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Washington, March ?ld.^Er-S<j?at?r'
Sawyer will not rWrne the dtflfocl bis
new of^(?a; uotU Monday, There iaJbut
one vacant ?eat in the Senatei now, and
that belongs to Louisianas Pthohbaok
has been elc^tod, bat ^
The le^ing' Sdhatore , arer anx\oae to
oIobo the session as soon as possible j and
on motion ol Anthony, this* morning a
resolution waa adopted that the Senate
hereafter meet at 11 A. M. daily, so that
business may be brought to. a close.
?*?r?i?n Affairs. V ' '
MADRID, ASroH 10--E raning.?Fran
oisoo Salme >n waa to-day elected Presi?
dent of the National-Assembly, and $ar
doal and Lopez Secretaries. Car list
bands are becoming more numerous and
troublesome in Andalusia. -' t -
London, March 20?6 A. M.?Glad?
stone will announce in the House of
Commons, to-night, (Thursday,) that he
has decided to remain in pffioe, with all
of his colleagues. .
London, March 29.lt2Iu . the House of
Commons,, this afternoob. which was
crowded to suffocation, Gladstone an?
no uuaed that tho opposition having de?
clined to form a ndw Government, he
and his'oblteaguea would resume office.
The announce men t was received ,with
oheers. ; . '.* i ., ;< ? f.. i
Amarioan .natters. _
WASfliNOTok, 1 Mason, .20t-,Tha\ new
Secretary of the Tr^oaaury? Mr. Biohard
son, says he will "haVe; little or no news
for journalists!..' These,"gentlemen, are
referred to-the President for news of the
operations of the'Treasury Department.
Despatches from Chicago and Maine
report heavy ?now. { ..'
News from the Modoa war. unimpor.tr
ant. Gsft.'Oanby's plan- is to starve
Captain Jaokout; 600-troops are around
the lava beds; Co?ipa?y A, of the Fourth
Artillery,";has been .ordered'tp. .the Iron t.
The Tennessee Legislature passed a
bill allowing, localities : t? -decide the
question, of tippling houses.",. The G?
vor nor w?\l SJgU tlie.b?U.-! " Iii.i it.
New ?ork, March. .20.? Thomaa J. i
Blaokwollj^a dry ? goods ? merchant ol
Elbortqn, Go,, while- -en rotUe' .toTHeij
York, left'his friedds whiie.th'e train was
at Wilmington, Delaware, :Tueaday, to
go in tbe;smoking^Br:~Bnd, has' not BtnoB"
boon- .beard. of. ^?s ,b?d' considerable
monejr iu-pis, possession^ &^?3fe3 !|
Bloodgood & Ostemore's el^UoDelting
factory, in: Brooklyn; was burnedSo-day.
LoBs,'^00,O00i <i-?? -,;!-' ?
The adyance'. lp '.pnrk is attributed toj
the demand1 from Europe?, to make bacon
for army. food.. t. .J
The sohoOuer Joseph- Garland, report:
ed lost,' wj?i ill aboard, is safe .ajj Bj'bek
iand,;aAh?:.;:^...a?*wa
The j?ittehurg, Pa., post office, was
robbed before 5 o'clock''this morning,
Gver 6%00? worth of stamps were stolen'.'
St. Ljtois, March 20.?The affairs.: o?
the St.tfcq^rei:K?ns?s and Northrwoatein
Railroad are quieting.. Tho metropoli?
tan police and local authorities seem
ample to prevent farther damage or in?
terruption to travel. ... tii-.i
A guard, with 1,000 packages for the
Vienna-exhibition, sails to-day.
Cincinnati, March 20. ? Six St?res, the
post office and twenty dwellings in Lake
City, Chariot City County, Ark., were
burned to-day. ?'? 1
New Yobx, March' 20.?The Raited
States fleet has. left' Bio Janeiro, on ac?
count of yeUpwVfaTpjr,; where1 seventy I
cases of yellow fever are reported daily.
The epidemic had, extended to Balm and |
Pernambnoo, where it. was confined to
the shipping. The cholera is very fatal
at Para. The United States school ship
Meroury was at St. Thomas on the 14th.
Two of this crew hod died from yellow
fever. .". ;
The car-hook murderer Foster's fa?
mily left by to-day's steamer for Europe.
His children, at his own request, have
not been allowed to see him since his'in?
carceration. Foster's oonnsel is making
a final effort to delay the execution, upon
the ground that a ropriovo requires a re
sentence. - ?.: x , - , : ?
