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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 Twenty-Eighth Day of
November, A. D. 1893, and was adjourned
without day on the Twenty-Third
Day of December, A. D. 1893.

BENJAMIN R. TILLMAN, Governor. EUGENE B. GARY, Lieutenant-Governor and ex officio President of the Senate. IRA B. JONES, Speaker of the House of Representatives. SAMPSON POPE, Clerk of the Senate. J. WALTER GRAY, Clerk of the House of Representatives.

PART I.

General Laws and Joint Resolutions.

A. D. 1893.

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE FORFEITURE OF THE CHARTER
OF ANY CORPORATION CREATED UNDER THE LAWS OF
THIS STATE WHENEVER SUCH CORPORATION SHALL RE- No. 283.
FUSE, NEGLECT OR OMIT TO PAY THE TAXES AS ASSESSED
AND LEVIED UPON THE PROPERTY OF SUCH CORPORATION
FOR STATE AND COUNTY PURPOSES.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in

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A. D. 1893.

General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That whenever any corporation chartered under the laws of this State shall, Refusal to pay. within thirty days after the time required and permitted by law for taxes to be paid, with or without penalty, as now required by law, refuse, neglect or omit to pay the taxes for State and County purposes, as assessed and levied upon the property of such corpoWorks a for- ration, the charter of such corporation, with all the rights, privileges and franchises thereunder, shall become and be deemed forfeited, and the corporate existence of such corporation shall be annulled.

feiture.

AttorneyGeneral to bring action.

Public Act. When to take effect.

SEC. 2. That in every such case it shall be the duty of the Attorney-General, and he is hereby required, to bring an action against such corporation for the purpose of vacating and annulling the Act incorporating such corporation and all Acts amendatory or in renewal thereof, in the manner prescribed by Title XIII., Chapter II., of the Code of Civil Procedure of this State. SEC. 3. That this Act shall be deemed a public Act, and shall go into effect immediately upon the approval thereof. Approved December 18th, A. D. 1893.

No. 284. AN ACT FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE AIDS TO NAVIGATION

ESTABLISHED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE UNITED STATES
LIGHT HOUSE BOARD WITHIN THE STATE OF SOUTH CARO-
LINA.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That any Acts prohibited. person or persons who shall moor any vessel or vessels of any kind or name whatsoever, or any raft or any part of a raft, to any buoy, beacon or day mark placed in the waters of South Carolina by the authority of the United States Light House Board, or shall in any manner hang on with any vessel or raft, or part of a raft, to any such buoy, beacon or day mark, or shall willfully remove, damage or destroy any beacon or beacons erected on lands in this State by the authority of the said United States Light House Board, or having, through unavoidable accident, run down, dragged from its position, or in any way injured any buoy, beacon or day mark as aforesaid, and shall fail to give notice as soon as practicable of having done so to the Light House Inspec

A. D. 1893.

Penalty and

tor of the district in which said buoy, beacon or day mark may be located, or to the Board of Wardens for the Port of South Carolina, shall, for every such offense, be deemed guilty of a punishment. misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any Court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed two hundred dollars or imprisonment not to exceed three months,

of fine.

or both, at the discretion of the Court; one-third of the fine in Appropriation each case shall be paid to the informer and two-thirds thereof to the Light House Board, to be used in repairing the said buoys or beacons.

vessels.

SEC. 2. It shall be unlawful for any vessel to anchor on the Anchorage of range line of any range lights established by the United States Light House Board in this State, and the master of any vessel so anchoring shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof before any Court of competent jurisdiction shall be punished by a fine not to exceed fifty dollars, one-half Penalty. of the fine in each case to be paid to the informer and one-half

to the State.

SEC. 3. The cost of repairing or replacing any such buoy, bea- Cost of repairs. con or day mark which may have been misplaced, damaged or destroyed by any vessel or raft whatsoever having been made fast to any such buoy, beacon or day mark shall, when the same shall be legally ascertained, be a lien upon such vessel or raft, and may be recovered against said vessel or raft and the owner or owners thereof in an action of debt in any Court of competent jurisdiction in this State.

