A. D. 1892. No. 36. Preamble. 20 Stat., 707, AN ACT TO REPEAL, SO FAR AS AGRICULTURAL HALL IS CON- Whereas a sufficient appropriation to Clemson College has been otherwise provided for; now, therefore, 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by the authority of the same, That an Act A. A. 1890, entitled "An Act to provide for the sale of the lot and building repealed in part known as Agricultural Hall, the Fish Pond Lot and Agricultural Experimental Stations, with their personal property at Columbia, and in Darlington and Spartanburg Counties, and to appropriate the proceeds thereof," approved December 24th, 1890, be, and said Act is hereby, repealed, so far as the said Act authorizes and provides for the sale and appropriates the proceeds of sales to Clemson College of that certain lot and building known as Agricultural Hall. Proceeds of sale of Agricultural Hall. SEC. 2. That if the said lot and building in the city of Columbia known as Agricultural Hall has not been sold and conveyed, it shall remain unsold, and if already sold and conveyed, the To be paid into proceeds of the sale shall be covered into the State Treasury for the benefit of the State. State Treasury. Approved December 24th, A. D. 1892. No. 37. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE AND EMPOWER THE TRUSTEES OF CLEM- 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 the May license or Board of Trustees of the Clemson Agricultural College be, and they are hereby, authorized and empowered to make such by-laws as they deem proper to license or prohibit the sale of goods, wares prohibit sales. May appoint policemen. and merchandise of any kind whatever on the grounds belonging A. D. 1892. to said College, as are not repugnant to the laws of the State; and also to appoint peace officers or policemen, who may arrest at any time any and all parties guilty of disorderly conduct or of any violations of the laws of the State and carry them before the nearest Trial Justice for trial. Violation of by-laws. SEC. 2. That any person violating any of the by-laws made by the said Trustees in accordance with this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or imprison- Penalty ment not exceeding thirty days. Approved December 24th, A. D. 1892. AN ACT TO REQUIRE AND REGULATE LICENSES AND LICENSE No. 38. Foreign corporations to ob 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 and after the passage of this Act foreign insurance companies of all classes, such as fire, life, marine, surety, security, tain license. guarantee, hail storm, live stock, accident, plate glass and other like insurance companies, foreign land loan associations, foreign building and loan associations, foreign banking associations, and all other like classes of like business not incorporated under the laws of South Carolina, except National Banks and except benevolent Exceptions. institutions organized under the grand lodge system, shall each, before transacting any business in this State, pay a license fee of Proviso. one hundred dollars to the Comptroller-General at the date and Amount of fee. time now required by law for insurance companies to pay their license fee Provided, That the provisions of this Act shall in no way apply to the societies, lodges and associations named in Section 5 of an Act entitled "An Act to require foreign cooperative assessment companies to comply with the insurance laws of the State, and to clearly define who shall be considered 18 Stat., 458. A. D. 1892. agents of insurance companies," approved 24th December, A. D. 1883. Resident agent to be appointed. process. SEC. 2. That it shall be unlawful hereafter for any one of such foreign companies as are required by Section 1st of this Act to obtain license and pay license fees to transact any business in this State until they shall have and keep some duly appointed Service of resident agent in this State, on whom legal process may be served, so as to bind the company he represents, and service of process upon his agent at his main office shall be sufficient to give jurisdiction to the Court issuing same in any County in this Returns for State. And every resident agent shall return to the County Auditor of each County his gross receipts from said Counties for taxation as other property is returned for taxation. taxation. Fees to be paid into State Treasury. Provisions SEC. 3. That all fees for licenses, as provided for in Section 1st of this Act shall be paid into the State Treasury as collected by the Comptroller-General. SEC. 4. That all the penalties and forfeitures heretofore immade applicable posed upon insurance companies, under the existing laws of this State, for failure to comply with the law, shall apply to and be imposed upon any company which may hereafter fail to comply with the requirements of this Act. Repealing clause. SEC. 5. That all Acts or parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and are hereby, repealed. Approved December 24th, A. D. 1892. No. 39. AN ACT TO LIMIT THE HOURS OF LABOR FOR EACH DAY OF TWENTY-FOUR HOURS AND EACH WEEK, IN ALL COTTON AND WOOLEN ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. work hours. 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 eleven Limitation of hours shall constitute a day's work or sixty-six hours a week's work in all cotton and woolen manufacturing establishments in the State of South Carolina for all operatives and employees except engineers, firemen, watchmen, mechanics, teamsters, yard employees and clerical force: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any of the employees in A. D. 1892. gencies. the aforesaid manufacturing establishments from engaging to work, or working, such time in addition, not to exceed seventy Extra work in hours per annum, as may be necessary to make up for lost time certain contincaused by accident or other unavoidable circumstances; or to prevent all such employees working such additional time as may be necessary to clean up and make necessary repairs of or changes in the machinery. establishments SEC. 2. That the words "manufacturing establishments" Manufacturing where occurring in this Act shall be construed to mean any defined. buildings in which labor is employed to fabricate or produce goods, including yarns, cloth, hosiery and other merchandise. SEC. 3. All contracts made for a longer day's work than eleven Void contracts. hours or week's work longer than sixty-six hours in said manufacturing establishments shall be, and the same are hereby declared to be, absolutely null and void and contrary to law, and any person making and enforcing such contracts with an employee in said establishments shall be deemed to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction in a Court of competent jurisdiction shall be fined in each case a sum of money not less than Penalties. fifty nor more than one hundred dollars, together with the costs of the proceedings. SEC. 4. This Act shall go into effect on the first day of April, When to take A. D. 1893. effect. SEC. 5. All Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act Repealing are hereby repealed. clause. Approved December 24th, A. D. 1892. AN ACT PROVIDING FOR A RIGHT OF ACTION AGAINST A 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 person who shall receive bodily injury, or damages in his person or property, through a defect in any street, causeway, bridge or public way, or by reason of defect or mismanagement of No. 40. Causes of action. A. D. 1892. any thing under control of the corporation within the limits of any town or city, may recover, in an action against the same, the amount of actual damages sustained by him by reason thereof. If any such defect in a street, causeway or bridge existed before such injury or damage occurred, such damage shall not be reRestrictions. covered by the person so injured if his load exceed the ordinary weight: Provided, The said corporation shall not be liable unless said defect was occasioned by its neglect or mismanagement : Provided, further, Such person has not in any way brought about any such injury or damage by his or her own negligent act or negligently contributed thereto. Proviso. Contributory negligence. Repealing clause. SEC. 2. That all Acts and parts of Acts inconsistent with this Act be, and the same are hereby, repealed. Approved December 24th, A. D. 1892. No. 41. AN ACT VESTING ALL THE RIGHT AND TITLE OF THE STATE and title. Grantees. IN OR TO THE WATEREE CANAL IN THE OWNERS OF LANDS 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 all Grant of rights the right, title and interest of the State of South Carolina, if any there be, in the Canal, known as the Wateree Canal, on the West side of the Wateree River, in the County of Kershaw, with all appurtenances thereto, be, and the same is hereby, granted and ceded to and vested in the owners of the lands through which the said Canal extends, severally, to them, their heirs and assigns forever. So that all the right, title and interest of the State in or to so much and no more of the said Canal as lies within the boundary lines of each separate parcel or tract of land whereon the said Canal is located be, and is hereby, vested severally in the owner or owners of each said separate parcel or tract of land: Provided, Operations are commenced and the sum of ten thousand dollars ($10,000) expended towards utilizing the water power of the river for manufacturing or other purposes at some point within the extent of said Canal within five years from the approval of this Act. Proviso. Approved December 24th, A. D. 1892. |