No insurance company to car ry on business State bonds with until deposit of Comptroller SEC. 98. No company or association which is now organized, or which may be hereafter organized in this State, to carry on the business of insurance of any kind or kinds, shall proceed further with business or to business (as the case may be) until they have General. deposited with the Comptroller General of this State bonds or stocks of this State equal to the sum of fifty thousand dollars par value for each life insurance company or association, and twenty thousand dollars par value for each other insurance company or association. The Comptroller General shall hold such bonds or stocks as security for policy holders in said company or association; but so long as any company or association so depositing shall continue solvent, Collection of the Comptroller General may permit such company to collect and, 301, 1. receive the interest on such bonds or stocks so deposited. interest. Insurance companies to be fur tificates of de SEC. 99. Whenever any insurance company or association is, or shall become, fully organized, and the said company or association shed with cerhave deposited with the Comptroller General the requisite amount posit. of State bonds or stocks, it shall become his duty to furnish the 1870. XIV,304,2. corporation or association with a certificate of such deposit, which certificate, or a duplicate thereof, certified by the Comptroller General, may be used in and be evidence for and against the corporation in all suits. persons or asso C-Ive applica ance until bonds have been depos ired. Ib., 23. SEC. 100. It shall not be lawful for any person or persons, cor- Not lawful for poration or corporations, association or associations, to act within cations to rethis State as agent, or otherwise, in receiving or procuring applica- tions for in-utions for insurance of any kind or kinds, or in any manner to solicit any one to insure, or in any manner to aid in transacting the business of insurance of any kind or kinds for any company or association incorporated by, or organized under, the laws of this or any other State Government, or any foreign Government, until such company or association have deposited with the Comptroller General of this State, for the benefit of the policy holders of such company or association, citizens or residents of the United States, bonds or stocks of this State equal to the sum of fifty thousand dollars par value for each life insurance company or association, and twenty thousand dollars par value for each other insurance company or association; but so long as any company or association so depositing shall continue solvent, the Comptroller General may permit such. company or association to collect and receive the interest on such bonds or stocks so deposited, and have appointed an attorney in this State on whom process of law can be served; and said attorney shall have filed with the Comptroller General a certified copy of the charter of said company or association, and also a certified copy of the vote or resolutions of the Trustees or Directors of such company or association appointing him the attorney of such company, be Attorney for company to appointed. His duties. Penalty for violation of 22 98, 99, 100. Ib., 305, 4. which appointment shall continue until another attorney be substi tuted; which shall be done upon the death, removal, or incapacity to act of such attorney, or may be done by such company or association at any time. SEC. 101. Every violation of the provisions of Sections 98, 99 and 100, of this Chapter, shall subject the company or association, or agent or agents violating, jointly and severally, to a penalty of five hundred dollars for each violation, which shall be sued for and recovered in a joint or several civil action, in the name of the State of South Carolina, by the Solicitor of the Circuit in which the company or association, or agent or agents so violating, shall be situated; one-half of such penalty, when recovered, shall be paid into the Informer to County Treasury of such County, and the other half to the informer pnaity recov- of such violation; and, in case of the non-payment of such penalty, the person or persons so offending shall be liable to imprisonment for a period not exceeding one year, in the discretion of the Court having cognizance thereof. receive half of ered. TITLE VI. OF COUNTIES AND COUNTY OFFICERS. CHAPTER XVIII. Of Counties and their Corporate Powers. ties. XX. Of County Sheriff. XXI. Of County Coroner. XXII. Of Clerk of Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions. XXIII. Of Register of Mense Conveyance. XXIV. Of Judge of Probate. XXV. Of Trial Justices. XXVI. Of Constables. XXVII. Of the Census. Division of the State into Coua ties. Abbeville Cour ty. IV,661,§1; VII, 199, § 2, 252, 284. Aiken County. VII,199, 24,2861, 284; XIV, 695. SECTION 1. The State of South Carolina is divided into thirtytwo Judicial Districts, called Counties. sep SEO. 2. The COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE is bounded as follows: On the