fund for the payment of the be icWed to
principal of said bonds, the auditor of Newberry county, or
such other officer as may be charged with the assessment of
taxes, shall annually levy a tax of two and one-fourth mills
on all the taxable property in said school district, and the
amount so levied shall be collected by the County Treasurer
of Newberry county as State and county taxes are collected,
•ilO STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 tQ Ij^ i^qI^ ^jiJ applied by him for said purposes only, viz. : to
the payment of said interest on said bonds, and the surplus
after the payment of said interest each year as a sinking fund
for the payment of the principal of said bonds, which surplus
shall be deposited as interest by the County Treasurer under
the direction of the trustees.
Sec. 5. That the trustees of said school district shall use
Retirement of Said bonds or the proceeds of the sale thereof, together with
bonds of 1904. ^^^ funds in the hands of the County Treasurer derived under
the taxes collected under Sections 5 and 7 of the Act of Febru-
ary, 1904, mentioned in Section 1 of this Act, to the payment
and retirement of the said outstanding bonds of said school
district.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
. No, 289.
AN ACT Relating to the Newberry School District.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the County Treasurer of New-
Srei°^eijS^ berry county be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to
PzSd°To ^t'J^B-' transfer to the current funds of the Newberry School District
bcny School ^iny surplus of the sinking fund for the redemption of the
of^sSking^llS bonds issued by said school district under the authority of "An
ao'^stnts':! ^Sil Act to establish the Newberry School District, authorize the
20%t^te*, ^956.' estabishment of free graded schools therein, and to provide the
means for the efficient management of the same," approved
December 23, 1889, and of "An Act to authorize the Newberry
School District to issue additional bonds for the use of said
school district," approved December 23, 1890, remaining after
the payment of said bonds.
Sec. 2. That the Board of Trustees of Newberry School
District is hereby authorized and empowered to expend said
surplus remaining after the payment of said bonds for the
current expenses of said school district in maintaining and con-
ducting the schools therein.
Sec. 3. That the trustees of said school district are hereby
directed to pass 'upon and determine the amount due on a claim
of the MoUohon Manufacturing Company for a refund on
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account of taxes alleged to have been overpaid in the past six ^ ^- ^^^^
or seven years by said company, and pay such sum as they
may find due on account of said claim.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 240.
AN ACT TO Amend an Act Entitled "An Act to Provide
FOR THE Establishment of a New School District in
Lancaster County and to Authorize the Levy and
Collection of a Special School Tax Therein/'
Approved 23d December, 1891, by Changing the
Boundary Lines and Annexing Part of Said District
TO Craigsville School District.
Section 1. Be it etiacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That Section 1 of an Act entitled "An sectten ^i^of
Act to provide for the establishment of a new school district in ^,e^n*dS* ^**^'
Lancaster county, and to authorize the levy and collection of a
special school tax therein," approved 23d December, A. D.
1891, be, and the same is hereby, amended to read as follows :
Section 1. That a new school district is hereby established in
the county of Lancaster, to be known as "Lancaster School
District," and shall be embraced in the following described
area: Taking the courthouse in the town of Lancaster as the
central point, draw lines extending two miles north, south,
east and west, then let lines be drawn at right angles to the
extremities of these lines and be extended until they touch each
other, forming a square, and the area thus included shall con-
stitute the said school district, except that portion forming said
square hereinafter described, shall be annexed to, and form a
part of, Craigsville School District, to wit: Beginning on the
northeast corner of said Lancaster School District due south
69 chains to Gills Creek ; thence along said creek to corner in
creek on Gregory's line; thence north 18, west 3, to corner;
thence south 71, west 23.30 to corner; thence north 70, west
88, to corner in Charlotte public road ; thence along said road
to corner on the north line of said Lancaster School District,
above Boyd Craig's ; thence east along north line of said Lan-
caster School District to beginning corner, by plat made by
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A. D. 1911 X. M. Belt, surveyor, on the 29th day of January, 1911. The
said Lancaster School District as above altered is hereby cre-
ated a body politic, and corporate, with such rights, privileges
and liabilities as are provided for school districts by the Gen-
eral School Law of Soutl^ Carolina.
Sec. 2. That this Act take effect upon approval by the Gov-
ernor, and all Acts and parts of Acts in conflict with this Act
are hereby repealed.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 241.
AN ACT TO Provide for the Erection of an Industrial
Arts and Science Building at the Winthrop Normal
AND Industrial College of South Carolina, and to
Appropriate Money for the Same.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Appropriation State of South Carolina, That to provide for the proper and
Arts and adequate accommodation at Winthrop College of the depart-
Science build- ^ r , . • i ^ • i^ i •
ing at Win- ments of cookmg, sewmg, elementary agnculture, physics,
* chemistry, physiology, biology, manual training, and other such
practical subjects taught at that institution, and at the same
time to make more recitation room in the main building, imper-
atively needed for the greatly increased enrollment of young
women in Winthrop College, the one institution supported by
the State for the training of women as teachers for the com-
mon schools and as homemakers and breadwinners, the sum
of sixty thousand dollars be, and the same is hereby, appropri-
ated— twenty thousand dollars for the year 1911, and twenty
thousand dollars for the year 1912, and twenty thousand dollars
for the year 1913, to be expended under the direction of the
board of trustees in erecting and equipping an Industrial Arts
and Science building at Winthrop College.
Sec. 2. That this Act take effect and be in full force from
and after its passage, and all Acts and parts of Acts inconsis-
tent with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
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No. 242. A. D. 1911
AN ACT TO Repeal an Act Entitled "An Act Relating to
School Districts Numbers 48 and 68, in Aiken
County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That said Act be, and the same is
hereby, repealed.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 248.
AN ACT TO Increase the Number of Trustees for the
COTTAGEVILLE AND HENDERSONVILLE ScHOOL DISTRICTS IN
Colleton County.
•
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of thep^viaion for
State of South Carolina, That upon the approval of this Act by SS^g^ooi dS'
the Governor there shall be five trustees each for the Cottage- {^^ county!
ville and Hendersonville School Districts, in Colleton county,,
to be appointed or elected as now provided by law, and to be
vested with all the duties and powers as now conferred by law'
upon the present trustees of said school districts.
Sec. 2. All Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent "with this Act
be, and the same are hereby, repealed.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 244.
AN ACT TO Authorize the Trustees of Certain School
Districts in Dillon County, to Charge" a Matricu-
lation Fee of from One. to Three Dollars, Annually,
FOR Every Pupil Attending Said School in Said
District.
Section 1. Be it enacted by' the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That on and after the approval of this Truateea in
' *^*^ certain school
Act, the School Trustees of Little Rock High School, of d^tricts^of^^^
School District No. 4, Page's Mill School District No. 14, and authorized to
^ charge matnc-
Reedy Creek School District No. 6, in Dillon county, are "Nation 're-
authorized and empowered to charge a' matriculation fee of
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A. D. i»ii from one to three dollars, annually, from each and every pupil
attending the said schools in said districts.
Sec. 2. That all moneys collected by reason of the required
Matriculation Hiatriculation fee, provided for in Section 1 of this Act, shall
raSt*ptibu?^*' go to supplement the public school fund, and, when collected
school fund, i^y ^j^g trustees, shall be paid over by them to the County Treas-
urer of Dillon county, and by him credited to the account of the
school funds of the school attended by the pupil paying the
same.
Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the trustees of said school dis-
Trusteea re- tricts to suspcnd and prohibit the attendance of any pupil for
p?id^ pupiia"""' whom such a contingent fee is not paid within thirty days after
conti^nt** F^ such noticc to such scholar's parent or guardian : Provided,
Proviso. The board of trustees may permit, by majority vote of the
board of trustees, any pupil to attend any school in said dis-
tricts when it is made to appear that such pupil or its parent is
unable to pay such contingent fee ; and the names of the pupil
or pupils not required to pay tuition under the provisions of this
proviso shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court for
Dillon county for public inspection.
Sec. 4. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this
Act are hereby repealed.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 245.
AN ACT Relating to School District No. 52, in New-
berry County.
Section 1, Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Trustees of State of South Carolina, That the Trustees of School District
School District xt .-« . xt t « « . i « • i
No. 62. New- No. 52, in Ncwbcrry county, be, and they are hereby, required
to provide ' to sct apart from the annual taxes of said school district the
sum of forty dollars each year to form a sinking fund for the
redemption and payment of the bonds of said school district,
issued under the authority of an Act entitled "An Act to
authorize and empower School District No. 52, in Newberry
county. State of South Carolina, to issue additional bonds for
the completion and equipment of a school building therein,'*
approved February 14th, 1906. For this purpose said trustees
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shall annually draw their warrant on the County Treasurer of ^- ^- ^*^^
Newberry county for said sum of forty dollars, authorizing and
empowering him to place said sum to the credit of such sink-
ing fund. It shall then be the duty of the County Treasurer
to keep the same on an interest-bearing deposit until such time
as said bonds may mature : Provided, That nothing herein con- Proviso,
tained shall prevent said trustees from using said sinking fund
for purchasing and retiring any of said bonds as opportunity
may offer.
Sec. 2. That the trustees of said school district be, and they
are hereby, authorized and empowered to fix a date for a spe- question of
..... ^. .. m » •^i 1a i* additional tax.
cial election on the question of increasing the annual tax for
current annual expenses of maintaining the schools in said
school district by the levying of an additional tax of one-half
of a mill on the taxable property in said district annually,
until the same may be repealed in the manner provided by
law. Said tax shall be levied and collected as other school
taxes, if a majority of the electors voting at said election shall
vote therefor. Said election shall be conducted in the manner
now provided by law for elections for additional taxes for
the maintenance of common schools.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Trustees of
No. 246.
AN ACT TO Authorize and Empower the Trustees of
Estill School District No. 18, in Hampton County,
TO Order an Election and Issue Coupon Bonds of
Said School District for School Purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the Trustees of Estill School Fitfrfsih^i
District au-
District No. 18, in Hampton county, be, and they hereby are, thorized to
issue bonds.
authorized and empowered to "ssue and sell coupon bonds of
said school district, payable to bearer, and in such denomina-
tion as they may deem best, for not more than ten thousand
dollars, and bearing interest not exceeding six per centum per
annum, payable either annually or semi-annually: Provided, ^.
That before said bonds are issued, the question of issuing them
shall be first submitted to the qualified voters of said school
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Balloto.
A. D. 1911 district, at a special election to be held at the order of said
trustees whenever a petition shall be presented to them asking
for such election, and signed by at least one-third of the free-
holders residing in said school district.
Sec. 2. That upon the filing of such petition, said trustees
Election. shall make an order for the holding of such elections, fixing the
time and place of the same, and appointing managers thereof,
and making^ all provisions for the carrying out of the same.
That at such special election, only the qualified voters residing
in such school district shall vote; and said trustees shall pub-
lish notice of the time and place of the holding of the same
for at least three weeks in one or more newspapers published
in Hampton county.
Sec. 3. That the said trustees shall have printed, for the
use of the voters in said election, an equal number of ballots,
on one set of which shall be printed the words, "For the issu-
ing of bonds," and on the other set the words, "Against the
issuing of bonds," and a sufficient number of said ballots shall
be placed at the voting place on the day of the election. That
the said managers shall conduct the said election, and at the
close thereof, shall canvass the vote and make a return of the
result thereof, in writing, to the Board of School Trustees
aforesaid.
Sec. 4. That if a majority of the votes cast at said election
JSJ? wuh^'ref- shall be for issuing of said bonds, then the said trustees shall
Sr "d "seil^ issue the same, to run for a period of not more than forty years,
ing on 8. e c. ^j^j^ ^^^ right to redeem the same after twenty years ; and the
said trustees shall sell said bonds for not less than par, and
appropriate the proceeds of the said sale to the purpose of
purchasing a lot, if a lot be needed, and erecting school build-
ings thereon, as said trustees shall deem best for school pur-
poses; and the said bonds shall constitute a first lien on the
property purchased and improved, or on the improvements
made from the proceeds of the sale thereof.
Sec. 5. That the said bonds and the coupons thereof shall
S^^ed-^how* ^ signed by the chairman and countersigned by the Secretary
of the Board of Trustees of said school district: Provided,
however, That the signatures of said officers may be litho-
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graphed upon the coupons of said bonds, and such lithograph- ^' ^- ^^^^
ing shall be sufficient signing of said coupons.
Sec. 6. That upon the order of said trustees, it shall be the
duty of the county officers charged with the assessment and col- Annual tax to
lection of taxes, to levy and collect annually, from all the prop- ^^' ^"**'""*-
erty within the said school district, a sum sufficient to pay the
interest on said school bonds, and also a sum to provide a sink-
ing fund for the payment of the same when due.
Sec. 7. That the bonds issued under this Act shall be
exempt from taxation.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 247.
AN ACT TO Authorize and Empower the Voters of York-
viLLE School District, of the County of York, to
Order an Election and to Issue Coupon Bonds of
Said School District for School Purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State.of South Carolina, That the Trustees of Yorkville School Yoi?vme°'
District, in the county of York, be, and they are, authorized to aut^ri^^"*jj>^
issue and sell coupon bonds of said district, payable to bearer, ^*^*® ^^^^
in such denomination and to such amount as they may deem
necessary, not exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars, and bear-
ing a rate of interest not exceeding six per cent, per annum,
payable annually or semi-annually, at such times as they may
deem best: Provided, That the question of issuing said bonds
of such amount thereof as the board may determine to issue, Provuo.
not exceeding thirty-five thousand dollars, to be first sub-
mitted to the qualified voters of said school district at an elec-
tion to be held after a petition has been filed with the said
trustees, signed by a majority of freeholders in said school
district, praying that an election be held to determine whether
said bonds shall be issued or not, which petition shall set forth
clearly and distinctly the amount of bonds to be issued, the
trustees to be the judges of the sufficiency of said petition.
Sec. 2. That after said petition has been so filed with said Jl>^^^^^J^
trustees, they shall appoint managers and order an election
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A. D. 1911
Ballota.
Piirpcwe (or
which bonds
are to be
iBBued, etc.
Bonds to be
signed; how.
to be held on the question of whether said bonds shall be issued
or not, in which election only qualified electors shall be allowed
to vote; and the said trustees shall publish a notice ordering
said election, for not less than three weeks, in one or more of
the newspapers published in the town of Yorkville, and said
managers shall conduct, direct and declare the results of said
election, and make returns thereof to said trustees.
Sec. 3. That -said trustees shall have printed for the use of
the voters in said election, an equal number of ballots, on which
shall be printed the words, "For the issue of bonds," and on
the other set the words, "Against the issuing of bonds.''
Sec. 4. If the majority of the votes cast at said election shall
be for the issuing of bonds, the said trustees may issue said
bonds, which shall run for a period of twenty years, the pro-
ceeds of which shall be used for the purpose of purchasing a lot
or lots, erecting and furnishing a school building, or pur-
chasing or adding to, of remodeling, or repairing, existing
school buildings for school purposes; and the said bonds and
coupons of the same shall constitute a lien upon any property
purchased or improved thereby. Upon the issuance of said
bonds or any part of the same, it shall be the duty of the County
Auditor and County Treasurer, respectively, or other officers
charged with their duties, to levy and collect annually from all
property, real and personal, within the limits of said school dis-
trict, a sum sufficient to pay the interest on said bonds, and
coupons of such bonds shall be receivable for school taxes
within said district.
Sec. 5. That said bonds and coupons thereto attached shall
be signed by the chairman and countersigned by the Secretary
of the Board of Trustees of said school district: Provided,
That the signatures of said officers may be lithographed upon
the coupons attached to the said bonds, and such lithographed
signatures shall be sufficient signatures thereof.
Sec. 6. That said bonds shall be free and exempt from all
State, county and municipal taxes.
Sec. 7. This Act shall take effect upon approval.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 419
No. 248. t^:^
AN ACT TO Authorize the Trustees of Chesnee School
District^ Being School District No. 94, of Spartan-
burg AND Cherokee Counties, to Issue Bonds for the
Purpose of Erecting a School Building and Equip-
iNG Same, and Purchasing a Lot or Lots.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the^^g^^^ ^^
State of South Carolina, That the Trustees of Chesnee School gjjfj^f^^ School
District, being School District No. 94, of Spartanburg andgP^°*»;;;^^r.
Cherokee counties, are hereby authorized and empowered to j^ ^Si^Sda.
issue and sell coupon bonds of said school district, in an
amount not exceeding five thousand ($5,000) dollars, as they
may deem necessary, for the purpose of purchasing a lot or lots,
erecting and equipping one or more school buildings in said
district as said trustees shall deem advisable: Provided, That
the question of issuing the bonds authorized in this section ^^*^'
shall first be submitted to the qualified voters of said school
district, at an election to be held to determine whether said
bonds shall be issued or Aot, as hereinafter provided : Provided,
further, That no election shall be held except upon petition Proviio.
therefor, signed by a majority of the freeholders of said school
district, as shown by the tax books.
Sec. 2. That for the purpose of determining the issue of gj^^^^„
bonds authorized in Section one (1) of this Act, the said
trustees shall order an election to be held at Chesnee, in the
said school district, oft the question of whether the said bonds
shall be issued or not, in which election only the qualified voters
residing in said district shall be allowed to vote; and said
trustees shall give notice of said election for three weeks in at
least two of the county papers published in the city of Spar-
tanburg, shall designate the time and place and appoint the
managers of such election, and receive the returns of the
managers and declare the result.
Sec. 3. The said trustees shall have printed, for the use of „
'^ Ballots.
the voters in said election, two sets of ballots, which shall be
placed, an equal number of each, at the polling place, on one
set of which shall be printed the words, "For the issuing of
bonds," and on the other set of which shall be printed the
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A. D. 1911 words, "Against the issuing of bonds." If a majority of the
^^"^^^^"^ votes cast at said election shall be for the issuing of the coupon
bonds provided for in Section one (1) hereof, the said trus-
tees may issue said bonds, or such amount not exceeding five
thousand ($5,000) dollars, as they may deem requisite for
the purposes set forth in Section one (1) of this Act, payable
to bearer, to run for a period of not exceeding thirty years
from the date of issue, bearing interest not exceeding six (6)
per centum per annum, payable semi-annually. Any bonds
executed and not issued shall be cancelled.
Sec. 4. That it shall be the duty of the county officers of
Annual tax to Spartanburg and Cherokee counties charged with the assess-
be levied to*^ *=*. ,..--
pay interest, ment and collectiou of taxes, by direction of the trustees of
said Chesnee district, being School District No. 94, to levy
such a tax annually upon all property, real and personal, within
the limits of said district, and collect the same as taxes for
State, county and school purposes are now levied and collected,
as will raise a sum sufficient to pay the interest on, and an
amount equal to one-thirtieth of all bonds issued under and in
. pursuance of this Act ; the fund so collected to be applied, by
the said trustees and the treasurers of Spartanburg and Chero-
kee counties, solely to the payment of interest on said bonds
and creation of a sinking fund hereinafter mentioned: Pro-
vided, That any annual surplus or balance may be used as here-
inafter provided.
Sec. 5. That all bonds issued under and in pursuance of
this Act shall be signed by the trustees of said school district :
Provided, That the signatures of said trustees may be litho-
graphed or engraved upon the coupons attached to said bonds,
and such lithographed or engraved signatures shall be suffi-
cient signing thereof.
Sec. 6. That any balance or surplus arising from the tax
collected from property in said school district, remaining of the
funds arising from the said annual tax levied, and the one-
thirtieth of the amount of bonds above mentioned, shall be
set aside as a sinking fund for liquidating said bonds at matu-
rity. The trustees of said school district may safely invest said
sinking fund if they deem it wise.
Proviso.
Proviso as to
signature of
bond*.
SinkinfiT fund.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 421
Sec. 7. Said bonds shall not be subject to State, county or ^^'"^^
municipal taxation.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 249.
AN ACT TO Authorize and Empower the Trustees op the
School District op the City of Greenville to Order
AN Election, and to Issue Bonds op Said School Dis-
trict POR School Purposes.
Section 1. Be it en<icted by the General Assembly of the school Tnis-
-^ •' te« of City of
State of South Carolina, That the trustees of the school dis- «je«nv"»« *«■
' thorised to
trict of the city of Greenville be, and are hereby, authorized ofd" «" «i«c-
•^ ' •" tion on bond
and empowered to issue and sell coupon bonds of said school >""«•
district, payable to bearer, in such denomination and to such
an amount as they may deem necessary, not exceeding forty
thousand dollars, and bearing a rate of interest not exceeding
five per cent, per annum, payable annually or semi-annifally,
at such times as they may deem best : Provided, That the ques- p^vito.
Jtion of issuing said bonds, or such amount thereof as the
board may determine to issue, not exceeding forty thousand
dollars, shall be first submitted to the qualified voters of said
school district at an election to be held after a petition has
been filed with said trustees by one-third of freeholders in
said school district, praying that an election be held to deter-
mine whether said bonds shall be issued or not, which petition
shall set forth clearly and distinctly the amount of bonds to be
issued, the trustees to be the judges of the sufficiency of
said petition.
Sec. 2. That after said petition has been so filed with said
trustees, they shall appoint managers and order an election to
be held on the question of whether said bonds shall be issued
or not, in which election only the qualified electors shall be
allowed to vote ; and said trustees shall publish a notice order-
ing said election for not less than three weeks in two or more
of the newspapers published in the city of Greenville ; and said
managers shall conduct, direct and declare the result of said
election, and make returns thereof to said trustees.
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A. D. 1911 ^^Q 3 'pj^g bonds issued under the provisions of this Act
Exempt from ^^^'^ ^^ exempt from State, county and municipal taxes.
^^^ Sec. 4. That the said trustees shall have printed for the
Baiioto, ^s^ ^^ voters in said election an equal number of ballots, on
which shall be printed the words, "For the issue of bonds," and
on the other the words, "Against the issuing of bonds."
Sec. 5. If a majority of the votes cast at said election shall
uJSif'^hoJ!^ ^ be for the issuing of bonds, the trustees may issue said bonds,
which shall run for a period of twenty years, the proceeds of
which shall be used for the purpose of purchasing a lot or lots,
erecting one or more school buildings, or purchasing or adding
to or remodeling or repairing existing school buildings, for
school purposes, and the said bonds and coupons of the same
shall constitute a lien upon any property purchased or improved
thereby. Upon the issuance of said bonds, or any part of the
same, it shall be the duty of the County Auditor and County
Treasurer, respectively, or other officers charged with their
duties, to levy and collect annually from all property, real and
personal, within the limits of said school district, a sum suffi-
cient to pay the interest on said bonds, and the coupons on said
bonds shall be receivable for taxes within said district.
Sec. 6. That said bonds, and coupons thereto attached, shall
Proviso as to be sigucd by the chairman and countersigned by the Secretary
of the Board of Trustees of said school district : Provided, That
the signatures of said officers may be lithographed upon the
coupons attached to said bonds, and such lithographed signa-
tures shall be sufficient signing thereof.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Annual tax
levy to pay
interest.
No. 250.
AN ACT TO Authorize the Trustees of the School Dis-
trict OF the City of Spartanburg to Issue Bonds for
the Purpose of Erecting an Additional School Builth
iNG and Equipping Same, and Purchasing a Lot or
Lots.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Trustees of •' -^ .
spartanburs: State of South Carolina, That the trustees of the school dis-
School Distnct
authorized to ^rict of the city of Spartanburg are hereby authorized and
issue bonds. ^ i- o ^
/
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 423
empowered to issue and sell coupon bonds of said school dis- a. d. idii
tricl in an amount not exceeding fifty thousand ($50,000) ^^"""^^'^
dollars, in such sum or sums as they may deem necessary, for
the purpose of purchasing a lot or lots, erecting, repairing or
e*.]uippmg one or more school buildings in said district, as said
tmstees may deem advisable : Provided, That the question of proviso,
issuing the bonds authorized in this section shall first be sub-
mitted to the qualified voters of said school district at an elec-
tion to be held to determine whether said bonds shall be issued
or not, as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 2. That for the purpose of determining the issue of
bonds as authorized in Section one (1) of this Act, the said
trustees shall order an election to be held at Spartanburg, in
said school district, on the question of whether said bonds
shall be issued, in which election only the qualified voters
residing in said district shall be allowed to vote ; and said trus-
tees shall publish notice for at least ten (10) days in at least
one of the daily papers published in Spartanburg, shall desig-
nate the time and place of voting, and appoint the managers
of such election, and receive the return of the managers, and
declare the result.
Sec. 3. The said trustees shall have printed for the use of
the voters in said election two (2) sets of ballots, a sufficient^"®***
number of each of which shall be placed at each voting place ;
on one set of which ballots shall be printed the words, "For
the issuing of Bonds," and on the other shall be printed the
words, "Against the issuing of bonds." If the majority of
votes cast at said election shall be for the issuing of bonds,
the said trustees may issue said bonds, or such an amount
thereof not exceeding fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars, as they
may deem advisable for the purpose set forth in Section 1 of
this Act, payable to bearer, to run for not more than twenty
years from the date of issue, bearing interest not exceeding
four and one-half (4J^) per centum per annum, payable
annually. Any bonds not issued shall be cancelled.
Sec. 4. That said bonds shall be signed by the president and
countersigned by the Secretary of the Board of Trustees of 2*^"^.*^^^
said district, and the official seal of said board attached thereto :
Provided, That the signatures of said officers may be litho-
iZi
STATUTES AT LARGE
Annual tax
levy to pay
interest.
A. D. 1911 graphed or printed or engraved on the coupon attached to
said bonds, and such signatures shall be a sufficient signing
thereof.
Sec, 5. That it shall be the duty of the county officers of
Spartanburg county charged with the assessment and collec-
tion of taxes, by the direction of said trustees of said school
district, to levy such a tax annually upon all property, real and
personal, within said district, and collect the same as taxes
for State, xrounty and school purposes are now levied and
collected, as will raise a sufficient sum to pay the interest on
all bonds issued under and in pursuance of this Act. The
fund so collected shall be applied by the said trustees and the
treasurer of Spartanburg county solely for the payment of
the interest on said bonds: Provided, That any surplus or
balance may be used as hereinafter provided.
Sec. 6. That any balance or surplus arising from the tax
Sinking fund. coUcctcd from property in said school district, remaining of
the funds arising from the said annual tax levied, shall be
set aside as a sinking fund for liquidating said bonds at matu-
rity : And provided, further, That said board may safely invest
said fund, if they deem it wise to do so.
Sec. 7. Said bonds shall be exempt from State, county and
municipal taxation.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Proviso.
Proviso.
No. 251.
AN ACT TO Authorize and Empower the Trustees of
School District No. 15, of Lexington County, to
Order an Election and Issue Coupon Bonds of Said
School District for School Purposes.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the Trustees of School District
TniBtt-es may ^ -r • i « i « i t
issue and sell No. 16, of Lexmgtou couuty, be, and they are hereby, author-
ized and empowered to issue and sell additional coupon bonds
of said school district, payable to bearer, and in such denomina-
tions as they may deem best, for not more than six thousand
dollars, and bearing interest not exceeding six per centum per
annum, payable annually: Provided, That before said bonds
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 42S
are issued the question of issuing them shall be first submitted ^- ^- ^•^^
to the qualified voters of said sdiool district, at a special elec- p^^^^^
tion to be held at the order of said trustees, whenever a petition
shall be presented to them asking for such election and signed
by at least one-fourth of the freeholders residing in said school
district.
Sec. 2. That upon the filing of said petition said trustees shall
make an oijder for the holding of such election, fixing the time ^^®^*^°-
and place of the same and appointing managers thereof, and
making all provisions for the carrying out of the same. That
at such special election only the qualified voters residing in such
school district shall vote; and said trustees shall publish notice
of the time and place of the holding of the same for at least
fifteen days in one or more newspapers published in said
county of Lexington.
Stc. 3. That the said trustees shall have printed for the use
of the voters in said election an equal number of ballots, onTrusteea to
.^ prepare ballots.
one set of which shall be printed the words, "For the issuing of
bonds," and on the other set the words, "Against the issuing of
bonds ;" and a sufficient number of said ballots shall be placed
at the voting place on the day of the election. That the said
managers shall conduct the said election, and, at the close
thereof, shall canvass the vote and make a return of the result
thereof, in writing, to the board of school trustees aforesaid.
Sec. 4. That if a majority of the votes cast at said election
shall be for issuing of said bonds, then the said trustees shall uiSThow? ^
issue the same, to run for a period of not more than twenty
years; and the said trustees shall sell said bonds for not less
than par, and appropriate the proceeds of the said sale to the
purpose of erecting school buildings in said district, or other
school purposes, as said trustees shall deem best for the educa-
tional interest of said district ; and the said bonds shall consti-
tute a lien on the property of said school district.
Approved the 3d day of February, A. D. 1911.
426 STATUTES AT LARGE
^^^^ No. 252.
AN ACT TO Provide for an Annual Tax in Dunklin and
Oak Lawn Townships, of Greenville County, for
THE Purpose of Paying the Interest Upon Certain
Bonds of Said Townships, Respectively, and for the
Deposit of the Surplus of Said Taxes at Interest for
THE Purpose of Retiring the Same.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the
Anmud tax to Sta/tc of South Carolina, That there is hereby levied upon all
clrtihl*^t(wra- the taxable property in the townships of Dunklin and Oak
till? coun^° Lawn, in Greenville county, respectively, an annual tax of five
on ^oni!**'^ mills with which to pay the interest upon certain bonds of said
i9(»f 24°suSte., townships, respectively, issued in pursuance of the Act of 1906,
atjarge, p. XXIV Statutes at Large, page 309, and for the purpose of
accumulating a sinking fund to be applied to said bonds at
maturity.
Sec. 2. That the County Auditor and County Treasurer of
or" Ind tSfl- Greenville county are hereby directed annually to levy and
ence thereto, collcct Said tax€S in the samc manner, and with the same reme-
dies, as are applicable to the levy and collection of State and
county taxes.
Sec 3. That out of the proceeds of said taxes the County
Treasurer is directed to pay tihe interest upon said bonds as it
falls due, and to deposit the surplus in some reliable savings
institution in the county of Greenville, as trustee, to be
approved by the State Bank Examiner, upon the execution and
delivery to him by said institution of a time certificate of
deposit, bearing interest from date at not less than five per
cent, per annum, compounded annually, and payable at the
date of the maturity of said bonds, respectively. The accounts
of said townships shall be kept separate and distinct.
Sec. 4. That at the dates of the maturity of said bonds,
Bonds to be respectively, the County Treasurer is hereby directed to apply
retired. ^j^^ ^^jj dcposits, with accumulated interest, to the retirement
of said bonds.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 427
No. 258. t^^
AN ACT TO Extend Time for Payment of Commutation
Road Tax in Berkeley County.
Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the^.^^ ^^ ^^^
State of South Carolina, That the time for the payment of the ^^"'i'i^^^^JJke-
commutation road tax in Berkeley county for the year 1911, i«y extended.
as fixed by Section 2 of an Act entitled "An Act to require
all persons in Berkeley county liable to road duty to pay a com-
mutation or road tax in lieu of working upon public highways
in said county, to provide a penalty, to provide for listing per-
sons so liable, and to provide for collecting said tax," approved
the 15th day of February, A. D. 1910, be, and the same is
hereby, extended to the 15th day of March, 1911, without
penalty.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 254.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Validate the Election Held
in the Town of Greer, on February 7, 1911.
IVJiereas, There was an election held in the town of Greer
on February 7, 1911; and.
Whereas, At such election John D. Wood was elected mayor
and Thomas Keating, B. A. Bennett, W. R. Tattasall, R. M.
Hughes, D. D. Davenport and W. M. Ballenger were elected
aldermen; and,
Whereas, Some doubt has arisen as to the legality of said
election, some formalities of law not having been complied
with;
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the^j^^^.^^ ^^
State of South Carolina, that said election is valid and binding J^udated.^'^^*'
in all respects, and the above named mayor and aldermen of
said town are declared duly elected officers for the term to
which they have been elected.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
428 STATUTES AT LARGE
t
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Provide for a Scholarship
FOR Hannah Plowden and Katie Gunter at Win-
THROP College.
Whereas, Hannah Plowden, a girl of sixteen years of age, of
Clarendon county, produced more than one hundred bushels of
com per acre by her own labor during the year 1910, and has
thereby rendered valuable service to the State ; and,
Whereas, Katie Gunter, a girl of Aiken county, produced
more than 612 quart cans of tomatoes on one-tenth of an acre
by her own labor during the year 1910, and has thereby ren-
dered valuable service to the county and State ; now, therefore,
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
SrSd ^K^iTie State of South Carolina, That the Board of Trustees of Win-
Sve^'ichoUr- throp College be authorized and empowered to furnish to the
winthrop Said Hannah Plowden and Katie Gunter free scholarships for
College. £Qyj. yg^j-s at said college whenever they may be qualified and
apply therefore.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 256.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Require the Rebuilding of
THE Bridge Across Saluda River, Known as Raisar's
Bridge.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
supcrvisort State of South Carolina, That the County Supervisors of
bulid'^^ridRe'^ Greenwood and Laurens counties are hereby required within
Rh^OT vt^^t- one year from the approval of this Joint Resolution to rebuild
m ime. ^^^ bridge across Saluda River between said counties, the
expense of same to be borne equally by said counties and to be
paid from the ordinary road and bridge funds : Provided, The
ProviBo. said counties shall not expend more than twenty-nine hundred
and fifty dollars in rebuilding said bridge, if so much be neces-
sary.
