The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-12-09
n q ducl within or without tho State

in q duel within or without tho State,
either as principal or second, or been
present thereto as n friend to either ono
Of the principals in such duel, and that
will not during the term of office to
which have been elected Tor appointed,
as the case may bc,) engage in q duol rs
principal, or aid and abct in such duel as
second, or friend to either principal or
otherwise" To which shall be added in
the case OF all officers charged with tho
preservation of the peace, tho following !:
'And will to the extent of my ability
enforce the penalties prescribed by law
against duelling, and will not fail to
bring to justice all violators Of the same
that may como within my view or
knowledge"
SEC. 4. Any failure or refusal to take
the foregoing oath shall disauslify the
officer or member Of tho Legislature so
refusing, or failing, from entering upon
the duties of his office, which shall shere-
upon be deemed vacant.
a motion to strike out all Of section
after the words preservation and
peace" elected considerable discussion,
the motion being finally rejected by a
vote of q to 8. The supporters of the
measure were jubilant over its success.
Bill 10 make paw certificates of teach
ers of public schools receivable for coun-
ty taxes also created considerable discus.
sion. It was recommitted to the COM
mittee on education.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Among the new measures introduced
were the following:
A bill to incorporate the City of Spar
tanburg.
completion of the State-House. CIhe
estimate for this work, as OH file in The
office Of the secretary Of State, is 81 ,lOo,-
OO0.)
Bill to authorize county commissioners
to utilizo the labor Of coDvicts in the
county iails by authority of the Court of
General Sessions was rejected on an un-
favorable report.
The agricultural committee reported a
bill to authorize boards of county COM
missioners to procure and establish in
each county standard scales for weigh
ing cotton and all products sold by
weight
ders which occasioned any debate was a
bill seeking to abolish the costs Of plain
titf's and defendants attorneys in. the
Courts of Common Pleas and limiting
those fees in the Supreme Court to fifteen
dollars for an appeal and twenty-five dol
lars far an argument.
Mr.. Simpson of this County favored
the bill. The costs in civil actions were
entirely too high. They were in most
instances ruinous, and he hoped the bill
would pass. 1t was killed by vote OF
u to 40.
In the night session Of the House the
time was engaged mostly in a lenghthy
discussion over the bill to repeal the lien
law. Messrs j. G. Wilson, Barber,
Crawford aud Murray favored killing
the bill, OH the ground that the present
lien law was necessity to three-fourths
of the farmers of the State, and that the
time had not yet arrived when it could
safely be repealed.
MIR. Tindall favored the bill, taking the
ground that the lien law was eXtraordi-
nary, and adopted at timo when the
people were imperished by war and un-
able to secure credit by reason of the
unsettled condition of affairs. The Slate
is now prosperous and in State of peace,
and be thought that the people would be
far better off without the law. They
would be encouraged to build up credit
on their own business integrity, and
would not be forced to accept the ruin
ous rates charged for supplies by the per-
sons making advances.
The concurrent resolution TO present
the Kings Mountain Military Institute
with the flag used by the State at the
Centennial Of Kings Mountain was
passed.