The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-12-18

a vote of rs to 81.
The bill to establish the Office @
county Engineer, and to prescribe tn,
dutles or the same, was indefinitel,
postponed; also, joint resolution tt
provide for commission to consider
ana report plan to better the tria
Justice system in this State; also, .
JOINT resolution to authorize and direc
| the payment of certain sums to dis
abled Confederate soldiers.
| Thursday, December II, 1884,
| SENATE.
A few new bills were introduced
read by title, and properly referred
| The following bills received thei,
i.sSSat iE.asSSt reading and were passed: Tt
amend Section 1857 of the Gcner,e,
Statutes, relating to the hunting of
deer; to amend Section $40 and 3i1 of
the Code of Procedure, relating to the
liens ofjudgmcnts and the renewal #
executions: to facilitate the proof O,
| service of process when such service is
made out Of the State; to amend the
law relating to judgments bv default ;
to repeal Sections 2631 and 5637 of the
General Statutes, and to provide for
cases Of absence, inability or disability
of the Jury Commissioner; to create
the officer Of Surveyor in each county
and define the duties or the same.
a large number of bills and Joint
resolutions received their second read
ing.
The bill to provide remedy against
the estates of deceased persons for torts
was rejected by vote of IS to 1.-THE
President of the Senate giving the cast
ing vote.
The bill to regulate the admission
anu discharge of patients in lunatic
asylum was pas passed to a third read
ing.
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Unfavorable reports were made on
the following bills, which where there
upon rejected: To amend Section 1867
of General Statutes, relating to sale of
property left with mechanics for re-
pair; to provide for the payment of
costs to plaintiff and attorneys i'm
Equity causes; to prevent the cxpor-
tation Of partridges from the State; to
fix the time for the collection of taxes
to auend Section 266, Chapter XII, of
the General Statutes, relating to taxes
to authorize the Town Council of
Mount Pleasant to issue bonds for rail-
road purposes.
The following bills passed a third
| reading and were ordered TO the Sen
ate: Requiring convicts hired out OF
the Pcnitcntiary to be under the super.
vision of sworn officer and guards
appointed by the superintendent of the
penitentiary; to prevent the purchase
of seed cotton from certain persons.
The Legislative appropriation bill
| was taken up, and, with the correction
| of few verbal and clerical errors,
was passed to third reading.
Mr.. SimOnton, from the judiciary
! committee, introduced bill to provide
for census Of the population, indus
try ard wealth of South Carolina.
The bill to regulate the rate of in
terest upon any contract arising i'm this
State for hiring, lending or use OF
money or other commodity was
taken up. This bill restricts
the rate of interest to seven
per cent. After some debate tho
enacting clause was stricken out bv q
vote of 81 yeas to so NAYS.
The bill to regulate the age at which
! chrildren may be employed in facto.
ries in this State, which prescribed
that age to be not less than ten Years
was ordered to third reading.
The bill to prohibit. the distillation
or manufacture of spirituous or intox.
lcatlng liquors from grain in the coun.
| ty of Pickens, produced some debate
| Mr.. Wilson, of Spartanburg, moved to
| strike out "County of PiCkens" ant
insert Estate of South Carolina" This
motion was lost. Tho bill was then
passed to its third reading, by vote Of
| sc yeas to % nays.
The bill to provide for the establish.
ment of a new school district in
Georgetown county and to authorize
the levy and collection Of local tax
therein was taken up. Mr.. Lee
of Sumter moved that the cnactino
| clause be stricken out, and supported
his motion by protest signed by
| thirty-tivc citizens of Georgetown, OF
| recognized responsibility, asking thai
the bill do not pass.
Mr.. Macusker made an earnest an
peal tor the bill, showing that, while
the colorcd children of the town were
amply provided with facilities for edu
cation, furnished by private benevo
lence, the white children were abso
lutely without the necessary schoo
privileges, and their condition calico
loudly upon the House for relief. On
motion Of Mr.. Graydon, the bill wa
indefinitely postponed.
The following bills were rejected, O.
laid on the table: To limit tic amour
of bonded Indebtedness Of railway
now building or hereafter to be built
to amend Section 1890 of the Genera
Statutes, relating to persons who ar
exempt from road duty; to incorpo
rate the st. Stephens Episcopal Church
North, of Orangcburg.
The House then adjourned.
Friday, December 12.
| SENATE.
| Hhn fn11n,ui notu