A. D. 1892. Apportionment Teachers' stitutes. In the County school fund among the several school districts during the preceding school year of his County in proportion to the of school fund. number of pupils attending the free public schools in each district, and he shall certify such apportionment to the County Expenses of Treasurer. He shall, at the same time, when deemed advisable by the County Board of Examiners, apportion from the income of the two mill tax on property a sum not exceeding two hundred dollars to defray the expenses of Teachers' Institutes conducted under regulations prescribed by the State Superintendent How drawn. of Education, which sum shall be drawn on his warrant upon the County Treasurer, approved by the other two members of the County Board of Examiners. He shall take duplicate vouchers for such expenditures and file the same, with an itemized statement, with the State Superintendent of Education. Vouchers. Repealing clause. Counties excepted. SEC. 2. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. SEC. 3. That the provisions of this Act shall not apply to the Counties of Abbeville, Charleston, Beaufort, Berkeley, Sumter, Richland, Aiken, Barnwell, Georgetown, Colleton, Hampton, Williamsburg and Clarendon. Approved December 20th, A. D. 1892. No. 53. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1004 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES 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 Gen. Stat., one thousand and four of the General Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following words: "And such other subjects as the State Board of Examiners may from time to time direct." So that said Section when amended shall read as follows: § 1004, amended Section as amended. SECTION 1004. It shall be the duty of the County Board of Examiners, and of the Boards of Trustees hereinafter provided for, to see that in every school under their care there shall be taught, Branches to be as far as practicable, orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, English grammar, history of the United States and taught. of this State, the principles of the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this State, morals and good behavior, and such other subjects as the State Board of Examiners may from time to time direct. Approved December 15th, A. D. 1892. A. D. 1892. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1008 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, No. 54. SO AS TO PROVIDE COMPENSATION FOR DIVIDING COUN TIES INTO NEW SCHOOL DISTRICTS. 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 after the word "it" in fourth line in Section 1008 and before the word "every in said line there shall be inserted the words following: And they are authorized and empowered to make contracts for dividing off new school districts, and payment therefor shall be made out of the school fund of the school district or districts from which new school districts are formed. So that said Section when amended shall read : Gen. Sta t., 1008, amended Division into school districts. Contracts for division. and name. SECTION 1008. Each County Board of Examiners shall divide their County into convenient school districts for all purposes connected with the general interest of education and redistrict the same whenever in their judgment the general good requires it. And they are authorized and empowered to make contracts for dividing off new school districts, and payment therefor shall be made out of the school fund of the district or districts from which new school districts are formed. Every school district organized in pursuance of this Chapter shall be a body politic Incorporation and corporate by the name and style of School District No. (such number as may be designated by the County Board of Examiners,) of County, (the name of the County in which the district is situated,) the State of South Carolina, and in that name may sue and may be sued, and be capable of contracting Powers of corand being contracted with to the extent of the funds in their possession, and holding such real and personal estate as it may come into possession of by will or otherwise, or as is authorized to be purchased by the provisions of this Chapter, all of which shall be used exclusively for school purposes. Each school dis poration. A. D. 1892. Management. trict shall be under the management and control of the Board of School Trustees hereinafter provided for. Approved December 20th, A. D. 1892. No. 55. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1016 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, IN RELATION TO REPORTS AND PAY OF TEACHERS. § 1016, amended 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 Gen. Stat., Section 1016 of the General Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended by inserting in the twelfth line after the word "if" and before the word "approved" the following words: "Accompanied by a copy of said monthly report and." So that the sentence just preceding the last of said Section, when so amended, shall read as follows: When warrant to issue to teacher. "On the filing of the teacher's report and its approval by the Board of Trustees, their clerk shall draw an order in duplicate on the County Treasurer for the amount due such teacher, which order, if accompanied by a copy of said monthly report and approved by the County School Commissioner, shall be countersigned by him and the duplicate filed in his office." Approved December 15th, A. D. 1892. No. 56. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1026 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, 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 SecGen. Stat., tion 1026 of the General Statutes of this State, wherein provision is made for the City Board of School Commissioners of the city of Charleston and a special levy in aid of the city schools, be Compensation amended by striking out the last sentence in said Section, which of City Trea- is as follows: "The City Treasurer shall receive out of this fund § 1026, amended surer. one thousand dollars annually for all services in receiving and disbursing the school fund," and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: The City Treasurer shall receive out of this fund annually for his compensation for all services in receiving and disbursing the school fund the sum of five hundred dollars. Approved December 15th, A. D. 1892. A. D. 1892. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1087 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, No. 57. Amendment. Recovery pro 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 108 of the General Statutes be amended so as to read as follows: SECTION 1087. Any person who shall receive bodily injury or damages in his person or property through a defect caused by or in the negligent repair of a highway, causeway or bridge may recover, in an action against the County, the amount video. of actual damages sustained by him by reason thereof: Provided, Provisoes. Such person has not in any way brought about such injury or damage by his own act, or negligently contributed thereto. If such defect in any road, causeway or bridge existed before such injury or damage occurred, such damages shall not be recovered by the person so injured, if his load exceeded the ordinary weight. Provided, further, That such County shall not be liable unless such defect was occasioned by its neglect or mismanagement. Approved December 19th, A. D. 1892. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1178 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES No. 58. 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 1178 of the General Statutes of this State be, and the Gen. Stat., same is hereby, amended by adding thereto the following: "and § 1178, amended A. D. 1892. Clearing of streams. Seasons. in the Counties of Pickens, Spartanburg and York in the month of August in each year." So that said Section when amended shall read as follows: SECTION 1178. All land owners of the Counties of Anderson, Beaufort, Chester, Greenville, Oconee, Union, Fairfield, Laurens, Newbery and Abbeville shall remove from the running streams of water upon their lands all trash, trees, rafts and timber during the months of May and August in each year, and in the Counties of Pickens, Spartanburg and York in the month of August in each year. Approved December 24th, A. D. 1892. No. 59. AN ACT TO FURTHER REGULATE THE ADMISSION OF PATIENTS 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 on Papers to be and after the passage of this Act the Sheriff or other person in Asylum. charge of any patient ordered to be conveyed to the State Lunatic forwarded to be retained un ward. Asylum, whether such patient be a beneficiary or a pay patient, shall transmit the papers, or certified copies thereof, on which the order or commitment was based, to the Superintendent of the And patient to Asylum for inspection, and hold such patient without expense to til ordered for- the Asylum until notified by said Superintendent that the patient can be received into the Asylum; and any Sheriff or other person violating the requirement of this Section by conveying a patient Otherwise to the Asylum before receiving notice from the Superintendent so expenses. to do shall be required either to keep charge of such patient in the city of Columbia or to furnish transportation back home and to the Asylum again when notified that such patient can be received. Sheriff to pay Gen. Stat., § 1591, amended SEC. 2. That Section 1591 of the General Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended, so as to read as follows: No lunatic, idiot or epileptic who may be declared a fit subject for the institution by a Trial Justice and two physicians, or who shall be sent |