A heavy defalcation in the Bull's Head
Bank is reported. Its capital was 82,000,
000. It had no' direct oonneotion with
the olearing.bank. The bank is closed,
under charge of' the polioe. Crowds of
depositors Burround the building.
A person named McDonald was ar?
rested upon the arrival of the Th?ringer,
as a forger upon the Bank of England.
MoDonald had money, diamonds or
other valuables, but alleges there is a'
gross mistake.
Montbbaii, March 20.?The remains
of Mr. Hyatt, a commercial traveller,
were found in the ruins of the St. James
Hotel.
Trenton, N. J., March 20.?The Se?
nate passed, nuanimously, the general
railroad bill, already passed by the
House. The local option bill has been
indefinitely postponed.
Washington, Maroh 20.?Mrs. John?
son, mother of the Senator, died at Ab
ingdon, Va., to-day, aged 70.
Richardson regards the letter of the
President to Boutwell as mandatory upon
him, to pursue Boutwell's policy.
Probabilities?For the Eastern Golf
States, rising barometer, North-wost
winds, partly olondy and olearing weo
thor. For tho South Atlantic States,
South-west winds, veering to North-west
and increasing to brisk for a short time
in North Carolina.
Financial and Commercial.
London, Maroh 20?Noon.?Consols
92%@92%. Americans, nothing do?
ing.
LrvBRTOOii, March 20?3 P. M.? Cot?
ton opened firm?uplands 9i?; Orleans
9%; sales 14,000 balos; speculation 3,000;
from Savannah or Charleston, deliver?
able in February or Maroh, 9J?; same
ports, deliverable in April, 9 1-16.
Liverpool, Maroh 20?Evening.?Cot?
ton olosed firm?uplands 9Jjj(3>9>?; Or?
leans 9%@9j.;; sales inoludo 10,000
American.
? New York, March 20?Noon.?Cotton
Opmioslly unchanged. Lard very
quiet and firmly held?Western steam
$H?&X. Freights quiet. Stocks heavy.
Gold drm, at 15#.t Money firm, at 1^32
to 1-16 per ^eatj.j^ohaiiife^Io^B;'
short H}i, .Go7erumeat8a'ud State bonds
dull boi steady. , * > : .;<??. hi
7 P. M.?Uotton no changed; sales
2,003 bales; . \FTonVqoJet. .Whjekey
A Wheat very qoiot and firmly held;
little prime offering; shipper and millers
bidding l@2o.- under asking rates. Corn
a trifle firmer. Bioe 8@8&. Pork un ?
settled and irregular?hew 16.25. Lard
firm, at 8 7-16i@83?v Freights a trifle
firmer? Money olosed at 7, gold. Ster?
ling dull, at 8t?8&.- Gold 15)?@15&
Governments dull but steady. States
dull. Bales of. futures 11,450 bales:
Mar oh 18 K, 18^; April 18#, 18&{
May 18U-J6,' 18%; June 181516.
July,19M,19X.
?iucrNNATi, March 20.?Flour dull and
unchanged., dorn 'steady; Provisions
stronger. Pork nominally 15.25; sales
at 15,50, buyer in- April. Lard firm?
steam 7K@7>?: held at 8; kettle 8??.
Bacon btoady? shoulders QH(d^G}4; clear
rib sides 8>^@8^; clear sides 8>?@8%.
Whiskey aotive, at 86.
Louisville, Maroh 20.?Flour weak
and easier, but not qaotably lower.
Coin in fairv demand and nnohaoged.
Pork Bteady, at 15.50(2)10.00 for round
lots. Bacon in fair demand and steady.
Lard?tierces 8#@8%; kegs. 9%@9&;
steam small - order lote }>i(?%o.
higher. -Whiskey -active, at ?6(q)b7.
Tobacco firm; no change; sales 250 hogs?
heads. " ' '. .
St. Louis, Maroh 20.?Flour steady.
Corn firm, at 82, East side of track; 3i}?
(&3? in elevator. Whiskey dull, at 87
Pork quiet, "at .15.75. ,'Bac?h easier, at
6^@9; dear:.aides 10, in August; 10>4'
on Spot. Lard .quiot, at 7%. ' .
