The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1885-12-16
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
WHAT THEY ARE DOING AND WHAT
THEY ARE NOT DOING.

THEY ARE NOT DOING.
Synopsis Of the Proceedings OF the Senate
and the House, in the Third Week Of the
Session.
The third week of the present ses-
sion of the Legislature opened on the
7th inst. The Senate was not in ses-
sion, having taken holiday for that
day, bat got well to work on the morn
ing following. We give below
synopsis Of the weeks work, 50 far as
it is of general interest:
Among the measures passed by the
Senate is the joint resolution providing
for a constitutional amendment en-
abling the Legislature to adopt the
Federal census for the apportionment
of representation. The vote was
yeas %, navsS. The bill to incorpo-
rate the town of Cainhoy, in Berkeley,
was the only one defeated on third
reading. S.DatorS Buist and Smythe
united in saying that they found that
the bill would give the control Of the
town to the negroes and leave the
LIQUOR question in their hands.
The following were defeated on un-
favorable reports: Bills in regard to
peremptory challenges; to prohibit the
standing aside of jurors; to abolish
the agricultural department. AS to
the latter Senator Moody, its author,
moved the adoption Of the unfavorable
report. He said that the House bill
to regulate the disbursement of funds
by the department answered his pur-
pose.
There was opposition to the bill to
refund to Daniel Hayward, surety for
W. F. Colcock, ante-bellum collector
of the port of Charleston, the amouns
of customs collections paid by him to
the State after its secession IL 1860,
and after the war recovered from him
by the United States Government.
Senator Leitner attacked it on the
ground mainly that all Of rs had gone
into the war and lost, and that an ex-
ception should not be made. Senators
Smvthe, Earle, Youmans and Moore,
Of Hampton, made strong speeches in
favor Of passing the bill, as the cir
cumstances were peculiar, and as the
action of Mr.. Colcock had been per-
formed in obedience to the behes, of
the State through its Secession Con.
vention. 1t passed by a vote of 1S
TO II. The bill has since passed its
third reading.
Among the new measures introduced
in the Senate the following deserve
attention:
By Senator Moore, of Anderson
bill to amend the Act s'for the more
speedy development of the Columbia
Canal" CThis is intended TO carry
out the views of the economic caucus.
1t deyolves the management Of the
work on the canal upon The superin-
tendent of the peniteniar!, instructs
him to conpect the old Canal with the
new near Cemetery Hill and appro-
pirates $1,000 for that purpose. The
effect Of the measure would be to
abandon all the work already done and
pay 5000 10 furnish to the peniten-
tiary only that small amount of water
power which that institution had with
out cos. from the old canal before the
new one was begun.)
BY Senator Patterson, concurrent
resolution that the Senators and Rep
resentatives of the State be requested
to use their best efforts to secure the
repeal Of the Act of Congress levying
q tax of 10 per cent. on the circulation
-ofState banks, because the Act oper-
ates injuEously to the financial interests
of the people of the State.
By Senator Buist, bill TO exempt
certain portions of Berkeley and
Charleston counties from the opera
lions OF the stock law. (This was in
troduced at the request of citizens of
Berkeley, whc have assured The Sena-
tor that the planting territory hitherto
opposed to the change is not included
in the proposed exemption, and that
the bill is in the nature of compro-
mise.
The following bills were reported by
different, committees without recon-
mendation:s Bill to compel the charge
Off minimum tuition fee Of $40 an
nually by the trustees of the State
University; bin to repeal the Oconee
county Prohibitory Act; bill to abolish
the railroad commission
The joint reslution proposing an
amendment to the Constitution giving
each county one representative only in
the Senate provoked a long debate.
The pending question was Senator
Mauldid's motion to reconsider the
action of the Senate whereby the uu-
favorable report of the committee was
adopted, rejecting the measuse. Fir
ally, however, the motion to reconsid-
er was killed by 8 very decided vote
81 to -. So the plan to deprive
Charleston of one of its Senator was
again defeated.
The joint resolution proposing to
amend the Constitution by providing
for the election of a State superintend-
ent of education by the General AS
sembly, and the appointment of COUNTY
school commissioners by the Governor,
failed on its final reading for want of
8 two-thirds vote. There was no de-
bate and the defeat Of the measure was
somewhat surprise.
The Senate committee on the peni- !
tentiary reported lavorabiv. with an
amendment reducing the appropria-
tion from S20,ec0 to $4,000, Senator
Wallace's bill to continue the work on |
the Columbia Canal. The committee |
maintains its proportion Of members
favorable 10 the canal. The bill of |