south-west by the Savannah River, by which it is arated from Georgia; on the north-west by Anderson County, from which it is separated by a line (the old Indian boundary) drawn from a marked black-gum, on the east bank of the Savannah River. at the foot of Grape Shoals, (north 50° east,) to a willow-oak, marked "A. & P.," on the south side of Saluda River; on the north-east by the Saluda River, which separates it from Laurens County; and on the south-east by Edgefield County, from which it is divided by a line drawn from a point on Saluda River, onefourth of a mile above Island Ford, and running (south 40° west) nineteen miles and thirty-eight chains, to a point, and thence (south 34° west) fourteen miles and sixty chains, or until it intersects the Savannah River, at the mouth of Little River. SEC. 3. AIKEN COUNTY is bounded as follows: On the northIV61.661; V, west by Edgefield County, from which it is divided by a straight 478,506; 1:46; line commencing at the mouth of Fox's Creek, where it empties into Savannah River, and running thence to where the south branch of Chinquepin Falls Creek, (a tributary of the North Edisto River,) intersects the Edgefield and Lexington line; on the north-east by Lexington County, from which it is divided by said creek to where it empties into the North Fork of the Edisto River, and by the said North Fork to where the dividing line between Lexington and Orangeburg Counties (running from Big Beaver Creek to the North Fork of the Edisto) touches said river; on the south-east by Orangeburg and Barnwell Counties, from which it is divided by a straight line from the last named point to the head of Tinker's Creek, in Barnwell County, then by said creek to where it empties into the Upper Three Runs, and by said Runs Creek to where it empties into the Savannah River; on the south-west by Georgia, from which it is separated by the Savannah River. Anderson Coun ty. 1.196: VI.39,289, 341; VII, 261. SEC. 4. ANDERSON COUNTY is bounded as follows: On the north-west and north by Oconee and Pickens Counties, from which it is divided by a line commencing at the mouth of Cane Creek, on Tugaloo River, and running thence to the point where Eighteen Mile Creek is crossed by the road leading from Pendleton to Ha good's store, thence to the mouth of George's Creek, on Saluda River; on the north-east and east by Greenville County, from which it is separated by the Saluda River; on the south-east by Abbeville County, from which it is divided by a line drawn from a marked black-gum on the east bank of the Savannah River, at the foot of Grape Shoals, to a willow oak, marked "A. & P.," on the south side of Saluda River; on the south-west by the State of Georgia, from which it is separated by the Savannah River. ty. 284; XIV, 695. SEC. 5. BARNWELL COUNTY is bounded as follows: On the Barnwell Counnorth-west by Aiken County, from which it is divided by a line, be- IV,061 VII.199, ginning at the mouth of Upper Three Runs Creek, where it empties into the Savannah River, and running up said creek to the mouth of Tinker's Creek, thence up said Tinker's Creek to its head, thence to South Edisto River, in the direction of the point on the North Edisto River (mouth of Cedar Branch) where the line between Orangeburg and Lexington Counties, drawn from Big Beaver Creek, touches said river; on the north-east by Orangeburg County, from which it is separated by the South Ellisto River as far down as Tyler's Ferry; on the south-east by Colleton and Beaufort Counties, from which it is divided by the old District line, stretching from Nelson's Ferry, on the Santee River, to Matthew's Bluff, on Savannah River; and on the south-west by the State of Georgia, from which it is separated by the Savannah River. 234. SEC. 6. BEAUFORT COUNTY is bounded as follows: On the Beaufort County north-east by Colleton County, from which it is separated by 19,261, St. Helena Sound and the Combahee and Saltkehatchie Rivers; on the north-west by Barnwell County, from which it is divided by the old line stretching from Nelson's Ferry, on the Santee, to Matthew's Bluff, on the Savannah River; on the west and south-west by the State of Georgia, from which it is separated by the Savannah River; on the south and south-east by the Atlantic Ocean, including all the islands along the coast from the mouth of the Savannah River to St. Helena Sound. Charleston County. SEC. 7. CHARLESTON COUNTY is bounded as follows: On the north-east and north by the Counties of Georgetown, Williamsburg and Clarendon, from which it is separated by the South San- 2, 261, 254. tee River, as high up as Nelson's Ferry; on the north-west by Orangeburg County, from which it is divided by a line drawn from Nelson's Ferry, on the Santee River, to Matthew's Bluff, on Savannah River, until it strikes the Four Hole Swamp; on the west and south-west by Colleton County, from which it is divided as follows : a line running from Four Hole Swamp to the Four Holes, at Harley's Bridge, thence by a line drawn (south 64° east,) to Windsor Hill, thence south-west over to the head of Sampit Creek, down this |