Sec. 2. That a Joint Resolution, approved the 15th day of
February, A. D. 1910, providing for rebuilding said bridge, is
hereby repealed.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 429
No. 257. ^;,^
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Authorize and Require the
Treasurer of Union County to Transfer Certain
Funds Left Over as Balances for Fiscal Year End-
ing December 31, 1909, to Account of Ordinary
County Expenses for the Year 1911, and Become
Available.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the Treasurer of Union county ul^~'co^it>-
is hereby authorized and required to transfer certain funds *^^^ *^p.
now held by him as the remaining balances of accounts left***** account*.
over from the year ending December 31, 1909, as follows, to
wit: Account bridges, culverts, etc., $696.22; account roads,
$486.56; account ordinary county, $3,791.73; to the account
of ordinary county expenses for the year 1911.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 258.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Empower the Trustees of
Cedar Hill School District No. 16, of Union County,
TO Borrow Not Exceeding $600 for Four Years, and
TO Pledge Taxes of Said District to Pay the Same.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of theTrusteea ot
State of South Carolina, That the Trustees of Cedar Hillsch"i dis-
School District No. 16, of Union county, be, and they areauthoriM^ to
hereby, empowered in their official capacity to borrow not sum.^^ "*
exceeding five hundred dollars for four years, the rate of inter-
est not to exceed 7 per cent, per annum, for the purpose of
paying for the erection of a schoolhouse in the county of
Union, known as Cedar Hill Schoolhouse.
Sec. 2. That the said trustees shall give their notes for said
amount in their official capacity, payable in such installments as
they may deem best; and so much of the taxes collected for
schools within said school district as shall be necessary to meet
the said installments with interest, shall be applied to the pay-
ment thereof from year to year, until said notes with interest
shall have been paid in full.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
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STATUTES AT LARGE
t^^ No. 259.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Authorize and Require the
Payment of the Sum of One Hundred and Seventeen
Dollars to P. McClure Brockington for Certain
Fees.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
SaSoner^o? State of South Carolina, That the County Commissioner of
requir©d"to'pay WiUiamsburg county be, and he is hereby, authorized and
bIx^SSou required to issue a warrant for one hundred and seventeen
f^fSr^MT*^ ($117.00) dollars in favor of P. McClure Brockington, for
«od iiW8. £^^g jy^ Yi\fj^ in certain lunacy proceedings during the years
1907 and 1908, and the County Treasurer be, and he is hereby,
authorized and required to pay said warrant when so issued
out of any county funds in his hands not otherwise appropri-
ated.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Attorney Gen*
eral required
to diflmioB
"Merger
Suit."
No. 260.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Bring to an End the ''Mer-
GER Suit/'
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the Attorney General is hereby
requested to dismiss the appeal now pending in what is known
as the "Merger Suit," recently tried in Richland county.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Treasurer of
Lee County
required to
transfer cer-
tain funds.
No. 261.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Authorize and Require the
Treasurer of Lee County to Transfer "J-^^l Fund"
TO Ordinary County Expenses.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the Treasurer of Lee county
is hereby authorized and required to transfer certain funds
now held by him as "jail funds" to account of ordinary county
expenses.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Mrs. H. D.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 431
No. 262. A.D.mi
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Refund to Mrs. H. D. Wil-
KiNS, OF Greenville County, Certain Overpaid Taxes.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the Supervisor of Greenville wiudng to be
' *^ refunded cer-
county be, and he is hereby, required to draw his warrant on tain taxes.
the treasurer of said county for the sum of twenty-one and
77-100 dollars in favor of Mrs. H. D. Wilkins for certain
taxes improperly paid by her to the said county for the years
1906, 1907, 1908 and 1909, and the Treasurer of Greenville
county is hereby required to pay said warrant out of any funds
in his hands not otherwise appropriated.
Sec. 2. The Comptroller General is hereby required to draw
his warrant in favor of the said Mrs. H. D. Wilkins on the
State Treasurer for the sum of ten and 64-100 dollars, being
the amount of taxes improperly paid the State by her for the
said years 1906, 1907, 1908 and 1909, and the State Treasurer
is hereby required to pay said warrant out of any funds in his
hands available for such purpose.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 268.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Provide for the Payment of
Expenses of Court of Boyd-Brock Inquiry.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the Comptroller General be. Expense of
and he hereby is, required to draw his warrant, or warrants, quiry to be
on the State Treasurer for the amount of not exceeding one
thousand five and 40-100 dollars in favor of such person or
persons as may be entitled thereto, to pay the expenses
incurred by the court of inquiry in re the State of South Caro-
lina against Wm. T. Brock, Colonel Adjutant General, and the
State Treasurer is hereby required to pay the same out of any
funds in his hands not otherwise appropriated.
Approved the 18th day of February, A. D. 1911.
432 STATUTES AT LARGE
^^^^ No. 264.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Authorize the Payment of
$305.15 TO S. J. FiTTs FOR Amount Expended by Him
ON Account of Commissioners and Managers of Elec-
tion IN Hampton County.
Duplicate war- SECTION 1. Be it Tcsolved by the General Assembly of the
Sm to^t^wlid State of South Carolina, The State Treasurer shall be required
s. J. Fittf. and directed to pay S. J. Fitts the amount of $305.15, being
the amount of the duplicate warrant issued by the Comptroller
General in favor of S. J. Fitts, under date of March 5, 1910 :
Proviso. Provided, That S. J. Fitts shall enter into a bond of twice the
amount named in the warrant.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 265.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Authorize the County Com-
missioners OF Kershaw County to Issue Their War-
rant IN Favor of R. D. Williams for Three Hundred
($300.00) Dollars in Relief of Personal Injuries
Received as Ferryman in Employ of Said County.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
r. d. Williams State of South Carolina, That whereas, R. D. Williams, in
tain Bura by^*^ December, 1900, received serious personal injuries while in
m^aSonersTn duc and proper discharge of his duties as public ferryman in
jufieJ? ^ *" employ of the Board of Commissioners of Kershaw county,
and his petition to said board for allowance of three hundred
($300.00) dollars as some relief for his resulting physical dis-
ability, but the said board having no express legal authority
for granting any compensation or relief in such case; there-
fore, the County Board of Commissioners for Kershaw county-
be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to draw
their warrant upon the County Treasurer in favor of R. D.
Williams for three hundred ($300.00) dollars, payable out of
any available fund of the county applicable to general purposes,
as a measure of relief for the serious physical injuries and
disabilities sustained by him in performance of his duties as
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 433
ferryman for said county at the Wateree River ferry, operated ^'^- ^^^
near Camden.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 266.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Authorize and Empower C.
G. Barr to Practice Law and to Discharge Him of
All Disabilities of a Person Under Twenty-one
Years of Age.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the Authority
given C. O.
State of South Carolina. That from and after the passage of Barr to' piic-
this Act, C. G. Barr, of the city of Georgetown,, in the county certain condi-
of Georgetown, be, and he hereby is, authorized to practice law
in this State, provided he hereafter qualifies in all other
recpects as required by law.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 267.
A JOINT RESOLUTION Authorizing the County Treas-
urer OF Union County to Transfer from the Account
OF Ordinary County Funds for the Fiscal Year End-
ing 1909, TO THE Account of Schools .of Said County,
THE Sum of Three Thousand Forty and 94-100
($3,040.94) Dollars.
Section 1. Be it resohed by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the deposit of the Peoples Bank, p^t^in bank
amounting to three thousand forty and 94-100 ($3,040.94) tmnsJe™! to
dollars, now debited to school account, be transferred as a debit *^°"" ^
to ordinary county funds of Union county.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
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^^^^;^ No. 268.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Submit to the Qualified
Electors of Greenville County the Question of
Erecting a Courthouse in Said County.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
heS*?n ^n^ State of South Carolina, That an election shall be held in the
Son oi*i«w^ county of Greenville on the second Tuesday in August, 1911,
bSLds?"^***^^ to determine the question of issuing bonds for the erection of a
courthouse for said county, to cost not exceeding one hundred
thousand dollars.
Sec. 2. Said election shall be held as provided by law for a
general election for county officers, and the ballot in said elec-
tion shall have written or printed thereon the words, "For
courthouse*' and "Against courthouse," an equal number of
each ; and those who are in favor of issuing bonds for the erec-
tion of the courthouse shall deposit a ballot "For courthouse,"
and those not in favor shall deposit a ballot "Against court-
house."
Sec. 3. The result shall be declared and filed with the Clerk
of Court, and a duplicate copy filed with the County Super-
visor.
Sec 4. The expense of such election shall be paid by the
county of Greenville as other expenses are paid.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 269.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Provide for the Payment of
Ernest Moore for Services as Special Judge for the
Sixth Judicial Circuit During the Year 1910.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the Comptroller General draw
his warrant in favor of Ernest Moore for the sum of twelve
hundred and twenty-seven 93-100 ($1,237.93) dollars for
Special Judipe. scrviccs and expenses as Special Judge for the Sixth Judicial
Circuit during the year 1910, in the place of Judge Charles G.
Dantzler, deceased, and the State Treasurer pay the same.
Approved the 14th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Comptroller
General re-
quired to pay
Ernest Moore
for services as
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 435
No. 270. t^!^
A JOINT RESOLUTION Requiring the Supervisor of
Laurens County to Draw His Warrant in Favor of
T. J. DUCKETT FOR THE SUM OF ThIRTY-ONE AND 25-100
Dollars, Expenses Incurred by Him While Sheriff
OF Laurens County in the Case of the State Against
J. G. Wham, and to Direct the Treasurer of Laurens
County to Pay Said Warrant.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of thegyp^^jg^^ ^^
State of South Carolina, That the Supervisor of Laurens cSJIntJ^ re-
county be, and he is hereby, required to draw his warrant in ^^^J^ oSckett
favor of T. J. Duckett in the sum of thirty-one and 25-100 ^^J^^J^jJ^^
dollars, expense incurred by the said T. J. Duckett while
Sheriff of Laurens county, for bloodhounds in the case of the
State against J. G. Wham, and the Treasurer of Laurens
county is hereby directed to pay the same out of the ordinary
funds of said county.
Approved the 16th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 271.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Empower the County Board
OF Commissioners of York County to Sell All or a
Part of the County Poor Farm, to Purchase a New
Site and Erect Suitable Buildings.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the county Board
State of South Carolina, That the County Board of Commis-?'„S?X''*''""
sioners of York county be, and they are hereby, authorized and S"to Mn*****^
empowered to sell at public auction and convey to the highest ^^^^ ^^^
bidder for cash after legal advertisement, all of the lands of
the county poor farni of said county, except one hundred acres,
at such time as they may think best, with leave to reject any
and all such bids if the amount of the bid in their judgment is
not an adequate price for said property.
Sec. 2. That the proceeds of such sale shall be expended in
erecting on the remaining part of said lands two suitable brick
buildings, to be heated with steam from the same plant, one for
436 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 white and one for negro paupers ; and such other outbuildings
and structures as in their judgment may be necessary.
Approved the 3d day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 272.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Provide Free Scholarships
AT Clemson College for Jerry H. Moore, of Florence
County, and Archie T. Odom, of Marlboro County,
Successful Competitors of th^t Boys' Corn Clubs.
kV her cos, Jerry H. Moore, a boy of Florence county, and
Archie T. Odom, of Marlboro county, were the successful
competitors for prizes offered to the boys' com clubs for the
largest and most economical production of com per acre during
the year A. D. 1910; now, in recognition of their services to
the State in that behalf.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the Board of Tmstees of Clem-
ArcWe*T^ son Agricultural and Mechanical College be, and they are
■ihoUrJhipe in hereby, authorized to furnish to the said Jerry H. Moore and
ciemBon ck)i- Archic T. Odom a free scholarship each in said college, cover-
ing the agricultural course of four years, whenever they shall
become qualified by age and otherwise, and shall apply there-
for.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Jerry H.
No. 278.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Authorize and Require the
Comptroller General to Draw His Warrant in Favor
OF T. W. McMiLLiAN, Sheriff of Greenwood County,
FOR Fifty Dollars Paid Out by Him for Conveying a
Criminal from the State of Texas.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
SiT^Jt' ^^^^ ^^ ^^"^^ Carolina, That the Comptroller General be,
¥?* w! Mcfiif. ^^^ ^^ '^ hereby, authorized and required to draw his warrant
oJienwSi" *" ^^^^^ ^f T- W. McMillian, Sheriff of Greenwood county, for
«um"'^' **'***° ^^^ ^""^ ^^ ^^^y ^loHars, paid out by him for conveying W. M.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 437
Jackson, a criminal, from the State of Texas, and the State a.d. i9ii
Treasurer is hereby directed to pay said warrant.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 274.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Require the Superintendent
OF Education of Saluda County to Draw His War-
rant IN Favor of Mrs. J. S. Crouch for the Sum of
Ninety ($90.00) Dollars, and to Require the County
Treasurer of Saluda County to Pay the Same.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the Superintendent of Educa- J{»^°^«^«"*
tion of Saluda county be, and he is hereby, required to draw ^^Jj{^^<j^*y
his warrant in favor of Mrs. J. S. Crouch for ninety ($90.00) gJJu^^c^^Si
dollars, for services as teacher in Clyde and Willow Branch JJ^ ^«*'^^"^J^
School Districts, and that the County Treasurer of Saluda
county be, and he is hereby, required to pay the warrant when
so drawn.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 275.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Authorize H E. Scheper to
Build a Dock Over Land Below Low Water in Beau-
fort River.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina. That H. E. Scheper is hereby given ^J«n^^ij^»jj^*«-
permission and authorized to construct a dock opposite lot E, «*™^ ^^^•
block 72, in Beaufort, South CaroHiia, over Beaufort River,
so as to extend same beyond low water marks.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
H. E. Scheoer
438 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. I). 1911 ^^ 276.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Authorize and Require the
, County Supekintendeni of Education of Lee County
TO Approve a Certain Claim in Favor of W. McD.
Green and E. Alexander for $74.76.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
fnTEduca-**' State of South Carolina, That the County Superintendent of
c^unty^re- Education for Lee county be, and he is hereby, authorized and
p?w?«?ufn required to approve a certain school claim issued to Miss Pearl
claim*. Beatty by the Trustees of School District No. 7, of Lee county,
and the County Treasurer of Lee county is hereby directed to
pay said claim to W. McD. Green and E. Alexander out of any
funds of said School District No. 7 in his hands.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
No. 277.
A JOLNT RESOLUTION to Make Up Deficit in Amount
of Salary Due by State to C. G. Bruce, County
Auditor of Dillon County.
Whereas, Act establishing Dillon county. Acts of 1910, page
872, Section 16, fixes salary of County Auditor of Dillon
county at $1,080 per annum, and the following appears in
appropriation Bill, Acts 1910, "The salary of the County
Auditor of Dillon county from April 1st, 1910, $450;" and
Whereas, The said auditor was sworn in on April 28th, 1910,
and therefore served eight months and two days, the propor-
tionate salary, at $1,080 per annum, would bo $484, but said
auditor only received from State Treasurer sum of $405.64, a
difference of $78.36 ; now, therefore,
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
Deficit in sal- State of South Carolina, That the Comptroller General be. and
Bruce pro- he is hereby, authorized and directed to draw his warrant on
the State Treasurer in favor of C. G. Bruce, Auditor of Dillon
county, for the sum of seventy-eight and 36-100 dollars, and
the State Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to pay
said warrant.
Approved the 17th day of February, A. D. 1911.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 439
No. 278. A.D.mi
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Provide for the Abatement
OF A Certain Tax on Live Siock in Certain Town-
ships OF Georgetown County, Levied JJnder "An Act
to Provide for the Levy of Taxes for County and
School Purposes for the Fiscal Year Beginning Jan-
uary 1, 1910," and of the January Penalty of Onf.
Per Cent, for Nonpayment of Taxes by Citizens of
Said Townships Made Subject to Said Live Stock
Tax by Said Act.
Whereas, In "An Act to provide for the levy of taxes for
county and school purposes for the fiscal year beginning Janu-
ary 1, 1910," approved the 19th day of February, A. D. 1910,
that subdivision of same applying to the county of Georgetown
provides, amongst other levies, as follows : "For the purpose of
repairing the fence between the counties of Georgetown and
Williamsburg a tax of twenty (20) mills on all live stock in
Townships Nos. 5 and 6 ;" and,
Whereas, Said tax was, in accordance with the provision
aforesaid of said Act, duly charged against all citizens in said
townships in said county liable to the same ; appeared and still
appears on the tax duplicates of said county for said fiscal year
1910, as charged against said citizens; and, as an inseparable
part of the aggregate of each of their taxes for said fiscal year,
stood and stands as a lien upon their several taxable properties ;
and.
Whereas, The provisions for said tax, as it' appears in said
Act, was due to inadvertence and mistake and was wholly
unnecessary, inasmuch as the funds for the repair of said fence,
at the date of the approval of said Act, had been raised by a
similar levy for the previous fiscal years and the repairs, at that
date, had been nearly completed; and.
Whereas, The auditor of said county was without authority
of law to omit from the tax duplicates of said county the spe-
cial levy aforesaid, and the treasurer of said county was also
without authority of law to receive from the several citizens
aforesaid payment of the total of all taxes so charged, less said
special levy; and.
440
STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911
Provision for
abatement of
certain tax on
live stock ia.
certain town-
ships in
Oeorgretown
County.
Certain tax
on live stock
abated in • cer-
tain town-
ships.
January pen*
alty abated.
Whereas, The payment of said total of all taxes would have
necessitated the refunding, under the authority of some law
(justly requisite to be enacted for such purpose), of the
amounts of the special levy aforesaid, in each case, thereby
working possible confusion and complication in the books of
the tax department of said county, while, at the same time, such
payment would have involved the bearing, by said citizens, of
an unnecessary burden ; and,
Whereas, For the reasons aforesaid, by suggestion of the
members of the General Assembly of said county, the said citi-
zens of said townships of said county have refrained from pay-
ment of their taxes for the fiscal year 1910, and the January
penalty of one per cent, for nonpayment, as provided by law,
was attached; now, therefore.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the said tax of twenty (20)
mills levied, under the Act aforesaid, on the live stock in
townships numbers five (5) and six (6) of Georgetown county,
and duly assessed and charged, as aforesaid, against the citi-
zens of those two townships liable to the same, be, and the
same is hereby, abated.
Sec. 2. That the January penalty of one per cent, which
was attached, upon failure on the part of any or all of said
citizens to pay the total of taxes of all kinds assessed and levied
against them for the fiscal year 1910, when due and collectible,
according to law, be, and the same is hereby, abated.
Sec. 3. That the auditor of said county be, and he is hereby,
authorized and directed to immediately make and enter said
abatements on his tax duplicate and on that of the treasurer of
said county, which latter officer is hereby authorized and
directed to receive and collect from the citizens aforesaid the
total amount or amounts of all taxes of every kind levied and
assessed against them and each of them, for said fiscal year
1910, as shall appear as a charge or charges against them, and
each of them, on his tax duplicate, after the abatements herein-
before authorized and directed shall have been made.
Sec. 4. That this Joint Resolution shall take effect immedi-
ately upon its approval by the Governor.
Approved the 21st day of January, A. D. 1911.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 441
No. 279. t^!^
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Continue the State Hos-
pital Commission for the Insane, and to Authorize
It to Erect Buildings for the Use of Said State Hos-
pital FOR THE Insane, and Provide the Means There-
for.
Whereas, The General Assembly of the State of South Caro-
lina at its last session adopted a Joint Resolution providing for
the appointment of a State Hospital Commission, which Joint
Resolution was approved on the 23d day of February, 1910;
and,
Whereas, Said commission has rendered service of great
value to the State, as shown by its report to this session of the
General Assembly ; and,
Whereas, The experience gained makes it of great impor-
tance to the State that said commission continue in office to
carry out the plans which it is working out to relieve the con-
gested condition of the State Hospital for the Insane ; and,
Whereas, It is estimated by said commisison that it will
require the sum of $200,000 for said purpose for the present
year, in addition to the amount of $46,709.85, which it has
already borrowed from the State Sinking Fund Commission;
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the State Hospital Commission ^ommusion.
be continued for a period of one year, the members of the said
commission to be appointed by the Governor upon the expira-
tion of the terms of office of the present members, and it is
recommended that the Governor continue the present members
of said commission, if in his opinion it is wise to do so.
Sec. 2. That said commission shall adopt such plans and
specifications, and shall erect such buildings on the lands it has Commission
, . I'll i» f *® erect build-
purchased as it may decide to be necessary to reheve the con- inga.
gested condition now existing in said Hospital for the Insane.
Sec. 3. That said commission, in order to carry out the pro- ^ . ,
• , , , Commission
visions of this Joint Resolution, are hereby authorized to bor- may borrow
, funds.
row, on the credit of the State, the sum of two hundred thou-
sand dollars from the Sinking Fund Commission, »or elsewhere,
in case the same cannot be obtained from said Sinking Fund
Commission, at a rate of interest not exceeding five per cent.
442
STATUTES AT LARGE
Proviso.
A. D. 1911 per annum, said sum to be borrowed in installments only as
needed for the erection of said buildings on said lands pur-
chased by said commission for said Hospital for the Insane:
Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed as
limiting said commission as to its plans for the enlargement of
said Hospital for the Insane.
Sec. 4. The compensation of each member of said commis-
compensation. j,;^^ gj^^jj |^^ g^^ ^^g) doUars per day for each day actually
employed about the business of said commission, and actual
expenses for the time engaged.
Sec. 6. That said commission shall make a report to the next
session of the General Assembly of its work hereunder.
Approved the 3d day of April, A. D. 1911.
Report.
No. 280.
A JOINT RESOLUTION to Authorize and Empower the
County Supervisor of Laurens County to Draw His
Warrant in Favor of John D. Owings, Sheriff of
Said County, for the Sum of Three Hundred
Twenty-two and 60-100 Dollars, and to Require the
Treasurer of Said County to Pay the Same.
Whereas, The members of the General Assembly from Lau-
rens county, at the 1910 session, agreed and intended to amend
the law of the State so as to allow the Sheriff of Laurens
county forty cents per day for dieting prisoners; and,
Whereas, By. reason of a mistake in enrolling said Act, the
same was made to apply to Florence county instead of Lau-
rens; now, therefore.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the
State of South Carolina, That the Supervisor of Laurens
county be, and he is hereby, authorized and required to draw
sheriff certain his warrant in favor of Jno. D. Owings, Sheriff of Laurens
ing prisoners county, for the sum of three hundred twenty-two and 60-100
dollars, being the amount due said Jno. D. Owings for dieting
prisoners for the year 1910, under the terms of the Act above
referred to, and the Treasurer of Laurens county is hereby
required to pay said warrant out of any county funds in his
hands not otherwise appropriated.
Approved the 13th day of February, A. D. 1911.
Treasurer o!
Laurens
County re-
Concurrent Resolutions
Relating to Public Officers
OF THE
State of South Carolina
Passed at the Regular Session which was begun and held at
the City of Columbia on the Tenth day of January,
A. D. 1911, and was adjourned zvithout day on
the Eighteenth day of February, A. D. igii.
PART III
Note. — The General Assembly of 1911 passed a Concurrent Resolution requiring
the Code Commissioner to publish all Concurrent Resolutions effecting or relating
to public officers.
To perform the duty thus imposed, I embody in the Acts and Joint Resolutions
of 1911 the Concurrent Resolutions of the same session, but only those that effect
or relate to public officers directly and specifically. Other Concurrent Resolutions
may be found in the Senate and House Journals. ANDREW J. BETHEA,
Code Commissioner.
A. D. 1911
No, 281.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate
.7 , Code Commis-
concurring, That the Code Commissioner be, and is hereby, sioncr remiired
required to have printed each year alone with the Acts and current Reso-
T'T^i' ,, ^ T^«. «.. lutions effect-
Joint Resolutions all Concurrent Resolutions eitecting or relat- ing public
, officers.
ing to public officers.
No. 282.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Whereas, His Excellency, the Governor, by a special mes-
sage, has called attention to the undesirable approaches into the
444 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 State House made through the toilet rooms and other
entrances; and.
Whereas, The Committee on State House and Grounds have
made their report to the House of Representatives endorsing
the recommendations of his Excellency, the Governor, as con-
tained in said special message; and.
Whereas, The House this day did adopt the report of said
committee; now, therefore.
Governor au- ^^ *^ resolved by the House of Representatives, with the
iS^^^*?^ Senate concurring. That his Excellency, the Governor, is
JSipioySrto*^ hereby authorized and requested to appoint a committee, or
mate,'*pi2i," authorize the Committee on State House and Grounds, to
f^**c<^^^ employ the services of an architect to make such estimates of
Stote^Housc costs and to make such plans as may be desirable to carry out
approaches. ^^^ recommeudations of his Excellency, the Governor, in
regard to the State House as suggested in said message.
No. 288.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
To Bring to an End the "Merger Suit/^
Attorney Gen- SECTION 1. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives,
to^^disSiM^i^ the Senate concurring. That the Attorney General is hereby
^ir^er requested to dismiss the appeal now pending in what is known
^"**' ' as the "Merger Suit," recently tried in Richland county.
No. 284.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of South
state Board of ^ , . , r^ . «^, f
Entomology Larolma, the Senate concurrmg, That, whereas, numerous
moiogigt nj. complaints have been made recently in regard to the diseased
duct certain Condition of pine timber, due to the work of the Southern pine
beetle (Dendroctonus frontalis), the most destructive enemy of
pine timber in this region ; and, whereas, it is probable that this
insect is on the increase and is threatening to take the character
of an invasion ; and, whereas, the Federal Government when
appealed to has frankly stated that it has not a sufficient num-
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 446
ber of men to inspect the pine forests of this State, but that it ^' ^- ^^^^
will assist any efforts to eradicate this insect as soon as it can
be fully informed of the localities in which it has appeared;
and, whereas, it is necessary that the control work, if under-
taken this season, will have to be completed by the first of
March, 1911, the State Board of Entomology and the State
Entomologist operating under the board, being given full
power under the provisions of the Act approved the 23d day of
February, A: D. 1903, to conduct such an examination, are Act of idos.
hereby requested to immediately proceed to secure the neces- "* ^^^" ^'
sary practical information as to the location of the principal
centers of trouble and to locate these areas upon a map and then
co-operate with the United States Bureau of Entomology to the
fullest extent in bringing the pest under complete control to
the end that the proper protection be immediately given to the
dwindling supply of standing yellow pine timber in this State.
No, 285.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate
concurring, That the State Board of Health is hereby required, Heafth *re.
at as early day as possible, to make a thorough investigation vestigatc^sani-
of the sanitary condition of the State Penitentiary, and to take ©f^StaSe Wni-
such steps as they may deem necessary to prevent the spread of **" **^*
tuberculosis among the convicts at the said State Penitentiary.
Any expense that may be incurred in putting the penitentiary
in a sanitary condition shall be paid out of the funds of the
penitentiary.
No. 286,
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Providing for an Extension of Time for the City of
Columbia to Comply With the Order in the Case of
State vs. City of Columbia.
Whereas, The Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina
has passed an order requiring the city of Columbia to remove
446 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911 from across the Columbia Canal the water mains and bridge
''"*"^^""*^ there erected by it by 5th June, 1911 ; and
Whereas, The removal of said bridge and mains will be at
great expense and the whole water supply of the city of Colum-
bia is dependent thereon ; and,
Whereas, The said city does not question the right of the
State to require it to remove the said bridge and mains at any
time it sees fit so to do, but it is desirous of being allowed to let
the bridge and mains remain until such time as it is shown that
they are an actual obstruction to real navigation ; and,
Whereas, It appears that even if the city of Columbia now
removed the said bridge and mains, there are other obstructions
in the said canal which would prevent navigation, and against
which no proceedings have been taken by the State of South
Carolina or other parties; therefore,
Attorney Gen- SECTION 1. Be, it resolved by the House of Representatives,
and directed to the Senate Concurring, That the Attorney General be, and he
order extend- is hereby, authorized and directed to consent to an order of the
city of cjoium- Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina extending the
certain water time for the removal of said bridge and mains "for a period of
bridge from five years from the date hereof unless all other present obstruc-
across Colum- . ' . . • « « « < «•
bia Canal. tious to navigation upon said canal be sooner removed.
No. 287-
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Whereas, The reports of the various departments of the State
are so very voluminous, and there is so much repetition in the
printing thereof, and the cost to the State is increasing year by
year;
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Rep-
Reports of offl- resentatives concurring, That reports of the departments of the
cers and heads ** ^ ...
of depart- State government and every officer or board of administration
ments, etc., " "^
shall bo con- required by law to make reports to the General Assembly, or to
nients, any officer, the printing of which is charged to the State, either
in the general printing bill or in special provisions is paid by
the State, shall contain only a concise statement of the trans-
action of the office or department without repetition, and a con-
cise statement of the recommendations of the officer or depart-
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 447
nient, and no proposed measure or copy of law or copy of any a. d. iqii
report or document, except such, the reproduction of which
shall be necessary, shall be printed at the expense of the State.
It shall be the duty of the Governor, the Comptroller General jy^^ ^, q^^.
and the State Treasurer to see that the provisions of this Reso- 1^^^^ ^SraJna
lution are carried out, and no report shall be printed until itfj^j^^^^to
shall have been approved by them, or a majority of them. So^*^^* ^^^^'
Sec. 2. That the clerks of the Senate and House be requested
to send a copy of this Resolution to all officers and departments ^^^ *J J^
and boards in the State which have printing done at the expense SjJi^dep^rt^
of the State or from funds provided for that purpose by the™*"**' ***^'
State.
No. 288.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
A Concurrent Resolution Referring to a Concurrent
Resolution, Passed February 16th, 1910, and Unacted
Upon by the Governor, to the Present Governor for
Action Thereon.
Whereas, A Resolution concurred in February 16th, 1910.
was not acted upon, which Resolution reads as follows: " A fS? "e^'iwo.
Concurrent Resolution to provide investigation and report of
Governor upon advisability of requiring lessees to comply with
terms of lease from State and complete Columbia Canal in
accordance with lease.
Whereas, The Columbia Canal, constructed at great expense
to the State of South Carolina, primarily as a navigable high-
way, and waterway connecting the waters of Congaree and
Broad Rivers, was assigned, transferred and released by the
State to the city of Columbia, its lessees and successors, by Act
approved December 24th, 1887, and Acts amendatory thereto ;
and.
Whereas, In consideration of the rights, benefits and fran-
chises appurtenant to the said cause, said lessees assume certain
duties and obligations to the State, one of which was the
requirement as set out inter alia, m Section 7 of said Act, "shall
as soon as practicable, complete the canal down to the Con-
garee River," etc. ; and,
448
STATUTES AT LARGE
A. D. 1911
Columbia
Canal.
Governor re-
quested to in-
vefltifirate and
examine into
advisability of
completing
canal and re-
port to Gen-
eral Assembly.
Navigable
waterway.
Attention of
Governor di-
rected to Reso-
lution.
Whereas, On the day of March, next, it will be eigh-
teen years since the work on the construction of said canal was
suspended, and said canal completed to Gervais street, in the
city of Columbia; and.
Whereas, In order to get appropriations from Congress far
the improvement of the navigation of the Broad River above
Columbia, it is necessary that the State require the said city and
its lessees to complete the canal down to the Congaree River ;
and further.
Whereas, The city of Columbia undertook to obstruct said
canal by constructing its water mains across the same, which
obstruction the Supreme Court declared to be a public nui-
sance ; now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate
concurring :
First, That it is to the interest of the State that said canal be
completed to the Congaree River in accordance with the terms
of the conveyance and lease from the State.
Second, That his Excellency, the Governor, be requested to
investigate and examine into the advisability of requiring of
said lessees the completion of said canal in accordance with the
original plan of construction as contemplated by the said Act,
and report the same to the General Assembly at its next ses-
sion;" and,
, Whereas, Said canal has been decreed by the Supreme Court
to be a navigable waterway and highway of this State, the
completion of which will materially subserve the welfare of the
city of Columbia, and State at large ;
Now, therefore, he it resolved by the House of Representa-
tives, the Senate concurring, That the attention of the Gov-
ernor be directed to the said Concurrent Resolution, and that
he be requested to take such final action thereon as will best
subserve the public interests of the State.
No. 289.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives,
the Senate concurring, That the Governor and our Senators and
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. '449
Representatives in Congress be, and they are hereby, requested 'A.d;i9ii
to furnish to the General Assembly all available information in o^^^^^I^Tand
relation to any claim which the State of South Carolina may ^^"^^^^
have to receive any public lands of the United States for com- *»^2 "Ao^oSed
mon school purposes. cral^awmbS"
Sec. 2. That a copy of this Resolution be furnished the Gov- jJiJJS***^
emor and our Senators and Representatives in Congress by the on*'"ubiic^ ^*
Clerk of the House. 1*°*» °' ^- ^
for common
school puf-
pote*.
No. 290.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives,
the Senate concurring, That our Senators and Representatives Rcpresentati?eB
in Congress be, and they are hereby, requested to endeavor to requested tb '■
secure le^iAUt'
secure such legislation by Congress as will equalize the original ^^ ^J^^'
Thirteen States, with the States admitted since 1803, in the thirteen sutn
'in matter of
matter of public lands granted in aid of free public or common puWic laDda.
schools.
Sec. 2. That a copy of this Resolution be sent to our Sena-
tors and Representatives.
) >
No. 291.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
. • ' • ■
Whereas, There seems to be a difference between this Gov- . ," '
emment and the Government of Germany, with reference to
the duties on potash salts :
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate ^f^ fP^'*^
concurring, That the South Carolina delegation in Congress be, ti,°gj^*?i2^i^
and they are hereby, requested to do all in their power to l>ri"€^Sfn*cHff^<^
about a speedy and definite adjustment of the differences ^^^^^^J*^
between this Government and the German Government respect- !"*">; "»?««*•
'^ mg duties on
ing the duties on potash salts. po^* ">*»•
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4f60 STATUTES AT LARGE
^^^!;^ No. 292.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Whereas, There is now pending in the Congress of the United
States a Bill to ratify and carry out a reciprocity agreement
with the Dominion of Canada ; and,
Whereas, We believe that such terms and treaty would best
conserve the interests of both our own country and that of
Canada ; and,
Whereas, We believe that the doctrine of "protection" to be a
humbug and inimical to the good of our country ; therefore,
South caro- ^^ *^ resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate
}^'%n^^**°'* concurring. That we urge the immediate ratification of the
partredpiSSty proposed agreement and treaty with Canada by the Congress
gre^ent with ^f ^^e United States.
And be it resolved, further, That a copy of this Resolution
be forwarded to our delegation in Congress with the request
that they support the ratification of the said treaty and agree-
ment.