Mobile, March- 20.?Cdtton quiet
and sieadj?middlipg low mid?
dling 17>^i; i receipts 41)1 bales; sales
6,000.; etoca 42.?3L - ;* ??? yj > ,
liAi.TTMon a, March 20 ?Cotton dull
middling '10; receipts 169 bales; stock
9,853. . ..: i?j
BoSxon, Maroh .20.? Cotton quiet?
middling 19receipts 717 bales; sales
200; stock 11,090. ' '*'Jil
_jWjTMTNaTOiT. March 20.?Ootton qoiet
-~-middllhc:l8>^; receipt* 62ba!ea; stock
5.22L -
Norfolk, March ^20. f? Ootton?low
middling 17J^;. receipts. 1,205'Jo?fes; Bales
100; Btock7i693. . ? , ;
..-.CHARLESTON,'March-20;?Cotton quiet
?i-imiddlipg, 18,*?;.'. receipts 785 fcalea:
, Savanhahy Macuh 20.--Cottqr? quiet
and steady?;middling ? 18J&; receipts
1,760 bale*; sW$b?9: stock 88,080." "f
V;AnaWrA._ J^ph'20^,C?tton: in mode;
rate demand?middling ' lift;. receipts
ij^l ^SSlSS 2 iO (I .'i ?
- Gar,VHJfrojr, March 20.? Cotton firmer
and in fair demand?good prdinary l?j^;
tocsipta 83i baleq; aale?"jl',200; stock
66,688.. ? .?'-",.. ?? - ' l. * .
Philadelphia, . March 20.?Cotton
quiet?middling19>?:' "
Nsw OaniiAifa, 'March 20.?Cotton
demand notivo?ordinary 15}?; good or?
dinary 16; low middling 17%; middling
18>^; receipts 11,521 bales; sales 10,500;
stock 218,115.
An Ohio sohool-master having hud
occasion to administer to one of his
pupils the gentle chastisement which
forms an essential feature of Western
eduoation, the father of tbe culprit paid
a vengeful visit to the academy during
recess, and?directing bis son to lock
the door on the outside?"went.for" the
pedagogue with a chair, which he used
in anything but a chary manner. Tbe
only thing the poor teacher bad to de?
fend himself with was a pen-knife with
a blade not more than eight inoheslong;
but with this insiguifioant weapon and
the consciousness of reotitade he was
enabled to go on with his afternoon
classes as soon as tbe pieces of his assail?
ant had boon swept up and taken to the
hospital in a wheelbarrow. .
Getting a License.?A bl ashing
maiden of forty summers entered the
town olerk'a office in Wheeling, West
Virginia, recently, and asked, in a voice
trembling with agitation, for a license.
The clerk took down the name and the
address of the visitor. "Name and ad?
dress of the party?" asked the clerk.
"Faithful, and be lives with me." replied
the fair one. The clerk looked at her a
moment, and blushingly completed tbe
filling in of the document, whioh be
handed to the lady. He was astonished
at her conduct; she gave one glance at
the license, hoarsely whispered, "Mon?
ster!" and swept majestically ont of tho
office. Tbe olerk had presented her
with a marriage license, when it was a
dog license she wanted.
Senator Pomeroy is reported to have
been heard declaiming in Shakspearean
langaugo to Caldwell as follows: "Alas!
that Yorkel I knew him altogether too
well, Caldwell. Ho was a fellow of infi?
nite cheek and of most serviceable
quality. He bath borno mo through,
tight places a-macy times; but now how
abhorred in my imagination ho is I My
gorge rise at him. Now got you to an?
other Seuator, and tell him, let him
bribo a foot deep, to this favor must
he come."
At tho Ames dinner tho following
poem was read:
My text is, "Lo! how great ado
Is kindled by a little fire;"
Or, olearer, possibly, to you
One truth exposes many a liar."
So few are fonnd the truth to tell,
So many seem the truth's dooiers,
That Credit Mobilier is woll
Translated, "Credit more big liars."
Twelvo years ago this month, Mr.
John B. Walsh began to soli stationery
in a little shop iu Chicago, and to day
he is President of the Western News
Company, whioh, in 1872, did a business
of over 81,500,000.
The Lawi of Bouth Carolina. ? *
A4** i ??* Joint RcMlHtlom Puiif*. ?jr,
1879?73. . '
AS ACT TO REVISE and AMEND AH ACT EN
- TrljGED "AN ACT to ?KDUO?> AXiL. AO^
AND PARTS OF ACTS TO DETJtakWHLAK?'
f?RT etuate the HQUB31BAD I STD COT
- ACT AND TO AMEND tiih SAMB." " jSju:
i*<? t< enacted by the Senats and Bous?\cf.
Representatives of the State of South. Caro*
Una,'now met and sitting in General As?
sembly, and by the authority of the same:' .
