PAGE No. 143. An Act to provide for a commutation or road tax for Clarendon county .277 No. 144. An Act to provide for the registration of automobile and motorcycles in Clarendon county, to fix a license therefor, and to direct the distribution of funds therefrom....280 No. 145. An Act to provide for license on automobiles, automobile trucks, timber carts and vehicles pulled by four or more mules, and automobile repair shops in Dorchester county.282 No. 146. An Act to provide for a commutation or road tax, for Greenville county, and for penalty for failure to pay same .283 No. 147. An Act to amend an Act to authorize and empower the Supervisor of Greenville county to issue coupon bonds of said county in the sum of nine hundred and fifty thousand ($950,000.00) dollars for the purpose of permanent road improvements in said county, and to provide for automobile licenses and a property tax to pay the same, by repealing the automobile licenses required..........284 No. 148. An Act authorizing the Town Councils of Varnville, Brunson and Hampton, in the county of Hampton, to collect commutation tax ....285 No. 149. An Act to authorize and empower the County Board of Commissioners of Laurens county to issue coupon bonds of said county in the sum of three hundred thousand ($300,000.00) dollars for the purpose of road improvement, and to create a Highway Commission for said county, and to provide for the payment of same........285 No. 150. An Act to fix the commutation tax for Lexington county, and to provide penalty for its nonpayment...... .287 No. 151. An Act to provide for commutation tax in McCormick county and punishment for failure of payment thereof...288 No. 152. An Act to authorize and provide for the issue of bonds by McCormick county for permanent highway improvement and to provide for the expenditure of the same and for a property tax to pay the same, the total issue not to exceed one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars......290 No. 153. An Act to provide for an election on the issue of forty thousand dollars in coupon bonds by Cromer township in Newberry county for the purpose of constructing and maintaining the public roads in said township, and to provide a Sinking Fund for the payment of the same and a Commission to expend the proceeds of same........ 294 PAGE No. 154. An Act to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to provide for an annual license fee for operating automobiles and other motor vehicles in Oconee county". ...296 No. 155. An Act to provide for a commutation road tax for Oconee county ... ...296 No. 156. An Act to authorize the county of Pickens to issue bonds for permanent road and highway improvements, and to provide for the expenditure of same.. ..297 No. 157. An Act to provide for special road and commutation tax for school districts in Saluda county, and for elections thereon ...301 No. 158. An Act to repeal an Act entitled "An Act to provide for an annual license fee for operating automobiles and other motor vehicles in Saluda county," known as Act No. 529 of Laws and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly for the year 1916, approved February 11, 1916..........303 No. 159. An Act to provide for working the roads in Saluda county..303 No. 160. An Act to establish a Highway Commission for Spartanburg county and define its duties.... .305 No. 161. An Act to authorize and provide for the issue of bonds by the townships in Sumter county for improvement to highways, and to provide for the expenditure of the proceeds thereof, and for vehicle licenses and a property tax to pay the same, the total issue for any township not to exceed eight per centum of the total assessed value of the property therein ..... ....309 No. 162. An Act to authorize the holding of an election in Union township in Union county on the issuing of one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars of coupon bonds for building permanent roads, cement walks; to provide for the appointment of seven Commissioners to expend the proceeds of said bonds and otherwise define their duties, powers and term of office; and to provide a Sinking Fund for retirement of said bonds and a tax levy and motor vehicle license tax to pay interest on the same.... .....316 No. 163. An Act to establish a State Highway Department, to define its powers and duties; prescribe the duties and qualifications, fix the terms of office, and compensation of the State Highway Commission and State Highway Engineer; to provide for the maintenance of the State Highway Department by registering and licensing motor vehicles operated upon the highways of this State; to assent to the provision of an Act of Congress, approved July 11, 1916, entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads and for other purposes". .327 PAGE No. 164. An Act to exempt a certain portion of Douglas township, in Clarendon county, from the operations of the stock law ..327 No. 165. An Act to amend Section 2301, Code of Laws, 1912, Volume I (Civil Code), relating to portions of Georgetown county exempted from General Stock Law, so as to exempt all of the territory in Georgetown county from the operation of the General Stock Law.. 327 No. 166. An Act to amend Section 2311, Code of Laws, 1912, Volume I (Civil Code), relating to lawful fences, by reducing the height of same, in Georgetown county 328 No. 167. An Act to amend Section 4 of an Act approved the first day of September, 1914, entitled "An Act to provide for the registration of all births and deaths in the State of South Carolina, so as to reduce compensation in cities of over fifty thousand inhabitants 329 No. 168. An Act to amend Section 2280, Code of Laws, 1912, Volume I (Civil Code), relating to animals prohibited from running at large, so as to include Jasper county... 