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take* place aball, without regard to the conduct of the officers, be liable in exemplary damages of not less than $2,000 to the legal representatives of the person lynched: Provided, further, That any county against which a judg ment has been obtained for damages in any case of lynching shall have the right to recover the amount of said judgment from the parties engaged in said lynching m any court of competent jurisdiction. ARTICLE VH. COrNTTM AND COCNTY GOVERNMENT. Sec. 1. The general assemtdy may establish new counties in the following manner: Whenever one-third of the qualified electors within the area of each section of an old county proposed to be cut off to form a new county shall petition the governor fer the creation of a new county, setting forth the boundaries and showing compli ance with the requirements of this ar ticle, the governor shall order an elec tion, within a reasonable time there after, by tho qualified electors within the proposed area, in which election they shall vote "Yes” or “No” upon the question of creating said new county; and at the same election the question of a name and a county seat for such county shall be submitted to the electors. Sec. 2. If two-thirds of the qualified electors voting at such election shall vote "Yes” upon such questions, then the general assembly at the next ses sion shall establish such new county: Provided. No section of the county proposed to be dismembered shall be thus cut off without consent by a two- thirds vote of those voting in such sec tion; and no county shall be formed without complying with all the condi tions imposed in this article. An elec tion upon the question of forming the same proposed new county shall not be held oftener thau once in four years. Sec. 3. No new county hereafter formed shall contain less than one one hundred and twenty-fourth part of the whole number of inhabitants of the State, nor shall it have less assessed taxable property thau $1,500,000 as shown by the last tax returns, nor shall it contain less area than 400 square miles. Sec. 4. No old county shall be re duced to less crea than 500 square miles, to less assessed taxable proper ty than $2,000,000, nor to a smaller population than 15,000 inhabitants. Sec. 5. In the formation of new counties no old county shall be cut within eight miles of its courthouse building. Sec. C. All new counties here after formed shall bear a just appor tionment of the valid indebtness of the old county or counties from which they have been formed. Sec. 7. The general assembly shall have the power to alter county lines at any time: Provided, That before any existing county line is altered the question shall be first submitted to the qualified electors of the territory pro posed to be taken from one county and given to another, and shall have re ceived two-thirds of the votes cast: Provided, further. That the change shall not reduce the county from which the territory is takeu below the limits prescribed in sectious 3, 4 and 5 of this article: Provided, That the prop er proportion of the existing county indebtedness of the section so trans ferred shall be assumed by the county to which the territory is transferred. Sec. 8. No county seat shall be re moved except by a vote of two-thirds of tho qualified electors of said county voting in an election held for that pur pose, but such election shall not be held in any county oftener than once in five years. Sec. 9. Each county shall constitute one election district, and shall be a body politic and corporate. Sec. 10. The general assembly may provide for the consolidation of two or more existing counties if a majority of the qualified electors of such coun ties voting at an election held for that purpose shall vote separately therefor, but such election shall not be held oftener than once in four years in the same counties. Sec. 11. Each of the several town ships of this State, with names and boundaries as now established by law, shall constitute a body politic and cor porate, but this shall not prevent the general assembly from organizing other townships or changing the boundaries of those already established; and the general assembly may provide such system of township government as it •hall think proper in any and all the counties, aud may make special provis ion for municipal government and for | the protection of chartered rights and powers of municipalities. Sec. 12. Until changed by the gen eral assembly, as allowed by this Con- •titution the boundaries of the several counties shall remain as now estab- 'ished, except that the boundaries of 'he county of Edgefield shall undergo •uch changes as are made necessary by j the formation of a new county from a portion of Edgefield, to be known as , fialuda, the boundaries of which areset L »rth in Constitutional ordinance. [ ' lection ordered in said ordinance f for the location of its county seat shall | ® held under the Constitution and | *ws now of force. And the general j tisenibly shall provide for the UKbeBtt- foent of property in tho county of ®wnda tor the fiscal year beginning •unary 1st, 180C, and for the collec- °u of said taxes when assessed, nee. 13. The general assembly may f* n y time arrange tbe various ooun- mto judicial circuits, and into “Jgressional dictricts, including the °f Saluda, as it may deem wiae th' |* :iro,ieri RU d may establish or alter Ration of voting precincts in any aliT'i 