No. 298.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the House of Representatives,
BeMhition the Senate concurring, That it is the sense of the General
tion u. 8. Sen- Assembly of the State of South Carolina that the Constitution
▼ot© of people, of the United States relative to the election of United States
Senators be so amended as to provide for their election by a
direct vote of the people of the State.
Oopy of reso-
luSon fur- Sec. 2. That a copy of this Resolution be furnished each
nuhed certain
memben of member of Congress from South Carolina.
Oongreas. ^
No. 294.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate, the House of Repre-
sentatives concurring. That the County Board of Commission-
ers of Lancaster county are hereby authorired and directed, if
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 451
requested by the Senator and Members of the House of Repre- ^ ^- "^^
sentatives of said county, to employ an expert accountant to^j^^^^ ^^_
examine into and report upon the financial condition of the office ^S^te" ^-
of the County Supervisor of Lancaster county, and if neces- g^*|J}JJ*^
sary. to examine the records of any other county office : Pro- *""
vided. That said accountant shall receive not exceeding three ^^ 7poq^t^^'
hundred dollars for his services, to be paid out of the ordinary J[}!?J* ^deieSf^
county funds. "°"-
thorized to
ac-
countant to
examine cer-
No. 295.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
A Concurrent Resolution Relating to State Board of
Fisheries.
Resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives con-g^^ ^^^ ^^
curring, That the State Board of Fisheries be, and are hereby, J^r^^ ™i.
required to patrol the Savannah River below the Augusta dam ^ WFe?^"'
to the mouth, and see to the enforcement of the laws in respect *^'**^ Aufutta.
thereto as far as practicable, and report on the same to the next
session of the General Assembly.
No. 296.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
Requesting Members of Congress to Support Bill (House
OF Representatives 23641 and Senate 7528) Now
Pending in Congress.
Whereas, Under Federal regulations interstate shipments of
intoxicating liquors are delivered to the consignee before the
State can have jurisdiction of the same ; and,
Whereas, By this arrangement the State is seriously ham-
pered in carrying out its policies relative to the traffic in intoxi-
cating liquors ; and.
Whereas, We believe the State should have full control
under its police powers over all liquors within its borders,
whether domestic or interstate ; therefore,^
452 STATUTES AT LARGE
A. Dri»ii Qg if resolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives
sontti^Caroiina concurrfng, That we hereby declare ourselves in favor of such
l^^^^jjf^ action by the Congress of the United States, as will guarantee
**^^ re uCTted ^ ^^^ States the fullest jurisdiction over all intoxicants con-
to support sicTied to them from the time they enter the State, and to this
measure to o •' '
I2K?*Ai m^nt ^"^' ^^ request the members of Congress, both in the Senate
ifquoML^*"***""^ and House, from this State, to support such legislation as is
contemplated by the Miller-Curtiss Bill (House of Represen-
tatives 23641 and Senate 7528), now pending in Congress.
No. 297.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION.
mo^'nS^e^d ^^ *' tesolved by the Senate, the House of Representatives
£d*?rSt*^** concurring, That the Attorney General be, and is hereby,
^mi aLct^^ requested to investierate and report to the next session of the
aif SSSSf General Assembly the legality of the State acquiring such con-
CoiST"°" troi as will enable the General Assembly to elect all the trustees
t^Kh state of Clcmson Agricultural College.
CHARTERS AND AMENDMENTS
Issued by Hon. R. M. McCown, Secretary of
State, for the Fiscal Year 1910.
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS.
Pursuant to "An Act to provide for the incorporation of towns
of less than one thousand inhabitants," approved March 2, 1896,
appearing as Article I, Chapter XLIX, Code of 1902, Certificates of
Incorporation have been granted as follows :
Mauldin — Chartered February 14, 1910. Inhabitants when char-
tered, 150. Date of Commission, January 11, 1910.
Dunbarton — Chartered September 21, 1910. Inhabitants when char-
tered, 300. Date of Commission, June 6, 1910.
Silver Street — Chartered November 1, 1910. 'Inhabitants when char-
tered, 200. Date of Commission, September 14, 1910.
Hilda — Chartered November 8, 1910. Inhabitants when chartered.
108. Date of Commission, October 22, 1910.
Mallory — Chartered November 9, 1910. Inhabitants when char-
tered, 103. Date of Commission, January 30, 1909.
Switser — Chartered December 1, 1910. Inhabitants when chartered,
132. Date of Commission, November 10, 1910.
Six Mile — Chartered December 15, 1910. Inhabitants when char-
tered, 110. Date of Commission, November 15, 1910.
Petitions Filed and Commissions Issued.
Mallory — Petition filed and commission issued May 3, 1910.
Towns and Cities Rechartered.
Walterboro — Charter surrendered and reincorporated February 1,
1910.
Campobella — Charter surrendered and reincorporated March 11,
1910.
Maryville — Charter surrendered and reincorporated July 30, 1910.
Municipal Charters Amended.
Latta — Decrease of corporate limits. Certificate filed June 30, 1910.
Welford — Decrease of corporate limits. Certificate filed June 36»
1910.
454 STATUTES AT LARGE
RENEWAL OF CHARTERS.
Under the provisions of Section 1874, Volume I, Code of 1902,
the following charters have been renewed, extended and amended,
to wit :
Pelzer Manufacturing Co. — Location, Pelzer, S. C. Date of
Renewal, May 18, 1910. Capital stock, $1,000,000. Nature
of business, manufacturing.
The Charleston Savings Institution — Location, Charleston, S. C.
Date of renewal, November 6, 1910. Capital stock, $100,-
000. Nature of business, banking.
MUTUAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATIONS.
Under the provisions of an Act to provide for the organization and
regulation of Mutual Protection Associations a certified copy of the
petition has been issued to the following companies, to wit :
The Benevolent Protective Association of Ne^vberry County, South
Carolin<i — Location, Newberry, Si C. Certificate filed
June 29, 1910.
Kershaw County Social Benevolent Society — Location, Camden. S.
C. Certificate filed December 6, 1910.
During the year 1910 the following applications for the registering
of Trade-Marks and Labels have been filed and recorded, under the
provisions of an Act for the protection of labels and seals of labor
organizations, associations and societies in the State of South Caro-
lina, approved February 24, 1910:
International Typographical Union, Indianapolis, /wdiano— Filed and
recorded April 27, 1910.
Peerless Heater Company, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania — Filed and
recorded July 2S, 1910. ..
Allied Printing Trades Council Union Label, Indianapolis, Indiana —
Filed and recorded July 29, 1910.
Koke Company, Ltd., Shreveport, Louisiana— FWed and recorde i
November 9, 1910.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 466
RAILROAD CHARTERS.
Under the provisions of Article IV, Chapter XL VIII, Code of
1902, the following charters have been issued :
Carolina Traction Company.
State of South Carolina, Executive Department.
By the Secretary of State.
Whereas, J. M. Cherry, Rock Hill, S. C. ; W. S. Lee and George
Stephens, of Charlotte, N. C, did on the 30th day of October, A. D.
1909, file in the office of the Secretary of State, a written declaration
and petition, signed by themselves, under and pursuant to Article
IV, Chapter XLVIII, Code of 1902, and amendments thereto, set-
ting forth :
First. The names and residences of said petitioners to be as above
given.
Second. The name of the proposed corporation to be Carolina
Traction Company.
Third. The place at which it proposes to have its principal place
of business to be the city of Rock Hill, South Carolina.
Fourth. The general nature of the business it proposes to do
is to acquire, own, construct and operate a railroad or railway
system in the city of Rock Hill, S. C, to be constructed and operated
in, along, across or over such streets and parts of streets, ways,
alleys and public places of the said city of Rock Hill as may be
authorized by its City Council, and, by and with the consent of said
City Council, to lay its tracks, sidetracks and switches, and to erect
and place its cable posts, wires, crossings, bridges and other appli-
ances and appurtenances in, upon, along or over such streets and
parts of streets, ways, alleys apd public places; to extend its said
railway from the city of Rock Hill through the townships of Ebe-
nezer and Fort Mill, in the county of York, State of South Carolina,
to a point on the North Carolina line, and thence to the city of
Charlotte, in the State of North Carolina, and from said city of
Rock Hill through the township of Catawba, in the said county of
York, and through the townships of Lewisville and Landsford, in
Chester county. State of South Carolina, to a point on the line of the
Seabord Air Line Railway, with the privilege of extending branch
lines in any and all directions from said city of Rock Hill into or
through the townships of Catawba, Ebenezer, Fort Mill, York and
Bethesda, in said county of York, and Chester, Lewisville and Ross-
4*ft ST AfTUTES ^ AT fcARGE^
ville townships, in Chester county, State' Of 'South Carolina, to a
distance of not exceeding thirty miles from the corporate limits of
sjaid.ttity ofi iRoek Hill, as may be deemed advisable; to constrict
and operate its said railway or railway' system, with the permission
of the proper authorities, along, through and over the public high-
ways, and across, through and over public and private lands, along
and across any river, creek or water course^ or across any other
railroad or railroads that may be in its route, and through such
points, towns and communities as the said corporation may deem
proper, the said railway and all branch lines or extensions to be of
standard guage ; to equip said railway or railway system with cars,
rolling stock and all other suitable appliances, and to operate the
same by means of electricity, steam or other motive power, for the
transportation of passengers, freight, mail and express for hire, with
power to acquire, erect and maintain depots, station houses, turn
tables and warehouses along its said line, or to consolidate with any
other railws^y ; and shall have power to acquire and own real estate,
and to purchase, lease, acquire, own, sell and dispose of thef stock,
bonds, securities, real and personal property, rights and franchises
of other railroads, of whatever character and by whatever power
operated, and of any other corporations chartered under the laws of
the State of South Carolina, or any other State, subject to the limi-
tations of the Constitution and laws of the State of South Carolina
and such other States ; to acquire water powers by lease, purchase
or otherwise, and to own, control and develop the same, and to erect
and equip plants in connection therewith for the generation of elec-
tric or steam power, and to operate and transmit such power for
its own use and for any and all other purposes, and to sell the same ;
to make, produce, generate and supply light, power, and heat by
means of electricity and gas, or either of them, both for its corporate
purposes and for sale to the public ;*to build, construct, own, main-
tain and operate telephone and telegraph line or lines, with all neces-
sary appliances and appurtenances, in and through the said town-
ships and counties hereinbefore mentioned, and to transmit messages
for toll or hire ; to acquire by purchase or otherwise, manage and
improve lands for building houses, hotels and structures for other
purposes, and to rent, sell, lease and convey such lands, houses,
hotels and structures as to it may seem fit and proper, to lay out.
build, construct, beautify, maintain and control, ways, boulevards,
parks, pleasure and health resorts and grounds for all kinds of
legitimate games and sports, club houses, theaters and pavilions for
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 467
purposes of amusement, and, in general, to develop and beautify
suburban and other property and health and pleasure resorts; to
have the power to sell, lease, alien and convey, at pleasure, any dnd
all property, real and personal, rights and franchises of every nature,
kind and description whatsoever, at any time that may be owned by
the said corporation ; and to borrow money for the purposes and use
of the said corporation as its needs may require, to make notes, issue
bonds and other evidences of indebtedness, and the same to secure
by pledge, mortgage, or deed of trust, of all or any part of its fran-
chises and property, real and personal; and to have and exercise all
of the rights, powers and privileges, and be subject to all of the
liabilities of railroad and street railway corporations under the Con-
stitution and laws of the State of South Carolina.
The total length of said railway or railway system proposed to be
constructed by said proposed corporation is about one hundred and
fifty miles, no portion thereof having yet been constructed. The
proposed railroad will not be altogether within the limits of the State
of South Carolina, but will extend into the city of Charlotte, in the
State of North Carolina, and will be operated as an independent
corporation.
Fifth. The minimum amount of the capital stock upon which the
corporation may organize is one hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
and the maximum amount to which said capital stock may be there-
after increased is five hundred thousand dollars, and the par value
thereof shall be one hundred dollars per share, payable in money or
in labor, or in property at its money value, as may be called for by
the Board of Directors.
Sixth. That said corporation desires and asks for the power to
condemn lands and other property for rights of way and other rail-
road purposes, and also power to cross streams, highways, public and
private ways and other railways, and proposes to give the required
notice for that purpose for the time and in the manner required by
law ; and, •
Whereas, the above named petitioners were appointed by me a
Board of Corporators on the thirtieth day of October, 1909; and.
Whereas, on the eighth day of January, J910, the said Board of
Corporators did file with me, as Secretary of State, their return in
writing, under their hands and seals, duly attested and sworn to,
showing that all the requirements of Article IV, Chapter XLVIII,
Code of 1902, and amendments thereto, had been fully complied
with ; that twenty per cent, of the amount subscribed had been paid
468 STATUTES AT LARGE
to the corporators, and showing, further, the names and residences
of the subscribers, the amount subscribed by each, and the names
and residences of the president, secretary, board of directors and
all other officers of said company, and that they had fully complied
with all the provisions of law for the formation of said corporation.
Now, therefore, I, R. M. McCown, Secretary of State, of South
Carolina, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by
Article IV, Chapter XL VIII, Code of 1902, and amendments
thereto, and all Acts or parts of Acts me hereto enabling, do certify
and declare the aforesaid Carolina Traction Company to be a body
politic and corporate, created and fully organized according to the
laws of South Carolina, under the name, for the purposes, and with
the rights, powers and privileges set forth in said declaration and
petition; and that said company is fully authorized to commence
business under its charter, and may sue and be sued in any of the
courts of this State; and shall be entitled to all the rights, powers
and privileges, and be subject to all the limitations and liabilities of
railroad corporations embraced in the general railroad law, being
Chapter L, of the Code of 1902, as well as any Act now existing or
hereafter to be passed regulating the duties, privileges and liabilities
of railroad companies. It is, furthermore, a condition of this char-
ter that the said Carolina Traction Company shall be deemed to have
waived their charter rights, franchises and privileges unless they
shall begin the construction of the proposed road within two yeara
from the date hereof and complete the same within fifteen years, the
time fixed by law. It is hereby required that this charter shall be
recorded in the office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance or Clerk
of Court in each county where said corporation shall have a business
office.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia,
this the eighth day of January, 1910, and in the
I Seal. ] one hundred and thirty- fourth year of the Inde-
pendence of the United States of America.
R. M. McCOWN,
Secretary of State.
Recorded in Railroad Record Book K, page 539, et seq.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 459
Greenville and Spartanburg Railway Company,
State of South Carolina, Executive Department.
By the Secretary of State.
Whereas, Charles W. Ellis, H. H. Prince and O. K. Mauldin, of
Greenville, South Carolina, did on the 31st day of December, A. D.
1909, file in the office of the Secretary of State, a written declaration
and petition, signed by themselves under and pursuant to an Act to
provide for the formation of railroad, steamboat, street railway and
canal companies, and to define the powers thereof, and to provide a
mode for amending the charters thereof, approved the 28th day of
February, 1899, and an Act to provide for the formation of railway,
steamboat, street railway and canal companies, and to define the
powers thereof, and to provide a mode for amending the charters
thereof, so as to authorize and empower street railway companies
to make, produce, generate and supply light, power and heat by
means of electricity and gas, approved the 17th day of February.
1900, and amendments thereto, which declaration and petition sets
forth-
«
First. The names and residences of said petitioners to be as above
given.
Second. The name of the proposed corporation to be Grecnvilh
and Spartanburg Raihvay Company.
Third. The place at which it proposes to have its principal place
of business to be Greenville, S. C.
Fourth. The general nature of the business it proposes to do, and
the powers and privileges which it proposes to assume are as follows,
to wit: To own, construct, contract for, lay, build and operate an
electric railway system from the city of Greenville, in the county of
Greenville, and State of South CaroHna, to the city of Spartanburg,
in the county of Spartanburg, State of South Carolina. The proposed
route being as follows : Commencing at the said city of Greenville and
running thence through the townships of Greenville, Butler and
Chick Springs, in Greenville county, and State aforesaid, and the
townships of Beech Springs and Spartanburg, in Spartanburg county,
and State aforesaid, to the said city of Spartanburg, a total distance
of about thirty-one (31) miles; to operate over said electric railway
system, cars, vehicles or carriages, to be run in whole by electricity,
together with all appurtenances, appliances and instruments neces-
sary or incidental thereto, for the transportation of passengers,
freight, mail and express ; with power to connect the termini, or any
part of said railway with any other railway with which it may make
4«a STATUTES AT LARGE
amicable and suitable arrangements; to make, produce, generate and
supply electricity, heat, light and powe^ for its own purposes and for
sale, and to own and operate all necessary plants and establisments
for such purposes ; to procure by lease or otherwise, electric current
for the purposes above mentioned ; to own, conduct and carry on the
business of producing, generating, distributing and vending power
and light, together with all appurtenances necessary thereto, and all
lines for the transmission, distribution and delivery thereof; to
acquire by purchase, lease or otherwise, and to own and control
water powers, construct and maintain dams therefor and equip plants
in connection therewith, for the generation of electric power, to
operate said electric plant and to transmit therefrom electric cur-
rents, both for power and lighting purposes, to any point or points
within the counties of Greenville and Spartanburg, in said State of
South Carolina, or to any other point within this State, unless other-
wise prohibited; to acquire by purchase or otherwise, own in fee
simple or by lease, manage and improve land for building and other
purposes ; to build and maintain houses thereon, and to rent and sell
said houses as it may deem fit ; to lay out, build and maintain ways,
boulevards, parks, pleasure resorts, grounds for all kinds of legiti-
mate sports and games, theatres and pavilions for dancing and
places of amusement, club houses, lakes, gardens and greenhouses,
and in general, to develop and improve suburban property; with
power to lease or sublease, purcase or sell from or to, and to merge
and consolidate with any other railway its properties and franchises,
its rights and power wires, upon such terms and conditions as may
be agreeable to its stockholders, to borrow money for the purposes
of the corporation as its needs may require; to make notes, issue
bonds or other evidences of indebtedness, and upon a vote of its
stockholders, after due and legal notice, to secure payment of its
obligations by mortgagee or deed of trust of all, or any part of its fran-
chises and property, both real and personal; to have perpetual suc-
cession, to sue and be sued ; to adopt and have a common seal and to
alter and change the same at will ; to prescribe the mode of transfer-
ring its shares, and to adopt any and all such by-laws for the regula-
tion and management of its business not in conflict with the Consti-
tution and laws of the State of South Carolina; to make contracts
and to acquire and transfer property, real and personal, including
shares of stock in other corporations, possessing the s^me powers in
this respect as individuals now enjoy, so far as the same is. per-
mitted by the Jaws of this State ; and, generally, to have and enjoy
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 461
and be vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and franchises
conferred by the laws of this State on like corporations.
Fifth. The minimum amount of the capital stock upon which the
corporation may organize to be one hundred thousand dollars, pay-
able in money, or in services, or in property at its money value,
divided into shares of the par value of one hundred dollars each, and
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the maximum amount to which said capital stock may be increased
to be one million dollars, which increase may be made when the
provisions for said increase has been complied with ; and
Whereas, the above named petitioners were appointed by me a
Board of Corporators on the thirty-hrst day of December, A. D.
1909 ; and
Whereas, Chas. W. Ellis, H, H. Prince and O. K. Mauldin, the
above named corporators, did on the eighth day of February, A. D.
1910; file with me, as Secretary of State, their return, in writing,
under their hands and seals, duly attested and sworn to, showing that
all the requirements of Article IV, Chapter XLVIII, Code of 1903,
and all the provisions of the two Acts above referred to, providing
for the formation of such corporation, and all amendments thereto
had been fully complied with ; that more than five hundred dollars
per mile of the proposed road had been subscribed by bona fide
subscribers, and that twenty per cent, of the amount subscribed had
been paid to the corporators, and showing, further, the names and
residences of the subscribers and the amount subscribed by each, and
the names and residences of all officers of said company, and that a
profile map of said road would be filed as soon as the survey is made
and within one year from the date hereof, and that they had fully
complied with all the provisions of law for the formation of said
corporation.
Now, therefore, I, R. M. McCown, Secretary of State, of the
State of South Carolina, by virtue of the power and authority vested
in me by Article IV, Chapter XI.VIII, Code of 1902, and amend-
ments thereto, and all Acts or parts of Acts me hereto enabling, do
certify and declare the aforesaid Greenville and Spartanburg Rail-
way Company to be a body politic and corporate, created and fully
organized according to the laws of South Carolina, under the name,
for the purposes and with the rights, powers and privileges set forth
in said declaration and petition, and that said company is fully
authorized to commence business under its charter, and may sue and
be sued in any of the courts of this State, and shall be entitled to all
the rights, powers and privileges, and be subject to all the limita-
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tions and liabilities of railroad corporations embraced in the general
railroad law, being Chapter L, of .the said Code of 1902, as well ^>
any Acts now existing or hereafter to be passed, regulating the
duties, privileges and liabiHties of railroad companies.
It is, furthermore, a condition of this charter that the said Green-
ville and Spartanburg Railway Company shall be deemed to have
waived their charter rights, franchises and privileges unless they
begin the construction of the proposed road within two years from
the date hereof and complete the same within ten years from the
date hereof.
It is hereby required that this charter shall be recorded in the
office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance or Clerk of Court in
each county where said corporation shall have a business office
Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia,
this the eighth day of February, in the year of our
[Seal.] Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten, and in
the one hundred and thirty-fourth year of the Inde-
pendence of the United States of America.
R. M. McCOWN,
Secretary of State.
Recorded in Railroad Record Book E, page 550, et seq.
Greenville^ Spartanburg and Anderson Railway Company^
State of South Carolina, Executive Department.
By the Secretary of State.
Whereas, J. B. Duke, of Somerville. N. J. ; B. N. Duke, of New
York, N. Y. ; W. S. Lee, of Charlotte, N. C. ; Ellison A. Smyth,
Lewis W. Parker, W. J. Thackston and H. J. Haynsworth, of
Greenville, S. C, did on the third day of January, 1910, file in the
office of the Secretary of State of South Carolina, a written declara-
tion signed by themselves, setting forth:
First. That the name and residences of the petitioners are as
above given.
Second. The name of the proposed corporation to be **Greenville,
Spartanburg and Anderson Raihvay Company."
Third. The principal place of business of the proposed corpora-
tion to be Greenville, South Carolina.
Fourth. The general nature of the business which said corpora-
tion proposes to do, and the powers and privileges which it proposes
to assume or claim under the provisions of the Constitution and
laws of South Carolina are as follows: ,
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The right, power and privilege to acquire, by purchase or other-
wise, and to carry on and exercise all or any part of the good will,
business, rights, privileges, permits, ordinances, franchises, railway
property and other property of any and every kind, formerly of the
Anderson Traction Company, a corporation organized under the
laws of the State of South Carolina, and of any other corporation or
corporations, company, copartnership, or individuals engaged in a
business similar to that authorized to be conducted by this corpora-
tion ; all subject, however, to the laws of South Carolina.
To engage in and carry on the business of purchasing and other-
wise acquiring, constructing, contracting for, equipping, leasing,
owning, maintaining and operating, by electricity or other motive
power other than steam, a street railway or street railway system
or systems, for the transportation of passengers, mail, express, mer-
chandise or other freight, in the counties, townships, cities and towns
hereinafter named, with the right, authority, power and privilege
therein to lay its tracks and transact its business in, upon, along,
through, across and over private and public lands therein, and the
highways, roads, streets, avenues, alleys, lanes, bridges, parks,
squares and other public places therein, whether now laid out or
opened, or hereafter laid out or opened under the franchises or per-
mits granted or to be granted by the proper authorities, so far as the
same may be required by the laws of the State of South Carolina.
The termini of the street railway or street railway system pro-
posed to be constructed are, and the route thereof is, as follows:
Beginning at and in the city of Anderson, in the county of Anderson,
in the State of South Carolina, and extending through and from said
dty of Anderson, to, into, in and through the city of Greenville, in
Greenville county, South Carolina, by way of, or through; at or near
the towns of Belton, Williamston, Pelzer, Piedmont, through the
following townships, or some of them, in said county of Anderson,
to wit: Centerville, Varennes, Belton and Williamston, and the fol-
lowing townships in said Greenville county, to wit: Gantt and
Greenville; and from said city of Greenville to and into the city of
Spartanburg, in Spartanburg county. South Carolina, by way of or
through, at or near the following towns, or some of them, to wit:
Taylors, Greer, Pelham, Duncan, Reidville. Wellford, Lockhart,
Fair Forest and Spartan Mills, and through the following town-
ships, or some of them, in said Greenville county, to wit : Greenville,
Butler and Chick Springs, and in said Spartanburg county. Beech
Springs. Reidville. Fair Forest and Spartanburg.
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And also, in said counties, townships, cities and towns to acquire
rights of way, and further, therein, at such points or places as it
may select, on such lands owned by others or as it may own, lease
or otherwise acquire, to have the right, authority, power and privi-
lege to erect, construct, own, lease, maintain and operate warehouses
together with approaches thereto, suitable for the convenient load-
ing, unloading, shipping, receiving, storing and warehousing of all
kinds of merchandise or personal property ; and to charge and collect
compensation for the storage and all other labor incident thereto,
including the expenses of weighing, insuring, storing and delivering
such merchandise and all other expenses incident thereto : Provided,
hoivever, That this corporation shall not be bound to extend its lines
of street railway to, or to conduct its business in, all of the towns,
cities or townships mentioned above, but only to, and in such of the
same as it deems it desirable and advisable so to do.
The total length of the main line or track of said street railway
system heretofore described (exclusive of switches and spurs) is
about sixty-five (65) miles.
This corporation proposes to assume and claim under the pro-
visions of the Constitution and laws of the State of South Carolina
and of the United States, all the authority, powers, rights and privi-
leges conferred by said provisions of the Constitution and laws of
the State of South Carolina and of the United States on corpora-
tions of this class; including, among others, the following powers
and privileges, to wit : of perpetual succession ; to sue and be sued ;
to have and use a common seal, and to alter the same at pleasure ; to
hold, purchase or otherwise acquire, lease, mortgage, sell or other-
wise dispose of and convey such real and personal estate as the busi-
ness of the corporation may acquire, or render desirable; to appoint
all such subordinate officers and agents as the business of the cor-
poration requires, prescribe their duties and fix their compensation ;
to make by-laws not inconsistent with any existing law, for the trans-
fer of its stock, the management of its property or the regulation of
its affairs, and to alter or amend the same from time to time as may
be desired ; to build, maintain and operate the street railway system
between the termini hereinbefore set forth, and to continue or
extend the main line or track of said system, or any extension
thereof, or to build or extend a branch line or track from such main
line or track to any point or points in the vicinity thereof, whenever
it may be deemed advisable by said corporation to do so; to con-
struct, own and operate power plants or houses, tracks, sidetracks.
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depojts, warehouses, and other .necessary or convenient apparatus,
appliances, buildings, structures or establishments, which to its
Board of Directors may seem advisable; to acquire lands or rights
of way by condemnation proceedings or otherwise for the location,
construction, maintenance and operation of its railway, lines, tracks
and switches, or the erection or location of its necessary or conven-
ient buildings or establishments ; to make contracts, agreements and
leases, and to do al) other lawful acts of whatsoever nature, kind or
description properly incident to and connected with the corporation,
and necessary or convenient for the control and transaction of its
business ; to have its name changed ; to accept, hold, use, purchase,
lease, mortgage, sell or otherwise acquire or dispose of, or encumber
any property, real, personal or mixed, necessary or convenient to or
for the purposes of the corporation, to increase or decrease its capi-
tal stock ; to have its charter amended in such manner as shall seem
to the corporation advisable ; to make and issue bonds, notes or other
evidences of indebtedness from time to time and to secure the same
by mortgage, pledge or otherwise as may to the corporation seem
advisable ; to connect with or cross any other street railway, railway
or railroad, on its proposed line, to sell, lease or otherwise dispose
of all or any portion or section of its tracks, lines, properties and
franchises, to any other corporation organized under the laws of this
State, or of any other State, or uiider the laws of the United States ;
to purchase or acquire in any other way all or any portion or section
of the roads, lines, properties or franchises, in or out of this State, of
any other corporation transacting any business that this corporation
is empowered to transact, whether such other corporation be organ-
ized under the laws of this State or any other State, or of the United
States ; to subscribe for or otherwise acquire and to hold and enjoy
stock or bonds of other corporations, whether organized under the
laws of this State or any other State, or of the United States; to
merge and consolidate with any corporation of this State having,
generally, similar purposes to this corporation. The amendment of
charter, change of name, increase or decrease of capital stock, sale,
lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the tracks,
lines, properties and franchises of this corporation, or merger and
consolidation with another corporation, shall and may be made by the
consent and concurrence of those at the time holding at least two-
thirds of the shares of stock of this corporation at the time issued
and outstanding. None of the foregoing shall be in limitation of
the rights granted by law, but this corporation shall be entitled to all
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other rights and privileges now or hereafter conferred on such cor-
porations by the laws of South Carolina.
Fifth. That the minimum amount of capital stock upon which said
railway company is to be organized is three hundred thousand dol-
lars ($300,000), and the same may be increased to two million dollars
($2,000,000) as a maximum, which increase may be made when the
provisions of law prescribed for same have been complied with.
That said stock is to be issued in shares of the par value of one
hundred dollars ($100) each, payable in cash or property at its actual
iralue upon the call of the directors ; and
Whereas, the above named petitioners were appointed by me a
Board of Corporators on the third day of January, 1910 ; and
Whereas, J. B. Duke, B. N. Duke, W. S. Lee, Ellison A. Smyth,
Lewis W. Parker, W. J. Thackston and H. J. Haynsworth, the above
named corporators, did on the tenth day of March, A. D. 1910, file
with me, as Secretary of State, their return, in writing, under their
hands and seals, duly attested and sworn to, showing that all the
requirements of Article IV, Chapter XLVIII, Code of 1902, and all
Acts and parts of Acts amendator}' thereto, providing for the for-
mation of such corporation, have been fully complied with; that
more than five hundred dollars per mile of the proposed road had
been subscribed by bona fide subscribers, and that twenty per cent
of the amount so subscribed had been paid to the corporators, and
showing, further, the names and residences of the subscribers and
the amount subscribed by each, and the names and residences of all
officers of said company, and that a profile map of said road would
be filed as soon as the survey is made and within one year from the
date hereof, and that they had fully complied with all the provisions
of law for the formation of said corporation.
Now, therefore, I, R. M. McCown, Secretary of State, of the
State of South Carolina, by virtue of the power and authority vested
in me by Article IV, Chapter XLVIII, Code of 1902, and amend-
ments thereto, and all Acts or parts of Acts me hereunto enabling,
do certify and declare the aforesaid "Greenville, Spartanburg and
Anderson Railway Company'* to be a body politic and corporate,
created and fully organized according to the laws of South Carolina,
under the name, for the purposes and with the rights, powers and
privileges set forth in said declaration and petition, and that said
con:ipany is fully authorized to commence business under its charter,
and may sue and be sued in any of the courts of this State, and shall
be entitled to all the rights, powers and privileges, and be subject
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to all the limitations and liabilities of railroad corporations
embraced in the general railroad law, being Chapter L, of the said
Code of 1902, as well as any Acts now existing or hereafter to be
passed, regulating the duties, privileges and liabilities of railroad
companies.
It is, furthermore, a condition of this charter that the said Green-
ville, Spartanburg and Anderson Railway Company shall.be deenied
to have waived their charter rights, franchises and privileges unless
they begin the construction of the proposed road within two years
from the date hereof and complete the same within ten years from
the date hereof.
It is hereby required that this charter shall be recorded in the
office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance or Clerk of Court, in
each county where said corporation shall have a business office.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia,
this the tenth day of March, in the year of our
[Seal.] Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten, and in
the one hundred and thirty- fourth year of the Inde-
pendence of the United States of America.
R. M. McCOWN,
Secretary of State.
Recorded in Railroad Record Book E, page 569, et seq.
South Carolina Western Railway,
State of South Carolina, Executive Department.
By the Secretary of State.
Whereas, W. R. Bonsai, J. E. Hancock, Charles Gibbons, S. O.
Bauersfeld and Samuel Lawrence, did on the first day of February,
1910, file with the Secretary of State a written declaration, signed
by themselves, setting forth:
First. That the names and residences of your petitioners are :
1. W. R. Bonsai, residing at Hamlet, N. C.
2. J. E. Hancock, residing at Hamlet, N. C.
3. Charles Gibbons, residing at Hamlet, N. C.
4. S. O. Bauersfeld, residing at Hamlet, N. C.
5. Samuel Lawrence, residing at Hamlet, N. C.
Second. That the name of the proposed corporation is South
Carolina Western Railway,
Third. That the place at which it proposes to have its principal
place of business in the State of South Carolina is Hartsville, S. C.
Fourth. That the general nature of its business is to build and
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operate a line of railway for the purposes of handling passengers and
freight, beginning at the town of McBee, and extending partly
through said town of McBee, in Chesterfield county, in Alligator
township ; thence running through the said township to and through
the township of Stokes' Bridge, in Darlington county, or the town-
ship of Hartsville, in Darlington county, or both, to the town of
Hartsville, in said township of Hartsville ; thence through the town
of Hartsville and township of Hartsville and the townships of Swift
Creek, High Hill and Darlington, to the town of Darlington, in the
county of Darlington; thence through the town of Darlington and
the township of Darlington, in Darlington county, and the township
of Florence, in Florence county, to and through the city of Florence.
And it proposes to assume and claim the power of building such line
of railway, also of building and operating lines of telegraph and
telephone in connection therewith ; the total length of the road to be
approximately forty (40) miles, no portion of which has yet been
constructed. The motive power proposed to be used is steam, elec-
tricity .or gasoline ; the gauge of the road to be standard, and the
proposed road will be altogether within the limits of the State of
South Carolina, and it is intended to be operated as an independent
line by an independent corporation, and said corporation proposes to
assume and claim any and all other powers now or hereafter con-
ferred upon railroad corporations under the provisions of the Con-
stitution and laws of the State of South Carolina.
Fifth. That the minimum of the capital stock upon which the
corporation may organize is twenty thousand ($20,000) dollars, and
the maximum to which said capital stock may hereafter be increased
is five hundred thousand ($500,000) dollars. That said stock is to
be issued in shares of one hundred ($100) dollars each, and to be
payable in money, or property, or labor at its money value, as the
said corporation may direct.
