The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-02-13
to-day to the Senate, and included only the
three below named:
A GENERAL STORAGE LAW.

three below named:
GENERAL STORAGE LAW.
Senator Smalls introduced bill which ap-
pears to be intended to protect persons IN
whose care merchandise may be lett against
the loss of the legitimate charges thereupon
| for storage, handling, DC. 1t 10 entltied "a
bill to protect merchants, factors, common
carriers and mechanics" and It enacts mat
commission merchants, factors, common car
riere. mechanics, and all other persons, shall
have lien upon any and all goods, wares and
merchandise deposited with them for storage,
transportation, repair or construction to the
extent ofthe amount properly chargea6le for
| the work performed upon, or for or in refer
ence to such goods, wares or merchandise. It
also provides that If charges are not paid
within six months the property may be sold
at public outcry, the amount Of the charges
deducled from the proceeds, and the balance
| held subject 10 The order OF the owners or
| consignees OF the goods.
TINKERrNG THE LIEN LAW.
Ever since the memorable defeat of the
scheme which was proposed In the Senate
some weeks ago TO do away with the lien law
altogether, the members Of that body who
arrayed themselves against that law nave
| been concocling an indirect plan OF accom-.
plishing the same result as was expected 10
| be effected BY the repeal OF the existing laws
| upon the subject. The principal champion OF
| the bill which proposed to repeal the existing
| lien law was Senator Whlltemore, OF Darling
ton, and the result of this reverend and rubi-
cund geDtleman's cogitatlons upon the sub
| ject are to be seen In bill introduced by
MIN to-day ITO amend an act to protect
| laborers and persons working under
contract on shares of crops" This pana-
cea OF Chaplain Whittemore's proposes
| to 20 amend the act named that 1t shall read:
| "All or any owners of land who shall rent the
same to any person or persons on shares OF
crops, or for money or other valuable consid-
erauon, shall have lien upon such crop, 10
| whosoever hands found, aud such amount
OF crop or crops, or snch amount OF money or
other valuable consideration, as may belong
| to or be due to them shall be recoverable in
| an action In any court OF competent jurisdlc-
ton, and no other claim or claims against
such crops, whether for advances made or
other debts, shall have priority over such
claims. The act also provides for the reglstra-
tlon OF the contract between the lessor ana
lessee within ten days after the signing OF the
Same.
....,. REPUTATION AT LAST.
Consistency Is said to be jewel, and Sena-
tor William Beverly Nash. the black diamond
| OF Richland, has to-day proved gem OF the
first wafer In this respect, His platform Ior
the past two years has been reputation, and
| to-day he has proved his faith by his works IN
the Introduction Of "a oill to limit the naolli-
ties of the State" The bill laconically pro-
vldes that "lhe State shall not be legally
bound Tor the payment OF any debt contracted
by any public officer other Than a debt con-
lracted by such public officer under and by
authority of an act OF the General Assembly"
This is very short bill, but If it becomes
law ami should be held valid by the courts, 1t
certificates" and "bills payable, and most of
the state bonds that were ground out In the
finance mill Of tie Scott administration.
ENCOURAGEMENT TO MANUFACTURES.
The bill ITO aid and encourage manu(ac-
lures and internal improvements" which
seeks to invite foreign capital TO develop the
material resources OF this State by exemptlng
manufacturing enterprises from taxation for
ten years, appears likely to prove bone OF
contention between the TWO houses. It was
passed some days ago by the lower house
with hardly dissenting vote, and sent @ TO tae
Senate, where, as has already been reported,
1t met with wholly unexpected degree OF
opposition led by Father Whittemore, of Dar-
liDgton. The Senate WAS OVERWHELMINGLY 10
favor Of the general provisions OF the DILL, 30
that the reverend gentleman from Massachu.
sets land beg pardon OF the whole body OF
the clergy for the use of the term)
found his only resource In tacking
on certain offensive amendments to
the bill which would have the effect
OF absolutely exemptlng everything except
real estate from taxation for the next ten
wears. These amer 1ments were allowed oy
the Senate TO become Incorporated in the bill,
and It was to-day.returned 10 the House for
concurrence In the amendments; but the
members of the House were fcr once too
ehrewd to be fooled by the Senate, and after
speech or Two by Representatives Cochran
and Myers, in which the anirnus OF the Senate
amendments was very plainly exposed, the
House refused, by an almost unanimous vote,
to concur therein, and message 10 that ELECT
was sent to the Senate. This will, doubtless.
result In the appointment OF committee OF
conference between the Two houses and all
the complicated routine incidental thereto, but
the result of the whole thing will probably be
that the bill, as originally Introduced, Will be
passed by the TWO houses and become law.
TIE CHARLESTON TRIAL JUSTICES.
A very admirable bill was introduced IN the
Senate some lime ago by Senator Gallard
which proposed to reduce the small army OF
trial Justices In the City Of Charleston TO
FIVE, und to constitute them salarled OIL
GERS ct twelve hundred dollars per an
mum, instead Of the unconsclonaole Ducca-
neers that they now are. The bill as original
ly drawn required the trial justices TO turn
over all criminal fees and fines received 6y
them 10 the county treasurers, but it Wes
amended by its consideration In the Senate
80 as TO require them also 10 turn over gu
fees received In civil actions as well, and the
effect OF this would have been 10 leave
them with no honest income from their
Office but their salary Of twelve hundred dol
lara. The bill came up In this shape
to-day In the House for its final reading, but
1t was not destined to pass Without opposi-
tion, and motion was made and ca ried to
strike out the clause requiring the civil fees
to be paid 10 to the county treasury. This Is
,1u opt
Justices, whose civil fees, when competition
shall be reduced by the proposed limitation
of their number, may be expected to amount
to two or three thousand dollars per annum
each, but the argument in favor of the amend
ment is that the civil fees do not come out OF
the pockets of the people but of the indivld-
ual litigants, and that those who will Indulge
in litlglous dancing should pay the judicial
fiddler. PICKET.
4 COMING CORNER.