Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1882-12-21

| also passed.
Bill to amend the Law in relation TO legal
holidays sod to abolsh the Office Of County
Auditor were rejected.
The bills ratifyiug tho amendments to
the constitution passed the fnal vote, the
only opposing votes being few colored
Republicans.
| The following passed third reading: A
bill requiring persons erecting barbed wire
fences to build them with plank on top;
a bill to amend the fish law; and to author.
ize circuit judges to grant writs of ccrtio-
rari at cham bers.
The House judiciary Committee has
bcicre it bills for tho formation of four
new counties, to wit: Dorchester, with tho
court house at Georges; Nnoty Six, with
the court house al Ninety Six; Butler, with
the court house at Batcsburg, and Sauda.
with the court house at Mount Willing.
probably will be, will have the area required
BY tho constitution.
THURSDAY, December 14-In the Senate
a long discussion was had over tho bill
providing mode in which indigeut pa
tiepts shall be admitted into the State
Luuatio Asylum and supported therein.
The bill proposed small annual aprropria
ton by tho State for the asylum und that
the other expenses should be chargenble to
the counties 10 the ratio of their beneficiary
patients. Out of $50 inmates all but 25
are now supported by the State at cost of
S2l2 each per year. Tue expenses OF the
asylum at present are nearly seven eights
ct the entire expenses of the State govern.
mcnt and are increasing at an alarming
ratio. the regents asking this year an appro-
priutioo Of s1l4. 900 1t is believed that
many of the bcneGciares Of the State
either have property or relatives which
could or should partially or entirely support
thcn, but under tho present law the res
srousibility Of such parties are not and Gun
DOT be well ascertained. The advocates Of
the bill clailued it counties had to support
their lunatio patients by taxation it would
become the interests und duty Of their citi-
zcns that no Que but real paupers were ad-
mitted az paticnts and the expenses of the
institution would be reduced while Tvs use.
ful and humune purposes would not DO i'm
puircd. After discussion the bill was lost
by vote of IS to ii.
The report of the Judiciary Committee
that member of the Legislature was not
elegibleas director Of the pcnctentiarY was
adopted by vote of Is TO g.
The bill to pay managers aud conImis-
sioners Of election was, utter long discus
sion, postponed to furure day During
the discussion it wns contendcd that the per
diem and mileage of managers aud cou-
missioners would amount tu 100000
The joint commission on the Trial Justice
system reported that they would not have
time to reach conclusion during the scs-
sion and recommended the passage Of a
joint resolution continuing the commission
durlng tho recess at t.ie ordinary Legislative
pay for period not exceeding ten days.
| Twenty one bills, mostly Of incorporation,
passed the secoud reading and eleven bills
the third reading. AS none Of these are of
interest to our readers we omit the titles.
10 the House tho bill rerealing the usury
law passed the third reading. also The bill
abo isbing the office Of Superintendent Of
lmmigration.
A number of bills to amend the stock
law and to exempt certain counties from
its operalion were rejected
Among the hlls received from the Senate
was one as to the number of DAYS County
Commissioners aud their clerks shall charge
t"t thtir services
y tiil rerrni the law lsl,,ing to mu
niripai ll:cnses to sell whlskey WIS de-
feaird.
The Wavs aud Means Cpmmirfee reported
u hll n',klng appropriations fer the pay Of
the legislature and for other pur poses.
he appropriations amount to $82, :
7OG.G0, Of witch 81, ,305 is Tor the expenses
OF the senate S23. .916 trr The expenses of
the House aud 81 72l.6 Tor the expenses
OF the enerossiug dep,rtmcnt
For miscellaneous pn, poses the appro-
p'i"''"os amount .n s46,Gl4, TO principal
oi which are the claims passed or likely To
he tusecd by the GcUelal Assembly at the
present. session amounting to $1,000, for
public printing SIS 900, Tor the srcund six
mouths Sal'ilr. OF Suprrci>ols Of Regis
irat.on $500 Ter continuing the rierarn.
tinn OF the rolls Of Con r.lr,a,o truupS
81 800 Ior pruvi,iing ariiliri,i Iimts tor
CpnlrGrlate soldiers under iornrr Acts Of
The GrncriI Assembly $1,000, to cover
appropriations ordered under special
J'int resolutions passed at the present
session Of the Legislature s. UU0 The
appropriation blIl is drafted with great care
aod 's 20 arranged that the appropriations
Tor different purposes may he seen at
g;nnee.
The Senate Committee on Agriculture at
conference determined to repnrt unfnvor-
ably on every bill introduced in relation to
the stock law. a few favored q bill allows
ing communities to incluse at their own ex-
pense areas pf land over 5000 acres each,
law. Such uc"sure, u is thought, could