SEC. 4. This Act shall take effect immediately.
Approved December 18th, A. D. 1893.

To be a lien.

When to take effect.

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT PRIZE FIGHTING WITHIN THE BORDERS No. 285. OF THIS STATE AND TO PUNISH ALL OFFENDERS AND

THEIR SECONDS.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That

from and after the passage of this Act it shall be unlawful for Prohibited. any person or persons to engage in prize fighting, or to be a

second in a prize fight, within the limits of this State.

A. D. 1893.

Punishment.

SEC. 2. That any person violating the provisions of the first Section of this Act shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding one thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding three years, or both fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the Court. Approved December 18th, A. D. 1893.

No. 286. AN ACT TO APPOINT COMMISSIONERS FOR THE PROMOTION OF UNIFORMITY OF LEGISLATION IN THE UNITED STATES.

appoint Board of three.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That Governor to within thirty days after the passage of this Act the Governor shall appoint, by and with the consent of the Senate, three Commissioners who are hereby constituted a Board of Commissioners by the name and style of Commissioners for the Promotion of Uniformity of Legislation in the United Duty of Board. States. It shall be the duty of said Board to examine the subjects of insolvency, the form of notarial certificates and other subjects; to ascertain the best means to effect an assimilation and uniformity in the laws of the States and act with the other States of the Union in the same endeavor in a convention to draft uniform laws to be submitted for the approval and adoption of the several States, and to devise and recommend such measures as shall best accomplish the purpose of this Act. First appoint- That until the Senate meets in 1894 the Governor shall appoint such Commissioners with full power to act, subject, nevertheless, to the consent of the Senate at its next meeting. That such Commissioners shall serve without pay or emolument, and shall continue in office for the period of four years. The Governor, in like manner, shall fill all the vacancies which shall at any time occur in said Board by the death, resignation or withdrawal of any one or more of said Commissioners.

ment.

No compensation. Term.

Vacancies.

Approved December 18th, A. D. 1893.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE MASTER AND REFEREES TO MAKE
AND FILE THEIR REPORTS WITHIN SIXTY DAYS AFTER
ANY ACTION SHALL BE FINALLY SUBMITTED TO THEM.

A. D. 1893.

No. 287.

ed.

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That in all Time prescribcases referred to Masters and Referees by the Courts of Common Pleas, as now provided by law, the Masters or Referees shall make and file with the Clerks of the Courts of Common Pleas of their respective Counties their reports within sixty days from the time the action shall be finally submitted to them, and in default thereof they shall not be entitled to any fees: Provided, That Penalty. nothing herein contained shall prevent parties to said action or their attorneys from extending the time by mutual consent in writing.

SEC. 2. That the provisions of this Act shall apply to all cases now pending before Masters and Referees, as well as those which may hereafter be referred as provided by law.

Extension of

time.

To what cases applicable.

SEC. 3. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Repealing Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed.

Approved December 18th, A. D. 1893.

clause.

AN ACT TO REPEAL SECTION SEVEN (7) OF AN ACT EN- No. 288.
TITLED “AN ACT TO PROVIDE A MODE OF DISTRIBUTION OF
THE MONEYS COLLECTED AS DIRECT TAX FROM THE CITI-
ZENS OF THIS STATE BY THE UNITED STATES AND TURNED
OVER IN TRUST TO THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA," AND
SUBSTITUTE A SECTION IN LIEU THEREOF.

A. A. 1891, 87,

20 Stat., 1067,

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same. That Section seven (7) of an Act entitled "An Act to provide a mode of dis- amended. tribution of the moneys collected as direct tax from the citizens of this State by the United States and turned over in trust to the State of South Carolina," approved December 24th, 1891, be, and the same is hereby, repealed, and in lieu thereof the following is substituted:

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