The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-12-16
Wednesday, sth December.

Among the bills introduced were the
Bill to reduce constables' costs from
one dollar to fifty cents.
Bill to amend an Act protecting the
rights and interests of the State in the
phosphates and phosphate deposits in
the navigable streams OF the State.
Bill to alter and amend the law in rela-
ton to elections. CRe-enacting the two
box law.)
Bill to constitute the county commits
sioners of each county court to try and
punish road defaulters.
House bill to collate into one act the
modes prescribed for the probate Of deeds
and other instruments required to be re-
corded passed the third reading.
On account of the absence If Senator
Henderson, the anti-duelling bill was
postponed and made the special order for
p. nj. tomorrow.
memorials and bills relating to discrimi-
nation by common carriers to a joint
committee to inquire and report Mt the
next session, was taken up out Of it's reg
ular order, and passed with amendments
providing that the committee he not paid
Tor aggrcgating sessions exceeding thirty
days.
The deferred special orders for the past
days were taken up.
The bill extending the time for the
funding Of the bills Of the Bank of the
State, and to provide for the funding of
the same, was taken up, Mr.. Callison's
motion to strike out the enacting clause
pending from several days ago.
The House bill to provide for the re-
vision of the Statute laws was taken up
in place of a similar Senate bill and
passed with minor amendments. An
other amendment provided for the print
ing of the Revised laws by the lowest
bidder.
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES.
In the House to-day the following were
among the new measures introduced:
Bill to make abusive language penal
offence.
Bill TO authorizethe appointment by
the Governor Of committee who, with
the Adiutant General, shall constitute q
board to revise the military laws of the
State and report their conclusions to the
General Assembly at it's next session.
Bill to punish persons who shall sell or
dispose of personal property ON which
mortgage of any kind may exist without
the written consent of the mortgage.
Joint resolution to allow the Board of
Directors of the Penitentiary to hire GER
tain convicts to Messrs. Sample e. Whet-
more, of North Carolina, for the purpose
of manufacturing shoes. This measure
seeks to allow these gentlemen to estab-
lish a shoe factory within the Pcniten-
tiary walls.
The following were reported upon un-
favorab1y and placed on the Calendar:
A bill to better prevent the traffic in seed
cotton and bill to prohibit the sale of in
toxicating liquors in South Carolina.
Favorable reports were MADE on bill
to declare what shall be deemed nuis-
ances and injurious to health; bill to
provide system of registration of deaths,
births and marriages, and bill to regulate
the licensing of physicians and surgeons.
These bills arc recommended by the
State Board Of Health.
The Railroad Committee reported IA
vorably on a bill to limit and regulate
the running of freight trains on Sunday.
This bill seeks to allow freight trains to
start at 8 p. m. Sunday and run until a.
IN. Sunday. This is to allow the freight
trains better opportunity to reach their
destinations instead of having to stop on
the road.
The first matter taken up from the cal
entlar was bill to make it misdemean-
or to entice laborers to violate contract
or to employ laborer under CONTRACT
with another.
A motion was made to strike out the
enacting clause of the bill, which created
considerable debate, in which Mr.. Ruck-
er, from Anderson, spoke in favor of the
bill. lie said it would tend to settle
labor, and tend to prevent young men
leaving agriculture and going into pur-
suits for which they are not fitted as
they are doing now on account of the un-
settled condition of labor.
An amendment was submitted, which
was adopted, making the bill apply to
oral contracts when made in the presence
of competent.witnesses.
The bill finally passed by vote of rs
to 36, and provides for violation OF its
provisions fine of from $25 to 500 and