The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-12-03

Both Branches OF our Legislative Depart
mont Get Promptly to Work--Somo Meas
ures to bo Considered.
I CONDENSED from the Nea0s and Coatrier.)
Pursuant 10 law, the General Assem-
bly, of South Carolina met in Colum
bia on Tuesday the Oath ult. The
Senate was called to order by Lieuten.
ant-Governor Sheppard and the House
by Speaker Simons.
The annual message Of the Governor
was received, read, and referred to
appropriate committees.
Owing to the intervening of Thanks.
giving Day there were, last week, but
four working days for the General AS.
sembly. These were we'll spent in the
introduction or consideration of vari.
GUS measures of public importance
a brief statement of these will prove
of general interest.
The House passed to its third read
ing introduced at the last session, by
Mr.. Brice, of FairfielO The joint reso-
luton proposing an amendment to the
Constitution, touching the distribution
of the two-mill school-tax. After
some debate the joint resolution was
ordered to be engrossed for third
reading in about tho following shape:
"SECTION 8. The boards of county
commissioners of the several counties
shall levy an annual tax of not less
than 2 mills on the dollar, Nc, for the
support of the public schools in their
respective counties, which tax, &C.,
shall be held in the county treasures of
the respective counties and paid out
exclusively for the support of the pub
lie schools as provided by law. There
shall be assessed on all taxable polls
III the State the annual tax of one dol
lar on each poll, &C., for educational
purposes. The school tax shall be
distributed among the several tow IL
ships OF the counties, and in counties
where there arc no townships among
the tax districts, in proportion to the
amount of taxes paid by said town.
ships or tax districts"
In the Senate, the House bill to pro-
vide stcnographers for the fifth and
sixth circuits caused some debate.
Various minor amendments were
adopted. Senator Black tried to have
the section referring to the sixth cir
cult stricken out, and was seconded by
Senator Clyburn. The agricultural
Senators generally supported the mo-
ton, but it was defeated by vote of
16 to IA, and the bill was passed.
Ihere vii! be another fight on the
third reading.
a message was raceivcd from the
GoVcrnor announcing his veto Of the
bill passed last session "to make
School District No. l, Sumter county
separate and distinct school district
and to require the school tax and fund
collected and received in tho same to
be applied exclusively to school pur.
poses in said district" The applica.
tioH OF the fund expressed in the title
the Governor says, is in conflict will
Article X, Section 5, of the Constitu.
ton, as amended, which declares that
1.-THE school tax shall be distributed
among the several school districts OF
the counties in proportion to the re.
spectivc number of pupils attending
the public schools"
Among the new measures introduce
ed are tho following:
BY Senator Smythe, to amend the
law as to the sale of real estate adiudocd
to be Sold
by Senator Woodward, relating to
the time of holding Circuit Courts in
the sixth circuit.
by Senator Bobo, to provide fees for
certain officers in cases offorcible entry
and dctainor; to amend Section 1,7I3.
Chapter 40, Of the General Statutes
relating to licenses.
By Senator Maxwell, joint resolution
to amend the Constitution respecting
the number of comfy commissioners.
(hcducing the number to one, and
making him salaried and bonded Off
ccr.)
The Senate has considered q good
portion of the very voluminous biii for
the revision and Improvement of the
laws for the assessment and collection
OF taxes.
Among the new bills introduced in
the House are:
A bill to amend Section 4S1 of the
General Statutes in reference to the
salary OF Lieutenant Governor. TThis
Dill abo!ishcs the salary attached to
the office and allows the Lieutenant
Governor $40 per diem and mileage
during the session of the General AS
scmbly.]
Bill to amend the law in relation tc
me examination of teachers. TThis
OIL was so loaded down with amend
ments that it is somewhat difficult to
follow them. Its object, however, it
may be stated, is to give to graduates
OF any chartered college or university
IN the State permission to receive a
teachers certificate from either the
State or county board of examiners
without undergoing an examination,
provided, however, he or she has a
good NORA character.
Mr.. liemphill introduced a bill to
abolish the office of supervisor of reg
istration, impose the duties of said
office upon the auditors of the several
counties and to provide for their com
pehsation. Mr. Hemphill says that
the pay Of the supervisors is altogether
out of proportion to the services which
they are called upon to perform; that
the work of preparing the registration
lists was heavy in the beginning, but
that it is now very light and not more
than the auditors can attend to for
slight additional compensation.
MIR. Il. ID. Lee, of Sumter, gave
notice of bill to enable the Governor
to provide for the enumeration of the
inhohitontc n e tho ODE nNn =,