The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-12-09
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.


The following new measures were in
troduced and referred:
A bill to prohibit persons from living
together in adultery, and to define the
crimes of adultery and fornication.
A bill to afford relief to insolvent
debtors. This bill seeks to allow persons
erty as they have, with the exception OF
certain articles named, and be allowed to
start business anew.
A bill to reduce the salary of AdJutant
and Inspector-General and to fix the sal
aries of clerks of certain offices.
A bill to provide for the safety Of hold
ers of insurance policies in this State.
A bill to prevent discrimination by
railroads.
The following bills were rejected, on
unfavorable committee reports:
Bill to regulate the salaries Of County
Auditors, School Commissioners, &c. ;
bill to provide for the annual assessment
of real estate, and bill to utilize the labor
of prisoners under sentence in county
jails.
fayorably and placed on the calendar:
Bill to reduce the costs Of dieting pris-
oners in county jails; bill to repeal the
lien law; bill to make school claims re-
ceivable for taxes in Richland County.
The Committee of Ways and Means re-
ported bill to extend the time for fund
ing the bills of the Bank Of the State.
This bill extends the provisions of the
Act of last session, and allows bills Of the
Bank of the State to be funded for con-
solidated bonds at fifty cents on the dol
lar of their face value until the lst OF July
next.
The bill ratifying the constitutional
amendment relative to the Homestead
passed its third reading by a vote Of ll3
to l. The following is the amendment
which was adopted at the recent election
and which has now been ratified by the
House:
"The General Assembly shall enact
such laws as will exempt from attach
ment and sale under any mesne or final
process issued from any Court to the
head of any family residing in this State
homestead in lands whether held in fee
or any lesser estate, not to exceed in
value one thousand dollars with the
yearly products thereof; and every head
of family residing i'll this State. whether
entitled to a homestead exemption in
lands or not, personal property not to
exceed in value the sum of five hundred
dollars: Provided, That in case any wo-
man having o separate estate shall be
married to the head of family who has
not Of his own sufficient property to con-
stitute homestead as hereinbefore pro.
vided, said married woman shall be en-
Titled to like exemption as provided for
the head of family: Provided further,
That there shall not be all allowance oil
more than one thousand dollars worth
Of real estate and more than five hun.
dred dollars worth of personal property
to the husband and wife Jointly: Pro.
vided, That no property shall be exempt
from attachment, levy or sale for taxes or
for payment of obligations contracted for
the purchase Of sale homestead Or the
erection of improvements thereon: Pro-
vided further, That tho yearly products
of said homestead shall not be exempt
from attachment, levy or sale for the pay
ment of obligations contracted in the
production of the same. 1t shall be the
duty of the General Assembly at their
first session to enforce the provisions OF
this section by suitable legislation.
The House concurred in the Senate con-
current resolution to appoint commits
sion to investigate the conduct of Conn
missioner Colt in relation to the funding
Of bills of the Bank Of the State.