Lawmaker Favors Misuse of Checks Law in Sumter
A Sumter businessman and others urge a statute making it a misdemeanor to issue checks that cannot be covered by funds. Current law allows civil remedies only if a bank returns such checks and the drawer balks at payment. Merchants report daily use of unreliable checks from workers and many cases end with losses when banks refuse funds. The writer hopes Georgetown delegates will propose a bill to curb check fraud and protect merchants.
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Georgetown
Forest Service Free Use Permits and State Payments Grow
The Forest Service issued over 30,000 free use permits to settlers around western National Forests providing about 264,000 cords of firewood and timber valued at 169,320 dollars. States received 25 percent of forest income for school and road purposes totaling 447,064 dollars, with cash and free timber payments to states on unpatented land reaching 616,384 dollars. In 1907 total timber and money paid exceeded 253,400 dollars. The rise in state shares largely boosted 1908 figures despite lumber market troubles, and higher demand for timber suggests further growth as forests are developed.
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