? Section 1. The family homestead of
the head of eaoh family residing" in this
State, saeh homestead consisting of
dwelling house, G?t-buildiugs ,u<i lands
appurtenant, not to ezoeed the value of
one thousand dollars, and yearly product
thereof, shall be exempt from attach?
ment, levy or sale, on any mesne or final
process issued from any oourt upon anj
judgment obtained upon any right of
action, whether arising previous or sub?
sequent to the ratification of the Consti?
tution of the State of South Carolina;
and it ?Iiall be the duty of the Sheriff,
or other officer, before executing any
Erooess against the real estate of any
ead of a family resident .in this State,
to cause a homestead, as above stated, to
be set off to said person in the manner
following, to wit:-Be shall cause three
appraisers to be appointed, one to be
named .by the creditor, one by the.
debtor and one by himself, who-shall be
discreet und disinterested men, and in
nowise related to either1 -patty,' resident
in t,he County, uud wh&BualL bo aworp
by a Trial Justice, .qr,'.?th*>* !4T?pf i<; au?
thorized by law to administer oaths, to
impartially npprdis^:^!^s*9jt .riff;- by
metes and bounds, a '-homestead, not to
exceed in value o do,, thousand" dollars;
and said appraisers filiall"make return of
their actioo in tho premises* ..under their
bands und heals, to the Sheriff or other
officer, withiu ten days after the assign?
ment.and set off is made for record iu
court, giving the metes and bounds, ds
wtdl,as thu value of the homestead so set
off, for which purpose they shall be au
thorized to call in the aid of a surveyor,
if thqy, or n majority of them, deem it
necessary-;. And if uo complaint shall be
made by either party, within thirty days
after tho return of the appraisers has
been filed, Vbe 'prpoeadiags in tho case
shall be' fiual: Prodded, Th.it, upon
good cause shown, withiu thirty days
after filing-the- return of said appraisers,
the oourt opt tit which the process issued
may order- a-VtV nppraisemnnt and re
assignment of tho homestead by other
appraisers appointed by.the court; And
provided, further, That sboiu 1 d the credi
tb'r oe debtorTiegtect or *refuse,\after ten'
days'' notice from the officer in whose
hands the process is lodged, to nominale
an appraiser, then the said officer shall
^pbinttTOifrMe.'OV " T.
Sec. 2. That, when thirty- days shall
have elapsed after the filing 1 the return
of said appraisers,.setting off a home?
stead to any. .debtor* according tor the
provisions of Section 1 of this Act, and
no good '-cause has' been ! shown, or ex?
ceptions filed, against' auch return, euch
debtor may have snob return recorded ;
in the office of. the Register of Mesne
Conveyanee Of the County in which the
same is located; and, npon suoh return
being so recorded in thirty-three days
after the proceedings have become final,
the title to the homestead so set off and
assigned shall be forever discharged
from all debts of said debtor then exist
isting or thereafter contracted.
Sec. 3. That whenever in the assign?
ment of a homestead, as provided in
Section 1 of this Aot, the appraisers shall
find that the premises, including the
dwelling house and out-houses, exceed
the value of cue thousand dollars, and
that the same cannot be divided without
injury to the remainder, they shall
muke and sign, under oath, au appraisal
thereof, and deliver the same to the
Sheriff, who shall deliver a copy thereof
to the bead of the family claiming the
homestead, or to some member of the
family of suitable age to understand the
nature thereof, with a notico attached
that, unless the person so claiming the
homestead shall pay to said Sheriff the
surplus of the appraised value over and
above one thousand dollars within sixty
days thereafter, such premises will be
sold; and, oa failure to pay suoh surplus
in the time Umited, the Sheriff shall ad?
vertise and Bell the said premises, and
oat of tho proceeds of such sale shall
pay into the office of the Clerk of the
Circuit Court bno thousand dollars,
which shall be applied, under tho order
of the Ciroait Judge, upon the applica?
tion of the head of tho family, iu the
purchase of a homestead of that value.
The residuo iu tho hands of the Sheriff,
if any, after paying all expenses inci?
dent to tho appraisement and salo of the*
property, shall bo applied by him to any
exeoutious iu his hands, according to
law: Provided, That no sale shall be
mado unless a greater sum tbau one
thousand dollars shall bo bid therefor:
Provided, further, That if, after notice,
the party claiming the homestead pays,
or causes to ho paid, tho surplus over
ouo thousand dollars, ho shall, upon re?
cording tho return and rooeipt of the
Sheriff for such surplus, endorsed on
said return, as providod iu Section 2 of
this Aot, hold tho property so appraised
aud set off freod, and discharged from all
debts and demands then existing against
such party; but, as to such surplus, not
from debts thereafter contracted, like
proceedings to the foregoing being in
such case allowable for tho recovery of
nil after contracted debts.