330 No. 169. An Act to amend Section 2796, Volume I of the Code of Laws of South Carolina for 1912, relating to the decrease of the capital stock of corporations... No. 170. An Act to amend Section 2905, Code of Laws, 1912, Volume I (Civil Code), relating to Town Council imposing taxes, so as to provide a graduation of said licenses according to gross income, etc..... .331 ....332 No. 171. An Act to amend an Act known as Number 602, approved February 11, 1916, entitled "An Act relating to hauling, conveying or transporting logs, timber or lumber on or over the public roads or highways of Dillon county," relating to Lee county.... .333 No. 172. An Act to amend Section 4 of an Act entitled "An Act relating to the taxation of timber," approved the 27th day of February, A. D. 1913, so as to include Dorchester county in the exemption thereof, and by striking out the word "Clarendon" ..334 No. 173. An Act to amend Section 2226 and Section 2229, Volume I, Code of Laws of 1912, relating to drainage... ..335 No. 174. An Act to amend Section 2207 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1912, Volume I, by adding a proviso thereto applicable to Richland county... ...338 PAGE No. 175. An Act to prohibit the colleges and institutions of learning of this State, supported in whole or in part by the State, No. 176. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to amend an Act entitled 'An Act to authorize the State Treasurer to receive from the United States Government a certain fund, and to hold the same subject to the uses declared by an Act of Congress,' so as to allow change of invest- ment," approved the 25th day of February, A. D. 1908, so as to enlarge the authority of the State Treasurer to No. 177. An Act to amend Section 1743 of Volume I of the Civil Code of 1912, of South Carolina, relative to Ehrhardt School District, of Bamberg county.... No. 178. An Act to amend Section 1773, Civil Code of 1912, by adding a proviso thereto, relating to School District No. 1, of No. 179. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act to establish a new school district in a portion of the township of Scuffletown, Young and Laurens, in the county of Laurens, and to authorize the levy and collection of a school tax therein," so as to correct an error in the description of the area of No. 180. An Act to amend an Act to amend Section 1743, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1912, Volume I, by adding a pro- viso thereto relating to certain school districts in Marion and Darlington counties, approved March 5th, 1915, by increasing the tax levy in Darlington county.... No. 181. An Act to amend Section 417, Volume I, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1912, by adding a proviso to said section No. 182. An Act to declare that the Columbia Canal, and its appur- tenances, and the interest of the State in and to the Columbia Canal, authorized to be transferred under an Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Board of Trustees of the Columbia Canal, to transfer to the said Board the Columbia Canal, with the lands now held there- with, and its appurtenances, and to develop the same," approved December 24th, 1887, and Acts supplemental or amendatory thereof, shall revert to the State by reason of and on account of the violation of the conditions contained in said Acts, and to provide provisions relating PAGE No. 183. An Act to provide for the making of fire insurance rates by individuals, associations, bureaus or fire insurers. ..353 No. 184. An Act to amend Sections 1633, 1636, and 1639, Code of Laws, 1912, Volume I, relating to commissioning pharmaceutical examiners, college graduate prerequisite and registry of names of pharmaceutists... ..358 No. 185. An Act to regulate municipal license fees of fire insurance companies and their agents.... ..361 No. 186. An Act to provide for inquiry into the origin of fires......361 No. 186 (a). An Act to authorize and empower the Board of Trustees of School District No. 17, of Anderson county, to issue and sell additional coupon bonds of said district for the purpose of erecting, equipping and furnishing a high school for said district.... ...363 No. 186 (b). An Act authorizing and requiring the County Treasurer of Darlington county to turn over all tax executions to the Rural Police, and authorizing the Rural Police to collect the same; also imposing further duties upon the Rural Police ...365 No. 187. An Act to amend an Act entitled "An Act in relation to the insurance of public school buildings, whether the same be held and operated under the general school laws or under laws applicable to special school districts, and to provide what portion of said insurance shall be obtained from and carried by the Sinking Fund Commission," approved 29th February, 1916, by adding thereto a section authorizing the said Commission to carry more of said insurance and to reinsure a part of its liability thereunder, and providing how the premiums therefor shall be paid to the said Commission ..367 No. 187 (c). An Act to provide for the teaching of agriculture in the public schools of the State, and to place the same under the supervision of the State..... ..369 No. 188. An Act to amend an Act Number 556, on page 966, Acts of the General Assembly, 1916, entitled "An Act regulating the county government of Berkeley county and providing for the election of a County Board of Commissioners, and the appointment of a County Road Supervisor and to define their duties," and restrictions surrounding same..371 |