Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-02-02

to tile election Dill, anu a message WAS sellI W
the House to this effect.
In THE HOUSE number of bills were in
troduced by the various committees to which
they had been referred.
After the reports had been received, on mo-
tion of Mr.. Haskell recess of ten minutes
was taken. During the recess, Mr.. Simons,
stepping upon the Speakers roStrum, present.
ed to Col. John T. Sloan, Clerk of the House,
handsome gold watch and chain, a present
from the members of the House, on the occa-
sion of Mr.. Sloan's recent celebration of the
fiftieth anniversary of his wedding. Col: Sloan
responded to Mr.. Simons' presentation speech
in very happy manner, and at the expiration
of the recess, the general orders were taken up.
The conference committee Oh the railroad
bill made report recommending that the
House agree to the Senate provision requiring
three commissioners to be appointed by the
Governor and the Senate to agree to all other
House amendments. The report was contin-
ued as a special order.
The concurrent resolution to adjourn on the
10th Of February was passed and sent to the
Senate
A night sessions of the House was held,
and number of bills passed to a third read
ing.
FRIDAY, January 27.
In THE SENATE, after an hours debate,
committee of conference, consisting on the
part of the Senate, of Messrs. T. j. Moore,
.Jeter and Harllee, was appointed on the Rail-
road bill.
The bill to provide for the assessment and
taxation of property was taken up as special
order. The bill is very voluminous, contain
ing 304 sections, and after about one-third of
| it was passed, the Senate, at 3.15 P. NJ, took
recess until 7.45 P. NJ, when the. members
marched in a body to the Hail of Representa-
tives to hear an address by DR.. J. L. M. Curry,
of Richmond, Va, on the subject of educa-
tiOn.
In THE HOUSE, the report Of the conference
committee on the Railroad bill, which commit
tee on the part of the House consisted of Messrs.
Simons, Murray and Johnston was not agreed
to. The Senate having taken the same action
committee Of free conference was appointed.
The main point of difference between the
| two houses is whether there shall be one or
three railroad commissioners.
In the night session the legislative appropri-
alton bill was presented and received its first
reading.
A bill was passed to it's third reading incor-
porating the Charlotte, Anderson and Atlanta
Railroad Company.
At O'Clock the Senate attended in the
House, when the joint assembly was addressed
by DR.. Curry on the subject Of education, at
the close of which the House adjourned.
SATURDAY, January g.
| IN THE SENATE, number of bills and reso-
lutions were received from the House and re-
ferred to the appropriate committees.
A bill to exempt and relieve the counties Of
ColletOn, Charleston, Beaufort and Hampton
from the operations of the fence law, and re-
quiring the State to defray SIC, 600 Of the cost
of erecting boundary fence, provoked
lengthy discussion, and was finally lost by the
casting vote of President Kennedy.
The Lartigue liquor bill, which proposed to
repeal the present laws regulating the liquor
traffic in this State, was rejected, after short
discussion, on the motion Of Mr.. Callison to
strike out the enacting clause
The bill to make it misdemeanor to allow
records to be taken from certain public offices
and to prescribe penalty for the same, was
passed.
In THE HOUSE, the consideration Of the
legislative appropriation bill was continued.
The bill to amend chapter. .XCVII OF title V,
part 2 of the General Statutes of this State
relating to assignments of insolvent debtors
was taken up, and after lengthy discussion
was passed to third reading.
The bill to amend an Act entitled "an Act
to divide the State into five Congressional dis
tricts, approved March 3rd, 1874, also elected
lively debate, and was defeated by vote of
81 to II.
A number of bills were read the first time
and referred, and the House adjourned.