Sec. 4. If tho husband bo dead, the
widow and children; if the father and
mother bo dead, tho children living on
the homestead, whether any or all such
children bo minors or not, shall be enti?
tled to have the family homestead ex?
empted tn like manner as if tho hasband
or parents were liviug; and tho home?
stead so exempted shall be subject to
partition among all the children of tho
head of tho family in like manner as if
no dobts existed: Provided,. That no
parti^bU^V^tUt o*W shall be
made antik the youngest ohild becomes
of age, uclessj? upoa proof satisfactory
t? the court hearing the case, such sale is
deemed beat - for the interest of snob
minor or minors.- '
8?o.d3- Ho waiter of the right of
however solemnly executed,
?hall be binding upon the head of tbe
family; or, in &*? of hia or her death,
bis or her heira, sp as to defeat tho home?
stead heroin provided for.
: Sko. ,0w The personal proporty of tho
head': of > any family, residing in this
State; consisting of the yearly products
of his or her homestead, and of the pro?
perty Bubjeot to exemption under the
Constitution, ehali be exempt from at?
tachment, levy or sale: Provided, That
in oase tbe right of sooh exemption be
disputed by tbe creditors, the offioer in
whose hands tbe process is lodged shall
oanse the same to be as ear tain od and ap?
praised, and all exempted property so
aaoortained and appraised, by appraisers
appointed and sworn for that purpose, as
provided for in Section 1 of this Act,
shall vest absolutely in the party, freed
from all debts of tbe debtor then exist?
ing or thereafter contracted, whether
such debtor retain or sell the property:
Provided, further, That a debtor being
the boad of a family, aa hereinbefore
stated, and not being the owner of any
homestead, shall be entitled to a like ex?
emption of personal property, as herein
allowed to the owner of a homestead, to
he asoertainod in the same manner..
Sec. 7. That the exemptions contained
in the preceding sections of this Act
shall not .extend to an attachment, levy
or salo oq auy mesne or final process is?
sued to secure- or enforce the payment of
taxes or obligations'coutraoted for the
purchase of said homestead, or obliga?
tions eontfdoted,for. the erection of im?
provements; xhereon: Provided, The
court ui authority issuing suoh prooess
shall certify thereon that the same is is?
sued for some one or more, and no other,
of said purposes: Provided, further. The
yearly product of said homestead shall
be subjoct to attachment, levy and sale
to secure and enforoo the payment of ?
obligations contracted in the production
of tho same, but the court issuing the
process therefor shall certify thereon
that tbe same is issued for said purpose,
and no other.
Sec. 8. Whenever tho bead oi auy
family, widow or children shall bo enti?
tled to an estate or right of homestead,
as hereinbat ore provided, and no prooess
has been lodged with any officer against
suoh homestead, the party or~partie8 en?
titled to .Mich homestead may apply at
any tib^*,"by V.petition, to the Judge of
tbo Probate Court, to have the anme *p
praised und eet~bff. The Tudge of Pro?
bate shall, thereupon, after giving pub?
lic notice by advertising the iutention of
such party or parties to have his or their
homesteads set olT for thirty dayB in a
?paper published in ? the County where
the land lies, and in case no paper is
published in the County, then.by (post?
ing tho notioe An the door. Of his office,
I and iu three other public places, for a
like length of time, appoint three disin?
terested poisons, resident in the Couuty,
who, having been duly sworn, shall pro?
ceed to appraise and set off, by metes
and bounds, suoh homestead, and make
return to him. If no complaint shall be
mado by auy creditor, or other person
interested, against said appraisal and
netting off of the homestead, within thir?
ty days after tbe return of the appraiseis,
the sumo shall be confirmed by tbe
Judge and ordered accordingly: Pro?
vided, That no appraisement shall be
made or return filed until the notice has
expired. Personal property, to tbe ex?
tent and of tbe kind hereinbefore stated,
muy bo exempted and set off iu like
manner.
Sso. I). That one third of tbe yearly
products of every person, not being tho
boad of a family, of every avocation,
without regard to valuation, character or
condition of products or earnings, shall
be exempted from attachment, levy aud
sale, except to euforce tbe payment of
taxes.
Sec. 10. That no sheriff, oonstable or
other officer, whoso duty it is to enforce
executions, shall proceed in any other
manner than is prescribed in this Act;
and should auy officer sell any real es?
tate, or sell or removo any personal pro?
perty, in violation of tbe provisions of
this Act, and of Section 32 of Article II
of tbe Constitution of tbe State of South
Carolina, be shall be guilty of a misde?
meanor, and, on oonviotion tberoof,
shall, for the first offence, be fined in a
sum not less than five hundred dollars,
($500,) nor more than one thousand dol?
lars, ($1,0110,) and upon conviction for
tbe Bccond ofience, his office ahull be
deemed vacant; and in either case, he
shall bo liable, in damages, to tho parties
injured, for all injuries, by reason of hia
wrongful levy or sale.
