the House of Representatives, and by the Clerk of the same, for all members of that body. of subordinates. Ib., 4. SEC. 3. That the subordinate officers and employees of the Gen- Pay certificates eral Assembly shall, in like manner, be furnished with certificates of pay in such amounts as shall be fixed by that branch of the General Assembly to which such officers and employees shall respectively belong: Provided, however, That the pay certificates for ser- Provisɔ. vices common to the two Houses shall be signed by the President of the Senate, and countersigned by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. members and SEC. 4. That the Treasurer of this State is hereby authorized and Teisurer to pay directed to pay said certificates out of any funds in the Treasury subordinates, &c. not otherwise disposed of, and to hold the certificates as his vouchers therefor. Ib.. 311,5; 1 S. C. Rep., 16. Per diem and mileage of mem SEC. 5. Each member of the General Assembly shall receive six dollars per diem while in session; and the further sum of twenty bers. cents for every mile of the ordinary route of travel in going to and returning from the place where such session is held. Art. Constitution, 2. 223; 1870, XIV, 404. Per diem of SEC. 6. The Lieutenant Governor, while presiding over the Senate, Lieut. Governor. shall receive a per diem of ten dollars. SEC. 7. Engrossing Clerks shall receive the same per diem as members of the General Assembly. 1868, XIV, 135, 21. Pay of E. grossing Clerks. 1868, XIV,136 §1 and House of to contract for publication of laws in newspapers. SECTION 1. That the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the Clerk of Senate House of Representatives are authorized to provide, by contract, for Representatives the publication, in such newspapers of the State as may by them be deemed necessary, of the Acts and Joint Resolutions of the General Assembly; and they are further authorized to provide, by contract, for the permanent and current printing of the General Assembly: Provided, That said contract be approved by the Senate and House of Representatives. 1871, XIV, 532, 21. To provide for To deliver permanent work to State Librar.ao, who shall distr bute to p rsons entitled by law to receive copies. Ib., §3. State Treasurer to pay accounts for such work. Ib., 4. Prov.so. How Ac's and resolutions shall be distr buted. Appendix, Vol. 6, p. 648. SEC. 2. That a sufficient number of the Journals, Reports and Acts of the General Assembly, for the use of the members of the General Assembly, and for the State Librarian to make the exchanges with other States, be bound in a good and substantial manner; and that the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives are authorized to have the same done immediately upon the close of the session, or as soon thereafter as practicable. SEC. 3. That, on the completion of the permanent work, they shall deliver the same to the State Librarian, who shall forward, by mail or otherwise, as he may deem expedient, a copy thereof to each of the members of the General Assembly, and a copy of the Acts and Joint Resolutions to the different States, institutions and officers entitled by law to receive the same. SEC. 4. That the State Treasurer is authorized and directed to pay all accounts for said work, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated: Provided, The Clerks of the respective Houses shall first certify that said accounts are just and correct in all respects, and that the work has been performed in pursuance of contract; and that the amount mentioned in said accounts is due, and remains unpaid. SEC. 5. Copies of the Acts and Joint Resolutions shall be distributed as follows: 1. To the Legislative Council of the Province of Quebec, Canada, one copy. 2. To each Clerk of Court in the State, one copy. 3. To each Judge of Probate, one copy. 4. To the Supreme Court at Columbia, one copy. 5. To each Trial Justice in the State, one copy. 6. To the Library of the Legislature, one hundred and fifty copies. 7. To the University of South Carolina, two copies. 8. To the Charleston Library, two copies. 9. To the Governor of each State of the Union, for the use of the State, one copy. 10. To the Legislature of each State, one copy. 11. To the Library of Congress, two copies. 12. To the heads of departments at Washington, for the use of their departments, one copy. 13. To the Historical Society of New York, one copy. 14. To the Athenæum, Philadelphia, one copy. 15. To the Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, one copy. 16. To the Yale College Library, one copy. 17. To the Libraries of the University of Virginia and Alabama, one copy each. 18. To the College at Athens, Ga., Princeton, and Chapel Hill, N. C., one copy. 19. To the Athenæum, Boston, one copy. 20. To the Committee of Public Records, London, one copy. 21. To the London Museum, one copy. 22. To the King's Library, in Paris, one copy. 23. To the University Library at Heidelberg, one copy. SEC. CHAPTER IV. OF PUBLIC REPORTS AND DOCUMENTS. 1. Persons having the distribution of rai. 3. Comptroller General to make reporto General Assembly of all debts due the State. 4. Secretary of State to report to General Assembly all corpora tions formed under general corporation Act. 5. Annual report of State Superintensent of Education; what it shall contain. 6. State Superintendent to consoli. date reports of County Commis sioners, and forward them to General Assembly. 7. Annual report of Directors of the Stat Penitentiary. 8. Annual report of Attorney Gene ral 9. Annual report of Regents of the Lunatic Asylum. SEC. 10. Commissioners of the Deaf and 11. Accounts of Treasurer to be ex 12. Duties of Committee, and report. 14. Report of Commissioner of Bu- 17. Financial Agent of State, in New 18. Commissioners of Sinking Fund 19. Trustees of estate of Dr. John De SECTION 1. All persons having the distribution of public money ly. To render an 1804, VI, 512. 