Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-12-19

Senate: Bill to require county auditors and
treasurers to attend at certain places for the
collection of taxes; bill to amend the Gener.
al Statutes relatingt to remuneration of dover
bill to regulate the arraignnent of persons
prosecuted for criminal offences ;; bill to con.
tinue the agricultural lien law in force; bill !
to prevent stock of one county or township
from trespassing upon the land in another
county or township; bill to provide for the,I
revision, digest and arrangement Of the
statute laws Of the State, and the bill to
prevent the charge of breaking in the weigh
ing Of cotton. pi.f ..> 81. ~. IGa. ..-@,ad
A bill to encourage immigration came up
on an unfavorable report and evoked consid
erable discussion. The bill proposed: to give
ten dollars for every family aud five dollars
for every single immigrant who settles in
South Carolina, and has established himself
as resident for one year said amount ito be
paid by the State upon certificate from the
clerk Of the court in the county, where such
immigrant or immigrants have settled. Messrs.
Childs, Chase aud Barber opposed the bill,
on the ground that the bill was defective and
would lead to the introduction of immigrants,
whose room would be more advantageous to
the State than their presence. 4 Messrs. Nc
Gowan,, Cooke, Seegers and, Bradley spoke
i'm favor of the bill, and the debate WAS final.
ly closed by Mr.. James Simons, ,Jr., who
moved that the bill he -recommitted, to
special committee for the purpose of prepar-
ing more suitable bill This motion was
adopted, and Messrs. Jas. Simmons, Jr, w.
K. Bradley, Shand, Davis, Chase and Seegers
were appointed on the committee. t ;a.a-..'d
Sundry bills to fix the per diem and mile
age Of members of the General Assembly,
came up for consideration. The result was
the passage of the following aeiaG"sa,
SECTION l. That the pay of senators and men,
bers OF the House OF Representatives for the cur:
rent session of the General Assembly, and at all
sessions hereafter be- and the same is hereby,
fixed at five dollars dsy,for each day of actual
attendance: Provided; That no member shall re-
ceive pay for more than thirty days
SEC. g. That the members Of the General As
semhly shall be entitled to mileage at the rate of
ten cents per mile each way. .,..- .....
'..'. THURSDAY, December IL.
In THE SENATE, Mr.. Bradley's resolution
to reconsider the vote whereby the enactipg
clause was stricken out of the bill to repeal
the joint resolution establishing the Court Of
Claims. was made the special order for to-
morrow at o'clock. .. ....-.- ..-,-.>.-,
Mr.. Maxwell introduced bill to amend
the act to charter the townio of YorkvilIe.$ !.
The following bills passed their third read:
ing: To repeal an act to prevent the sale of
spirituous liquors within one mile of, any
church, school house or college in this State
to authorize the application of certain unap
propriated funds in the hands of the treas
urer of York county. ~g..''. .....".a''
In THE i..ousE, Mr.. j. j. Hemphill intro
duced a bill to authorize and require the
county commissioners of Chester to levy and
collect special tax, and to provide for the
payment of the past due school Indebtedness
of said county.
Mr.. Shaw introduced bill to regulate the
number of jurors who shall be in attendance
upon the Courts of Common Pleas and Gen
eral Sessions. This bill proposes to discharge
additional supernumeraries as soon as the
case for which they have been drawn shall be
concluded.
Mr.. Scarborough introduced joint resolu.
ton, proposing an amendment to the State
Constitution relative to the time of holding
general elections. This bill proposes to
change the time Of holding the general. elec
tions from November to the first Tuesday af
ter the first Monday in June.
Mr.. Blakeny introduced hill to regulate
the sales Of patent medicines and other com.
pounds, the mode of preparation of which is
generally unknown. .'.' 90.
The committee on the military, to whom il
was referred 70 consider what legislation was
necessary, if any, to improve the mil IL and
volunteer Troops OF the STATE, ,suumrrrpu DIT 7
entitled "A bill to amend All act supplement
tary tn Chapter l5, Title'1V Part l, OF the
General Statutes of South Carolina" This
bill proposes amendments, the efec. of which |
is as follows:
Isl. That no organization other than those now
existing or authorized by any law now in force,
shall be allowed to be formed, except on the
recommendation of the commander OF the dl-
vision in which such new organization is pro-
rosed with the approval of the Governor and
commander in chief t,r--,f -:.. ..I. .H
I'd. That all general officers now in commits
sion, shall hold their Offices for three years from
the lst of January, lS79 and after the expiration
of said period, or in case of vacancy by death, |
resignation or other cause, such office or offices |
shall be filled by election. 81" 80
Sd. That each person doing active service in
the volunteer troops, shall be entitled to have one
horse exempt from taxation and furthermore
such person so serving shall be exempt from
9TH. That the sum of $1,000 be allowed for the
purpose of buying arms and equipments Tor sald
troops, the same to be disbnrsed by the adJutanl
and inspector general, by and with the advice of
the Governor and commander-in-chlef
The bill to prohibit persons from living to-
gether in adultery, was read the third time
and sent to the Senate. .. ...
A bill to utilize the labor of prisoners un'
der sentence in county jails, by working them
on the public streets, roads and works, after
warm debate, was recommitted to special
committee, consisting of Messrs. Cooke, Muir
ray, J. j. Hemphill, Shand and Earle, to re-
port upon its constitutionality.
Mr.. Davant's bill to provide license for
trading in seed cotton evoked considerable
debate Messrs. Rice, Dargan and I. E. Mil.
Ter spoke against the bill, and Messrs. Da'
want, Bradley and MCGOWAN in favor of it.,
The bill was finally killed. 49,. .a
A bill to make county treasurers liable to
tax payers for issuing against them executions
for taxes which had been paid or offered to
be paid by them, was next taken up. Messrs.
bill, and Mr.. Rice in opposition to It, Ihe
bill was finally killed Mr.. Brown gave no.
tice that he would move to reconsider.
The bill providing for the levy of speciai
tax on the town of Yorkville, was passed to
q third reading. ..~
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FRIDAY, December 13.
In THE SENATE, the committee on rail-
roads reported on the resolution in regard to
violation of charter and contract by the
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad,
that it be referred TO the