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SOUTH CAROLINA RACING BILL. Columbia, s. .. Jaaoary 2s. — The ararh-dlscosaed ill ... i-i.ihii-h a raefaig eommiaKion for South taro Ina and •• preacrilie the- condition* under which ici- racin* ami be coadncted in this State was inin.ilii.eii reaterdaj by Bepreaeatatire Joha T. Miller, ni iti.iiian.i Cooaty, in iim House of Repn stive* The Mil a- drawn by Mr. Miller read Ktate racing cnmmiaKion i- hereby estahliabed i" ioi.-i-i ,,i ii,,.,. ,.,.,., ,n- io .,■ elected In- the Geueral Assembly. The member* of the said com mission -hall bold their oaVe for a period of thre rears aad the hi-t commission shall 1 tected im nmilMieiv ,.ii ihi approval of this act. Thej shall ceive an ; .il Mlary •• .*:.imi to be paid at the ..id of each year. Ruck aalarj shall l» charged to il.e several state and county r.-iir- Mini other racing ■ latlons in ihi- state, according to the nnmber oi days allotted to each or ji„. fair* ..i aaaociations r«M racing during ihe year. Thej -hall make a fall • al report lo the General Assembly of their pro needing* for Hie year ami -hall embody I herein sn.h ■■-lion- and re. iiiiiineinlat nhs a- they may deem [sable. Said commission -hall have the nowet in are ihe the rule-, regulation* ami rouditioaa nader •a huh rtraalnf and trotting races shall is- runduete | in ihi- -tale, ami an -neh racing -h.il I,.- , iiicted excepl in -i corporation or association dnlj lU-ense-.l i.v -aid commission as bereia nrovided Am rorporatioa or association deairiag to n.a dm i. -n. h racing maj aaaaallj applj to the sail raciag commission for a lieeaae so to do. if in ihe iudgmenl of the eommlaalon a proper rase for the .--mill f -Hell lii ell-- aiaj he slmWll Hie -Mill ii.ni mi — ion niMV grant the smile far a lei m of • m rear. Rverj -neh lieease shall eoataln a opadltloa that all i.ne- or race aaeetinga conducted thereunder shall la subject to Ihe rale*, regulation- and .. rnlition- from time to tinn prescribed and shall be revocable bj tbe i oniniissjon for any violation* thereof or wbenei .■ the ooatiaaance of nek license shall be deemed by the commission noi comlncire to the Interest* of legitimate raciag. Whenever su.-h lieei.se is refused or revoked said manmisstoa shall atate it- reasons for -o doiag ia writing ami eater the same in I be minute hook of the commission, which -hull a ail lime- i e snhjei i r iii-peetion npon application of aiixone deslraag ta see ike same. Such nadiaga if -aid eoiiunission shall he Bflbjecl to the review of the Conn of Common lleas of the county in which -in h I ai e- were in be held. •Any corporal loa for the purpose of racing and breeding, or improving the breed of horse-, and con ducting laces and eonie-K of speed, shall have the power and right, -nhjeci to the provisions of thi: act. to hold one or more race meeting* in any year and to hold, mainiain and condict running and irot ling racs ;:t -mh nieeling-. Al such meeting* tbe corporatloB or the owner of the horse eagaged in sii.h raciag. or othera who are not participant- I i the rare meeting, may contribute purses, priaea o premiimis. to be roateatod for. Inn no person or per-BOaa other Ihan Hie owner of the horse or horses tested in a race -hail have any pecuniar] interest in a parse, prize or premium contested for jn sock race. or he entitled lo receive any portion thereof after -neh race -hall have beea finished: and tin- who, -mh i.ni-e. prtee or premium -hall he allotted in accordaace with the terms and condition* of such race. "■very running or trotting race meetlag at which race* shall he permiileil for any purse, prise or premium, excepl as allotted by this act. is hereby declared i.« he unlawful, anil every person acting or aiding then in shall he deemed guilty of a mi-demeanor and punished hj a line of not less than 1200 nor more than 08 for each day of said meeting or raciag. * ■•At every rumtag or trotting race meeling held under the provision* of this act no hettiag. book making or pool -aell log shall he permitted or allowed Iheleon except He- pari inutiiel system. Anv per -ni fi-uiiil gnllty of a vtolattoa of ihi- section shall he deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be mmishei by a tine of not less than iMt nor more than 00."