24. Public officers having evidenc-s of indebtedness shall annually, on the last day of October in each and every year, account annual. render to the Comptroller General an account setting forth the funds committed to them, respectively, and the disbursement of them. SEC. 2. All public officers having in their possession the evidence of any debt due to the State shall, on the last day of October in every year, furnish the Comptroller General with a statement of all debts due to the State in their pessession, showing the names of the debtors, the amounts of the debts, the interest, the payments made, & ii. and the balance due to the State. And in case of failure on the to the State must roller General. report to Comp 1818, VI, 198, part of any public officer to furnish the Comptroller with the statement aforesaid, he shall forfeit and pay the sum of two hundred dollars, to be recovered in any Court having competent jurisdicComptroller tion. General to make report to Gen. eral Assembly of SEC. 3. And the Comptroller General shall make a statement of all debts due the all debts due the State, and lay it before the General Assembly with his annual report. State. Ib. Secretary of to A. sembly all CO SEC. 4. The Secretary of State shall annually prepare, cause to General be printed, and, on the fourth Tuesday in November, submit to the porations form. General Assembly, a true abstract from the certificates deposited eral corporation with him by corporations formed under the law regulating the formation of corporations. ed under ger Act. 1869, XIV, 300, 238. SEC. 5. That the State Superintendent of Education shall make Annual report a report, through the Governor, to the General Assembly, at each tendent of Edu- regular session thereof, showing: of State Superin cation. 1870, XIV, 312, 215. What it shall contain. 1st. The number of persons between the ages of six (6) and sixteen (16) years, inclusive, residing in the State on the first day of the last preceding October. 24. The number of such persons in each County. 3d. The number of each sex. 4th. The number of whites. 5th. The number of colored. 6th. The whole number of persons that attended the free common schools of the State during the year ending the thirtieth day of the last preceding September, and the number in each County that attended during the same period. 7th. The number of whites of each sex that attended, and the number of colored of each sex that attended the said schools. 8th. The number of common schools in the State. 9th. The number of pupils that studied each of the branches taught. 10th. The average wages paid to teachers of each sex. 11th. The number of school houses erected during the year, and the location, material and cost thereof. 12th. The number previously erected, the material of their construction, their condition and value, and the number with their grounds enclosed. 13th. The Counties in which teachers' institutes were held, and the number that attended the institutes in each County. 14th. Such other statistical information as he may deem important, together with such plans as he may have matured, and the State Board of Education may have recommended for the management and improvement of the school fund, and for the more perfect organization and efficiency of the common schools. 15th. A statement of his official visits during the year. State Superin tendent to con of County Com SEC. 6. That it shall be the duty of the State Superintendent of Education to consolidate the reports received from the County solidate reports School Commissioners, and to forward them to the General Assem- missioners bly at its next regular session. and forward them t General Assembly. 1868, XIV, 23, 26. Directors SEC. 7. The Directors of the State Penitentiary shall make an annual report to the Governor, on or before the first day of November in each year, of the state and condition of the prison, the victs confined therein, of the money expended and received, generally, of all the proceedings during the last year, to be laid bly. before the General Assembly. of con- Penitentiary to and, he laid make report to laid before General Assem 1-68, XIV, 95, 13, Sub. 9. Annual report of Attorney Gen § 8. 1858, XIV, 89, SEC. 8. The Attorney General shall, annually, make a report to the General Assembly of the cases argued, tried or conducted by him eral. in the Supreme Court and Circuit Courts during the preceding year, with such other information in relation to the criminal laws, and such observation and statements as, in his opinion, the criminal jurisdiction and the proper and economical administration of the criminal law warrant and require. Annual report of Regents of 1827, VI, 323, $4. SEC. 9. That it shall be the duty of the Regents of the Lunatic Asylum to report annually to the Legislature the state and con- Ludat cAsylum. dition of the institution, fully and particularly; and they shall also annually report to the Comptroller General the amount of income of said institution, and the amount of expenditures, and the items thereof. year, Commissioners of the Deaf and Dumb and the annually to the Bind to report Legislature. 1834. VI, 514, Sec 6; 1871, XIV of Accounts Treasurer to be examined in N‹vember and De'cember, annu SEC. 10. That the Commissioners of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind shall annually report to the Legislature an exact statement of their various proceedings during the past year, shewing precisely how they disbursed the money expended, the names of the persons who have received the bounty, the ages and places of residence of 600, Ste. 1. such persons, and information as to their progress; which statement shall be accompanied by the vouchers of all sums expended. SEC. 11. The accounts of the Treasurer of the State shall be, annually, closed on the thirtieth day of October, and shall be examined during the months of November and December, in each by a Joint Committee, consisting of one member of the Senate and two of the House of Representatives, to be appointed by a concurrent resolution of the two Houses of the General Assembly, at the session previous to said time of examination in each year. SEC. 12. Such Committee shall examine the accounts, the vouch- Duties of Committee-report. ers relating to all moneys received into, and paid out of, the TreaIb., 26. sury during the year ending on the thirtieth of October preceding. such examination, and shall certify and report to the General Assembly, at its next session after the said thirtieth day of October, the amount of moneys received into the Treasury during such ally, by Joint Committee of Se nate and House 1868, XIV, 16, 5. |