Sec. 11. Appraisers appointed to sot
off the homosduad undor this Act shall
receive as compensation for such service
two dollars euch per day, and five cents
a mile for every mtlo of necessary travel.
Tbo sheriff shall receive fivo dollars for
nil services incidental to netting off the
hotnesleud, but exclusive of ull uuces.sury
disbursements. The Trial Justiuc or other
ofilcer who qualities the appraisers shall
receive for such sorvioo seventy-five
cents, and fivo cents a inilo for every
mile of nocossary travol. Tbo foregoing
fees shall bo paid by the officer executing
the process, out of tho property of tho
debtor, or, iu case of tho homestead set
off to tbo widow or minor children,
out of tho estate of tho deceased,
by tho executor or administrator
tberoof: Prooided, That tho offic.r,
beforo setting off the homestead and
exemption, in any case, shall - bo en?
titled to demand and receive from the
plaintiff iu execution, iu advance, a sum
of money.sufficient to cover the neces?
sary fees und costs heroin allowed.
Whenever u hoiaoatead is set off, as pro?
vided iu Section 8 of this lot, tbe Pro?
bate Judge shall receive an compensation
fivo dollars for all services, including the
record of thy proceedings, bat excluding
I shall be paid iu advance by the party
claiming the homestead- and exemp|ifn.
Sab. 12. AU Aetsaudparfo of Actaln
oonaietent with or supplied by this Act
be, and the sane are hereby, repeal ed.
Approved February 38, A. D.T873.
am aot to amend section 8, chapter oxi,
of the a en ee ad statutes?
Be it enaded{by thm Senat? and House of
Representatives of the State of South Caro?
lina, now .met and sitting.in General-As
sembly, and by the authority cf the same:
Section 1. That Section 8, of Chapter
CXI, of the General Statutes, which re?
quires that the Board of Jury Commis?
sioners shall prepare a jury hit in raeh
County, in the month of January of
each year, be so amended as to make it
lawful for the said board to prepare the
jury list for the Counties of Lexington,
Spartanbnrg and Edgefleld, during the
year. 1873, before the 10th ol March of
said year. ?
Approved February 26, A. D. 1878.
an aot TO AMEND SECTION 17 OP CHAPTER
xlv of the GENERAL STATUTES OF THE
8TATE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the State of South Caro?
lina, now met and sitting in General As?
sembly, and by the authority, of the same: .
That Section 17, Chapter XLV of the
General Statutes of the State be amended
by striking out the words "forty.live,"
and insert, in lieu thereof, the words
"fifty-five."
ArpROVED February 22, A. D. 1873.
an act to amend an AOT ESTTTZiBD . "AN
act to grant, renew AND AMEND tile
charters OV CERTAIN towns AND Vllr
lages therein mentioned."
Be it entrdeidiby< the~Senate aiid House bf
Representatives, of. the State , of South,
t Carolina, now pict <md sitting in General
Assembly, and by the authority of the same*c
Section 1. That Section-ii of an Act
entitled "Au Aot to grant; renew and
amend the charters of certain towns and
villages therfeia mentioned^' approved'
March 9, gjflHjjt?frnlg Ihn ?ano is jbere?
by, amended-by striking out, on the
fifth line, the words "fourth Monday in
March, 1871," and insert the words "on
the fourth Monday iu April, 1878." a
il Approved January 29, A, D. 1873. ?'
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~ an act concerning (school funds. ' 7
j 'Be it enacted by the Senate and House qf >
Representatives of the State of South Coro
Una, now met and silting in General-As?
sembly, .and by' tlie authority of-the sattle: '
> Section 1. That the.?Qnera^Aaaembly
shall levy, at each regular session there?
of, an annual special tax, to .be known
and designated as the shhool tar, on. all
taxable property throughout the State,
fur the suppbrJrand maiht>enaijcb 0f fff"S
common sckpjOts, which yrjQDan b"eV cdl
lected at tho samo time, aad/^a^he same
manner, and by the Bame?;?fc|&te-i? the
general Statu tax, and whlcn^^iblall be
pa\3 into tbe trensury of ?hc Slata. 1
Seo. % That it bo decU^/S IWIsde
meanor on tbe part of the StaW. T/oa
surer to apply or approprfate any funds
or moneys derived from, or collected, or
received on account of, said school tax,
for any purpose or purposes whatsoever,
except that of froe common schools;
and, on conviction thereof, he'shall pay
a fiue of not leas than five thousand dol?
