The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1884-12-11
Saturday, December O.
SENATE.

Several bills and resolutions were
received from the House, and properly
| referred.
The bill to provide official stcno-
graphcrs for all the Circuits Of the
State occasioned long debate. II
| was finally made the special order for
Tuesday, the 9th inst.
The resolution (by Senator Smvthc)
providing that the General Assembly
| adjourn sine die on the 20th inst, was
| postponed.
The bill to repeal an Act entitled
IAN Act to prohibit the sale of spirit
nous or Intoxicating liquors i'm the
county Of Oconec," passed to its third
reading.
The following bills were passed: To
regulate the number and the pay of
Trial Justices in Pickcns county; to
amend the General Statutes, relative to
the payment of rewards by the Gov
ernor; to amend an Act entitled can
Act requiring the County Commission
ers of Horny county TO build barbed
wire fence on the line between Horny
and Georgetown counties and erect
gates on the public highways crossing
said lincs;" to amend the first and
fourth Sections of an Act entitled "An
Act to provide for the establishment of
new school district in Spartanburg
county, and to authorize the levy and
collection of q local tax therein :" to
amend an Act entitled can Act to
amend Section 2237 of the General
Statutes, relating to the drawing of
jurors" so far as the same NAV APPLY
to Chester county.
At 2.15 o'clock the Senate adjourned
to meet at II O'Clock Monday, 'Dccem-
ber 8.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
A number Of new bills were intro
duced among them the following: To
provide seals of office for county
school commissioners; to pay the past
indebtedness of the school claims of
Georgetown; to amend the General
Statutes in relation to the State Uni
versity; to limit the fees of Clerks for
| filing and indcXing liens on crops; to
amend the General Statutes in relation
to drawing and empanneling juries
to extend the. time for filing past due
school claims; to, regulate the sittings
or the courts of the second iudicia
circuit; to amend the General Statutes
Section 1743, relating to the sale o
liquor by druggists; ; to utilize the labor
of Jail convicts; to limit the attcndanc,
upon the public schools to childrc,
under the age of sixteen wears.
MIR. Douglass introduced bill tt
regulate the printing of official reports
which was referred to the committc
on printing.
The bill to amend the General Stat
utc8 in relation to costs in equity causes
and the bill to give livery stable keep
crs lien on stock rs security for thei
feed, were rejected.
The following bills passed thir,
reading: TO amend Section 1867 of tn
General Statutes, relating to hunting
deer; to prohibit the dcadcning of tim
Der within sixty feet of any publ
highway; to amend the law in relation
to judgments by default; to amen,
Section 1888, General Statutes, i'm rcla
ton to sales of real estate.
The House then adjourned.
The Columbia Register of the Gt
inst, says: "Thc close of the secon,
week of the Legislature leaves laro
accumulation Of work on the calcnda
TO be disposed of, and unless muc
greater progress is made for the mex
two weeks than in the two weeks whic
have already been consumed, there i
little prospect ofdisposing of the ncces
Sn'y Legislation before Christmas, an
an adjournment at that time W i'll leav
a large mass of important work unfin
ishcd."
An Editors Experience.
After trying numerous remedies fo
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