Sixth. That it is proposed to organize said corporation under the
provisions of Article IV, of Chapter XLVHI, of the first volume of
the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902.
Seventh. That it is proposed to claim the power to condemn lands
for rights of way, depots and other purposes. And the undersigned
parties intend to advertise for four weeks before application is made
for the same, said notice to be published in the counties of Chester-
field, Darlington and Florence, in some newspaper published in each
of said counties once a week for four (4) successive weeks.
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And whereas, the above declaration set forth and affirm all things
required by law.
Whereupon, I, R. M. McCown, Secretary- of State of South Caro-
lina, by virtue of the authority in me vested by the aforesaid Article,
did appoint and commission the above named W. R. Bonsai J. E.
Hancock, Charles Gibbons, S. O. Bauersf eld and Samuel Lawrence,
a Board of Corporators, authorizing them to open books of subscrip-
tion to the capital stock of the company proposed to be organized, as
set forth in the above named declaration, and to organize and create
the same ; which commission and authority was issued and dated the
first day of February, A. D. 1910, under the great seal of the State
of South Carolina, and required the publication for the term pre-
scribed by law of prescribed notice of opening of books of subscrip-
tion, and of the intention to ask the right to condemn lands, etc., in
the counties, townships, towns, cities, etc., aforesaid.
And, whereas, on the 29th day of March, A. D. 1910. W. R.
Bonsai, J. E. Hancock. Charles Gibbons, S. O. Bauersfeld and
Samuel Lawrence, being all of the board of corporators aforesaid,
duly appointed and commissioned, did file in the office of the Secre-
tary of State their return, in writing, setting forth that all the
requirements of Chapter XLVHI, Article IV, Code of Laws of
South Carolina, 1902, and Acts amendatory thereto have been com-
plied with.
That pursuant to notice duly published as required, books of sub-
scription to the capital stock of South Carolina Western Railway
were duly opened at the time and place named in said notice, and
thereupon five hundred ($600) dollars or more per mile for each
mile of road proposed to be constructed by said company was sub-
scribed, and that more than twenty per cent. (20%) of the amount
subscribed has been paid or secured.
That it is the intention to file within one year from the date of this
return a profile map of the proposed route of the line of railway to
be constructed by the company.
That the names and residences of the subscribers to the capital
stock of the company and the amounts subscribed by each, were as
follows :
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Name. ^ Address. No. Shares. Amount.
W. R. Bonsai Hamlet, N. C 196 $19,600
S. O. Bauersfeld Hamlet, N. C 1 100
Chas. Gibbons Hamlet, N. C 1 100
Samuel Lawrence. Hamlet, N. C 1 100
J. E. Hancock.'. . ... . . . .Hamlet, N. C. 1 100
That the names and residences of the board of directors, president
and secretary, are as follows :
Name. Board of Directors. Residence.
W. R. Bonsai Hamlet, N. C.
S. O. Bauersfeld Hamlet, N. C.
Chas. Gibbons Hamlet, N. C.
Samuel Lawrence Hamlet, N. C.
J. E. Hancock Hamlet, N. C.
Officers.
W. R. Bonsai, President Hamlet, N. C.
S. O. Bauersfeld, Secretary Hamlet, N. G
And, whereas, there has been due payment of the charter fees for
said South Carolina Western Railway required by law ; aiid,
Whereas, said return was made within twelve months from the
creating of the corporators and commission on the first day of Feb-
ruary, 1910.
Now, therefore, 1, R. M. McCown, Secretary of State of South
Carolina, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the provisions
of Article IV, Chapter XLVIH, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
1902, and Acts amendatory thereof, and all Acts or parts of Acts
me thereto enabling, do hereby certify that the aforesaid company,
South Carolina Western Railway, has been fully organized accord-
ing to the laws of the State of South Carolina, under the name, and
for the purposes indicated in the written declaration, and that they
are fully authorized to commence business under their charter ; and
I hereby declare the said South Carolina Western Railway to be a
body politic and corporate, and as such may sue and be sued in any
of the courts of this State, and shall be entitled to all the rights and
privileges, and be subject to all the liabilities and limitations of rail-
road corporations embraced in the general railroad law, being Chap-
ter L, of the Code of 1902, and Acts amendatory thereof, as well as
any Acts now existing or hereafter to be passed regulating the duties,
privileges and liabilities of railroad companies. It is, furthermore,
a condition of this charter that the said South Carolina Western
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 471
Railway shall be deemed to have waived their charter rights, fran-
chises and privileges unless they begin the construction of the pro-
posed road within two years from the date hereof, and complete the
same within ten years from the date hereof.
It is hereby required that this charter be recorded in the office of
the Register of Mesne Conveyance or Clerk of Court in each county
where said corporation shall have a business office.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia,
this the 29th day of March, in the year of our Lord
[Seal.] one thousand nine hundred and ten, and in the 134th
year of the Independence of the United States of
America.
R. M. McCOWN,
Secretary of State.
Recorded in Railroad Record Book E, page 563, et seq.
Charleston Consolidated Railway and Lighting Company.
State of South Carolina, Executive Department.
By the Secretary of State.
Whereas, Julian Mitchell, P. H. Gadsden and F. H. Horlbeck, of
Charleston, S. C, did on the 19th day of April, 1910, file in the office
of the Secretary of State, a written declaration, signed by them-
selves, setting forth :
First. The names and residences of the petitioners to be as above
given.
Second. The name of the proposed corporation to be ''Charleston
Consolidated Railway and Lighting Company" with principal place
of business at Charleston, S. C.
Third. The general purpose of the corporation and the nature of
the business it proposes to do, and the powers and privileges which
it proposes to assume, are, to construct, operate and carry on busi-
ness as a street railway in the city of Charleston, and the towns of
Mount Pleasant and Moultrieville, and also from the city of Charles-
ton to such other points in the vicinity of Charleston within the
county of Charleston, as may be suitable, proper and convenient,
with a railway through the town of Mount Pleasant to the town of
Moultrieville, and through the town of Moultrieville and over Sul-
livan's Island, to, through and over the Isle of Palms ; and also from
the city of Charleston and in the county of Charleston to the United
States Navy Yard, in the townships of St. Philips and St. Michaels,
in said county, and the vicinity, with the power to lay tracks and
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operate the same, and for such purpose to use as motive power
therefor, electricity, steam, or gasoline or any similar character of
motive power. Said corporation also proposes to carry on business
with powfer to operate a steamboat line from the city of Charleston
to the town of Mount Pleasant, with boats operated with motive
power of steam, electricity, gasoline or any other motive power of a
similar character. The said corporation proposes to carr>' on a
general street railway and steamboat line business for the transpor-
tation of both passengers and freight, with the powers and privileges
usually incident, necessary or proper to a street railway, and such
steamboat line between the points above mentioned and the business
appurtenant thereto.
And inasmuch as the operation of all the same will require the
production and generation of light, power and heat, the said corpora-
tion also proposes to make, produce, generate and supply light, power
and heat by the means of electricity and gas, or either of them, both
for the corporate purposes of the corporation as well as for sale to
the public generally, and manufacture, sell and deal in all appliances
and fixtures proper or useful for utilizing electricity or gas, or either
of them for light, power or heat.
That it proposes that the said corporation shall have the right and
power to condemn lands for rights of way, if the charter is granted,
and that it is proposed that said corporation shall, in addition to its
powers as a street railway and steamboat line corporation, have the
additional authority and power to make, produce, generate and sup-
ply light, power and heat by the means of electricity and gas, or
either of them, both for its corporate purposes and for sale to the
public, and special application is hereby made for the granting of
such additional powers, together with the power to manufacture, sell
and deal in all appliances and fixtures, proper or useful for utilizing
electrcity or gas, or either of them, for light, power or heat
Fourth. The minimum amount of the capital stock upon which
the corporation will organize is to be two million dollars, divided
into five hundred thousand dollars preferred and one million five
hundred thousand dollars common stock, and the maximum to which
said capital stock may be thereafter increased shall be one million
five hundred thousand dollars preferred and three million dollars
common stock. The par value of each share of preferred and com-
mon stock shall be fifty dollars. The subscriptions for the same to
be payable whenever called for by the board of directors. From
and after July 1, 1910, the holders of the preferred stock shall be
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 473
entitled to receive, when, and as declared, from the surplus or net
profits of the company, yearly dividends, at the rate of six per cent,
per annum, and no more, payable quarterly or semi-annually, as the
board of directors may determine, and on dates to be determined by
the board of directors. The dividends on the preferred stock shall
be cumulative, and if for any half year or quarter, dividends at the
rate of six per cent, per annum shall not have been paid on the
preferred stock, the deficiency shall be payable before any dividends
shall be paid upon or set apart to the common stock : Provided,
however, That when the cumulative semi-annual or quarterly divi-
dends, as the case may be, for any particular period shall have been
declared, and the company shall have set aside from its surplus or
net profit a sum sufficient for the payment thereof, the board of
directors may declare dividends on the common stock, payable on
or after the same dates on which such dividend shall be payable on
the preferred stock. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution, or
winding up of the company, whether voluntary or involuntary, or
any distribution of its assets, the holders of the preferred stock shall
be entitled to be paid in full, both the par amount of their shares
and any unpaid dividends accrued thereon, before any amount shall
be paid to the holders of the common stock. After the payment to
the holders of the preferred stock of the par amount of their share
'and the unpaid dividends accrued thereon, the remaining assets shall
be distributed to the holders of the common stock.
Fifth. That it is proposed to Organize said corporation under the
provisions of Article IV, Chapter XL VIII, of Volume I, of the
Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, entitled "Railroad, steam-
boat and canal companies.*'
Whereas, on the 19th day of April, 1910, the above named peti-
tioners were commissioned by me a Board of Corporators ; and
Whereas, on the 20th day of May, 1910, the said board of corpora-
tors did file with me, as Secretary of State, their return, in writing,
under their hands and seals, duly attested and sworn to as required
by law, showing that all the requirements of Article IV, Chapter
XLVIII, Code of 1902, and amendments thereto, had been complied
with ; that pursuant to public notice as required in a commission of
the said above named corporators, the books of subscription to the
capital stock of the said Charleston Consolidated Railway and Light-
ing Company was duly opened ; that more than fifty per cent, of the
aggregate amount of the capital stock has been subscribed by bona
fide subscribers, with the amounts subscribed by each; that at a
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meeting of said subscribers, due notice as required by law having
been given, P. H. Gadsden, W. F. Douthirt and Julian Mitchell were
elected directors; that said board of directors, at a meeting duly
called for that purpose, elected P. H. Gadsden, president, and W. P.
Douthirt, secretary; and
Whereas, due notice of application for power to condemn lands
for rights of way has been given in accordance with the require-
ments of Article IV, of Chapter XL VIII, of the Code of 1902, by
publication made in the daily News and Courier (a paper published
in the county of Charleston), for each week for four lyeeks before
the application for the charter was made, as appears by affidavit on
file in my office;
Now, therefore, I, R. M. McCown, Secretary of State of South
Carolina, by virtue of the authority in me vested by the provisions
of Article IV, Chapter XLVIII, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
1902, and all Acts or parts of Acts amendatory thereto me enabling,
do hereby certify that the aforesaid Charleston Consolidated Rail-
way and Lighting Company has been fully and duly organized
according to the laws of the State of South Carolina, under the
name and for the purposes indicated in their written declaration,
and with the powers therein set forth, and that they are fully author-
ized to commence business under their charter ; and I herebv declare
the said Charleston Consolidated Railway and Lighting Company to.
be a body politic and corporate, and as such may sue and be sued in
any of the courts of this State, and| shall be entitled to all the rights
and privileges, and be subject to all the liabilities and limitations of
corporations formed under the provisions of Chapter XLVIII, Arti-
cle IV, of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, and Acts
amendatory thereof, as well as any Acts now existing or hereafter
to be passed regulating the duties, privileges and liabilities of such
corporations.
It is, furthermore, a condition of this charter that the said Charles-
ton Consolidated Railway and Lighting Company shall be deemed to
have waived their charter rights, francliises and privileges unless
they begin the construction of the proposed road within two years
from the date hereof and complete the same within the time fixed
by law, to wit, fifteen years.
It is, furthermore, a condition of this charter that if at any time
hereafter the capital stock of the corporation shall be increased over
and above the minimum amount of the capital stock upon which the
said corporation wa-s organized, as hereinbefore set forth, that then,
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 475
and in that case, fees shall be paid upon such increase as required by
Section 1888 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina. 1902, and all
Acts amendatory thereof;
It is hereby required that this charter be recorded in the office of
the Register of Mesne Conveyance or Clerk of Court in each county
where said corporation shall have its respective termini, or in which
said street railway may be.
Given under my hand and- the seal of the State, at Columbia,
this the 20th day of May, in the year of our Lord
[Seal.] one thousand nine hundred and ten, and in the one
hundred and thirty-fourth year of the Independence
of the United States of America.
R. M. McCOWN,
Secretary of State.
Recorded in Railroad Record Book E, page 670, et seq.
Columbia and Atlantic Railway and Steamship Company.
State of South Carolina, Executive Department.
By the Secretary of State.
Whereas, T. C. Williams, Edwin S. Williams, John A. Woodward
and G. W. Haltiwanger, did on the 26th day of April, A. D. 1910,
file with the Secretary of State of South Carolina, a written declara-
tion, signed by themselves, setting forth:
First. The names and residences of the undersigned declarants are
as follows: T. C. Williams, Columbia, S. C. ; Edwin S. Williams,
Columbia, S. C ; John A. Woodward, Columbia, S. C. ; G. W. Halti-
wanger, Columbia, S. C.
Second. The name of the proposed corporation shall be Columbia
and Atlantic Railway and Steamship Company,
Third. The place at which said corporation proposes to have its
principal place of business is Columbia, South Carolina.
Fourth. The general nature of the business the said corporation
proposes to do is the building, maintaining and operating of a line of
railway from some point on the Congaree River, south of the city of
Columbia, and in Columbia township, Richland county, said State,
at or near Granby Landing ; thence through said township to a point
on or near Main street, in said city of Columbia, in said Richland
county, not exceeding three (3) miles in length, and to build and
maintain branch lines to warehouses in' and near said city of Colum-
bia, and to operate the same, and to construct, equip, purchase, lease,
charter, own and navigate one or more steamboats, or boats pro-
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pelled by steam, gasoline or other motive power, or sailing vessels,
and lighters and barges, and to navigate the same between the city
of Columbia, South Carolina, and the cities of Charleston and
Georgetown, South Carolina, and intermediate points, for the trans-
portation of freights, mail and passengers for hire; to buy, lease,
erect, construct, maintain and operate wharves, docks, basins, piers,
warehouses, elevators and cotton compresses (together with
approaches thereto, suitable for the accommodation of steamships,
sailing vessels, boats and railways), for the convenient loading,
unloading, shipping, receiving, compressing, storing and warehous-
ing of all kmds of merchandise and personal property of every
nature, kind and description whatsoever ; and to make advances and
obtain a lien thereon, and to charge and collect compensation for the
storage, docking, wharfage, lighterage and all other labor incident
thereto, including the expense of weighing, insuring, elevating, stor-
ing or delivering such merchandise and property, and all other
expense incident thereto, together with all other powers and privi-
leges as may be necessary, incident and appertaining to railway and
navigating companies.
Also, to build, maintain and operate a line of telephone and tele-
graph, either or both, in connection with the said proposed Railroad
and Steamship Company.
No portion of said railroad has been constructed., and the motive
power proposed to be used is s'team, electricity or other motive
power ; and the gauge of the railroad will be standard ; the proposed
railroad will be altogether within the limits of the State of South
Carolina, and said corporation expects to operate said line as an
independent line by an independent corporation.
And it proposes to assume and claim under the provisions of the
Constitution and laws of the State of South Carolina all the powers
and privileges conferred by said provisions of the Constitution and
the laws of the State of South Carolina, and particularly, all the
powers and privileges conferred by Chapters XL VII, XL VIII and
L, of Volume I, of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902.
Fifth. Capital stock to be one hundred thousand ($1000,000) dol-
lars, and is to be divided into one thousand (1,000) shares, of the
par value of one hundred ($100) dollars each ; and is to be payable
as the board of directors shall direct.
Sixth. That it is proposed to organize said corporation under the
provisions of Article IV, Chapter XLVIII, of Volume I, of riie
Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, entitled "Railroad, steam-
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 477
boat and canal companies/' and all subsequent Acts amendatory
thereof.
Seventh. That it is proposed to claim the power to condemn lands
for rights of way, depots and other purposes incident or appertaining
to railway and telegraph and telephone companies, and the under-
signed parties intend to advertise for four weeks before application
is made upon this petition, stating the time and place of application
for the same, said notice to be published in the counties of Richland,
Georgetown and Charleston, in some newspaper published in each of
said counties, once a week for four successive weeks.
And, whereas, the above declaration set forth and affirmed all
things required by law\
Whereupon, I, R. M. McCown, as Secretary of State of South
Carolina, by virtue of the authority in me vested by the aforesaid
Article, did appoint and commission the above named T. C. Wil-
liams, Edwin S. Williams, John A. Woodward and G. W. Halti-
wanger a Board of Corporators, authorizing them to open books of
subscription to the capital stock of the company proposed to be
organized, as set forth in the above named declaration, and to organ-
ize and create the same, which commission and authority was issued
and dated April 26, 1910, under the great seal of the State of South
Carolina, and required the publication for the term prescribed by
law of notice of opening of books of subscription, and of the inten-
tion to ask the right to condemn lands, etc., in the counties, town-
ships, towns and cities, etc., aforesaid.
And, whereas, on the 10th day of June, A. D. 1910, .T. C. Wil-
liams, Edwin S. Williams, John A. Woodward and G. W. Halti-
wanger, being all of the board of corporators aforesaid, duly
appointed and commissioned, did file in the office of the Secretary of
State their return, in writing, setting forth that all of the require-
ments of Chapter XLVIII, Article IV, Code of Laws of South
Carolina, 1902. and Acts amendatory thereof, have been complied
with.
That pursuant to notice duly published as required, books of sub-
scription to the capital stock of Columbia and Atlantic Railway and
Steamship Company were duly opened at the time and place named
in said notice, and, thereupon, fifty per cent, or more of the capital
stock was subscribed, and five hundred ($500) dollars or more per
mile for each mile of railroad proposed to be constructed by said
company was subscribed, and that more than twenty (20%) per
cent, of the amount subscribed has been paid in or secured.
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That proper notice of application for the power to condemn lands
for rights of way, depots, yards, shops and other buildings necessary
or convenient for the use of said corporation was duly given in
accordance with the provisions of Article IV, Chapter XLVIII, of
Volume I, of said Code of Laws, by publication in The State, The
Georgetown Times and News and Courier, newspapers published in
the counties of Richland, Georgetown and Charleston, respectively,
once a week for four successive weeks, as more fully appeared by the
affidavits of the printers therewith filed.
That it is the intention to file within one year from the date of this
return a profile map of the proposed route of the line of railway to
be constructed.
That the names and residences of the subscribers to the capital
stock of the company, and the amounts subscribed by each, were as
follows :
Name. Address. No. Shares. Amount.
T. C Williams Columbia, S. C 997 $99,700
E. S. Williams Columbia, S. C 1 100
J. A. Woodward Columbia, S. C 1 100
G. W. Haltiwanger . . . . .-Columbia, S. C 1 100
That the names and residences of the board of directors, president
and secretary, all of whom were duly and properly elected, are as
follows :
Name. Board of Directors. Residence.
T. C. Williams Columbia, S. C.
E. S. Williams Columbia, S. C.
J. A. Woodward Columbia, S. C.
G. W. Haltiwanger Columbia, S. C.
Officers.
T. C. Williams, President Columbia. S. C.
J. A. Woodward, Secretary Columbia, S. C.
And, whereas, ther^ has been due payment of the charter fees for
said Columbia and Atlantic Railway and Steamship Company,
required by law ; and
AVhereas, said return was made within twelve months from the
creating of the corporation and the issuing of the commission on the
26th day of April, 1910 ;
Now, therefore, I, R. M. McCown, Secretary of State of South
Carolina, by virtue of the authority in me vested by the provisions
of Article IV, Chapter XLVIII, Code of Laws of South Carolina,
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 4,79
1902, and Acts amendatory thereof, and all Acts or parts of Acts me
thereto enabling, do hereby certify that the aforesaid company,
Columbia and Atlantic Railway and Steamship Company, has been
fully organized according to the laws of the State of South Carolina,
under the name and for the purposes therein indicated in the written
declaration, and that they are fully authorized to commence business
under their charter; and I hereby declare the said Columbia and
Atlantic Railway and Steamship Company to be a body politic and
corporate, and as such may sue and be sued in any of the courts of
this State, and shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges, and
be subject to all the liabilities and limitations of railroad corpora-
tions embraced in the general railroad law, being Chapter L, of the
Code of 1902, and Acts amendatory thereof, as well as any Acts now
existing or hereafter to be passed regulating the duties, privileges
and liabilities of railroad companies. It is, furthermore, a condition
of this charter that the said Columbia and Atlantic Railway and
Steamship Company shall be deemed to have waived its charter
rights, franchises and privileges unless it begins the construction of
the proposed railroad within two years from the date hereof, and
complete the same within ten years from the date hereof, and unless
it shall commence the operation of its proposed line of steamboats
within two years from the date hereof.
It is hereby required that this charter be recorded in the office of
the Register of Mesne Conveyance or Clerk of Court in each county
where said corporation shall have a business office.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia,
this 11th day of June, in the year of our Lord
[Seal.] one thousand nine hundred and ten, and in the one
hundred and thirty-fourth year of the Sovereignty
and Independence of the United States of America.
R. M. MtCOWN.
Secretary of State.
Recorded in Railroad Record Book E, page 575, et seq.
Geopgia and Carolina Railway.
State of South Carolina, Executive Department.
By the Secretary of State.
Whereas, Allen W. Jones, of Midville, Georgia ; A. E. Padgett, of
Edgefield, South Carolina ; Dan Crosland, of Aiken, South Carolina ;
G. R. Coffin, of Augusta, Georgia, and Charles C. Howard, of
Auglista, Georgia, did on the 7th day of September, 1910, file in the
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office of the Secretary of State of South Carolina, a written declara-
tion, signed by themselves, setting forth :
First. The names and residences of the petitioners to be as above
given.
Second. The name of the proposed corporation to be Georgia and
Carolina Railway.
Third. The principal place of business of the proposed corpora-
tion to be Edgefield, South Carolina.
Fourth. The nature of the business it proposes to do is to con-
struct« maintain and operate a standard guage railway of one or
more tracks from the town of Hamburg, in the county of Aiken,
and State of South Carolina* to the city of Spartanburg, in the
county of Spartanburg, and said State, along the route as given in
the petition heretofore filed; the proposed route being as follows:
Commencing at the town of Hamburg, in said county and State, and
running thence through Shultz, in Aiken county, and through Merri-
vveather. Wise and Pickens townships, in Edgefield county, said
State, to the town of Edgefield; and thence through Wise, Pickens
and Elmwood townships, in Edgefield county, and through town-
ships Numbers Six, Four and Seven, in Saluda county, to the town
of Saluda, in said county and State ; and thence through townships
Numbers Five and Three, in Saluda county, and through Moon,
Mendenhall, Number Nine, and Newberry Number One, townships,
in the county of Newberry, to the city of Newberry, in the said
county and State ; and thence through Reeder Number Five, Cald-
well Number Two, Cromer Number Four and Floyd Number Six,
townships in Newberry county, to the town of Whitmire ; and thence
through Goshen Hill, Cross Keys, Union and Bogansville townships,
in Union county, and through Qenn Springs, Pacolet, Fair Forest,
Spartanburg and Cross Anchor townships in Spartanburg county,
to the city of 'Spartanburg, in said county and State. The length of
the proposed railway is to be one hundred and twenty (120) miles
It proposes to operate such railway by steam or such other power as
the comupany operating the same may deem desirable and safe. It
is proposed in operation of said railway to do the business of a
common carrier of freight and passengers for hire, and to do a gen-
eral railroad business under the provisions of the Constitution and
laws of South Carolina. The proposed railway will be located
entirely within the State of South Carolina, but will be extended into
the State of Georgia, an^ is to be operated independently of any
other railway company. That no portion of the said railway has
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been constructed. That the said railway company proposes to
assume and claim the power and privilege to condemn lands for
rights of way, depots, station houses, sidetracks, and all other neces-
sary purposes under the provisions of the Constitution and laws of
the State of South Carolina ; to buy, own and dispose of real estate
and personal property ; and to do all things authorized by and undei
the laws of the State of South Carolina for railroad companies and
cc»nmon carriers to do.
Fifth. The minimum amount of the capital stock is to be one hun-
dred thousand dollars, and the maximum amount to which said
capital stock may be increased to be two million five hundred thou-
sand dollars, and the par value of the shares of the stock shall be one
hundred dollars each, and to be payable on call of the board of
directors.
Whereas, on the said 7th day of September, 1910, the above named
petitioners were commissioned by me a Board of Corporators ; and
Whereas, on the- 10th day of November, 1910, the said board of
corporators did file with me, as Secretary of State, their return, in
writing, under their hands and seals, duly attested and sworn to as
required by law, showing that all the requirements of Article IV,
Chapter XLVIII, Code of 1902, and amendments thereto, had been
complied with; and that more than five hundred ($500) dollars per
mile of the proposed road has been subscribed by bona fide sub-
scribers, and that twenty per cent, of the amount subscribed had
been paid or secured to be paid; and showing, further, the names
and residences of the subscribers, the amount subscribed by each,
and the names and residences of the board of directors and all
officers of said company. That no profile map or survey of the pro-
posed route has been made, but that such survey and profile map will
be made within one year from the date of this return, and will be
filed with the Secretary of State as required by law.
Now, therefore, I, R. M. McCown, Secretary of State of South
Carolina, by virtue of the authority in me vested by the provisions
of Article IV, Chapter XLVIII, Code of Laws of South CaroHna,
1902, and Acts amendatory thereof, and all Acts or parts of Acts me
thereto enabling, do hereby certify that the aforesaid company,
Georgia and Carolina Railway, has been fully organized according to
the laws of the State of South Carolina, under the name, and for the
purposes indicated in their written declaration, and that they are
fully authorized to commence business under their charter; and I
hereby declare the said Greorgia and Carolina Railway to be a body
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politic and corporate, and as such may sue and be sued in any of the
courts of this State, and shall be entitled to all the rights and privi-
leges, and be subject to all the liabilities and limitations of railroad
corporations embraced in the general railroad law, being Chapter L,
of the Code of South Carolina, 1902, and Acts amendatory thereof,
as well as any Acts now existing or hereafter to be passed regulat-
ing the duties, privileges and liabilities of railroad companies. It is,
furthermore, a condition of this charter that the said Georgia and
Carolina Railway shall be deemed to have waived their charter
rights, franchises and privileges unless they begin the construction
of the proposed road within two years from the date hereof, and
complete the same within the time fixed by law.
It is hereby required that this charter be recorded in the office of
the Register of Mesne Conveyance or Clerk of Court in each county
where said corporation shall have a business office.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia,
this the 10th day of November, in the year of our
[Seal.] Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten, and in the
one hundred and thirty-fifth year of the Independ-
ence of the United States of America.
R. M. McCOWN,
Secretary of State.
Recorded in Railroad Record Book E, page 681, et seq.
RAILROAD CHARTERS AMENDED.
South Carolina Railway Company,
The State of South Carolina, Executive Department.
By the Secretary of State.
Whereas, The North and South Carolina Railway Company^ a
corporation created and existing under the laws of the State of South
Carolina, desiring, among other things, to increase its capital stock
and have its charter amended, on the 24th day of January, 1910,
filed in the office of the Secretary of State a written declaration
showing the changes desired, and to which was attached a copy of
the resolution adopted by a unanimous vote embodying the proposed
amendments and amount to which the capital stock should be
increased ; and
Whereas, upon the filing of said written declaration, the Secretary
of State prescribed that notice of the application for a certificate as
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 488
a supplement or amendment to the charter heretofore issued to said
North and South Carolina Railway Company should be published
once in the Dillon Herald, a newspaper published in Marion county,
and once in the Pee Dee Advocate, a newspaper published in Marl-
boro county, and such publication was made and the following is a
copy of said notice, to wit :
"State of South Carolina, Executive Department.
"By the Secretary of State.
"Whereas, W. R. Bonsai, J. E. Hancock, Charles Gibbons, Sam
Lawrence and S. O. Baursf eld, being the stockholders and directors
of the North and South Carolina Railway Company, a corporation
duly chartered under the provisions of Article IV, Chapter XLVIII,
Code of 1902, by certificate issued by the Secretary of State on the
28th day of November, 1908, have filed with me, as Secretary of
State, a written declaration and petition for an increase of the
capital stock to one million dollars and amendment of the charter of
said railroad company in the following particulars : First. 'By author-
izing the extension of its line of railroad from its present authorized
terminus, in the township of Harleesville, Marion county, through
the townships of Manning, Moody and Reeves, in Marion county,
passing through the towns of Dillon and MuUins, making an addi-
tional length of railroad of approximately twenty miles, or a total
length of roads within the State of South, Carolina not exceeding
sixty miles. Second. By increasing the number of directors of said
railroad company from five to nine ; which declaration and petition
has been recorded as required by law.'
"Now, therefore, this is to admonish all, and singular, parties inter-
ested that they show cause, if any of them have, on or before the
29th day of January, 1910, at 12 o'clock m., why said supplement or
amendment to charter should not be granted.
"Given under my hand and seal of the State, at Columbia, this the
24th day of January. A. D. 1910. "R. M. McCOWN,
"Secretary of State."
Whereas, at the time and place specified said North and South
Carolina Railway Company, by counsel, appeared before the Secre-
tary of State and made a proper showing to the eflfect that facts
existed upon which a certificate should be issued by the Secretary of
State as a supplement or amendment to the charter of said North
and South Carolina Railway Company, which should embody the
changes or alterations sought; and paid all fees by the statute in
such cases made or provided.
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Now, therefore, I, R. M. McCown, Secretary of State, by virtue
of the authority in me vested by the aforesaid Code and amendments
thereof, do hereby certify that the charter of said North and South
Carolina Railway has been amended in the following respects :
First. By authorizing the extension of its line of railroad from
its present authorized terminus in the township of Harleesville,
Marion county, through the townships of Manning, Moody and
Reeves, in Marion county, passing through the towns of Dillon and
MuUins, making an additional length of railroad of approximately
twenty miles, or a total length of roads within the State of South
Carolina not exceeding sixty miles; and that its capital stock has
been increased to one million dollars ; and it is fully authorized to
commence business under its suplemental or amended charter ; and I
do hereby direct that a copy of this certificate as a supplement to its
said charter be filed and recorded in office of the Register of Mesne
Conveyance in each county in which said corporation has a business
office.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia,
this third day of February, in the year of our I^rd
[Seal.] one thousand nine hundred and ten, and in the one
hundred and thirty-fourth year of the Independence
of the United States.
R. M. McCOWN.
Secretary of State.
Recorded in Railroad Record Book E. page 546.
The Spartanburg Railway, Gas and Electric Company,
State of South Carolina, Executive Department.
By the Secretary of State.
Whereas, R. C. Crawford and James C. Mapius. duly authorized
officers of, for and in behalf of, The Spartanburg Railway, Gas and
Electric Company, a corporation created under and pursuant to the
laws of South Carolina, by a certificate issued by the Secretary of
State on the thirteenth day of February. 1901, have certified, over
their signatures, resolutions authorizing in behalf of the aforesaid
corporation an amendment of charter extending the time in which
said company should complete the construction of the proposed road
or electric line by striking out the word "eight" and inserting in lieu
thereof the word "fifteen," so that said clause shall read as follows:
"It is, furthermore, a condition of this charter that the said The
Spartanburg Railway, Gas and Electric Company shall be deemed
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 486
to have waived its charter rights, franchises and privileges, unless it
shall begin the construction of its proposed road within three years
from the date hereof and complete the same within fifteen years
thereafter," the said date referred to being February the thirteenth,
1901, which resolutions were adopted pursuant to law, at a meeting
of the stockholders of the aforesaid corporation, of which thirty
days' published notice was given, which notice stated the purposes of
the aforesaid meeting; and further, that said resolutions were
adopted, and that in all respects the provisions of Sections 1925 and
1926, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, and all amendments
thereto, have been complied with.
Now, therefore, I, R. M. McCown, Secretary of State, by virtue
of the authority in me vested by Chapter XLVIII, of the Code of
Laws of South Carolina, 1902, and amendments thereto, and all Acts
or parts of Acts me thereto enabling, have this day granted the
amendment prayed for, as aforesaid, and I hereby certify that the
requirements of law for said amendment will have been complied
with when this certificate has been recorded in the office of the
Register of Mesne Conveyance or Clerk of Court in each county in
which the said corporation shall have a business office.
Given imder my hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia,
this the twenty-second day of March, in the year of
[Seal.] our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten. and in
the one hundred and thirty-fourth year of the Inde-
pendence of the United States of America.
R. M. McCOWN,
Secretary of State.
Recorded in Railroad Record Book E, page 560, et seq.
Eddy Lake and Northern Railroad Company.
State of South Carolina, Executive Department.
By the Secretarj*^ of State.
Whereas, J. W. Little, Wm. M. Burgan and George Officer,
directors of Eddy Lake and Northern Railroad Company, a corpora-
tion duly chartered by certificate issued by the Secretary of State
on the seventh day of December, 1905, did file in this office a decla-
ration and petition for an amendment of charter of said railroad
company authorizing the construction and operation of a railroad
from Eddy Lake, Horry county, to the town of Marion, in the
county of Marion, or to Mullins or other point on the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad, in said county, or to connect with the Conway, Coast
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and Western Railroad at Aynor, or some other point in Horry
county, and for a further amendment extending the time for the
completion of the proposed road (seventeen and one-half miles hav-
ing already been constructed), for a period of five years, so that said
road shall be completed within ten years from the date of said
charter, to wit, December the seventh, 1906 ; and
Whereas, the Secretary of State, upon the filing of said petition,
prescribed that notice ot th^ application for amendment or supple-
ment of charter should be published in some newspaper of general
circulation in the counties of Horry and Marion, which publication
was duly made ; and
Whereas, at the time and place specified in said notice the Eddy
I-ake and Northern Railroad Company, by its counsel, appeared
before the Secretary of State of South Carolina and made a proper
showing to the effect that facts existed upon which a certificate as
a supplement or amendment of charter should be issued embodying
the amendments sought.