1 *' ® ereR fter no county lines , n “U so established as to pass ^auy incorporated city or town ARTICLE Vm. MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS AND POLICR REGULATIONS. Section 1. Tho general assembly shall provide by general laws for the organization and classification of mu nicipal corporations. The powers of esch class shall be defined so that no such corporations shall have any pow ers or be subject to any restrictions other than all corporations of the same class. Cities and towns now existing under special charters may re-organize under the general laws of the State, and when so re-organized their special! charters shall cease and determine. Sec. 2. No city or town shall be or ganized without the consent of the majority of the electors residing aud entitled by law to vote within the dis trict proposed to be incorporated; such consent to be ascertained in the man ner and under such regulations as may be prescribed by law. Sec. 3. The general assembly shall restrict the powers of cities and towns to levy taxes and assessments, to bor row money and to contract debts, and no tax or assessment shall be levied or debt contracted except in pursuance of law, for public purposes specified by law. Sec. 4. No law shall be passed by the general assembly grantingthe right to construct and operate a street or other railway, telegraph, telephone or electric plant, or to erect water or gas works for public use or to lay mains for any purpose, without first obtain ing the consent of the local authorities in control of the streets or public places proposed t-> be occupied for any such or like purposes. Sec. 5. Cities and towns may ac quire, by construction or purchase, and may operate water works systems and plants for furnishing lights, and may furnish water and lights to indi viduals, firms aud private corporations for reasonable compensation: Provid ed, that no such construction or pur chase shall be made except upon a ma jority vote of the electors in said cities or towns who are qualified to vote on the bonded indebtedness of said cities or towns. Sec. 6. The corporate authorities of cities and towns iu this State shall be vested with power to assess and collect taxes for corporate purposes, said taxes to be uniform in respect to persons and property within the juris diction of the body composing the same; and all the property except such us is exempt by law, within the limits of cities aud towns shall be taxed for the payment of debts contracted under au thority of law. License or privileged taxes imposed shall be graduated so as to secure a just irapositiou of such tux upon the cEsscs subject thereto. Sec. 7. No city or town in this State shall hereafter incur any bonded debt, which, including existing bonded in debtedness, shall exceed 8 per centum of the assessed value of the taxable property therein, and no such debt shall be created without submitting the question as to the creation thereof to the qualified electors of such city or town, as provided in this Constitution for such special elections; and unless a majority of such electors voting on the question shall be in favor of creating such further bonded debt, none shall be created; Provided, that this section shall not be construed to prevent tbe issuing of certificates of indebtedness in anticipation of the collection of taxes for amounts actually contained or to be contained in the taxes for tbe year wbeu such certificates are issued and payable out of such taxes: And provided, further, that such cities and towns shall on the issuing of such bonds create a sinking fund fur tbe re demption thereof at maturity. Noth ing herein contained shall prevent the issuing of bonds to an amount sufficient to refund bonded indebtedness exist ing at the time of the adoption of this Constitution. Sec. 8. Citiesand towns may exempt from taxation, by general or special ordinance, except for school purposes, manufactories established withiu their limits for five successive years from the time of the establishment of such man ufactories: Provided, that such ordi nance shall be first ratified by a ma cense shall be granted to sell alcoholic beverages in less quantities than one- half pint, or to sell them between son- down and sunrise, or to sell them to be drunk on the premises: And provided, further, that the general assembly shall not delegate to any municipal corporation the power to issue licenses to sell the same. Sec. 12. All prize-fighting is prohib ited in this State, and the general as sembly shall provide by proper laws for the prevention and punishment of the same. ARTICLE IX. CORPORATIONS. Section 1. The term corporation as used in this article includes all associa tions and joint stock companies having powers and privileges not possessed by individuals or partnerships aud ex cludes municipal corporations. Sec. 2. No charter of incorporation shall be granted, changed or amended by special law, except in the ease of such charitable, educational, penal or reformatory corporations ss may be under the control of the State, or may be provided for iu this Constitution, but the general assembly shall provide by general law s for changing or amend ing existing charters, and for the or ganization of all corporations here after to be created, and any such law so passed, as well as all charters now existing or heieafter created, shall be subject to future repeal or alteration; provided, that the general assembly may by a