The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-04-08

and petitions 10 ,1,fess II ,gSre,
numerous. 2 81
liz an adjoining C0snsy ifIie, 3 II:,r,si
of this traffic had gell.nfeh rtfiued
the agyicrlturai prospsrity G 4, ave.
raj nsighborhcods. / conrnenced 4.
war npon Il, and from time Ia fiI,,e
offered thrss Bills Ia rcgercace
thereto, as shown by Senate Jour.
mails sessions of 1874-76. is75-7f,
add regular session of 1876 papea
a59, 1913 aud 80, The first was a
general Bill and referred TO tie ssle
In any portion Of the State between
sunset and sunriss, attaching penal.
ties for any violation. This Bill was
defeated. I thea submitted "a Bill
to regulate its sale in Anderson
County, forbiddiDg its purchase or
reception for the purpose Of pur-
chase after night. This Bill passed
the Senate, but the prejudice against
the enactment of such Acts was so
great that, although the Bill did not
affect the lower Counties. their Rep
resentatives voted it down. / again
tsied 70 remedy the evil, and at the
regular session of l876-77 proposed
"a bill TO regulate the sale of seed
cotton and to punish the unlawful
traffic in the same" which was
acted upon favorably, but was
eventually lost or misplaced in the
most mysterious manner. About
this time q Bill was received from
the Honse which was az exact copy
OF mine. This Bill wes referred tn
@ Committee and misplaced in like
manner, but, q certified copy being
obtained, it was acteo., lpon and be,
came law, and has in part cured
the evil complained of.
TELEGRAMs. !.
Believing they should be kent as
sacred .as the contents Of a iette,
and guarded in like mannsr. T in.
troduced "a Bill TO regulate the
transmission and delivery Of mes.
sages by teIegraph comnan;es !,
rSenate Journal 1876, mage 249.7
This Bill made il q penalty for anv
officer to fail, neglect or refuse 10
deliver q telegram within due time
after its reception at such Office
also provided heavy penalties if any
officer or emplovea made known tLe
contents Of q dispatch.
PER DIEM AND MILEAGE OF a1R,r
BERB OF THE aENERAr, AssEMnI.y
The Journals will show that in.
variably I voted TO reduce ft,e ne,
diem of members. When whar was m
known ss the salary rrab Bill was
being considered, I voted for n re. e
duction Of more than one.half ot
what was then allowed under the lsv
as pay Of members Of the Genera
Assembly. TSee Senate formal
special session 1877. pages 3o7 80a
800, 1853 and $780, "a
BY reference TO Sennte ,Tonrnal
special session 1877, mage 81. it Yill
appear that / offered .sfa B;il to rs,
duce and fix the Der diem and mile.
age Of the members of che General
Assembly Under the then eristinp
law the salary was 5000 and m;ieage
per session. The Bill subn.itted hv
me- provide d for four lollara v,er dey
during the sessiion. not 10 exceed ! sixty
DAYS. II was amended IN Nh. SaS.
ate, and 5000 per sassion agreed IN 81
in that BODY. Aa che Eansta s,se- ].
then constituted, that was the best a
compromise and reduction that coald
be obtained. The House amended,
fixing the per diem at 1--WE dollars
per day, which amendmentiwas final
ly agreed to by the Senate. This
Act was approved by Governor
Hampton, June Z 1877. Before the
passage of this Act the cost of each
session of the General Assembly for
salary and mileage of members was
S9e,I00; under this last Act; S26..
49l; amount saved Der sesgion.
S69, 800.