The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-12-16
OF public highways to cut down all
dead timber within reach of said high

The following concurrent resolution,
offered by Senator Moore, OF Ander-
son, was agreed TO without u division:
~. That all bills. petitions and pre-
sentiments of grand juries now pond.
ing before the Senate and House of
Representatives for and against tho
granting of license to retail liquors and
Intoxicating drinks bc referred TO the
joint judiciary committees of the Sou
ate and House Of Representatives for
their consideration, and that said COM
mittccs duly consider the same and re.
port 10y bill or otherwise, as they may
think hest.
80. That said joint committee take
into consideration the proprietv of a
UNIFORM LAW upon the subject OF liccusc
or no license i'll the State of South
Carolina, and that they report by bill
on otherwise, as may be thought prop
er, TO the end that the law in The State
may be made uniform OF the subject
of license TO retail liquors and int0xi-
eating drinks in this State"
The following bills, among others,
received their second reading: TO
require the commissioners Of Horny
county 10 maintain Il fence between
Horny and Georgetown; to incorporate
the Original Free Will Baptist Church;
to incorporate the Wilmington, Chad
bourn ana Conway Railroad; to change
the time OF holding the summer ScS-
sionS term in Barnwcll county; to
incorporate the Chester, Greenwood
and Abbcvillc Railroad; to allow the
sale OF homemade wine in Barnwell
county; TO Incorporate the Summer
vile street Railway and Hotel Com
pany to incorporate the Bluckville and
Aston Road Company; to amend the
charter OF Mount Pleasant; t%olncorpo-
rate The Chcraw and Camden Short
Line Railroad; TO prohibit the catching
OF tcrrapinS between April | and June
50; to amend thi law relating to apoth-
c%carics. This bill opens the door 10
those who have served five years in Il
drug store. 1t was unfavorably re-
ported by the judiciary committee in
the interest of public health, but went
through on e vote of 20 to 10. All of
these bills have since received their
final reading in the Senate.
The bill to utilize the labor of Jail
and and municipal convicts, and TO
empower the courts and municipal
authorities to impose the punishment
OF labor within their respective juris.
dictions, caused some debate in the
Senate, but il was finally passed, with
amendments limiting its application to
convicts sentenced for a period not
exceeding sixty days, and providing
that IL shall not apply to pcnitcnitiary
convicts.
The Joint resolution to amend the
Constitution, respecting the Supcrin-
tcndent of Education and the School
Commissioners, was finally lost in the
Senate. The vote stood II ayes to lg
noes.
The bill to repeal the Act prohibit.
ing the leasing out Of convicts caused
Il long debate in the House. 1t was
urged by the friends of the bill that
unless the present law be repealed, il
would cost the State 800, 900 a wear tC
maintain the pcnitcntiary. After Il
long discussion the motion to strike
out the %cnacling clause was tabled
yeas SO, nays 1G. After two hours
discussion the bill was passed, with an
amendment providing that any con.
tractor violating the laws for the pro
lection of convicts shall be deemed
guilty Of Il misdcmcanOr, and that il
all such prosecutions any convict who
has been ill-trcatcd shall be considered
a competent witness for the State.
The next bill taken up was thar
requiring the agricultural bureau ant
tho directors of the pcnitcntiary to pay
into tho State treasury all moneys col
!cctcd by them, and 10 draw no money!
without an appropriation. There wa,
considerable discussion, during which
it was brought out that while no i'm
putation was intended upon the officer.
in question it was an abnormal stat,
OF affairs that so larGca sum Of money
about $50 900, should be disburscl
without Legislative supervision anc
control. 1t vas urged on the Other
hand by the agriculturists that the bill
would be II death blow to the bureau
of agriculture. The motion to strike
out tie cnacting words was over
whclmingly defeated, and the bill
passed to its third reading.
Some time was consumed in dis,
cussing DR.. Popc's bill to cut down
lawyers fees. One prominent lawyc1
attempted to amend it, but DR.. Pope
remembering how the lawyers amend
ed the same bill out of existence las
year, refused all amendments, ant
trinlnphantly carried his bill through
all the lawyers voting with him.
The bill TO provide pensions for Con
icdcratc soldiers, which only provide.
I, for the appointments OF pension a3cI
was killed, the three onc-armcd G. .
trdcratc soldiers in the House, McsSrs
/, Haskell, Smith, of Spartanburg, All,
Brawlcy, opposing il. On motion o
Mr.. BraWlev, however, q substitute
was passed directing the comptroller
general OF the State TO report TO tho
next Legislature the names Of all citi.
zcns who are disabled from earning 4