two-thirds vote of each house on a concurrent resolution allow a bill for a special charter to be introduced, and when so introduced may pass the same as other hills. Sec. 3. All railroad, express, canal and other corporations engaged in transportation for hire and all tele graph and other corporations engaged in the business of transmitting intelli gence for hire are common carriers in their respective lines of business, and are subject to liability and taxation as such. It shall bo unlawful for any such corporation to make any contract relieving it of its common law liabil ity or limiting the same, in reference to the carriage of passengers. Sec. 4. Every corporation organized or doing business in this State, other thau religious, educational or benevo lent associations, shall have and maintain at least one agent in this State upon whom process may be served, aud at least one public office for the transac tion of its business. Provided, This section shall not apply to mercantile corporations: Provided, That nothing contained in this section shall be con strued to prohibit the general assem bly from providing for the service of process on any agent of a corporation so as to bind such coporation. , Sec. 5. No discrimination in charges or facilities for transportation of the same classes of freight or pas- senpeis, or for the transmission of in telligence within this State, or coming from or going to any other State, shall be made by any railroad or other transportation or transmission compa ny between places or persons. Persons and property transported! by any railroad or any other trauspor- j tatiuu or transmission company or cor poration, shall be delivered at any station, landing or port at charges not exceeding the charges for the trans portation of persons and property of the same class, in the same direction, to any more distant station, lauding or port. Excursion and commutation tickets may be issued at special rates. This section shall not prevent the rail road commission from making such competive rates as shall, in their judg ment, be just aud equitable between the railroads and the public, at all junctional and competive points or at points where water competition con trols the traffic or at points where the competition of points located in other States may make necessary the pre scribing of different rates for the pro tection of the commerce of this State. Sec. 6. Any railroad or other trans portation corporation, and any tele graph or other transmitting corpora tion, organized nnder the laws of this State, shall have the right to connect its roads or lines, at the State line, with those in other States, aud shall have jority of such qualified electors of such | the right to intersect with or cross any city or town as shall vote at an elec- other railroad, street railway, trans- tion held for that purpose. J portation road or transmitting line, Sec. 9. No armed police force or and shall each receive and transport representatives of a detective agency ' the freight, passengers, cars (loaded or shall ever be brought iuto this State empty) and messages delivered to for the suppression of domestic vio- it by snother without delay or dis- lence; nor any other armed or unarmed crimination. body of men be brought iu for that geo. 7. No railroad, or other trans- purpote, except upon the application portation company, aud no telegraph ■ of Hie general assembly or of tho ex- j or other transmitting corporation, or ecutive of this State (when the gener al assembly is not in session,) as pro vided in the Constitution of ttie United ! States. The general assembly shall the lessees, purchasers or managers of any snch corporation, shall consolidate the stock, property or franchises of such corporation with, or lease or pur- provide proper penalties for the en- chase the works or franchises of, or in forcement of the provisions of this any way control, any other railroad or section. , other transportation, telegraph or other Sec. 10. It shall be tho dnty of the transmitting company owning or hav- general assembly to create boards of ing under its control a parallel or com- liealth wherever they may be neces- peting line; and the question whether sary. giving to them power and author- railroads or other transportation, tele- ; ity to make such regulations as shall graph or other transmitting companies protect the health of the community and abate nuisances. Bee. 11. In the exercise of the po lice power t * je general assembly shall have the right to prohibit the manu facture and sale and retail of alcoholic liquors or beverages withiu the State. Ttie general assembly may license per- are parallel or competing lines shall, when demanded by the party com plainant, be decided by a jury as iu other civil causes. Sec. 8. Tbe general assembly shall not grant to any foreign corporation or association a license to build, oper ate or lease any railroad in this State; sons 0 or corporations to' maunfactnre I but in all cases where a railroad ia to aud sell and retail alcoholic liquors cr be built or operated, or is now being beverages within the State under such operated, in this State, and the same rules and restrictions as it deems prop- shall be partly in this SUte and partly er; or the general assembly may pro- 1 in another State, or in other States, hibit the manufacture and sale and re- the owners or projectors thereof shall tail of alcoholic liquors and beverages , first becox*) incorporated