Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-12-18

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Bill to fix the timo for legislative action
to tako effect.
The bill provided that no act should take
effect till twenty days after its approval
unless some other DAY is named in tho act.
Mr.. Haskell moved to strike out tho
enaoting clause.
Mr.. MCGOWAN said no hoped the bill
would pass, because it is almost impossible
that the people should know tho provisions
of law on tho day of it's enactment.
Mr., Haskell withdrew bis motion.
On motion of Mr.. Simonton, tho bill was
amended SO as to make it take effect on tho
first day of next March, and then tho bill
was passed to third reading.
In the Senate on Dccember 8, Mr.. Can.
non introduced bill to amend tho railroad
laws of this State.
A long discussion ensued on PROPOSE
ton to appoint superintondonts of highways
in all tho counties, so that the roads aud
bridges may be kept in good repair.
MIR. Lipscomb presented bill to create
Department Of Agriculture, and asked
that it bo placed on tho calendar without
reference and printed.
In tho House, bill to provide moro ex-
pcdiously for tho payment of tho outstand-
ing aud pass due school claims in Williams
burg, Lexington, Oconee. Charleston, Col
Teton, B,aufc!t, EdgeGeld, spartanburg,
Newbc1ry, Georgetown and Aiken Counties
was passed and sent to tho Senate.
A resolution (by Mr.. Simonton) was
adopted to request our Senators and Repro
sontatives in Congress to favor all proper
steps looking to the appropriation Of reve-
nue. arising from sales Of public lands 10
the purpose of education, to be apportioned
among the Statos in proportion TO illitoracy,
and to establish ationat Bureau of Edu-
cation.
Bill to require special license for dogs
was taken up for second reading.
MIR. Il. Il. IIcmphill moved to strike out
tho cnacting CLAUSE.
Mr.. Hemphill said From tho report of
the Comptroller General you will sec that
there arc in the State 66,3l8 dogs, of tho
value of 1891, 1885, and there are also 1885,.
6o6 sheep and goats, worth SI69,775. I
am unwilling to destroy so much taxable
property as these dogs amount to.
Mr.. Watts-Those dogs pay only five
cents o head, and we want this bill pissed
to protect the sheep and goats and guard
our children against mad dogs.
Mr.. Carlislc-My objection to the bill is
that it is unconstitutional It will not
accord with tho provisions which requires
property to be taxed according to it's value.
MIR. Beasley-By the timo We 20 through
with this bill wo will SO amend it as to
obyiato that objection and make it q nero
icensc law.
Mr. Wulkcr-Thero is many poor man
whose only property is his dog. Rip Van
Winkle had his Snyder. | regard tho bill
as an attack upon all tho descendants of
Rip Van Winklo. Many people have a
great love and ctfecton for these pets,
which the Almighty has given to man for
his best friend. Moro than this, there arc
vast domains in this State whose owners
have never put on them one title of i'm .
proyemcnt, and these domains nrc full of
game; and if some of thesc poor mon
could not by means of their doge catch this
game, they would never have an opportu.
nifty to taste fresh meat. The bill also
attacks the planter who is fond of hunting
and keeps his pack of hounds.
Mr., Murray-This Legislature does not
sit hero to encourage Rip Van Winkleism
This bill will give encouragement to sheep
husbandry, and as it proposes to devote tho
dog tax to tho free schools, that object is of
more importance than tho attachment a
man may have for his dog.
Mr. Dorroh--Thosc who arc farmers here
know that agriculture in South Carolina
will mover be what it ought till stock raising
forms on element of it, and they also know
it is next to impossible to raise sheep sue.
cessfully while the dogs arc as unrestricted
as at present.
Mr. Dargan-My objection to dogs is
their want of discrimination cannot
tell the distinction between mcun aud
tuasDa.
On motion of Mr.. Beasley, the bill was
recommittod, by vote of 46 to 43.
Bill to prohibit the running of freight
trains and to regulate the running of pas.
senger trains on Sunday was taken up for a
second reading and was discussed by Messrs.
Miller, Child, Chase, IIemphill and
Cooke. The House then refused to strike
out tho cnaoting clause of the bill by vote
of &c to 20. The bill then passed to q
third reading.
On tho bill to require County Troasurers
to attend at certain places to collect taxes,
the member from Marion said that it was
very unreasonable to require seven-tcnths
of tho tax payers to attend at tho Court
House to pay taxes lie hoped that as far
as Marion County was concerned, tho bill
would pass.
Mr.. McKissiok-In the good old times
when the people elected tho tax collectors,
there was no grumbling Then hundred
men could easily be found to tread all over
tho country and kiss overy baby it. Now
that they arc appointed by tho Governor,