Now, therefore, I, R. M. McCown, Secretary of State, of the
State of South Carolina, by virtue of the authority in me vested by
Article IV, Chapter XLVHI, Code of 1902, and amendments thereto,
and all Acts or parts of Acts me hereto enabling, do hereby issue to
said Eddy Lake and Northern Railroad Company this certificate of
amendment, certifying that the charter of said Eddy Lake and
Northern Railroad Company is so amended in all respects in accord-
ance with the written declaration filed in this office on the second day
of June, A. D. 1910.
It is hereby required that this supplement or amendment of char-
ter be recorded in the office of the Register of Mesne Conveyance or
Clerk of Court in the counties of Horry and Marion.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia,
this the sixteenth day of June, in the year of our
[Seal.] Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten. and in the
one hundred and thirty-fourth year of the Independ-
ence of the United States of America.
R. M. McCOWN,
Secretary of State.
Recorded in Railroad Record Book E, page 676, et seq.
i
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 487
Charleston Consolidated Railway, Gas and Electric Company,
State of South Carolina, Executive Department.
By the Secretary of State.
Whereas, P. H. Gadsden, Wm. M. Bird, A. B. Murray, E. H.
Pringle and T. Moultrie Mordecai, the board of directors of, for
and in behalf of, Charleston Consolidated Railway, Gas and Elec-
tric Company, a corporation created under and pursuant to the laws
of South Carolina, by agreement of consolidation by and between
Charleston City Railway Company of South Carolina and Charleston
and Seashore Railroad Company, made and entered into on the
twenty-first day of February, 1899, have certified, over their signa-
tures, resolutions authorizing in behalf of the aforesaid corporation
an increase of capital stock, to the sum of two million ($2,000,000)
dollars, said increase being in the nature of five hundred thousand
($500,000) dollars preferred stock (authorized and set forth in the
certificate aforesaid), which resolutions were adopted pursuant to
law, at a meeting of the stockholders of the aforesaid corporation,
of which meeting not less than thirty days' public notice for four
successive weeks was given, which notice stated the time, place and
purpose of the aforesaid meeting, and the maximum amount to
which the capital stock should be increased, with the number of
shares and the aggregate amount of the proposed issue and the pref-
erence to be given to, the conditions attached to, and the liabilities
imposed upon the stock to be issued ; and, further, that said resolu-
tions were adopted by a unanimous vote of over two-thirds of the
stock in value of said company, and that in all respects there has been
complied with the provisions of Sections 1851, 1857, 1858, 1925 and
1926, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, and all amendments
thereto.
Now, therefore, I, R. M. McCown, Secretary of State, by virtue
of the authority in me vested by Chapters XLVII and XL VI II, of
the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1902, and amendments thereto,
and all Acts or parts of Acts me thereto enabling, have this day
gn^nted authority of increase, as aforesaid, and I hereby certify that
the requirements of law for said increase will have been compHed
with when this certificate has been recorded in the office of the Reg-
ister of Mesne Conveyance or Clerk of Court in each county in
which the said corporation shall have a business office.
4:88 STATUTES AT LARGE
Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia,
this the first day of July, in the year of our Lord
[Seal.] one thousand nine hundred and ten, and in the one
hundred and thirty-fourth year of the Independence
of the United States of America.
R. M. McCOWN,
Secretary of State.
Recorded in Railroad Record Book E, page 669, et seq.
South Carolina Western Railway,
State of South Carolina, Executive Department.
By the Secretary of State.
Whereas, South Carolina Western Railway did, on the 29th day
of October, 1910, file in the office of the Secretary of State its written
declaration showing certain changes desired to be made by it, the
said company, in the original charter, granted to it by this office on
the 29th day of March, 1910, as will more fully appear by reference
to the said declaration, which is as follows :
Declaration Showing Desired Changes in Charter of South
Carolina Western Railway.
To the Honorable R. M. McCown, Secretary of State :
South Carolina Western Railway, a corporation organized and
existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of South Caro-
lina, by this its declaration and petition does set forth and pray :
Whereas, the charter of this corporation was granted by the Sec-
retary of State, of the State of South Carolina, under the general
laws of the State then in force for the incorporation of railroad
companies, by certificate issued March 29, 1910 ; and
Whereas, said corporation has been duly organized under the laws
of the State of South Carolina :
(1) The said corporation desires and prays that the said charter
heretofore granted be amended in like manner as if Article Fourth
of the declaration referred to in said certificate or charter had read
as follows and had been set forth in said certificate or charter as
follows, to wit:
"Fourth. That the general nature of its business is to build and
operate a line of railway for the purposes of handling passengers
and freight, beginning at the town of McBee, and extending partly
through said town of McBee, in Chesterfield county, in Alligator
township ; thence running through the said township to and through
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 489
the township of Stokes' Bridge, in Dariington county, or the town-
ship of Hartsville, in Darlington county, or both, to the town of
Hartsville, in said township of Hartsville ; thence through the town
of Hartsville and township of Hartsville and the townships of Swift
Creek, High Hill and Darlington, to the town of Darlington, in the
county of Darlington; thence through the town of Darlington and
the township of Darlington, in Darlington county, and the township
of Florence, in Florence county, to and through the city of Florence ;
and it proposes to assume and claim under the provisions of the Con-
stitution and laws of the State of South Carolina and of the United
States, all of the powers and privileges conferred or which shall be
conferred by said provisions of the Constitution and laws of the
State of South Carolina and of the United States, and including
especially all the powers and privileges conferred by Sections
XLVII, XLVni and L, of Volume I. of the Code of Laws of
South Carolina, 1902, and Acts amendatory thereof, as well as any
Acts now existing or hereafter to be passed regulating the duties,
privileges and liabilities of railroad companies, including, among
other things, the following powers and privileges, to wit: Of per-
petual succession ; to sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded in any
court of law or equity in this State or any other State or Territory
or in the United States, or elsewhere ; to have and use a common seal
and to alter the same at pleasure ; to appoint all such subordinate and
necessary officers and agents as the business of the corporation
requires, prescribe their duties and fix their compensation; to make
such by-laws for its regulation and government, in any and all man-
ners whatsoever not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of
this State and of the United States as may be deemed necessary,
and to alter or amend the same, by vote of the stockholders or by
vote of the directors, as shall be provided in said by-laws, from time
to time as may be desired ; to build, maintain and operate the line of
railroad between the termini hereinbefore set forth, and to continue
or extend the main track or line of such railroad or any extension
thereof, or to build or extend branch roads from such main track or
line as such railroad or any extension thereof, or to build or extend
branch roads from such main track or line to any point or points in
the vicinity thereof pursuant to law, whenever it may be deemed
advisable by such corporation so to do ; to construct, own and oper-
ate sidetracks, yards, depots, warehouses, telegraph lines, telephone
lines, and any other necessary and convenient buildings, structures
and establishments, which, to its board of directors may seem ad visa-
490 STATUTES AT LARGE
ble ; to acquire lands or rights of way by condemnation proceedings
or otherwise for the location or construction of its railway or for the
erection or location of all other necessary and convenient buildings,
structures and establishments ; to make contracts, agreements, leases
and to do all other lawful acts of whatsoever nature, kind or descrip-
tion properly incident to and connected with the corporation and
necessary and convenient for the control and transaction of the busi-
ness thereof ; to have its name changed ; to accept, hold, use, pur-
chase, lease, mortgage, sell or otherwise acquire, dispose of. or
incumber any property, real, personal or mixed, necessary or conven-
ient to and for the purposes of the corporation ; to have its charter
amended in such manner as shall seem to the corporation advisable
and as shall be allowed by law ; to increase its capital stock by any
such amendment to such amount in excess of the amount of $500,000
named in Article Fifth of this declaration as shall be deemed advisa-
ble ; to decrease its capital stock ; to make and issue such bonds, notes
or other evidences of indebtedness from time to time as may to the
corporation seem advisable and as shall be allowed by law; to con-
nect with or cross any other railroad or railroads on its proposed
line; to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of, all or any portion or
section of its road, properties and franchises, in or out of this State,
to any other railroad corporation organized under the laws of this
State, or of any other State or States, or of this State and any other
State or States, or under the laws of the United States, provided
that the same be not inconsistent with the laws of this State or of
the United States ; to purchase, lease or acquire in any other way all
or any portion or section of the roads, properties or franchises, in
or out of this State, of any other railroad corporation organized
under the laws of this State or any other State or of this State and
any other State or States, or under the laws of the United States,
provided that the same be not inconsistent with the laws of this State
or of the United States ; to merge or consolidate its capital stock or
all or any portion of its property, real, personal or mixed, or all or
any portion of its roads, privileges and franchises, with the capital
stock or with all or any portion of the property, real, personal and
mixed, or with all or any portion of the rights, privileges and fran-
chises of any railroad company or companies, under whatsoever laws
organized and existing, such consolidation or merger to be effected
upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the
railroad companies so merging or consolidating, provided that the
same be not inconsistent with the laws of this^State or of the United
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 491
States ; to purchase and hold the stocks, bonds, or any other securi-
ties of whatsoever kind or description, of any other railroad com-
pany or companies, chartered by, or of which the road or roads are
authorized to extend into this State, provided that the same be not
inconsistent with the laws of this State or of the United States ; to
guarantee the bonds, stocks or other securities, of whatsoever
description, or dividends of any other railroad corporation, whenever
the roads of such corporation shall connect with each other or shall
form a continuous line of railroad, directly or by means of any
connecting railroad, or by steamboat or steamship line, such guar-
anty to be upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by
the stockholders of the corporation making the same ; to aid in the
construction of any branch or connecting railroad within the limits
of this State, whether connected by railroad or steamboat lines, by
subscribing for shares of stock in such corporation, or of any steam-
ship line connecting the terminus of such railroad company with any
port of the United States, and by taking its notes and bonds to be
secured by mortgage or otherwise, as the parties may agree, the cor-
poration to be entitled to vote on all shares of stock so subscribed
for and held. It is not intended by the special and particular men-
tion of the powers and privileges hereinbefore specified to limit, in
any way, the general powers and privileges conferred upon a rail-
road corporation by the Constitution and laws of the State of South
Carolina and of the United States. Said proposed road from
McBee to Florence is to be approximately forty (40) miles, no por-
tion of which has yet been constructed. The motive power proposed
to be used is steam, electricity or gasoline ; the guage of the road to
be standard and the said proposed road from McBee to Hartsville
will be altogether within the limits of the State of South Carolina.
And said corporation proposes to assume and claim any and all other
powers now or hereafter conferred upon railroad corporations under
the provisions of the Constitution and laws of the State of South
Carolina."
And in like manner as if said certificate or charter, whenever
reference is made therein to said declaration, had referred to a
declaration amended by the substitution of the foregoing paragraph
for the Article Fourth therein set forth, and said corporation desires,
and hereby prays, that its said charter shall be amended so as to
declare and state that South Carolina Western Railway is organized
according to the laws of the State of South Carolina for the purposes
indicated in said declaration as so amended^ and so as to declare
492 STATUTES AT LARGE
and state that South Carolina Western Railway has the power set
forth in said Article Fourth as above written.
(3) That the said proposed changes, aherations and amendments
were embodied in a resolution adopted by the vote of each and every
stockholder of the corporation at a meeting duly called and held
after due notice of the time, place and purpose of the meeting, said
resolution being hereto attached in accordance with the requirements
of statute.
(3) It is desired that the charter of the corporation shall not be
changed in any respect other than hereinbefore described, and that
in all other respects the charter as originally granted shall remain
unchanged, unless and until some further application may be made
for a change, alteration or amendment thereof, the right to make
such further application or applications being hereby expressly
reserved.
(4) The filing of this declaration showing the desired change in
the charter of the corporation has been duly authorized by the direc-
tors and stockholders of said corporation.
Witness the signature of said South Carolina Western Railway,
by its president, and its corporate seal attested by its secretary, this
26th day of August, 1910.
[Seal.] SOUTH CAROLINA WESTERN RAILWAY,
By J. C. HANCOCK, President.
Attest :
S. O. Bauersfeld, Secretary.
And whereas, such notice as the Secretary of State prescribed
was given on behalf of said petitioner ; and
Whereas, thereafter a proper showing was made by it, the said
petitioner; and
Whereas, the fee required by law has been paid;
Now, therefore, I, R. M. McCown, Secretary of State, of the
State of South Carolina, by virtue of the power and authority vested
' ' ' ;le IV, Chapter XLVIII, Code of 1903, and amend-
and all Acts and parts of Acts me thereto enabling, do
and declare the aforesaid amendments so desired by
Carolina Western Railway to the said charter to be
I and allowed and declared to be and to form part oi
[id the Sftid charter to be amended accordingly.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 493
Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia,
this the tenth day of November, in the year of our
[Seal.] Lord one thousand nine himdred and ten, and in the
one hundred and thirty-fifth year of the Independ-
ence of the United States of America.
R. M. McCOWN,
Secretary of State.
Recorded in Railroad Record Book E, page 582, et seq.
COMMISSIONS.
Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson Railway Company.
State of South Carolina, Executive Department.
By the Secretary of State.
Whereas, J. B. Duke, Somerville, N. J. ; B. N. Duke, New York,
N. Y. ; W. S. Lee. Charlotte, N. C. ; Ellison A. Smythe, Lewis W.
Parker, W. J. Thackston and H. J. Haynsworth, Greenville, S. C,
have this day filed with the Secretary of State a written declaration
and petition, signed by themselves, under and pursuant to Article
IV, Chapter XLVIII, Volume I, Code of 1902, and amendments
thereto, which declaration sets forth the names and residences of the
petitioners, the name of the proposed corporation, the place at which
it proposes to have its principal place of business ; the general nature
of the business which it proposes to do, route, motive power, etc.,
the amount of capital stock, and how and when payable, and the par
value of the shares, which declaration and petition has been recorded
as required by law.
Now, therefore, I, R. M. McCown, Secretary of State, by virtue
of the authority in me vested by the aforesaid Code, and amend-
ments thereto, do hereby constitute and commission the above named
petitioners a board of corporators, and hereby authorize and
empower them to open books of subscription to the capital stock of
the Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson Railway Company, a
corpo/ation to be organized and created under and pursuant to, and
with the rights, powers and privileges set forth in the aforesaid
Code, and under the name and for the purposes set forth in said
declaration and petition.
494 STATUTES AT LARGE
It is hereby required that thirty days' previous notice be given in
some newspaper published in each county through which the pro-
posed road will pass.
Given under my. hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia,
this the 3d day of January, A. D. 1910, and in the
[Seal.] one hundred and thirty-fourth year of the Independ-
ence of the United States of America.
R. M. McCOWN, :
Secretary oi State.
Recorded in Railroad Record Book E, page 535.
South Carolina Western Railway.
The State ojE South Carolina, Executive Department.
By the Secretary of State.
Whereas, W. R. Bonsai, J. E. Hancock, Charles Gibbons, S. O.
Bauersfeld and Samuel Lawrence, all of "Hamlet, North Carolina,
have this day filed in the office of the Secretary of State a written
declaration and petition, under and pursuant to Article IV, Chapter
XL VIII, Volume I,, of the Code of Laws of South Carolina of 1902,
and Acts amendatory thereto, which declaration and petition sets
forth the names and residences of the petitioners, the name of the
proposed corporation, the place at which it proposes to have its prin-
cipal place of business, the general nature of the business which it
proposes to do, route, motive power, etc., the amount of capital
stock, and how and when payable, and the par value of the shares,
which declaration has been recorded as required by law.
Now, therefore, I, R. M. McCown, Secretary of State, by virtue
of the authority in me vested by the aforesaid Code, and amend-
ments thereof, do hereby constitute and commission the above named
petitioners a board of corporators, and hereby authorize and
empower them to open books of subscription to the capital stock of
the South Carolina Western Railway, a corporation to be organized
and created under and pursuant to, and with the rights, powers and
privileges set forth in the aforesaid Code and amendments thereof,
and under the name and for the purposes set forth in said declaration
and petition.
It is hereby required that thirty days' previous notice thereof be
given in some newspaper published in each county through which
the proposed line will pass.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 495
Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia,
this the first day of February, in the year of our
[Seal.] Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten, and in the
one hundred and thirty- fourth year of the Independ-
ence of the United States of America.
R. M. McCOWN,
Secretary of State.
Recorded in Railroad Record Book E, page 543.
Orangeburg Railway,
State of South Carolina, Executive Department.
By the Secretary of State.
Whereas, William C. Wolfe and Joseph A. Berry, of Orangeburg,
S. C, and Lawrence Manning, of Camden, S. C, have this day filed
in the office of the Secretary of State a written declaration and peti-
tion, under and pursuant to Chapter XL VIII, Code of 1902, and
Acts amendatory thereto, which declaration and petition sets forth
the names and residences of the petitioners, the name of the pro-
posed corporation, the place at which it proposes to have its prin-
cipal place of business or be located, the general nature of the busi-
ness it proposes to do; the amount of capital stock, and how and
when payable, and the number of shares into which the same is to be
divided; route, termini, motive power, etc., which declaration and
petition has been recorded as required by law.
Now, therefore, I, R. M. McCown, Secretary of State, by virtue
of the authority in me vested by the aforesaid Code, and amend-
ments thereof, do hereby constitute and commission the above named
petitioners a board of corporators, and hereby authorize and
empower them to open books of subscription to the capital stock of
the "Orangeburg Railway," 2l corporation to be organized and
created under and pursuant to, and with the rights, powers and privi-
leges set forth in said Code, and under the name and for the purpose
set forth in said declaration and petition.
It is hereby required that thirty days' previous notice thereof be
given in some newspaper published in each county through which the
proposed road will pass.
496 STATUTES AT LARGE
Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia,
this the 5th day of March in the year of our Lord
[Seal.] 1910, and in the 134th year of the Independence of
the United States of America.
R. M. McCOWN,
Secretary of State.
Recorded in Railroad Record Book E, page 664.
Columbia and Atlantic Railway and Steamship Company.
State of South Carolina, Executive Department.
By the Secretary of State.
Whereas, T. C. Williams, Edward S. Williams, John A. Wood-
ward and G. W. Haltiwanger, of Columbia, S. C, have this day filed
with me, as Secretary of State for South Carolina, a written decla-
ration and petition, under and pursuant to Article IV, Chapter
XLVIIT, Volume I, Code of 1902, and amendments thereto, which
declaration and petition sets forth the names and residences of the
petitioners, the name of the proposed corporation, the place at which
it proposes to have its principal place of business, the general nature
of the business it proposes to do, route, motive power, etc.^ the
amount of capital stock, and how and when payable, and the par
value of the shares, which declaration and petition has been recorded
as required by law.
Now, therefore, 1, R. M. McCown, Secretary of State, by virtue
of the power and authority in me vested by the aforesaid Code and
amendments thereto, do hereby constitute and commission the above
named petitioners a board of corporators, and hereby authorize and
empower them to open books of subscription to the capital stock of
the "Columbia and Atlantic Railway and Steamship Company/' a
corporation to be organized and created under and pursuant to, and
with the rights, powers and privileges set forth in the aforesaid
Code and amendments thereto, and under the name and for the pur-
poses set forth in said declaration and petition.
It is hereby required that thirty days' previous notice be given in
some newspaper published in the counties of Richland, Georgetown
and Charleston.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia,
[Seal.] this the 27th day of April, A. D. 1910.
R. M. McCOWN,
Secretary of State.
Recorded in Railroad Record Book E, page 668.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 497
Charleston Consolidated Railway and Lighting Company.
State of South Carolina, Executive Department.
By the Secretary of State.
Whereas, Julien Mitchell, P. H. Gadsden and F. H. Horlbeck, all
of Charleston, S. C, have this day filed in the office of the Secretary
of State a written declaration and petition, under and pursuant to
Chapter XLVIII, Code of 1902, Article IV, and Acts amendatory
thereto, which declaration and petition set forth the names and
residences of the petitioners, the name of the proposed corporation,
the place at which it proposes to have its principal place of business
or be located, the general nature of the business it proposes to do ;
the amount of capital stock, and how payable, and the number of
shares into which the same is to be divided ; route, termini, motive
power, etc., which declaration and petition has been recorded as
required by law.
Now, therefore, I, R. M. McCown, Secretary of State, by \Hrtue
of the authority in me vested by the aforesaid Code, and amend-
ments thereof, do hereby constitute and commission the above named
petitioners a board of corporators, and hereby authorize and
empower them to open books of subscription to the capital stock of
the "Charleston Consolidated Railway and Lighting Company" a
corporation to be organized and created under and pursuant to, and
with the rights, powers and privileges set forth in said Code, and
under the name and for the purposes set forth in said declaration
and petition.
It is hereby required that thirty days' previous notice thereof be
given in the Evening Post, 2l newspaper published in said county of
Charleston.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia,
this the 19th day of April, in the year of our Lord
[Seal. J one thousand nine hundred and ten, and in the one
hundred and thirty-fourth year of the Independence
of the United States of America.
R. M. McCOWN,
Secretary of State.
Recorded in Railroad Record Book E, page 566.
498 STATUTES AT LARGE
Georgia and Carolina Railway.
State of South Carolina, Executive Department.
By the Secretary of State.
Whereas, Allen W. Jones, Augusta, Ga. ; Charles C. Howard,
Augusta, Ga. ; A. E. Padgett, Edgefield, S. C. ; Dan Crosland, Aiken,
S. C, and G. R. Coffin, Augusta, Ga., have this day filed in the office
of the Secretary of State a written declaration and petition, under
and pursuant to Chapter XLVIII, Code of 1902, and Acts amenda-
tory thereto, which declaration and petition set forth the names and
residences of the petitioners, the name of the proposed corporation,
the place at which it proposes to have its principal place of business
or be located ; the general nature of the business it proposes to do,
the amount of capital stock, and how and when payable, and the
number of shares into which the same is to be divided ; route, termini,
motive power, etc., which declaration and petition has been recorded
as required by law.
Now, therefore, I, R. M. .McCown, Secretary of State^ by virtue
of the authority in me vested by the aforesaid Code, and amend-
ments thereof, do hereby constitute and commission the above named
petitioners a board of corporators, and hereby authorize and
empower them to open books of subscription to the capital stock of
the "Georgia and Carolina Railway/^ a corporation to be organized
and created under and pursuant to, and with the rights, powers and
privileges set forth in said Code, and under the name and for the
purposes set forth in said declaration and petition.
It is hereby required that thirty days' previous notice thereof be
given in some newspaper in each of the counties through which the
proposed road will pass.
Given under my hand and the seal of the State, at Columbia,
this the seventh day of September, in the year of
[Seal.] our Lord one thousand nine hundred and ten, and in
the one hundred and thirty-fifth year of the Inde-
pendence of the United States of America.
R. M. McCOWN,
Secretary of State.
Recorded in Railroad Record Book E, page 579.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 499
RAILROAD RECORD.
During the fiscal year ending January 1, 1911, the following papers
relating to railroad property have been filed and recorded, to wit:
Equipment Agreement, Series "L," between Blair & Co., Sea-
board Air Line Railway and the New York Trust Company, Trus-
tee, dated December 15, 1909. Recorded January 11, 1910, Railroad
Record Book "F," page 395, et seq.
Equipment Agreement, Series "B," between Blair & Co., Carolina,
Clinchfield and Ohio Railway and Union Trust Company, of New
York, Trustee, dated January 15, 1910. Recorded January 24. 1910,
Railroad Record Book G, page 44:, ct seq.
Agreement between Hicks Locomotive and Car Works and North
and South Carolina Railway Company. Recorded March 7, 1910,
Railroad Record Book "F," page 408, et seq.
Equipment Agreement, Series "D," between Blair & Co., Seaboard
Air Line Railway and New York Trust Company, Trustee, dated
June 1, 1904. Recorded March 30, 1910, Railroad Record Book
"F," page 410, et seq.
Equipment Agreement, Series "F," between Blair & Co. and Sea.-
board Air Line Railway, dated October 30, 1905. Recorded March
30, 1910, Railroad Record Book "F," page 412, et seq.
Lease Equipment, Series "N," dated April 1, 1910, Edward T.
Stotesbury to Southern Railway Company. Recorded April 7,
1910, Railroad Record Book "G," page 55, et seq.
Indenture between Reppard Iron Company and J. F. Prettyman
& Sons. Recorded July 8, 1910, Railroad Record Book "F," page
414, et seq.
Deed of Trust from North and South Carolina Railroad Company
to Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company, of Baltimore. Recorded
September 30, 1910, Railroad Record Book "F," page 417, et seq.
Deed of Trust from North and South Carolina Railway Company
to Mercantile Trust and Deposit Company, of Baltimore, Trustee.
Recorded October 5, 1910, Railroad Record Book "F," page 430,
et seq.
South Carolina Western Railway to KnickeVbocker Trust Com-
pany, as Trustee. First Mortgage. Recorded October 14, 1910,
Railroad Record Book "F," page 437, et seq.
600 STATUTES AT LARGE
FOREIGN CORPORATIONS.
The following companies, incorporated under the laws of other
States and countries, have filed certain papers in this office, as
enumerated below, on the dates indicated, to wit :
International Harvester Company of America. — Annual Statement.
Filed January 6, 1910.
Tilghman Lumber Company. — Declaration, Certificate of Incorpora-
tion and By-Laws. Filed January 10, 1910.
Georgia Chemical Works. — Annual Statement. Filed January 7,
1910.
Union Carbide Sales Company. — Annual Statement. Filed January
10, 1910.
Georgia Industrial Realty Company. — Annual Statement. Filed
January 14. 1910.
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company. — Annual State-
ment Filed January 16, 1910.
Cudahay Packing Company, of Alabama. — Annual Statement.
Filed January 17, 1910.
The Industrial Stock Farming Company. — Declaration, Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws. Filed January 17, 1910.
Norlina Construction Company. — ^Annual Statement. Filed Janu-
ar}' 17, 1910.
Holston Corporation. — Annual Statement. Filed January 17, 1910.
The Pullman Company. — Annual Statement. Filed January 18,
1910.
Morris Fertiliser Company. — Declaration, Certificate of Incorpora-
tion, By-Laws and Annual Statement. Filed January 20,
1910.
Atlantic Bitulithic Company. — Annual Statement. Filed January
2, 1910.
Imperial Tobacco Company {of Great Britain and Ireland), Lim-
ited.— ^Annual Statement. Filed January 22, 1910.
Armour and Company. — Annual Statement. Filed January 24,
1910.
Thayer Lumber Company. — Annual Statement. Filed January 24,
1910.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company. — Annual Statement. Filed
January 24, 1910.
The Southern Cotton Oil Company. — Annual Statement. Filed
January 24, 1910.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 601
Fleischmann Company. — Annual Statement Filed January 26,
1910.
Tuscarora Fertiliser Company, — Annual Statement. Filed January
26, 1910.
Armour Car Lines. — Annual Statement. Filed January 26, 1910.
Carolina Monazite Company. — Annual Statement. Filed January
27, 1910.
British-American Mortgage Company, Limited. — Annual Statement
Filed January 28, 1910.
Scottish- American Mortgage Company, Limited. — Annual State-
ment. Filed January 29, 1910.
Hozvard Cole & Company, Inc. — Annual Statement. Filed Janu-
ary 31, 1910.
Singer Sewing Machine Company. — Annual Statement. Filed Feb-
ruary 1, 1910.
The Vale Royal Manufacturing Company. — ^Annual Statement
Filed February 1, 1910.
American Manufacturing Company. — ^Annual Statement Filed
February 1, 1910.
The New England Mortgage Security Company of Connecticut. —
Annual Statement Filed February 1, 1910.
Birdsell Manufacturing Company. — ^Annual Statement. Filed Feb-
ruary 5, 1910.
Erie City Iron Works. — Annual Statement Filed February 7, 1910.
The Armour Fertilizer Works. — ^Declaration, Certificate of Incor-
poration and By-Laws. Filed February 7, 1910.
Carbon Light and Power Company. — Annual Statement. Filed
February 9, 1910.
Southern States Phosphate and Fertiliser Company. — Annual State-
ment Filed February 11, 1910.
Seidenbcrg & Company. — Annual Statement.. Filed February 12,
1910.
Ilickson Lumber Company. — Declaration and Certificate of Incor-
poration. Filed February 18, 1910.
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. — ^Declaration as to
Agent. Filed February 23, 1910.
E. I. DuPont de Nemours Powder Company. — ^Declaration. Filed
February 24, 1910.
American Telephone and Telegraph Company. — ^Annual Statement
Filed February 26, 1910.
602 STATUTES AT LARGE
The American Mortgage Company of Scotland, Limited. — Annual
Statement Filed March 2, 1910.
The Jackson Loan and Trust Company. — Declaration and Certificate
of Incorporation. Filed March 19, 1910.
The Manhattan Tie and Timber Co., Inc. — ^Declaration, Articles
of Incorporation and By-Laws. Filed March 23, 1910.
F. M. Kirby & Company. — Declaration, Certificate of Incorporation
and By-Laws. Filed March 28, 1910.
Peruvian Guano Corporation. — Declaration, Certificate of Incorpor-
ation and By-Laws. Filed April 21, 1910.
The Polk County Telephone Company. — Declaration, Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws. Filed May 25, 1910.
E. /. DuPont de Nemours Powder Company. — Declaration. Filed
May 4, 1910.
Southern States Lumber Company. — Declaration, Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws. Filed June 3, 1910.
Southern Wood Products Company. — ^Declaration, Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws. Filed June 7, 1910.
The Texas Company. — Declaration, Certificate of Incorporation and
By-Laws. Filed June 15, 1910.
Killian Fire Brick Corporation. — Declaration, Certificate of Incor-
poration and By-Laws. Filed June 29, 1910.
The Oglethorpe Savings and Trust Company, — Declaration, Certifi-
cate of Incorporation and By-Laws. Filed July 7, 1910.
The Germania Bank of the City of Savannah. — ^Declaration, Certifi-
cate of Incorporation and By-Laws. Filed July 9, 1910.
Taylor & Crate. — Declaration, Certificate of Incorporation and By-
Laws. Filed August 6, 1910.
The Schwarzschild & Sulzberger Company of America. — ^Declara-
tion, Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws. Filed
August 13, 1910.
The Chicago Building and Manufacturing Company. — Declaration,
Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws. Filed Septem-
ber 2, 1910.
The Carolina Concrete Company. — Declaration, Certificate of Incor-
poration and By-Laws. Filed September 30, 1910.
Kingan & Company, Limited. — Declaration, Certificate of Incor-
poration and By-Laws. Filed October 7, 1910.
Edible Products Company. — Declaration, Certificate of Incorpora-
tion and By-Laws. Filed October 12, 1910.
OF SOUTH CAROLINA. 603
Carolina Engineering Company. — Declaration, Certificate of Incor-
poration and By-Laws. Filed October 13, 1910.
Crane & MacMahon, Inc, — ^Declaration, Certificate of Incorpora-
tion apd By-Laws. Filed October 20, 1910.
The Pocomoke Guano Company. — Declaration, Certificate of Incor-
poration and By-Laws. Filed October 26, 1910.
The Marrietta Fertiliser Company, — Declaration, Certificate of
Incorporation and By-Laws. Filed November 3, 1910.
Tennessee Chemical Company. — Declaration, Certificate of Incor-
poration and By-Laws. Filed November 8, 1910..
Interstate Chemical Corporation. — Declaration, Certificate of Incor-
poration and By-Laws. Filed December 2, 1910.
National Starch Company. — ^Declaration, Certificate of Incorpora-
tion and By-Laws. Filed December 7, 1910.
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INDEX TO CHARTERS AND AMENDMENTS.
CHARTERS AMENDED— page.
