Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1881-12-08

viding ir the erectin' of county
fences in-the excepted counties on Or
before the 18th of MANN, 1882.
A vot, was then iaken on the
amendmeat. dividing ths'expenses be-
tween contiguous counties. A motion
to table his was .adopted-yeas CT
nays so.
Mr.. Sawyer, of Amen, offered an.
amendment providing for the submis-
sion of tie question ts the voters Of
the excepted counties; This was
tabled-6. to So. q
The frierds of the hill then called
the previous questiop%Ad Mr.. Dar-
gan's amendment was adopted-yeqa
GO nays 4.
The prtvioua question was then
then callei..on the whole matter, and
the bill passed to a third reading
without airy exception as to counties.
An attempt was then made'to re-
consider the vote so as to allow GER
tain counties to be- excepted from the
provisions Of the bill, pending the
discussion OF which a motion to take
recess was adopted.
THE DEBATE RENEWED, AND TIE BILL
AGAIN PASSED.
At the night session Of the House
the discussion of the stock law was
resumed upon motion to consider
the vote whereby the bin was ordered
to a third reading. Tha WIS unani-
mouslly adopted and-ts bill again
opened for amendments.
Mr.. McCrady, of Charleston, want
ed to know bow it was proposed to
ascertain the wishes of the people Of
the counties. The reply was tnat the
repl esentatives Of the counties must
say now.
A motion was made to except Col
leion County. This came from The
representative of the cotton section
Of the county, Mr.. Gr.fle. MIR. Bis
sell. vino REPRESENTS the rice growing
portion, stated that his constituents
desired to have the law.
Mr.. Haskell was opposed to any
legislation for particular counties. Ii
the law was Aod it was good for the
whole State, I'D if it was bad it was
bad for the whole State.
MIR. Garrett (Republican) Of Beau
fort, made Il speech against the meas
IRE.
Mr.. Mcorady said as there ap,
peared to be asdifference of opinion
among the Charleston delegation as
that from Colleton, he would offer an
amendment submitting the question
to the people. III
A vote was taken on question q
excepting Colleton from the bill and
decided in the negative apd Mr. Nc
Crady's amendf6ent was 4b'ed.
After considerable preliminary com
plcations vote was taken on the
question Of excepting the County OF
Horny, which was adopted. 4 motion
to except Beaufort County was tabled
a notioa to except Williamsbnrg and
Georgetown CoNties was i I6opted.
Morrison, oIiHampton, moved to
postpone the date appoin4sd for tie
Act to go into operationtill 1899
The matter had been forced OH the
lOw-country, he said, agd it.wOuld re-
agiEs some -tiaAaias !
Of their stock. Tabled:
Mr.. Hutson moved to fix the date
for November, 1882 Tabled,
At this point the friends Of the
measure applied the parliamentary
screws, called the previous question
passed the bill again to third read
ing by vote Of 72 to AZ, aid then
to clinch the matter and place it be
yond the power Of the House, tabled
the motion to recnnside er. The bill
as it passed goes into operation Oh
the 18th Of March next by which
date tue counties Of Georgetown
Horny and Williamsburg will have to
have their county. fences built. llorry
is allowed to use her boundary riFer
as iencca. All this, provided the bill
passes the Senate.
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