Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-12-18
bill to prevent the purchase of seed cotton
from certain persons.

bill to prevent the purchase of seed cotton
from certain persons.
FRIDAY, December II.
IN THE SENATE, Mr.. Bell introduced
bill to regulate the mode Of advertising by
county officers.
Mr.. J. W. Moore introduced the follow
ing Bills to amend an act to require lorelgh
corporate assessment companies 10 comply
with the insurance laws Of the State, ana TO
clearly define who shall be considered agents
of the insurance companies; to amend Sec
ton 1855 of the General Statutes, relatlngto TO
insurance companies doing business in TINS
State, by providing general license.
Several bills of q local nature and Acts OF
incorporation were passed after when the
two houses met in the Senate chamber Tor
the purpose Of ratifying number OF Acts
and Joint Resolutions. Among these were
the following: An Act to ratity the amend
ment to Article IN of the Constitution by
adding q section thereto, to be known as
Section H. An Act to Amend Section 1l49
of the General Statutes, in relation to the
sale Of intoxicating liquors in Incorporated
towns and cities.
The Senate then adjourned until Monday.
In THE HOUSE, the Senate bill to create
the Office of Surveyor in each county was
rejected.
a number of bills from the Senate recciv-
ed their first reading and were referred.
Several bills were read the third time
and ordered to the Senate, when the House
adjourned.
SATURDAY, December l3.
THE SENATE was not in session, having
on Friday, adjourned over until Monday:
In THE HOUSE, a number Of Acts OF in
corporation and other bills Of private ma
ture, came from the Senate and were ap-
propriately referred.
The follOwingn new bills were introduced
TO make it the duty of all school officers and
county school commissioners to cOmmun-
cate with the State superintendent through
the county school commissioners. To amend
Section 74G Of the General Statutes in rela-
ton to vacancies in the office of Judge OF
Probate TO empower Judges Of Probate
to administer oaths as fully and etfectually
as other officers.
The general order bills were then taken
up, and after disposing Of few bills on the
calendar the House took a recess until
o'clock p. M.
In the evening session, the bill to amend
the railroad law was discussed, and after
! the adoption of several amendments 1T was
passed to a third reading.
The special order for the hour was taken
up, being a report Of the Committee OF
WAYS and Means on a Resolution referring
to the WAYS and Means Committee the con-
sideration of the necessity of providing for
the year which has been lost in the collec-
tion of taxes, and requiring said committee
to report by Bill or otherwise. The COM
mittee report that they have given full con-
sideration to the question, fully realizing
| the urgent necessity of some remedy Tor
o,,;l oh iuparilc aonh vpor the
ability Of the State promptly to meet its
obligations. This matter is now more than
| ever pressing, and the danger more serious,
| in view of the fact that in a few years the
public debt will begin to fall due, and must
either be paid with borrowed money or re-
funded, and to successfully do either the
credit of the State must he kept as high as
possible. Two modes have been considered
by the committee:
1st. The borrowing Of money sufficient
to pay the ordinary expenses of the State
for the missing year. The committee are
of the opinion that this will be ineXpedi-
ent, even if practicable, in view of the near
maturity of a large portion of the public
debt and necessity to provide for it.
I'd. The second and only other Alternative,
! in the opinion of the committee, is to levy
tax the proceeds of which shall be allowed
| to accumulate in the treasury until a suffl-
cient amount is on hand to pay the detici-
ency arising from change in the date fixed
for the collection of taxes. There will prob
ably be certain funds, the amount of which
is entirely uncertain, coming into the treas
ury in certain funds, the amount of which
is entirely uncertain, coming into the treas
ury in certain cases, some lately decided
and some now pending in the Courts Of the
State, between the State as plaintiff and
certain phosphate companies as defendants.
The committee believes that If the General
Assembly will supplement any such sum,
with any balances which may accumulate
in the treasury, by a tax of one mill per an
mum for three years, that at the meeting OF
the General Assembly in November, 1856,
| it will be safe to change the time for col
lection of taxes, so that the appropriations
of every year thereafter will be made, as
they should be, against funds in hand, in
stead of as at present against future collec-
| tiOns.
The committee therefore ask leave to re-
port the accompanying resolution. ana
recommend that the same Go pass:
| Resolucd BY the House Of Representatives.
the Senate concurring. That the Committee OF
| Wavs and Means Of the House of Representa-
tives and the Finance Committee OF the Senate
| be instructed to insert in the General Supply
| Bill one mill additional taN the proceeds to be
held in the Treasury fund to be used in the
! future to meet the deficiency created by any
change hereafter made in the date fixed for the
collection of taxes.
Mr.. Lee moved, that on account OF the
small number of members in attendance, the
consideration of the Report and Resolution
be made the special order for Monday next,
at 7.3O p. NJ, which was adopted.
About fifteen Bills on the calendar were
passed to third reading, among them
Bill to provide for Stenographers for the 4th,
9TH and 9th Circuits.
The House journed at half-past 10 o'clock
| to meet at 10 \. NJ. on Monday.