nnder the withiu the State, and may authorize Uws of tin' ;«.tte; nor shall any ior- and empower the State, county and e ign corpe Sir* or association lease or municipal officers, all or either, under operate anj istiroad in this State, or the authority and in tbe name of the purchase thsoameorany interest there- State, to buy in any mirket and retail within the SUte liquors and beverages in such packages and quantities, un der such rules and regulations, as it deema expedient; Provided, that noli- in. Consolidation of any railroad lines aud corporations in this State with others shall be allowed only where the consolidated company shall become a domestic corporation of this State. No ;eneral or special law shall ever be for the benefit of any foreign eorjJs^ration opefating n railroad under an exie<JWr^,f,nse of this State or un der any tf^fc^Uiaae, and no grant of any rig'Nulo. and no exemp tion from shall lie made to any such fonlv*^®iforation, except upon the conditiftt owners or stockholders thereoT first organ ize a corporation in thm State under the laws thereof, and shall thereafter operate and manage the same and the business thereof under said domestic charter. Sec. 9. The general assembly shall have no power to grant any special charter for banking purposes, but cor porations or associations may be form ed for such purposes under general laws, with auch privileges, powers ami limitations, not inconsistent with this Coustitution, as it may deem proper. The general assembly shall provide by law for tbe thorough examination and inspection of all banking and fiscal corporations of this State. Sec. 10. Stock or bonds shall not be issued by any corporation save for labor done, or money or property actually received or subscribed; and all fictitious increase of stock or in debtedness shall be void. Sec. 11. The general assembly shall provide by law for the election of di rectors, trustees or managers of all corporations so that each stockholder shall be allowed to cast, in person or by proxy, as many votes as the number of shares he owns multiplied by tbe number of directors, trustees or man agers to be elected, the same to be cast for any one candidate or to be distrib uted among two or more candidates. Sec. 12. Corporations shall not en gage in any business except that speci fically authorized by their charters or necessarily incident thereto. Sec. 13. The general assembly shall enact laws to prevent all trusts, com binations. contracts and agreements against the public welfare; aud to pre vent abuses, unjustdiscriminatiousand extortion in all charges of transport ing and transmitting companies; and shall pass laws for the supervision and regulation of such companies by com mission or otherwise, and shall provide adequate penalties, to the extent, if necessary for that purpose, of forfeit ure of their franchises.' Sec. 14. A commission is hereby es tablished to be known as “the railroad commission,” which shall be comp ised of not less than three members, whose powers over all transporting and trans mitting corporations, and duties, man ner of election and term of office shall bo regulated by law; and until other wise provided by law the said commis sioners shall have the same powers and jurisdiction, perform the same duties, and receive the same compensation as now conferred, prescribed and allowed by law to the existing railroad commis sioners; provided, that the members thereof shall be elected at the expira tion of the terms of the present rail road commissioners, who are hereby continued in office for the terms for which they were elected. Sec. 15. Every employee of any railroad corporation shall have tho same rights and remedies for auy in jury suffered by him from the acts or omissions of said corporation or its exployees, as are allowed by law to other persons not employees, when the injury results from the negligence of a superior agent or officer, or of a per son having a right to control or direct the services of a party injured, and also when the injury results from the negligence of a fellow servant engaged in another department of labor from that of the party injured, or of a fel low servant on another train of cars, or one engaged about a different piece of work. Knowledge by any employee injured of the defective or unsafe character or condition of any machin ery, ways or appliances shall be no defence to an action for injury caused thereby, except to conductors or en gineers iu charge of duugerous or un safe cars or engines voluntarily opera ted by them. When death ensues from any injury to employees, the legal or personal representatives of the person injured shall have tbe same right and remedies as are allowed by law to such representatives of other persons. Any contract or agreement, expressed or implied, made by any employee to waive the benefit of this section shall be null and void; and this section shall not be construed to deprive any employee of a corporation, or his legal or personal representa tive, of any remedy or right that he now has by the law of the land. The general assembly may extend tbe rem edies herein provided for to any other class or employees. Sec. 16. All existing charters or grants of corporate franchise under which organizations have not in good faith taken place at the adoption of this Constitution shall be subject to the provisions of this article. Sec. 17. The general assembly shall never remit tbe forfeiture of the fran