lars, (85,000,) the same to be need for
school purposes, and shall be imprisoned
at the discretion of the coutU
Sec. 3. That the State Treasurer shall
furnish to the State Superintendent of
Education, annually, on or before tbe
first Tuesday of March of each year, ex?
cept the present year, whiob shall be the
first day of April, a certified statement
showing the amount of moneys ooUected
or received by him on account of said
j school tax
Sec. 1. That it shall be tho duty of the
Statu Superintendent of Education to
I apportion, as the law specifies, the free
common echool funds of the State among
J the several CounticB thereof. '.
Sec. 5. That it shall be the duty of
euoh Couuty School Commissioner to ap?
portion, according to law, tbe freo com-'
mon school funds of his County '? among
the several school districts thereof: Pro?
vided, That any school district, believing
itself wronged by such apportionment,
may appeal to the State Superintendent
of Eduoition, whose decision shall be
final.
Sec. C. That it shall be the duty of
eaoh County Treasurer to report month?
ly, on tho 10th day of eaoh month, to
tho County School Commissioner of his
County, tho amount of collections and
disbursements made by him fur the
mouth ou account of poll tax and all
other school funds; and it shall be a mis?
demeanor on the part of any County
Treasurer to neglect, fail or refuso to
make such report; aud, on conviction
thereof, ho shall pay a fiue of not loss
than live hundred dollars, (8500,) the
! same to he med for school purposes iu
his Couuty.
Sec. 7. That all moneys disbursed by
any County Treasurer on aoaouut of
school funds or taxes, or poll tax, shall
be paid ou tho order of Boards of School
Trustees, oountersigued by tbe County
School Commissioners: Provided, That
aecouuts or claims of School Trustoes Lr
enumerating school ohildroa shall be
paid on tho order of the County School
! Commissioners.
Sec, 8. That eaoh County Treasurer
shall make out and forward to tho State
Superintendent of Education, annually,
on the flrot day of November, a certified
statement, showing by school districts
the amount of poll tax and tho amount
of local or school district taxes collected j
by him for the fiscal year ending on tho
31st of October next preceding; and
should any Couuty Treasurer fail, ue
gloct cr refuse to make and forward the
statement as herein required, the State
Superintendent of Edacation shall
make out a written complaint to the Cir?
cuit Solicitor for the County iu which
the said Treasurer resides, who shall
prosecute tho said County Treasurer for
tb&aarne^^
Bftfai be Bubjeet^te^flntf Of fire hbodred
W0BBSfmSsW.
County. >1& ?/ il.n-Hibi'i" \v.>VH ?
Dr. Mary Walter atterapted, the other .
day, to enter the' lady's gallery in the :
building where the" legislation is done) .
for Louisiana by the Kellogg folk., 8he *
was stopped by the door-keeper, whoi*
told her the seats were reserved 'for hv ;
die?. "Well, I aus a lady," said Dr;
Mary. "I don't know about that,". re- ..
tortod the door-keeper; "I shall Ijato to i
examine"? He didn't finish tho seu
tenoe. for Mary struok ont straight from.. !
the shoulder, like a pri^a fighter, and
planted a blow on the door-keeper's po?
tato trap. He didn't like that sort of
, argument at all, baft refrained: from ra?
tal iati ok in kind, though he warned the
belligerent doctor not to strike him
again. "Then get out of my way," ex?
claimed Walker, brandishing her arms
about wildly; and so she marched on
triumphantly, and -took a seat with the ,
ladies. ill .
A man in Maine now makes good m er- '
ohantable oysters out of floor paste, ta- "
pioca, salt and water. These are placed -
in second hand oyster shells, which arc ;
carefully glued around the edges. When
a hungry, half inebriated.' individual
oemes into the saloon and oalls for a"' '
dozen raw on the half shell, ho receives '*
the above described delicacy. :
The mother of the Qrachii being
asked where her jewela were, pointed to
hpr sons. A young man being asked
the same question, pointed to the: near*'
eat; pawn-broker's shop. . ?
-Rev. Dr. David Winters, "of Dayton^
Ohio, baa solemnized 8,825 marriages,.
The last couple made -happy was a
wealthy farmer, aged ? seventy, and' a ;
mahlen of fifty years. ~ ' '
v; A Minnesota paper vaunts the rapid
Jojtfeaso of ita circulation, having "taken
ineeventy-flve cents, bash,' and a bushel l
of potatoes bn subscription this week."