Aiken Trust & Savings Bank 524
Bailey Lumber Co 524
Bank of Dorchester 524
Blum-Goldstein Co 524
Calumet Manufacturing Co 524
Cheraw Manufacturing Co 524
Charleston Metalic Packing Co 524
Childs & Rowland (Inc.) 524
Cook Furniture Co 524
Farmers Laborers Union 524
Gourdin Mercantile Co 524
Investment Co 524
Jordan-Blackman Co 524
Lucas Savings Bank 524
Ports Creek Farm Co 524
Palmer Drug Co 524
Richland Trust Co 524
Reeves-Witt Supply Co 524
St. Mathews Building and Loan Association 524
Southeastern Life Insurance Co 524
Tate-Burley Supply Co 524
Trude Real Estate Co 524
Wharton & Rush Clothing Co 524
Woodruff Cotton Oil Co 524
Yarboro Helms Co 524
Young Men's Savings & Loan Association 524
COMMISSIONS—
Charleston Consolidated Railway and Lighting Company 497
Columbia and Atlantic Railway and Steamship Company 496
Georgia and Carolina Railway 498
Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson Railway Company 493
Orangeburg Railway 495
South Carolina Western Railway 494
DECREASE OF CAPITAL STOCK—
Bank of Conway 523
Brogan Mills 523
Charleston Refining Co 523
Jackson Mills 523
Jordan-Blackman Co 523
Southern Trust Co 523
34— A
2 Index to Charters and Amendments.
DISSOLUTION OF CHARTERS— page
Abbeville Athletic Association 527
American Mortgage Co., of Scotland 527
Anderson Opera House Co 526
Argyle Hotel Co 526
Atlantic Investment Co 527
Bank of Barnwell 526
Bank of Berkeley 527
Bank of Blackville 525
Bank of Salley 526
Bank of Scranton 526
Berkeley Distilleries Co 526
Bishopville Hardware Co 525
B. S. Stokes & Co 525
Booth Live Stock Co 526
Brunson Clothing Co 526
C. A. Byrd & Co 525
Cape Romain Land & Ins. Co 526
Carolina Milling Co 526
Carolina Stamp and Printing Work 525
Carolina Tobacco Warehouse Co 526
C. E. Lipscomb Co 526
C. L. Hartley Co 525
City View Land Co 525
Cheraw Live Stock Co 527
Chester Fuel & Fertilizer Co 527
Columbia Stone Co 525
Concrete Stone Contracting Co 525
Crossland Live Stock Co 526
Crayton Insurance Agency 527
Crystal Ice Co 525
Culler-Livingston Co 525
Darlington Storage Warehouse Co 526
Darlington Securities Co 527
Eadon Bros. Co 526
Eastover Ginning Co 525
Eden's Land and Loan Co 526
Elloree Mercantile Co 526
E. R. Cox Co ^ 526
Farmers Live Stock Life Insurance Co 527
Farmers Warehouse Co 527
Fidelity Trust Co., of Chester 525
Fowler's Packing Co 527
Casque Bros 525
Georgetown Rice Milling Co 525
Greenwood Sewing Machine Co 525
Greenville Savings & Trust Co 525
Griffin-McLeod Banking & Mercantile Co 525
Home Savings Association 525
Index to Charters and Amendments. 3
DISSOLUTION OF CH ART ERSr-Cantinusd. paob
Home Building & Loan Co 526
Hyatt Brick Co 525
Ingram-Blackwell Co .• 526
J. C. Pike, Jr. (Inc.)...,................. 526
Jenkins Specialty Manufacturing Co 526
J. E. Hunter 8c Co. . . . . ... ..... ... 527
J. R. Young Cotton Co 527
Kennedy-Montgome.ry Co. 525
KilHan Fire Brick Co 527
Lanhan-Coskey Co 526
L. C. Dixon, Mrs. (Inc.) 527
Laurens Furniture Manufacturing Co 525
L. C. Braddy Co 525
Limestone Sanatarium 527
Lipscomb-McGee Co 526
Mace Drug Co , 525
Madison Lumber Co 526
Magnolia Lumber Co 525
McColl Novelty Works 526
Manning Pharmacy 525
Marion Building 8c Loan Association '. 527
Marion Iron Works 526
Marshall-Wescott Hardware Co 527
McLean Realty Co 527
Merchants and Planters Bank '. 527
Miller Co 527
Mill Fort Mill Co 526
Nichols 8c McGee Co 527
Oakland Dairy Co 525
Omaha Packing Co 527
Olar Drug Co 527
Ora Manufacturing Co 526
Oconee Knitting Mills 525
Orangeburg Buggy Co 527
Pee Dee Brick Co 526
Peoples Bank, of Walhalla 526
Piedmont Brick Co 527
Piedmont Fair Association 527
Peoples Industrial Trust Co 527
Planters Hardware Co 525
Planters Warehouse Co 526
Planters Warehouse & Fertilizer Co 527
Richland Brick Co 525
R. L. Dargan Co 526
Reedy River Manufacturing Co 527
Rock Hill Security & Investment Co 527
Saluda Supply Co 526
Sandy Springs Storage Co 526
4 Index to Charters and Amendments.
DISSOLU'TION OF CHARTERS— Con/iii««d. pao«
Seneca Pharmacy 525
Southern Art & Novelty Co 525
Southern Drug Co 526
Southern Metal Co 525
Southern Real Estate, Trust & Guarantee Co 526
Star Publishing Co 525
St. Paul Drug Co 526
Strange-Robinson Shoe Co 525
Sumter Drug Co 526
Summerville Improvement Co 525
Tilghman Lumber Co 525
T. G. Lamar Kaolin Co . .- s 525
Tri-State Odd Fellows Co 526
Timmonsville Baseball & Race Track Association . .• 527
Townville Mercantile Co 527
T. W. Woodlcy Co 527
W. C. Johnson Drug Co 526
W. R. Farr Co 525
W. L. Hodge Co 525
W. J. McLeod Co 525
W. L. Rankin Lumber Co 527
W. D. Spearman Co 527
West End Lumber Co 525
Williamston Hardware 8c Furniture Co 527
Williamsburg Insurance & Bonding Agency 526
ELEEMOSYNARY CORPORATIONS—
Abbeville Library 506
African Missionary Baptist Church 506
A.-I. Society of Jerico, S. C 506
A. Lincoln Club 504
American Club 505
Arlington Club 504
Benevolent Brother and Sisterhood Society of Berkeley
County 506
Benevolent United Union 505
Benevolent and Social Order of Lions 505
Bright Star of Bethlehem Society No 1 504
Brotherhood Lodge No. 5 506
Catawba Club 504
Citizens Club 505
Central Club 506
Citizens Volunteer Fire Department No. 1 504
Charleston Advertising Club 506
Charleston Hebrew Free School 504
Charity Independent Society 505
Chester Club 506
Christian Church of Anderson 504
Index to Charters and Amendments. 5
ELEEMOSYNARY CORPORATIONS— C(m«tii«#d. page
Christian Church, Disciples of Christ * 505
Christian Aid Society 505
Cherokee Fraternity 506
Clemson College Baptist Church 505
College for Women 505
Columbia Nest, Order of Owls 504
Colored Young Woman's Christian Association 506
Colored Supreme Grand Lodge of the Grand United Knights
of Free Light, of Hampton County, S. C 506
Commercial Club of Lexington, S. C 506
Commercial Club of Allendale 506
Commerical Club 505
Council of Elect No. 5 505
Daughters of Israel of Charleston 505
Ebenezer Presbyterian Church 505
Eden Holiness Baptist Church 506
Elks Club 505
Fraternity Order of Reapers 504
Erskine Educational Aid Society 505
Farmers Club and Twenty-five Workers for Charity Society.. 504
Grand Union Protection Association 504
Gentry Club 504
Gethsemane A. M. E. Zion Church 504
Grecian Society of Charleston 505
Humane Benevolent Society of Shiloh Chapel 506
Hunter Industrial Institute 506
Jackson Club 504
Jehovah of Holiness Society No. 1 505
John's Island Agricultural Society 505
Kentucky Social Club 505
Lake City Truck Growers Association 504
Love and Good Will Society 504
Love of Brothers and Sisters Society 505
Love of Charity, Rhett Place, S. C 506
Lexington Social Club 506
Mercy Aid Society 504
Oneida Club 506
Palmetto Club 505
Palmetto Social Club 506
Parksville Baptist Church 506
Pee Dee Benevolent Association, etc 505
Peoples Hospital and Training School for Nurses 505
Progress Social Club 504
Richland Club 506
Richland Glass Blowers Social Club 504
Retail Clerks Association of Greenville 504
Rising Sons and Daughters of Charity 505
Rising Star .of America 505
6 Index to Charters and Amendments.
ELEEMOSYNARY CORPORATIONS— Conttmi^d. page
Rising Sons and Daughters Society No. 3 i 506
Savoy Club. 504
Sea Island Yacht Club. 506
Second Nazareth Baptist Church 505
Silver Mount Lodge of Knights -and Ladies of Honor 505
Smith's Chapel. 506
Star of Bethlehem Society No. 9, of Jerico, S. C 504
Starlight Benevolent Association 506
State Grand Lodge of Ancient Order Knights of Damon 505
Sons and Daughters of Charity 506
St. Mary's School. 506
St. Stephen's Christian Church » 506
Stephen Grove Church and Camp Ground 505
Tennessee Social Club 506
Tourist Club 505
Townsville Board 506
United Band of America 506
. United Order of Good Samaritans 504
War Eagle Club 504
Washington Aid and Burial Society of Mt. Olive Baptist
Church 504
Washington Aid and Burial Association 506
West End Athletic Club 505
. Woodruff Library Association 504
Woman's Home Aid Society 506
Woman's Christian Union Association 506
Worlds Labor Union 505
Wrens Club 505
Young Sisters of Mercy Society 506
Zion's Sons and Daughters Hopes and Views 505
FOREIGN CORPORATIONS—
American Manufacturing Company 501
American Telephone and Telegraph Company 501
American Mortgage Company, of Scotland (Limited) 502
Armour Fertilizer Works ' 501
Armour Car Lines 500
Armour and Company 501
Atlantic Bitulithic Company. ' 500
Birdsell Manufacturing Company. 501
British-American Mortgage Company (Limited) 501
• Carolina Monazite Company 501
Carbon Light and Power Company 501
Carolina Engineering Company. 503
Crane & MacMahon (Inc.) 503
Carolina Concrete Company 502
Chicago Building and Manufacturing Company 502
Cudahay Packing Company, of Alabama 500
E. I. DuPont de Nemours Powder Company. 501
Index to Charters and Amendments. 7
FOREIGN CORPORATIONS--C'oiUifMi4Jd. page
E. I. DuPont de Nemours Powder Company 502
Edible Products Company 502
Erie City Iron Works 501
F. M. Kirby and Company 502
Fleischmann Company ' 501
Georgia Chemical Works 500
Georgia Industrial Realty Company 500
Germania Bank of the City of Savannah.* 502
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company 501
Hickson Lumber Company 501
Holston Corporation SOO
Howard, Cole and Company (Inc.) 501
International Harvester Company of America 500
Interstate Chemical Corporation 503
Imperial Tobacco Company, of Great Britain and Ireland 500
Industrial Stock Farming Company 500
Jackson Loan and Trust Company 502
Killian Fire Brick Corporation 502
Kingan and Company (Limited) 502
Manhattan Tie and Timber Company (Inc.) 502
Marrietta Fertilizer Company 503
Morris Fertilizer Company S(X)
National Starch Company 503
New England Mortgage Security Company of Connecticut . . . 501
Norlina Construction Company 5(X)
Oglethrope Savings and Trust Company 502
Peruvian Guano Corporation 502
Polk County Telephone Company 502
Pocomoke Guano Company 503
Pullman Company SOO
Scottish- American Mortgage Company (Limited) 501
Singer Sewing Machine Company 501
Seidenberg and Company 501
Schwarzchild and Sulzberger Company of America 502
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company 500
Southern Cotton Oil Company 500
Southern States Lumber Company 502
Southern States Phosphate and Fertilizer Co 501
Southern Wood Product Company 502
Taylor & Crate 502
Tennessee Chemical Company 503
Texas Company 502
Tilghman Lumber Company 5(X)
Thayer Lumber Company 5(X)
Tuscarara Fertilizer Company 501
Union Carbide Sales Company 506
Vale Royal Manufacturing Company 501
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company 5(X)
8 Index to Charters and Amendments.
INCREASE IN CAPITAL STOCK— PRIVATE COMPANIES— page
A. C. Tuxbury Lumber Co 521
Allen Brokerage Co 521
Arcade Cotton Mills. . , 522
Automobile and Marine Motor Co 522
Bailey Lumber Manufacturing Co 521
Banner Warehouse Co 522
Bank of Blackburg 521
Bank of Bishoprille 522
Bank of Elloree 522
Bank of Gray Court 522
Bank of Holly Hill 522
Bank of Mayesville 521
Bank of McColl 521
Bank of Norway 522
Bank of North 522
Bank of Walhalla 521
Bank of Wagener 521
Bishopville Wholesale Grocer Co 521
Brogan Mills 521
Calumet Manufacturing Co 522
Carolina Candy Co 521
Carolina Farm Land Development ^Co. 522
Chester County Farmers Warehouse Co 522
Commercial and Savings Bank 522
Clinton Cotton Mills 522
Cooper & Griffin (Inc.) 522
Dargan Lumber Co 521
Dunbar Mercantile Co 521
Evening Post Publishing Co 521
Edgefield Building & Loan Association 522
F. W. Poe Manufacturing Co 522
Farmers & Merchants Bank 522
Farmers Bank & Trust Co 521
Geer Drug Co. 521
Georgetown Chemical Works 522
General Asbestos Rubber Co 521
' Gourdin Mercantile Co , 522
Greer Iron Works 522
Hamrick Mills 522
J. G. McCall &Son 521
J. M. Bradham Co 522
Keystone Lumber Co 522
Laurens Trust Co 521
Loris Tobacco Warehouse Co 521
L. D. Cullum Co 522
Middleburg Mills 522
Mobley Bros 521
Moffat Grocery Co 521
Ini^x to Charters and Amendments. 9
INCREASE IN CAPITAL STOCK'-C<nUiimed. page
Monaghan Mills 522
Mountain Iron Mineral Co 522
McLendon Coal Co 521
M. C. Duffy Co 521
New South Real Estate Trust Co 521
Pee Dee Iron Works 521
Pee Dee Land and Developing Co 522
Peoples Bank.., 522
Price-Fooshe Co 521
Realty Brokerage Co 522
Real Estate & Fidelity Co 522
Rice Drug Company 521
St. Matthews Building & Loan Association 521
Simpsonville Cotton Mill 521
Sumter Pine & Cypress Co «... 522
Sumter Insurance Agency 521
Springfield Hardware Co 522
Sylecan Manufacturing Co 521
Tate-Burley Supply Co 522
Tide Water & Storage Co 522
Union Brokerage Co 521
Victor Mercantile Co 522
Victor Manufacturing Co 521
Wagener Hardware Co •. 522
Woodruff Cotton Mills 521
Woodruff Cotton Oil Co 521
Woodside Cotton Mill 522
Wymoja Yarn Mills 521
Wylie Mills 522
York Cotton Mill 521
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES— CHARTERS GRANTED—
Abbeville County Fair Association 507
Abbeville Drug Company 507
A. C. Tuxbury Land & Timber Company 509
A. H. Fischer Co 509
Aiken Trust and Savings Bank 507
Aiken County Fair Association 507
Alice Mills 1 517
American Union Life Insurance Co 509
Andfews-Brown Investment Company 507
Andrews-Carter Iron Works 518
Andrews Live Stock Company 513
Andrews Hair Tonic 508
Anderson County Loan & Investment Association 508
Asbill-Jordan Company 518
Atlantic Investment Company 508
Atlantic Paint Co 509
Atlantic Brokerage Co 509
10 Index to Charters and Amendments.
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES— Co»<iiMi^<l. page
Atlanticville Investment Co 509
Athenian Real Estate Co 509
Augusta Veneer Company 507
Bank of Little Rock 512
Bank of Page's Mill 512
Bank of Little River 514
Bank of Norris 517
Bank of Neeses 517
Bank of Commerce 519
Bank of Enoree 519
Bank of Santee 511
Bank of Pelion 515
Batesburg Tobacco Co 515
Batesburg Cotton Oil Co 515
Bay Fruit Co 509
Belton Lumber and Supply Co 508
Belton Extract & Medicine Co 508
Berkeley Investment Co 509
Big "4" Bottling Co 507
Black River Land Co 513
Blackwell Bros 518
Blemhein Improvement Co 516
Blum & Goldstein Co 511
Bowe-Page Dray and Construction Co 509
Branchville Realty Co 517
Branchville Furniture Co 517
Branchville Planing Mill Co 517
Brabham Hardware Co 508
Brownville Realty & Farm Co 516
Brookland Bank 515
Brunson Dry Goods Co ' 514
Brunson Cotton Warehouse Co 514
Busbee Southern Furniture Co 513
Calhoun Advance Company 508
Calhoun Development Company 508
Camp Fornace Developing Co 518
Capital City Steam Laundry and Dye Works 517
C. Bart & Company 509
Carolina Manufacturing Co 507
Carolina Audit and System Company « 518
Carmichael Drug Co 516
Carnes-Stafford Co 515
Carlisle Building & Loan Association 519
Carolina Fraternal Publishing Co 513
Carolina Furniture Co 511
Carolina Furniture Co. of Kingstree 520
Cartersville Telephone Co 512
Cash Bargain Store 507
Index to Charters and Amendments. 11
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES-Coi»«tiw«d. page
. Catawba Press Brick Co , 520
. Catawba Fertilizer Co 515
. Chambers- Abbott Real Estate & Investment Co 511
. Charles A. Rider Organ Co 509
Charleston Engineering & Contracting Co 509
. Charleston Paper and Box Co 509
. Charleston Amusement Co 509
Charleston Fruit Co .'...•... 509
. Charleston Guaranty & . Investment Co^ . , 509
. Cherokee Creamery 510
. Cheraw Printing & Publishing Co 510
. Cheraw Land Co 510
Cheraw Sash and Door and Lumber Co 510
. Cheraw Realty and Investment Co 510
. Cherry Hill Club 500
. Chesterfield Construction Co 511
Chester Realty Co 510
Chester Fuel & Fertilizer Co. 510
Chester Hardware Company 510
Chesterfield Realty & Insu]:ance Co 510
Cinderella Boot Shop 518
Citizens Grocery Co , 519
C. P. Simmons Co 514
. City Drug Store 511
. City Hospital 510
Clarendon Lumber Co i . 519
Clarendon Hardware Co 511
Clinton Bonded Warehouse Co 515
Clinchfield Fuel Co 519
Clover Mutual Building & Loan Association 520
Clio Mule Co " 516
Columbia Music Festival Association 518
Columbia Plumbing and Metal Co 518
Columbia Real Estate & Insurance Agency 518
Columbia Auto Co 518
Collicutt Burial League ... 518
Colored Fair Association, of Aiken and Adjoining Counties . . . 507
Cole-Colclough Hardware Co 511
Coggeshall Hardware Co 511
Cohamet Mills 519
Commercial Bank 515
Commercial Trust Co 518
Congaree Realty Co 517
Congaree Fertilizer Co 518
Consolidated Insurance Agency 519
Conway Ice Co 514
Conway Savings Bank 514
Coney-Baxter Hardware Co , 512
12 Index to Charters and Amendments.
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES— CoiUiiMwd. page
Conway Crate and Box Co 514
Country Club Realty Corporation 518
Cowpens Building & Loan Association 519
Copeland Stone Co 515
Craps- Wactor Co 517
Creighton Clothing Co 519
Daily Piedmont Co 513
Daniel Lumber Co 512
Dargan-King Co 507
Darby Company 508
Darlington Realty Co 511
Darlington Horse & Mule Co 511
Davis Realty Co 515
Denmark Mercantile Co 508
Denmark Ice & Fuel Co 508
Devel. Ginning Co 507
Dillon Building & Loan 511
Dickert Grocery Company 519
Dovesville Telephone Co 511
Due West Oil Mill 507
DuRant- Bennett Lumber Co 515
Duncan Land Co 519
East Rock Realty Co 520
Eagle Investment Company 509
Easley Building & Loan Association 517
Eastover Drug .Co 518
Ebaugh Land Co 513
Edisto Supply Co 516
Empire Mercantile Co 508
Enterprise Publishing Co 515
Enterprise Bank 516
Epworth Ginning Co 514
Eureka Drug Company 515
Everybody's Building & Loan 520
Fairview Telephone Co 513
F. W. Free Co 508
F. J. Buyck & Co. (Inc.) 508
Fairfield County Benevolent Society 512
Farm & Land Company of Abbeville 507
Farmers and Merchants Bank of Hartsville 511
Farmers & Merchnants Bank of Eastover 517
Farmers Enterprise Co 511
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Ehrhardt 508
Farmers Tobacco & Storage Warehouse Co 514
Farmers & Merchants Bank of Monck's Corner 508
Farmers Bank 516
Farmers Supply Co 515
Farmers Union Bank & Trust Co , 517
Index to Charters and Amendments. 13
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES— CoH/iiMi^d. faob
Flowers- Du Rant Grocery Co 520
Florence Electric & Utility Co 512
Fort Lawn Deposit Bank 510
Follin & Wingo Co 509
Forester Lumber Co 519
Gapway Lumber Co 514
G. O. Coward Co 517
G. T. Reid Co 514
Geo. R. Harding Co 517
Geo. G. Palmer Co 512
Georgetown Gin & Canning Co 513
Geo. Waterhouse Co 508
Gilreath Manufacturing Co 513
Good Music House 513
Greater Gaffney Mercantile Co 510
Great Branch Fishery 516
Green River Land Co. (Inc.) 518
Greer's News Leader Co 513
Greenville Warehouse Co 514
Greenville Baking Co 514
Greer Light & Power Co 519
Greeleyville Land Improvement Co 520
Greenville Light 8c Heating Co 513
Greenville Building & Loan Association 513
Greer Filter Manufacturing Co 510
Griffin Feed Co 513
Gulf Realty Co 509
Hallman Knitting Mill Co 507
Hampton Country News Co 514
Hammond-Brown-Wall Co 517
Hartsville Wholesale Grocery 511
Hartsville Marble Works 511
Hartsville Building & Loan Association 511
Hartsville Fertilizer Co 511
Hardwood Manufacturing Co 514
Haynie 8c Market Corporation 509
Hidden Window Screen Co 509
H. J. Sellers Co 510
H. J. Hawes Co 519
Home Fertilizer Co 517
Home Light & Power Co 513
Home Building Co 517
Home Bank of Barnwell 508
Home Building & Loan Association of Belton 508
Home Drug Co 509
Home Trust Co '. 515
Huguenot Land Company 513
H. W. Collins Co 514
14 Index to Charters and Amendments.
JOINT STOCK COMFANlUSr-ContinMd. paos
Hyde Drug Co 509
Inman Building & Loan Association 519
Independent Construction Co 516
Islandton Mercantile Co 511
Jay-Smith Clothing Co 514
Jacobs Co 509
James H. Haynesworth Fish Co 508
James-Parrott Machinery Co 511
J. B. Rasor Co 516
Jenkinson Bros. Co 520
Jefferson Cotton Oil Co 510
J. E. Young & Co 517
J. H. Lowe Shoe Co 519
J. J. Cain Construction Co 518
J. M. Brabham Co 511
John Clack Realty Co 519
John E. Wigington Co 508
John Hurkamp Co 509
Johnson Furniture Co 518
Johnson-Mathews Construction Co 512
Johnson Lumber Co 514
Jonson-McCrackin Co 516
Johnston Realty Co 512
Jones Transfer Co 518
Jones Lumber Co 510
Jones Dry Goods Co 507
Jones Realty Co 515
Journal Publishing Co 519
J. R. Young Cotton Co 509
J. S. Thompson Co 516
J. T. Jones Company * 507
Juniper Plantation 510
J. W. Tollison & Co. (Inc.) 510
Keistler Co 510
Keowe Supply Co 517
Kingston Hotel Co 514
King-Blanding Live Stock Co ■. 519
Kingstree Electric Co 520
Kirkpatrick-Belk Co 520
K. W. N. Pharmacy 518
Lake City Insurance Agency 520
Lake View Land Co 514
Lamar Fertilizer Co 511
Lancaster Pharmacy , w . . 515
Lancaster Hardware Co 515
Landrum Mercantile Co 518
Latta Gin & Manufacturing Co ^ . 518
Laurens Mercantile Co 515
Index to Charters and Amendments. 15
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES— CoiKfiwiid. page
Lee Hardware Co 515
Lee-Tedder Hardware Co 511
Limestone Land Co 510
Light Draft Plow Attachment Co 513
Lexington Supply Co 515
Levy Taylor Co 513
Lineburger & Curry Co 513
Little Rock Hardware Co .^ 512
Littlejohn Medicine Co 510
Lucknow Mercantile Co 515
Manning Grocery Co 510
Manning Realty Co 511
Manatee Vegetable Co 511
Marion Building Co 509
Marlboro Realty Corporation 509
Marion Farmers Union Warehouse Co 516
Marlboro Fertilizer Co 516
Marlboro Times Co 516
Marlboro Agriculture Co 516
M. H. M. Automatic Adjustable Wedge Co 518
Manville Telephone Co 515
Mayesville Telephone Co . ; 519
Medium Publishing Co 507
Merchants Building & Loan Association 515
Merchants Association of Clinton, S. C 515
Merritt Reunion Co 513
Merchants Club 519
Milling-Moore Mercantile Co 514
Millsapp & Co 516
Minnis Stove Co 509
Mills & Young Co 520
Modoc Mercantile Co 512
Mountain View Land Co 513
Moore Lumber & Manufacturing Co 515
Moultrie Development Co 509
M. L. B. Stuckey Co 507
Monarch Grocery Co 519
Mt. Zion Ginning & Milling Co 519
Mt. Crogan Mercantile Co 510
Mt. Crogan Drug Co 510
McAlister-Hand Co 513
McCall Pharmacy 508
McCall-Wallace Co 512
McConnellville Telephone Co 520
McFaU's Pharmacy 508
McLean Realty Co 509
McClary Broadway Co 511
McMaster-Davis Co 512
16 Index to Charters and Amendments.
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES— ContiiMi^d. page
Nesmith Farm Co 513
Nesmith Live Stock Co 513
Newberry Insurance & Realty Co 516
News Publishing Co 517
Negro Developing Co k 519
Ninety-Six Loan & Land Co 514
Norman-Murphy Co 519
Nuckaree Manufacturing Co 513
Oakland Heights Realty Co 515
Oak Lumber Co 509
Oconee Lumber Co 516
Orangeburg Furniture Co 516
Orangeburg-Bowman Tel. Co 516
Orangeburg Fertilizer Co 517
Orangeburg Ice Manufacturing Co 517
Owl Drug Co 507
Pageland Land Co 510
Pageland Drug Co 510
Pageland Buggy '& Wagon Co 511
Palmetto Hardware Co 512
Palmetto Investment Co 517
Palmetto Pharmacy 514
Palmetto Hosiery Co 519
Palco Manufacturing Co 509
Parrott Scale & Fixture Co 518
Parrott-Prince Scale & Fixture Co 517
Parker Land Co. 513
Paragon Kaolin Co 507
Panola Cotton Mills 514
P. C. Prince Co 514
Panama Real Estate Co 509
Peace Printing Co 513
Pee Dee Realty Co 511
Pee Dee Drug Co 512
Pee Dee Furniture Co 516
Pee Dee Land and Development Co 512
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co. 518
Peoples Brokerage Co 517
Peoples Bank of Elloree 517
Peoples Bank of North 517
Peoples Bank of Scranton 520
Peoples Building & Loan Association of Yorkville 520
Peoples Drug Co 520
Peoples Bank of Greer 514
Peoples Bank of Chesterfield 510
Peoples New Furniture Co 507
Peoples Hardware Co 510
Peoples Bank of Greenwood 514
Index to Charters and Amendments. 17
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES— Con«ii«i4id. pack
Peoples Building & Loan Association 512
Peoples Savings Bank & Trust Co 512
Peoples Bank of Springfield 517
Peoples Bank of Sumter 519
Peoples Supply Co 515
Peoples Bank of Belton 507
Peoples Industrial Trust Co 517
Peoples Bank of Hartsville 511
Piedmont Shoe Co 513
Piedmont Bonded Warehouse Co 514
Planters Grocery Co 515
Planters Bank 518
Ports Creek Farm Co 513
Prudential Life, Health & Accident Ins. Co 507
Quality Bottling Works 513
Rasor-Joyce Co 513
Razor & Clardy Co 516
Realty Loan & Insurance Co. of Hartsville 511
Rembert Developing Co 518
Rembert Co 519
Rhem-Dock and Terminal Co 513
Richland Building & Loan Co 518
Richardson-Collins Co 514
R. L. Mabry Co .' 507
Robinson-Latham Co 515
Rock Hill Security & Investment Co 520
Rock Hill Realty Co 520
Rock Hill Fertilizer Co 520
R6ddey-Poe Mercantile Co , 520
Roddey Automobile Co 518
Rosenberg Clothing and Shoe Co 514
Ruby Manufacturing Co 510
Ruff Jewelry Co 520
Rutledge Ave. Imp. Co 509
Santee River Cypress Lumber Co 517
S. A. Cowart Co 513
Savannah Valley Lumber Co 512
Sayre Realty Co 508
South Carolina Insurance Co 518
Seaboard Land Co 517
Security Building & Loan Association 519
Seneca Light & Power Co 516
Schaf er Co 516
Scruggs & Swan 517
Shandon Building & Loan Co 518
Sloan-Parish Co 513
Smith's 518
35— A
18 Index to Charters and Amendments.
JOINT STOCK COUFANlES-^ontinued. paob
Southern Pickle Co 509
South Carolina Merchants Association 514
Southern Land and Investment Co 516
Southeastern Audit Co 517
Southern Furniture Co 517
Southern Realty Investment & Auction Co 518
Southern Realty Co 508
Spartanburg Mortgage Co 518
Spartanburg Steam Laundry and Mill Co 519
Stackey's Dry Goods Co 520
Standard Building & Loan Association 515
Stark Vehicle Co 507
State Bank of McBee, S. C 510
Star Grocery Co 513
Standard Grocery Co 509
Stricklin Printing Co 510
Stevenson Farm Co 512
Summerville Investment Co 512
Summerville Ice, Light and Power Co 512
Summerton Telephone Co 510
Sullivan's Island Real Estate Co 509
Sumter Automobile Supply Co 519
S. Vaughn Furniture Cq 512
Swamp Fox Building & Loan Association 516
Syracuse Ginning Co 511
Tabor Mercantile Co 519
Timmonsville Bargain House 512
Thorin Grocer Company 512
Trio Farm Supply Co '. . . 520
Troy Lumber Company 507
Triplett Realty Co 510
Turner Live Stock Co 512
Tugaloo Lumber Co 516
United Bargain House 509
Union Drug Co 510
Union Brokerage Co 519
Union Supply Co 510
Varnville Hardware & Supply Co 514
Virginia-Carolina Lumber Co 519
Waccamaw Transportation Co 513
Wagener Hardware Co 507
Ware Farm 520
Wee Nee Bank 520
Weir-Martin Co 514
West Pelzer Drug Co 508
West Pelzer Lumber Co 508
West Shore Corporation 509
White Oak Camp Co 516
Index to Charters and Amendments. 19'
JOINT STOCK COMPANIES— Coii<i«««<«. page
Willie Shaw & Bro 519
Witherspoon Mercantile Co 515
Winyah Building and Loan Association 513
W. S. Floyd & Co 516
Woodruff Building & Loan Association 518
Woodville Investment Co 513
Wulburn Fertilizer Co 509
Yarboro Helms Co 516
Yarborough & Glenn 512
Yorkville Creamery Association 520
MUNICIPAL CHARTERS AMENDED—
Latta 453
Welf ord 453
MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS—
Dunbarton 453
Hilda 453
Mallory 453
Mauldin 453
Silver Street 453
Six Mile 453
Switzer 453
MUTUAL PROTECTION ASSOCIATIONS—
Allied Printing Trades Council Union Label, Indianapolis,
Indiana 454
Benevolent Protection Association of Newberry County,
South Carolina 454
International Typographical Union, Indianapolis, Indiana... 454
Kershaw County Social Benevolent Society 454
Koke Company, Ltd., Shreveport, Louisiana 454
Peerless Heater Company, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania 454
PETITIONS FILED AND COMMISSIONS ISSUED—
Mallory 453
RAILROAD CHARTERS—
Carolina Traction Company 455
Columbia and Atlantic Railway and Steamship Company.... 475
Charleston Consolidated Railway and Lighting Company.... 471
Charleston Consolidated Railway, Gas and Electric Company 487
Eddy Lake and Northern Railroad Company 485
Georgia and Carolina Railway 479
Greenville and Spartanburg Railway Company 459
Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson Railway Company 462
South Carolina Railway Company 482
South Carolina Western Railway 467
Spartanburg Railway, Gas and Electric Company 484
South Carolina Western Railway 488
20 Index to Charters and Amendments.
RAILROAD CHARTERS AMENDED— »aoe
Eddy Lake and Northern Railroad Company 485
Charleston Consolidated Railway, Gas and Electric Company 487
South Carolina Railway Company 482
South Carolina Western Railway 488
Spartanburg Railway, Gas and Electric Company 484
RAILROAD RECORD—
Blair & Co., S. A. L., New York Trust Co., etc 499
Blair & Co., C. C. & O., Union Trust Co. of N. Y., etc 499
Blair & Co., S. A. L., New York Trust Co., etc 499
Blair & Co. and S. A. L., etc 499
Hicks Locomotive and Car Works and N. & S. Carolina Rail-
way Co 499
North & South Carolina Railway Co 499
Prettyman North & South Carolina Railway Co 499
Statesburg Southern Railway Co., etc 499
RENEWAL OF CHARTER—
The Charleston Savings Institution 454
Pelzer Manufacturing Co 454
TOWNS AND CITIES RECHARTERED—
Campobello 453
Maryville 453
Walterboro 453
INDEX TO ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS
ABBEVILLE COUNTY— A pao«
Exempt from provisions of law providing for public cotton
weighers 36
May borrow mone v S3
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 69
Exempt from provisions drainage law 92
Destruction of fox prohibited 129
Exempt from provisions of road law 181
Rural police for 212
Tax levy for county purposes 232
Record of mortgages and deeds to real estate to be reindexed 385
ACTS—
Of 191 1 1-427
Not approved by Governor 1
ACTS AMENDED—
1861, 12 Stats., 754, Section 2. — Incorporating the Greenville
Gas Light Company, etc ; . . . . 364
1882, 18 Stats., 69.— Incorporating Newberry Cotton Mills,
Section 8, amended 363
1889r 20 Stats., 614.— Relating to Special School District,
established, etc • 219
1891, 20 Stats., 1402.— Amending Section 1, New School Dis-
trict in Lancaster county 41 1
1903, 24 Stats., 113. — Relating to employment of children in
factories, mines, etc., in South Carolina 28
1903, 24 Stats., 69. — Banking Corporations and Trust Com-
panies to act as guardians, administrators, trustees,
etc 8
1905, 24 Stats., 912. — Regulating traffic in seed cotton, etc... 26
1905, .24 Stats., 833.— So as to include Cherokee in list of
counties that may borrow money 52
1906, 25 Stats., 315. — Incorporating Pacolet Power Company,
etc 362
1906, 25 Stats., 48.— Times of holding Court in Seventh Judi-
cial Circuit, etc 357
1906, 25 Stats., 103. — Relative to appointing Bank Examiners;
duties, etc 4
1907, 25 Stats., 518. — Amending Section Civil Code, per diem
and mileage of jurors, etc 86
1907, 25 Stats., 464. — Regulating manufacture, sale, etc., of
alcoholic liquors and beverages, and police same 9\
1907, 25 Stats., 541. — Regulating sale of cocaine, etc 143
22 Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions.