chise of any corporation now char tered, nor alter nor amend the charter thereof, nor pass any general or spe cial law for the benefit of snch cor- p .ration, except upon the condition that such corporation shall thereafter hold its charter and franchise subject to the provisions of this Constitution, and the acceptance by any corporation of any provision of any snch laws or r the taking of nny benefit or advantage from tbe same shall be conclusively held an agreement by such corporation to hold its charter and franchise under the provisions of this article. Sea. 18. The stockholders of all in solvent corporations shall be individu ally liable to the creditors thereof only to the extent of the amonnt remaining due to the corporation upon the stock owned by them: Provided, That stock holders in banks or banking institu tions shall be liable to depositors therein in a sum equal in amount to their stock over and above the face value of the same. Sec. 19. Nothing prohibited in this article shall be permitted to be done by any corporation or company, persons or person, either for its or their owu benefit or otherwise, by its or tbeir holding or controlling in its or their owu name or otherwise, or in the name of any other person or pereons, or oth er corposation or company whatsoever, a majority of the capital stock, or of bonds having voting power, of any rail road or transportation company, or corporation creatad by or existing un der the laws of this State, or doing business within this State. Sec. 20. No right of way shall be appropriated to the use of auy corpor ation until full compensation therefor shall be first made to the owner, or se cured by a deposit of money, irrespec tive of any benefit from any improve ment proposed by snch corporation, which compensation shall be ascer tained by a jury of 12 men in a court of record, as shall be prescribed by law. Sec. 21. The geueial assembly shall enforce the pirovisious of this article by approprite legislation. ARTICLE X. FINANCE AND TAXATION. Section 1. The general assembly shall provide by law for a uniform anil equal rate of assessment and taxation, and shall prescribe regulations to se cure a just valuation for taxation of all property, real, personal aud possessory, except mines and mining claims, the products of which alone shall be taxed; ami also excepting siich property as may beexempted by law for municipal, educational, literary, scientific, re ligious or charitable purposes: Pro vided, however, That the general as sembly may impose a eapitatiou tax upon such domestic animals as from their nature aud habits are destructive of other property: Aud provided, further, That the general assembly may provide for a graduated tax ou incomes, and for a graduated license on occupatious aud business. Sec. 2. The geueruble assembly shall provide for an uuuual tax suf ficient to defray the estimated ex penses of the State for each year, and whenever it shall happen that tbe or dinary expenses of the State for auy year shall exceed the income of the State for such year tbe general as sembly shall provide for levying a tax for the ensuing year sufficient, with other sources of income, to pay the deficiency of the proceeding year to gether with the estimated expenses of the ensuing year. Sec. 3. No tax shall be levied ex cept in pursuance of a law which shall distinctly state the object of the same; to which object the tax shall be ap plied. See. 4. There shall be exempted from taxation all county, township aud municipal property used exclu sively for public purposes and not for revenue, and the property of all schools, colleges, aud institutions of learning, all charitable institutions iu the nature of asylums for tbe infirm, deaf and dumb, blind, idiotic aud in digent persons, except where the prof its of such institutions are applied to private uses; all public libraries, churches, parsonages and burying grounds; but property of associations and societies, although connected with charitable objects, shall not be exempt from State, county, or munic ipal taxation: Provided, That as to real estate this exemption shall not extend beyoud tbe buildings and premises actually occupied by such schools, colleges, institutions of learn ing, asylums, libraries, churches, par sonages and burial grounds, although connected with cnaritable objects. Sec. 5. The corporate authorities of couuties, towuships, school districts, cities, tow ns and villages may be vest ed with power to assees aud collect taxes for corporate purposes; such taxes to be uniform in respect to per sons aud property within the jurisdic tion of the body imposing the same. All shares of the atuekholders in any bank or banking association located in this State, whether now or hereafter incorporated, or organized under the laws of this State or of the United States, shall be listed at their true value in money, aud taxed for munic ipal purposes iu the city, ward, town or incorporated village where such bank is located, and not elsewhere: Provided, That the worda "true value in money” as used in line 12 of this section shall be so construed as to mean and include all surplus or extra moneys, capital, and every species of personal property of value owned or iu possession of any snch bank: Pro vided, A like rule of taxation shall ap ply to the stockholders of all corpora tions other than banking institutions. And the general assembly shall require that all the property, except that