The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1885-12-17

The following concurrent resolution,
onered by Senator Moore, Of Ander-
son, was agreed to without division:
VI. That all bills, petitions and pre-
sentiments of grand juries now pend
ing before tho Senate and House ofI
Representatives for aud against tho
granting of license to retail liquors and
Intoxicating drinks be referred to the
JOINT Judiciary committees Of the Scn-
ate and House Of Representatives for
their consideration, and that said com
mittces duly consider the same and re-
port by bill or otherwise, as they may
think best.
"2. That said joint committee take
INTO consideration the proprietv of
uniform law upon the subject Of license
or no license in the State of South
Carolina, and that they report by bill
or otherwise, as may be thought prop
cr, to the end that the law in The State
MAJ! be made uniform on the subject
Of license to retail liquors and intoxi-
eating drinks in this State"
The following bills, among others.
received their second rcadin~: 10
require the commissioners Of Horny
county TO maintain q fence between
Horny and Georgetown; to INCORPORATE
the Original Free will Baptist Church :;
to incorporate the Wilmington, Chad
bourn and Conway Railroad; to change
the ume OF holding the summer Ses-
slons term in Barnwell county; to
incorporate the Chester, Green wood
and Abbeville 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 BlackviJle and
Alst0n Road Company; to amend the
charter of Mount Pleasant; tolncorpo-
rate tho Chcraw and Camden Short
Line Railroad; to prohibit the catching
OF tcrrapins between April l and June
80; to amend thi law relating to apoth-
ccarics. This bill opens the door to
those who have served five years in a
drug store. 1t was unfavorably re-
ported by the judiciary committee in
the interest of public health, but went
through on 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 iail
and and municipal convcts, and TO
empower the courts and municipal
authorities to impose the punishment
of labor within their respective iuris-
dlctions, caused some debate in the
Senate, but it was finally passed, with
amendments limiting its application to
convicts sentenced for Il period not
exceeding sixty days, and providing
thut IT shall not apply to pcnitenitiary
convicts.
The Joint resolution to amend the
| constitution, respecting the Supcriu-
tcndent OF Education and the School
| commissioners, was finally lost i'm the
Senate. The vote stood If ayes to 10
noes.
The bill to repeal the Act prohibit
ing the leasing out of convicts caused
a long debate in the House. 1t was
urged by the friends of the bill that
unless the present law be repealed, it
would cost the State $l0O, 900 a wear TO
maintain the pcnitcnliary. after a
long discussion the motion to strike
out the enactinG clause was tabled
yeas sc, nays l6. After two hours
discussion the bill was passed. with an
amendment providing that any con-
tractor violating the laws for the pro
tcrtlOn of COnviCts shall be deemed
guilty of miSdcmcanor, and that i'm
all such prosecutions any convict who
mas been lll-trcaicd shall be considered
a competent witness for the State.
The next bill taken up was that
| 'Ni''' tilC lCUllulUl bureau ana
| the directors of the penitcntiarv TO Day
into the State treasury all moneys col
scctcd Dv them, and TO draw no moneys
without an appropriation. There was
| considerable discussion, during which
1t was brought out that while no i'm
putatlon was intended upon the officers
| IN question it was an abnormal state
or affairs that so largca q sum of money,
about $l5O,00O, should be disburscd
without Legislative supervision and
control. 1t was urged on the other
hand by the aSricnlturiSts that the bill
would be death blow to the bureau
OF agriculture. The motion to strike
out tie onacting words was over
whelmingly defeated, and the bill
passed to its third reading.
Some time was consumed in dis
cussing DIR. Popc's bill to cut down
lawyers fees. One prominent LAWYER
attempted to amend il, but DR.. Popc,
remembering how the LAWYERS amend-
ed the same bill out Of existence last
year, refused all amendments, and
triumphantly carried his bill through.
all the lawyers voting with him.
The bill to provide pensions for Con- |
tederatc soldiers, which only provides |
Tor the appointment of pension agents,
was killed, the three onc-armcd Con-
icderate soldiers in the House, Mcssrs.
iiaskcll, Smith, Of Spnrtanburg, and
Brawlry, opposing it. On motion of
Mr.. Brawlcv, however, a substitute
was passed directing the comptroller
general of the State to report to the
next Legislature the names OF all citi-
Zcns w ho are disabled from earning u
nVln% by reason Of wounds received
in the late war.
Mr.. Davies constitutions! amend
ment prohibiting county or city aid to
railroads came to grief in the Honsc
on its final reading. The bin had been
hcld on the ScpcaKcr's table for sew
eral days awaiting full House. 1t
mIled to get the necessary two-thirds
vote, 80, the vote standing 81 yeas, so
nays.
MIR. Haske!ps constitutional amnud-
mcnt, (Articlc 0, Section II, in refer
ence to the denominations and dura-