ACTS AMENDED— C(?«/mu^rf. pack
1907, 25 Stats., 767. — Creating Commission to lay out ^mbKc
highway from Summerville to city of Charleston, etc. 318
1908, 25 Stats., 1199. — Providing for election, compensation,
etc., cotton weighers ^ 37
1908, 25 Stats., 1186. — Chief Commissioner for Aiken county,
bond and salary 61
1908, 25 Stats., 1372. — City Council of Columbia authorized to
issue bonds, etc., July 1, 1910 293
1908, 25 Stats., 1360.— Creating School District of Yorkville
and enabling it to organize system of free schools, etc. 220
1908, 25 Stats., 1419. — Relating to Commission of Charleston
county. . 4 215
1908, 25 Stats., 1074. — Relating to Infirmary for Confederate
Veterans, etc 156
1908, 25 Stats., 1085. — Protecting hotel, inn and boarding
housekeepers 150
1909, 26 Stats., 230.— Time of holding Court in First Judicial
Circuit 88
1909, 26 Stats., 416. — Relating to county police in Richland
county 208
1909, 26 Stats., 84.— Amend Section 2223, Civil Code, Volume
I, relating to liabilities of Telegraph Companies, etc. . 226
1910, 26 Stats., 544.— Summer term of Court in Fourth Circuit 89
1910, 26 Stats., 739.— Amending Section 1200, Civil Code,
relating to Board of Education 115
1910, 26 Stats., 572.— Relating to game, etc., penalty 122
1910, 26 Stats., 682.— Amending 26 Stats., Criminal Code, Sec-
tion 554b, relating to destruction of fox in certain
counties ; 124
1910, Id Stats., 576. — For protection of game fish in South
Carolina 126
1910, 26 Stats., 682.— Amending 26 Stats., 72, Criminal Code,
Section 554b, prohibiting destruction of fox in certain
counties, including Richland and Edgefield 128
1910, 26 Stats., 747.— Amending Section 2655, Volume I, Code
of Laws of South Carolina, as to pledges or collateral
for loans 137
1910, 26 Stats., 587.— Relating to cancellation of all Real
Estate and Chattel Mortgages, judgments, etc., in dif-
ferent counties in the State * 165
1910, 26 Stats., 705. — Relating to improvement of highways
in Fairfield county, etc 168
1910; 26 Stats., 672. — Relating to commutation tax in Calhoun
county ^ 180
1910, 26 Stats., 668. — Relating to commutation tax in Abbe-
ville and Richland counties 181
1910, 26 Stats., 793.— Relating to Rural Policemen for
Laurens county 198
Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions.
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ACTS AMENDED—CoH/mw^d. page
1910, 26 Stats., 786. — Section 8, relating to dispensary consta-
bles, rural police, etc 207
1910, 26 Stats., 978. — Issuance of coupon bonds, Union county,
for purpose erecting courthouse, etc 284
1910, 26 Stats., 955. — Relating to bonds for Sumter county for
roads, etc 287
1910, 26 Stats., 984.— Town of Dillon, authorized to hold an
election on bond issue 311
1910, 26 Stats., 789. — Regulating publication legal advertise-
ments and notices in Lancaster county 336
1910, 26 Stats., 957. — Authorizing Commissioners of Sinking
Fund to lend money to repair courthouse, etc.,
Laurens county 337
1910, 26 Stats., 1019. — Section 7, of an Act to incorporate the
Palmetto Power Company, etc 366
1910, 26 Stats., 1024.-TAmending Section 2 of "An Act to
incorporate Greenwood and Saluda R. R. Co." 372
1910, 26 Stats., 660. — Relating to working and maintaining
public roads of York county 400
1910, 26 Stats., 920.— New School District in county of York,
known as Rock Hill School District 404
1910, 26 Stats., 635. — ^To regulate traffic in seed cotton for
Beaufort county , 28
1910, 26 Stats., 715. — Relative to counties exempt from law
providing for cotton weighers 35
1910, 26 Stats., 523. — Relating to government for municipal-
ities 24
ADMISSION TO BAR—
Marion W. Seabrook and W. M. Warren permitted to apply
for license 391
ADJUTANT GENERAL—
Appropriations for office 267
AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL SOCIETY—
Society now using certain property which city of Columbia
is authorized to execute mortgage of 384
AGRICULTURE—
Experimental stations to promote 3
Commissioner of to enforce child labor law 31
Appropriations for department of 270
Commissioner of to have custody of certain State exhibit
property 380
AIKEN COUNTY—
Exempt from provisions of law providing for public cotton
weighers 36
Compensation and salary of officers 46
24 Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions.
AIKEN COlJNTY-<:ontinued. page
County government Act amended 61
Chief commissioner for 62
Representaton in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 69
Courts to be held in 87
Exempt from provisions drainage law «. 92
Exempt from provisions of law to protect fox 124
Salary of rural policeman for Schultz township increased .... 207
Tax levy for county purposes 232
Election provided for in Salley Graded School District 407
Act relating to School Districts 48 and 68 repealed 413
AIKEN, TOWN OF—
Exempt from limitations certain constitutional amendment. 12, 13
ALLENDALE, TOWN OF—
Act of 1886 creating school district in repealed 404
ANDERSON, TOWNSHIP OF—
Exempt from provisions of law providing for public cotton
weighers 36
ANDERSON COUNTY—'
May borrow money 53
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc.. Magistrates and Constables 69
Exempt from provisions drainage law 92
Tax levy for ordinary county purposes 233
ANDERSON COLLEGE—
Incorporaton of 370
APPEALS—
Either party has right in ejectment proceedings 134
Relating to Magistrate's Courts 140
APPROPRIATIONS—
Provision for securing data for bill to make 224
For ordinary expenses, for State government 1911 236, 282
For Governor's office 264
For Secretary of State's office 264
For Comptroller General's office 265
For Insurance Commissioner's office 265
For State Treasurer's office 266
For State Superintendent of Education's office 266
For Adjutant General's office » 267
For Attorney General's office 267
For Railroad Commission office 267
For Chief Game Warden's office 268
For State Librarian's office 268
For public buildings 268
Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions. 25
APPROPRIATIONS— Con/f'nWd. page
For State Geologist's office 270
For Department of Agriculture, Commerce and Industries... 270
For Judicial Department 271
For Health Department 272
For Board of Medical Examiners 272
For Tax Department 272
For the University of South Carolina 273
For Winthrop Normal and Industrial College 273
For the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina 274
For the Institute for Education of Deaf, Dumb and Blind... 274
For State Colored Industrial and Mechanical College 274
For other educational purposes 275
For State Hospital for Insane 275
For South Carolina Industrial School 276
For State Penitentiary 276
For other charitable and penal purposes 276
For pensions 276
For Historical Commission 277
For interest on bonded debt 277
For elections 277
For miscellaneous purposes 278
For the Senate 278
For the House of Representatives 279
For the Engrossing Department 280
For expenses common to both Houses 280
Shown by recapitulation 281
Annual appropriation to be made from taxes collected in
Greenville county to retire bonds 338
Made for cross country roads in Greenville county 391
To be made annually to public schools of town of Winnsboro 406
APPROPRIATION BILL—
Provision to secure data for 224
For ordinary expenses for State government 1911 263-282
ASHLEY RIVER WATER FRONT—
Certain low lands and water lots granted to city of Charleston 315
ASHLEY RIVER WATER FRONT CORPORATION—
Incorporation of 366
ATTORNEY GENERAL—
Directed to apply for decree to require city council of Augusta
to construct certain fishway in Savannah River, etc 382
Directed to end merger suit 430, 444
Directed to consent to an order extending time for city of
Columbia to remove certain water mains, etc., from
across Columbia Canal 446
To investigate and report to General Assembly legality of
electing all trustees of Clemson College through State
control 452
26 Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions.
BAMBERG COUNTY— B * faob
Cotton weighers in to be elected in Democratic primary 38
Certain fees allowed Sheriff * 63
Representation in Legislature 68
Courts to be held in 87
Exempt from provisions of drainage law 92
Game fish...., 124, 125, 126, 127
Tax levy for ordinary county purposes 234
Provision for election of County Commissioners 361
Oak Grove School incorporated 365
BANKS—
To make statements, at least four annually 8
May act as guardians, administrators, trustees, etc 8
BANKERS' ASSOCIATION—
Executive Committee to advise with Governor 5
BANK EXAMINER—
Appointed, how 5
Duty and power 5
Term of office ; compensation 5
May appoint two assistants 4
To examine branch banks 4
Salary of assistants 4
BARNWELL COUNTY—
Representation in Legislature '. 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 70
Courts to be held in 87
Days County Board of Education may draw pay 116
Commutation road tax provided 183
Rural police for 201
Tax levy for ordinary county purposes 234
BARR, C. G.—
Authorized and empowered to practice law 433
BEAUFORT COUNTY—
Exempt from provision of the law providing for public cot-
ton weighers 36
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., Magistrates and Constables 71
Clerk of Court issue marriage license 132
Owners of cattle in certain townships may pursue same with-
out gun and dogs 227
Tax levy for ordinary county purposes 235
H. E. Scheper authorized to build dock over land below low
water in Beaufort River 437
BERKELEY—
Exempt from provisions of law relative to cotton weighers ... 36
May borrow money 53
Township Commissioners in 53
Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions. 27
B ERKELE Y— C(?n/»»ii^rf. page
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 70
Time of holding Court in 88
Game fish 124, 125, 126, 127
Commutation road tax in 175
Tax levy for ordinary county purposes 236
Time JFor payment of commutation road tax in extended 42?
Clerk of Court to allow certain records of his office removed
to be bound 356
BISHOPVILLE, TOWN OF—
To have two cotton weighers 38
BOARD—
Of Commissioners Dillon county 60
Of Commissioners Florence county 63
Of Commissioners Spartanburg county 65
State Board of Education 1 13
Law as to County Boards of Education amended 115
Of Dental Examiners 130
Of visitors for the Citadel 134
Of Registration for Pickens county 228
Board of County Commissioners to levy taxes 230
BOARD OF VISITORS—
Of the Citadel ; their powers, etc 134
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS—
Created in Dillon county 60
Increased in Florence county 63
Created in Spartanburg county 65
In several counties to levy taxes 230
In Laurens county to adjust certain indebtedness in Sullivan
township 333
In Greenville may borrow money 338
BOARDING HOUSE—
Keepers of protected 150
BOND—
Required of Bank Examiner 7
Drainage Commissioners to issue ,. 108
Required of County Commissioners 137
BONDS—
To be issued by wards Saluda county for town improvement,
etc 283
Election for issuance to be held in Union county, etc 284
Election for to be held in Sumter county 285
Provision to retire in Greenville county at maturity 338
Town Council of Dillon to issue in aid of railroad, etc 309
Dillon county to issue for courthouse, site, etc 311
28 Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions.
BONDS--C ontinued. pjua
Town of St. Matthews authorized to issue for construction of
buildings, etc 313
To be sold in York county to refund debt in certain townships,
etc 346
For wards, Saluda county, for town improvements, etc . : 283
For Union county for courthouse; election on issue 284
For Sumter county for roads ^ 285
For Greenwood county to pay indebtedness of county 287
For Beaufort and St. Helena townships, Beaufort county, for
bridge, etc 291
City of Columbia to issue, etc 293
Election on in city of Orangeburg validated 295
Town of Hartsville authorized to issue for railroad, etc. 295
Town of St. George, Dorchester county, authorized to issue
for lights, water, etc 297
City of Spartanburg authorized to issue to pay off floating debt 300
Town of Saluda authorized to hold electon on issue for rail-
road, etc 301
Mayor and Aldermen of town of Barnwell authori7ed to issue
to construct public buildings, etc 303
Certain townships in Greenwood and Saluda counties and
Saluda county to vote on for railroad, etc 305
Of railroad in Newberry county, Stoney Battery township, to
be paid 351
Authorized in Dillon county for permanent road and highway
improvement 393
To be issued by townships of Hampton county for roads and
bridges 399
Election to be held on by Greenville School District 421
To be issued by school district in city of Spartanburg to erect
an additional building 422
Trustees of School District No. 15 authorized to hold elec-
tion on 424
Town council of Winnsboro to issue bonds to pay off old bond
debt, etc 406
Election on to be held in Estill School District, Hampton
county 415
Yorkville School District to hold election on 417
Chesnee School District may issue 419
Provision to pay interest on certain bonds in Dunklin and
Oak Lawn townships, Greenville county. . 426
BONDED DEBT—
Appropriations for interest on 277
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS—
Of municipalities 9, 10, 12
Of counties 11
Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions. 29
BONDED INDEBTEDNESS— Cow/mttfrf. page
Of townships 11
Appropriation for interest on for State 277
BOYD-BROCK—
Court of inquiry to have expenses paid 431
BRIDGE—
One-third cost of across Congaree River to be paid by Lexing-
ton county 341
To be built across Edisto River 349
Raisar's bridge to be rebuilt across Saluda River 428
May be removed from Columbia Canal 446
BURNING—
Of untenanted houses, etc 129
Of unfinished houses, etc 129
Felony to burn building or property in which mortgagee has
interest 140
CALHOUN COUNTY— C
Fees allowed Clerk of Court and Register of Mesne Convey-
ance in 63
Salary of Superintendent of Education 64
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 71
Time of holding Court in 88, 89
Game law, etc 128, 129
Tax for roads in 180
Time extended for payment of commutation tax 180
Tax levy for ordinary county purposes 238
Provision for election of five trustees for School District
No. 14 362
CAMDEN, TOWN OF—
Exempt from limitations certain constitutional amendment. 12, 13
CANAL—
Columbia 446, 448
CATTLE—
Owners of in Bluffton, Yemassee and Coosawhatchie town-
ships, in Beaufort county, may pursue same without gun
and dogs 227
CHARITABLE AND PENAL PURPOSES—
Appropriations for 276
CHARLESTON COUNTY—
Civil and Criminal Court established 16
Exempt from provisions law providing for public cotton
weighers 36
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc.. Magistrates and Constables 72
Drainage of Charleston not repealed by general law 113
30 Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions.
CHARLESTON COVNTY—C onHnued. faob
•
Exempt from operation of pool and billiard, license law 141
Rural police system extended in ; 215
Tax levy for ordinary county purposes 238
Sanitary and Drainage Commission of to work highway lead-
ing from Summerville to city of Charleston 318
^ Holston corporation of may erect certain piers, etc 320
Portion of Colleton annexed to 327
Supervisor and County Commissioners authorized to aid in
building bridge across Edisto River at Parker's Ferry 349
CHARLESTON, CITY OF—
Granted certain real property by the State 315
Authorized to sell certain portions of the Colonial Common.. 316
Highway Commission for highway leading from Summerville
to Charleston, etc 318
Sanitary and Drainage Commission to work certain highway
leading to 319
Holston Corporation may erect certain coal piers in 320
CHARTERS—
Of Augusta & Columbia Railway Co. amended 160, 164
CHATTEL MORTGAGES—
Of crops, etc 1 54
Record of cancellation required 164
CHERAW, TOWN OF—
Exempt from limitations certain constitutional amendment. 12, 13
CHEROKEE COUNTY—
Compensation and salary of officers 46
May borrow money 53
Representation in Legislature 68
Exempt from provisions drainage law 92
Destruction of fox prohibited 129
Tax levy for ordinary county purposes 242
Sinking Fund Commission of authorized to borrow money to
pay railroad bonds for Cherokee township 340
County Commissioners of enabled to borrow money to repay
past indebtedness 343
Courts in 357
Chesnee School District of Spartanburg and Cherokee coun-
ties to issue bonds 419
CHESTER COUNTY—
Compensation and salary of officers 46
May borrow money 53
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 72
Exempt from provisions of drainage law 92
Destruction of fox prohibited 129
Tax levy for ordinary county purposes 242
Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions. 31
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY— page
Compensation and salary of officers 46
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 72
Office of Master created in 84
Summer term Common Pleas Court 89
Exempt from provisions drainage law 92
Game fish law, etc .' 127
Time for payment of commutation tax 184
Tax levy for ordinary county purposes 243
CHILDREN—
Not to be employed in factories, etc., under certain age 29
Misdemeanor to violate provisions of law as to employment of 29
Those destitute and abandoned provided for 135, 136
Rescue orphanage for 136
May be intrusted to individual or family 136
Adoption of, etc 144
Custody of ■ . . . 144
Adoption of illegitimate 145
CITADEL (MILITARY COLLEGE)—
Scholarships for 113
Board of Visitors of 134
Appropriations for 274
CITIES—
Of more than 20,000 and less than 50,000 purchase, sale, weigh-
ing, etc., of cotton to be regulated therein 31
Public platform to be maintained in 32
CLAIMS—
P. McClure Brockington to be paid certain fees 430
Mrs. H. D. Wilkins, of Greenville county, to be refunded cer-
tain overpaid taxes 431
• Expenses of Boyd-Brock court of inquiry to be paid 431
S. J. Fitts to be paid certain amount expended by him in
Hampton county 432
R. D. Williams to be paid certain sum by County Commis-
sioners of Kershaw county 432
Ernest Moore to be paid for services as Judge 434
T. J. Duckett to be paid certain claim by Supervisor of Lau-
rens county 435
T. W. McMillan to be paid certain sum for conveying prisoner 436
Mrs. J. S. Crouch, of Saluda county, to be paid certain sum
by Superintendent of Education 437
W. McD. Green and E. Alexander to be paid a certain claim
by Superintendent of Education of Lee county 438
C. G. Bruce, of Dillon county, to be paid certain deficit as
County Auditor 438
John D. Owings to be paid certain claim due him as Sheriff
of Laurens county 442
32 Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions.
CLARENDON COUNTY— fao«
Compensation and salary of officers 46
Township Commissioners of S3
Representation in Legislature : 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 72
Exempt from provisions of drainage law 92
Game fish 124, 125, 126, 127
Tax levy for* ordinary county purposes 238
CLEMSON COLLEGE—
To establish experimental stations 3
Scholarships for J13
Required to analyze fertilizers, etc 121
Attorney General requested to investigate legality of General
Assembly electing all trustees through State comrol . . 452
Scholarships provided for Jerry H. Moore and Archie T.
Odom 436
CLERK OF COURT—
Fees fixed in Calhoun county 63
Required to enter upon calendar Court of General Sessions
race of indicted persons 86
Duty and powers in certain counties in reference to drain-
age. , 92, 112
To issue marriage license in certain counties 132
Required to open and publish sealed sentences 135
Required to keep file of written instruments lodged for record 152
Of Berkeley county to have certain records bound 356
CLINTON, TOWN OF—
Exempt from limitations certain constitutional amendment. 12, 13
COCAINE—
Sale, use, etc., regulated 143
Unlawful to sell except upon physician's prescription 143
CODE COMMISSIONER—
Note by 1, 264, 443
Required to print certain Concurrent Resolutions 443
CODE OF LAWS (CIVIL CODE)—
Sec. 176 amended by adding proviso Board of Registration
Pickens county 228
Sec. 430 amended relating to the duration of liens for taxes.. 229
Art. 2, Chap. 34, Title XI, relating to public cotton platforms
and regulation of purchase, sale, weighing, etc., of cot-
ton. Amended by adding Sec. 1558a and Sec. 1558b.. .. 31
Sec. 655 amended permitting Richland county to allow Colum-
bia to build jail 45
Sec. 762 amended by striking out word "two" 137
Sec. 801 amended by adding proviso as to the salary of County
Supervisor for Richland county 65
Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions. 33
CODE OF LAWS (CIVIL CODE)'-Continued, page
Sec. 887 amended so as to require Coroners and Magistrates to
file copy of inquest proceedings, etc., upon certain con-
ditions 159
Sec. 1129 amended relating to examination for dentistry 130
Sec. 1276 amended as to Board of Visitors at Citadel 134
Sec. 1552 and Sec. 1555 relating to cotton weighers amended.. 36
Sec. 1555 relative to counties exempt trom provisions of law
providing cotton weighers 35
Art. 2, Chap. 34, Title XI, relating to public cotton platforms
and regulation of purchase, sale, weighing, etc., of cot-
ton; amended by adding Sec. 1558a and Sec. 1558b 31
Sec. 1774a, corporation not to assume or execute trust with-
out its assent 9
Sec. 1893, Subdivision 8, as to purchase money mortgages... 153
Sec. 1962, Town Councils of less than five thousand may elect
Recorders 22
Sec. 1997a, Corporate limits of cities and towns to be extended
by consolidation 22
Sec. 2021 relating to town of St. Matthews .10
Sec. 2023 (13) relating to municipal corporations 24
Sec. 2704 relating to adoption of children 144
Sec. 2718 providing for a penalty, etc., when corporations fail
to pay wages due 39
Sec. 2938 amended with reference to pay of jurors for Circuit
Courts 86
Sec. 2974 amended as to appeals in ejectment proceedings... 133
Sec. 3005 relating to certain mortgages 152
Sec. 3094 making each first Monday legal day for sales 138
CODE OF LAWS (CIVIL PROCEDURE)—
Sec. 359 amended relating to appeals from Magistrate's Court 140
CODE OF LAWS (CRIMINAL CODE)—
Sec. 162 amended with reference to burning, cutting, etc.,
untenanted houses •. 129
Sec. 554b amended with reference to destruction of fox,
etc., 124, 128
Sec. 655 amended permitting Richland county to allow city
of Columbia to build jail, etc 45
COLLEGE—
Scholarship for 113
Experimental stations to be established by Clemson 3
Appropriations for -^ 273, 274
Of Anderson incorporated 370
An Industrial Arts and Science Building for Winthrop 412
Scholarships in Winthrop for Hannah Plowden and Katie
Gunter 428
36— A
34 Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions.
COhh'EGE— Continued. fam
Scholarships provided in Clemson College for Jerry H. Moore
and Archie T. Odom 436
COLLETON COUNTY-^
Compensation and salary of officers 47
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 72
Game fish 124, 125, 126, 127
Clerk of Court to issue marriage license 132
Highway Commission for 165
Tax levy for ordinary county purposes 243
Portion of annexed to Charleston county 327
County Commissioners and Supervisor authorized to aid in
building bridge across Edisto River at Parker's Ferry. 349
Supervisor and County Commissioners of authorized to adver-
tise and sell poorhouse and farm 353
Office of County Commissioner in declared vacant 332
Number of trustees for Cottageville and Hendersonville
School Districts increased 413
COLONIAL COMMON—
City of Charleston authorized to sell 316
COLUMBIA—
Abutting property in may be assessed for street and sidewalk
improvement 23, 225
Permitted to erect jail 46
Empowered to execute mortgage of certain property now used
by Agricultural and Mechanical Society 384
Authorized to remove certain mains, etc., from across Colum-
bia Canal 446
Governor requested to investigate advisability of completing
Columbia Canal, etc 448
COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE AND INDUS-
TRIES—
Charged with enforcement of child labor law 31
Appropriations for office of 270
To have custody of certain State exhibit property 380
COMMON CARRIERS—
Special Constables and officers provided for 157
Liability of not limited by tort or trespass of Constables, etc. . 158
Railroads required to install certain safety devices 159
Provision for distribution of certain fines collected from by
R. R. Commission 158
COMMUTATION TAX—
For Pickens county 170
For Lancaster county 171
For Berkeley county 175
For Georgetown county 178
For Calhoun county 180
Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions. 36
COMMUTATION TAX-^ ontinued, page
For Richland county 181
Abbeville county exempt from 181
For Barnwell county 183
Time for payment in Chesterfield county 184
For Williamsburg county. ^ 186
For Saluda county 187
For Edgefield county 188
For Laurens county • 191
For Bamberg, Kershaw and Hampton counties 192
COMPTROLLER GENERAL—
To issue warrant for Hospital for Insane, etc 121
Appropriations for office 265
CONFEDERATE—
Infirmary for soldiers 156
Term of office of commission to manage home 157
Pension for deceased soldier or widow 158
City Council of Spartanburg authorized to ,make appropria-
tion for monument 387
CONFEDERATE INFIRMARY—
Act creating amended 156
Term of office of commission .'. 157
Appropriation for 276
CONSTITUTION—
Sec. 7, Art. VIII, amendment ratified relating to municipal
bonded indebtedness 9, 12, 13, 15
Sec. 6, Art. X, amendment ratified relating to bonded indebt-
edness of counties and townships 11
Sec. 28. Art. I, provisions thereof made effective 25
Sec. 12, Art. V, amended ! 117
Sec. 2, Art. V, amended 119
Sec. 14 added to Art. X 225
CONTRACT—
Any clause void if not in conformity to statute of limitation
in such cases 130, 131
Simple contract creditors 137
Contract of sale of personal property must be recorded to hold
against creditors 138
CONVICTS—
House of correction for females 146
To work on public work of counties 169
CORPORATIONS—
Required to pay discharged laborers up to date of discharge . . 39
To be penalized for failure to pay discharged laborers 39
Method of procedure provided for in cases where corporations
violate criminal laws 39, 41
Required to issue new certificates of stock 42
36 Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions.
CORPORATIONS— Con/tnu^rf. fagb
Steamboat corporations to give notice of change of schedule
on certain line 150
Corporate existence Augusta & Columbia Railway Co 160, 164
Certain corporations liable for fines 158
Holston Corporation authorized to erect coal piers, etc 320
cotton-
No license required to buy or sell in bales 28
No license required to sell seed of 28
Traffic of seed and unpacked lint cotton regulated in certain
counties 27
Misdemeanor to violate provisions of law as to traffic in seed
cotton 27
Act of 1910 regulating traffic in 28
Law governing purchase, sale, weighing, platforms, etc.,
amended 31
Weigher to be elected i 32
To be brought to platform for sale 33
Weigher to render monthly statement 34
COTTON WEIGHERS—
To be elected 32
To render monthly statement 34
Compensation 34, 38
Certain counties exempt from law requiring public cotton
weighers 36
Town of Liberty exempt from law as to 36
Township of Anderson exempt from law as to 36
Term of office in Edgefield county 36
Term of office in Greenwood county 36
Provisions of law as to hot applicable in certain counties 37
When to be elected 37
Two to be provided for at Bishopville, Lee county 38
To be elected in Bamberg county 38
To be provided at Ridgesprings 320
COURTS—
Civil and Criminal for Charleston county 16
Time of Charleston County Court 21
Of General Sessions to have cognizance of certain cases
against corporations 41
Time for holding in York county 64
Pay of jurors of Circuit Courts 86
Clerk of General Sessions required to enter upon calendar
race of indicted person, etc 86
Time of holding in Second Circuit 87
Tme of holding in First Circuit 88
January term abolished in Calhoun county 88
Summer term of Common Pleas provided in Fourth Circuit. . . 89
Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions. 37
COURTS— Continued, page
The Supreme Court 89, 90
Associate Justices of Supreme 117, 119
To sit en banc 118
Appeal from Magistrate's Courts 140
Deck Court for naval militia 148
Of Seventh Circuit 357
Expenses of Boyd-Brock court of inquiry to be paid 431
The question of a house for to be submitted to electors of
Greenville county * 434
COURTHOUSE—
Electors of Greenville county to vote on question of erecting 434
COUNTIES—
New counties to pay election expenses incident to formation 43
Alteration of lines to be paid for by transferred territory 43
Law regulating formation of 43, 44
Compensation and salary of officers in 46, 52
Certain ones may borrow money 53
Apportionment of representation among 68
Officers of to be paid extra for drainage work 112
Bond of County Commissioners in 137
Counties exempt from pool and billiard license law 141
Lines of Williamsburg and Florence altered 322
Lines of Colleton and Charleston altered 327
Exempt from certain provisions in chattel mortgage registry
law, etc 155
Petitioners of new county to pay cost of formation 155
Money to be deposited to defray cost of formation 155
To work cdnvicts on public works 169
Treasurers of authorized to borrow increased amounts from
sinking fund 223
Tax levy for 231, 263
COUNTY COMMISSIONER—
Office of abolished in Dillon county 59
Law with reference to in Aiken county amended 61
Bond required of 137
Office of in Colleton county declared vacant 332
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS—
Increased in Florence county 63
Board of in Laurens county empowered to adjust certain rail-
road bonded indebtedness in Sullivan township 333
Of Cherokee county enabled to borrow money to pay past
indebtedness 343
Of York county may sell bonds to refund debt in certain
townships .' ....:. 346
Of Colleton, Charleston and Dorchester counties may build
bridge across Edisto River at Parker's Ferry 349
38 Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions.
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS—Con^fMtt^rf. pagb
Of Lancaster county may borrow money 350
Election of in Bamberg county provided 361
Of York county to sell poor farm, purchase new site, erect
buildings, etc 435
Of Lancaster county to have certain offices examined 451
COUNTY GOVERNMENT—
For Dillon county 59
For Aiken county * 61
For Spartanburg county 65
COUNTY SUPERVISOR—
Office of Abolished in Dillon county 59
Law with reference in Aiken county amended 61
Term of office in Darlington and Dorchester counties made
four years 62
Salary of in Richland county to be pai'd monthly 65
COVIL, R. M —
Certain lands to be sold to and titles vested in 389
CREDITORS—
Interest in personal property void unless in writing and
recorded 138
DILLON COUNTY— D
Compensation and salary of officers 47
Officers of Commissioner and Supervisor abolished 59
System of county government established in 59, 61
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables . . . . » 74
Master provided for • 85
Summer term Common Pleas Court 89
Voting precincts created in 117
Exempt from operation of pool and billiard law 141
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 244
Authorized to issue bonds for permanent road and highway
improvement 393
Certain school districts in may charge matriculation fee 413
C. G. Bruce be paid certain deficit in salary as Auditor of Dil-
lon county 438
DISPENSARY—
Law relating to amended 91
Profits of to be divided in Georgetown county 358
DONALDS, TOWN OF—
Election of Intendant and Wardens validated 359
DORCHESTER COUNTY—
Compensation and salary of officers 48
Term of office of County Supervisor made four years 62
Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions. 39
DORCHESTER COUNTY— Co»/tn«ed. faob
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 73
Time of holding Court in 88
Days County Board of Education may draw pay tn 116
Game fish 124, 125, 127
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 244
Supervisor and County Commissioners of authorized to aid
in building bridge across Edisto River at Parker's Ferry 349
DRAINAGE—
Law as to 92, 113
Counties exempt from law 92
Board of Reviewers 93
Board of Drainage Commissioners 101, 113
Law of Charleston not repealed by General Act 113
Tax may be levied for 107
DAM ACROSS SAVANNAH RIVER—
Maintenance of, etc. . . ., 381
Action pending in Supreme Court relating thereto 381
DARLINGTON, CITY OF—
Exempt from certain limitations as^ to bonded indebtedness. . . 10
DARLINGTON COUNTY—
Compensation and salary of officers 47
Term of office of County Supervisor and Superintendent of
Education made four years 62
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 72
Summer term of Common Pleas Court 89
Game fish law, etc 127
Clerk of Court issue marriage license 132
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 243
DENTISTRY—
License to practice . ., 130
Examination for 130
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COMMERCE AND
INDUSTRIES—
Appropriations for office of 270
Commissioner in charge to enforce child labor law 31
EDGEFIELD COUNTY— E
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc.. Magistrates and Constables 74
Exempt from provisions drainage law 92
Voting precincts created in 117
Destruction of fox prohibited 129
Commutation tax for 165, 188
40 Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions.
EDGEFIELD COUNTY— Continued. pao»
Roads to be improved in 188, 190
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 245
Treasurer of authorized to borrow $13,500 from sinking fund 355
Teachers of to be paid 355
EDGEFIELD, TOWN OF—
Exempt from limitations certain constitutional amendment. 12, 13
EDUCATION—
Scholarships for 113
State Board of to award scholarships '. 1 13
County Board members to be paid certain number days in
Greenville and Orangeburg counties 115
Duty of County Boards of 116
Deaf, Dumb and Blind, appropriation made for 274
Appropriations for certain purposes of 275
. EJECTMENT PROCEEDINGS—
Appeals therein , 134
ELECTION— p
Of Intendant and Wardens town of Donalds validated 359
On issuing bonds School District 18, Lexington county, val-
idated 359
On issuing of bonds by tow^n of Mullins validated 359
Provision for for school trustees in District No. 18, Lexing-
ton county 360
Of County Commissioners in Bamberg county provided for.. 361
Bond election District No. 15, Lexington county, validated.. 361
Of five trustees provided in Calhoun county, District 14 362
Provision for in Salley Graded School District 407
In Estill School District, Hampton county, on question of
bonds 415
To be held in Yorkville School District, York county, on
bonds :. 417
To be held in School District of city of Greenville on bond :
issue 421
Held in town of Greer validated 427
ELECTIONS—
Appropriations for 277
EMPLOYEES—
Children prohibited under certain age 29
Female prohibited from working in mercantile establishment
over certain number of hours 142
Seats for females in mercantile establishments 151
ENGROSSING DEPARTMENT—
Appropriations for 280
ENTOMOLOGY—
State Board of to conduct certain examinations 444
State Entomologist 444
•
Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions. 41
EXAMINATION OF BANKS— paok
By whom made 6
How often required to be examined 6
Of branch banks 6
EVIDENCE—
Prima facie where liquor seller pays U. S. special tax 91
Marriage license sufficient in Court 133
Law of other States and territory to be admitted in Courts as
presumptive evidence 146
EXPENSES OF BOTH HOUSES—
Appropriation for 280
EXPERIMENTAL STATIONS—
For farm demonstration 3
Location of 4
EXPRESS COMPANIES—
Provision for distribution of fines collected by R. R. Commis-
sion 158
FACTORIES— F
Children under certain age not to be employed in 29
FAIRFIELD COUNTY—
Representation in Legislature 68
Exempt from provisions drainage law 92
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 246
FARM DEMONSTRATION WORK—
Experimental stations to be established for purpose 3
Where to be conducted 4
FEMALE—
Convicts to have houses of correction provided 146
Seats required for employees in mercantile establishments... 151
FERTILIZERS—
To be analyzed by Clemson College without requiring name
of manufacturer, etc 121
FIREMEN—
To have free transportation 25
FIRST CIRCUIT—
Time of holding Court in 88
FISHERIES—
State Board of required to have Savannah River patroled 451
FLORENCE COUNTY—
Compensation and salary of officers 49
Representation in Legislature 68
Increase in Board of County Commissioners 62
Salary, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 74
Rural police * for 209
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 248
Portion of Williamsburg county annexed to 322
42 Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions.