here in permitted to be exempted within the limits of municipal corporations, shall be taxed for corporate purposes and for the payment of debts contract ed under authority of law. Tho bonded debt of any county, township, school district, municipal corporation or political division or subdivision of this State shall never exceed U per centum of tbe assessed value of all the taxable property therein. And no eouuty. township, mnnicipal corpora tion or other political division of this State shall hereafter be authorized to increase its bonded indebtedness if at the time of any proposed increase thereof the aggregate amount of its already existing bonded debt amounts to 8 per centum of the value of all taxable property thereiu as ascertained by the valuation for State taxation. And wherever there shall be several political divisions or municipal corpo rations covering or extending over the same territory, or portions thereof, possessing a power to levy a tax or contract debt,then each of auch po litical divisions or mnnicipal corpora tions shall so exercise its power to increase its debt under the foregoing 8 per cent limitation that the aggregate debt over and upon any territory of thi* SUte shall never exceed 15 per centum of the value of all taxable property in auch territory as valued for taxation by the SUte: Provided, That nothing herein shall prevent tha issue of bonds for the purpose of pay- | big or refunding any valid municipal debt heretofore contracted in excess of H per centum of the assessed value of all the taxable property therein. Sec. 6. The credit of the State shall not be pledged or loaned for the ben efit of any individual, company, asso ciation or corporation; and the State shall not become a joint owner of or stockholder in any company, associa tion or corporation. The general as sembly shall not have power to author ize any county or township to levy a tax or issue bonds for any purpose ex cept for educational purposes, to build and repair public roads, buildings and bridges, to maintain and support pris oners. pay jurors, county officers, and for litigation, quarantine aud court expenses, aud for ordinary county purposes, to support paupers, and pay past iudebebtedness. Sec. 7. No scrip, oertifieateor other evidence of State indebtedness shall be issued except for the redemption of stock, bonds or other evidences of in- dohtedness previously issued, or for sueh debts as are expressly authorized iu this Constitution. Sec. 8. An accurate statement of the receipts aud expenditures of the pub lic money shall he published with the laws of each regular session of the gen eral assembly, in such manner us may by law be directed. Sec. 9. Money shall be drawn from the treasury only iu pursuance of ap- l ropriutions made by law. Sec. 10. The fiscal year shall com mence on the first day of January in each year. Sec. 11. To the end that the puhlio debt of South Carolina may not here after ho increased without the due con sideration and free consent of the peo ple of tbe State, the general assembly is hereby forbidden to create auy fur ther debt or obligation, either by the loan of the credit of the State by guar anty, endorsement or otherwise, except for the ordinary and current business of the State, without first submitting the question as to the creation of sueh new debt, guaranty, endorsement or loan of its credit to the qualified elec tors of this State at a general State election; snd unless two-thirds of the qualified electors of this State, voting on the question, sh ill he in favor of in creasing the debt, guaranty, endorse ment or loan of its credit, none shall bo created or made. Aud any debt con tracted by the State shall he by loan on State bonds, of amounts not less than $o0 each, bcaringinterest, payable not more thau 40 years after final passage of the law authorizing sueh debt. A correct registry of all such bonds shall be kept by the treasurer in numerical order, so as to always exhibit the num ber aud amount unpaid, and to whom severally made payable. Aud tbe gen eral assembly shall levy an annual tax sufficient to pay the annual interest on said bonds. Sec. 12. Snitable laws shall be pass ed by the general assembly for the safe-keeping, transfer and disburse ment of the State, country and school funds; and all officers and other per sons charged with tbe same shall keep an accurate entry of each sum received, aud of each payment and transfer and shall give such security for the faithful discharge of snch duties as the general assembly may provide. And it shall bo the duty of the general assembly to pass laws making embezzlement of snch funds a felouy, punishable by line and imprisonment, proportioned to the amonut of the deficiency or embezzle ment, aud tho paity convicted of such felony shall be disquahfied from ever holding auy office of honor or emolu ment iu this State: Provided, however, that the general assembly, by a two- thirds vote, may remove the disability upon payment in full of the principal aud interest of tho sum embezzled. Sec. 13. The general assembly shall provide for tbe assessment of all prop erty for taxation; and State, county, township, school, municipal and all other taxes shall be levied on the same assessment, which shall be that made for State taxes; aud the taxes for the subdivision of the State shall be levied and collected by the respective fiscal authorities thereof. ARTICLE XI. EDUCATION. Section 1. The supervision of pub