? What? between; its iiam? and a viaita
tion of email-pox, business is altogether '.
Ruepeudod at Colfax, Iowa^ "r . !.
If the whole world were' %o ,?gree tor',
speak nothing but., the truth, 'what an
.abridgement; pf. speech thero yfduld bo, v
? Greenwood Cemetery, N. had
151,876permanent residents oh the 10th. ...
i\ ???-? ? ?0?
jHotbl, Arrivals, March 20, 1873,?
JBmdrid) House?W? F:Tutner/wlfcr.and'' J
three children, ?l?hland; J W tief ton, "/
Md: M D Bailey, NO; H DHsfh^y^S^
O; T rHendersSh, N O; &^m&conT
Ga; M Cooper, Mo; K N PoterfloOrCity;
H P Stark, N Y[ W W Jones,; Cokes- -
bury; J aSeay. Kjngville; W g'Finofc
N.-C; A E Cohen, Charleston. "
'^Gbtumbia Hotel-r^O JfcJ?d.cS"Oj- J S
Browning, Charleston; C C Dawsen, N
J; J jT Darlington, wife and."three .ehf>; n
dron, Benhettaville; J J Murrell;':JT "
Newman, Charlestoct^A; AI Gilbert? Sum
tor; HD Gilbert, N<Cj A H Waring, S
O; W H Evans, Ga; -J E Beab, W J'
Croaswell, S C. *V..:? ?' ^k '
Wheeler Hows?W F Cutbbertson,
Charlotte ?Miss A<M Ballone, Ind; S B ,
Hodges, Greenwood; B J Newton and
lady, B F Moore, A-Newton, Marlboro;
Mrs J C Spro?la, Mise Sproals. t}a; Gflp
Tapper, city; John A Barker, M D,
Eagefleld; K Straus, Phila; J M Ward,
Newberry. -:.: lv.r- *>
TREZEYABT SILL, Trial Justine. <
Office on Plain street, fcrsefly occupied by
A. L. Solomon. Business promptly attended
to._ March 20 2mo
First Annual Ball
Of, ...
Phoenix Hook and Ladder Co.,
... I w o. i, . '
On TMUllBDW KVKWIITO, March 97.
AT PARKER'S HALL !
J '. coxbittbb of ABHANG tillEnth.
J. A: Jackson. K. J. Bookniouv, W. E. Hibth.
( aaoxPTioN committee.
. ?' P. J. Veiohax, J. Jeans, J. L. Little,
J. Btbllxko, E. Enole.
eloo'b oomnTTee.
J. Konkmajt. B. 8tha?s, John Moobison,
? ? -i M.-Habxn-iohv, G. H. Dtjhme.
Mombora'oftha Steam Fire Engine Compa?
nies will pleaaffwear the .'uniforme of their
respective organJaatioas. .
Tickets oan be procured from the Commit-'
tee of Axraagemsnts. . ,\
Supper tri it be provided by Captain John
McKenzie, tickets for which can be had fro?
any or the above Committees on the night of
the Ball, t ? -v^.. , i Hareb21 0
PR0QLAMATI0N.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA:
IN oontormitv with Hection 60 of Chapter
LXII1, l'ago 318. of tbo General Statutes,
I do hereby name Messrs. William E. Earlo,
Alexander MoBee, Thomas M. Cox and G. W.
Taylor, Jr., CommiBaionora (o receive sub?
scriptions fur the capital atock of the
"Greenville and Gap Creek Turupiko Compa?
ny,'! chartered at tho last session of the Gen
oral Assembly, and do appoint the first Mon?
day in April next bb tbe day on which said
Commitsbioners shall open enbsoription books
at tbo law office of Meaars. Earlo L Blythe, at
Grconvtllo, H. C, for the purposo of reoeivmg
?Hibecriplionu to 'the capital atock of said
company.
Now, tbereforo,oach and ovory of tho Oom
mtarinnora abovo uamed iro hereby required,
with strict regard to tbe lawa of tho State,
touching their duty iu each case, to cause tho
said subscription nooka to bo opened at the
time and placo above named,
Iu testimony whereof, I have horennto set
my hand and canned tbe great seal to
bo affixed, at Columbia, this 20th day of
'a Mai oh. A. D. 1873, and in tbe ninoty
j_, aovcntn year of tbe indopondonco of
tho United Statoa of America.
By the Governor:
FUANKL1N J. MOSKri, Jn.
H. E. Hatnf Sorrotary of State.
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