Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1880-12-16

Tho opponents ftfill. on sso other hand
insist that the hold dare now forever barred
under the law by tIdecisions of tho courts,
State aud Federal, II the bills are not the
valid obligations soie State; that large
amount of them ar{ill outstanding .aud in
the hands ofsspeeub pre-, not oitizens of the
State. who Will nbr rick tho expense of
further litigation the matter; that the
question has been Hhly settled aud should |
mover moro be, disfbod, and If tho time is
extended tho dstr Ohio State will be largely
increased. The Safe has not yot acted
upon, this bill, aandrom the diversity of
opinions upon che suept It is doubtful how
itmay bo doterminedfI 1t is said by some,
who pretend toknowthat there is not moro
than $40 GOO to- $500 of these bills now
unfunded. Whilst i'll oontended by others
that tho amount oushding is 100000 to
$500, ZOO, 0,perkHps on &ost unlimited volume
of fraudulent biHs. think tho valid OBJ
legations Of tho State buld bo mot and her
credit be preserved FURNISHED. A similar
bill, which originated 1.-The Seuato, was re-
jected by that body
A bill to rcquire, {ecutors to givo bond
camo up on its second Iading and was indefo
nitely postponed. Welolievod that the pro-
visions Of this bill wer\vise, and if it had
became law it would hay prevented in the
future what we have lon conceived to bo an
eVil-tho wasting fLestks by irresponsible
and incompetent oxecutoA without any ado
quate remedy under,the bY as it now stands.
But it was argued By To Opponents of tho
measure that it wasan Inwarranted innno-
vation upon the long established law Of the
land, that it would idcfoatho purpose Of the
testator, because eiecutos would rofaso to
accept and qualify, and TIT tho reliof afford.
cd under the law in its pr Tsont form is quito
sufficient to meet tho exip ipncios of almost
any conceivable ease. We favored tho
change, but it was defea.el
A bill to mako ita misdd dnoanor to entice
laboror, tonant or servant 70 violate cons
tract. or to employ q laboHr, tonaiit or sor-
wont undor contractsWith an|thor, was taken
up out of its order for ascend reading. A
motion to strike out Ito enacting words of
this bill was decided ip the negative by o
vote Of 80 to 8, and tho bill ordered to bo
ehgrosscd for third rIading, and if it bo-
comes law, aa blioIo it will, for it has
since passed its third Fading and ordered
sent to tho Senate, it VII afford protec-
ton to the agricultural interests of tho
State, tho need of which has long been felt.
Under the law as it now stands the only
redress is by an action for damages
which, under our preont liberal homestead
and exemption laws, amounts almost to n
nullty. Wo favored tho bill and advocated
it's passage. Its opponents claimed that il
would destroy competition and drive labor
from the State.
A bill to amend tho charter of tho Savan-
nah Valley Railroad Company and to gran
aid thereto, which had been made spocia
order for O'Clock p. NJ. Wednesday. the
9th instant, was reached on timo and excited
long discussion. Tho amendment proposed
to change the terminus of tho road from
Augusta, Ga, as fixed in tho original charter
to Aiken, S. c., and thus to secure conncc
ton with the city Of Charleston, and to Civ,
to our own State tho benefits to bo derived
from the building of this road. This part Of
tho .~t -.i;A., =, i,.I .i--s;
pnny was to AUTHORIZE tho superintendent
and Board of Directors Of the Penltentiar,
to furnish to said company aerenty- five able
bodied convicts for tho grfding and con.
struction O! the road bed of aaid line. I,
was this feature Of the bill which excited tho
oppostion. Tho unfortuDao treatment oi
oonvicts by somo Of tho rairoad companies
and contractors for this lbor, who have
heretofore obtained them, ha cast au odium
upon it and caused somo to dubt the wisdom,
not to say humanity, of tho policy on the
pnrt of the State ia allowing them to be car
ried without tho walls Of tb penitcnt;ary for
public or private works ofny kind, and
am free to admit that if thmaltreatmcnt Of
these unfortunate beings,,riminals though
| they be, if the past is to btrepeatcd by any
company or contractor to som they may DO
lot in tho future, it would better to change
our policy altogether; buko long as this
institution remains non-s.supporting and
a burden to the tax paycrd the State, say
it is better to farm themut, and that in
doing so preference shoulee given to works
of public internal improvent. beneficial to
tho people of tho whole Sd, over schomes
of q private or local patur A motion was
finally made to strike out enacting wo'ds
of the bill and q call for tt'preyious qucs-
ton" sustained and thmain question"
ordered, when the House iscd tho motion
by q vote Of So to 50,a tho bill was
then ordered to bo engrosaor third read.
ing.
On Thursday, bill to rict the atten-
dance of pupils in public 'uls 10 the ages
, | 70 - "a ,;vtoon yooru ;u;,o mo, tol,on