

To pres< Mm-nt for li>or r- 



V verbal . vfi 



plies. 



in. I cin|mwiT the sheriffs to pur- 

 chase and keep ai ti <>f I!MM|- 



hound-. f--r i In* purl**!* ..f tracking convicts and 



Prohibiting l>o carnim: --f com Mied weapon*. 





 an. I : M royalty on phospl, 



turanot company or aasoriat ion 

 to be poiwiwdof j* :u. or in lieu tl. 



t , v'- ..... n del t wfifc POOM Btati for th- 

 benefit "f nil : in !" thereof 



D(wit with r.-r ..f th 



.^rrtfating $1".' xtl1 '- 



R, ami 

 rate as a lien on such se- 



prolect terrapin and oysters. 



\ the 

 .'MI in (In- : ilnir dis- 



_i\eii. ami 



_ licit Ih. --hips 



:>oint- 



$1,001.388.24; the disbursements^,' 



re- and :iaininu r Jnlv 1. 



The receipts of the general fund from all sources 

 during the fiscal year, including sale of re\.mie 



til.' election of the - ''1 of 



Mwlical Kxaininers hy 1 1 ->cia- 



To pniviile fr a lalxnvr*' lit-n. 



;>n>hiliit s-<T.-t (iri-i-k-lritiT frat.-niit i-^ -T any 

 orjranizatiins ..f liki- nature in Stat.- institution-. 

 Among resolution- a<i<>|>tc<! i*y th- IIo\i->- a- .-n.- 

 United Stat.'-- should aoknowl- 



Mil'lii- of ( 'illta. 



Mill- t> n-jK-nl the free-jass law. and to rccjuire 

 eparato railway coachrs forcolon-d jass< 

 an at. 9 Date. 



I nit.-il States Senator. 4o-e|,h II. Karl.-, who 



wa< rlM-tc! to succeed Senator Irliy. dii-d M;. 



The Qo*arnor appointed John L. McLaurin to (ill 



i'-ain-y till a successor should !< .-ho-.-n. I'ri- 



maricn werv .rdT-d for ascertain the 



Th- heiiMH-ratic BM 

 roittec marked out a |>lau of campaign for two 



is and the candidai. 

 county. Thoy were .!. L. .Mi-l.aurin. I 



.\fi.-Id. and .1. T. Dun-an. 



but the two last' named withdrew after a short time. 

 The can VMS was most excited, and the spe. 

 sometimes were liitt- ,al. Mi-I.aurii. 



Mailed a- protectionist, having voted in 



f prot-<'tive amend merit- to the IMnglev tariff 

 bill. The vote rto... .rin. 211.326 ; ^vana, 



i III H\ KOI \.a\VesteniStatc.admittedto 

 th.- r S : 1889; area, ! I 

 population ensus of 1800, 328.- 



80A. Capital. I' 



ernmnt. The following were the - 

 officer* during the year: Governor. Audi 



ruor. hnniel T. Hind- 

 - it. . WillJain H. 



Kirk (t. PhiUi; 



In-tru-ti,n. Frank 



I'ulilie I. 



John L. Is* khiirt ; Hailr \\ T 



I-a I Kirkpatriek. William II. 



Tom; ief JttflUoC .,urt. 



Dighton < \ocia!e JuMice*. Howar 



Fuller and I>i< k H.r . . . < ;, -rk of the Supreme 

 Court. Jessie Fuller. 



Finances. Th l-ala? State treasury, 



July 1, 1896. was $412.159.99. The re, e lt ,ts .luring 

 the fiscal year, including balance of previous year, 



ml transfer from the delicieiicy fund. 

 072 55. The disbursements for th( 

 i were $ri7(),7'J4.1. leaving a balance of > 



The bonded indebtedness \va< re.luced $126.600, 

 leavini: a total i.o|i<l.-l indebtedness of $1.01 1.600 t 

 <.f which $!MI.()00 bear- int.-iv-t at the ral 

 cent, per anniin rent.. $:',; 



at 1 p,-r rent., ai per cent. 



The assessment f the 'J.T'.ts mile- of railroads, as 

 M,ualixed by the State board, was s: Th.- 



BBoensmeiit on lauds, as equalized, was $74.^68,869; 

 on town lots. > -<>nal pP-: 



$30,4. r M.'J-J7. The total valuation of the iele U 'raph 

 rompaiii.-- operating in tin- Stat.- i- $rJ7.'.Mi'J: of 

 e\pr.-- com pa: - i.W); of ti-le|ihone eom- 



pai lies, $53,406. The total valuation of all assess- 

 able | si-ji.i::,.j:;i. Th.- Jim. .nut of taxes 

 paid Tin- 

 amount of taxes due the Slat.- from the coi, 

 on July 1. 18 



(tank*. -An abstract of the condition of tl 

 banks doin^ bu-iiie in the State on !>.-. 17. 



a miii-h -troi.. 'hat date than 



. C,. the .late ,,f the la-t report, the in. 

 _' from 40-02 to 47-66 percent. The principal 

 - are as follow: Loans ami di-'-ouuts. '.' 



aid other - .';<>: due from other 



on hand and d-|. 



with reserve ajjente, $l,h- vhich $:', \ 



was gold : "'. Liab;. 



Capital sto<-k. s' . surplus fund and undi- 



vided pn-fi:-. *17J.-VU: due to other banks. x:tl.V 

 aM: : money. $4''. 



A later statement, issued in June. say> that the 

 tiooaj bank- -how total ' of *.7PJ.- 



the loans and discount- beir.ir $2^19,716, and 

 the reserve $1.4H4,4HO. of which the ^old amounted 

 to $3:."i."}.-,. The l-[>osits were $3,841,!M6,and the 

 average reserve held was 38*01 per cent. 



