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

The bill to prevent tho purchase of
seed cotton from certain persons was,
AFTER some debate, recommittcd to the
committee on Agriculture.
The House then adjourned.
Wednosday. December 10.
SENATE.
A number of new measures were in
troduced-among them the following:
by MIR. Black: Bill to change the
time OF listing property for taxation.
By MIR. Byrd: Bill to give physicians
privilege and lien for medical scryi
ceS rendered.
by Mr.. Maxwell: Bill to place the
inmates of insane asylums nnder the
protection Of the laws, by securing
their them postal rights.
The following measures received
their final reading and were passed:
Bills to charter the Midland Railroad
Company; to provide for the appoint
ment ofa stenographer for the Eighth
| Circuit.
Mr.. Leitner submitted the report of
the Joint Committee appointed to in
vestigate matters connected with the
Columbia Canal, and it was ordered
to be printed.
AT IL O'Clock the members of the
Ssnate repaired to the chamber of the
House Representatives to participate
in the proceedings connected with
aggregating the votes of the two
houses for United States Senator.
! AT O'Clock Mr.. Bobo's bill TO repeal
the part of the General Statutes relat-
ing to the exemption of property from
taxation, came up for consideration as
a special order.
The bill was favored by Senators
Bobo and Patterson, and opposed bv
Senator'S Earle, Mauldin, Buist and
Youmans. The bill was finally killed,
by vote of 18 to II.
| The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,.
Several new bills were introduccd
and properly referred among them
the following: 70 amend Section 1863
OF the General Statutes, 80 far as il
refers to Georgetown, by changing the
time for fishing in the waters Of said
county; to amend Section 1867 of the
| General Statutes, as to theisale of prop
erty left with mechanics for repair; to
provide for the Office of Inspector of
Liquors, Medicines, &C., in the several
counties of this State; to prevent the
expectation Of partridgcs from the
State and the netting and trapping of
the same TO abolish the office of SUPER
intendent ofhighways.
| A large number of bills to repeal the
several Sections of the General Statutes
relating to agricultural liens, were re-
jected on unfavorably report of the
| Agricultural Committee. Mr.. McIvcr.
from that committee, stated that the
committee had prepared a general bill
covering the whole subject, which
would be submitted to the House.
The samo committee then submitted
their bill to repeal the agricultural
lien law, to abolish liens on crops and
to provide laws for the protection of
landlords and laborcre.
The Legislative Approximation bill
was submitted by the WAYS and Means
Committee and made the special order
| for tomorrow. The bill appropriates
the sum of SAC, ,657 80 for per diem,
mileage and expenses of the Legisla.
ture as follows: For the Senate, $40.
505; for the House, $26,7 80; Eli
crossing Department, $3,10O; Miscel-
laneous, $3.50.
The bill to regulate the sale Of con-
centrated lye came up for a second
reading. Oh the question Of passing
the bill, Mr.. Rutland, of Fairfield,
moved reconsideration of the vote
by which tho bin passed its second
reading, and made an excellent speech
in support of his motion. Mr.. Brook
or contested the views of Mr.. Rutland,
and the bill was passed and ordered 10
the Senate.
The bill to prevent the purchase of
sced cotton from certain persons, the
consideration of which was suspended
by adjournment on Tuesday, was TAX
ell up. Another prolonged fight over
a number of proposed amendments was
interrupted by tho coming in of tho
Senate to form the Joint Assembly.
President Sheppard stated that the
joint assembly had convened for the
purpose Of hearing read The journals
of the two houses as to the election OF
an United States Senator, and directed
the Clerk of the Senate to read the
journal OF that body, which was done
showing that thirty-onG Senators had
had voted for Wade Hampton and two
for w. j. Whipper.
BY direction of the President, the
Clerk OF the House then read tho
Journal on onthe subject ishowing that
Wade Hampton had received 119 votos
and Robert Smalls 8 votes; whereupon
the President announced that tho Hon,
Wadc Hampton, having received a
majority Of the votes cast in the two
branches of the General Assembly,
was duly electcda q Senator from South
Carolina to the Senate of the United
States for six years, from the 4th day
of March, A! D., 1882.
The joint assembly was then dis