A. D. 1881. No. 182. AN ACT TO PRESCRIBE THE MODE OF ASCERTAINING THE AVERAGE ATTENDANCE ON THE FREE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF THIS schools. school days a month. Apportionment Section 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting Free public in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That the school month shall consist of twenty school days, and that . Twenty school this number shall be taken as the unit of compensation in esti mating the average attendance of each pupil in the free public schools of this State. SEC. 2. That for the school year 1882–1883, and for each school year thereafter, each County School Commissioner shall apporof schoul fund. tion the income of the school fund among the several school dis tricts of his County in proportion to the average attendance upon the free public schools for the last preceding year as ascertained by Section 1 of this Act. SEC. 3. That the State Superintendent of Education is hereby to evforce, authorized and required to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to enforce the provisions of this Act. thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. Regulations Approved December 20th, A. D. 1881. JOHNSON HAGOOD, Governor. No. 483. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE LEBANON CAMP-GROUND IN HAMPTON County, South CAROLINA. 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 W. F. Breland, William T. Blount, Richard Davis, H. M. Par. nell, and T. A. Causey, (Trustees of the Black Swamp Circuit,) and their successors in office, be, and they are hereby, incorpo rated and declared to be a body corporate, under the name and Corporate name style of the Lebanon Camp-ground, of Hampton County, South Carolina, and by that name and style shall have succession of officers and members, and shall bave a common seal. Corporators. Powers - May real and personal SEC. 2. That the said corporation shall have power to receive A. D. 1881, and hold any real or personal estate not exceeding in value the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars, and to sell, convey, and hold and sein dispose of the same; and by its corporate name may sue and be property. sued in any Court of this State, and to make such police regulations, rules and by-laws, not repugnant to law, as it may consider necessary and expedient for the maintenance of law and order, and the protection of its property. SEC. 3. That this Act shall be deemed and taken to be a public thousand eight bundred and eighty-one. J. C. SHEPPARD, Speaker House of Representatives. JOHNSON HAGOOD, Governor. AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE FACULTIES OF STATE NORMAL No. 484. INSTITUTES TO GRANT CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMAS OF Faculties authorized to grant certificates Proviso. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre. sentatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sitting in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, That. the faculties of the State Normal Institutes which may here- Normal after be held in this State shall have authority to grant certifi- Institutes; cates of qualification to teach in the Free Public Schools of this th State to such students of the institutes as may be found qualified fied upon examination: Provided, That no certificate of quali . fication shall be granted for a longer time than three years. SEC. 2. That the faculties of said institutes shall have authority to grant diplomas, which shall exempt the holders from further examination as to qualification to teach in the Free thorized to grant Public Schools of this State: Provided, That no diploma shall be granted to any person who has not attended regularly at Prov.so. least three State Normal Institutes to be held hereafter. Sec. 3. That the State Board of Examiners shall have au- Examiners to thority to prescribe the course of study and the standard of per Faculties 20 State Board of stud prescribe ies, &c. A. D 1881. w qualification which will entitle applicants to receive certificates of qualification and diplomas as hereinbefore provided. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. J. C. SHEPPARD, Speaker House of Representatives. JOHNSON HAGOOD, Governor. No. 485. AN ACT TO INCORPORATE THE GEORGETOWN, CONWAYBORO, ANI Fair BLUFF TELEGRAPH LINE. SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre sentatives of the State of South Carolina, now met and sittin in General Assembly, and by the authority of the same, Tha S. C. Potts and bis associates be, and they are hereby, const! Corporators. tuted a body politic and corporate by the name of the George Corporate namo. town, Conway boro, and Fair Bluff Telegraph Line, and by tba name sball have perpetual succession, and may have and use Rights and powers. common seal, may purchase, lease, receive, hold, and conve property, real and personal, and may sue or be sued in an Court of competent jurisdiction. SEC. 2. The said corporation is hereby authorized to constru 'Pelegraph lines. * telegraph lines along, upon, and beside the public roads an Location of. bighways from Georgetown to Port Harrelson, from Port Ha relson to Conwayboro, from Conwayboro to the North Caroli line near Fair Bluff. SEC. 3. The said corporation may appoint such directors, of ts, cers, and agents, and make such rules, regulations, and by-law not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State. may be necessary for the transaction of its business, and su of said officers as may be so authorized to do, may fix the rat of the transmission of messages. SEC. 4. Any person who shall wilfully and maliciously destre injure, or molest any of the lines, posts, materials, or proper doc., misdemean- of any kind of said corporation, shall, on conviction, be pi ished in like manner as he, she, or they would be punished | Civil action. a like offence against the rights or property of a natural pers and shall also be liable to a civil action for damages. Sec. 5. The officers and employees of said corporation sh Oficers and By-laws. Wilful injury en. Officers and be subject to such legal penalties as now attach to the officers A D. 1881. and employees of the Western Union Telegraph Company for wilful and malicious disclosure or divulgence of the nature or employees sub ject to legal pencontents of any message or communication intrusted to them alties. for transmission, or for wilful neglect to transmit a message. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. Approved December 20th, A. D. 1881. JOHNSON HAGOOD, Governor. Charter re newed. AN ACT TO REVIVE AND RENEW THE CHARTER OF THE PHENIX NO. 486. FIRE ENGINE COMPANY OF THE CITY OF CHARLESTON, S. C. 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 charter of the Phenix Fire Engine Company of the City of Charleston vived and me be, and the same is hereby, revived and renewed, and shall.con-ne tinue in force until amended, altered or repealed; and tbat all acts done by the said Phenix Fire Engine Company of the Acts declared City of Charleston since the expiration of its charter, in con. valid. formity thereto, shall be, and the same are hereby, declared to be as good and valid, to all intents and purposes, as if the same had been done before the expiration of its charter. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one. J. C. SHEPPARD, Speaker House of Representatives. JOHNSON HAGOOD, Governor. UN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR DRAINAGE IN THE COUNTIES OF SPAR- No. 487. TANBURG AND PICKENS. moved. ,, A. D. 1881. from and after the passage of this Act all land owners of the Counties of Spartanburg and Pickens shall remove from the Obstructions in streams to be re- running streams of water upon their lands, all trash, trees, rafts, and timber, during the months of March and September in each year in the small streams, and in July or August in the large streams. Sec. 2. Any person convicted of a violation of this Act shall Penalty for... be punished by a fine of not less than five nor more than fifty dollars in the discretion of the Court before which the case may be tried. Sec. 3. Any person convicted of cutting down trees across or streams-punish- into running streams upon the lands of another in the Counties aforesaid shall be liable to the same punishment above prescribed. violation. Felling trees in ment. In the Senate House, the nineteenth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty.one. Approved December 20th, A. D. 1881. JOHNSON HAGOOD, Governor. No. '488. AN ACT TO REPEAL AN ACT ENTITLED “An ACT TO AMEND SEC TIONS 8 AND 9 OF AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER XLV., OF TITLE 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 entitled "An Act to amend Sections 8 and 9 of an Act to amend Act December 23, 1879," Chapter XLV., of Title XI., Part I., of the General Statutes, relating to the repairs of highways and bridges in Charleston County," approved December 23d, 1879, be, and the same is hereby, repealed. repealed. |