lic instruction shall be vested in tbe State superintendent of education, who shall be elected for the term of two years by the qualified electors of the State, in such manner aud at such time as the other State officers are elected; his pow r ers, duties and com pensation shall be defined by the gen eral assembly. Sec. 2. There shall be a State board of education, composed of tbe governor, the state superintendent of education, and not exceeding seven persons to be ap]>ointed by the govern or every four years, of which board tbe governor shall he chairman, and the state superintendent of education, secretary. This board shall have the regulation of examination of teachers applying for certificates of qualifica tion, and shall award all scholarships and have such other powers and duties as msy be determined by law. The travelling expenses of the persons to be appointed shall be provided for by the general assembly. Sec. 3. Tbe general assembly shall make provision for the election or appointment of all other nect s-ury school officers, snd ahall define their qualification, powers, duties, compeu- sation and terms of office. Sec. 4. The salaries of the State and county school officers and com pensation of county treasurers for col lecting and disbursing school money# aball not be paid ont of the school fnnds, but shall be otherwise provided for by tbe general assembly. Sec. 5. The general assembly shall provide for a liberal system of fr*» LEAVES FOR: TIME. Florence, •7.30 a. m. Hartsville, •9.20 a. m. Wades boro. t9 15 a. m. Florence, 16.05 p. m. »♦ (4.80 p. m. W (7 20 a. m. Hartsville, (8.06 p. m. Sumter. (7.25 a. m. lennettsville, (8.00 p, m. M 11 00 p. m. Sumter, )2 05 p. ni. nly. tDaily except Sun 1 ; days, Wednesdays and' uesdays, Thursdays and J. i to announcethat now prepared to her friends and public generally full line of min mm, Notions, &c., at ; prices. Call and ne both Goods rices. ilTh Ordinance. igton, S. 0., June 24,1895. IDERED AND ORDAINED: the following Rules and i, passed and adopted by •f Health of the town of H. C., having been ap- he Town Council of the rlington, 8. C., are hereby be Ordinances of the said W. F. DA ROAN, AN8, Mayor. Clerk. d Kkoulatiors of rum k Health or th« Town inotoh, 8. 0., Mauk of ink 24th, 1895. That any person, who. in r, hinders or obstructs tha eer of this Hoard, or any this Board, or any author- of the town acting under >f the Board, in tbe imqiec- nises within tha Town Inn- e abatement of any nni- th, in the opinion of the eemed prejudicial to the th: or In the discharge of prescribed by tbs said iealth, for the correction ration of the sanitary eon- t« Town, ahall be punished f not more than Fifty I'ol- ituprisoumeut not exceed- days tor every such offense. That anyperaon who re- glects to abate or remove me, or anymatter, or any xh, in the opinion of the Iealth, is likely to eodan- blic health, after having ted to do so by the Health any member of said Board shall be punshod by a fine than Fifteen Dollars or by ent not exceeding thirty' very such offense; and In i of said refusal and neglect the duty of the Health Of- ve removed or abated such and all expenses incurred of such removal or abate- be recovered, as is legally or, from the tenant orown- roperty on whicn said nul- und. . That any person who al-- d animal to remain ou any vlthin the corporate limits vn to him or her belnging, or her controlled, foa long than twenty four hours, unisbed by a fine o uot less i Dollars, or by mprison- exceeding thirty days. . That on and after Dee. 81, shall be unlaw for any persons to Weepany hog or ay premises within the eor- dts of the Towng;and any E ersons so doi n hall ben y a fine of uo* less than rs, or by imprieom ut n >t thirty days, or both, at the of said Board of Health, or ■ Hection 1. That it shall ty of all physicians praetie- l the town to report to the of the said Board of Health i and residences of all per- ng nnder thejr professional are afflicted with any oonta- infectious disease; said re- i made to the Secretary, eith j or in writiog. within two r such disease is contracted. 2. That it shall tie the dn- ihysiciaus and mid-wives to the Secretary of this Board together wKh sex and race, g within the oorp< rate lim- Town; said report to be de- i the Secretary of the Board, rbally oi in writing, within i after occurrence of sneh lirths. 8. That it shall be tbe du- >bysicians and undrtakere to the Secretary of this Board i occurring within tbe eor- nitsof the Town, together ie of death, name, residence, ace of deceased; said report vered, either verbally or in within two days after such deaths. *4. Auy physician, mid-wife taker failing to comply with irements of this Rule will be t less than Five Dollars or n Fifty Dollars at tbe die- f said Board I. That it shall be (be dnty salth Officer of this Board to personally inspect ell prem- lti the corporate limits of tha id any premises found to be healthy or unsanitary eondi- owner or tenant thereof will bed by a fine of from One > Fifty Dollars, or imprison- t exceeding thirty days, or the dieeretlon of said Board. II. That eny person who qb- n any way the drains, water- or ditches of the Town, or owe paper, rags, trash, H - any other refuse mattei r its, or on the Public qua re, about either of tbe banka of reek, or who orders it thrown ■f sueh places, shall beponishr fine of not less than One Dol- ore than Ten Dollars, ament lor not less than t both, in the discretion c