FORT MILLr- PAo«
School District known as 219
FOURTH CIRCUIT—
Summer term of Common Pleas Court in 89
FUNDS—
Disposition of bank fees 6
GAME— G
Birds and animals 122
Amendment to Act to protect game ' 122
Provision for close season 123
Certain counties included in law for protection of fox 124, 128
Law as to fox 124, 128, 129
Law as to lish 124, 127
Game fish protected in certain counties 124, 125, 126, 127
Appropriations for chief warden of 268
GAME WARDEN—
Appropriations for office of Chief 268
GAS—
Theft of prohibited 148
Contract for, etc 149
GEOLOGIST—
Appropriations for office of State 270
GEORGETOWN COUNTY—
Exempt from the provisions of the law providing for public
cotton weighers 36
Compensation and salary of officers 50
May barrow money 53
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 75
Clerk of Court to issue marriage license 132
Tax required for roads in 178
Commutation tax for roads 178
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 248
Profits of dispensaries to be divided in 358
Time of payment of tax for roads in extended 392
C. G. Barr authorized to practice law 433
Live stock tax to be abated in certain townships 439
GOVERNOR—
Acts not approved by 1
To appoint Bank Examiner 5
To appoint Notaries Public 139
Installation of; day fixed for 142
Appropriations for office 264
With assistance of Comptroller General and State Treasurer
to edit reports of officers, etc 447
Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions. . 43
GOVERNOR— Conh'nii^rf. paob
To investigate advisability of completing Columbia Canal 448
With Senators and Representatives in Congress to furnish
General Assembly with information concerning public
lands of U. S. for school purposes 449
GREENVILLE, CITY OF—
Abutting property may be assessed for street and sidewalk
improvement 23, 225
Greenville Gas Light Co. incorporated, etc 364
To hold an election in school district on bond issue 421
GREENVILLE COUNTY—
Compensation and salary of officers 50
May borrow money 53
Representation in Legislature 68
Exempt from provisions drainage law 92
Law as to pay of Board of Education amended 115
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 249
Board of Commissioners may borrow from sinking fund 338
Provisions to retire bonds of at maturity 338
Certain lands in to be sold to R. M. Covil 389
Appropriation provided for cross country roads in 391
Trustees of School District 'in City of Greenville authorzed
to hold election on bonds 421
Annual tax to be levied in Dunklin and Oaklawn townships
to pay interest on bonds 426
Mrs. H. D. Wilkins to be refunded certain overpaid taxes 431
The question of erecting a new courthouse to be submitted to
electors of county 434
GREENVILLE GAS LIGHT AND POWER CO.—
Incorporation of, etc 364
GREENWOOD COUNTY—
•
Compensation and salary of officers 50
Representation in Legislature 68
Salary of Magistrates and Constables 75
Exempt from provisions drainage law 92
Rural police for 194
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 250
Supervisor of to co-operate in rebuilding Raisar's bridge
across Saluda River 428
T. W. McMillan to be paid certain sum for conveying prisoner
from Texas t 436
GREENWOOD, TOWN OF—
Town Council of authorized to subscribe certain sum to Pied-
mont Syndicate, etc 387
GREENWOOD & SALUDA RAILROAD COMPANY—
Incorporation of, etc 372
44 Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions.
GREER, TOWN OF— p.wk
Election held in validated 427
GUNTER, KATIE—
To have scholarship in Winthrop College 428
HAMPTON COUNTY— H
Authorized to borrow money 53
Representation in Legislature 68
Salary, etc., Magistrates and Constables 77
Courts to be held in 87
Days County Board of Education may draw pay in 116
Commutation road tax for 192
County Commissioners to raise road fund 191
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 251
Townships of to issue bonds for improvement of roads and
bridges 398
Estill School District to hold bond election 415
S. J. Fitts to be paid certain claim 432
HEALTH—
Drainage of swamps to promote r 92
Appropriations for Department of 272
State Board of required to investigate sanitary conditions in
State Penitentiary 445
HIGHWAYS—
Commission for in Colleton county 165
Provision for improvement of in Fairfield county 168
Commutation tax for Pickens county 170
Commutation tax for Berkeley county 175
Tax for in Georgetown county 178
Tax for in Calhoun county 180
Tax for in Richland county 181
Tax required for in Barnwell county 183
From Summerville to Charleston to be worked by Drainage
Commission, etc 318
Commission to take charge of road building, etc., for Marion
county 342
HISTORICAL COMMISSION-r-
Appropriation for 277
HORRY COUNTY—
Exempt from provisions of law providing for public cotton
weighers 36
Compensation and salary of officers 50
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., Magistrates and Constables TJ
Clerk of Court to issue license in 132
Tax leyy for ordinary purposes 251
Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions. 45
HOTEL- ,^oB
Keepers of protected 150
HOUSES OF CORRECTION—
For female convicts 14^
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—
Apportionment of representation in among the several counties 68
Appropria.tions for 279
INCORPORATE— I
Pacolet Power Company, etc 362
Newberry Cotton Mills 363
Greenville Gas Light Company 364
Oak Grove School, Bamberg county . . . , 365
Palmetto Power Company 366
Ashley River Water Front Corporation 366
Anderson College 370
Greenwood and Saluda Railroad 372
Piedmont & Northern Railway Company 373
Mechanics Building & Loan Association of Spartanburg 379
INSANE (STATE HOSPITAL FOR)—
Manner provided for treasurer of to draw money 121
Appropriations for 275
Commission for, etc 441
Buildings to be erected for 441
INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION OF DEAF, DUMB AND
BLIND—
Appropriations for 274
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER—
Appropriations for office 265
JUDGE— J
Ernest Moore to be paid for service as 434
JUDGES—
Of Supreme Court 117, 119
Concurrence of three necessary for a reversal of judgment
below 117
Must be odd number 118
Appropriation for pay of 271
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT—
Appropriations for 271
JURORS—
Pay of fixed for Circuit Courts 86
JURY—
Of Charleston County Court 17, 20
Jury box Charleston County Court 18, 19
46 Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions.
JONESVILLE— PAOK
Election of school trustees of district validated 222
KERSHAW COUNTY— K
Exempt from provisions of law providing for public cotton
weighers 36
Representation in Legislature 68
Commutation road tax for 192
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 252
County Commissioners to pay R. D. Williams certain claim.. 432
LABOR— L
Hours of for women 142
Child law 29
LANCASTER COUNTY—
Exempt from provisions of the law providing for 36, 37
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., Magistrates and Constables 71
Provisions for working roads in ; tax levied 171
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 252
Publication of legal advertisements in regelated 335
Board of Commissioners authorized to borrow money, etc 350
Boundary lines of certain school districts changed 411
County Commissioners authorized to employ accountant to
examine certain offices upon request of legislative dele-
gation 451
LAURENS, CITY OF—
Empowered to borrow money to pay past indebtedness 386
LAURENS COUNTY—
Exempt from provisions of law relative to cotton weighers ... 36
Compensation and salary of officers 51
Certain fees allowed Sheriff in 63
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., Magistrates and Constables 78
Exempt from provisions drainage law 92
Commutation tax for roads in 191
To increase number rural police for 198
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 253
Bonded indebtedness of railroad for Sullivan township, etc.. . 333
To borrow money to complete courthouse 337
Supervisor of to co-operate in rebuilding bridge across Saluda
River, known as Raisar's bridge 428
Supervisor of required to pay T. J. Duckett certain claim 435
Certain claim to be paid by the Supervisor to Sheriff John
D. Owings 442
LAW—
C. G. Barr may practice 433
Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions. 47
laws— paob
General and permanent 3-230
Temporary and local 230-442
Violation of Criminal, method of procedure in cases of cor-
porations 39-41
Introduction of from other States in Courts as evidence 146
LEE COUNTY—
Traffic of seed cotton regulated therein 26
Town of Bishopville in to have two cotton weighers 38
Compensation and salary of officers 51
Included in list of counties authorized to borrow money 53
Representation in Legislature 68
Exempt from provisions drainage law 92
Destruction of fox prohibited 129
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 253
Treasurer of required to transfer "jail funds" to ordinary
county funds 430
Superintendent of Education of to pay W. McD. Green and
E. Alexander certain claim 438
LEGAI^
Certain probate notices and citations dispensed with 135
First Mondays made legal days for sales, etc 138
Holidays 138
Publication of advertisements, etc., regulated in Lancaster
county 335
LEXINGTON COUNTY—
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., Magistrates and Constables 78
Exempt from provisions drainage law 92
Board of County Commissioners to remain same 137
Road inspectors provided 185
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 253
Lexington county may borrow from Sinking Fund Commission 339
Supervisor of to pay one-third cost of bridge across Congaree
River 341
An election on bonds in School District No. 18 declared valid 359
Provision for election of trustees in District No. 18 360
An election on bonds in School District No. 15 declared valid 361
Trustees of School District No. 15 authorized to hold an elec-
tion on bonds 424
LIBERTY—
Town of exempt from provisions of law providing for public
cotton weighers 36
LIBRARIAN—
Appropriation for office of State 268
48 Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions.
LICENSE— PAOK
Required to contract matrimony 131
Form of for marriage 132
For marriage to be issued by whom .131, 132
Of marriage sufficient evidence 135
Required to operate pool and billiard tables not in incorpo-
rated city or town 141
LIQUOR—
Law in reference to amended 91
Payment of special U. S. tax to sell same prima facie evidence 91
LIVE STOCK—
Tax on in certain townships Georgetown county to be abated 439
MAGISTRATES— M
Judicial Court for Charleston county abolished 16-22
Ministerial Magistrates 17
Judicial Magistrate becomes Judge 17
Courts of and appeal from 140
MANNING, TOWN OF—
Abutting property may be assessed for street and sidewalk
improvement 23, 225
MARION COUNTY—
Representation in Legfislature '.. 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 7S
Rural police for 198
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 254
Supervisor of to turn over to Road and Highway Commis-
sion chain gang, road machinery, etc 342
MARLBORO COUNTY—
Compensation and salary of officers 51
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., Magfistrates and Constables 78
Exempt from provision drainage law 92
Game fish law, etc 127
Rural police for 204
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 255
MARRIAGE—
License required for 131-133
Form of license for 132
Who may perform ceremony 133
License of sufficient evidence 133
MASTER—
For Chesterfield county 84
Special referees for Saluda county to have same power 85
Salary of fixed in Union county 85
Provided for Dillon county 85
Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions. 49
MATRICULATION— ' pao5
North High and Graded School authorized to charge fee 407
Certain school districts in Dillon county authorized to charge
fee. 413
MECHANICS BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF
SPARTANBURG—
Incorporation of, etc 379
MEDICAL EXAMINERS—
Appropriations for Board of 272
MENTAL ANGUISH—
Telegraph and telephone companies liable for 226
MERCANTILE—
Establishments prohibited from working women over certain
number of hours 142
Seats required for female employees in establishments 151
MERGER SUIT—
Attorney General directed to end suit 430, 444
MILITIA—
When on duty subject to same rules, etc., as U. S. troops 146
Officers of 148
MISCELLANEOUS—
Appropriations under caption of 278
MORTGAGE—
Of crops, etc 152
Purchase money, etc 1 53
Chattel mortgages of crops, etc 154
Counties excepted from certain provisions of law as to chattel
mortgages, etc 155
Record to be made of chattel mortgages of crops 154
Record required to be made of cancellation of real estate and
chattel mortgages, etc 164
City of Columbia to execute of property used by Agricultural
and Mechanical Society 384
Record of to real estate in Abbeville county to be rendered
along with record of deeds 385
MULLINS, TOWN OF—
Election on bonds validated 359
MUNICIPALITIES—
Bonded debt of 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15
Towns excepted 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
Corporate limits extended , 22
Form of government for » . .24-25
37— A
60 Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions.
NATIONAL GUARD— N fams
Council provided 147
Duties of council, etc 147
Officers of 148
NEW COUNTIES—
To bear election expenses incident to formation 43
Formation of, law as to 43, 44
Petitioners to pay cost thereof 155
Money to be deposited to defray cost of formation 155
NEWBERRY COTTON MILLS—
Incorporation of, etc 363
NEWBERRY COUNTY—
Exempt from provisions of law providing for public weighers 36
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 79
Exempt from provisions drainage law 92
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 255
Supervisor of to help establish and maintain a free ferry
across Saluda River 340
Authorized to borrow funds to pay certain railroad bonds of
Stoney Battery township, etc 351
Authorized to borrow funds to pay certain railroad bonds of
Newberry township, etc 354
Newberry cotton mills incorporated, etc 363
Act relating to School District No. 14 409
Newberry School District 410
Authorized to borrow funds to pay certain railroad bonds of
Newberry township 344
Authorized to borrow funds to pay certain railroad bonds of
Mendenhall township 345
School District No. 52 in 414
NOTARY PUBLIC—
Governor to appoint 139
Office of, commission, power, duties, etc 139
OCONEE COUNTY— O
Exempt from provisions of law providing for public cotton
weighers 36
County government provided for 56-59
Township Commissioners in 56
Representation in Legfislature 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 79
Exempt from provisions drainage law 92
Clerk of Court to issue marriage license in 132
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 256
Index to Acts anp Joint Resolutions. 51
OFFICERS— PAOK
To make concise reports, etc 446
ORANGEBURG COUNTY—
Compensation and salary of officers 51
Certain fees allowed SheriflF in 63
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 80
Time of holding Court in 88
Law as to pay of Board of Education amended 115
Game law, etc % 128-129
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 257
North High and Graded School* District authorized to charge
matriculation fee 407
P
PACOLET POWER COMPANY—
Incorporation of, etc 362
PALMETTO POWER COMPANY—
Incorporation of, etc 366
PENSIONS—
One annual pension for benefit of deceased pensioner 157
Appropriations for "* 276
PENITENTIARY—
Appropriations for 276
State Board of Health required to investigate sanitary con-
ditions •. . 445
PICKENS COUNTY—
Compensation and salary of officers 51
May borrow money 53
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 82
Exempt from provisions drainage law 92
Bond of County Commissioners remain same « 137
Commutation road tax fixed 170
Rural police for 193
Board of Registration for 228
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 258
Authorized to borrow money 353
PIEDMONT & NORTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY—
Incorporation of 373
PIEDMONT SYNDICATE—
Town Council of Greenwood authorized to subscribe to cap-
ital stock of, etc » 387
PLOWDEN, HANNAH—
To have scholarship in Winthrop College 428
POLICEMEN—
To have free transportation 25
52 IKdex to Acts and Joint Resolutions.
POOL AND BILLIARDS— ^ paois
License required to operate same outside cities and towns. .. . 141
PROBATE judge-
To issue marriage license in certain counties 131
To keep record of marriages 133
Not required to publish certain notices 134
To investigate case of abandoned children 136
PROHIBITION LAW—
To be enforced in Willianisbijrg county 350
PROPERTY—
Abutting streets assessed in Columbia, Greenville and Man-
ing for sidewalk and street improvement 23, 227
State exhibit to be in custody of Commissioner of Agriculture
as property to be held for State 380
PUBLIC BUILDINGS—
Appropriations for • 268
RACE— R
Of person indicted required to be entered upon calendar 86
RAILROADS—
Special officers and Constables to be appointed for protec-
tion of 1 57
Liability not limited by tq£t or trespass of Constable 158
Provision for distribution of certain fines collected by R. R.
Commission 158
Required to use safety devices installed by direction of R. R.
Commission 159
Charter of Augusta & Columbia Co. amended 160
Townships in Greenwood and Saluda counties to issue bonds
in aid of, etc 305
Town of Saluda to issue bonds in aid of, etc 302
Hartsville to issue bonds in aid of 295
Greenwood & Saluda Company incorporated 372
Piedmont & Northern Company incorporated 373
Bonded indebtedness of in Sullivan township, Laurens
county, to be adjusted 333
Bonds issued for in certain townships in York county to be
paid 346
Bonds issued for in certain townships in Newberry county to
be paid 344,345,351, 354
Bonds to be issued in aid of by Dillon 309
RAILROAD COMMISSION—
Provision for distribution of fines collected by 158
Safety devices to be installed under direction of 159
Penalty for failure of R. R. to obey 159
Appropriations for office of 267
Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions. 63
RAISAR'S BRIDGE— page
To be rebuilt across Saluda River 428
REAL ESTATE—
Record of cancellation of mortgages of required 164
Granted to» Charleston by the State 315
Mortgage and deed records of in Abbeville county to be
reindexed .' 385
Certain lands to be sold to and titles vested in R. M. Covil.. . 389
RECAPITULATION—
Of items of Appropriation Act 281
RECORDERS—
In towns of less than five thousand inhabitants 22
REFEREES—
Given power of Master in Saluda county 85
REGISTER OF MESNE CONVEYANCE—
To charge fee for registering chattel mortgages of crops 155
REGISTRATION—
Board of for Pickens county 228
REPEAL^ .
Act of 1886 creating school district of that portion of Barn-
well county lying within the corporate limits of the
town of Allendale 404
Acts relating to School Districts 48 and 68 in Aiken county
repealed 413
REPRESENTATION—
Appropriation of amt>ng several counties According to 1910
census 68
RESCUE ORPHANAGE—
Location of 136
Destitute and abandoned children to be entrusted to 136
RESOLUTIONS—
Joint of 1911 427-442
1910, 26 Stats., 1046, proposing amendment to Constitution
ratified 9
1910, 26 Stats., 1054, proposing amendment to Constitution
ratified v 15
1910, 26 Stats., 1064 relating to Associate Justices 117, 119
Concurrent 443-452
RICHLAND COUNTY—
Exempt from provisions of law providing for public cotton
weighers 36
To permit city of Columbia to erect jail 46
Compensation and salary of officers 51
May borrow money 53
64 Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions.
RICHLAND COUNTY— Cc;«/inu^rf. paob
Salary of Supervisor to be paid monthly i 65
Representation in Legislature 68
Destruction of fox prohibited 129
Commutation tax for 181
Claims of rural police to be verified by County Board of Com-
missioners 208
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 258
Supervisor of Lexington county authorized to pay for one-
third cost of bridge between Lexington and Richland. . . 341
RIDGE SPRINGS—
Public cotton weigher for 320
ROADS—
Commutation tax for in Edgefield county 165
Commission for in Colleton county 165
Supervisor and Engineer of provided for Fairfield county 168
Provision for work of convicts on, etc 169
Commutation tax for Pickens county 170
Provison for working in Lancaster county 171
Tax for in Berkeley county 175
Tax for in Georgetown county ^ 178
Extending time of payment commutation tax in Calhoun
county 180
Tax for in Richland county 181
County of Abbeville exempt from law 181
Commutation tax for in Barnwell county 183
Time of payment of tax fixed in Chesterfield county 184
To be inspected in Lexington county 185
Commutation tax for Williamsburg county 186
Commutation tax for Saluda county 187
Provision for improvement in Edgefield county 188
Tax for in Calhoun county 180
Commissioners of Hampton county to raise funds for roads
and bridges 191
Tax provided in Laurens county 191
Tax provided for in Bamberg, Kershaw and Hampton counties 192
Drainage Commission to work highway from Summerville to
Charleston 318
Commission of Marion county to have charge of work,
etc., on 342
Appropriation made for cross country in Greenville county.. 391
Time of payment of tax for in Georgetown county extended.. 392
Bonds to be issued for improvement of in Dillon county 393
Of York county law amended with reference to; streams to be
cleaned and roads built through incorporated towns... 400
Time extended for payment of commutation tax for in Berke-
ley county 427
Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions. i65
ROCK HILL— PAOB
Levy of school tax increased in district 404
RURAL POLICEMEI^—
Duty to enforce law regulating purchase, sale, weighing of
cotton in certain counties, etc .• 34
For Pickens county 193
For Greenwood county 194-197
For Marion county .» . . 198-201
For Barnwell county 201-204
For Marlboro county 204-206
RURAL POLICE—
Salary of increased for Schultz township, Aiken county 207
Claims of to be audited by County Board of Commissioners
for Richland county 208
For Florence county 209-212
For Abbeville county 212-214
System extended in Charleston county 215-219
SALLEY, TOWN OF— S
Election provided for in Graded School District 407
SALUDA COUNTY—
Not subject to certain constitutional limitations 11
Exempt from provisions of the law providing for public cot-
ton weighers ; 36
Representation in Legislature 68
Special referees to have powers of Master 85
Exempt from provisions drainage law 92
Tax for roads 187
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 259
Funds to be loaned to by sinking fund 334
Supervisor of to help establish and maintain ferry across
Saluda River 340
Superintendent of Education required to pay Mrs. J. S. Crouch
certain claim 437
SCHEPER, H. E.—
Authorized to build a dock over land below low water in
Beaufort River 437
SCHOLARSHIPS—
For higher education 113
Vacancies filled 1 14
Provided for Hannah Plowden and Katie Gunter 428
Provided for Jerry H. Moore and Archie T. Odom 436
SCHOOI^
Special District in York county known as Fort Mill 219
Yorkville District to increase tax levy 220
Trustees of Jonesville District, Union county, election of
validated 222
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SCHOOI^-Con/i«u^£/. tjmm
Tax levy for purposes 231-263
South Carolina Industrial, appropriations for 277
Election on bonds for District No. 18, Lexington county,
validated 359
Provision for election of trustees for District No. 18, Lex-
ington county 360
Election on bonds District No. 15, Lexington county, validated 361
. Provision for election of trustees in District No. 14, Calhoun
county 362
Oak Grove, Bamberg county, incorporated 365
District in Barnwell county in the corporate limits of town
of Allendale 404
Act with reference to Rock Hill School District amended, etc.,
by increasing levy 404
Certain funds to be applied to schools in town of Winnsboro 406
Of North (District of) authorized to charge matriculation fee 407
Election provided for in Salley Graded School District 407
District No. 14 in Newberry county 409
Newberry School District 410
Certain districts in Lancaster county altered, etc 411
Act relating to Districts 48 and 68 repealed 413
Cottageville and Hendersonville Districts in Colleton county
to increase number of trustees 413
Certain districts in Dillon county atuhorized to ctiarge matric-
ulation fee • 413
District 52 in Newberry county 414
Trustees of Estill Echool District, Hampton county, author-
ized to hold bond election 415
Estill District to hold bond election 415
Yorkville District, York county, to hold election on bonds.. 417
Bonds to be issued for building in Chesne School District... 419
Greenville District to hold an election on bonds 421
District in city of Spartanburg to issue bonds for additional
building 422
Trustees of District 15, of Lexington county, authorized to
hold election on bond issue 424
Trustees of Cedar Hill District, Union County, authorized to
borrow certain sum 429
SEABROOK, MARION W.—
Permitted to apply for admission to the bar 391
SEALED SENTENCE—
Clerk of Court required to open and publish 135
Acts of 1910 relating thereto repealed 135
SECOND CIRCUIT—
Time for holding Court in 87
SECRETARY OF STATE—
Appropriations for office •.*.-.... 264
Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions. 57
SENATE— PAGE
Appropriations for 278
SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES—
Urged to support reciprocity agreement with Canada 450
U. S. Senators to be elected by direct vote of people 450
Requested to support bill to regulate interstate shipment of
liquor 451
Requested to furnish General Assembly information about
public lands for school purposes 449
Requested to secure legislation to equalize thirteen original
States in public land matter 449
Urged to favor adjustment certain differences between U.
S. and Germany respecting duties on potash salts 449
SHERIFF—
To enforce law regulating purchase, sale, weighing, etc., cotton 34
Fees fixed for dieting prisoners in certain counties 63
Contingent fund to enforce law in Williamsburg county 350
T. W. McMillan, of Greenwood, to be paid certain claim for
conveying prisoner from Texas 436
John D. Owings, of Laurens county, to be paid certain claim. . 442
SEVENTH CIRCUIT—
Time of holding Courts 357
SHORES AND WHARVES—
Owners of to have tolls for use pf 25
SINKING FUND COMMISSION—
To lend increased amount of money to County Treasurers
and others upon securities 223
To loan to Saluda county 334
May loan to Laurens county to complete courthouse 337
May loan to Board of Commissioners for Greenville county.. 338
May loan to Lexington county 339
Of Cherokee county may borrow money to pay railroad bonds 340
Authorized to lend money to Pickens county 352
May make loan to Edgefield county 355
SOUTH CAROLINA INDUSTRIAL SCHOOI^
Appropriations for . . ., : 276
Sl'ARTANBURG, CITY OF—
Mechanics Building & Loan Association of incorporated, etc.. 379
City Council authorized to make appropriation for Confeder-
ate monument 387
School district to issue bonds for additional building 422
SPARTANBURG COUNTY-.
Exempt from provisions of law providing for public cotton
weighers 36
Compensation and salary of officers 52
Township Commissioners, duties, etc 65
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Board of Commissioners for 65
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables S3
Exempt from provisions drainage law 92
Voting precincts created in 117
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 260
Courts in ; 357
Mechanics Building & Loan Association of incorporated, etc.. 379
Chesnee School District' No. 94 of Spartanburg and Cherokee
counties to issue bonds 419
School district of city of Spartanburg to issue bonds for
, building 422
ST. MATTHEWS—
Exempt from provisions Sec. 2021, Civil Code, relating to
bonded indebtedness 10
May increase bonded debt 10
Exempt from certain limitations of Constitutional amend-
ment 12, 13, 15, 16
Town of authorized to issue bonds for public buildings 313
STATE COLORED INDUSTRIAL AND MECHANICAL COL-
LEGE—
Appropriations for 274
STATE EXHIBIT—
Property known as to be in custody of Commissioner of Agri-
culture 370
STATE BOARD OF FISHERIES—
To have Savannah River patroled, etc 451
STATE GEOLOGIST—
Appropriation for ' 270
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH—
Required to investigate sanitary condition of penitentiary.... 445
STATE HOSPITAL FOR INSANE—
Manner provided for treasurer to draw money. ; 121
Appropriations for 275
Resolution to continue Commission and authorize erection of
buildings, etc .' 441
STATE LIBRARIAN—
Appropriations for office of 268
STATE PENITENTIARY—
Appropriations for 276
STATUTE—
Of limitation effective in case of contracts : 130-131
STEAMBOAT COMPANIES—
On certain line to giye notice of change of schedule — Savan-
nah, Ga., to Bluffton, S. C 150
Index to Acts and Joint Resolutions. ' 59
STOCK— PAOB
Certificates of to be reissued on certain conditions 42
STREETS AND SIDEWALKS—
To be improved, how, in Columbia, Greenville and Manning.. 23
SUMTER COUNTY—
Traffic of seed cotton regulated therein 26
Compensation and salary of officers 52
May borrow money 53
Representation in Legislature 68
' Clerk of Court to issue marriage license in 132
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 261
SUPERINTENDENT OF EDUCATION—
Term of office in Darlington county made four years 62
Salary of in Calhoun county 64
Appropriations for office of State Superintendent 266
SUPERVISOR—
Of roads for Fairfield county 168
May let contract for roads in Lancaster county 174
Of Newberry and Saluda counties to establish and maintain
ferry across Saluda River 340
Of Lexington county to pay one-third cost of bridge across
Congaree River, etc 341
Of Marion county to turn over chain gang, machinery, etc.,
to Highway Commission 342
SUPREME COURT—
Organization of 89, 120
Term of Justices .' 90
Fourth Justice 90
Associate Justice of , 117, 119
Action pending in with regard to dam across Savannah River 381
TAX— T
Commutation for Edgefield county 165
Commutation road fixed in Pickens county 170
For working roads in Lancaster county 171
Commutation in Berkeley county '. 175
Required for roads in Georgetown county. 178
For roads in Calhoun county 180
For roads in Richland county 181
For roads in Barnwell county 183
Time of payment of commutation in Chesterfield county 184
For roads in Williamsburg county 186
For Saluda county 187
For improvement of roads in Edgefield county 188
For roads in Hampton county ; 191
For roads in Laurens county 191
For Bamberg county, Kershaw and Hampton counties 192
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TAX-— Continued. • paok
Special levy for Fort Mill School District 219
Special levy for Yorkville School District 220
Duration of liens for -. 2g9
Liens for expire in ten years 229
Levy of for 1911 230
For county and school purposes , 230
Appropriations for department , ^9^
To be levied to?pay interest on bonds for St. Matthews 313
Levies of to be pledged for loans in Lancaster county 350
For school purposes pledged in Edgefield county ' 355
Time of payment for roads in Georgetown county extended.. 392
Levy for Rock Hill School District increased 404
Annual tax to be levied in Dunklin and Oak Lawn town-
ships, Greenville county, to pay interest on certain - ' '
bonds 426
Special levy of -for bonds Dillon county 311
To be levied to pay interest on bonds issued by town of
Dillon 309
Special levy for bonds town of Hartsville for railroad 295
Appropriation from in Greenville county to retire bonds 338
TAXATION—
Drainage purposes 107
Appropriation for tax department 272
Time extended for payment for roads in Berkeley county.. .. 427
On live stock in certain townships of Georgetown county to
be abated, etc , 439
TAX DEPARTMENT—
Appropriation for 272
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE COMPANIES—
Provision for distribution of fines collected from by R. R.
Commission 158
Liabilities of further defined and extended in mental anguish
cases 226
TENANTS—
Unlawful for them to burn or otherwise destroy property 129
THEFT—
Of gas prohibited 148
TOWNSHIP—
Certain townships in Greenwood county not subject to limi-
tations of constitutional amendment 11
Certain townships in Saluda county not subject to limitations
of constitutional amendment 11
Commissioners of in certain counties 53
Lines to be adjusted in Dillon county. 61
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TOWNSHIP— Cofi/mtt^£/. \ page
Owners of cattle in Bluffton, Yemassee and Coosawhatchie, of
Beaufort county, may pursue same without gun and
dogs 227
Sullivan, in Laurens county, to have certain bonded debt
adjusted 333
Cherokee, Cherokee county, to pay bonds of 340
Annual tax to be levied in Dunklin and Oaklawn, Greenville
county, to pay interest on certain bonas . .> 426
Live stock tax in certain townships in Georgetown county
to be abated, etc 439
Bonds to be sold to refund debt in certain townships in York
county • 346
Funds to be borrowed to pay railroad bonds iusicertain town-
ships in Newberry county 344, 345, 351, 354
In Hampton county to issue bonds to improve roads and
bridges 398
TOWNSHIP COMMISSIONERS— ^
Appointment of, duties, compensation, etc., in Berkeley and
Clarendon counties 53
In Oconee county 56-59
In Spartanburg county ^. .65-68
TREASURER—
Of State to be paid certain fees by Bank Examiner. 6
Of State to pay Bank Examiner 6
Of State to embody report of banks '. 6
Of State to pay money to Hospital for Insane 122
Of counties authorized to borrow larger sums from sinking
fund 223
Appropriations for office of Stite Treasurer 266
Of Union county required to transfer certain left over funds
of 1909 to ordinary county expenses of 191 1 429
Of Lee county authoriztfd to transfer "jail fund" to ordinary
county expenses 430
TRUSTEES—
Election of for Jonesville School District, Union county, vali-
dated 222
Of Chesnee School District to issue bonds for building 419
Authorized to hold bond election in Greenville School District 421
Of School District in city of Spartanburg to issue bonds for
building. . 422
Of School District 15, Lexington county, authorized to hold
election on bonds 424
Of Cottageville and Hendersonville School Districts, Colleton
county, to be increased 413
Of Certain School Districts in Dillon county may charge
matriculation fee 413
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TRUSTEES— Con/mtt<?rf.
Of School District 15, Lexington county, authorized to hold
an electon on bonds '. 424
Of Cedar Hill School District authorized to borrow certain
sum 429
TRUST COMPANIES—
May act as guardians, administrators, trustees, etc 8
UNION COUNTY— U
Compensation and salary of officers 52
Representation in Legislature 68
Salary of Master fixed 85
Exempt from provisions drainage law 92
Destruction of fox prohibited 129
Election of trustees of Jonesville School District validated. .. 222
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 261
Court in 357
Treasurer of required to transfer certain funds of 1909 to ordi-
nary county expenses for 191 1 429
Trustees of Cedar Hill School . District authorized to borrow
certain sum 429
UNIVERSITY OF S: C—
Scholarships for 113
Appropriations for 273
VOTING PRECINCTS— V
Created in Dillon county 117
Created in Edgefield county 117
Created in Spartanburg county 117
WARREN, W. M.— W
Permitted to apply for admission to the bar 391
WILLIAMSBURG COUNTY— *
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 83
Game fish 124, 125, 126, 127
Commutation tax for roads 186
Portion of to be annexed to Florence county and transfer
of records ' 322
Provision to enforce prohibition law in 350
County Commissioner required to pay P. McClure Brocking-
ton certain fees 430
WINNSBORO—
Town Council of authorized to issue new bonds to pay off
bonded indebtedness, etc. 406
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WINTflROP COLLEGE— page
Scholarships for 113
Appropriations for 273
An Industrial Arts and Science Building provided for 412
Hannah Plowden and Katie Gunter to have scholarships in 428
WOMEN—
Hours of labor in mercantile establishments 142
Houses of correction for convicts 146
WRITTEN INSTRUMENTS—
Lodged for record, file to be kept of 152
YORK COUNTY— Y
Kxempt from provisions of law providing for public cotton
weighers 36, 37
Time fixed for holding Courts in 64
Representation in Legislature 68
Salaries, etc., of Magistrates and Constables 83
Exempt from provisions drainage law 92
Destruction of fox prohibited 129
Fort Mill School District established in 219
School District of Yorkville created in 220
Tax levy for ordinary purposes 262
Board of Commissioners authorized to sell bonds to refund
certain sums in several townships in aid of railroad, etc. 346
Law with reference to maintaining and working road in
amended, etc 400
Streams in to be cleaned and roads to be built through incor-
porated towns 400
County Board of Commissioners to sell all or part of poor
farm and purchase new site and erect buildings 435
Yorkville School District to hold bond election 417
YORKVILLE—
Increase in tax levy of School District 224
School District to hold bond election 417
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