ACTS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, PASSED AT THE REGULAR SESSION OF 1892. PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND DESIGNED TO FORM A PART COMMENCING WITH THE ACTS OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF 1892. COLUMBIA, S. C. 1892. LIST OF Acts and Joint Resolutions, 1892. PART I.-General Acts and Joint Resolutions, PAGE. No. 1. An Act to constitute a Battalion to be known as the Naval Battalion of Volunteer Troops of South Carolina.... 1 No. 2. An Act relating to the Landsford Canal on Catawba River. 2 No. 3. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act to amend an Act entitled “An Act to cede and vest in Mrs. Susan A. Boylston all the right, title and interest of the State in the portion of the canal on Catawba River which lies within the boundaries of the land of the said Susan A. Boylston, in Chester County,' approved 31st of January, 1882,' approved 26th December, 1884,” approved 23rd of December, 1887.... 3 3 4 No. 4. An Act to prevent cruelty to children and to provide for the punishment of the same.. No. 5. An Act to require the Circuit Judges to give notice to the Chief Justice of their inability from sickness or other cause to hold any Court to which they have been assigned... No. 6. An Act to require all State institutions of higher learning to report annually to the State Superintendent of Ed ucation.... No. 7. A Joint Resolution to appropriate the sum of eight hun dred dollars, if so much be necessary, to complete the Confederate rolls .... 4 5 PAGE. No. 8. A Joint Resolution to provide for repairing or replacing No. 11. An Act to regulate the compensation of Sheriffs for con- veying lunatics to the Asylum.. No. 12. An Act to amend Section 1 of an Act entitled “An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to limit the school ages of pupils attending the free public schools,' No. 13. An Act to amend Title XII, Chapter XL, of Railroad Corporations and General Railroad Law, and to provide for the regulation of railroad freight and passenger tariffs in this State, to prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rates charged for transportation of passengers and freights, and to prohibit railroad com- panies and corporations and lessees in this State from charging other than just and reasonable rates, and to punish the same, and prescribe a mode of procedure and rules of evidence in relation thereto, providing for the election of Railroad Commissioners, and to pre- scribe their powers and duties in relation to the same. 8 No. 14. An Act to repeal Section 1 of an Act entitled “An Act to require County Treasurers to report number of polls who have paid their poll tax to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees in the several school districts, and to the School Commissioner, and to require School Trustees to report to the County Auditor all taxable polls in their district," approved December 22, 1891, and to retain in force an Act entitled "An Act to amend the General Statutes relating to the assess- ment and collection of taxes for school purposes, and PAGE. No. 15. An Act to amend and declare the law in regard to actions by and against the representatives of deceased persons 18 No. 16. An Act to recharter the South Carolina Medical Asso ciation, and to establish a State Board of Health and 19 21 No. 17. A Joint Resolution to appropriate the sum of fifty thou sand dollars to complete the erection and equipment of Clemson Agricultural College.. labor of jail and municipal convicts, and to empower tions," approved December 22nd, A. D. 1885.... and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly of this 22 23 No. 20. An Act to provide for the redemption of that part of the State debt known as the Brown Consol Bonds and 24 No. 21. An Act to repeal all Acts in relation to attorneys' costs.. 30 No. 22. An Act relating to the distribution of the direct tax fund 30 No. 23. A Joint Resolution to authorize and instruct the Attor ney-General to institute legal proceedings in the matter of the Port Royal and Augusta Railway Company.... 31 No. 24. An Act to raise supplies and make appropriations for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1892... 32 No. 25. An Act to make appropriations to meet the ordinary ex penses of the State government for the fiscal year com- 46 No. 26. An Act to make appropriations for the payment of the per diem, mileage, and stationery certificates of the 56 |