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A. D. 1892.

Lunatic, &c.,

tained more

Unless order

entered on re

retention to be

from a sister State, shall be retained in the institution more than ten days after the first meeting of the Board of Regents, subsequent to his admission, except where there shall be entered in not to be rethe record of the institution an order for his retention, made than 10 days. after full examination of his state of mind by the medical attend- for retention is ant or attendants and not less than two of the Regents, and upon cord. such order being made it shall be the duty of the Secretary of Copy order of Regency to make out a certified copy of the declaration of the sent to Probate Trial Justice and physicians, and of the order of retention, and immediately send the same to the Judge of Probate of the County wherein such lunatic, idiot or epileptic shall reside, who shall who shall take thereupon make such order in relation to the custody of the tody of estate. estate of the said subject as would have been made had the proceedings been under a writ de lunatico inquirendo.

Approved December 24th, A. D. 1892.

Judge.

order for cus

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1796 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES No. 60. AS AMENDED BY ACT OF 1889, APPROVED DECEMBER 23D,

A. D. 1889.

1796, 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 Section 1796 of the General Statutes, as amended by the Act of Gen. Stat., 1889, No. 238, approved 23d December, 1889, be amended by striking out the word "or" between the words "Vice-Consul" and "consular agent," and inserting after the word "Vice-Consul" the words "Deputy Consul," and after the words "consular agent" the words "commercial agent, or any other officer appointed by the United States in foreign countries with the power to administer oaths." So that the said Section as amended shall read as follows:

amended.

SECTION 1796. When any femme covert shall relinquish her section as right of dower in any real estate and acknowledge the same in writing, if she be within this State, in open Court or before any Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, Justice of the Supreme Court, Judge of Probate, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, Who may take Trial Justice or Notary Public; or, if she be without this State, dower. before a Commissioner of Deeds of this State, or before a Com(2500)

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renunciations of

A. D. 1892.

acter of Notary to be attested.

missioner appointed by dedimus, or before any Consul, Vice-Consul, Deputy Consul, consular agent, commercial agent of the United States, or any other officer appointed by the United States in foreign countries with the power to administer oaths and having an official seal, or a Clerk of a Court of record, or before a Notary Official char- Public, who must each append to the certificate the official seal used by him, and in the case of the certificate of a Notary Public his official character must be attested by a Clerk of the Court of record of the County in which he may reside, and such acknowledgement shall be recorded, the same shall be effectual in law to convey and pass away the right of such femme covert, although she has not executed or acknowledged any deed of conveyance for that purpose.

Approved December 19th, A. D. 1892.

No. 61. AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 1826 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF SOUTH CAROLINA, IN RELATION TO "DISTRESS FOR RENT."

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 1826 of the General Statutes of South Carolina, relating §1826, amended to distress for rent, be, and the same is hereby, amended, by Proviso as to adding to the end of said Section the words: "Provided, That nothing herein contained shall interfere with, or in any manner abridge, the right of such lessor or landlord to take or seize any or all of said goods and chattels, wherever they may be found, as a distress for arrears of rent, when any tenant so in arrears shall make an assignment for the benefit of his creditors." So that said Section shall read:

assignments.

Section as amended.

Goods of ten

distrained.

SECTION 1826. Nothing herein contained shall extend, or be construed to extend, to empower such lessor or landlord to take ant alone to be or seize any goods or chattels as a distress for arrears for rent which shall be sold bona fide and for a valuable consideration before such seizure is made; and no property shall be seized under a distress warrant for such, except such as belongs to the Rent not de- tenant in his own right: Provided, That nothing herein consignment for tained shall interfere with, or in any manner abridge the right creditors. of, such lessor or landlord to take or seize any or all of said

feated by as

goods and chattels, wherever they may be found, as a distress for arrears of rent, when any tenant so in arrears shall make an assignment for the benefit of his creditors."

Approved December 24th, A. D. 1892.

A. D. 1892.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 2500 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, No. 62. SO AS TO INCLUDE WILLFUL, UNLAWFUL AND MALICIOUS

INJURY TO PERSONAL PROPERTY.

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 2500 of the General Statutes be amended by inserting the words otherwise injure after the word wound and before the words or destroy on the second line of said Section, so that said Section as amended shall read as follows:

SECTION 2500. Whoever shall willfully, unlawfully and maliciously cut, shoot, maim, wound, otherwise injure or destroy, any horse, mule, neat cattle, hog, sheep, goat or other personal property, the goods and chattels of another, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined and imprisoned at the discretion of the Judge before whom the case shall be tried.

Approved December 19th, A. D. 1892.

Section 2500 amended.

section as Offenses pre

amended.

scribed.

Punishment.

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTIONS 2503 AND 2504 of the GENERAL No. 63. STATUTES, RELATING TO THE MARKING, BRANDING OR DISFIGURING OF CERTAIN ANIMALS THEREIN MENTIONED.

Gen. Stat.,

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 2503 of the General Statutes be, and the same is hereby, § 2503, amended amended so as to read as follows: Whoever shall be lawfully convicted of willfully and know- marking, &c., ingly marking, branding or disfiguring any horse, mare, gelding, of another.

Penalty for

larger animals

A. D. 1892.

filly, ass, mule, bull, cow, steer, ox or calf of, or belonging to, any other person, shall for each and every horse, mare, gelding, colt, filly, ass, mule, bull, cow, steer, ox or calf which he shall or may be convicted of marking, branding or disfiguring as aforesaid, be subject to a penalty of one hundred dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, or both, in the discretion of the Court; and in case the said offender shall Second offense. afterwards repeat or commit a like offense, on conviction thereof he shall be liable to a fine of two hundred dollars, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or both, in the discretion of the Court, for each and every horse, mare, gelding, colt, filly, ass, mule, bull, cow, steer, ox or calf by him so marked, branded or disfigured.

Section 2504 amended.

Penalty for marking small

another.

SEC. 2. That Section 2504 of the General Statutes be, and the same is hereby, amended so as to read as follows:

Whoever shall be lawfully convicted of willfully and knower animals of ingly marking, branding or disfiguring any sheep, goat or hog of, or belonging to, any other person, shall, for each and every sheep, goat or hog which he shall or may be convicted of marking, branding or disfiguring, as aforesaid, be subject to a penalty of twenty-five dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceedSecond offense. ing twenty days; and in case the said offender shall afterwards repeat or commit a like offense, on conviction thereof he shall be liable to a fine of fifty dollars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding thirty days for each and every sheep, goat or hog by him so marked, branded or disfigured.

Approved December 24th, A. D. 1892.

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